Yes. His statements that Gore and Bush are exactly the same, "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" is so wrong, it's offensive. Gore who won the Nobel Prize vs. Bush, who started the Iraq war, who fiddled while New Orleans and the Gulf drowned. I can even forgive his spoiling of the election if he recognized that his actions had unintended consequences and that there are better ways to achieve what he claims are his goals. But he won't acknowledge that he made a mistake; even now he's dismissing the current candidates, saying Obama and McCain are the latest "corporate candidate." I can't forgive that kind of egotism, that selfishness, that delusion.
Telling people who criticize him to "get over it"?? Tell that to the mothers of dead soldiers in Iraq. What a shitty, insensitive thing to say; what a pathetic attempt to deflect criticism. I physically tense up thinking of him.
And yes, I know he has a right to run--and we have a right to criticize him.
Okay, I can understand your objections there. I don't interpret his "Get over it" quite the way you do. I see it more as a defense against those who blame him for the Bush administration when he was simply exercising his right to run for office. I do agree there is a certain amount of "corporate branding" - so to speak - when it comes to candidates for the 2 major parties, molding them into either slightly left or slightly right of center in order to make them electable. I agree that some of his language is inappropriate.
Still, at the moment he's the only candidate I feel I can vote for with a clear conscious. But that won't keep me from looking for others to support. I don't like the idea of voting for the most electable candidate who most closely represents your views. That's not letting your voice be heard.
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Date: 2008-06-25 06:06 pm (UTC)Telling people who criticize him to "get over it"?? Tell that to the mothers of dead soldiers in Iraq. What a shitty, insensitive thing to say; what a pathetic attempt to deflect criticism. I physically tense up thinking of him.
And yes, I know he has a right to run--and we have a right to criticize him.
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Date: 2008-06-25 07:37 pm (UTC)Still, at the moment he's the only candidate I feel I can vote for with a clear conscious. But that won't keep me from looking for others to support. I don't like the idea of voting for the most electable candidate who most closely represents your views. That's not letting your voice be heard.
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Date: 2008-06-25 08:29 pm (UTC)I have a visceral hatred for that phrase. I find it so condescending, so dismissive.
I respect your reasons for supporting him (though I reserve the right to disagree!) though :)