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Kicking Off the Week’s Political News

October 13th, 2008
By JAZZ SHAW, Assistant Editor

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Welcome back, and I hope you had a nice weekend. Just to get you started on this Monday morning, here are a few of the hot topics making the rounds in the political blogosphere.

William Kristol, writing for the New York Times, thinks he may have the solution for John McCain. Fire your whole darned campaign. Given the weekend news of Obama’s fundraising and poll numbers, Bill may be on to something. (Hey, there’s a first time for everything.)

Speaking of campaign strategies, Rick Davis and Sarah Palin have chosen a tactic which I must admit is simply breathtaking in its originality. After the Alaska Governor was found by an investigator to have abused her power and violated state ethics laws, they came out over the weekend and expressed their gratitude that she had been entirely cleared of all charges. Why didn’t Nixon think of that?

If the international monetary crisis has you worried about your job security, there is one industry that’s still booming. (And if you go into it, you’ll get to spend a lot more time in bed.)

If you can’t beat Obama on the economy and you can’t beat him by tying him to Bill Ayers, maybe you can suggest he cheated on his wife? Paging the National Enquirer! You can leave John Edwards’ house now!

You’re not allowed to vote in Florida if you’re a convicted felon. Well… unless you register and go vote anyway.

Remember a couple of months back when the cost of gas at the pump was going to be the one-and-only issue when voters went to the polls this year? Don’t tell anybody, but the price of gas has been plunging. Is this because there’s more oil now? Not in Venezuela since Chavez has been in charge.

If danger threatens the planet and mankind is in peril, Never Fear! Gordon Brown is Here to Save the World!

I’m sure I’ll have more pointless meanderings and smears to discuss with you later, but there’s a little light reading for you to kick off the week. Enjoy!



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    Back in Detroit today after a weekend going across Lake Michigan and back, in the news we have a good old-fashioned price war with one station offering gasoline for $1.99 a gallon. (Now if we can get below a dollar -- fuel is a commodity and should be as cheap as it can be to benefit the great buying public the best.) It's not a sign of general deflation but a common occasional treat for the consumer and may there be more of the same to come. Fuel below a dollar a gallon -- yes!
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    As to the week's truly _political_ kickoff news, the Clintons' appearance at the Biden rally was the likely biggest thing. A number of things came into play. The Clintons were drawing attention to themselves once more. [rolling eyes] Bill Clinton demanded the spotlight, then left the stage after he was finished; he actually chose to leave his "wife" and the subject of the rally, Joe Biden, rather than stay as a normal person would do. The self-absorption was radiating from broadcasts of the rally. Next, Hillary Clinton's speech was also somewhat self-serving but she had a number of great lines in it that "scored" at the Republicans' expense. "America will once again rise from the ashes of the Bushes" was a classic! Biden himself was okay. Finally, I had seen this broadcast on MSNBC (farther left than the standard liberal media) and the commentators actually began their discussions, primarily about the Clintons' speeches rather than Biden's speech, while Biden was still speaking! The main subject at the rally, Biden, was interrupted so the commentators could talk to each other and reinforce no doubt the inflated opinion such commentators have of themselves. (My, how they seem to enjoy hearing themselves talking rather than the main person speaking at an event.)
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    Oh well- that's just the way they are. They genuinely like Biden and they do draw a larger crowd than he could by himself. I think the Democrats just count themselves as lucky that they are out there on the campaign trail at all. Hill has put in over 50 appearances and I'm sure they still bring in the bucks at fundraisers.

    Asking Bill to be a wallflower is a little unrealistic. He's used to being the center of attention-- and he still has a lot more charisma than anyone else in the room.
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    As for Palin she seems to be going for the totally uninformed voter- the one who just takes the candidates and their ads at their word and doesn't investigate further. Which is pretty shameless.
 
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