I thought Lincoln Chafee's " quixotic " campaign for president was no joking matter from the beginning. The U.S. ruling class is eagerly looking for any excuse for a new war. Every few weeks yet another " despicable enemy " is reported in the major news media. Yet another " top terrorist leader " is literally vaporized in some Orwellian " 1984 " manner. The Republican Congress is clearly more eager for war than for peace with Iran ( or with China, Russia, North Korea ... or even Venezuela ! Lincoln Chafee just a joke ? )
By his repeated references to the Iraq War folly- to the Big Lie about super sinister " weapons of mass destruction " hidden there- Lincoln Chafee stands out as the most consistent ANTI-WAR voice among the presidential candidates of either party.
And hardly any " viable " candidate for the U.S. presidency ever opposes the state or federal death penalty.
To be sure, Lincoln Chafee has not charmed right wing talk radio here, nor the not so liberal Providence Journal. But is he not a genuine " profile in courage " ?
And why all the ignorant smirks about his favoring the metric system in the United States ? The stubborn rejection of it has been at least indirectly responsible for a few NASA disasters. And it probably causes confusion in American industry and hospitals every day.
Among " lesser evil" candidates I favor " socialist " Democrat Bernie Sanders of Vermont. But Lincoln Chafee deserves more respect.
By his repeated references to the Iraq War folly- to the Big Lie about super sinister " weapons of mass destruction " hidden there- Lincoln Chafee stands out as the most consistent ANTI-WAR voice among the presidential candidates of either party.
And hardly any " viable " candidate for the U.S. presidency ever opposes the state or federal death penalty.
To be sure, Lincoln Chafee has not charmed right wing talk radio here, nor the not so liberal Providence Journal. But is he not a genuine " profile in courage " ?
And why all the ignorant smirks about his favoring the metric system in the United States ? The stubborn rejection of it has been at least indirectly responsible for a few NASA disasters. And it probably causes confusion in American industry and hospitals every day.
Among " lesser evil" candidates I favor " socialist " Democrat Bernie Sanders of Vermont. But Lincoln Chafee deserves more respect.
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| Lincoln Chafee as a Conan O'Brien late night joke |
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