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Feb. 25th, 2008 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I will give Nader credit for getting one thing right: if the Democrats can't win in November, it will be their own fault and not Nader's.
That said, if neither of the possible parties deserve to win, I'd really rather it went to the less awful of the two.
That said, if neither of the possible parties deserve to win, I'd really rather it went to the less awful of the two.
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Date: 2008-02-25 12:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-25 12:50 pm (UTC)I'm still not sure about Obama. Will he govern from the middle, the way he's campaigning, or pull a surprise once he makes it to the White House and turn into Hugo Chavez? We can't handle a radical socialist president during a recession when we're deep in debt.
He is going to win though. He has solid appeal to liberals, moderates, and even some conservatives. McCain has no appeal to liberals, slight appeal to moderates, and tepid approval from conservatives.
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Date: 2008-02-25 02:14 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-02-25 08:31 pm (UTC)One reason why I'd really like to see the USA adopting preferential voting or something of that ilk. Unfortunately, it's not likely to happen any time soon, since neither of the two majors are likely to benefit from it.
We can't handle a radical socialist president during a recession when we're deep in debt.
Maybe not, but a tax-cutting conservative is just as capable of steering us into recession and debt...
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Date: 2008-02-25 09:41 pm (UTC)> a tax-cutting conservative is just as capable of steering us into
> recession and debt...
The tax cuts weren't the problem, we've had record tax revenues under Bush. The problem is that spending has increased far faster than the tax revenue; Bush and Congress are spending like drunken sailors. I think Medicare alone (our health care plan for those 65+ years old) is costing us $32,000 per senior citizen per year, there's no way we can keep that up indefinitely. The Iraq war was another big budget item we didn't need to buy, as are the ever-growing list of pork project those in power bribe their constituents with to insure re-election.