Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Democratic Party in '08
After talking with more people about the candidates and reading things in the paper...I'm wondering if I voted for the wrong candidate. I didn't support Barack Obama because I believed he had radical policies and was some sort of maverick like Ron Paul. I voted for just the opposite reason. I believe that Barack Obama is the favored choice of the democratic party and thus should be the elected party. I think that Barack will not bring radical change, even though that might be part of his agenda. I think that he has smart policies that have been kicked around the democratic party for awhile but come in the form of strong charismatic voice. Chase was right...this is a conspiracy. Barack Obama has been bred by the democrats to walk and speak like they want the new democrat to look like. The Clintons should not be rejected though. While they split to differentiate themselves in the election, they and the rest of the country should realize that the political process is a game and when its over we will still have our issues. The Clintons have the know how and will power to do great things. Either way I just want a person that will support the policies of Congress and really help Nancy. I think that McCain is a well respected man, but he is a maverick about policy. He chooses what he likes and is very fickle about representing his party, his state, and perhaps his country. Sometimes this has been good for him and sometimes it has not been. If Barack Obama is the same as I am hearing then perhaps I truly should've picked Hillary. The democrats need someone to lead them, not to tout their own agenda. They know the issues, they have the solutions, they just can't get them passed. The change is already here and it's sitting under Bush's veto.
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This sets up nicely for DP to argue for Obama.
Change does not exist anywhere in Washington right now. The Democratic congress is no different than the Republican one. Sure, Bush's vetoes have blocked things, most notably that child healthcare act, but that was a bipartisan bill. Everyone on the democratic side has their own idea about universal health care. I think that is still 5-10 years away. Social security is going to be losing money soon. What will be done--nothing so far! Plus, they are all (mostly) worried about getting the most pork for their state and their lobbyists.
The good news is that change starts at the top, so a new president will be a refreshing voice. Bush bugs Congress for war money. I expect the first term (2009-2012) will be about reversing Bush's mistakes on the environment, the war, education, etc. Once we are moving in the right direction again, then change can hopefully come with the other major issues.
I don't think Obama has been bred by the democrats--the Hillary side fears him, just like "old" conservatives fear McCain. The establishment is afraid, the people of the United States are planning on taking back the White House.
Hillary=everything that is wrong with the deomcrats
Haha! Way to go Joe Z! I think you said pretty much everything for me. Barack and Russ represent the face of the new democratic party. The bend-over-anything-to-win democratic party leaders have definitely not picked them. They didn't wait Barack running for his state senate seat in the first place.
I would like to respond to your criticisms of "mavericks" and back McCain up. This may be a related issue with how far your definition of community goes. If your community is only your party then you toe party line at all times. If your sense of community extends beyond your party to your state and country, AS IT SHOULD, then sometimes you will do things at the expense of your party or yourself for the public good. It is not fickleness - it is strength. Fickleness is bending to every party position, every slight shift in the wind, and the status quo.
As for Obama, you made the right choice. The democrats don't need this election to find a leader. They have already have appointed someone to lead them - Howard Dean is the party chairman. The COUNTRY however, needs a leader. Barack Obama is the right person for that job.
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