Post-Veep Debate Thoughts

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You probably won't see me getting political much here - I have a few issues that I have opinions about (well, maybe a lot) but I don't blog about them all that much. Still, after watching the vice presidential candidate debate, I wanted to say a few things.

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I really liked Bill Richardson because during the Iowa caucuses (I live in Iowa, so every 4 years we get bombarded with crazy adds), while everyone else was dissing everyone else, Richardson was talking about what he was going to do to make the country better. Not to mention that regardless of your viewpoint he was one of the, if not the most experienced democratic candidate. I liked his viewpoints too, but more importantly, I liked his willingness to work with Republicans and his mindset on how to campaign, and his experience.

I like Joe Lieberman (though I may be spelling that wrong) because he was democratic, but then he decided he was better off as an independent because he WAS a moderate, and leaned to both sides of the spectrum at times. He's willing to cross party lines, and he, too, is a good guy. Even my mom, a serious conservative, likes him. Also, he's an independent and still a very successful and well-respected senator, and he can get away with being Gore's running mate and yet eight years later officially supporting McCain without people being like, "HOMG this guy's such a flip-flopper," because he is so moderate.

Though I tend to lean on the liberal side, it's much more important to me that there's a willingness to be bipartisan in the executive branch. There hasn't been that willingness in decades, and I think it's a big reason that the country is so screwed up. I felt that Richardson and Lieberman (though they probably never even contemplated running together) would be willing to do that. I feel like McCain would do it, too, as he's been known to go up against other Republicans and cross party lines as well, but since he's officially the Republican candidate, I feel he'll submit to the conservative right and be very partisan. I worry about Obama as well.

DX

Wow, random, and I told you next to nothing of their policy. Sorry. I like Richardson's views, but they're not nearly as important to me as the ability to be a good president. I felt Richardson would have been an excellent president.