The Political Landscape is Shaping Up!

Yes, I am a moderate Republican, and yes, I supported President G.W. Bush for both terms.

But, what President G.W. Bush has allowed some of his most senior advisor's like Dick Cheney (a.k.a. Angler), Scooter Libby, Paul Wolfowitz and Karl Rove to do the reputation of this country in the name of anti-terrorism is well, something I can no longer stomach.

Yes, Deborah and Frank, I admit I made a serious mistake with this Presidential selection.

Remember, after 9/11 - the entire world felt for America and supported us in whatever we needed to do. We answered by going after Afghanistan - but before we even finished there, President Bush secretly told Donald Rumsfeld to come up with war plans for Iraq.

I did not like Saddam Hussein, he was an animal - but what did he have to do with 9/11? Rummy wanted to always rebuild the Department of Defense - considering it too bloated an organization from his first stint in the position, so with this effort he was going to trash the working war plans, ignore the Powell Doctrine and come up with a new approach for a minimal force to get in - win, secure and get out fast!!

Look at us now, thanks Mr. Rumsfeld, Mr. Cheney and President Bush for this mess and the significant loss in American lives. President Bush, why have you not talked with your "friend" Crown Prince Abdullah about these skyrocketing OPEC Oil Prices (Historical Prices of Crude Oil 1947 - 2008) - closing price for 5/7/08 is $116.03/barrel?

So while the world was supporting us in Afghanistan, President Bush and personally I think, Dick Cheney - wants to dictate his new Foreign Policy initiative - agree with American or we will move you out of the way as we force feed democracy everywhere and wipe out terrorists - oh, by the way compromising our own principles and founding documents like the - constitution...

I said that nicely!

We lost many of our allies, and saw the world look at us like - we were the new China, Tiananmen Square 1989 all over. Who could to call for human rights when we were torturing people or flying them to other parts of the world to get around our own laws so the torture could continue...

So, now we are coming to the end of President Bush's term, and we have 3 new candidates on the table.

Senator John McCain
I cannot support John McCain, because of his staunch support of President Bush and this administrations horrible mistakes. I do respect him, especially his stand on Immigration - knowing it would in all likelihood cost him votes he stuck to his guns, that is rare in modern politics.


Senator Hillary Clinton
Let's be clear, I don't like this woman. I think in all of politics, this is the only - no there is a second one, Al Gore's wife Tipper, but she's a bit more tolerable and I don't think she is a lying, distrustful, evil person. Maybe HRC isn't but that is my perception going back to when her husband was elected President and she wanted to fix healthcare. RIIIIIIGHT!!
Then she fired those people in the Whitehouse Travel Office - and LIED about it, not a good start for a new First Lady - and her friend committed suicide over that fiasco.
As a U.S. Senator, let's go to her record:

She sponsored an Amendment to get better family planning services for unintended pregnancies. It was not passed, but this is something in her favor.

She did not support Senator Santorum's bill to prohibit partial birth abortions, for me this is a positive - but it depends on your position on this touchy subject. Another one in her favor. By the way, this bill was passed.

She voted in support of an amendment to adopt an amendment that would ensure that military personnel have access to abortion services in military hospitals.

Senator Barack Obama
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