Not A Given
In his Sunday column from January 27, Frank Rich of The New York Times talks about the risks for Democrats in nominating the Hillary and Bill team.
Here is an excerpt—
In a McCain vs. Billary race, the Democrats will sacrifice the most highly desired commodity by the entire electorate, change; the party will be mired in déjà 1990s all over again. Mrs. Clinton’s spiel about being “tested” by her “35 years of experience” won’t fly either. The moment she attempts it, Mr. McCain will run an ad about how he was being tested when those 35 years began, in 1973. It was that spring when he emerged from five-plus years of incarceration at the Hanoi Hilton while Billary was still bivouacked at Yale Law School. And can Mrs. Clinton presume to sell herself as best equipped to be commander in chief “on Day One” when opposing an actual commander and war hero? I don’t think so.
We can do better than Hillary Clinton.
I loved this article, too, but he still doesn’t say how BARACK is going to beat McCain, does he?
Beating McCain will not be easy. Just point out his position on the War. He is very pro war. That runs well in Republican circles but in a non-starter anywhere else. Point out his position on the religious right. In 2000, he said that sucking up to them was bad for the party. In 2007, he couldn’t suck up fast enough.
Do you think McCain will enact the draft? He states he wants to send more troops over to the middle east.Congress would still have to approve or can the president enact a draft?
Thanks for these comments on this post.I’m sorry not to respond sooner. I’ve had a broken modem that required a trip to the sea to replace. The one A T & T warranty store in the whole Houston area is far away from my home and near the ocean.
I think McCain is trouble for us, though I don’t think we will see a draft. Honestly, I’m not sure we as a people would fight to protect ourselves from a real threat let alone whatever gets made up as a pretense for a yet another war.