Presidential Campaign- Some Interesting Aspects
Posted : November 9, 2008 at 12:52 am [IST]
It has been a great experience of knowing American election process and its good and bad aspects from a nearer distance, though through media, during the last few fortnights. The historic win of a better person makes the American democracy the tallest and the most mature. Some incidents will make interesting reading for all.
‘the computer systems of both the Obama and McCain campaigns were victims of a sophisticated cyberattack by an unknown “foreign entity,” prompting a federal investigation. Officials at the FBI and the White House believed a foreign entity or organization sought to gather information on the evolution of both camps’ policy positions-information that might be useful in negotiations with a future administration. The Feds assured the Obama team that it had not been hacked by its political opponents. (Obama technical experts later speculated that the hackers were Russian or Chinese.)’
Newsweek also has also more spices for anti-Palin Americans how she spent “tens of thousands” more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. McCain’s kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.On the night she (Hillary Clinton) officially lost the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton enjoyed a long and friendly phone conversation with McCain. Clinton was actually on better terms with McCain than she was with Obama.
As Hillary’s name came up in veep discussions, and Obama’s advisers gave all the reasons why she should be kept off the ticket, Obama would stop and ask, “Are we sure?” He needed to be convinced one more time that the Clintons would do more harm than good. McCain, on the other hand, was relieved to face Sen. Joe Biden as the veep choice, and not Hillary Clinton, whom the McCain camp had truly feared.
One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to Palin’s hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. “I’ll be just a minute,” she said.
The debates unnerved even Obama. When he was preparing for them during the Democratic primaries, Obama was recorded saying, “I don’t consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to myself, ‘You know, this is a stupid question, but let me … answer it.’ So when Brian Williams is asking me about what’s a personal thing that you’ve done [that’s green], and I say, you know, ‘Well, I planted a bunch of trees.’ And he says, ‘I’m talking about personal.’ What I’m thinking in my head is, ‘Well, the truth is, Brian, we can’t solve global warming because I f—ing changed light bulbs in my house. It’s because of something collective’.”
-As reported in Newsweek
Palin is back as governor of Alaska. Some Republicans see in her the right candidate for 2012 battle.
I don’t know how far of the above will be true, but I feel the media-both printed and digital, kept me entertained and busy. For the remaining days of my stay, the subject of interest will be the selection of the candidates who shall be running US for next four years. Some investigative reports will appear such ‘How He (Obama) Did It?‘ or Why He (McCain) Failed?
- Indra
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