One of the guys in the shop was trying to get me to vote for Hillary today. "Didn't I want change?" he asked?
I replied I'd rather have the whole dollar, instead of what change Hillary will leave me. His other arguments didn't impress me, either. I've watched the woman for the last 16-17 years - I wouldn't vote for her if Ron Paul was the Republican candidate. But she's sure got Sabby fooled - he's absorbed the 'soak the rich' rhetoric nicely, and figures 'universal health care' is the way to go. He's kind of a gullible sap, unfortunately - and hasn't yet figured out that any expensive programs come out of the taxpayer's money.
He doesn't realize yet just how much more that'll cost him in the long run.
Anyway - held my nose today and voted for who I found least objectionable. If my candidate doesn't win, that's okay. I'm not terribly impressed by any of them - but there's some I'd vote against in a heartbeat, and did.
Maybe some year there'll be candidates I can support whole-heartedly. This, however, is not the year.
J.
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Long long long ago, Reader's Digest had a "Humor around the world" story about an English butler who was a Socialist. He went to party meetings every Tuesday without fail, and his employer accommodated him by _never_ planning any social events on Tuesdays. One time, however, it became unchangeably necessary to have an "event" on a Tuesday, and she asked him for recommendations for a substitute butler. He replied that he's work that night. She demurred, he insisted. She asked him how it had become "ok"...
He replied that the Socialist Party had established as their platform that everyone in the land would earn 600 pounds per year. The employer said that was a worthy ideal. The butler replied "But Madam..._I_ earn _700_ pounds per year!"
Posted by suek | February 7, 2008 11:39 AM
Posted on February 7, 2008 11:39
The flaws in the idealism hit home when you realize you PERSONALLY are going to be hurt by the ideas you thought were so good at the time.
Lot of folks didn't find THAT out in the USSR until way too late...
J.
Posted by JLawson | February 7, 2008 9:51 PM
Posted on February 7, 2008 21:51