I will not vote for Hillary Clinton. No, I haven't switched my politics radically--I don't see myself voting Republican as long as those bastards keep doing things like trying to repeal the minimum wage.
Simply put, I will not support another American dynasty. The founding fathers of the United States were more or less in agreement that presidents shouldn't serve more than two terms. We didn't work as hard as we did to win our independence only to set up our own fracking king!
For George Washington and his successors, this was pretty obvious. Presidents of this era had a gentlemen's agreement serve only two terms. In America's history, only FDR was ever elected to more than 2 terms. The 22nd amendment ensured that presidents would forever more be limited to two terms. Or so we thought.
It seems that good old fashioned american ingenuity has figured out a way around this inconvenient good idea. Let's simply elect the offspring or spouses of former presidents. That way, we can have our dynasty and merely defecate on the 22nd amendment with its associated historical and philosophical justifications.
Don't you get it people? Even if you believe that Hillary Clinton is the reincarnation of Thomas Jefferson, and that she will lead the United States into a thousand year period of prosperity and peace, can't you see that this is a bad idea? No, still don't see it?
Okay then, how well do you like Jeb Bush? If Democrats elect Hillary, what will be the argument when Jeb ends up on the ballot in 2012? Democrats should best be trying to nip in the bud any attempts at dynasty by Democrats or Republicans alike.
If we establish a tradition of dynasty, conservatives will always be likely to win. Who better to win in a dynastic shootout than the Republicans who have already elevated cronyism, nepotism, and the good ol' boy network to a fine art?
Kings got their start as earthly manifestations of gods. With wacko deluded religious nut-jobs running around like they own the place, we're already dangerously close to becoming theo-fascist state. Dynasty gets us one step closer to absolute rulers who derive their mandate from gods rather than the masses.
Screw that. If Hillary gets the nomination, I won't vote for her. I don't care if my one vote for the Green Party means that the exhumed corpse of Hitler wins.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)

2 comments:
Another reason why you won't vote for Hilary--you don't live here anymore.
Or are you guys coming back to bring a little more light into my dull American life?
Ah, but I'm still (and intend to remain) a voting citizen of the US. If it had come down to a recount in MT, you'd be thanking me for that.
To answer your question: probably.
Post a Comment