Jax who are you talking to?
[QUOTE=Jackson]First, in my experience, the "A" students usually end up working for the "C" students.[/QUOTE]Beyond ridiculous.
[QUOTE=Jackson]Second, Palin has political "balls", and Obama doesn't.[/QUOTE]With the exception of her interview with Katie, Palin has been hidden from the press, what balls? I didn't want the bridge, oh yes I did, but not really. I'm for gay marriage except when I'm not.
[QUOTE=Jackson]Third, you're still comparing the top of the Dem's ticket with the bottom of the Republication's ticket.[/QUOTE]I know, to quote myself.
"Again while I'm not voting for McAngryOldGuy I could live with him and due to the idea of concentrating so much power in one basket would grudgingly admit that it might be better for the country over the long haul to split that power up and have some opposition among the three branches. Brother think, don't react, think! Sarah Palin one heartbeat away from running this country for four years."
[Quote=Jackson]How about comparing Obama's resume to McCain's resume?[/QUOTE]I have no real problem with McCain except how he started pandering to the religious wacko's of your party around 04 to get this nomination. If he wins I think he will put them back in the closet. I do like the direct factual answers Obama gave in the debates, McCain was vague "My friends I can fix the economy, my friends I can get Bin Ladin, my friends I can solve the deficit" without ever really saying how. I've said for years, as recently as the post you quoted that I honestly can't say he scares me, and I think he would do an OK job.
But if he gets elected and dies (1 in 3 men 72 years of age will be dead by 76) then the bad disney movie plot becomes a reality. The hockey mom, who doesn't know the name of the President of France (a historic ally) becomes President of this country. She said that "they (her and McAngryOldGuy) would work to expand the powers of the VP's office." I wonder if she knows that the powers of the VP are defined in the Constitution? I wonder if she knows we have a Constitution? I wonder if she knows The House makes the budget and The Senate does treaties? McCain could die and she would be President, do you get that? A religious whack job that said "God is doing something with Alaska" right after her preacher was talking about how God is readying Alaska for the post Armageddon world would be President if the old guy croaks. But, you know, she has "balls" so I guess it's ok. Jax I know you, you're not this dumb, you have to be as frightened about this as I am.
Just to show you that I can cross the aisle, the person I wish I could be voting for this election is a Pub, Colin Powell. Now that is who I wish I could be voting for.
The word of the day is LANDSLI
Well said!
[QUOTE=StrayLight]Maybe resumes and experience aren't the germane qualities. Ken Adelman, a lifelong Republican who campaigned for Goldwater, was hired by Donald Rumsfeld at the Office of Economic Opportunity under Nixon, was assistant to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld under Ford, served as Reagan's director of arms control, and joined the Defense Policy Board for Rumsfeld's second go-round at the Pentagon, in 2001, is voting for Obama this year. Here are his thoughts:
[I]"Why so, since my views align a lot more with McCain's than with Obama's? And since I truly dread the notion of a Democratic president, Democratic House, and hugely Democratic Senate?"
"Primarily for two reasons, those of temperament and of judgment."
"When the economic crisis broke, I found John McCain bouncing all over the place. In those first few crisis days, he was impetuous, inconsistent, and imprudent; ending up just plain weird. Having worked with Ronald Reagan for seven years, and been with him in his critical three summits with Gorbachev, I've concluded that that's no way a president can act under pressure."
"Second is judgment. The most important decision John McCain made in his long campaign was deciding on a running mate."
"That decision showed appalling lack of judgment. Not only is Sarah Palin not close to being acceptable in high office—I would not have hired her for even a mid-level post in the arms-control agency. But that selection contradicted McCain's main two, and best two, themes for his campaign—Country First, and experience counts. Neither can he credibly claim, post-Palin pick."[/i]
Temperament and judgment.
Here's the original article:
[url]http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2008/10/not-quite-colin.html[/url]
And a follow up:
[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ken-adelman/why-a-staunch-conservativ_b_137749.html[/url][/QUOTE]
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One picture worth a thousand words - Ah ze fun ve haf!
He must of had a lightening bolt premonition of things to come.
Iran marks U. S. Embassy seizure, some ponder ties
Chavez gave an indication yesterday that he would do us a favor talk to Obama.
The Iranians are commemorating the 1979 seizure of our embassy.
I will sleep so much better at night knowing that they might like us.
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Too bad Saddam is dead.