I think it would be appropriate to have a dialogue about Hillary's recent endorsement of a gas tax suspension for the summer.
I don't usually take political positions as indicators of a politician's beliefs, and I am usually the first to assume the worst motives for any statement made by public figures, either Republican or Democratic. For me, Democrats are always better than Republicans because they pander the way I want them to, which is why I will probably always vote Democratic no matter how incompetent or worthless I think the guy/gal on the ticket is.
But for some reason Hillary's recent support of the gas tax suspension struck me as too transparent and pathetic to forgive. Of course, what is even more sad is that she and other politicians--Obama probably included--regularly pander at even greater cost (the Iraq War, the Iran resolutions, the Patriot Act).
The sad day for me will come when I finally discover that Russ Feingold does the same thing.
I don't usually take political positions as indicators of a politician's beliefs, and I am usually the first to assume the worst motives for any statement made by public figures, either Republican or Democratic. For me, Democrats are always better than Republicans because they pander the way I want them to, which is why I will probably always vote Democratic no matter how incompetent or worthless I think the guy/gal on the ticket is.
But for some reason Hillary's recent support of the gas tax suspension struck me as too transparent and pathetic to forgive. Of course, what is even more sad is that she and other politicians--Obama probably included--regularly pander at even greater cost (the Iraq War, the Iran resolutions, the Patriot Act).
The sad day for me will come when I finally discover that Russ Feingold does the same thing.
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