Obama-mania is in full swing, and between catching up on reading and trying to decipher the real from the fiction, my head is virtually swimming.

Frankly, I don’t give a whit if the Senator visited the wounded troops in Germany as in my mind it is his loss not theirs.

There is nothing new about the DOD regulations in regards to campaigns so I really don’t understand why there was any doubt in the Obama campaign’s mind as to who may attend and how these visits are conducted.

While he may have made a few “important” contacts while touring Europe, the Senator will find relationships may change drastically should he be elected President. Then again, should he be fortunate enough not to be a war time leader, personality and charisma may just carry the day.

In any event, the Senator is not the Commander in Chief at this moment and this whirlwind trip will no doubt be long forgotten by the time November rolls around.

That said, The Anchoress points us to a few pictures (one posted below) which are characteristic of our current President. He has no need for photo-ops this late in his Presidency and yet takes the time to spend a few minutes with these children prior to leaving Illinois:

(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

I already miss the genuineness of this President. It is something we see far too little of these days and while there are those who would strongly disagree with that assessment, I’m one hundred percent with The Anchoress when she writes:

I still like President Bush. And I don’t actually give a crap what anyone thinks about that.

Written by Sue

2 Responses to “A Commander In Chief In Waiting and The Man Who Already Is”

1. David M says:

   July 27, 2008 at 6:06 pm

   Hi Sue-good to have you back! Hope you enjoyed the family visits. This is a freeing time for President Bush and he seems to be enjoying it and I’m happy for him. Politically, sometimes I like his policies; sometimes I don’t; so that’s the same as my attitude toward any politician. Off topic: I had an interesting dinner last night with the president of our state’s largest, oldest and best polling firm. I asked him why the polls are so unreliable (although his are always within the margin of error and almost always correct). Anyway: the polls never catch 1st time voters; the pollsters haven’t figured out how to catch the now almost 20% of Americans who do not have land lines; and third–we lie to the pollsters just to get rid of them. We also lie to pollsters to avoid being seen as sexist or racist etc. or just to be contrary. Anyway–I thought that was interesting.
2. Sue says:

   July 28, 2008 at 8:19 am

   Hi David and thanks for the welcome back!

   Boy, I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at your dinner. Polls are something which generally have not drawn my attention to a great degree as so many are so inaccurate.
   Those which do not provide demographics are fairly useless to the observer and some which do provide specifics are skewed one way or the other so I tend to toss them out.

   But..the information about first time voters is very interesting. One would think with all the random calls and robo-calls that all voting ages and groups would be tagged.
   I wonder what the specifics are in regards to this particular block (first time voters).

   I think you nailed one of the specific reasons why I have lost so much faith in polling data which is the tendency for answers to be other than truthful. Along with the reasons you cite above, do you think this could also be attributed to the fact that some people feel it is an intrusion on their privacy to be asked these questions so they provide answers which they know would skew the poll?
   (By this I do not mean intrusion in the sense of interrupting a dinner etc. but the privacy of the voting process.)

   As to President Bush..I too David have not agreed with every path he has advocated on all issues. When I view politicians though I look for attributes which would draw me to any individual with whom I might have contact.

   Asking perfection of those who lead would be unfair, as no mortal has that capability, but I do admire those who are true to themselves and show honesty and integrity. Trust is important to me and this is a man (that like his policies or not), I do trust.