Hacking, Looking
January 18th, 2008Here’s something real interesting: Cheney’s secret service is in trouble for having arrested a man in 2006 after he told the Vice President off over Iraq. It’s a rare look at the Secret Service’s inner workings but that’s about all it is. The Secret Service isn’t a tool of fascism and while they occasionally make mistakes it is in the ultimate duty of protecting our leaders from assassination. I have some sympathy for the protestor involved but much more empathy toward the Service; he shouldn’t have touched Cheney’s shoulder (he patted him on it) but the Service shouldn’t have to deal with the embarrassment of one bad agent overreacting (and Cheney himself is against prosecuting the man). I might have some bias with the Service, however, because they’ve always been nice to me!
Tomorrow’s the South Carolina Republican Primary and Huckabee is facing McCain with the Arizonan holding a slim lead. It is interesting to me and I imagine that Huckabee will win because Christian groups are fantastic at bringing out the vote and so I’m not sure McCain will be able to beat him in turnout, but I wouldn’t be surprised if McCain squeaked it out and in fact I’d prefer that. A McCain-Huckabee Presidency and ticket has some appeal to me, truth be told, although we have to wait and see what happens in the campaign, country and parties in the coming months before I can decide on anything. Don’t be surprised if I tentatively endorse a Democrat, as that’s the likeliest course — I am, after all, a Democrat, and I still find Republicans (especially McCain) abhorrent but it’s softening. Not that I’m considering or have ever considered their party, but I don’t want to be and never will be a straight-ticket hack.
And on that note, Russ Feingold is unsure between Clinton and Obama. Senator, Obama is your candidate. Period. You are a liberal Senator with principles, right?