This Week In Change
Hope you all enjoyed the non-political posts. This week’s news:
Wes Clark says maybe John McCain’s war experiences from forever ago don’t qualify as experience making the wartime decisions the next president will have to make, while also noting that John McCain was a hero to him and hundreds of thousands of men in uniform. Obviously Wes Clark hates John McCain (swiftboated him, in fact). And he hates America, too. Obama, freed from the annoying tethers of conscience provided by the primary, promptly throws Wes (my VP pick) under the bus. Because everyone knows that a Republican Lite who eats apple pie and only sees the colors red, white and blue is what every Democrat must turn into once the general election is under way.
Here’s Wes defending himself.
Hillary and Obie were in Unity, NH to show they’ve kissed and made up. Clinton was relaxed and funny. Obie: a little tense and awkward. And “she does it in heels”? Not sure that is something you say about a senator. Or any woman who doesn’t like demeaning compliments. The Obama camp said he was referencing an Ann Richards quote about Ginger Rogers. Seems like a stretch to me, but it wouldn’t be the first time Obama’s told a joke that was too smart for the crowd. When Bryant Gumbel interviewed him, Obama jokingly said he would tear down Dick Nixon’s bowling alley in the White House to put in a basketball court. Of course, this was a reference to the fact that Tricky Dick — vengeful bastard that he was — filled in the swimming pool that JFK loved and had a bowling alley installed (though not on the same spot). Gumbel didn’t get it.
Obama-powered Dems come to important compromise on FISA, save telecoms and the office of the presidency from the annoying tethers of conscience provided by the Constitution, law of the land, et al.
Call me naive, but I thought “change we can believe in” would be, you know, a recurring theme throughout the next few months; not just some primary gimmick. I’m going a little overboard here — still excited about the possibility of having Dems all around — but last week sucked.
4 comments July 1st, 2008