Saturday, December 30, 2006

Democratic Presidential Candidates



I have been watching the various Democratic hopefuls position themselves. While this is going on I am sure everyone has been wanting my analysis of these folks.

John Edwards: Top Picture, has actually declared he is running. I watched him on HardBall the other day where he discussed his views on several issues. He sat on the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees and had first hand info to a lot of the information before the Iraq war started.

Strength: John Edwards voted for the Iraq war but he actually makes no excuses and says it
was a bad decision on his part; I admire that. Educated and successful he made his own way in the world albeit as an ambulance chaser. Possibly the prettiest candidate running.


Weakness: His voting record is inconsistent, and he seems to vote party line or popular opinion. His current platform is that GWB sucks, lame.

Bottom Line: I view him as a salesman with little to offer as top Dawg. UPDATE, Mr. Edwards has declared his platform of greatest concern to be Universal health care over balancing the budget. I watched a debate with a liberal, conservative, and an independent and the liberal actually said "People will gladly pay more taxes if they know everyone will receive good health care." Of course everyone else in the room laughed him off the stage. It would be nice if people cared that much, but no one wants higher taxes.

Barack Obama: Bottom Left picture, still debating his run. Senator Obama is by far the largest anomaly on the board.

Strength: Rockstar appeal much needed by his party. He is young and idealistic and not yet immersed in his party's politics. Very young.

Weakness: Very young, no relevant experience in global politics. No experience at all to speak of, he has been a Senator for only two years. I don't know why he is so popular.

Bottom Line: I feel he is popular because he is young and black and these are not reasons anyone should be President. This guy or Joel Osteen may actually be the AntiChrist. UPDATE: Senator Obama has apparently admitted to being a crackhead in his teen years, stay tuned to see ho wplaying the honesty card works our for him.

Hillary Clinton: Bottom Left, still debating her run(yeah right.) Most popular, currently, for the extreme left-wingers.

Strength: Has lived in the White House and knows where all the bathrooms are.

Weakness: Everything. This woman is completely unqualified for the job. I fear Presidential PMS too, I have known a lot of women in my life and it has always played a major part in their lives, rarely is it a positive influence.

Bottom Line: She wouldn't even be considered if her husband hadn't been President. That should be enough right there to SCARE THE CRAP out of people.

John McCain will be the next President based on the current crew.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I take solace in the fact that we rarely elect Congressmen to be President. I pray that trend continues.