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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Rooting for outrage
I think this might push me over the edge towards rooting for Hillary over Obama. They're almost completely indistinguishable, but one might result in massively lower voter turn-out, which is the only realistic victory I can hope for.
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I've been meaning to explain my position more fully. If Hillary can wrest the nomination from the Obama given his lead and popularity, we know the Democratic Party is fucked. I mean FUCKED forever. We already know the Republican party is fucked, so what happens when we are stuck with two completely fucked up parties? A bunch of new parties (yes, please) and we start over?
I know you don't like Obama, but he has become somewhat of a outsider-populist compared to the "old-school, business-as-usual, insider politics" Hillary. I didn't see that at first but I see it now.
Heh, you really think that comparison with Bush is valid? You seriously don't think the Dubya that ran in 2000 was not part of the establishment? If anything he was a puppet propped up by neocons, business leaders, and the entrenched gov't establishment who get to decide whoever they want as president they can make it happen.
tbh, I could care less who wins. I see potential for McCain's win to loosen the death grip the religious right has on that party (benefiting all of us). But we would have to deal with McCain. That's asking a lot, and quite frankly is too much to gamble on.
And it really doesn't matter on the Dems as you are right, they are indistinguishable. At least Obama's dependency on his church is all but finished!
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I've been meaning to explain my position more fully. If Hillary can wrest the nomination from the Obama given his lead and popularity, we know the Democratic Party is fucked. I mean FUCKED forever. We already know the Republican party is fucked, so what happens when we are stuck with two completely fucked up parties? A bunch of new parties (yes, please) and we start over?
I know you don't like Obama, but he has become somewhat of a outsider-populist compared to the "old-school, business-as-usual, insider politics" Hillary. I didn't see that at first but I see it now.
I can't even fathom why that would show the Democratic Party to be FUCKED if everything they've been a part of up til now hasn't already.
I'll second the "start over" motion, but parties won't have anything to do with my restart.
Obama the outsider-populist? Wasn't that what Bush was supposed to be?
Heh, you really think that comparison with Bush is valid? You seriously don't think the Dubya that ran in 2000 was not part of the establishment? If anything he was a puppet propped up by neocons, business leaders, and the entrenched gov't establishment who get to decide whoever they want as president they can make it happen.
That's exactly why the comparison is valid.
tbh, I could care less who wins. I see potential for McCain's win to loosen the death grip the religious right has on that party (benefiting all of us). But we would have to deal with McCain. That's asking a lot, and quite frankly is too much to gamble on.
And it really doesn't matter on the Dems as you are right, they are indistinguishable. At least Obama's dependency on his church is all but finished!
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