Time for Me to Just Wait and Watch American Presidential Elections

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With just over a week to American Election Day, I think it's time for me to just find a comfortable seat to observe the fireworks. This is possibly the most bitter election campaign ever. Even when in 1964 Barry Goldwater ran against Lyndon B. Johnson, two very different candidates, it was nothing like this. OK, in 1964, nominees were still chosen by politicians and party "machines," not by primaries. So, Goldwater didn't have the super long build up of primaries campaigning that Donald Trump has had.

And if you don't know, Goldwater was totally shlonged by LBJ. I was in my teens, and I still remember one of, or the main, campaign slogans you heard from the Goldwater camp:

"In your heart you know he's right."

Now over fifty years later, decades after Ronald Reagan did the unthinkable and got elected by the "silent majority," I see Donald Trump as another step in the rising confidence of the Right.

America has changed a lot in these last fifty-two years.

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Hillary Clinton was also a teenager when Goldwater ran against Johnson. I wonder if she had her plans to run for President hatched by then. Or was she more inspired by the aim to correct George McGovern's highly competent wife, Eleanor, who seemed to make peace with her role as hostess during the 1972 Elections, rather than using her talents for higher office. And just in case you don't know, Richard Nixon defeated George McGovern.

And about the upcoming American Elections, there's no unity in the polls. It seems that the various companies or NGOs that poll people about their voting plans each ask different segments of the American public whom they plan to vote for, because there are enormous discrepancies. Also,  there has been a rise in Trump's numbers and a drop in Hillary's.

I watch BBC TV News, and they are now trying to prepare people for a surprise. There's no consistency in poll results, so they have just been showing the range of numbers.

Considering that Hillary's supporters find Trump despicable, and Trump's supporters consider Hillary a criminal, whoever wins will have an awfully hard time governing and making Americans feel like one country.

And it's not just a matter of how the two disparate groups of supporter feel. I don't remember ever hearing such foul and nasty remarks by presidential nominees about opponents ever before. This does not bode well for the United States of America!

LBJ--Israel's First Presidential Friend

People don't like to be reminded that the United States isn't a true friend of Israel. Why else had it been necessary for Truman's old friend to be drafted to cajole him into having the US vote for Israel's independence in November, 1947?

And during that tense, frightening May, 1967 (the month before the Six Days War), when Egypt banished the United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces, because it had declared that it was going to attack and destroy Israel, the United States Government insisted on "neutrality." Israel had no allies and no support, just the prayers of Jews and other sympathisers.

Lyndon Baines Johnson was the United States President, and after the war, he managed to make changes in United States policy, sort of. The reason I write "sort of" is that the United States military industry has always benefited from the relationship. Israel has to use the military aid from the US on American products, and whatever improvements Israel makes are for the benefit of the USA.

It's a myth that the United States is Israel's ally. The present policy of the United States is to undermine the sovereignty and security of Israel by establishing an Arab terror state in our heartland.

Obama, Kvetching After Only 15 Months, What A Wimp!

This post has nothing to do with the avowed policies of the candidates, just different "qualities" and "characteristics."

Hillary Clinton may have only given birth to only one child, but she has that feminine, I don't think many men can duplicate it, strength frequently shown in childbirth, in which one gets stronger as the pressure/contractions increase.

Hillary has been campaigning for years, if not decades. Just like her fellow-women (is that an oxymoron?) in childbirth, even though the pressure is more intense, she's glowing with additional strength. I have no doubt that the support of her daughter is a factor, like a great birth coach. She sees her goal and knows that the contractions are just contractions, not bad pain.

A man at a sports bar in Latrobe, Pa., advised Obama, “Get some sleep, Barack, you look like you’re tired, man.”
When the candidate noted he’s been running for president for 15 months, the guy offered another tip: “You need a drink.” (complete article)

Obama's a wimp. He doesn't have the internal drive, the fire. He was packaged. He promoted excitement, like the glucose tablets carried around by diabetics. A quick sugar high to counteract the insulin. Egg whites just don't give the body the necessary strength. Obama has neither the physical nor mental strength to be president. The job is even tougher than the campaign.

Both Hillary and McCain show the necessary characteristics. even though he's having too easy a time right now. Like a professional athlete, he will have to reestablish his fitness in time as not to peak too early or too late.

Obama is showing himself to be a sprinter, rather than having the fitness needed for the ultra-marathon. His body is lean from diet, rather than the intense hyper-active nature of a Bobby Kennedy. He's not enjoying the fray; he's no LBJ.

I'm no gambler, and I wouldn't dare predict who will be the Democratic nominee, but if it's Obama, who's already "tired" and McCain, who hasn't needed much energy of late, the excitement may be between the still unknown nominees for Vice President.