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July 29, 2004 Incoherent Messages So, I'm watching the convention, but I gotta tell you, it's just giving me mental whiplash. Barack Obama comes out one night and tells me that we're all one America. One big happy family. Then John Edwards comes out and, in what is essentially a rebuttal to Mr. Obama, tells me that there are, in fact, two Americas, and if I'm part of the America where we have to burn tires in our yard to keep warm, then I'm screwed. Then, Edwards proceeds to fisk himself, by telling me that he came from a modest background as the son of a mill worker and postal clerk, but then became fabulously wealthy. Uh, OK, but I thought you were from the Poor America that gets anally probed all the time by Rich America. So, if you can go from Poor America to Rich America, then why do we all need government help? And then there's the war. John Kerry has said that we can't bring the troops home from Iraq. Gotta stay the course. Can't retreat. No Withdrawal. Wouldn't be prudent at this time. But, John Edwards says, If you have a kid in Iraq, and are worried that he's stuck over there, that "Hope is on the way." Then, there's noted political analyst Wycliffe Jean, singing about Kerry words to the effect that «he'll get voted in on Friday, inaugurated on Saturday, make peace on Sunday, bring the troops home Monday». Not only is that an implication that despite what Kerry says about staying the course, there's widespread expectation in his party that he'll do no such thing, Wycliffe Jean seems not to know that elections in this country are actually held on Tuesdays. So, what does the Democratic Party believe based on the messages they're sending out from this convention? I dunno. Either they believe everything, or they believe nothing. But whatever they believe, it certainly is contradictory. |
Ted Kennedy said precisely what the Dems believe in:
"The only thing the country has to fear are 4 more years of GWB"
They believe in beating Bush. After that, they're a mentally bankrupt party
Posted by: shark at July 29, 2004 11:28 AM
I brought up the same contradictory statement between Edwards and Obama (two Americas vs. one united America) to my liberal friend. His response was that Edwards meant financially whereas Obama meant not a liberal America vs. a conservative America but a United States of America. I still see it to be a contradiction, but I also see his point. I would like to hear what your opinion is.
Posted by: Mark at July 29, 2004 04:55 PM
Well, you know what they say: if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. I shudder to think what the country might be like if the Democratic party were to fall and no other party were to form in its wake.
Posted by: Wacky Hermit at July 30, 2004 10:48 AM