Comments on: Straight Talkers Don’t Stand A Chance http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/straight-talkers-dont-stand-a-chance/ Politics 2.0 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: DAD http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/straight-talkers-dont-stand-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-29247 DAD Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:15:06 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/straight-talkers-dont-stand-a-chance/#comment-29247 Well Steve.....the sentiments you express in pp.#3 have been kicked around this column many times in as many past months, haven't they. Now you and Joshua had best get busy finding a way to motivate the masses to change their ways of procrastination and sloth before the primaries. Kinda tough when the 'late nights' are running in the same time slot as Charlie Rose or Tavist Smiley. Hard choices!! Well Steve…..the sentiments you express in pp.#3
have been kicked around this column many times in as many past months, haven’t they. Now you and Joshua had best get busy finding a way to motivate the masses to change their ways of procrastination and sloth before the primaries.

Kinda tough when the ‘late nights’ are running in the same time slot as Charlie Rose or Tavist Smiley.

Hard choices!!

]]> By: Steve Levine http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/straight-talkers-dont-stand-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-29233 Steve Levine Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:30:37 +0000 http://www.washingtonhotlist.com/straight-talkers-dont-stand-a-chance/#comment-29233 Three very impressive candidates. In fact, the entire Democratic field is easily the best in my lifetime, and I’m confident that any one of them would put the focus back on ordinary Americans -- those who don’t have health care and who are struggling to make ends meet. That would represent a welcome change from the current administration -- captives of Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big EVERYTHING -- who have sold our government to the highest bidder for the past seven years. But while I’m encouraged by the quality of these candidates, and would feel comfortable with any one of them in the White House, I don’t have nearly the same confidence in the American voter. Too many are ill-informed and easily-manipulated, and can once again fall victim to the Republican attack machine that will surely call into question the patriotism of the Democratic candidate and prey on voters’ fears. I’m also afraid that Justice John Paul Stevens, who, at 87, is one of four liberals on the Court, may not survive the next four years, and will need to be replaced by the next president. To retain some balance on the Court, and for the sake of our country, it’s vital that a Democrat makes that appointment. Three very impressive candidates.

In fact, the entire Democratic field is easily the best in my lifetime, and I’m confident that any one of them would put the focus back on ordinary Americans — those who don’t have health care and who are struggling to make ends meet.

That would represent a welcome change from the current administration — captives of Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big EVERYTHING — who have sold our government to the highest bidder for the past seven years.

But while I’m encouraged by the quality of these candidates, and would feel comfortable with any one of them in the White House, I don’t have nearly the same confidence in the American voter.

Too many are ill-informed and easily-manipulated, and can once again fall victim to the Republican attack machine that will surely call into question the patriotism of the Democratic candidate and prey on voters’ fears.

I’m also afraid that Justice John Paul Stevens, who, at 87, is one of four liberals on the Court, may not survive the next four years, and will need to be replaced by the next president.

To retain some balance on the Court, and for the sake of our country, it’s vital that a Democrat makes that appointment.

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