Dixie - In Memoriam
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....is the air escaping from the Obama Balloon!
In recent weeks, we have all gotten a good dose of the enigma which is Obama. We've watched him attempt to morph from a liberal left-winger to a moderate democrat, as his liberal base has turned from a nice pinkish color to several shades of red, and now to a curious shade of purple as the blood vessels in their pinheads begin to bulge out and pulsate.
We've seen the issue of the Iraq War go from something "hawt", as Paris would say, to something lukewarm, and now to something as cold as the fish handshakes of Obama on the campaign trail. Suddenly, things in Iraq aren't so bad and it looks like by November, it will be down to planning the ticker-tape parade for returning troops, but Democrats are so much better at planning parades and such, so maybe they still have an issue? It's times like this, I miss the comedic genius of John Fucking Kerry, who would be telling us all how he could welcome home the troops "better and smarter" than his opponent.
The tire gauge comments by Obama aren't helping. It is reminiscent of the Dukkakis tank moment, except with a sound bite and articulated idea on Energy Policy. Speculation he may pick Bayh as his VP, seems to have the pinheads in a frenzy, their poor veins can't handle much more pulsating! We've now gone to a deep purple color with eyeballs bulging in the sockets.
As with ANY presidential candidate, the closer we get to the election, the more scrutinized they become. Every speech, every word, every articulation, is put under the microscope and examined. Obama has not helped himself with this, it seems that every time it happens to him, he has to run out and defend himself, drawing even more attention to the original complaint than if he had just ignored it. Not only that, but he resorts to tacitly playing the "race card" and attempting to draw sympathy because he is the poor black man being oppressed by whitey.
The closer we get to the election, the more people are realizing, this guy just isn't ready for prime time. He lacks the experience to be commander in chief, he lacks any formidable plan to deal with any of the issues on the table, and the "issues" he was nominated on (Iraq), have simply dried up and blown away. Awww... there is nothing more sad than a bunch of tie-dyed anti-war hippies with no war to protest! Dammit, why did that surge have to work, huh?
A political pundit stated it best the other day, he said, the democrats have a tendency to fall in love with their candidate on the first date. They fail to see any potential flaws and focus on their romantic notions instead. Obama looked good, spoke well, and seemed like a good choice to represent the party, but underneath the facade, there was no substance. His speeches are good, but they are simply laden with platitudes and meaningless catch phrases. He's a democrat, his name is not Bush, and he doesn't have an (R) beside his name, but other than that.... what does he offer? Oh yeah... Hope and Change! Back to the point about platitudes and meaningless catch phrases.
What is so amazingly ironic is, if the Democrats had nominated Hillary, I believe she could have beaten McCain like a rented mule. She could have probably run RIGHT of McCain on key issues, and forged a new voting block... The Hillary Republicans. That might be taking it to the extreme, but I certainly think she would have had dibs on the independent votes. Obama will do well to not get embarrassed. It won't be like a Nixon-McGovern landslide, simply because McCain is almost as poor a choice as Obama, but I think Obama's chances of actually winning in November are slipping away rapidly, as America really starts to take an objective look at him.
In recent weeks, we have all gotten a good dose of the enigma which is Obama. We've watched him attempt to morph from a liberal left-winger to a moderate democrat, as his liberal base has turned from a nice pinkish color to several shades of red, and now to a curious shade of purple as the blood vessels in their pinheads begin to bulge out and pulsate.
We've seen the issue of the Iraq War go from something "hawt", as Paris would say, to something lukewarm, and now to something as cold as the fish handshakes of Obama on the campaign trail. Suddenly, things in Iraq aren't so bad and it looks like by November, it will be down to planning the ticker-tape parade for returning troops, but Democrats are so much better at planning parades and such, so maybe they still have an issue? It's times like this, I miss the comedic genius of John Fucking Kerry, who would be telling us all how he could welcome home the troops "better and smarter" than his opponent.
The tire gauge comments by Obama aren't helping. It is reminiscent of the Dukkakis tank moment, except with a sound bite and articulated idea on Energy Policy. Speculation he may pick Bayh as his VP, seems to have the pinheads in a frenzy, their poor veins can't handle much more pulsating! We've now gone to a deep purple color with eyeballs bulging in the sockets.
As with ANY presidential candidate, the closer we get to the election, the more scrutinized they become. Every speech, every word, every articulation, is put under the microscope and examined. Obama has not helped himself with this, it seems that every time it happens to him, he has to run out and defend himself, drawing even more attention to the original complaint than if he had just ignored it. Not only that, but he resorts to tacitly playing the "race card" and attempting to draw sympathy because he is the poor black man being oppressed by whitey.
The closer we get to the election, the more people are realizing, this guy just isn't ready for prime time. He lacks the experience to be commander in chief, he lacks any formidable plan to deal with any of the issues on the table, and the "issues" he was nominated on (Iraq), have simply dried up and blown away. Awww... there is nothing more sad than a bunch of tie-dyed anti-war hippies with no war to protest! Dammit, why did that surge have to work, huh?
A political pundit stated it best the other day, he said, the democrats have a tendency to fall in love with their candidate on the first date. They fail to see any potential flaws and focus on their romantic notions instead. Obama looked good, spoke well, and seemed like a good choice to represent the party, but underneath the facade, there was no substance. His speeches are good, but they are simply laden with platitudes and meaningless catch phrases. He's a democrat, his name is not Bush, and he doesn't have an (R) beside his name, but other than that.... what does he offer? Oh yeah... Hope and Change! Back to the point about platitudes and meaningless catch phrases.
What is so amazingly ironic is, if the Democrats had nominated Hillary, I believe she could have beaten McCain like a rented mule. She could have probably run RIGHT of McCain on key issues, and forged a new voting block... The Hillary Republicans. That might be taking it to the extreme, but I certainly think she would have had dibs on the independent votes. Obama will do well to not get embarrassed. It won't be like a Nixon-McGovern landslide, simply because McCain is almost as poor a choice as Obama, but I think Obama's chances of actually winning in November are slipping away rapidly, as America really starts to take an objective look at him.
