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You have finally landed on the one page on this entire site (and on the entire internet for that matter) that is purely without bullshit... my soapbox page. There are a lot of times during our show that, whether it's because of time constraints and other obligations, I don't always get to address some issues that I feel don't get the attention they deserve. There are even more times when I just don't feel like waiting until the show the next day to get some things off my chest. Thus, I have started the "Rob's Soapbox" page. If you have clicked on this page looking for someone to coddle your fragile sense of self-esteem, or tell you what you want to hear or to reinforce your outdated world view, then exit this page right now and go somewhere else. If you are in search of the last forum for reason and common sense left in the world, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. I make only one promise with this soapbox page... if you read long enough and often enough, you will eventually be offended. So here's my latest soapbox. Listen up, 'cause you just might learn something... |
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Monday, September 29th, 2008 TRUST ME, HILLARY IS VOTING FOR MCCAIN As I write this, we all sit in the glowing bask of what was the first presidential debate of 2008 between John McCain and Barack Obama. Since our articles live forever here on the website, it is not knowable for me to be aware of when you will read this. It may be in real time, or it may be days, weeks, even years after the election of 2008 is decided. In real time, however, we have seen Round one of McCain and Obama and it was lame at best. McCain looked old, tired and annoyed and Obama looked stunningly unprepared to lead a nation. In the end, Obama probably barely won because he had less to prove…the truth is that most of America doesn’t really care about “experience.” If they did, Obama would be losing this election by 90 points. America cares about “qualifications,” which is a far different threshold. A person is qualified for President in America by being calm, likeable, empathetic, soothing and harmless while still able to be tough when necessary. Both Obama and McCain pass these tests, which is why Obama won the debate Friday night, September 26th, 2008. America already knows and accepts that McCain knows a lot more than Obama does…McCain had to try to paint Obama as dangerous and failed to do so. While Obama looked childish, aloof and somewhat uninformed at times, most Americans already accept these traits about him. Remember, Obama’s entire campaign rests on “hope.” These are the days that presidential elections are won and lost in; the final 50. Americans pay attention, candidates face intense scrutiny and mistakes are magnified beyond description. Initial estimates say more than 50 million American watched the first debate; a stunning number for such an apathetic electorate. Now, the real fun begins. On Thursday night (October 2nd) the most highly anticipated Vice Presidential debate in history will be held and a woman, not named Hillary, will have the chance to prove that she is qualified to be president. Ironically, Alaska governor Sarah Palin won’t have to convince Hillary Clinton when she faces off against Delaware senator Joe Biden because Hillary and her husband are already voting for the McCain/Palin ticket. Win or lose, history will record Barack Obama’s biggest mistake of the 2008 campaign as having passed over Hillary as his vice-president. In doing so, Obama unwittingly provided an opening to McCain that he desperately needed, and on that day that McCain introduced Palin to America, Hillary Clinton was ecstatic. Prior to that moment, there was really no reason to believe that McCain would be able to pull out the presidency in November, short of racism on the part of the American public or a blunder of enormous proportions on the part of Obama. With Palin comes a revitalized Republican party, youth and energy on a ticket that desperately needed it, and a reminder to America of just how qualified Hillary Clinton is to be President of the United States. Added all together, no one is rooting for a McCain victory more than the Clinton family. The alternative is the end of the Clintons. Should Obama pull out a victory in November, he will become the de-facto leader of the Democrats, and the Clintons will assume their place in the halls of noteworthy but no longer relevant leaders. An Obama victory guarantees him the nomination in 2012 to run for a second term, meaning that no other democrat will have a chance at such an opportunity until 2016. At that point, Hillary will be just short of 70 years old, countless other senators and governors will have had 8 years to position themselves as the “new” or “next” leaders of the party and Hillary will need Joe Biden to “pull a Cheney,” and not seek to run for President as a two-term sitting vice-president (presuming Obama somehow won in 2012, of course). Conversely, if Obama loses in November, the entire party will turn directly towards Hillary and let out en masse a giant “we’re sorry, we screwed up.” Nothing will be more pre-ordained than Hillary’s nomination in 2012. At that point, she will have her chance to do exactly what her husband did; win back the white house from 3 terms of Republican White House rule. Ironically, she may do it against Sarah Palin, depending on McCain’s health and/or desire to serve two terms. Either way, the Clintons have never hid their disdain for Barack Obama, nor their thirst and love for power. Just last week, former President Clinton publicly defended and stood up for John McCain and Hillary refuses to say nary a negative utterance about Palin. For the 20% of the American people who are truly independent and undecided things that aren’t said often carry as much weight as the things that are said. Clearly, this is an un-provable prediction on my part. Hillary will never admit publicly that she voted for John McCain, nor would she or her husband be stupid enough to get caught helping sabotage the Obama campaign. When the dust settles on November 5th, history will have been made. Americans will have either elected the first African American president or the first female vice-president; which is true will determine whether the next Clinton to run for president will be named Hillary or Chelsea.-----
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