Senator McCain You Can´t Say That
Ken Hughes
March 04, 2008
McCain is between a rock and a brick wall regardless who wins the Democratic nomination. Anything anyone even remotely associated with his campaign says something that can be construed as anti-black or anti-feminist and McCain will be called on the Media´s carpet to explain. Let´s hope his opposition is held to the same standard.
Last week at a Hillary Clinton rally Gloria Steinem suggested McCain´s touchier at the hands of the North Vietnamese was of his own doing, she didn´t say it but the inference was McCain had the option of going to Canada or Oxford. The only place her remarks were reported was on talk radio. Given the flack McCain took for someone using Barack Obama´s middle name, Hussein at one of his rallies we would think in the name of fairness Ms. Steinem´s remarks would have been reported by the media.
If John McCain thinks this is going to be a campaign based on the issues he is badly mistaken. The 2008 presidential election is going to be all about personalities, ethnic and gender related. The caucuses and primaries are mere shadow boxing exorcizes compared to the main event that´s coming.
Barack Obama is calling for change, His claim is he can not only change America he can change the world. That sounds to me like something a dictator would say. Barack Obama seems to have lost sight of 535 congress men and women and the millions of Americans who haven´t yet embraced him and his rhetoric as their president. When the real race comes up Obama will have to have some answers to what he means by change. Not deferring his idea of change by preaching hope now and the facts later isn´t going to satisfy real voters.
It´s really hard to know what Hillary Clinton stands for. With each audience it seems to be something different. In Iowa she´s against NAFTA in Texas she´s for it. There´s one thing we know about Hillary she´s been in the senate long enough to know a pushy president doesn´t get much of what he wants. If Hillary learned anything in her time in the senate it´s when to put up and when to shut up. The Hillary Clinton we see on the campaign trail isn´t the Hillary Clinton we´d see as president. Hillary is much too pragmatic to get involved in a cat fight with either house of congress.
There seems to be a great deal of cross-over voting in both Texas and Ohio if the Radio Talk Shows are to be believed. We´ve heard in Texas it´s possible for Democrats to participate in both a primary vote and later a caucus hand raising. If this is the case then the primaries and caucuses are of little value. There seems to be some confusion among Democrats this time around. Democratic votes in Michigan and Florida don´t count. In Texas Democrats can vote twice, logic seems to have flown out the window.
Senator John McCain has all but captured the Republican nomination. He seems to have stepped all the way over that center line he´s straddled his entire political career, he´s now on the right but for how long? McCain seems to be billing himself as a Social Conservative with the intentions of capturing the broadest band of voters. He knows he´s lost the extreme right and he knows he never appealed to the extreme left. That gives Senator McCain a shot at those who don´t like Hillary and don´t trust Obama. McCain is hoping that will be the majority of the voters and that´s where he believes his greatest appeal is.
For John McCain to win he must be willing to point out the failings of the political philosophy of both Clinton and Obama and not worry about race or gender bashing. If the successful candidate uses such tactics then McCain must have the courage to make a countering argument. Anyone running for president must put his or her race / gender aside and campaign on an equal footing, hopefully on the issues.
What we know as fact. The new president won´t have the authority to implement many of their promises. The three equal branches of government doesn´t allow for presidential proclamation with very few exceptions. Nearly all decisions require a consensus of 535 congress men and women and one president. President guide congress they don´t lead them and they certainly don´t dictate to them.
I recall the elections of 12 presidents and it was always predicted each would bury the nation by one group and be its salvation by the other. Facts are neither ever happened, the ship of state sailed along relatively free to navigate its own way as circumstances permitted. America simply has too much government and too much free enterprise to be dictated to by one man or a thousand men.
McCain, Clinton or Obama the Republic will out last them and what they stand for. This is America land of the free……[thinkers]
Last week at a Hillary Clinton rally Gloria Steinem suggested McCain´s touchier at the hands of the North Vietnamese was of his own doing, she didn´t say it but the inference was McCain had the option of going to Canada or Oxford. The only place her remarks were reported was on talk radio. Given the flack McCain took for someone using Barack Obama´s middle name, Hussein at one of his rallies we would think in the name of fairness Ms. Steinem´s remarks would have been reported by the media.
If John McCain thinks this is going to be a campaign based on the issues he is badly mistaken. The 2008 presidential election is going to be all about personalities, ethnic and gender related. The caucuses and primaries are mere shadow boxing exorcizes compared to the main event that´s coming.
Barack Obama is calling for change, His claim is he can not only change America he can change the world. That sounds to me like something a dictator would say. Barack Obama seems to have lost sight of 535 congress men and women and the millions of Americans who haven´t yet embraced him and his rhetoric as their president. When the real race comes up Obama will have to have some answers to what he means by change. Not deferring his idea of change by preaching hope now and the facts later isn´t going to satisfy real voters.
It´s really hard to know what Hillary Clinton stands for. With each audience it seems to be something different. In Iowa she´s against NAFTA in Texas she´s for it. There´s one thing we know about Hillary she´s been in the senate long enough to know a pushy president doesn´t get much of what he wants. If Hillary learned anything in her time in the senate it´s when to put up and when to shut up. The Hillary Clinton we see on the campaign trail isn´t the Hillary Clinton we´d see as president. Hillary is much too pragmatic to get involved in a cat fight with either house of congress.
There seems to be a great deal of cross-over voting in both Texas and Ohio if the Radio Talk Shows are to be believed. We´ve heard in Texas it´s possible for Democrats to participate in both a primary vote and later a caucus hand raising. If this is the case then the primaries and caucuses are of little value. There seems to be some confusion among Democrats this time around. Democratic votes in Michigan and Florida don´t count. In Texas Democrats can vote twice, logic seems to have flown out the window.
Senator John McCain has all but captured the Republican nomination. He seems to have stepped all the way over that center line he´s straddled his entire political career, he´s now on the right but for how long? McCain seems to be billing himself as a Social Conservative with the intentions of capturing the broadest band of voters. He knows he´s lost the extreme right and he knows he never appealed to the extreme left. That gives Senator McCain a shot at those who don´t like Hillary and don´t trust Obama. McCain is hoping that will be the majority of the voters and that´s where he believes his greatest appeal is.
For John McCain to win he must be willing to point out the failings of the political philosophy of both Clinton and Obama and not worry about race or gender bashing. If the successful candidate uses such tactics then McCain must have the courage to make a countering argument. Anyone running for president must put his or her race / gender aside and campaign on an equal footing, hopefully on the issues.
What we know as fact. The new president won´t have the authority to implement many of their promises. The three equal branches of government doesn´t allow for presidential proclamation with very few exceptions. Nearly all decisions require a consensus of 535 congress men and women and one president. President guide congress they don´t lead them and they certainly don´t dictate to them.
I recall the elections of 12 presidents and it was always predicted each would bury the nation by one group and be its salvation by the other. Facts are neither ever happened, the ship of state sailed along relatively free to navigate its own way as circumstances permitted. America simply has too much government and too much free enterprise to be dictated to by one man or a thousand men.
McCain, Clinton or Obama the Republic will out last them and what they stand for. This is America land of the free……[thinkers]