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

[algabal.livejournal.com]

I don't really see how Obama threatens to scale back the military industrial complex, which is going to be essential for any meaningful change. I suspect he will imitate Bill Clinton's foreign policy in Africa and the Middle East. Can you see him closing down our bases in South Korea, Japan and Germany?

Regardless of how you feel about him, Ron Paul is the only one here presenting an alternative philosophy.