An Independant Truth

As of late I have not been able to stop reading the newspaper or listen to the news. As a card carrying Independent, I have been busy constantly reminding myself to view the upcoming presidential election with unbiased analysis of the Fine senators vying for the job. With that being said I can’t help but to comment on the apparent race to see which party will torpedo their candidate first. For those of you keeping score at home it is 2-1, Democrats. The Democrats took the lead with a go ahead goal, when it was revealed that former Clinton campaign strategist Mark Penn made some less than scrupulous suggestions regarding Sen. Obama and America.

Two sounds were heard in homes across America. The first was the audible gasp from those Liberal-Democrats who hold their favorite politicians in an almost God like reverence (perfect, and can do no wrong). The second was the equally loud roars of laughter from the conservative right over the discovery of the Democrats very own “Karl Rove”. To be honest it does not surprise me, as most Independents, I subscribe to the “for every ying there must be a yang” theory. But if one looks at the article and really sees the underlying meaning then obvious questions concerning the decision making of Hillary Clinton come to light. And considering that at the very least she will end up in a prominent cabinet position, it is only fair that we consider this as it pertains to the numerous names that will be thrown about in the following months.

So let us look at what we already have as prior facts concerning Mark Penn. We know he is presumptuous (he is a strategist folks that’s what they do presume to know what is on the publics mind and then act). We also know he is boastful (on more than one occasion has hinted Hillary would have won with him). Most importantly though, this was not his first rodeo! He had a resume’ apparently an impressive one. For it landed him a job as the strategist of someone in the position of possibly becoming the president. So why did someone not discover that what was being preached on cable political shows was not what Mr. Penn represented?

Another question should be does Hillary share his obvious philosophy of win at all cost? On one hand he was let go, but on the other, it was not over this memo. I guess an argument could be made that in this case she lost, so no harm no foul and if this were an isolated incident then it could be made. But it is not an isolated incident, this revelation is but the latest in what is turning out to be a bad week to be a Democrat. With this along with the John Edwards soap opera it would be enough to force average democrats on the local levels to ask “who is watching the store”. We have seen over the past six years that faith of party has been on a decline among average Republicans, but they have not shaken their base much if any.

I do agree with a couple of things that the article reports on the first being the importance in swaying the undecided and Independents. And I do believe his is going to strain an already strained relationship between the two camps even more. Republicans drew first blood with the Stevens indictments. John Edwards tied the score at one all and now the Democrats have pulled ahead with this. Yep! I wonder who will win the race to torpedo their candidate. The ball is in your court Republicans

To read the complete article :http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/12/atlantic.clinton.staff/index.html

I know, the easy out is George Bush. Right?

Not so fast my left leaning friends, and please give the “Bush-Bot thier blood pressure medication. The biggest reason for the Republican loss is that they have been fighting too many battles and trying to put out too many fires all the while trying to construct the demise of the Clintons. If you’ll indulge me  I’ll list a few of the battles they could’ve done with out.

1. Same sex marriage.

 Can someone please explain to me how one gay person leaving thier death bennifits to another effects me? This is the tweenty first century and we’re still having a debate over the gender of a “Tax paying American’s” sweetheart. The simple solution would be for our government to re write the discrimination laws so that a American can designate who ever they wish as thier beneficiary,in other words It’s my money,I worked hard for it so I decide who gets it after I’m gone,clause.

2. Valerie Plame.

Once again a case of political influence run amock.Which is it Republicans? She either was or wasn’t a colvert agent? Half of you say she was the other says she wasn’t (sheesh and you folks talk about flip-flopping). The honorable thing would have been for those involved to fall on thier swords for the President ala Col. Oliver North. But that would have required sacrifice and so far it doesn’t look like anyone in Washington is prepared to do that. What was the result of this? Let’s see first there is the loss of a valuable intelegence contact in Nigeria,Loss of a CIA Agent (given the shere crappiness of our pre-war intell you would have thought the President would have lost his mind over this or at the very least his Dad (a former CIA director). the biggest loss of all was the little bit of respect from those in our intellegence agencies that found out that they were not beyond becoming political pawns. What did they gain? A reputation as a Bully.

3. Immigration reform.

Anyone with a logical train of thought can see what the problem is it’s the governments from which the illigals come from and the visa allocations from the legal ones. Building a  fence along the Mexican boarder isn’t the answer, sorry. These folks cross deserts to get here and you think a chain link fence with razor wire is gonna stop them,please. Also don’t give me the crap about securing our boarders from terrorist if you were that concerned then construct one accross the Canadian boarder,because it’s established fact that the idiots responsable for 9/11 came in through there.

Now for the fires,there aren’t that many so here goes in no particular order Donald Rumsfield,Enron,Rove,FEMA actually the list is longer I’m just getting a headache thinking of them.

Finally, living in the past. I’m sick of hearing “Bill” did it or you let “Bill” get away with it.You guys sound like a broken record. You’ve had the helm of the greatest country on this earth for going on eight years and the best you can do is “Bill” did it. Find a time machine and join the rest of us in the twenty-first century ok.

Ultimately the reason behind the change of power from Republican rule to Democratic domination doesn’t just boil down to George Bush or the war in Iraq,as I said that would be way too easy. It took a collection of people to drop the ball to bring this shift in power. When one looks at all the blunders that should have never have happened,all the missed opportunities and the out right mis-representation of facts and cover ups. It simply has made the republican party look out of time,out of touch and in some instances down right stupid. And I feel safe in saying I think Americans have had enough of stupid.