I see that both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton have given up the foolish boycott of Fox News.
I figured it was only a matter of time. Despite the hard left’s burning hatred for the network, it’s foolish for anyone who wants to be President to refuse to speak to or appear on the most popular cable news network, even if it does lean slightly to the right. If you want to be President “of all the people” you don’t refuse to talk to whole swaths of them.
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I can’t stop giggling at all the netroots outrage!
Why is McCain a "maverick" when he ignores the desires of his base but Clinton and Obama are criticised when they do the same with theirs?
It is a very good thing. One of the things I believed when I was young was that the right was compromised of heartless, corporate, racist bogeyman. This was wrong.
The right has some wackos — that is true. The right has been hurt by the presidency of Mr. Bush, too, because of all the profligate spending by supposedly fiscally responsible Republicans.
But now that I’m older, I’m reasonably convinced that the left has an equal number of wackos, who hurt this country in even more grave matters.
The reason the inner cities of Detroit, Washington D.C. and Oakland are so atrocious, unsafe, uncivilized and hopeless isn’t due to some right-wing cabal. All of the elected officials in these cities are Dems.
So, I do think it is a good thing for the leaders of the Dem Party to move towards the center, away from the wacked-out left. If small steps towards this end means giving a few interviews on Fox News, I say great.
HBÂ
I washed my hands of Detroit when they re-elected that thug Kilpatrick.
I washed my hands of Michigan when they re-elected a govenor that had not one accomplishment to run on for her previous four years in office.
Michigan is suffering from a one state recession and the people of this state want to keep the status quo.
They deserve this mess. I’m getting the hell out.
The phrase "People get the government they deserve" is frighteningly true.
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…it’s foolish for anyone who wants to be President to refuse to speak to or appear on the most popular cable news network, even if it does lean slightly to the right.
Especially a few days before an open primary in a suddenly-important state. This was an appeal on Clinton’s part to Republicans to cross over and vote in the Democrat Primary to keep her alive – and the Obama camp either knew of her appearance, or correctly guessed that it would be coming, and couldn’t get left out.
Elisha,
for a democracy anyways ;p
When they have an opponent like McCain, who’ll go any place that will have him, no matter how hostile, Hillary and Obama would look pretty wimpy if they continued to weasel out of going on Fox.
I read somewhere that the high school graduation rate in Oakland public schools was only 50%.
Think about that — only half can get a high school diploma. What kinda  future does a kid have who cannot even graduate high school?
Faced with huge economic hurdles, won’t they become embittered? Won’t they become resentful? Why would any woman marry a high school drop-out with almost zero earning capacity?
Without any reasonable prospects, Isn’t there a great risk that the person might be tempted to resort to crime?
Very, very, bad system in place – a factory that produces broken lives.
Who is responsible, I ask — the left or the right?
HB
p.s. I would love Obama to talk about this issue. But, admittedly, that is asking a bit much for modern-day politicians. You would really have to call on the carpet, the teachers, school administrators, and local officials. Of course, they will explain away the crisis as a "lack of money." But that won’t wash anymore
"I washed my hands of Detroit when they re-elected that thug Kilpatrick."
I never liked Mayor Kilpatrick, but I never disliked him, either. Mayor of Detroit isn’t an office that concerns me much.
When Mayor Kilpatrick’s sexual escapades came to light, I found mild amusement, just like I always do when a public figure thinks he’s immune from scrutiny and finds out otherwise. But I still wasn’t that concerned.
But if the latest allegations prove true, I think "thug" is pretty accurate. The allegations are that Mayor Kilpatrick tried to reorganize the internal affairs division of the Detroit PD, specifically to stop them from finding out the truth about his wrongdoing. When I heard that, it sounded like something straight out of Gotham City. Detroit needs Batman.
"I washed my hands of Michigan when they re-elected a govenor that had not one accomplishment to run on for her previous four years in office."
You can’t blame Michigan for that one, Kevin. Blame the Michigan Republican Party for nominating Dick Devos, and then blame Mr. Devos for making a prominent call for creationism in the classroom. That moment right there assured Governor Granholm another term. Business friends who knew I had connections in the party nearly screamed at me: "What was he thinking?" I just shook my head. Dick Devos needed the backing of the business community. The business community needed a candidate with a basic grasp of Econ 101, rather than someone who never met a business tax she didn’t like. So they were behind him, right up until the creationism issue hit. They believe science and tech are the keys to making a new Michigan economy; and with that statement, he stamped himself as being scientifically illiterate. Given the choice between scientifically illiterate and economically illiterate, a lot of them gave up and supported neither. Without their backing, Mr. Devos didn’t stand a chance.
"They deserve this mess. I’m getting the hell out."
Don’t give up on the whole state, Kevin, just the east side. I keep hearing people in West Michigan looking for workers in sales, construction, software, and more. I hear people complaining that they’re working too many hours. I can’t say the entire picture is rosy; but compared to the east side, it’s night and day.
Yeah, also Dick DeVos was the CEO of Amway. I don’t like Amway. Legal pyramid schemes are the worst kind and their SA4400 is kinda dismal considering it reports that 99% of their distributors lose money. I also don’t like Alticor which cut jobs, like many companies do, but primarily in Michigan. Yeah you can point out that there’s other ways to make dirty money but Amway? It’s like asking the Devil into your home and trusting him not to do anything.
Martin is dead right about the backing of the business community. I know many moderates who would have laughed as Granholm bounced off of the pavement at the bottom of the capital steps, and smashed face first into the statue of Austin Blair if the Republicans had run almost ANYONE ELSE.
Is the West Side doing well? Glad to hear it, health care is starting to pick up over here and a good economy tends to spread.
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