February 03, 2008

With campaign 2008 down to the big four, at least for two more days, I'm underwhelmed. These are our choices? As I've said before, I can't get behind any of them. Rather than rehashing the "why" again, I thought I'd let the candidates speak for themselves:

Hillary Clinton

What she says:

We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

What she means:

I am a socialist.

Barack Obama

What he says:

All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.

What he means:

My other religion is man-made global warming.

John McCain

What he says:

But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.

What he means:

I was a POW, so you shouldn't be upset that I'm eroding your First Amendment rights

Mitt Romney

What he says:

America's culture is also defined by the fact that we are a religious people. We recognize our God not only in our Declaration of Independence, but even in our currency. And we are also unique in that we recognize that the family is the fundamental building block of American society.

What he means:

I have no understanding of the political philosophy behind our Constitution

As an aside, I actually had a hard time finding an offensive Obama quote. Whatever else you can say about the guy, he certainly has the rhetoric down. I quite liked this quote:

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.

Posted by kris at February 3, 2008 08:44 AM

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