Dumb Political Statements

I've heard quite a few over the past week+. I've already mentioned what Delaware Democratic Senator Joe Biden stated about Barack Obama. Biden may want to call it quits, because unless a miracle (at least three of them) occurs between now and the primaries, he's got no chance.

I also heard W. mess up an old saying (imagine that!). Instead of saying that Vice President Dick Cheney was a glasses half full kind of guy (as opposed to glasses half empty), Bush claimed Cheney was a half glass full kind of guy. What a "half" glass is, I'm not sure yet, perhaps a shot glass.

Rush Limbaugh stated on his radio program that those who aren't for the Iraq War are with Al-Qaeda (the terrorists). Recent polls indicate that 72% of the U.S. disagrees with how Bush is handing and directing the war, so, according to Limbaugh, almost three-fourths of the country are with the terrorists.

MSNBC's Chris Matthews (host of Hardball) stated the other day that America "wants a little bit of fascism." America wants a little bit of "a dictatorship from the extreme right," eh?

Hillary Clinton refuses to admit she made a mistake in voting for the Iraq War back in 2002. She seems to come up with a different excuse each and every time. I don't care one way or the other how she truly feels about it, but stop moseying around the issue, and make your true thoughts and feelings known.

Finally, the Australian PM just mentioned following Barack Obama's announcement of running for the '08 election, that the terrorists are rooting for Obama to win, since Barack supports a troop withdrawal.

First off, Biden has a history of opening his mouth when he shouldn't and may want to pull out now before he damages his rep any more.

Secondly, George should be a talk show host when his presidency is over. I'm not a fan of the guy, politically speaking, but I may even watch/listen to the show, for the pure entertainment value of it!

I know times are tough for Rush Limbaugh. His beloved Republicans lost control of the House and Senate. Bush's approval ratings are consistently around 30%. About 60-70% of the country is against the war currently. I'd say a good 75% wants a different strategy than what Bush has proposed. So, yeah, why not pull out an informal fallacy? Limbaugh is famous for those.

Next, if Chris Matthews wants a little bit of fascism, perhaps he better move to a land where dictators regularly make their presence felt.

With the likes of John Edwards and Barack Obama making it known that they'll be running for the '08 election, Hillary better not take representation of the Democratic party for granted and may want to make it known that she's honest and consistent when she speaks to the public.

Finally, it sounds like the Australian PM and the Bush Administration are close allies. It was the strategy of many in the Republican think tanks back in '04, claiming that Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda would vote for John Kerry if they had the chance. That strategy has waned as time has progressed. It was ineffective in the '06 elections. Even though many Republicans claimed that a Democratic-controlled Congress would be a win for the terrorists, the Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate. Because of the results there, I can't see this strategy being very effective anymore.

In just over a week, we've run into quite a number of idiotic political statements. This has to make late night talk show hosts happy.