Day: April 21, 2008

Who Said It Was The Silly Season?

I agree with whoever called this election season as the Silly Season.  It is so accurate that it is amazing if it were not so pathetic.

Why?  I will tell you.  You have an elitist calling an elitist an elitist.  You have political surrogates whining about the other candidate whining.  You have a candidate inventing a new math to try and secure the nomination.  Your have surrogates bitching about gender baiting while bringing up gender or those that bitch about the race card while playing the race card.  You have negativity fighting negativity.  Then you have the media that is terrified of a candidate.  Polls that do not accurately reflect the will of the people.  Finally, there are ads that bash the opponent while the issues are not in the consideration.

All in all the voter is being subjected to the most amazing political debate in decades and little is said on the issues that most Americans are concerned about.  The election is there to decide the most popular candidate or the most electable–not the best person to run the country.

The primaries and the general election are there to find the most popular politician in the land.  American politics at its best (sarcasm intended).  Popularity will be the winner.  The loser will ultimately be the American people.

Media Comments On Obama’s Negativity

Senator Barack Obama sharpened his tone against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday as the six-week Pennsylvania primary contest raced to a close, with the rivals marshaling extensive resources in a battle for undecided vote.

In television commercials and in appearances before crowded rallies, Mr. Obama, of Illinois, cast his opponent in one of the most negative lights of the entire 16-month campaign, calling her a compromised Washington insider. Mrs. Clinton, of New York, responded by suggesting that Mr. Obama’s message of hope had given way to old-style politics and asked Democrats to take a harder look at him.

But wait! Did not Bill Clinton tell him to suit up or stay on the bench? Did not Hillary tell him to stand the heat or get out of kitchen? But when he takes their advice he is negative. Clinton is looking more and more desperate. She attacks and then does not want attacks in return. Seems she is the one in the fantasy world.

I have covered the whining thingy…so read that and enjoy.

But wait yet again! Now TV pundits are jumping on this and his negative campaign, but say little that Clinton brought it onto herself. They make a big deal of of the latest tracking poll and how He is only a few pts ahead of her, but yet when he was 11 pts ahead it was not worth more than a mention.

Tell me again…how is the media unbiased? It is the silly season!

Professor’s Classroom

It is Monday and all can be happy to start another week……I was talking with a good friend about how the mistakes in American history are seldom talked about I thought I would offer this question for the quiz today.

Let’s look at the War of 1812, the Americans came up with a plan to try an cripple the Brits. They were gonna have a 3 prong attack into Canada. With the hopes that it would stifle the Brits and their march across America.

the questions is: Name the commanders of each prong and what they accomplished?

Google awaits! Have a day and will have a nap!