- If McCain has really said that Condi bears some responsibility for the "failed strategy" that initially guided the Iraq invasion, then he has poisoned any possibility of sharing the ticket with her, having handed the Democrats a sound bite that they can use in endless ads. More's the pity.
- Hillary's firing Mark Penn, who was working on the side for the Columbian trade deal's passage, is exhibit A in the case against the Democrats for hypocrisy on global trade. They know that these trade deals are good for everyone, but they talk like their goofy union supporters. Of course, the Republicans are equally hypocritical on immigration: they know that undocumented workers are good for the United States and would be better if they were documented, but they talk like their goofy xenophobic supporters. Call this one a draw for the parties and a loss for the globe.
- Howard Dean says that the only thing that can sink the Dems in the fall is their failure to unite now, and that it's his job to do that. The first statement is false, as the Dems have shown: Obama's sketchy friends and Hillary's sketchy declarations are just some of the Dems' other potentially fatal flaws. But what's worse is the second part, since Howard Dean is demonstrably the last person on earth that anyone would ask to negotiate a settlement on anything.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Politics: More Condi or Less, Hypocrisy on Global Economics, What Dems Should Regret Most
We offer this WSJ video for its informative mix of current political topics, with the following SWNIDish commentary:
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Sound bites of Bush one dismissing Reagan's economic policies as "voodoo economics" didn't eliminate him from consideration for the vp slot (nor did it hinder Reagan's bid for the white house). If McCain wants Rice as a side dish, I suspect he can get around his criticism of her role in the war.
I wish it were so, but you've got the poles reversed. A presidential candidate can forgive remarks made by a potential veep, more so if the potential veep was a rival for the nomination at the time of the offending remark. Not so the other way: the ticket leader can't expect to run with someone whom he continues to criticize after he's locked up the nomination.
Has anyone noticed that Howard Dean's upper lip does not move when he talks? Is he a robot?
I would tend to beleive what McCain actually said in this clip not what someone claims he said.
Does SWNID have an opinion on the story in this morning's Enquirer about Cincinnatian Rob Portman's possibly being considered for VP
and then on the other side, you have mccains sketchy ideas on the economy (sustaining the bush tax cuts for the wealthy) and his faulty ideas on the war in iraq (apparently being a POW makes him an expert? mmmm... not so much). not to mention the fact that he's so old, he used to babysit for moses.....
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