Comments on: Now, can we please move past identity politics? http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/30/now-can-we-please-move-past-identity-politics/ Fri, 25 May 2012 04:21:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FrenchytheSailor http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/30/now-can-we-please-move-past-identity-politics/#comment-6137 FrenchytheSailor Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:52:25 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=1191#comment-6137 JR, Looks like you'll have to set up another blogsite just for people who'd like to stick with issues. Because you're right, America now has to make a choice. The good news is I really believe (and hope) that the majority of the American public has realized that Party is not an issue. Sure, most professional politicians follow the party line in order to get reelected, but I hope we are way past that point. No matter what particular pet issues you may feel strongly about (abortion, free speach, gun control, taxes), we as a nation have got to come together to fix the things that affect every American. The economy, energy/national security and health care are issues that affect everyone and we should be getting straight answers from both candidates as to how they plan on fixing them. Who ever has the better plan has my vote, regardless of party. JR,

Looks like you’ll have to set up another blogsite just for people who’d like to stick with issues. Because you’re right, America now has to make a choice.
The good news is I really believe (and hope) that the majority of the American public has realized that Party is not an issue. Sure, most professional politicians follow the party line in order to get reelected, but I hope we are way past that point.
No matter what particular pet issues you may feel strongly about (abortion, free speach, gun control, taxes), we as a nation have got to come together to fix the things that affect every American.
The economy, energy/national security and health care are issues that affect everyone and we should be getting straight answers from both candidates as to how they plan on fixing them.
Who ever has the better plan has my vote, regardless of party.

]]> By: The Squeaky Wheel http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/30/now-can-we-please-move-past-identity-politics/#comment-6113 The Squeaky Wheel Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:25:36 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=1191#comment-6113 No, because the Dems live for ID politics. They love to not talk about something by talking about it. We are talking about a party who are made up of folks like Jesse Jackson who can, for example, say the N word, attack someone by wanting to “gut [their] nuts out” and say "sorry" and it goes away... While a radio jock, not a political leader, quotes a Spike Lee movie, gets attacked and beaten down until he is fired. So when the hypocrisy stops, the ID politics will follow. No, because the Dems live for ID politics. They love to not talk about something by talking about it. We are talking about a party who are made up of folks like Jesse Jackson who can, for example, say the N word, attack someone by wanting to “gut [their] nuts out” and say “sorry” and it goes away… While a radio jock, not a political leader, quotes a Spike Lee movie, gets attacked and beaten down until he is fired.

So when the hypocrisy stops, the ID politics will follow.

]]> By: Jeremy Hinton http://bearingdrift.com/2008/08/30/now-can-we-please-move-past-identity-politics/#comment-6102 Jeremy Hinton Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:28:40 +0000 http://bearingdrift.com/?p=1191#comment-6102 Good point Jim. However, the presidency does not exist in a vacuum. More than anything the Bush presidency seems to demonstrate that you can tell whats coming by looking at the folks the president and veep surround themselves while formulating their policies. With Bush, it seems obvious in retrospect what the last 8 years should have looked like considering the cadre of the neocon wing of the Republicans that surrounded him. While I'm not fully happy with all the folks who seem to be circling Obama, the folks around McCain really make me concerned, both in the fiscal and foreign policy spheres of influence. Good point Jim. However, the presidency does not exist in a vacuum. More than anything the Bush presidency seems to demonstrate that you can tell whats coming by looking at the folks the president and veep surround themselves while formulating their policies.

With Bush, it seems obvious in retrospect what the last 8 years should have looked like considering the cadre of the neocon wing of the Republicans that surrounded him. While I’m not fully happy with all the folks who seem to be circling Obama, the folks around McCain really make me concerned, both in the fiscal and foreign policy spheres of influence.

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