The time is NOT NOW
I’m sorry. I am sick of Ed Case saying “The time is Now.” Yes, I am watching TV right now. Just saw a Case ad followed by a Lingle ad. Quite similar, really.
I can argue all of the points and issues why we should re-elect Dan Akaka tomorrow, but it seems that most people want to go on their “gut.” Nobody really wants to argue issues, even though they say they matter. At the end of the day, they are going to support the one they “like” no matter what else is going on. Take a look at all the blog debates and you will know what I mean.
Well, here is my “gut” feeling: I would rather have Dan Akaka sit in this seat and continue voting as he has been even if he is “ineffective” rather than Ed Case getting in there and being effective in the middle of the road. When I elect a Democrat representative, I expect them to be a Democrat (capital D intended). Not an Independent. Ed Case actively points out that he is not a D, he is an I, willing to work with everyone. That sounds good on the surface, but we have had too many D’s on the national level bend over to the R’s rather than stand up for what is right.
Sorry, I am starting to actually argue issues and I said I wasn’t going to do that. Bottom line: I would rather have Akaka keeping the seat warm than Case being effective. Case is not the right Senator for Hawai‘i. Not the blue, liberal Hawai‘i that I love. We need to re-elect Dan Akaka to buy more time for that “transition” that Case loves to talk about. Case is not the guy for that transition.
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I agree, and Dan Akaka IS EFFECTIVE as a Senator for Hawaii. Ed Case is an imposter, a republican posing as a democrat. He stands for out sourcing jobs that the people of Hawaii have worked for generations. What do you want, a job at Walmart, or a meaningful career? How you vote tomorrow will determine that. It’s umbeleivable that someone like Ed Case should receive any consideration at all. His BIG IDEA is that some how “pooling” insurance for
business in Hawaii will translate to improved health outcomes for Hawaiian citizens. He obviously has not done his homework. He wants to compete with insurance companies while the answer can only be found at the diagnostic and treatment level compeating for BETTER TREATMENTS. Dan Akaka would understand that. More importantly, Senator Akaka represents something that Mr. Case evidently missed, the fact that our Kapuna have a unique perspective on issues that us young “whipper snappers” have to learn the “hard way.” Ask Mr Case, “Why our sons and daughters need to die in Iraq?” Ask Mr. Case, “Why we have a record national debt?” Did he recognize the danger of these issues? No he did not, however Senator Akaka did and that’s who gets my vote!
Comment by marginal man — September 22, 2006 @ 11:03 pm