It doesn’t exactly look like the GOP has an exclusive franchise on saying dumb things,
now, does it?
Here Barack Obama blunders through an illustration on emergency room care, referencing a
breathalyzer as one of the methods of treatment for an asthmatic patient.
Here Obama shares that he has visited 57 states on the campaign trail.
Here he inappropriately and unprofessionally admonishes a female reporter on the
campaign trail by telling her to “hold on one second, sweetie.”
And here the Democratic nominee — seeking to fill the most powerful political office in the free world and face
all the decisions and responsibilities that job entails — glibly dismisses a question about when a baby gets human rights by stating that
it was “above my pay grade.”
Then there’s Joe Biden, who offers the racially insensitive remark that “you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts” in his home state of Delaware “unless you have a slight Indian accent.”
Here Biden insensitively and inexplicably exhorts a wheelchair-confined Missouri
state senator named Chuck Graham to “stand up” to be recognized at a political rally.
John Dycus’ September column closed by chiding Gov. Sarah Palin for saying she would like to know what the VP job entails before addressing her
level of interest in the position. In response, I would note that this
statement becomes less absurd when considering the fact that, outside of those
constitutionally mandated roles for the office of vice president, presidents
typically define, frame and utilize the VP roles in vastly different ways.
John’s September column also described Palin’s pick as a “lunging” attempt by the GOP for the disgruntled feminist vote. I would counter that the
Alaska governor is, in fact, the only candidate on either ticket with actual
executive branch experience. I also question whether Biden contending that Hillary Clinton “might have been a better pick than me” might be considered an equally lunging attempt by the Democrats at the feminist
vote.
