Dixie - In Memoriam
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We have not even gotten to the debates yet, or the picking of a VP candidate, and I think the writing is becoming clearer on the wall. Saturday's Town Hall meeting gave voters a chance to see and hear both candidates and take notes. McCain looked prepared, experienced, and ready to lead this country, while Obama came across as empty, rhetorical, and woefully inexperienced.
While the Democrat strategy remains focused on painting McCain as McBush, Americans are starting to understand that Bush, for better or worse, is out of the picture for all of history, and McCain is about as far from Bush as you get and still be defined as "republican."
In general, "Change," is diametrically opposed to "No Change." We can probably do a poll and find that 90-something percent of us "want change" in Washington. What that means, is a different story, we don't all want the same kind of change. Liberals mistakenly assume we do, which is precisely why the Obama campaign adopted the slogan early on.
Now, Obama will surge, maybe even go ahead of McCain in the polls, and it might actually be another razor-thin election, in terms of Electoral votes, but I honestly don't think it will be as close as Bush/Kerry in 2004, and I think McCain wins decisively in the end. Oh, we'll all see Obama's Day in the Sun at the convention, we'll hear the 70,000 screaming fans, and hear the most lauded address since Kennedy, and the polls will improve some for Obama. But the people of America are not about to elect this man president, he isn't ready or qualified for the job just yet, and people can see and hear that when he isn't giving a speech. This has nothing to do with my political views, I am probably one of the most devout supporters of Condi Rice and would vote for her if she were running, but she would face the same dilemma, she's just not quite ready for this job yet, and I think people would realize it.
Regardless of polls, regardless of politics, the person we elect president is almost always the most clearly qualified to be president of the two candidates. There may be some exceptions, but they are extremely rare. It is still a position too important for America to turn over to a question mark, and that is exactly what Obama would be. McCain can sometimes be a question mark, but you know he isn't going to be an extremist question mark. You may not like McCain's politics, I certainly don't, and still can't bring myself to endorse him at this time, but he has been one of the few politicians in Washington, able to amalgamate democratic and republican politics and effect change in Washington, where there was gridlock before.
Obama has very little Congressional track record to go on, and he has even less experience in foreign affairs, energy, economy, military, defense, etc. He gives a good speech, he is attractive, and he is a minority. When not publicly speaking, he is completely aloof. I would say that he can't seem to put two words together, but he has mastered... "I, Uhm..."
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you are going to say... 'wull atleast its better 'n bush who couldn't speak publicly or privately!' But you see... that is the whole problem with the candidate you picked and your strategy in this campaign! If Obama were running against Bush, he could probably win! As it stands, the veteran is going to mop the floor with him, because McCain has all of the qualifications Obama lacks, when it comes to this job, and America will vote accordingly.
While the Democrat strategy remains focused on painting McCain as McBush, Americans are starting to understand that Bush, for better or worse, is out of the picture for all of history, and McCain is about as far from Bush as you get and still be defined as "republican."
In general, "Change," is diametrically opposed to "No Change." We can probably do a poll and find that 90-something percent of us "want change" in Washington. What that means, is a different story, we don't all want the same kind of change. Liberals mistakenly assume we do, which is precisely why the Obama campaign adopted the slogan early on.
Now, Obama will surge, maybe even go ahead of McCain in the polls, and it might actually be another razor-thin election, in terms of Electoral votes, but I honestly don't think it will be as close as Bush/Kerry in 2004, and I think McCain wins decisively in the end. Oh, we'll all see Obama's Day in the Sun at the convention, we'll hear the 70,000 screaming fans, and hear the most lauded address since Kennedy, and the polls will improve some for Obama. But the people of America are not about to elect this man president, he isn't ready or qualified for the job just yet, and people can see and hear that when he isn't giving a speech. This has nothing to do with my political views, I am probably one of the most devout supporters of Condi Rice and would vote for her if she were running, but she would face the same dilemma, she's just not quite ready for this job yet, and I think people would realize it.
Regardless of polls, regardless of politics, the person we elect president is almost always the most clearly qualified to be president of the two candidates. There may be some exceptions, but they are extremely rare. It is still a position too important for America to turn over to a question mark, and that is exactly what Obama would be. McCain can sometimes be a question mark, but you know he isn't going to be an extremist question mark. You may not like McCain's politics, I certainly don't, and still can't bring myself to endorse him at this time, but he has been one of the few politicians in Washington, able to amalgamate democratic and republican politics and effect change in Washington, where there was gridlock before.
Obama has very little Congressional track record to go on, and he has even less experience in foreign affairs, energy, economy, military, defense, etc. He gives a good speech, he is attractive, and he is a minority. When not publicly speaking, he is completely aloof. I would say that he can't seem to put two words together, but he has mastered... "I, Uhm..."
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you are going to say... 'wull atleast its better 'n bush who couldn't speak publicly or privately!' But you see... that is the whole problem with the candidate you picked and your strategy in this campaign! If Obama were running against Bush, he could probably win! As it stands, the veteran is going to mop the floor with him, because McCain has all of the qualifications Obama lacks, when it comes to this job, and America will vote accordingly.
