We’re trying to wrap our brains around how many trees and bytes could’ve been saved by not printing this article by the New York Times News Service that appeared in yesterday's fishwrap. Article here informs us that Obama might now be subjected to the same treatment of which any other Presidential candidate endures…. maybe, but then again, probably not. Check this out:
"For much of this year, Obama has been handled with relative care by Clinton and the other Democratic candidates before they dropped out. They generally do not have huge policy differences with him, and they have been wary of making a particularly harsh attack that winds up in a Republican TV advertisement this fall."
…. Didya get that? In the ultimate act of party unity, Clinton Inc. didn’t want to load the Republican cannons, themselves. The event of self-delusion which would cause someone to write that should be an insurable event.
The article claims that McCain has vowed a “tough if respectful campaign” and has gone on record as disapproving of the nature of some of the attacks on Obama. Camp Obama claims that the same tactics that were used against Gore and Kerry aren’t relevant anymore and will backfire.
… but why? Why, by this article’s admission, is it that Obama has escaped the slings and arrows that are all part and parcel to normal campaign politics?
Just what is it about Obama that makes him different from every other candidate in this race and indeed different from any other presidential candidate in history that apparently makes him immune from politics as usual?
The article never says and that’s a shame because we sure could use some help in figuring this all out.
Friday, February 29, 2008
This just in: Obama is running for President.
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What McCain says, and maybe even wants, in regard to negative campaigning is going to be completely different from what he gets once the Dem nominee is crowned.
The tallons of the "Swiftboat Set" are being sharpened. Bank on it.
- Hussein Mongo
As well they should be Mongo. The Swiftboat Set brought to light corroborating evidence that Kerry was at the very least a PX Hero, (noone could have received that many commendations in such a short period of time)and at worst a treacherous, faithlessness, ready to betray the trust of his comrads, unreliable, deceptive, unworthy traitor.
Now personally, I like Obama, though I disagree with him politically. He is who he is and is unashamed. That being said; however, he has received a free pass from his Democratic colleagues and the press for being black and eloquent.
I am saddened by attempts to link Obama's church affiliation or his middle name with terrorists and anti-americanism. I can't get on board with my conservative brethren who dump on McCain for being a gentleman.
Obama is unabashedly liberal, and not in step with America, McCain, though soft on illegal immigration and not a strong conservative, can still beat him in the arena of ideas.
Obama escaped the latest battle of ideas with McCain through simple misdirection. Why wasn't he called on it? "If" AlQaeda had a hold in Iraq? But his response to McCain was "sound-bite brilliant" after making such a remarkable statement.
Sgt. Road Dawg
I always believed the whole Swiftboat episode was somewhat misdirected. While there was a tremedous amount of focus on what happened over there, which we may never fully know to achieve satisfactory closure, we know EXACTLY what happened over here with Kerry's testimony before Congress and his Winter Soldiers' Investigation...
..the fabrications of war atrocities (which if they were true, should've left him exposed to a court martial under the UCMJ for not reporting them) and the impugning of his fellow soldiers with these same fabrications, not to mention creating the "ground zero" for the whole sorry Vietnam Vet as mal-adjusted citizen syndrome that has been falsely codified in American culture ever since.
That is what I'll never forgive the man for... not anything that may or may not have happened overseas.
Wait a minute.... Dawg... did you say he was black?
Somewhat misdirected? A Commander-in Chief was about to be elected. Somewhat misdirected? The "swiftboat crowd" performed an obligated duty. Similar to a rape victom's family or the Unibomber's brother.
Men of good conscience cannot stand by, while men of ill will attempt to gain control.
And should we fall down by the wayside in this ever-changing world we can look back to these heroes of our past. With their staunch determination and ferocious iron will, no tyranny would quell them in their task.
Thank you Swiftboaters,
Dawg
By the way,
yes, black, not Jesse Jackson black, or traditional 'black leadership black" and not pandering to that black constituency.
by God, I hate his politics, but can we finally have a black leader not driven by the Jesse Jackson crowd or mentality?
Dawg
Err, I have to admit I don't like Obama. Not at all. I think he's a puffed-up, self-important crumb.
Dawg,
There isn't one member of the whole Democratic Party that the Swiftboat Set wouldn't fabricate or stretch to the extreme limits of credibility (crossing over into uncredible/incredible) some compelling "evidence" for this, that, and the other thing if it meant gaining a political advantage.
Hell, even military veterans are not immune. Even further, not even military vets of the GOP stripe are immune.
Just ask John McCain, circa 2000.
- Ayatollah Mongo
What's more likely? That the Swift Boaters were fabricating things or the guy who claimed a proven false story was "seared into his memory?"
Sorry, the Swift Boat guys were proven right all the way along or at least never disproven while John Kerry was repeatedly discredited in his war stories.
Why doesn't Kerry just sign for release of his medical records so we can just clear up this whole "smear campaign" and MoveOn?
Dawg, perhaps "misdirected" was not fully accurate as the focus on the two-part narrative (what happened there vs. here) was fixed on stuff we may never know (your records, please, Mr. Kerry) and not on the stuff we most certainly do know.
Uh, yeah. But, um, first -- let me make a quick phone call... Hello, Betty Ford Records Department?? Dubya here...
- Mongo
Mr. Lloyd,
What is it about liberals when confronted to point out the other guy's flaw. You remind me of my adolescent teenagers.
How embarrassing it must be
Road Dawg
Funny, haven't seen any liberals around these parts. I'm just a guy pointing out the hypocrisy of it all.
- Mainstream Mongo
Dubya wasn't running on the merits of his drinking prowess. We all know he was a coke-snorting lush back in the day. There is no hypocricy in this instance.
Walks and talks like a duck...(liberal).......
Dawg
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