The Primary Wars... Speaking strictly as a member of DU... [View All]

[rasputin1952]

FWIW...I too am tired of those who preach...what "is really happening", and it is indeed a little too much for me. I have no candidate at this time, no one, except Richardson and Kucinich have seriously talked about issues. Richardson is no longer running, and Kucinich, while having a possibility of becoming the nominee, in all reality will not be the D nominee.

As for the R's....really, they have absolutely nothing. I live in Nebraska, it is about as GOP as one can get, and if I had the market on crying towels, I'd never have to work again. I've never seen the R's quite literally, as despondent as they are right now. They counted on Rudy...no go; they counted on Thompson to be a Knight on a White Horse...he came in riding a gray hamster, and that died under him. Romney...say what one will, the R's will not elect a Mormon. Huckabee...his religious talk will get him crucified. They have nothing, no ideas, no platform, no sense. When I see the R's on stage, I can see a visual of sacrificial lambs.

I do not know who the D candidate will be, whomever it is, I will support them. I truly believe that unless the D candidate completely folds under pressure or something catastrophic happens, be it illness or death...we cannot lose. But we should be aware that we, by our lack of voting, or our aptitude to make the most petty of points into something that resembles Armageddon, we can easily toss this election to the R's.

There is never a perfect candidate. All we can do is choose one by what their records are, and how we perceive them as potential leaders. There will always be flaws, but we need not dwell on the superficial flaws one possesses, we need to see where strengths are, what will the best we can choose do to put this country back on track. And this is not just an election for president, it is an election that will need good D's in Congress...Men and women that will do what is right, not what is popular, or worse yet, things that are just plain stupid. The first congresscritter that brings up a call for a Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, or a Constitutional definition of marriage, should be dragged out of the respective chamber and be given a shovel to clean out the DC PD horse stables.

So when we look at the election that is finally coming in November, we need to be a unified fighting force, determined to ensure that this nation be returned to the people, by the people. Even the R's will thank us for bringing this nation back to at least some semblance of sanity.

When all is said and done, it comes down to all of us to ensure that the bush "legacy" dies a quick, but painful death. We must show not just ourselves, but our children and the world, that this nation is a just and decent nation, a beacon of freedom and tolerance...and the likes of bush and his absurd and disastrous ways will never again darken the skies of the world.

Thank you all for allowing me my little rant.