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Obama: A Thin Record For a Bridge Builder
Hillary Clinton has been trying to make a point about Barack Obama that deserves one last careful look before Tuesday’s probably decisive Democratic primaries: If Obama truly intends to unite America across party lines and break the Washington logjam, then why has he shown so little interest or aptitude for the hard work of bipartisan government?
This is the real “Where’s the beef?” about Obama, and it still doesn’t have a good answer. He gives a great speech, and he promises that he can heal the terrible partisan divisions that have enfeebled American politics over the past decade. This is a message of hope that the country clearly wants to hear.
Clinton’s Flaw: A Failure to Connect
A lesser candidate might have cashed in her chips after her humiliating third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. Instead, Clinton redoubled her efforts and pulled out a victory in New Hampshire that astonished even her own staff.
She challenged Obama in South Carolina, where he clearly had the lead, and came back again from that defeat to win California, New York and New Jersey, three of the biggest prizes on Super Tuesday.
After that, Obama got on a roll, while Clinton had to scramble to overhaul her organization and replenish her exhausted treasury, starting with a $5 million personal loan.
But she never quit, and she showed her toughness, not only on the stump and in debates but in doing something much more difficult — telling her husband to muzzle his personal resentments of Obama and clean up his act.
There is one thing I’ve noticed about this campaign….BOTH sides have abandoned the ones who would make a better POTUS for flash in the pan types. You know the “talk big, but no substance” types. (If I were a Democrat, I would have supported Biden. Obviously I’m not. I can’t even say I’m a Republican anymore, although I do have some involvement with the party at the local level.)
Obama speaks of ….. well, he speaks well, I’ll give him that, but what does he speak of? Change. “Yes We Can”. Can what? Negotiate with terrorists? Provide for every need for every person on the planet through excessive taxation of those who work hard for their money? What does that gain? In 1917, there was a a HUGE change in Russia. Many had little and the few had much. After the “revolution”, nothing changed….the few at the top still had a great deal, and those who slaved had very little to show for their work. They could call each other “comrade” all day long, but the only change was how many people died for the “change”. Am I comparing Lenin and Obama? Well, maybe I am.
Clinton talks about basically the same kinds of changes. The Robin Hood ideas she has come up with, taking money away from “big oil” for government use, well, that’s plain stealing. However, it’s not the poor who would benefit from such schemes, only the government. Large amounts of money taken from those who do the work to be used by a body that does little, or no actual ‘good’ in the scheme of things.
Providing health care “univerally” is a real purdy idea. One major flaw. It doesn’t work. You lose quality over quantity.
Not only has the media chosen the Republican candidate, they are also choosing the Democrat one as well. “The power of the press” has actually gone too far in this campaign. They talk up one candidate over another, which is all well and good, if the stories they print are accurate, and based on truth. (Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why are lost on todays so called journalists.) They gloss over another so people reading won’t know all the facts. We have become a media driven nation, more concerned about whether or not Brittany Spears is wearing undies, than whether or not B. Hussein or the Shrilldebeast truly does have what it takes to be President of the United States. I don’t want a president who is popular, speaks well and promises the moon. I want a president who will kick ass, not worry about names, and let Allah sort it out.
I’m not a big fan of John McFeingold either. While I do think he could do a better job in the White House than either of the above mentioned, he’s got too many negatives for me to actively support him.
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All I want to know from Obama:
What are you going to change?
How are you going to change it?
How are you going to pay for it?
That’s not asking too much, is it?
Evidently, it’s asking WAY too much! :/