Archive for October, 2008
U.S.S.A???
John McCain has charged Barack Obama as a Socialist for proposing a top tax rate of 39.6%. By this metric, let’s see just how Socialist our United States have been.
Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, United States
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Oct 30th, 2008
Life Imitating Art?
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Notice any patterns?
Tags: debates, McCain, Obama, politics, video
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Oct 28th, 2008
To My Republican Friends
With less than two weeks until the election, almost all of us know who we’re going to vote for. (In fact, some of us have already voted.) In an effort to improve the overall political climate in the U.S., I am pleading with my Republican friends to send a message to the GOP by not voting for McCain/Palin.
I’m not asking for a vote for Obama, but rather a vote for Bob Barr or the third party candidate of your choice. A protest vote, if you will. Here’s why:
The current Republican Party has all but abandoned conservative politics. For decades, we’ve seen a tug-of-war in Washington between liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans. In the last decade, this equation has changed. Conservative politics have gone right out the window.
In the last eight years, the GOP has given us a monstrous new federal bureaucracy in the Department of Homeland Security. In the prescription drug benefit, it’s given us the largest new federal entitlement since the Johnson administration. Federal spending—even on items not related to war or national security—has soared. And we now get to watch as the party that’s supposed to be “free market” nationalizes huge chunks of the economy’s financial sector.
They’ve failed in staying true to their principles of limited government and free markets. They’ve failed in preventing elected leaders of their party from becoming corrupted by the trappings of power, and they’ve failed to hold those leaders accountable after the fact. Congressional Republicans failed to rein in the Bush administration’s naked bid to vastly expand the power of the presidency (a failure they’re going to come to regret should Obama take office in January). They failed to apply due scrutiny and skepticism to the administration’s claims before undertaking Congress’ most solemn task—sending the nation to war.
(Why the Republicans Must Lose, Reason Magazine)
In abandoning conservative politics, the current GOP has replaced it with the politics of religious fundamentalism. This is an incredibly dangerous gambit for any democracy, but especially for the storied “melting pot” of peoples that is the USofA. (If you need some evidence, think back to the fall of the Roman Empire. Remember Constantine?)
I love a good political debate. While I may not agree with most tenets of the classical Republican philosophy, at least it is was a coherent philosophy. Today’s Party has lost even that.
If you are a Republican, and you believe in conservative politics, and you still believe in the concept of Democracy, please do not vote for McCain/Palin. Voice your protest with your vote and start rebuilding a Republican Party worthy of the name!
Filed under Uncategorized : Comments (9) : Oct 23rd, 2008
I voted
What a great feeling. I voted today for the 2008 election. (My vote is secret but I will let the reader guess which presidential candidate I chose).
Wisconsin is one of many states to allow early voting. I think it’s a great idea, as you eliminate the possibility of election-day shenanigans jeopardizing your opportunity to vote. Vote early! Vote safely!
Filed under Milwaukee, politics : Comments (2) : Oct 22nd, 2008
