It is awesome to see the government function now that Democrats are in power. Alberto Gonzales looks like he is sinking, as his department has flat out lied about its political firings. The senate also appears to be resuming the war debate, which is a very good thing! I want to see an official date for withdrawal from Iraq.
Mitt Romney was on This Week giving a lenghty interview to George Stephanopoulos. I really want to like Mitt, but this interview painfully highlighted what an opourtunist Romney is. In the Business world opourtunists are rewarded, and I really think that is fine. In the political world we tend to want politicians who have personal integrity in their beliefs. Ronmney was supportive of abortion and gay rights in past senatorial campaigns. In my heart of hears, and this is a large assumption, Romney took a position during his Senate campaign that was against is personal beliefs. He did this because of clear political opourtunities for himself. Romney is genuinely honest about his position now, but he wasn’t then. He did as the businessmen do, take advantage of opourtunities. This is why Romney has recently joined the NRA. Romney: I so wanted to support you in at least a minor way, but I may pull you off of my short list.
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Ok this list can change daily but here are my top 4 preferences for President in 08.
1. Barack Obama
2. John Edwards
3. Hillary Clinton
4. Chuck Hegel
5. Mitt Romney
You are probably asking, why is Mitt on the list. Sure he is a cultural conservative, however he is not an Evangelical cultural conservative. It would be very interesting to see how progressive a Mitt Romney presidency could be.
Chuck Hegel could leap frog Hillary Clinton on my list, but Chuck is still a long shot. I think we have a very real chance that Hillary will be the next president, despite all the Bill Clinton naysayers.
It will be nice to have an actual leader in charge of the country.
Do you remember about … 6 months ago? All the Republicans talked about was having “straight up or down votes” in the senate. Now baby Republican Bitch Mitch McConnel and his minority cronies have voted to cut off debate on the Iraq War Resolution. Welcome to the world of hating up or down votes.
Let me start off by saying that I kind of like Mitt Romney. I think he is an ok leader who has skills that could make him an effective president. If you have been following Mitt’s quest to be president you will note that there are an awful lot political positions that he is changing in an attempt to woo Republican voters. A recent story in the Boston Globe highlighted Romney’s change on the gun control issue. MITT: Don’t let the republicans take your North Eastern progressive values away from you. A truly moderate Republican would be a very good thing to have in the 2008 election. Unfortunately Mitt and McCain seem to be swinging to the right.
I guess I’ll have to support Obama!
Today we hit 3000 military deaths in Iraq. Can someone tell me why they died?
While I am not going to give him any kudos for saying this, the last person in America to thing that the war was going well changed his mind. George W. Bush said yesterday in an interview with the Washington post that we are not winning in Iraq.
I am watching Meet the Press. Brooks and Friedman are talking about Iraq. The situation has become so chaotic. Many of us are waiting for the President– The Decider — to change his policy. I think we have reached a point where there are no good decisions in Iraq. We have past the point of no return. We, the United States of America, have failed in Iraq. We lost. It sucks but it is true. We were in over our heads. The policy was flawed. The Middle East is just to much of a tinderbox for we naive Americans who thought we could bring peace and Democracy to the world. I think that this war may signal the decline of the America as the last remaining super power. We simply do not have the goodwill left to be the diplomatic leader of the world. What a shame.
As a member, all be it possibly an extreme jack Mormon member, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, it is my duty to report on what other members are doing in the world. Last Thursday Senator Gordon Smith R-Oregon, broke ranks with the president and withdrew his support of current policy in Iraq. Senator Smith claimed that the policy may be immoral because we continue to employ policies that have failed. I have to hand it to the Senator here— he is speaking plainly and honestly about the war. I get a strong feeling that Iraq will continue to divide the Republican party because of the way it relies on the personal convictions of one of the last Americans who still strongly supports the war —> George W. Bush.
Oh yeah and I bet Gordon Smith can dissent and still be a good Mormon 🙂
I am so excited for the possible Democratic victory. I believe that is is becoming necessary that regardless of our political persuasions we elect a Democratic majority in both houses to check the power that George Bush has exerted into our political system. One man should not have the power to suspend habeas corpus for any reasons he or she deems fit. An administration should be accountable for its mistakes.
I am going to work at the polls on November 7. Democracy is cool!