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The ABC debate, last night, was some of the worst garbage I've seen in several campaign cycles. It was obvious that the whole thing was slanted to favor Hillary Clinton's scorched earth policy. This included the constant camera pans to Chelsea Clinton and Clinton supporter/insider, Pennsylvania Governer Rendell.
1. One of the moderators used to be her husband's press secretary. (a Clinton insider).
2. That Clinton insider used the question of Bill Ayers, which was given to him from right-wingers.
3. Hillary's comment to the Bill Ayers question was obviously pre-pared with the obvious intention of opening this non-issue up.
4. Obama was only given time to answer for people he has been associated with ...for what it comes down to... merely being a resident of Chicago and thus having to interact with the established institutions in Chicago. (i.e. a. Rev. Wright's church is one of the largest and most influential in the city. It only makes sense that a black politician who was looking to work with faith-based outreach would attend, regardless of what the pastor may have said. Eight thousand other people go to that church. b. Bill Ayers is an established resident in Chicago who is involved in his community. c.Rezko is a power-broker in Chicago, and rubs shoulders with everyone with access to power. Avoiding him in the political scene would be about as easy as working in the dog-house and never being bitten by a flea.)
5. Hillary got thrown soft-balls. The only difficult thing she had was the "Bosnia" issue and the moderators did not follow it up. (By the same rules of association that have been used on Obama, Hillary could be tied to The Black Panthers.
She SHOULD be tied to the convicted criminal Peter Paul who financed the biggest fundraising gala of her 2000 Senate campaign in Hollywood. This has been amazingly covered up by the corporate media.
Hillary could have and should have been asked about her 1995 comment inregards to white southern blue-collar workers in which she said, "Screw em." ...She really cares about the voters.
6. Obama was not allowed by the moderators to really discuss any actual policy issues. They said he already used his time defending himself during their smear campaign. So Hillary got to dominate the substantive part of the hazing.
Re: the issue of Obama and the flag pin: I have a flag pin, Sen. Obama can HAVE it if he really needs one. It's still in the package. I bought it right after 9/11. The reason its still in the package is because the package is clearly marked with the words: MADE IN CHINA ...How appropriate. Showing your patriotic pride by buying these stupid things is just another small thing you can do to enable China in its quest to ascend to America's former place on the global stage. Good work, "patriots"!
7. Hillary did get the policy questions. ...And what did she do with that opportunity? She showed that she really doesn't have the understanding that the executive branch is limited by the constitution in the scope of its powers. She announced that she would create an umbrella of American protectionism over the Middle East ...something like NATO? Never mind that the conditions of society in that part of the world are nothing like the social conditions of Europe and that the whole idea reeks of madness. For a person running for president to say something like this is an open sign of raw meglomania. She stated that if Iran attacked Israel, American response would be swift and severe. This is all fine and good except that the president cannot "respond" without due authorization of congress. Obama's response was far more sensible ...'We would respond appropriately.'
This so-called debate was, in reality, a classic hoodwinking. Obama handled it far better than I would have. Twenty minutes into it, I said out loud: "He should walk off the stage and tell them when they're ready to have a real debate to call him." ...But he stood there and dealt with it; and because of this I feel perfectly vindicated in the confidence I have placed with him as MY PRESIDENT. I already voted for him, during the primary here in Alabama ...and he won our state. He will win it again in November and Alabama, which is traditionally a red state, will go blue. Hillary doesn't have a prayer in this state ..."Screw her."
As soon as the "debate" was over, I flipped it over to MSNBC to see how General Electric was playing it. In all fairness they brought on Sen. Casey who was eloquent enough, and then they rolled out that scum-bag, Howard Wolfson. He really needs to take some of the money he's getting via his role in the Columbian trade deal and go and see a dentist to get his teeth cleaned. ...This is national television for cryin' out loud. Wolfson basically said that every piece of slime hurled at Sen. Obama was 'justified' ...and any questions about Hillary Clinton should be dismissed as insignificant or off-topic. ...Typical. Fortunately, he was fairly brief as he had to make his rounds to all the network to spew his filth on as many Americans as he could in an hour.
This morning, on MSNBC with Joe Scarborough, the tone was that, generally speaking, Sen Obama had "lost" last night's debate and handled it pporly. I couldn't disagree with you more, Joe. There was no debate to lose. Fortunately you and Pat have made it clear where General Electric stands on this.
I take it is a positive sign that the corporate establishment ...the status quo... is against Barack Obama. It speaks well for his integrity. It is a good thing, also, that scum-bags like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have it out for him, too. These rat's days are numbered and they will soon drown in their own filth. ...And this is a very good thing for the rest of us.
The thing I've learned from this experience is that I'm done with ABC and Disney. They are irresponsible and simply cannot handle that task that their use of the public airwaves mandates. And from reading a fair sampling across the internet, I'm not the only one who has reached that decision. Sponsors, take note.
