It's things like this that make it impossible for me to support Barack Obama:
He's a bad candidate for the same reason that Fred Thompson is a bad candidate: He's accomplished little in government and doesn't seem to know what he's doing. It's hard to fault progressives for not noticing this, though, because our other choices kind of stink as well -- it's the story that's most completely getting buried by the story of the even worse Republican field. As of now I will be writing in Russ Feingold.
Posted by Aaron S. Veenstra ::: 2007:06:25:15:04
What is your opinion on Ron Paul? I'd be interested in hearing your take.
Ron Paul is unsupportable for a handful of reasons, not the least of which is that this supposed libertarian is ardently anti-choice. He also represents the zenith of the Republican two-part philosophy of fucking up while in government, and then proclaiming that government can't get things done. He's partly right, in that *Republican* governments can't get things done; Democratic governments tend to perform just fine.