16 posts tagged “politics”
OK... I am totally disgusted. Who appointed this guy to vet the Presidential candidates. And you know that whatever happens here will be a major influence on the campaign. At this point, I'm not going to vote for either of these guys! Maybe it's because I just finished The Age Of American Unreason, but I'm tired of this pandering to the delusional.......
ADDENDUM: "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States" - U.S. Constitution, Article VI.
ADDENDUM 2: An excellent summary of The Age Of American Unreason.
Sam Stein can't find anyone - ANYONE - who says the Clinton/McCain gas tax hiatus isn't a stupid idea.
See also, Friedman's Dumb As We Wanna Be.
Let me preface this by saying that I voted for Barack Obama in yesterday's Pennsylvania primary because I believe, as he does, that we need to get beyond lapel pins and what somebody's pastor said and talk about the real issues we face. But after Obama's anemic performance, I have to wonder whether Mrs. Clinton has a point.
Obama was strong in the city of Philadelphia and around Harrisburg and State College but not as strong as expected in the Philly suburbs. My county, Montgomery, was, I thought, an Obama stronghold, but he lost to Clinton 51% to 49%. And Obama has continuing problems in the large industrial states with blue collar white men. One commentator said today that this doesn't necessarily mean that those voters will desert the Democrats in the general election, but I have to disagree. Those voters are just the ones who will flip for McCain in a McCain-Obama race. Of course they may do the same in a McCain-Clinton race, but that doesn't seem as likely to me.
It's frightening and amazing to me that we have a reviled Republican President, a presumptive Republican nominee who is unpopular with a large segment of his own party's base, and two very strong Democratic candidates, but the Dems may still manage to blow it once again.
Thought provoking piece in this morning's Inky.....
Interesting story here about how Hilary capitalized on the hostage crisis yesterday to 'look presidential'. My first reaction when I heard about the situation was 'here they come'. One of my greatest fears about her candidacy is that she's going to attract every dangerous loonie out there, egged on by the right wing blathering heads. The comments are hilarious, with some commenters even convinced that the whole thing was staged.
The Giuliani campaign seems to subscribe to the Orwellian notion that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth.
There are the bogus cancer statistics. And the oft-repeated lie about Hilary Clinton.
This is a guy who will clearly sell his soul for the White House.
