US Democrats and left-leaning Independents have demonstrated that, in their opinion, the singer is more important than the song. In this country, Blair had managed to win an election and retain power for an eternity with nothing little more than platitutudes and pandering to the left when necessary. Tory, David Cameron has been adopting the same approach, with similar appeals to the suburban chattering classes.
Now, presidential candidate Barack is attempting to follow this same road to power. There are two lines of attack. Firstly, convince the electorate they desperately need political change. Secondly, eloquently preach the message of change whilst striving to mention policy. This is done in challenging environments like The Oprah Winfrey Show or dancing the day away with doggie-lover Ellen De Generas, whilst avoiding the political pundits on Fox, CNN ...
Unfortunately, a record numbers of punters in Iowa and, probably, New Hampshire have fallen for this lame approach. Meanwhile, they forget his intention to attack Pakistan and his professed willingness to negotiate with the World's greatest dictators and despots. Confused? I am!!! How could someone trust their country to someone who is so totally out of his depth when it comes to issues on the world stage?
When looking at the Democrat candidates, Hillary Clinton appears to be the only one who has any idea about what constitutes a realistic policy. Trustworthy? Probably not. But she is a politician, and is undoubtedly a pragmatist determined to be the first woman President of the US. The US Armed Services would no doubt be victims to her political expediency, but the world would be a safer place without Barack's finger on the button.
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Osama, er, Obama, continues to be an unknown to most of us, as up till now no one thought he had much of a chance. Doesnt seem to be much substance there, though.
As for Hillary, perish the thought, sir!
Carl, whilst Hillary seems a scary option, Romney and Huckerbee seem a much more worrisome option.
Personally, I can't see Obama staking a real claim as his campaign now appears to be pandering to the African-American electorate a la Sharpton and Jackson.
Perhaps this is not the path of his chosing, but his lack of policy and focusing on the Democrat electorate in South Carolina has seen him drawn into 'race politics' by smarter/more experienced operators than he.
So it's Hillary versus ...
Sadly, the conservative philosophy of the likes of Teddy Roosevelt has died in the republican party. Both sides of congress is equally full of pork and the ideals which made our country great have gone by the board. I still feel a swell of pride build up when I hear JFK's words "ask not what your country can do for you but ask what can I do for my country".
All I can say about hillery is that she reminds me of joe stalin.
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