Obama – mtadkins https://www.mtadkins.com Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:51:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.mtadkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-12917834_1163724020327828_2043764134_n-1-32x32.jpg Obama – mtadkins https://www.mtadkins.com 32 32 More clips? https://www.mtadkins.com/2008/42/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-clips Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:52:04 +0000 http://www.matt-adkins.com/archives/42 You know, someday I hope to do more with this blog than parrot what was on the Daily Show, but damn…they’ve been on a roll lately.

Might be NSFW, or too much for the overtly-Republican…

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Would McCain be OK? https://www.mtadkins.com/2008/41/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=would-mccain-be-ok Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:40:39 +0000 http://www.matt-adkins.com/archives/41 Well, I used to say that I was ambivalent about the two front runners for President, McCain and Obama. I had an unexplained level of respect for McCain, perhaps just from an understanding of his personal sacrifices as a soldier and his years of public service. And it helped that he didn’t seem to be a complete jackass, overtly corrupt, or a getting-rich-on-others’-suffering crony of Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, Blackwater, et al (…must…stop…).

But after 6 months of speeches ( McCain vs Obama ) and talking points and interviews and bullshit via proxy…I’m convinced that McCain is just not the man for the job. I want someone who can drive the bus and dictate the policy and the direction of his party (which is a vibe I get from Obama…he’s calling the shots. Both Clintons and even Reagan had it as well) and not someone who’ll cater to the lowest element of his party (Hello, racists homophobes!).

I won’t go as far as saying that he’s a dimwit, like Jack Cafferty has…but McCain is reminding me too much of Bush: a doofus figurehead for much smarter con party men.

 

I am sick and tired of the president of the United States embarrassing me. The world we live in is too complex to entrust it to someone else whose idea of intellectual curiosity and grasp of foreign policy issues is to tell us he can look into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and see into his soul.

George Bush’s record as a student, military man, businessman and leader of the free world is one of constant failure. And the part that troubles me most is he seems content with himself.

He will leave office with the country $10 trillion in debt, fighting two wars, our international reputation in shambles, our government cloaked in secrecy and suspicion that his entire presidency has been a litany of broken laws and promises, our citizens’ faith in our own country ripped to shreds. Yet Bush goes bumbling along, grinning and spewing moronic one-liners, as though nobody understands what a colossal failure he has been.

 

I guess I’ll side with the elitists on this one…

And, if that was too subtle, here’s a hey-at-least-it’s-factually-based hatchet job on McCain:

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Most Frequent Word on John McCain’s Blog? “Obama” https://www.mtadkins.com/2008/38/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=most-frequent-word-on-john-mccains-blog-obama Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:46:22 +0000 http://www.matt-adkins.com/archives/38 John Schwenkler created neat WORDLE illustrations (I’ve been playing with it as well…here’s Vladimir Nabakov’s PNIN ) using the text from the candidates’ websites :

’nuff said.
 

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