Ohio and Texas primary victories enable Hillary Clinton to answer Barack Obama's "yes we can" slogan with "yes we will" continue the "red phone" ad depicting her as "tested and ready."·

By Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com. 
March 5, 2008--

            Answering Barack Obama's "yes, we can" slogan with "yes, we will," Hillary Clinton credited her wins over Barack Obama in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island with her claims of being "tested and ready" and not needing "on the job training" to answer the "red phone" as "Commander in Chief" and to "end the war in Iraq" and "win the war in Afghanistan."  (Italics added.)   Thus, she makes it clear she he rules out any plan or need for us to "win" in Iraq.  So, her pledge is to "[not win] the war in Iraq."   Will a majority of Americans vote for a candidate for President campaigning on a platform to "[not win] the war in Iraq"?   Not if that's what they can be made to understand to be the real meaning of her pledge to "end the war in Iraq and win the war in Afghanistan."  

           This time the GOTBOH Gals for Hillary outnumbered the YOUTH vote for Barack, while the YOUNG VOTE helped McCain clinch the nomination and benefit from Mike Huckabee withdrawing.  Did the "red phone" ad light a fire under the GOTBOH Gals to turn-out in greater numbers than the YOUTH vote for Barack?  If so, then paradoxically, for the very reason that a "red phone" ad by Hillary may have helped her slow Obama, the long term effects of such ad is more likely to help McCain over either Hillary or Barack (or both)-- especially in light of Hillary's recent statement touting John McCain's "experience" over that of Obama (hat tip to Ed Morrissey).

            Furthermore, McCain's willingness to criticize the conduct of the war adds credibility to his steadfast reiteration of the reality that it was in our national interests to topple Saddam Hussein.  As the campaign progresses, regardless of whether his opponent is Hillary, who will try to "spin" her way out of her vote for the war, or Obama, who will contend that toppling Saddam was a mistake, McCain is best position to get the country to understand reality rather than to foolishly embrace the Left's relentless campaign to "expose" Bush on Iraq.  Indeed the recent unwillingness of Reid and Pelosi to schedule debates on their "end the war" proposals is perhaps the best evidence that even they realize that the sentiment of the country is moving in favor of Bush  (and McCain) on Iraq as having served our long-term national interests and having prevented a future President from having to deal with a nuclear-armed Saddam Hussein.  Perhaps the country is again recognizing the "end game" for our response to the jihadists' war against us must be "event driven" rather than "time constrained" as is aptly illustrated by a video on "Baseball, Football and War."   Understanding the latter aspect of reality is why the country ultimately will not embrace the self-defeatist strategies of Hillary and/or Obama in Iraq.  

            Has the Clintanic become an ice-cutter that will split the iceberg it struck or will it be sunk?  It's too early to tell.  Twenty-four hours can be an eternity in politics, and so there is an "eternity" of eternities between now and whenever the struggle between Hillary and Obama is resolved.  See also yesterday's installment.

--Jim Wrenn, Editor, PoliSat.Com.

Footnotes:

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The "YOUTH" vote stands for voting by "Young Offspring Unexposed To History."

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The "GOTBOH" Gals, into which group "Soccer Moms" and "Single Moms" have been subsumed, stands for the "Government Ought To Be Our Husbands" Gals.

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The "YOUNG VOTE" stands for "Young Offspring Understanding Necessary Goal:  Victory Over Terrorist Enemies."

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