last night as stuff was winding down, i couldn’t sleep, so i turned on C-span, and there was the democratic youtube cnn debate being broadcast. Excellent! i thought, a reason to stay up another hour and its a perfectly reasonable excuse – to stay up on politics.
I’ve come to the decision that Kucinich is good for somethings: reopening an investigation into 9-11, introducing resolution to Impeach Bush, (Conyers has said he will begin proceedings if only 3 more representatives sign on, come on people call your house members here); and you got a love a guy who is telling everyone to text PEACE in their mobile phones to their representatives… but he is just not presidential material. His words are too prepared, he’s too goofy, and i think his imagination is limited; talking about bringing the world together with peace, and all that.
I’m coming around a little to Barack. this guy has some charisma, and that youth can work to his benefit like he hasn’t been in DC too long to become a jerkweed politician yet. on the other hand, Joe Biden, who has been in DC forever, managed to seem invaluable with his experience. Biden is slick, he’s really got the angry for the common man thing down; its impressive when he lets loose on an issue like armor for the humvees.
Hillary’s best moment of the night? a southern youtuber asked her how she could deal with islamic countries that consider women as second class citizens, and she said, “I think as a woman, I am the best equipped to deal with these countries.” well that’s a paraphrase, and it was just awesome, though i can’t duplicate it here.
Bill Richardson continued to show intelligence, common sense, no big blunders. a real nice guy. I find him most believable, though some of his promises (to have troups out of Iraq in 6 months, with no residual servicemen left there) seem naive. Then there’s the Mike Gravel, I did some searching into interviews with him, and it turns out he isn’t always yelling at people. like a good conversation with wolf blitzer… I think he reacts to what he sees as manipulation, whether it is with the media, in the debates, and so on. yeah, he ‘tells it like it is’, but also, his passion for Actual change (not token change-ism mantras) is real stuff. He would be a good vice president, I think, because then he wouldn’t have to be the slick suave guy.
Chris Dodd, a good guy. Didn’t do anything special for me
okay,
i guess this is dumb political entry, but maybe something you can chew on and add to:::
July 26, 2007 at 3:49 am |
I just caught a couple of clips. Found Hillary more interesting than I would have expected. I thought she would be annoying and canned, but she actually had some personality. That Oprah swagger.
I like Obama but he still seems a bit green, I want to see him more forceful in a debate before he’s ready to go up against the republican spin machine. He has big ears and lips, and he’s kind of feminine looking.
John Edwards was looking good. Not so much, Dodd and Richardson. No chance. Biden seems plausible at first, though his self-importance will probably wear on people.
I liked Edwards’ hair video.
July 26, 2007 at 5:40 am |
Seems like it’s been a long fucking time since it was so wide open. Really, any of the guys you mentioned could catch a wave, as could one of the darkhorses. How big was Clinton at this point in his first campaign? He was relatively known and favored, wasn’t he?
How about that Alberto Gonzales, eh?
July 26, 2007 at 2:19 pm |
What happened to the smoothies?
July 26, 2007 at 4:09 pm |
the smoothies will be back some day…
Obama, Edwards, and Hillary are all good democrats, if you think that the democratic party is just fine as it is. It is my hope that all of the dejected, frustrated feelings of the voters can actually be made of use. Incorporating independent, 3rd party, green party ideas to renew the Democrat’s platform. yes we need someone who is good in the rhetoric department, but do they have to be so glossy, already bought off?
July 28, 2007 at 10:14 pm |
Wouldn’t you say that this bunch of Democrats is more left-leaning than the last? After all, even Hillary is stepping back from Bill’s free trade positions. And all three have universal health care plans, albeit without eliminating insurance companies as Michael Moore would like to see. All three are likely to lead us to a carbon tax/cap and trade law.
But to get rid of the gloss and the special interest money… that is a lot to hope for. Everybody needs to take oldgreedy’s enlightenment pills maybe.