The Emperor Tries to Wear ‘Real Man’ Clothes

Well, it was only a matter of time that we would have to see this liberal wuss try to “defend” his “honor”.

Going up against a war hero, combat veteran, soon to be 72 year old Patriot, Barack Obama is trying now to set the stage for his “I really AM a strong man, a REAL man” campaign.

Not more than a week ago, I recall Obama talking in response to an apparent President Bush slam on Obama for being

You have heard that a long drawn out battle with Hillary Clinton is to John McCain’s advantage. This may be true, but I am going to show you the downside as well.

The pro’s

We all know the general advantages for the GOP of a protracted Democrat primary season. Briefly, here are most of them:

1. Both Obama and Hillary spend more money on each other.
2. Their efforts to win will damage them both, revealing weaknesses the GOP can use later.
3. It divides the Democrat party further, and will leave lasting scars and even defectors who won’t vote for the “other” if “their” candidate does not win.
4. It is damn entertaining to watch these crazy clueless folks scramble around trying to look important and qualified. The name calling within the party is an extra perk as well.

But few people have mentioned or discussed what the downside is for this process to go on well into the summer, perhaps even all the way to Denver in August.

The Con

Cover for Obama’s positions…

Currently, McCain has the luxury of staying mostly out of the fray, avoiding that which drags one down into the gutter… i.e., day to day politics. Obama and Clinton are doing that work on each other, and Howard Dean jumps in from time to time just to remind us how lucky we are that he never became President. During this time, McCain has time to regroup, gather some advisors and formulate good positions and plans for the ‘General’, and time to generally look “Presidential” by making statesman like trips and speeches around the Country.

Oh- and make money.

But while all of this is happening, a very quiet and somewhat dastardly advantage for Obama is playing out beneath our radar.

Due to the nature of the situation, Clinton and Obama need to obviously focus on each other right now. However, don’t think for a moment that this will bring out ALL of the necessary information that the public needs to focus on in order to make a solid decision in November.

Put another way, Obama is a mysterious and relatively unknown factor in politics. He is of course a first termer. He avoids the media like the plague, excepting softball shows like The View and other tabloid garbage that endears candidates to idiots but protects them from the serious scrutiny which can cause real political damage.

This long and drawn out primary is giving Obama “cover”. He is not being attacked by the right yet as that would show presumption as to who the nominee will be. Of course we know he will probably win, but at this time, McCain is taking the high road and letting the process continue on the left unchallenged for the most part.

By letting this process go until August, Obama and the Democrats may, then, be stumbling into an advantage that they have not perceived yet. Or, better put, those in the political world may be aware of this advantage, but the majority of the voting public are not.

Obama winning in a close contest at the Convention will be big news, and will draw huge media attention. But even more important to him is the fact that a shortened General is to his advantage. It gives the GOP less time to tear him down on inexperience, and expose his far far left leanings. Two months is not enough time to paint this man into a liberal box, not when you are having to contest the din of the wave of hype from the first black man ever to be nominated, in a close nail-biter that was just decided in August.

This wave of hype and short General just might make it impossible to make a common sense case against Obama, because much of America will be high on the concept that “A black man made it, we are vindicated for our prior sins now!!!”

Howard Dean, our friend…

With all of that said, Howard Dean just might be the GOP’s best ally right now. As screwed up and emotional as this man is, he might be right (for us anyway) to suggest this contest between Clinton and Obama should end sooner than later. He has suggested June, or July latest, in order to help his party. But I think it helps us more than it helps the Dems.

I am sure all of you conservatives will be thanking Howard Dean if he gets his way. Keep him and his wish in your prayers!

Were we to presume that John McCain and Barack Obama are going to go toe to toe in the General Election, I have said it on here before that all McCain has to do is keep punching and punching with the terror issue and Obama’s lack of experience, or proper foreign policy perspective. Barack has gone even farther in the last day to prove that he is naive, by stating that Al Qaeda in Iraq is a result of McCain and Bush’s policy gaffes, and somehow that makes any kind of difference as to what we have to accomplish there.

News for Obama: If you are going to argue about how the bus got into the ditch, as you put it, you are not focused on the issue of the bus being IN the ditch. At some point, the past is not as important as the need for clear and immediate direction into the future. I imagine Obama standing in the cockpit of a plane that is going to crash, saying something like “I TOLD you to check the fuel…”

Great. You may or may not be right, Barack. But that is not important now, is it?

And consequently, whether or not Al Qaeda in Iraq was IN Iraq before the war, is there not a ‘beauty’ to fighting the war there? Taking the battle to them? Dictating the terms of war to them, as opposed to them dictating the place and time to us?

All of this has caused me to create some statements that McCain can use in the case he and Obama wind up taking shots at each other… Some you have heard, some you may have not.

“I am not sure your pet program has any importance until we win the war on terror. Dead Christians cannot use (insert liberal program here).”

“Personally, I am not ashamed to wear the American Flag pin… and I think it is a mistake for any potential leader to insinuate that wearing one is phony or unimportant. Once you are elected, your own personal opinions sometimes have to take a back seat. Ideology during wartime should never undermine the ability of a leader to help America prosper and win based on unity and hope, even if the symbol is a simple flag pin. “

“I swore to protect this Country, as a young man, before you were born. I was a prisoner of war when you were 6 years old. I know of no defining experience in your life which would qualify you to represent a Country as great as ours during war.”

“My hand over my heart during the pledge of allegiance means I put my Country first, even when and if she is wrong, because I know without her, I am nothing.”

“A soldiers oath to protect this Country versus enemies, both foreign and domestic, does not include the right to evaluate the worth of the “mission”. I would die for my country, right or wrong, and that is what that oath means to those who make it. Why would anyone take that same oath to serve under someone who cannot wear a pin with pride, or put their hand over their heart during the pedge?”

“You have stated you reserve the right to go back into Iraq to eliminate Al Qaeda, should they build up after our departure militarily. Why would you give up ground that so many fought so hard for, and spilled blood for, only to have to go back in an take it again? Do you have any doubt Al Qaeda in Iraq would re-emerge and rebuild if we left?”

I have heard it said over and over that Hillary would have been easier to beat, please give us Hillary… But I have to say that once this General Election heats up, I think that if McCain keeps his head and is guided well, he and we will knock Obama on his anti-jingoistic ass.

I would love to hear what lines readers think McCain could use against Obama as well.