February 15, 2008
Thou Shalt
Not...
Vol. 3
Issue 4
When I wrote my first book, "Success By
Default", The Depersonalization
Of Corporate America," in my introduction I
described some businesses that
operate by what I termed the eleventh
commandment. "When in business
the first ten do not apply." In recent
weeks, I have come to realize that the
rule appears to apply to politics as well.
It seems that the candidates of
both parties have taken the gloves off and
seem to be bare knuckle
fighting like two kids on the street.
The rhetoric has been designed to strike
low blows to the opposing candidate in an
attempt to
distract them and throw them off balance.
However, is it working? The only judges that
sit
ringside in these matches are the voting
public. Moreover, I really do not believe
they can be
fooled unless they close their eyes.
When John McCain stated that Mitt Romney
called for a timetable for the withdrawal of
our
troops in Iraq, did you believe it? Let us
examine what Romney reportedly said. He
stated
that when two parties discuss any
negotiations, be it for business or war
the two
negotiating parties need to be clear on
when, where and how they will proceed. In
business if
you are negotiating a contract you must be
specific in dates and times certain events
will
take place. E.g., delivery of goods, payment
terms, etc. When two parties negotiate the
terms and conditions of changing strategies
of war, it is understood that, just as in
business,
there must be some meeting of the minds as
to when changes will take place. For example
if
the President privately told Iraq that we
would like to have your troops in place by
next
summer so we can start to redeploy ours, is
that a public timetable for withdrawal?
Alternatively, is it just negotiations? Stop
playing on words.
When Bill Clinton, who acts like a corner
man in the ring who wants to jump in and
start
throwing punches when his fighter (Hillary)
seems to be getting tossed around, makes
comments about Obama in South Carolina like,
"Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and
'88, Jackson ran a good campaign and Obama
ran a good campaign here," Is he playing the
race card? Why would anyone believe the
Clintons are running a race-baiting campaign
to
remind voters that Obama is "the black
candidate?" (My sarcasm)
Those tactics are some of what has
transpired over the past few weeks. However,
since
Super Tuesday, the landscape on the campaign
trail has changed dramatically. On the
Republican side, Mitt Romney withdrew his
bid for the presidency, leaving McCain the
clear
front-runner. I can only imagine what
backstage deal was made between McCain and
Romney. Are we perhaps looking at the pick
for Vice President in the former
Massachusetts
Governor? One can only guess.
On the Democratic side, Barack Obama won 13
states. Although, he did not win Bi-coastal
California, New York and New Jersey, which
was left for Hillary Clinton, he did win
most of
the flyover delegates, which leaves the
Democratic race too close to call. Only a
little over a
hundred delegates separates them.
Now here is where the eleventh
commandment starts to apply on the
Democratic side, it is in
the so-called, "super delegates." There are
approximately 800 party insiders crowned as
"super-delegates." Delegates, whose votes
are not coupled to the results of any
state's
caucus or primary, may also influence the
nomination and they can vote anyway they
want.
They can vote en-mass. If they all go to
Hillary to put her over the top, stabbing
Obama in
the back, watch out!
It is my belief that there will be an uproar
in Denver that will make Chicago 1968 look
like the
Paris Peace Talks. If you do not believe
that there will be blood on the convention
floor or in
the streets of Denver, you may be very well
mistaken. I would buy stock in Johnson &
Johnson bandages. I wonder if Hillary will
get the combatants free medical care. If
that
happens, the Democrats should just pack up
and go home. If that is the way they act
while
choosing a candidate, how will they act if
they get control of the White House or
Congress
with all their in-fighting?
As a side note, the usually union coddling
Democrats have decided to choose a non-union
arena in Denver to hold their convention.
The unions are now threatening to disrupt
the
convention. To make matters even more
unproductive, Colorado's Democratic
governor, Bill
Ritter, vetoed pro-union legislation he had
promised to sign.
In Mel Brooks' movie "The History Of The
World," Moses is depicted coming down from
Mount Sinai carrying three tablets with 15
commandments. He proceeds to drop one, which
smashes, to the ground. Perhaps the only
people who really know what that third
tablet said
are the members of the RNC and DNC.
It may have contained the eleventh
commandment, which said, "When in politics
the first ten
do not apply."
If I wrote the eleventh commandment it would
probably say, Thou shalt not rile the
passion
of the leading candidates.
And, that is my opinion.
Michael Solomon/p>
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