next step 2008: the “wake me up in may” edition
Is there anyone else who is tired of hearing it yet? I sincerely hope we take a good look at ourselves, our would-be rulers, and a media culture, all of whom are reveling in an orgiastic expression of the will to power, and ask whether this two-year campaign for a four-year office is worth it.
Having said that (HYPOCRISY alert), let me now issue my quick-hit thoughts on the candidates for President, starting with the Republicans:
- McCain: Your best days are, sadly, behind you.
- Huckabee: Just what the country needs: a benevolent preacher-king. If he’s the “conservative” nominee, I’m staying home.
- Romney: See above.
- Giuliani: Is there a political position he hasn’t held?
- Thompson: When is he going to get the lead out?
- Paul: I want to like him. I really do. But I can’t.
- Everybody else: No thanks.
And then the Democrats. I wouldn’t vote for any of them, but I don’t dislike them all.
- Clinton: Aura of
inevitabilitydesperation, especially vis-a-vis our next contestant. Do we really want to do this again? - Obama: As I said, I wouldn’t vote for him. But, he is the only person on this list with even a shred of integrity. I hope he is the nominee.
- Edwards: The official Nutroots™ candidate. I think of him in the same way I think of them; i.e., barely better than vermin.
- Everyone else, i.e. the rest of the Democratic contingent of the Senate: No thanks.
In short, the coveted evolution endorsement goes to… nobody.
Jo on
12.18.2007 @ 14:15
Bill Richardson, maybe?
12.18.2007 @ 14:57
Richardson is indeed a decent human being. He therefore has absolutely no chance of winning the Democratic nomination, making whatever support I might provide him with moot.
12.28.2007 @ 15:48
I can’t see voting for any one on the Republican side. I do have some minor pull to Ron Paul but he is too isolationist for my taste. As you I want to like him but can’t. On the Democratic side-Hillary has too much baggage and I really can’t stomach giving more fodder to the likes of Ann Coulter.
Obama…Richardson…maybe.
I think we need to invite all the candidates to go drinking with us-no handlers allowed. That is the only way and the fun way to sort all this out.
01.03.2008 @ 22:12
Looks like Huckabee has won over the Christian Right caucus-goers in Iowa. Sixty percent of them are “evangelical Christians,” aka “social conservatives.” In the rest of the U.S., only 40 percent are such religious nuts.
On the good news side, Huckabee has been fumbling lately, apparently completely unaware of the National Intelligence Estimate and the writers’ strike. Also, he’s been showing flashes of meanness, which can only become more prominent as the campaign goes on.
Barack Obama has won the Democratic caucus-goers’ hearts. A big blow for Clinton. Not so much for Edwards, who is still in the running, being tied with Hillary for second place.
Ron Paul would be less popular if people really understood what he stands for. Want to face old age without Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid? Vote for Ron Paul! That’s just the start. Dyed-in-the-wool Libertarians want the government to pay only for military might and public roads. After that, buddy, you’re on your own! No laws, no limits, no government! Yee-haw! Just like the Wild West!
01.03.2008 @ 22:26
You don’t read this site much, do you?