Political JUNGLE

As I was gearing up to remark on McCain’s speech about what this country would be like four years after his presidency, another story broke far more interesting.  It wasn’t the story itself that seemed more important but its glaring comparison with the speech McCain just delivered.   The parallels between these two images, these two news stories, these two men were fascinating.   Fascinating because within minutes we saw the drastic difference between a presidential candidate and the President.  Not only the difference between them, but the difference between the reactions to them. 

As president Bush spoke in Israel, condemning terrorists, rogue nations and those who want to meet with them, the Obama camp suddenly lambasted him.  This began moments after McCain surmised his 30-minute speech on how we can all get along, and what will be his apparent attempt to avoid confrontation with the other side of the aisle.   

As McCain was talking about political harmony another man was actually standing for something.  Isn’t it true that when you’re standing up for something you believe, you’ll have people that hate you and people that love you.  If you wander around in the middle you will have neither.  

McCain has great ideas, and no doubt knows how to fight as a war hero, but he seems to have lost that fighting spirit.  He seems to have lost the strength to stand alone on that pier because he knows something is right.  I’m sure you had that teacher or coach in high school that seemingly everyone hated.  We all did.  Its not until years later that when thinking back you remember them.  Not because you hated them, but because you respected them.  Because they actually stood for something. 

I fear McCain in his attempt to be moderate will in fact be moderate.  Great people are never moderate.  This doesn’t mean all people on the fringes of insanity are great, but they are probably passionate, at least.  

Underneath it all McCain must have some passion and strong opinions, but he needs to let it out and take the potential strife that may follow.  Of course it’s a good thing to maintain a level of bipartisanship, but if you try to appease everyone you won’t get anything done.      

The fact that President Bush can immediately get this type of a response from the Obama campaign also says something.  First of all, it again proves, as mentioned in earlier blogs, that Obama will play up anything to allow people to feel sorry for himself, and make it an attack on him.  It also says Bush’s tenacity and willingness to take a stand upsets many liberals.  

Although a slightly different topic, Obama’s eagerness to respond to Bush’s comments as “Sad,” and to act so offended will not help him in the long run.  Obama needs to stop playing the role of victim, and start showing he has some strength, if in fact he has any.   

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