The Friday Presidential Race ‘BushWhack’ing

We rewind the week that was in the 2008 race, there are 26 weeks until Election Day.

• Read my “Plea to Democrats” AND “Read my words, hear my words, let it sink in people!” They’re both moral imperatives…


• The gop attacked a DNC ad this week because it had the audacity to criticize Sen. McCain’s ‘100 years’ in Iraq strategy. The gop says the ad “falsely and maliciously accuses Sen. McCain of stating that prolonging the Iraq war for '100 years' would be 'fine' with him.” (Semantics… he may not flat-out say it, but it’s implied… besides, republicans have no problems using false and malicious ads when it suits them, but as soon as it’s against them, they whine like a pushed 5-year old on the playground. Man up gop…)


• Clinton and Obama are statistically neck and neck in Gallup's national tracking poll this past week…


• Sen. Obama had it with ReverendGate this week… so did Mrs. Obama… hell, so had I…


• Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain support eliminating the gas tax temporarily while Sen. Obama doesn’t, and Obama has a majority of economists on his side saying it wouldn’t do much help and would further harm the US economy…


• Ron Paul is still hanging around the gop ticket… just like an albatross.


• All three (major) candidates have spent $110 million on TV ads already… and it’s only going to get worse… wake me when it’s over.


• CNN evident headline of the week; “Wild cards could determine deadlocked Indiana” (well duhhhhhhhh)


• Both Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama picked up new super-delegates this week… and are chasing the “blue-collar” vote in Indiana… (I thought they were seeking wild cards… which is it?)


• After Sen. Clinton said earlier this week that the United States could “totally obliterate” Iran if it made a nuclear attack on Israel, the Iranian government sent a letter of protest, to the UN and the U.N. Security Council over her remarks, calling them “provocative, unwarranted and irresponsible.” (This should end well…)


• Sen. McCain released his health care plan this week whose basis are tax credits to help individuals and families buy health insurance… the announcement was met with a unified; ‘meh’ and bares a striking similarity to the healthcare plan “Bush put forth in his 2007 State of the Union address”… but I’m sure that’s just pure coincidence, right?


• Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) is not happy with Sen. McCain. The pair is in an intense debate over the (supposed) shared value of education benefits for veterans. Webb is upset that McCain is refusing to endorse his GI education bill and instead got behind a Republican alternative. McCain shot back and said that Webb’s Senate staff “has not been eager to negotiate” on the bill. Webb replied; “He’s so full of it. […] I have personally talked to John three times. I made a personal call to [McCain aide] Mark Salter months ago asking that they look at this.” (Hmmmm Vice President Webb… has a nice sound to it, doesn’t it?)


• Joe Andrew, DNC chairman from 1999-2001 under President Clinton and a current super-delegate, switched his allegiance to Sen. Obama this week and encouraged fellow Democrats to unite behind the Illinois senator as well in order to “heal the rift in our party”. (This has to be a smack in the face to the Clintons, along the same lines as Gov. Richardson… regardless of who gets the nod though, I will vote for the Democratic candidate…)


• And this week’s winner of “Obvious Statement of the Week” goes to Sen. McCain, who said this past week on MSNBC that the gop brand is harmed… well, duhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
  Is Sen. McCain old? I hadn’t noticed… though it does explain that younger nurse always by his side… what’s that? That’s his wife… oh, my bad…


• A new poll by NBC News/Wall Street Journal shows that 43% of registered voters say they have major concerns that McCain is too closely aligned with the current administration, proving that his greatest liability this November is “President” Bush… oh that’s a shame… what, that didn’t sound sincere?
• Sen. Obama is losing national support according to one poll... gaining national support on another poll...
  
• And have we mentioned? That Sen. Clinton has… how shall we say this… um… she has… you know what, I’m just going to come right out and say it. According to Paul Gipson, president of a steelworker’s local in Indiana, Ms. Clinton has “testicular fortitude.” Um… okay? Perhaps she got Bill’s after the Lewinsky episode… but, on second thought, I think I’m just gonna leave it at that…