Random Thoughts on 2008 Election
As we round the corner into the General Election showdown between McCain and Obama, I thought I’d share my general impressions … this is partially inspired by a surreal conversation I had with a personality type seven Law Enforcement Officer a few weeks ago:
- Once again, the Democrat electorate pass over an obvious choice like Richardson (Southern two-term Governor with successful track record) for underdogs and flash.
- Clinton came out of nowhere in 1992 to win the nomination, and eventually the Presidency, for the democrats. In 2008, Obama came out of nowhere to defeat the now-establishment Clintons. Democrats love new faces.
- Hillary would have won the 2004 nomination and election. Bush would have been a one-term president, like his father before him. Hillary’s lack of courage and political calculation to wait for ‘08 was a HUGE blunder.
- Mitt Romney is not a conservative. Any Governor who signs a universal health care bill is not a conservative, no matter how many times the Golfer tells me he is.
- With the Democrats shooting themselves in the foot, a moderate Governor like Romney with business smarts was a perfect choice for the Republicans. Who do they choose? John McCain — a wannabe independent.
- Open primary elections should be disallowed. Democrats apparently crossed over to vote for McCain in the early states, and Repubs crossed over to vote for Hillary in later states. All primaries should be closed, so that each party can choose their best candidate and avoid silly tomfoolery.
- “Operation Chaos” is Fairness Doctrine fodder and career suicide bombing by the Golfer, taking down Republican talk radio with him.
- George Bush is a bizarro liberal who gives conservatives a bad name.
- McCain’s liberal policies will be painted as conservative by the MEDIA, if he wins.
- Conservatives must sit out the election and allow Obama to win.
- Obama might be more moderate than liberal as president. He may surprise some people.
- Democrat Superdelegates are more afraid of riots caused by African-Americans than riots by older women. I guess they forgot about the feminist movement.
- Blacks vote for Obama 90% to 10% for Hillary. Whites vote for Hillary 60% to 40% to Obama. So, are we to conclude that Black Democrats more racist than White Democrats?
- The menopausal white female Democrats will eventually forget about Hillary and vote for Obama in November.
- Clinton will NEVER get die-hard Obama voters in the general election.
- Obama will NEVER get “Bitter” people to vote for him.
- McCain will NEVER get certain conservatives to vote for him.
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Hm, I thought the reps didn’t allow anyone but enlisted party-members to vote in the primaries? (Could be wrong though).
Interesting ideas you put on the table nevertheless. Now, if only we could get the press interested in politics.
Interesting ideas, yes, but an absolute (read: undebatable) statement: “Hillary would have beaten Bush in ‘04″ seems out of place.
And I have no idea what “personality type seven Law Enforcement Officer” is supposed to mean in all of this.
n Saturday, the Latino U.S. President that wasn’t, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, met with U.S. Latin American enemy #2 (Cuba is still #1), Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Richardson was lending his support in hostage negotiations with the FARC, especially trying to secure the release of 3 U.S. hostages and of course, Ingrid Betancourt.
There are 200,000 men, women, and children in North Korea’s concentration camp system. Camp 22, the worst of these camps, stands alongside Mauthausen and Tuol Sleng as one of human history’s greatest crime scenes. Americans may wonder whether Bill Richardson raised this subject to the North Koreans who hold him in such great esteem, and with whom he holds such influence.
Bill Richardon’s Skeletons
- Speeding Tickets
- Monica Lewinsky Scandal
- Rumors of womanizing
- Leaked info in Wen Ho Lee case
- Links to New Mexico cult
- Clintonesque, in all senses of the word (good and bad)
- Lied about his baseball “career”
Be careful about Bill Richardson. Has he forgotten about New Mexico?
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Let me address the Hillary in ‘04 thing: it is my opinion that the best candidates on the Democrat side, like Gore and Clinton, chose not to run in ‘04 b/c Bush was a war-time President, and that they misread the political climate that year.
John Kerry, a weaker candidate than Hillary (or “Skeleton” man Richardson, for that matter), almost beat Bush. That indicates to me that a star Democrat candidate could have pulled off the upset.
It’s just an opinion, of course….
Opinions are all you ever leave…how about some facts for once