Re: What should be the big issues of the 2008 election?
- 6 years ago
Can we elect a leader who will tell us the truth?
Wes Boyd: Well certainly the war has to be a huge issue for the election. If we don't figure out a way to disengage from that debacle, there will be no successful Congress. There will be no successful Presidency. We can't face the big challenges we need to face. So that's first and foremost. But then once we get out of that mess, we have to face . . . for example the climate crisis is the most pressing thing. We have to be . . . we have to have a plan because it's all front loaded. If you wait 10 years, the problem gets twice as hard. If you wait 15 years, the problem gets three times as hard.
Recorded on: 7/5/07
Wes Boyd: Well certainly the war has to be a huge issue for the election. If we don't figure out a way to disengage from that debacle, there will be no successful Congress. There will be no successful Presidency. We can't face the big challenges we need to face. So that's first and foremost. But then once we get out of that mess, we have to face . . . for example the climate crisis is the most pressing thing. We have to be . . . we have to have a plan because it's all front loaded. If you wait 10 years, the problem gets twice as hard. If you wait 15 years, the problem gets three times as hard.
Recorded on: 7/5/07
Wes Boyd: Well certainly the war has to be a huge issue for the election. If we don't figure out a way to disengage from that debacle, there will be no successful Congress. There will be no successful Presidency. We can't face the big challenges we need to face. So that's first and foremost. But then once we get out of that mess, we have to face . . . for example the climate crisis is the most pressing thing. We have to be . . . we have to have a plan because it's all front loaded. If you wait 10 years, the problem gets twice as hard. If you wait 15 years, the problem gets three times as hard.
Recorded on: 7/5/07
Wes Boyd: Well certainly the war has to be a huge issue for the election. If we don't figure out a way to disengage from that debacle, there will be no successful Congress. There will be no successful Presidency. We can't face the big challenges we need to face. So that's first and foremost. But then once we get out of that mess, we have to face . . . for example the climate crisis is the most pressing thing. We have to be . . . we have to have a plan because it's all front loaded. If you wait 10 years, the problem gets twice as hard. If you wait 15 years, the problem gets three times as hard.
Recorded on: 7/5/07