You know what would keep jobs in America? Lowering taxes so that companies can AFFORD to pay more American workers at our union-inflated salaries. Just saying >_> (I have to behave myself re: unions all the time around Josh and his mom, it's SO HARD!! Well, I can get away with it around Josh, but his mom is too cute to offend). I've honestly come to the conclusion that the best way to force companies to bring jobs back is to send actual mail to their U.S. headquarters and complain that none of their customer service people speak English and you won't buy from them anymore until they provide people that do. Seriously, as long as labor is cheaper in foreign countries, companies will continue to use their workers until it starts to be cost prohibitive. I don't think think my theory has a chance of working, though, because Americans suck at boycotts. We like us some instant gratification.
Did you see the clip on Drudge of Ann Coulter swearing up and down that Clinton is more conservative than McCain and that she would vote for Clinton over McCain? I can't tell if she's SERIOUS, or if it's an attempt at sabotage. If it is, I bet it was Karl Rove's idea. (I had a Karl Rove moment yesterday! I was walking home from school, and this crazy hobo-looking guy seemed to be screaming "Vote for McCain!" by the Metro. My first thought? "I wonder if the DNC planted that guy so people think McCain supporters are nuts." The DNC = the new Karl Rove? Perhaps Karl Rove RUNS the DNC? He is Howard Dean, after all.)
As much as I dislike McCain-Feingold, I've always liked McCain. Further, I think he can win (although it would be harder against Obama, who seems like a genuinely nice guy, although much too liberal for me). Even my socialist fiance likes McCain as a person, although he would only vote for him if Clinton is nominated, because he can't stand her. I'm pulling for her to win, because I think she would thoroughly entertain me in a general election. Plus, she'd lose, and the Dems would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and I would laugh SO HARD. I'm already giggling at the thought.
Wait, you want specifics in an American presidential election? Er...no such thing exists. The prevailing opinion of politicians seems to be that the general voting populace can't understand detailed policy proposals (an assumption I personally agree with, although I think it's disgraceful and it's pretty much the original reason I gave up on democracy and became a monarchist--I'm kind of disdainful of anything that requires that important issues be dumbed down for the very people who are SUPPOSED to vote in an informed manner), and the rest of us are letting them get away with disguising shallow sound-bytes as legitimate policies.
I have nothing against Romney other than his flip-flopping on abortion, but I'm glad to see McCain clinch it. A quick count of the delegates (http://abcnews.go.com/politics/elections/delegates?ref=ipb) shows that there is no way Huckabee or Romney can catch him. Yes, I'm pretty happy over all.
(it's funny about CA, because earlier today, Obama was up 13% in the polls)
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Date: 2008-02-06 07:33 am (UTC)Did you see the clip on Drudge of Ann Coulter swearing up and down that Clinton is more conservative than McCain and that she would vote for Clinton over McCain? I can't tell if she's SERIOUS, or if it's an attempt at sabotage. If it is, I bet it was Karl Rove's idea. (I had a Karl Rove moment yesterday! I was walking home from school, and this crazy hobo-looking guy seemed to be screaming "Vote for McCain!" by the Metro. My first thought? "I wonder if the DNC planted that guy so people think McCain supporters are nuts." The DNC = the new Karl Rove? Perhaps Karl Rove RUNS the DNC? He is Howard Dean, after all.)
As much as I dislike McCain-Feingold, I've always liked McCain. Further, I think he can win (although it would be harder against Obama, who seems like a genuinely nice guy, although much too liberal for me). Even my socialist fiance likes McCain as a person, although he would only vote for him if Clinton is nominated, because he can't stand her. I'm pulling for her to win, because I think she would thoroughly entertain me in a general election. Plus, she'd lose, and the Dems would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and I would laugh SO HARD. I'm already giggling at the thought.
Wait, you want specifics in an American presidential election? Er...no such thing exists. The prevailing opinion of politicians seems to be that the general voting populace can't understand detailed policy proposals (an assumption I personally agree with, although I think it's disgraceful and it's pretty much the original reason I gave up on democracy and became a monarchist--I'm kind of disdainful of anything that requires that important issues be dumbed down for the very people who are SUPPOSED to vote in an informed manner), and the rest of us are letting them get away with disguising shallow sound-bytes as legitimate policies.
I have nothing against Romney other than his flip-flopping on abortion, but I'm glad to see McCain clinch it. A quick count of the delegates (http://abcnews.go.com/politics/elections/delegates?ref=ipb) shows that there is no way Huckabee or Romney can catch him. Yes, I'm pretty happy over all.
(it's funny about CA, because earlier today, Obama was up 13% in the polls)