Talking Points (something you do when a news cycle stinks)
- I'm back! Since my last post on 1/8 I've been...
- Working on this post.
- Discussing my thoughts on Pelosi with VP Cheney.
- Moonlighting in the English Premier League.
- I love politics...but hate the length of the presidential campaign season. At last Hillary and B. Hussein Obama gave us something interesting to pass the time this week. David Geffen is the hero of this story. The man who raked in a reported $18 million for the Clinton's in the 1990's just hand delivered $1.3 million to the Obama campaign Tuesday. To trump that he went to the NY Times and had this to say about the Clinton's, "Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease. It's troubling."
Actually, I couldn't have phrased it better myself.
As predicted Hillary responded with "Blah blah blah politics of personal destruction blah blah blah. Obama should distance himself blah blah blah".
I loved it when Obama's spokesman come back with, "The Clinton's had no problem with David Geffen when he was raising them $18 million and sleeping at their invitation in the Lincoln Bedroom."
THIS IS GREAT! Please keep beating each other up...although I'm really not that scared by a Hillary nomination...of course I'm the same guy who swore my home state would never vote for a dead man :/ Anyway, hopefully this will get us away from --->
- The Anna Nicole coverage. KR covered it pretty thoroughly the other day...this circuit court hearing has no end. And how about Judge Larry Seidlin...at first I liked him...now I think he's working on being the next Wapner.
I'm sure Harvard law professors have TiVo working overtime to use this guy as an example of proper courtroom decorum.
At least the "Godfather of Soul" will be laid to rest shortly.
- Back to politics. I truly believe the only major obstacle between John Edwards and the presidency is his message. Adding to this post by KR…here are my reasons why he has great potential to get the nomination.
He has all the tools:
--Looks (that's what my wife told me).
--Great stage presence.
--A smooth southern drawl.
--Name recognition.
--Just enough experience.
But Edward’s message is what I believe makes him as common as every other Democrat. Listen to it….where is the inspiration…where’s the plan to make America great…where’s the vision to convince a majority of voters he’s the one? Edwards currently runs around (like all other Dems) bashing opposing candidates for their votes on Iraq…and is calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops (a lot of Americans see that as losing). He still speaks of “two Americas” in a time where the US economy, minus a few sectors, is absolutely roaring. Unemployment is extremely low and the Dow Jones Index (John Q. Ignorant-of-Investing’s favorite economic indicator) is as high as it has ever been (the economy doesn’t seem to be the issue to rally millions of Americans). Then you throw on Katrina and a failing health care system and you’ve got a candidate that can’t stop talking about mistakes of the past and their potential negative impact on the future. This type of message will more likely make the American voter run home and lock their door to hide from the impending doom….rather than run to the poll to vote for their ‘leader’.
Be different John, don’t be negative. Didn’t the John Kerry ’04 campaign teach you that Bush-bashing doesn’t win elections? Secondly, it appears obvious Hillary and Obama might just beat each other up too much to survive…and Biden, Dodd, Richardson, Kucinich, et.al. don’t have it. When people vote for president they want to believe they are voting for a Roosevelt or a Kennedy or a Reagan…visionaries with a positive, hopeful message for tomorrow. At this point in elections substance DOES NOT MATTER…be smart, be positive, be a leader with a vision…hell just fake it for now if you have to…you can fill in the blanks later.
- When will the NCAA wake up to the ignorance and utter bigotry in college sports?
When will the NCAA ask Notre Dame to rid itself of the "Fighting Irish" mascot"
And Louisiana-Lafayette to rid itself of the "Ragin Cajun" mascot?
1 comment:
Good point, CG.
Why is the Fighting Irish okay?
Post a Comment