Posted on 10/06/2008 11:42:49 AM PDT by RogerFGay
It is hard, sometimes, to remember that I don't have a vote in the US election. The media coverage is constant, my Twitter feed is full of it, and it is all that the blogs I read seem to be interested in - even the non-political ones. While Peter Mandelson is being brought into British government for the third time, the US political scene seems to dazzle with its array of new faces and new personalities. Barack Obama's inspirational idealism and John McCain's time spent as a prisoner of war make our politicians look a little grey and ordinary. And then there's Sarah Palin, who can see Russia from her house. I am someone who really would like to see more women in government, but Palin makes me cringe every time I hear about her. Dan Quayle's repeated gaffes - and who can forget his gnomic remarks and inability to spell potato? - simply made many think that he was an intellectual lightweight. But it's hard not to worry that some people might see Palin's mistakes as a reflection on the intelligence of women in general. From her rambling and incomprehensible answers to simple questions, to her inability to define the Bush doctrine, to her apparent unwillingness to name a single newspaper she reads, her performance seems constantly to support the charge that she is simply not ready to become vice-president of the US. Interestingly, Jed Lewison, writing in the Huffington Post on October 1, dug up footage of Palin performing in debates on Alaskan issues in which she acquitted herself well, suggesting that she might simply have been brought up through the party ranks too quickly rather than that she's entirely incompetent. And although I'd rather see a hard-hitting intellectual ...
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Did Obama campaign for Odinga after he signed the pact, or only before?
It appears after because that was a large part of Odinga’s appeal, catering to muslims, but I’m not 100% certain. I’m 100% certain that Obama knew he was a communist calling himself a socialist.
British humour.
Your mother’s vote counts just as much as anybody else’s vote. Your post indicates your mother is a very intelligent voter, not easily persuaded by Republican party “character” BS in a year when the stock market is crashing and many jobs are being lost. Your mother is not alone in being turned off by the Baracuda and her lack of substantive responses to questions in last week’s debate.
It's always a pleasure to see your various droppings splatting on the floor of FR. Makes kind of an abstract art pattern.
Too bad it has to smell so bad.
The stench of democrap troll droppings is egtting heavy. I thought that particular leftist had dropped off visiting FR. Oh well, the lies from that camp will be amusing.
Of course, you know I'm liable to get as big as a house if I indulge in those chocolate delights all on my own. I'll either start having to do 200 crunches at workout instead of the usual 100 or share with my workmates.
Let's see...which one is more difficult? ;-)
Eat'em and crunch. :)
Me, I'm going back to BodyPlex -- already joined -- cuz if I have a FreeperBabe possibility, I want her breath to catch and her lips to part slightly, when she meets me. :)
Are there “some” women who would vote for Palin because she’s a woman?
Yes, there almost certainly are.
Are there many women who would go against everything that Hillary stands for and vote for Palin simply because she’s a woman?
Doubtful.
As for SS. I'd just be happy to uncouple it from the government, restructure it from the PONZI scheme it is now, and invest it in T-Bills for the INDIVIDUAL (a la 401K) and not into some general fund.
And yes, even being able to invest some of it in certain securities if "I" so desired, would be an "option" I'd like to see.
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