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1 year ago
in Buffet of human fool (Scripting News) on Scripting News
"It's messy, but we're learning a lot." Are we? The pundits and the MSM are learning that race is still an issue for a great many people. Those who live in the other 98% of the country already knew that, whether they like it or not, and they live with it every day, across race and ethnicity.
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1 year ago
in Today's links (Scripting News) on Scripting News
I decided against Mrs. Clinton early on, when it became obvious that she thinks the Democratic Party OWES her the nomination. Mr. Obama rolled up his sleeves and went to work, rather than acting as if he were somehow privileged. That made all the difference to me. I'm voting in the March 4 Texas primary, for Mr. Obama. I'd rather see a hard-working person with common sense and ideas, even with less "experience" (also debateable, in my opinion -- and as a voter, it's my opinion that counts, not the pundits'), than an arrogant has-been. It also matters that the Republicans know how to beat Mrs. Clinton, but they are scared to death of Barak Obama because they don't know what to do about him.
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Harl Delos
Obama versus McCain will be an interesting campaign.
Senator Obama'a campaign has been about politics, not about policies, and because Senator Clinton's policies aren't THAT much different than Senator Obama's, she hasn't been able to use that effectively.
However, Senator McCain can compare his conservative platform against the liberal platform of Senator Obama without being seen as nasty or racist. For years, Democrats have been scared to death of the L-word. Obama isn't scared of being a liberal; he embraces it, and is willing to sell it. He's going to say, "Look, we want and need services, and they aren't free to provide." But the GOP is still going to talk about tax-and-spend versus smaller government.
The red states and blue states have the politics they have because of their population density. People in red states do for themselves, because it doesn't make sense for government to, for instance, to run a mass transit system in rural North Dakota, and it does make sense to drive a big SUV, because little cars get blown off the road. (A few years ago, someone was driving a compact car on the bridge between the UP and LP of Michigan, and it blew right off the bridge into the water.) On the other hand, it's pretty foolish to drive a big car - or even ANY car - in Manhattan. You take the subway and let stores deliver your purchases.
The democrats will be talking about perpetual war - or at least 100 years - while the GOP will be talking about surrendering to Al Queda. The democrats will be talking about health care, and the GOP will be telling you to envision your doctor's office, only run by the DMV.
Barack will need to be careful, talking about McCain's age, because older Americans are the most likely to vote. McCain will need to be careful not to mention Barack's ethnicity, because the slightest tinge of racism will make lots of voters cringe. This may be one of the most polite political campaigns in decades - but it will be hard-fought, and it will be *close*. The party that thinks they can win this one with television advertising will end up losing. The winner will be the party that spends the most on donuts: they need to be organizing phone banks, organizing voter registration, organizing workers to get voters to the polling places.
This is NOT going to be a slam-dunk for the democrats. If Dubya were running for re-election, it would be, but the GOP isn't going to concede an inch. It'll be the same big few "swing" states that decide things.
Senator Obama'a campaign has been about politics, not about policies, and because Senator Clinton's policies aren't THAT much different than Senator Obama's, she hasn't been able to use that effectively.
However, Senator McCain can compare his conservative platform against the liberal platform of Senator Obama without being seen as nasty or racist. For years, Democrats have been scared to death of the L-word. Obama isn't scared of being a liberal; he embraces it, and is willing to sell it. He's going to say, "Look, we want and need services, and they aren't free to provide." But the GOP is still going to talk about tax-and-spend versus smaller government.
The red states and blue states have the politics they have because of their population density. People in red states do for themselves, because it doesn't make sense for government to, for instance, to run a mass transit system in rural North Dakota, and it does make sense to drive a big SUV, because little cars get blown off the road. (A few years ago, someone was driving a compact car on the bridge between the UP and LP of Michigan, and it blew right off the bridge into the water.) On the other hand, it's pretty foolish to drive a big car - or even ANY car - in Manhattan. You take the subway and let stores deliver your purchases.
The democrats will be talking about perpetual war - or at least 100 years - while the GOP will be talking about surrendering to Al Queda. The democrats will be talking about health care, and the GOP will be telling you to envision your doctor's office, only run by the DMV.
Barack will need to be careful, talking about McCain's age, because older Americans are the most likely to vote. McCain will need to be careful not to mention Barack's ethnicity, because the slightest tinge of racism will make lots of voters cringe. This may be one of the most polite political campaigns in decades - but it will be hard-fought, and it will be *close*. The party that thinks they can win this one with television advertising will end up losing. The winner will be the party that spends the most on donuts: they need to be organizing phone banks, organizing voter registration, organizing workers to get voters to the polling places.
This is NOT going to be a slam-dunk for the democrats. If Dubya were running for re-election, it would be, but the GOP isn't going to concede an inch. It'll be the same big few "swing" states that decide things.
If Rev. Wright is the wonderful human being you think him why did your candidate just throw him under the bus?