Monday, August 30, 2010

Why I hate politics rants of the day

The press, who never blinked when Obama claimed to be a miracle worker ("This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.") is telling us that the rally in Washington last weekend was full of bigoted white people;
the blogosphere says nah, just ordinary folks...
and points out the "fake teaparty" Democrat being paraded to blacken their name...

GetReligion blog echoes my questions about what the rally was about, and about the press coverage, or lack therein...

Well, here's "Reason" TV's report...we link, you decide:

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I have no opinion, being a "blue dog" Clinton Democrat and living overseas, but it all reminds me of Jimmy Carter and his inability to lead America (but then I was overseas during Carter too.)
Ironically, the foreign press disdained Carter back then, but absolutely hated Reagan, who they insisted would start World War III...on the other hand, even the Communists preferred Reagan, because they knew exactly where they stood with him; Carter, on the other hand, kept confusing them by changing his mind and being obscure...

Look at the US Hostage crisis in Iran....Carter was wishy washy and then tried a belated and poorly planned rescue, that luckily crashed and didn't start a war. Reagan merely scared the bloomers off the Mullahs so they released the hostages on Inauguration day.

Hopefully, either Hillary or Sarah will be the next president: Both of them are scary enough to stop a war with one glance ("make my day"...)

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Here in the Philippines, lots of blowback from the botched hostage crisis.

China has their knickers in a knot about it...demonstrating against the Philippines, and the country is worrying that they will take it out on our OFW's there (mostly maids and service workers).

Just once, I'd like the perpetrator be blamed for such massacres, not the victims or those risking their lives to stop it.

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