From the Cracker Squire Archives on "Bring it on Sam Nunn, bring it on." -- Part XIII (The Marietta Daily Journal)
A 12-2-07 post entitled "Nunn: If I run, it would be as an Independent. Our process gives every incentive for candidates to avoid the fundamental issues & hard questions," is as follows:
Bring it on Sam, bring it on. Today The Marietta Daily Journal reports:
Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) told a large Marietta crowd this week that a presidential run is "possible, but not probable" - but those on hand for that speech came away with little doubt that were he decide to run, that he would have collected the votes of a great majority of his listeners.
Nunn, having represented Georgia for a quarter century on Capitol Hill, said any such candidacy would be fueled by his frustration with the political process.
"I don't think the two-party system is serving us as well as it has in the past," [he said].
There has been very little media coverage or debate time given to the five or six most important issues facing the country, he complained.
"So when someone is finally elected, he or she is not going to have a consensus on how to move our country forward in a direction to solve these fundamental problems," he said. "You've got energy, the environment, the fact that unless we have entitlement reform, they're going to eat up all of our budget when the Baby Boomers start retiring right around the corner. We've got to come up with a sustainable consensus over how to fight terrorism over the long period, which is something we don't have right now. And we've also got the threat of rogue states acquiring nuclear and biological weapons. And let's not forget the infectious disease threat, which is a key part of the nation's security. Those are all major issues."
Nunn said if he were to run, it would be as an independent.
"There are others talking about running as an independent," he said. "There are a number of former officials who are as concerned as I am about the direction the country is headed in. It's not a criticism of the candidates themselves, per se, but a criticism of a process that gives every incentive for candidates in the race to avoid what I call the fundamental issues and the hard questions.
Bring it on Sam, bring it on. Today The Marietta Daily Journal reports:
Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) told a large Marietta crowd this week that a presidential run is "possible, but not probable" - but those on hand for that speech came away with little doubt that were he decide to run, that he would have collected the votes of a great majority of his listeners.
Nunn, having represented Georgia for a quarter century on Capitol Hill, said any such candidacy would be fueled by his frustration with the political process.
"I don't think the two-party system is serving us as well as it has in the past," [he said].
There has been very little media coverage or debate time given to the five or six most important issues facing the country, he complained.
"So when someone is finally elected, he or she is not going to have a consensus on how to move our country forward in a direction to solve these fundamental problems," he said. "You've got energy, the environment, the fact that unless we have entitlement reform, they're going to eat up all of our budget when the Baby Boomers start retiring right around the corner. We've got to come up with a sustainable consensus over how to fight terrorism over the long period, which is something we don't have right now. And we've also got the threat of rogue states acquiring nuclear and biological weapons. And let's not forget the infectious disease threat, which is a key part of the nation's security. Those are all major issues."
Nunn said if he were to run, it would be as an independent.
"There are others talking about running as an independent," he said. "There are a number of former officials who are as concerned as I am about the direction the country is headed in. It's not a criticism of the candidates themselves, per se, but a criticism of a process that gives every incentive for candidates in the race to avoid what I call the fundamental issues and the hard questions.
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