Somehow, I missed the presidential debates held so far. I have no clue who to vote for next presidential election. But isn't that a few years off still?
I could vote for John Edwards, out of sympathy for his wife having metastasized breast cancer. I'd also stamp a pink breast cancer awareness ribbon on my ballot when I mailed in my vote. What a feel good thought.
Or I could vote for Hillary out of sympathy for her emotional issues--you know, lack of them. I would have cut off Bill's dick long ago and fed it back to him in a milkshake. Imagine the unresolved issues buried deep inside of her, that would come out in foreign policy, that prevented her from doing that.
I could vote for Obama so I could proudly be one with the civil rights movement and my past. Man I miss the Sixties. He's saner than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton at least. I'm not even sure he's black. I can't tell, really. He can speak in complete sentences, too, which would be a nice change for the White House. But so far, I ain't inspired.
As for the Repub's, what is up with Captain America , the Mormon? Mitt Romney. And what is up with the name "Mitt"? What happened to his girls? I mean, nobody has that many kids and no girls. Five boys? What I am wondering is if he left them in the street gutter, sold them into sexual slavery in trade for campaign donations to one of those cult Mormon fundamentalist polygamist child molestor groups, or just drowned them, thinking "they're girls, they're no good." Mormons. American Muslims. Man, am I getting stereotypical in my old age?
Guliana---I might vote for him, especially after he showed up in drag for some fund raiser and told a news crew his wife, his latest wife, is it number five or six?, just might sit in on cabinet meetings or even direct them. He's so fun.
And then there's McCain, the old guard, the old warrier, knows right and wrong, owned by nobody, but is just kind of maybe too old now. I respect him, but I probably won't vote for him. I won't make fun of him though. He's earned his right to say and do anything he wants. Last resort, if nobody else stands out as at least honest with some guts, I will vote for him.
I do think Hillary has guts. She's tough, too. I wish I could have seen the Vodka drinking contest that went on, between her and McCain, in some African nation. That would have been a classic---two tough characters, toughened by life itself, sharing drinks in a bar in Africa.
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I like Bill Richardson (but I'm not a citizen yet, so I can't vote). He was always efficient and reliable when I lived in New Mexico for seven years, and I like that he's pro-environment, and that he has a lot of foreign policy experience. I don't agree with him on gun control (he's against gun control), and he's against gay marriage (he supports "civil unions"), but I can accept those things. I'd just like to see someone responsible and competent in charge. I doubt he'll get the Presidential nomination, but he'd make a great vice-Presidential candidate.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm a fan of Al Gore, even though he hasn't said he's going to run. He's a smart man, and that would be a nice change, too.
dennis kucinich has, i believe, the best vision for our country and our world. he wants to create a department of peace (which i realize many have said is too orwellian). nonetheless, i love his idea of conflict resolution being taught. he has also addressed space-age weaponry and chemtrails (those nasty trails put off by jets--watch some day and you will see there are those that dissipate and those that don't. the ones that don't are chemical trails). he voted against the iraq war from the start. he has continually voted against the patriot acts. he has introduced legislation to impeach cheney (may as well impeach the real president). he wants to withdraw from NAFTA. he wants us to sign the KYOTO treaty. he wants to create universal health care.
ReplyDeletei met him when he was campaigning in 2004 (hub and i campaigned locally for him at the time. neither of us had ever felt inspired to campaign for anyone until we learned about dennis). at the time my spouse and i were facing the real threat of homelessness. we told him our story as we handed him a dollar bill, saying it was all we could spare, but we wanted to give him something to show him how much we supported him, his vision. his eyes immediately welled up with tears and he pulled us aside, asking for our names, which he wrote down on a piece of paper and stuck the dollar bill inside. he told us his story of growing up as a child, poor, sometimes living out of cars. he told us to have faith, to not give up. then he looked at us, still tears in his eyes, and said in almost a whisper "this dollar means more to me than a million bucks", shook our hands and walked away. in short, i didn't feel like i was in the presence of a politician. at all.
from what i've read, he isn't your typical hob-knobbing, wealthy politician. i read that his networth is like $30,000 (an old house he owns in ohio). who knows about that though. i love most of his visions (even though i don't feel he goes far enough), but he's still a political figure in D.C. where there is that energy of lies, machinations and greed, so how one totally shields themselves from that, i don't know and don't totally trust either. oh well, i still think he's the best candidate--the most one likely to tell you what he REALLY believes and how things REALLY are.
unfortunately, the media doesn't give him the time of day. both on television and online you RARELY see his name included in the list of candidates. that alone should be enough for anyone to want to check out this guy. he's a threat to the business as usual good ole boy network that permeates our political and business culture. he's a threat to big biz. all of which makes him unappealing (and dangerous) to the mainstream media outlets.
check him out. i think you'll find him to be exactly what this country needs to take us into a better future, one that is more inclusive rather than exclusive.
and oh yeah, we vote next november, 2008. so the time to get to know the candidates is now. :)
I don't know Bill Richardson, as a candidate. Yes, we need somebody smart, that can deal well with the extremists and all these complicated issues of our time. As for Kucinich, I don't know much about him. Signing the Kyoto agreement to me doesn't mean much. Having plans on how to reduce energy consumption in America while encouraging green construction and alternative fuels is a different story. I look for a candidate with specific plans of action, not just promises to spend money on this or that program key to certain groups of supporters.
ReplyDeleteI am also tired of American citizens demanding their government do more for them instead of American citizens grouping together to solve community issues.
I believe in the Kennedy speech to this day. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
kucinich does support using alternative energy and fuel sources.
ReplyDeletethere's a lot of talk about ron paul out of texas--talk that the media is hushing up.
all that being said, i'm not much of a supporter anymore of the election process. they've been proven to be rigged--software is easily tampered with and unless you're wealthy and promoting the agenda of uncle sam, your chances of being elected or even given equal media time are nil. if we were evolved enough, we could simply have a planet full of individual communities, living peacefully, each member supportive of and contributing to the sustainability of the community. but until we start realizing most of our problems and conflict arise from unmet needs, people will continue to worship control and individualism, especially our gov't leaders.