McCain Schools Democratic “Bullies” (Yet Again)
February 27, 2008 – 12:35 amThe political spectrum has truly transformed. At the end of 2006, Grandma Pelosi and company took the Congress “backâ€? and the media hoopla that followed bordered on insanity. As events preceding this “monumentalâ€? (and by “monumentalâ€? I mean an entirely typical and commonplace shift in party control that the Democrats paraded as if it were an unexpected achievement) unfolded, it looked as though the Republicans would never redeem themselves (at least in the eyes of leftists). Indeed, from Bush’s low approval ratings and public disdain for the war in Iraq to the Democrats rise in both the Senate and the House, prospects for the Republicans appeared quite grim – but, luckily, things have started to turn around.
At the time, I was more than convinced that the Democrats’ rise in popularity was not due to a literal spike in adoration for the Democrats. Rather, I knew quite confidently that the Democrats had won for two reasons. First (and as I mentioned), it is very common for the opposing party to win the Congress during a president’s second term.
Second, George W. Bush and the Republicans had unintentionally disillusioned a substantial proportion the American public (myself excluded). While this second point stands on its own, a substantial portion of its weight is tied with the implications mentioned in my first point. It was due to this unintentional disillusionment that the secondary cause of the Democratic “rise� to power was seen.
If one trended the popularity of the Democratic Party over the past seven years, he or she would not find a dramatic rise in its popularity among mainstream Americans, as one might expect. In fact, he or she would easily find that the public has remained relatively unmoved in its support for the Democrats:
While these prospects appeared grim (the above quote is taken from a March 2007 study), the climate is quickly evolving; in turn, one might wonder what will happen concerning the 2008 election. While the American people expressed a need for change in 2006, it is quite clear that the decision to shift party control was based more on a rejection of current policies than it was an embracement of Democratic inclinations.
If this is the case, which party will have its prime candidate sitting in the oval office? While there are many factors at play, it appears that the negativity once plaguing the Republicans is beginning to disseminate. Last week, the New York Times played its typical undercover political game, as it infused badly corroborated partisan views into its news coverage. Following this journalistic debacle, Clinton and Obama intensified their “playground� politics, with a public display of child-like banter that has continued into this week.
“He published pamphlets about me and my policies that were unfair and untrue!�
“She disseminated a picture of me wearing Muslim garb! I’m not an Islamist!�
From dirty politics to high school jeers, the candidates on the left are making themselves look like fools. Let’s briefly juxtaposition their jeers (and for those of you who haven’t picked up on the fact that the above quotes are not direct, please take note; as realistic as they appear, they are derived from my own perception of the candidates’ ridiculousness), allow me to provide a brief excerpt from Sen. John McCain (via the “revered� New York Times). He was responding to comments made about Obama and Clinton prior to his arrival at a political event:
So, who’s it going to be? The playground bullies or the man who refuses to play “politics as usual?�
7 Responses to “McCain Schools Democratic “Bullies” (Yet Again)”
Billy has outdone himself in sophomoric pretension this time.
He serves up wordy pablum like this:
“…unintentionally disillusioned a substantial proportion the American public (myself excluded). While this second point stands on its own, a substantial portion of its weight is tied with the implications mentioned in my first point. It was due to this unintentional disillusionment…”, a masterpiece of opaque verbosity.
He seems to write under the delusion that the more words of several syllables he crams into a piece, the more impressive his case.
He even condescends to adjure us that he’s fabricated quotes (see, he’s better than that wicked New York Times).
Young Billy strangely reacts with shock and dismay when his ill-wrought propaganda is not warmly received by the Democrats among his readership, even though he writes attack pieces directed against them.
Never one to be daunted by his lack of ideas or the skill to express them if he had any, he tries to entertain us with a bit of perverse humor at the end of this latest exercise in sloppy writing.
He leaves us with an ironic description of the most craven political whore in the whole contest, John McCain, that man without principle who so hypocritically embraced Jerry Falwell in a bid to court the evangelical knuckle-dragger vote.
The same Falwell he had rightly condemned as an agent of intolerance who was pandering to the outer reaches of American politics.
Billy laughably calls this Republican prostitute a man who refuses to play politics as usual.
The donkey laughs loudly while the elephant creeps away in shame.
By Vince Williams on Feb 27, 2008
We also have another name for the donkey, no?
By Billy Hallowell on Feb 27, 2008
Billy likes to pretend he’s a foreigner with his feint at worldliness—— he uses the fey negative, where a native English speaker would use the affirmative.
By Vince Williams on Feb 27, 2008
Um, ok.
By Billy Hallowell on Feb 27, 2008
I would say that McCain has schooled himself well in swallowing his pride and getting on his knees before any interest group that might advance his drive to win this election at any cost to his honor or dignity.
That little man in the Oval Office said, “It’s politics, John,” the perfect expression of the moral complexion of political carpetbaggers, an attitude that Billy has repeated himself, with the cynical words, “…welcome to politics”.
The radical wing of the Republican Party, the stealth agents of corporate hegemony in American politics, got its men in the White House.
Our job, as voters, is to get the criminal thugs out, and to make sure that big business’s obedient hey-boy, John McCain, is sent back to the wilderness, where he belongs.
By Vince Williams on Feb 27, 2008
Take heed Billy. Vince is our resident Cyrano. A rapier style, and very sharp, yet elegant prose.
By DAD on Feb 27, 2008
I do have a big nose, and I once had a crush on Roxanne.;-)
By Vince Williams on Feb 28, 2008