Transofmation: The Stakes of the '08 Election...
Some leaders seem to understand the problems of Bush and how much he has missed opportunity to be a great leader (though I would be hard pressed to even consider he had that potential). Check out this article from the AP.
So everyone is catching on to the crucial times in our country's history. It's too bad that no one seemed to realize this when the media nitpicked VP Gore to death in his campaign. But nonetheless we have the what's left. I think anyone who would erase the stain of the Bush and Republican Congress for the last 6 years would be quite a transformation. But let's hear what the candidates themselves describe their transformative leadership:
Well, thanks for AP not really getting into what all these candidates mean by this, but hey not expecting much. It is just heartening to me to see some our presidential
candidates understand the crucial decisions for our country need to be made. It remains to be seen that this idea that we call "centrism" is somehow inherently a virtue. The whole concept of centrism and moderation means little or nothing can be accomplished because the interests involved in making the decision will be diluted and completely ineffective. And then both sides will scramble to attack for another marginally victory, which pretty much explains the last 20 or so years. The biggest problem with Clinton this election cycle aiming to be "centrist" or moderate is that to make necessary changes, she needs to plan to have a willing and enthusiastic Democratic Majority when she comes to office and in fact should expect it. A Republican presidential candidate should want a Republican majority. Though as it now, that is slim, and Mitt Romney is the only one talking about it, and he faces huge challenges to getting even his own nomination.
Point being- transformation means "moderates" or "centrists" or "independents" or whatever fucking name the media and the political bourgeois wants call them, move to one side and create the realignment necessary to take this country in a new direction. It is become obvious that the petty personal politics and crony capitalistic Republican domestic agenda and war-driven imperial foreign policy somehow just didn't stick like it did the last time Republicans cemented a majority around the turn of the last century. Maybe it is because the Democrats made Americans believe and expect more from their government when they came to power in the 30's or maybe the too many people voting... universal suffrage sure is a bitch.
So everyone is catching on to the crucial times in our country's history. It's too bad that no one seemed to realize this when the media nitpicked VP Gore to death in his campaign. But nonetheless we have the what's left. I think anyone who would erase the stain of the Bush and Republican Congress for the last 6 years would be quite a transformation. But let's hear what the candidates themselves describe their transformative leadership:
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama announced he was running for president by declaring, "I want to transform this country."
Republican Mitt Romney launched his candidacy by telling people, "If there ever was a time when innovation and transformation were needed in government, it is now."
And Democrat John Edwards revved up his second presidential bid by offering "transformational change that will strengthen this country," as he phrased it in a recent Associated Press interview.
Well, thanks for AP not really getting into what all these candidates mean by this, but hey not expecting much. It is just heartening to me to see some our presidential
candidates understand the crucial decisions for our country need to be made. It remains to be seen that this idea that we call "centrism" is somehow inherently a virtue. The whole concept of centrism and moderation means little or nothing can be accomplished because the interests involved in making the decision will be diluted and completely ineffective. And then both sides will scramble to attack for another marginally victory, which pretty much explains the last 20 or so years. The biggest problem with Clinton this election cycle aiming to be "centrist" or moderate is that to make necessary changes, she needs to plan to have a willing and enthusiastic Democratic Majority when she comes to office and in fact should expect it. A Republican presidential candidate should want a Republican majority. Though as it now, that is slim, and Mitt Romney is the only one talking about it, and he faces huge challenges to getting even his own nomination.
Point being- transformation means "moderates" or "centrists" or "independents" or whatever fucking name the media and the political bourgeois wants call them, move to one side and create the realignment necessary to take this country in a new direction. It is become obvious that the petty personal politics and crony capitalistic Republican domestic agenda and war-driven imperial foreign policy somehow just didn't stick like it did the last time Republicans cemented a majority around the turn of the last century. Maybe it is because the Democrats made Americans believe and expect more from their government when they came to power in the 30's or maybe the too many people voting... universal suffrage sure is a bitch.
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