Reply #43: Hey, Welcome to DU! [View All]

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Glad you're here!

Seems to me there's a whole lot of everything on the blogs. I myself liked Biden's foreign policy thinking - he's paid attention in all those committee hearings and called Pakistan before it started exploding. But my heart really belonged to Chris Dodd for having the courage to leave Iowa and go back to DC to stand, pretty much single-handedly, against the new FISA bill and its retroactive immunity from prosecution for tapping our phones at the will and whim of the leader-du-jour. He really won me over. I also love Kucinich, but he's the ultimate long shot, unfortunately. But he sure is speaking my language (especially about IMPEACHMENT!).

The "big three"? Well, I'm thinking that I could live with any of them. I've found Obama appealing for quite a long time, and I feel compelled to rise to his defense when some of the more icky attacks start coming. And I love Edwards. Who couldn't love him for how he's championed the poverty issue and made it a leading priority? He's their voice in this - and they're a constituency that's been locked out the longest of all - longer than even people of color, OR women. And bless Richardson, because he gave Hispanic-Americans a place at the table. At the moment, I'm in the throes of sisterhood. I know how I reacted, instantly and spontaneously, when she took such a frickin' beating after Iowa. For the Love of God... In the "what you immediately feel before you stop and analyze" department, that really got me. Why didn't they just waterboard her, too, while they were at it? Hell, they did everything else.

Um... see what I mean?

Anyway, haven't checked many other blogs, per se. BUT... the advantage of DU means that you often have those links delivered to you rather than having to go out and fish for them. People are awfully well-informed and willing to share opinions and resources here. I have learned TONS, myself.