Run, Al, Run
So yeah, I watched the Democratic debate tonight. Just atrocious. Republican Lite Joe Biden and Crazy Uncle Gravel got in the only good lines. The Big Three were as anemic as I’ve ever seen them. While it’s chicken shit, this kind of makes sense for Hillary, but someone should explain to Obama and Edwards that playing it safe and running out the clock works best when you lead in the polls. Hillary voted for Iraq Resolution 2007 (ie Lieberman’s Iran bill), Obama was conspicuously absent for the vote, and Edwards criticized from his safe perch in ex-Senator land. I’ve taken more courageous shits.
Tim Russert made sure to ask his typical obtuse gotcha questions, along with incredibly relevant doosies about Boyscouts, ridiculous Iran hypotheticals and finished the night off with “what’s your favorite passage from the Bible?” Russert, you’ll recall, is the same reporter we thought had heroically refused to divulge his sources during the Valerie Plame fiasco, until it came out at the trial that he’d already told the FBI everything the first time they contacted him.
Obama, for me, is the biggest disappointment of all. Edwards tried the “why can’t we all just get along” approach in 2004 and it just doesn’t work when the political system is this broken. Bill pulled it off in ‘92 because he could be positive and still call a spade a fucking spade when he needed to. And because he’s Bill Clinton. But “civil discourse” is not the anitidote for the absolute corruption we have seen over the last six years.
One more thing that pisses me off. Edwards, Clinton and Obama always go on about having a discussion with the American people, like no one takes the time to find out what Joe Everyman wants, anymore. Bullshit. Joe Everyman wants health care he can afford, cars that don’t run on borrowed time, and he wants his son on the next plane home from Iraq. Polls say it, the 2006 election said it, everyone you talk to will say it. The question isn’t what we want or need, the question is who’s willing to fight for those things. Unfortunately, the only candidate who appears willing to do so is a shrill little elven man from Ohio. I would give Barack Obama’s nonexistent left nut for Al Gore to enter the race.
2 comments September 27th, 2007