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not ready to make nice
2008-May-22, Thursday 09:49 amThe Dixie Chicks are right about some things. I approve when they stick to their principles, even especially when it's unpopular. I see that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mai_neh and kauko both want people to make up and move on politically. I don't want to, though.
I'm tired of legacies. Really, really tired. There's been a Bush or a Clinton on the ticket since 1984. That's an entire generation of people under the guiding voice of just two families. Please, make it stop. And this nation needs to face some harsh realities, make some decisions about very unpleasant matters. We need, for once, someone who can actually lead the nation, to teach us about the difficult choices ahead of us so we can make some informed decisions about matters with painful consequences to all of the available options. I feel strongly and clearly enough about what I want, that I'll repeat my post from a different thread...
If Clinton showed up on the ticket with Obama, I'm not sure I could vote for Obama at all. I'd have the same problem as voting for Clinton for president. I don't want a) yet another legacy presidency (in the making) or b) Hillary's inability to stand for anything meaningful without the polls to back her up. If she wants me to respect her, she's going to have to do something memorable, like explain WTF actually happened during Bill's escapade.
Obama can survive telling unpleasant truths, which is exactly what this nation needs to face crises in personal income, access to medicine, global warming, and oil addiction. I want someone who can turn the boat against the tide. That person is absolutely not Clinton... or McCain.
Or, as Molly Ivins put it, "Not. backing. Hillary."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/2
If that's the "compromise" that the Democratic party asks me to make in November, I'll likely make the same "compromise" that I've frequently chosen over the last few election cycles. I'll vote for the Green Party candidate instead. I'll remain a persistent statistic, proof that some people in the country are ready for changes far more radical than either of the two major parties can handle.
Unless Obama crafts a ticket and cabinet based solely on the message of change that I've been wanting to hear for so many years.
mai_neh and kauko both want people to make up and move on politically. I don't want to, though.I'm tired of legacies. Really, really tired. There's been a Bush or a Clinton on the ticket since 1984. That's an entire generation of people under the guiding voice of just two families. Please, make it stop. And this nation needs to face some harsh realities, make some decisions about very unpleasant matters. We need, for once, someone who can actually lead the nation, to teach us about the difficult choices ahead of us so we can make some informed decisions about matters with painful consequences to all of the available options. I feel strongly and clearly enough about what I want, that I'll repeat my post from a different thread...
If Clinton showed up on the ticket with Obama, I'm not sure I could vote for Obama at all. I'd have the same problem as voting for Clinton for president. I don't want a) yet another legacy presidency (in the making) or b) Hillary's inability to stand for anything meaningful without the polls to back her up. If she wants me to respect her, she's going to have to do something memorable, like explain WTF actually happened during Bill's escapade.
Obama can survive telling unpleasant truths, which is exactly what this nation needs to face crises in personal income, access to medicine, global warming, and oil addiction. I want someone who can turn the boat against the tide. That person is absolutely not Clinton... or McCain.
Or, as Molly Ivins put it, "Not. backing. Hillary."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/2
If that's the "compromise" that the Democratic party asks me to make in November, I'll likely make the same "compromise" that I've frequently chosen over the last few election cycles. I'll vote for the Green Party candidate instead. I'll remain a persistent statistic, proof that some people in the country are ready for changes far more radical than either of the two major parties can handle.
Unless Obama crafts a ticket and cabinet based solely on the message of change that I've been wanting to hear for so many years.