Debating Republicans
I watched the Republican debate this morning. I struggle to remember anything noteworthy.
Debate is really the wrong word for this. It's really just a group of guys saying rehearsed lines that fit in short time snippets and sound good on TV. They're just reiterating their well known positions.
If anything, it gives some of the guys who are behind a chance to get their ideas into the mainstream media. Yet, those positions are mostly similar to the other candidates except for Ron Paul of course.
What's challenging is picking a good president. When someone gets into the job you don't know if they were saying what you wanted to hear in the primaries or if they will actually do what they say.
For example, George W. Bush, in 2000 ran a campaign on limiting government. He also said that we should seek to cooperate with other countries and shouldn't try to do nation building. The guy I voted for in 2000 is not the guy who showed up to be president.
I've read that in one of his first national security meetings it was about how to militarily intervene in Iraq. Too bad they weren't also ready to do nation building. Government spending under the Bush administration has been out of control even with a Republican Congress. But, that's OK, just put it on the national credit card.
So, can I trust one of these guys to stay true to their word?
Debate is really the wrong word for this. It's really just a group of guys saying rehearsed lines that fit in short time snippets and sound good on TV. They're just reiterating their well known positions.
If anything, it gives some of the guys who are behind a chance to get their ideas into the mainstream media. Yet, those positions are mostly similar to the other candidates except for Ron Paul of course.
What's challenging is picking a good president. When someone gets into the job you don't know if they were saying what you wanted to hear in the primaries or if they will actually do what they say.
For example, George W. Bush, in 2000 ran a campaign on limiting government. He also said that we should seek to cooperate with other countries and shouldn't try to do nation building. The guy I voted for in 2000 is not the guy who showed up to be president.
I've read that in one of his first national security meetings it was about how to militarily intervene in Iraq. Too bad they weren't also ready to do nation building. Government spending under the Bush administration has been out of control even with a Republican Congress. But, that's OK, just put it on the national credit card.
So, can I trust one of these guys to stay true to their word?
posted by Kevmo at 8:26 PM
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