“It’s easy to take the quitter’s way out.” –Sarah Palin, in her resignation speech.
A lot of people are piling on Sarah Palin right now. They’re saying that she resigned because it’s the easy way out, that she doesn’t want to risk sagging popularity getting in the way of her next political campaign. They’re saying that she’s only interested in her personal political goals, that she doesn’t want to do the hard work of actually governing like she was elected to. They’re saying she’s just another politician who only cares about the next election and that this is a cynical attempt to free her up to campaign for the presidency in 2012. To these people I have one thing to say.
You are absolutely, one-hundred per cent ….. correct.
That’s right. I am one of those people. You can pretty much already cross her off my ballot for the 2012 Republican primary. Before I start listing reasons why I’d like to say a few things I do like about her.
-She gave a very good speech at the convention. The best I heard last year.
-She brings out the worst in the Left. At no time am I more cognizant of the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the modern Left than when Sarah Palin is being discussed. (Sadly this is similar to one of my negatives with regard to Ms. Palin.) This is particularly true of the so-called feminist leaders. If you did still take them seriously (and I have no idea why you would after the last 20 years or so) their behavior toward Governor Palin should serve as a reminder that the line about “advancing women’s issues” is exactly that, a line of BS.
-At one time I thought perhaps she embodied the Jeffersonian/ Jacksonian ideal of the citizen serving their country as opposed to the idea of a permanent political class like we see in the stagnating nations of Europe, and increasingly the United States. This could be the case with Sarah Palin I suppose, but not for long. It certainly seems less likely to me than it did last September.
-She agrees with me on most political issues. Can she intelligently articulate to others why they should agree? I doubt it. She’s a lot like Sean Hannity to me in that I agree with his positions on most issues, but hearing him try to explain why makes me cringe and grip the steering wheel tightly.
-That’s it for positives. Now for what I don’t like.
-I once read a comment that Sarah Palin’s main qualification with the Right is that she didn’t have an abortion. This is somewhat blunt. It is also, I feel, accurate.
-Now that the emotion of the campaign is over, go back and watch the debate with Biden. There are more cringe-inducing moments than I remember back when I was watching it happen live. In many cases she goes into the old North Carolina four-corners “kill the clock” offense, throwing out a lot of meaningless phrases to fill the allotted time and avoid having to say anything of substance. If she’d been a man Biden would have lit her up like a Christmas tree.
-Gender cuts both ways. Has there been sexism directed at her? Absolutely. But she’s gotten some bounces herself from that one. Can you imagine a male candidate trying to wriggle out of questions by winking and saying something cute? I can actually. Bush took that route a few times. I didn’t care for it then either.
-Her hold on many of the crucial issues of the day was about as steady as the vertical hold on a 30 year old RCA television set that had been dropped down a flight of stairs. Not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is? That was straight up embarrassing. 90% of America could not have answered that question, but they weren’t running for Vice President. I’d bet my right eye that Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are in the 10% or less that could answer the question. This would have been a softball for me to slam into the parking lot beyond the left field fence, but I digress.
-The sports references are really flowing tonight.
-In the past 8 months I really haven’t seen any development in terms of depth. Do you think if Sarah Palin were ugly she’d be allowed to slide by so many people? It is ironic how the two ends of the political spectrum mimic each other’s worse qualities. Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have some of the same jokes being thrown around about them (you could include Mrs. Obama here too), the only difference is which end of the political spectrum they’re coming from, and whether the epithet used is “Nazi” or “Communist”.
-“She did a good job as governor of Alaska. Look at their economy.” Just for fun, look at how the Alaskan oil economy works. I remember a few months back when Glen Beck had an expert on Socialism on his show. I also remember the priceless look on Glen’s face when the expert told him that the real Socialist in the race was… that’s right, Sarah Palin.
-The behind the scenes political moves made during the late stages of the ’08 campaign (among other things Todd Palin telling major donors to hold their powder 2012) seemed to me to be indicative of political social-climbers of the worst sort. Is that what the rest of the pols do? Yeah, probably. So if she’s just like the rest, I’ll take one with a better resume and who can articulate the issues. Even though she does read “all of the newspapers”.
-She is another in a line of style-over-substance feel-good candidates. She seems more about hype and image than reality and hard work. This kind of fits the direction our society is going even further into. A kind of society where the average person under 25 takes like a thousand photographs of themselves every year doing absolutely nothing just to boost their online personas.
-This is why I’m leaning toward Newt for 2012
-Does it bother you how much people on the Right seem to love her more because they don’t view her as an intellectual? It does me. I don’t mean “intellectual” the way the left views it. They mistake academics for intellectuals on a daily basis, trotting out some professor who is incapable of dressing himself and telling me I should listen to this person without question due to what’s hanging on their wall, no matter how asinine the statements they make are.
- Michael Steele should get honorable mention in the “embarrassment sweepstakes”.
-Do you really think “being close to Russia” is foreign policy credentials? Be honest. I guess every governor of a border state can claim foreign policy experience.
-The left is doing her a huge favor politically by going after her family. With everything I just listed, (far from a complete list just what came to mind in the last hour or so) all they want to talk about is her daughter having a baby?
-These views are not set in stone. If she showed me some substance, some willingness to work hard and actually make me believe that she believes in something, that she has a vision other than advancing her career, I may change my mind. I’m not sure that can be done with speeches or fielding easy questions from sympathetic interviewers. She’s not going to have the easy road that Obama had in terms of media coverage. This actually could be a blessing in disguise if she manages to hold her own against hostile opponents. Anyways, you probably didn’t see that coming.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Looking For a Dentist.
So, I find myself in need of a dentist. There are several interesting ones out there. But here are the qualities I am looking for:
-I need a dentist with "an overwhelming sense of dignity and majesty".
-A dentist with "an overwhelming sense of hope"and "a deep and compassionate understanding of the human condition"
-I want a dentist who can unite all the teeth and move the mouth forward in a positive direction. Some one who opposed drilling from the beginning and feels comfortable putting his hands in any kind of mouth. That's very important, "bringing all the teeth together, because there are no yellow teeth or white teeth". And I'm willing to trust them on it. I don't need to see a history of doing it in other mouths. Saying they'll do it is good enough for me.
-Some one with "a deep hope for the future of my mouth". A dentist who understands "that there is a hole in my soul and he is the one who can fill it." (Whether they can fix the holes in my teeth is beside the point.)
-I want to be proud of my mouth for the first time in my adult life.
- I feel that "our emerging, post modern society needs a dentist who's imagination is not bounded by past experience. (My teeth) require imagination, innovation, bravery, and an explorer's heart." I have no clue what that means either, but that doesn't really matter. I feel good about it, damnit!
-I'm tired of the old dentistry. The dentistry of fear belongs in the past. All I've ever heard is how the plaque is looking to destroy my teeth. This is as bad as the misguided "War on Cavities". Did any of the proponents of dentistry as usual ever stop to think that maybe if I had a different dentist the plaque wouldn't feel threatened and would therefore have no need to attack my mouth and kill my teeth? It's just a matter of talking to the plaque.
-I want to leave the chair feeling inspired.......to do something, anything.
-I sense "a spirit of movement" and "a rising sense of community" towards "an evolved dentist" who "is not operating on the same plane as ordinary dentists and in many ways transcends the entire dental profession".
-I want to feel like 400 years of racist stupidity on this continent are completely wiped out because I chose this particular dentist. Wouldn't that be a nice feeling to have? It wouldn't be true, but I'd like to feel like it was.
-I'm not concerned about whether they have very much experience in dentistry. I don't care if they've done any hard work to solve serious tooth-related problems. That's "the thinking of the past". I'm not concerned with how specifically they plan to do it or whether it costs more ( I'm talking a LOT more).
-I know some people are skeptical; you're saying "Steve, that's no way to pick a dentist! You need someone with a clear track record, experience and a good deal of training." I say that that's the kind of thinking that got my mouth into the shape it's in right now. Teeth are hurting and they need change. To those who say we can't choose dentists that way, I say Yes, We Can! I mean, it's not like I'm choosing a President of the United States here.
-I need a dentist with "an overwhelming sense of dignity and majesty".
-A dentist with "an overwhelming sense of hope"and "a deep and compassionate understanding of the human condition"
-I want a dentist who can unite all the teeth and move the mouth forward in a positive direction. Some one who opposed drilling from the beginning and feels comfortable putting his hands in any kind of mouth. That's very important, "bringing all the teeth together, because there are no yellow teeth or white teeth". And I'm willing to trust them on it. I don't need to see a history of doing it in other mouths. Saying they'll do it is good enough for me.
-Some one with "a deep hope for the future of my mouth". A dentist who understands "that there is a hole in my soul and he is the one who can fill it." (Whether they can fix the holes in my teeth is beside the point.)
-I want to be proud of my mouth for the first time in my adult life.
- I feel that "our emerging, post modern society needs a dentist who's imagination is not bounded by past experience. (My teeth) require imagination, innovation, bravery, and an explorer's heart." I have no clue what that means either, but that doesn't really matter. I feel good about it, damnit!
-I'm tired of the old dentistry. The dentistry of fear belongs in the past. All I've ever heard is how the plaque is looking to destroy my teeth. This is as bad as the misguided "War on Cavities". Did any of the proponents of dentistry as usual ever stop to think that maybe if I had a different dentist the plaque wouldn't feel threatened and would therefore have no need to attack my mouth and kill my teeth? It's just a matter of talking to the plaque.
-I want to leave the chair feeling inspired.......to do something, anything.
-I sense "a spirit of movement" and "a rising sense of community" towards "an evolved dentist" who "is not operating on the same plane as ordinary dentists and in many ways transcends the entire dental profession".
-I want to feel like 400 years of racist stupidity on this continent are completely wiped out because I chose this particular dentist. Wouldn't that be a nice feeling to have? It wouldn't be true, but I'd like to feel like it was.
-I'm not concerned about whether they have very much experience in dentistry. I don't care if they've done any hard work to solve serious tooth-related problems. That's "the thinking of the past". I'm not concerned with how specifically they plan to do it or whether it costs more ( I'm talking a LOT more).
-I know some people are skeptical; you're saying "Steve, that's no way to pick a dentist! You need someone with a clear track record, experience and a good deal of training." I say that that's the kind of thinking that got my mouth into the shape it's in right now. Teeth are hurting and they need change. To those who say we can't choose dentists that way, I say Yes, We Can! I mean, it's not like I'm choosing a President of the United States here.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Back off Obama already!
Back off Obama already!
I must say I am sick of hearing people ask Senator Obama about the specifics of his plans, or to question him about his position of Foreign policy, or to actually have the nerve to bring up his supposed "lack" of experience. Hello he's in the Senate and has been since January of 2005 that's over 37 months! Let me be crystal clear on his people. President-elect ( cmon its a formality ) Obama is intelligent, charismatic, and my word what a speaker. He makes us feel good, he uses the words "Hope, Feel, and Believe" regularly and that is what matters. He gives me the tingles, that's is after all what I am looking for in a President.However for those that are still skeptical let me make this point. Oh the area of experience, hello Obama works with Republicans 3.5 % of the time and on issues that have broad bipartisan support and are not continuous! He also is willing to work with Republicans and be bipartisan when they agree with him. After all, what it will take is for Obama to talk to them, smile at them, make them feel warm and fuzzy and they will vote for the over 2 trillion in spending, a rolling back of tax cuts for the rich ( who deserve after all to be taxes, hello their rich which means they did something bad to get that way!) they will vote to provide health care for all Americans by putting the control of health care where it rightfully should be in the hands of the Government. Now all this will only be necessary if the American people fail to elect along with President Obama at least 60 Democratic senators, which will of course happen because that's what he wants and we don't say no to our Glorious President-elect. Second he will have plenty of time to learn the ropes as President, hello he makes people feel good.Also on Foreign policy, this idea that he is naive or dangerous is silly and I think Racist. Hello he will meet with America's enemies, talk with them, appear in photo's with them, understand their concerns. This I know will have the effect of disarming North Korea, and opening up their society. Iran will come to the table and after the warm and fuzzies start it will not be long before they recognize Israel, allow free elections and religious freedom, and open up to the west. After all the main reason for these nations opposing America was George Bush and he will be gone. President Elect Obama will express to them that he understands that there opposition to us did not stem from an ideology but from the fact that Bush was a warmongering idiot that didn't make them feel comfortable. I believe that within months of the inauguration we will see a wave of peace break out all over the world as people feel good and wrap themselves in this mans lovely words. As for Iraq, we will begin pulling out in 90 days, again President Obama will meet not with the current government as they are corrupt ( they were supported by President Bush after all) but with the misunderstood insurgents, after apologizing for the election of Bush and after making them feel good about themselves with the use of words like hope, believe, and feel, they will throw down there arms and Iraq will become a bastion of peace. This idea that experience in government and foreign policy is necessary is silly and racist.Also lets talk about President-elect Obama's so called opponent ( the voting at this point is a formality that must be observed). First he is not a baby boomer, anyone over say 47 years old is obviously too old to be President. Second this is a man who had to get elected to the House of Representative and reelected before getting elected to the Senate, obviously not eloquent enough to be an effective President. Second he has served in the Military, over 22 years this was time he could have been attending lectures at Harvard and supporting Barack Obama and he WASN'T! This is a man who understand war, that means he actually thinks war might be necessary when we all know that simply talking to ones enemies and making them feel good will keep the peace. Second this man works with the other party almost 15% of the time. That means he actually gives in and is not a good enough speaker to convince them to do what he wants. He also has at times been willing to risk the nomination of his party to support unpopular causes, again making people feel good and talking smoothly is all it takes. This man has too much experience, he has almost 30 years and 22 years experience in the military it is time for a new generation that can be eloquent and talk in generalities, in broad strokes, with almost a religious zeal and little substance that my friends is what America needs. The choice is clear in November, ( although cmon we all know its in the bag) a man who has served his nation his entire adult life, who sacrificed for his country his freedom, comfort and blood, a man who has worked across party lines to get things done, who transcends party, and has a moderate voting record, another words a hack. Or a man who speaks with words that make you float on air, painting a mural of words in bold colors,not to be bothered with filling in the lines, someone who uses the power words, "Hope, feel, believe" someone who votes with his party 96.5 percent of the time ( as he should ) someone who believes that if you can simply put him in a room with America's enemies ( created by George Bush of course) then he can charm them into liking us. A man who has 37 months experience on the world stage, before that working as a legislator in Illinois and as an organizer in Chicago. That is our choice, what do we answer "YES WE CAN" after all we have never been burnt by a candidate long on Charisma and short on actual experience before have we? So stop all the prattling about specifics, and qualifications, sit back, put on some Obama speeches and let the politics wash you a way to the world that we would wish for rather then the one that actually exists. Yeah man! Obama '08
I must say I am sick of hearing people ask Senator Obama about the specifics of his plans, or to question him about his position of Foreign policy, or to actually have the nerve to bring up his supposed "lack" of experience. Hello he's in the Senate and has been since January of 2005 that's over 37 months! Let me be crystal clear on his people. President-elect ( cmon its a formality ) Obama is intelligent, charismatic, and my word what a speaker. He makes us feel good, he uses the words "Hope, Feel, and Believe" regularly and that is what matters. He gives me the tingles, that's is after all what I am looking for in a President.However for those that are still skeptical let me make this point. Oh the area of experience, hello Obama works with Republicans 3.5 % of the time and on issues that have broad bipartisan support and are not continuous! He also is willing to work with Republicans and be bipartisan when they agree with him. After all, what it will take is for Obama to talk to them, smile at them, make them feel warm and fuzzy and they will vote for the over 2 trillion in spending, a rolling back of tax cuts for the rich ( who deserve after all to be taxes, hello their rich which means they did something bad to get that way!) they will vote to provide health care for all Americans by putting the control of health care where it rightfully should be in the hands of the Government. Now all this will only be necessary if the American people fail to elect along with President Obama at least 60 Democratic senators, which will of course happen because that's what he wants and we don't say no to our Glorious President-elect. Second he will have plenty of time to learn the ropes as President, hello he makes people feel good.Also on Foreign policy, this idea that he is naive or dangerous is silly and I think Racist. Hello he will meet with America's enemies, talk with them, appear in photo's with them, understand their concerns. This I know will have the effect of disarming North Korea, and opening up their society. Iran will come to the table and after the warm and fuzzies start it will not be long before they recognize Israel, allow free elections and religious freedom, and open up to the west. After all the main reason for these nations opposing America was George Bush and he will be gone. President Elect Obama will express to them that he understands that there opposition to us did not stem from an ideology but from the fact that Bush was a warmongering idiot that didn't make them feel comfortable. I believe that within months of the inauguration we will see a wave of peace break out all over the world as people feel good and wrap themselves in this mans lovely words. As for Iraq, we will begin pulling out in 90 days, again President Obama will meet not with the current government as they are corrupt ( they were supported by President Bush after all) but with the misunderstood insurgents, after apologizing for the election of Bush and after making them feel good about themselves with the use of words like hope, believe, and feel, they will throw down there arms and Iraq will become a bastion of peace. This idea that experience in government and foreign policy is necessary is silly and racist.Also lets talk about President-elect Obama's so called opponent ( the voting at this point is a formality that must be observed). First he is not a baby boomer, anyone over say 47 years old is obviously too old to be President. Second this is a man who had to get elected to the House of Representative and reelected before getting elected to the Senate, obviously not eloquent enough to be an effective President. Second he has served in the Military, over 22 years this was time he could have been attending lectures at Harvard and supporting Barack Obama and he WASN'T! This is a man who understand war, that means he actually thinks war might be necessary when we all know that simply talking to ones enemies and making them feel good will keep the peace. Second this man works with the other party almost 15% of the time. That means he actually gives in and is not a good enough speaker to convince them to do what he wants. He also has at times been willing to risk the nomination of his party to support unpopular causes, again making people feel good and talking smoothly is all it takes. This man has too much experience, he has almost 30 years and 22 years experience in the military it is time for a new generation that can be eloquent and talk in generalities, in broad strokes, with almost a religious zeal and little substance that my friends is what America needs. The choice is clear in November, ( although cmon we all know its in the bag) a man who has served his nation his entire adult life, who sacrificed for his country his freedom, comfort and blood, a man who has worked across party lines to get things done, who transcends party, and has a moderate voting record, another words a hack. Or a man who speaks with words that make you float on air, painting a mural of words in bold colors,not to be bothered with filling in the lines, someone who uses the power words, "Hope, feel, believe" someone who votes with his party 96.5 percent of the time ( as he should ) someone who believes that if you can simply put him in a room with America's enemies ( created by George Bush of course) then he can charm them into liking us. A man who has 37 months experience on the world stage, before that working as a legislator in Illinois and as an organizer in Chicago. That is our choice, what do we answer "YES WE CAN" after all we have never been burnt by a candidate long on Charisma and short on actual experience before have we? So stop all the prattling about specifics, and qualifications, sit back, put on some Obama speeches and let the politics wash you a way to the world that we would wish for rather then the one that actually exists. Yeah man! Obama '08
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Not a "conservative" anymore.
I've been listening to and reading a lot of right wing pundits lately in their attacks on John McCain, and I've come to the conclusion that apparently I am not a "conservative". (Whatever the hell that term means these days.) Here is a list of reasons why, in many cases in direct responce to what I've seen in the last week or so. I still have plenty of problems with the left, but it's the right that is pissing me off right now. So here is my angry tirade. Many of the things I will point out are things that conservatives claim to believe, but you know what they say about actions and words.
- I believe the purpose of government is to handle the peoples' business. I do care more about "getting things done" than I do about partisan "ideological purity". If you don't agree, look at history and pick out the 10 most ideologically pure regimes the world has seen. Now ask yourself if these are the societies you would want to live in.
- I don't believe it is the purpose of government to push or in any way be involved in the promotion of religion. Especially my religion. And it bothers me to no end that my party has almost become the first religious party in American history.
- I could not care less what consenting adults are doing in their bedrooms.
-I don't believe cells in a petrie dish have the same human rights that I do.
- I believe (in agreement with the overwhelming consensus of scientists not on the oil company payrolls) in global warming. Apparently I'm not supposed to believe in global warming, evolution, gravity, or photosynthesis because it doesn't fit the agenda.
-I'm sick of faux-patriots who wrap themselves in the flag while destroying every constitutional principle it stands for.
- I don't believe the president has the constitutional authority to violate the first, fourth and fifth ammendments under ANY circumstance.
- I have a problem with the fact that we've gone from "give me liberty or give me death" to "take what you want, just don't let them hurt me".
- We have a system of checks and balances for a reason. The fact that the party that says it wants limited government has done more to expand the power of the government than any other in our history bugs the hell out of me.
-I hate euphemisms like "tough interrogation techniques". Yeah, I'm sure we send people to Egypt and Syria for "agressive interrogation".
-If I hear one more member of this administration use the phrase "I have no recollection of that" while testifying before congress about some scandal I am going to puke!
-I don't believe that the bible was intended as a science textbook, and I don't want it used as one in the public schools.
-While we're on that subject, I'd like foreign policy decisions that don't involve Jesus Christ riding out of heaven on a white horse. The child-like understanding of good and evil that pervades our country is also a sure sign that we are most likely living in a new dark age.
-I'm not going to trust what the government tells me without question. I believe the purpose of a free press is to ask the hard questions of those in power.
-I don't believe McCain-Feingold was anywhere near as unconstitutional as the presidents warrantless wire-tapping program and flagrant abuse of "executive privelege" which is worthy of impeachment and prison time.
- I'm not going to defend incompetence on partisan grounds.
-I'm not willing to distort history to obscure the fact that Reagan and George W. Bush have been the two least fiscally responsible debt-growers ever to inhabit the Oval Office. The numbers do not lie. (note: this is not meant as an attack on Reagan, who I respect on the whole. It is more of an attack on those who would make him out to be someone who walked on water and never made any mistakes and had no failings whatsoever.)
-I wish John McCain had stuck to his guns on the Bush tax cuts, saying "I voted against them because I said we would have massive deficits. Guess what we have now? Massive deficits."
-There is a difference between being pro-capitolism and pro-big business. For all the talk of a welfare state, we should start with an end to corporate welfare.
-I would like to see an end to policy being determined by political operatives, rather than experts in particular fields.
-Feel free to fight your "culture war" using means that don't involve government.
-This doesn't constitute a complete list on my part but it's enough for now.
- I believe the purpose of government is to handle the peoples' business. I do care more about "getting things done" than I do about partisan "ideological purity". If you don't agree, look at history and pick out the 10 most ideologically pure regimes the world has seen. Now ask yourself if these are the societies you would want to live in.
- I don't believe it is the purpose of government to push or in any way be involved in the promotion of religion. Especially my religion. And it bothers me to no end that my party has almost become the first religious party in American history.
- I could not care less what consenting adults are doing in their bedrooms.
-I don't believe cells in a petrie dish have the same human rights that I do.
- I believe (in agreement with the overwhelming consensus of scientists not on the oil company payrolls) in global warming. Apparently I'm not supposed to believe in global warming, evolution, gravity, or photosynthesis because it doesn't fit the agenda.
-I'm sick of faux-patriots who wrap themselves in the flag while destroying every constitutional principle it stands for.
- I don't believe the president has the constitutional authority to violate the first, fourth and fifth ammendments under ANY circumstance.
- I have a problem with the fact that we've gone from "give me liberty or give me death" to "take what you want, just don't let them hurt me".
- We have a system of checks and balances for a reason. The fact that the party that says it wants limited government has done more to expand the power of the government than any other in our history bugs the hell out of me.
-I hate euphemisms like "tough interrogation techniques". Yeah, I'm sure we send people to Egypt and Syria for "agressive interrogation".
-If I hear one more member of this administration use the phrase "I have no recollection of that" while testifying before congress about some scandal I am going to puke!
-I don't believe that the bible was intended as a science textbook, and I don't want it used as one in the public schools.
-While we're on that subject, I'd like foreign policy decisions that don't involve Jesus Christ riding out of heaven on a white horse. The child-like understanding of good and evil that pervades our country is also a sure sign that we are most likely living in a new dark age.
-I'm not going to trust what the government tells me without question. I believe the purpose of a free press is to ask the hard questions of those in power.
-I don't believe McCain-Feingold was anywhere near as unconstitutional as the presidents warrantless wire-tapping program and flagrant abuse of "executive privelege" which is worthy of impeachment and prison time.
- I'm not going to defend incompetence on partisan grounds.
-I'm not willing to distort history to obscure the fact that Reagan and George W. Bush have been the two least fiscally responsible debt-growers ever to inhabit the Oval Office. The numbers do not lie. (note: this is not meant as an attack on Reagan, who I respect on the whole. It is more of an attack on those who would make him out to be someone who walked on water and never made any mistakes and had no failings whatsoever.)
-I wish John McCain had stuck to his guns on the Bush tax cuts, saying "I voted against them because I said we would have massive deficits. Guess what we have now? Massive deficits."
-There is a difference between being pro-capitolism and pro-big business. For all the talk of a welfare state, we should start with an end to corporate welfare.
-I would like to see an end to policy being determined by political operatives, rather than experts in particular fields.
-Feel free to fight your "culture war" using means that don't involve government.
-This doesn't constitute a complete list on my part but it's enough for now.
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