Unvetted immediate post-election thoughts....
Good luck to Barack. I don't agree with the vast majority of his policies, and I am scared shitless of his suggestion of playing nice-nice with Iran, but his eloquence will undoubtedly come in handy as long as he can write the speech beforehand and doesn't have to deliver anything off the cuff, where he seems to struggle mightily. .
I am conservative, but I realize conservatives can't win every election cycle....and this was a landslide (and perhaps deservedly so). What's more many of the so-called "conservative" Republicans in the legislature have not been acting according to the principles of conservatism, and have been spending recklessly. I am displeased with the Republican party, but hold steadfast to to fiscal (as opposed to social) principles of conservatism
If a Democrat had to win, I am happy it is an eloquent and non-vindictive one (Hillary, Reid, Pelosi, etc.), and I am much happier with Obama as president than Hillary. Obama's policies are about as far left as this country allows...and they admittedly scare me. For someone who claims to reach across the aisle, he was arguably the most liberal member of the entire Senate, but give me him over Hillary any day of the week. I hope my sincere reservations about his policies prove false and our country can move forward.
On the other side of the aisle, McCain ran a horrifically bad campaign, and with the incumbant Republican with a 29% approval rating, it would have taken a monumental effort from someone with a presence like Ronald Reagan to have given the Republicans the remotest of shots. McCain is not Reagan, and so he, or any other Republican candidate, was doomed from the start.
However I do think Sarah Palin was subject to an INCREDIBLY disgusting and unfair lynch-job by the media. I challenge you all to find any such instance in which a vice-president was scrtutinized as much as she has been. Compare it to Biden ?? We as a country seemed to be much more concerned about the "experience" of our potential vice-president and chose to conveniently gloss over the even less executive experience that our now incoming President has. It's just ridiculous given how much more important the presidency is than the vice-presidency; it makes no logical sense, and thus screams of intellectual dishonesty....shame on us for that.
In an election season when we broke through an incredible racial barrier and made history,it is unfortunate that, based on the way Palin was treated, we showed that the gender barrier is still alive and well.
Here's hoping Palin remains a stalwart in Republican politics. One of my friends and I have a bet (a fancy dinner) over whether Palin will remain a prominent figure in the American political system during the next presidential term. Good luck to incoming President Obama...let's double the budget for the secret service because I fear that his life will be at risk on a daily basis due to the bigotry of a few....
I am conservative, but I realize conservatives can't win every election cycle....and this was a landslide (and perhaps deservedly so). What's more many of the so-called "conservative" Republicans in the legislature have not been acting according to the principles of conservatism, and have been spending recklessly. I am displeased with the Republican party, but hold steadfast to to fiscal (as opposed to social) principles of conservatism
If a Democrat had to win, I am happy it is an eloquent and non-vindictive one (Hillary, Reid, Pelosi, etc.), and I am much happier with Obama as president than Hillary. Obama's policies are about as far left as this country allows...and they admittedly scare me. For someone who claims to reach across the aisle, he was arguably the most liberal member of the entire Senate, but give me him over Hillary any day of the week. I hope my sincere reservations about his policies prove false and our country can move forward.
On the other side of the aisle, McCain ran a horrifically bad campaign, and with the incumbant Republican with a 29% approval rating, it would have taken a monumental effort from someone with a presence like Ronald Reagan to have given the Republicans the remotest of shots. McCain is not Reagan, and so he, or any other Republican candidate, was doomed from the start.
However I do think Sarah Palin was subject to an INCREDIBLY disgusting and unfair lynch-job by the media. I challenge you all to find any such instance in which a vice-president was scrtutinized as much as she has been. Compare it to Biden ?? We as a country seemed to be much more concerned about the "experience" of our potential vice-president and chose to conveniently gloss over the even less executive experience that our now incoming President has. It's just ridiculous given how much more important the presidency is than the vice-presidency; it makes no logical sense, and thus screams of intellectual dishonesty....shame on us for that.
In an election season when we broke through an incredible racial barrier and made history,it is unfortunate that, based on the way Palin was treated, we showed that the gender barrier is still alive and well.
Here's hoping Palin remains a stalwart in Republican politics. One of my friends and I have a bet (a fancy dinner) over whether Palin will remain a prominent figure in the American political system during the next presidential term. Good luck to incoming President Obama...let's double the budget for the secret service because I fear that his life will be at risk on a daily basis due to the bigotry of a few....
posted by Mark at
11/05/2008
2 Comments:
Well, as a fellow fiscal conservative and for the most part social libertarian, I share some of your sentiments and disagree with others mightily.
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Anonymous, at 7:43 AM
I guess we're no longer the clones we once were in high school. Who woulda thunk it? Still that's ok..it was bound to happen eventually right? I'll tell you one ting, it was amazing seeing the excitement on some people's faces yesterday....it was genuinely moving regardless of political affiliation.
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Mark, at 9:55 AM
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