You are voting for the people around him. I think it’s great that some people think they can have a beer with Bush or his cabinet. I could probably be friends with some of those people myself, if it wasn’t for the last 3.5 years. But to be honest, I don’t want any of my current friends as POTUS (sorry guys and gals). They are my friends because they are like me in at least certain respects. I want the POTUS to be better than me, to inspire me, to inspire the country, to make us better than we are. The current administration has not done that.
Related Posts
An Open Letter
Dear Sir, Since the Presidential elections are coming up here in the US, I’ve decided to outline what I expect from the President, and in turn, what the President can expect from me. Like you, I too will pledge on your inauguration day to uphold the Constitution. That document is what will bind us together and act as our common language, regardless of our political persuasions.
Gaza Crisis [constantly being updated]
I tend not to post on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because I do not perceive it as an issue of religious conflict from the Muslim perspective, and with the sizable number of Christians there, it is easy to make this obvious. However, the recent Gaza bombing, immediately following a blockade of food and certain medical supplies, is horrific. Haroon is covering, as is the excellent Global Voices. Mark Lynch, Abu Aardvark, posts some possibilities for how this may destabilize the entire region. Not a good scenario. Brian adds more. Apparently the strike has been in the works since before the ceasefire. (h/t…
Radicalizing
Follow the link to Krugman’s piece. Down the memory hole is right. As Krugman says, the period leading up to the Iraq war was indeed a radicalizing experience. I think there were plenty of people like me who had a degree of faith in elite opinion, in the sensible people in nice suits, which I never will again. And those people hate the dirty fucking hippies more than ever for the simple crime of being correct. [From Radicalizing]
One thought on “You’re not just voting for the President”
Comments are closed.
Great point! This election isn’t only about getting Bush out of the Whitehouse, it’s also about getting Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Wolfowitz and Rice out.