Blogcritics Comments on Politically Overdosed – A Rant

Comment by Clavos on Politically Overdosed – A Rant

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:05:00 EDT

You ask why anyone seeks the office, "Is it public service, or something else?" The cynic in me (some would say I'm all cynic) maintains that, with very few exceptions, all our presidents have sought the "something else," mostly power and a place in history (hubris).

Comment by STM on Politically Overdosed – A Rant

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:12:36 EDT

I can understand why Americans might be politically overdosed ... what with all this endless farting around on primaries. A near-12-month race for the White House; that's a misnomer ... it's more like an ultra marathon where those left standing will limp or slow jog to the finish line. The winner falls through the tape, gasping. I got the Presidency? No, please, I need another 12 months to recover. Is there a bed in the Oval Office? Bring out the oxygen ... for the voters. Come on America: Just have a proper election like normal people, where someone actually wins something.

Comment by Dan Miller on Politically Overdosed – A Rant

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:49:51 EDT

The author states, "I think Obama, Clinton and McCain would each make a decent president. In fact, I think all of them would make the same president." No matter who becomes president, he or she will have to deal with the House and the Senate and also with the Supreme Court. Not to mention the Federal Bureaucracy, which has both the power and the tendency to override the desires of all three branches at least for a few years. No matter what a candidate says, this should be kept firmly in mind and, for that reason, the author may be at least partially correct. Based on their thus far articulated policies, the author also be correct. However, there was once a popular song, "The cows may come and the cows may go, but the bull will go on forever." It is, sometimes, appropriate to look beyond political promises and policies; they relate mainly to the past rather than to the future and, beyond that, to have little meaning. There is, however, a more important question: Which of the candidates is a person of acceptable morality? Not a person of untarnished morality; anyone like that would flee the presidency like the Devil (allegedly) flees holy water. No person of superior virtue would even consider running for President. Be that as it may, if you bought a used car from one of the candidates, which would you continue to trust a few months after the purchase? Similarities though the three may have, I don't think they are fungible and I don't think that in, say, 2010, they will appear to have been fungible. Dan Miller

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Politically Overdosed – A Rant

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:58:16 EDT

Interesting that you should talk about climbing back into your 'cave'. Sounds like you subscribe to Plato's ideal that those best suited for leadership are those who desire it least.

Comment by Wanda Rizzuto on Politically Overdosed – A Rant

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:55:03 EDT

Hi Joanne! *cough* Obama! *cough*