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Thursday, June 19. 2008

Sowell on the candidates

From Obama and McCain:

Now that the two parties have finally selected their presidential candidates, it is time for a sober-- if not grim-- assessment of where we are.

Not since 1972 have we been presented with two such painfully inadequate candidates. When election day came that year, I could not bring myself to vote for either George McGovern or Richard Nixon. I stayed home.

This year, none of us has that luxury. While all sorts of gushing is going on in the media, and posturing is going on in politics, the biggest national sponsor of terrorism in the world-- Iran-- is moving step by step toward building a nuclear bomb.

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 07:44 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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I was hoping that Sowell would say that its time for a third party candidate and that he was going to run, but when put into historical perspective ( Ford and Nixon ), McCain doesn't look so bad.
#1 sean on 2008-06-19 09:29 (Reply)
The only thing a 3rd party candidate would do is cause one of the two candidates to loose depending on what side of the political spectrum they come from.
#2 phil g on 2008-06-19 11:04 (Reply)
(The only thing a 3rd party candidate would do is cause one of the two candidates to loose depending on what side of the political spectrum they come from.)

Right, and by default one of the two to become president ... not the 3rd party candidate that's for sure. Can we take that chance? This is what happened in '92, and I was just as stupid as the rest of the 20% who voted for Ross Perot, effectively handing the presidency to Cinton. Think about it -- if you think voting for a 3rd party will be making a statement, it will be a costly statement, because in 4 years this country will be so far gone it may take a long time to recover .. if ever.
#3 BobbyJo on 2008-06-19 23:42 (Reply)

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