Hillary's 'Invisible' Conversation

While it must be great to have a budget and staff that burns up the equivalent of the LNC's annual budget in a two week period, the tripe that the produce hardly seems worth the money. Of course a New York resident who watched the coy First Lady deny or defer any Presidential ambitions during the campaign last summer, nothing really amounts to the heavy handed thoughts of incredulity. Using a motif of 'invisible' our Senator poises your existence as such;

If you are one of millions of middle and working class people, you have seen your wages stagnate, your health care coverage shrink and your ability to pay for college decline. You have been invisible to this administration . . .

Aside from all the unpacking of these various claims that a libertarian could easily expose, the idea that your contractual abilities are rendered useless because the government is not involved strikes one immediately. Of the the litany of suffering is continued as soldiers, teachers and single moms are also invisible. One wonders if the staff at Hillary HQ is savvy enough to have nicked this little gem from the FDR play book of the Forgotten Man. Of course when Hillary gets the reins of power, no one will be invisible. We'll all be one big happy collective Village. After that the plea for money against the evil minions of Republicanism starts. So let's take a moment and check out that Act for Change Survey.

The War in Iraq
1. Do you support the Senate Democrats' bill to begin withdrawal of troops in 120 days ?
2. Which of the following proposals for bringing the war to the right kind of end do you support ?
a. Capping the number of troops in Iraq at Jn. 1 2007 levels and requiring congressional authorization for additional troops.
b. Making funding for Iraqi security forces contingent on certification that those forces are free of sectarian and militia influences.
c. Revoking the 2002 war authorization and replacing it with a narrower one that limits our mission and begins the withdrawal of troops.

I support a change in power to the Libertarian Party which had nothing to do with this occupation. 'War' was never declared and supporting UN resolutions to initiate it was wrong. Hillary can't come to terms with this and needs a series of political compromises and solutions to hide the fact that when she becomes commander and chief she could just do it. Capping troop levels, blaming the occupied puppet government for not being 'certified' or having unsavory elements amongst them is a canard. Yeah, revoke the 'authorization' and create a new one. Brilliant. Not.

The American Dream

Do you support universal coverage that makes quality health care accessible and affordable for all Americans ?

Duh. I support no government interference with doctors or insurance companies. Leave us and them alone and costs will naturally go down. Propagating the myth that uneneding demand and limited supply can be attenuated with emotional political pleas has to stop !

Do you support providing pre-school education to young children so that students can start school ready to learn ?

Pick up the phone and ask our dear governor Eliot why this has to be mandatory. I'm already having misgivings about surrendering my five year to the state this Fall.

Do you support an increase in the minimum wage ?

Nope. Didn't you guys already do this last session ? It creates a permanent underclass, restricts choice and has proven a disaster in France. Of course the question is always, why not raise minimum wage to twenty five dollars an hour ?

Energy Independence

Do you support a Startegic Energy Fund that calls on oil companies to invest some of their profits in alternative energy or requires them to invest in a fund that will conduct such research ?

Absolutely not. Why not just nationalize them now ? The whole bit about 'energy independence' is a joke. If the cost of gas gets high enough, people will find better solutions. Requiring companies to invest profits in this or that takes away all incentives to produce. That effect will be more damaging than your socialization of energy Hugo Chavez style.

Do you support calling for a 50 percent reduction in our dependnece on foreign oil by 2025 ?

Gosh. Is that when Chelsea takes the reins ? See above.

What do you think the top priority for America's next president should be ?

This is the open question at the end of the questionnaire. All six lines would never be enough for me to fill out. Of course abolishing the IRS, returning to the gold standard and repelaing the Patriot Act would be nice starts. But us kooks are like that.