Howard Dean says that he's looking forward to having U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri lead Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dean made the sarcastic remark to a group of (clueless) local Democrats citing Blunt's close relationship with Tom Delay and the fact that Blunt has taken money from some of the groups which have also made contributions to Delay.
Thing is, this is just more evidence of the lack of leadership coming from the Democratic Party. People don't care about campaign finance or even bribes . . . if anything, KC politics is a testament to the fact that people really don't mind politicians making a suspiciously good living.
I like Dean because he's one of the few Democrats that has actually come out against the war in Iraq and raised important questions about Halliburton but harping on the Delay fiasco along with the Abramoff scandal just seems like whining and many voters (like myself) don't really understand why these controversies are so important. Whereas something like White House Spying story seems to scare the shit out of everyone who doesn't want their phone turned into a GOP party line.
I'm just noting that most of KC was built on corruption among Democrats so a few bucks changing hands here and there doesn't really seem like big deal. If anything I think that the attack on social services by Blunt's Baby Boy strike the locals as a more objectionable offense. We all know that politicos are in it for money and power but cutting off funds from people who need it just looks greedy.
Anyway, I like Dean because politicians should scream and spout off stupid stuff in public more often. But I just think that an illegal power grab by Bush Co. and the Republican cutting the throats of the po'folk in this state are more salient issues that require some wild banshee like screaming. Payoffs and sketchy business deals are simply par for the course.
Thing is, this is just more evidence of the lack of leadership coming from the Democratic Party. People don't care about campaign finance or even bribes . . . if anything, KC politics is a testament to the fact that people really don't mind politicians making a suspiciously good living.
I like Dean because he's one of the few Democrats that has actually come out against the war in Iraq and raised important questions about Halliburton but harping on the Delay fiasco along with the Abramoff scandal just seems like whining and many voters (like myself) don't really understand why these controversies are so important. Whereas something like White House Spying story seems to scare the shit out of everyone who doesn't want their phone turned into a GOP party line.
I'm just noting that most of KC was built on corruption among Democrats so a few bucks changing hands here and there doesn't really seem like big deal. If anything I think that the attack on social services by Blunt's Baby Boy strike the locals as a more objectionable offense. We all know that politicos are in it for money and power but cutting off funds from people who need it just looks greedy.
Anyway, I like Dean because politicians should scream and spout off stupid stuff in public more often. But I just think that an illegal power grab by Bush Co. and the Republican cutting the throats of the po'folk in this state are more salient issues that require some wild banshee like screaming. Payoffs and sketchy business deals are simply par for the course.
Someone must care about corruption scandals, because Delay's poll numbers have taken a nose dive since the Abrahoff scandal broke:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3587652.html