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November 04, 2007
Since when was it unpopular to be consistent?
Here is a link an article I found on Fox News. It talks about how Clinton and Edwards are bickering about what Clinton said during a debate pertaining to letting illegal immigrants obtain drivers licenses.
This story represents something that is wrong with all of the presidential candidates from both parties this year. They all lack consistency. Whether it is Mitt Romney flopping back in forth between supporting abortion, Guiliani changing wives every few months, or Edwards and Clinton swapping back in forth on drivers licenses for immigrants. No one has consistency. I feel like every year election year various political interest groups line capitol hill, each with their own mold. Then every canidate shops around for a mold they want to fill and then forces themselves to fit. The end result: we have the same canidates every year, just with different names and different faces. I think the prime example of this is Mitt Romney, however he is by far not the only one. Mitt ran a relatively moderate republican campaign when he was governor of Massachusetts, quite possibly one of the most liberal states in the nation. Now he is running for the Republican nominatation as the ultra conservatives mouthpiece, mixing and matching his positions until the conservatives smile and say "that's the man we want, he fits our mold perfectly!" I mean how can you be the same person who was the governor of Massachusetts, AND be the conservative party canidate? You just can't be both. Just can't.
Anyways, as referred to in the article, Edwards flopped on the issue of issuing drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. He supported it in 2004, and now is staunchly against it. Another example of a canidate switching his views to fit the mold and conform to what some would call "the flavor of the week." Also if that wasn't bad enough, he has the courage to then attach Hillary Clinton when she mixed up her words during a debate. The arguement stems from the fact that the Governor of New York wants to enact a plan that would give illegal immigrants drivers licenses, I position both canidates opose (at least for this week). However Clinton said she supported the Governor, implying she supported the governor taking action on immigration, but not his exact plan. However, Edwards took this as a flip flop and started becoming an even bigger hypocrite then he already is (umm 2 America's and $400 hair cuts anyone?) by yelling to all the new outlets that his chief rival can't keep her positions straight.
I also think it is sad that politicians like Edwards and Clinton even spend time talking about these little issues. The fact that they stoop down to the level of a "he said, she said" type arguement says a lot about their priorities. I mean our country has much more important issues. In the end I just hope one canidate can get his or her act together and stop waving in the winds of political change like a windsocket in a tornado.
Posted by niemij at November 4, 2007 11:06 PM