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Presidential Candidates..Food for Thought
January 8th, 2008
Thomas Sowell offers his thoughts on the election of our next President:
By far the best presentation as a candidate, among all the candidates in both parties, is that of Barack Obama. But if he actually believes even half of the irresponsible nonsense he talks, he would be an utter disaster in the White House.
Among the Democrats, the choice between John Edwards and Barack Obama depends on whether you prefer glib demagoguery in its plain vanilla form or spiced with a little style and color.
The choice between both of them and Hillary Clinton depends on whether you prefer male or female demagoguery.
Among the Republicans, there are misgivings about the track record of each of the candidates, especially those who have shown what Thorstein Veblen once called “a versatility of convictions.”
There are fewer reasons for misgivings about Fred Thompson’s track record in the Senate but more reason to be concerned about what his unfocused and lackluster conduct of his campaign might portend for his performance in the White House.
When it comes to personal temperament, Governor Romney would rate the highest for his even keel, regardless of what events are swirling around him, with Rudolph Giuliani a close second.
Temperament is far more important for a President than for a candidate. A President has to be on an even keel 24/7, for four long years, despite crises that can break out anywhere in the world at any time.
John McCain trails the pack in the temperament department, with his volatile, arrogant, and abrasive know-it-all attitude. His track record in the Senate is full of the betrayals of Republican supporters that have been the party’s biggest failing over the years and its Achilles heel politically.
Among all the rah-rah rallies, numerous debates, campaign slogans and stop, something is missing in this election for the most powerful office in the world.
While people jump on and off bandwagons, read tea leaves into what it taking place inside individual campaigns and the candidates speak endlessly of change, a number of Americans are still asking one very important question.
Who among these candidates is not only qualified but well rounded enough to lead us through the coming years? Yes, we will survive as a nation no matter who sits in the Oval Office..we have proven that through the worst and the best.
Maybe the choice in the end will simply be the best of the worst.
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Is the campaign taking its toll on Hillary?
January 8th, 2008
Usually I am a pretty compassionate person. At least that is the way I have always attempted to live life.
Maybe I am just to cynical where the Clinton’s are concerned but I have a very difficult time finding the following to be believeable:
Then Clinton began getting emotional: “It’s not easy, and I couldn’t do it if I didn’t passionately believe it was the right thing to do. You know I have so many opportunities from this country just don’t want to see us fall backwards,” she said.
Then, her voice breaking and tears in her eyes, she said, “You know, this is very personal for me. It’s not just political it’s not just public. I see what’s happening, and we have to reverse it.”
All of a sudden the Senator has a soft side? This is the woman who as much as tells us that she is going to save us from all the evils thrust upon us by the current administration (without articulating exactly what they are.) In her mind, I believe she feels the Presidency is an entitlement, not the honor I have always felt it is.
She’s tired, she’s eating pizza, it’s hard. Well so is the Presidency, hard that is. It is 24-7-365.
In my book this is just another act. If by some chance it is real, the only reason I can deduce she would be reduced to tears is that she sees that to which she believes she is entitled slipping away.
If nothing else, it sure makes her the headline the day before the New Hampshire Primary.
Both the former President and his spouse have always been cold, calculating politicians. Why am I to think this is anything but another political ploy to garner sympathy?
Video available here.
UPDATE: It seems The Captain is not buying this whole scenario either.
More reaction here. [Liberty Pundit]
An excellent educated guess at what might be happening with the Clinton campaign here. [Right Wing Nut House]
*If these new numbers being offered by Rasmussen are anywhere near correct, then the internal numbers for the Clinton campaign would no doubt be worrisome.*
