Newsweek's Michael Hirsh:
"The specter of John Kerry in 2004 is beginning to haunt the Democrats in 2008. It is the specter of wimpy campaigns past. It showed up, like Banquo's ghost, at the debate Wednesday night in Philadelphia, particularly when Hillary Clinton joined with ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson to nip away at the edges of Barack Obama's patriotism. Between the questions about Obama's meager association with William Ayers, a former Weatherman, and the suspicions raised by his lack of a flag lapel pin, the likely nominee is slowly being turned into John Kerry.
"No one has a better case to make on national security right now than Barack Obama. ... At a time when he should be taking on John McCain, he's being forced to talk about lapel pins."
"No one has a better case to make on national security right now than Barack Obama. ... At a time when he should be taking on John McCain, he's being forced to talk about lapel pins."
Well thanks for yet another piece discussing Obama's patriotism, neighbors, and flag pins. A-hole.
Somebody fucking just shoot me already, part 2
Chris Matthews: b Hussein Osama is not a regular guy. From the April 16 edition of MSNBC's Hardball:
MATTHEWS: "He's got another problem. He's got another problem, Barack. And he's inspired me, I have made it clear on this program and elsewhere. But there's something he can't do, which I don't understand why he can't do it. He can't walk into a dinette with five or six guys there, white guys, in some cases. He can't just shake hands and hang out. He doesn't seem to, "Hey, you know, how are the Eagles doing?" Or "How are the Phils doing?"
"He doesn't seem to know how to do that."
BUCHANAN: "Charlie Rangel could do that."
MATTHEWS: "Yeah."
BUCHANAN: "And there are black leaders up there that can do that. But he is very much Columbia and Harvard Law and all the rest of it."
"He doesn't seem to know how to do that."
BUCHANAN: "Charlie Rangel could do that."
MATTHEWS: "Yeah."
BUCHANAN: "And there are black leaders up there that can do that. But he is very much Columbia and Harvard Law and all the rest of it."
Well fuck, we certainly don't want anyone smart and sophisticated sitting in the president's chair! Geez, maybe they'd be happier if he wore a hoodie and walked into diners yelling "more ice tea, motherfucker!"
No, probably not.
2 comments:
Re: your sarcastic comment "Well fuck, we certainly don't want anyone smart and sophisticated sitting in the president's chair!"
I sadly suspect that, YES, 'we' DO want that,unfortunately -- that it MAY well truly be the case with a majority of the voters in this country. After all, the US does have a LONG history of voting for conservative business men and/or military 'heroes', not necessarily good administrative individuals with humane values and an interest in positive ideas. It took a looming Depression before the US public finally decided to vote for positive change in FDR. Recall the old Churchill quote about 'Americans will do the right thing... after they've exhausted all other possibilities.' (or several variations on that)
It wouldn't surprise me (though it would depress me) AT ALL if John McCain won the upcoming election. And of course that would be a tragedy, but too many of our fellow countrymen/women seem determined to make our era play out as a Greek tragedy, due to their all too casual attitude towards matters of ultimate importance (war, justice, humanity, etc).
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