May 21, 2008 3:27PM
Put Up Your Dukes
By Alexis Glick
Hi Greta Fans!
I read your comments and I’m glad to hear that you are so fired up about the primaries last night. I did get a chance to listen to Clinton’s speech. Didn’t hear Obama’s although I read about itthis morning. I know many of your are disappointed or frustrated about the calls for Clinton to exit the campaign and yet others have comfortably fallen into the Obama camp. I just met up with a prominent New York politician who supports Clinton. She’s concerned that a loss for Clinton is a step back for women. She’s concerned about the amount of female elected officials and feels that their voice needs to be heard. What kind of signal does it send when a woman cannot make it into the White House. She did also say that she does not think Obama will pick Clinton as a VP candidate.
As far as I’m concerned there are now two issues for the Democratic Party to work out. How can Obama appeal to the voters, like women, who have supported Clinton? Can the Democratic Party unite behind Obama and help choose a VP that will pull from the constituency that have not been voting for Obama?
Enough about politics. Did you see last night’s American Idol? I LOVED the boxing theme. If you see my 9a.m. show, it’s all about the boxing themes. I loved Michael Buffer for the introduction and Jim Lampley for the color commentary. Thought that was a brilliant idea! I have been a big David Cook fan although I do think David Archuleta won. I loved the U2 and Collective Soul songs although Simon Cowell was right David (Sr) should have played “Billy Jean” or “Hello.” Those were two of his best performances this season. The problem David (Jr) knocked the cover off the ball. He can sing The Beatles, Elton John, you name it and he sounds like silk. Great finale! I wouldn’t call it a knock out like Simon did but I do think they will both have HUGE careers.
I also had no idea that Ruben Studdard sang the theme song this year. I loved him when he won and thought he sounded terrific last night. Apparently, he doesn’t have a record label. Oh well….he’s still great!
Clearly I’m an obsessed Idol fan :)!! Are you?
Comment by chuck
May 21st, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I’m not an American Idol fan. But last night I cycled through the channels to peak at the season finales. Especially Dancing with the Stars Kristi Yamaguchi won. I watch NCIS finale last night which was real interesting too. Plus I watch the political coverage on Fox,MSNBC etc. Just wish Alf was on the campaign trail.
Comment by Mareezy
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
HI Alexis-
I am a white, middle aged woman who has voted for both reps and dems in all elections, both local and national. Obama has my vote and I will not give you a long list of why. I would love a woman for Pres… just not this woman… she is a hardened politician and we really need something new. Obama is young but several people I respect have great trust in his ability to problems solve…Colin Powell is one of them.
Let’s see, Alexis, for the past 8 years we have had a man that is barely smarter than the average man. He sure does not work harder than the average man and he definitely cannot speak better than the average man. Is is so hard to understand why educated, wealthy people want someone who is a change in that regard? In other words, if people want someone who they can sit and have a beer and BS with, then G Bush was their man… and even McCain to some extent. But if you really want someone who knows how to get things done, with a superior IQ and understanding and respect for the rule of law then why not hire one of the best legal brains in the country? Obama’s ability to work 20 hours a day and speak like JFK are just icing on the cake.
So if you want to know why educated Americans so want Obama, it is because he is the candidate that is the most unlike GW Bush… and that is a good thing!!!!
I will get used to checking in daily.
Comment by Mareezy
May 27th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
HI Alexis-
I see that GW Bush’s approval rating has just hit a new low of 23%. Can you tell me why anyone would think that the son of a president with a 29% final approval rating would be a “good president”. Why on earth would we want to replicate or duplicate that???? Well, those good old boys and the fundamentalists and neocons wanted a puppet and they got it… now it is time for the thinking men and women to vote and while Obama is not perfect, he has the problem-solving ability to extricate us from this quicksand that Bush has gotten us in.
Obama/Hagel ‘08