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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: franksolich on November 14, 2008, 12:00:50 AM
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While most tend to look at the top of the water, I tend to look underneath the top of the water, to see where it's really going (although admittedly I flubbed up big time with the recent presidential election).
There's a lot of things about the Big Zero, his words and his conduct, that indicate he's slowly becoming aware he's w-a-a-a-a-a-y over his head in this president thing, and it's starting to make him sweat. His selection of old-timers, for example, for high-profile offices, rather than new people.
The Big Zero is a guy desperately looking for a helmsman.
Being a product of corrupt Chicago machine politics, it would be no particular humiliation, or even weakness, for the Big Zero to hand the reins of power over to someone else, while he himself remains in the driver's seat.
It's happened ever since the Democrats invented corrupt politics circa 200 years ago.
In other words, the Big Zero remaining president de jure, but someone else becoming president de facto.
This would "cover" the Big Zero two ways: (a) he'd still get all the fame and glory of being the first "black" president in American history, including credit for anything, if anything at all, that goes well during his presidency, and (b) if something goes wrong, the de facto president, and not the Big Zero, would be blamed.
I frankly suggest the Big Zero make the junior U.S. Senator from New York the de facto president, to run things, and to take the blame if something goes wrong, while the Big Zero, as the de jure sits back and enjoys the temporary prerogatives of the presidency.
This would involve no particular problems; the junior U.S. Senator from New York could remain the junior U.S. Senator from New York; it's only that she would actually be running things, while the Big Zero could play with his toys.
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The news over the last six hours seems to agree with you...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/11/secretary-of-st.html)
There's a lot of buzz in DC tonight about the fact that the Obama Transition Team is, according to one knowledgeable source, "very serious" about Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, being under consideration for Secretary of State.
The thinking about a Secretary of State Clinton is simple, I'm told: she's smart, she's strong, she's experienced, she's a team player, she is usually pretty diplomatic, and she also brings some gender diversity to an Obama Team concerned about such matters.
She brings instant stature to the job, one Democrat told me. Many world leaders have known her for almost two decades.
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SnoBama is in over his head. Regardless though,no matter how smart or astute an administrator is they are only as good as the people they surround themselves with. My Take on an Snobama presidency is not only is he in over his head he is going to and is surrounding himself with Yes men. Hillary might be the only choice he has made so far or will make that would have the sack to tell him to go take a powder.
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The problem with handing it over to a de facto executive is that the de facto executive needs to actually be successful, but ideologicially (aside from a few totally cynical pragmatists and the Blue Dogs) the entire Democrat pantheon is wedded to policies that will exacerbate international and domestic problems, especially economic ones. The de jure or titular executive is still held accountable for the results, whether he is actually doing anything to affect them or not. Mr. Obama has moved out of speculative "If I were King" world where anything can be spun to favor him, into an inescapable reality where actions have immutable consequences, there are no do-overs, and Humpty-Dumpty's breakage cannot be spun as providing the ultimate public service Breakfast For The People act.
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Secretary of State Clinton
WE ARE ****ED
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WE ARE ****ED
Well, face it, we lost the elections, and so we're frelled anyway.
But with the junior U.S. Senator from New York being in charge of things, we're frelled a little bit less, than if some acolyte of the Big Zero were in charge.
For right now, I'm happy with "being frelled a little bit less," than just being frelled.
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Gee Frank, I feel soooo much better now. :p
:tongue:
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I still have only the one very modest proposal for the Big Zero...."GET LOST".
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I still have only the one very modest proposal for the Big Zero...."GET LOST".
Well, as frank has so eloquently pointed out - he is.
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My modest proposal: Go :censored: yourself BHO, and DIAF.