Saturday, May 10, 2008
That's mighty white of you
Why is it ok for Obama to talk of his support among African-Americans but Hillary can't talk about her support among middle-class working-class whites without college degrees? So what's up with organized punditry these days? they all speak with the same voice and this echo chamber insists Hillary leave now and cede the nomination to Obama or else risk tearing the very fabric of the Democratic Party apart. Whence comes this melodramatic hyperbole? (yes, I can out-Will George Will at times) In the olde days the longer and more drawn out and fierce a primary season was it was all good, now we have our candidate and he's gone through our crucible, should be the right guy (or gal) for the job. The chattering classes have got it all wrong, the real question is not should she drop out but is he even sellable in the general election against McCain? The Cult of Obama has gotten everyone, including even many prominent conservatives, totally disoriented and off-center. Wake up and smell the coffee people and pundits, who do you really want answering that phone at 3 in the AM?
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We're screwed, I saw a headline that read that Young Evangelics are turning against the GOP, and while I can see why to an extent (on issues you have very eloquently discussed here) I fear that they will turn to Obama, the youth are excited by his charisma.
ReplyDeleteAs, original Wailer, Peter Tosh proclaimed in song "You can't blame the youth of today...".
ReplyDeleteI say Good. Let them be turned on to Obama. And, when the working class is expected to produce more under the premise that they will do so for the sake of providing to the youth who have been instilled with a sense of entitlement to that which they seek and desire (mind you without having to earn it themselves), let them see how the incentive of the working individual becomes extinct.
Naturally this idea of utopia being propped up by a select few will not sustain itself and we'll all hold hands an become each other's keeper as we beat each other over the head scrapping for a lone piece of bread.
Disclaimer: mind you I'm completely playing devil's advocate here. I don't adopt Obama's political premises. The aforementioned serves as my response to the rhetorical inquiry: "If you had to vote for one of these 3 who would you vote for?"
But the punditry is what gets me, it's pretty much all the same on so many issues. Where's the variety? where's the independent thought? where's the mojo to go out on a limb a little? Even Peggy Noonan, former Reagan speechwriter, seems to want Obama to win against Hillary. So I don't get the big deal about letting the few remaining primaries run their course, it may not be that close but it's close enough to let them go on, and she's touted to win big in West Virginia. Methinks there's a little conspiracy afoot against her soapie.
ReplyDeleteI don't know Z. Now, you've got Bob Barr entering the race and you've got a bunch of Republicans urging him otherwise (even though apparently according to Barr, they would vote for him) because it might hurt the Republican party.
ReplyDeleteBoo freekin' hoo I say. Since when are they the exclusive arbiters of this election process??
I'm with you, let the whole damn thing run it's course the way it was meant to.
To do so otherwise is only making this entire wonderful process into one big joke.
& that's the point, there seems to be an Agenda at work here.
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