Comments on: State of the race http://www.socksandbarney.com/2008/05/07/state-of-the-race/ The Daily Online Comic for Political Animals Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: bengtl http://www.socksandbarney.com/2008/05/07/state-of-the-race/#comment-517 bengtl Sat, 10 May 2008 05:26:17 +0000 http://www.socksandbarney.com/2008/05/07/state-of-the-race/#comment-517 I disagree - I think she needs kicking when she's down. It's what she would do. She hasn't formally given up yet. I disagree - I think she needs kicking when she’s down. It’s what she would do.

She hasn’t formally given up yet.

]]> By: DT http://www.socksandbarney.com/2008/05/07/state-of-the-race/#comment-507 DT Fri, 09 May 2008 16:42:44 +0000 http://www.socksandbarney.com/2008/05/07/state-of-the-race/#comment-507 I wish you had used the strips you have. I don't call that "kicking her when she's down"...rather, I call it "calling a spade a spade". And doing so highlights something we desperately need to in this country --how close someone can still get to being Presidential nominee despite the fact that they have outright lied to the faces of American voters, ran a campaign completely bereft of principle (how can you say she's "sacrificed every principle", when her campaign has made it pretty clear she had no principles to begin with?), attempted to tell the American people what she thought they wanted to hear without espousing any beliefs of her own or taking theirs to heart, changing her message to suit whenever she felt it might gett votes, and pandered to everyone from superdelegates to special interests. The fact that a person like this could come this close should be a horribly frightening thought for all of us, whether we be Democrats, Republicans, or (like myself) Independents, anyone who has a vote and values it dearlye. Bush was a bad enough choice; we all know that once in office, he stopped listening to the American people. And yet, someone who has plainly proved they have the exact same problem came within inches of their party's nomination for the 2008 election. We should be scared, and that fear ought to lead us to enough anger to say "Enough is enough. We won't let this happen ever again." I wish you had used the strips you have.

I don’t call that “kicking her when she’s down”…rather, I call it “calling a spade a spade”. And doing so highlights something we desperately need to in this country –how close someone can still get to being Presidential nominee despite the fact that they have outright lied to the faces of American voters, ran a campaign completely bereft of principle (how can you say she’s “sacrificed every principle”, when her campaign has made it pretty clear she had no principles to begin with?), attempted to tell the American people what she thought they wanted to hear without espousing any beliefs of her own or taking theirs to heart, changing her message to suit whenever she felt it might gett votes, and pandered to everyone from superdelegates to special interests.

The fact that a person like this could come this close should be a horribly frightening thought for all of us, whether we be Democrats, Republicans, or (like myself) Independents, anyone who has a vote and values it dearlye. Bush was a bad enough choice; we all know that once in office, he stopped listening to the American people. And yet, someone who has plainly proved they have the exact same problem came within inches of their party’s nomination for the 2008 election. We should be scared, and that fear ought to lead us to enough anger to say “Enough is enough. We won’t let this happen ever again.”

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