Sunday, July 29, 2007

 

I don't usually agree with this woman, but today's commentary was right on!

Nancy Giles Wants New Blood For President
The Same Two Families Have Run The White House For the Past Two Decades

NEW YORK, July 29, 2007

(CBS) Sunday Morning commentator Nancy Giles says that the Clintons and Bushes have been in power long enough.

Hillary Clinton. She's a two-term Senator from New York, with eight additional years of presidential dress rehearsals to boot. Her husband, Bill, was president, now she wants to be president. We're talking big egos here. So what's the real story? Are the Clintons feisty competitors like the gun-slinging Annie Oakley and Frank Butler in "Annie Get Your Gun?" Or do they get charged by outdoing each other like Ann-Margret and Elvis in "Viva Las Vegas?" Or is Hillary's run for commander-in-chief the biggest apology by an unfaithful husband in the history of American politics?

Can you imagine dinner conversation at the Clintons?

"Well, Bill, you were leader of the free world, and that was good, and now it's my turn to be leader of the free world."

"Okay, Hill. I owe you. Let me give you a few pointers."

But wait. The Clintons had a President in the family. They had their turn. And look what's happening with that other family that's hogging the White House, and all the messy father/son dynamics that are in the mix. Saddam was mean to his daddy years ago? George W's gonna git 'em, even if it means going to war with the wrong country! Dad's old team has some advice? George W. ignores 'em, 'cause he's his own man. It's a little bit "Dallas" with a sprinkling of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," but as this psychodrama plays out, who suffers?

Only the entire free world!

There have been fathers and sons and husbands and wives who've done good: John Adams — father — and John Quincy Adams — son — didn't do too badly as presidents; Nobel-prize winning scientists Pierre and Marie Curie were married and still managed to unlock the mysteries of radium and polonium; and we can only imagine what Posh and Becks will achieve.

Look, powerful people can be as nutty as the rest of us…and we live in a democracy where all of our voices should be heard.

Isn't it time to maybe shake up the political establishment and bring someone new to a table that's been monopolized by the same two families for the last 20 years?

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posted by huggy 8:54 AM

Sunday, July 15, 2007

 

Excerpts from a recent letter to a friend:

"I've long said that we should give Israel a week's notice and nuke the rest of the region. Then after the glow dies down, Israel can stretch it's legs! I regret that George got so bogged down in Iraq before turning inward on Iran and cleaning out Ahmadinejad while we were on a roll! And then do a deep-cleaning on his buddies in Saudi as well!

I'm amazed at all of the pols who use phrases like "stability in the region" and "lasting peace". THE MIDDLE EAST HASN'T SEEN PEACE IN 5000 YEARS!!!

And I am a real stickler for calling things what they are (I think the whole abortion debate would be an easy fix if we just called the procedure "kill your baby")... Each time GW calls Islam "a religion of peace" it reminds me that he's a politician. (Here's my chance to recommend a book to you! "The Truth About Muhammed" by Robert Spencer--my current audiobook for my walks on the beach--it really tells it like it is! They'll be issuing a fatwa against him soon...)

And I'm convinced that NO politician can be trusted with a second term!!! GW is practically working for the DNC since the last election, our Governator turned into a Shriver after the last election. Nixon... oh, you know... and even for the dems--wasn't Monica Lewinsky in Bill's second term? Nobody except Reagan has had a successful second term I hear, but I can't vouch for it, because I was in my democrat party fog at the time... (D'Oh!)

I don't know anything about Thompson, other than my natural distrust for actors since Schwartzenegger. And I doubt that he is electable. I'm liking Romney, despite him being a Mormon--at least we'll know that he's really about family values, and he will have pro religious-liberties sensibilities.

I just hate finding myself in the position of siding with Pelosy, Klinton & Boxer in thinking that it is time to let the Iraqis destroy themselves in private. Unfortunately, the way things have gone the last 4 years the nation has lost it's support for the effort, and I don't forsee anything that would bring it back.

posted by huggy 10:09 AM

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

 

Bush Commutes Scooter Libby Sentence

Whether or not Scooter was guilty, I think it is apparent that Bush has just quit caring. He's decided to just let the White House go next year. Shame!

posted by huggy 7:02 AM

Monday, July 02, 2007

 

How much "Peace" can the UK stand???

posted by huggy 9:12 AM