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Created on: January 03, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Aren't you sick of all the Election 2008 speculation? And the horror of it all is that the networks have the same in store till after the election. Doesn't the mere idea just make you cringe?
I can't turn on the TV without finding some reporters talking about the first tier and second tier candidates. Who cares?
The Republicans and Democrats are like Peter Pan's lost boys. They refuse to grow up and quit acting like spoiled children on a playground fighting over a swing. Their antics may entertain the first few times-which happened how many decades ago?-but afterwards they annoy. I can't help, but roll my eyes whenever I hear of the latest Republican/Democrat division.
Why can't we have an independent for president? Wouldn't that shake things up in Washington? Who knows? Maybe an independent would actually be able to keep some of his/her campaign promises.
But all the speculation so far is about the plain vanilla Democrats and Republicans. Who will be the Democratic presidential candidate? The Republican presidential candidate?
Will the "anything but another Bush party" vote straight-ticket Democrat, without thinking about the candidate they're selecting?
Am I the only one who finds all the proposed candidates uninspiring? Where's the JFK whose message resonated with America's youth? Where's the Lincoln filled with passion for his cause?
Why are most of today's candidates so drearily dull? If sixty is the new forty, they why do all the candidates act so old (as in eighty)? I mean come on, show some energy people. Don't just make boring speeches that look better on paper then coming out of your mouths. For some reason Bush's "Is our children learning?" has replaced Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Isn't it just tragic?
Is it too much to ask for a president that I can point to on the TV screen and proudly say, "I voted for that one?"
The Washington scandals (over presidential behavior, the war, etc.) seem to have overshadowed the role of the president. Yes, he's the leader of the armed forces, and he can order them into battle, but he needs Congressional approval to declare war. He's America's chief diplomat, but the Senate must ratify all treaties he negotiates before America can be held liable as a signatory. He can veto bills, but he can't stop a Congress united (with at least a 2/3 majority) in its desire to see a bill passed into law. He can propose bills, but a Congressman must actually be willing to take
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