Love George W. Bush? Vote Clinton.
Here’s yet another amusement from the campaign of Hillary Clinton.
Mind you, I don’t normally use FOXnews as a source, but, in this case, it may be warranted, as they are really the only media outlet still paying attention to the comments of President Bush.
It seems that Bushie himself thinks that Clinton will be the Democratic nominee… not surprising, really, since the corporations backing Clinton are much the same as those that backed Bush.
From FOXnews:
I believe our candidate can beat her but it’s going to be a tough race,” the president said. [...] He finally went public with his Clinton prediction in an interview for a book by Bill Sammon, a reporter for The Washington Examiner.
Dana Perino later commented on Bush’s statement:
“The bottom line is, it really doesn’t matter what the president thinks about who will win the Democratic primary,” Perino said. “There’s going to be a showdown at the OK Corral and they’ll figure out whose going to be the nominee and from there the president will campaign vigorously for the Republican candidate.
The best bit, though, is former candidate Chris Dodd’s take on the issue; he alludes to Clinton’s Bush-esque campaign corruption with a wry quote:
“I can understand why the president would want Senator Clinton to be the nominee.”
After all, Bush was a polarizer for the Right… why not have equal polarization on the left with Clinton? Oh, ya, that’s right. Because we need some CHANGE.
January 29, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I’m telling you, if the republicans don’t get a stronger candidate for nomination, they might as well name her.
January 31, 2008 at 4:15 pm
The Republicans will not get a stronger nominee. This election will be won by a Democrat, be it McCain, Clinton, or Obama.
January 31, 2008 at 5:18 pm
McCain? A democrat? Red, your logic continually gets more and more convoluted…
February 1, 2008 at 10:52 am
As a conservative, I have a serious problem with many of the positions taken by John McCain. His “maverick” label is well deserved, and he has thumbed his nose consistently at the conservative movement over the years.
McCain sued to have Wisconsin Right to Life shut up about his record on abortion. When the Supreme Court turned him down, he turned to Russ Feingold to legislate his way around the law. McCain-Feingold is the biggest assault on the 1st Amendment in history, and its made matters far worse. I’m sure you hate the Swift Boat Vets as much as I hate moveon.org.
McCain-Kennedy was just a flat out amnesty plan that even the Left didn’t want (the voters, that is). He even suggested conservatives were racist for not supporting it. Also, he tried to jam it through at the last minute under our noses again after it had been shot down.
McCain-Edwards was a trial lawyers bill of rights to protect the very lawyers that have driven malpractice insurance to crazy heights.
McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts twice. He claims now that it was because we didn’t have spending cuts, but back in 2001, he said it would only benefit the rich (5% cut to lowest tax group, 3% to highest).
McCain-Lieberman is a national global warming tax that the rest of the world won’t be forced to follow, even though other nations are contributing to this phenomena. Beyond the debate of its existence, this is a moronic idea to say the least. I bet China just laughs as more business moves there.
He also started the Gang of 14, which tried to block a CONSERVATIVE nominee to the Supreme Court, and has also said he didn’t like Sam Alito because “he wore his conservatism on his sleeve.”
Finally, he is against the existence of Guantanamo Bay and waterboarding. He resorts to being tortured himself for defense, but lets consider some facts. According to the CIA, waterboarding has been used 5 times, and each time thwarted an attack. Also, taking unlawful combatants to this country grants them the rights of any criminal present in our domestic system, as well as access to defense lawyers who will sacrifice their non-existent morals for some face time (Paging Mr. Edwards). So really, even his national defense record is leaky.
His marquee legislation looks very much like something a Democrat could only wish to trumpet to the masses, and he has continually relishes his “maverick” role. Maybe I’m wrong that completely pissing off the base of his party with glee makes him an enemy of the party at large, but he is no conservative.
Also, take a look at this:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-say-mccain-nearly-abandoned-gop-2007-03-28.html
He already left of his own volition, but now he’s fit to be nominee six years later?
To be honest, I may vote for a Democrat this election. At least then we can blame a “liberal” for enacting liberal policies, and we won’t have to bear the blame of having a Republican president enact those same liberal policies.
February 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Well, I don’t see what’s wrong with a person protesting against appointing a judge who obviously leans one way politically. The Supreme Court is not supposed to be conservative or liberal (although it is, depending on the President who nominates them, unfortunately). As much as I dislike McCain’s ideas about War and American culture, I commend him for breaking his bias toward the conservative movement (worst movement ever).
February 1, 2008 at 10:08 pm
“According to the CIA, waterboarding has been used 5 times, and each time thwarted an attack.” Did you see that, Chris? This guy actually takes what the CIA says as truth. Our very own secret police, complete with destroyed evidence and a yearly budget on permanent markers to black out documents.
February 1, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Just goes back to what I’ve said for a while: one of conservatism’s biggest faults is misplaced trust, mostly in the very government that they seem to fear.
February 2, 2008 at 9:25 am
Yeah. I’m reading about authoritarianism in American voters. Most are right-winged, having a blind trust in the established authority and old traditions, while considering all change a threat. This is why the conservative movement is fraught with people who see Civil Rights, Unions, Women’s Suffrage as wrong and insist that money spent of military power is more important than money spent on education. I think our red man here shows classic symptoms.
February 2, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Couple points:
The Department of Education is unconstitutional due to the tenth amendment. The government should not spend one dime on it. Everything the government undertakes not outlined in an amendment or article of the Constitution is unlawful. Private schools regularly outperform public schools already, so why not let everyone go to a privately owned institution where competition will drive facilities and their students to new heights of learning and achievement? I’ll be the first to admit that there are logistical concerns and some necessary regulation to ensure certain standards, but businessmen trying to make a buck will always outperform government employees who are nearly impossible to fire, regardless of performance. The free market is the answer here.
Change is not a threat, it is a consideration. You consider events in the prism of the past, according to conservatism.
At no time does conservatism have anything to do with Civil Rights, Unions, or Women’s Suffrage. It literally does not come up in any text outlining the tenets of the platform. Your suggestion is insulting and an overgeneralization at the very least. Try to control yourself whenever you are about to suggest that an entire group of people is sexist (there are female conservatives) or racist (there are many races of conservatives). I’m far more interested in political debate than I am in talking points and personal attacks. I hope we don’t have to deal with this again, because I do enjoy commenting here.
Finally, both of you attack my trust of the government, but you would trust them with our healthcare, tax dollars, and educational system, among other things? Maybe you have more to think about than you knew. Secret police? Really?
February 2, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Lol! You are so misinformed! I don’t trust the government someone like you would put in place with my healthcare, tax dollars or educational system because you believe that the free market fixes the flaws in those existing systems when in reality, those ideas just leave more and more poor people farther and farther behind. America is about giving everyone an equal opportunity to live the American Dream, no matter where they are from. Somehow, Rush Limbaugh has convinced many like you that these ideals merely oppress the white American male. The conservative movement is very clear when it bashes Unions, makes statements about the Civil Rights Act being the cause of all our problems today and when they start catch phrases like “Hillary needs to go back to the kitchen.” If you are one of the very, very few conservatives that don’t hold these “values” so dear to the conservative movement than you are a rarity and are in the wrong movement.
And don’t go onto a blog and tell me what you hope or hope not to deal with. It’s not your blog. Not only that, it’s a liberal blog. If you don’t like it, go away. I wasn’t even talking to you anyway.