Presidential Summer Duldrums
Published by Al Adomite on July 15th, 2008
Is it any wonder why voters become apathetic? I ran across these two articles nearly consecutively today…
In a lively appearance before the National Council of La Raza, one of the most important advocacy groups in the United States for Hispanic Americans, McCain rejected the organizers’ attempts to cut off audience questioning of him, at one point tossing his microphone to a man so he could pose his query. [...]
Obama took aim at McCain when he addressed the same group in San Diego on Sunday, saying he had admired McCain for bucking his party and pushing for the legislation, but that eventually McCain “abandoned his courageous stance, and said that he wouldn’t even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote.”
Emphasis added. Contrast Obama’s statement with this report (hat tip: IlliniPundit):
Barack Obama’s campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop “surge” in Iraq, the Daily News has learned. The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the surge as a “problem” that had barely reduced violence.
Flip. Flop. I just ask myself, “Why did Reagan’s first term fall in the middle of my elementary school years?” It seems like so, long, ago…
Filed under National Issues
July 15th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Obama fatigue is setting in for his campaign. The almost fanatical support has leveled off, as people begin to see Obama as just another politician.
Has anyone noticed Obama criticizes almost everything and everybody, but offers little in the way of solutions?
Also, he rarely seems to smile. There has to be something to smile about during a day.
McCain smiles a lot.
Reagan always had a smile.