Sunday, April 13, 2008
Bitter, Indeed
It's been some weeks now since I have commented on the 2008 Presidential race. During this time, things were fairly quiet. In another blog, I now state that all the Lichtman keys have settled to their final positions except Key 13, Challenger Charisma, and that this means the Democrat will win in 2008, but in 2012 it is possible that Obama would win while Cliinton would lose.
Again the race is being dominated by silly inessentials. The latest is a "bitter" remark by Obama. Barack Obama last week said that working class Pennsylvanians were "bitter"; in particular, "So it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations". Bitter, indeed. Bitter, bitter, bitter. Hey, the phone is ringing. Could it be the 3 am red phone?
Barack did hit on an important point, and that is that people are frustrated with their way of life and they find all sorts of taking it out, such as getting guns, believing in God, and hating immigrants. I don't think Obama approved of these actions, necessarily. He was trying to get in touch with the feelings that these working class people in Pennsylvania has. He admitted afterwards that his words were clumsy. That ought to be it.
No, instead, the hypermedia has to whoop it up all over the place about Obama's being "bitter". Everywhere the media is going bitter, bitter bitter, as though phones were ringing all over the place, since "bitter bitter bitter" is the sound that a telephone makes when it rings. Barack could have said that the people were phony, instead; it wouldn't have made any difference.
Not only does Obama whoop it up, but Hillary has to get her digs in. She said that Obama was "elitist and out of touch". What do you think Hillary is? This is the pot calling the kettle black. Talk about elitism, if Hillary isn't elitist, then who is? She has an ex-President for her husband and lives and walks in high government circles. And she is out of touch with the people if she thinks she can evoke choirs of angels and tell Obama who he may fire (Power) or not fire in his campaign. So, Hillary, it takes one to know one.
All of this is silliness anyway. It won't matter on Election Day. It may matter for the Democratic nomination, but the Democrat should still win the White House. Clinton has to win big in Pennsylvania to stay in the race. If she loses, ties, or wins slightly, Obama will almost certainly get the nomination. And that is regardless of any of these donnybrooks that occur during the campaign. Bitter, indeed.
Again the race is being dominated by silly inessentials. The latest is a "bitter" remark by Obama. Barack Obama last week said that working class Pennsylvanians were "bitter"; in particular, "So it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations". Bitter, indeed. Bitter, bitter, bitter. Hey, the phone is ringing. Could it be the 3 am red phone?
Barack did hit on an important point, and that is that people are frustrated with their way of life and they find all sorts of taking it out, such as getting guns, believing in God, and hating immigrants. I don't think Obama approved of these actions, necessarily. He was trying to get in touch with the feelings that these working class people in Pennsylvania has. He admitted afterwards that his words were clumsy. That ought to be it.
No, instead, the hypermedia has to whoop it up all over the place about Obama's being "bitter". Everywhere the media is going bitter, bitter bitter, as though phones were ringing all over the place, since "bitter bitter bitter" is the sound that a telephone makes when it rings. Barack could have said that the people were phony, instead; it wouldn't have made any difference.
Not only does Obama whoop it up, but Hillary has to get her digs in. She said that Obama was "elitist and out of touch". What do you think Hillary is? This is the pot calling the kettle black. Talk about elitism, if Hillary isn't elitist, then who is? She has an ex-President for her husband and lives and walks in high government circles. And she is out of touch with the people if she thinks she can evoke choirs of angels and tell Obama who he may fire (Power) or not fire in his campaign. So, Hillary, it takes one to know one.
All of this is silliness anyway. It won't matter on Election Day. It may matter for the Democratic nomination, but the Democrat should still win the White House. Clinton has to win big in Pennsylvania to stay in the race. If she loses, ties, or wins slightly, Obama will almost certainly get the nomination. And that is regardless of any of these donnybrooks that occur during the campaign. Bitter, indeed.
