Archive for April 17th, 2008
I suppose everyone has now caught wind of McCain’s ridiculous plan to “stimulate the economy” by placing a moratorium on the gas tax through the summer. While this plan is obviously irrational, harmful and backward thinking (global warming, pollution, anti-alternative fuels, putting hard-earned American money in the pockets of terrorist friendly middle eastern regimes, etc.), it should come as no surprise that this is a simple pander to the oil industry which has donated 70% of all its political contributions to Republicans. And among them: Senator John McCain.
I suppose we could give 71 year old McCain credit for kickin’ it old school and towing the party line by keeping the Republican Party bent over for the oil industry. But, I shan’t.
McCain’s proposal to lift the gas tax is criminal. Yes, criminal. He is attempting to deceive the American people, posing as if this tax cut is “to ease the burden on the working man”. Bullshit! This tax cut proposal is nothing more than a pathetic and weak attempt at securing more funding for McCain’s campaign. Pure and simple.
And McCain should be held accountable. How much longer will we allow our elected officials to take bribes from the very countries who fund those who wish to do us harm? Who’s products keep polluting our air?
It’s unfortunate that McCain has shown us that he is no different than Bush, Cheney or the rest of them. Because we are at a time when we require true visionary leadership. It’s as if McCain were sleepwalking. It isn’t 1985, Johnny Boy!!!!
Where Obama (in many peoples’ opinion) represents “change”, McCain is the anti-change. McCain is the status quo. The rotten-to-the-core status quo.
British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, knows who’s in charge. And it isn’t current President Bush. Brown met with all three presidential candidates today before swinging by the White House for a photo-op.
Why is this relevant? It shows just how little respect our president has in the eyes of the world. Not that we needed reminding of our dwindling credibility around the globe. Thanks for dragging us all down with ‘ya, W!
And that ain’t the half of it. President Bush is enjoying the worst approval ratings among the American people of his entire dismal “career”.
The popular blogger and The Atlantic editor put it best today:
“I think the United States is in deep trouble. In massive debt, bogged down in a $3 trillion war in Iraq with no end in sight, its moral reputation globally in tatters, its Constitution undermined from within, America desperately needs a substantive, honest debate about the future, a root-and-branch review of foreign policy, of tax policy, of environmental policy, of torture and terror policies and of entitlements. And we do not have the luxury of using elections in this climate as a way to fight over cultural conflicts originating in this instance from the boomer civil war stemming from the 1960s.”
Enough said. Thank you, Andrew.
Tired. Boring. Same old, same old. … Bad night for Obama, though. Bad night for ABC. Bad night for the Democrats. … Aren’t there enough blogs out there opining about the Democratic nomination?
Nicholas D. Kristof writes an interesting opinion piece in the New York Times today arguing that people seek out information which reinforces their prejudices. Can’t argue with him here. He says to balance your news intake from a wide variety of sources (liberal AND conservative). As always, loving Kristof.