Sam Brownback opened the program. The Kansas Senator made it clear that his third place finish in yesterday’s Ames Straw Poll was sufficient to keep him going in the Presidential campaign. I agree. Brownback was the usual picture of calm and deliberation and the very slight disappointment of a narrow third place finish didn’t seem to rattle him at all.
George then asked Sam to distinguish himself from Mike Huckabee, holder of the Straw Poll red ribbon. Sam pointed to his chairmanship of the Mid-East subcommittee in the Senate and to greater foreign policy experience in general. This should telegraph a shift from focus on social to military/terror issues by Sam, a positive development for the general election.
Stephanopoulos opened the policy debate with a question about reinstituting the draft, a favorite red herring of the left. Of course Senator Sam was opposed the draft, a position shared by almost everyone else in public life on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C.
Sam joined the drumbeat against the Iraqi politicians’ inability to reach compromise on major issues (which always makes me laugh when coming from a member of the increasingly dysfunctional Congress). Sam would send Jim Baker to park in the region to pull people together with the three Iraqi groups (Shia, Kurd and Sunni) as a concrete new step he would make to help Iraq reach compromise internally. Brownback was willing to condition financial aid to Iraq on political process. Brownback feels that it is
No bail out of the sub prime lending market-a good Republican answer. The fundamentals of the economy make it clear that there is no crisis and there should not be a panic. Of course, the larger media Running Dogs will push panic, because a Republican lives at 1600 Pennsylvania. Brownback didn’t bite.
The funny if not so creepy Dennich Kucinich followed Sam. Kucinich is now talking about a “worker’s White House”, which sounds chillingly like Pol Pot or Mao taking about a worker’s paradise in their dictatorships. Kucinich says that the big cheers his lunacy bring in the D primary debates are evidence of his growing strength instead of proof that the D base has simply become lunatic itself.
George listed Kucinich’s left wing agenda and then read Harold Ford’s description of the Kucinich ultra-left positions and the damage that it could do to the Democrat Party. Kucinich’s response was a description that every other candidate in both parties is a right wing extremist. For example, Kucinich said that the DLC shares has a common political ideology with neo-conservatives like VP Cheney. The Gollem like figure now casts himself as the only centrist in the race.
George asked Dennis what incentive he though Iran would have to participate in productive negotiations that would advance American interests? Response, every country is concerned about stability. Kucinich then lapsed back into the usual liturgy about “peace through peace”, that has less depth than the Dr. Suess like lyrics he employs seem on their face, which is a pretty silly new low in political discourse.
Kucinich came out and acknowledged that he would abrogate the doctrine of nuclear deterrence, squarely blaming all global nuclear proliferation on the United States. A President Kucinich would create global non-proliferation through “multi-lateral” talks. Apparently that the same Iranians who have made Jewish genocide a significant part of Iranian policy would have a change in heart if Dennis Kucinich.
George then asked Sam to distinguish himself from Mike Huckabee, holder of the Straw Poll red ribbon. Sam pointed to his chairmanship of the Mid-East subcommittee in the Senate and to greater foreign policy experience in general. This should telegraph a shift from focus on social to military/terror issues by Sam, a positive development for the general election.
Stephanopoulos opened the policy debate with a question about reinstituting the draft, a favorite red herring of the left. Of course Senator Sam was opposed the draft, a position shared by almost everyone else in public life on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C.
Sam joined the drumbeat against the Iraqi politicians’ inability to reach compromise on major issues (which always makes me laugh when coming from a member of the increasingly dysfunctional Congress). Sam would send Jim Baker to park in the region to pull people together with the three Iraqi groups (Shia, Kurd and Sunni) as a concrete new step he would make to help Iraq reach compromise internally. Brownback was willing to condition financial aid to Iraq on political process. Brownback feels that it is
No bail out of the sub prime lending market-a good Republican answer. The fundamentals of the economy make it clear that there is no crisis and there should not be a panic. Of course, the larger media Running Dogs will push panic, because a Republican lives at 1600 Pennsylvania. Brownback didn’t bite.
The funny if not so creepy Dennich Kucinich followed Sam. Kucinich is now talking about a “worker’s White House”, which sounds chillingly like Pol Pot or Mao taking about a worker’s paradise in their dictatorships. Kucinich says that the big cheers his lunacy bring in the D primary debates are evidence of his growing strength instead of proof that the D base has simply become lunatic itself.
George listed Kucinich’s left wing agenda and then read Harold Ford’s description of the Kucinich ultra-left positions and the damage that it could do to the Democrat Party. Kucinich’s response was a description that every other candidate in both parties is a right wing extremist. For example, Kucinich said that the DLC shares has a common political ideology with neo-conservatives like VP Cheney. The Gollem like figure now casts himself as the only centrist in the race.
George asked Dennis what incentive he though Iran would have to participate in productive negotiations that would advance American interests? Response, every country is concerned about stability. Kucinich then lapsed back into the usual liturgy about “peace through peace”, that has less depth than the Dr. Suess like lyrics he employs seem on their face, which is a pretty silly new low in political discourse.
Kucinich came out and acknowledged that he would abrogate the doctrine of nuclear deterrence, squarely blaming all global nuclear proliferation on the United States. A President Kucinich would create global non-proliferation through “multi-lateral” talks. Apparently that the same Iranians who have made Jewish genocide a significant part of Iranian policy would have a change in heart if Dennis Kucinich.
Kucinich couldn’t even commit to a military response if terrorists attack New York City. In fact, he went so far as to blame W (of course) for such an attack because we aren’t protecting our ports. Aside from the obvious lie-since no terror attacks have occurred in ports or elsewhere-W wasn’t President when the first World Trade Center bombing occurred. W’s vast super powers , like the super hurricane powers he unleashed on only black people in New Orleans are so frightening that the mere speculative possibility of his election seven and a half years later prompted that first WTC attack.
Kucinich was so radical this morning his appearance had to be a plant to make Evita look mainstream, and she is a real socialist elitist.
Then the panel. ABC’s George W echoed my conclusion about Romney’s win yesterday as moving Mitt closer to the binary choice Mitt wants with Rudy.
Donna focused on the lack of Republican enthusiasm-she should have been there. Will and Donna and the increasingly supercilious Fareed blamed reduced turn out on malaise rather than the rules changes that made it almost impossible to bus in supporters from outside Iowa.
ABC’s George W predicted that more attacks will come from the left, ‘cause Obama and Edwards need to “bring her down” which means tactics will be designed to “bring her down”. Donna said Evita will make no mistakes, as merely one of several advocacy statements Donna made for Evita this morning.
Will generated laughs on the pander award since Richardson told Iowans that we are a top ten terror target. No evidence supports that but it sure makes us feel special. I think I’ll stick with Mitt talking about our natural beauty and human wisdom to a high terror ranking as pander dialogue.
Fareed went straight to proposing that we eliminate primaries and use the European model of a three year general election. The argument leaves the basic question of how the political parties would choose their leaders for this marathon unanswered. Efficacy is the usual unspoken word in the dialogue of limousine liberals and Fareed saw no reason to speak it this morning.
One of the better ABC programs this morning.
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