McCain 2000—Another Reason
In 10 Downing Street today, John McCain talked to Gordon Brown about the problems of climate change. Add that to his desire for meaningful immigration reform, and you've got a candidate who ignores right-wing emotional outbursts in favor of sense and compromise. Oh, yeah, and he didn't talk all nicey-nice about China just because we owe them money. How different would the country be today had he won the Republican nomination in 2000? Or if primaries and parties didn't exist, and candidates didn't have to please the partisan pit bulls before they could ask the general population for their support?
Luckily though I've finally realized that John McCain doesn't have to be president to influence American policy. He's been working on that for years.
posted by Bethylene at 13:20
3 Comments:
I am a little disappointed. I thought someone so intelligent would certainly read between McCain's lines. I think his foreign policy will be a welcome change, but domestically, he is almosy completely wrong. If it were someone from Michigan talking about 'meaningful immigration reform', I might trust them. This is a guy that needs any extra votes he can find, even the illegal ones. It's exactly what Dubya did in 2000, courting the Undocumented Workers of Texas crowd. Kinda sounds like a labor union, doesn't it? It is, but not a legal one, considering none of these people should be here.
Simply by crossing the border, they have willfully violated our laws and become criminals. If they are refugees fleeing persecution, let them check in the the government and seek amnesty. Otherwise, STOP BREAKING OUR LAWS.
And, changing lanes now: Thanks for the comment. Yes, it is something I am currently involved in, and always will be. Your point is about leaders is the cliched version of the truth, but is only half of the real truth. A leader may not look for the authority to do things, usually won't need to. A leader WILL always seek further responsibility, accept accountability for his or her actions and those of the group, however large. Because he or she knows they can and get away with it.
So, a leader may shun negative reinforcement, which is where some level of authority is required (to ensure punishment is accepted and enforced), but will always be working for the betterment of the group and the people in it.
At least, that is how I see it, how it has worked for me.
I look forward to hearing from the mission field. You know where to find me when you get back, I'll still be around, probably somewhere watching the BBC...
I wish McCain weren't wrong on the war, civil liberties, Real ID and Immigration, because I agree with him on almost everything else. Unfortunately, those are my deal-killers, and he's dead wrong on those issues.
He's probably able to do more in the Senate anyway. The guy's a class act.
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