I am always pleased to find some sanity on the Left these days. We've said around here for a long time that Obama's campaign is run on treacle and tripe - with a healthy dose of nasty just under the surface. Eamon Martin hammers at the Obama nonsense from the Left flank. I could not - as this blog proves - (HA!) have said it better: I'm not drinking the Kool Aid. But for my own dignity and for the millions or people whose hearts will be broken when the "change they can believe in" never appears beyond the color of Obama's flesh, let it be said that "hope" as a political commodity reached it's apotheosis of co-optation... and what really transpired was the most audacious exploitation of despair.
The Obama phenomenon is the result of a country in despair. He is not bringing hope - he has capitalized on a deep fear and anger at the loss of an idea we had about what this country was supposed to be.
If Obama had a track record and ANY proven leadership skills beyond gaming the system, I might be able to get on board. He does not.
If Obama had not said almost the exact opposite of what his campaign has lead people to believe he believes - I might be able to get on board.
If Obama had not railed against lobbyists while taking boat loads of cash from the exact same GOP bundlers as Bush- I might get on board.
But he has done nothing that speaks to any kind of internal integrity. The writer of the article linked uses the word "fibs" - but why stand on ceremony - he's a liar. The most grievous lies being FISA and the Iraq nonsense he spews. Read what Obama has actually said about Iraq in the last 6 months then ask a POD what Obama plans to do about the war. THERE IS NO CONNECTION - to reality or anything else.
Martin says in the end he will vote for Obama because he fears McCain more. I cannot agree. I see no reason to believe McCain is worse. The reverse is true: I see evidence that McCain is the better choice.
He actually exists for starters.
A year later I have no idea who Obama is or what he truly cares about- beyond his own self promotion. One day he seems to be the product of his Communist mentors in ACORN and the next he's grabbing GOP talking points and begging Wall Street for cash. One day he just can't dump Wright and I am told "I just don't understand black churches" then....suddenly...Wright gets the boot. I guess I understand black churches now...or not...who the hell knows? In February he's going to take the brave progressive stance and filibuster FISA. In June he votes for FISA. He believes in public financing...until it won't work for him. He votes for a Cheney lead energy bill - then condemns it - and by proxy himself for voting for it.
Who the hell is this guy?
Imagine these kind of back flips occurring in the realm of a marriage. We all know these marriages. I love my husband...but he's a scoundrel...but I love him...but he cheats...but I love him....Same principle. The difference is, of course, flibbertigibbet friends are not usually in charge of the Executive Branch. Given what I know about McCain he gets a C minus in my book. Given what we know about Obama - and what his willy nilly, gooey, flip flops demonstrate every day now - he gets an F. No. I don't think Obama is, at least, better than McCain. He's not.
"Hope" is a canard, a sedative, a bromide for the beaten down and the foolish. Our great leaders of the past never gave us "hope" alone. They gave us faith -in ourselves and in our country. Obama inspires no faith.
JFK: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. BHO: If everyone would just inflate their tires we would not need to drill.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the four horsemen of the Democratic party's apocalypse: Barry, Nancy, Howard, and Donna. Give them a hand! Enjoy the buffet! They'll be here all week!
The destruction of the Democratic Party is complete.
Labels: changey hopey, Donna Brazile, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Obama
Obama is many things - including tacky, mean and small in spirit. Obama has run a campaign I would describe as "Republican." I mean this as a compliment. Campaigns are tough things to pull off and the GOP is markedly better at it than the Democrats. Axlerod can rightfully take his place along side Karl Rove and Lee Atwater. The BHO campaign showed its truest colors Wednesday night. Petty. On Tuesday Clinton humiliated Obama in West Virginia. As they have in the past when the chosen one looks bad, they had some big endorsements in their back pocket to change the subject. Given that me and a zillion other people got a fundraising email from John Edwards 4.7 seconds after his endorsement of BHO was announced we can rightfully assume a deal was made. The onus is on Edwards to prove otherwise. One can assume after Obama loses Kentucky on Tuesday Al Gore will be hitting us up for cash on Wednesday - with an Obama mailing list in hand. Those of us who know Obama is the wrong choice. (It is now beyond dispute, with the evidence parked at news outlets across the land and Patrick Fitzgerald's office.) The answer is simple: If you endorse Obama you get cut off. Cut off from cash, assistance and sympathy. NARAL can fight it's battles from here on out with Obama's children. Apparently, they are the future and the future is grim. Whatever Edwards wants he can go look elsewhere. (I deleted the email after I realized he wanted cash.) Ditto for the rest. Every Democratic loser of the past half century has gotten on the Obama greasy palm express. Frankly, I am sick of hearing that I should be begging SD's to do the right thing. The winning thing. Obama is blackmailing them - pure and simple- promising dough and lining them up to endorse when he needs to overtake a bad news cycle. He is the pollution in the system he speaks against. If the SD's can't see the truth then, frankly, they are in a party I no can longer call my own. The party of the greased palm. Forget it. Nominating someone so supremely unqualified and so easily beaten in the Fall tells me one thing: the SD's don't care about the party. They care about their positions. They care about BHO's money lists. So - no - I will not be emailing any more SD's asking them politely to do the obvious.
The latest news is that there are tapes of Michelle "I am black so you owe me" Obama screeching anti-inclusion hatred at Trinity church. The source for this news is solid and I have no doubt we'll all see it the day after BHO is nominated. Then the autumn will be a Rovian mop up session for McCain. Obama's strategy will be this in 2 words: McCain's age. That's it. I don't want to be in a party populated by so many stupid people. Yet again, the candidate that can win is being shoved aside for the trendy loser. So be it. The only thing that can save the party of FDR and Jefferson now is the removal of 90% of its power structure. Flushing Dean, Pelosi and Brazille and their goons is the only way out.
Until that happens you can call me Ray or you can call me Fay - but don't call me a Democrat.Labels: Donna Brazile, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, toilet
John's post on Ted Kennedy got me thinking about the SUPER delegates who support Obama.
I wonder how much of their support is because they believe in his policies and how much is resentment towards the Clinton's.
Donna Brazile - possible the worst campaign manager ever. Is she angry at the Clinton's because she believes it's President Clinton's fault Al Gore didn't become President? (I won't say he lost the election because he didn't.) Is she jealous of the fact that President Clinton had two terms?
Howard Dean-a loser. Unfair to be booted out of the race because of the scream? True enough, but losing Iowa was really the reason he gave up his bid. Does he resent that Senator Clinton lost Iowa and came back? Or is he like Ms. Brazile and is jealous of the only Democrat who won two terms since FDR?
Ted Kennedy - one thing I'll give him is he is not hypocritical enough to suggest that Senator Clinton should abandon her campaign. And as much respect as I have for President Carter he was beatable. Obviously. But Ted Kennedy couldn't do it.
John "Windsurfing Madness" Kerry - TWENTY KNOTS - HOLD MY CALLS! Let the Swiftboaters go unanswered for way to long and then once it had started to fade brought it right back into the spot light. Could not have run a worse campaign from a phone booth in Yankton, South Dakota with no change. Of course he comes out for Obama, they're cut from the same cloth. He must wonder, how did I lose to that schmuck and how did Clinton get to win?
Gary Hart. Nursing old resentments because the super delegates "gave" the nomination to Mondale. In actuality, he had less pledged delegates than Mondale but he had won the last contests so he argued that he had momentum on his side and should be the nominee. Odd, that he would support Obama.
Tom Dashle - blames President Clinton for making him Minority Leader.
Nancy Pelosi. Please vote this woman out. Right now she is the highest ranking woman in Washington. She doesn't want to give that up.
Huffington and Dowd - also don't want another woman to do better than them
Olbermann - who knows? He's lost his mind and his viewers and neither are coming back.
You can blame President Clinton for a lot. I was angry about the blow job because it was wrong and it diminished the good that he did. But the way all of the people above talk about him now you would think he lost, like them.
I'm supporting Senator Clinton, whether she is on the ballot or not. I am not afraid of a strong woman.
Here's my quote of the day:
Ms. Michaux and Ms. Prigg may be among the "bitter" people Mr. Obama was talking about -- a teacher, Ms. Prigg has no health insurance and says she may lose her house because her salary won't cover the monthly mortgage payments. But both women said they're sticking with Mrs. Clinton.
"I felt back in the 1990s when the Clintons were in, I lived pretty good, and now my life is going down the tubes, like everyone else's," said Ms. Prigg. "When I met her in Pittsburgh eight years ago, I told her, Hillary, no matter what you run for, anyone who stays with Bill deserves my vote, and she loved it."
"I feel like I AM Hillary Clinton," she said. "Strong women are all Hillary Clinton."
Thank you very much Ms. Prigg, I couldn't say it any better. Labels: Clinton, dean, Donna Brazile, Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, olbermann, Ted Kennedy
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