“Aw, so’s your old man! (woman?)” — might be as high-minded as the Democratic presidential campaign gets this season.
If Clinton and Obama don’t call off the dogs and quit going after each other, we might actually see a Republican elected president this year — despite the R* our economy’s plunging into and despite all polls indicating John Q. American Public wants us out of Iraq pronto.
You don’t have to turn up the outdoor lighting to see plainly that the level of bickering and accusations among Democrats is rapidly rising. So, if the Democrats insist on all that fighting and “liar, liar, pants on fire” rhetoric, perhaps they don’t deserve the job.
I’ve been a more-liberal-than-conservative-Democrat pretty much the last 25-30 years of my tender young life. Here we are with the first real opportunity in America to elect a woman or an African-American president in my lifetime, and the fusin’ and fuedin’ Dems are gonna fumble the ball.
I’ve been reading lots of Right Wing blog entries this morning having a field day with the stories of Bill Clinton slamming Barack Obama’s campaign, and counterpunches by Obama insisting that Clinton’s people cheated in Nevada and that Bill Clinton’s lying. Please people, in the famous words of Rodney King, “Can’t we just all get along?”
No, I suppose not. Democrats seem to be notorious for snatching defeat out of the jaws of most election victories. The world is filled with humorous quotes about Democrats and Republicans, so I’ll close my “shame on you all” post with this one. It was attributed to humorist Dave Berry, but the location where I found the quote had no specific attribution. You’re welcome to comment below and verify or vilify the quote as you wish. Enjoy:
“The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. They’re the kind of people who’d stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn’t bother to stop because they’d want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country club.”
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