2008 election presidential candidate analysis: The Democrats

This is a follow up so I may continue my little coverage of the candidates.

With no further adue, here’s my look at the candidates on the democratic side

Hillary Clinton: Basically a democratic Guiliani, but with more experience in DC. She has not talked about health care any, which means she’s probably going to keep it privatized if she’s president. She claims to be for change simply because we’ll have a woman president, however, she’ll make it to where the same 2 families have ruled America for over 20 years(that is if she makes it).

Barack Obama- Apparently the “most exciting” of the candidates, and I see no reason why not. He’s an incredible speaker, and he has Oprah on his side. It’s kinda hard to top that. However, he hasn’t really been so clear on what his views are, all I know is he’s for withdrawal from Iraq, and he leans more towards big business. Other than that, I’m not too sure where he stands on stuff

John Edwards- This guy is a pretty fiscal liberal, however, he’s a social conservative, which is kinda a problem for me. I have mixed feelings about him. He’d do an incredible amount towards bettering unions, socializing health care, etc, but he’ll set us back a few years on gay/abortion rights.

Joe Biden- He’s almost become the Fred Thompson of the Republican side. He seemed like a great idea, but now he’s getting nowhere. He’s the only presidential candidate with a plan for doing something about the Iraq war if we stay there. Biden intends to get health care socialized by extending the umbrella of Medicare and Medicaid to the point where every one can get covered. But, he screwed up when he complemented Barack Obama the wrong way and got labeled a racist. So he’s out

Bill Richardson-Another interesting guy. Technically he’s the most qualified of all the parties to be president due to his governorship experience in New Mexico, and has been an excellent diplomat to foreign countries. However, he’s pretty conservative socially, and has some ties to your haliburtons, your exons, etc, so I don’t see anything happening in getting alternative fuel policies.

Dennis Kucinich- Kinda the Ron Paul of the Democratic Party. He’s getting good online support, and creeping his way up the polls. He’s the only true liberal among all the candidates. Socialized healthcare, alternative fuel policy, union reform, gay/abortion rights, this man is on it. And his wife is hot. The main complaint about him is the quirky sense of humor he has. So? Kucinich could do incredible things as president

There you have it ladies and gentlemen. My pick(as you could probably tell) is Dennis Kucinich.

I apologize to the Chris Dodd and Mike Gravel supporters out there, but they too, haven’t a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the bid, and again, aren’t that interesting. Dodd is a generic democrat, and Gravel is a crazy liberal, that would set other liberals back to 2004.

Again, comments, complaints, and who you think should get the bid.

2008 election presidential candidate analysis (as of now): Republicans

As the unofficial news correspondent for my school’s newspaper, I keep track of the political happenings very well(or at least I’d like to think I do).

I’ll post a blog later talking about the democrats

Rudy Guilliani- Does this man have 9-11 turrets?  The only qualification he has for president is being mayor at the right time, and then just popping up every now and then.

Mitt Romney- This guy is the only Republican with a solid health care(as much as I hate privatization of health care, his way makes sense) and alternative fuel plan(stricter regulations, more efficient vehicles),  and he’s pretty secular, so he’s kinda to my liking.  However, he sold himself out to get the republican bid (changing his positions on gun control, gay marriage, abortion, etc), and as far as how he carries himself, he’s a republican John Kerry.

Fred Thompson- He’s a joke.  next

John McCain- This man thoroughly disappointed me.  If this election were in early 2006, he would’ve been my pick, however, it’s as if he become a drone for bush once the war went on.  What the hell happened to the maverick that was by no means your average republican?  What happened to the straight talk express?  He saddens me now, and I think his only supporters are people still waiting for the old John McCain to come back.

Mike Huckabee- I kinda like this guy.  He’s been consistent with his views, which is always a plus.  Where he might run into problems is how he’s pro-choice, other than that he’s a go-to conservative the republicans can fall back on.  It’s no wonder he’s reaching the top of the polls.  He’s real, and not a fake republican (*cough* Guiliani *cough*).

Ron Paul- The most interesting of the republican candidates to me.  He’s not doing so hot in the polls(to others he’s doing amazing), but he’s a sensation online.   People seem to like him because he’s so blunt, and puts everything he believes on the table.  People really like how he seems to “support the constitution” and is against a lot of bush’s policies.  He’s going to run into problems with his isolationist policy on Iraq.  That has no place on the republican side, but many democrats seem to like him for this.  But democrats beware:  Due to his libertarian views, he’s for removing ALL government programs.  Sure that sounds alright, CIA, NSA, Homeland secruity, etc for example.  However, that also includes for him social security, medicare, medicaid, PUBLIC EDUCATION, etc.  That kinda worries me.

That’s it for the republicans.  I apologize to the Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, and Alan Keyes supporters out there for not including them, but they haven’t a snowballs chance in hell at the presidency, and they’re not that interesting(except for Alan Keyes, but still)

My trip to the hospital

I’m going to try to keep my friends anonymous, but for those of you that know me, or live in the area I do, I’m sure know about a friend of mine who was in a tragic car wreck this Thanksgiving. She was speeding up one of her favorite hills to hill-top, and saw a car on the other side, over-corrected, and the speed made her car flip about 6 times. If she wasn’t wearing her seatbelt, she would be dead right now. Instead, she’s paralyzed from the shoulders down, and has been in the hospital since Thanksgiving. I’m thankful she’s alive, and making a better than expected recovery.

I finally got the cojones to go to the hospital today and visit her. I had an idea in mind of what I was about to see, but it would not prepare me well enough. I arrived at the hospital half-an-hour before visiting time, and I saw a friend of hers and mine there that I had not seen since he dropped out his sophomore year (1 year ago). He had just heard about the incident today and came as soon as he could. I was sitting around in the waiting room, and there were another 20 people waiting to see her. There have been people closer to her than me that have been there every day since the incident, and the feel of the room was interesting. It was an odd mix of anxiety, worry, hope, and various other mixed emotions. I talked with all my friends there and her family, there have been hundreds of people that have seen her since the accident, and it was truly amazing.

Once the half-hour was up, I finally got to see her. It was an immediate shock. I could not believe this was the state of the girl I sat by in contemporary issues and sat with at lunch. It was mind-numbing, and hard to keep myself together. She can talk, and has some arm movements, which is amazing in itself, but despite this recovery, it was a hard sight to see. I came out looking as if I saw a ghost. What allowed me to keep my composure was what a friend of mine told me that’s closer to her, and has been with her every day. “I could barely look at her myself when she first came in. What makes it easier for me is not that you get used to it, but rather you can actually see each time that she’s getting better, and has only continued to.” So, I’ll be going back tonight.

This has forced me to really look at my life go, “Wow, I need to get my shit together.” I’ve done so now. I’ve already taken care of things I swore I would months ago, and I’m finally back to working on this blog page after a 2-month absence. This is your one chance at life. There is no before or after life, only life. Here and now. Understand that anything can happen. Do all that you can while you can. I think I’ve got a better understand of this now. I will do my best to live for myself, and for her and any one else that can’t live their lives like they want to.

Well, that’s it for now. Until next post.

Technorati Setup

Well, I’ve decided to get things in motion with my blog, so I’m hopping on it by setting up my page with a Technorati Profile, so that this page will have a broader audience. Once I get this page rolling, I’ll start posting these posts here on myspace and facebook, and then if things really start working, I’ll start youtube vlogs as well. Please make sure you let me know what you think as I go, If it’s positive, I’ll definitely post it, if it’s negative and too offensive, I’ll post it, but if it’s just being rude, it’ll get deleted, but I’ll take your points into thought anyway

Band Trip

So tommorow (which it will technically be today when I finish this) I go on a trip to Tulsa OK from here in Springfield MO for a marching band competition.  On a bus, I’ll b estuck with a bunch of estrogen-pumped freshman girls with a handfull idiot  testosteronefreshmen boys (I’m a senior by the way).  My goal is simple:  Not to go insane or shank some one.  Wish me luck

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