Doubling Down on Obama: A Gambler’s Guide to the Election
I think its fair to say that as more and more becomes known about Obama, the more and more I become convinced that I’ll be able to say I told you so the day after the general election in November.
Obama is a political unknown. He talks a good talk, but can’t walk a good walk. He attacks Senator Clinton for attacking him, but he either started it or then begins attacking her, while at the same time saying he’s the agent of change. Is it really change when your candidate stoops to the very thing he’s supposedly against?
The truth as I see it is that Barack Obama is that Obama is the one who is the fatally flawed candidate. He is the one that Democrats who really want to win the White House need to worry about. With all his talk of change and uniting a supposedly divided America, the truth is that he isn’t capable of doing that. He will be painted as the candidate of multiple Americas - Black America, Liberal and Elite America, Taxation, and finally, the un-American.
Betting on him will be like doubling down on a losing hand.
Obama is a political unknown. He talks a good talk, but can’t walk a good walk. He attacks Senator Clinton for attacking him, but he either started it or then begins attacking her, while at the same time saying he’s the agent of change. Is it really change when your candidate stoops to the very thing he’s supposedly against?
The truth as I see it is that Barack Obama is that Obama is the one who is the fatally flawed candidate. He is the one that Democrats who really want to win the White House need to worry about. With all his talk of change and uniting a supposedly divided America, the truth is that he isn’t capable of doing that. He will be painted as the candidate of multiple Americas - Black America, Liberal and Elite America, Taxation, and finally, the un-American.
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The Jeremiah Wright Contradiction
To understand why Barack Obama finally decided to sever his ties with pastor Jeremiah Wright, one only needs to reach for a copy of Dreams from My Father .
After meeting Wright for the first time, Obama recalls thumbing through a church brochure, reviewing the guiding principles of Trinity United. He described one particular passage that stood out for him.
“While it is permissible to chase middle incumbness with all our might, those blessed with the talent or good fortune to achieve success in the American mainstream must avoid the psychological entrapment of black middleclassness that hypnotizes the successful brother or sister into believing they are better than the rest and teaches them to think in terms of we and they instead of us.”
That statement speaks of community, of not forgetting where you came from.
Whatever we might think of the now infamous Wright sound bites, the tapes were released by a third party. Although responsible for his harsh words, the pastor did not put himself under the sharp glare of the media. Obama did what most politicians would not, but what most Christians would. After expressing his extreme disappointment, he turned the other cheek.
While speaking at the National Press Club , not only did Wright seek out the media spotlight, his remarks expressed undercut the very principle that drew Obama to the church in the first place. Wright became all about Wright, hypnotized by his fifteen minutes of fame into believing that he was better than the we of who he preached.
He didn’t practice what he taught others to follow and apply to their own lives.
For Obama–a Yes We Can type of guy–the betrayal rocked the foundation of his steadfast faith in coming together as community. To keep his vision for change front and center, he cut Wright loose.
By doing so he proved his faith to be his guide.
It is now America’s turn to have faith in Barack Obama.
PG Exclusive Interview: Wayne Allyn Root steps up as “rebel with the pitchfork,” seeks Libertarian nod
This article is part two of a three part series on the Libertarian nominating contest.
Pulling out his veto pen on March 8, 2008, President George W. Bush was able to successfully thwart congressional efforts to ban the use of certain harsh interrogation tactics by Central Intelligence Agency officers. This veto marked only the ninth of his near six and a half year presidency, the fewest by any Commander in Chief dating back to the Civil War. The two exceptions being Warren Harding who died two years into office and James Garfield, assassinated just six months after inauguration.
One presidential candidate, Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada, hopes to reverse this, promising to use his veto power widely and frequently if elected this November. Root, the millionaire Las Vegas odds maker, author, celebrity, and television personality is one of many candidates seeking the Libertarian Party nomination in their upcoming May convention in Colorado. Armed with two million fans in his database, Root is seeking to deliver the message of personal freedom, state’s rights, and low taxes.
“I love the smell of vetoes in the morning,” declares root on his web page. Root pledges to depart significantly from the Bush administration by issuing more vetoes than any other president in history—even Franklin D. Roosevelt, who issued a whopping 635 of them during his tenure (or 25 percent of all presidential vetoes ever issued).
Recognizing the problematic nature of the Line Item Veto, struck down in 1998 by the Supreme Court, Root advocates a much more powerful tool allotted to the president, a little-known power known as “impoundment.” This particular act occurs when a president seeks to delay or eliminate the use of congressionally approved funds—an act that has traditionally been opposed by Congress.
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Evaluating Bias in the Media
Social media is a relatively new form of distribution and collaboration. It allows for one user to rapidly share information with many others in the blink of an eye. Digg, Reddit, Del.icio.us, and others have all helped grow the interest and use of social media in recent years. Now we have our own form of political social media. Political Grind has recently partnered with PoliticalCrunch.com as its official blog.
Political Crunch is a political social news site that allows individuals of any political affiliation to submit, comment, and rate politically themed articles. Instead of voting (or demoting) articles, Political Crunch allows for its users to rate an article based on the bias. This allows for users who want to read conservative or liberal articles to do so in a speedy fashion. In addition to rating the bias of a submitted article, Political Crunch also allows users to rate the bias of comments.
Here are a few resources to get you started…
Political Crunch Tools & Information
- Submit News: http://politicalcrunch.com/submit/
- Tools & Widgets: http://services.politicalcrunch.com/
- Statistics: http://politicalcrunch.com/statistics/
- FAQ’s: http://politicalcrunch.com/faq/
Political Crunch Topics
- New Stories: http://politicalcrunch.com/new/
- Most Active: http://politicalcrunch.com/active/
- Left Leaning Stories: http://politicalcrunch.com/left/
- Objective Stories: http://politicalcrunch.com/objective/
- Right Leaning Stories: http://politicalcrunch.com/right/
Please check it out and try it out. All political bloggers are welcome to submit their posts. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments or email us: politicalgrind@gmail.com.
Enjoy!
