tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post3880053367187311684..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Obama & Huckabee Win IowaJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-33474406062303274332008-01-07T20:25:00.000-08:002008-01-07T20:25:00.000-08:00Keguro, I'm not sure what those raving (pseudo-)na...Keguro, I'm not sure what those raving (pseudo-)nativists want, but I can guess it ain't what the Democrats are offering. As for the other two, well...why don't you send an email to the former(teen star)'s newest counselor, Dr. Phil? That's the opinion I want to hear.<BR/><BR/>Bronzebuckaroo, your grandmother is far more interesting, I bet. I haven't asked mine, who's also in her 80s, what she feels about these characters.<BR/><BR/>Ryan, I hear you on the GOPers, though Paul has some really bizarro ideas about things, such as his opposition to federal intervention during the Civil War. He isn't able to articulate why the South would have dropped slavery--lord knows, it took New Jersey until the 13th and 14th Amendments to get its act together fully, and I'm sorry, but we all know Mississippi, Alabama and Texas would have gone out of their way to "make a stand." But that's just one of his hobbyhorses; another is the gold standard. Lord, don't get the man harping on that one.... They are a scary lot in general.<BR/><BR/>As for Obama, I do think he's on to something in terms of his rhetoric, which seems to be transfixing people to the extent that they can't articulate that it's really his youth, difference, glamor, elusiveness, attractiveness, and his LACK of a fixed program that's charging them up like an electric current. I heard one person on the radio today unable to mention any of these things: she was just in sheer excitement about "change." Okay, so he's embodying it, whatever it is. He'll still have to deal with the GOP, who always come with their knives drawn and sharpened.John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-32247429360487456022008-01-07T15:10:00.000-08:002008-01-07T15:10:00.000-08:00"'Event though Hilary Clinton is nothing more than..."'Event though Hilary Clinton is nothing more than a centrist-conservative version of her slightly (though by much) "liberal" husband Bill, at least her issues and platforms are relatively concrete. '"<BR/><BR/>I meant to say, though NOT by much..typo on my part.Ryan Cantyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12957911952441418201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-46863718334644968242008-01-07T15:09:00.000-08:002008-01-07T15:09:00.000-08:00ehh...I just dont care for Obama. I really don't.I...ehh...I just dont care for Obama. I really don't.<BR/><BR/>I can't do the vague, surface level platforms he's been expousing since day one. Yes, it's great to have "hope" but what kind of "hope" is he talking about?<BR/><BR/>What is he going to do about health care? education?<BR/><BR/>Event though Hilary Clinton is nothing more than a centrist-conservative version of her slightly (though by much) "liberal" husband Bill, at least her issues and platforms are relatively concrete. But, I just don't care for either.<BR/><BR/>The Republicans, save for Ron Paul, can SHOVE IT. Sorry, but I'd rather vote for a pair of bronzed monkey nuts than vote for ANY of those who are in the lead...<BR/><BR/>Which leaves me to either vote for Kucinich or Paul..individuals who probably won't even be a footnote in the November election, but whose campaigns have spoken to me so far....Ryan Cantyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12957911952441418201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-26970534421790998102008-01-05T20:27:00.000-08:002008-01-05T20:27:00.000-08:00That my own 80 something year old grandma is talki...That my own 80 something year old grandma is talking politics, mainly enthusiasm about Obama, is a testament to Obama's aura. <BR/><BR/>I prefer listening to her to the usual talking heads from the newtworks for the next few weeks and months.BronzeBuckaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536210616142873792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-49398011013248859792008-01-04T20:35:00.000-08:002008-01-04T20:35:00.000-08:00Aaah, but what do the TRULY important commentators...Aaah, but what do the TRULY important commentators (Glenn Beck, Nancy Grace, and Lou Dobbs) think? After all, they are the ones who want to "save" America. <BR/><BR/>I'd wonder what Britney and Lindsay think, but they are in a psych ward and rehab, respectively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com