1) Everyone voted for the invasion of Iraq. You can be snippy about it but the list of people who didn't vote for the invasion includes (A) those who weren't in politics (B) those who had no real political agency at the time.
2) Every other position is exactly that of every other career politician. Fucking OBAMA is against decriminalizing marijuana. Remember how he called the Armenian genocide a genocide while he was running and then refused it to call it a genocide when he was president?
I'll say it again:
- I'm of the opinion that most people who say Clinton isn't "good" fundamentally mean she isn't "good enough."
I understand the desire for our politicians to not be politicians. Shit, I even share it. But it's a dirty, oligarchic business in these United States and expecting an effective leader to wallow in that cesspool for 30 years and come up smelling like roses is too idealistic by half.
'member how Clinton got in hot water last week when Wikileaks released speeches in which she said a candidate needed public and private positions? So you can either be excoriated for saying things publicly to get shit done, you can say the same things publicly and privately and get nothing done.
Thus, I repeat myself again:
- I've come to the conclusion that if you're an idealist, this election is appalling. If you're a cynic, this election is entertaining as fuck.