Janny over at Long Live The Monkey sent me this article today. I thought I should share it here after my mentioning earlier about how Sen. Obama is the only one being realistic and truthful amongst the Presidential candidates when it comes to this political gaming over gas prices.
Here’s an excerpt:
Much nonsense has been written about how Hillary Clinton is “toughening up” Barack Obama so he’ll be tough enough to withstand Republican attacks. Sorry, we don’t need a president who is tough enough to withstand the lies of his opponents. We need a president who is tough enough to tell the truth to the American people. Any one of the candidates can answer the Red Phone at 3 a.m. in the White House bedroom. I’m voting for the one who can talk straight to the American people on national TV — at 8 p.m. — from the White House East Room.
Who will tell the people? We are not who we think we are. We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes. We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to work on our country.
One of Clinton’s laws of politics is, if one candidate is trying to scare you, and the other one is trying to make you think, if one candidate’s appealing to your fears, and the other one’s appealing to your hopes,” he said. “You better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.
~ William Jefferson Clinton, while campaigning for John Kerry in 2004
I wish we had an Obama in every Senate and House seat, and in the White House. Where are the leaders that tell it like it is instead of playing to our fears, playing to our ignorances or pretending we’re ignorant, and pandering to the lowest common denominator?
What we need are real leaders with real solutions for real change. Not just at the top office, but everywhere through our government.
A clear difference between pandering and leadership prioritized over what is politically expedient. Senators Clinton and McCain for removing the federal excise tax on gasoline for the summer (the one that pays for road and bridge repairs, etc.), Sen. Obama understanding that it won’t actually do anything. Maybe Senators Clinton and McCain are on to something. I mean, we don’t really need to make bridge repairs. Sen. Clinton wants to offset it by raising taxes on the oil companies, which then would pass the cost on to the consumer making the legislation effectively useless and not changing prices at all. But hey, whatever makes your stump speech exciting, right?
DCist has a neat map of some wonderful possible changes to Metro that would be just awesome.
Sen. McCain flip-flops on yet another issue. Perhaps senility has set in?
Mid-western mother to suit crossing against light: Excuse me, sir?
Suit, in mid-intersection: Yes?
Mother: You’re setting a bad example for my daughter -crossing against the light.
Suit, continuing on his way: Yes, I am.
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