Comments on: 2008 — The Year I Will Finally Vote….maybe http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/02/13/2008-the-year-i-will-finally-votemaybe/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:10:32 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sweet P http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/02/13/2008-the-year-i-will-finally-votemaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Sweet P Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:19:16 +0000 http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/02/13/2008-the-year-i-will-finally-votemaybe/#comment-16 I'm posting this late addition to this post because I just watched John Edwards on Bill Maher and was pretty intrigued. He could wind up sneaking up on people as the consensus number 2 pick for the democratic ticket while Obama and Clinton split the top spot. He has that Kennedy aura in terms of youth, charisma, and good looks and I got the distinct feeling that he wasn't full of shit. He is making his campaign about Universal Healthcare(in which he honestly states will require a raise in taxes), a structured withdrawl plan for Iraq (he said if he were President now he would withdraw 40,000 - 50,000 troops immediatly and the rest over a 12 month period in order to maintain stability...he also mentioned engaging Syria and Iran versus instigating), and his final point was to restore honesty, accountability, and morality to the commander-in-chief (he recently wrote an editorial "I Was Wrong" regarding his vote to empower Bush to invade Iraq, while Clinton maintains "I Was Mislead"). I do not know a great deal about Edwards other than the fact that he should currently be our Vice President but I tend to have a very decent bullshit detector and in his brief appearance on Real Time I felt no need to hit my bullshit button. I’m posting this late addition to this post because I just watched John Edwards on Bill Maher and was pretty intrigued. He could wind up sneaking up on people as the consensus number 2 pick for the democratic ticket while Obama and Clinton split the top spot. He has that Kennedy aura in terms of youth, charisma, and good looks and I got the distinct feeling that he wasn’t full of shit. He is making his campaign about Universal Healthcare(in which he honestly states will require a raise in taxes), a structured withdrawl plan for Iraq (he said if he were President now he would withdraw 40,000 – 50,000 troops immediatly and the rest over a 12 month period in order to maintain stability…he also mentioned engaging Syria and Iran versus instigating), and his final point was to restore honesty, accountability, and morality to the commander-in-chief (he recently wrote an editorial “I Was Wrong” regarding his vote to empower Bush to invade Iraq, while Clinton maintains “I Was Mislead”). I do not know a great deal about Edwards other than the fact that he should currently be our Vice President but I tend to have a very decent bullshit detector and in his brief appearance on Real Time I felt no need to hit my bullshit button.

]]> By: Litty http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/02/13/2008-the-year-i-will-finally-votemaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Litty Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:52:27 +0000 http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/02/13/2008-the-year-i-will-finally-votemaybe/#comment-13 I agree with most of what you have to say. I think Bush is unqualified to be President of the free world but for some reason I don’t blame him for it. I’m not sure if he personally profits from any of his decisions. He definitely represents the interests that put him in power and I’m sure they have profited but that happens more often than not these days. I hope he did this not just to make people/companies rich but because his administration believed that empowering these parties was best for our nation. Perhaps I’m being a bit idealistic but that is just me. Yup, Clinton and McCain will do almost anything to be President. Clinton will run a safe campaign that is 100% rehearsed and have the greatest political strategist of the generation calling the shots and putting his old team in place. Obama has promise but in many ways he is still a rookie prospect with more potential than accomplishment. Hear’s to hoping he turns into Ken Griffey Jr. and not Alex Ochoa. I agree with most of what you have to say. I think Bush is unqualified to be President of the free world but for some reason I don’t blame him for it. I’m not sure if he personally profits from any of his decisions. He definitely represents the interests that put him in power and I’m sure they have profited but that happens more often than not these days. I hope he did this not just to make people/companies rich but because his administration believed that empowering these parties was best for our nation. Perhaps I’m being a bit idealistic but that is just me.

Yup, Clinton and McCain will do almost anything to be President. Clinton will run a safe campaign that is 100% rehearsed and have the greatest political strategist of the generation calling the shots and putting his old team in place. Obama has promise but in many ways he is still a rookie prospect with more potential than accomplishment. Hear’s to hoping he turns into Ken Griffey Jr. and not Alex Ochoa.

]]> By: Sweet P http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/02/13/2008-the-year-i-will-finally-votemaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Sweet P Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 +0000 http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/02/13/2008-the-year-i-will-finally-votemaybe/#comment-12 Now you wanna vote hoops? 2008 will be the first year you can vote when Bush can't win either way. Who needs you now? My first election was 2000 when I voted for Gore and then watched the judiciary fail this country and let Bush steal the election. So I too am a bit disillusioned by the process. I always find it hard to believe when anyone says they aren't a Bush hater. Regardless of how you feel about the administrations (failed) policies, the lack of character and leadership represented by Bush/Cheney is so glaring I find myself embaressed to be an American at times. The past 6-7 years we have sat and watched Bush and Cheney promote a neo-conservative agenda while personally profiting off of their own defense and oil businesses. Not to mention that Haliburton was the company that stood to profit more than any other from Katrina relief. This administrations lack of accountability, clear use of fear tactics, and constant misrepresentations of intelligence in order to manipulate support has ushered us into a new era of propaganda that rivals that of Nazi Germany. Kind of interesting that the day after Bush was re-elected was the first day since 9/11 the terrorist alert system was lowered from orange to yellow. Hillary Clinton and John McCain are political whores who will say or do anything to get their respective nominations. This can already be seen with McCain's support of evangelicals like Falwell and his keynote speaker appearance for creationists coming up. Clinton will waste her time trying to win the right and ultimately lose her base. Obama is a fresh face who will inspire the youth of the country. Those naive idealists that have yet to be disillusioned by it all. For the rest of us, Im hoping he can restore the belief that the President is supposed to represent the best in all of us. At the very least, a little fucking integrity wouldnt hurt. Now you wanna vote hoops? 2008 will be the first year you can vote when Bush can’t win either way. Who needs you now? My first election was 2000 when I voted for Gore and then watched the judiciary fail this country and let Bush steal the election. So I too am a bit disillusioned by the process.

I always find it hard to believe when anyone says they aren’t a Bush hater. Regardless of how you feel about the administrations (failed) policies, the lack of character and leadership represented by Bush/Cheney is so glaring I find myself embaressed to be an American at times. The past 6-7 years we have sat and watched Bush and Cheney promote a neo-conservative agenda while personally profiting off of their own defense and oil businesses. Not to mention that Haliburton was the company that stood to profit more than any other from Katrina relief.

This administrations lack of accountability, clear use of fear tactics, and constant misrepresentations of intelligence in order to manipulate support has ushered us into a new era of propaganda that rivals that of Nazi Germany. Kind of interesting that the day after Bush was re-elected was the first day since 9/11 the terrorist alert system was lowered from orange to yellow.

Hillary Clinton and John McCain are political whores who will say or do anything to get their respective nominations. This can already be seen with McCain’s support of evangelicals like Falwell and his keynote speaker appearance for creationists coming up. Clinton will waste her time trying to win the right and ultimately lose her base.

Obama is a fresh face who will inspire the youth of the country. Those naive idealists that have yet to be disillusioned by it all. For the rest of us, Im hoping he can restore the belief that the President is supposed to represent the best in all of us. At the very least, a little fucking integrity wouldnt hurt.

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