> > I didn't spend a lot of time studying the candidates in the > > primaries because I really only care about who we have to > > choose from now. > > That's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard > you say. If you'd paid attention, you could have > had a *voice* in who we have to choose from now.
I know my limitations Judy. I don't really think my voice in politics is important. I have my pet issues and try to focus on them. But the time to really understand all the candidates in the primaries to be informed enough just doesn't make the time/payback cut for me. Like you, I wasn't overly impressed with Obama in the primaries. But I wasn't behind Hillary either, so I let them slug it out. My bias is anti-republican. Let me put it this way. You spent a lot of time and had your "voice", and now you have Obama. So do I. But my time has been spent on the specific issues that I can more directly effect. And it isn't that I didn't pay ANY attention. I just didn't come up with a candidate that I really believed in enough to invest more time. Everyone is not meant to be political, that is why I appreciate our republic, often misnamed a democracy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > OTOH we are in a shitstorm so going with whoever you think > > > > has the brainpower and perspective to lead us through it > > > > makes sense. > > > > > > Compare Solutions to Financial Crisis: Warm and Fuzzy > > > Non-Specific Obama: > > > http://preview.tinyurl.com/43dolg > > > Strong and Specific Hillary: > > > > Sometimes I wonder where you are going with this. There could > > be a role for Hillary to advance her ideas in a cabinet position. > > But right now it is Obama vs McCain and Hillary's positive > > qualities don't seem to matter much right now. > > I think the point is that neither of the two > candidates has the brainpower or perspective > to lead us through this. And enlisting Hillary's > help after the election is likely to be too late, > no matter who wins. > > How Hillary's grasp of the situation--which she's > been on top of for a long time, BTW--could matter > a lot right now is if Obama were to start > listening to her and trying to talk like she does. > His response to the crisis has been pitiful, not > as bad as McCain's, but nowhere near adequate. > > > I didn't spend a lot of time studying the candidates in the > > primaries because I really only care about who we have to > > choose from now. > > That's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard > you say. If you'd paid attention, you could have > had a *voice* in who we have to choose from now. >
