It occurs to me that McCain stands a slight chance of being our next president. I really doubt that a Republican will get it this year, but maybe.
Well, if McCain wins the Republican nomination, then that means that liberals "can't lose" this next presidential election! McCain is about as liberal as they come (He's what's called a RINO, Republican in Name Only), so even if he wins the presidential election, liberals still win.
Hell, even Romney is really not a conservative. So, to me, this is the Year of the Liberal.
On another note, some folks seem to think that conservatism is dead. Well maybe, but as Rush Limbaugh pointed out today, none of the Republican candidates are conservative, so the party is now fractured. We are stuck with voting for the least sucky candidate and we seem to have varying opinions of who that might be.
So, it looks like the primaries are down to McCain, Romney, Clinton and Obama.
4 liberals running in the presidential primaries.
You libs can't lose!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Eek! OK, OK, not Ron Paul
Wow, have I got me an education!
In my last post, I asked "why not Ron Paul?" as I didn't see anything outstandingly bad in his political record nor his website.
A fellow blogger pointed out that Paul is a racist and anti Semite among other idiocies.
I Googled these and found a lot not to like about Dr. Paul.
Most of what I found regarding his racism was a bit shaky. His detractors seemed to fixate on some newsletters that he may or may not have written during the 80's and 90's. I found most of the quotes to be accurate, though harshly worded, and some to indicate a racist attitude. But again, I can't be sure they were exactly his words, and he did take responsibility for them long ago and, really, let's move on (if you can forgive Senator Byrd, you can damnwell forgive Paul).
But then I found more on his opinions of Israel and Islam, and I found that very troubling. I found more about his endorsement by white supremacists, and his refusal to distance himself from them, indeed his possible support of them.
I could put in a whole bunch of links to articles and other blogs here, but I found this one page that pulled it all together and laid it all out so well that any other link is unnecessary:
American Thinker on Ron Paul
I cannot believe that a rational person could read that article and follow up on the references and still consider voting for Ron Paul.
I am putting a link to the blog of my friend that pointed out Paul's flaws to me, I am forever in your debt:
http://coyotesqrl.blogspot.com/
Thank you for setting me straight. At least as regards Ron Paul!
In my last post, I asked "why not Ron Paul?" as I didn't see anything outstandingly bad in his political record nor his website.
A fellow blogger pointed out that Paul is a racist and anti Semite among other idiocies.
I Googled these and found a lot not to like about Dr. Paul.
Most of what I found regarding his racism was a bit shaky. His detractors seemed to fixate on some newsletters that he may or may not have written during the 80's and 90's. I found most of the quotes to be accurate, though harshly worded, and some to indicate a racist attitude. But again, I can't be sure they were exactly his words, and he did take responsibility for them long ago and, really, let's move on (if you can forgive Senator Byrd, you can damnwell forgive Paul).
But then I found more on his opinions of Israel and Islam, and I found that very troubling. I found more about his endorsement by white supremacists, and his refusal to distance himself from them, indeed his possible support of them.
I could put in a whole bunch of links to articles and other blogs here, but I found this one page that pulled it all together and laid it all out so well that any other link is unnecessary:
American Thinker on Ron Paul
I cannot believe that a rational person could read that article and follow up on the references and still consider voting for Ron Paul.
I am putting a link to the blog of my friend that pointed out Paul's flaws to me, I am forever in your debt:
http://coyotesqrl.blogspot.com/
Thank you for setting me straight. At least as regards Ron Paul!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
McCain and a Ron Paul Question
As I mentioned before, it looks like it'll be Romney for me.
Even when I wrote about that earlier, I had a nagging doubt that maybe McCain wasn't as liberal as I thought. Well that doubt has been solidly put to rest:
NYT endorses McCain
If the Times likes him, he's ultra liberal.
As a matter of fact, I have decided that if McCain gets the nomination, I will absolutely not be voting Republican in this presidential election. I would likely vote for the Libertarian candidate. However, if Obama wins the Dem primary, I could find myself voting for him. Highly unlikely, but possible. If any other Dem gets it, then I will absolutely vote Libertarian.
And, as we all know, Giuliani has no hope. It'd be funny if he came out on top in FL, but no way. And I still have problems with his personal ethics.
As for the Republican primary, I may just vote for Ron Paul after all.
Now, everyone seems to think he's a nutcase, and I agreed with them somewhat because he seemed to be a little extreme, but here's some of his voting record:
On the Issues
and, as I've posted earlier, here's his own issues page:
Ron Paul 2008
Here's my question:
Other than wanting to pull out of Iraq, exactly where is Ron Paul crazy? I'm not seeing it. What am I missing? Why would I not vote for him?
He won't win the nomination, so it looks like its down to McCain and Romney there.
Even when I wrote about that earlier, I had a nagging doubt that maybe McCain wasn't as liberal as I thought. Well that doubt has been solidly put to rest:
NYT endorses McCain
If the Times likes him, he's ultra liberal.
As a matter of fact, I have decided that if McCain gets the nomination, I will absolutely not be voting Republican in this presidential election. I would likely vote for the Libertarian candidate. However, if Obama wins the Dem primary, I could find myself voting for him. Highly unlikely, but possible. If any other Dem gets it, then I will absolutely vote Libertarian.
And, as we all know, Giuliani has no hope. It'd be funny if he came out on top in FL, but no way. And I still have problems with his personal ethics.
As for the Republican primary, I may just vote for Ron Paul after all.
Now, everyone seems to think he's a nutcase, and I agreed with them somewhat because he seemed to be a little extreme, but here's some of his voting record:
On the Issues
and, as I've posted earlier, here's his own issues page:
Ron Paul 2008
Here's my question:
Other than wanting to pull out of Iraq, exactly where is Ron Paul crazy? I'm not seeing it. What am I missing? Why would I not vote for him?
He won't win the nomination, so it looks like its down to McCain and Romney there.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
'scuse me whilst I hurl
What a fairy tale:
NYT blog
Is there anything out there more useless than a blog from the Times? For that matter, is there anything more useless than the Times?
Nope.
NYT blog
Is there anything out there more useless than a blog from the Times? For that matter, is there anything more useless than the Times?
Nope.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Fun and Hypocrisy
Two points in this one:
1. I'm really starting to hope that Obama gets the nomination. I didn't much care before, I just enjoyed watching the show and laughing.
But now I find myself hoping for a Hillary loss. Not only because I'd like to see an end to the Clinton dynasty (Same as most of you Dems will rightfully enjoy seeing an end to the Bush dynasty), but because I don't want to see their dirty tricks succeed:
Obama's Education
I'd like to think that even Democrats would eventually get sick of their nasty crap.
2. Caught myself in a bit of hypocrisy and want to straighten it out.
I was ticked at Slick Willy for his sexual escapades in the White house. I'm not a total prude, but I really felt that he demeaned the office of the presidency with his inability to keep it zipped. I also don't like infidelity.
Well now I've been thinking of voting for Giuliani, who also seems to have wandering willy problems.
Why would I dislike Clinton and consider voting for Giuliani? Seems a little two faced to me, so I hereby drop any thoughts of voting for America's Mayor. Unless, of course, I find out that most of what I've heard about him is a bunch of media crap following the Second Law of Journalism (elevate Democrats & liberals, crush Republicans and conservatives) .
Gingrich falls into this category too BTW.
Now, I know that Slick Willy (Wet Cigar?) proved that one's character, sexual perversions and total lack of morals is meaningless to much of the American voting public. Perhaps I should give up on caring.
But I won't just yet.
1. I'm really starting to hope that Obama gets the nomination. I didn't much care before, I just enjoyed watching the show and laughing.
But now I find myself hoping for a Hillary loss. Not only because I'd like to see an end to the Clinton dynasty (Same as most of you Dems will rightfully enjoy seeing an end to the Bush dynasty), but because I don't want to see their dirty tricks succeed:
Obama's Education
I'd like to think that even Democrats would eventually get sick of their nasty crap.
2. Caught myself in a bit of hypocrisy and want to straighten it out.
I was ticked at Slick Willy for his sexual escapades in the White house. I'm not a total prude, but I really felt that he demeaned the office of the presidency with his inability to keep it zipped. I also don't like infidelity.
Well now I've been thinking of voting for Giuliani, who also seems to have wandering willy problems.
Why would I dislike Clinton and consider voting for Giuliani? Seems a little two faced to me, so I hereby drop any thoughts of voting for America's Mayor. Unless, of course, I find out that most of what I've heard about him is a bunch of media crap following the Second Law of Journalism (elevate Democrats & liberals, crush Republicans and conservatives) .
Gingrich falls into this category too BTW.
Now, I know that Slick Willy (Wet Cigar?) proved that one's character, sexual perversions and total lack of morals is meaningless to much of the American voting public. Perhaps I should give up on caring.
But I won't just yet.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Narrowing the Possibilities
Well Feb 5 is just around the corner and I'm getting closer to deciding who to vote for.
Looks like it'll be Romney, not that I'm real enthusiastic about him.
Huckabee talks a great line of Republican ideals, but upon inspection his deeds have been mostly liberal Democrat. I'm also getting very turned off by his comments on religion and the constitution. Scary stuff.
McCain is a Republican in name only. Outside of the Iraq war, he has been a liberal Democrat. I like and admire him, but I can't see myself voting for him.
I do like Giuliani, the more so since NY liberals hate him. I could vote for him, but I doubt he'll still be running by then. If he is, I'll have to think about it.
Everyone seems to beleive that Ron Paul is a nutcase, which may mean he's the best of the bunch. I'll have to look deeper into why so many think so little of him.
So, if Giuliani doesn't run, and if I don't suddenly find merit in Paul, that pretty much leaves Romney. Oh well.
Looks like it'll be Romney, not that I'm real enthusiastic about him.
Huckabee talks a great line of Republican ideals, but upon inspection his deeds have been mostly liberal Democrat. I'm also getting very turned off by his comments on religion and the constitution. Scary stuff.
McCain is a Republican in name only. Outside of the Iraq war, he has been a liberal Democrat. I like and admire him, but I can't see myself voting for him.
I do like Giuliani, the more so since NY liberals hate him. I could vote for him, but I doubt he'll still be running by then. If he is, I'll have to think about it.
Everyone seems to beleive that Ron Paul is a nutcase, which may mean he's the best of the bunch. I'll have to look deeper into why so many think so little of him.
So, if Giuliani doesn't run, and if I don't suddenly find merit in Paul, that pretty much leaves Romney. Oh well.
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