tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938931586617910694.post1073809912544234147..comments2023-11-02T02:36:58.544-07:00Comments on A New Career In A New Town: Let's Be HonestANCIANThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285364186147332858noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938931586617910694.post-51620977256278371312008-10-17T23:18:00.000-07:002008-10-17T23:18:00.000-07:00Obama has hardly been a Senator at all. He starte...Obama has hardly been a Senator at all. He started running for the White House soon after he was sworn in to the Senate.Dezmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885811588660265158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938931586617910694.post-30586859220443663732008-10-11T13:24:00.000-07:002008-10-11T13:24:00.000-07:00John--I didn't explicitly link my dismay over Pali...John--<BR/><BR/>I didn't explicitly link my dismay over Palin's disturbing unreadiness to be President with McCain because I thought it went without saying. But yes, I'm with you. Either McCain chose Palin, despite knowing how unprepared she was, in the hopes she would energize his base and help him win the election OR he chose her without knowing anything about her credentials. Both show a disturbing lack of judgement (although I think the former is worse).<BR/><BR/>I think McCain has been a better Senator than Obama. Unfortunately, he's been a much much much much worse campaigner. And that, sadly, is what matters.ANCIANThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285364186147332858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938931586617910694.post-36842364167923173092008-10-10T18:04:00.001-07:002008-10-10T18:04:00.001-07:00Sorry to babble.Sorry to babble.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110424331373895549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938931586617910694.post-49196531339956871002008-10-10T18:04:00.000-07:002008-10-10T18:04:00.000-07:00I don't like it when either candidate evades quest...I don't like it when either candidate evades questions, and in fairness, McCain does it a lot, too. He, too, has ducked what-needs-to-be-cut questions, and you could make the case that Obama is at least implicitly promising more revenue by planning to end the war in Iraq, which is costing us, to use strictly financial terms, oodles of dough. Also, McCain was asked to prioritize between three areas of concern -- I believe they were energy, entitlement programs, and education -- and even went to the trouble of pointlessly writing them down before answering, "we can do all three at once." Well, that's not exactly answering the question.<BR/><BR/>But anyway, I mean to say that evasion is bad from anyone and everyone. The larger issues for me, in addition to generally preferring Obama, of course, are: 1. Palin. Like most people with frontal lobes, you acknowledge that she's a disaster and belongs no closer than 18,000,000 football fields' distance from the Oval Office. But somehow this rarely gets translated, by the center-right to the right, as a strike <I>against McCain</I>. Palin didn't just hop on a bus in Alaska and show up in D.C. asking to be VP. McCain made that choice, and more than anything else that's what has convinced me that I don't want anything to do with him as prez. Oh, and 2. The tone. I accept a <I>lot</I> of sketchy use of facts and personal carping from political campaigns. I accept, wearily, that it's become the nature of the beast. That said, Obama continues to impress me <I>relative</I> to other major politicians, and McCain/Palin have turned their campaign into a full-fledged scare-fest that panders to, quite frankly, the cattle among us. There's enough to be scared of right now, which means I find their approach even grosser than I otherwise might.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110424331373895549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938931586617910694.post-74257432548555232742008-10-10T13:56:00.000-07:002008-10-10T13:56:00.000-07:00does this mean now we can talk about the election ...does this mean now we can talk about the election while I hoarde wheat and sheep?~~~https://www.blogger.com/profile/10496858960537767401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938931586617910694.post-53955610484420751742008-10-09T16:42:00.000-07:002008-10-09T16:42:00.000-07:00There's the JWM alternative - the Cheney-Feinstein...There's the JWM alternative - the Cheney-Feinstein unity ticket!Le Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05555002418869246125noreply@blogger.com