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Silly Season's Over, Disgusting Season Has Just Begun

Hillary Clinton, John McCain

We have three candidates for President. One is an unprincipled, corrupt liar. Another is a deluded, corrupt warmonger. And the third is a somewhat unknown quantity – a man who seems to have integrity and good ideas, but who occasionally puts his foot in his mouth. '
By Citizen Correspondent Josh Sidman
Date Posted: 04/15/08
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Anyone who reads my articles on a regular basis will have noticed that I haven't had much to say lately about the presidential race, despite lots of fireworks on the campaign trail. It's not that I don't have opinions about what's going on, but rather I have become so sickened by the overall spectacle that I just can't get myself to engage with it anymore.

Barack Obama's recent observations that many working-class citizens are bitter as a result of feeling abandoned by our government is the most obvious, straightforward truth imaginable, yet Hillary Clinton and her band of spin-meisters saw an opportunity to distort his comments and continue their attempts to make Obama such a damaged-goods candidate that their assertions that he "can't win" will actually become true.

As pretty much everyone realizes by now, this is the only conceivable way that Clinton could still win the nomination.

Thus we have seen for the thousandth time that Hillary Clinton has no principles, no loyalty to her party, and will do absolutely anything (including risking handing the White House to an insane warmonger) if there is the slightest chance that it will enable her to augment her own power.

But, none of this is new. We knew all of this already, so what point is there in commenting on it? If you're still on the Hillary bandwagon, you've clearly long ago turned off your brain, either because you think it's time a woman becomes President, or because you're a racist, or because you're simply too stupid or lazy to properly inform yourself about the issues.

There is simply no gray area here anymore. It is not possible for a sane, reasonable, decent person to still support Hillary unless he/she has simply chosen the path of willful ignorance.

Turning to John McCain, the brave war hero proved his mettle yet again today by taking the courageous step of arguing for a suspension of the gasoline tax (so as to not cause all those poor folks who can't afford to gas up their SUVs, ATVs, RVs, and motor-boats to have to cancel their well-deserved summer vacations).


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Re: Silly Season's Over, Disgusting Season Has Just Begun

By Robyn Stubbs, April 15, 2008 at 15:24

I think the rest of the world is just hoping Americans make the right choice - we're all sitting around going, "how can they elect anyone other than Obama?" It really is a no brainer. I am not normally interested in things political, but I will be watching when the Democratic leader is announced, and if it's Obama, I'll be watching on the final election night as well. If it's not, I think I'll just cringe in the corner and prepare for the worst.

Re: Silly Season's Over, Disgusting Season Has Just Begun

By aftaab, April 15, 2008 at 14:22

I always enjoy your articles Josh. I couldn't agree more. If I could give up my vote here in Canada to be able to vote in the upcoming American elections I would gladly do so and vote for Barack Obama without hesitation. There's so much to be said about a politician with some integrity and the ability to think on their feet despite the occasional gaffe. What a change that will be from the blundering Bush! I'm relieved that I no longer have to listen to the distant echo in the form of Tony Blair.

That said, I would much rather have Hillary Clinton in power than John McCain as I believe she would be a much better president. I think she falls into the warmonger category too - in part because she voted for the Iraq war and also because she may feel the need to be a strong Commander-in-Chief which is too Thatcher-like to provide any reasonable hope for a peaceful future.

I'm really looking forward to having a leader in power that talks the language of sense rather that of security and fear while fulfilling a selfish agenda at the expense of the general population.

Re: Silly Season's Over, Disgusting Season Has Just Begun

By luyen, April 15, 2008 at 14:07

All the more reason to make changes where changes count the most, in ourselves, our families and communities...if that happens, then the government will reflect those changes. We can't rely on politicians to *hopefully* do good things...it's totally untrustworthy.

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