I wonder if Americans really are uninformed enough to follow the president and the conservative Media on their flogging of Kerry over his recent observation.
Here's who I like for the 06 Election season:
US Senate: Amy Klobuchar
Kennedy is laughable, and I don't really like the idea of Independents in the US Senate. The main reason being with all their campaigning about being a fresh take unencumbered by party demands, they're going to either caucus with one party or lack the ability to get anything done.
Governor: Peter Hutchinson
I wish he was less conservative, and Mike Hatch isn't bad, but this is where an Independent could really get something done. I watched a little bit of the Vikings game on monday, which was the only live TV that I'd watched in weeks. I was surprised to see so many attack ads by all three candidates. At least that's what the corporate (and public) media would have you think. I saw eight negative ads by Pawlenty and one each by Hutch and Hatch. The Hutchinson ad is just boring third-party "these guys suck" style. The difference between Pawlenty ads and Hatch ads is that Hatch is calling out Pawlenty on issues, and Pawlenty is attacking Hatch's character for questioning the Borrow-and-Spend-ican agenda. It doesn't even take a foreign education to be able to look through the smoke here.
US House, District 5: Keith Ellison
This guy is great. The power-struggle for the seat was annoying, but it worked out for the best with the best candidate winning the primary. I don't have anything to say about Alan Fine other than I feel sorry for him for having his closet aired out publicly for a seat he has no chance of winning.
And we've got Dibble and Hornstein, who are the best, Jerry, the best. And Luger and Lopez, Instant Runoff voting, a transportation amendment that is better by degrees, this all should be pretty obvious.
I have a feeling Rove and Diebold has this election under control, though and another crazy right-wing Congress seems almost inevitable. Prove me wrong.
[update 1] I just read/watched fantasy election game. My team: Driver2165.
Comments (8)
Perhaps Mike came up with that on his own? Sure. But he says Kerry didn't trip over his words, which means he didn't pay attention. It's not my problem. He's just uninformed. And being a member of the military shouldn't change anything. Unless he thinks he's better than everybody.
Obviously if you're going to take Kerry's gaffe as what he meant to say, you'd have to take all of Bush's doublespeak as the same. In that case Bush doesn't care about Bin Laden, He's trying to come up with more ways than our enemies to harm Americans, and he wants to be dictator. Ha! I'm going to be a tool and act like that's all exactly what he meant!
You can't cancel me out on Hornstein, baby!
Posted by ryan | November 6, 2005 9:27 AM
Posted on November 6, 2005 09:27
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--------Posted by ryan | November 6, 2005 9:33 AM
Posted on November 6, 2005 09:33
my favorite bush quote about Kerry's comment: The men and women of the millitary is pretty smart.
Your grammer has convinced me, Mr. Bush.
Posted by zakcq | November 2, 2006 11:31 AM
Posted on November 2, 2006 11:31
What Kerry said was not an observation but an incredibly disrespectful comment about the men and women who serve this country and fight bravely to keep you and goo bags like Kerry safe.
Posted by Mike | November 5, 2006 5:05 PM
Posted on November 5, 2006 17:05
You sound quite partisan, Mike. Well, maybe I should give you benefit of the doubt and assume you just haven't read past the first couple sentences in any of the stories instead of being a typical American flagwaver.
I'm not denying Kerry is an idiot. And I hope this means we never have to hear from him again. But it's being very much overblown in the media. I mean, it's not like the President has never tripped over his words.
Posted by ryan | November 5, 2006 6:38 PM
Posted on November 5, 2006 18:38
Yes he is an idiot but I don't believe that he "tripped" over his words. Also i have served this country in the Marine Corps for the last five years.
Posted by mike | November 5, 2006 10:38 PM
Posted on November 5, 2006 22:38
Geeze Ryan, you use the word "partisan" like it's a deplorable thing....like you're NOT partisan (ok, I'll grant you Hutchinson). Why does not liking what Kerry said "partisan"? Sure the media flogged Kerry, but does that make it wrong to agree with the media. Did I have the wool pulled over my eyes by the media when I agreed that the Mohammed cartoons had a right to be published in Europe? Because, surely, I didn't have enough capacity for thought to come up with my own conclusions seperate from the obviously pro-free speech media....just as an example. Perhaps Mike thinks what Kerry said was wrong just based on his own judgements irrespective of what he has read or heard.
Posted by Ben | November 5, 2006 11:10 PM
Posted on November 5, 2006 23:10
Thank God I'll be at the polls on tuesday to cancel out Ryan's votes. Ha!
Posted by Chris D. | November 5, 2006 11:56 PM
Posted on November 5, 2006 23:56