A little thing called Diplomacy

The GOPPers have struck again. For over a week now the Republican Party has accused President Obama of being weak and spineless on the issue of Iran's election results. According to them, Obama's failure to comprehensively denounce the supposed results of the recent Iranian presidential election proves that he cannot handle foreign affairs and should completely and utterly denounce the current government of Iran in order to prove himself.This foolish sentiment shared by many Republicans is just that, foolish.In a world where just one political misstep can cost allies, Obama's statements so far are more than enough to address the Iranian election. As many have said, if the President were to speak too strongly against Iran and Ahmedinejad were to remain in power then such statements would only succeed in further alienating the United States (if that is at all possible). It would be in the United States' best interest to try to maintain a kind of neutral ground in all of this. Condemning the attacks against demonstrators is the best stand the President can take while the game of political chess is played.I will now take this chance to say, if what the Republicans are trying to force the President to do is their idea of diplomacy, I am very glad that the Republicans lost the last election.Their version of politics is dangerous for Americans everywhere.

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The Forgotten Ones

So the big deal in the United States now is health care reform, as well as President Obama's proposal for universal health care. As always our dear GOPPers have gone against the President adamant that his "socialist" views on the American health care system will doom us all. So here's the deal Republicans, there are plenty of examples of 'socialized' systems in American life. I f we listened to you we would have no fire department, police force, or postal services. The party that never says yes (except to its own profits) has conveniently forgotten that they themselves benefit from a government run health care plan given to federal employees. I suspect that the motivating factor in the GOPPers refusal to accept universal health care for the rest of us is simply money. The health care industry gives more money to many on Capitol Hill than most other industries (they are probably the largest contributors). While I could go on endlessly about the ills of our health care system I think most know about its many shortcomings.I will save my rantings for later posts. First, I would like to see how the arguments on Capitol Hill go before making many more assumptions and accusations.

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