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The Dems Debate in South Carolina: Ugh
It was bound to happen. If you insist on 10,000 debates in a four or five month period, you are going to cover every policy difference, philosophical difference, and tonal difference. It's all over but the shouting, as they say.
And that's what we got tonight with the Democrats' debate in South Carolina: the shouting. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton traded so many jabs and talked over each other so many times that it's hard to remember any one line—the only thing that sticks in the mind, just half an hour later, is the sound of constant squabbling.
And it's bad for the Democratic Party. Every time the Democratic candidates launch attacks on each other, they provide the eventual Republican nominee with ammunition. Not to mention the fact that they obscure their strengths and highlight their weaknesses.
The media coverage is already all about "tensions flaring." Immediately after the debate ended, Anderson Cooper started reshowing the debate's contentious moments. I'm not going to recap any of them here—you can read about them elsewhere or see them on YouTube, but suffice to say, they were simply sharper versions of what you have already heard.
Two moments of actual substance:
Edwards, who struggled for air time, introduced the idea of John McCain as the presumptive Republican nominee. The point was that only he could beat McCain. Clinton replied that if McCain is the nominee, only she has the foreign policy chops to go toe-to-toe with the Arizona senator. Obama responded by saying that Clinton's argument was essentially, "I'm the closest to McCain." The better argument for a progressive, Obama argued, is that we need a whole new foreign policy paradigm that rejects the conventional wisdom and adopts a whole new way of thinking.
The second worthwhile moment was on the topic of health care. Obama reiterated his point that he doesn't believe in mandates; his belief is that people want health care and simply can't afford it. If you make health care more affordable, the 47 million uninsured will disappear because they will buy into the system voluntarily. Both Edwards and Clinton attacked Obama for defending a plan that is not truly universal.
Obama was busy fending off blows the entire night: at first just from Clinton, but later from both Clinton and Edwards. (Edwards has to stick around, if only for his role in these debates. He is a pressure valve—the moderators go to him when things get too tense between HRC and BHO.) Pundits will say that Obama's place at the center of the action means he won. He absorbed a ton of blows but gave better than he got. But in truth, every Democrat was a loser today.
Talk is cheap. And there's a handshaking, backslapping war of words contest underway. Folks, we've got a president to elect!
Their voices drip with honey, boom with confidence and are packed with promises. Not a white knuckle among them has gripped a podium in fear so far.
And their body language is just so?The hallowed hands. The long look. The casual cackle. The forceful finger?and it's not too distant cousin, the thumbpoint, and of course, the tell-tale tear. On display among the candidates for president are the "best of the best"? in oratory and rhetoric that is.
They've been blogged, roasted and toasted. Tee-veed, You Tubed and My Spaced and are now ready for their fifteen minutes of fame, plus eight long years. Every gesture they make and sound they bite is dissected into, like James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces.
But, picking a President can be like picking a melon. You can thump, squeeze and smell, but you won't know what you have until you can sample what's inside. And as this analogy goes, by then they're in the White House?and it just might be too late!
I zeroed in when Senator Clinton said she "found her voice" after winning New Hampshire's Democratic primary. I wondered if what she meant was she found the ability to tell her truth. That would be a good thing. Or, take Senator Obama who, after sparring with Clinton after the Congressional Black Caucus debate said:
"There's a set of assertions made by Senator Clinton as well as her
husband that are not factually accurate."
Could he have saved a few breaths and said simply, "They lied."
A politician's skill at great oratory and rhetoric is like peanut butter and jelly. They just naturally go together. Ronald Reagan, when asked, 'How could an actor become President?' responded 'How can a president not be an actor?' That, too, makes me wonder.
When it comes down to it, what we're given as a test drive of a potential president's abilities to lead is whether he or she is a good speaker, can rehash their "atta-boys"off the cuff, and verbally annihilate their opponents on a regular basis, with class and good manners intact?thank you very much. Surely, we want substance over style and not just entertainment!
Words have meaning. The right words have changed history when a president has had something to say and the ability to say it.
After all, what you say has to count for at least as much as how you say it. I'm reminded of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown's song, "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" whose refrain goes:
Like a dull knife that just aint cutting
You're just talking loud and saying nothing
Just recently in my local newspaper there was the story of an 82-year old man who died in a nursing home with maggots in his eyes and an infected feeding tube. There is no pretty way to say that.
What I want is a president whose heart is big enough to figure out how a policy made or initiative supported in the White House lessens the chance that another senior will die in such indignity, and one who believes that domestic issues such as what happens to seniors in nursing homes should be among a president's concerns.
I also want someone who can totally avoid or break up a fight and get along with another person or nation they don't like for the sake of the greater good. In "candidate speak" that would be a person skilled in conflict resolution and diplomacy.
How to say it? Say it like you mean it; and mean what you say! Get to the point and keep it real.
After all, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was only 275 words. Of those, 196 had one syllable:
The dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Given where we are as a nation, our next president will inherit a moment of historical significance. What they have to say?their voice?will resonate long after they are gone.
You have one voice. You have one vote. Talk is cheap?.and so is life, all it costs is one bullet.
Talk is cheap. And there's a handshaking, backslapping war of words contest underway. Folks, we've got a president to elect!
Their voices drip with honey, boom with confidence and are packed with promises. Not a white knuckle among them has gripped a podium in fear so far.
And their body language is just so?The hallowed hands. The long look. The casual cackle. The forceful finger?and it's not too distant cousin, the thumbpoint, and of course, the tell-tale tear. On display among the candidates for president are the "best of the best"? in oratory and rhetoric that is.
They've been blogged, roasted and toasted. Tee-veed, You Tubed and My Spaced and are now ready for their fifteen minutes of fame, plus eight long years. Every gesture they make and sound they bite is dissected into, like James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces.
But, picking a President can be like picking a melon. You can thump, squeeze and smell, but you won't know what you have until you can sample what's inside. And as this analogy goes, by then they're in the White House?and it just might be too late!
I zeroed in when Senator Clinton said she "found her voice" after winning New Hampshire's Democratic primary. I wondered if what she meant was she found the ability to tell her truth. That would be a good thing. Or, take Senator Obama who, after sparring with Clinton after the Congressional Black Caucus debate said:
"There's a set of assertions made by Senator Clinton as well as her
husband that are not factually accurate."
Could he have saved a few breaths and said simply, "They lied."
A politician's skill at great oratory and rhetoric is like peanut butter and jelly. They just naturally go together. Ronald Reagan, when asked, 'How could an actor become President?' responded 'How can a president not be an actor?' That, too, makes me wonder.
When it comes down to it, what we're given as a test drive of a potential president's abilities to lead is whether he or she is a good speaker, can rehash their "atta-boys"off the cuff, and verbally annihilate their opponents on a regular basis, with class and good manners intact?thank you very much. Surely, we want substance over style and not just entertainment!
Words have meaning. The right words have changed history when a president has had something to say and the ability to say it.
I'm reminded of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown's song, "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" whose refrain goes:
Like a dull knife that just aint cutting
You're just talking loud and saying nothing
Just this week in the Orlando Sentinel, my hometown newspaper, there was the story of an 82-year old man who died in a nursing home with maggots in his eyes and an infected feeding tube.
What I want is a president whose heart is big enough to figure out how a policy made or initiative supported in the White House lessens the chance that another senior will die in such indignity, and one who believes that domestic issues such as what happens to seniors in nursing homes should be among a president's concerns.
I also want someone skilled in conflict resolution and diplomacy.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was only 275 words. Of those, 196 had one syllable:
The dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Given where we are as a nation, our next president will inherit a moment of historical significance. What they have to say?their voice?will resonate long after they are gone.
You have one voice. You have one vote. Talk is cheap?.and so is life, all it costs is one bullet.
Talk is cheap. And there's a handshaking, backslapping war of words contest underway. Folks, we've got a president to elect!
Their voices drip with honey, boom with confidence and are packed with promises. Not a white knuckle among them has gripped a podium in fear so far.
And their body language is just so?The hallowed hands. The long look. The casual cackle. The forceful finger?and it's not too distant cousin, the thumbpoint, and of course, the tell-tale tear. On display among the candidates for president are the "best of the best"? in oratory and rhetoric that is.
They've been blogged, roasted and toasted. Tee-veed, You Tubed and My Spaced and are now ready for their fifteen minutes of fame, plus eight long years. Every gesture they make and sound they bite is dissected into, like James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces.
But, picking a President can be like picking a melon. You can thump, squeeze and smell, but you won't know what you have until you can sample what's inside. And as this analogy goes, by then they're in the White House?and it just might be too late!
I zeroed in when Senator Clinton said she "found her voice" after winning New Hampshire's Democratic primary. I wondered if what she meant was she found the ability to tell her truth. That would be a good thing. Or, take Senator Obama who, after sparring with Clinton after the Congressional Black Caucus debate said:
"There's a set of assertions made by Senator Clinton as well as her
husband that are not factually accurate."
Could he have saved a few breaths and said simply, "They lied."
A politician's skill at great oratory and rhetoric is like peanut butter and jelly. They just naturally go together. Ronald Reagan, when asked, 'How could an actor become President?' responded 'How can a president not be an actor?' That, too, makes me wonder.
When it comes down to it, what we're given as a test drive of a potential president's abilities to lead is whether he or she is a good speaker, can rehash their "atta-boys"off the cuff, and verbally annihilate their opponents on a regular basis, with class and good manners intact?thank you very much. Surely, we want substance over style and not just entertainment!
Words have meaning. The right words have changed history when a president has had something to say and the ability to say it.
After all, what you say has to count for at least as much as how you say it. I'm reminded of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown's song, "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" whose refrain goes:
Like a dull knife that just aint cutting
You're just talking loud and saying nothing
Just recently in my local newspaper there was the story of an 82-year old man who died in a nursing home with maggots in his eyes and an infected feeding tube. There is no pretty way to say that.
What I want is a president whose heart is big enough to figure out how a policy made or initiative supported in the White House lessens the chance that another senior will die in such indignity, and one who believes that domestic issues such as what happens to seniors in nursing homes should be among a president's concerns.
I also want someone who can totally avoid or break up a fight and get along with another person or nation they don't like for the sake of the greater good. In "candidate speak" that would be a person skilled in conflict resolution and diplomacy.
How to say it? Say it like you mean it; and mean what you say! Get to the point and keep it real.
After all, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was only 275 words. Of those, 196 had one syllable:
The dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Given where we are as a nation, our next president will inherit a moment of historical significance. What they have to say?their voice?will resonate long after they are gone.
You have one voice. You have one vote. Talk is cheap?.and so is life, all it costs is one bullet.
Talk is cheap. And there's a handshaking, backslapping war of words contest underway. Folks, we've got a president to elect!
Their voices drip with honey, boom with confidence and are packed with promises. Not a white knuckle among them has gripped a podium in fear so far.
And their body language is just so?The hallowed hands. The long look. The casual cackle. The forceful finger?and it's not too distant cousin, the thumbpoint, and of course, the tell-tale tear. On display among the candidates for president are the "best of the best"? in oratory and rhetoric that is.
They've been blogged, roasted and toasted. Tee-veed, You Tubed and My Spaced and are now ready for their fifteen minutes of fame, plus eight long years. Every gesture they make and sound they bite is dissected into, like James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces.
But, picking a President can be like picking a melon. You can thump, squeeze and smell, but you won't know what you have until you can sample what's inside. And as this analogy goes, by then they're in the White House?and it just might be too late!
I zeroed in when Senator Clinton said she "found her voice" after winning New Hampshire's Democratic primary. I wondered if what she meant was she found the ability to tell her truth. That would be a good thing. Or, take Senator Obama who, after sparring with Clinton after the Congressional Black Caucus debate said:
"There's a set of assertions made by Senator Clinton as well as her
husband that are not factually accurate."
Could he have saved a few breaths and said simply, "They lied."
A politician's skill at great oratory and rhetoric is like peanut butter and jelly. They just naturally go together. Ronald Reagan, when asked, 'How could an actor become President?' responded 'How can a president not be an actor?' That, too, makes me wonder.
When it comes down to it, what we're given as a test drive of a potential president's abilities to lead is whether he or she is a good speaker, can rehash their "atta-boys"off the cuff, and verbally annihilate their opponents on a regular basis, with class and good manners intact?thank you very much. Surely, we want substance over style and not just entertainment!
Words have meaning. The right words have changed history when a president has had something to say and the ability to say it.
I'm reminded of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown's song, "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" whose refrain goes:
Like a dull knife that just aint cutting
You're just talking loud and saying nothing
Just this week in the Orlando Sentinel, my hometown newspaper, there was the story of an 82-year old man who died in a nursing home with maggots in his eyes and an infected feeding tube.
What I want is a president whose heart is big enough to figure out how a policy made or initiative supported in the White House lessens the chance that another senior will die in such indignity, and one who believes that domestic issues such as what happens to seniors in nursing homes should be among a president's concerns.
I also want someone skilled in conflict resolution and diplomacy.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was only 275 words. Of those, 196 had one syllable:
The dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Given where we are as a nation, our next president will inherit a moment of historical significance. What they have to say?their voice?will resonate long after they are gone.
You have one voice. You have one vote. Talk is cheap?.and so is life, all it costs is one bullet.
Hilliary is obvious a racist and holds racist beliefs. She could not hold back any more, and let loose with some of it tonight. All the brothers and sisters will not vote in November if that racist candidate Hilliary is the nominee. We will not forget. Without our vote, you white liberals are screwed.
It's worth mentioning that Hillary Clinton is the candidate John McCain is clearly dying to run against. I wonder why...
http://unitedagainsthillary.wordpress.com
a racist???where do you get that? she is mean and tough and was way too combative tonite-but so was Obama. i thought they made Edwards look like the only adult as they bickered about themselves instead of talking to us about issues
"If you make health care more affordable,"
I don't understand how he can or plans to guarantee that will happen. Sounds naive, to me.
I think the Credit Card mess is going to be just as big as the mortgage mess..
30% is usary and puts people in debt for the rest of their lives..The bankruptsy bill that was just past makes it even worse..The candidates touched on this issue but did not give it the attention it deserved..Maybe they will when it happens..
I am glad Barack Obama is finally exposing the Clintons for the lies and distortions they are trying to put out there. This kind of behavior is unethical and unprincipaled and should be unacceptable by the American populace. After all, we teach our children to play fair -- not to lie, steal and cheat! The leaders we elect to office should be held to a higher standard and should be people of high principal and moral character, honest and forthright. I do not see this kind of behavior in the Clintons. It is hard for Obama to hit back because it is not in his nature to be confrontational. However, he must if he wants to have a chance to become President!
And, finally, candidates should be fined each and every time they intentionally distort an opponent's records and held accountable for unethical behavior.
Guilt and not love is driving Bill Clinton. The former prez cheated and took his wife through for years, while she stood by her man. Clinton is fighting to make it right, but in his effort he is losing me. I will not vote for Mrs. Clinton if she is the Democratic Canidate. She has distorted Senator Obama's record and I am done with Clintons and the Bush family - no presidency for you Jeb.
By the way, I see very clearly she only stayed with Mr. Clinton for professional gain. The little respect I had for Mrs. Clinton is GONE! You are a DISTORTER and not a REFORMER.
Okay, time for a reality check.
People, just FORGET about race and look at these candidates as AMERICANS facing a task as President that is as monumental as the Declaration of Independence or the Reconstruction after the Civil War.
America and her Constitution has been decimated by a corporate takeover. We were leveraged and bought out by the Repubs.
Understand that corporate America will be DELIGHTED if heretofore Democratic black/latino/white cracker/whatever Americans decide to take their wounded pride/vanity/misogynistic attitudes and stay home on election day, because THAT IN ITSELF will be a vote for the Republican machine that has created the global, economic and social disaster that has virtually torn the American Constitution asunder.
Think again. Please.
We MUST take emotions and personal animosity/prejudices out of the running.
Remember that the quality of life --YOUR LIFE--in America will depend on whether or not these powerful moneyed interests are able to "spin" you by encouraging that your hot buttons are pushed.
Hillary represents the establishment Dem Party. Good enough, but too prone to middle-of-the-roading it, "negotiation" and jockeying for position, IMHO.
That John Edwards' campaign has been so POINTEDLY ignored by the news media gave me pause...for who controls our TV networks/cable TV?
The very same enemy that will have to be taken down by the next President: CORPORATE AMERICA.
Normally, the media would be all over a "dark horse" candidate that is charismatic, good looking, holding up well under personal family tragedy, Horatio Alger storybook life..I mean. REALLY. He's a JFK kinda-look-alike, and certainly brilliant, great smile, and has seriously done his homework over the past 8 years to find out what America REALLY wants to happen. The first true populist we have seen. What's to ignore?
So why has he so desperately been painted an "also ran" since the beginning of this campaign?
The Newbie Obama was elevated to frontrunner just about the time O stepped in.
In the blink of an "o", so to speak, he was validated.(pardon the pun...couldn't resist)
We-- America-- allowed a celebrity to bring a candidate into mainstream contention. Just like that.
Ta-DAHHH!
You have to wonder at the "what's behind the curtain" Oz-like magic of that move.
In the best case scenario, Obama is on a trial run this time (really). He was encouraged to stir the mix, I believe. In fact, when he gets his political "sea legs" and has the courage of CONVICTION, maybe 2016 or so, I will proably vote for him. I like him. But not for 2008.
All of a sudden he was produced from behind the curtain like a magician's trick and was off and running.
[I've respected and admired what Oprah has accomplished since I first saw her on the tube. But the fact that she endorsed Obama gave me pause.
One thing I have noticed about O is that she has never been VOCAL from her place of great power about what has happened to America under Bush. I have never heard her opining as to the travesty of government that the Rove/Bush gang has perpetrated or the huge taxbreaks to the...ah...wealthy..
and so forth.
I saw her show on the New Orleans Katrina horror, but I didn't hear an OPINION.
She has busied herself doing...er..corporate gifting: jogging outfits, and cars and flying in people and designer clothes..and rewarding the downtrodden with ...er...stuff corporate America has provided as advertisement and PR gimmicks...er...
uh ...well...ahem....
And I thought, "well, duh."
But I don't wanna believe it.
When Oprah stepped in and dragged Obama to SC on her coattails all of a sudden, that proved to be the true "launch" of Obama as a credible contender. Just like a book, she was endorsing him, bringing him into the "O" fold.
Why? was SHE playing the race card? Was she afraid that if she did not she would lose her black fans?
Or was she "strongly encouraged" by "persons unknown" to do that?
Or did she just not really think things through? Or what?
The good news is, she's pretty politically savvy, I believe. And I'm thinking it was a good "seasoning" for down the road for her to bring Obama in.
But thanks to my knee-jerk Karl-Rove conditioning, I ahd to admit to myself that
she has MADE her $3.5 billion nest egg thanks to, well, corporate America.
She has held her Pride of Place because about the only people she ever crossed were the beef people.
And there's no denying she has certainly given free facetime to a LOT of corporations in her giveaways.
I don't watch her show every day anymore, but I used to, and I can't remember that I have ever heard her express a candid PERSONAL OPINION about any of the issues America is facing. There's the mortgage debacle, homelessness, influence peddling/ lobbying, credit card usury, ending the Iraq War, the need for universal health care, the lies following 9.11, the profiteering, no-bid contracts, the followup 9.11 "smoking gun" fear tactics to invade Iraq.. and on and on. I can't remember a blessed outspoken OPINION.
She has helped, given away a lot of things to benefit victims, and aired the videos of what happened. But nothing personal.
I'm talking OPINION, now, not giveaways.
And then all of a sudden, she steps into the political arena and ENDORSES a relatively green, young 1-term senator for President who happens to carry with him the race card?
That made me go "Hmmmm...?."
Has she spoken out on any of the ISSUES herself?
Hmmm....
I believe Obama was sort of thrown out there, run up the flagpole to see if he would fly. But he hadn't actually had TIME to do the monumental research and planning that will be necessary to formulate a cogent battle plan that will defeat the Corporate mob. So he looks kinda shaky and as if he hasn't a great deal of stamina.
But he certainly beings race in to stir the pot....
Hmmm.....
John Edwards terrifies the corporate hijackers. He has gotten the least amount of free news exposure of any potentially viable candidate I have ever seen running for President.
And if they piss Hillary off, she could be a major kick ass to contend with, I believe.
But Obama? I can't see him duking it out with corporate America. I just can't.
It's very possible that this idealistic young man is being used as a foil. I don't think anyone in his/her unbiased right mind accepts as fact that Sen. Obama has the experience or the communication skills to steadfastly accomplish the changes that America is crying out for.
So it boils down to Hillary or John.
I'm ready to see corporate America get a serious ass-kicking. I'll vote for whichever of them gets the nod. And so should you.
But John said it all FIRST, and loudest.
And the oil/insurance guys didn't manage give him a dime's worth of campaign contribution as insurance against him getting elected and actually coming after them. ( sadly, both Hillary and Barack accepted moneys, I understand)
Not that they WOULDN'T have plastered him with money if they could have.
But he refused.
I like that in a Presidential candidate.
So folks, try to take emotions out of this. America is fighting for her quality of life. And yours. And the world's. Don't let them push your buttons.
Stay on point.
A FREE AMERICA.
END WAR WITH A PLAN TO PRESERVE IRAQ'S RIGHT TO FREEDOM.
UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE THE ONLY INDUSTRIALIZED NATION IN THE WORLD WITHOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
THE VEHICLE FOR CORPORATE TAKEOVER WAS BRIBERY. THE MEANS WAS LOBBYING. ELIMINATE IT.
Know that we've coasted along doing nothing and letting democracy go down the tubes.
It's payback time.
get out and vote for the person who can MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
This year is the most crucial election of modern times. As close as we think this nation is to electing a woman or black man, this is NOT the year to put it to the test. The only Democratic ticket that will win this election is Edwards/Obama. John Edwards is on-target with what America needs. He is being greatly suppressed in the media coverage and it is blatant. Corporate America is doing everything it can to make sure he is not the Democratic candidate. The whole nominating process is SNAFU.
An Edwards/Obama ticket would take the White House; that would give Edwards 8 years to begin the nasty purging of the fascist government we currently are under. As vice-president, Obama would gain needed experience and, if all was well in Middletown, USA, he would then become the next president after Edwards. These two best represent the 'change' desperately needed. Clinton is NOT a viable candidate, no matter what comes out of her mouth. If she gets the nomination, you can almost bet that we will have another Republican president, and another 4 years of cronism and nepotism,and same ole', same ole'. It must be Edwards/Obama or bust.
As we say in the south: ..."somebody DO something!"
When are the various media going to start to recognize that John Edwards is a legitimate and viable option to these other 2 faux Democrats and what they are spewing? The guy has answers and solutions, not to mention a sense of ethics, honor, and respect for his opponents and the American people.
Hillary is is just like her husband; all conjecture and opinion, but no solution. Unless it includes lining the pockets of her friends and lobbyist contributors. I do not buy for a minute that her "experience" of living in the WH means a damn thing. She never had a clue her husband was getting his Johnson waxed by an intern...and we're to believe she was intimately involved in policy? My money says these 2 are as phony about their marriage as they are about their friendship.
Obama, while a factor and force, is not electable. That's no reflection his plans or policies...it's that white America still will not vote for him. Yes, it is about race, and the cynic and realist in me knows that to be true. Seeing how the neo-con fear-mongers and fundamentalist right blatantly are afraid of him, supports that reality. Personally, if he is the nominee, I fully expect to support and vote for him. I will not say the same about Hillary.
Wake up folks! John Edwards is the only person that can win this thing in November. If elected, he is the President that will make a difference and change the direction of this country.
Once Upon A Time the Democratic Party gave birth to The Twins they called the Clintons. And what a lovely couple they were. They won their way into our hearts and then their way into the White House. When their time was up, they flushed all the toilets and left. Since then The Twins have become the darlings of the Democratic Majority. But lo, a strange rumbling has gone throughout the land. The age of entitlement for The Twins has come to an end. But how so? How could it be? Could their very own constituency have given birth to a candidate that would be the first authentic black president?
Impossible! It just couldn't be! It is an outrage! So, the only way The Twins can remedy this assinine assumption is to kill it: tear it apart, limb by limb, word by word, hope by hope and vote by vote. People would never believe that they would do such a dastardly deed because they love black people so much. It would be beyond anyone's imagination that such revered gods could plot to overthrow one of their very own. But politics is no stranger to assassination whether it be physical or philosophical. When you play to win you play to destroy, at least this is the way The Twins always knew it to be."Crucify him! Crucify him!" And so, the Black Candidate rises to the occasion knowing full well what he is dealing with and The Twins are pissed. But this is an old tale. The wicked sometimes prosper; the hopeful sometimes perish. But the masses always stand on the outside of the drama taking sides in the intrigue. Little do they realize that if the wicked win, they lose. That is the story of the moral.
Think Global & Weep--
Is There Reason To Think Black Elitists have more integrity than
White Elitists-- Is There Reason To ....THINK!?
The New Bank of the South Shatters Neoliberal Economics
By Mark Engler
By itself, the bank represents a serious challenge to U.S.-dominated institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). As part of a larger trend, it signals a major break from the policies of "free trade" neoliberalism that dominated in the region throughout the '80s and '90s.
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It was the 80's when the fledgling NWO came to Davos-- the annual (unpublicized) meeting of the "Master Monetary Race" Their object was, still is, to level U.S. wages, until we're even up w/those of Mexico and other depressed economies . At first it only hit the lower classes but now professionals are getting hit. Not to worry, though --that is, if you do more than 7 figures -- It was NAFTA!! in the 90's with the advent of the Clintonian Neo-"Liberals" and the vigorous rhetoric of Bill Clinton that the NWO came into its own. It was/is a sad day in America when our democracy reduces to political "debate" w/ Hillary's cynical, contemptuous gaze on Barack confident none will challenge the crude, tyrannical, machine behind her, while elsewhere Bill bullies, & intimidates w/ his customary Machiavellian duplicity --and their dictatorship locked up. .It's sad because so many know! and yet there's so much fear, few will come forward. Had he not so dramatically consolidated his Elitist Corporatist media behind him in '96, they could not have counted on the pathetic public ignorance of the Trojan Horse he insinuated into our one time democratic party.
Poor Obama-- it falls to him, the single candidate to survive the Clinton's gauntlet. Many of us watched as several other better known candidates w/"creds," & much less vulnerable to Clintonian duplicity were discredited and/or banned from the all powerful Machine-Clinton. Obama's got a vision-- and, too honest for a politician. But since our mission has gotta be to prove we're not the World's!! Public Enemy # 1, we're done if his candidacy doesn't survive-- and it's back, to square Bush/Clinton 1.
They brought their whole machine to bear on Chris Matthews, a well known & much loved TV news show host. and man! he took a beating from the Elitist establishment even!! Barbara Walters , former fiance' of the Clintonian advocate, Alan Greenspan. I listened to Mike Malloy on Air America who lost his job for speaking the truth-- without the crass revisionism Bill demands. It's no wonder there is so much fear.
they! made duplicity and bullying an art-no one has the guts to openly object. . & so few dare speak up.
Thank you, this was a balanced report and I enjoyed reading your view.
What I do NOT understand is we do have a message and a solution for US FREEDOM FROM the entanglement of the establishment, why we not wake up to see that.
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I can tell you that myself, some friends and family have gotten turned off by the Clinton's behaviour to do anything to win and we will not vote for her if she gets the Democratic nomimnee. Their behavior and distortions like at Meet the Press in which Hilalry said: "Sen. Obama's chief strategist accuses me of playing a role in Benazir Bhutto's assassination.'' When in actuality David Axelrod never made such an accusation. He said former Prime Minister Bhutto's death will ''call into issue the judgment'' of ''taking the eye off the ball and making the wrong judgment in going into Iraq.'' and their recent attempt in voter suppresion in Nevada has shown a lot of people another side to them we did not know existed and it does not look pretty. They have divided the paty and it is a deep division. They seem more like Karl-Rove Republicans than Democrats and it is a shame to see their moral demise!
In the future, there will have to be some kind of Campaign Reform: Rules and Regulations from the Perspective Partiese in the way politicians run their campaigns to keep them truthful and from distorting one another's records.
Jamahl, you are an idiot. Why are you trying to turn this into a race about race. African Americans make up small section of the population. If you really want to go there? Im sure the white conservitives of america are more than willing to go there?
Like for instance:African Americans will suport another African American just because he is black. A short list for you. OJ the murder come armed rober/kidnapper Simpson. Micheal the womanizer/gambling addict Jordan. Micheal the pervert/weirdo Jackson. Micheal the heartless dog killing pot smoking Vick. Malcolm the antisemite X. Barack the slum lord deffending cocain addict Obama. I wonder how many African Americans lived in those slums? 12% of the population is African American and a small amount is registered to vote. If this becomes a race about race, then the crazy stars and bars waving hood wearing zelots in the world will mobilez. Even more so then for hillary, and why would you not vote? A republican in office would be bad for African Americans, White Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans it would be bad for the entire planet. As for the muck rackers and obviously bias Mother Jones. Stop calling yourselfs news and come clean as a site for opnions.
Whats up mother jones cant handle the truth. Why can an obviusly black man place the race card and call hillary a rcist but i cant call him and your rag to carpet? Whats up?
I sorry for my anti white racist comments.
Talk is cheap. And there's a handshaking, backslapping war of words contest underway. Folks, we've got a president to elect!
Their voices drip with honey, boom with confidence and are packed with promises. Not a white knuckle among them has gripped a podium in fear so far.
And their body language is just so The hallowed hands. The long look. The casual cackle. The forceful fingerand it's not too distant cousin, the thumbpoint, and of course, the tell-tale tear. On display among the candidates for president are the "best of the best" in oratory and rhetoric that is.
They've been blogged, roasted and toasted. Tee-veed, You Tubed and My Spaced and are now ready for their fifteen minutes of fame, plus eight long years. Every gesture they make and sound they bite is dissected into, like James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces.
But, picking a President can be like picking a melon. You can thump, squeeze and smell, but you won't know what you have until you can sample what's inside. And as this analogy goes, by then they're in the White House and it just might be too late!
I zeroed in when Senator Clinton said she "found her voice" after winning New Hampshire's Democratic primary. I wondered if what she meant was she found the ability to tell her truth. That would be a good thing. Or, take Senator Obama who, after sparring with Clinton after the Congressional Black Caucus debate said:
"There's a set of assertions made by Senator Clinton as well as her
husband that are not factually accurate."
Could he have saved a few breaths and said simply, "They lied."
A politician's skill at great oratory and rhetoric is like peanut butter and jelly. They just naturally go together. Ronald Reagan, when asked, 'How could an actor become President?' responded 'How can a president not be an actor?' That, too, makes me wonder.
When it comes down to it, what we're given as a test drive of a potential president's abilities to lead is whether he or she is a good speaker, can rehash their "atta-boys"off the cuff, and verbally annihilate their opponents on a regular basis, with class and good manners intactthank you very much. Surely, we want substance over style and not just entertainment!
Words have meaning. The right words have changed history when a president has had something to say and the ability to say it.
After all, what you say has to count for at least as much as how you say it. I'm reminded of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown's song, "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" whose refrain goes:
Like a dull knife that just aint cutting
You're just talking loud and saying nothing
Just recently in my local newspaper there was the story of an 82-year old man who died in a nursing home with maggots in his eyes and an infected feeding tube. There is no pretty way to say that.
What I want is a president whose heart is big enough to figure out how a policy made or initiative supported in the White House lessens the chance that another senior will die in such indignity, and one who believes that domestic issues such as what happens to seniors in nursing homes should be among a president's concerns.
I also want someone who can totally avoid or break up a fight and get along with another person or nation they don't like for the sake of the greater good. In "candidate speak" that would be a person skilled in conflict resolution and diplomacy.
How to say it? Say it like you mean it; and mean what you say! Get to the point and keep it real.
After all, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was only 275 words. Of those, 196 had one syllable:
The dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Given where we are as a nation, our next president will inherit a moment of historical significance. What they have to saytheir voicewill resonate long after they are gone.
You have one voice. You have one vote. Talk is cheap .and so is life, all it costs is one bullet.
Talk is cheap. And there's a handshaking, backslapping war of words contest underway. Folks, we've got a president to elect!
Their voices drip with honey, boom with confidence and are packed with promises. Not a white knuckle among them has gripped a podium in fear so far.
And their body language is just so The hallowed hands. The long look. The casual cackle. The forceful fingerand it's not too distant cousin, the thumbpoint, and of course, the tell-tale tear. On display among the candidates for president are the "best of the best" in oratory and rhetoric that is.
They've been blogged, roasted and toasted. Tee-veed, You Tubed and My Spaced and are now ready for their fifteen minutes of fame, plus eight long years. Every gesture they make and sound they bite is dissected into, like James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces.
But, picking a President can be like picking a melon. You can thump, squeeze and smell, but you won't know what you have until you can sample what's inside. And as this analogy goes, by then they're in the White House and it just might be too late!
I zeroed in when Senator Clinton said she "found her voice" after winning New Hampshire's Democratic primary. I wondered if what she meant was she found the ability to tell her truth. That would be a good thing. Or, take Senator Obama who, after sparring with Clinton after the Congressional Black Caucus debate said:
"There's a set of assertions made by Senator Clinton as well as her
husband that are not factually accurate."
Could he have saved a few breaths and said simply, "They lied."
A politician's skill at great oratory and rhetoric is like peanut butter and jelly. They just naturally go together. Ronald Reagan, when asked, 'How could an actor become President?' responded 'How can a president not be an actor?' That, too, makes me wonder.
When it comes down to it, what we're given as a test drive of a potential president's abilities to lead is whether he or she is a good speaker, can rehash their "atta-boys"off the cuff, and verbally annihilate their opponents on a regular basis, with class and good manners intactthank you very much. Surely, we want substance over style and not just entertainment!
Words have meaning. The right words have changed history when a president has had something to say and the ability to say it.
I'm reminded of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown's song, "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" whose refrain goes:
Like a dull knife that just aint cutting
You're just talking loud and saying nothing
Just this week in the Orlando Sentinel, my hometown newspaper, there was the story of an 82-year old man who died in a nursing home with maggots in his eyes and an infected feeding tube.
What I want is a president whose heart is big enough to figure out how a policy made or initiative supported in the White House lessens the chance that another senior will die in such indignity, and one who believes that domestic issues such as what happens to seniors in nursing homes should be among a president's concerns.
I also want someone skilled in conflict resolution and diplomacy.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was only 275 words. Of those, 196 had one syllable:
The dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Given where we are as a nation, our next president will inherit a moment of historical significance. What they have to saytheir voicewill resonate long after they are gone.
You have one voice. You have one vote. Talk is cheap .and so is life, all it costs is one bullet.
Riddle me this. Why does every tv program cattering to African Americans portray whites as dumb and latinos as lazy? Can we eaxpect this type of stereo typing from a black controlled white house? Talk about wrong!