Flipping channels yesterday afternoon, I came across this guy Bob Beckel being interviewed on a news station. I Googled him just now and found out he’s a political commentator and analyst on the Fox News Channel as well as a columnist for USA Today. Earlier in his career he joined the U.S. Department of State and became the youngest Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Carter administration. He was also campaign manager for Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, becoming known for using Wendy's slogan "Where's the Beef?" against Mondale's opponent Gary Hart.
The reason I mention him is because he was stuttering, dodging and weaving when trying to defend the president’s miserable job as a leader. And then he was asked how he thought the incumbent would do in the upcoming election, especially since many polls show him losing to unnamed Republican candidates. Beckel replied that regardless of what those polls show, he believed the president would do quite well versus a “specific” opponent, such as Romney, Pawlenty, Huntsman, Paul or anyone else because he performs so well in debates and would strongly outshine them, helping insure almost certain re-election.
And that’s when I sat back and wondered what this guy was talking about. Because, as for me, I’ve never watched a presidential debate, or any other kind for that matter. And I can’t imagine what they possibly prove except that one guy may be better at BS than somebody else. But, the president’s job is to run the nation, not talk about whatever debate subjects are. Beyond that, all of these candidates have proven track records, so we all know what they’ve done and how they’ve performed in the past. And that performance is what counts, not a barrage of meaningless words.
What was most amusing about the whole thing was that right about then the stock market was tanking in spades and had lost about two hundred points. And that’s when the president decided to make another speech, in which he said absolutely nothing having any import at all. So, over the next half hour or so, the market doubled the loss, sinking four hundred points more, suggesting to me that he might be better off by just shutting up instead of turning bad into worst.
Consequently, I think this Beckel guy better reevaluate the current situation before continuing to assume the voting public’s made up of morons. In case he didn’t notice, the House has already turned over and it’s almost a certainty the other two government branches will follow suit in 2012. But regardless of the actual outcome, which obviously remains to be seen, the guy currently in the White House has absolutely nothing of interest to debate about, because everyone knows what horrendous damage he's already done in the real world.
That’s it for today folks.
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