Since Will is never wrong, this homeless veteran must be better off: And so are these laid-off workers. And the family who used to live in this house. And certainly those in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward are better off. Every average American is certainly better off at the pump today than they were in 2000-2001. So, quitchyerbitchin.
Today's campaign video of the day is a little late. I am glad I waited, because during this morning's Thisweek With George Stephanopoulos' round table several really serious people talked about Barack Obama's comments in today's campaign video.
This is easily the longest campaign video we have ever posted. Frankly, a 12:00 minute video from somebody's campaign is usually boring. I tend to look past such videos. Not today. Today I watched the whole thing. The video really is in two parts. The first is the introduction. Listen to the soft spoken teacher who introduces Obama. He really makes the point about Hillary that Obama needs to have made. Hillary is nice, but her answers are so tested there is little chance anything she says is straight from her heart. She just doesn't give you straight answers.
The second is Obama's response to the teacher's social security question.
The very serious people on "thisweek" wonder why Obama has decided to emphasize his position on social security. Well if the those serious people were paying attention they would realize that the message in the introduction is the key to this video. Obama's statements concerning social security are the same he has been making all along. I have a hunch George Will, Paul Krugman and Kristine Freeland fast forwarded over the introduction. After all they are very serious beltway people, what the heck do they care about the soft spoken thoughts of some Iowa teacher? It is one of those times when the pompous self-importance of serious people render their observations irrelevant.
Accountability. We have to be accountable, and we think our politicians should be too. We do not want a replay of the craven perfidy of the last 12 years that nearly sunk the ship of state. The administrators of this blog have decided, as a group, that working to elect real Democrats to office at all levels of government is the best way to achieve the restoration of oversight and accountability.
But please! Don’t make the mistake of thinking of us as battered wives who keep coming back for more, because that would be totally wrong. Parole Officers would be much more fitting. (Full Mission Statement here.)
So, quitchyerbitchin.
