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Naming a president 
I am curious as to why you don't consider Dennis Kucinich, he espouses all the left of the center beliefs that I know of..

Obama, on the other hand only partially does.

January 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM SagaciousHillbilly said...

Yes, Kucinich is probably closest to my political center, but you gotta look at reality. Kucinich is about as electable as my flock of turkeys.
I love the guy ever since he was the youngest mayor in America back in the 70s and I think it's great he was elected to congress, but he's not going to get elected president in this lifetime.
Yea, yea, ideology is all well and good if you're 21, but as a pragmatic 50 something I don't just vote with my heart anymore.

January 11, 2008 at 1:57 PM 
I too am a fifty-something. I understand what your saying and on a certain level agree with you.

I just hold on to my romantic notion that I must vote my conscience, thats all ;)

January 11, 2008 at 3:07 PM 
Honestly, I'll vote for anyone who doesn't have a strong connection to Bush or any of his leanings.

January 12, 2008 at 7:10 PM 
Yes, Kucinich is 1st choivce, and Edwards is great too, but I suspect by the tim,e we vote, it's going to be Obama vs. Hillary, and I would never vote for a Republican-lite like Hillary.

Experience is over-rated. I remember the story about JFK during the Cuban missile crisis- all his "experienced" advisors wanted him to attack the Russian ships when they got to the first "stop" line, but JFK felt, in his gut, that he had to give the Russians a bit more time, so he did. Now we find out that if he had followed the advice of his experienced advisors the Russians would have retaliated and we'd have been in WWIII.

Fuck experience, I want a decent human bean as President.

January 13, 2008 at 5:59 AM Simply Curious said...

Can't we all just vote for the guy that looks the best in a speedo?

January 13, 2008 at 3:22 PM Farfisa said...

Within one paragraph, I knew, beyond a doubt...

I love you SagaciousHillbilly!!!

I think Hillary would be fantastic to talk with, but I think that her ties and her goals have changed dramatically since she tried to make herself co-president and take action on healthcare and family issues 15 years ago.

Now? I want someone intelligent, brave, not tied into oil-wealth, pro-education, -choice, -healthcare, -evolution. Obama is looking better all the time.

January 23, 2008 at 1:02 AM