He Said, She Said
Ego, dirty tactics and petty bickering are so embedded in American politics that it is no wonder people are turned off by the whole thing. Yesterday, attempting to refute Obama’s claim that he is “not running to fulfill some long held plans” -which was meant as a veiled jab at Clinton’s naked ambition in response to her assertion that his mother wears army boots as a rejoinder to him holding her to the ground and threatening to drop spit on her but always sucking it up just at the last second - Hillary’s campaign basically issued a press release saying Obama is a liar because he wrote an essay about wanting to be president in kindergarten.
This is not a joke, do not attempt to adjust the dials on your set. They really said that. If you follow the campaign closely (which you shouldn’t), it is quite clear that Clinton is better and less honest with her attacks than Obama is. What is also clear is that name-calling over knick knacks has replaced having a substantive debate about what is wrong with the country and with the candidates. It’s a war without a winner. So Obama saying vote for me because I’m not Hillary is as compelling an argument as “vote Democratic because we’re not Republicans”. That is to say, it might not even be a losing strategy, but it’s not a meaningful campaign to run on.
4 comments December 3rd, 2007