Anyone who’s been reading the news knows that Hillary Clinton is currently running circles around both John Edwards and Barack Obama. What’s amazing is the number of people in complete denial about that. I mean, from the perspective of the lunatics on the radical left, Hillary is in the same equivalence class as Bush. Most of the time they just whine and cry about the whole affair, but today I saw a new one — sticking their heads in the sand and claiming it ain’t so. The recent opinion piece by Drew Cline is a perfect example of the ostrich behavior. Despite the fact that Mr. Obama doesn’t have enough experience to qualify for the Governor’s mansion in Springfield, Mr. Cline finds himself enamored with the the diet Senator (nice and hopeful but devoid of substance) who is currently serving as Senator Clinton’s chew toy. Instead of being willing to admit that the Obama campaign is floundering, he’s put on his rose-colored glasses and claimed that Obama is really ahead despite all evidence to the contrary. Let’s look at his poor excuse for logic to allow his conclusions to defeat themselves:
Fact #1: Obama is doing well in the money race. Well, having the wealthy liberal elite on your side is always a big bonus with respect to cash, but Obama has been doing relatively well with individual contributors as well.
Fact #2: The fundraising numbers are hard data, whereas polls have an error bar.
Fact #3: Mr. Cline doesn’t understand statistics.
Stupid Conclusion #1: The polls must be incorrect. Obama must really be ahead.
Illogical Reasoning: People are sending Obama money, but are telling pollsters they are undecided. To allow Mr. Cline to use his own words, “The ones who will support Obama in the end, including many who gave him $20 or $50, are telling pollsters that they are still undecided.”
For the life of me, I can’t imagine what would possess a person who’s not a member of the upper class to send money to a politician they don’t support (the wealthy generally hedge their bets and rightly so). Evidently, the “Audacity of Hope”, leads to embracing fanatically stupid assumptions in order to back their floundering candidate. Perhaps Mr. Cline hasn’t realized that the number Obama contributors (258,000, according to Mr. Cline) is infinitessimal compared to the number of likely primary voters, and that while there generous to Obama, there are a ton of non-donors who prefer Hillary. After all, as David Brooks (a columnist for a real newspaper) noted, she’s commanding a dominating lead among working class Americans (not generally people who send out checks before the primaries), while Obama’s support concentrates amongst the (largely white) liberal elite. Overall, Mr.Cline’s conclusion have a lot of hope and no substance…. much like Obama’s campaign. And people wonder why Hillary’s ahead in the polls.
Breaking news: Hillary is now ahead in the money game in the 3rd quarter by a cool $7 million. This puts her about on par with Mr. Obama overall. I imagine that Mr. Cline will have to resort to astrology to explain why Obama will still win (Mars has eclipsed Venus presaging an Obama victory)! Well, I for one welcome our new pink dress wearing overlords! It is a shame that Mr. Cline’s brain has been reduced to jelly so long before the dawning of that glorious day!
Special thanks to Chris Sullentrop of the New York Times for bringing this logic-impaired gentleman national news attention.
October 9, 2007 at 11:50 am
ANM wrote: “Despite the fact that Mr. Obama doesn’t have enough experience to qualify for the Governor’s mansion in Springfield”
Actually I’ll dispute that. I think Obama is exactly the kind of guy who should run for governor. Timing was off for him but if he wants to run for president in the long term, there are really no better positions to be in than a sitting or recently former governor. I understand why he jumped into the presidential race—the main thing is the fact that your time of national prominence is often limited—but he’s plenty qualified to be a governor.
October 11, 2007 at 9:22 am
ANM wrote: Despite the fact that Mr. Obama doesn’t have enough experience to qualify for the Governor’s mansion in Springfield
So I take it you think Lincoln didn’t have enough experience to qualify either?
What exactly constitutes “experience”, and how much is needed? Dubya had immense experience in executive positions, and he has totally messed things up. Maybe we need someone with “less experience”, especially if that means they will be less beholden to corporate whores, and not as deep in the game of back patting and cloak and dagger politics.
October 11, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Am wrote: ###Dubya had immense experience in executive positions.###
Of course if one considered his record in said positions….
October 11, 2007 at 2:34 pm
“Despite the fact that Mr. Obama doesn’t have enough experience to qualify for the Governor’s mansion in Springfield”
Take a look at total years in elected office. By that standard, Obama has more experience than either Hillary or Edwards.
October 11, 2007 at 5:33 pm
MPA said: Of course if one considered his record in said positions….
Actually his track record in Texas was pretty good…
October 11, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Why yes you can completely trust the polls! It cannot matter they ask the same 1000 people who happen to live in new york city and san francisco who they will be voting for! Why would the polls skewer the information and try and make it look like a black man has NO chance at all??
February 11, 2008 at 1:36 pm
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