Hmmm. I guess I don't know what MSM is, either. Acronyms and and abbreviations can make me feel so left behind. How does everybody understand them, and not me? I think I have a deep resentment of those who speak in abbreviations and acronyms - goes back to my Army days, I guess.

Anyhow, I guess I don't see things as so bleak. It appears to me that the frontrunners are Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Giuliani (although Huckleberry and Romney don't seem completely dead yet). Of the first four on the list, I think they're all decent people whose priority would be to serve the nation - and I don't think any of them are particularly beholden to corporate interests (other than the fact that sometimes corporate interests can be good for the general welfare). Huckabee and Romney scare me a bit for religious reasons, I suppose - but they do seem to be good men.

So, that's a list of six people (and Edwards is fine too although I don't think he has a chance). Of those six, none of them shows the cynicism and self-interest that was always so predominant in the Bush Administration. So, I'd say that's a major step forward. Bush has been vanquished and will leave office with no glory, and the next one in charge will be worlds better than Bush.

So, I'm happy.

-Joe-