Someone Competent for Presidentby Linda Thieman
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My thanks to Sam for giving me a time slot to pop my head out of my self-imposed political-isolation here at the Hermitage to make a comment or two. I promise, it won’t happen again.
Well, almost unbelievably, the Iowa presidential campaign is in full swing – and I mean FULL swing. I’m guessing if they haven’t declared by now or made extremely loud noises, they won’t be declaring. I mean, who is left besides Howard Dean to join the race? And as a devoted Deaniac, I sure hope Howard doesn’t do it. Couldn’t stand the heartbreak again.
But, in chatting things over with some well-informed progressives and extremely politically-active activists, there seems to be no rush to declare for one of the myriad candidates on the smorgasbord. More than usual, there seems to be a wait-and-see attitude, or even a great relief that there is still plenty of time to decide before the 2008 caucus comes around.
In short, what many are hoping for, including little ol’ me, is that this time around, we actually “elect” – and I use that term loosely – someone competent for president.
But I write this more to perform a service for our politically-active readers than to just pompously pontificate on political points of interest to the Iowa progressive community.
Long-time Blog for Iowa readers will remember that Demetrius in Ohio, blogger, Deaniac-extraordinaire, and professional graphics artist, created the Blog for Iowa banner that we still use today.
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Demetrius also has a “people-powered” website over at CafePress.com, in which he sells T-shirts and such that he has designed. Beautifully done, you can already wear your candidate on your sleeve (chest, actually), and if you haven’t decided yet, you can wear the all-encompassing “Someone Competent for President” shirt when you go hear the candidates speak. I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.
Just thought you might like to know.
