McCain's Tricky Calculation

If the federal government isn't here to be my 'babysitter' as Dumplin so wrote, than why are we spending so much of my tax dollars on a war on terror? Let the terrorists come, screw national defense whether it be abroad or at home, and give me back my money (I know this might seem extreme, but hear me out). My taxes haven't decreased lately, and if either the Republicans spend us silly into mountains of debt (a weaking dollar and economy in the process) on war because they won't raise taxes or the Democrats do it without tons of debt and raising my taxes and spend it on things like social programs what does it matter? The economy is still screwed up because THEY JUST KEEP SPENDING! Stop the spending on the war and social programs in Iraq, on needlessly social programs here, and put it to only good use like on alternative energy policy so we can control our own destiny in the next 50 years.

This writer is clearly biased and it is a shame that Newsweek gave him a platform to aire his garbage. I am ashamed for Newsweek. They should change their name to Opinion Week. But you know what they say about opinions....everyone has one. I was impressed with Palin and know enough about Obama's tax and spend politics to know that McCain has my and my family's vote. Hard working American's need to wake up.

Can a woman who abuses her public office position due to family issues, to fire others who are working very very hard in the interest of the country, really be a VP or even the president ? Just guess to what extent she can abuse her position to the detriment of others and the nation as a whole if she should become the VP. America should simply say no to this woman. She doesn't care enough about the country.
lest I forget..........! It is really amazing to listen to the republicans lie again and again. For what reason do they tell such great lies. Only to win an election? How hard should it be for a normal human being to look into the cameras and peoples faces and tell very obvious lies? And these are the people who want to rule this great nation. Is the united states of America built on lies? Do Americans want to pick up liars to rule this great nation? Isn't it quite shocking to see people jubilating while being told lies? Are these people so short sighted and only caring about their short term interests that they neglect the future of their children?
OBAMA has the common sense, wisdom and experience to rule and lead the country into a brighter future.
God bless America, and open the eyes of Americans to see his plans for a good, prosperous, stable and peaceful future through an OBAMA administration. And may God also have mercy on the liars and forgive them, after all they are also Americans - but only without a vision

What are you guys talking about? Obama has plenty of accomplishments that far outweigh hers. He is a graduate of Columbia and Harvard with 10 years at the the University of Chicago as a law professor. He was the first black president of Harvard Law Review. Some of his students liked him so much that they are campaining for him. He has 10 years of combined senate experience. In the state senate he sponsored 780 bills of which 280 were signed into law. During his first year in the senate he sponsered 152 bills and cosponsored 427 or more. He worked with Sen. Lugar to expand and author a program to dismantle stray Russian WMD's left over from the cold war. He has other substantial accomplishments that are not mentioned here. He also ran a powerhouse of a campaign against Clinton and won. He speaks eliquently about foreign affairs, the economy and any other subject. While other candidates were proposing a "gas tax holiday" for the purpose of getting votes, he was rightly against it because he tried it in Illinois and it didn't work. He was against the war in Iraq. If we were not in Iraq, we could respond to Russia's aggression directly toward the west. Al-Queda is regrouping in Afganistan, and the Republicans want to Occupy Iraq, taking resources away from Afganistan? The Iraqis are making music videos of our troops being blown up by IEDs and playing them at weddings. Why should we pour money into their country while we suffer? These things highlight not only his experience, but his judgement. It is a total misconception that he has done nothing and is not accomplished and is not ready to lead.

ELECTING MCCAIN AND PALIN PROVES HOW SMART THE AMERICAN PUBLIC REALLY IS. SHE HAS HER HEAD IN THE RIGHT PLACE ON ISSUES OF WHAT IS THE PROPER ROLE OF GOVERNMENT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT THERE AS YOUR BABYSITTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU FALL YOU DON'T GET HURT. EXPERIENCE IS HOW WE LEARN WISDOM AND HOW TO DEAL WITH LIFE AND ITS CHALLENGES. GOVERNMENT IS THERE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT IMPEDED BY GOVERNMENT SO THAT WE CAN SUCCEED. CIVICS 101, LEARN PEOPLE, THOSE OF YOU WHO EXPECT GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF YOU ALL YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE THE WHINERS.

What is happening to Americans' common sense? One speech on one night that she did not write, makes her a wonderful choice as a candidate. I hope that the press continues to question what is really going on here. Perhaps they are under the impression that it really doesn 't matter. The republicans seem to have made a habit of stealing elections, They talk a good game, but they are lousy leaders.

"It will be up to the press and public to raise enough of a stink about this, that Palin is forced to submit to real interviews with real questions that show whether her real-life experience is any preparation for assuming high office. In that sense, the Palin nomination is as much of a test of us as it is of her."

Jonathan, so far you folks have failed this test as it relates to Mr. Obama. Providing the fawning over him stops and the "real questions" are directed his way as well, we'll all be better off and let the chips fall where they will

Leaving aside your obvious bias, you still couldn't be more wrong. To the extent the ARGUMENT remains whether Obama or Palin has more relevant experience, Obama loses. Period. He's heading the democratic ticket. The McCain camp will be smart to keep this argument alive for the rest of the campaign. By the way, this was my view before Palin's masterful speech, which only served to help the republican cause.

A major consideration that seems to be overlooked re: the Palin choice...while related to experience...is much more relevant in today's multi-cultural, hyper-complex world. And that is: lack of knowledge. Lack of knowledge re: histories of "hot spots," lack of knowledge of other peoples and places, lack of knowledge re: past, present, and (potential) future world leaders, lack of knowledge of economics, of technology, of all that interacts with and defines our lives, not only as U.S. citizens, but as global participants.
With all due respect: I would ask you to simply listen to what Gov. Palin has said in these areas (or absence thereof). It's no accident she was kept from appearing on the Sunday morning news programs; no accident she has yet to hold a press conference; even her surrogates have admitted she'll need to undergo an intensive learning process "at the foot" of McCain (quite a visual). And at this very moment, she???s being tutored by numerous Bush policy folk. (Hmm...kinda like cramming for a major exam after you???ve never attended class, no? And what???s this thing about ???change??? when your tutors are Bush-ites?)
Whether she has been an "executive" or not (take a look at the Wasilla City Hall and you'll know why I had to put the word in quotes), I would much prefer two individuals at the helm who know the difference between Shiia and Sunni and who recognize the main purpose of the "surge" (more palatable to say it this way than to tell us hey, we're sending a whole bunch more troops in for an indefinite period of time)...was to settle the overall climate enough to get warring factions working with each other on political solutions amongst themselves (which has yet to happen unless you understand this current lessening of violence has been due, not to the surge per se, but to the money being paid, by the U.S., to new 16 year old Sunni recruits who are being held at arms length by the Shiite Iraqi P.M.)
P.S. I look forward to a time in the near future when our citizens embrace astute intelligence...rather than scorn it.

The happiest people in America last night were the writers for Saturday Night Live. Talk about "not ready for prime time", they could run her speech straight and people would think they were watching comedy. What a tragedy for our country.

If folks on this board don't know what community organizing like Barack Obama did for years in Chicago is it tells me that they are elitist living in fancy developments with cul-de-sacs and Starbucks lattes. Community organizing is the average American citizens outlet to challenge corrupt or inept politicans and make a difference in your community. Its the antithesis of establishment politics, and if McCain and Palin are a true change from the Washington establishment they would herald community activists around the country as 'mavericks'. Its kind of like being in the PTA, which I think is a very interesting thing on Palin's resume.