7 Responses to McCain and Streisand

1. D.J. says:

   February 9, 2008 at 5:06 pm

   This ought to be the video they play before McCain’s acceptance speech at the McCain / Tom “The Hammer” DeLay 2008 nominating convention in Minneapolis this summer.

   LikeLike

   Reply
2. TeacherLady says:

   February 10, 2008 at 7:31 am

   Funny. He’d better keep his day job.

   Not to change the subject, but could someone please clarify the “superdelegates” for me? Is this something only the dems have or is there a similar process for the republicans? Does anyone else think this process seems downright unconstitutional? A quote from msnbc.com:

   “Superdelegates, created in 1982, were intended to restore some of the power over the nomination process to party insiders, tempering the zeal of party activists.”

   Hmmmmm….

   LikeLike

   Reply
3. Bill Manzi says:

   February 10, 2008 at 7:55 am

   Teacher Lady,
   The Super Delegate system is a Democratic Party mechanism. I do not believe that the Republican Party has a similar system. The origins of the system go back to 1972, when the nominee of the Party was George McGovern. The backlash against the McGovern electoral debacle ( I believe that Mayor Daley’s entire delegation was unseated at the 1972 Convention)led to discussions about not leaving the process entirely to the voters. It is certainly undemocratic, but well within the rule of law, as each party may determine on its own how to select a party nominee. MSNBC has a pretty good explanation in a column here.

   LikeLike

   Reply
4. Jules Gordon says:

   February 10, 2008 at 9:06 am

   Ah, your Honor, good times are rolling. I would like to make a few observations.

   1. What “secret left wing agenda”? Why do you think McCain is loosing conservative votes? There is nothing SECRET about his LEFT WING agenda. We all know what it is.

   2. you are right that the Super Delegate secret society is not illegal and is the business of the all inclusive, one man one vote Democratic party. Now that I think of it, those mortgage companies that “fooled all the people” were legal too and just as moral.

   I guess the Democrats are peopled by dummys who can’t even cast a vote for the correct candidate or be trusted to select their own Nominee. I just love it.

   3. Actually, DJ, then I assume the Hillary/ Bill Clinton duo won’t dissapoint.

   Hang in there TeacherLady these guys aren’t clean. I notice the Democratic party is running a racist, gender centric campaign. At least the Republicans stuck largely to the issues. Watch the pundits who analyze the movement of the various ethnic, racial and gender groups moving to support their own kind irregardless of the issues.

   Have a great week end everyone.

   Jules

   Who would have thought they were such bigots.

   LikeLike

   Reply
5. Bill Manzi says:

   February 10, 2008 at 9:39 am

   Well lets clarify some of the hokem just put out. The Republicans certainly make provisions for elected officials to go to the convention ex officio as full voting delegates, which is really the concept behind the Democratic “super delegates’. I do not believe that the Republicans have AS many, but they have some. As far as the Republicans sticking to the issues I am not sure that attacking Mitt Romney because of his religion constitutes “running on the issues”. I guess by that definition the Republicans are running a “religious intolerance” race. (Didn’t a prominent conservative ask if Mormons believed that Jesus and Lucifer were brothers?)I guess that meets the definition of Republicans “running on the issues”! Have a great weekend Jules.

   LikeLike

   Reply
6. TeacherLady says:

   February 10, 2008 at 10:20 am

   Thanks for the link… it actually confirms my suspicions that not all “men” are created equal!

   I quote from your link:
   “…in early 1970’s, the party’s rules were reformed to open the process to grass-roots activists, women, and ethnic minorities…. So without reverting to the days of party bosses like Buckley, the Democrats decided to guarantee that elected officials would have a bigger voice in the nomination.”

   so they set up the superdelegate system to STOP those darn commoners from having too much power in the democratic process!

   Legal? I suppose. Democratic? Definitely not!

   Thanks for the info!

   LikeLike

   Reply
7. Jules Gordon says:

   February 11, 2008 at 6:24 pm

   Your Honor,

   More Hokem.
   You are correct about a resistance to Mitt due to his religion. Huckabee did make a offhand statement to insult Mitt’s beliefs. The media made more of than the other candidates (except for Mr. Huckabee)

   These are problems that individuals have. Debates still were issue oriented. Democrats seem focused on groups. Blacks for Obama, Hispanic for Hillary, orientals, women, unions, vying for favor or attention. Is this the rainbow coalition?

   Keep one thing in mind about a rainbow; the colors are all segregated and arranged in a hierarchy that is never mixed. Poor choice of icon.

   I told you before, as a conservative, I believe in individual responsibility with minimum government. All people regardless of their race, color, gender, or any personal characteristic have equal rights, and equal opportunity.

   I fight back on this Blog when the writers think Democratic party is superior to the Republican party. They are not.

   We all have nice people, crooks, power players, liers, etc. Can’t hold up an issues or scallywag to me and not expect me to point out an issue, or scallywag on the other side in return.

   As you know I have complained about the Republicans before. If things continue to decline I am concerned for its future.

   I will always have coffee with you in public.

   Jules

   LikeLike

   Reply