tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913657941628752485.post9002194780709580700..comments2023-12-27T10:09:56.358-08:00Comments on Prepare Yourselves For A Settlement: Obama plagiarism allegations... Do we deserve this from Hillary?John Brown of Kansashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002786990196430306noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913657941628752485.post-72946844251047361772008-02-18T16:42:00.000-08:002008-02-18T16:42:00.000-08:00Dude, your posts have been awesome. I just haven't...Dude, your posts have been awesome. I just haven't known where to start responding.<BR/><BR/>This is a completely bullshit story if you read up anything on it. The guy he's accused of borrowing lines from initiates the suggestion that he uses the lines. It's complete bullshit. Bill Clinton and I'm sure Hillary Clinton give a million speeches written entirely by others (one of those speechwriters was our dear ol' speech and debate coach, Chris Leland). Barack Obama uses a couple lines written by a guy who suggests he uses them and the Clinton's play this bullshit game.<BR/><BR/>You are so right, dude. If people fall for this shit, they deserve the consequences it produces. I've watched really smart academics I respect support the Clinton campaign despite all of this bullshit and I hardly believe it when I see this kind of stinkiness making the headlines.<BR/><BR/>And the big question that you get at is, "At what point will we begin talking about substantive matters seriously and end this bullshit as if it is more honest a discussion than it really is? At what point will we expect better?"<BR/><BR/>It's a lot of smart people who have decided that most people are too stupid to make the big decisions, anyway, so we're just going to play games until we can get in office and make the decisions for them. Which is the condescension that sums up Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Presidency.<BR/><BR/>It's disgustingly high and mighty - literally. And, of course, it's bad for us.<BR/><BR/>And the idea that dumbasses in America would drink this bullshit elixir and call it clean and healthy is a sign of just how distorted our notions of what is good in politics and life is.<BR/><BR/>If Democrats elect Hillary Clinton, they deserve her and all of the various ills that will follow hence.<BR/><BR/>I have a feeling they won't. The tide is slowly but surely shifting. And the Clinton strategy smells of desperation, and that's just not a strategy that can survive for very long. Even if it survives a primary cycle, it can't survive much longer than that, I don't think. Maybe Democrats need to lose, if that is the case. Or maybe the country needs to deal with the consequences until they/we wisen up.<BR/><BR/>But something tells me, given our tragectory and the trendlines, that that isn't going to happen. That Obama campaign has already overcome far more than I ever would have anticipated 6 months or a year ago.<BR/><BR/>Hillary's in trouble. Today's tactic demonstrates that weakness.<BR/><BR/>And the weak can only fuck over the more genuinely strong for so long before more honest strength bears its fruit.<BR/><BR/>I better get to bed, dude. I'll try to respond to your other comments as soon as I get a chance.Ben Sutherlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193389264010365448noreply@blogger.com