Some thoughts on Politcs

I've been trying to not post about politics since it is a hot topic among people, but I had to write something about some things I saw lately. Eric and I don't want our blog to be all about politics because we are about so much more than that!

I read in an article today that Dick Cheney has a different idea about gay marriage than the rest of the Republicans. In a recent campaign rally in Missisippi he talked about his own daughter who happens to be a lesibian and stated that:

"With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone. ... People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.

I find it ironic that super Republican Dick Cheney may actually have the hint of a real heart and soul. Could it be that this is a sign that some republicans may actually care about freedom for all after all? We can only hope that he would use his leadership position to help this issue and to help his daughter. I also find it ironic that great Republican leaders are dead set on certain issues until they affect their own family or interests. Cheney is one example, Regan (Super Republican in GOP's eyes) also did a 180 in the topic of stem cell research when it came to saving his own life when he got Alzehimers.

Another thing, I just had to post was that last night Eric and I watched the Daily show with Jon Stewart and who was his guest: JOHN KERRY! I thought it was great that he would actually appear on this show. His appearance on the show made him seem more like a normal run of the mill guy unlike Bush. He was very funny and Jon Stewart made some good points:

"I watch a lot of the cable news shows, so I understand that you were never in Vietnam," asked Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
"That's what I understand, too, but I'm trying to find out what happened," Kerry joked.

As Kerry launched into one of his lengthy monologues about
why President Bush avoids talking about issues like the economy, jobs and the environment, the comedian interrupted. "I'm sorry," Stewart said. "Were you or were you not in Cambodia?"

"Are you the No. 1 most liberal senator in the Senate?" he asked, joking about claims that Kerry is "more liberal than Karl Marx, apparently."
"No," Kerry answered. "Are you or have you ever flip-flopped?" Stewart asked.
"I've flip-flopped, flap-flipped," Kerry said, poking fun at the GOP's label.

Stewart also sought answers to another hard-hitting question:
"Is it true that every time I use ketchup, your wife gets a nickel?" The
candidate's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, derived her wealth from her
late husband, an heir to the Heinz food fortune. "Would that it were," Kerry said.

When the conversation turned serious, Stewart asked Kerry how he
would counter Bush's ability in debates to turn issues into a choice between his position and the opposition. Kerry said the debates would be a challenge. "The president has won every debate he's ever had," Kerry said. "He beat Ann Richards. He beat Al Gore. So, he's a good debater."

I think that's why he lost," Stewart said.
"No, he won," Kerry insisted, then jokingly offered to hold their inauguration on the show.

Kerry offered an interesting observation on life as a presidential candidate. "You'd be amazed at the number of people who want to introduce themselves to you in the men's room," he said. "It's the most bizarre part of this entire thing."

I was very pleased with how Jon Stewart brought up all of the ridiculous anti-Kerry things that are thought up by the GOP and Kerry was not afraid to talk about them. It seems like the GOP love to attack their opponents but do not like to talk about what is really important... the issues and how they will handle them. Kerry is out their doing just that. I wish the GOP would stop using their time and energy to invent ridiculous words like "flip-flopped" that sound like elementary school and would start telling us their plan. I also wish that the GOP would stop attacking Kerry's military history. He was in Vietnam and he served while Bush was over here in America doing "National Guard" duty where he was snorting crack, drinking beer, and having a good old time! I hate how our political system's leaders has become so much like kindergarteners than like real men. Why does politics make Americans act crazy? Why can't we have civilized conversations about things that are really important to us. It is not just GOP, but everyone; even Mr. Nader's followers. Frankly, it makes me wish that no one in politcs could lead us. Where have all the good men and women gone and why are they so afraid to run for office? Why does it take so much money for a person to run? Our political system has major problems that I know I can't fix.

I hear Tony Blair talk and he inspires me. He is a really good leader. He says logical and profound things that Bush would not even be able to say. Blair admits his mistakes and takes the blame. Why can't our president admit that going to Iraq was wrong?