Hillary’s No Longer The Enemy, Blitzer Is
He’s been playing us for fools, the party isn’t divided, it’s been Blitzer all along. In the last debate before Super Tuesday he did everything he could to get the candidates to attack each other. On at least two separate occasions he tried to characterize Obama’s neutral or positive comments as a “swipe” at Clinton.
Neither were having any of it. The second time he tried it Hillary said “Is it?” while Obama said “Nice try, Wolf” then the audience started to boo, loudly and heckle Blitzer by echoing Obama’s comments. Neither candidate sunk to his level and it seems Blitzer pissed off the Hollywood democratic elite, I hope someone holds him accountable.
Mark my words within the next 7 days Jon Stewart will shake his fist and say “damn you, Blitzer!“. And rightly so.
The rancor in politics came straight from the media tonight. Absolutely shameless. Even with the entire crowd against him Wolf wouldn’t let it go. Can we get Larry King to host the next debate in Ohio if it happens? Anderson Cooper even. Is Shaw still alive? How about Brian Williams. Giant head or no that’d be sweet.
The fact is while Blitzer was making a pathetic attempt at a ratings grab Hillary was finally behaving herself and being a bit of a moderate such that she actually made some good points. She still complains more than she prescribes, has catch phrases you see a mile down the road, and dodges tough questions. Obama on the other hand rarely complains, his zingers are unexpected and make you think in serious ways, and his eagerness to answer hard questions is palpable.
Despite all that, Hillary actually scores some points with me in this debate. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want her to win the nomination but I think I might just be able to accept her as VP without swallowing my tongue.
Now I had done some digging on Obama’s policies and actually found one I disagree with. He wants to decriminalize pot which I disagree with - it’s one issue I’m pretty consistently conservative about. It’s not enough to shake my confidence in the man, if anything it makes him more human. He’s no longer completely perfect. Call it 99.6% perfect now.
But he knocked it out of the park so many times in the debate but I want to share with you what was the single most important sign of a leader. He said “I want to surround myself with people who have the strength to stand up to me…because I’m not going to be right about absolutely every policy decision“. Frame it. If this gets the appropriate media coverage it could single-handed get him the nomination, the office, and forever change the political landscape and how we define our leaders in the mainstream.
Needless to say I don’t think the importance of this quote can be over stated. It could cure cancer and reverse global warming. Don’t believe me? Give it 4 to 8 years.
So now that an Obama/Clinton ticket isn’t completely offensive to me it becomes a serious possibility. When Blitzer suggested it Bradley Whitford went nuts. This is a strong endorsement in my universe. But I will only tolerate it if Edwards doesn’t want it.
He might not. He may be able to do more as AG or even chief of staff or important cabinet position.
