She definitely campaigns like a Republican
Posted by John Rove as Words at 3:11 PM MDT
April 30th, 2008
Hillary makes her party switch official
The failure of Christianity, the Wright revenge tour
Reverend Wight is going around the country talking about how America has failed god Maybe it is the other way around, maybe religous belief has failed America and mankind in general. Pretending that their is an all knowing being who is going to look out for you, while it might make you feel good, does nothing to improve your own lot in life. Unfortunately, for true believers the idea that their “god” has failed them is unacceptable, so they blame anyone and everyone else. Natural disasters become the fault of homosexuals, terrorists attacks become proof that we have displeased god somehow. The reality is, worshipping god does nothing to improve your life on planet earth, but it does seem to make people angry when they are not rewarded for their worship. That is they get mad when something happens to them when in thier mind they have been “good Christians” or “good Muslims”
If Obama does lose the Democratic nomination or the presidental election it will be because of his “god” worship and who he chose to mentor him in his beliefs. At least maybe Democrats will learn something from this debacle and keep religion out of the public square
Posted by John Rove as Words at 11:30 AM MDT
April 29th, 2008
“Unity” ticket? If you want President McCain
I have been hearing this from a lot of Hillary supporters:
If Democrats are going to win the White House in November, they need a shotgun wedding in June. This is not something that either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton wants to hear, nor is it anything party leaders have been willing to say — at least not publicly. But without both Clinton and Obama on the same ticket, Democrats stand a good chance of suffering a humiliating defeat in the general election.
As the mathmatics of the nomination become obvious to anyone not named Clinton, their will probably be a lot of calls for Hillary as VP. This would be an awful idea, she has supported the war with Iraq and seems to support war with Iran, just like John McCain. Picking Hillary as a running mate would signal that deep down Obama agrees with the hawks and would validate John McCains hundred year war strategy. In addition Hillary on the ticket would energize the conservative base(even though she is the most conservative candidate in the race right now, they still hate her).
Hillary Clinton is a less likeable Joe Lieberman at this point,having anywhere near the presidential campaign may help republicans but it does nothing for democrats trying to end the war in Iraq or end the Bush/Cheney depression.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 10:21 AM MDT
April 28th, 2008
The Reverend Wright Gambit
It’s hard to get around the fact that this is an example of Obama playing on the stupidity of the media to get Hillary off of the television screen. It is a fact that by having him up in front of microphones, the utility of his most famous You Tube clip as a weapon for Hillary and the right becomes diminished. Clearly it is time for everyone to talk about Reverend Wright.
Airtime is oxygen to a campaign.
Posted by Al Swearengen as Al Swearengen, Politics at 9:34 PM MDT
Good news for Obama, Democrats and the country
This should be the end of Hillary, she will not be the leader in pledged delagates or leading in the popular vote on June 3rd.
“The rules say [superdelegates] can make up their mind in August if they want to, but there are a lot of Democrats myself included, Senator Reid, Speaker Pelosi, and many many others who understand that we want the voters to have their say, that’s over on June 3rd, and then the unpledged delegates really have got to make up their mind.
“None of the so-called party elders that I’ve talked to thought that this should go to the convention and I agree with that.”
The only person who wants the nomination to go to the convention floor is Hillary Clinton, which is the only way she gets Florida and Michigan counted, and the only way she gets the nomination.
If Hillary is smart, something she has not shown to this point, she will see what she can get for dropping out now. I don’t think she would be a good choice for VP, especially given her war support. she might make a good supreme court justice. I don’t think the Democratic party wants to humiliate her but she has to go.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 10:49 AM MDT
April 27th, 2008
How to use a phone
April 26th, 2008
Hillary has a few scores to settle
From Newsweek via TPM
I’m beginning to think Hillary Clinton might pull this off and wrestle the nomination away from Barack Obama. If she does, a lot of folks—including a huge chunk of the media—will join Bill Richardson (a.k.a. Judas) in the Deep Freeze. If the Clintons get back into the White House, it will be retribution time, like the Corleone family consolidating power in “The Godfather,” where the watchword is, “It’s business, not personal.”
Not that anyone will be sleeping with the fishes with Hillary in the White House, but with the Clintons it’s business and it’s personal. Just think of all the scores to settle, the grievances to indulge. Bill Clinton provided a preview this week, blaming the Obama campaign for playing the race card against him. Tricky maneuver, but perhaps the only way the former president can come to grips with his loss of standing in the African-American community, once his strongest constituency. (South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, an undeclared superdelegate who is African-American, told the New York Times this week that the black community had supported Clinton during his impeachment and that “I think black folks feel strongly that this is a strange way [for him] to show his appreciation.”)
Given that Obama has taken more liberal positions on most issues it seems likely that more traditionally liberal groups have supported him. Thia means that most traditionally liberal groups can look forward to Clinton retribution. It would not surprise me if Clinton starts a war with Iran just to show the anti-war crowd what happens when you go against Hillary.
The Clintons are starting to seem more like people who value personal loyalty above all else, which is really another way of saying they value themselves above all else.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 9:48 AM MDT
April 25th, 2008
Terrorist leader calls for jihad in Denver
Rush Limbaugh always a class act:
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments calling for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer.
He said the riots would ensure a Democrat is not elected as president, and his listeners have a responsibility to make sure it happens.
“Riots in Denver, the Democrat Convention would see to it that we don’t elect Democrats,” Limbaugh said during Wednesday’s radio broadcast. He then went on to say that’s the best thing that could happen to the country.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 11:36 AM MDT
April 24th, 2008
Colbert on Hillarys quagmire
Steven Colbert may go down as the greatest pundit ever
Posted by John Rove as Words at 2:03 PM MDT
As the Dollar plummets so does the American way of life
I don’t think anyone expected this:
The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday “recent supply and demand trends.”
Mostly this sounds like restaurants stockpiling:
The move comes as U.S. rice futures hit a record high amid global food inflation, although one rice expert said the warehouse chains may be reacting less to any shortages than to stockpiling by restaurants and small stores.
Another issue might be the declining value of the US dollar in relation to other currencies. I don’t know much about the rice market but it seems that as the Dollar declines in value a US rice producer would make more money by exporting his product and foreign rice growers get more money by selling to other countries. Currency devaluation is probably a factor in high oil prices as well. Maybe presidential candidates should start talking about how to get the Dollars value higher in relation to other currencies, instead of promising to open the strategic petroleum reserve or offering a gas tax holiday.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 10:06 AM MDT
April 23rd, 2008
Proud to be a liberal
This presidental campaign has been souring me on politics and specificaly democratic politics, (Hillary please quit before the democrats lose an entire generation of voters)
But then I read about sweatshop Bob and listen to some of the rightwingers that try to defend him and I realize that the volunteer work that I do for the democratic party helps keep people like Bob Schaffer out of office . Even though a certain presidential candidate might annoy the crap out of me, overall liberal values are still much better than the nothing but dollars, values of the republican party.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 12:07 PM MDT
Other countires refuse tainted US meat
Some foreign countries are refusing to import US beef until the US bans “downer cows” Maybe they could just serve all the the meat from downer cows to US school children and export the good stuff to other countries where their governments are concerned with the welfare of their citizens.
The Humane Society has sued to enforce a complete ban on downers, and some in Congress have supported legislation to accomplish the same thing.
“This is a welcome step forward,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., author of a bill to enact a total downer ban. “These organizations represent a substantial portion of the industry, and this is a responsible move on their part.”
The American Meat Institute and the National Meat Association said they would encourage companies to enact a voluntary moratorium until the Agriculture Department changes the rule.
“Allowing the current rule to remain in force could ultimately undermine the confidence of U.S. consumers and foreign customers, in markets that are proving difficult to reopen in the first place,” said AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle.
Some industry watchdogs were skeptical.
“It’s taken our trading partners to force them into doing the right thing,” said Tony Corbo of Food & Water Watch, a Washington, D.C., advocacy group. He noted that South Korea agreed last week to resume U.S. beef imports only after pressuring the U.S. to strengthen controls on feed to reduce chances of infection. A proposed Food and Drug Administration rule to accomplish those changes had been pending for months.
It is sad foreign government have to force the US beef industry to improve their products safety.
The entire article can be seen here
Posted by John Rove as Words at 2:31 AM MDT
April 22nd, 2008
McCain is looking weaker and weaker
As this article shows McCain is not a strong candidate. He is starting to look like a philandering buffoon who is mostly interested in helping his friends make money at the expense of the taxpayers. In other words he is a typical republican minus the mens bathroom antics.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 12:44 PM MDT
Hillarys Kyl-Lieberman vote was not an aberation
From TPM Election central
“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran,” Clinton said. “In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”
This sounds like Bush at his worst, I don’t see how anyone who claims to have progressive values could support this neo-con.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 2:33 AM MDT
April 20th, 2008
McCain has a temper???
McCain has anger issues and Lieberman finds it sexy:
Former senator Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican, expresses worries about McCain: “His temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, it should disqualify him.”
A spokesman for McCain’s campaign said he would be unavailable for an interview on the subject of his temper. But over the years, no one has written more intimately about McCain’s outbursts than McCain himself. “My temper has often been both a matter of public speculation and personal concern,” he wrote in a 2002 memoir. “I have a temper, to state the obvious, which I have tried to control with varying degrees of success because it does not always serve my interest or the public’s.”
Even McCain knows his temper is a problem, but not self appointed McCain fluffer,
Joe Lieberman:
Does he get angry? Yes,” said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a Connecticut independent who supports McCain’s presidential bid. “But it’s never been enough to blur his judgment. . . . If anything, his passion and occasional bursts of anger have made him more effective.”
The article also talks about McCain getting into an altercation with Senator Charles Grassley, most of us would be looking for a new job if we started an altercation with a co-worker. We might even face criminal charges, not John McCain though he gets the republican nomination for president. McCain should be in anger management classes not running the country.
Posted by John Rove as Words at 10:15 AM MDT