--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Why can't we find better people to run the country? > > -- > Doug
If Joe Lieberman had been the nominee, I would have quit my job to work for him. In all seriousness, I think it's not hard to figure out why: 1) The Republican Party is stuck with the person it nominated in 2000 when I still think that he was the better-qualified of the two candidates to be President (don't get me wrong, I _love_ John McCain, I just think he's tempermentally unsuited to the Presidency) 2) In my opinion, the Democratic Party went stark, staring, raving nuts in 2000 and has gotten worse ever since. There was an opinion poll of the delegates at the convention that said something like most of them don't think of dealing with terrorism as a high priority. An example. Terry McAuliffe is the head of the DNC - a very, very important person in the party, chosen by the party to represent and lead it. Let's ignore the fact that he's ludicrously corrupt. But he has publicly stated his belief that we invaded Afghanistan after 9/11 because we wanted an oil pipeline there (inspired by Fahrenheit 9/11, of course). This is insane. Now, I don't think McAuliffe brushes his teeth in the morning without thinking through how he can get more votes. And he was somehow so out to lunch that he thought that was a comment that could win supporters for the Democratic Party. I'm not even saying he honestly believes that (as far as I can tell, McAuliffe doesn't honestly believe _anything_). And this guy is the head of the Democratic National Committee. What the hell? I mean, really, what the hell? The oldest and greatest political party in the world has people like this moron running it? The rest of the country looks at these people and thinks "Put these people in charge of national security and kiss your ass goodbye" ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
