Notes From Novak
A couple of interesting items in Robert Novak's column today. First, Wesley Clark may have ruined his chances of being chosen as Obama's running mate with his attempt at belittling John McCain's military experience.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, whose stock as Sen. Barack Obama's possible vice presidential running mate had been rising, may have ruined his chances with his belittling attack on Sen. John McCain's war record.
Clark, along with other Obama surrogates, followed the campaign's line of downgrading McCain's performance as a Vietnam War POW. But Clark was particularly insulting. ("I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.") He also got more attention by appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation," while other surrogates addressed campaign gatherings.
Even more interesting is an item further down the page:
When Chairman David Obey announced before the Fourth of July break that he was shutting down his House Appropriations Committee's consideration of money bills, House Republican leaders felt they had the Democratic majority on the run over soaring gas prices.
The committee was considering the Labor-HHS appropriation when ranking Republican Jerry Lewis offered the Interior money bill as an amendment to force a vote on oil drilling. "As far as I'm concerned," Obey said as he adjourned the committee, charging Republican obstructionism, "they've had their shot."
The Democrats are desperate to avoid voting on expanding oil exploration. This is a surprise hot-button issue for the Republicans to run on, one that resonates with the majority of Americans who are sick of the price of gasoline. The sky high cost of fuel is causing inflation across the board. Even my local garbage collection service has had to raise prices because of the rise in fuel prices. By a substantial amount.
By syn, Saturday, 5 July , 2008 @ 8:41 am
The Democrats are desperate to avoid voting on expanding oil exploration
Except the Republican Party’s presidential candidate McCain is just as bad as the entire Democrat Party. How about Gov Arnold in Cal or Gov Christ in Florida or Jeb Bush for that matter!
Moderate Independent voters…Centrists, or rather the billion mercury bulbers in america voters joined Democrats all the while dissing Conservatives who have been fighting against the numerous bad energy and economic policies.
David Brooks you idiot trying to kill economic prosperty with idiotic Centrism and ‘just as bad as the Democrats’ McCain. I mean really ‘pork’ ? Compared to massive entitlements, bad energy policy, demonizing profts…./what in the world did you expect would happen after the 2006 elections?
I’ll say it again and often… the American people are doing a terrific job of screwing themselves by supporting idiotic dem mercury bulb ideas
Time to grow up an accept responsibility for your actions instead of pawning it off elsewhere; Americans keep voting for the very policies screwing them.
You ask for ‘alternative’ energy and stupid mercury bulbs…you got it! And the heavy price which goes with it. Now we are all stuck living with the misery until such time as the misery makers are voted out of office….it won’t happen overnite.
By martian, Saturday, 5 July , 2008 @ 11:07 am
Clark also said McCain’s military experience didn’t qualify him for Commander in Chief because "the large squadron in the Navy that he (McCain) commanded wasn’t a wartime squadron". My first thought was that at least McCain had risen to the point of commanding a large squadron which means he has been through both tactical and strategic miltary training, If that doesn’t qualify him for CIC, what the hell qualifies the Obamessiah whom Clark is backing? The Obamessiah has never commanded anything except bigger than a bathtub boat and has never had any military training of any kind!