I thought this was a great pic, as it now sits atop Politico.com's main page. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman. Conservatives hate these guys because they are not conservative. Liberals hate these guys because they are not liberal. Such is the way that conservatives and liberals roll. I generally like all three of these guys for consistently exhibiting an independence of thought that often eschews doctrinaire thinking and the desire to have one's viewpoints neatly and mindlessly align on a vertical totem pole of conservative or liberal ideology. For the record, I did think McCain was too old and tired to be running for president in 2008, and I did not vote him (nor Obama). At any rate, the linked story below explains an interesting rift that's developing between the three of them as McCain strongly criticizes the efforts of Graham and Lieberman in working on a cap and trade bill that might garner a measure of GOP support and make it through the Senate. By the way, since the Senate is set to vote on the Harry Reid health care monstrosity at 8 p.m. Saturday night, maybe the Senate dems could try to ram through the ole cap and trade at 9 p.m.? You know, sort of kill two pieces of America with one stone? Heck, maybe a little second stimulus at 10 p.m.? The trifecta!Friday, November 20, 2009
Talk About Three Faces That Only a Liberal or a Conservative Could Hate.
I thought this was a great pic, as it now sits atop Politico.com's main page. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman. Conservatives hate these guys because they are not conservative. Liberals hate these guys because they are not liberal. Such is the way that conservatives and liberals roll. I generally like all three of these guys for consistently exhibiting an independence of thought that often eschews doctrinaire thinking and the desire to have one's viewpoints neatly and mindlessly align on a vertical totem pole of conservative or liberal ideology. For the record, I did think McCain was too old and tired to be running for president in 2008, and I did not vote him (nor Obama). At any rate, the linked story below explains an interesting rift that's developing between the three of them as McCain strongly criticizes the efforts of Graham and Lieberman in working on a cap and trade bill that might garner a measure of GOP support and make it through the Senate. By the way, since the Senate is set to vote on the Harry Reid health care monstrosity at 8 p.m. Saturday night, maybe the Senate dems could try to ram through the ole cap and trade at 9 p.m.? You know, sort of kill two pieces of America with one stone? Heck, maybe a little second stimulus at 10 p.m.? The trifecta!
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i likey that pic too
ReplyDeleteI'm telling ya, man, liberals and conservatives HATE people who are both non-liberal and non-conservative almost as much as, IF NOT MORE, than people who are on the opposite extreme. It's why there is no real place for people like us in either of these two parties. We need a new party that represents the more than 50% of this country that consists of Independents, non-liberal dems, and non-conservative republicans.
ReplyDeleteI'd agree. The old shoes don't fit.
ReplyDeleteGood grief! Just take me! I am so fearful of the radical leftist progressive road that these out-of-touch dems want to take the country down. And yet, the same has fostered absolutely no new connection between me and the republican party or the conservatives AT ALL. I, and a whole lot of Americans, want independent-minded politicians who are true to their convictions, even if those happen to depart from party lines. And currently, there is NO place for such character-strong people in either of our two BS parties. Something needs to change in a big way. I don't have the answers on how to accomplish that. I only have the message that it needs to be accomplished.
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