June 08, 2008

IMPEACH BUSH

IMPEACH CHENEY

MCCAIN IS BUSH VERSION 2.0

John McCain advertises himself as a "straight talker" and a "maverick" who has broken from the Republican party numerous times. In fact, McCain has consistently supported Bush's policies. Mr. "Straight Talk" is in the hip pocket of Washington lobbyists. They have even ridden on his campaign bus! This article by Robert Parry is at www.consortiumnews.com:

Since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, John McCain has sought to hide the forest of his neoconservative alignment with George W. Bush amid the trees of details, such as stressing differences over military tactics used in Iraq.

But the larger reality should be clear: McCain is a hard-line neoconservative who buys into Bush’s "preemptive war" theories abroad and his concept of an all-powerful "unitary executive" at home.

From McCain’s pre-Iraq invasion speeches to his campaign’s recent embrace of Bush’s imperial presidency, American voters should realize that if they choose John McCain, they will be locking in at least four more years of war with much of the Islamic world while selling out the Founders’ vision of a democratic Republic where no one is above the law.

THE POSITIVES OF HILLARY'S CAMPAIGN

My first choice for the Democratic nomination was John Edwards. When Edwards dropped out my allegiance shifted to Hillary Clinton. There were things about her campaign that irritated me. Some of what occurred will be used against Barack Obama by the Republicans. But she's intelligent, strong, and dedicated to the things she believes in. Even though she won't get the nomination, she has assumed an important place in history. She has proved that a woman should be judged on her individual accomplishments and policies and not on her gender. Women of future generations should thank her. This column by Gail Collins is at www.nytimes.com:

Over the past months, Clinton has seemed haunted by the image of the "nice girl" who gives up the fight because she’s afraid the boys will be angry if they don’t get their way. She told people she would never, ever say: "I’m the girl, I give up." She would never let her daughter, or anybody else’s daughter, think that she quit because things got too tough.

And she never did. Nobody is ever again going to question whether it’s possible for a woman to go toe-to-toe with the toughest male candidate in a race for president of the United States. Or whether a woman could be strong enough to serve as commander in chief.

Her campaign didn’t resolve whether a woman who seems tough enough to run the military can also seem likable enough to get elected. But she helped pave the way. So many battles against prejudice are won when people get used to seeing women and minorities in roles that only white men had held before. By the end of those 54 primaries and caucuses, Hillary had made a woman running for president seem normal.