en-us http://www.keithwatanabe.net/index.php Keith Watanabe's Website http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/2/19/bd05f8e08962b74f9529bd38a76998ff.html Clinton Says Obama Relies on Words." Hillary should realize what a hypocrite she is by her own words. This type of rhetoric garners no respect from myself, no, I presume, the world at large. Here, we have a case of the squeaky wheel trying to get the grease, but she's just ending up getting more rusted by the day. Here's a message to Hillary: Examine how your husband beat George Bush in 1992 to figure out how to beat Obama.

Bill Clinton attempted to describe what his plans were in as concrete a fashion as possible while his opponent George Bush attempted to negatively paint his character as being dubious. It has been said that Bill Clinton utilized the polls on what people wanted to hear to help him overcome Bush. Apparently during that era, people wanted action after being sick of the Republican dominance starting from the Reagan era. Once again, Hillary should be listening to her people and I think people want a person who will solve key issues like the mortgage crisis, job loss, the stagnating economy, pulling ourselves out of ironic, getting the country out of debt, stemming job losses to outsourcing, dealing with the oil/gas crunch, improving education, improving safety WITHIN the country, paying more respect to people's privacy, doing things to keep America competitive against India and China in the information age, and improving progress in America as a world leader.

Instead, Hillary is coming off like a whiny little bitch for losing.

If Hillary wants to succeed in this election, she cannot be the pot calling the kettle black (oh, she definitely doesn't want to go there with Obama). She needs to be forward thinking, not delving into the childish realm of a pro-wrestling interview match. Austin 3:16 works for Steve Austin and the WWE. The country is suffering and has suffered Republican abuse for the past 8 years, which has caused many people, especially the younger generations a great deal of frustration. Only by concentrating on beating McCain through focusing on how to get America back on track, can the next leader have any hope of winning this coming election.

So Hillary, the world is watching. You've made a lot of mistakes and your losses are a clear indication that people are losing faith in your cheap tactics that only work at a high school prom. Be a woman of the future and start tackling issues, not making the election a matter of personal insults and taking the low, easy road to convince your naysayers that you are the right candidate.

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McCain's platform on the outset seems acceptable, but if you read between the lines on some of his issues, you'll begin to realize that in all honesty, he does not give a shit. On some of the issues regarding the financial crisis, his basic stance is that the market needs to be fixed but wants the market drive the situation.

In other words, he doesn't give a shit and doesn't want to take any responsibility for the fuck ups that will continue to occur without direct government intervention.

America is a horrible wasteland economically and the government needs to step in to do something to correct it. I blame a lot of the fuck ups in the economy on Wallstreet and those greedy asshole white collar criminals that have time and time again fucked over the American people. While millions of Americans are suffering in foreclosing homes, bad credit, over priced gas pumps, inflated merchandise, increased cost of food and on and on and on, these son of a bitch fucks continue to make a buck. And McCain says let the market handle things? If McCain gets his eye, he and the government will continue to turn a blind eye against Wallstreet, not punishing those crooks, especially those CEO bastards making millions of severances, which they don't deserve, and continue moving the market in their favor, shorting any real investment opportunities and creating more chaos. That is going to be McCain's reply as a president with his hands off, I don't give a fuck and I don't want the bloodshed on my hands attitude towards Wallstreet.

Obama has said a lot of the correct things in the campaign and he's going to be massively appealing to the middle class, the youth and the deprived. People this fall will be voting heavily from emotion once gas prices dig deeply into the pocket books, when food prices reach an exorbitant level, when they have to leave their cities for cheaper areas and when they lose their jobs because of the conditions Bush and his cronies have impelled upon the US.

However, there's a huge catch.

Let's say Obama does get November. He'll have a responsibility and expectation of the world on his hands. Can he do it? Can anyone do it?

The expectations are as enumerated (in my opinion):

• Immediate action to lower the gas prices
• A stimulus bill to improve the economy
• Something to curb rising food prices
• Expansion in the job market

Oh, and it doesn't end there. Those are just the expectations that must be completed within the first year. From that we need to address:

• Improving education
• Making America competitive again in as a technological leader
• Ecological friendly policies
• Spending in science and the environment
• Repairing the massive black eye Bush has painted across the US in the face of the world
• Getting the troops to come back from Iraq
• Re-diverting the misguided war funds back into the infrastructure of the US
• Getting the perpetually promised and never delivered universal health care for Americans
• Addressing the H1-B visa issues
• Enforcing policies against automakers to quickly improve standards in the face of the gas crisis
• Going after the Republican fucks (namely Cheney) who have been helping and hiding all the funds with their oil and Wallstreet butt buddies
• Making Americans feel safe again internally
• Doing something about the horrible airport crisis (hopefully by dismantling the TSA and Homeland Security)
• Making food safe again

And of course, this is probably just scratching the surface of what needs to be immediately addressed.

What I meant by the catch was that if the president cannot fulfill these expectations soon, the world and the American people will shun American politics. American politics and politicians will become a bigger joke. You will no longer be able to depend on the government for anything and soon the government will lose almost all power in terms of faith as people will turn to mega corporations to support them or hide on isolated farms in fear of a domestic/civil war that was partly alluded during the Katrina Hurricane disaster.

This is how critical the 2008 election is.

It's not just about personalities. It's about the world and the US government in one of the most meaningful stakes because people just are sick of what's going on. I hope both candidates realize that. I certainly hope Obama not only realizes the stakes in this, but will do everything in his power to help the American people. I don't want to see hidden agendas emerge two or three years down the line where false promises were delivered and nothing would be done. And I think most people feel the same way.]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:46:22 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/6/8/45fbc33ac6e1901729b768983fe6a61e.html