It's New Year's Eve.
In a couple of days, the future of this Republic will have its beginning-or its end, in Iowa.
One of the frustrating parts of living in this area that, regardless of affiliation, we are kind of at the tail end of the Pepsi Challenge: Our choice comes in November. We don't really have much of a say in what candidate we will run, just whether we vote for them or not.
At any rate, I'm hoping for the best. I'm listening to Neil Young, and hoping that, by the end of the week, we'll know that this is somewhere...
We'd be interested in hearing who people are backing and why. That is, after you recover from your hangovers.
Chris Dodd.
ReplyDeleteEven though he voted for the original AUMF, he has since recanted. On top of that, he has been consistently leading the Senate against warrantless wiretapping, immunity for telecoms who knowingly flouted the law, and a host of other deadly important issues.
Does he have a shot at the nomination? Probably not. But I believe in rewarding good behavior, and Dodd has - while campaigning for President - never once shirked his duties or his oath. He has used his power as a Senator to fight the good fights on the important issues. Any one of the Senators currently running could have done so, but only Dodd has.
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The Dem rankings as they currently stand:
ReplyDelete1) Edwards
2) Dodd
3) Pretty much anyone else
4) Obama
5) Clinton
Obama would have been #2 on this list, but his recent "I'm the REAL centrist -- see! I'll have Republicans in my Cabinet!" run to the right bothers the hell out of me.
I'd rather see Chris Dodd become majority leader -- which would really make people's heads explode.
And I'll vote for Hillary if I gotta. Only if I gotta.
Because I sure as hell ain't voting for Mike Huckabee or Ron Paul. (Paul is frightening -- but the fact that Faux News is doing their best to bury him already is kinda funny.)
Frighteningly enough -- the GOP frontrunner after Iowa will be John McCain. Watch and see.
This is tough...
ReplyDelete1 (or 2) Edwards (or Obama)
3. Dodd
4. Richardson
5. Biden
6. Christopher Walken
7. Gravel
8. Hillary
Of course, Kucinich is the moral, in a perfect world choice.
I need to make sure, above all other things, that who ever is chosen is going to roll back the nightmare as much as possible, so that we can move ahead.
Dems -
ReplyDelete1. Chris Dodd. I like his strong stances against his own party lately, particularly telecomm immunity, and his focus on the habeus corpus issue. I also think he has such reasonable stances and approaches to all major topics - the war, health care, the environment. People say he's "not electable" but that pisses me off, because if you look at his voting record, and his platform, he is probably the most likely to pull in the GOP vote. He is beloved as a senator in his home-state, which has a lot of white-rich-old-white-men who typically vote for the other side. But, because Dodd is a rich, old, white-guy, lawyer from the northeast, I understand he has little shot....
And so, my number 2: Obama. I made this decision at 1:30am on January 1, 2008. While watching a speech from his wife given at some oldfolks home in Iowa earlier that day. Michelle Obama may just be "the spouse" but damn if her words werent' as inspiring as the stuff I hear out of Barack's mouth. I want to believe in his integrity, his hope, his ideas, and his youthful exuberance. And she finally sold me.
3. Edwards. A good man, with good ideas. Will play well against ANY of the GOP's options.
4. Biden. I know, he's pretty much the same camp as Chris Dodd. But the guy makes a shitload of sense.
I don't care for any of the others.
On the GOP side - Though I will not vote GOP - I like Ron Paul. For reasons stated a hundred times in my own blog. ON the most important issue directly affecting me and my family, the war, he wants us out immediately. So do I. Also, I believe he speak honestly. I believe that he supports the Constitution, and I believe that he will shrink spending. Which I also agree with. His issues on women's healthcare, throwing out the IRS, and cancelling medicaid/medicare programs: he's a whackjob. But at least he's fucking honest.
The others are all selfish, arrogant, unreliable, phony, assholes. The least worst, however, would probably be McCain. Huckabee would be this country's worst nightmare, and Rudy and Mitt, would be similarly situated. But at least they are smarter than Huck.