Upon reflection, legislatures are pretty dull places, I’d get sick of that pretty quick. I’d be happier behind the scenes putting words in other people’s mouths.
Like putting them in Barak Obama's mouth. Having no basis of substance on which to criticize Mr. Obama, the Republican ticket is reduced to delivering the smear du jour over and over again, preaching to the converted at party rallies because no one else is listening anymore. This week the smear of choice is: Obama went to a tea party with a radical! The Obama camp’s response seems to be that at the time, Obama was not aware of the radical’s political views. This is a lot like Bill Clinton saying that he had indeed “smoked” reefer, but he had never inhaled. It just sounds unlikely and silly, and it only makes matters worse. Who came up with Obama’s response? Fire that person.
Here’s my idea: Yes, I went to that party, and I knew who the host was too. But it was not about him and me. It was about the good of the city of Chicago. There were thirty people at the party. We were meeting to brainstorm ways to improve the lives of the people of Chicago. I’m glad that I went to that party, a lot of good came from it. Now can we go back to discussing our plans to help the American people in these challenging times.
I got a million of ‘em.
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I concur. My thought is that the Obama camp is slowly backing away from the flaming mess that is the McCain extravaganza.
I dearly hope that McCain is defeated, as badly as possible, so I can listen to his "concession" speach. Imagine the bile and recriminations!
Fred: "Dr. Cripps here, proud republican. Help me out, please! I'm having a hard time understanding what it is about both Obama and McCain that would compel anyone to vote for them. Is it simply because of their party affiliations? Or is it because of their political records/political philosophies? Or is it that one candidate is perceived to represent the status quo and the other is not? Or is it simply because one is black and the other is white? What am I not getting here? Perhaps I'm just getting old and cynical . . . .
I have no real dog in the fight, but I must say that the relationship was a tad (yes) more than a tea party. That makes anything sound, well, almost acceptable. The tail is a lot longer than that.
I'd vote for Obama for the Supreme Court appointments alone. We're one or two justice away from suspending all elections until the never-ending crisis ends. There's at least four really scary dudes on the Court already.
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