“Game, Set, Match, Obama!”
This year Democratic nomination process reminds me of the grueling tennis matches back in the eighties between John McEnroe, Ivan Lendel and Jimmy Connors, during matches at Wimbledon open. Each of these tennis legends had distinctive styles and no matter what the score was never gave up during the entire match. John McEnroe was a young New Yorker with a brash attitude, whose style of play was the serve and volley. His attitude and style of play made him a dominate player on the men’s circuit and took tennis to a global attraction. Ivan Lendel was the eastern European player that whatever match he entered was considered the odds on favorite. Lendel’s style could be best described as versatile using serve and volley or his powerful ground stroke game to wear down opponents. Jimmy Connors was a player that was not the most naturally athletically gifted tennis player but used his passion to win every point and his ability that when he was behind to comeback and win the match.
Now you might ask me, “Which player reminds me of today’s presidential candidates?” Let’s begin with Hillary Clinton, if I had to compare her she reminds me of John McEnroe! This is an easy comparison because like John McEnroe, Hillary Clinton argues to the referees. For example when Florida and Michigan decided to move their primaries up to an earlier date all who voted for this action knew it was against the rules and the penalty for their decision would result in their delegates wouldn’t be seated at the convention. Every democratic candidate signed an agreement not to campaign in that particular state and it was announced to the potential voters that their votes wouldn’t count. In Michigan Hillary’s name was on the ballot and in Florida all of the Democratic candidates names appeared on the ballot but known of them campaigned there. In both contests Hillary won but in Michigan 40% of the vote was uncommitted and in Florida she held a symbolic victory celebration although none of the candidates campaigned in that state. Now Hillary’s new attack is how since Obama won’t join her to do a revote in those states that he is responsible for the disenfranchisement of those voters. Since Hillary is behind in delegates, most overall contests won and popular votes, the only strategy she has left is to argue with the refs or change the rules of the game.
John McCain, I know what you’re going to say he’s not a Democrat but since there are only three candidates left I’m going to include him in this discussion. This is difficult because of his unique personal experiences and his age compared to the other candidates. It seems to me Jimmy Connors fits John McCain style, with his ability to comeback when you’re down in points. Let’s reflect back to the month of June, John McCain presidential campaign had stalled, ran out of money and many of his staff had jumped ship. McCain despite calls for him to end his candidacy and the media scrutiny, he told everyone in a prophetic tone “I’m still in this race and I’m going to win the republican nomination!” He made a believer out of the American electorate by winning the New Hampshire primary defeating heavily favored Mitt Romney. After his stunning victory he officially declared himself the “come back kid” and rode that momentum to secure the Republican nomination.
Barak Obama reminds me of a tennis trailblazer Auther Ashe. I didn’t mention him in my above examples because his tennis career came in a different era and comparing Obama to Lendel would be a stretch of an imagination. The comparison of Obama to Ashe is more appropriate for my application. Auther Ashe ascension in the world of tennis caught the world by surprise. In the world of tennis during this period of history it was dominated by whites and was classified as a sport played by the affluent. In many ways the presidential campaigns in America are the same practice because only very few men from humble beginnings rise up to become the president of the United States. Ashe like Obama came from humble beginnings not having the born with natural advantages like others enjoy but still manage to overcome and play the “game” on the world stage. Once Ashe played on the world stage he captivated crowds with his skill and his court savvy. Like Ashe, Obama has the same appeal as a presidential candidate with his ability of communication and his political savvy which gains him respect by a majority of his peers. The point I would like to make here is that Ashe and Obama are trailblazer in their respective fields, their unprecedented rise tells two stories, one anything is possible in America and that black men can do something more with their life than being pimps or some criminal.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Clinton's Last Stand
“The Clinton’s Last Stand”
It is clear that in these last primaries the Clinton’s are going to use the strategy of “scorched earth!” This is a military strategy that basically to bomb anything and everything and leave nothing alive whatever the cost. At the same time the Clinton’s have claimed to be the victims of negative media biased and said Obama gets a “free pass!” Excuses on why the “Clinton’s” campaign mistakes appears to be the real strategy that has been pushed on the American electorate. In the same instance, Clinton’s campaign also stress that Obama doesn’t have the political experience to be the president of the United States of America. No matter what the Clinton’s strategy might be at this point in the nomination process it is clear that every political trick in the playbook to derail Obama’s momentum to the Democratic nomination.
Hillary two weeks ago said “Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania are her firewalls.” In the same breath they claimed that Obama has been treated like “velvet gloves!” If Obama had lost eleven straight states in a row would the press still give him any chance to win the Democratic nomination? The political savvy of the Clinton’s is very clever playing the victim and the bully role at the same time. Senator Clinton uses her natural advantages to her favor by raising up her gender and her years of Washington D.C experience. One question to ask is the mud slinging really helping the Democrats or the Republicans?
Let’s face reality, we as citizens of America enjoy gladiator fights to the death. We have arenas all over our land where we go out for entertainment and watch two human beings male and female beat each other to a pulp. Usually men and women don’t fight each other in professional fights unless in a domestic violence scenario. In this Democratic nomination process we have the best of both worlds a black man fighting a white woman for the right to represent the democrats for the presidential nomination. Hillary has always been the pre-coronated nominee and the democratic nomination was just a mere formality to become the first women U.S president. Barak on the other hand was always a long shot to win the democratic nomination, given the fact that no black candidate male or female has run a successful campaign to become eligible to run for president.
It appears to me for the rest of the way Hillary is going to be like the mythical characterization of the pelage mask that is half side with a smile but the other half a frown. Really Senator Clinton has to go negative on Obama because she has squandered her opportunities to become the unchallenged front-runner. Obama’s challenge is to not be pressured by the media, pun dents and Hillary’s trap to become negative with her. He needs to stay his message of change and turning the chapter on the political dynasties of the Clinton’s and the Bush’s. Most of the critics so far want Obama to get more negative and attack Hillary but with his lead in most states won plus more pledged delegates, with a possibility of the popular vote lead, what’s so wrong? Here’s my advice to Obama, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!”
It is clear that in these last primaries the Clinton’s are going to use the strategy of “scorched earth!” This is a military strategy that basically to bomb anything and everything and leave nothing alive whatever the cost. At the same time the Clinton’s have claimed to be the victims of negative media biased and said Obama gets a “free pass!” Excuses on why the “Clinton’s” campaign mistakes appears to be the real strategy that has been pushed on the American electorate. In the same instance, Clinton’s campaign also stress that Obama doesn’t have the political experience to be the president of the United States of America. No matter what the Clinton’s strategy might be at this point in the nomination process it is clear that every political trick in the playbook to derail Obama’s momentum to the Democratic nomination.
Hillary two weeks ago said “Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania are her firewalls.” In the same breath they claimed that Obama has been treated like “velvet gloves!” If Obama had lost eleven straight states in a row would the press still give him any chance to win the Democratic nomination? The political savvy of the Clinton’s is very clever playing the victim and the bully role at the same time. Senator Clinton uses her natural advantages to her favor by raising up her gender and her years of Washington D.C experience. One question to ask is the mud slinging really helping the Democrats or the Republicans?
Let’s face reality, we as citizens of America enjoy gladiator fights to the death. We have arenas all over our land where we go out for entertainment and watch two human beings male and female beat each other to a pulp. Usually men and women don’t fight each other in professional fights unless in a domestic violence scenario. In this Democratic nomination process we have the best of both worlds a black man fighting a white woman for the right to represent the democrats for the presidential nomination. Hillary has always been the pre-coronated nominee and the democratic nomination was just a mere formality to become the first women U.S president. Barak on the other hand was always a long shot to win the democratic nomination, given the fact that no black candidate male or female has run a successful campaign to become eligible to run for president.
It appears to me for the rest of the way Hillary is going to be like the mythical characterization of the pelage mask that is half side with a smile but the other half a frown. Really Senator Clinton has to go negative on Obama because she has squandered her opportunities to become the unchallenged front-runner. Obama’s challenge is to not be pressured by the media, pun dents and Hillary’s trap to become negative with her. He needs to stay his message of change and turning the chapter on the political dynasties of the Clinton’s and the Bush’s. Most of the critics so far want Obama to get more negative and attack Hillary but with his lead in most states won plus more pledged delegates, with a possibility of the popular vote lead, what’s so wrong? Here’s my advice to Obama, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!”
Sunday, February 17, 2008
"It wasn't supposed to be like this"
In the 2008 nomination process early on the press and pundits agreed that Hillary Clinton was the clear front runner candidate of the Democratic Party. Her credentials are unmatched by any other candidate, just by the simple fact that she was a former first lady for eight years and a senator for the state of New York for the past seven years. Another factor that played as a factor to her automatic front runner status is former president Bill Clinton, and his political machine for generating enthusiasm to get out the vote.
We are now near the half way point through the Democratic nomination process and surprisingly Hillary Clinton hasn’t won the nomination and hasn’t generated momentum toward securing her party’s nomination. Instead a little known senator from Illinois have has slowed the Clinton machine to a stand still and is poised to take over the front runner status of the Democratic Party. The Question to ask right now is “what happen, it wasn’t supposed to be like this?”
One factor into this tight Democratic nomination was a miscalculation of strategy by Hillary Clinton campaign to win the nomination by Super Tuesday. Hillary hedged all of her bets on the fact that her political machine would topple Obama and she could cruise to Denver, Colorado as her party’s nominee. Well after Super Tuesday it was clear that Barak Obama wasn’t a fairytale candidate and he had enough resources to stay in the race for the long haul.
Another factor was the strategy of Barak was to focus on smaller states that hold caucuses. In stark contrast Hillary put all of her resources into bigger states with more delegates and super delegates. Well this strategy backfired because Hillary didn’t win more states than Barak and lost the popular vote in the process. The process should have been winning as many states as you can than just focusing on the big prizes. As a result of Hillary’s strategy blunder allowed Barak to surge past her and gained what seems to be unstoppable momentum to the nomination.
It seems to me that the final factor of Hillary’s stalled campaign was obvious blunder and that was she under estimated her opponent. Bill Clinton during the New Hampshire primary had a Freudian slip when he referred to Barak’s vote on the Iraq war as a “fairy tale!” The question every intelligent person should ask is why he used the word “Fairy tale” to criticize Obama’s anti- Iraq war vote. We cannot predict what Bill Clinton actually meant but we can summarize his statement as a point of public frustration by his wife’s campaign. Let’s face the harsh reality Hillary wasn’t prepared for a challenge at all to win the democratic nomination. Four years ago when it was apparent that senator John Kerry was to when the Democratic nomination, many Democratic party insiders ask senator Hillary Clinton to run for president but she declined because it wasn’t the right time for her candidacy. Fast forward to this year Hillary Clinton coming into the Democratic nomination was not only the front runner but the odds on favorite to win the nomination. Presently Hillary has to recalibrate her campaign strategy that has to involve focusing on bigger states with more “super” delegates. It is also clear that if Hillary or Barak doesn’t have the necessary delegate count to secure the nomination then the Clinton campaign might asks that Michigan and Florida delegates be counted to break the dead lock. Whatever happens from here on out it is clear that Hillary is on the ropes and if she doesn’t watch out what was a “fairy tale”, can become a harsh reality!
We are now near the half way point through the Democratic nomination process and surprisingly Hillary Clinton hasn’t won the nomination and hasn’t generated momentum toward securing her party’s nomination. Instead a little known senator from Illinois have has slowed the Clinton machine to a stand still and is poised to take over the front runner status of the Democratic Party. The Question to ask right now is “what happen, it wasn’t supposed to be like this?”
One factor into this tight Democratic nomination was a miscalculation of strategy by Hillary Clinton campaign to win the nomination by Super Tuesday. Hillary hedged all of her bets on the fact that her political machine would topple Obama and she could cruise to Denver, Colorado as her party’s nominee. Well after Super Tuesday it was clear that Barak Obama wasn’t a fairytale candidate and he had enough resources to stay in the race for the long haul.
Another factor was the strategy of Barak was to focus on smaller states that hold caucuses. In stark contrast Hillary put all of her resources into bigger states with more delegates and super delegates. Well this strategy backfired because Hillary didn’t win more states than Barak and lost the popular vote in the process. The process should have been winning as many states as you can than just focusing on the big prizes. As a result of Hillary’s strategy blunder allowed Barak to surge past her and gained what seems to be unstoppable momentum to the nomination.
It seems to me that the final factor of Hillary’s stalled campaign was obvious blunder and that was she under estimated her opponent. Bill Clinton during the New Hampshire primary had a Freudian slip when he referred to Barak’s vote on the Iraq war as a “fairy tale!” The question every intelligent person should ask is why he used the word “Fairy tale” to criticize Obama’s anti- Iraq war vote. We cannot predict what Bill Clinton actually meant but we can summarize his statement as a point of public frustration by his wife’s campaign. Let’s face the harsh reality Hillary wasn’t prepared for a challenge at all to win the democratic nomination. Four years ago when it was apparent that senator John Kerry was to when the Democratic nomination, many Democratic party insiders ask senator Hillary Clinton to run for president but she declined because it wasn’t the right time for her candidacy. Fast forward to this year Hillary Clinton coming into the Democratic nomination was not only the front runner but the odds on favorite to win the nomination. Presently Hillary has to recalibrate her campaign strategy that has to involve focusing on bigger states with more “super” delegates. It is also clear that if Hillary or Barak doesn’t have the necessary delegate count to secure the nomination then the Clinton campaign might asks that Michigan and Florida delegates be counted to break the dead lock. Whatever happens from here on out it is clear that Hillary is on the ropes and if she doesn’t watch out what was a “fairy tale”, can become a harsh reality!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Hillary Hedging All of Her Bets on Super Tuesday Primaries
Hillary’s defeat in South Carolina was according to their campaign a minor “upset” on there road to the nomination in Denver , Colorado. It was amazing because during her concession speech she acted like nothing happen and said just only four words of congratulations toward Barak Obama’s victory. Then “slick willy” Clinton compared Obama to Jesse Jackson by saying he was victorious in South Carolina in 1984 and 1988. Bill and Hillary are banking on Super Tuesday because of their strong national machine and their pandering for the latino vote. The tag team approach by Bill and Hillary seemed to be in formidable combination but Barak has teamed up with a heavy weight in the Democratic Party Ted Kennedy.
The contest between Hillary and Barak reminds me of the rumble in the jungle, the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Ali was the peoples champion and Foreman represented the establishment champion. During this time in Ali’s career he was on the comeback trail because he was incarcerated for not registering for the draft for the Vietnam War. On the other hand Foreman was the Olympic champion who refused to raise his fist along with the other black athletes in a public display of protest during the Black Power movement, but instead waved his American flag while winning a Gold medal. Barak is one of a few politicians that opposed the Iraq war, while Hillary supported the war that up until now can be called a “colossal mistake!”
Foreman going into the fight was a dominating character in and out of the ring. He had a reputation of being able to knock you out with either hand and was merciless once you step into the ring. Ali was not the odds favorite to beat Foreman but Ali was the people’s favorite by chanting “kills Foreman, kill Foreman”. Days before his fight, Foreman wanted to forfeit the fight and Don King discourages him for doing so. In contrast Hillary conceded South Carolina primary to Obama and instead of campaigning to the day of the primary she went to other states to get a leg up on Barak before Super Tuesday.
When the fight began Foreman beat Ali like a punching bag a left to the body and a right to the body. During the primary Hillary and Bill hurled combinations of distortions that at times made Barak go on the defensive. At times during the fight in Africa, it seemed like Ali was allowing Foreman to hit him without counter punching. Later on Ali would describe his defensive tactic as the “rope a dope!” The simple theory of this strategy was to allow your opponent to hit you so much that while you relax on the ropes blocking shots, that eventually your opponent would tire himself out. Bill and Hillary over zealousness to beat up on Obama, began to tire out potential voters when the time came to cast ballots.
The way I see it is Barak used the” rope a dope “technique on Bill and Hillary during the South Carolina primaries. I forgot to tell you how the “rope a dope “technique ends. It ends when you sense that your opponent is dead tired, and then you execute a surprise counter attack and knock your opponent out. This is what exactly Ali did and his upset victory over Foreman and it secured his place in boxing history as the “greatest of all times”. Obama’s counter punch came in two phases, phase number one happen when he won South Carolina by 28 points. Phase number two came when the patriarch of the Kennedy family, Ted, gave Obama an endorsement to be president and rebuke every distortion that the Clinton’s said about Obama. These two events had to knock the Clinton’s back on there heels but not entirely out. George Foreman bounced back after the rumble in the jungle by becoming the oldest to win a heavy weight title and to sell over 1 million indoor grills that bear his name. Maybe Hillary can do the same on Super Tuesday by winning over a million ballots that bear her name.
The contest between Hillary and Barak reminds me of the rumble in the jungle, the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Ali was the peoples champion and Foreman represented the establishment champion. During this time in Ali’s career he was on the comeback trail because he was incarcerated for not registering for the draft for the Vietnam War. On the other hand Foreman was the Olympic champion who refused to raise his fist along with the other black athletes in a public display of protest during the Black Power movement, but instead waved his American flag while winning a Gold medal. Barak is one of a few politicians that opposed the Iraq war, while Hillary supported the war that up until now can be called a “colossal mistake!”
Foreman going into the fight was a dominating character in and out of the ring. He had a reputation of being able to knock you out with either hand and was merciless once you step into the ring. Ali was not the odds favorite to beat Foreman but Ali was the people’s favorite by chanting “kills Foreman, kill Foreman”. Days before his fight, Foreman wanted to forfeit the fight and Don King discourages him for doing so. In contrast Hillary conceded South Carolina primary to Obama and instead of campaigning to the day of the primary she went to other states to get a leg up on Barak before Super Tuesday.
When the fight began Foreman beat Ali like a punching bag a left to the body and a right to the body. During the primary Hillary and Bill hurled combinations of distortions that at times made Barak go on the defensive. At times during the fight in Africa, it seemed like Ali was allowing Foreman to hit him without counter punching. Later on Ali would describe his defensive tactic as the “rope a dope!” The simple theory of this strategy was to allow your opponent to hit you so much that while you relax on the ropes blocking shots, that eventually your opponent would tire himself out. Bill and Hillary over zealousness to beat up on Obama, began to tire out potential voters when the time came to cast ballots.
The way I see it is Barak used the” rope a dope “technique on Bill and Hillary during the South Carolina primaries. I forgot to tell you how the “rope a dope “technique ends. It ends when you sense that your opponent is dead tired, and then you execute a surprise counter attack and knock your opponent out. This is what exactly Ali did and his upset victory over Foreman and it secured his place in boxing history as the “greatest of all times”. Obama’s counter punch came in two phases, phase number one happen when he won South Carolina by 28 points. Phase number two came when the patriarch of the Kennedy family, Ted, gave Obama an endorsement to be president and rebuke every distortion that the Clinton’s said about Obama. These two events had to knock the Clinton’s back on there heels but not entirely out. George Foreman bounced back after the rumble in the jungle by becoming the oldest to win a heavy weight title and to sell over 1 million indoor grills that bear his name. Maybe Hillary can do the same on Super Tuesday by winning over a million ballots that bear her name.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Two Clinton's one canidate?
“Hillary and Bill versus Barak”
As we go into the South Carolina primaries and then to Super Tuesday, it is clear that Hillary has already picked a running mate. You could never guess who, so here are just a few indicators about who it could possibly this person could be. Her running mate is a democrat; a wordsmith and an inept ability too distort and spin facts concerning the truth. Also her running mate is a man that has known her for years and one could say he is as close to her than her own brother. The final clue to who it is would be a dead giveaway, so here it is and he is from Hope, Arkansas.
With these clues that I have given you, that if you haven’t been held hostage in an underground bunker in Greenland, you probably figured it out. Bill Jefferson Clinton is the unofficial running mate to his wife Hillary. What a surprise, or who would have ever figured out that maybe Hillary communication skills are poor that “the great communicator”, Bill would have to be her front man. Let’s face it Hillary had to go into politics because if she was a practicing defense attorney her record would be dismal. Every time she speaks she reminds me of the Mattel doll where you have to pull the string and then the doll would speak some prerecorded message. Hillary’s ideal of passion is speaking loud and belligerent over the other candidates to make a point. It’s just like Barak said” she’ll say any thing to get elected.”
Bill Clinton is the perfect running mate for Hillary because if she gets elected he not just going to be the first man, oh no! He’s going be the shadow vice president. For example George W. Bush is the president or is he? Maybe George is the puppet of Dick Cheney’s bidding. Just maybe Dick is a master ventriloquist able to throw his policies in George W. Bush’s head. Wait a minute would that be a ventriloquist? No that could be called Psycho ventriloquism? Could you imagine Bill Clinton the first man of the white house? He would want to sit in on all the meetings or he would interrupt meetings by knocking on the door to tell Hillary something. What if Hillary is half way around the world and Bill decided not to go, imagine what he would be doing. Imagine a former president, now the first man picking out china patterns and curtain designs at the White House in his robe and slippers.
If Hillary can’t control her husband on the campaign trail, how do we think she could control him in the White House? Top Democratic committee members demanded that Bill take a reduced role on the stump for his wife. Hillary doesn’t mind Bill passion to generate votes because it is working and Bill owes his wife big-time for the public embarrassment he put her through during his adulteress affair with Monica Lewinsky. As a team they are formidable but the real question to ask is that do they represent change or are the Democrats looking back at the past.
It is very apparent that in order for Barak to win the democratic nomination he is going to have to defeat Bill and Hillary. Hillary has the intelligence but as a communicator her ability to stir up passion is suspect. Bill on the other hand is a master communicator with the ability to make a false hood seem like the truth. For example during his hearing during the Monica gate, Bill an Oxford, England educated Lawyer asks the presiding magistrate what is the definition of” is” is? Barak cannot be distracted by Bill’s tactics and have to stay on message. Maybe the Democratic base should do some foreshadowing on how a Hillary presidency would really look like. I think that they want the Clinton’s back so they can go back to the glory days of the nineties. The only thing this isn’t the nineties it is two thousand and eight and the situation is vastly different when Bill was the commander and chief. High gas prices, an perpetual global war on terrorism, decaying infrastructure, economic global recession, devaluing of the dollar, nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue nations, the return of the Soviet Union and Global warming is going to be on the desk of the next president. In order to tackle these issues of our time we need to change how our government operates and that’s a government for the people and by the people. Right now our government is for the corporations, insurance companies, drug makers and bankers and isn’t helping the people but indebting them and foreclosing on our jobs and homes. Bill and Hillary Clinton have made a decent living in politics and they had 35 years to do so. It is time to steer away from lifetime politicians that don’t accomplish anything with lasting value other than increasing there personal assets. Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t have 35 years of life before he died by the way of a assassins bullet but look at what he accomplish for the disenfranchised. Maybe we should hold all who hold public office by the same standard.
As we go into the South Carolina primaries and then to Super Tuesday, it is clear that Hillary has already picked a running mate. You could never guess who, so here are just a few indicators about who it could possibly this person could be. Her running mate is a democrat; a wordsmith and an inept ability too distort and spin facts concerning the truth. Also her running mate is a man that has known her for years and one could say he is as close to her than her own brother. The final clue to who it is would be a dead giveaway, so here it is and he is from Hope, Arkansas.
With these clues that I have given you, that if you haven’t been held hostage in an underground bunker in Greenland, you probably figured it out. Bill Jefferson Clinton is the unofficial running mate to his wife Hillary. What a surprise, or who would have ever figured out that maybe Hillary communication skills are poor that “the great communicator”, Bill would have to be her front man. Let’s face it Hillary had to go into politics because if she was a practicing defense attorney her record would be dismal. Every time she speaks she reminds me of the Mattel doll where you have to pull the string and then the doll would speak some prerecorded message. Hillary’s ideal of passion is speaking loud and belligerent over the other candidates to make a point. It’s just like Barak said” she’ll say any thing to get elected.”
Bill Clinton is the perfect running mate for Hillary because if she gets elected he not just going to be the first man, oh no! He’s going be the shadow vice president. For example George W. Bush is the president or is he? Maybe George is the puppet of Dick Cheney’s bidding. Just maybe Dick is a master ventriloquist able to throw his policies in George W. Bush’s head. Wait a minute would that be a ventriloquist? No that could be called Psycho ventriloquism? Could you imagine Bill Clinton the first man of the white house? He would want to sit in on all the meetings or he would interrupt meetings by knocking on the door to tell Hillary something. What if Hillary is half way around the world and Bill decided not to go, imagine what he would be doing. Imagine a former president, now the first man picking out china patterns and curtain designs at the White House in his robe and slippers.
If Hillary can’t control her husband on the campaign trail, how do we think she could control him in the White House? Top Democratic committee members demanded that Bill take a reduced role on the stump for his wife. Hillary doesn’t mind Bill passion to generate votes because it is working and Bill owes his wife big-time for the public embarrassment he put her through during his adulteress affair with Monica Lewinsky. As a team they are formidable but the real question to ask is that do they represent change or are the Democrats looking back at the past.
It is very apparent that in order for Barak to win the democratic nomination he is going to have to defeat Bill and Hillary. Hillary has the intelligence but as a communicator her ability to stir up passion is suspect. Bill on the other hand is a master communicator with the ability to make a false hood seem like the truth. For example during his hearing during the Monica gate, Bill an Oxford, England educated Lawyer asks the presiding magistrate what is the definition of” is” is? Barak cannot be distracted by Bill’s tactics and have to stay on message. Maybe the Democratic base should do some foreshadowing on how a Hillary presidency would really look like. I think that they want the Clinton’s back so they can go back to the glory days of the nineties. The only thing this isn’t the nineties it is two thousand and eight and the situation is vastly different when Bill was the commander and chief. High gas prices, an perpetual global war on terrorism, decaying infrastructure, economic global recession, devaluing of the dollar, nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue nations, the return of the Soviet Union and Global warming is going to be on the desk of the next president. In order to tackle these issues of our time we need to change how our government operates and that’s a government for the people and by the people. Right now our government is for the corporations, insurance companies, drug makers and bankers and isn’t helping the people but indebting them and foreclosing on our jobs and homes. Bill and Hillary Clinton have made a decent living in politics and they had 35 years to do so. It is time to steer away from lifetime politicians that don’t accomplish anything with lasting value other than increasing there personal assets. Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t have 35 years of life before he died by the way of a assassins bullet but look at what he accomplish for the disenfranchised. Maybe we should hold all who hold public office by the same standard.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Not just the Republicans have a problem with race
“Even the Democrats have a racist underbelly”
Barak Obama has clearly been a catalyst for the change movement that has revived an uninspired electorate to arise and let your voice be heard. Recently during a campaign rally in New Hampshire, former president Bill Clinton referred to Obama as a fairy tale candidacy. Then Hillary referred to our country going backwards if she is not elected as the democratic candidate for president. Wait a minute, are these the same Clinton’s that the majority of black folks supported through the good and the bad times during there administration. Bill as of late has become Hillary’s attack dog on the stump and both of them are talking in code.
Talking in code is a slick tactic of not saying what you mean but allowing inferences to those who you are talking too and who are really listening. This is an covert political strategy used by the Clinton’s out of desperation because of Ombama’s surge to be the unlikely democratic front runner. The real question is what was the Clinton’s really trying to say?
Let’s decipher the first example, Bill called Obama candidacy a fairy tale. What he was really saying is a Blackman to think he has what it takes to be the president of the United States of America must be living in some type of fairytale fantasy. For Bill to stoop this low is actually revealing of his true colors, when it comes to winning or losing an election, black folks are expendable. You would expect a comment like that would come from an ultra conservative like Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Riely , who are the kings of racial code talking. His strategy is simple to suggest to an unaware electorate that a Blackman can’t be the “Head Negro in Charge or H.N.I.C” of the United States of America, and if he does think he can, he’s in some type of fairy tale.
Hillary’s racial coded language came before her emotional outburst, when she alluded to the fact that the country would go backwards if she didn’t win the democratic nomination for president. Her statement and tears was a clever attempt to sway the undecided voters and to talk to racially minded voters. It worked, she beat Obama by two points and in her victory speech said that she found her “voice”. What her voice was really saying was, to elect a Blackman as president the country would go backwards or “blackwards”. Mr. Obama so far has run a clean campaign and didn’t attempt to lash back at these code talking attempts.
For the country to go backwards, it would appear to me that electing the Clinton’s to a third term would be the obvious choice. Hillary’s voice wouldn’t be her own but her husband’s and she would become a literal human puppet. The surprise to me is that after these racially coded statements had been aired, that the Democratic Party base core came out and defended that Clinton’s for not being racially biased. How absurd to think that just because the Clinton’s had won a majority of the black vote in their eight years in office that they could get a blank check on these racially motivated comments and this check wouldn’t come back insufficient funds. Not even the conservatives have publicly but although privately might have suggest that voting for a Blackman would be a fairy tale and detrimental to the United States of America. John McCain came close to suggest in code that electing Obama would put the country at risk for a terrorist attack. What ever the code either party is trying to use the language is clear, we might live in a democracy but race still is an issue to be considered. Asks yourself the question if Obama had been white? Would they say his candidacy was a fairy tale or the country would go backwards? Would you hear that the country would be at risk of a terrorist attack if Mr. Obama was elected president? With statements that the American public has heard, it is very true that it is time for a change. A change from these racial lenses that has infected every segment of this society, that somehow to be white is alright but to be black is not alright. Until we clear this racial hurdle in America, this country will never transform into the nation that the founding fathers intended it to be “home of the free and land of the brave”.
Barak Obama has clearly been a catalyst for the change movement that has revived an uninspired electorate to arise and let your voice be heard. Recently during a campaign rally in New Hampshire, former president Bill Clinton referred to Obama as a fairy tale candidacy. Then Hillary referred to our country going backwards if she is not elected as the democratic candidate for president. Wait a minute, are these the same Clinton’s that the majority of black folks supported through the good and the bad times during there administration. Bill as of late has become Hillary’s attack dog on the stump and both of them are talking in code.
Talking in code is a slick tactic of not saying what you mean but allowing inferences to those who you are talking too and who are really listening. This is an covert political strategy used by the Clinton’s out of desperation because of Ombama’s surge to be the unlikely democratic front runner. The real question is what was the Clinton’s really trying to say?
Let’s decipher the first example, Bill called Obama candidacy a fairy tale. What he was really saying is a Blackman to think he has what it takes to be the president of the United States of America must be living in some type of fairytale fantasy. For Bill to stoop this low is actually revealing of his true colors, when it comes to winning or losing an election, black folks are expendable. You would expect a comment like that would come from an ultra conservative like Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Riely , who are the kings of racial code talking. His strategy is simple to suggest to an unaware electorate that a Blackman can’t be the “Head Negro in Charge or H.N.I.C” of the United States of America, and if he does think he can, he’s in some type of fairy tale.
Hillary’s racial coded language came before her emotional outburst, when she alluded to the fact that the country would go backwards if she didn’t win the democratic nomination for president. Her statement and tears was a clever attempt to sway the undecided voters and to talk to racially minded voters. It worked, she beat Obama by two points and in her victory speech said that she found her “voice”. What her voice was really saying was, to elect a Blackman as president the country would go backwards or “blackwards”. Mr. Obama so far has run a clean campaign and didn’t attempt to lash back at these code talking attempts.
For the country to go backwards, it would appear to me that electing the Clinton’s to a third term would be the obvious choice. Hillary’s voice wouldn’t be her own but her husband’s and she would become a literal human puppet. The surprise to me is that after these racially coded statements had been aired, that the Democratic Party base core came out and defended that Clinton’s for not being racially biased. How absurd to think that just because the Clinton’s had won a majority of the black vote in their eight years in office that they could get a blank check on these racially motivated comments and this check wouldn’t come back insufficient funds. Not even the conservatives have publicly but although privately might have suggest that voting for a Blackman would be a fairy tale and detrimental to the United States of America. John McCain came close to suggest in code that electing Obama would put the country at risk for a terrorist attack. What ever the code either party is trying to use the language is clear, we might live in a democracy but race still is an issue to be considered. Asks yourself the question if Obama had been white? Would they say his candidacy was a fairy tale or the country would go backwards? Would you hear that the country would be at risk of a terrorist attack if Mr. Obama was elected president? With statements that the American public has heard, it is very true that it is time for a change. A change from these racial lenses that has infected every segment of this society, that somehow to be white is alright but to be black is not alright. Until we clear this racial hurdle in America, this country will never transform into the nation that the founding fathers intended it to be “home of the free and land of the brave”.
Hillary should thank McCain
In the political arena in 2008, some critics argue you have to have experience to become the president of the United States of America. Their rational is that not having experience would put this country at harms risk in respect to national security. However, this argument reminds me of how employers would deny perspective job applicants. How can you ever gain experience, unless you were given the opportunity to do the job? Barak Obama the presidential democratic front runner is now being attacked about his lack of experience, by members of his own party.
Let’s take cliff notes on how our government is set up. Every State in the union has U.S congressmen, except Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S Virgin Islands and up until recently Washington D.C. Every congressman according to their respective state’s population either creates or votes on legislation. Two thirds of the congress has to pass legislation before it goes to the Senate. In the Senate legislative bills are either ratified or killed and any bill that is passed must have the same two thirds approval. This branch of government is referred as the legislative branch.
As president your office is called the executive branch. This branch of government has several functions including the title of commander and chief. With such a broad range of responsibilities it would be impossible to have previous qualifications for such a demanding position. To delegate power, the president has cabinet positions which are appointed and must be approved by confirmation by the senate. Currently today we have fifteen presidential cabinet positions; Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Homeland Security, these are men and women responsible for executing are government affairs.
Our final branch of government is the judicial branch. This branch, which is also known as the Supreme Court, is responsible in protecting our rights under the constitution and to oversight the legislation that is passed by the congressional and executive branch. Also the court is responsible to review lower court cases from the state and local branches of government. All twelve judges that sit on the court were appointed by former presidents and their positions are lifetime for each judge.
It seems to me that under our system of government no one man or woman is truly qualified to be a president. Our current president W. Bush was a failed Texas businessman. To be a good president of the United States it takes a; mandate or purpose, charisma or passion and good judgment of character. Obama’s popularity and rise in the polls exemplifies all of these qualities that it takes to be a good president. Barak has a mandate for change of the way politics is done in our nation. People are sick and tired of big dreams and empty promises. The nation want’s someone to stand up and deliver. Mr. Obama has passion that is heart felt; it’s not some empty chatter box spouting out a bunch of cleverly worded clichés. His victory speech after the Iowa caucuses was one of the most powerful speeches that will go down as one the best in American political history. Evidence on his judgment of character is too early to call, but the choices for his political advisors is any indications of his judgment the nation and he’ll be just fine. A president needs more than just experience, because he picks out others with expertise to advise him on just about any matter he needs a professional opinion on. Just like a good head coach or captain, a leader has to give people hope and confidence that if we work together we can overcome any obstacle that get’s in our way and that is exactly what Barak Obama brings to the table.
Let’s take cliff notes on how our government is set up. Every State in the union has U.S congressmen, except Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S Virgin Islands and up until recently Washington D.C. Every congressman according to their respective state’s population either creates or votes on legislation. Two thirds of the congress has to pass legislation before it goes to the Senate. In the Senate legislative bills are either ratified or killed and any bill that is passed must have the same two thirds approval. This branch of government is referred as the legislative branch.
As president your office is called the executive branch. This branch of government has several functions including the title of commander and chief. With such a broad range of responsibilities it would be impossible to have previous qualifications for such a demanding position. To delegate power, the president has cabinet positions which are appointed and must be approved by confirmation by the senate. Currently today we have fifteen presidential cabinet positions; Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Homeland Security, these are men and women responsible for executing are government affairs.
Our final branch of government is the judicial branch. This branch, which is also known as the Supreme Court, is responsible in protecting our rights under the constitution and to oversight the legislation that is passed by the congressional and executive branch. Also the court is responsible to review lower court cases from the state and local branches of government. All twelve judges that sit on the court were appointed by former presidents and their positions are lifetime for each judge.
It seems to me that under our system of government no one man or woman is truly qualified to be a president. Our current president W. Bush was a failed Texas businessman. To be a good president of the United States it takes a; mandate or purpose, charisma or passion and good judgment of character. Obama’s popularity and rise in the polls exemplifies all of these qualities that it takes to be a good president. Barak has a mandate for change of the way politics is done in our nation. People are sick and tired of big dreams and empty promises. The nation want’s someone to stand up and deliver. Mr. Obama has passion that is heart felt; it’s not some empty chatter box spouting out a bunch of cleverly worded clichés. His victory speech after the Iowa caucuses was one of the most powerful speeches that will go down as one the best in American political history. Evidence on his judgment of character is too early to call, but the choices for his political advisors is any indications of his judgment the nation and he’ll be just fine. A president needs more than just experience, because he picks out others with expertise to advise him on just about any matter he needs a professional opinion on. Just like a good head coach or captain, a leader has to give people hope and confidence that if we work together we can overcome any obstacle that get’s in our way and that is exactly what Barak Obama brings to the table.
Experience isn't Everything
In the political arena in 2008, some critics argue you have to have experience to become the president of the United States of America. Their rational is that not having experience would put this country at harms risk in respect to national security. However, this argument reminds me of how employers would deny perspective job applicants. How can you ever gain experience, unless you were given the opportunity to do the job? Barak Obama the presidential democratic front runner is now being attacked about his lack of experience, by members of his own party.
Let’s take cliff notes on how our government is set up. Every State in the union has U.S congressmen, except Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S Virgin Islands and up until recently Washington D.C. Every congressman according to their respective state’s population either creates or votes on legislation. Two thirds of the congress has to pass legislation before it goes to the Senate. In the Senate legislative bills are either ratified or killed and any bill that is passed must have the same two thirds approval. This branch of government is referred as the legislative branch.
As president your office is called the executive branch. This branch of government has several functions including the title of commander and chief. With such a broad range of responsibilities it would be impossible to have previous qualifications for such a demanding position. To delegate power, the president has cabinet positions which are appointed and must be approved by confirmation by the senate. Currently today we have fifteen presidential cabinet positions; Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Homeland Security, these are men and women responsible for executing are government affairs.
Our final branch of government is the judicial branch. This branch, which is also known as the Supreme Court, is responsible in protecting our rights under the constitution and to oversight the legislation that is passed by the congressional and executive branch. Also the court is responsible to review lower court cases from the state and local branches of government. All twelve judges that sit on the court were appointed by former presidents and their positions are lifetime for each judge.
It seems to me that under our system of government no one man or woman is truly qualified to be a president. Our current president W. Bush was a failed Texas businessman. To be a good president of the United States it takes a; mandate or purpose, charisma or passion and good judgment of character. Obama’s popularity and rise in the polls exemplifies all of these qualities that it takes to be a good president. Barak has a mandate for change of the way politics is done in our nation. People are sick and tired of big dreams and empty promises. The nation want’s someone to stand up and deliver. Mr. Obama has passion that is heart felt; it’s not some empty chatter box spouting out a bunch of cleverly worded clichés. His victory speech after the Iowa caucuses was one of the most powerful speeches that will go down as one the best in American political history. Evidence on his judgment of character is too early to call, but the choices for his political advisors is any indications of his judgment the nation and he’ll be just fine. A president needs more than just experience, because he picks out others with expertise to advise him on just about any matter he needs a professional opinion on. Just like a good head coach or captain, a leader has to give people hope and confidence that if we work together we can overcome any obstacle that get’s in our way and that is exactly what Barak Obama brings to the table.
Let’s take cliff notes on how our government is set up. Every State in the union has U.S congressmen, except Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S Virgin Islands and up until recently Washington D.C. Every congressman according to their respective state’s population either creates or votes on legislation. Two thirds of the congress has to pass legislation before it goes to the Senate. In the Senate legislative bills are either ratified or killed and any bill that is passed must have the same two thirds approval. This branch of government is referred as the legislative branch.
As president your office is called the executive branch. This branch of government has several functions including the title of commander and chief. With such a broad range of responsibilities it would be impossible to have previous qualifications for such a demanding position. To delegate power, the president has cabinet positions which are appointed and must be approved by confirmation by the senate. Currently today we have fifteen presidential cabinet positions; Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Homeland Security, these are men and women responsible for executing are government affairs.
Our final branch of government is the judicial branch. This branch, which is also known as the Supreme Court, is responsible in protecting our rights under the constitution and to oversight the legislation that is passed by the congressional and executive branch. Also the court is responsible to review lower court cases from the state and local branches of government. All twelve judges that sit on the court were appointed by former presidents and their positions are lifetime for each judge.
It seems to me that under our system of government no one man or woman is truly qualified to be a president. Our current president W. Bush was a failed Texas businessman. To be a good president of the United States it takes a; mandate or purpose, charisma or passion and good judgment of character. Obama’s popularity and rise in the polls exemplifies all of these qualities that it takes to be a good president. Barak has a mandate for change of the way politics is done in our nation. People are sick and tired of big dreams and empty promises. The nation want’s someone to stand up and deliver. Mr. Obama has passion that is heart felt; it’s not some empty chatter box spouting out a bunch of cleverly worded clichés. His victory speech after the Iowa caucuses was one of the most powerful speeches that will go down as one the best in American political history. Evidence on his judgment of character is too early to call, but the choices for his political advisors is any indications of his judgment the nation and he’ll be just fine. A president needs more than just experience, because he picks out others with expertise to advise him on just about any matter he needs a professional opinion on. Just like a good head coach or captain, a leader has to give people hope and confidence that if we work together we can overcome any obstacle that get’s in our way and that is exactly what Barak Obama brings to the table.
The Las Vegas Debate
“Vegas, Hillary is the dealer, Edwards is the dark horse and at the roulette table you should always place your bets on Barak “
In Las Vega last night the democrats displayed blue chip talent during their debate last night. It clear the difference that lie between the democrats and the republicans. Hillary did here best to look and act presidential. Her performance is always and seemed to be rehearsed like a theatrical stage production. Edwards and his twelve hundred dollar haircut, stayed on message regardless of what the question he was asked. Clearly , Barak Obama stage presence was dominate and he didn’t have to act as an president, because he is comfortable, regardless of the situation that he is in.
Mrs. Clinton gave a decent performance last night, but she and her campaign has taken then role of the dealer at the gambling table. The dealer at any gambling operation represents the house or owner of the establishment. As a dealer you are responsible about adhere to the house rules and collecting or rewarding monies earned or lost. Also a dealer notifies management about any cheating being done by the other players. Hillary and her machine soon after her victory went on a covert attack and introduce race on her criticism of Barak Obama. It got out of control when the owner of Black Entertainment Television Bob Johnson an Hillary supporter insulted Obama by insinuating that while he was an community organizer in Chicago he was experimenting with drugs. The cards was clearly dealt at the Las Vegas debate because Hillary’s political machine stack the deck with non-issues. So the first line of questioning wasn’t about national issues, instead they were focused on Hillary’s attack and Barak’s counter attack a week after the New Hampshire primaries.
John Edwards gets a C grade as far as performance last night at the debates. The problem with Edwards is that he does have substantive middle-class issues but how can he really feel the pain of the middle-class while sporting a twelve hundred dollar hair cut. Most working class men wouldn’t spend over twelve bucks for a hair cut. Another reason why Edwards get’s an average performance grade , because he stays on his message so much that after a while he begins to sound like a scratched record. For example if you were to asks him “can we put a man on the moon again?” his reply would be,” yes, and that’s why I am fighting for the middle-class!” Edwards needs to loosen up and get off the “champion of the middle-class” script and answer a question without pandering to specific focus group.
Finally, Barak Obama if he didn’t realize it, I would bet he does now on how dirty politics can be. Hillary called off the attack dogs but the damage had already begun. It took Howard Dean the Democratic Party Chairman to step in and tell both campaigns too put the boxing gloves down. The “race” issue was about to split the Democratic Party in halve and in particular the black and brown vote. If this split would have happen it would have benefited Hillary and it would crush Obama’s rainbow coalition. In the long run, this would have increased the odds in favor to the republicans to retain the white house in two thousand and eight. Obama’s debate performance was smooth and steady. Quite frankly, the crowd was told they couldn’t show any applause for any of the candidate’s remarks. Mr. Obama regardless of the rules received applause from several of his statements. His performance could be described as grace under political fire.
It seems to me that this Las Vegas debate was by designed to give Hillary a cover up for her personal attacks she and her political machine had displayed. Her only defense was if it didn’t come out of my mouth then I am not responsible for it. What a cop out, and it was an answer I would have expected she would give. Her appearance on stage reminded me of a cat trying to hide a canary in its mouth. Bill and Hillary stacked the deck of the Las Vegas debate and almost seem to know what questions was going to be asked prior to the debate. Well, John Edwards during the debate looked and acted like a dark horse, while sounding like a scratch record. If I was too place my bets it would be on Barak Obama. He looks, acts, and talks like a president. There also seems to be a reality and honesty, in the way he answers tuff questions. His answers don’t seem it is based off of some poll or pandering to a focus group. Hillary answers to questions seem like they aren’t from her own mind but it is from the mind of Bill, who is her puppet master.
In Las Vega last night the democrats displayed blue chip talent during their debate last night. It clear the difference that lie between the democrats and the republicans. Hillary did here best to look and act presidential. Her performance is always and seemed to be rehearsed like a theatrical stage production. Edwards and his twelve hundred dollar haircut, stayed on message regardless of what the question he was asked. Clearly , Barak Obama stage presence was dominate and he didn’t have to act as an president, because he is comfortable, regardless of the situation that he is in.
Mrs. Clinton gave a decent performance last night, but she and her campaign has taken then role of the dealer at the gambling table. The dealer at any gambling operation represents the house or owner of the establishment. As a dealer you are responsible about adhere to the house rules and collecting or rewarding monies earned or lost. Also a dealer notifies management about any cheating being done by the other players. Hillary and her machine soon after her victory went on a covert attack and introduce race on her criticism of Barak Obama. It got out of control when the owner of Black Entertainment Television Bob Johnson an Hillary supporter insulted Obama by insinuating that while he was an community organizer in Chicago he was experimenting with drugs. The cards was clearly dealt at the Las Vegas debate because Hillary’s political machine stack the deck with non-issues. So the first line of questioning wasn’t about national issues, instead they were focused on Hillary’s attack and Barak’s counter attack a week after the New Hampshire primaries.
John Edwards gets a C grade as far as performance last night at the debates. The problem with Edwards is that he does have substantive middle-class issues but how can he really feel the pain of the middle-class while sporting a twelve hundred dollar hair cut. Most working class men wouldn’t spend over twelve bucks for a hair cut. Another reason why Edwards get’s an average performance grade , because he stays on his message so much that after a while he begins to sound like a scratched record. For example if you were to asks him “can we put a man on the moon again?” his reply would be,” yes, and that’s why I am fighting for the middle-class!” Edwards needs to loosen up and get off the “champion of the middle-class” script and answer a question without pandering to specific focus group.
Finally, Barak Obama if he didn’t realize it, I would bet he does now on how dirty politics can be. Hillary called off the attack dogs but the damage had already begun. It took Howard Dean the Democratic Party Chairman to step in and tell both campaigns too put the boxing gloves down. The “race” issue was about to split the Democratic Party in halve and in particular the black and brown vote. If this split would have happen it would have benefited Hillary and it would crush Obama’s rainbow coalition. In the long run, this would have increased the odds in favor to the republicans to retain the white house in two thousand and eight. Obama’s debate performance was smooth and steady. Quite frankly, the crowd was told they couldn’t show any applause for any of the candidate’s remarks. Mr. Obama regardless of the rules received applause from several of his statements. His performance could be described as grace under political fire.
It seems to me that this Las Vegas debate was by designed to give Hillary a cover up for her personal attacks she and her political machine had displayed. Her only defense was if it didn’t come out of my mouth then I am not responsible for it. What a cop out, and it was an answer I would have expected she would give. Her appearance on stage reminded me of a cat trying to hide a canary in its mouth. Bill and Hillary stacked the deck of the Las Vegas debate and almost seem to know what questions was going to be asked prior to the debate. Well, John Edwards during the debate looked and acted like a dark horse, while sounding like a scratch record. If I was too place my bets it would be on Barak Obama. He looks, acts, and talks like a president. There also seems to be a reality and honesty, in the way he answers tuff questions. His answers don’t seem it is based off of some poll or pandering to a focus group. Hillary answers to questions seem like they aren’t from her own mind but it is from the mind of Bill, who is her puppet master.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Las Vegas Debate
“Vegas, Hillary is the dealer, Edwards is the dark horse and at the roulette table you should always place your bets on Barak “
In Las Vega last night the democrats displayed blue chip talent during their debate last night. It clear the difference that lie between the democrats and the republicans. Hillary did here best to look and act presidential. Her performance is always and seemed to be rehearsed like a theatrical stage production. Edwards and his twelve hundred dollar haircut, stayed on message regardless of what the question he was asked. Clearly , Barak Obama stage presence was dominate and he didn’t have to act as an president, because he is comfortable, regardless of the situation that he is in.
Mrs. Clinton gave a decent performance last night, but she and her campaign has taken then role of the dealer at the gambling table. The dealer at any gambling operation represents the house or owner of the establishment. As a dealer you are responsible about adhere to the house rules and collecting or rewarding monies earned or lost. Also a dealer notifies management about any cheating being done by the other players. Hillary and her machine soon after her victory went on a covert attack and introduce race on her criticism of Barak Obama. It got out of control when the owner of Black Entertainment Television Bob Johnson an Hillary supporter insulted Obama by insinuating that while he was an community organizer in Chicago he was experimenting with drugs. The cards was clearly dealt at the Las Vegas debate because Hillary’s political machine stack the deck with non-issues. So the first line of questioning wasn’t about national issues, instead they were focused on Hillary’s attack and Barak’s counter attack a week after the New Hampshire primaries.
John Edwards gets a C grade as far as performance last night at the debates. The problem with Edwards is that he does have substantive middle-class issues but how can he really feel the pain of the middle-class while sporting a twelve hundred dollar hair cut. Most working class men wouldn’t spend over twelve bucks for a hair cut. Another reason why Edwards get’s an average performance grade , because he stays on his message so much that after a while he begins to sound like a scratched record. For example if you were to asks him “can we put a man on the moon again?” his reply would be,” yes, and that’s why I am fighting for the middle-class!” Edwards needs to loosen up and get off the “champion of the middle-class” script and answer a question without pandering to specific focus group.
Finally, Barak Obama if he didn’t realize it, I would bet he does now on how dirty politics can be. Hillary called off the attack dogs but the damage had already begun. It took Howard Dean the Democratic Party Chairman to step in and tell both campaigns too put the boxing gloves down. The “race” issue was about to split the Democratic Party in halve and in particular the black and brown vote. If this split would have happen it would have benefited Hillary and it would crush Obama’s rainbow coalition. In the long run, this would have increased the odds in favor to the republicans to retain the white house in two thousand and eight. Obama’s debate performance was smooth and steady. Quite frankly, the crowd was told they couldn’t show any applause for any of the candidate’s remarks. Mr. Obama regardless of the rules received applause from several of his statements. His performance could be described as grace under political fire.
It seems to me that this Las Vegas debate was by designed to give Hillary a cover up for her personal attacks she and her political machine had displayed. Her only defense was if it didn’t come out of my mouth then I am not responsible for it. What a cop out, and it was an answer I would have expected she would give. Her appearance on stage reminded me of a cat trying to hide a canary in its mouth. Bill and Hillary stacked the deck of the Las Vegas debate and almost seem to know what questions was going to be asked prior to the debate. Well, John Edwards during the debate looked and acted like a dark horse, while sounding like a scratch record. If I was too place my bets it would be on Barak Obama. He looks, acts, and talks like a president. There also seems to be a reality and honesty, in the way he answers tuff questions. His answers don’t seem it is based off of some poll or pandering to a focus group. Hillary answers to questions seem like they aren’t from her own mind but it is from the mind of Bill, who is her puppet master.
In Las Vega last night the democrats displayed blue chip talent during their debate last night. It clear the difference that lie between the democrats and the republicans. Hillary did here best to look and act presidential. Her performance is always and seemed to be rehearsed like a theatrical stage production. Edwards and his twelve hundred dollar haircut, stayed on message regardless of what the question he was asked. Clearly , Barak Obama stage presence was dominate and he didn’t have to act as an president, because he is comfortable, regardless of the situation that he is in.
Mrs. Clinton gave a decent performance last night, but she and her campaign has taken then role of the dealer at the gambling table. The dealer at any gambling operation represents the house or owner of the establishment. As a dealer you are responsible about adhere to the house rules and collecting or rewarding monies earned or lost. Also a dealer notifies management about any cheating being done by the other players. Hillary and her machine soon after her victory went on a covert attack and introduce race on her criticism of Barak Obama. It got out of control when the owner of Black Entertainment Television Bob Johnson an Hillary supporter insulted Obama by insinuating that while he was an community organizer in Chicago he was experimenting with drugs. The cards was clearly dealt at the Las Vegas debate because Hillary’s political machine stack the deck with non-issues. So the first line of questioning wasn’t about national issues, instead they were focused on Hillary’s attack and Barak’s counter attack a week after the New Hampshire primaries.
John Edwards gets a C grade as far as performance last night at the debates. The problem with Edwards is that he does have substantive middle-class issues but how can he really feel the pain of the middle-class while sporting a twelve hundred dollar hair cut. Most working class men wouldn’t spend over twelve bucks for a hair cut. Another reason why Edwards get’s an average performance grade , because he stays on his message so much that after a while he begins to sound like a scratched record. For example if you were to asks him “can we put a man on the moon again?” his reply would be,” yes, and that’s why I am fighting for the middle-class!” Edwards needs to loosen up and get off the “champion of the middle-class” script and answer a question without pandering to specific focus group.
Finally, Barak Obama if he didn’t realize it, I would bet he does now on how dirty politics can be. Hillary called off the attack dogs but the damage had already begun. It took Howard Dean the Democratic Party Chairman to step in and tell both campaigns too put the boxing gloves down. The “race” issue was about to split the Democratic Party in halve and in particular the black and brown vote. If this split would have happen it would have benefited Hillary and it would crush Obama’s rainbow coalition. In the long run, this would have increased the odds in favor to the republicans to retain the white house in two thousand and eight. Obama’s debate performance was smooth and steady. Quite frankly, the crowd was told they couldn’t show any applause for any of the candidate’s remarks. Mr. Obama regardless of the rules received applause from several of his statements. His performance could be described as grace under political fire.
It seems to me that this Las Vegas debate was by designed to give Hillary a cover up for her personal attacks she and her political machine had displayed. Her only defense was if it didn’t come out of my mouth then I am not responsible for it. What a cop out, and it was an answer I would have expected she would give. Her appearance on stage reminded me of a cat trying to hide a canary in its mouth. Bill and Hillary stacked the deck of the Las Vegas debate and almost seem to know what questions was going to be asked prior to the debate. Well, John Edwards during the debate looked and acted like a dark horse, while sounding like a scratch record. If I was too place my bets it would be on Barak Obama. He looks, acts, and talks like a president. There also seems to be a reality and honesty, in the way he answers tuff questions. His answers don’t seem it is based off of some poll or pandering to a focus group. Hillary answers to questions seem like they aren’t from her own mind but it is from the mind of Bill, who is her puppet master.
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