In 2004, President George W. Bush launched a TV ad campaign against rival John Kerry that contained a video in which Kerry explained that he voted for a particular bill before he voted against it. This strategy took advantage of the fact that most Americans are unaware of Senate processes. In reality, Kerry’s actions were perfectly appropriate. However, the rouse worked.
In 2007, in the same debate, Barack Obama stated that his plan for Iraq calls for immediate withdraw, and then later declared that he plans to send in more troops. Contradictory and confounding, yet no backlash from any campaigns, republican or democrat, or from the media, ever surfaced.
Obama’s stances on any other issue facing America isn’t any better. In fact, all of his answers can be boiled down to one word: “change.” Obama’s message is that he will simply change everything; he will then state the desired outcome, though he does not have a plan to do it. Sadly, this methodology invokes strong emotions in democrats that silence their thinking and reasoning abilities.
Sometimes, as with his Iraq plan, Obama makes the attempt to appear as if he does have a multistep plan, such as withdrawing troops, but no explanation as to how. That’s not a plan, it’s a wish.
The truth of the matter is that Barack Obama is the recipient of the most positive and the least negative media coverage in print, on the radio and on TV that any political has ever had, according to a recent report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism, an non-partisan organization. In fact, the study showed that even on conservative talk radio that Obama had less negative coverage that John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani.
Such anomalous findings may stem from the candidate’s African American heritage. In a climate were Don Imus was forced off of radio, Dog the Bounty Hunter forced of TV, and even Joe Biden was accused of making racist remarks when he used the words “clean” and “articulate” to describe Obama. It is therefore understandable that members of the media are afraid that their criticisms will be classified as racism.
With the application of logic, reason, and thinking to an Obama candidacy, any and all ideas of legitimacy evaporate immediately. This is a Senator who may one day be presidential material, but for this inexperienced politician, that day far off.
Who should Democrats vote for?
With a rather wide field, Democrats do actually have some good candidates with strong ideas who are willing to express leadership. In fact, every other democratic candidate is better qualified to lead the country that Hillbama.
In alphabetical order:
Joe Biden – The most experienced candidate in either party in terms of foreign affairs, he is also the only politician in the world who has a workable plan for a victory in Iraq that will leave behind a stable government. He’s also the one man frontline in the current Pakistan crisis. For voters concerned with war and terrorism, Biden should be the first choice.
Chris Dodd – With the exception of Dennis Kucinich, Dodd is by far the most liberal candidate running today, but most wouldn’t know it, and most might not even realize that he’s running. He’s also the only candidate who is actively fighting to repeal the catastrophic bankruptcy law (BAPCA) passed in 2006.
John Edwards – The ‘Two Americas’ campaign has never stopped. Edwards recognizes that his is the last generation that had the opportunity to be born into poverty, but succeed in the workforce. On healthcare, education, labor, and poverty, Edwards has the best domestic policy plan of the entire pack.
Mike Gravel – He may not be a serious candidate to some, but he vows to end the Iraq war, and his plan of filibustering in the Senate may work as well for Iraq as it did when he ended the Vietnam conflict. He’s also the only democratic candidate advocating the abolition of the IRS Though he’s virtually unelectable, voters who share his beliefs should support him, and not the person who might be “most electable.”
Dennis Kucinich – Like Gravel, Kucinich will never reside in the Executive Palace, but his pro-labor and education views are only rivaled by Edwards. Lending support to Kucinich is to lend him a louder voice to express his opinions. Politics is not only about winning.
Bill Richardson – The New Mexico governor likes to talk about his resume a lot, and why shouldn’t he? He’s served in Congress, as a governor, and as a diplomat to the UN, he’s negotiated with Saddam Hussein, and more. By experience alone, his is a more qualified candidacy than that of Hillbama.
