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Whew...
For a second there I thought it wasn't going to be about 9/11.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 11.09.2008 @ 15:58
SOMEBODY THROW THE DEMOCRATS A LIFE PRESERVER
Don't forget our bet there Rick.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 10.09.2008 @ 07:45
HALFWAY HOME AND DEMS STILL CAN'T FIND UNITY
Rick - I hope you remember our bet.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 28.08.2008 @ 08:28
Please.
Biden was the weakest of all the Dem contenders for VP. I would be much, much more worried with a Sebulius or a Clinton on the ticket than I am with the overly self important, hair plugged, capped teeth senator from MBNA.
McCain could defang Biden in about 3 seconds simply by nominating a woman as the VP, to make it difficult for him to attack during the debates. The only times anyone is going to pay any attention to what Joe Biden says are when he A) gives his acceptance speech; B) Does the Debate: and C) sticks his foot in his mouth. Oh, the order of spotlight on those goes C - B - A.
Really, as a card carrying member of the VRWC, I LOVED this selection. I was absolutely giddy about it. As I said to some colleagues of mine, "this just shows the power of prayer".
If I was a Democrat, I would be very, very scared right now as I watch an unloseable election slip away.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 25.08.2008 @ 12:33
On Swiftboating -
One night in Iraq, I was pulling "air guard" in the back of a bradley fighting vehicle with another soldier. A mortar went off and sprayed schrapnel, hitting the kid next to me, causing a very minor wound. He didn't feel it was worth getting written up for a purple heart. Soldiers take that award very seriously, and getting cheap ones is a disgusting act. But, I'm not sure how once can get "proof" that someone got a cheap one. On the other hand, Kerry had all he needed to clear his name. Kerry could have proven the legitamacy of his wounds by releasing his medical records, as he promised to do. He still hasn't done this. It was, and remains, a legitimate question.
Second, for all the cries about swiftboating on the left, there was only one ad that really had an impact - that was the one of John Kerry's testimony before congress saying that our soldiers were raping and pillaging their way across Vietnam. THAT was the ad that sunk him, not all the bull---- about purple hearts, medals and Cambodia. That stuff is too complicated for most people to understand, as Rick's post above demonstrates.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 20.08.2008 @ 07:33
USING RIDICULE AS A WEAPON COULD BACKFIRE ON McCAIN
Eh.
We'll see. If the humor is well done and done clearly in jest and jocularity, it's fine. Ridicule is something else, and should be done sparingly if at all. Right now, I'd say most of the McCain ads on Obama have stayed on the side of jocularity.
I am reminded of an article written in 2004 giving Senator Kerry the advice that he should lampoon and try to make Bush a laughing stock at every opportunity in 2004. Kerry, thankfully for the country and himself, didn't take that advice. The author of that piece was so off base (as he would only have had to ask President Gore how well ridicule worked for him).
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 12.08.2008 @ 14:56
'WHY OBAMA CAN'T WIN' - CASTELLANOS
Dude -
Liberals hold themselves up as being holier than thou on all sorts of issues - caring for the poor, race relations, caring about the environment, and caring about education are but a few.
And, just like conservatives on their morality issues, the liberals are normally full of crap on theirs too.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 6.08.2008 @ 07:52
A SERIO-COMIC PARADE OF GOP HOOLIGANS
Yeah, Larry Pressler had boatloads of integrity. Too bad he was such a crappy Senator.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 4.08.2008 @ 22:02
OIL AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAN REDEFINE THE RACE
What is aggrevating here is that McCain has an easy path to victory.
Here is a post I did a week ago over at slate:
"1. Nominate Sarah Palin as VP. Makes the ticket younger, much more attractive, and more attractive to women. Also boxes in Obama. He either takes a woman and looks "me too" or takes a man and further reinforces the perception that his is chauvinist.
"2. Unleash Palin to talk oil and gas. She is good at it, and she believes it, just like McCain believes in the war on terror.
"3. Gas prices ARE the path to success for McCain, he just doesn't need to be personally blaming Obama for them. The democrats over the past 15 years will do just fine.
"This is a pocketbook election and, Americans are very wary to candidate's claims of their ability to "fix" the economy, as well they should be. But, gas prices are, to a not insignificant extent, affected by governmental policy on drilling. McCain-Palin can point to steps such as drilling in ANWAR, uncapping the offshore oil wells, and doing new drilling and say "well, first we will have a speculation premium of $X a barrell removed, which will mean $Y amount off at the pump which will result in $Z more money in the average American's pocket book over the next year. Then the oil from the uncapped rigs will come on and give us A more barrells of oil, which will then result in..." and so on. That is a lot more tangible than saying "I'm going to increase your pay and keep good jobs here in America." The workers have been hearing that since the late 70s. I think they're done believing it. America will take the bird in the hand.
"And, this is an issue that Obama is helpless on. He can't promote drilling without pi$$ing offf the environmentalist crowd, all he can offer is magic beans about mysterious fuels that will suddenly be invented, be commercial ready, and be infrastructure ready before Exxon can drop a hole in the artic, or remove a well cover 10 miles off of the coast of California.
"4. Lastly, McCain needs to explain why we are going to have to continue to prosecute the war on terror, and why it is important. No unbiased observers really feel that Obama is serious about fighting terror (look at his website and find evidence he is - he found room for "faith" and "disabilities" but not for "war on terror" or "Afghanistan", and his comments on Iraq were about how to get out quickly). But, that isn't good enough - McCain has to explain WHY Americans should care.
"If he can do these things, he will win. Obama is a very weak opponent, despite the entire media being in the bag for him. Obama should have a 20 point lead right now, instead he is barely ahead (if at all)."
Now, we add a fifth point about running against affirmative action, that puts the campaign squarely on what should be McCain turf.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 29.07.2008 @ 14:12
McCAIN IS TOO OLD TO BE PRESIDENT
" Of course, it was less than two years after he left office that he informed the nation he was suffering from the disease that would eventually claim his life."
Less than 2 years. Or almost six. Lets see, Reagan left in Jan 89. He sent his letter in Oct-Nov '94. yep...almost 6.
Rick - how old are you?
Heh- obviously old enough to have episodes of dementia myself. Thanks for the correction.
ed.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 23.07.2008 @ 08:52
