Prime example here as the right starts trying to smear Obama.. pushed onward by Fox "News". I especially like the part from Teh Beard, "We've done what any serious news organization is supposed to do in this kind of a situation." Of course, what Blitzer is saying is that Fox News is not "serious". Gotta love it.
But, as we've seen, what the wingers are trying to do is becoming increasingly futile. Bush is at 28% in a new CBS poll. He has hit Nixon Watergate era polling. He should resign as Nixon did.
And consider the presidential election. McCain? The right hates him. Guilliani? The right hates him (he likes fags and abortion). Brownback? He's wayyyyyy nutty. Romney? He's a Mormon.. the right hates Mormons and flipfloppers. Romney was for fags before he was against them. Gingrich? LOL He divorced his wife while she was receiving cancer treatment in a hospital so he could go be with the woman he was having an affair with.
Meanwhile.. the Democrats have a strong and intelligent woman in Clinton. There's a very charasmatic southerner in Edwards. There's a super articulate and bright African American in Obama. There's very respected and popular hispanic Governor Richardson, and Gov. Tom Vilsack from Ohio. Even Chris Dodd would do well. And there is still Al Gore, who I'm hoping jumps in late this year.
All of those people would make excellent Presidents, and would easily stomp anything the Republicans have to offer. The race isn't about the general election. It's about the primary.
Better still.. each one of the Democrats would make an excellent Vice President. Imagine Clinton/Obama, or even Gore/Richardson. You can mix and match them any way you want, and it still comes out leaps and bounds better than the Republican candidates.
If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd wager that the Republicans have already given up. That's why you don't see more credible candidates. They don't want to face an inevitable loss and lose their chance. It's obvious to me they're just going to wait for the next opportunity. The only reason McCain is in the race is because this is his last chance. He's already in his 70's.
And one last thing to make the wingers completely insane...
Pelosi is held in higher regard than the president or her colleagues in the Congress. An AP-AOL News poll taken Jan. 16-18 put her approval rating at 51 percent — much higher than that of Congress (34 percent) or Bush (36 percent).Read that report to see how Pelosi is doing real work in Congress.. none of this flag burning and gay bashing bullshit.
And remember.. she's a San Francisco liberal.
The wingers can suck it.
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There was an interview done on CNN right after the President gave his Iraq plan. The line-up was Obama, Edwards, and then McCain.
Obama is one of the best public speakers I've had the opportunity to hear in person. I'd see he is on par, if not better than Clinton.
John McCain is also clear, concise, and to the point. He gets his point across, and gets it across with a certain power that seems to lend weight. True or not... However, one thing he said really struck me as respectable. When asked if supporting the war in Iraq qould heard any bid he might have for a presidential move, he said, "I'm more interested in winning a war than winning an election." And I can't say he has been hypocritical on that to my knowledge.
And then John Edwards. I don't know how he was ever a lawyer. He has that really slow southern drawl, that just makes him sound rediculous. That, and he uses filler words ALL THE TIME. I don't really like him anyway, because I just don't think he has the experience.
If I could pick 2 people to be P/VP, President would be Obama, and the VP...there really isn't a very good choice. Hillary panders constantly and it is so rediculous watching her. She sucks up to everyone so much, I dunno where she really is on issues, and how much that could change. I guess Al Gore would be my #1. If I could pick somone who isn't running it would be Joe Lieberman.
Jesus christ.. Lieberman? You really don't read much.. apparently.. Both Lieberman and McCain have been horribly inconsistent liars for years.
You've bought the "conventional wisdom", hook line and sinker.. as everything you wrote matches the pattern exactly.
I'm still hoping to see Wes Clark jump in the ring again. It would be great to see Al Gore try again, but I'm not sure he can bolster the support of the public again.
Time will tell though, and all I can say is it's going to be a very fun ride.
But you're absolutely correct. The democratic line-up is like an all-star team. And when you match them up with the beer league republicans all I can say is, it's going to be a wonderful slaughter.
Steve.
Conventional Wisdom?
How can you vote for Hillary Clinton when she changes her stance on issues year in and year out, and, depending on who she is talking too, is either hardcore liberal, or moderate?
It would be like going to Walmart and buying a toaster, only to take it out of the box and find it's a dryer. You didn't need a dryer, you didn't want a dryer.
The difference is, this dryer is in control of the most powerful nation on the planet, and theres no customer service counter at the whitehouse.
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