Notes on the Primaries

Well, if the Republicans are looking for the new Reagan it looks like McCain has it. He speaks now like an actor, damning America's "enemies" in vague and abstract terms, speaking out against the liberals who promote diplomacy and compromise as misguided--but maybe well-intentioned--fools that would ruin the country, and claiming that he has been reluctantly chosen by history as a humble leader void of ambition and self-interest. And on the domestic front, he of course wants people to get up and help themselves rather than allow government to help benefit the disadvantaged--big government will ruin the country and never helped anyone. Sounds like Reagan to me. So, I guess if people liked Reagan, they should support McCain. I for one thought history had shown Reagan's policies to accomplish bloating the pockets of the rich and driving the country into recession (let alone setting back AIDs research, sponsoring repressive regimes in the developing world, and further stratifying the nation economically). Ugh...that speech was painful both in its false sentiment and hollow in its message. I am even more worried about this since I am increasingly coming to think that the Republicans will likely win. The Democrats will eat themselves (and for some good reasons), leaving the Republicans to waltz in and set up shop for another 4 years. I guess the one upside is that things can't get any worse....right?