What I Learned Watching Tee Vee
Mar 23rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm by Susie
When Bill Clinton as surrogate compares Barack Obama’s campaign to Jesse Jackson’s, it’s racist.
When Zbigniew Brzezinski as Barack Obama surrogate compares Clinton’s foreign policy experience to Mamie Eisenhower’s and his travel agent’s, that’s… a fucking hoot! Ha ha, did you ever hear anything so funny?
Wake me up when the vicious misogyny’s over.
Anyway, the Washington Note’s Steve Clemons disagrees. He adds:
Senator Obama has a great team. Some of his staff are friends and former colleagues of mine — though I can say the same about every one of the presidential candidates in both parties.
But his not calling any hearings in a Senate Subcommittee he chairs ought to raise some questions that he needs to respond to. His Subcommittee deals with Europe, with NATO, with various related political and security matters — and he’s got the gavel and can set the agenda.
Given the stress NATO is experiencing today on many fronts — from the question of Europe’s evolving security identity, to NATO’s deployments in Afghanistan, to the evolving question of how to deal with Russia, Kosovo, and other common challenges — it seems inconceivable that Senator Obama would not want to highlight important policy concerns by way of hearings.
I hope Senator Obama looks at this post as something to respond constructively to — as we need to understand how this gap would be fixed or translate into a White House setting.
Come on, let’s be reasonable. Obama couldn’t be bothered holding hearings, he was running for President!
Didn’t Steve get the memo - Obama doesn’t read blogs.
And Susie, there’s no misogyny. Stop being so sensitive. You know, you periodically get this way when you’re down and all that. You probably just need a facial or pedicure. How about some chocolate?
I agree - Obama should have done *something* with that committee, and that disappoints me.
see, that’s just the thing…misogyny is the gift that keeps on giving.
Thanks for making me glad to be XY
Obama can claim to be a newbie, definitely has made mistakes, and definitely has not done enough to advance his stated agenda, but he did push through some weaker-than-ideal ethics legislation. The candidate with more Senate experience doesn’t have the “newbie Senator” excuse and should have a long list of impressive accomplishments. Bottom line — both Obama and Clinton ought to be doing more in the Senate. There are no “ideal” candidates.
Exactly. That’s why neither of them (or their supporters) should be trying to destroy the other. They’re both tons better than McCain.