John McCain, Ed Sanders, and Bipartisanship
On Friday, I got to go see one of my favorite political leaders from all time, and maybe my favorite of this new century. Thats right, the truly awesome US Senator John McCain. And other than the fact that it was in Oxford at Ole Miss & the fact I had to listen to that fool Robert Kyahatt, it was a truly great experience.
Especially since me and my friend little Ed went up together. Which I might add, we had one of the most confusing 2 car motorcade u can have. Me with all my Democrat stickers followin Ed with his republican stickers includin the likes of Senator George Allan. Which i was sort of hopin we got lost. B/c then i could blame ed for poor leadership (as dems blame bush) but not offer a plan for how to get back on track as Democrats are known to do. B/c the blame game is so much more fun. But hey, me and ed know this bipartisanship thing. And its the way to go.
But some of McCain's speech and most of the Q&A dealt with the war in iraq which is an important issue but there are so many more important issues affecting Mississippi that should have been talked about. like education and medicare and transportation and spending policy and the budget. but most of the talk centered on the war. and mccain defended bush's position on the war and having no timeline. which i happen to agree with. i supported the war in iraq from the beginning, not b/c of WMD as the president claimed, but b/c of human rights violations and our participation in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, established shortly after WWII. and to give the President credit, he did say when we went to war in Iraq, that it would likely last 5 years and we've only been there 3 i believe so he still got time, just most people forget the 5 year thing b/c we militarily took over the country so quick which was gonna be easy. Organizing the country into a safe, self-supporting democracy was always gonna be what was the difficult task. Now, the problem with the war and reestablishing of Iraq is that mistakes were made. Most namely in establishing a more global coalition of allies. That's where the President made his biggest mistake. Pushing the war on the basis of WMD's and a Preventive attack against Iraq on the basis they would attack us. Most of the world's nations did not buy it (namely France, Russia, China, & Germany) and hence our predicament. If he had pushed for the war on the basis of human rights (which would be less popular here but more popular on the world scale), we would have had more help. Instead, Bush went with popularity here in the US (namely WMD's) and has left us labeled as hegemonic occupiers, not compassionate americans. Hence, the higher cost and the more prominent backlash.
But still, bipartisanship is where the future of America lies. A democratic slandering of the war does the country, the soldiers, and the iraqi people nothing. At the same time, the failure of the Republicans to not admit mistakes and the President to stick to his "i'm always right" highground is also doing us no good.
Both parties lack real leadership. At some point, it might occur. But until then, a bipartisan led 3rd party may be where the future is at.
Especially since me and my friend little Ed went up together. Which I might add, we had one of the most confusing 2 car motorcade u can have. Me with all my Democrat stickers followin Ed with his republican stickers includin the likes of Senator George Allan. Which i was sort of hopin we got lost. B/c then i could blame ed for poor leadership (as dems blame bush) but not offer a plan for how to get back on track as Democrats are known to do. B/c the blame game is so much more fun. But hey, me and ed know this bipartisanship thing. And its the way to go.
But some of McCain's speech and most of the Q&A dealt with the war in iraq which is an important issue but there are so many more important issues affecting Mississippi that should have been talked about. like education and medicare and transportation and spending policy and the budget. but most of the talk centered on the war. and mccain defended bush's position on the war and having no timeline. which i happen to agree with. i supported the war in iraq from the beginning, not b/c of WMD as the president claimed, but b/c of human rights violations and our participation in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, established shortly after WWII. and to give the President credit, he did say when we went to war in Iraq, that it would likely last 5 years and we've only been there 3 i believe so he still got time, just most people forget the 5 year thing b/c we militarily took over the country so quick which was gonna be easy. Organizing the country into a safe, self-supporting democracy was always gonna be what was the difficult task. Now, the problem with the war and reestablishing of Iraq is that mistakes were made. Most namely in establishing a more global coalition of allies. That's where the President made his biggest mistake. Pushing the war on the basis of WMD's and a Preventive attack against Iraq on the basis they would attack us. Most of the world's nations did not buy it (namely France, Russia, China, & Germany) and hence our predicament. If he had pushed for the war on the basis of human rights (which would be less popular here but more popular on the world scale), we would have had more help. Instead, Bush went with popularity here in the US (namely WMD's) and has left us labeled as hegemonic occupiers, not compassionate americans. Hence, the higher cost and the more prominent backlash.
But still, bipartisanship is where the future of America lies. A democratic slandering of the war does the country, the soldiers, and the iraqi people nothing. At the same time, the failure of the Republicans to not admit mistakes and the President to stick to his "i'm always right" highground is also doing us no good.
Both parties lack real leadership. At some point, it might occur. But until then, a bipartisan led 3rd party may be where the future is at.
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