While Scott Ritter puts the odds at 80% that Bush is on the warpath to Iran on Friday; this Monday’s headline read that Top House Democrats have retreated in their attempts to limit Bush’s war mongering authority against Iran. The Dems are saying that they can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. They are currently dealing with Iraq, and can’t do both, they say.
And in other 'not quite as important" news, (and please, don't even roll your eyes to the back of your head like I did), Republican "Law & Order" actor former Senator guy announced he was running for President today!
Meanwhile also "hot" news, Sen. Chuck Hagel decided to announce that he wasn’t announcing his candidacy just yet. Guess it took a "special" news conference for Chuck Hagel to say what Wes Clark has been saying without one all along; I need to concentrate on the policies, but haven’t said I wasn’t running.
To be honest, so far I’m more impressed with the quiet strength and determination of General Clark's one sentence non denial then with the Senator Hagel's noisy 3 day long announcement of a New conference to be held for the purpose of a possible announcement that turned out to announce that there won’t be an announcement....... right now, anyways.
But looks like Fred (mad looking White bald guy) got more news coverage than Chuckie.
Why Am I not surprised?
Now, if you want to watch a real prime grade A-1 presidential timber at work, see Student reporter (read real reporter) interview Wes Clark at Colgate University recently here!
And last but not least, Nevada's Democratic party attempting to put Fox News on ignore and bowing out of the scheduled Nevada Democratic Debates was a terrible decision, IMO. Not so much that it was done, but more importantly, how it was done. To refuse to face the enemy never works.....in fact, it normally backfires.
Dennis Kucinich agrees with me on this, and so does Bill Maher, as he clearly stated on Larry King last night.
Our Democratic hopes and ideals are powerful and I believe, if artfully articulated, can convert even some of the most brainwashed among us. As far as propagandizing, Fox will continue(cause that's what they do; it is their reason d'etre) without being countered. How does this serve the Democratic Party?
And further, any candidate who doesn't speak clearly and forcefully about the need to reverse media conglomeration doesn't need to try to have us believe that somehow we can change one news network simply by not dealing with them. The Media Giants are all pretty much the same, with ABC, CNN and MSNBC not being that much better no matter what we "want" to think at any given time. Who was chanting on the warpath going into Iraq?....it wasn't just FOX. Who legitimized the Swift Boat Vets last election? Not just Fox.
We have to get the Democratic message out to anyone with a TV...period. That's how we won election 2006. We won in FOX watching RED Districts. Howard Dean's 50 State strategy means more than just be there....it also means, communicate and let them know of the alternative! We can run, and if we run, we cannot hide!
