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OT Why McCain/Palin will win in November
Yes, you read the subject right.
This country has some serious problems. The economy is bad and getting worse. The poor will remain so and their numbers continue to grow as the middle class continues to struggle... to keep their home... to keep their jobs. The environment continues to degrade and the effects of global warming continue to expand, now even increasing allergic reactions. We are hated overseas, our stature having fallen dramatically since the moral support we received after the attacks of seven years ago this coming Thursday faded when we took up a war of choice. We have 140,000 troops in Iraq, still a major war and fragile situation, according to Gen. Patraeus, despite the "success" of the surge so touted by the Right. The war in Afghanistan is getting worse with Al Qaeda and the Taliban on the attack. Pakistan is even more unstable (the most dangerous country in the world). We're saber-rattling over Iran, and the Israelis are gearing up for an air-strike, which could easily lead to a region-wide conflict. Domestically, we're in the middle of a tightly contest election. On one side, we have John McCain, a war hero in his 70s, who doesn't know much about the economy or even how to use a computer. He has a historical reputation for being honest and taking on the special interests, except for a few lapses in judgement, for example, with women and with powerful friends. He graduated at the bottom of his Annapolis class, where he had a reputation for being the leader of the troublemakers. He became a fighter pilot. He was part of some landmark, if relatively ineffective ethics reform legislation, and he voted against making Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday and against alternative energy legislation. He picked a running mate for Veep, a woman who has little experience beyond being a governor of a low-population state for a couple of years. She has attempted to mislead us about several things, including the supposed "Bridge to Nowhere," and she's being insulated from the press. Fortunately, it's impossible for her to be fully insulated, and some of the hypocrisy is coming out (e.g., http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080909/...el_expenses_1). She has some fairly non-mainstream views, even by the Right viewpoint. Contrary to the claims, she was likely poorly vetted and only met with the McCain twice before he selected her. It was a politically savvy move for sure. On the other side, we have a relatively inexperienced mixed-race man in his late 40s. After he got his BA from Columbia, he eventually moved to Chicago and worked for a church-based organization that helped the desperately poor and disenfranchised on the South Side. This has been derided by the Right, even though this is exactly what Republican candidate called for in his convention speech. Barak Obama, the guy with the funny name, eventually returned to school, received his law degree from Harvard. He was at the top of his class. He taught constitutional law. Eventually, he ran for public office, and finally was elected to the US Senate. As a junior senator, he worked in the nuts and bolts of getting stuff done. He's been married for 20 years. He picked a seasoned professional Senator as a running mate, someone who is far from perfect, but is highly experienced in foreign affairs, being the current Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. The presidential candidate spend an enormous amount of time selecting his running mate, rightly claiming that it was the first, most important decision he needed to make. The man he selected has been at the center of major legislative initiates for years. Since he's been in the Senate all of his political career, some 30 years, and he did not become rich. His first wife and daughter died on the eve of him taking office for the first time. He and his current wife have been married since 1977. He still commutes home to Delaware most every evening, a practice that started when he two sons were injured in the car accident that killed his first wife and daughter. Here's what McCain said in his speech: "If you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you're disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them. Enlist in our armed forces. Become a teacher. Enter the ministry. Run for public office. Feed a hungry child. Teach an illiterate adult to read. Comfort the afflicted. Defend the rights of the oppressed. Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier. Because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_Obama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden There's been a lot of lying going on about who these people are and what they stand for, and this is not helping our country. The Bush Administration and many on the Right have been degrading our personal liberties in the name of "security" for their political ambitions. The Democrats have not been effective at countering these attacks, and they hold much of the blame. They seem unable or unwilling to assert themselves, using the argument that it's not in the country's best interest. "Swift-boating" has become somehow acceptable... wherein one is attacked for one's strengths. The Right is relentless in this regard. The new attack example via Rudy Guiliani and Sara Palin deriding Obama for being a "community organizer," as though there's something wrong with that. Besides the hate-mongering and the blatant lies that are promulgated on talk shows (e.g., Rush Limbaugh) and "news" shows (e.g., Fox), there is a much fueled misconception about left wing bias in the news media. This is creating a one-version news nation. This is devastating to our country, and it happens in a large measure because the big corporations (Disney, Viacom, Westinghouse, GE, Microsoft, Time-Warner, Rupert Murdoch) that control the news services are beholden to the Right. Here's a slightly old link: http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/47530.php. And, here's what's been going on lately: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwa...8/09/08/msnbc/. John McCain will likely be the next President of the United States. Get used to it Democrats and "Independents" (not sure how anyone can be independent at this point) or do something. Your choice. As a first step, we all need to stop the politics of personal destruction -- a phrase that was made familiar by Pres. Clinton during the impeachment process, but was a propaganda technique first used in modern times during the Robert Bork nomination process. Families, for one thing, are and should remain out of bounds. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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