You remember this, I suspect:
Message 19583000
I've heard repeated "explanations" of why we went into Iraq and still haven't a clue. And "HINT: OIL" I don't believe is the answer either. Whatever it was, the war was launched without credible evidence to back up claims being made. That was apparent before the first shot was fired. Subsequent events have simply proven that.
But we're in now. The only question of consequence about Iraq at this point is "Now what?" How do we get out without leaving an even worse mess behind than we found? I suspect some more war heroes are going to get made on the way to that, regardless of what happens in November.
But back to the election: It appears the Dems are on their way to nominating what I would consider a liberal Democrat. We had a thorough dose of that with LBJ. Even the largest fraction of liberals now, I believe, admit his Great Society and the endless welfare stream it promised were a dismal failure.
This will about sum up the economic side of things:
Message 19857959
perhaps more strongly than you like.
What you fail to recognize, I think, is that in picking Kerry the Dems have left a large fraction of the population with little alternative but Bush. And that may yet be precisely what you get. If so, the Dems have no one to blame but themselves.
And Ralphie's back, remember?
Bush these days reminds me of Gray Davis in his last desperate efforts to stave off his justly deserved recall: Anything for a vote!
Border control? Screw it. Let's have another amnesty, but that's a BAD WORD (because we've had so many "last amnesty"'s before), so we'll call it something else.
The Senior vote! Let's add prescription drug coverage to Medicare! The program's already bankrupt and is certain to sink without drastic changes (suggested this week by AG, and raising him again in my estimation). To **** with that, I need the votes!
Now he has ABSOLUTELY reaffirmed an already existing US policy (stupid and pointless as it is) of non-recognition of Cuba to get the Cuban refugee vote and hopefully FL with it.
The budget deficit? Who gives a ****? I can't be President anymore by the time that gets to "really hurts" anyway!
(Unless, of course, you subscribe to the Raymond Duray November Coup theory. And in that case you won't get to complain about it anyway! Not that Duray ever has any credibility.)
Where did principle go in this mad rush to November?
Now frankly if the Dems gave me an alternative I could live with, I'd vote Dem in November.
But they give me Kerry.
The only alternative I see is Libertarian. They're my party of preference anyway, so they make a good "None of the above" vote.
Not that it matters. The Dems could literally run a jackass and take CA. |
