I know I am posting like a madman, but I keep coming up with things to post.
Barack Obama is already building the stage for his acceptance speech in Chicago, so he is essentially proclaiming himself President. I wonder if it will be another Greek/Roman temple? He should don robes and wear a leafy crown. The MSM is declaring the race to be over.
This is very unseemly in my opinion, but if Obama wants to spike the ball on the two yard line, I hope that McCain can be skillful enough to pick up the ball. Maybe I am being overly hopeful, but this whole scene reeks of an upset of epic proportions.
It's like a football game with the score:
Obama Elite Greeks 49
McCain Joe-the-Plumbers 43
Obama spikes the ball on the two yard line and the Greeks are already pouring Gatorade over Obama, but McCain picks up the ball and runs it down the field for a game-winning touchdown. Fanciful scenario? I somehow remember a Boise St. team running a hook-and-ladder for a touchdown, following by a Statue of Liberty extra two points to win the game in miraculous fashion.
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It takes a while to prepare that kind of event. If McCain were projected to win, he would be required to do the same or something similar and likewise would be required to start early. I don't see it as spiking the ball or a coronation. It happens every election cycle in some way or another. He is a good orator in that environment, nothing wrong with taking advantage of that although I would prefer humility: NO PARTIES at all, but hey, everyone from both parties does it.
Inaugurations have always been a big thing, but I would also prefer low level celebrations. However, maybe I am wrong, but I can't recall the winner building an elaborate stage for an election night celebration and speech. This just adds to Obama's image that he is pompous. If it weren't for the bad political climate for conservatives, Obama would never have stood a chance.
Republicans have only themselves to blame for this bad political climate. Republicans and their party had every opportunity to make hay during these past 8 years. There are two reasons for which I will not ever forgive the Republican Party. That does not mean that I will not vote for a Republican at times as I have the past two election cycles. It does mean that may fundamental distrust of the party is firm.
I will not ever forgive the Republican Party for offering us one of the worst presidents I think we have ever had. Of all the very, very competent Republicans that exist in this country, the best the party and Republican voters could muster was George Bush? The Republican Party deserves to be severely punished at the polls. It's the only punishment any political party understands.
Secondly, the Republican Party at state levels and and the federal level pushes constitutional amendments to make me a permanent second class citizen. To me this is unforgivable.
I disagree. I think that the liberal media has a huge part in the poor political climate for republicans. The media has done republican's many injustices and they do not offer fair and balanced coverage. They scream about McCains' negative campaigning, but they do negative campainging all the time inbehalf of their beloved liberal candidates. I beleive the liberal media has fostered a lot of negativity and even hatred for the President and for the Republicans in general.
Teresa is absolutely correct.
However, the one frustrating thing for conservatives has been Bush's lake of defense of his administration. He just sits in the Oval Office taking all the arrows without a hint of care. I think he does not perceive the damage he has done to the R party. The Clinton White House had a 'war room' where they defended themselves and other Dems from attacks. Clinton a vigorous defender of his party (he also had a loving press who often marveled at what a good liar he was, not caring much for the lie itself). Bush on the other hand has been a good president in terms of foreign policy, but he has been a disaster for the R party.
In response to Doug's question "Was G. Bush the best the R party could come up with?" Bush was drafted and pushed by party leaders because he could deliver Texas, the South, and the Presidency as a result. I agree, that was poor judgment. A party should select a candidate based on his political skills and his party credentials rather that his ability to deliver electoral votes. I agree that Bush has been a disaster, but not for the same reasons that Doug has stated.
One last thing, I think we might be able to say the same of Obama in four to eight years. "Is Obama the best the Dems could come up with?" In my opinion, Hillary is a far more formidable politician. She was the best choice for the Dems.
Say what you want about Bush. Who else would you have preferred to keep us safe since 911? I think this has been his overwhelming success overshadowing any other administration faults. Each administration has faults but the primary oath a president takes is to "protect and defend the United States from enemies both foreign and domestic". This he has done. Domestic issues take second stage and by the constitution are to be mainly handled by the legeslative branch and not the executive. So say what you will but no domestic attack has taken place on our soil since 911. He has fulfilled his PRIMARY duty as Commander in Chief of the US.
Teresa and Alan ,I guess it's all it depends on the baggage we bring. I also I think it depends on which press you listen to/watch. There is plenty of right wing press. The liberal press is often talked about as if it is the only press out there. FOX News and all it's political shows, Glen Beck on CNN, all kinds of radio hosts from Hannity to Limbaugh and Savage, newspapers (the Deseret News locally for me), many many conservative blogs, all do a hefty job in attacking Obama. The right wing attack dogs also foster down right hatred of liberals.
And the Republican Party ought to have given us the best candidate for America, for us the people.
Both parties (and their primary voters) ought to be wise enough to select someone who will do us all some good, not just win. The very reason Sarah Palin was chosen by McCain's handlers is that it was a effort to win regardless of the fact there are many, many better candidates in the Republican ranks.
Time will tell. But I don't think that we will saying that about Obama, why? He will surround himself much much better people and will actually listen to them. Bush was not much more that a NeoCon puppet rather easy to manipulate.
Brian, I would have preferred almost anyone over Bush after 9/11. Gore for sure, for sure. Even Orin Hatch for heaven's sake who ran that year as I recall! As for keeping us safe, he had nothing to do with it. The FBI and CIA and other agencies do their work regardless. Had the president been Gore, nothing would have been different. There was no reason to believe that Bush preformed any single action that made a difference: he just happened to be president. Even the Patriot Act and all about it that makes us so uncomfortable was not even his idea.
Sure, Sarah Palin was chosen to invigorate the base and help to win the election, but this is nothing new. Almost all vice presidential candidates are chosen for electoral purposes. Obama certainly could have done better than Biden, but he was supposed to be the safe choice. He has turned out to be more of a negative than a positive.
Doug accuses Bush of being an easily manipulated Neocon puppet (which is no more than a lefty talking point - no evidence whatsoever), but then accuses him of not listening to anyone. You can't have it both ways.
I hope that Obama surrounds himself with smart people, but his history does not demonstrate that he will, and there is no evidence that he will listen to anyone either. He has an agenda (why else would he (or anyone) want to be president so badly), so why should he listen to any contrarian voices?
Lastly, if is so happens that Dems control absolutely everything in 2009, they will likely overreach and hurt themselves, as is their habit.
Doug,
We obviously live in two different countries. Gore would not have persued terrorism like Bush did. Gore was/is a bigger joke than any politician alive in my opinion.
I dread the outcome of these elections if it goes as I feel it will go. The voting public is about to get what it is asking for and we all know the saying..."be careful of what you wish for...you just may get it!"
Gore is a joke. Of course...isn't he the one that thinks he invented the internet? What a joke. I agree with Brian 100%. President Bush's administration went to work to ensure that didn't happen again. I absolutely give credit to him and his policies and administration for beefed up security and proctection from that happening again. As it stands...the democrates would be happy to weaken our national security by cutting milatary budgets and the like. I don't trust what the Obama administration will do with/to our military that we have worked so hare to build back up again after the Clinton administration tore it down. I don't trust the democrates with our national security.
Gore is a joke. Of course...isn't he the one that thinks he invented the internet? What a joke. I agree with Brian 100%. President Bush's administration went to work to ensure that didn't happen again. I absolutely give credit to him and his policies and administration for beefed up security and proctection from that happening again. As it stands...the democrates would be happy to weaken our national security by cutting milatary budgets and the like. I don't trust what the Obama administration will do with/to our military that we have worked so hare to build back up again after the Clinton administration tore it down. I don't trust the democrates with our national security.
Democrats have already proposed a 25% cut in defense spending (i.e., Barney Frank, who is quickly becoming a spokesman-type person for the Dem party).
Perhaps the sagest thing said in this particular posting is what Brian said, we do live in two different countries. I live my life in a liberal enclave, my school, my neighborhood (tons of Obama/Biden signs, virtually none for the other duo, 70% dem voting margin), my friends, co-workers, students, neighbors here and abroad nearly all think like me and reinforce my beliefs and thoughts.
Your real fear and dread of what will happen if Obama wins is what I have experienced for 8 years. After the last election, I was stunned that a country that I thought I understood had selected Bush a second time. I write this not because I expect violin music or empathy from you, but rather to illustrate Brian's point. It appears we do live in two different countries, the past two elections bare that out.
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