12/30/06: Daily Political Clips with Breakfast

Here are your political clips for Wednesday, December 27, 2006. Remember, if you have trouble viewing any of the clips, please click onthe clip and it will take it to Youtube where you can watch it fromthat web site.

1) Fox News obsesses about John Kerry.  One of the Barber brothers sits in as guest host on Fox & Friends.

2) John Edwards discusses globalization on Hardball.

3) Fox News' coverage of Saddam's hanging.  As it happened.

4) Chris Matthews discusses Ford's opposition to the Iraq war.  From Hardball.

5) MSNBC anchor chokes on live television.  Maybe she was just sick of talking about Saddam Hussein.

6) Iraqi-Americans celebrate in the streets of Dearborn, MI.

More political clips tomorrow, and maybe later today.

Comments

[Tony]

Regarding Kerry being snubbed by the soldiers. There's another picture floating around where Kerry's eating, I am still looking for the debunking of the bullshit story tagged to it. Someone points out there are 2 flags on the wall and go on to explain how and why it was pre Kerry's statement about Bush being dumb. It has something to do with the Countries Flags. When I find it I will post it.

[Michel]

Looking at John Edwards' campaign, I love how transparent it is. I mean, he's not pretending there's any magic behind the scenes, and he has several times said things that didn't sound good even if he knew so. He's banking on honesty, and though I think America isn't mature enough for that to help a person in the polls, I still would like to see him win. And if not, then Gore. And to a lesser extent, Obama. And to a lesser extent, Clinton. Still, Clinton over any republican any day of the week.

Obama used to be my favorite, but I think electability plays heavily into it:
Pros:
Edwards: Has campaigned before, and his experience shows. He's tons more refined than last campaign, and he's doing things very intelligently.
Gore: Experience as VP for 8 years, won the popular vote, invented the Internet :)
Obama: Speeches are inspiring.
Clinton: Lots of money, support from Bill, experience as first lady and senator.

Cons:
Edwards: Kerry stigma, overshadowed by Obama and Hillary's media attention; lost an election.
Gore: Lost an election.
Obama: Very young, inexperienced and black. His speeches, in being inspiring, avoid actual issues. If I didn't know he voted very liberal-like, I'd worry he was worse than Clinton.
Clinton: I love Bill, hate Hillary. I think a lot of liberals agree.