Throwing it Back

[Daveparts]

Throwing it Back
By David Glenn Cox


Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton, that’s low; maybe it’s racist or maybe not, but its low none the less. Below the belt low, the type of low that might earn the commentator a severe beating in some corners. It’s an affront to a man's dignity to compare him to a woman, but to compare him to a white trash, whoring woman or a bubble-headed, socialite heiress such as Paris Hilton is over the edge and there are only two courses left open.

You can do what James Carville did for Bill Clinton and call them out, make a phone call to the other camp and explain, “We have plenty of dirt on your candidate and if you want to see just how much, then get personal about Bill Clinton." The Bush campaign drew in its talons because the Bush record was long and checkered. The other choice is you start throwing bombs back over the fence. “You know, John McCain has compared me to Paris Hilton, an heiress whose only claim to fame is her family's name and wealth. John McCain married a blond heiress; that’s his second wife. I don’t know if his first wife was an heiress or not, and I don’t even know if she was blond or not, but I do know that Paris Hilton’s family are financial supporters of the McCain campaign."

During the 1960’s America was torn with political strife. African Americans were struggling to obtain their legitimate civil rights from the government. Hundreds of voices on all sides espoused hate and violence as the answer. But it was Martin Luther King’s voice that espoused peaceful, non-violent change and called for brotherhood among all races. Sadly, this great American, Doctor King, paid with his life and violent death but not before he predicted a unity in America, a prophecy of hope that we as a nation would arrive. Twenty-two years after Dr. King’s death, many of the wounds have healed, many of our divisions have closed and it seemed clear that Dr. King's prophecy would come to pass in America.

On that clear, blue day, Senator John McCain joined hands with Jesse Helms and Ronald Reagan to speak against the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King. Senator McCain will insist that he supported the holiday but will forget to tell you that he supported it only after it was clear that it would pass anyway. Even after the legislation passed, McCain’s home state of Arizona resisted celebrating the federal holiday for four years until the threat of losing the Super Bowl in Phoenix made Senator flip flop, I mean McCain, encourage his state to honor the new holiday. Now, I’m not calling Senator McCain a racist, even if he stands with racists and supports their positions. Are there any true Americans today who believe that Martin Luther King was a Marxist? Jesse Helms thought so and John McCain stood with Jesse Helms. Yes, John McCain calls himself a maverick politician. And when six million Americans signed petitions to honor Dr. King, it was John McCain the maverick who said, “No.”

"But Senator McCain likes to say that I’m too inexperienced to be your President. I admit that I am not as experienced as Senator McCain; I’ve never been criticized by the United States Senate for using 'Poor Judgment,' like Senator McCain has and I have never had family members receive federal indictments involving failed banking institutions. What was John McCain’s answer to all of this? He said, 'It was the worst mistake of my life.'”

Just between you and me, I’d like to keep that the worst mistake of his life. Senator McCain is proud of being a maverick and says that he has never voted on one pork barrel project for his district. Now that’s wonderful, that looks great in the newspapers, but the role of Congress is to assist the American people! One man's pork is another man’s prosperity. The Tennessee Tom Bigby Waterway was once called a pork barrel project; rocket boosters for NASA come from a factory in Decatur, Alabama, a plant that, without the waterway, wouldn’t exist. Along with coal from Kentucky, and farm products from Illinois and Tennessee travel down that waterway.

This is where growth comes from. Senator McCain would have voted against the transcontinental railroad and the interstate highway system just to add polish to his luster as a maverick. A clever disguise where he not only admits to doing nothing for Arizona, he’s proud of it! And he wants to do the same thing for all of America, more of the same. He wants to support and strengthen the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. And he even wants to make it harder for our veterans to get the same thing America gave to him, a free college education.

This is the core of the McCain campaign; I got mine so tough for you! I got my free college education and that was a judicious use of your tax money. But today, no, tax money for veterans will hurt the military. He doesn’t want to spend any tax money because his vision for America is to leave the corporations alone; to let you, the average American, pay the taxes. That government’s role in America is to do nothing to help you. And John McCain is their champion! His campaign is lead by oil industry lobbyists, billionaire executives and Enron leftovers. The United States Senate once criticized him for “Poor Judgment,” and this is only my opinion but it doesn’t seem to have gotten any better over the many years.

"Senator McCain complained that I hadn’t been to Iraq. When I went to Iraq he complained that I hadn’t listened to the commanders on the ground carefully enough. Perhaps Senator McCain forgets what office it is that I’m running for? I’m running for the Presidency of the United States, to become the leader of its executive branch. That means to be a leader, not to just listen to what generals say. I don’t need to go half way around the world to hear opinions, but to share them. To seek advice on my vision for America, not to just listen to theirs."

Makes for a pretty clear distinction, doesn’t it? Do nothing, whatever the big corporations want is fine, whatever the generals say is fine. Apparently Senator McCain doesn’t trust his own judgment either and that’s why he depends so heavily on the judgment of others, like George W. Bush and Jesse Helms. And Phil Gramm, who recently stepped down from the campaign and left publicly through the front door, but then quickly returned through the back door because John McCain so values his opinions about what to do with a nation full of whiners.

"The McCain campaign, so heavy on slogans and attack ads, has now compared me to Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton because my campaign draws large crowds. He is criticizing me for being popular, and I welcome that. Because if John McCain had gone to Europe and drew the crowds that we drew, I would fear for this campaign. But let's be humble about this and let's share the credit. Let's say that half of those who came, came because they support my campaign, and the other half came to voice their opposition to George W. Bush and his proxy, John McCain. Two campaigns but only one vision. More of the same from a man who touts his experience when his experience touts only poor judgment? John McCain says that this election should be about experience. OK then, let it be so, but not about my experience or his experience, but the experience of the American people under eight years of the most unsuccessful policies since the Great Depression. A period that John McCain says has gone well for America!"

Senator Obama must throw it back measure for measure and more than full measure because Senator McCain’s “Experience” is his nemesis not his ally.

[tedoll78]

1. Hmph.

Throw it back?

I only wish. We're stuck with clever retorts for now.

[DCKit]

Some excellent points. Hope they use it. n/t

[madaboutharry]

2. Are you David Cox?

This is a good article, except that I think the term "white trash" is just as bigoted as the unacceptable words used to describe other people. It is only my opinion, but I think that that term takes away from your argument.

[teach1st]

3. Obama should and would never, ever...

..use the term "white trash." Not only would it take away from the great points in the OP, but it would be a disaster for his campaign...the opposition would seize on it like a pit bull, and never let go.

[Daveparts]

5. follow the quatation marks

I never said or implied he would,

[Daveparts]

4. White Trash

Is a term of Southern origin to distinguish between African Americans and low class whites. My family has a long and illustrious history of being referred to as White trash so I am well accustomed to the actual meaning of the word.

My father grew up being called white trash by the usual Republican suspects. Then as a decorated flyer in WW2 he became "Our Boys" when he enrolled at Ohio State to take advantage of his GI bill he found himself referred to as "One of those hooligan GI's" meaning white trash.

It is a remark of behavioral distinction not one of bigotry. With what language that passes for literature, journalism and art. I accept your criticisms but think you are over sensitive.