Sanity Clause
A sanity check by both parties in the US is desperately needed. Look, I have no love lost for Mr Obama. I think as a President, if elected he will turn out to marginally worse than Jimmy Carter’s 4 year term. He’ll push for a number of programs, continue centralizing healthcare and attempting as much as he might in expanding various entitlements programs a number of fronts. McCain similarly will push for (and against a likely Democratically controlled Congress get somewhat less of what he desires) a different set of programs. But, no Mr Coates is completely loony when he offers that a McCain Presidency is to be equivalent to “sell the freedom of their daughters …” or that for the poor, a McCain Presidency implies … “the outcome will be sickness and death and homelessness and, for those cut off from health coverage and help …”
Look, Presidents have a lot less domestic influence than we pretend. Mr Bush has been in the office for 8 years and gosh, our daughters aren’t slaves and the lot of the poor is not that appreciably different than a decade ago.
But over the top rhetoric and outright demonization of the other side is just unhelpful all around.
Try some sanity on for size. It might help.
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Good thoughts here. As I was watching my nightly 5 min. of the DNC it struck me as odd that they were seemingly running against Pres. Bush. Why?? He and a goodly amount of his administration won’t ever run or serve in any office again.
Unfortunately this insanity causes the parties to run for the extremes.
I’m impressed with the fact that with the exception of a couple of issues, there’s not a lot of difference between the 2 party’s candidates. Neither of which I can support this time around. So for the first time, I’m voting 3rd party.