Tuesday, October 10

A Preview of 2008? I Hope Not!

If Vegas had odds on the 2008 Presidential race(which they might and I will find out in two weeks) the two favorites would be Senators McCain and Clinton. And in the wake of North Korea's apparently failed nuclear test, the two have decided to give a preview of what the summer of 2008 could be like.

While the Foley issue is a serious one, the attempted test by North Korea puts some things in perspective, I hope. Yet today, the ugly head of partisan politics reared itself again.Don't get me wrong, I am all for partisan politics in most cases. But this seems to be an issue that the top Democrats and Republicans, The White House and the military leaders should sit down in a room and figure out what should be done.

(CBS)I would remind Senator (Hillary) Clinton and other Democrats critical of the Bush administration's policies that the framework agreement her husband's administration negotiated was a failure," McCain said at a news conference in Southfield, Mich., that followed a campaign appearance for GOP Senate candidate Mike Bouchard.

"The Koreans received millions and millions in energy assistance. They've diverted millions of dollars of food assistance to their military," he added. "We had a carrot-and-no-sticks policy that only encouraged bad behavior."(Video via TP)
Which obviously required a response from Sen Clinton.
(Hotline)A missile shield alone cannot protect us from the Bush-Cheney Administration’s incompetence in their approach to Iraq, Iran and North Korea, and it is unfortunate that Republicans such as John McCain continue to blindly defend their failed policies for partisan gain rather than exercise true leadership. Five years after 9/11, President Bush has allowed the ‘Axis of Evil’ to spin out of control. Our Iraq policy is a failure. Iran is going nuclear and North Korea is testing nuclear weapons. President Bush’s foreign policy failures have made America less safe, not more so, and it is time for a new direction. Senator Clinton supports a National Missile Defense System that has been tested and actually works. She supports an approach that protects us from the threat of North Korean nuclear weapons, as the Clinton Administration successfully did for eight years.
So the two favorites for President, as of today, are going to continue the partisan politics of the last 14 years. The last 14 years that have helped bring us the problems we face today. Neither of the two gave any plan. McCain played the Clinton card and Clinton played the Bush card. Meanwhile North Korea is probably figuring out what went wrong in this test and regrouping for another. And it's not just them. The blogs and the MSM are feeding into this by doing the same thing. The only thing I seem to be hearing from our 'elected' officials, blogs and the MSM are excuses.

I understand that we are not the only ones who should be involved in getting North Korea to stop, but how can we, in the eyes of the world, lead when OUR leaders can't even lead at home? Wouldn't it be great if we could 'elect' a whole new congress?