I think it rhymes with “voice”. Like we should all have a…voice?
Category Archives: politics
Can I Get a “Word” on This “The Word”
My Other Boyfriend is the coolest ever. *SWOON*
Dear Senator Hillary Clinton
Thank-you.
Thank-you for all of the amazing things you have accomplished in your life. Thank-you for being a wonderfully strong and confident woman to whom my daughter can look for inspiration.
Thank-you for being a champion for women’s rights.
Thank-you for your fight for health care.
Thank-you for smashing through the glass ceilings that you have and most of all, thank-you for running for the Democratic nomination.
Thank-you for staying in the race this long and giving as many people as possible a choice.
I am awaiting your next move, for I know that it will break ground and pave ways for future generations of women. I know that whatever you choose to pursue next it will make my life better, and it will make the future better for my daughter, and everyone with whom she will share that future.
I know that you will not let me down, for you haven’t done so yet. I know you are not perfect and that you have made mistakes, but being that you are human, I know you have learned from those mistakes and will use them to better prepare to forge ahead.
I hold you to the highest of standards, and wait anxiously for the great things I expect to see from you in the future.
Our Future.
Thank-you.
Warmest Regards and Endless Admiration,
Chang’e
Florida And Michigan Must Be Counted.
If the Democratic Party leadership does not find a way to seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida, either by holding a re-vote (which I think is needed in Michigan, as all the candidate’s names were not on the ballot), or finding some way to count the votes that were cast in the Primaries, McCain will win by default.
John McCain will become the next President.
Not because the nominee will be un-electable.
Not because legions of disgruntled Obama or Clinton supporters will cross party lines to vote for McCain.
Because the election will be stolen.
As it was in 2000, and in 2004.
And a party that has selected its nominee on the backs of the blatant, public disenfranchisement of millions of voters will have no moral authority to stand up to sneaky tactics like “malfunctioning” machines, misleading poll information, confusing ballots, hackers, misdirection, ID challenges, and caging lists. Much less a U.S. Supreme Court that leans even farther to the right than the one that handed George W. Bush the election he lost.
And I know, I know, there are “rules” that were broken. But here’s the thing. Those rules were broken by politicians playing games.
Not by the voters.
We didn’t all get together one day and decide we didn’t want our votes to count.
So the next time you hear someone say, or are tempted to say yourself, “They broke the rules,” I want you to try something. I want you to replace that phrase with one of these ones:
What were you doing on the street at that hour?
He ‘matched the description’ of the suspect.
If you don’t want ‘attention’ don’t dress like that.
Their parents are here illegally.
They’re ‘pushing their lifestyle’ on the public.
She was ‘leading him on’.
He’s a ‘problem child’ who can’t learn.
Because you’re basically making the same argument.
Well That Explains a Few Things…
I suppose some “Thanks” are in order?
*he-hem*
Dear Douche Bags.
Thank-you.
Much Love
Chang’ E
Jon Needs No Writers
Seriously, folks. This shit just writes itself.
I thought we could use a good laugh right now.
A shout out to my fellow democrats err…terrorists.
Wev, Mitt, wev.
This is your moment
With Super Tuesday coming up I though I would pass this on…
Senator Clinton is hosting a Monday Night conversation and is asking people to go to this site and ask her a question. It will be aired on both the Hallmark Channel (not something I usually watch) and at HillaryClinton.com. Sounds like it could be a great opportunity to find out what she’s all about.
I know I’ll be there!
Hey, am I endorsing too much?
The Nail on the Head
And I think Clinton hit it!
Did anyone else get to see tonight’s Democratic Debate on CNN? I happen to have had the luck of being detained…err…in a waiting room while it was on. For the first time, I think, I have gotten to see the subtle differences between the two front runner platforms.
At casual glance, which I am pretty sure is what a majority of American voters today are giving this race, Clinton and Obama are fairly equal…not a whole lot going on politically that is crazy different. It is a matter of subtleties…and as RQ pointed out to me earlier today, it’s a matter of mandates as well. The biggest differences in their plans are in Health Care.
And even that isn’t huge on the surface.
On the surface, they both want to cap premiums, and widen coverage. They want to make sure that children and the poor can get insurance. They want to make sure that health care is accessible, and that if your local clinic or hospital closes that you will still be able to receive care.
Obama wants to “maintain our choices”. He wants to allow people who already have private insurance to continue to enjoy what they have (and in theory that is fine and dandy). He doesn’t want to make his health care plan mandatory. At quick glance that sounds good…who doesn’t love having the choice to choose?
But the problem comes w/ the guesstimate of 15 Million people who would “choose” to not have insurance under his Health Care Plan. The people who already can’t afford insurance would still possibly not be able to afford it, and now it looks like they are simply “choosing” to not buy it. Then later if they become ill and have to receive emergency room treatment, there seems to be a system of fines or penalties designed to have the recipient pay arrearage for the coverage they should have had. He wants the people who would deem themselves as not needing insurance (because they are young and healthy, 18-25 y/o who think they are invincible) to be able to be covered under their parent’s plan until 25. There is a big difference between not being able to afford insurance and not having the sense the creator gave you when she split ya to see that everyone is mortal. Now we have people being covered because of privilege and the ones who desperately need insurance still out in the cold. But did I hear him correctly? Did he say he doesn’t think that 15 million is accurate? Some one correct me please!
It doesn’t make sense if it isn’t mandatory.
Now that I have paid attention, I see the difference. Clinton’s plan, while more expensive in theory (still cheaper than what we are pissing away on health care now, more than any other country) covers everyone. Say it together now, EVERYONE. And that is the first step to becoming a healthier nation. Basic health care, for men and women, that is affordable and accessible to all. This also means stopping companies from “cherry picking” healthy clients, and eliminating disqualifications for pre-existing conditions. She even wants to push to make medical records electronic, so that no matter where you are, there your medical history will be! She wants truly universal health care.
And in Senator Clinton’s words, you can’t call yourself a Democrat if you aren’t willing to fight for Universal Health Care.
Preach it sister!
And I think today is the day I have finally drawn the line. I will gladly support any candidate on the Dem side over the Rethugs…but twelve gods I hope it’s Clinton.
Seriously.
And also, thanks to Red Queen for the invite to write here! I hope this babble makes more sense than it feels like it does.
It’s Obama and Huckabee
And all I can muster is one giant “meh”.
If Huck continues on to win the rethuglikan nom, it will be fun watching him squirm out excuses about why he let a convicted rapist out of prison, despite letters from his victims begging him not too, because the rape victim was one of Bill Clinton’s cousins. The rapist then went on to rape and kill 2 women before he was caught. I think his new slogan should be “Huckabee- soft on crime, softer on rapists”
Now for the Obama problem. I can’t put my finger on it, but I have the same ookey feeling about him that I always had for Kucinich. See Kucinich looked for all intents and purposes like the only hard left prog in the race for a long time (including the entire 2004 race) but something about him just seemed wrong. Then he had the great wife search, which was creepy. Then he showed some love to Ron Paul, and I knew he was just a creepy little man who was desperate for both love and votes and willing to sell out women to get both.
When I first heard Obama speak, I was impressed. I was hopeful. But shortly after the ookey feeling started. Part of it was how he slammed people for voting for the Iraq war. I’ve been against the war since long before it started. Hell, the official start date of the war is my birthday and I take it as a personal affront that thinking people somehow thought it was a good idea to invade Iraq.
But Obama likes to run on the fact that he never voted for the war. Of course, he never had too, state governments don’t vote on foreign policy. So it’s not like he’s some Russ Feingold tested holdout. He also likes to use conservative framing for explaining his weak health care policy, and as a president you need to be able to frame the debate yourself, not sell out to the other side. Edwards is good at reframing the debate, Clinton has got some skills too (learned after spending years watching and helping her hubby teflon sidestep rethuglikan framing)
But, like I said before, I will vote for whomever is driving the machine that will get less people killed. That means Obama if he gets the nom. But don’t be surprised if he gets the nom and then runs farther to the right than any dem in recent history in order to prove that he can unify the country. He already likes using conservative framing, it’s not a far leap from just using the framing to using the ideas behind it.
Maybe Hillary is OK
My insomniatic self is watching some Wall Street Journal Review (I think) show with Maria Barteromo interviewing Hillary about sub prime mortgages and tax breaks. When Barteromo starts whining about how repealing the Bush tax cuts will put pressure on people who are already stressed, Hillary cracked up before Maria could even finish the question. Her response , once she finished laughing, was “You’re talking about people who are in the same tax bracket as Bill and I, and we aren’t feeling the pressure”.
That needs to be a media clip played over and over and over, every time a rethuglikan stars whining about taxes. Every single time.