The utterly absurd

Well, I think we may have done it, reached the utterly absurd. It’s hard to see how anything could get much more absurd that what is passing for a nomination battle. Here we have Hillary Clinton, daughter of a wealthy businessman, educated in the best schools, Wellesley and Yale, a successful lawyer, first lady of Arkansas and then first lady of the United States, now a Senator, who has, with her husband, earned 109 million dollars in the past few years, trying to paint her opponent, Obama, as an out-of-touch elitist, and herself as a good ‘ol gal’ that is in touch with the working class and chases her straight whiskey with beer. She apparently expects people to buy this ridiculous B.S.
Her opponent, by the way, was raised by a single mother and his grandparents, went to school on the GI Bill and scholarships, worked in the slums of Chicago helping the poor, and eventually became a Senator (in spite of being an African-American).

If this isn’t absurd enough, consider his other potential opponent, John McCain, not one to pass up a free ride when he sees it. McCain is the son and grandson of two Admirals (not exactly working class stiffs), he is married to an heiress worth apparently 100 million dollars or more and is reputed to own eight different houses. Piping in like an echo he, too, says Obama is an elitist. The MSM eat this up and are doing everything they can to keep the controversy going. Clinton, McCain, Obama, and the MSM all know this is complete and total crap but, of course, the MSM, Hillary, and McCain, think they see advantages in it so they just keep pushing it, all the while accusing Obama of “talking down” to ordinary citizens and “patronizing” them. Think about this. Can there be anything more patronizing and insulting to ordinary people than Hillary and McCain thinking they are stupid enough to fall for this line of complete bullshit? How stupid do they think we are? The answer is pretty godamn stupid. Anyone who becomes a candidate for President of the U.S. is either an elitist, surrounded by elitists, and on his or her way to becoming an elitist. I wish I could say some of my best friends are elitists but, alas, I have no such friends. In any case, I do not subscribe to the silly idea that what you want for President is a non-elitist, whisky swilling, beer drinking, bowling alley patron, who is just like me. I would like someone smarter, better educated, knowledgeable, on top of the issues, charismatic, and endowed with leadership capabilities. You want a President you’d like to drink beer with, count me out.

I feel I would be remiss in my (imaginary) duties if I did not refer Mr. Obama back to my blog of March 10, 2008. I suggested that what Mrs. Clinton was saying about him was basically irrelevant. Her whole strategy is to drive him crazy if possible. It is the illogic and unreasoning that is the core of her strategy. There is no point in trying to answer her charges because she will just introduce more irrationality into the exchange. Whatever Obama says, however sane and rational, will be met by even more irrationality on her part. If this were a domestic dispute it would eventually dissolve into a situation where either a frustrated Obama would result to physical violence or would withdraw into separation or divorce. Hillary is just goading, goading, goading him, trying to frustrate him to the point he’ll make a mistake, do something he shouldn’t, and then she’ll have him. With this strategy she potentially wins either way, he’ll be forced to give up or do something to disqualify himself. I fear that Obama may be getting sucked into this nasty business, he’s starting to answer back which will only provoke her to more absurd accusations and etc. On the other hand, I think Obama is aware of what she’s trying to do and so far has avoided being completely entrapped.

McCain, of course, is enjoying this no end and just going along for the free ride. If Hillary says Obama is an elitist, McCain just parrots it back. Why not, it all to his advantage (however damaging it is to the democratic party). Hillary can’t win, all other things now being equal, all she can do is try to ruin Obama. I don’t think she is going to succeed but if the public buys into her cornball image who knows?

I heard on Hardball, which I don’t usually watch, that Bill and Hillary are saying in private to the superdelegates that Obama can’t win against McCain because (1) he won’t get the Jewish vote, (2) he won’t get the blue collar vote, and (3) he won’t get the Hispanic vote. If true, this is just more Clinton nonsense. All three of these groups typically vote democratic in Presidential elections, there is no reason to suppose they will not do so this time whether it is Obama, Clinton, or whoever. It must be hard for the Clintons to have their “sure thing” turn out to be a failure, but it will be the best thing for our country. We don’t need dynasties, Clinton, Bush, or otherwise.

LKBIQ:
“If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.”
Joseph Farrell