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Politics: Dems win coveted endorsement

Posted in Politics with tags , , on August 31, 2008 by Billy Dennis

Tony the Tiger decided to go with the Dem ticket:

This follows Cap’n Crunch’s endorsement of McCain/Palin.

Next up, a probable endorsement for Ron Paul and/or Bob Barr:

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The 66-Day Dash

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on August 29, 2008 by Anon E. Mouse

You’ve all heard the name Sarah Palin by now.

Already the pundits are at it, praising and bashing the choice, spinning their hearts out, slanting the news to suit their particular interests in the campaign. For now, let us set that aside.

Looking at the race as it now stands, with tickets for each side filled out, we are now destined to have a historic result come November. I already left a comment over at CJ’s Peoria Chronicle but I’d like to expound on it a little more. A historic outcome is probably going to be accompanied by an unprecedented campaign.

You can bet the Republicans have studied the Hillary Clinton campaign. The HRC campaign for President will serve as a trial balloon for the Sarah Palin campaign for Vice President. They will also apply the lessons to their approach against Barack Obama.

The tickets really do resemble each other is many ways.

  • Each ticket has a traditional candidate (old/white/male) who has been in the Senate for quite some time and whose strength is in foreign policy.
  • Each ticket has a non-traditional candidate (not old/white/male) who has little or no Washington experience. They are relatively good looking and focus on more domestic agendas.
  • Each ticket represents and advocates a “Change” theme.

Say what you will about any of the four candidates, none have changed the race like the addition of Palin. Biden was the safe, insiders choice. One wonders who will actually be able to wave that “Change” banner most honestly.

Say what you will about any of the four candidates, none have changed the race like the addition of Biden. Palin is the freshest of faces. One wonders who will actually be able to wave that “Experience” banner the truest.

The debates will be more important than ever. Much like we (those of us that talk about such things) still talk of Lincoln-Douglas and Kennedy-Nixon, I think Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin will be spoken of long into the future. There has never been an election like this one.

One thing is for certain, the game is afoot.

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Politics: Compare and contrast

Posted in Politics with tags , , , on August 23, 2008 by Billy Dennis

Republicans are chortling about this error:

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The McCain campaign immediately released a statement saying that this is an indication that Biden is going to be pulling the strings because Obama is too inexperienced.

So, let’s get this straight: Obama is a bad choice because he’s too experienced in foreign affairs. But he’s also the wrong choice because he selected running mate who has experience in foreign affairs. And if Obama relies on his vice president’s experience, he’s somehow going to be a puppet. But when Dick Cheney advised Bush, it’s OK.

Gotcha.

The stupid things these people argue about just turns off moderates. It makes about as much sense to make a big deal about how much real estate the candidates own.

And if I were a member of the GOP, I wouldn’t be throwing stones at Obama or Biden over verbal miscues:

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