Actions Speak Louder Than Words
The point no one seems to get is that by choosing a woman for his running mate, John McCain has laid bare the stark reality of the massive split in the Democratic party, that was directly caused by Obama when he passed over Hillary Clinton and chose instead a true political, old school, No Change hack like Joe Biden, a man who loves to hear himself talk and won’t shut up once he gets on a roll.
It’s not just that McCain did the unusual, or that he had the courage to give the first woman in Republican history a chance at being vice president, or that he very openly had capturing the disenchanted Democrat womens vote in mind when he made this choice. Most of those women don’t care about the reason. They cared like Hell about being shoved out of the race by men and they’re plenty angry at Obama for doing it to them once again. What Obama didn’t see and what McCain did, is that politics steps aside for principle on this issue. Women finally saw their chance at the White House and they want it. They’re hot for it. Does anyone really think that they care which party fields the first female candidate?
When Democrat Walter Mondale ran against the incumbent and extremely popular Republican Ronald Reagan in 1984, he chose as his running mate Geraldine Ferraro, a woman with limited political experience, like Alaska governor Palin.
Geraldine Ferraro also declared her candidacy to be a sign of “Change”, just as Obama does now. Unfortunately for the two of them, Mondale was not well known or popular and Ferraro proved to be very poor at campaigning. Pitted against the huge popularity of Ronald Reagan, the Democrats suffered their worst defeat in electoral history.
Times have changed. I note with wry humor how our media points at this or that mistake made by the Clinton campaign as being the cause of her loss to Obama. Passing the buck seems to be a media specialty, since they are the cause of her loss to Obama, by constantly parading his wonders and glories before America as their darling, and ignoring and soft-pedalling Clinton. The plain truth is that Obama is where he is now directly because of media influence and for no other reason.
Even though close scrutiny of Barack Hussein Obama is anathema to the press, the emptiness of his “change” rhetoric is becoming more obvious with the passage of time and the inevitable comparison that we all have to make between him and John McCain. John McCain has true cojones. He really is a maverick, but a brilliant one. The man has savvy. Barack Hussein Obama has brilliant oratory that is totally empty. I keep listening to him, waiting for him to actually say something with substance and meaning, but he never does. It sure sounds good, though.
Choosing Hillary Clinton as his running mate would have assured Obama of the win. By snubbing her and picking a hack, he snubbed 18 million Clinton voters and a lot of them aren’t real happy about it. Obama, the supposed man of change, the self-proclaimed uniter of the Democratic party, has instead split it asunder and John McCains choice of running mates has made this far plainer than any words, any speech could ever do. Our media can ignore what he says but they can’t ignore what he did.
Look to see millions of write-in votes for Hillary Clinton in the November election. I’m predicting a groundswell movement will emerge to write her in on the ballot. This will have little effect on John McCain as it will be Democrats voting for Hillary, but it will have a big and damaging effect on Barack Hussein Obama.
September 1st, 2008 at 2:14 am
I do love to watch these political games. McCain has played a blinder with his choice no doubt about it, and Obummer probably cant even see whats coming over his rightious ego.
Id like to see Hillary say a few nice words for Ms Palin and that would surely seal the crazy muzzers fate.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:14 am
Actually, she did and it was pretty obvious that she was glad to see another woman candidate for VP even if it wasn’t her. The way the Dems are going “Oh it’s nothing”, “Oh, she has no experience” (as if Hussein does), and so forth, it’s pretty obvious that the Democrats are really pissed off about having all their thunder stolen, and are trying to hide it.
Normally, each candidate gets a temporary bounce in the polls during and right after their conventions. Obama has gotten none and this has worried the crap out of him and his crew. Oh, bummer.
September 1st, 2008 at 10:50 am
I don’t much comment anywhere much less at Pub P these days. I’m persona non grata at ATW too!
This year has gone waaaay too fast. Hope you are keeping well.
My benchmark for a woman in politics if there must be one…. I don’t care which woman as long as she is elected because she is the best for the job not because she is a woman. Like Thatcher. But where certain issues are concerned if she is not pro-choice then her female political views are of no consequence since she is decidedly screwy. To vote for a woman on the basis of her being a woman only and not because she is the best man for the job…well the pro choice issue then becomes the b all end all. At the end of the day women are their own worst enemies so I simply wouldn’t choose on a gender basis.
I find it odd that America is so hung up on this. Thatcher was elected because she was a visionary politician. Noone gave a crap that she was a woman.
September 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Hi Alison, nice to hear from you. About P. Phil., I leave him a spam message every so often to remind him what a hypocrite he is. I do hope he enjoys them.
About our politics…
The thing to remember is that England long ago opted for genteel, polite society, and has a history of female leaders as well, going back to Queen Victoria and perhaps before… I’m not well versed in British history.
We don’t. America has always been a rougher, male-dominated society that didn’t give women the vote, even, until the 1920’s, I think it was. For a woman to become VP or President would be a huge step.
Sarah Palin’s abortion attitudes are religious, not political, not that I agree with them either. Otherwise she’s spot on, as you say over there. She’s brilliant, extremely capable, brings to McCains campaign everything he lacked before and to top it off, she appeals to men Big Time. She’s a vote-getter and it’s way past time we let a woman compete for the White House.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:07 pm
I think your attitudes to women in the US are about the same, queens are hardly real rulers. What a pity these VP choices seem to be all about appearance (without causing subsequent tensions) rather than substance.
I agree with Allison, abortion is a woman’s choice and nobody else’s damn business. One of many social issues on which a democrat candidate has to be really awful to vote Republican. Who wants another 10 years of Bush type foreign policy either?
September 1st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
You do love to argue, Xoggoth. At least we agree on womens rights.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:05 am
i think it would be good to see a woman take a mojor role, to have some one like Thatcher in the us would be great but i think that type of female would really put men in their place no nonsense.
Obummer response to the Palins family matters has been pleasing but you can really see that he is bricking it abit. Although yet again the media has taken this focus that she has not got enough experienceto be vp with only 2 years in her role. Answer me this do you need less experience to be president.?
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 am
She has a lot more than two years experience, and even two years is a lot more than Obamas speeches. Speeches aren’t hands-on experience, they’re just hot air. Obama has almost no actual government experience whatever. He’s spent most of his time campaigning for ever higher office and has done almost nothing in his job as a state senator.
Obamas primary qualifications are that he’s black and talks up a storm. Now compare that to Palin and all she’s done during her political career.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
Westerner i totally agree, Obomber is as far as i can see a obvious puppet that just want the big job with the nice car and to go down in balck history being thought of like Martin Luther King. He will Biden to help him open the door to ovel office never mind to point him in the direction of the cameras, only damage will come from Obomber.
Blacksheep, check out Pub P, what do think about that?? try and put a comment down and if no success ill give him some stick.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Yes, I saw that, Monkey. Good job. I doubt he’ll budge or comment, either one, but at least now he knows the word is out on him. I will check from time to time just in case.