February 14, 2007
Call Me Hypocritical!
Vol. 2 Issue
4
I decided to look at some of the
political candidates that have thrown their
hats into the ring for the 2008 Presidential
race. It is only February 2007 and as of
now, there are thirteen candidates, from
both parties, who are collectively going to
spend countless of millions of dollars
trying to convince us to allow them to take
the next step and represent their political
party as candidate for the highest office in
the land.
Most of the candidates are hypocrites.
They change direction like a sailboat
tacking in the wind. Every time the
political winds blow the other way they
seems to change their course. Can we believe
them? Are they just telling us what we want
to hear? I cannot remember when most
politicians ever answered the same question
twice with the same answer. It seems their
answers and rhetoric are dependant on their
audience at the time they open their mouths.
Why do they always seem to answer a question
with a question? I sometimes listen to the
interviews and scratch my head. Sometimes to
my wife’s chagrin, I scream at the
television, "Why don't you answer the
question." Maybe if they stuck to the issues
more people would have more respect for
them.
If you want to represent this country as
the most powerful leader in the free world,
you had better have the answers to the
questions. As questioners, we have the right
not to like the answers, but those being
questioned must answer them now or we will
give them our answer on Election Day. As my
dad used to say, "Don't ask the question if
you think you may not like the answer."
Let us look back at the hypocrisy of some
of our political leaders some who even want
to be President. Like Senator John Kerry
(D-MA) who once said. "First I voted for the war
after I voted against it." On the other
hand, was it the other way around, I am
still confused. Call me undecideable.
Hillary criticized the FBI for not
providing the documents related to the
Oklahoma City bombing in a timely manner.
However, it took the former first lady over
2 years to turn over subpoenaed evidence
relating to the White Water case. Call me
unreliable.
During an NBC interview a week after the
9/11 attacks, Hillary told Jane Pauley that
"When the two planes hit the World Trade
Towers, her daughter was at Battery Park
jogging. She was going to jog around the
twin towers but decided to get a cup of
coffee instead when the first plane hit."
Was she trying to illicit sympathy from her
audience? She should have checked with
Chelsea first. Chelsea claims when the
planes struck the towers that she was uptown
at a friend’s apartment having breakfast
while watching the attack on television.
Call me reprehensible.
John Edwards, said "I believe that we
shouldn't have two different economies in
America: one for people who are set for
life, they know their kids and their
grand-kids are going to be just fine; and
then one for most Americans, people who live
paycheck to paycheck. You don't need me to
explain this to you do you?" That is why I
am building my 29,000 Square foot house.
Talk about hypocrisy.
Rudy Giuliani is for a woman's right to
chose however, he does not like abortion.
Call me undecideable
Ted Kennedy who said during the hearings
of the senate immigration subcommittee when
voting for legislation to open up our
borders. "This bill will not flood our
cities with immigrants. It will not upset
the ethnic mix of our society. It will not
relax the standards of admission. It will
not cause American workers to lose their
jobs. Huh! Well I meant well.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, said
that we have to be fiscally responsible so
that taxpayer’s money is not used
irresponsibly. Now she wants a private plane
to take her back and forth to San Francisco.
She wants 42 Business Class seats with a
private entertainment room and bedroom so
she can sleep on her trips. Each trip will
cost the taxpayers $300,000. Call me
irresponsible.
Do you know how congressional
representatives vote? The can see the votes
of their colleagues before they lock in
their vote. They have time to change their
mind. Therefore, when they see that the vote
is going the other way they change their
vote. This way they cannot say I voted
against something, I went along with the
crowd. Well, going along with the crowd is
not why you were elected.
I believe all politicians should take
ventriloquist lessons. Since they have
already learned to speak out of both sides
of their mouth anyway. Do they really think
we are the dummies?
The lyrics to the following song probably
say's it all about how today's candidates
view the office of the President of the
United States. As you read them think about
the candidates as if they were imaginarily
singing to the office of the President.
"Call Me Irresponsible"
Lyrics and music by: Sammy Cahn and Jimmie Van Heusen
"Seems I'm always making
resolutions, Like every night for me is New
Year's Eve.
Things they chisel on those
institutions, The lofty thoughts I never
quite achieve.
Each time I'm taking bows cause
things went well. Things go awry, and there
I am saying, 'I meant well.'
Call me irresponsible, call me
unreliable, throw in undependable, too.
Do my foolish alibis bore you? Well
I'm not too clever, I just adore you.
Call me unpredictable, tell me I'm
impractical, rainbows I'm inclined to
pursue.
Call me irresponsible - yes, I'm
unreliable, but it's undeniably true.
I'm irresponsibly mad for you."
Being a hypocrite is not much different
from being a liar. However, hypocrisy goes
one-step further; it involves betraying your
deeply held beliefs.
And, that's my opinion.
Michael Solomon
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