Much to the chagrin of a media completely in love with Obama, McCain is slightly ahead in polls during the Democratic convention, when every headline is either praising or discussing Obama or trying to find something to dig up to criticize John McCain about. That doesn’t bode well for the Democrats.
By the way, this whole criticism of McCain and his number of houses seems fairly petty. Is this the best they can come up with? Sad. And hypocritical considering how many in the Democratic party (Obama included) are sitting pretty high on the hog financially. For the Democrats to point it out, even hypocritically, isn’t surprising, though. For die hard socialists, class warfare is like candy.
Again, as I keep pointing out, with Obama it seems we’ll get more of the same, only a lot more, which I guess is his idea of “change”, a push for a greater socialist agenda and hardline Democratic principles like babies even if they survive the first attempt at , I mean, abortion, all without any room for compromise. In fact, the demonization of the Republican party has begun and will see its normal level … maybe the highest it has ever been.
All in the name of hope and change, right?
For the Republicans, Lieberman will speak at their convention. Lieberman is a great case study in one of the major differences in the two parties. Lieberman agress with 80-90% of the Democratic platform but disagrees on ONE point: he supports the war in Iraq and paints it in a positive light. He was demonized by the Democratic party and even KICKED OUT, not allowed to run as a Democrat. He still won as an independent (the elitist Dems keep getting their kicked by the will of the actual people they claim to represent … which they are seeking to circumvent, as discussed below), and while Lieberman disagrees with much of the Republican platform, he is asked to be a part of their convention.
The Republican party, for all its failings, especially in the last 6 years, at least allows for dissenting opinions. The Democrats cannot abide any disagreement.
Random Obama point (related to above): Ironic to me that the Democratic party (and now its top dog) supports and encourages a bill that would remove the secrecy of ballots for those in a union. In other words, a party based on the term “democracy” is siding with unions who are pushing an oppressive agenda where they can control the votes of its members, thereby increasing their political influence and lobbying capability by taking away the right of an individual to vote his or her conscience in secret.
I wonder if this will include all the dudes that keep voting Democrat … maybe only if they used to be in a union.
Peace.