Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Presidential Election
I agree with the point David Harsanyi made regarding Bill and Hillary Clinton. They are taking very questionable tactics to try and ruin Barrack Obama’s candidacy and all the while making themselves look unnaturally foolish. As a freshman student at the University of Denver, I believe the antics of our former president are very childish. I think comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson is immature and irresponsible. Clinton played off Obama’s victory in South Carolina saying “Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in ’84 and ’88.” I don’t think race and gender should influence a vote, but the voters should vote for the candidate they see fit to lead the nation based on knowledge of the candidate’s policy. The main focus shouldn’t be whether Hillary is a woman, or Barrack is African America; it must still come down to the fact that they are suitable to run, or not run, the United States. When did the Presidential election become a game of who could damage the other candidates name rather than proving themselves worthy? But I guess it’s like they say, you don’t have to prove yourself right as long as you can prove the other person is wrong.
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I agree with your points about the Clinton's questionable campain tactics. Obama and Clinton (especially Clinton in my opinion) are tearing apart thier party, and they are scaring away swing voters. Mitt Romney recently realize he was doing something similar to the Republican Party, so he dropped out of the race. I don't think either Hillary or Obama will drop out, but the Democrats are in serious danger of losing this election if they don't stop hurting thier party.
As I said in class, I really like the way you develop your ethos here and use your age to your advantage as you critique the less-than-mature tactics of Bill Clinton. Smart move.
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