A liberal view of the Clinton-Obama faceoff
I was speaking with a liberal this weekend who opined that McCain will win, something he found inconceivable in a match between Obama and McCain.
“Why,” I asked?
“Because McCain’s never done anything,” he replied. Rather than defend McCain’s record, I asked a different question:
“What’s Obama done?”
A millisecond went by, and then I got this answer:
“Obama is so much smarter than McCain.”
Yup, that’s what Obama’s done: He’s been smarter. If that’s your criterion, of course, I’ve got a very bright 9 year old who would love to have the run of the White House, not to mention control over the nation’s nuclear weapons.
By the way, this same liberal is a huge fan of JFK, so I began looking at JFK, McCain and Obama. Working off the top of my head, I came up with the following:
| Kennedy | McCain | Obama | |
| Military Service | Yes | Yes | No |
| House of Reps | 6 yrs | 4 yrs | 0 yrs |
| Senate | 8 yrs | 22 yrs | 3 yrs |
| Foreign policy hawk | Yes | Yes | No |
| Large gov. foe | So-So | So-So | No |
| Book author | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feel free to add to this. I’ve never been much of a Kennedy fan, since I came of age when all the unsavory allegations about him (the womanizing, the mafia connections, etc.) hit the news, and that permanently colored my emotional reaction to the man. I know all of you will have more useful comparison facts than I do.
