Sunday 22 March 2009
Thursday 2 October 2008
If this crisis holds the front pages . . .
It is hard to see McCain coming up with a gamechanger that can reverse Obama's momentum.
He's powerless.
He's powerless.
Wednesday 1 October 2008
Battle of the Muppets
Though Sarah Palin has been getting all the attention, it is important to note that both VP candidates are complete dingbats.
Remember: Joe Biden is a man who once plagiarised Neil Kinnock.
Given the professionalism of the two presidential candidates, the VP debate looks like the best bet for gaffe-hunters.
Would a gaffe from one of the 2 dingbats have an impact? What about a really big gaffe, an exhibition of utter incompetence?
Remember: Joe Biden is a man who once plagiarised Neil Kinnock.
Given the professionalism of the two presidential candidates, the VP debate looks like the best bet for gaffe-hunters.
Would a gaffe from one of the 2 dingbats have an impact? What about a really big gaffe, an exhibition of utter incompetence?
Monday 29 September 2008
Can Obama bring a new type of polititics?
The evidence against is considerable:
1. His campaign
- dirty enough to be fundamentally old school
2. His past
- the manner of his rise to the State Senate in Chicago suggests a man very comfortable with realpolitik
BUT . . .
It is possible to argue that the only way he could get to where he has is by respecting the norms of the current corrupt system.
Alternatively . . .
Is a new politics even possible? Or is asking for it like asking for a new human nature?
p.s. The bail-out has failed. What happens now? How bad does this get? Do we all die imminently?
1. His campaign
- dirty enough to be fundamentally old school
2. His past
- the manner of his rise to the State Senate in Chicago suggests a man very comfortable with realpolitik
BUT . . .
It is possible to argue that the only way he could get to where he has is by respecting the norms of the current corrupt system.
Alternatively . . .
Is a new politics even possible? Or is asking for it like asking for a new human nature?
p.s. The bail-out has failed. What happens now? How bad does this get? Do we all die imminently?
Saturday 27 September 2008
"It's hard to reach across the aisle when you're so far to the left"
McCain is right - bipartisanship relies on a certain amount of common ground. But then McCain should know better than most that sometimes conviction requires you to simply ignore opposing cries.
Monday 22 September 2008
Will the real Barack Obama (when the right time comes) stand up
Christopher Hitchens has penned a provocative piece on Obama:
"Why is Obama so vapid, hesitant and gutless?"
http://www.slate.com/id/2200587/
Despite being an Obama supporter, I agree with a lot of Hitchens says. Obama has not campaigned with the independence and boldness that those who read his writings are familiar with.
He is politically savvy. He knows that an bold campaign, while impressing some, would alienate many. So he has played it safe, often tediously safe.
Perhaps the bizarre truth that emerges is this: The only way for a radical to get into the White House is for him to pretend that he isn't.
"Why is Obama so vapid, hesitant and gutless?"
http://www.slate.com/id/2200587/
Despite being an Obama supporter, I agree with a lot of Hitchens says. Obama has not campaigned with the independence and boldness that those who read his writings are familiar with.
He is politically savvy. He knows that an bold campaign, while impressing some, would alienate many. So he has played it safe, often tediously safe.
Perhaps the bizarre truth that emerges is this: The only way for a radical to get into the White House is for him to pretend that he isn't.
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