WHERE IS THE SURPRISE?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 09:30PM I enjoyed this take on GOP hope John McCain...
"So, John McCain might pick a running mate that supports abortion rights?, illegal aliens, amnesty, taxes.
The stunning thing is not McCain’s non-conservative position; rather, it is that some conservatives were actually “alarmed” by his exit, stage left. Example of conservative reaction: “It absolutely floored me,” said Phil Burress, head of the Ohio-based Citizens for Community Values. “It would doom him in Ohio.” With all due respect to Burress and other alleged conservatives, what is there to be alarmed or floored about? John McCain has never been, and never will be, a true conservative...."
To my mind, this is going to be a choice between two pretty dire candidates - McCain is bad and Obama is worse. Hard to imagine that a nation as great as the US ends up with these two bozos. Politics corrupts.
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David - you might take heart that one gentleman said (in favor of McCain over Obama) that he'd rather have a third level fireman over a first degree arsonist. Take some heart, we Yanks won't fold because of a lame President (or two).
Mahons,
Yes that's true. I always put my faith in the ordinary US people and invest my contempt in those that lead them.
I'm with the American public. Dislike the President, but dislike Congress more
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain, a Biography
All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.
- Mark Twain's Autobiography; also in Mark Twain in Eruption
>>I always put my faith in the ordinary US people<<
So do the Americans. That's why they're going to vote Obama! :)
Noel
Bet you a pint that they don't
Phantom, you're on, but let's make it six Guinness ("Black is beautiful", remember the ad?).
I was actually neutral, even slightly favouring McCain, until I heard Obama's Berlin speech. His answer to that "abortion" interview on that evangelical's TV show then clinched it.
So whether a win is likely or not at the moment, I hope he gets it, albeit with some reservations.
BTW, in previous US Pres. elections I remember reading polls of likely results here and there on an almost daily basis. Have they stopped polling this time or is it still too early for that kind of stuff?
Noel - McCain has made some strides in the polling. He's pulling closer which is to be expected. They will each get a bounce from their conventions.
A sure sign that Obama may win is the lack of posting by Troll and Monica who obviously are too busy digging their basement fall out shelter even deeper to comment on ATW.
The whole thing makes me want to vomit.
>>the lack of posting by Troll and Monica who obviously are too busy digging their basement fall out shelter even deeper to comment on ATW.<<
I'd thought their visas and residence permits for Georgia had finally come through.
Noel: Classic.
McCain is a liberal Republican, which is far better than the socialist Obama.
McCain will nominate better judges for the Supreme Court, McCain has a far better sense of when and where to use the military - Obama would slash our military to nothingness, leaving the civilized world to be preyed upon by the Islamists or Russia.
McCain will be President.
Obama may not even get the nomination, Hillary Clinton is still a possibility, the Democrat convention in Denver will be an ugly affair.
LOL Mahons. I'm not sure how it's going to go, but Obama is digging his own hole every time he speaks without a prepared statement. He's an idiot. His polling numbers are not rising, McCain's are. They are so neck and neck right now. If the conservatives don't come out to vote it's anybody's guess.
If McCain wants the conservative base to actually come out and vote for him, he had better choose a conservative VP.
Noel, I think 'Real Clear Politics' posts all of the polling numbers. Google it and I think that you will be happy to see all of those percentages and numbers and red/blue colors right smack dab in the middle of it all for you.
Troll and I are voting for McCain, even though he isn't the ideal candidate as far as we're concerned. I'm knee deep in politics literature right now - wish I had the wherewithal to put it all together to make my own post. We're also getting the girls ready for school - going through some changes there already. I will miss them...
Noel - we don't like it down south.
....Ohhhhhh. You mean THAT Georgia. ;-)
Here's the link to Real Clear Politics:
Real Clear Politics."
Monica - good sport. And good luck with the girls, school starts so early these days.
Thanks Mahons. They start next week. The older one is on one last overnight trip to the beach with a friend this week - then we will all be off on Friday for one last family hurrah. They are excited about school. I am a ball of anxiety. lol. (They look so damn cute in their uniforms...)
Wow, statistics overkill. Thanks a lot, Monica.
(didn't know Obama is so low in Florida; them dumb pensioners :)).
Best of luck for the girls going forward.
Thanks Noel.
Ya - those Floridians are a mess, aren't they??!! They're probably FOR Obama, they just didn't know how to answer the question!
That site will be a good place to visit whenever you get the poll number urge. :-)
Monica - I can't resist - where the uniforms they had when they were homeschooled more military looking?
Best of luck and enjoy the vacation.
Ha, Ha, Ha. :-D
No uniforms for homeschooling. Whatever they wanted to wear. The little one DOES love her camouflage, though. She just loves it. She wants to go to West Point.
didn't know Obama is so low in Florida; them dumb pensioners
Thats probably the Cuban and Jewish Caucuses. They all think he is going to sail to Havana wrapped in a Soviet flag and kill their first borns.
Daytripper: Considering Obama's knowledge of geography (remember, he thinks there are 57 states) I'm not sure he knows where Cuba is.
The American people were presented with a whole host of abysmal candidates for their presidency, and now have a choice between two averagely abysmal candidates. Sadly they neglected one gold standard, honest to god,all up front candidate, who could have transformed their country and the West with it. A candidate lacking only the essential ingredient in American politics, charisma, the Hollywood magic possessed in spades by every failed president to date. I refer of course to Ron Paul.
"Daytripper: Considering Obama's knowledge of geography (remember, he thinks there are 57 states)"
Is that correct?
I remember when a former Dublin Mayor, Royston Brady was running for MEP back in 2004. He was asked to name the 10 EU Accession States (joining in 2004) but could only name 2...and made up a few for good measure!
Monica
Best of luck to the girls. Is this their first experience of "normal" school? Will you be able to stay hands off?
Noel - an update - McCain is polling five points ahead of Obama as of today's news.
Saw that. I think that there will be a few blips, but the basic trend from here on out will be McCain slowly pulling away.
If he does as well in the debates as he did in the Rick Warren interview, this will be a landslide.
The Democratic excuse machine will need to be retooled- along with the usual "stolen elections" malarkey re Florida, Ohio, God knows where,- you'll need to toss in some "white racism" charges.
Any reason except the true one- they nominated the wrong candidate.
"Will you be able to stay hands off?"
Hell no!! The one thing that I've noticed is that the kids who DO excel in traditional schooling have one thing in common: involved parents.
I'm also planning on getting involved with the PTO. (Parent/Teachers Organization) The girls will (as they always have been) be involved in many extracurriculars as well.
Monica - you are 100% correct. Your level of support and involvement with your kids is exceptional and comes through loud and clear even in blogging format. They are a lucky brood. Don't tell Troll I complimented you guys, it might give him a swelled head (albeit still not a hairy one).