Not Another Republican

Fellow Democrats and Progressives, please hear me out and heed my warning before you stop reading. Candidates in both parties are beginning to drop like flies; John Edwards plans to drop today (at the drafting of this article), Rudy got spanked and is out and Huckabee is holding on by a thread.

Now that it?s down to two on the Democratic side, I have a plea to everyone: think long and hard truly understand the importance of this election and its consequences if Democrats don?t win. You?ve heard about the importance before, so I will spare you any enumerations. Simply, I ask that voters on the left remain cohesive. Already I hear anger and division from both camps, Obama and Clinton in particular. Radio shows like Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller and being inundated with calls angered by anyone who negatively opines one or the other and accusing the host of being biased (first, if you listen consistently, they aren?t. Second, it is talk radio after all, where everyone has opinions, including the host). This is not productive in any fashion for the Democratic Party. My fear now is that if Hillary wins the nomination, thousands of young voters who worked so hard over the last several months for Obama will not vote in November because they didn?t get the nominee they wanted. And those who have worked for Hillary will refuse to go out and vote for Barack. This would be a disaster for the Democratic Party, as the Republican nominee will surely win the presidency with a smaller voter turnout.

Like it or not, this is what happened in 2004 with Howard Dean. Dean sparked a fire with younger voters as well as those who were adamantly against the war in Iraq. However, once Dean was knocked out, his supporters were disappointed by the high hopes of the pre-Iowa hype only to lose; they were frustrated at the categorization by the media of his excitement (the ?scream?) despite his finish in Iowa as a ?crazed maniac.? Many held their nose and voted for Kerry, others didn?t even vote. We cannot afford another Republican administration after these 8 years of GWB and his cronies. If you don?t believe me or need the reasons enumerated, read ?Broken Government? by John Dean, former Republican and White House counsel under Nixon. Get out the vote!

John Edwards is a fallacy

Now that John Edwards has dropped out of this race, I feel the need to make a commentary: John Edwards is a farce and a fallacy! Everyday for the last several months I've listened to talk radio and watched cable pundits talk about John Edwards and his message of hope for the middle class. I've listened to call after call on Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, Stephanie Miller, many of which proclaim the wonders of John Edwards and his proclamations of how he's going to help the middle class and poor. What a crock! This man is so smarmy and self-centered. First, take a look at some camera shots of the guy when he doesn't realize the camera is on him: he has a scowl on his face and checking himself out. As soon as he realizes the camera is on him, the cheesy farm boy look appears on his face magically and he tries to charm you with his southern drawl. Now, look past the superficial. This man voted for the Iraq war and now calls it a mistake. More important and most indicative of this guy's real intentions is his vote on the bankruptcy bill that passed the Senate. He voted FOR the bill--a bill that, widely known at the time, would significantly harm the middle and lower class, most of whom accumulated enormous debt due to either job loss or overwhelming medical bills or a combination of both. During one of the last debates, Edwards used the ever-so-easy phrase: "I regret that vote." He claims he didn't know how bad it would harm people. BULL! This man is a lawyer. Lawyers are very well versed in bankruptcy. They are also very well versed with legal-ease in a Senate bill. As a Senator, John Edwards knew what he was doing while voting for the war and he definitely knew what he was doing when he voted to pass the bankruptcy law that would hurt middle-class families. Now he wants to claim innocence and ignorance. I'm not buying it and I'm glad the majority of the Democrats didn't either.

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Frenchdel on February 8, 2008

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