DISGRACE UNDER FIRE
by Malik Isasis
In 2003 I attended a lecture by Princeton Professor, Cornell West. West said something profound. He said that we no longer have leaders who would die for us. Leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Ghandi, Malcom X, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Teresa who would not only die for their cause but would die for their people. These people are an example of leaders who were able to transcend to the next level of consciousness, the enlighten state of consciousness. Today our leaders lack sacrifice, they much prefer that others sacrifice for their political gain. It is personal gain over political responsibility.
New York Times reported on March 24, 2008 that Senator Hillary Clinton is arguing that the Electoral College should be the measurement of a candidate’s strength since she would lead 219 to Senator Barack Obama’s 202. This argument continues the false narrative that winning, already Democratic big states, makes Clinton a more viable candidate. If Obama were the Democratic nomination, he would more than likely carry all the big states Hillary won in the primaries (Ohio may be the exeption). Since the corporate media has assimilated her talking points on momentum, Obama’s inexperience as well as their taking it easy on him, she seems to be beta testing a new talking point: The Electoral College. She is moving the goal post again to manufacture a new reality.
Eight years ago when the Supreme Court decided to give the presidency to Incurious George W. Bush, newly elected freshman Senator Clinton said this on November 20, 2000:
Power Corrupts, Absolutely
Like many of her Republican and neocon colleagues on the hill, Hillary Clinton has become consumed by the acquisition of power, for the sake of power. Her profound sense of entitlement has made attaining power the corner stone of her political career, no matter the cost of destruction that has to happen. It is the cyclical nature of this sickness.
When folks like Hillary, or Bush, or Bill, or McCain are in power, it is squandered. It is only the threat of losing power that drives them. Hillary had 8 years in the White House with her husband to make a difference, she also had 8 years in the Senate to make a difference, and yet on both fronts she has failed to show that she can change politics. She has become plugged in and she has been changed, and fights to maintain the status quo. She failed to convince her husband to stop the genocide in Rawanda, or stop the rightwing’s welfare reform act, which has failed the poor and working poor. She also voted for a war and occupation due to a political calculation (to be seen as strong for a future bid for president). Now the budget is in the toilet.
McCain has had more than a quarter century in the Senate and what has his leadership wrought? Unadulterated, blind faith in the Republican rightwing agenda, which has over the last 20 years, has assured the cottage industry of war, billions in contracts, which has resulted in a generation of continuous wars. McCain was also a foot soldier of Reagan and supported the destructive Republican Party economic policy of artificial economics, where debt, not income pays for goods and services. Hence, the $9 trillion dollar national debt.
It is clear that Hillary is willing to say whatever she needs to win, even at the expense of her party. She has all but lost the nomination, and yet she carries on because she is possessed by her sense of entitlement, and even anger that Obama is not waiting his turn. She will maintain the status quo because the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
We are who we vote for, which raises the question: Do we want to be a country sustained by fear and loathing?
by Malik Isasis
In 2003 I attended a lecture by Princeton Professor, Cornell West. West said something profound. He said that we no longer have leaders who would die for us. Leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Ghandi, Malcom X, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Teresa who would not only die for their cause but would die for their people. These people are an example of leaders who were able to transcend to the next level of consciousness, the enlighten state of consciousness. Today our leaders lack sacrifice, they much prefer that others sacrifice for their political gain. It is personal gain over political responsibility.
New York Times reported on March 24, 2008 that Senator Hillary Clinton is arguing that the Electoral College should be the measurement of a candidate’s strength since she would lead 219 to Senator Barack Obama’s 202. This argument continues the false narrative that winning, already Democratic big states, makes Clinton a more viable candidate. If Obama were the Democratic nomination, he would more than likely carry all the big states Hillary won in the primaries (Ohio may be the exeption). Since the corporate media has assimilated her talking points on momentum, Obama’s inexperience as well as their taking it easy on him, she seems to be beta testing a new talking point: The Electoral College. She is moving the goal post again to manufacture a new reality.
.Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, who backs Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, proposed another gauge Sunday by which superdelegates might judge whether to support Mrs. Clinton or Senator Barack Obama.
He suggested that they consider the electoral votes of the states that each of them has won.
“So who carried the states with the most Electoral College votes is an important factor to consider because ultimately, that’s how we choose the president of the United States,” Mr. Bayh said on CNN’s “Late Edition.”
In a primary, of course, electoral votes are not relevant, but the Clinton campaign is trying to use them as an unofficial measure of strength.
Eight years ago when the Supreme Court decided to give the presidency to Incurious George W. Bush, newly elected freshman Senator Clinton said this on November 20, 2000:
Power Corrupts, Absolutely
Like many of her Republican and neocon colleagues on the hill, Hillary Clinton has become consumed by the acquisition of power, for the sake of power. Her profound sense of entitlement has made attaining power the corner stone of her political career, no matter the cost of destruction that has to happen. It is the cyclical nature of this sickness.
When folks like Hillary, or Bush, or Bill, or McCain are in power, it is squandered. It is only the threat of losing power that drives them. Hillary had 8 years in the White House with her husband to make a difference, she also had 8 years in the Senate to make a difference, and yet on both fronts she has failed to show that she can change politics. She has become plugged in and she has been changed, and fights to maintain the status quo. She failed to convince her husband to stop the genocide in Rawanda, or stop the rightwing’s welfare reform act, which has failed the poor and working poor. She also voted for a war and occupation due to a political calculation (to be seen as strong for a future bid for president). Now the budget is in the toilet.
McCain has had more than a quarter century in the Senate and what has his leadership wrought? Unadulterated, blind faith in the Republican rightwing agenda, which has over the last 20 years, has assured the cottage industry of war, billions in contracts, which has resulted in a generation of continuous wars. McCain was also a foot soldier of Reagan and supported the destructive Republican Party economic policy of artificial economics, where debt, not income pays for goods and services. Hence, the $9 trillion dollar national debt.
It is clear that Hillary is willing to say whatever she needs to win, even at the expense of her party. She has all but lost the nomination, and yet she carries on because she is possessed by her sense of entitlement, and even anger that Obama is not waiting his turn. She will maintain the status quo because the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
We are who we vote for, which raises the question: Do we want to be a country sustained by fear and loathing?
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