Save the 2008 American Election TV Show!
Thursday, 14. February 2008, 10:04:19
I don't normally comment on politics, especially not those of other countries, but I have to ask my American readers to please keep this TV show going. Look, I'm Canadian and was enjoying this reality show called the election/primary season you Americans have. It's great TV. Much better than here. Over here, no campaigning allowed one week before the polls open. You guys have it good. During the election, you can still campaign. But why did the media step in and cancel it? Sure, sure, you still have until November to go, but I already know the ending if the current script keeps going.
Right now, there's the Obama love fest. Especially by Chris Matthews on MSNBC. CNN is also in that bed. And so is Fox. Heck, Fox has people on there supporting Obama directly. Republicans are actually voting for Obama. Anyways, these three Republican news networks support Obama and no one wonders why? (Time/Warner owns CNN and is a long time supporter and contributor to G.W. Bush as is MS and Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch, 'nuff said.) ABC News (owned by Disney and also Republican supporter) is the only one reporting the Rezko scandal, or anything negative at all about Obama, of which there is a long list to choose from.
Why is this important? Because it's BORING!!! aka predictable. I want the show to continue dammit. You have Republican "news" outlets that support a democrat and they don't tolerate any negative comments about that same democrat? Right there, that's too obvious. I really couldn't care less who wins. It's not my country, but it's on my TV. So dammit, I want good production value. Unfortunately, the show got cancelled. Obama wins and then McCain wins the general election. Done and done. Never mind that it's a bad ending, it just sucks that my favourite TV show is basically over.
So why is it over? It's not personal opinion. It's too damn obvious. And remember, you could elect Rush Limbaugh (though I thought he died in the 80's) or Keith Olbermann and I couldn't care less. Ok, I still can't believe Rush has a radio show, but that's another story. In any case, if he was your president, it'd simply enhance the late night talk show's joke segments and I'd see that as a win. See, that'd be exciting. Imagine Rush as President? That's good TV. McCain? Not so much. And that's why I need Americans to do something to save my favourite TV show.
Ok, to answer the question for real, here it is. Obama is being protected by the news corps. Whether you think they're Republican or not matters little. The fact is that there's a huge Obama love fest going on. It's sickening really. And if Obama could win the general election, I'd love it. That guy has awesome dirt. It'd be fantastic to see what he'd do in the White House if he continued his current style of politics. Guaranteed excitement and scandals. But no, there's simply no way that the news corps will continue to save Obama once he gets the nomination. It's impossible because Democrats ALWAYS get pummelled by the news corps during the general election (Gore and Kerry anyone?). Obama recently got attacked by McCain and you know what Obama's response was? "I respect you." I'm not kidding. WTF was that? Obama's so weak, I turned off the TV in frustration. Hope and Change don't mean squat against McCain. He was a POW. He'll be seen as a guy who can tough it out and come out a winner. You got nothing on HOPE against a POW. NOTHING! And Change? You think a POW doesn't know about wanting his situation to change? Obama's rhetoric is EMPTY against McCain. McCain's already established himself as the war hero with the media. You can bet that's not gonna change no matter how much Obama repeats himself. That means Obama also loses on national security issues. And on the war, Obama never voted against it. He wasn't even in the Senate at the time. He wasn't in the position to make that decision. Back seat voting doesn't count. Besides, he's already said his position and McCain's were basically in alignment back in 2004. McCain will again destroy him. I could go on and on. Needless to say, it'll be a disaster.
The whole world is watching. We want action. We want drama. Most of all, we don't want it to be predictable. Put whoever you want in the White House. Just keep it interesting. And let's be honest. This "YES WE CAN" bullshit doesn't cut it. We've seen it in every damn baseball or sports movie in existence. Only problem is Obama isn't playing baseball.
We all know there's no way either Obama or Hillary is going to take the nomination before it gets to the convention. CNN has a big board that says so and they keep showing this technological marvel so it must be true. That means that the party will be split all the way until the convention on August 28, 2008. I think your general elections are in November if I have that correct. August to November isn't a long time. So from now until August, we all know what's going to happen. Sweet fuck all. Hillary could lose all the way or Obama could lose all the way. Doesn't matter. The only excitement I foresee is the Michigan and Florida debacle. And don't think that Hillary is going to drop out even if she continues to lose because no one can secure the required delegates needed. Obama's the one running on the platform of cleaner politics (hahaha what a laugh), so he's gonna have to be the one to lead by example if he wants anyone to drop out. Anything else and Clinton will be right in saying that Obama only says things when it suits him. Hukabee has a right to keep running. So does Clinton as well as Obama.
Next up is August until November. If Obama wins the nomination, no way he wins the general election. The only way Obama wins is if his opponent drops out. Obama's uncontested. So just think about it for ONE moment. Someone who's NEVER once been opposed by the other party is going to win the Presidency? That's la-la land. And for you Obama supporters that think he's clean... you want to believe that there's such a thing as a clean politician? Do I hear you correctly? Like I said, la-la land. If you stuck any of this in a drama TV show, no one would watch because it's too unrealistic. Though it might work as a comedy, but that's just as bad. It'd be a joke. And realise that this is my point of view. I'm standing on the outside and watching it on TV. It's so unbelievably insane that I'm not really sure what to make of the unwarranted fanatism.
Then there's Hillary. If she gets the nomination, I know she'd be able to do something against McCain because the Clintons are the only ones that the Republican party has never been able to win against. At least, as far back as I can remember. But that would need the Obama supporters to support Clinton and I fear that may be too late. Not to mention that Florida is a factor in the general election and they're not allowed to vote in the primaries. That's gonna tick a few people off.
So either way, what's your plan Democrats? The road you're going down now, whether it's Obama or Clinton, is a predictable one. There's an old saying in politics: The best offence is a divided opposition. Worked for McCain once. No reason why it wouldn't work again. No matter what side you're on (and even if you disagree with EVERYTHING I've said), the ONLY thing Democrats should be talking about is how to select a nominee without going all the way to the convention and I'm not seeing that. Both Obama and Clinton supporters need to realise they're in the same sinking boat and being played by the other side. So change the script. The current one sucks!
Right now, there's the Obama love fest. Especially by Chris Matthews on MSNBC. CNN is also in that bed. And so is Fox. Heck, Fox has people on there supporting Obama directly. Republicans are actually voting for Obama. Anyways, these three Republican news networks support Obama and no one wonders why? (Time/Warner owns CNN and is a long time supporter and contributor to G.W. Bush as is MS and Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch, 'nuff said.) ABC News (owned by Disney and also Republican supporter) is the only one reporting the Rezko scandal, or anything negative at all about Obama, of which there is a long list to choose from.
Why is this important? Because it's BORING!!! aka predictable. I want the show to continue dammit. You have Republican "news" outlets that support a democrat and they don't tolerate any negative comments about that same democrat? Right there, that's too obvious. I really couldn't care less who wins. It's not my country, but it's on my TV. So dammit, I want good production value. Unfortunately, the show got cancelled. Obama wins and then McCain wins the general election. Done and done. Never mind that it's a bad ending, it just sucks that my favourite TV show is basically over.
So why is it over? It's not personal opinion. It's too damn obvious. And remember, you could elect Rush Limbaugh (though I thought he died in the 80's) or Keith Olbermann and I couldn't care less. Ok, I still can't believe Rush has a radio show, but that's another story. In any case, if he was your president, it'd simply enhance the late night talk show's joke segments and I'd see that as a win. See, that'd be exciting. Imagine Rush as President? That's good TV. McCain? Not so much. And that's why I need Americans to do something to save my favourite TV show.
Ok, to answer the question for real, here it is. Obama is being protected by the news corps. Whether you think they're Republican or not matters little. The fact is that there's a huge Obama love fest going on. It's sickening really. And if Obama could win the general election, I'd love it. That guy has awesome dirt. It'd be fantastic to see what he'd do in the White House if he continued his current style of politics. Guaranteed excitement and scandals. But no, there's simply no way that the news corps will continue to save Obama once he gets the nomination. It's impossible because Democrats ALWAYS get pummelled by the news corps during the general election (Gore and Kerry anyone?). Obama recently got attacked by McCain and you know what Obama's response was? "I respect you." I'm not kidding. WTF was that? Obama's so weak, I turned off the TV in frustration. Hope and Change don't mean squat against McCain. He was a POW. He'll be seen as a guy who can tough it out and come out a winner. You got nothing on HOPE against a POW. NOTHING! And Change? You think a POW doesn't know about wanting his situation to change? Obama's rhetoric is EMPTY against McCain. McCain's already established himself as the war hero with the media. You can bet that's not gonna change no matter how much Obama repeats himself. That means Obama also loses on national security issues. And on the war, Obama never voted against it. He wasn't even in the Senate at the time. He wasn't in the position to make that decision. Back seat voting doesn't count. Besides, he's already said his position and McCain's were basically in alignment back in 2004. McCain will again destroy him. I could go on and on. Needless to say, it'll be a disaster.
The whole world is watching. We want action. We want drama. Most of all, we don't want it to be predictable. Put whoever you want in the White House. Just keep it interesting. And let's be honest. This "YES WE CAN" bullshit doesn't cut it. We've seen it in every damn baseball or sports movie in existence. Only problem is Obama isn't playing baseball.
We all know there's no way either Obama or Hillary is going to take the nomination before it gets to the convention. CNN has a big board that says so and they keep showing this technological marvel so it must be true. That means that the party will be split all the way until the convention on August 28, 2008. I think your general elections are in November if I have that correct. August to November isn't a long time. So from now until August, we all know what's going to happen. Sweet fuck all. Hillary could lose all the way or Obama could lose all the way. Doesn't matter. The only excitement I foresee is the Michigan and Florida debacle. And don't think that Hillary is going to drop out even if she continues to lose because no one can secure the required delegates needed. Obama's the one running on the platform of cleaner politics (hahaha what a laugh), so he's gonna have to be the one to lead by example if he wants anyone to drop out. Anything else and Clinton will be right in saying that Obama only says things when it suits him. Hukabee has a right to keep running. So does Clinton as well as Obama.
Next up is August until November. If Obama wins the nomination, no way he wins the general election. The only way Obama wins is if his opponent drops out. Obama's uncontested. So just think about it for ONE moment. Someone who's NEVER once been opposed by the other party is going to win the Presidency? That's la-la land. And for you Obama supporters that think he's clean... you want to believe that there's such a thing as a clean politician? Do I hear you correctly? Like I said, la-la land. If you stuck any of this in a drama TV show, no one would watch because it's too unrealistic. Though it might work as a comedy, but that's just as bad. It'd be a joke. And realise that this is my point of view. I'm standing on the outside and watching it on TV. It's so unbelievably insane that I'm not really sure what to make of the unwarranted fanatism.
Then there's Hillary. If she gets the nomination, I know she'd be able to do something against McCain because the Clintons are the only ones that the Republican party has never been able to win against. At least, as far back as I can remember. But that would need the Obama supporters to support Clinton and I fear that may be too late. Not to mention that Florida is a factor in the general election and they're not allowed to vote in the primaries. That's gonna tick a few people off.
So either way, what's your plan Democrats? The road you're going down now, whether it's Obama or Clinton, is a predictable one. There's an old saying in politics: The best offence is a divided opposition. Worked for McCain once. No reason why it wouldn't work again. No matter what side you're on (and even if you disagree with EVERYTHING I've said), the ONLY thing Democrats should be talking about is how to select a nominee without going all the way to the convention and I'm not seeing that. Both Obama and Clinton supporters need to realise they're in the same sinking boat and being played by the other side. So change the script. The current one sucks!
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Incredibly naive. Stick to the programming articles.
By anonymous user, # 14. February 2008, 14:45:30
By Vorlath, # 15. February 2008, 02:24:26
The Republicans do not want to be in power after 2008 for at least 4 years, probably 8. The Chicago Boys and Republicans have made their war (and deregulation) profits at the expense of America's economic health. Now it is time for them to move their profits offshore as the US economy crashes.
Republicans have not quashed the great Democrat nominees before they get popular: You think it is a coincidence that there is both a woman AND a black guy running on the Democrat side AND at the same time Republican fundraisers are low AND the sub-prime meltdown peaks? The powers-that-be are not influencing the race this time around because they want out.
The plan is:
1) Have the Democrats win.
2) Democrats will (foolishly) start fixing the problems (Social Security, Medicare, war costs, etc), which will likely involve increasing taxes on rich people (the smart ones will have moved assets offshore by then).
3) The Chicago Boys (ie IMF and World Bank) will issue some (false) dire warnings about US fiscal policy (the IMF and World Bank have been caught destroying countries with false reports before). This is important, as it involves entities outside the US to devalue the US currency.
4) The US currency will fall, causing inflation while the economy is in recession (stagflation). Which interest rate policy can not fix.
5) The economic upheavals leave investors overly conservative and pessimistic, high unemployment results. (Read as 1930’s depression).
6) Republicans come back in 2012/2016 on principals of tax cuts and enjoy another 30 years of rule and profit taking!
I expect up to #4 to happen, but I am not sure if the Democrats have enough backbone to continue with a managed economy to prevent #5. In any case, Democrat success will not be remembered by the public, only the tax cuts will matter in 2016.
Albeit there are still some hardcore/naive Republicans that do not know of this plan.
I read The Shock Doctrine, you will notice that economy destruction follows a formula, and is highly profitable. The only thing preventing the US from going through this before is the lack of sufficient outside monetary collusion. But now with China, and the East in general, the US can be manipulated just like all the other countries.
This is just crazy rambling from a conspiracy theorist.
By anonymous user, # 15. February 2008, 17:58:27
Anyways, the fact that the economy is going down is only due to the fact that the Fed (a privately owned company allowed to print US money) is printing money at the whim of Bush's war funding requests. If you want to transfer money from a population to someone else, the easiest way to do that is to control the issue of money.
Here's an example. Say there are 100 people on an island and one person controls the issue money. This person issues 100 dollar bills and while in normal economies these 100 dollars are loaned out at interest, we'll assume that they are given out as in the days of greenbacks. You now own 1% of the total economy. But if you print 100 new dollar bills and loan them or give them out to companies that you control, then you now control 50.5% of the total economy while each individual controls 0.5% of the economy. So half of the population's money got transferred from their hands into controlling companies hands without individuals having any say in the matter. This is happening right now. And the sad part is that this isn't even a conspiracy theory. It's known fact, yet the population does nothing because they're scared of losing the little they have. Only when it goes past a critical point will they do anything, but it's too late by then.
If you do want to go into conspiracies, then you could talk about how a failing economy could set up the perfect atmosphere for the Amero (the North American currency). There's only one problem with this. They must pass laws to remove the old currency. The old currency cannot remain. The reason is simple. Lesser valuable currencies always drive out more valuable ones. The more valuable ones get hoarded and used up by the wealthy driving up its value even more. This is especially true if you can exchange one currency for the other. The less wealthy cannot afford to buy the more valuable currency if all they have is a cash flow since they must spend money as they make it. So the wealthy always have an opportunity to get a hold of the more valuable currency once it leaves your hands.
Whatever happens during a recession, someone at the top always profits big time because the population is powerless to do anything about it. They don't need to directly steal your money. They can transfer your wealth into their hands by simply printing more money and then buy up your assets with your very own money that they transferred into their hands. Once they've acquired all these assets, they can start reducing the money flow and increase the value of the currency. It's quite the scheme.
By Vorlath, # 24. February 2008, 22:50:30