Saturday, August 11, 2007
HILLARY IS RIGHT
I was really interested in this op-ed piece by Bruce Bartlett*, an old Reagan man who is on the outs with Bush.
He says that Hillary has a good chance of stealing a number of conservative votes.
I think this makes good sense.
The GOoPer slate is just as shallow as it could be without disappearing.
There is no conservative conscious in any of it. Poseurs.
Look.
I believe that there are good conservatives and bad ones and the good ones are sick to death of bush; actually hate him.
They are chagrinned at the Republican Party and what it has become.
They want an alternative.
Like it or not, a lot of Clinton's positions speak to broad interests in this country.
This week I saw her talking at Yearly Kos and saying that she wants to be President to all the people; even (gasp) business!
I can go along with that.
This is why she annoys Progressives even though she says she is one.
I am still not ready to vote for her but I like what I am seeing of her recent appearances.
Most of all, right now, I like her sense of humor.
She has a great laugh.
How long has it been since we have had any politician who could guffaw and do a good belly laugh?
*Bartlett famously wrote: IMPOSTOR: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy. Like I said he is a good conservative. At the same time, he is still hell on the Democrats.
