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Lincoln Chafee kicked off his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday in Virginia by promising to fight climate change, curb extra-judicial assassinations, and switch the United States to the metric system.
The Rhode Islander, who served in the Senate as a Republican before joining the Democratic party after being elected governor, unveiled his left-leaning, if idiosyncratic, agenda in a wide-ranging address at George Mason University. His continued opposition to the Iraq War, which he voted against authorizing as a senator, could put him in conflict with the party's front-runner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As a senator, Clinton was an early supporter of the invasion, though she has since called it a mistake.
National defense was just one area in which Chafee advised heeding the wisdom of the international community. (He likewise proposed ending capital punishment entirely, and praised Nebraska for its recent ban.)
But then Chafee went a few feeter, metersfurther:
Earlier I said, let's be bold. Here's a bold embrace of internationalism: Let's join the rest of the world and go metric. I happened to live in Canada as they completed the process. Believe me, it is easy. It doesn't take long before 34 degrees is hot. Only Myanmar, Liberia, and the United States aren't metric, and it it'll help our economy!
.http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/06/lincoln-chafee-metric-system-campaign
Now those are issues I could get behind.
Should have added this when I posted...
napi21
(45,806 posts)Millions of Americans don't know the metric system and DON'T WANT TO EITHER!
tymorial
(3,433 posts)Don't get me started on Lincoln Chafee. While I agree with him on many issues, the guy just doesn't have a prayer. His wife also doesn't seem to have a clue either. She was quoted as saying that "nobody has contacted Chafee since he announced his bid for office" Shouldn't presidential candidates and their team exude confidence? If that is true why would you ever admit that? He may not actually be milquetoast but he appears milquetoast. That is political death for a presidential candidate. I have to quote Dean Wormer here... Chafee's chances of even making it past the first few states of the primary are "Zero Point Zero"