tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post5304891550478996540..comments2024-02-17T00:59:45.119-08:00Comments on Coyote Angry: For Some Of Us Character MattersNot Your Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318206435043475411noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post-14840769887231432822008-02-19T11:58:00.000-08:002008-02-19T11:58:00.000-08:00I think Clinton made her decision out of political...I think Clinton made her decision out of political expediency, not integrity. At least Edwards admitted he had been wrong.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post-75417019596303464872008-02-17T15:00:00.000-08:002008-02-17T15:00:00.000-08:00S2: yes and no. It's THE issue to a minority grou...S2: yes and no. It's THE issue to a minority group of people, one of several key issues to the average person and a complete non-issue to the majority of the right wing. <BR/><BR/>Further complicate the matter with the special interests that now have a vested interest, ie: everyone from Iowa corn farmers to high-rollers with stakes in development of nuclear power and the picture gets even murkier so it's nearly impossible to discuss in any semi-rational way. <BR/><BR/>So we've dealt with it like we deal with all other too-icky-to-talk-about things and use politically correct codewords (alternative energy) but avoid specifics. Gov. Richardson was essentially the only candidate who had actaually stuck his neck out and done anything specific and we see where it got him, eh? <BR/><BR/>We loves us some platitudes. <BR/><BR/>Woozie: yup, been keeping half and eye on Obama for about 4-5 years, before most people had heard of him...he has not changed his basic views, even some old forum posts floating about the net where I predicted he would run for pres though I thought in 2012 and he beat my guesstimate by 4 years. Naturally I was laughed at but then I'm accustomed to that ;).Not Your Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318206435043475411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post-47914148605258002942008-02-17T09:13:00.000-08:002008-02-17T09:13:00.000-08:00I'd like to believe that Obama would not decide is...<I>I'd like to believe that Obama would not decide issues based on the winning or losing of votes, but I find it difficult to do so.</I><BR/><BR/>As far as I know, Obama hasn't radically changed his positions a'la Mitt Romney on anything. Oh god, Romney was such a douchebag. A shithead among shitheads. He starts off his concession speech with a punch to the nuts of France! God dammit Mitt Romney!<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry, what was I talking about?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, HilDog really lost my vote at an AFL-CIO conference last June or July when John Edwards brought up her taking $400k from lobbyists in the first 6 months or so of her campaign. She responded that lobbyists "represent real people" so therefore it's okay.<BR/><BR/>Edwards asked for a show of hands, how many people had lobbyists working for them. In a room of 1000 people, 3 hands went up.Wooziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11637072916156389703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post-52936718572389988242008-02-16T17:19:00.000-08:002008-02-16T17:19:00.000-08:00I suspect that the UK's decision to pull out of Ir...I suspect that the UK's decision to pull out of Iraq probably hasn't endeared us to the Republicans. I'd also guess that most Republicans probably don't think that they need allies.<BR/><BR/>So I think I'd be happy to see a Democrat in power. <BR/><BR/>One thing I'm curious about, though, is Climate Change. Over here politicians are falling over themselves to prove how much they care about the planet (sometimes hilariously), but there's very little coverage about what your candidates think. <BR/><BR/>Is this really a non-issue over there?S2https://www.blogger.com/profile/12213920416390282581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post-72645970874804882552008-02-16T16:31:00.000-08:002008-02-16T16:31:00.000-08:00I'd like to believe that Obama would not decide is...I'd like to believe that Obama would not decide issues based on the winning or losing of votes, but I find it difficult to do so.Al DeVitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212107847023251956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post-30314896236998397922008-02-15T10:13:00.000-08:002008-02-15T10:13:00.000-08:00I've thought about that too, could happen dependin...I've thought about that too, could happen depending on how a lot of things go ;(. The difference (to me) is that I do not believe for a minute any decision Obama made would be based on his perception of how his actions would win or lose him votes.<BR/><BR/>Maybe that sounds silly but to me that is a key difference.Not Your Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318206435043475411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36275473.post-27109102709241252162008-02-15T07:18:00.000-08:002008-02-15T07:18:00.000-08:00Well put. You're absolutely right. The choice will...Well put. You're absolutely right. The choice will be between two people who have either betrayed the nation's trust, or one of them has not yet had the opportunity to prove himself. If the former, then the process is reduced to the level of high school football team rivalry because to those with a measure of sanity, a Dem is always preferable to a Repub; a lesser of two evils.<BR/>Sadly, I believe that if Obama makes it all the way, six months after his inauguration people will be asking why he hasn't begun pulling troops out of Iraq in any numbers, as he said he would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com