Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Nitwittery in the Nashville City Paper
The left's paranoia seemingly knows no bounds. According to C.W. Clouse, the current Obama Barack for President bandwagon is nothing but a Republican plot to ensure that an undistingued - "unseasoned," according to Clouse - lawmaker who's served but two years in the U.S. Senate gets the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.
I hate to throw a monkey wrench in Mr. or Ms. Clouse's conspiracy theorizing, but the Obama boomlet began on the Oprah Winfrey Show. It was Ms. Winfrey who was the first to suggest that Mr. Obama should throw his hat into the 2008 presidential ring. Does Clouse really want us to believe that Karl Rove or some other GOP operative is giving Oprah Winfrey marching orders? I don't know any politically astute individuals who're willing to bite that conspiratorial fishhook.
That being said, I wouldn't be making plans to attend a Hillary Rodham Clinton inauguration just yet. It's hard to imagine that Hillary Clinton's hyper-liberalism will go over well in America's heartland. The famous red-blue maps from the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections will become even more pronounced if Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee. Unless he or she can make inroads in the South and Midwest (see Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton in 1976 and 1992 respectively), it's well-nigh impossible for a Democrat to win the presidency. If Clouse thinks Hillary Clinton is going to peel away Tennessee, Arkansas, West Virginia, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, etc., from the GOP in the next presidential contest, I have some beach property in Kansas I'm willing to sell him or her.
I hate to throw a monkey wrench in Mr. or Ms. Clouse's conspiracy theorizing, but the Obama boomlet began on the Oprah Winfrey Show. It was Ms. Winfrey who was the first to suggest that Mr. Obama should throw his hat into the 2008 presidential ring. Does Clouse really want us to believe that Karl Rove or some other GOP operative is giving Oprah Winfrey marching orders? I don't know any politically astute individuals who're willing to bite that conspiratorial fishhook.
That being said, I wouldn't be making plans to attend a Hillary Rodham Clinton inauguration just yet. It's hard to imagine that Hillary Clinton's hyper-liberalism will go over well in America's heartland. The famous red-blue maps from the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections will become even more pronounced if Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee. Unless he or she can make inroads in the South and Midwest (see Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton in 1976 and 1992 respectively), it's well-nigh impossible for a Democrat to win the presidency. If Clouse thinks Hillary Clinton is going to peel away Tennessee, Arkansas, West Virginia, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, etc., from the GOP in the next presidential contest, I have some beach property in Kansas I'm willing to sell him or her.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Tuesday, December 05, 2006 
