Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Row row row your boat
Maybe the Rev. Wright is really a closet Hillary supporter. Political reporter Fred Dicker over at the NY Post says he's bitter over Obama's "betrayal" and that's why he unloaded the other day. Whatever, some friends just have a penchant for always embarrassing you. Fished with a guy once on a large lake, two nice girls were sunbathing on a large rock and we were fishing in the area. Nice time to strike up a conversation, no? But I know how the guy is, with a couple beers under his belt the guttural slob side comes out so I just ignored the situation and rowed as far away from them as possible (if need be I had my line down pat: "No, I don't know this guy. He's homeless and I just picked him up. I'm dropping him off at the bridge so he can hitch a ride."). So what Obama needs to do, when the Rev. has a few Snapples and has to pull into shore to use a tree Obama needs to shove his johnboat off when he's not looking and just strand him there and continue rowing rowing rowing. Yeah, when he's finished and he zips himself up Obama will see him in the distance yelling and screaming and waving his arms but this is supposed to be a serious campaign, no? So the wind be against you brother, a little more muscle on that left oar.
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If I may, allow me to give my assessment on this Obama vs. Rev. Wright debacle.
ReplyDeleteWhen Wright first came out with his comments, hardly a peep was heard from McCain on the issue. He wanted to be the "bigger man".
Enter the NC GOP who wishes to air an ad criticizing the remarks of Wright and his association with Obama.
What does McCain do? He voices his oppositon to the ad and the NC GOP's intention to run it (again trying to take the "high road"). He really ought to have supported their intention to run it because Rev. Wright's comments were so completely off the reservation.
But he didn't. He missed his golden opportunity.
So, what happens?? The Rev. Wright goes on all the television stations and reaffirms his earlier statements TEN FOLD.
What does Obama do? Now, he takes a position which is 180 degrees opposite of the Rev. (too little too late?? Maybe BUT...)
He has thereby prevented McCain from being able to really do so. He is showing the voters a stark contrast to McCain on that very issue. While McCain took the high road, Obama now has taken a position essentially damning the Rev's comments. He seized on that opportunity when McCain did not.
That's my take on it.
People believe what they want to about their favorite candidate, so Obama supporters I think have already forgiven Obama for not distancing himself from Wright a long time ago. But what about Obama lying that he never heard Wright say the things he has said that now Obama is distancing himself from??
ReplyDeleteMy assessment of McCain criticizing that ad is this,
ReplyDeleteglass houses, throwing stones
it's spelled HAGEE
might be a little sensitive to the issue but whatever our analyses does it really surprise, after all he's a maverick.
The media must really dig McCain to let this one go. To reiterate: The Rev. Hagee thinks God visited Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans because Jewish settlers were forced out of the Gaza Strip, he also holds that the Roman Catholic Church is the spawn of the devil. Hagee's not his personal minister but he warmly accepted his endorsement nonetheless. Not that this would happen but it'd be like if McCain also accepted the endorsement of NAMBLA saying he doesn't agree with their views but welcome aboard. People would say you have to draw a line so why not start with Hagee?
ReplyDeleteMcCain isn't as closely tied to Hagee as Obama is (or was) to Wright. But I think you might be onto something, that Wright is working for the Clinton campaign. I mean the issue was staying rather quiet (as Soapie pointed out at his blog, partly because McCain didn't exploit it) but then Wright himself brought the issue into the national spotlight, big time.
ReplyDeleteThis whole election is getting stranger by the minute.
No, McCain isn't as closely tied to Hagee as Obama is to Wright but McCain becomes a 'ho when he uses someone like Hagee to shore up his evangelical base, usually critical to any Republican getting elected. I as a practicing Catholic won't vote for McCain on this alone and so I think many other Catholics feel the same way. They both have minister problems to an extent but only one is getting all the attention.
ReplyDeleteWell I am no McCain fan for a variety of reasons before you even told me about this Hagee idiot, but this is like the final nail in the coffin. I cannot see how McCain thinks he is shoring up the evangelic base if it includes a Catholic bashing minister. Maybe Obama can't use it against McCain, but Clinton can and will.
ReplyDeleteIt may not bother some evangelicals because many of them don't care for us Catholics anyway, ever argue with one? Go to any interfaith forum on the Web and bring up the Virgin Mary and Purgatory, some don't just disagree with you, they actually become vehement especially with the Mary issue. See they would consider her many appearances like those at Lourdes and Fatima to be the work of the Devil. But anyway why is it Obama is the only one doing the barefoot hot-coal shuffle on this one? Maybe his situation is worse, of course it is, because he knew Wright for 20 something years but isn't the McCain/Hagee thing even discussable? I find it all just more than a little curious like he's getting a free pass.
ReplyDeleteI heard a local radio conservative guy defending McCain on this, but it does seem to me to be a valid discussable point.
ReplyDelete& that is my point, why is it not even being talked about? why does the media get so jazzed up about some things (Britney, Obama's former minister) but not about others? what are the standards used by The News to deem something newsworthy or not? Miley Cyrus trumps Hagee, don't get it.
ReplyDeleteThe media wants to wait until closer to the general election to try to embarrass McCain perhaps?
ReplyDeleteBut the Ole Gray Lady already tried to do this.
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