They're All Good

In recent posts I’ve expressed interest in seeing Senator Chuck Hagel make a run for the White House. I think it is valuable to have many people in the field all expressing their views. It is encouraging to have a Republican politician so vociferously standing up to the current war-mongering White House.

Personally, I am far from making up my mind about the next election. Many of the candidates, including nearly every Democrat I've heard mentioned as a possibility, look like great replacements for the current madman holding the office.

I don’t vote for elected officials based on their stance on various issues. If I used such a litmus test I would most likely never vote since I rarely agree with the majority of the positions held by any given candidate. But I do vote for the person and look closely at the character and integrity of the politician which is why I’ve been adamantly opposed to W. since 1999 when I first really learned much about him.

I suppose the field of potential candidates looks good to me precisely because of the stark contrast to Bush. Everything can be relative and W. has set the bar amazingly low. I remember seeing the field of candidates from each of the past few elections and being woefully unimpressed. This time around -with many of the same people back in the race- they nearly all look good.

Except, of course, that sycophantic Bush Administration lap dog, John McCain.