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Lesson: Obama's minority support is not transferable, and he will make no effort to transfer any of it. Ask Jim Martin. Review the California and Florida returns on social issues. It's all about building up Obama, not party building.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A rose by any other name
"The selection of experienced centrists -- Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates and James L. Jones -- to head President-elect Barack Obama's national security team points to the possibility that on Iraq, the incoming commander-in-chief may take a more measured path to ending American military involvement than he described during the presidential campaign."
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/795335.html
"[P]oints to the possibility that . . . [Obama] may take a more measured path . . . than he described during the presidential campaign"?
When it was George Bush or Bill Clinton, which adjectives did they use to describe taking a "more measured" approach than promised?
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/795335.html
"[P]oints to the possibility that . . . [Obama] may take a more measured path . . . than he described during the presidential campaign"?
When it was George Bush or Bill Clinton, which adjectives did they use to describe taking a "more measured" approach than promised?
Monday, December 1, 2008
Poor John Kerry!
He wanted to be Bill Clinton's vice president in '92. Bill didn't want him.
He wanted to be Al Gore's vice president in 2000. Al didn't want him.
He wanted to be president in '04. America didn't want him.
And, Kerry ended his presidential race with millions of dollar of unspent campaign funds, which might have prevented the shenanigans that likely cost him the election. Imagine if Kerry spent a few million dollars on legal fees in October, '04, to insure the pro rata distribution of voting machines throughout Ohio and other swing states, avoiding long lines in urban areas. Instead, following dumb advice to hold back some money and try again next time, Kerry lost to a man he felt superior to in every way.
Then, in '06, one silly comment, an easily misinterpreted joke on the eve of the election, and Kerry's '08 hopes were gone. Rumor had it he saw the hands of the Clintons behind the leaks and innuendo by "concerned Democratic strategists".
So, in '08, it was payback time. For real or imagined slights, he took the lustre off Hillary's New Hampshire upset, endorsed Obama at just the right moment, and helped shift the momentum with publicity, money and his contact list. And all Kerry asked for in return was to be secretary of state!
Now, it's back to being the junior senator from Massachusetts, the one with the lesser assignments and the lower profile. The less important one. With literally all the money anyone could ever need or want in his personal fortune, and access to his wife's hundreds of millions of dollars, Kerry can't ever buy what he really wants. How sad.
He wanted to be Al Gore's vice president in 2000. Al didn't want him.
He wanted to be president in '04. America didn't want him.
And, Kerry ended his presidential race with millions of dollar of unspent campaign funds, which might have prevented the shenanigans that likely cost him the election. Imagine if Kerry spent a few million dollars on legal fees in October, '04, to insure the pro rata distribution of voting machines throughout Ohio and other swing states, avoiding long lines in urban areas. Instead, following dumb advice to hold back some money and try again next time, Kerry lost to a man he felt superior to in every way.
Then, in '06, one silly comment, an easily misinterpreted joke on the eve of the election, and Kerry's '08 hopes were gone. Rumor had it he saw the hands of the Clintons behind the leaks and innuendo by "concerned Democratic strategists".
So, in '08, it was payback time. For real or imagined slights, he took the lustre off Hillary's New Hampshire upset, endorsed Obama at just the right moment, and helped shift the momentum with publicity, money and his contact list. And all Kerry asked for in return was to be secretary of state!
Now, it's back to being the junior senator from Massachusetts, the one with the lesser assignments and the lower profile. The less important one. With literally all the money anyone could ever need or want in his personal fortune, and access to his wife's hundreds of millions of dollars, Kerry can't ever buy what he really wants. How sad.
No criticism allowed !
So I guess any criticism - - left, right or middle - - is verboten lest we "undermin[e] our new President-elect's overall efforts by casting doubt" "because this is a critical - - perhaps fatal - - moment in American history"? Yikes.
Then again, how could any mere mortal critic impede a man with Obama's "understanding of the cosmos"?
Honestly, when I first read this, I thought I was still on The Onion.
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Obama_s_Critics_From_the_Left_As_Wrong_Those_From_The_Right
Then again, how could any mere mortal critic impede a man with Obama's "understanding of the cosmos"?
Honestly, when I first read this, I thought I was still on The Onion.
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Obama_s_Critics_From_the_Left_As_Wrong_Those_From_The_Right
Clinton and Gates
The two highest ranking appointed positions in the federal government are going to: (1) a woman Obama called "reckless" in her foreign policy; and, (2) Bush's overseer of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, both of which Obama called "misdirected" and "failures".
I think they're good choices.
But, wouldn't you think the usual suspects would be stunned by the evident reversal? You'd think that appointing multiple winners of "worst person of the day" would be enough to get Olbermann to name Obama as today's "worst person of the day".
I think they're good choices.
But, wouldn't you think the usual suspects would be stunned by the evident reversal? You'd think that appointing multiple winners of "worst person of the day" would be enough to get Olbermann to name Obama as today's "worst person of the day".
Liars figure II
For pointing out that at least 16% (approximately 1 in 6) of California's Obama voters also voted against gay marriage, I was criticised by two visitors from kos-land. See post and comments below.
Of course, according to one commenter, that's a "contemptible attempt to bash black Democrats for Proposition 8". I don't believe I mentioned race in my post. See original post below, and judge for yourself. However, let's get used to it. Any criticism of Obama will be greeted with that same charge for the next 4 years.
Another commenter blames "your fellow McCain voters" who "voted overwhelmingly for" Prop.8. I'll say it again - - the 40% of Californians who voted for McCain were insufficient to get Prop. 8 over the 50% threshold. Where did the other 10% come from?
This is all classic cognitive dissonance. The fact is that OBAMA and BIDEN are the two highest ranking elected officials in America AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE. Again, OBAMA and BIDEN are the two highest ranking elected officials in America AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE. That must hurt Obama supporters who favor gay marriage. I can understand why they are in denial. But, it's true.
Of course, according to one commenter, that's a "contemptible attempt to bash black Democrats for Proposition 8". I don't believe I mentioned race in my post. See original post below, and judge for yourself. However, let's get used to it. Any criticism of Obama will be greeted with that same charge for the next 4 years.
Another commenter blames "your fellow McCain voters" who "voted overwhelmingly for" Prop.8. I'll say it again - - the 40% of Californians who voted for McCain were insufficient to get Prop. 8 over the 50% threshold. Where did the other 10% come from?
This is all classic cognitive dissonance. The fact is that OBAMA and BIDEN are the two highest ranking elected officials in America AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE. Again, OBAMA and BIDEN are the two highest ranking elected officials in America AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE. That must hurt Obama supporters who favor gay marriage. I can understand why they are in denial. But, it's true.
Mumbai II
From the Mumbai terrorist attacks, I drew the lesson that "All it takes is 10 crazy people with arms you can buy at any shopping center." See below.
One of my readers commented that the perps were " trained terrorists" and the weapons "were not the sort 'you can buy at any shopping center.'"
I agree and disagee.
Yes, the Mumbai terrorists were not 10 wacky kids on a lark, but trained killers. However, anyone who does something like this is a psychopathic sociopath. So, trained and rehearsed? Yes. Crazy? Definitely.
As to the arms, you can't buy grenades at Walmart. But, you could buy all you need to do something like this at any mall in our country.
Which is why we must be vigilant. And why, unless Obama is a fool, Obama will soon forget all the promises he made "to reverse the Bush administration's 'shredding of the Constitution'". The classified data will prove that there is a threat, and it is real.
One of my readers commented that the perps were " trained terrorists" and the weapons "were not the sort 'you can buy at any shopping center.'"
I agree and disagee.
Yes, the Mumbai terrorists were not 10 wacky kids on a lark, but trained killers. However, anyone who does something like this is a psychopathic sociopath. So, trained and rehearsed? Yes. Crazy? Definitely.
As to the arms, you can't buy grenades at Walmart. But, you could buy all you need to do something like this at any mall in our country.
Which is why we must be vigilant. And why, unless Obama is a fool, Obama will soon forget all the promises he made "to reverse the Bush administration's 'shredding of the Constitution'". The classified data will prove that there is a threat, and it is real.
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