Monday, December 31, 2007
Short Retort
This weekend I watched the cute 2002 animated movie Ice Age. I can't help but wonder if that movie could have been produced today what with the uproar over Global Warming....
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Short Retort
If John McCain says "my friend" one more time I will be hard pressed not to punch him if I ever meet him. I am not his friend and it really irritates me when he uses that phrase.
Hillary Clinton - A Perfect Storm
After watching Hillary Clinton I can't help but conclude that she embodies the traits of two of the worst presidents in modern history: Nixon and Carter.
Secrecy, playing the blame game and creating hate lists were major components to Richard Nixon's downfall. It might surprise many that these same traits are also major components to Hillary's personality. One of the many reasons why her health care program tanked was due to her unwillingness to have open meetings and discuss her plan with Washington old timers who had more experience than she did and could have helped draft a compromise plan. Instead meetings were held in secrecy and anyone who blocked her were added to her hate list.
She still operates in the same way today. No one believes that her campaign staff makes a single step without her approval and yet she ruthlessly tosses aside loyal staffers rather than admit any of the recent missteps might have been her fault. Hillary, like Nixon, also tracks her "enemies" in hate lists and holds grudges for a long time. Her "enemies" are numerous ranging from the "right wing conspirators" to anyone who gets in her way of what she believes is her destiny to become the next president. A key to her true personality was her sarcastic laughing at Obama during the last democratic debate. That laugh makes one think that she delights in watching the downfall of anyone who stands in her way.
Religion is playing a major role in the Republican race but is ignored in the Democratic race (except for the shots at Obama about his Muslim relatives by Clinton's staff). Yet after reading a number of articles and the illuminating biography by Carl Bernstein you realize that Hillary approaches religion the same way Jimmy Carter did. Both can be termed "Christian activists" who strongly believe that God is with them and He wants them to help the poor and disadvantage. To their credit, both Clinton and Carter truly believe that their religion demands that they take action. But that makes them scarier since they feel that they are doing God's work and are blind to how their actions might hurt others. Again, Hillary's many plans are focused on the poor with absolutely no regard to how it would negatively affect the middle class.
Hillary Clinton is truly "a perfect storm" encompassing the worst traits of Nixon and Carter. This country barely survived the secrecy, hate lists and blame games of Nixon and the religious righteousness of Carter. And now we have Hillary who's personality is a lethal combination of these destructive traits plus toss in her husband, who is a walking time bomb himself, and this country might not survive four years of Hillary.
Secrecy, playing the blame game and creating hate lists were major components to Richard Nixon's downfall. It might surprise many that these same traits are also major components to Hillary's personality. One of the many reasons why her health care program tanked was due to her unwillingness to have open meetings and discuss her plan with Washington old timers who had more experience than she did and could have helped draft a compromise plan. Instead meetings were held in secrecy and anyone who blocked her were added to her hate list.
She still operates in the same way today. No one believes that her campaign staff makes a single step without her approval and yet she ruthlessly tosses aside loyal staffers rather than admit any of the recent missteps might have been her fault. Hillary, like Nixon, also tracks her "enemies" in hate lists and holds grudges for a long time. Her "enemies" are numerous ranging from the "right wing conspirators" to anyone who gets in her way of what she believes is her destiny to become the next president. A key to her true personality was her sarcastic laughing at Obama during the last democratic debate. That laugh makes one think that she delights in watching the downfall of anyone who stands in her way.
Religion is playing a major role in the Republican race but is ignored in the Democratic race (except for the shots at Obama about his Muslim relatives by Clinton's staff). Yet after reading a number of articles and the illuminating biography by Carl Bernstein you realize that Hillary approaches religion the same way Jimmy Carter did. Both can be termed "Christian activists" who strongly believe that God is with them and He wants them to help the poor and disadvantage. To their credit, both Clinton and Carter truly believe that their religion demands that they take action. But that makes them scarier since they feel that they are doing God's work and are blind to how their actions might hurt others. Again, Hillary's many plans are focused on the poor with absolutely no regard to how it would negatively affect the middle class.
Hillary Clinton is truly "a perfect storm" encompassing the worst traits of Nixon and Carter. This country barely survived the secrecy, hate lists and blame games of Nixon and the religious righteousness of Carter. And now we have Hillary who's personality is a lethal combination of these destructive traits plus toss in her husband, who is a walking time bomb himself, and this country might not survive four years of Hillary.
John McCain's "Surge" - Real or Manufactured?
I heard it numerous times over the weekend - John McCain is surging in Iowa and is making a spectacular comeback. What brought on this "surge"? Were the people of Iowa and New Hampshire suddenly shifting from the other Republican candidates to McCain? Is he using some new strategy to win over the people? Are Republican voters ignoring McCain's position on immigration, torture and his health care plan and nonetheless supporting him? Well, no to all of the above.
What happened is simple. The MSM (Main Stream Media), who have always loved McCain, have created the illusion that he is rising up in the polls. They do this all the time and it is important to watch how they manipulate people. McCain had been trailing way behind in both Iowa and New Hampshire when suddenly two newspapers throw their support to him. The Boston Herald and Iowa's The Register announced that McCain is their Republican candidate.
Then the MSM announces that there is new interest in McCain and he is gaining more support. Yet this swing in potential votes towards McCain initially had nothing to do with his positions or how the voters actually feel about him. Instead it was completely manufactured by the MSM who hope that if they say something often enough it might actually become true. Not to mention the fact that this is a perfect example of how the MSM makes news rather than reporting it. Since then even more newspapers are supporting McCain and voters have been led by the MSM into McCains camp. But it will be interesting to know if this manufactured support will translate to real votes.
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