Sunday’s New York Times ran a great Frank Rich Op-Ed about the presidential race.
It’s finally looking like there will be some intelligent analysis of the two candidates. For the first time in my life I am seriously reconsidering my political stance. I’ve always voted Republican. Danielle has always voted Republican. Our parents vote Republican. Siblings, grandparents, etc., etc. We grew up Lutheran, for crying out loud. After 8 years of W (and, yes, I voted for him twice), I’ve been convinced that the terms ‘Republican’ and ‘Conservative’ don’t go together very well anymore. The main difference between the Dems and the Repubs seems to be ‘tax-and-spend’ vs. ‘borrow-and-spend.’
Anyway, I’m just glad to see some intelligent writing about the campaigns. The current issue of The Atlantic has some interesting stuff, too.
Thank goodness we’re finally getting beyond the simplistic rhetoric of the fictional ‘Maverick’ vs. the overly vague ‘Hope’ candidate.
I too also voted for W (twice), and feel like he’s really f*’d things up. I’m no McCain fan, nor do I like the borrow-spending policies of the Republicans. (China will own us in a manner of years.) However, I had to seriously think about voting the other way: universal healthcare? OMG. Have you actually used military facilities for your healthcare? Can you imagine if everyone got that level of care? There would be geriatric rioting in the streets. Too much government, and that’s change I don’t want!
If I vote for Obama, I’ll be banking on the likelihood that universal healthcare would never get off the ground. It seems too complicated for a country as large as the United States. The nice thing about democracy is that it’s nice and slow.