05 February 2008

I'm No Politico, But It Is Time to Get Political...


Sometimes I love the fact that I have a Tivo. It lets me record television programs without actually having to watch the television. That means I can get my dose of The Daily Show (or, as it is known until the writers strike ends...A Daily Show), and weekly doses of Family Guy, The Simpsons, and maybe a little It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. if you don't know IASIP, get on the bandwagon people...it is simply amazing. check it:



So, I get a call today that says Hillary Clinton cried again. Yes, really, it worked so well before, that she DID IT AGAIN. However, this time Fox News thought it was sincere. Why? Well maybe it is because Ann Coulter has said she will support Clinton if McCain gets the nomination. Yes, she really said that HILLARY CLINTON IS MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN MCCAIN!


Then, as I sat at home tonight watching the Simpsons on the Tivo, more Clinton talk (about Bill, but Clinton nonetheless). This amazing scene came on. Take note that this is a flashback episode to the 90s, which then uses prescient comments to bash Bush...











It is hard for me to understand why Hillary is the candidate that people believe are electable. I am telling you this now, if Hillary runs against McCain, HILLARY WILL NOT TAKE OFFICE. I initially would have said that she would not win the election, but because she very well could but have it stolen away from her like both Gore and Kerry did, I won't say it. Here's the deal. Hillary Clinton is a lightning rod. People on the right HATE her. People on the left side of the right HATE her. I'm A Kucinich supporter who voted for Gore and Kerry in the last two elections and I HAVE HAD IT. If she is the Democrat nominee, I'm voting Nader:

And this is a a common sentiment. Many people will no vote for her. Many would vote McCain if it is Hillary. She will lose, for real, and we cannot have that. 4-8 more years of Republican rule will destroy this country even more than it has been. SCOTUS, as it stands, has set civil rights back 150 years under GWB, we need to ensure it doesn;'t become even more right wing. Obama is the only way left to do that. But, when it comes down to it, Hillary is simply wrong on the issues and is not a progressive in any way...

HILLARY IS WRONG ON THE ISSUES.
Sure, there are not necessarily huge distinctions between the two candidates, but the distinctions exists nonetheless. We will start with National Security. Boy should couldn't be more wrong.

#1 - Nuclear Weapons.




#2 - The Iraq War.
Yep. Hillary let Condi convince her to vote for the Iraq War, and ignored intelligence reports that stated the OPPOSITE of what Condi was telling her. Yes, even I could rebut the logic Condi used before the war by doing some simple reading...so why couldn't an intelligent Senator with lots of aids?

#3 – Iran

Hillary voted yea on the Kyl-Liberman Iran Amendment that essentially gives Bush the power to make war with Iran. Awesome, just what we need…MORE WAR. And let’s do it with a bigger country, that has more rugged terrain, a much bigger army, and has more religious extremists than Iraq does. Good call Hillary. Don't even get me started on Pakistan.

What about domestic issues, you say? Okay, well she attacked Obama for opposing the harsher prison sentences mandated by federal sentencing requirements and says that his progressive background and voting record are negative things. She is also wrong on immigration:

If Pat Buchanan agrees with her on immigration, then she is DEFINITELY wrong. Sure Hillary, let's scapegoat immigrants. What happened to the whole Chips and Guacamole analogy, Hillary? Anyhow, that is enough for now...this could go on FOREVER!



HILLARY'S TRACK RECORD SHOWS ANTI-PROGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

First off, as many of us first learned this week, but which others have known for years, Hillary Clinton spent six years on the board at Wal-Mart! Yes, really. Sure, she claims to have wanted to promote women at Wal-Mart, but it is my understanding that women are allowed to be part of unions. Isn't that the case? Or did GW finally get that law through that bans them from unions and takes away their vote?

Or, maybe we should consider the fact that feminists are abandoning her. Seriously, if she were such a great candidate for women (because, yes, she gets to play the I am a woman card vote for me, while Obama cannot play the race card), then why are feminist leaders saying to NOT vote for her? That's right, NY Feminists for Peace have endorsed Obama, not Hillary.

IF NONE OF THAT CONVINCED YOU...
Deniro supports AND IS CAMPAIGNING FOR Obama. Enough said.

As a writer for Daily Kos says, "Voters are faced with the following choice: (i) select a familiar partisan gladiator and hope she will out maneuver political opponents in the zero-sum game of Washington politics, or (ii) support a new American Majority that can begin to make progress on the issues of the day." The answer is simple friends. For our nation, vote this way...
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