ANSWER ME THIS
| By David Lore, Licking County Pro-Active Citizens - Sep 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am EDT |
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In this era of pervasive and mass communications, 24-hour news cycle and instant replay, why can't I get these questions answered?:
1/ Is 12th District Congressman Pat Tiberi running unopposed this year? In a Sunday editorial, the Dispatch endorsed Tiberi for a fifth term, without ever mentioning his opponent, Democrat David Robinson. Admittedly, Robinson has been ignored all along by the media since his surprise primary win last March, but when did he become a MSM non-person? And, if against all odds, Robinson wins on Nov. 4, some poor late-night political reporter is going to have to scramble to find out who this guy is!
2/ Given John McCain's marital and health history, it's perhaps understandable why wife Cindy always posts herself one step behind her man at every public event. How are they going to keep her from being at John's shoulder at Friday night's presidential debate? (If Cindy gets to back-seat drive, so does Michelle).
3/ Again, in the Dispatch, confusion reigns when in results from the latest Ohio Newspaper Poll, it's reported that John McCain leads Barack Obama 48-42 percent among surveyed voters although, by a margin of 46-39%, these same respondents think Obama "best understands the problems facing Ohio." So do a good many Ohioans worry more about Georgia (the country, not the state) than they do about Ohio? So much for this election being all about the economy.
4/ But really, why would either one of these guys still want to go to work at the White House next January? As soon as they're sworn in, the country will expect them to resolve two sticky wars, put everybody back to work, bring down gasoline prices, rebuild New Orleans (and now South Texas) and get Congress to reform the health care and financial regulatory systems. And do it without any money, since that giant sucking sound you just heard was Wall Street swallowing up what precious little is left in the U.S. Treasury. Don't you think at times that Barack feels like placing that 3 a.m. call to Hillary saying, "Hey, if you still want the nomination, it's yours!"
5/Where have all the campaign bumper stickers gone? I've seen more Obama stickers on cars than I see Obama signs on lawns, and visa versa for McCain. (And I've seen one Kerry 04 sticker gamely hanging on to prime bumper space, even though the owner had second thoughts and tore off the "Edwards" side). No doubt many people (and some local governments) think it's too early to plunge into the pre-election sign wars, but -- hey -- early voting starts on Sept. 30!
6/ Which leads me to wonder, why don't we just save ourselves the pain (and campaigns the cost) of another seven weeks of campaign ads and just open the polls and have everybody vote on Sept. 30? With the storm clean-up and the economic crisis and the upcoming holiday season, don't we already have enough on our plate for October? And really, anybody who's clueless about the candidates and issues on Sept. 30 will probably be just as clueless come Nov. 4.
So, what's your question?
1/ Is 12th District Congressman Pat Tiberi running unopposed this year? In a Sunday editorial, the Dispatch endorsed Tiberi for a fifth term, without ever mentioning his opponent, Democrat David Robinson. Admittedly, Robinson has been ignored all along by the media since his surprise primary win last March, but when did he become a MSM non-person? And, if against all odds, Robinson wins on Nov. 4, some poor late-night political reporter is going to have to scramble to find out who this guy is!
2/ Given John McCain's marital and health history, it's perhaps understandable why wife Cindy always posts herself one step behind her man at every public event. How are they going to keep her from being at John's shoulder at Friday night's presidential debate? (If Cindy gets to back-seat drive, so does Michelle).
3/ Again, in the Dispatch, confusion reigns when in results from the latest Ohio Newspaper Poll, it's reported that John McCain leads Barack Obama 48-42 percent among surveyed voters although, by a margin of 46-39%, these same respondents think Obama "best understands the problems facing Ohio." So do a good many Ohioans worry more about Georgia (the country, not the state) than they do about Ohio? So much for this election being all about the economy.
4/ But really, why would either one of these guys still want to go to work at the White House next January? As soon as they're sworn in, the country will expect them to resolve two sticky wars, put everybody back to work, bring down gasoline prices, rebuild New Orleans (and now South Texas) and get Congress to reform the health care and financial regulatory systems. And do it without any money, since that giant sucking sound you just heard was Wall Street swallowing up what precious little is left in the U.S. Treasury. Don't you think at times that Barack feels like placing that 3 a.m. call to Hillary saying, "Hey, if you still want the nomination, it's yours!"
5/Where have all the campaign bumper stickers gone? I've seen more Obama stickers on cars than I see Obama signs on lawns, and visa versa for McCain. (And I've seen one Kerry 04 sticker gamely hanging on to prime bumper space, even though the owner had second thoughts and tore off the "Edwards" side). No doubt many people (and some local governments) think it's too early to plunge into the pre-election sign wars, but -- hey -- early voting starts on Sept. 30!
6/ Which leads me to wonder, why don't we just save ourselves the pain (and campaigns the cost) of another seven weeks of campaign ads and just open the polls and have everybody vote on Sept. 30? With the storm clean-up and the economic crisis and the upcoming holiday season, don't we already have enough on our plate for October? And really, anybody who's clueless about the candidates and issues on Sept. 30 will probably be just as clueless come Nov. 4.
So, what's your question?
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