Don't Get Too Excited

[poliphilo]

In order to have a run at the Presidency of the USA you'll have had to eat a lot of crow and tread on a lot of fingers. Obama, Clinton, Romney, McCain- these are not nice people. 

And all of them- long since- will have ceased to have much to do with people like us- that is to say people without power or the hunger for power. The people they mostly consort with are those they can do deals with, those who can give them money or deliver support.

That's the nature of politics.

Whoever gets in they'll be beholden to the same baronial powers, in hock to the same military-industrial complex. It'll be nice to have a change of face at the top- and if that face turns out to be black or female it'll be a cheering indication of how social attitudes are changing- but that's all it'll be.

Comments

Re: Political pragmatism trumps idealism in every time

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't have a vote- but if I had I think I'd be voting for Clinton. I don't like her as a person, but that's not what it's about, is it? I think, all things considered, she's the strongest candidate on offer.

Re: Political pragmatism trumps idealism in every time

[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

I'm registered as an Independent, so in the case of the primary election I'm in the same boat you are (no vote). All I can say at this point is that I'm leaning toward voting for the Democratic nominee in November, and I'm more comfortable with Clinton than I am Obama. And like you, that leaning is based on something other than likeability.