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Re: McCain picks Alaska's Govenor for VP
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She gave a tremendous (if not terribly sarcastic) speech. And I think I would like her as a person, however, saying she is qualified to be VP and perhaps president is just plain crazy. Let's see: mayor of a town of 7,000 to 10,000 people, governor of a state of 670,000 people - that makes the county commissioner of Fairfax County in N. Virginia qualified for VP / president. Not even. And commander of the Alaska National Guard equating to being ready to be Commander in Chief? Scary thought. Doesn't anyone know that a governor has little or no control over their national guard once it is called up by the feds? Additionally, she has never had a national security clearance and therefore knows nothing about the intelligence on all of these hot spots a VP / president will need to be keenly aware of. If they gave her a clearance today (she probably already had one two or three days ago, provisionally), there is no way she will understand the ins and outs of foreign policy in a few years let alone months - I know, cause I was in that business for over 20 years in the military. I know you didn't raise the last two issues, but many others have, as if she held Russia at bay for the last year and a half while she was governor. BTW, with McCain not meeting the executive experience criteria along with the other two, does this say SHE should be running for president and McCain for VP? Such a false argument ... Harry
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Like Bebebob, I detest what our two party system has become. The personal attacks are beyond belief. McCain has picked up all of the bad habits that Bush / Rove used against him in 2000. Obama, out of self-defense, has now started. And no one hardly is speaking to the horrible issues / problems this country now has as a result of 8 years of the Republicans. But that said, as much as I dislike the current system, it is the best in the world I have seen, and I been to a lot of places in my life .... I want to stay and make it better, and I don't need Bust and/or Cheney to tell me I am unAmerican for fighting to make it better - BTW, I had 20 years in the military doing what the politicians demanded of me .... But I feel the need to mention a couple of other things re your post; - The "environmentalist" did not cause the rise in oil prices, not even. A contributing factor, however minor, perhaps. The lack of drilling off shore didn't either (BTW, Bush ONE was the one that initiated the ban). The low value of the dollar greatly contributed for all the reasons mentioned earlier. The increased consumption of China and other third world countries contributed. Probably a greater contributor is the agreements made in a "secret" meeting Cheney had a few years ago with probably big oil to establish an energy policy (he still won't tell us who attended - I wonder why?). - I think 50 miles off our coast is international waters. Any reason the oil companies can't do the same off another country's coast? Bad argument about China, IMO. - Yes, Congress is just as much to blame for a lack of a national energy policy as any of the above. Let's see, who controlled Congress for most of the last eight years - yep, Republicans - with a Republican president. - Nuc energy is a must, IMO. It MUST be considered. Both McCain AND Obama support Nuc power plants. Don't be mislead by the McCain camp that Obama does not. He does! Personally, I want all of the safeguards on nuc power as we can get - there's nothing like a nuc bomb in ones backyard. And nuc waste? Better ideas are needed. - Yep, deregulation of our energy resource, oil, is a big factor after Standard Oil. Sure has helped the price, hasn't it! Just like the deregulation of cable TV. Normal inflation of these is one thing, but have you figured the percentages? - And yes, a new look in Congress is certain to be in Nov. There will be many more Dems in office. The Dems can't get past the veto in the Senate now, but that will change. The Republicans have had six + years and you see what it has brought us. And it is clear that the American public seeing that clear as a bell. - And a big issue on taxes with McCain saying Obama will raise taxes for all Americans. If someone can turn off FOX and/or Limbaugh to check out http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news...index.htm.they will get the accurate picture. Sorry to go on, but I do like these discussions as long as they are sane and not nasty. Harry
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Sigh. If only the Republicans would report facts. If they reported facts, they'd know that the OBAMA tax plan lowers taxes for most US citizens. Alas, they ignore these facts in favor of spreading lies and expecting them to stick.
Small government/low taxes my ass. http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news...proposals_tpc/
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Thanks for the catch!! Sorry about that. This is the link .. http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news..._tpc/index.htm. And Jason beat me to it ..... Thanks, Jason Harry
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That settles it for me. Obama for President.
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Royal Not correct regarding McCain's experience. What he has shown is poor judgement across the board. Even on the surge - have you seen Woodward's new book about the divide between the White House and the military leaders and what really made a difference in Iraq? And since Palin has so much "executive" experience (compared to the "other three), shouldn't SHE be the presidential candidate and not McCain. She certainly seems to have the abuse of power potential, doesn't she .. Harry
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Does she get to keep the knee high boots? Then absolutely!
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That's why we have a 490bil deficit next year + Iraq spending bills.
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The Iraq war is useless. Why? We struck first for no good reason.
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I wouldn't call it useless, but the timetable should have been better managed from the start. Our overwhelming early success in Afghanistan sure pissed of the Russians.
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