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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Cal  Thomas :: Townhall.com Columnist
Unity Is Not Union
by Cal Thomas
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


On nuclear power, he was for it before he was against it. Last July, he said, "I actually think we should explore nuclear power as part of the energy mix." He repeated his support of nuclear power in September, but by December he said, "I am not a nuclear energy proponent."

Throughout the campaign, Obama said the D.C. gun ban law was constitutional, but on the day the Supreme Court found otherwise, Obama said, "it went beyond constitutional limits."

Now Clinton and Obama want to erase our memory banks, like that gizmo in the film "Men in Black." They even color coordinated their outfits to demonstrate how in-sync they have suddenly become. One needn't have been a fly on the wall at their private meetings to conclude some debt relief has been promised to the Hillary campaign in exchange for her support (though she and Bill have made enough money to relieve their own debt, but like true liberals they want others to pay the bill).

Speaking of Bill, The London Daily Telegraph reports the former president has told friends that Obama will have to "kiss my a--" to get his support. That he announced his "support" through an aide and not in person doesn't speak well for a unified party.

For all the talk of unity, it isn't union. One awaits the moment on "Meet the Press" or some other venue when Clinton and Obama are asked if they meant what they said about each other during the primary campaign, or should we believe what they are saying now?

If they were lying then, we can't trust him as president. If they were telling the truth then, we can't afford him as president.

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Cal Thomas is co-author (with Bob Beckel) of the book, "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That is Destroying America".
 
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Grow up, Mr. Thomas
Time for another lesson from Political Realism 101: Today's topic: Political rivals who later have to work together. Mr. Thomas gets his knickers in a knot because Hillary and Obama, who have been firing broadsides at each other for months, are now billing and cooing. Grow up, please, or just stop thinking you have much to say about politics. In politics, as distinguished from, say, a student council race or homecoming queen contest, rivals for the same job beat each other up. Then, after one of them prevails, the loser, unless he or she is a complete jerk, works hard for and supports the victor. Republicans used to be experts at this, but with the dominance of conservatives, moral purity has replaced political common sense. Mr. Thomas wants Hillary to be either a sore loser or a liar, and Obama to be either a sore winner or a liar. Neither set of alternatives is correct if what Hillary and Obama really want to do is keep John McCain out of the White House.

Consider this: how many times have any of you watched NFL games where one team's defense smears the other teams QB around the field? Does the losing QB hold his breath until he turns blue or pout? Generally, you'll see lots of handshakes, hugs, and fanny-patting between the teams once the game is over. These men know that it's part of their job to smash mouth; real politicians know it too, but Mr. Thomas missed that lesson.

I don't take conservatives seriously as political realists; they think politics is about moral posturing.

Unity and Union
I like you Mr. Thomas, but here is a real thot for the day: If you tie the tails of two wildcats together and throw them over a clothesline, you will have union but not unity.
Since 1865 all "us" Southerners have been in the Union, but not by our own choice, it was at gun point. We didn't lose, the country did if I had it to do all over again, I would still want to be free of a tyranical Strong, taxing dictatorial government
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