Political Rambling

I guess that I have never been much of a political person – I have just never felt very strongly either way (Democrat vs Republican). My parents were not strongly political either. However, I am married to a man who is definitely NOT Republican!!! He doesn’t necessarily admit to being a Democrat either, but he has strong Democratic leanings. He is very anti-Bush. I’m not pro-Bush; I just feel that he is a somewhat feeble-minded man with friends in high places. He’s made some pretty boneheaded decisions.

So why all of this talk about politics?? Today the new Democratic majorities are being placed into office in Washington, and I’m curious to see how it will all play out. I’m happy to see a woman as Speaker of the House – That’s cool. I’m happy when I read that Bob Corker is at the bottom of the totem pole in the Senate – Not only will he have to sit in the very back, but he may have to sweep up at the end of each day too!! I’m just not a big Corker fan…

I will be interested to see who runs for President, both on the Republican and the Democratic side. I don’t think that the country is ready for an African-American President named Obama. I’m also not sure that America is ready for a female President (sorry Hillary), though we are closer to it than we have ever been. I tend to believe that the country as a whole would be better under Democratic direction. Looking back, things were actually pretty good during the Clinton administration, though I was not entirely comfortable with having a President with the morals of an alley cat…