Royal We and Serfdom
January 31st, 2008 by Bill ColleyTell me please if the woman has already been President why is she allowed a third term? The question rattled through my head as I watched the latest Democrat Party debate. Wolf Blitzer had just asked Hillary Rodham-Clinton if she had been naive when getting on board with the Iraqi war. As she meandered along some other talking points in giving her response she reflected that “we” bombed Saddam in 1998. This is persistent in Rodham-Clinton’s claims that she has already served 2 terms as Commander-in-Chief. Yet moments later when asked a question about her spouse the royal we came to an abrupt halt. Now she distances herself from her co-President.Â
 For those of you just arriving at this page you need to understand that I’ve decidedly libertarian-conservative leanings. In no way do I support any member of the Democrat Party campaigning for President. Mr. Obama is a nice man and I respect his earnestness but I just don’t get the liberal infatuation with Mrs. Rodham-Clinton. I hear from Democrats constantly decrying the war. Obama opposed it from the start and Mrs. Rodham-Clinton has a much different story. Therefore, no war opposing Democrat should offer her allegiance. What gives here? A vote for the woman is hypocrisy. It’s a vote for the status quo. She’s the candidate of the much hated establishment. “The Man”, if you will, from the language of her generation, which was common when said generation occupied college campuses and occupied campus administrative offices.Â
You’ll also notice “Democrat Party”. If it were “Democratic” there wouldn’t be super-delegates. These are the people selected to give Mrs. Rodham-Clinton the nomination if the rank and file dare slip into the Obama camp. The so called party of the people is adopting some very authoritarian pretensions. Conservatives are incensed the Republican Party may select John McCain but if by Wednesday morning he’s the apparent then the party will abide by the voices of Main Street. I’ve been in media for 22 years and I’ve made a great many observations. One thing very clear to me is the shift among Democrats to a passion for big money, country clubs and celebrities. How does this serve people like me, trying to support a little girl on a broadcaster’s salary? Steven Spielberg was in the crowd at the CNN debate. We’ve nothing in common and he couldn’t begin to fathom the gyrations my mind does when it comes time to pay the bills and, as I write the checks, consider what groceries I can skip to meet my obligations.Â
You’ll notice I’m a libertarian-conservative but not a Republican. I’m weary of a party now joining the crowd and taking money from my pocket to support its addiction to earmarks, many of these excused with claims I’ll benefit. The beneficiaries are all well connected developers, lobbyists and cronies. Last week I by chance stumbled across some old tapes of Ronald Reagan speaking on behalf of the Goldwater campaign 44 years ago. Reagan spoke of a government getting out of the way to allow citizens to make mistakes, mistakes we learn from. An example would be you don’t sign a mortgage for a McMansion on a McDonald’s paycheck. You’ve now been educated and it isn’t my responsibility to bail you out. Your church may offer some solace and it’s possible I’ve helped your church and now you can help the rest of us by ignoring the promises of Rodham-Clinton, Obama and any Republican offering candy for a ride in the car. Judas Priest, my friends, we can do better. There is an old cliché about folks getting the government they deserve. I’m sure this is true because few of you saw the debate. You were watching another channel hoping for an update on Miss Spears, Mark Harmon or the dead actor whose picture adorns all the celebrity rags I saw at the grocery checkout on the way home from work. My thoughts weren’t with that fellow as I was distracted by the cost of my 4 items.Â
Responses are welcome. Goodnight.
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February 1st, 2008 at 1:18 am
You make some good points and I have to say that while once I might have made a vote for Hillary I will not give her the time of day now, nor have I for some years because of that very flip-flopping on the war. I respected her, and was pleased when she first came out against it and mad as hell when she switched camps…still am. Some years ago, BC (before Bill Colley
), when we had a forum and it came upon the election, was the second time I said I was not going to vote..not from apathy, laziness or even bad weather but from conscience. I was abstaining. Again I believe I will be abstaining and I do wish THAT was on the ballot for I believe many people would also choose to abstain and have it noted. Who knows…maybe they would get the message. Many times, over the years, I’ve been told “Well, just choose the lesser of the two evils…” I heard you respond to that as I have always done…the lesser of the two evils is STILL evil, no?” And why vote for that? Obama does seem like a ‘nice person’…well, personally, I’ve had that experience also. It would seem to me GW is probably a good person, a nice man…after all his dogs seem to dote on him so he can’t be bad at all. But a lousy CiC, frightening President. Nah…this time, again, and despite those who scorn we who choose not to just shove anyone in Penn Ave., I’m letting it go, will wait and see who gets the hot seat and how well they deal with it. Maybe next time…but unless a Libertarian or Ind. gets a better shot at it, it’s doubtful. What if they give an election and nobody votes?
February 1st, 2008 at 8:24 am
In two words, she is a narcistic nabob. She will lie, cheat, steal and do anything, save murder, to reach the goal. Nothing is beyond the pale.
This woman is pure evil.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am
Nancy, I agree with you. I don’t care what all the political analyst have to say, we are not ready for a woman in the white house, especially, Billary, she has flipped flopped on every issue, she hesitates at every question as if she is trying to figure out the right thing to say. Don’t try to please the commentators Billary, it is I and the many voters around the country that you should be trying to please and you are failing at best. Your mandate on health care issues suck and I’m not sure you even know why we went to war in the first place. This is the United States and when you rattle our cage, we tend to put a boot in your *** (to quote Toby Keith) period.
It is scary to think that any of the candidates that are running could be our next president, God Help Us All. But there is no way in hell I will vote for Hillary. Her platform makes no sense and she will never convince me she has the balls to run this country. Even if she does dress like a man!!
February 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
“What if they give an election and nobody votes?” ==> Nancy
Then once again we will get the government we deserve, possibly an incompetent tyrant worse than what we now have.
To Obama, I think he is far more than just a nice man. He is a leader, evidenced by the attention and praise he is getting from all corners. He is viewed by many as a man with integrity and talent who has the potential of uniting this country to work out our problems. Moreover, a person like this would be expected to bring into government with him high quality people. Our nation needs this leader, badly. He’s the best in many, many years, in my view.
Although not currently supporting Hillary, I will support her if she wins the primary, because I find her superior to what we now have in office and those Republicans who wish to succeed him, as McCain and Romney basically wish to continue the Bush foreign policy. Even Ron Paul, whose position against the war and international interventions I have long admired, has a laissez faire attitude toward business that I find totally impractical. What do you think has caused the sub-prime/liquidity crisis that is impacting the global economy as we speak? We need government regulation as a balance versus corporate greed.
And by the way, Bill, Republicans also have super delegates, exactly the same number as the Dems, 20% so-called uncommitted. I don’t like that for either party.
Nothing gets improved unless people are willing to get actively involved. To do so involves choices having to be made. More often than not this involves having to choose a candidate that may not measure up on every important issue. Nevertheless, a choice must be made and action taken, even if it is only voting. A write-in vote is an expression option open to all citizens. In my view, there is no excuse not to vote! So Nancy, here we go again!
February 1st, 2008 at 5:37 pm
In fairness, Potnetgal, I have to admit I still have no idea why we involved ourselves in a pre-emptive attack on Iraq. I don’t consider it a war..we were not defending ourselves against anything coming from them THEN. We had sanctions in place etc. etc. ad infinitum. It was con and has cost more lives than we should have agreed to…even by default. Now we have an option and I can see we are probably not going to take it. Hillary’s mistake, for me, was that after coming out against she changed her position and, I think, she has gone halfways to changing it again to suit her purpose. I want someone in the White House who respects other cultures, ethnicities and peace BUT, if pushed to the wall, will stand up for ourselves while NOT aiding and betting such as the Taliban who will, when they do turn against us, we beat the living daylights out of the Middle East. Afghanistan, Iraq…good likelihood Iran. Are we stupid or what?
Yep, Perry…deja vu all over again, huh?