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A Handful Of Largely Unrelated Observations About Tonight's Soiree, Replete With A Victory Cigar For Obama
So McCain, if you follow the argument of tonight's speech, plans to emphasize his experience, presumably highlighting the rare level of wisdom exhibited when authorizing the war in Iraq. The Senator will no doubt argue that the surge is a roaring success, all the while pointing out that we can't pull a solitary troop out of the country until those of us who were young when the damn thing started, will probably have entered middle age and beyond by the time it's permissible to withdraw.
Meanwhile, over at MSNBC, Buchanan continually mentioned Michelle Obama's unfortunate comment from earlier in the week. Republicans are obviously going to play that one over and over again, so the Obama camp needs an answer for it now, not later.
Obama is a not just a good talker, but a damn good talker. That said, he should trim the victory speech down just a bit. What he wants is fifteen minutes building toward the crowd going wild. Tonight's speech was better than anyone else's, but even Obama needs to understand that the attention span of Americans will begin to waver after a while. For the next round, he should continue with what's working but wrap the rhetoric package a little different next time. He has two weeks to take his message to the next level.
Prediction: If the Clintons try to drag this guy down with negative campaigning, it will hurt them more than it hurts Obama.
In addition, Senator Clinton keeps talking about work. Work, work. Well, even though the Puritans lobbied for it, work is a four letter word. The Senator is conjuring negative imagery.
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A town in upstate NY is looking at some big layoffs at a factory that makes transmissions which is owned by Magna Intl. The company is presently offering workers a new pay contract that will cut wages by 30% along with other long term losses regarding retirement etc. It is a take or leave it offer whereby the factory will close if the workers refuse it. This is a serious kick in the teeth for these workers. It is a continuation of how shabbily our government and corporate America have treated the majority working class citizens of this country for the last twenty five years. Neither Hillary, nor Bill nor Bush (either one) nor Reagan did or has done one thing to alleviate the screwing the American worker has been getting. It is time to break the link between corporate America and our government.
Hillary is about work alright. 80 hours a week just to make ends meet in shit jobs because the labor and trade policies of the above mentioned persons have lost us all the good jobs that were once in abundance. Before these assholes are done no working class person will be able to afford a home a car or a refrigerator and saving for retirement will be impossible. Our economy will be in the toilet and we'll owe our asses to foreign banks and governments and when they call in that debt our Social Security will disappear quicker than you can blink.
February 20, 2008 5:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
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