“You’re not my MOMMY!”
Beware of Those for Whom Winning is All…
Barry Bonds. Marion Jones. Floyd Landis. Tyler Hamilton. “What are you talking about?”, you say? “Sports?”
Well, no. I am talking about the fact that when your desire to win becomes too big, you compromise your ideals, and you are willing to cheat, either yourself, others, or both.
A current USA Today/Gallup Poll states that Democrats are now of the mindset that the most electable candidate is the most desirable.
The poll indicates that more people believe Osama (I mean Obama) can win - something most Republicans believe too- Hillary is beatable, hands down.
But even more important are the ideals that Dems are willing to sacrifice in order to win. Much like other cheaters, winning trumps values.
“Come on,” you say. “The Republicans are willing to do the same thing!”
Well, no they are not. In fact, Republicans are more likely to vote in spite, against other Republicans, than Democrats are, by a wide margin.
Without question, Republicans will hold more true to their closely held values than Democrats. If you want proof, I give you two examples:
1. Read my lips, no new taxes and Ross Perot. Those two simple little things created Bill Clinton. Period
2. The 2006 elections. Democrats won by and large, in key districts, due to Republican voters punishing their own by not turning out in their support. This same example can be shown by how the party runs others who violate our principles out of their positions or office, but Democrats not only re-elect those violators, but then move them into leadership positions. Some of those Democrats are even criminally convicted.
Anyway, back to the USA Today poll¦
Clinton is backed by 45% of Democrats. Obama is backed by 27%. Yet, in a recent shift by Democrats, nearly 50% of Democrats want a candidate who agrees on issues with them, while 66% of Republicans want the same thing. Interestingly, one month ago, Democrats wanted an ideological mirror of their issues with candidates at a ratio that is similar to Republicans.
Yet, Obama RISES in the polls, to the extent that Iowa and other upcoming primaries are in jeopardy for Clinton.
What does this show? It proves what the USA Today/Gallup poll shows: Dems love Hillary, but support Obama because he can WIN.
Another way of putting this is, Democrats NOW are shifting toward supporting the canididate who can win (Obama) vs. the candidate that they think has the same values as they do (Clinton).
Why the shift? Why do Democrats now put their energy into winning over ideology?
What it comes down to is, values have less to do with the Democrat position at this point than WINNING does.
Even more important than that is the reality that, the farther left you go in the Democrat party, the fewer values ANYONE has.
Republicans have, no doubt, problematic people here and there in our ranks, who subject us to embarrassment by their actions which subvert and undermine our positions on values. On the other hand, we dont and wont sell our party values down the river just to win.
For this reason, Giuliani, even though he might be tough on terror, will almost surely not get my vote or support. And, truthfully, you have to expect that those on the left are hoping we nominate Giuliani as much as we hope they nominate Hillary. Like the athletes mentioned above, when you want to win so bad you compromise principals, you become something short of admirable. You wish to win so badly that you sell your soul.
According to this poll, the left is moving that direction, right now (if they have any soul left to sell).
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Current NUT
The utterly BRILLIANT left wing ideologue scientist, Nobel winner, internet creator, and "Champion of the chad recount", Al Gore has once again wowed us with some more amazing feats of observation.
Gore says the most recent Myanmar tragedy, Cyclone Nargis, which claimed 200,000 lives, was the result of Global Warming.
Nice job, Nostradamus.
This has brought on a chorus of rejection from scientists worldwide that claim that NO storm could be directly attributed to either the global warming phenom OR the science... neither of which could support Gore's claims.
And this is supposed to be one of the left's "best". God help us. He could have been PRESIDENT. -
Current BOLT
The passing of Tim Russert brings to mind, for me, the importance of excellent journalism. Russert was one of the finest. While loving life, he would still grill your butt on anything that was the buzz... no free passes, and he understood that journalism was the 4th branch of the US democratic process.
Our US political process and the field of Journalism will sorely miss Tim Russert.
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The most stupidest dumbest ignorantest thang I have heard from the left lately...
Paul Begala, bomb throwing liberal pundit and talk show man, recently made clear what the left truly thinks. And remember, the "left" is supposed to be the party that blacks should love and vote for.
Said Begala "We cannot win with egg heads and African-Americans. OK, that is the Dukakis Coalition, which carried ten states and gave us four years of the first George Bush."
I totally agree by the way. You cannot win with only black Americans. You CAN win with only eggheads, though...
This insinuation that African American support of Obama is the reason for Obama having ANY chance is correct. I think what Begala is saying is the same thing Clinton is saying, in a more veiled way.
And I think what Begala is trying to say is "Obama is propped up by an African American vote- and that is IT. He cannot win without it."
I agree... but I think it is a stupid to take that approach, or point out such a point of view, especially if you are a person from the party that claims (falsely) to represent the black community BEST.
God himself supports America going into Iraq... Worldwide discovery and publication has just hit hard.. see www.eternaltruth.net
I dare you ...
You are a hypocrite. You state, "It should not be amazing that only former Presidents who are Democrats act ...
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