Hillary Clinton, Obama and McCain

I distrust any politician who denies that he or she does not have a political belief system either way. Obama said he doesn't. Yea, right! He's as liberal (oh, I am sorry I mean regres-oops! I mean progressive--that's the term now days) as Hillary. Then Huckabee said he's a vertical politician on The Tonight Show. He wasn't to the left or right but vertical. Again, more double-speak.

McCain is okay. He's a decent guy. I don't like his stance on torturing terrorists. I think we should do more of it. We only did it just three times. I think when McCain was tortured it influenced his view on the issue. He thinks if we don't water-board terrorists the international community will like America more. Maybe, maybe not. Countries run by dictators like Iran will never like us. Maybe the citizens do but they only read what the gov't-controlled press tells them what the "facts" are. Any good America does will not be reported or downplayed and anything bad we do will always be reported there. Sort of like drive-by-media here depending on who is power. After all one-party rule countries cannot blame themselves for any mistakes. It is some other country's fault--in this case America. If a country is a true friend of America they will stick by us. Then McCain reached across the isle to the Dems too much. He never crossed the isle to his fellow Republicans that much. He is more moderate than I like.

I vote for who is going to look out for the best interests of this country. Not for the best interests of the UN or the international community. Not because he happens to talk about change all the time (change can go either way) or because she thinks she is the anointed one.

One final political thought: All three candidates are senators. That means they use consensus as a means of making decisions. Margaret Thatcher once said: "To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects." So, either way the country is screwed! (Just joking!?) Just something to think about. Or not.