I cannot understand how anybody can still be supporting McCain or Palin. How? Why? You have really got to be kidding me.

I don’t think Palin came off bad, I think Katie’s expressions told us all who she is supporting.  She was as cold to Palin and “The View” ladies were to John McCain.  People keep forgeting that John McCain is running against Obama, not Palin.  Katie is such a over-paid news person, who really hasn’t done to well herself on evening news.  Palin is everthing that Katie is jealous that she is not and it was very transparent with her cat claws out during the interview.  The fact that Palin is a “born again christian” really has liberals upset!

The fact that Palin has the chance to be the VP has EVERYONE steaming. This is a freakin’ joke being played on the American people and if we don’t get smart the joke will be on us. People aren’t forgetting that Palin isn’t running for president but be assured there are WOMEN out there that are actually going to vote for this idiot solely because she is a woman. To the ladies, you are being tested hopefully you can pass.

My goodness—how can ANYONE think she did ok?  I’m a Republican woman who has NEVER voted Democrat on the national level, but I am just SHOCKED that people are actually ignorant enough to repeatedly give her a free pass.  Her interviewer was a female journalist who is NOT known to show a politcal leaning, but I guess since you can’t say she was sexist, you just have to say she was biased.  Have you ever considered that maybe Palin is simply the airhead she makes herself out to be in interview after interview.  The Gibson and Couric ones were DISASTERS and even the Hannity one (who is completely in the tank for the Republicans) wasn’t awe inspiring.  The truth is that McCain picked Caribou Barbie to rally his base, and it has worked despite her poor performance because some people can’t turn down free kool aide.  If this were a beauty contest, Palin’s answers would be acceptable because everyone expects superficial answers from beauty queens.  However, this is much more important.  This woman could be PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES—a seemingly daunting task for a woman who keeps repeating the same talking points over and over even even when they don’t make sense and even worse can’t get her nouns, verbs and pronouns together when she veers off her talking points. Even my most conservative friends think she sounds like an idiot.  The only good thing is that IF McCain wins, he’ll hide her as far away from the people and press as he can.  I bet he wishes he could do that right now!

Oh—and for the ones who keep saying that her being a born again Christian bother the liberals>>>I’m a Republican, a woman and a Christian and when I see a video of a Kenyan priest trying to cast the witchcraft out of her, I know why the liberals are laughing hysterically.  If McCain weren’t 72 and had 4 bouts with cancer maybe I’d be laughing hysterically too, but I’m far more concerned than amused.  Let me ask you this—do all born again Christians believe they are possessed by witchcraft and speak in tongues?

Ginna,

I know what you mean!  I, too, am a Republican woman; heck, I don’t think I’ve even voted for a democrat in a local election, and I am really offended that McCain would do this to us.  It doesn’t seem that he takes our country seriously, the role of the presidency/vice presidency seriously, or women seriously.  If he took women seriously, he would have picked a conversant, knowledgeable one.  Does anyone out there really think that if elected, McCain would seriously seek out Palin’s counsel on anything?  Maybe energy policy—and that’s a big maybe.

Here’s the thing.  You can vote for whomever you wish, but ultimately the outcome of the election is not up to you.  I just want to know that whoever wins will have a knowledgeable VP to take over in the event of an emergency.  I have never felt so unsafe before.

Ginna and Cynthia, I am glad to read both of your post. No disrespect but I was starting to think that republicans were all dumb. You guys are both correct, McCain has to be either dumb or think that all Americans are dumb and to hear 2 republicans speak out against him says that my thinking was wrong. I don’t know what I would have don if Obama had done something like that. All I can say is vote for who you think can best lead your country and let that be a lesson to the dummies on top in your party.

As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there, they are right next to our state.
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What on earth is she talking about?  If Russia was going to “invade” America, it wouldn’t go through Alaska…then south flying 5+ hours over Canada…for what?  Don’t you think they’d be “met” long before they reached the “South”.  they would do what they did in the 50’s park off the American coast…

Palin lacks the ability to express a coherent thought. Her comments are a combination of gibberish and rubbish. Her role in this campaign is to continuously remind people of McCain’s horrible judgment.

I’ve been a registered Republican for 35 years.  Sarah Palin is a joke, right?  I’m having a bad dream—Romney is the VP?!!

I feel it’s all about pandering to the right type of Christians.  There doesn’t seem to be a place in the Republican party for a socially moderate non-Christian. I’m ashamed and embarrassed, and I give up on the Republican party—they have totally moved away from me.

Now, although I’m voting for Obama/Biden, I would have greatly preferred Clinton/Obama. But most of all, I think Romney would have been a good president except for the pandering to the neo-conservatives. But he wasn’t going to get nominated because he’s not the right type of Christian.

McCain/Palin is to terrifying to even consider.

I have never been more afraid after watching this interview. I think that McCain should be ashamed of himself for putting such an incompetent person to be considered for the job as Vice President of the United States.

Luckily for us -she is giving interviews now so that people can see for themselves how ill prepared she would be to lead this country in the event that it asked of her.

I pray that most Americans are taking the time to inform themselves instead of watching American Idol because anyone who thinks that this choice for VP is appropriate for these times should question their sanity. I actually feel sorry for her.

Lisa, I agree with you 100%. This is not a joke, this is serious and to have McCain first off to be in position to make the decision to pick says a lot about the republican party if you ask me. Then for him to do this incredibly dumb thing and pick her is sickening. I would really like to know when he got out of bed that morning what the f**k could he have been thinking? I would have loved to be a fly on that wall. The republicans all should be ashamed of themselves for going in interviews and endorsing Palin when asked about her. Republican voters you need change in your party you need to vote all that are in office and vote new republicans in. I have been in shock ever since McCain made that idiotic pick.

I have few words for Mrs. Palin.  It feels like a bad dream. What’s even sad is that there is no humility in this whole fiasco that is the GOP.  Admit that you made a mistake. Admit that you’re candidate is not prepared to be president. But that will never happen, instead we’ll continue to get the same tired politics that people are tired of. People have got to be smarter than this. Take the time to stop and think about what is really going on.

I have a question for republican voters. Please, tell me that you guys didn’t know how dumb McCain was? Otherwise you guys would be just as dumb as he is. I think the whole party should be disbanded and rebuilt from scratch after they allowed this Palin thing to happen. I think McCain should be disqualified from becoming president on account of his IQ. Come on republicans, if you truly love this country you would give up on this election and look forward to 2102.

A lot of people say that Palin is taking abuse… Well I say she should for saying yes to McCain when she knew she wasn’t qualified. How can she put herself before the country. She should be ashamed of herself and if we Alaskans re-elects her the whole state should be just as ashamed. I am sorry but I have to put the country before our state

her handling of the alaska issue was STELLAR if you compare to the rambling she produced in the following part of the interview when she was asked about the bailout.

Oh my gracious God, I cannot imagine anything less patriotic than voting to put the future of the nation in the hands of this poor soul.
Or to vote one who would made such a nightmare a possibility just to shore up a few extra votes.

if you have any love for this country please, please!, vote against this duo

It is sad and embarrassing to watch this woman who is a pitiful example of ignorance and unjustified arrogance attempt to find a coherent phrase in her talking-point ramblings. Please, someone, tell her to go home.  Just hop on the closest snow mobile and ride off into the sunset toward Alaska.
I almost felt sorry for her during this interview with Katie Couric. And, No, Katie was not attacking her in any way.  Katie Couric was neutral.  Sarah Palin was just pitiful in the face of neutrality.  Sad.  Very Sad.
I do feel sorry for the Republicans who feel they have been betrayed by their party. (Mike, I don’t think we need to be critical of them during their time of mourning and loss). It’s got to be hard to realize and admit that you’ve been played by a party you trusted for so long.  I applaud those Republicans who are able to recognize the severity of the danger in this incompetent team of McCain and Pablum and are casting their votes in opposition.  I hope you will be surprising pleased with the Presidential team of Obama/Biden.

Who knew so many Republican women checked out this site….Dang?!?

I love America. I need to know that my country is safe from Sarah Palin! It scares the hell out of me to think she could become our president. I’d rather have George Bush for another 8 years!

This is an absolute mess!!! With John McCain already being in his mid 70’s and looking as frail as he does, the possibility of him having to pass the torch on to Palin is a VERY real scenario! She is NOT in ABSOLUTELY NO WAY qualified to be our president and it doesn’t take a political savvy analyst to see this.

I have been a registered Republican women for over 20yrs. I am sad to see this McCain/Palin ticket. I am insulted as a women of color and a human being for McCain to make such a poor decision. Its as though McCain thinks anyone who doesn’t make a couple of hundred thousand $$ a year doesn’t count in our society. Well I guess if my spouse owned a brewery I would’t be thinking about this either, do you think? That’s it, McCain must be drinking to much beer. Seriously folks, we have got to save our country and pick the Obama/Biden ticket. I am in agreement with Brian.

You are a woman of color and a registered republican, that’s a whole nother story but anyway republicans need to understand McCain is just dumb there is no other solution. If your party wins tis election we will go from a retard in Bush to a dummy in McCain in the white house. Now I ask when is it time to give up on that idiotic party.

It’s scary to me that people think Palin is a bad choice for VP when Obama could actually sit in the oval office right off the bat! You can’t tell me this guy has the experience needed to run the country! If you think Palin is not fit for VP, you have to think Obama isn’t either. The thing that is really scary is not a person who is not well spoken but one that is well spoken yet lacks the knowledge or experience.

Here is another idiot talking about experience. George W. Bush has all the experience in the world and you see where he has left this country. Most people aren’t talking about Palins experience we are talking about how mind numbingly DUMB that woman is. Bush has proven that experience gets you nowhere when it comes to running a country, the only way you get experience is by running the country. Palin is as stupid as they come and proves that ANYONE can become VP if someone as stupid as McCain picks you. That woman should just go back to Alaska and wait on the Russians to bomb us because everytime she opens her mouth even before a word comes out I just start to laugh and that is the scary part of all of this.

To republican
It is horribly scary to me that there are people like you that think there is nothing wrong with that BIMBO. She said it best she is just like the rest of us she is a soccer mom. Now I ask you what soccer mom do you want to be the VP? What is the matter with you? At least Obama is a very intelligent man, this woman is an idiot and all the republicans that can’t see that are just as dumb as she is. You are what people are scared of. People that can’t see what this woman is. Don’t you realize McCain is probably going to be dead soon and then we would have this clown running our country. I understand that there are women that are itching for a woman to be president or VP but do you want this to be the female representative? Think republican, think this is not a joke, this isn’t a game, this is real life and you and most of the rest of the republicans need to wake up and realize that.

I live in Québec, Canada, and I just read the whole comments you all have made.
How great to see that some Republicans realize the danger that is so close from your nation. Be smart, vote for Democrats this time even if you usually vote as a Republican. United States are such a powerfull country, but the way it has been runned for the last 8 years have destroyed the faith in USA of so many other countries in the world. Let the world change, don’t let them rule it has Bush did another 4 years! Let’s try something else! Let’s try something new! I think your choice is more important then ever before! The thing is that the whole world is concerned by these elections! Our economy depends on you! Be a leader! CHANGE!

Anyway, I hope that lots of Republicans like you will have enough judgement to do not take that risk. This women is ignorant, and she doesn’t know anything about politics!... just as McCain (since he choosed her, what else can we think about him!?).

What I can tell you is that the whole Quebec province would vote Obama if we could!

Sorry for my english, which I know is not perfect… and thank you for making me feel better about this campain going on south from my home…

Marie-Claire,
25 years old, student
Québec, Canada

we don’t need your opinion.

Well I think my opinion sounds like the opinion of most of the people who expressed themselves here.
Sorry if I offended you, but maybe it is interesting for you to take a look at what people outside USA think about this campain. Decisions people take inside USA have such an impact outside USA. Maybe I just wanted to make you realize that.
Good luck with your opinion though!

Marie
Yes we do need your opinion because some Americans don’t realize that this election is also a world election and to put that dumb ass Palin a heart attack away from being the leader of the whole world is rediculous. So I personally thank you for your opinion and I hope other countries chime in so Americans can see what a bone headed ticket McCain/Palin is.

The latest thing that is being said through the media is that republicans are saying Palin should drop out of the race because she isn’t qualified but they are saying that because they are trying to get people, mainly women, to feel sorry for her and get their votes that way. If this is true, this is yet another case of republicans playing games with the American people. Come on people, republican or democrat we all need to put our parties aside and do the right thing. Country comes before party and to put 72 year old McCain in office and have a soccer mom be his VP would be devastating to this country and the world. THINK people!!!

To all you people who say you’re republican and don’t want to vote for Palin because you’re afraid of her becoming president: I DOUBT YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE. You think you’re being witty and insightful with snide remarks about someone you know very little about. These are not characteristic traits of republicans.. or even democrats, for that matter. These are the characteristics of idiots. Don’t you realize that you’re coming across as ignorant? If you were really a republican or a democrat you wouldn’t show your ignorance so easily. What makes you qualified to make a judgment on the worthiness of a person to be vice president when half of you don’t even know proper grammar much less what the qualifications of a vice president are? Furthermore, if you can’t contain your language to be respectful in the face of disagreement, how do you expect anyone with common sense to take you seriously?

Now I expect to get a lot of flack from you bloggers who fall into that class. But, you know what? I don’t care because I’m sorry but I can’t take you seriously.

The problem with blogs is sometimes it turns into an abuse of freedom of speech. Well, now I’d like to exercise my freedom of speech hopefully without abusing it.

What scares me more than Palin becoming president is Obama becoming president. I bet none of you know anything about Obama’s real economic agenda, or his real position on foreign policy or national security? Do you really think he will be able to accomplish all the things he says he will? Stop fooling yourselves. While his intentions may be good he will not be able to deliver the things that the poor people who are voting him in for are expecting. Why? Because HE WILL NOT BE IN CONTROL.  I hate to say this but Obama is a good man that is “owned” by bad powerful men. How else could he have risen so quickly to this level of prominence on his own? You say “grass roots efforts” and a need for change? I say look a little closer at who his associates are and I’m not talking about the radical pastor. There’s no need to go into detail because if you look hard enough on the internet it’s there. You just need to look past your own blind hatred.

So, are McCain and Palin any better than Obama and Biden? At least we know that their associates are honorable people and that they won’t be owned by bad powerful people. I’m voting for McCain because I trust him to be what he says he is. Love him or hate him, at least I know I can trust him. Sorry, I can’t say the same for Obama.

Regular guy, you deserve your own variety show.  That stuff is hilarious!

What’s your point? Your comment is vague at best and totally without substance. So like regular guy said earlier- How can anyone take you seriously?

Regular guy, because people are seeiming to get smart they can’t be republicans? Now that’s funny. Sarah Palin is a dope, MOST of us know that. It’s the people like you that can’t get over the fact that,  McCain and the rest of your party made a bone headed mistake and picked that idiot. Just because you are a republican doesn’t mean that you have to vote republican. You say you can trust McCain that’s why you will vote for him, well I can trust him too… I can trust that he is so dumb that he doesn’t know how many houses he has, I can trust that he is dumb enough to pick Sara Palin as his running mate, I can trust that his IQ is about as high as that ass George W. and this is who you are going to vote for. What does that make you ???  What do you know about McCain’s agendas? No president can accomplish EVERYTHING that they set out to acoomplish dumb-dumb. How do you know that Obama is “owned by bad people?” You pretend to know things when you really know nothing. Case and point you intend to vote for 200 year old McCain and the woman with the IQ of my left nut Palin. Don’t be upset because your party is led by a bunch of idiots. Anyone who votes for McCain/Palin is either dumb, a racist, or dumb and a racist. Which one are you???

You see Regular Guy, I don’t expect that neither McCain or Obama are without their own agenda, whatever that agenda may be. I have to as a voter examine those platforms to identify which of those agendas is most compatible with my own and those of my family and constituents.

Now, while both campaigns have made their platforms publicly available, only Obama has clearly and consisently addressed, tenet by tenet his policies and his ideology and his direction for this country. I have exercised the same due diligence with respects to McCain. Again and again, I can not find the…. what did you say… “substance” upon which to identify a clear direction for the country. While I am a democrat, I don’t have to vote for one; I won’t however throw my vote away on the off-chance that John McCain will be able to divine an interpretation of the tenets of his policies while in office.

Thus, if he fails to plan, he plans to fail.

Barack Obama has a purposeful and literally titled “Blueprint for Change.” What has McCain other than a laundry list of proposals. Proposals.Didn’t McCain’s party recently vote down a proposal in The House? Yeah, I think they did.

Maybe you know John McCain on a personal level— and I’m not being facetious; maybe that’s why you trust him. I don’t know that man like that. I have to rely on my knowledge of his words, his deeds and his actions; all of which have been quite questionable lo these past two weeks.

I have to rely on the fact that John McCain with all his experience, worldly and monetary resources, top-notch advisors and staff, relied on a college senior’s blog to select and vet Sarah Palin.

Oh, no, no, no. I have a grandfather that just celebrated his 72nd birthday, and let me tell you something— he’s quite lucid; not a fogey in the least bit. His character and his demeaner is not the man I knew as a child though. He’s more impetuous, more spontaneous with a Devil-may-care attitude. And might I mention, he’s a protestant preacher! My mother won’t trust him in the home alone because he’s got such a maverick attitude now! So much old-person swagger, it’s ridiculous!

But I digress… Barack Obama and Joe Biden can answer questions. And though some may complain that Joe Biden may talk a lot, at least we know two things: a.) At least he can answer questions, solve problems and show his work. b.)He’s got nothing to hide.

Is that enough substance for you?

To Stymuli,

That’s pretty much the substance I was looking for. Not the greatest but pretty good. I must say though, that you answered with eloquence and clear thought process. At least you made an honest attempt to address issues instead of ranting like that “vituperous viper” before you. I can try to understand your perspective on the issues you mentioned however I think we need to resign ourselves to the fact that we fundamentally disagree on some basic premises.

First, we differ in understanding that making your position clear does not mean you will be able to deliver on your promises. I suspect you were referring to the economic crises. Yes, Obama has been specific on what he WANTS to get done but he has yet to convince me that his plans will work. Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of economics knows that a redistribution of wealth is NOT a tax cut. And furthermore, it will eventually destroy, NOT SAVE an economy. Why? Because punishing businesses (big or small), by increasing their taxes DOES NOT stimulate an economy. Giving a “one time” tax rebate (NOT A TAX CUT) to 95% of the country is a temporary fix at best and an economic burden at worst. It might stimulate the economy at first, but there is no long term benefit and no real economic stimulation. And when an economy is not stimulated, what do we get? You’re smart enough, you tell me. What happens in a declining economy?... Now combine that declining economy with a financial meltdown and you have a disaster on the horizon. So how is Obama, with his “punish the rich to pay the poor” plan going to help an economy on the brink of economic disaster? I don’t think he will be able to deliver on his promises. Why, because the economy won’t let him. But he will keep saying that his plan will work just to get elected (I hope I’m wrong on this and he realizes the futility of his economic plan and changes it, but he wants to get elected so I’m not holding my breath). The fact is, the tax increase policies he says he will implement will destroy our economy during a time of economic crisis.  So while McCain may appear to only be offering proposals, at least he’s not making promises he can’t keep. And by the way, that proposal you said “McCain’s party” voted down, that was an ill-fated proposal to give a blank check to the U.S. Treasury to bail out a troubled financial market without sufficient checks and balances and tax payer protection, or did you already know that? Who’s proposal was that? Our president (yup, good old “W”) and the leaders of congress (Pelosi and Reed). The truth is, the house democrat’s under Nancy, “diarrhea mouth” Pelosi could have easily passed that proposal without the republicans because they have the majority. But 95 of her own constituents decided not to go along with her. Why? Because the original plan was a loser that the majority of the country hated. So the 95 democrats wanted to keep their jobs. So… why not have the republicans come in and make up the difference, pass the “turkey bill” and we can blame the republicans when it doesn’t work.. Well, the republicans saw right through that and voted it down. That’s why McCain did not back up George Bush in pushing that plan through. He was able to see that bill for what it was… a trap. You really should do more research before making broad sweeping statements.

I guess we also differ in that you are willing to put your trust in someone who hasn’t even been in office long enough to know the lessons of history much less have the foresight to lead a nation through an extremely dangerous time. I tend toward trusting someone with knowledge and experience who has actually experienced first hand, the ugliness that the human race is capable of producing. (Heck we’ve seen some of that ugliness on this blog, but that’s not what I’m talking about). John McCain knows what that ugliness is capable of doing to our country and is willing to deal with it as it should be dealt with… forcefully and decisively. He has made that very clear especially in his response to Russia’s imperialistic tendencies. Obama has only managed to change his position several times before coming up with the “correct answer” on a response to a potential international crisis. Yes, I speak in generalities here but this blog is not exactly the best place to get specific. However, judging from your ability to reason, I trust you know what I am talking about.

Now we can go down the “...so what about Sarah Palin’s experience…” path. Yes that would be a valid concern if she were running for President and I think it’s presumptuous of anyone to assume that McCain won’t make it through the presidency. Who died and made those people God! BUT, even if Palin were to replace McCain I would still have less reservation about her than Obama becoming president. Partly because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes is right without fear of partisan politics and without fear of staying elected. From what I have seen, that is not true about Obama. It appears to me that he would rather follow his party’s politics than do what is right for the country in order to get elected. He will also, at some point, have to submit to the powers that have put him in office (Soros, Raines,Dodd, Gorelick, and Johnson are a few that come to mind). Why else would he hold up an economic plan that he knows won’t work in “real life” and try to pass it off as the way to save the nation. If he’s as smart as everyone thinks he is (and I know he’s very smart), he would know that you don’t go on a tax increase rampage when the economy is tanking. This is only my gut feeling but I don’t think that would be true with a President Palin. Why? Because she’s not saddled with the “political baggage” that Obama needs to “solve” if he is ever going to get his “dream plans” off the ground. (Believe what you want but Obama has not convinced me that he’s capable of thinking for himself politically and so needs all that policitcal baggage to stay in power.) What Sarah Palin may lack in experience I believe she would more than make up in guts and conviction to her core values without letting the “fat cats” and Washington heavyweights push her around.  I admire people who are true to their core values whether I agree with them or not. At least I know where they stand.

Another important issue that most people who hate Palin gloss over, is the fact that Palin has true executive experience. A president is an executive, a governor is an executive, a mayor is an executive. Legislators, which is what Obama, Biden, and yes, McCain are, do not engage in executive decisions or duties. McCain, however, has commanded a squadron and if you know anything about military command, you know there is a lot of executive decision making involved there. Now while it’s true that Palin has less than 2 years as a governor, that’s still 2 years more of executive experience than Obama has. Now we could nit pick this point to death but we would still end up fundamentally disagreeing. So there really would be no point in continuing, right?

And yes, with all due respect to your grandfather, he is NOT John McCain so I would expect someone of your caliber not to resort to comparing him to the senator to try to make a (pretty weak) point. Sometimes it’s best not to digress.

Anyway, these are my perceptions and we may disagree but Obama has not done anything to convince me to change my perception of him as I’m sure McCain has not done anything to change your mind. That’s why, even though we may disagree, I still respect you for responding with your convictions and core values, and sticking to them. I know you probably have a chest full of responses to all I have said here, but what would be the point? We fundamentally disagree and only a “life-changing event” might be able to change our perceptions. Let’s hope that event is not the collapse of our country.

It’s been fun…

The winner is clearly Stymuli, Regular guy is an dummy that tries to paint PALIN as someone being smart while the real people know that she is an idiot. White people kill me with this shit this is probably a guy that will defend Jeffrey Dahmer based on the fact that he is white. Regular Guy we all know that you are an excuse making racist that sits in the 5-6% of Americans that will not vote for Obama because he isn’t “purely white”. What kind of loser are you. This is the year 2008 and you and the rest of the racist like you need to know that minorites are just as smart as whites and in some case even smarter. Obama is clearly more intelligent than McCain and my dog is more intelligent than Palin but you will make a case for that white woman until your mouth falls off your face because she is white. Experience means nothing just ask that knucklehead George W. Bush and for you to compare running a platoon to running a country shows us all how mindless you are. Bottom line is the new president is black bitch… live with it or do what a lot of white people are going to do and leave the country or commit suicide. Who cares??? We don’t need you anyways. Goodbye!!!

...and they say Joe Biden is long winded. This so-called Regular Guy is clearly a person that will try to do what ever little power that he has, which is none here, to try to get minorities to vote for McCain but sorry to tell you white boy we are clearly too smart to listen to the soooooo many lines of bullshit that you have put on your post.  I fell asleep reading all that fiction that you wrote and rewrote before you finalized it and posted it. You are just like Palin the republicans had to hide her for a week or so and drill into her dumb ass what to say at the debate tonight. Her stupid ass doesn’t even realize that she is there just to get the female vote but if the republicans win the election this will al backfire in Americas face when 72 year old McCain drops dead and the Barbie Doll/soccer mom has to become President. White boy you say that you can’t take us that post here seriously but #1 who gives a f**k if you take us serious and #2 whi can take the republican party seriously after this. You should write a fictional book about McCain with all that shit you think about him. You can’t change our vote so do yourself a favor and go where you belong because it ain’t here

To Regular Guy,

  We do fundamentally disagree and I think that’s beautiful. It is the ability to disagree and still respect, admire and appreciate the diversity of perspectives between us that allow us to share ideologies and grow intellectually. To another disagreeable end, I don’t believe disagreement should preempt dialogue, so if you’ll entertain me once again, I’ll address some of the points in your post.

Taxes.

A redistribution of wealth in and of itself is not a tax cut. It is a redistribution of wealth. A redistribution of Gross Domestic Product amongst citizens is a tax cut— for some; a burden for others. Fiscal capacity is the great equalizer. It’s simple microeconomics.

  Fig. 1. If the average American household makes $100K a year, the government taxes at 28%. That means, this family nets only $72K a year. Now if the average American households expenses are: $30K/yr in mortgages or rents, $6K/yr in gas + $3.5K/yr in home energy costs, and $6K/yr in groceries. That leaves the average American household with only $26.5K of discretionary income to spend on local and municipal taxes ($3K-$10K annual average), elderly healthcare ($6K annual average), credit card and auto loan payments, personal and retirement savings and children’s college savings and/or tuition before anything that may be left over can be used in consumer spending. The average American household is losing money hand over fist.

Taxing these households more, forecloses not just on their homes, but on their futures. These households need that money to live. The rich can afford the tax burdens. They simply put, have more discretionary income. And lest it not be written elsewhere, it should be noted that the tax increases that the more affluent amongst Americans will pay is on capital gains. That means the superfluous monies they receive from investments or in the case of the energy companies, wind-fall profits is what will be taxed, not [just] the income.

When businesses, big or small are taxed, it doesn’t cost them anymore or less to operate their business, they pass the burden of paying those taxes to the employees who often see a reduction in their take-home pay. Meanwhile, the employer receives a tax-break, sheltering them from incurring a reduction in wages.

When people have no money to spend because they are being taxed ad infinitum, they have no money to spend; there can be no exchange of supply and demand; markets suffer because of it. That’s why Bush authorized a rebate check for every American household (aka “The Stimulus Package”). No one was buying anything and markets were seizing. That’s why the government and Warren Buffet are buying commodoties— because no one is buying and somebody has to.

As for the voting of The Bailout Package, yes, The House Democrats are the majority, but what you may not know is that only 95 House Democrats voted against the bill, while 133 House Republicans voted against the bill. And their reasons as you will recall weren’t for lack of oversight and checks and balances and taxpayer protection— no, their reasons were that Mrs. Pelosi delivered partisan finger-pointing rhetoric (which I, a democrat am not denying). At a time when all that had been worked out and understood was the urgency with which to pass that bill, the majority of The House Republicans focused not at the task at hand, but on themselves. Their inaction was a testament of their inability to accept responsibility and prioritize for the American taxpayer.

Coincidentally, John McCain who “suspended” his campaign to address and vote for the bailout, having voted for it twice, is now criticizing Bush for proposing and signing it. Your candidate, not mine.

On the issue of trust, I’ll be brief. The Nation trusted The Bush Administration to keep us safe, find and eliminate our enemies and to successfully bring us into the new millenium. So here we are; more afraid and more terrorized than we ever have been, still looking for one of our greatest enemies, and broke.

We are facing so many firsts going into this new millenium. I will not use John McCain’s wartime experience as a metaphor for the challenges that we as Americans are facing. John McCain’s experience on the battlefield and in a prison may qualify character, but character does not legitimize competence. George W. Bush’s desire to affirm his character prevented him from acknowledging grandiose mistakes. Moreover, his character got in the way of his being able to evaluate and reevaluate the circumstances that we are all facing with regards to war, security, diplomacy, foreign policy and our economy. I can’t bank on character alone. Personally, I think the country is sick, and when I’m sick, I don’t need a slick talking doctor, I need a well-seasoned, pragmatic medical practioner. This country needs a President. This country needs someone who we can trust to make and recall the right and wrong decisions. Sometimes you may elect to follow a course of action. In following through with that action, a variable may introduce itself in a manner incongruent with your course of action. What do you do? Keep on going? No, my friend. You take a different course of action.

Executive experience. George W. Bush was also governor of an oil-producing state and a Washington outsider before he was President. I’ll leave it at that.

Your perceptions are your own but I thank you nonetheless for sharing them with me. I hope that it doesn’t take a “life-changing event” for us to be able to change our perceptions; I certainly have none of you besides that of someone who loves his country and whose ideals are represented by the candidate you feel best resonates with your ideals and your values. I respect that and again, I admire that you would share them.

Sarah Palin’s daughter breaks up with her “baby daddy”. And this is the type of woman you republican fools wanted running our country. Once John McCain kicked the bucket. It was confirmed a while ago that they were going to break up so the republicans were just trying to pull another fast oe over our heads. Pretending these young kids were on their way to marriage. This is what republicans do they lie and do what ever it takes to get power but SORRY REPUBLICAN SUCKERS this one backfired in ya’ face fools.

Well, at least (just from my personal observation) most Republicans attempt to only work on one Relationship at a time. Can’t say that with the Democrats.

And for telling lies? Well, I do recall a particular nick name for Senator John Kerry. And I really can’t stand to listen to Paloski, as for her views on the CIA, yet praises Homeland Security for the intelligence that was gain from overseas to stop several attacks on American soil. Then there is Barney Frank and his refusal to admit to the suggestion that he was a part of the housing crash when he was in charge of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac.

When is it acceptable for a Politician to lie? I would say when it reflects National Security. Other than that, I would expect transparency…Oh yeah, like Obama said we would get, but didn’t.