Tim Wise has decided that, like many of us true progressives, he’s had enough with that fascist Obama. He’s decided to throw his lot behind a guy that, sure, has some baggage, and, yeah, said some racist stuff. But on the big issues, the important issues, the issues that really matter, he’s spot on:
I would like to properly introduce you to a man about whom you’ve heard much — especially from his enemies and those who prefer a continuation of the status quo — but at whom you might wish to take a second look, and whom you might consider supporting for president.
Unlike Barack Obama, he supports an immediate end to our current and ongoing wars abroad.
Unlike Barack Obama, he supports an end to predator drone attacks by the United States military, which kill innocent civilians and foment growing hatred of America. He believes that the so-called “war on terror” as we’ve engaged it has undermined American freedoms at home and contributed to greater tensions and anti-American sentiment abroad.
Unlike Barack Obama, he supports an entirely revamped Middle East policy, in which the U.S. will no longer subsidize the oppression of the Palestinian people by the state of Israel.
Unlike Barack Obama, he supports either abolishing or fundamentally reforming the Federal Reserve system, and he opposed bailing out the banks with public funds.
Unlike Barack Obama, this individual opposes government spying and believes in absolute freedom of speech and the press, and as he puts it, “reduced government intrusion into our lives.”
Is it Ron Paul? It’s gotta be Ron Paul, right? Ron Paul rules! Ron Paul is the Constitution! Ron Pual Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul!
Ladies and Gentlemen of the left, I give you your perfect candidate for 2012:
David Duke.
Oh I’m sorry, did you think I was talking about someone else?
Ron P–
Uh.
Yeah. Go read the whole thing.
(And yes, this is obviously satirical.)
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I was hoping the answer was Saunders or Feingold.
Granted, Feingold could probably use some education on
Palestinian rights
Skewered.
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I was just watching a clip of Margaret Thatcher address Parliament. Never mind what they were talking about. I would just love to see Congress and the President adopt the British Parliament’s custom of “Question Time”. Imagine once every two weeks the President showing up on the floor of a joint session of Congress taking on all comers in debate for, oh, I don’t know, 2 hours. And televise it live. I’d watch it.
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Especially the way the British do it.
“I yield to the honorable gentleman.”
“I thank the honorable lady. I imagine that the honorable lady knows well that I despise each and every one of her domestic policies. ….”
“I thank the honorable gentleman. I should hope that the honorable gentleman understands that I have nothing but contempt for his domestic policy proposals ….”
Great stuff.
@ Ron: I think McCain proposed that, but I’m not sure how serious he was.
The big reason it might not work is that the British Prime Minister is a member of Parliament, while the President isn’t a member of Congress. In some ways the office of the Speaker is more analogous to the role of the Prime Minister.
We have question time here in Canada, Ron. You wouldn’t believe how that pseudo-polite posturing wears thin after the sixth or seventh viewing. It only really gets fun when the catcalls and derisive hisses start up.
“Oppression of the Palestinian people by Israel?” Oh come on,now. Tim (Un)Wise is nothing but a vile left-wing extremist race-baiter who is as paranoid about racism (which certainly exists in America) as Joe McCarthy was about communism , and I am no conservative. I loathe the current Republican candidates and would not vote for any of them if some one offered me a million dollars.
The plight of the Palestinian people is due to the PLO and Hamas, not Israel. The Israelis don’t want to kill or harm Palestinians, but the current conflict makes this inevitable.
Wise does nothing but foster paranoia about racism in America, and makes indiscrimiate ,reckless and irresponsible accusations of it constantly. He reinforces racist stereotypes about all or most white people being evil racists, and fosters the pernicious idea of collective guilt of white people.
This is in no way to excuse the acts of those white people who are actually guilty of racism. Arabs in Israel have far more rights, prosperity and freedom than in the Arab world.
Yes, yes. The Israelis are pure and good and would never dream of harming anybody if they weren’t forced into it. Now I’m confused by the things I hear my Israeli relatives say about Arabs.
I’m tired of hearing each side proclaim how their team is blameless and the other team is full of evil goons who’ve forced the angels themselves to commit murder.
Robert – are you Israeli? Have you been to Israel lately (say, in the last 20 years)?
Speaking as an Israeli, I don’t believe Israel is the villian that a lot of well meaning people (and a lot of people with other agendas) make it out to be. But it’s far from blameless. To claim that Israel is not oppressing Palestinians is either to be willfully ignorant or outright lying.