Amazing. More of the ridiculous drivel from right and left about how the other side is evil, is running some sort of conspiracy, accusations of hideous crimes against humanity. Who are the criminals here? They didn't vote themselves into office.
Let's see. From the right we have accusations that the leftist-liberal limp-wristed wimps (a ridiculous accusation and choice of epithets if I ever heard one) have consistently set up bad economies for Republican presidents, that are trying to push socialism on us (ridiculous, if you'd pay attention to where Democrats really tend to stand on political spectrum - and it's definitely center-left), and have weak morals and no spine. The last accusation is, of course, ridiculous as well. Democrats have no more or less morals overall than their Republican counterparts, and what politicians have morals usually choose to ignore them. The implication that not going to church or being Christian implies low morals is a classic roadkill conservative line. I have a friend who happens to be an atheist Republican. I wonder if he knows how Bush Sr.'s administration regarded Atheism?
From the left, we have accusations the rightist conservative lemmings (just as silly; I've heard the same comparison made to liberals) consistently are the ones who commit crimes against other peoples and nations, be it by bombing them, invading them, deprivingly them of resources, or what have you. The reality is that neither right nor left in this country has a good record here. The Republican administrations have been consistently left the slack with tense situations that arose during Democratic administrations. If they deal with that in the only way that Republicans seem to consistently like, who's really to blame? After all, what did you expect? We know about the military operations initiated by the Republican administrations: Libya, Iran, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom. But what's on the Democratic slate? Vietnam (it was Kennedy who sent in the advisors and Johnson who sent in the troops, remember), Bosnia, Desert Fox (an operation that military analysts tend to agree was mostly ineffective), and Kosovo, which is an entirely seperate discussion.
Remember that it was
Nixon who pulled the troops out of Vietnam (a simplification, I know). For the record, this was not to further the cause of peace, but because of overwhelming public opinion.
The short answer is that no one, and no major political party in this country has a leg to stand on. Heck, most of the minor parties don't either. I'll freely admit that I stand pretty far to the left, but it's a complicated world. I wouldn't vote for Ralph Nader, for example. I don't trust him anymore than I do Clinton, Bush, or Gore. The only thing I can do is try and choose someone that I believe will help not only this country, but the world at large. That someone has not been Reagan. It has not been either Bush. It hasn't been Clinton. But the right person will not come about with the current national or global political and economical situation. The system needs some revising and revitalization from the ground up. Is our system doomed? No, of course not, and I hope it never is. I do not want the USA to fall, I do not want a total restructuring of the world order. I want a world where people understand the fundamental fact about being humans: we simply aren't going to agree on everything. Not even close. A world where people take responsibilty for the fact that "life isn't fair" and do something about it, and where people understand that not only is there a need for self-responsibility but for responsibility for one's fellow man and woman (yes, I hate PC as well. Don't get started).
So why the hell are we trying to lay the blame down one the shoulders of some party or group? This system is
our system, in case you've forgotten, and we all have a responsibility for and to it. Forget about trying to pin the bad guy, and focus on improving what we've got. We're never going to find the guy who's ultimately responsible for what's messed up in the world. Why waste our breath? We're going to disagree and fight about things; might as well make sure we're fighting about the important things.
So, to step back from the political slugmatch, I'll look at the
important issue at hand. From the standpoint of any American, this is a bad thing. I know that it means there's no dirt to dig up on Clinton - so what? God knows he's got a cemetary's worth of dirt on him. Being liberal doesn't mean I don't want to know how Clinton screwed the country over. But don't take that to mean I want to hear the Republican whines and hints about how we've "not yet to find out all the horrible things he did to this nation." No toejam. I'm waiting with baited breath to find out what Reagan did as well. Because he was no more a great president than Bush or Clinton were.
So, that's that. The irony is that I know I'm going to be flamed big time for this post

. Oh well, nothing new there.
Far leftist-liberal, completely unassociated with or enamored in any way of any party in this country, checking out,
-ispar