It’s turning into a catfight
If you happened to watch the democratic debate in South Carolina last night, you probably saw Clinton and Obama acting like two high school teenage drama queens vying for votes to win the distinct honor of riding high on the front float of the homecoming parade.
Basically, it’s turning into a catfight.
Clinton bobbed and weaved around the podium and, amazingly enough, not one single hair on her ego-inflated head moved an inch.
Obama shook off his gloves and tried to sting Clinton like a bee and float through the rest of the debate like a butterfly. 
Muhammad Ali would have been ashamed. Meanwhile, the bell rang continuously throughout the debate signifying subsequent rounds all while Edwards stood there like Alfalfa of the little rascals, only without the signature cowlick, complaining about how there were “three people in the debate, not two.”
In the immortal words of Buckwheat, “Hi … Amemba me?”
Remember us? The people who vote? The people this whole silly charade called the Presidential campaign is supposed to be about?
Who cares if Hillary is still clinging desperately to Bill’s coattails, or vice versa as the case may be? And who cares if Obama is young enough to be Clinton’s son? In my opinion, the two senators both need to grow up a bit.
For those of you who missed the heated exchange, here’s a little taste care of 365gay.com:
After a brief discussion of the nation’s economic woes, the debate devolved into an angry exchange between the two senators, with Clinton noting Obama had taken campaign contributions from a political patron facing fraud charges and Obama calling Clinton a “corporate lawyer sitting on the board of Wal-Mart.”
As Obama tried to defend his comments about Republicans and Ronald Reagan, Clinton interrupted and said she has never criticized his remarks on Reagan.
“Your husband did,” said Obama, who has accused the former president of misrepresenting his record.
“I’m here. He’s not,” she snapped.
John Edwards, who badly trails his two rivals, tried to stay above the fray while pleading for equal time.
“Are there three people in this debate, not two?” he asked.
Oh, the drama.
Despite whining like a five-year-old in need of attention, Edwards did go on to make one, very good point.
“We have got to understand, this is not about us personally. It’s about what we are trying to do for this country,” he said.
The audience applauded this statement. As do I. This isn’t about Clinton, Obama or even Edwards. Yet, they are making the debates about each other. Last night they traded barbs and criticisms, and spent most of the evening talking over one another all while ignoring or straying away from the issues at hand.
We all get enough of that at home at the dinner table, we don’t need to watch it on television during what is considered to be an important and relevant political debate as well.
At this point, the republican candidates are probably sitting back twiddling their thumbs and mumbling “excellent” like Mr. Burns because they don’t have to waste anymore precious brain cells trying to destroy the democrats. It’s painfully obvious that the dems have no problem destroying themselves.
These candidates aren’t running for class president, homecoming court or head cheerleader here. They are running for the highest office in the nation. One of these three people could end up being the next President of the United States.
The bottom line is this …
We already have an immature, buffoon in office. We don’t need another one.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 am
I am so, so disappointed at how personal these two candidates have made this campaign. I am also disappointed at the bizarre way that the media has has attributed everything Bill or anyone remotely connected with the Hillary campaign to her as if she and everyone she talks to agree on everything all of the time. They both need to stop trying to tear each other down all of the time, it is like they are handing the general election to the GOP a little more every day.