3 posts tagged “election 2006”

And no, I don' t mean Virginia.

The People have issued a mandate to the current executive administration.  But the implications for the next two years will begin to be understood when the President addresses the country, I would assume within the next 12 hours.

Now, more than ever, there is an opportunity for our elected leader to temper ideology with some practicality.  While I disagree strongly with neo-conservative ideology, that is not the issue.  It is my hope that President Bush will make the next two years a new chapter in his administration.

The wasted six years are gone forever.  Contrary to what appears to be popular belief, the success of the next two years will not be determined by political party.  No, there is one person that has the opportunity to make a choice as to whether we will see produtive politics from now until the next Presidential election.

NOW is the time for our elected leader to approach his administration and his actions over the last six years with humility and honestly.  It is clear that we have been on the wrong track.  Our President can salvage his administration by choosing to no longer ignore the concerns of his nation.

We will have more than a glimpse of what is in store for us in the next two years when we the President addresses us. 

Please!

I've been listening to coverage on Election 2006 throughout the evening, and there has been substanitally commentary that the swing in political party power has not necessarily been about the Republican-led administration's grand mistake in Iraq. 

Can we get one thing straight?  Other important issues aside, the single biggest thing that tonight was about IS about Iraq.  Would the rest of you stop kidding yourselves?  Yes, there are some other significant issues.  But when we rank them in order, the singles biggest issue is that finally, the American population is standing up and loudly say: "No more, Mr. President.  We tried to tell you that this Iraq thing doesn't make sense, but you kept pushing to have your way.  Now, we hope you get the message".

Ok, now let's all work on putting this country back together.

I took some time to focus on other projects besides thinking about politics for a few weeks, so I was delayed in coming across the Pelosi Statement on Signing of Military Commissions Bill. 

One of the reasons why I can't focus too much on politics is because it tends to be rather discouraging.  So I'm quite impressed these days when there's evidence of some solid thinking at the national level.  I've had to wonder sometimes if there's something in the air in the capital that slows down the electrical impulses between brain cells.

Pelosi could have said considerably more, but she stated concisely the minimum assessment of the recent tragedy of the Military Commissions Bill.  While it seems obvious that too many legislators are voting for bills for reasons other than clear thinking - is is pressure of some sort? - it is certainly not tolerable.  If we can't count on our elected officials to safeguard our civil liberty, I'm not sure who we think we're going to get to do it. 

So thank goodness there are people like Pelosi who can take the time to very publicly summarize the opinions of those of us who think it's important to carefully consider porposed legislation, beyond the "sounds good on the surface cursory glance" that is often given these days.

Perhaps Pelosi will be elected Speaker of the House very soon, and we'll all be a little safer for it.  I, for one, have chosen to be optimistic today that there will be an increase in wisdom at the polls today, something that has been lacking for many years.