Running on Experience March 21, 2008
Posted by reformedville in : Government, Media , trackbackWe have heard the candidate with the most experience for the White House is the one who lived there and claims that experience. With the recent pastoral controversy perhaps it would only be fair that the “experienced one” relieve some of the pressure off the “eloquent speaker” and admit their political association as well
Upcoming
In the spirit of fairness, I am also going to do a comparison of preachers messages after Easter, as “another gospel” is another gospel and all are equally dangerous. ECD Pilgrim discusses one aspect of this today.
NAFTA
The politician most associated with the passage of NAFTA is former President Bill Clinton. Since NAFTA has become such a liability in the race for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton has attempted to paint herself as being opposed to NAFTA all along. This CNN video of Anderson Cooper with Carl Bernstein shows that Hillary and her campaign were trying to sell the idea that Hillary was opposed to NAFTA and actually argued with Bill Clinton in 1993 not to pass NAFTA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXDVLesZSA
In fact, the documents released today show a meeting that Hillary chaired at the White House on November 10, 1993 where she promoted the passage of NAFTA to 120 people. Reports are coming out in every news agency pointing out the contradictions between her stated positions since announcing her bid for the Presidency and everything before that. ABC News’ Jake Trapper on Political Punch interviewed several of the attendees of Hillary’s November 10th meeting http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/clintons-1993-n.html. Trapper reports:
Two attendees of that closed-door briefing, neither of whom are affiliated with any campaign, describe that event for ABC News. It was a room full of women involved in international trade. David Gergen served as a sort of master of ceremonies as various women members of the Cabinet talked up NAFTA, which had yet to pass Congress.
“It wasn’t a drop-by it was organized around her participation,” said one attendee. “Her remarks were totally pro-NAFTA and what a good thing it would be for the economy. There was no equivocation for her support for NAFTA at the time. Folks were pleased that she came by. If this is a still a question about what Hillary’s position when she was First Lady, she was totally supportive of NAFTA.
That first attendee recalls that the First Lady’s office in the East Wing put together “the invitation list, who was invited authorizations and all that stuff.”
And what is this attendee’s response to Clinton today distancing herself from NAFTA? “For people who worked hard to pass NAFTA and who support the importance of markets opening for the economy in the long term, they’re very upset. A number of the women who were there are very upset. You need to have some integrity in your position. The Clintons when Bill Clinton was president took a moderate position on trade for Democrats. For her to repudiate that now seems pretty phony.”
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Dream Ticket?
The discussion of the dream ticket of Obama/Hillary or Hillary/Obama most likely won’t happen. The best chance for the democrats to get elected this fall may well be the dream ticket of two firsts- Obama/ Governor Bill Richardson. The first black and the first Hispanic would be a much more believeable ticket and one that people who supported Senator Clinton would probably back. It could put a tourniqet on the anger of the supporters of whomever does not get the nomination from defecting.
Not dedicated to democratic ticket
As Democratic Senators Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York slug it out for the nomination, many of their supporters — at least in Pennsylvania, site of the next major primary — aren’t committed to the party’s ticket in November, according to a Franklin & Marshall College Poll.
Among Obama supporters, 20 percent said they would vote for Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee, if Clinton beats their candidate for the nomination. Among Clinton supporters, 19 percent said they would support McCain in November if Obama is the Democratic nominee. (See poll)
The significant number of potential defectors underscores how divisive the Democratic primary has been.
Democrats won Pennsylvania in the 2000 and 2004 presidential races, but it was a competitive state in both election cycles. McCain, meanwhile, has touted his appeal to swing voters.
“Pennsylvania is a must-win state for a Democratic presidential nominee,” Nathan Gonzalez, political editor of the Rothenberg Political Report, told Cybercast News Service. “If there is a significant weakness for a Democrat in Pennsylvania, it could indicate a weakness in Ohio or other key states.”
Why is Pelosi sabre rattling , is she insane?
US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi made one of the highest-ranking U.S. official visits ever to Dharamsala, India, the exile home of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Llama, today.
While standing next to the Dalai Llama, she denounced “China’s oppression of people in Tibet.”
“If freedom loving people don’t speak out against China’s oppression of people in Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak out against any oppressed people.”
This visit by 10 members of Congress to the Dalai Lama’s home in exile was planned long before the current protests in Tibet began.
But Pelosi said, “Little did we know, we would be coming at such a sad time. Perhaps it was our karma, perhaps it was our fate … it was our karma because we are here to help the people of Tibet.”
Pelosi and the rest of the congressional delegation were welcomed by the equivalent of a state visit, including 2,000 monks and other supporters waving Tibetan and U.S. flags. Pelosi and the rest of the congressional delegation were having lunch Friday with the Dalai Lama and will later hold pose for photographs, and perhaps take questions from the press.
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A senior US lawmaker, Nancy Pelosi, has called for an independent investigation into China’s claims that the Dalai Lama instigated the violence in Tibet.Ms Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, also called on the international community to denounce Chinese rule in Tibet. She spoke out while holding talks in northern India with the Dalai Lama. China says 16 people have been killed by rioters in Lhasa, the main city. The Tibetan government-in-exile - headed by the Dalai Lama, regarded by many Tibetans as their spiritual leader - says at least 99 people have died in the crackdown by Chinese troops. Chinese Troops Converge in Tibetan Areas
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - The government stepped up its manhunt Friday for protesters in last week’s riots in the capital of Tibet, as thousands of troops converged on foot, trucks and helicopters to Tibetan areas of western China. The violence in Lhasa - a stunning show of defiance against 57 years of Chinese rule - has sparked sympathy demonstrations in neighboring provinces, prompting Beijing to blanket a huge area with troops and warn tourists and foreign journalists to stay away. Good News If there has ever been a time for Christians in America to refocus that we serve a King and a Kingdom and that our hope is not in the government or political but in the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Passion Week is such a time. Worship the King Who is our blessed hope |
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