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.
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. I can’t blog from work now unless it is from my iPhone, which doesn’t really work too well with not having copy/paste, etc. I should make a post soon about the most recent of my iPhone gripes.
Anyway, first I’ll tackle hockey. The Capitals were eliminated in Game 7 of Round 1 to the Flyers. I was saying for months that I felt like making the playoffs at all would be gravy on a magnificent season. Still, it’s disappointing the team isn’t still playing. I still believe this team is capable of beating any other team in the league in a seven game series. The bounces didn’t go our way and we didn’t get it done. We’ll get them next year. Alexander Ovechkin has the Art Ross and Maurice “Rocket” Richard trophies locked up already, with the Hart a virtual lock along with the Pearson being a strong possibility. Backstrom is a finalist for the Calder trophy and is certainly deserving, though it likely will not go his way. Finalists haven’t yet been announced for the Jack Adams coach of the year award, but it would surprise no one if was awarded to Bruce Boudreau. The team’s best players are it’s young players, and they are only going to get better.
All in all it was a phenomenal year for Washington Capitals hockey. The team has awoken DC as a possible future hockey town. Season ticket sales are way up and it is looking like hockey won’t be the forgotten stepchild in Washington, DC sports much longer.
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