When she started working closely with Scaife and the rest of the Vast right Wing Conspiracy types she really turned off lots of people (like, again, me) who might otherwise have accepted her.
While I probably wouldn't vote for McCain over Clinton, it could be close. Looks like I won't have that worry.
I wonder who President Obama will appoint to his cabinet? Earth First! (We can strip mine the rest later.)
He is, I think, somewhat more likely to order an attack on Iran than Hillary. Earth First! (We can strip mine the rest later.)[ Parent ]
The question in my mind is more `if we do go to war, which candidate will most competently prosecute it?' I think McCain wins on that. Policy-wise he may be very close to Bush '43, but the cardinal problem of the GWB administration isn't policy decisions, it's the way those policies were enacted. For example, I don't have reason to think that McCain would use personal loyalty to the exclusion of almost every other criteria when filling appointments.
Frankly I think GWB fails both on policy and the implementation of said policy.
Can you give some examples of what you think his good policies are?
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How's my blogging: Call me at 209.867.5309 to complain.[ Parent ]
But that is really neither here nor there. I think McCain would have been smart enough to properly finish Afghanistan before going into Iraq.
Ok, cheap shot. The Political Science Department of the University of Woolloomooloo[ Parent ]
Didn't the US snarf Texas and New Mexico from Mexico back in the day? Everyone living there today is almost certainly better off.
The other obvious one I'm thinking of is the dude who unified China way back when, founded the first dynasty. 1 enormous China did very well for itself up until the 1800's or so, arguably better then the 4 or 5 squabbling wee kingdoms could have done.
When the Romans acquired Britain they beat down a bunch of unlettered savages living in mud huts. When the Roman empire collapsed Britain was left on its own, but now they had highways, new towns and infrastructure, new ideas about governance and institutions, a new religion, etc. etc. etc.
The missus just suggested the UN intervention in Cyprus has kept them from killing each other for 40 or 50 years now.
And yeah none of those is a good comparison to Iraq, and you could quibble about any or all of it, but that's history for ya.[ Parent ]
That said - I can't see anyone (McBush) thinking an attack against Iran is a good idea. I think some politicians would like to make Iran think it's a possibility - but given our current state of quagmire in Viet Nam there's just no way we can rationally take on another third world country in fisticuffs.
