The hypocrit Larry Craig has resigned his seat as Republican Senator from Idaho. I don't understand why gays belong to the Republican Party anyway, log cabin Republicans. It makes no sense. Then you get these guys like Craig in Idaho or Ted Haggard, who bash gays on the one hand and are "tapping their toes in restrooms" on the other. Go figure.
The Republican Party is the party of exclusion, all white, lack of diversity, and intolerance. It is the stay the course party. All the racists are in that party. All the gay bashers are in that party. I would be embarassed to call myself a Republican.
As for the upcoming 2008 elections though, it will be close. Why? Because the Iraq War is being spun by the corporate media and the Repubs just like a football game. Win vs. lose. Who wants to lose another war, like Vietnam, like a football game! Americans hate to lose football games or wars. Hence we must stay the course, stay in a war we cannot win, and should never have been in?
It makes no sense.
But people vote on emotion, not always on intelligence.
How can we win this war in Iraq? What is a win? Those people have been fighting for 1600 years in that region and we in the United States, a half a world away, with a totally different culture, are going to change that?!!
Benchmarks have not been met. Al Maliki doesn't want Sunnis in his government. Why should there ever be "peace" in Iraq until another "strongman" is put in place.
It's a no win war, like Vietnam, and yet the Repubs are excellent at spinning it like a football game. No one likes to lose in sports or wars. The election will be very close in 2008. Don't kid yourself.
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