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Old 08-29-2008, 11:22 AM   #1
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anyone who isn't a white guy gets to call themselves a minority in the US, Sundae.
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Old 08-29-2008, 11:36 AM   #2
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anyone who isn't a white guy gets to call themselves a minority in the US, Sundae.
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Old 08-29-2008, 11:39 AM   #3
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Remember when the Republicans picked Clarence Thomas because he was black, but he had no decent qualifications? This reminds me of that.

What's the population of Alaska? Half a million? This is like picking the county board chairman of Arlington County to be your VP.
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Old 08-29-2008, 12:06 PM   #4
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Remember when the Republicans picked Clarence Thomas because he was black, but he had no decent qualifications? This reminds me of that.

What's the population of Alaska? Half a million? This is like picking the county board chairman of Arlington County to be your VP.
Her bio is pretty impressive. More so than Obama. I would vote for her over McCain but I don't think that is a choice.
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Old 08-29-2008, 12:38 PM   #5
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Her bio is pretty impressive.
Sure, her bio is impressive on the local government level. She's certainly qualified to be a governor of a small state like Alaska. But President?

McCain is in his 70s. There's a real possibility he won't make it through a 4 year term. Is she ready to be President?
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Old 08-29-2008, 12:45 PM   #6
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Sure, her bio is impressive on the local government level. She's certainly qualified to be a governor of a small state like Alaska. But President?

McCain is in his 70s. There's a real possibility he won't make it through a 4 year term. Is she ready to be President?
Anything would be an improvement over the last 8 years. Yea, I think Gov's are better suited than Senators to do the job.
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Old 09-06-2008, 12:30 PM   #7
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With so little actual info on Palin and only two months to figure her out, there is a lot of room for people to project their expectations onto her. And before anyone says anything, Obama has a voting record and over a year of campaigning behind him. The plan for Palin is to hide her as much as possible from anyone who will ask any difficult questions.

For example, it's great that she is a role model to parents with disabled children since she has been caring for her child with Downs Syndrome for the past few months. As a parent of a disabled child, I applaud this. What people don't realize is that personal experience does not translate into policy.

Bush's "compassionate conservatism" has been a disaster. While most people see this as an indictment of Bush, a lot of the GOP sees it as an indictment of compassion. McCain is promising old style conservatism. He is also promising to continue tax cuts. He is also promising to balance the budget and reduce the debt without raising taxes. There is no way to do this without major cuts in goverment spending. Right now social programs are the number one expenditure for government with military spending (defense and "War on Terror") at a higher percentage of GDP than any other major nation.

If McCain wants to make major cuts, Palin will be his hatchet woman. Noone doubts the woman is tough and self sufficient. What would be terrible is if she were used to make the case that any woman could be just like her if the government would just stop helping.

Maybe the future holds something like this:

"When my children went hungry I just went out the back door and shot a moose. I really don't see the need for food stamps." Note: This is a parody. There is no indication that Mrs. Palin said this or anything like it. I am simply making the point that 'being one of us' does not automatically mean 'being with us'. Ask the NAACP how happy they are with Clarence Thomas.

Factiod: Marie Antionette did not actually say 'Let them eat cake'.
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Old 09-08-2008, 10:25 AM   #8
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McCain is promising old style conservatism. He is also promising to continue tax cuts. He is also promising to balance the budget and reduce the debt without raising taxes. There is no way to do this without major cuts in goverment spending. Right now social programs are the number one expenditure for government with military spending (defense and "War on Terror") at a higher percentage of GDP than any other major nation.
That's the GOOD point Rich. I don't want another "conservative" who outspends his predecessors. I want a conservative who actually remembers that FISCAL CONSERVATIVES are a big part of his support base. I want programs cut. I want bullshit expenditures to go away. I want earmarks and pork barrel spending to end. I want a smaller government.

McCain may get elected and not follow through on any of his promises to do those things and I'll be pissed about it. I certainly won't vote for someone who wants MORE programs, more earmarks, more government involvement in my life.

When pointing out these supposed flaws in McCain, you might remember there are an awful lot of people out here who see those as his strengths.
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