Saturday, September 08, 2007
Misc. Politics 2008
Officials: Sen. Hagel Not to Run Again
“The 60-year-old senator arranged a news conference for Monday in Omaha, Neb., to make his formal announcement. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting the event.”
Yeah – it’s the anonymity that avoids any preemption. I’ll try and act surprised on Monday but I won't pretend to be disappointed.
I think this is all pretty funny: Hsu Steered Major Fundraiser to Obama
“Before becoming a major bundler for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, disgraced Democratic donor Norman Hsu helped host a 2005 California event for Barack Obama's political action committee and introduced the senator from Illinois to one of the biggest fundraisers for his presidential bid.”
I obviously have a lot of issues with both Senators and very much wish no luck towards their presidential aspirations but this is such a non-issue. I chalk these kinds of things up to “stuff happens”.
But it’s still pretty funny.
I used to think that Bill Richardson was maybe the best of a poor lot. ..then his campaign kicked into gear.
Bill Richardson - Why We Should Exit Iraq Now
“By hastening the peace process, the likelihood of prolonged bloodshed is reduced. President Richard Nixon withdrew U.S. forces slowly from Vietnam -- with disastrous consequences. Over the seven years it took to get our troops out, 21,000 more Americans and perhaps a million Vietnamese, most of them civilians, died. All this death and destruction accomplished nothing -- the communists took over as soon as we left.”
Actually, Richard Nixon became President in 1969 and we were more or less gone by March of 1973 – so that would be a little more than 4 years vice 7. I can only guess at why he doesn’t include for blame who got us into Vietnam and, more importantly, no reference to what happened right after the Communists took over.
“The 60-year-old senator arranged a news conference for Monday in Omaha, Neb., to make his formal announcement. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid pre-empting the event.”
Yeah – it’s the anonymity that avoids any preemption. I’ll try and act surprised on Monday but I won't pretend to be disappointed.
I think this is all pretty funny: Hsu Steered Major Fundraiser to Obama
“Before becoming a major bundler for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, disgraced Democratic donor Norman Hsu helped host a 2005 California event for Barack Obama's political action committee and introduced the senator from Illinois to one of the biggest fundraisers for his presidential bid.”
I obviously have a lot of issues with both Senators and very much wish no luck towards their presidential aspirations but this is such a non-issue. I chalk these kinds of things up to “stuff happens”.
But it’s still pretty funny.
I used to think that Bill Richardson was maybe the best of a poor lot. ..then his campaign kicked into gear.
Bill Richardson - Why We Should Exit Iraq Now
“By hastening the peace process, the likelihood of prolonged bloodshed is reduced. President Richard Nixon withdrew U.S. forces slowly from Vietnam -- with disastrous consequences. Over the seven years it took to get our troops out, 21,000 more Americans and perhaps a million Vietnamese, most of them civilians, died. All this death and destruction accomplished nothing -- the communists took over as soon as we left.”
Actually, Richard Nixon became President in 1969 and we were more or less gone by March of 1973 – so that would be a little more than 4 years vice 7. I can only guess at why he doesn’t include for blame who got us into Vietnam and, more importantly, no reference to what happened right after the Communists took over.
