Paying Attention
If you're not angry, you're not paying attention.
As much as I think this country is ready for a female President (Pelosi '07, anyone?), that woman should not be Hillary Clinton.
She may be a fine Senator from New York, but Hillary has come down on the wrong side of too many issues -- and stayed there even after it was no longer politically useful.
Clinton has been for the Iraq war since the beginning, and continues to side with Bush on issues of executive power, perhaps because she wishes to exercise some of that herself in a few years.
She has a bad combination of traits: She positions based on polling, but then sticks with those positions lest she be labeled a flip-flopper.
At least when Dubya sticks to a bad political decision, you know it's because his corporate handlers ... lobbyists ... advisors have told him to.
When John Kerry mangled an anti-Bush joke last month, Hillary piled on, despite pre-provided speech text that showed he had just dropped a word. Read More »
She may be a fine Senator from New York, but Hillary has come down on the wrong side of too many issues -- and stayed there even after it was no longer politically useful.
Clinton has been for the Iraq war since the beginning, and continues to side with Bush on issues of executive power, perhaps because she wishes to exercise some of that herself in a few years.
She has a bad combination of traits: She positions based on polling, but then sticks with those positions lest she be labeled a flip-flopper.
At least when Dubya sticks to a bad political decision, you know it's because his corporate handlers ... lobbyists ... advisors have told him to.
When John Kerry mangled an anti-Bush joke last month, Hillary piled on, despite pre-provided speech text that showed he had just dropped a word. Read More »
In Massachusetts, we have a name for Nevada Democrats: "Republican"
Well, that's not completely true. Most Mass Dems probably have never given a thought to Nevada Dems in general, and it's good to see Harry Reid out there, 'giving them hell'
But here in Massachusetts, we have a governor who is a lot like Harry Reid ... Read More »
Well, that's not completely true. Most Mass Dems probably have never given a thought to Nevada Dems in general, and it's good to see Harry Reid out there, 'giving them hell'
But here in Massachusetts, we have a governor who is a lot like Harry Reid ... Read More »
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