Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Is this supposed to help?

So John McCain and Hillary Clinton are drinking buddies. Remind me again why I am supposed to vote for him in 2008?
Posted by Aaron at 1:04 PM

3 comments:

Sam said...

Because he'd try to balance the budget? Because he'd take the War on Terror seriously? Because he isn't one of the incompetent morons whose completely ruining our country?

I know that you illogically hate Hillary Clinton, for having the audacity to be a woman who speaks her mind, but what on Earth does a friendship prove? Isn't it a good idea to have politicians reaching across the aisle? Or are we actually at the point in which even polite discourse with the other side is akin to treachery of the most dangerous order? What nonsense.

1:34 PM
Tim said...

I live in New York, and I really don't like Hillary Clinton. I don't agree with many of her positions on issues, and she just comes off as arrogant to me. Yes, I know I'm talking about a politician, and most of them are arrogant, but the way she came into New York pretending to be a New Yorker - it was so transparent. She was just looking for a power seat. And she puts on a Yankees hat like I'm supposed to buy that she loves the Yankees. I think I'm gonna hurl . . .

But having said that, she's obviously very intelligent, and as a Christian I have to accept the fact that the Lord has at least allowed her to have the Senator gig, if He didn't in fact deliberately put her there for a reason. I have to respect the fact that she represents me and all New Yorkers, whether I like it or not.

I may not agree with her positions, but I do appreciate any effort by any politician to reach across the aisle. Harboring anger and contempt for members of the other party is not only unproductive - it's corrosive. So I'm very encouraged to see McCain and Clinton getting together and talking, even if they don't agree on a lot of issues. As prominent public figures, that's the kind of example they should be setting for all of us.

9:57 PM
Aaron said...

I don't hate Hillary. I have a past post to prove it.

I wasn't necessarily speaking about him having a friendship with Hillary, more on the lines of both of them having a shot contest in a foreign nation and become "hazy" about what happens after that.

I would hope that polititicans of all types could get along and have relationships that go beyond the political arena. I don't view it as treachery, did you forget my recent post about one of my favorite professors?

McCain couldn't do much to balance the budget as President, although that is possibly the one area I agree with him more than Bush. Spending, especially pork (with is Congress' fault) should be cut.

I don't really know what you mean by take the WoT seriously, so I can't comment on that.

Again, I don't hate Hillary and if I did it surely wouldn't be because she is intelligent and speaks her mind.

2:05 PM

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