Reply #94: yep

[frogcycle]

I really wanted to like him.
His speech in 2004 was great, and he showed promise - "another Bobby" and all that.

But, sadly, I think he got caught up in exactly what Hayden says - the idea that he, an African American, could make a legitimate run at it.

I was asked by a close acquaintance of his, 'way back when he had just announced, to contribute to his campaign. My response was "as soon as he spells out some real positions, rather than carefully-worded, nuanced political-speak."

Sadly, he never did that, but has taken to firing pot-shots. He has said he is not comfortable with the negative aspects of campaigning, and it shows. But he is trying anyway, and that shows.

He never was a realistic choice of a leader to clean up the mess made by the PNAC and their lackey gwb. Now he seems to be trying out a variant of the slogan we used - "don't trust anyone over thirty!" Now I see him as just another opportunist, whom I cannot trust. I don't believe anything he says, because ultimatly I believe he'll do what works for HIM.

Well, dammit, people can marginalize us who lived through the tumultuous 60s hoping for the Age of Aquarius at their peril.

WE didn't fuck it up. THEY did. THEY capitalized on the oh-so-convenient assassination of Kennedy, created a war to make themselves rich. When we got pissed off at that and elected Carter, who was set to follow OUR agenda, negotiating peace and working toward energy independence, THEY ridiculed him and used the oh-so-convenient hostage crisis to get their boy ronnie in place, so they could start the systematic dismantling of the New Deal and wage war on the Middle Class.

Clinton was sort-of on our side, but marginalized Gore's environmental efforts and did little to roll back the deregulation nightmare.


It is high time we finally got one of ours in place to start fixing things. That does NOT mean 'turning the page' and forgetting what Earth Day (I attended the first one) is supposed to be about, or banning "Age of Aquarius" as old hat.

My choices are ALL baby boomers, and, sadly, ALL long shots at this point.

Biden
Gore
Edwards
Dodd


I hope Hillary and Obama just tear each other to shreds. Then maybe we can find an actual leader.