America watched tonight as the ten would-be-Presidents took the stage tonight in the first republican presidential debate. When the dust settled it should have become clear to America, none of them care what Americans think. This country is clearly now in favor of ending the Iraq disaster. Seventy percent of the people in this country in fact have been consistently saying it needs to end now. What did these aspiring leaders do in response tonight? They nearly all wanted to go to war with Iran.
The only sane voice on the stage; the only true republican-conservative voice was Ron Paul. Paul of course was barely given any face time, about four questions in an hour and a half by my count. The media is still trying to shape who will run.
And then:
It was frightening to watch as at one point the response to the question about 70% of Americans wanting an end to the Iraq debacle was essentially that they did not feel that was what America wanted. Say what? The failure of Chris Matthews to follow up on the lunacy of that statement was stark. Instead of speaking to the American people about what THEY want will be upheld by their elected leader, they launched into saber-rattling against Iran. The message could not be clearer. The republicans tonight, sans Paul, could care less what Americans actually want. They used the typical right-wingnut talking points and lies about Iran. Once again Paul was the only voice of reason when he pointed out that during the cold war we faced down a country with tens of thousands of nuclear weapons we were able to emerge victorious without the preemptive war policies of this faux republican administration but now we are talking about invading another country, in case there is a chance that a third-world country might be able to get their hands on one?
Disgusting.
Too bad Ron Paul will be "Howard Deaned", if you will.
Read more about who wants to wage the next war here.
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