Shake My Baby and Please Bring Her Back
This is the kind of shit I'm talking about. It makes me like Clinton more:
But remember, this is part of the effect McCain wants. I think the smart move for Obama is not necessarily to criticize Clinton, but to say something designed to please liberals and piss off conservatives - in other words, draw some of the fire currently being directed at Clinton. Here's my stab at it:
"You know, I saw that Senator McCain, over on the other side, has been running an ad attacking Senator Clinton because she supported a Woodstock Museum. McCain jokes that he couldn't go to Woodstock because he was 'tied up at the time.' Of course we all respect his service, but this kind of attack is unfair and it shows what's the matter with today's GOP. The Republicans like to practice the politics of resentment, to use people's decent emotions to mislead them into supporting confrontations that we don't need and that we are paying too high a price for.
"You see, I might have my disagreements with Senator Clinton on foreign policy, but I think McCain's ad tells you everything you need to know about why Senator Clinton, or any of the candidates on this stage, is preferable to the delusions coming from the Right. Take a closer look at the ad: the idea is to capitalize on McCain's military background and Clinton's perceived sympathy with the hippies. But the presidency isn't a reward for having been a POW, even though McCain's service was very honorable. The president is supposed to protect Americans, to prevent the next American soldier from being taken prisoner. And by that standard Clinton is looking awfully good. By that standard, Clinton looked very good when she opposed the war in Vietnam. Because remember, the hippies were right about Vietnam. If they had been in charge, if more people had listened to them, maybe McCain wouldn't have been in Vietnam in the first place. You don't have to like their clothes, you don't have to like their music, but if Senator McCain is honest with himself he'll admit that the hippies, along with civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, and veterans like John Kerry, and yes, Hillary Clinton, were trying to save lives and end a disgraceful blemish on our history.
"So when Senator McCain pokes fun at Clinton and the hippie he imagines she was, remember that he's the same candidate who thought it was funny to sing, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.' Remember that he's the one who wants to put more of our young men and women into harm's way in the Middle East. Having been the victim of one misguided war is no excuse for perpetrating another. Senator McCain should be ashamed of himself."
But remember, this is part of the effect McCain wants. I think the smart move for Obama is not necessarily to criticize Clinton, but to say something designed to please liberals and piss off conservatives - in other words, draw some of the fire currently being directed at Clinton. Here's my stab at it:
"You know, I saw that Senator McCain, over on the other side, has been running an ad attacking Senator Clinton because she supported a Woodstock Museum. McCain jokes that he couldn't go to Woodstock because he was 'tied up at the time.' Of course we all respect his service, but this kind of attack is unfair and it shows what's the matter with today's GOP. The Republicans like to practice the politics of resentment, to use people's decent emotions to mislead them into supporting confrontations that we don't need and that we are paying too high a price for.
"You see, I might have my disagreements with Senator Clinton on foreign policy, but I think McCain's ad tells you everything you need to know about why Senator Clinton, or any of the candidates on this stage, is preferable to the delusions coming from the Right. Take a closer look at the ad: the idea is to capitalize on McCain's military background and Clinton's perceived sympathy with the hippies. But the presidency isn't a reward for having been a POW, even though McCain's service was very honorable. The president is supposed to protect Americans, to prevent the next American soldier from being taken prisoner. And by that standard Clinton is looking awfully good. By that standard, Clinton looked very good when she opposed the war in Vietnam. Because remember, the hippies were right about Vietnam. If they had been in charge, if more people had listened to them, maybe McCain wouldn't have been in Vietnam in the first place. You don't have to like their clothes, you don't have to like their music, but if Senator McCain is honest with himself he'll admit that the hippies, along with civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, and veterans like John Kerry, and yes, Hillary Clinton, were trying to save lives and end a disgraceful blemish on our history.
"So when Senator McCain pokes fun at Clinton and the hippie he imagines she was, remember that he's the same candidate who thought it was funny to sing, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.' Remember that he's the one who wants to put more of our young men and women into harm's way in the Middle East. Having been the victim of one misguided war is no excuse for perpetrating another. Senator McCain should be ashamed of himself."
posted by James | 12:06 AM
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The right has forgotten its roots: Nixon would have met her half way.
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