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"Kurt Nicklas" |
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04 Feb 2008 04:57:39 AM |
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#Candidate Rodham's Albatross |
GOP savoring a chance to take a shot at Hillary's albatross
Monday, February 4th 2008, 4:00 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/02/04/2008-02-04_gop_savoring_a_chance_to_take_a_shot_at_.html
Tomorrow is the time when so many of us will make decisions of great
importance in the ballot box. If voting for a Democrat, we will decide
between a male candidate and what has been dubbed "Billary" - two
heads to match a double set of sex organs. It also means certain kinds
of trouble because it both affords the Republicans an almost certain
victory and illuminates the confusion and lack of integrity that have
always been the problem of "identity politics."
There is nothing the Republicans would love more than running against
the political hermaphrodite. Hushed word is that new barrels of
factual mud are arriving and being put in storage until the word is
given to create a quicksand out of which the hermaphrodite cannot
emerge victoriously.
Gloria Steinem and all of the other feminists who kept their mouths
shut about the male head when it was sanctimoniously impeached removed
any single set of principles from their ideology. We can have no doubt
that they would have had so, so many people eternally picketing the
White House if the Monica Lewinsky case had come down during the
presidency of the first Bush. Those fervent marches would have gone on
for so long that archeologists would still be finding their bones and
bits of their clothes in mounds on Pennsylvania Ave.
The issue still remains what it has always been. Are we to assume that
the GOP will not hit the Clintons with everything that they have been
amassing up until today?
I am sure that they will and that they will make much of Andrew
Sullivan's argument that there were constitutional questions about the
appointment of Hil by Bill when she was put in charge of what became
the health care debacle.
I think we can safely assume that Hil will return the favor and put
her husband in charge of something if she is elected. The elephants,
who have shining memories for mud, will not let us forget that
possibility.
On the other side, many have been startled by Sen. Barack Obama's
ability to thrill the masses. His speeches overflow with patriotism
and the inspiration for young people to become engaged in the promise
of this country once again. He has the next generation fired up and
the flames lick the clouds.
The most important thing he said in last week's debate is that he
intends to have important issues argued on television before the
people and knows that the people have to make their voices heard
whenever inarguably monumental policies are on the table.
That was an oblique reference to the way the elephants made sure that
the C-SPAN cameras were packed up and gone before they sold the
country out on Medicaid legislation. That legislation made
representatives of Medicaid incapable of arguing over the prices set
by the pharmaceutical companies. The cost? $500 billion. Both that
information and the way the White House has muted or distorted
information about global warming are available on the Web site of the
news show "60 Minutes." Go see for yourself.
Since neither Obama's nor the hermaphrodite's policy intentions are so
very different from each other, that ability to get the public
involved is what he has over his opponents. It would be a
revolutionary situation if we had a President who called upon the
American people to treat its elected representatives differently than
they do plumbers, whom they call for service, then close the bathroom
or kitchen door and let them do their stuff.
That is what makes Barack Obama so indisputably attractive to the
American people. Not only does he have ideas, but he seems to have the
ability to righteously inflame the populace against the lobbyists and
the wealthy special interest groups that have done so much to hurt
this country.
Voters must realize that they cannot move forward until the forces
that hold the government down are neutralized by public attention and
public action.
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| User: "JTEM" |
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| Title: Re: #Candidate Rodham's Albatross |
04 Feb 2008 07:30:26 AM |
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Kurt Nicklas <nickl...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Tomorrow is the time when so many of us will make
decisions of great importance in the ballot box.
While others -- take yourself for example -- lost their
right to vote when they were convicted of a felony.
Well, I guess that means you can't refuse to learn from
your past voting mistakes, huh?
Remember the Clinton years?
First Clinton reduced the Republican deficits, then he
balanced the budget, then he produced multiple budget
surpluses...
The economy grew every year.
Wages increased every year.
No inflation!
Fuel was less than half the price it is today.
The World Trade Center stood tall.
How's it feel to support a miserable failure like Bush?
Well, loser? How's it feel?
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: #Candidate Rodham's Albatross |
04 Feb 2008 09:41:00 AM |
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 02:57:39 -0800 (PST), Kurt Nicklas
<nicklask@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Tomorrow is the time when so many of us will make decisions of great
importance in the ballot box. If voting for a Democrat, we will decide
between a male candidate and what has been dubbed "Billary" - two
heads to match a double set of sex organs. It also means certain kinds
of trouble because it both affords the Republicans an almost certain
victory
Dream on. The Republicans couldn't win this election if the Democrats
ran Osama Bin Laden against them.
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| User: "Kenny McCormack" |
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| Title: Re: #Candidate Rodham's Albatross |
04 Feb 2008 09:44:50 AM |
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In article <5fceq3t6prdudfaspma53m2k87cn6sr6qs@4ax.com>,
raven1 <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 02:57:39 -0800 (PST), Kurt Nicklas
<nicklask@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Tomorrow is the time when so many of us will make decisions of great
importance in the ballot box. If voting for a Democrat, we will decide
between a male candidate and what has been dubbed "Billary" - two
heads to match a double set of sex organs. It also means certain kinds
of trouble because it both affords the Republicans an almost certain
victory
Dream on. The Republicans couldn't win this election if the Democrats
ran Osama Bin Laden against them.
I certainly hope and pray that you are right (and history seems to bear
this out - that after 8 years of one guy, the public generally turns to
the other guy), but you might want to check out:
http://slate.com/id/2109218/
for an indication of just how unteachable red-staters are.
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