You know, this day isn’t really that special or historical. Sure, we elected a black president and now he’s all official, but whatever. I mean, you heard what Karl Rove said on Election Night, right? That this isn’t that significant because we already had a First Black Family, like, twenty years ago:
Yeah, I guess somehow I see today as a little different from a television show.
As you are likely aware, Israel has now sent ground forces into Gaza to weed out the terrorists. I will spare you a history and military strategy lecture and stick to my point: the response from the United States. More specifically: who is talking and who is not.
According to the BBC, Still-President Bush has said, in a White House statement,
Hamas has held the people of Gaza hostage ever since their illegal coup against the forces of (Palestinian) President Mahmoud Abbas
Not untrue, but it glosses over (ignores) what Israel is carelessly doing to thousands of innocent civilians. This is expected.
And, also according to the BBC, President-Elect Obama’s spokesperson has said:
The president-elect is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza.
This is all I can find from the President-Elect. There is nothing to be found on either BarackObama.com or Change.gov. The New York Times and Washington Post pieces are both devoid of Obama comment.
This begs a serious question: where is the President-Elect? Obama hasn’t exactly been invisible since Election Day. Why is he ducking this issue? For all his talk on international leadership he’s being awfully silent at a time when American leadership is as important as ever. I understand he’s not the president yet, but sheesh! No comment at all? No generic condemnation of acts of violence on either side? Not to warn Israel to keep civilians safe? It doesn’t even have to be differnet from the official White House statement. I just want to hear something.
Everyone is really upset about this Blog-o-gov thing. (That’s his name right? It starts with “Blog”?) I’m not upset. I’m actually really happy he did this.
“This,” of course, being try to sell a senate seat. This is astounding! I could not read a better novel if I paid $100 for it. I am so absolutely rivited by the sheer dumbness of this man!
What I love most is the total lack of effort or creativity. This is not exchanging power in government for untracable (unless you say it on your own telephone while you know you’re being probed for other misdeeds) political favors, such as getting people fired for writing not-on-message articles about you in the hometown paper. No. This is “Will you give me half a million dollars?” Not half a million dollars in home repair, or a half a million dollar trip and stay in some exotic location, or even some bizarre painting. No. This is just straight cash. Ha!
So, yes, fume and decry all you want. Nothing actually happened. An idiot was caught being an idiot. And I choose to laugh at that.
Plus, I love any governor who can’t form a sentance without an explative.
