More post debate thoughts

On the subject of Darfur, other than Joe Biden, the most anybody else could come up with to handle the situation was to impose a no-fly zone (because that controlled the situation so well in Iraq) and to . . . boycott the summer Olympics in China! That will show those genocidal maniacs. The tortured reasoning behind this is that the main reason why the Sudan won't comply is because China isn't leaning on them. So by not competing in the Olympics, that will shame the Chinese into putting pressure on the Sudanese government, and then we will see some real results. As if we don't already have enough reminders that this party is weak on matters of defense, we now can also see how hollow their foreign policy is. It truly is a sad thing that Joe Biden, of all people, makes the most sense of all of their candidates, and Kucinich will probably peak higher than him!
Getting back to my point earlier about educating the world, that was another golden morsel from John Boy Edwards. I hate to point it out to anybody reading this who is a Democrat, but simply increasing the taxes of people earning $200,000 and up will not come close to funding all of his plans. That's the point they don't seem to get. There is no amount by which they can raise taxes that will fund all of their pie-in-the-sky promises. Europe is discovering this. Their social programs are bankrupting them. The healthcare that they have, that Democrats would so much like to pattern our healthcare system after, is pathetic. Not only is it second-rate care compared to the U.S., but you have to wait forever to get it.

Some quick thoughts on Bush. If he were as lively and pointed in his attacks against liberals that are constantly trying to undercut the war on terror as he is in his attacks against his conservative base over immigration, his approval ratings might score a bit higher. Why does he clam up so much when he could be forcing the issue with the Democrats? Just watching their top candidates in the debate, you realize how weak they are on this issue. They are practically foaming at the mouth at the possibility of being the one who gets to surrender. And yet he chooses his most pointed attacks for those who have stood with him through thick and thin. This is the whole Harriet Myers situation all over again. Only this is worse.