Comments on: Thoughts Around the Democratic Convention http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/2008/08/27/thoughts-around-the-democratic-convention/ Random thoughts, half thoughts, and just plain stuff I want to blog about Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matt http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/2008/08/27/thoughts-around-the-democratic-convention/#comment-390 Matt Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:15:25 +0000 http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/2008/08/27/thoughts-around-the-democratic-convention/#comment-390 <i>No what bothers me is these seemingly intelligent people (most are in education) do not appear to have the least understanding of the people who disagree with them.</i> By the way, I agree with you on this. (Though you're right: it definitely happens from both sides.) I've always thought that "good" politics was about meeting with the other side and working together to develop a solution that satisfies everyone. (I'd call it a compromise, but that implies an, err, "compromised" position.) What's happening now is that both sides are just railing against each other, and whatever one side proposes is automatically struck down by the other. It drives me crazy. No what bothers me is these seemingly intelligent people (most are in education) do not appear to have the least understanding of the people who disagree with them.

By the way, I agree with you on this. (Though you’re right: it definitely happens from both sides.)

I’ve always thought that “good” politics was about meeting with the other side and working together to develop a solution that satisfies everyone. (I’d call it a compromise, but that implies an, err, “compromised” position.) What’s happening now is that both sides are just railing against each other, and whatever one side proposes is automatically struck down by the other. It drives me crazy.

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/2008/08/27/thoughts-around-the-democratic-convention/#comment-389 Matt Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:12:34 +0000 http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/2008/08/27/thoughts-around-the-democratic-convention/#comment-389 I'm very curious to see who McCain is going to pick... A few comments he's made have suggested that he's leaning towards at least a partial conservative. Biden is an all-around weird pick IMHO. While it's certainly not Obama's _main_ qualification, part of thing about him is that he's "exciting." There were several VP picks who could have done the same, I think. But Biden's not one of them. There was a lot of talk about a couple moderate Democrats in red/purple states, and I think they would have been stellar picks. Obama's said that Biden was picked because he has a lot of foreign policy experience, which I guess does help and shows that he's in it for the "long haul," not to assemble people who sound really good but are actually flimsy in office. But still, I don't know a single person who's excited about Biden. I’m very curious to see who McCain is going to pick… A few comments he’s made have suggested that he’s leaning towards at least a partial conservative.

Biden is an all-around weird pick IMHO. While it’s certainly not Obama’s _main_ qualification, part of thing about him is that he’s “exciting.” There were several VP picks who could have done the same, I think. But Biden’s not one of them. There was a lot of talk about a couple moderate Democrats in red/purple states, and I think they would have been stellar picks.

Obama’s said that Biden was picked because he has a lot of foreign policy experience, which I guess does help and shows that he’s in it for the “long haul,” not to assemble people who sound really good but are actually flimsy in office. But still, I don’t know a single person who’s excited about Biden.

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