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editor: Will
For all intents and purposes the race for the two presidential nominations is over. Despite Mike Huckabee’s quixotic determination to stay in the race, John McCain is the effective winner of the Republican nomination. And unless some miracle happens in Texas and Ohio, Hillary Clinton will be denied what she felt was hers by right. It is all over but the shouting. And boy, are they shouting.
Hillary, in a desperate attempt to tarnish the luster of her eloquent opponent has been getting more and more strident every day. She is accusing Obama of lying; making empty promises and even distributes pictures of him dressing as a Somali. She is sounding shriller every day and it isn’t doing her a bit of good. As one of the more astute observers has noted, it is Ms. Clinton’s misfortune to be running an old style political campaign against a new style opponent who, for the first time in years is offering the American public something they have been without at least since the Reagan years, hope. She is caught in a classic bind and has no way out. The more she attacks, the less presidential she looks and if she does nothing, she hands the nomination to Obama.
On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee continues to believe in miracles and hopes the Lord will lead him out of the wilderness. It ain’t going to happen. John McCain has got the establishment of the Republican party lined up behind him now and the rank and file of the Christian right has turned on their so called leaders and voted for McCain in all of the important states. Like him or not, McCain has the nomination locked up. He no longer mentions Mike Huckabee except to praise him (a sure sign of ones political demise) but has instead turned his bile on the Democrats, and specifically Barack Obama.
But the ones who are shouting the loudest are the whacko right wing commentators. They are absolutely apoplectic! “Doesn’t the American public realize that the candidates for both parties will destroy the American way of life?” says Glen Beck. “Forget the fact that he will continue the war in Iraq. John McCain is a closet Liberal,” screams Bill O’Reilly. And if Hillary Clinton is the Devil in a pant suit, Barack Obama must be the anti-Christ. According to Beck, Obama isn’t just a liberal, he is a (wait for it) Socialist! O’Reilly says he has a “secret agenda.” Of course he does Bill. He wants an America that offers hope to everybody, not just the rich and powerful. He wants to get back to the values enshrined in the constitution, not the so called values mouthed by the likes of you.
The real problem for these goons of course is that for the first time in years, no one is listening to them. How can you profess to be the voice of the American people, if the American people decide what you say is irrelevant at best and absolute dribble most of the time. If there is no other outcome from this election, perhaps it will be that we can get back to intelligent political discourse and rid the airwaves of loud, obnoxious, jingoistic buffoons like Glen Beck, Bill O’Reilly. It is a consummation devoutly to be wished. | | 2 Comments add a comment | | | | louis vuitton: Jun 7 2010, 5:29 AM
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