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Originally posted by ludaChris
Well, be that as it may, why do we allow 9 judge's in Washington to settle all of our great social issues when we should be correcting them in our own states, counties, and communities? I myself am against abortion, pro second amendment, anti-gay marriage, but I have come to a point that I have realized it isn't up to me or you to decide what other people can or can't do, so long as they don't infringe upon anyone else's right to live their lives as they see fit.
Originally posted by buds84
Did anyone notice how badly she screwed up when asked about the Bush Doctrine? Also contradicts McCain on Pakistan.
Originally posted by ScienceDada
Which Bush doctrine?
Originally posted by ludaChris
Originally posted by ScienceDada
Which Bush doctrine?
The one about preemptive war I think. She seems to strongly support some kind of action against those dangerous 'terrorists' in Iran. You know the ones who can't refine their own gasoline. I still don't see how that position can be the least bit appealing to anyone.
As we watched Palin stumble her way through the interview again last night, my wife said, "she sounds like a beauty pageant contestant trying to fudge her way through a question." Putin comes into the air space? Holy cow - phone the neighbors and wake the kids on November 4th and make sure this dolt boards a plane on November 5th for Alaska and not D.C.
That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh -- it's got to be all about job creation too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, um, scary thing, but 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We've got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.
Originally posted by DeadFlagBlues
reply to post by Valhall
What did you think of her before this?
McCain is Surrounded by Idiots
Last night I witnessed one of the biggest screw-ups I have ever seen in a Presidential campaign in my entire life. And this may cost me a lot of bets and it may cost john McCain the election. The culprits, though, are the apparent dummies handling the McCain schedule and strategy. These people should all be fired tomorrow. They are out-and-out idiots and I actually wonder who they really work for.
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The over management crises is also apparent with Sarah Palin and her obvious repeating of talking points without explanation. She did it with both Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric. With Gibson he reworded the exact same question about Israel bombing Iran where she repeated the “I don’t think we should second-guess Israel.” She repeated her response word for word each time Gibson rephrased. She should have called out Gibson and said, “Charlie you are simply asking me the same question over and over and I’ve told you once already what I think. Why do you insist that I repeat myself?” But no, she acted like a robot instead, apparently afraid of someone behind the curtain. Afraid of some “expert” who knows better.
She was also stiff and unnatural with Couric. Palin is an obvious victim of over-coaching by someone in the campaign responsible for presentation, talking points and all the on-message baloney that takes the humanity out of the candidates.
Years ago, I remember seeing Democrat Walter Mondale on the Johnny Carson show after his defeat in the 1984 elections. The guy was incredibly funny, sharp and easily kept pace with Carson in a lively and amusing conversation. I wondered where was THIS guy during the election. He could have won. Instead the public got served an Al Gore-like stiff, obviously over-coached to not make mistakes. In football they call it “playing not to lose.” It usually results in a loss and it did for Mondale.
One of the major line item vetoes was $75-million in cuts to the rail belt energy fund, that breaks down to: axing $20-million for a wind farm on Fire Island, 12.5-million for transmission in Mat-u and the same goes for Kenai.
Another $12.5-million for the state owned Healy Clean Coal Project.