I caught a few minutes of Dan Abrams’ broadcast on MSNBC where the heads were flapping about the differences in attitude between Barack Obama and John McCain on the recent US Supreme Court decision to restore habeas corpus to detainees held at Guantanamo. McCain even trotted out Rudy Guiliani, Mr. 9-1-1, to underscore his point.
The way they framed it was like this: “Obama would allow Bin Laden to appeal to the US Courts.”
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This is, of course, the message of the Clinton campaign. Hope doesn't pay for $3/gallon gas, hope doesn't pay for medical bills, hope doesn't pay overdue mortgages, hope doesn't fill the prescriptions at the drug store, hope doesn't pay.
Bill Clinton restated this again at a campaign stop where he appealed to supporters for -- you guessed it -- hope. Hope that supporters would vote and attend the caucus Tuesday night, hope that Hillary could hold onto her candidacy via the Alamo, hope that her message would resonate with voters. This, from the man who came from the "town called Hope".
How sad that ambition springs so eternal that the Clinton campaign would be nothing more than a massive effort to tell voters in this nation that the status quo is all that matters, hope is dead, and screw all the people sacrificing time, effort, money and talent to get that hope message heard, because what really matters is 'experience'.
Steve Gillmor, host of The Gang and NewsGang podcasts, took note of my post yesterday addressing those who dismiss the fervent, broad-based grass roots support of Barack Obama as a "cult of personality", and invited me onto his NewsGang podcast today to talk about politics and how the web has accelerated the news stream, especially Twitter.
You can give it a listen here. Steve is a vocal supporter of Barack Obama and has excellent discussions of politics and tech on the NewsGang every day. I was really honored to be asked and hope I did a decent job of communicating the reasons for our passionate support of Senator Obama's presidential bid.
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The Senate needs you, needs your leadership. Please take a campaign break and go to Washington to support the fight for a FISA extension that does NOT include immunity for the telcos. This will translate your words into action, because right now the Bush Administration and his cronies in the Senate are posturing toward giving the telcos a complete pass on their illegal spying.
The message you will send by returning to Congress tomorrow and voting against cloture will be a strong campaign statement -- that you respect our Constitution and civil rights. Real change needs to begin today -- use your vote.
I'm glad to see the South Carolina vote projected so strongly for Barack! I do wish that CNN would analyze the numbers a little differently -- to me, it isn't a case of race trumping gender as much as it is a case of the message trumping all of the external factors like race and gender.
Looks like it will be a wonderful outcome!
