tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post8724301059738121867..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: Obama Has Best Line in Democratic Debate on CNNPaul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-89316873876372919362007-11-16T00:26:00.000-05:002007-11-16T00:26:00.000-05:00Hi Prof :)The debate was indeed excellent and extr...Hi Prof :)<BR/><BR/>The debate was indeed excellent and extremely exciting! What I want is a President that I can respect and look up to - a person of integrity and non-violence - in short, Congressman Dennis Kucinich. ;) :)<BR/><BR/>As a woman I wish Hillary possessed these qualities (deep sigh)as I would really love to say that I was able to vote a woman into the highest office in the United States. :)badthing1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09985465976840168636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-13845641142527513522007-11-15T23:49:00.000-05:002007-11-15T23:49:00.000-05:00I thought Kucinich was the only person on that sta...I thought Kucinich was the only person on that stage that made any sense. The only line of the whole smorgasborg of personalization biasing that grabbed me was when Kucinich was reminded by Wolf Blitzer that he was the only person on the stage who had a chance to vote on the Patriot Act and voted agaist it. He said,"That's because I read it."<BR/><BR/>He also didn't shy away from pointing out the hypocrisy in the voting records of the other candidates when compared to their current stances saying, "Imagine what it will be like to have a president of the United States who's right the first time. Just imagine."<BR/><BR/>Edwards is right to criticize Hillary Clinton about her lobbyist ties and her membership in the corporate Democrats wing of the Party. He got booed by the audience when he said something about it, and I had to shake my head at how stupid some people are. Why boo him. It's true. Look how much money she has in her coffers. It came from somewhere. If you do a simple internet check of her campaign contributors, most of the money comes from lawyers, pharma lobbies, agri lobbies, military lobbies and the like. The people booing are either okay with that, which they have every right to be, or they are blind. <BR/><BR/>For the record, I don't think John Edwards is clean of corporate ties or has a sparkling record. I like what he stands for in this presidential campaign and I like his work on poverty, but I'm equally suspicious of his underlying motivations for this campaign. But booing him for pointing out one of the most critical facets of American politics? Bizarre.<BR/><BR/>These things are just a lot of hot air from the CNN people and their flashy sets. They are called debates, but there is no real debate at all. Each person makes a token swipe at the questions, and then proceeds to dedicate the rest of their monologue to talking points. It's almost like the regular CNN political coverage on steroids. Maybe someone will send Wolf Blitzer to jail with Barry Bonds.Mike Plughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180838171989998353noreply@blogger.com