Comments on: Clinton & Gore Working the Holiday?

By: Justin Gardner

Justin Gardner — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:23:43 +0000

To your point about not offering anything for the future, please…make a logic leap with me here. If Hillary and Gore are talking about stuff that Bush isn’t doing right, then that suggests they will, meaning letting dissenting voices into the conversation and respecting existing FISA laws.

What’s more important, I think, is that Gore and Bob Barr (a Republican) were joining forces to talk about this now. That shows some centrist unity on this issue, does it not?

As far as MLK day…well…that’s just the reality of politics. They’re going to choose symbolic days to talk about this stuff. I don’t begrudge either side too much on these decisions because, in the end, it’s all about getting the most ears listening to your views.

By: DosPeros

DosPeros — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:23:11 +0000

“so why pick MLK Day to give those speeches?”

Umm, I’m just going to go out on a limb (and I’m sure those of you who track polls and “people’s feelings” can support me on this) but I don’t think that a lot of black people like G.W.. I mean sure, there are a hand full of Thomas Sowell’s and Armstrongs, exc., (and certainly many blacks in the military) but as a general proposition…blacks are overwhelmingly Democrat.

So MLK day is the perfect day to attack Bush. It is a day when Republicans tip-toe around and try not to offend people by their mere existence. It is a free day to bash them over the head, because any response will be twisted into an attack against “the Dream” and MLK.

Just a theory, could be wrong.

By: Blue Neponset

Blue Neponset — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:06:28 +0000

so why pick MLK Day to give those speeches?

I don’t know. Why not pick MLK day to give those speeches?

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:04:51 +0000

It’s pretty simple. It’s a federal holiday. With all federal offices closed, Congress out of session, and all courts in recess, there’s very little news. However, there’s still the same amount of newsprint and airtime to fill. A speech is far more likely to get attention if it’s given on a naturally slow news day. Had it been October, it would have made sense to give a speech on Columbus Day.

By: Denise Best

Denise Best — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:45:24 +0000

Blue Neponset,

Gore’s been lying pretty low and Hillary has been relatively quiet, so why pick MLK Day to give those speeches?

By: Blue Neponset

Blue Neponset — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:26:50 +0000

instead it was bash Bush and the Republicans Day Ã¢â‚¬Â¦

What other day(s), besides MLK day, is it improper to express your views regardng the President and the Republican party?