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osodecanelaThank you madknits for starting such a spirited discussion. (Seriously!)
The idea of any Republican, even Mr. McCain, winning the Oval Office this coming fall scares me silly. Personally, I think that any Democrat, any ethnic minority person, any LGBT person who would choose to sit out the next presidential election should have their head examined. Gone are the days when a liberal Republican actually existed. Were Mr. Lincoln aware of how the right wing has hijacked the values of the Republican Party, he would be spinning in his grave. My hope, no make that my prayer, is to see the Republicans out on their collective ear this coming November. Out of the White House. Out of the Senate. Out of the House.
I voted for Mr. Obama in my state's primary (a primary that went to Mrs. Clinton), but I could happily live with either of them at the head of the ticket. Not that there aren't differences between them mind you, but the differences are considerably larger between either of them and Mr. McCain. Frankly, the biggest factor in determining who I chose to vote for, was which of them I thought had the best chance of besting Mr. McCain come November.
The respective campaigns of both Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton had better be damned well careful as this season continues, not to do Mr. McCain's work for him. He is the Republican heir apparent and has the luxury of sitting back and watching them tear into each other. This country cannot continue as it has for the last seven years.
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mattinbb has been saying for the last eight years, "this is no longer the country we were born in, or grew up in. What we knew has been stolen. There is no concern for the common man in this country any longer." Well, I for one want it back. I want to know that the people I send to Washington are making this world a better place, not a more dangerous one. I want to know that my tax dollars are paving roads, educating our children and doing something to end pollution, not making war around the world. Frankly, I am much more fearful today, than I was prior to 9/11, not because there were people that hated us then, but because our actions in Iraq have done little to dispel that hatred. If anything it has reinforced it.
madknits for starting such a spirited discussion. (Seriously!)The idea of any Republican, even Mr. McCain, winning the Oval Office this coming fall scares me silly. Personally, I think that any Democrat, any ethnic minority person, any LGBT person who would choose to sit out the next presidential election should have their head examined. Gone are the days when a liberal Republican actually existed. Were Mr. Lincoln aware of how the right wing has hijacked the values of the Republican Party, he would be spinning in his grave. My hope, no make that my prayer, is to see the Republicans out on their collective ear this coming November. Out of the White House. Out of the Senate. Out of the House.
I voted for Mr. Obama in my state's primary (a primary that went to Mrs. Clinton), but I could happily live with either of them at the head of the ticket. Not that there aren't differences between them mind you, but the differences are considerably larger between either of them and Mr. McCain. Frankly, the biggest factor in determining who I chose to vote for, was which of them I thought had the best chance of besting Mr. McCain come November.
The respective campaigns of both Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton had better be damned well careful as this season continues, not to do Mr. McCain's work for him. He is the Republican heir apparent and has the luxury of sitting back and watching them tear into each other. This country cannot continue as it has for the last seven years.
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mattinbb has been saying for the last eight years, "this is no longer the country we were born in, or grew up in. What we knew has been stolen. There is no concern for the common man in this country any longer." Well, I for one want it back. I want to know that the people I send to Washington are making this world a better place, not a more dangerous one. I want to know that my tax dollars are paving roads, educating our children and doing something to end pollution, not making war around the world. Frankly, I am much more fearful today, than I was prior to 9/11, not because there were people that hated us then, but because our actions in Iraq have done little to dispel that hatred. If anything it has reinforced it.
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Date: 2008-03-12 03:13 am (UTC)Many people shot themselves in the feet by not recognizing the difference between Bush and Gore...and I've seen the same sort of "I don't like *ANY* of them!" whines again this time. In some respects, these are probably the same sort of people who visualize their "perfect mate", and who turn away scores of very good potential partners because they AREN'T *PERFECT*. There is no such thing as a "perfect" mate...there are always going to be disagreements, misunderstandings, occasional bad breath and flatulence, and the like...and if you wait a lifetime for a little bit of "perfect", you lose out on the potential of lots of "darned close to perfect". There are no perfect presidential candidates, either--so I'm happy to accept "darned close to perfect" instead of having another "FAR from perfect" step into the vaccuum. I hope people have enough sense to figure out that the nation doesn't come to a screeching halt when perfection doesn't step up to the plate.