I cannot help but wonder why it is Republicans do the things
they do. The Michigan legislature, for example, a lame duck bunch if ever there
was one, has been busy passing all kinds of things that they have to know are
not popular and not in the public interest, anti union stuff, anti abortion
stuff, and so on. It is pretty clear that these things (I do not know what else
to call them) are eventually going to have to be changed which will result more
or less in their being returned to their original form. I cannot believe these
idiots can possibly believe they are going to pass things that are going to
stay passed and that will eventually be overturned. So what is the point of
passing them in the first place? The only outcome of this lame duck nonsense
will be to create confusion and waste a great deal of time. Perhaps that is
what they intended. I cannot see any other purpose in passing things that the
public does not want just because you have the temporary means to do so.
Similarly, why is Boehner holding up the vote in the House
that would maintain the tax breaks for 98% of the taxpayers. He must know this
is inevitable, it is going to happen, and holding it up merely creates an
enormous waste of time and also does nothing to improve the image of
Republicans. So why does he do it? He cannot possibly believe that by doing
this he is going to stop Obama from raising the tax rate on multi-millionaires
and billionaires. Maybe it is true that he is simply waiting either for the
very last minute to demonstrate to his Tea Partyers that he did what he could,
maybe he is waiting until he is re-elected as Speaker of the House, maybe he is
just helpless in the hands of idiots. In any case this is just another complete
waste of time. The House could be co-operating in doing the public’s business
but I guess they are too busy doing what they are being bribed to do. This is
most certainly not the way our so-called democracy is supposed to work.
I hope John McCain and his creepy little sidekick, Lindsey
Graham, are happy with their disgusting “victory” over Susan Rice. I’m not at
all certain she was the best person for the job of Secretary of State, but I do
know their attack on her was vicious and unfounded. First of all, contrary to
their slanderous remarks, she was eminently qualified for the job. Second,
their attempt to characterize her as stupid merely revealed their own stupidity.
A graduate of Stanford, a Rhodes Scholar, a Ph.D. from Oxford, 20 years of successful
public service does not indicate stupidity on her part. They could have
attacked her on her record but by attacking her as a person, knowing that as
U.N. Ambassador she could not easily fight back, they simply revealed their
cowardice (and most probably racism). McCain is, among other things, a
vindictive poor loser. Rice apparently at one time made some remarks against
him, and of course Obama defeated him in the election, so mounting this sleazy
attack on her helped him get revenge on both of them.
So here we are again, starting to talk about 2016 even
though the 2012 election is barely over. I think this is ridiculous. But as
everyone is doing it I guess I will comment. Will Hillary run for President in
2016? Yes, I believe she will. She no doubt deserves and requires some rest for
her many hectic years in public life, but I cannot believe that a woman as
ambitious as Hillary will pass up the chance to become the first female
President of the United States. And, if Obama has a successful second term and
then supports her, along with her husband, she should easily win (not that
running for President should be considered easy). If she were running and the
election was coming up soon she would certainly win. I can’t see any potential
Republican candidate that could beat her, and if Republicans run the same kind
of second and third rate candidates they ran this time they would fully deserve
another beating.
Aristotle
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