Posted by
Scooternyc on Saturday, November 04, 2006 11:42:11 AM
I'm sure you've all been hearing and seeing all the hoopla related to the latest Democratic "Rockstar"(yes, I've heard reporters, liberal mind you, using this term) Barack Obama. It's what I call the "Swoon Factor", just like Clinton before him, a virtual nobody in politics, save for a couple of years in the senate? This site has a terrific breakdown of where he stands on the issues:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm
But aside from all this politics, which is more important than any of the rest of it, Obama has "it". The factor that helped catapult Clinton to unbelievable rockstar status, all the while engaging in behavior that was to be his downfall.
What the Left never seem to get about Clinton and his Lewinsky behavior were 2 things:
1) You don't have sex in the workplace, people get fired for that behavior. You especially don't have sex in the workplace while speaking to another President of the United States and in the Oval Office.
2) When you're caught, you don't lie under oath
I don't care if Clinton wants to have a 1000 affairs, that's his business. But if his workplace is an office for which I am one of the millions of "bosses" and it's in "my office" - in the words of Donald Trump - "You're Fired". The Hellary fallout is all on him, I don't care. But then to make the matter worse he LIED about it under oath. If you can't understand either of these points there's nothing else that could be said to you to make you understand.
Which brings me to BO - (does it stink yet? we're about to find out in '08). What excused Clinton's behavior WAS his rockstar status. In the face of his completely inappropriate behavior he still had a high approval rating from....the "bobbysoxers". Unbelievable. They excused his cheating on his wife. They excused his disrespect for the Presidency. They excused his disrespect for the Office of the White House. They excused his disrespect for our courts and his profession by lying under oath.
We should have learned from that experience that "Rockstars" are fun but at the end of the day we want someone who is serious in politics and not using their histrionics in the guise of sexuality to entice voters, sway opinion and make the women AND men swoon. I could swear that Dan Rather was trying to flirt with Clinton. But I digress.
Keep a watchful eye. You heard it here that the BO Swoon Machine is in motion and will do their best to create puff pieces, shrewd appearances, and an aura of being untouchable. All of which are the leading indicators you DON'T want when it comes to the serious issues our nation faces and voting someone into that prestigious office.
"We have serious issues that need serious solutions and your 15 minutes are up"
Michael Douglas, An American President