First, the McCain people are completely overreacting to General Wesley Clark’s comments about Senator McCain. Not unusual; I mean, they’re Republicans.
Second, General Clark should have known better. This is why he can’t be Senator Obama’s VP pick. There is nothing wrong with what General Clark was saying; he was just stupid in the way he said it.
Every time I turn on the television I’m seeing an ad for John McCain. It would be nice to see some Obama ads out there.
I’ve always thought Bill Clinton was a good, if not crafty, president but I think his days in the limelight are in the past. If not, they should be. His attacks on Barak Obama not only ruined his wife’s chances but turned off many of their former supporters — myself included. The idea that Senator Obama should “kiss his ass” for him to support his party’s candidate is not only offensive, but laughable. Why does Senator Obama need Bill Clinton? What can he bring to the table other than lots of baggage and hurt feelings. Like most former presidents, it’s time for Bill Clinton to just fade away.
I don’t know what say other than, “Sweet Jesus!”
I don’t always agree with Frank Rich, but that’s often due to the fact that Rich has a penchant for saying what few are willing to say, and it’s not always pleasant. His most recent rant sums up so much of what I — and many others — think about John McCain and his ilk and it’s nice to see someone in the media with the balls to speak out against what has become standard operating procedure for Republicans.
You know it’s election time when Republicans start trotting out bullshit legislation like the Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution. Well, if nothing else, Republicans are consistent.
Abstinence-only programs are a complete sham and do very little to reduce teen pregnancy, so it’s nice to see more and more states rejecting money they desperately need to dump these programs. If we have sex education in schools it should be comprehensive, not just about telling kids to wait until they’re married. We were all that age once, did it ever work?
One thing that’s been a major pet peeve with me in the last two elections is how Democrats have written off Missouri. Granted, outside of St. Louis and Kansas City blue is a bit scarce. It might piss people off to say this, but I think that’s mostly to do with religion. Rural Missouri is filled is Conservative evangelicals of the Southern Babptist persuasion and it’s difficult to get them thinking beyond hot button topics like homosexuls and abortion even though most of them have suffered under 8 years of Republican rule.
So it’s nice to see that Senator Obama isn’t abandoning Missouri to John McCain. I think they’re wise to use Claire McCaskill, who is great at speaking to rural communities and understanding their concerns. John McCain is not going to be an easy pill to swallow for Republicans in Missouri. Oh, sure, he could take the state, but this year Missouri is in play more so than ever. If Senator Obama can hit some of the more Conservative areas of the state as Seantor McCaskill suggests I think he could tip the balance.
Seriously, why does anyone listen to these fools?