MORE OF THE SAME-OLD

The Rev. Dana Prom Smith, S.T.D., Ph.D. (5/5/08)

At first John McCain turned himself from a straight shooter into a George W. Bush wannabe with his stupid remarks about another Hundred Years War and the adoption of Bush’s tax policies of welfare benefits for the rich and famous and the corporations. Now, Hillary Clinton has gotten into the act with promises to obliterate Iran. With her in power she would joyfully “bring on” a Third World Nuclear War. She sounds scarily like Dr. Strangelove redivivus, Dick Cheney.

Of course, she never really repudiated her vote to authorize George and his Neo-conservatives to take on Saddam Hussein. The Republicans have had a sad history intervening in the Middle East. First, Ronald Reagan sent the Marines into Lebanon with the tragic result that most of them were killed in a truck bombing. After lobbing some 18 inch shells into Beirut, we withdrew ignominiously.

Now, it appears that Hillary Clinton has the same world-view. Bomb. Not only bomb, but obliterate. She apparently has no concept that the Russians and the Chinese might have an adverse responce to the obliteration of Iran. The thought of her getting that telephone call at 3 o’clock in the morning is scary, something like Dick Cheney getting it.
Imitating George W. Bush seems to be her idea of success. Dirty tricks and ruthlessness and, now, Armageddon.

When women try to prove their toughness by imitating male brutality, they prove only they’re unfit to govern. They’re supposed to be smarter than male bravado. It isn’t even masculine.