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I hate to do this, but I have to. After Bill Maher's show last night, and reading an article yesterday by Hendrik Hertzberg in the RSS feed of the New Yorker, I feel compelled to make some additonal remarks about the Obama nomination candidacy.
First of all, Maher had a Republican congressman as one of his guests, who, when the general question was put out re: how come some people hate Hillary Clinton, stated that was because of her position on health care, her wanting to make it universal, a subject she brought up in the first days of the Clinton Presidency. Amazing! The Senator was 15 years ahead of the curve regrding health care for all, and people, especially the Republicans, have that as a reason to violently dislike her? So why is everyone now discussing how full health care coverage can be provided to everyone? Amazing!
Then Maher suggested that Obama would be a better candidate, because there isn't anything the Republicans can bring up, like they would with their nemesis, Hillary Clinton, so Obama could beat the Republican candidate. And after all, Obama was against the Iraq conflict...yep, while sitting in his office in Illinois - not yet a Senator - where he could opinionate on the topic without any influence of knowledge - or what was being laid out as facts for members of the United States Congress. Hey, his record is not that clean on the subject.
Then Hertzberg's column in the New Yorker, dated February 2. Titled "The Spat", the column ends with the following:
"And, as a new President elected with a not quite filibuster-proof Senate, he would be in a better position to peel off the handful of Republican senators he would need to make meaningful legislative progress than someone who started from a defensive crouch. Hillary Clinton would make a competent, knowledgeable, and responsible President. Barack Obama just might make a transformative one. (blogger's emphasis)" There's no grounds to assume the assertion re: "peeling off... Republicans..." would be an actuality.
So here is what I think is going on - President Bush, and his administration - has so screwed up a large portion of the American public, that anyone who appears harmless, and can "bring us all together" - should be President. It's not necessary to be competent, knowledgeable, and responsible, just have the ability to gather all the folks around and make them feel nice. For goodness sakes, the USA is 231 years old - why the hell does our populace act, and have to be treated, like a bunch of 2 year olds?
If being "transformative", as Herzberg descibes Obama, is what this country needs, hell, there a million kindrergaten teachers out there who could probably do a great job of being "transformative". We live in a time calling for strong, capable, knowledgeable, and experience leaders. Obama is not one those.
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Posted by jchernic on 2008-02-02 19:03:45 | Rating: | Views: 116
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Hey I thank you. I think you got it.And he has OW MONEY TO BACK HIM UP maybe we will get a new car out of this Hummmmmm
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Posted by shellyme
on 2008-02-02 19:36:06
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