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"How to Completely Miss the Boat", by Katie Couric

Posted by Ron Maestri on Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:34:09 AM
Attention all journalism students! Don't do this!
 
Katie Couric was at a popular Manhattan eatery recently on her way back to her $15 million dollar a year anchor job at CBS when she noticed a bunch of news paparazzi hovering around it. When she asked one of the photographers who the fuss was all about, she was told A-Rod was inside eating. Our Katie pressed her face up against the window to get her own first hand look catching the eye of A-Rod, who waved her in to join him. (Tuesday, 7/15/08  New York Post, page 5).
 
Does Katie, a celebrated "journalist" earn her pay and take him up on the offer to snag an exclusive with the most sought after celebrity of our day?
 
No. She waved him off waltzed away, probably late for her nail appointment before going back to work.
 
Now, let's review. A-Rod has been all over the news about (1) his divorce with C-Rod, (2) possible fling with Madonna, (3) secret trist(s) with strippers, some of whom have already hinted at such a thing but have never admitted to it directly.
 
What was Katie thinking? Clearly, she wasn't. She obviously missed "Barbara Walters Day" at Columbia.
 
Even I, not a journalist, took out a videocamera from my trunk when I was smack dab in the middle of the Big Bear earthquake several years ago while vacationing there, taping the damage first-hand, complete with producer-style interviews of the victims who gave play-by-play walk-throughs at their homes. Even though ALL roads in/out were closed of Big Bear after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake (with over $500,000 damage to the Big Bear Hotel, where I was staying), I found a way out and b-lined it CNN, KNBC, KTLA, KCOP, KABC and KCBS to sell my footage. They all jumped at the chance and I earned more money than I paid for my vacation.
 
Give me that $15 million dollar a year anchoring job to basically read a TelePrompTer and I promise, when a golden opportunity like the one Katie was too self-absorbed to recognize, will be had. I'd have been on my cell immediately requesting a news crew (you don't think Katie had the clout to do that?) and I would have gotten the answers to the questions straight from the horses mouth. My news director would be my friend because an exclusive "Must See TV" moment on that night's newscast and my Promotions Dept. would have something exciting to do.
 
But not our Katie.
 
I wonder what color nail polish she chose.
 
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Perplexing, Isn't It?

Posted by Ron Maestri on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:48:31 AM
That New Yorker cartoon cover in yesterday's issue was GREAT. It was obvious sarcasm and it was very, very funny. Anyone without a sense of humor or lacking brain cells would see it as offensive...like the Obama camp and the candidate himself. McCain should have never reacted to it except to say, "It's a cartoon. It's a joke. Ever read MAD Magaine?"
 
Remember that cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad wearing a hat of explosives and how it offended the Muslim community? Remember our reaction to such over-reaction to a dopey cartoon? Compare it to the same reaction from Obama and his crew.
 
Perplexing, isn't it?
 
Not really, when you consider the lengths Obama has taken (sorry, but the fish always stinks from the head, so I don't place the scapegoat blame for this on his underlings) to remove any hint of Muslims in his camera shots. It stands to reason this candidate would be overly sensative to a cartoon showing he and his wife celebrating the burning of a flag with a portrait of bin Ladin overhead...like those over-reacting Muslims.
 
Perplexing, isn't it?
 
Here's more: Last week, Bill Clinton accused POW's like John McCain as suddenly losing it unexpectantly. This from a man who dodged the draft and never inhaled. I guess people like Bill are most likely to cheat on their wives with interns half their age.
 
Perplexing, isn't it?
 
Obama is finally going overseas to prove he can handle running things in both wars. But wait, he's stopping in Europe first for some croissants and more blowfish speeches beforehand and then it's off the Mid-East with a scheduled stop next week in the West Bank, announced everywhere. Perhaps if Mr. Obama really did have a handle on things, he'd avoid grand-standing his schedule for obvious security reasons. It seems to me everytime John McCain ever went abroad, it was always for a surprise visit and no pre-grand-standing. Not so for Obama who needs Chuck Hagel to hold his hand and breast feed him.
 
Perplexing, isn't it?
 
Finally, George W. Bush stepped up to the plate yesterday and lifted the executive ban on oil drilling in the Continental Shelf. It's purely ceremonial though until Congress passes legistlation to support the move. If I were the Democratic leadership, I'd be freaking out right now because obviously, they wanted their candidate to win and then be the one behind such a move. If they don't follow through, then I'd imagine the negative backlash by most Americans who support such a move will filter to their candidate, now dead even in the polls with John McCain. Damned if they do and damned if they don't.
 
Perplexing, isn't it?
 
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No Doubt About Hillary as VP

Posted by Ron Maestri on Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:56:36 PM
It's quite simple deduction. If Barack Obama wants to win The White House, he will add Hillary Clinton as his VP to the ticket. Since Mr. Obama has already proven he will say/do anything to get votes including selling his children, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind he'll choose Mrs. Clinton, even though he hates her for one simple reason: she upstages him. If I were advising him, I'd say, "Senator. Do you want to win or not? Then choose her. Put up with her. Get over it."
 
The whole Bill thing is just a diversion. Hillary upstages Barack and he knows it. His wife Michelle also hates her because she gets a lot more attention than her and her two kids, Malaria and Kasha..
 
You don't have to be a brain surgeon to see it.
 
Well, there it is.
 
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Think Like a Terrorist.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:26:14 AM
To defeat terrorism, we need to think like terrorists. This means logic, trust and compassion are completely thrown out the window and can never be an option.
 
Case in point: It's easy to see that our recent pact with North Korea is authentic, but let's take it one step further and think like a terrorist. If you were Kim Jong Il and you wanted peace with the US AND more money, you'd probably work both sides against the middle. He was supposed to provide the US and its' partners a complete list of who they provided weapons grade uranium to, which it may have done...without including Syria. We all know from our own intelligence and Israel's destruction of their nuke facility, they did. The phone call from North Korea after submitting the documents to appease us, probably went to Syria basically blackmailing them. "Pay me more money to keep your name and all the specifics off the list." What would you do if you were Syria?
 
Which makes more sense? Trusting North Korea for finally coming around and seeing things our way or that they're working both sides?
 
Think like a terrorist and you'll laugh.
 
Here's another one. What's the best way to dramatically decrease suicide bombing? Go after their families and charge them with aiding and abetting. It's a crime here in the U.S., so why not over there? Instead of them considering such acts as being honorable, the families (and the would-be suicide bomber) will reconsider such stupidity if they knew they're own families would be imprisoned or killed. I'm sure the identity of the suicide bomber after the fact can be found with his DNA strewn everywhere.
 
You'd reconsider if you thought like a terrorist.
 
Want more? It's being reported that the Iranian leadership (mullahs) and the elites of Iran don't want war with the US and/or Israel despite their elected president's foolish rants to the contrary. How will they prove it? They'll assassinate him. This one is real easy to see when you think like terrorists.
 
Mark my words. It's much easier to beat terrorists when you think like them.
 
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One more point off topic. I've been saying Barack Obama is basically a ho who will do/say ANYTHING to get himself elected. Reality check: he's disallowed any photos or interviews featuring his children declaring this would be crossing the line and that they were off limits. Now yesterday he's allowed them to be interviewed by Access Hollywood. I guess now even his kids can be used when necessary for any price.
 
That's the text book definition of a "Ho".
 
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"Change"

Posted by Ron Maestri on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:03:11 PM
It baffles the mind how a member of the same party as the presidential candidate promising "change", refuses to do so.
 
Today on FNC Senator Menendez (D-NJ) argued profusely about not allowing drilling because it won't make any difference right now, even though he was presented with evidence to the contrary, which also included citing names of members from his own party who agreed they need to drill. This man was pig-headed about his way or the hi-way, refusing to change.
 
Again, I say: It baffles the mind how a member of the same party as the presidential candidate promising "change", refuses to do so.
 
Pay attention, America! I lived through Jimmy Carter. Here he comes again.
 
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
 
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Reality Check.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:33:16 AM
I really wish these news people would do their jobs properly instead of hiding behind their own hidden agendas to get Barack Obama elected, no matter what he says. Their questions are shallow and they're clearly biased against McCain.
 
MSNBC's Chris Matthews is a joke. His show doesn't play hardball. It doesn't even play ball. His topic is always pontification about how Obama could make things better and any guests he invites on always represent either Obama's campaign or democratic strategists. Watch him for a week and you'll see how unbalanced the whole thing is.
 
NBC obviously sets the guidelines for "Morning Joe" by always having the spokesman from the Obama Campaign on during the 7AM hour, and if they're lucky, the McCain camp gets to have their say in the 8AM hour. Here's a reality check: 7AM has a much higher HUT level (households using television) during the week than 8AM. It makes sense since most people shower/get ready/leave for work by 8AM. So, let's call it for what it is.
 
MSNBC's Keith Olberman should issue disclaimers at the beginning of his shows "Attention: This show is slanted left. We hate the right and we are proud of it. Want unbiased? Go somewhere else."
 
And why are they all so quick to defend Obama's waffling on the war in Iraq? "Well, he still will bring troops home in 16 months." Reality check: your candidate clarified his position by saying he'd first consult with generals on the ground." Well, alright, then in 16 months if his generals tell him we should stay, then what? WHY AREN'T THESE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED?
 
We keep hearing how it was all Bush's fault we're in the economic mess we're in right now. Reality check: a democratically controlled congress has refused his pleas to drill domestically for more oil and have refused to make permanent his tax cuts.
 
Polls show most Americans believe themselves to be democrats, rather than republicans. Reality check: have you met average Americans? They have no idea what the differences are. They plan to walk blindly to the polls to vote for change without bothering to comprehend the ramifications. These are the same people who blindly signed for mortgages they couldn't afford because they didn't read the fine print, and are now in foreclosure. Obama votes 90+ times in the Senate to increase taxes on people earning over $32,000 /year. That means less money for those schmucks who think they're democrats.
 
Obama is a ho. He'll say/do anything to get himself elected. He said today that if John McCain wants to have a debate about the economy, I'll do it anytime. Reality check: John McCain has been trying to debate Barack Obama, but he keeps turning it down. He's too busy pandering to everyone about everything with his larger than life scripted speeches and he has an ego larger than the stadium he's decided to hold his convention in. How elitest is that? The whole mother, grandmother, food stamps garbage is a load of crap.
 
If news people would just set their own agendas aside and stay neutral like they're Columbia educators taught them to be, independents like me could cull the facts and make our own informed choice for president without being force fed, which causes resistance.
 
"Resistance is futile."
 
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Joe Scarborough ROCKS!

Posted by Ron Maestri on Saturday, July 05, 2008 5:37:18 AM
It's such a pleasure waking up each weekday morning with "Morning Joe" on MSNBC. He's light, personable and very, very fair to parties on both sides of the aisle.
 
The other night on "Race For The White House" on MSNBC, Joe filled in for David Gregory and pulled no punches during Obama's recent backpeddle about the Iraq war. He played back the comments from answers to Charles Gibson's interview 6 months ago on ABC where he committed to returning our troops "no later than 16 months, no matter what." Fast forward to the present, and there is our candidate of change, changing his tune. Every single member of Joe's panel shook their heads about this one except for left wing Wendy whats-her-name dancer, choreographer, host, voice-over and legend in her own mind on AirAmerica (each guest writes their own intro). "That's not what he said. You're misinterpreting."
 
Joe: "I'm not misinterpreting anything. I'm listening to plain English."
 
Wendy: "Yes you are. You missed what he was saying entirely."
 
Joe: "Play it back."
 
(playback)
 
Wendy: "Well, that's not what he really meant".
 
How embarassing. Honey, it's a duck.
 
It's a real shame when those on the far left and also on the far right allow their own feelings to misguide the facts. Let's review: SHUT UP, and LISTEN. I had the same issue for all senators questioning General David Patreaus when he was invited to update Congress about the war in Iraq. They all gave their stupid speeches in advance of asking one question or bothering to let the General do what he was invited there to do in the first place: give us his assessment of how things were really going on the ground. I'd call that bass-ackwards. Pandering for votes, members of both parties were each guilty. Obviously, Miss Wendy, an extremist on the left, was as well responding to Obama's before and after on Iraq. Get your nails done, babe.
 
Joe Scarborough, clearly a centrist (and former republican congressman), calm, collected, with only the facts on his side, represents the majority point of view. Why isn't HE running for president?
 
Now, let me say that any candidate unwilling to change their perspective on anything is pig headed and out of touch because life changes. Those unwilling to change are called MY PARENTS. So, change is good. I have absolutely no problem with Obama's willingness to change. I'm actually encouraged by it. What I hate is politicians who refuse to see the light no matter how bright because they're more worried about pleasing their own party and keeping their cushy jobs than what they should be focused on: US.
 
What I do have a problem with, however, is Obama's mamby-pamby answer to the reason for his change. Here's a hint from marketing 101: if you try to reach everyone, your message gets diluted.
 
I'm sending my reel to AirAmerica. Clearly, they need me.
 
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Obama the Ho?

Posted by Ron Maestri on Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:41:32 AM
As the presidential campaign lingers on, we're all beginning to see the true colors of our friend Barack Obama. He's a ho.
 
Demonstrating his willingness to pander to the right now that he thinks he's locked up the left, Obama did an about face on his positions on campaign finance, NAFTA, welfare reform, faith based initiatives and even military service. Even the Wall Street Journal has accused him of running for George W. Bush's 3rd term in today's edition. Not too far off, if you ask me. The bottom line is blatantly obvious: Barack Obama is willing to do and say anything to get himself elected. What he ultimately does if successful is anyone's guess. I'll even go one step further and speculate even HE doesn't know yet, either.
 
I'm beginning to applaud John McCain's "strategy" (whether planned or accidental) to take a back seat approach to his own campaign. Letting Barack Obama self destruct seems to be in the cards. It's what we used to predict in Hollywood for celebrities too big for their britches. After all, the election is Obama's to lose. Pass the popcorn, please.
 
Final thought: let's relate the current foreclosure debacle with America's willingness to vote for Barack Obama. Those same Americans who signed on the bottom line without reading the fine print (and who are now in foreclosure) are the same Americans willing to elect a candidate of change without reading Obama's fine print: higher taxes, higher gas prices and less money to spend on themselves.
 
Now that's a change I can certainly believe in.
 
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Ron World.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:40:40 AM
It's makes me crazy when news anchors and other high profile TV personalities blatantly lie to placate their audience. Case in point: "Fox and Friends" co-anchor Brian whats-his-name's comment several weeks ago that "he couldn't wait to receive his stimulus check from the IRS" was a lie. Stimulus checks were sent only to those Americans earning less than $75,000 per year. Fox fact: Brian earns over $1,000,000 per year as "Fox and Friends" featured regular host; has his own chauffer driven town car to and from work every morning along with a hefty clothing budget. Now, either Brian needs to fire his agent or he's blatantly lieing. I choose the latter because I happen to know better.
 
Not long afterward on the same network (Fox News Channel), featured host E.D. Hill sniped "These high gas prices are killing me". Fox fact: anyone with their name in the title of the show earns over $1,000,000 per year as does Ms. Hill; has her own chauffer driven town car to and from work every morning along with a hefty clothing budget. Now, either E.D. needs to fire her agent or she's blatantly lieing. Again, I choose the latter because I happen to know better.
 
Today on MSNBC, Mika whats-her-name complained about higher Starbucks prices. They were just killing her. If Mika earns less than $1,000,000 per year; doesn't have her own chauffer driven town car taking her to and from work every morning and doesn't have a hefty clothing budget, she needs to get a new agent or move over to Fox. I think we're all beginning to know better.
 
It's insulting to think how stupid they think we really are when they lie to us.
 
When I had the honor of working as a show host for QVC several years ago, the one golden rule I took from there (and appreciated most) was, never lie. If you didn't love something, then don't say you do. Only present its' strengths. Always be honest. Let's review: honesty represents the highest possible integrity any company can demonstrate. Believe me, coming from the world of infomercials, this really meant something. This might explain why more than 10% of the available quantity are pre-sold each midnight right before QVC formally presents it's Today's Special Value. The audience trusts their intergrity. That's what honesty buys you. An audience of trust.
 
Perhaps our news friends could learn something from all this.
 
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RonWorld.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:24:56 AM
Has anyone noticed how surrogates for the candidates speak more clearly than they do?
 
Surrogates for President.
 
I'd have a party if rumors about Israel bombing Iran nuke facilities were true.
 
Wolf Blitzer's voice gets on my nerves.
 
Obama's soundbite to political contributors to help Hillary with her debt was just that...a sound bite.
 
Comedians also know how to work the room, except we get laughs.
 
I'm going to win the lottery.
 
My birthday is 06-15-60. That's three 6's when you add the 1 and the 5. It only means I'm a little devil.
 
Why can't we just?
 
Don't buy anything from an infomercial. I used to produce them.
 
Joan Collins is a ho.
 
I'm a double gemini. I wouldn't wish this hell on anyone...except Oprah.
 
Just saw the movie "Hairspray". Absolutely incredible. Better than the Broadway show.
 
Couldn't John Travolta at least try to sound like a woman?
 
Dig up Devine.
 
I want to smash a yodel in Neil Cavuto's face.
 
I still prefer single ply toilet paper.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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AD/HD

Posted by Ron Maestri on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:24:21 AM
I see things as they really are.
 
I paid attention to the man behind the curtain.
 
I think Lou Dobbs is not of this world.
 
Fox News Channel has too many commercials.
 
I want Joe Scarborough's job. He shows up never.
 
Farting is fundamental.
 
"Wild N' Out" is BRILLIANT. So is Graham Norton.
 
I love to hate, but hate to love.
 
I think Bill O'Reilly secretly wears women's underwear.
 
John McCain doesn't have "it". He needs a VP who does.
 
Don Imus and those who think/speak like him, needs to die.
 
Think we need more government? Visit Social Security and try begging for your own money.
 
MSNBC is "The Barack Obama Channel".
 
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" is a chick flick.
 
I hate chick flicks, except for "Beaches" and "The Butcher's Wife". They were exceptions to my rule.
 
There are no rules.
 
If you lived B.C., would you know it?
 
Why are purses so important to women?
 
Europeans think Americans are too uptight.
 
France has a porn channel available on regular TV.
 
Someone else needs to dress Shepard Smith.
 
I love cigars, but would never accept one from Bill.
 
Hillary keeps sending me money requests.
 
I gave $1 to the homeless guy on the subway.
 
The mayor from a city in Indiana who drives a Hummer is a moron.
 
If God created man in his own image, John Lithgow is God.
 
Why no re-runs of "3rd Rock from the Sun"?
 
Cher is God, too.
 
I prefer single ply toilet paper.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Change? O-k, Show Us.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:34:49 AM
I find it amazing that a party that touts "change" with a presidential candidate who claims he's a Washington outsider, refuses to change their headstrong position on seeking alternatives to the present broken system by allowing offshore drilling for more oil, which is only hurting their constituents. But who really cares about them anyway, right? They're not running for election.
 
I had no problem with Obama's change of heart about whether or not to accept public financing. I would have done the same thing. What I do have a problem with though is his reason. 'It's all John McCain's fault, not mine' was basically his message. If it were me, I would have just told it like it was. "Hey, I've raised so much more money through private contributions which is a testament to the power of the message this campaign will take all the way to the White House, that I've changed my mind and have decided to forge ahead without public financing. Hey, I want to win". Honesty. Revolutionary. This is what is expected of anyone claiming to be a Washington outsider. Obama missed the ball again and has proven by his own actions that he really isn't. He's yet another politician who can't speak the truth and will say or do whatever it takes to get that Washington job. I'm also tired of the pundits writing it off as "well, he's a politician. That's what they do." No, they don't. Doesn't anybody get it? That's what we're all tired of. That's the change we all really want.
 
Change is good. Not the words, the action. Why? Times change. Life changes. I love wearing t-shirts and shorts in the summer on a sunny day, but when it rains, I change. Those who are stubborn refusing to change get all wet. You know, like the ones who have controlled congress for almost 4 years, refusing to change their stubborn left wing positions on everything related to oil drilling, clean nuclear power, illegal immigration controls, to name just a few. Where's that change they're all talking about?
 
Does anyone really think electing a democratic president during a period of a democratically controlled congress will accomplish anything other than raisiong taxes and increasing government which has always been in the way. That NOT the change I want. (Visit the Social Security Administration once in a while and you'll just how efficient our government really is.)
 
The greatest thing about John McCain is that he's always been honest. He shoots straight and he says it like it is. Best of all, he's proven to be open minded enough to realize he needed to change when change was appropriate. He reminds me of my parents who put they're foot down about something, but were open minded enough to listen to reasoning, and then changed.
 
That's the change that I can count on from my next president.
 
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Obama Sucks.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:27:56 AM
Recent reports in the news about Barack Obama are the whole reason I, along with the majority of Americans, hate politicians.
 
This morning on Fox News Channel, clearly more fair and balanced than any of the other national news networks, reported that two Muslim women wearing head scarves were told to move by Obama staffers from their seats directly behind the candidate in camera shot. Clearly, Obama is still sensitive about his Muslim roots and felt it necessary to make such a maneuver. That's called manipulation. I, who spent years casting audiences, also can clearly see there's a lot more to this than meets the eye. The audience we always see directly behind him in camera shot during every scripted campaign speech is predominantly white. Look real hard and you'll never see any African-Americans. Does anyone else find this odd considerting his high African American support? I contend that if the racial make-up of the people seen in his direct camera shot (some 50 or so) represented the make up of his actual audience, we would see a lot more African Americans than none.
 
So let me get this straight. No Muslims. No African Americans. All whites; men and women in his direct shots. Flag pin on, then off, then on again to appease those who are still "bitter" about their lives. Denounce your church and your pastor for inflamatory comments 20 years later when you need to get elected to the highest national office. Oh, and has anyone taken the opportunity to reasearch what he did to the incumbant candidate to basically steal the election for his state senate seat in Illinois by questioning her petition signatures at the last minute? "No comment. That was a long time ago."
 
No senator, it wasn't. I'm a New Yorker and we speak our minds. You're full of crap. I only hope America will see you for what and who you really are. I know I can.
 
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Fighting Fire with Fire.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Monday, June 16, 2008 1:37:57 PM
If I were John McCain, I'd fight fire with Barack Obama's "George Bush's 3rd Term" fire by reminding the American people that a democratic controlled congress has basically done bupkiss in the last 4 years, with he being a voice in that majority. Gridlock, long vacations, failure to support the troops without tons of pork and political posturing, amounting to disagreements on practically every single thing as a result of weak leadership and hollow promises with nothing of any real substance getting done, except for stimulus checks for all Americans as was proposed by George W. Bush. Let's not forget since the democrats took over leadership almost 4 years ago, the price of gasoline has more than doubled and we still have no real solution about border security. Except for stimulus and an increase in the minimum wage, can anyone count on one hand anything else that congress has achieved in last 4 years?" I know I can't.
 
It seems to me that since it's congress that represents the legislative branch of government that writes the laws that effect us, the real question should be, "Are your lives better now than they were 4 years ago?"
 
I'd take the George Bush's 3rd term argument over that one any day.
 
Just my opinion.
 
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Play Chess.

Posted by Ron Maestri on Sunday, June 15, 2008 2:48:00 PM
As I sit here on Sunday (my birthday) watching an encore presentation and homage to Tim Russert of "Meet The Press" from last week (6/08/08), I realize that everything the panel is saying with respect to the demise of the Clinton campaign, contains all the lessons practically gift boxed for John McCain. All he has to do is step away from their egos and learn.
 
It's obvious the Obama team has done their homework. Democrat, republican or independent can't deny his people have it together. The most recent news that his campaign is courting the Evangelicals is nothing short of brilliant. Mr. McCain, your base is slowly getting eaten away from right behind you. Obviously, those running Obama's show (and perhaps even the candidate himself) play a mean game of chess. Anyone who knows the game knows exactly what I'm saying, because these are classic winning moves. It's also obvious the McCain camp doesn't play and probably thinks they're far too busy and/or way above all that to focus on such a ridiculous notion. Remember the film, "War Games", where the key to winning the game was to teach the master computer the most important lesson by playing the most basic of games, tic-tac-toe? "The only winning solution is not to play." Of course, that was a completely different game entirely, but it always boils down to the lowest common denominator. Don't tell me what the chair is made of before you tell me how comfortable it is. Classic sales strategy.
 
The McCain camp is making the most basic mistakes any chess player would laugh at. Get your opponent to move his men over here while you're destroying his army over there. Also, pawns are not to be taken lightly and your king should be used sparingly. The whole game is a metaphor that teaches very important life lessons. I should like to remind those who plan the war that the game of chess was invented by the Iranians. 
 
Let me be blunt: John McCain has an ego. Having worked in Hollywood for as long as I have coddling oversized celebrity egos, it's easy to see. I know first hand ego is a terrible, terrible thing. Those who think their stuff don't stink emit the foulest stench of them all and always are the first to make the most foolish mistakes. Watching "Meet The Press" and listening to an entire panel analyze the Clinton's biggest mistakes including taking the leaders of the party and the voters themselves for granted was the beginning of the end for them. Watch and learn Mr. McCain. Arnold Schwarzenegger once said you could make the best film in the world but it would mean nothing if you don't promote it properly. Take notes, senator. You're losing.
 
I can clearly see it, and I believe the majority of Americans can too. Step out of your skin and your ego for a minute and look at everything objectively. If I were you, I'd take the gloves off because times are going to get even more desperate. Your opponent already has almost a 10 point lead ahead of you in the polls. Recent history has shown us he'll keep it. Stop telling yourself anything else except, "I'm losing. I need to change course, NOW."
 
I'd tell the world the truth, if I were you. He's not agreeing to debate because he's afraid. Do we really want a wimp running things right now? One of his own supporters General Wesley Clark said last week on "Morning Joe" that if he were advising the new president on how to handle the war in Iraq, he'd tell them he should talk to General David Patraeus...and to... WAIT. STOP THE WORLD! The last time I looked, YOU spoke to General Patraeus in person on numerous occasions, and Barack Obama hasn't in over 3 years. I'd work the room on that one.
 
Destroy his pawns. It is possible for pawns to checkmate the king. Break his economic plan down piece by piece and destroy it.
 
It's hard to look at someone you're almost twice as old as and realize you're losing this war on the presidency, but the first step is coming to the conclusion that this is what is happening and it will only get worse. Then, get over it and move. Surround him. Some very smart chess moves in the process could make the difference between your checkmating him or the reverse will happen to you unless you do something...ELSE.
 
RSM
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