Posted by
Gary A McAvin on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:58:00 AM
I will never run out of blog or speaking material as I have noted in previous blogging dissertations. The following headline also accompanied with a photo says more than words can ever express. As I cannot paste a photo on some of my blogs, I’ll include the link where this can be seen. After viewing this photo, you tell me what we are seeing. Read this story from the New York Post.
http://www.nypost.com/ Search: Niles Lathem
GAZE IN THE MILITARY
MCCAIN-CLINTON LOVE-IN AT BASE
By NILES LATHEM
BEST OF ENEMIES: John McCain and Hillary Clinton share a moment during yesterday's dedication of a military medical facility in Texas. January 30, 2007 --
Editorial
WASHINGTON - Looks like things are getting serious in the race for the White House - seriously lovey-dovey, that is.
Judging from this photo, the spirit of bipartisan cooperation appeared to be alive and well yesterday between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain in Texas.
The image of the two friendly front-runners was taken at a dedication ceremony for The Center for the Intrepid - a new $50 million rehabilitation center for soldiers who lost limbs or were severely burned in the Iraq war.
The two pols have radically different views on Iraq.
But yesterday, McCain and Clinton, who both sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, agreed that support and treatment for wounded veterans is a national obligation.
Aides said the warm exchange between the two candidates should come as no surprise.
They have been friendly since a congressional trip to Estonia in 2004 when, according to legend, the former first lady got in a vodka drinking contest with McCain and other male senators.
After I perused the article and accompanying photo, a thought suddenly came roaring into my already fertile mind! What IF? What if you would run a combined Presidential-Vice-Presidential campaign with a candidate from each party? Take the gazing lovers for an example! Run Senator John McCain for president and Senator Hillary Clinton for the vice president’s position. Whoa; the best of both worlds? Would this ticket pacify all concerned? Of course not, but this fantasy pairing could be the things dreams (or nightmares) are made of. A can’t find my position, but know I should be president McCain and I keep my real views silent until I’m the queen Hillary pairing could prove interesting!
Another note that can be inserted into the equation is this; you can’t really tell the difference between the Republican and Democrat parties any longer. Who stands for what? Whatever the traffic will bear seems to be the banner these parties walk under. The stark contrast that separated these parties at one time-is now a thing of the past. The Republicans shifted towards center to gain more votes, the Democrats shifted to right philosophies because they realized this is how Republicans were elected. So now we have political mess, love ya stew, and of course, ghoulash!