Let’s amend the constitution to be closer to the word of god!, and other political pandering.
I’ve been watching all of the political talk shows, candidate speeches, etc. all week long and I’ve noticed that we have already hit the point that every major election reaches. Politicians are each going off in their own direction pandering to whatever political crowd they are going for.
Romney was able to absolutely dominate Michigan by running on the fact that his father was governor and was claiming to be able to bring back jobs in the car industry.
Now that the economy is slipping, Arizona senator John McCain is proposing new a new stimulus package that is based in two main points: lower the corporate tax rate and make research and development a tax deductable expense. Both of which will only increase the current trade deficit as this money will go straight into the pocket of the CEO’s, and corporations as a whole such as Microsoft and Wal-Mart. If you go back a couple days McCain was saying that there’s nothing worth doing to the economy.
Huckabee is going way off in right field for his votes in South Carolina, in an interview for an evangelical website he said that wanted to amend the constitution to be more in line with what god would want (the following is straight from Huckabee’s mouth) “But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view”. Huckabee also refused to give a plan on how to fix the economy, he is hoping that his zealots will continue to follow him despite his solution of..I told you so. Yes, the solution to all of our problems is to claim that you predicted it months ago, while doing nothing yourself. Perfect.
Clinton (my favorite for the nomination) was going on the Tyra Banks show and talking about personal issues such as the Monica Lewinsky scandal to appeal to women voters. Bill was out yelling at reporters and saying the things that Hillary isn’t allowed to say in Nevada (which will vote on Saturday). The two of them are acting as a tag team, they are alternating between California and Nevada rather than going for the photo opportunities as a couple.
Obama has not changed on his motto of change yet, while I am still a fan of him, I realize that he is just spewing rhetoric at this point. Originally in his campaign to try to get legitimacy he was trying to prove that he was experienced in many fields, now that the primaries are in progress he acts as if he isn’t a member of Washington so that he can be the outsider icon of change. As a side note, Obama’s spiritual minister said that “Clinton did the same thing to us that he did to Monica Lewinsky.” I’ll leave that one to sit by itself, don’t think it needs any commentary to enchance it.
Edwards… this will come as a surprise, once again he is claiming that his existence on this planet is designed around helping middle class Americans. He continues to simply go after the largest base of voters in the country by using the phrase “middle class” as often as humanly possible. He knows the pain that the middleclass feels, yet he defends the fact that he needs to spend $500+ per haircut. Couldn’t ask for anymore with my haircut that I get for $14 at the local barber.
Political pandering is one of the things that truly pisses me off, so far the candidates that I’ve seen that are trying to avoid such political nonsense are the ones that won’t win: Ron Paul for Republicans and Bill Richardson for the Democrats (who dropped out of the race but would make an excellent running mate for Obama or Clinton). Out of mainstream candidates the Republicans are all equally horrible, and Clinton is slightly better with it than Obama.