There is a lot of griping and finger pointing going on in the Presidential political world. Looks like no one is satisfied with the elected President. The racists are complaining that a black man is our leader. The staunch right wing is whining about the defeat of four more years of the Cheney/Bush administration. And we “liberals” are apparently griping about too many righties in the new Cabinet.
The complaints are somewhat justified. Hillary Clinton is a scary rightwingnut in my opinion. As she starts her third term as pseudo president I am not the happiest guy in the blog world. Her record leans way too far to the right for my sanction. A good puppet she has always tried to be bi-partisan in the Senate to the point of holding too many hands “across the aisle”. Blindly supporting the invasion of Iraq and continuing to support the Bush way of thinking I can’t believe she has anyone’s interest at heart except herself and the rich cronies she has in the Capitol.
The choices for military might and veterans affairs are almost acceptible to me. As a guy without any military experience except losing family members and friends in both Viet Nam and Iraq I don’t know much about how wars are fought and won. Or lost. Gates has been running the show for a while now and although there are reports of progress in Iraq as long as we keep losing American lives there I don’t see anything resembling progress. Shinseki for Veterans Affairs may be good considering his previous stand and firing, with the Rumsfield/Cheney group grousing about his statements, which turned out to be truths. But continuing the atrocities in Iraq are wrong no matter who stands behind or against them.
Democratic Governor Bill Richardson has done wonders in New Mexico along the lines of energy. Internationally he has been quite an ambassador of goodwill in the world. Negotiating over the years with Korea and Iraqi governments he has been quite an influence. The appointment to Commerce position in the Cabinet is a token slap in the face to America. The string pullers saw he could bring the change Obama promised and made sure he wasn’t the Secretary Of State like he should have been. Much too far left when it comes to doing for the people and reducing big government and the control of environmental, energy and international issues.
These are just the beginning of my gripes about the way things are shaping up in the Capitol. So many campaign promises being put off or completely ignored. Too many same old, same old, good ol’ white boys (yes I consider Clinton a good ol’ white boy. just because she doesn’t have the male genetalia doesn’t excuse her actions and hanky panky with the others) surrounding him. Too many of the Cheney/Bush stringpullers getting their backstage places ready for January 20. Ready for more of the same. A big letdown for those of us who voted for promised change.
On the other hand I found a little bit of brightness in today’s news. It has nothing at all to do with politics. Maybe that is why it is so bright. It seems a 3 year old Virginia boy’s life was saved by his puppies. They kept their unspoken promises to make sure his life was safe and secure. No party sameness or divisiveness. Nothing implied or said that they went back on. Nothing but honesty and dedication.
Now if Barack Obama keeps his promise to his daughters and gets them the puppy he said he would he may be able to see that promises made should be kept. The promise of change should be carried out.
