Sunday, March 9, 2008

Waiting for the Crash and Burn?

I should start by saying I am an Obama supporter. A year or so ago when this process started I was all up Hillary's ass. I was telling my friends and co-workers Go Hillary, she's gonna be the next pres! Then something changed. I think at first it wasn't anything she did, it was just that I was excited by the message Barack was putting out there. As time has gone by I have become more and more convinced that he is the ONLY candidate who has ANY chance of leading America out of the wilderness we have stupidly blundered into. The more this process has gone on, the more I become committed to him and the more I am absolutely disgusted with Hillary. Which brings me to the point of the crash and burn idea. The last week or so the HC campaign has put forth two new messages. One is that she is the candidate with the most experience because while she was first lady she helped bring peace to Northern Ireland (there are differing accounts from different parties involved whether she was just encouraging the women involved in the process to come together or if she had nothing to do with it what-so-ever), has "been standing up to the Chinese when it comes to women's rights (all she did was give a speech at a 1995 conference for women in Beijing), which, by the way, isn't that one of the things she dogs Obama about? That all he does is give speeches? Anyway, she also says that part of her foreign policy "experience" is that she encouraged Bill to recommend a NATO bombing of Serbian targets in Kosovo in 1999. Wow! Those are some credentials! You know, I don't remember reading or hearing about or seeing on television the whole time Bill was pres about how involved the FIRST LADY was in those foreign policy events. Did I miss the part where she called congressmen into her office while she was FIRST LADY to explain her Serbian bombing plan? Did I miss the part where as FIRST LADY she single handedly took on the Chinese government to ensure women's rights there? That must have been during my no TV/Radio/Newspaper/Internet sabbatical. The other thing the Hills team has come up with is this nonsense that Barack would be a great VP. This smug, condescending idea from the campaign that is behind in states won, popular vote, and most importantly, delegates, is ridiculous. Not to mention the fact that in one breath she says how unqualified he is to be pres but would make a great VP. Sick! So my question is this. Is team Obama just sitting back and waiting? Are they realizing that the longer she keeps up this fabricated foreign policy crap and the ballsy (hey nobody said she didn't have em') bitchy "I'd LOVE him to be my VP" crap that she will be her own downfall? And will the mainstream media finally delve into her hollow arguments and realize there is nothing there except a desperate candidate willing to twist any facts, seek to change documented history, and say anything to continue the Clinton legacy?

1 comment:

Josh Hosler said...

Go, Obama! ... That said, If Hillary wins the nomination fair and square (somehow), I'll settle for an Obama-Clinton ticket. And if she would ever in a million years consider being Obama's running mate, I think that would be a nigh impossible ticket to beat.