Kucinich endored Obama early on in the campaign, I hope he gets a seat in the Obama cabinet.

Hillary Clinton is a corporate lawyer, a former member of the Wal Mart board of directors, and, until her recent debate conversion, an outspoken advocate of the neoliberal policies of NAFTA & the WTO.  She is also the second largest recipient of healthcare insurance industry campaign contributions—second only to George W. Bush.  The Clintons betrayed the American working class when they joined with Geo. H.W. Bush in ramming NAFTA and the WTO through on the fast track, in pressing for deregulation of finance and in passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which permitted a massive consolidation of corporate power over what we see, hear and read.  If you consider yourself either working or middle class you have nothing in common with these corporate charletons. 

Obama wasn’t my first choice.  I would have preferred Dennis Kucinich, who was the only candidate who supported single-payer healthcare, but with an Obama presidency, there is a real chance to finally move this nation in a progressive direction.

Yeah, I am sure Hillary is prepared to lead—right down the toilet, which is where her vote to authorize the $3 billion war in Iraq has taken this country.

ok….there is stuff to like about jimmy carter, but let’s not get carried away. carter had quite a bit of the technocratic/systems approach in him. his belief that “free” trade was so obviously right caused him to tell david bonior that he was ashamed of him after the michigan senator cast a negative vote on nafta. also, in mid 1979, carter, at the urging of fellow trilateralist “zbig”, signed a secret executive order authorizing funding to “opposition” forces to the then soviet friendly government in afghanistan. brzezinski told carter that this would be a chance to give the soviet union their own vietnam.  the rooskies, not liking the instability being created in a country on their border, took the bait and invaded a half year later. “freedom” fighters…taliban…osama.  and, as they say, the rest is history.

Old man Jimmey Carter will never die, but he spreads his wisdom.

Just think…if the American people had listened to the cardigan Carter back in the day, we might not be facing so many of the monumental problems that we face today.

^ ongoing legacy is awesome.  May he live long.

During an interview Jimmy Carter made a comment to this effect.  He said, “Sometimes people claim my administration didn’t get any thing done and what they don’t understand is all the work we did to make sure certain things DIDN’T happen”. (paraphrased)

In hindsight, we can certainly credit him with that.

Weather,

I was thinking the very same thing, (about Jimmy Carter being such an excellent addition to an Obama Cabinet). And, it made me think of this article by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.

President Carter may or may not feel up to the rigors of such a post himself, (I don’t know, but I think he IS pretty amazing, so probably he could do it with his hands tied) but I think Zbig is actively involved in at least an ‘unofficial’ advisory position to Obama now, and that is a positive thing.

Anyway, this recent piece from Zbig is impressive, (at least to me) so I thought I’d share it here. (I did post this on another thread, with some additional comments of my own. But I’ll just post the link here for whoever may want to read it.

The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War
  By Zbigniew Brzezinski
  The Washington Post

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033008Z.shtml

It’s just such a good feeling when you find out the “little” people are paying attention.

Carter isn’t little. He’s the ONLY living giant, we can call Mr. President. But he comes from humble roots.

I am almost daily delighted when another friend or relative from another typical small town somewhere in America calls or writes, to remind me to support Obama!

Conservatives for the most part, they want honesty and integrety back. It’s been gone quite long enough!

PH,

I couldn’t have said it better. Any endorsement from Jimmy Carter IS a WORLD CLASS Endorsement!!

And yes, he is a True American and Patriot.

A True American and Patriot, Jimmy Carter.