The Clock Is Ticking
Gordon K. Glatz
June 30, 2007
The clock is ticking to the last days of the Bush administration, whether that is November of 2008 or sooner may depend on the people. There are movements in the cyber world of the internet to remove this mistake from office. I do not know how far this extends into the real world other then what I have read. There are sites that are petitioning to impeach both him and the vice-president. If they do not succeed with impeachment before the election, then Bush will go into retirement with the full benefits of the presidency, at the expense of the Taxpayers. My first thought is more power to them, but that would leave us with temporary leaders until the election.
It follows (if I am right) that it would be the speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi who is a democrat, and a woman. She would be come the first woman president if only for a short time. This would shift the presidency from republican to democrat, and give us a sample of a woman in the office, but what kind of turmoil would this cause with our government so soon before the election. Would it stay with the democrats, or flop back to the republicans? Right now, it is any bodies guess.
I am what you might call a fence setter, like the cowboy watching the activity in the arena. For I am not a party person the very word reminds me of ones that tried to over run the world. People tend to have blind faith in these organizations, and will follow them right into oblivion. Others just do what their relatives did before them, or cave in to the brow beating of their friends, and some will follow the dictations of their union or church. I believe in the past this only amounted to 20% of the eligible voters. The rest used such excuses as I cannot take time from work, my one vote is not going to make any difference in the out come, or I do not know anything about the candidate, and it would just be a waste of my time etc.
The last two elections had a much better turn out, due to the push of party workers on both sides of the fence, with get out the vote campaigns. What we need is for more people to learn the real meaning of democracy, and the power of the people. That they are the real government not the lackeys that end up in Washington, because to few people care enough to drop the excuses and take the time to become involved in their rights as citizens. We must take the time to study the candidates, so we can make an intelligent choice when we vote.
Right now, there are quite a few candidates, and I have not made any choice yet. The last two times I voted democrat, and I still believe it was the best choice. Of course if I do not chose a party I cannot vote to decide who will be nominated. I do not think this is a proper way of narrowing down the candidates. Parties should not come into play until after the two candidates are chosen. In the end an independent as myself has to pick from who has been nominated by others.
For example, I might see a candidate amongst the many Jackass's, Elephants, and what ever, who have thrown their hats in the ring. Since I make my choice not by party, but on the qualities of the candidate, I could go either way. This means if the best person (in my opinion) is not nominated in whatever party. I will go to the party that nominated my choice, unless something has turned me against that party, and then I will vote for the next best choice. In the case of this election, I will not vote for any republican after the mess they have made in the last eight years. Therefore, my vote will either go for one of the independents or the democrat.
Is America ready for either a black or a woman president?
A black person would have to be well known, have the age and experience of his white counterpart, but it would still boil down to whether there were enough non-prejudice votes. Until he entered the race I had never heard of Barack Obama.
A woman might have a better change; they do quite well running other countries, so why not here. I do not think they could do any worse then what the men have.
So far, I have not much confidence in what I see of the democratic candidates, although Clinton and Edwards are possibilities. Edwards has been sending emails to me, and I would like to hear from Clinton too. I have not noticed much of an on going promotion for her on the net.
I believe in the separation of church and state, and do not want another "born again" Christian in the white house. So I hope what ever the out come, we do not end up with another one.
Copyright June 2007 by Gordon K. Glatz
It follows (if I am right) that it would be the speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi who is a democrat, and a woman. She would be come the first woman president if only for a short time. This would shift the presidency from republican to democrat, and give us a sample of a woman in the office, but what kind of turmoil would this cause with our government so soon before the election. Would it stay with the democrats, or flop back to the republicans? Right now, it is any bodies guess.
I am what you might call a fence setter, like the cowboy watching the activity in the arena. For I am not a party person the very word reminds me of ones that tried to over run the world. People tend to have blind faith in these organizations, and will follow them right into oblivion. Others just do what their relatives did before them, or cave in to the brow beating of their friends, and some will follow the dictations of their union or church. I believe in the past this only amounted to 20% of the eligible voters. The rest used such excuses as I cannot take time from work, my one vote is not going to make any difference in the out come, or I do not know anything about the candidate, and it would just be a waste of my time etc.
The last two elections had a much better turn out, due to the push of party workers on both sides of the fence, with get out the vote campaigns. What we need is for more people to learn the real meaning of democracy, and the power of the people. That they are the real government not the lackeys that end up in Washington, because to few people care enough to drop the excuses and take the time to become involved in their rights as citizens. We must take the time to study the candidates, so we can make an intelligent choice when we vote.
Right now, there are quite a few candidates, and I have not made any choice yet. The last two times I voted democrat, and I still believe it was the best choice. Of course if I do not chose a party I cannot vote to decide who will be nominated. I do not think this is a proper way of narrowing down the candidates. Parties should not come into play until after the two candidates are chosen. In the end an independent as myself has to pick from who has been nominated by others.
For example, I might see a candidate amongst the many Jackass's, Elephants, and what ever, who have thrown their hats in the ring. Since I make my choice not by party, but on the qualities of the candidate, I could go either way. This means if the best person (in my opinion) is not nominated in whatever party. I will go to the party that nominated my choice, unless something has turned me against that party, and then I will vote for the next best choice. In the case of this election, I will not vote for any republican after the mess they have made in the last eight years. Therefore, my vote will either go for one of the independents or the democrat.
Is America ready for either a black or a woman president?
A black person would have to be well known, have the age and experience of his white counterpart, but it would still boil down to whether there were enough non-prejudice votes. Until he entered the race I had never heard of Barack Obama.
A woman might have a better change; they do quite well running other countries, so why not here. I do not think they could do any worse then what the men have.
So far, I have not much confidence in what I see of the democratic candidates, although Clinton and Edwards are possibilities. Edwards has been sending emails to me, and I would like to hear from Clinton too. I have not noticed much of an on going promotion for her on the net.
I believe in the separation of church and state, and do not want another "born again" Christian in the white house. So I hope what ever the out come, we do not end up with another one.
Copyright June 2007 by Gordon K. Glatz
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