Not Qualified?

So Senator McCain doesn't think his former colleague is qualified to be Secretary of Defense....well, I happen to think that Senator Mc Cain isn't qualified to be a senator and he had lots of company. McCains' senility seems to be getting more serious every time he opens his mouth which is much too frequent. I lived in Arizona for twenty-two years until I relocated back to Oregon in 2009, so now I have a better senator .......but the country still has Mc Cain, and I wish all senators put the country ahead of their state which should be second priority. After all, their oath of office is to the Constitution. I think many times that is forgotten in Washington D.C. when the Congress is in session.


graysmoke

Ginsburg....

At one point in the SOTU the cameras focused on Justice Ginsburg.......she is so frail and I think the focus maybe was to highlight the possibility that President Obama will be receiving her resignation before the second term ends, because of her being physically unable to continue. This possibility was one of the reasons his re-elections was so important and significant to the future of decisions by the Supreme Court. We definitely do not need more Scalia/Alito...... types, the court can be a hindrance to common sense, just see how the corporation decision allowing them to be treated as people is such a negative idea and then in this session the Citizens United ----more of that we definitely do not need.

Who do you think might be on the short list for appointment? Senator Lugar? Hillary Clinton?  or  someone outside the political realm with a history of serving in the justice system as the catapult to consideration?

When did we last have a justice with enough knowledge of how decisions affect the political climate? I thought perhaps the Chief's siding favorably on the ACA decision reflects a gain in that arena of thought at last.

graysmoke

ENOUGH already.....

SOTU revisited, revisited, revisited, ad infinitum...........a result of the 24/7 media  and lately it has me sickened. Perhaps I just need to use that OFF button on the remote and listen to music while I read some excellent fiction and non-fiction that offers a personal selection for variety pleasing. And I do read a lot. And I like classical music, jazz and have a collection of tapes that I still use that I picked up in my international travels that offer ethnic music not often aired here. I especially like the male choir recordings from Galicia called the miner's chorus.  Part of the reason I think is that being a geriatric senior widowed female it makes up for the loss of hearing male voice ranges unless playing music, other than the male members of the media, newscasters and other performers I mean.

1. And maybe this is also why I love listening to our President. But today, the day after the speech, there is just too much dissecting and critique happening.  Maybe because the media realizes this is their last chance to tear Obama apart since it is a second term SOTU and there won't be another by him. Sigh.

Because life  is now so complex, of course there are many subjects for a President to cover, unlike back in Eisenhower or Roosevelt days.  So there is much criticism of that, calling it a Christmas list instead of realizing what it really is, is comprehensive.  The venom from the degraded Republican party  is palpable.......they will be more obstructive this term than last IMO. I do not blame President Obama for taking it to the road and the people. Who wants to live in that poisonous political atmosphere of Congress?

graysmoke

PIRANHA PERSONA

If I say that yesterday I watched the Senate's grilling of President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, I think I am giving you a tip that makes it obvious who I am talking about.

You got it.......Senator Johnnie McCain......one has to have seen to believe!  There have been a number of occasions recently that call into question whether McCain is just losing it mentally. This one convinced me.

graysmoke