The Race of Rhetoric
February 27th, 2008
Wow… Am I frustrated with the rhetoric in the Democratic primary race. We have Hillary Clinton stating that it’s not enough for the next president to be a good speaker, but that they have to have substance and experience. On the other side, we have Barak Obama saying that it doesn’t matter about his experience, but it matters about who is “right on day one” for the White House. Of course this is all just a bunch of campaign rhetoric, because neither of them really know what they are going to do when they get into office. Like any other president before them, they will have to respond to information that they are presented in the best capacity that they can and all campaign promises will go out the window.
The way this rhetoric is going now reminds me of first George Bush election campaign when he promised “no new taxes” only to fall into a situation where he had to raise taxes to pay for the debt that was related to Operation Desert Storm. These promises that Obama and Clinton are partaking in regarding removing our troops from Iraq is premature. Neither should be making these promises to protect themselves from an impending future suicide. My guess would be that either one of them will find that they need to keep our troops in Iraq longer due to Geneva convention and other international policies than anybody including myself would like to. The point in the matter is not who was right, wrong, or experienced on day one. The question becomes who will do the best job to honestly take steps that will lead to the reduction of troops and the building of a strong foreign policy that can achieve neutrality in that region of the world again.
Will it ever happen? I doubt it. I just don’t like hearing the BS that either candidate is using. What stinks the most is that the American people fall for it. They buy these promises like they are facts of matter that will lead to the results that they want. Then later on when their candidate is in office and the fall short on their campaign promises, they feel misguided from the political process.
The political process is misguided at this point; cow tailing to whatever groups of organizations contribute the most to their campaigns. I think the American people really need to look into who is the most tied into corporate financing and who is most tied into a public financing campaign. This will allow a neutral playing field in regard to who is pulling the puppet strings and hopefully lead to more honesty about what they will do.
-JAG
John,
In the spirit of Nathan’s post today (http://nathangann.com/?p=151), I’ll just say it in six words:
Reformation desperately needed in American politics!
Rant on, brother, rant on!
Tracy
John, Have you seen this:
http://rianniello.blogspot.com/2008/02/2008-election-results-accidently-leaked.html
Tracy
Those links are great Tracy. We truly do need a reformation in our politics. I’ve got some statistics that I’m trying to organize and get ready to post about how much the different types of industries are supporting each of the three main contenders. I personally think at this point, for this election, it doesn’t matter. I really think the only time we will see real change in America is when we ALL choose to live Democracy. Instead we look for our politicians to uphold OUR Democracy. That obviously is not working.
Great blog Giovanni, it is interesting to me how in this country regarding politics we vote for people entirely based on their rhetoric giving no merit to the actual actions. For instance Gee Dub(Bush Jr) pretended to be a strong evangelical Christian during his time in office even though he has continually disregarded the teachings of Jesus and yet the religious right swears by him.
Those same Christians will find a way to discredit Obama and Clinton based on two or three issues and vote for McCain who is in many ways just as liberal as aforementioned Democrats.
Final thought American Politics ALL ABOUT THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS
It is true what Tracy says… “Reformation desperately needed in American politics!” Who could possibly be our Martin Luther? Do we have people willing to lay down there lives with no guarantee of return? Who will be our savior? Unfortunately I believe corporate greed has found a way to corrupt even the most pure of heart.
You do of course make this point yourself Mr Giovanni.
“I think the American people really need to look into “who is the most tied into corporate financing” and who is most tied into a public financing campaign.” Funny we need to look at who is least affected by Corporate financing, instead of disregards it all together for the good of the people. Guess we all know what makes the world go round.