When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Tuesday, December 24, 2002
I look for a little backbone in my Democratic candidate. Our next will need it, what with the Republican stranglehold on the House, Senate and Supreme Court. Liebermann is not the man for the job.
I read in the New York Times that Gore supporters would be happy to support him, especially since he deferred to Gore decision on whether to run or not. I would happily vote for Gore; but not for Liebermann-- he has lost my support. I consider him a self-seeking weasel.
I used to Like Liebermann pretty well. When he was majority leader of the Connecticut Senate, it was a liberal era and he was a liberal, as far as I could tell (and recall). I liked him when he was Attorney General also, an advocate for consumers and the environment.
It seemed to me that the minute he stepped up to the US Senate plate to run against Lowell Weicker, he seemed to become a lot more conservative. At the time, I viewed it as a ploy to capture the votes of all the many Republicans who were deeply annoyed at Weicker. It worked. But he kept on being conservative and hawkish.
It was only when he was in the Senate that I first read he was very religiious, and at that time, all it meant was that he didn't work on the Sabbath. Now it has come to mean, apparenlty, that he takes ethical questions very seriously, more seriously than the common man.
Some of the issues he has publically agonized over should have been no-brainers to a man with highly developed ethical sense. The issue of abortion, for example, is one that nearly everyone in America has a view on -- it wouldn't blindside Liebermann when it came up, who ought by now to have a highly develped view, deep thinker that he is. But no. 'Whoa, there's a new one! Have to mull that one over!'
I read in the Times:
I get the sense with Liebermann that he is not weighing the ethical choices so much as balancing his practical advantages against the unpleasant ethical choice. It takes him a long time to decide, not because he is more ethical than other men, but because he is so drawn to the practical side.
This seems to me to be the balancing act of one who normally would do no wrong- but would change his mind if the price were right.
Or perhaps that is an illusion. Maybe it is just that he is so self-satisfied that any view he holds, he considers must be the right view merely because he holds it. I have no objection to a religious man i the White House- I would just appreciate a bit more humility along with the spirituality.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
The Hake's Progress
...overall, hakes have noticeably softer flesh and less flake than cod, haddock and pollock....bones, like the flesh, are soft and do not normally pose a problem.
I look for a little backbone in my Democratic candidate. Our next will need it, what with the Republican stranglehold on the House, Senate and Supreme Court. Liebermann is not the man for the job.
I read in the New York Times that Gore supporters would be happy to support him, especially since he deferred to Gore decision on whether to run or not. I would happily vote for Gore; but not for Liebermann-- he has lost my support. I consider him a self-seeking weasel.
I used to Like Liebermann pretty well. When he was majority leader of the Connecticut Senate, it was a liberal era and he was a liberal, as far as I could tell (and recall). I liked him when he was Attorney General also, an advocate for consumers and the environment.
It seemed to me that the minute he stepped up to the US Senate plate to run against Lowell Weicker, he seemed to become a lot more conservative. At the time, I viewed it as a ploy to capture the votes of all the many Republicans who were deeply annoyed at Weicker. It worked. But he kept on being conservative and hawkish.
It was only when he was in the Senate that I first read he was very religiious, and at that time, all it meant was that he didn't work on the Sabbath. Now it has come to mean, apparenlty, that he takes ethical questions very seriously, more seriously than the common man.
Some of the issues he has publically agonized over should have been no-brainers to a man with highly developed ethical sense. The issue of abortion, for example, is one that nearly everyone in America has a view on -- it wouldn't blindside Liebermann when it came up, who ought by now to have a highly develped view, deep thinker that he is. But no. 'Whoa, there's a new one! Have to mull that one over!'
I read in the Times:
Mr. Lieberman, who is an Orthodox Jew, is promising a campaign that would place more emphasis on values and spirituality than Democratic primary voters are accustomed to hearing. Democrats inside and outside the Lieberman camp suggest that could feed the perception of Mr. Lieberman as cloyingly sanctimonious, a view his allies say he needs to guard against. NYT 12-24-02. Cloyingly sanctimonious, yes that's it.
I get the sense with Liebermann that he is not weighing the ethical choices so much as balancing his practical advantages against the unpleasant ethical choice. It takes him a long time to decide, not because he is more ethical than other men, but because he is so drawn to the practical side.
This seems to me to be the balancing act of one who normally would do no wrong- but would change his mind if the price were right.
Or perhaps that is an illusion. Maybe it is just that he is so self-satisfied that any view he holds, he considers must be the right view merely because he holds it. I have no objection to a religious man i the White House- I would just appreciate a bit more humility along with the spirituality.
Palema
7:07 AM
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