Muddling the party lines
Posted by Moonage on 03 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race
In the past, and sometimes nowadays, I have pretty much tired of political parties. We’re in the 21st century. The tool necessary to get the word out in the 18th century just isn’t necessary anymore. Never has party unity and loyalty been any more muddled than this year.
- Last night, longtime Democrat, and one-tome Democrat VP candidate Joe LIeberman spoke to the Republican National Convention.
- Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is reported to have been a member of the Alaskan Independence Party a long time ago. There is some debate whether she was or not. However, as Republican Governor, she taped a message for their convention this year.
- Democrat Senator and VP candidate Joe Biden has more Youtube clips of him endorsing the Republican candidate for President, John McCain, than he does supporting his running mate, Democrat Barack Obama. Now, that’ll change very quickly as they campaign together I’m sure.
- Bob Barr, a Republican from Georgia, is running against McCain and Obama as an independent.
- Lastly, and leastly, Cynthia McKinney, a Democrat from Georiga, has found new life as a Green Party member from California.
- And, not to be left out, Ron Paul, a Republican from Texas, is running for something. He had a “competing” convention in The Twin Cities as well. I’m not quite sure what it was for.
2 Comments »
on 04 Sep 2008 at 12:15 am 1.Tired of Dorkwads said …
Learn your topic before you blog, please.
1) Palin also recently addressed a Libertarian Party audience.
2)Barr is running as a Libertarian, not as an independent.
3) Cynthia McKinney is from GA, not CA.
4) Ron Paul is no longer running for any office but his congressional seat, for which he has no opposition.
If you are going to post articles on the internet, do the rest of us a favor and be factually correct first.
on 04 Sep 2008 at 7:55 am 2.Moonage
said …
Read before you whine.
I state clearly McKinney is from Georgia. She now lives in California. Look it up.
Being as Libertarians are not recognized as a major party, I lump them in the independents ( with the little “i”, as in an adjective. ). If I were to concern myself with every single “party” designation, I’d have to remember the names of the parties of all 100 or so people running for President. I just don’t feel like doing that. As such, if they are not Republican or Democrat, at this time, they are independent ( with the little “i”). Whenever the Libertarians feel like doing the things it takes to be considered a “major party”, then people will refer to them along the same lines as the other two. Until then, they’re all independents ( with the little “i” ).
As for Palin, I didn’t list everything everyone has done, I just cited some examples. I don’t consider that an omission or error. Adding to the list is fine, saying I’m wrong because I didn’t list every single instance of every single person isn’t. Palin may have spoken to the Libertarians as well. I’m sure she’s spoken to some Democrats as well. I don’t know. Her speaking to the AIP is what the Dems are making a deal of and is on Youtube.
As I stated, Ron Paul is running for something. One doesn’t hold a rally in Minnesota to garner votes in Texas. If that’s all he’s doing, then he’s just detracting from the party that helped get him elected in the first place and makes me think even less of him. Him holding a “competing convention” and selling himself as a party outsider while using party money just doesn’t strike me as “no longer running for any office but his congressional seat, for which he has no opposition”. Just because he’s no longer running in 2008 doesn’t mean he doesn’t have plans for the future.
I am factually correct in what I have posted. Your interpretation and inability to thoroughly read it is the problem here. That’s a huge problem on the internet these days. People are given the facts, they just interpret it as they see fit initially and run with it without assuring themselves they actually understand what it is they read. How can I say someone is from Georgia and you not read that I say “someone is from Georgia”? How could I have been any clearer?