From his lips to God's ear.......?

Robert Redford, the old timey, old fashioned tree huggin' Hollywoody star -- was in Ireland to receive an honorary degree in exchange for a speech.... and decided to wax politically in that foreign land ...... as reported by the Irish Times:

IF BARACK Obama doesn't win November's presidential election in the United States, "you can kiss the Democratic Party goodbye", the actor and director Robert Redford told an audience in Dublin last night.

Speaking at a public interview in Trinity College in advance of his conferral with an honorary degree by the university today, Redford said he hoped Obama would win because while John McCain "represents yesterday", the Democrat embodied the sort of change America needed.

Asked by Michael Dwyer, film correspondent of The Irish Times , if he was looking forward to "regime change" in the US, Redford said: "Yes. Where my country is at the moment, I'm not confident of anything. I'm hopeful.

"I think Obama is not tall on experience . . . but I believe he's a really good person. He's smart. And he does represent what the country needs most now, which is change.

"I hope he'll win. I think he will. If he doesn't, you can kiss the Democratic Party goodbye. I think we need new voices, new blood. We need to get a whole group out, get a new group in."

Seems to this Ole' boy that 'getting the whole group out and getting a new group in' was how Bubba Clinton got elected. Then to remove the stains he left on the Washington carpet, it seems George W was elected for the same reason. Not a really deep thought, is it? But then, nobody ever accused Redford of having any of those...

On the other hand, if the American Voters were to rise up and throw out all Senators with more than two terms, and Congressfolks with more than four terms .... Well now, that would be whole 'nother thing. Just think of the possibilities!