For Americans:Can you now vote for a Pathological Liar?

careinke

I'm going to make a bumper sticker for my Bike (Since I won't be able to afford gas anymore) that says "Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul"

Cliff (Start a rEVOLution, grow a garden)

azreal60

Thank you Ludi for that link. I was going to post the same thing and say do your own damn research, but that would be oh so rude. =)

On a serious note, you do know that when asked if he could only solve one problem, Barak Obama responded that he would solve our energy crisis.

That right there would have been enough, but the intelligent and obviously well thought out plans that this man has implimented in his years in elected government have convinced me this would be one of the better presidents we could have period.

Here's really my kicker for him though. So many people say he's all inspiring and not experienced enough. I'll handle that in reverse order. For an inexperienced politician, well, look at his election campaign. He went from being a real real long shot to the front runner precisely because he was able to run a large organization well. Honestly, in some ways the way they run their campaigns is the best reflection of how a president will be president. Both Mcain and Hilary at one point where almost flat broke. Barak hasn't even been close, mostly from smart spending.

The other point though is inspiration. To that I say, what is the major things an American president does? Largely he will be judged by two things; the people he puts in positions of power ( as they will do 99 percent of what he has to take credit for) and his ability to inspire the American people to do things. I mean, that's what it's about people. Your supposed to lead as a president. And people are yelling because they bought into the idea that it's a Bad idea to have someone who's inspiring? What moron came up with this idea, that being able to do your job really well is a Bad thing? I mean seriously, what else do you think an American president does?

My favorite is the Commander in chief idea. When was the last time American was directly led into a war by a president. Answer? George Washington. Other than him, no American president has actually directed a war. They relied on the armed forces to do that because that is what the armed forces are there for. So why do we need military experience in there? Last I checked, it might be good for mental disipline, but I'm pretty sure Obama has plenty of that.

I guess I never drank the anti Obama Koolaid. I never bought into the anti arguements because none of them made any sense. They all sounded like a person who was so scared of losing that when seeing a person who has a good shot at winning, they ran to the opposite camp because said person sounded too good to be true.

I think in the end, this is why most people who are disinclined to go with Obama would admit as a reason. He sounds too good to be true. Good thing is, he really is that good.
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catbox

From the same guys who brought you the Iraq War...they bring you...McCain!

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080324/dreyfuss

TheDude

vision-master

Kaj · Heavy Crude Joined: Dec 06, 2006 Posts: 397

mos6507

vision-master

hornofhubris · Tar Sands Joined: Mar 28, 2008 Posts: 55

Her core of 50 and older women are not voting for her. They are
voting for themselves. Every slight, each bump up against the glass
ceiling, each feel copped by the good old boys, each smart enough
and experienced enough but no cigar, is all being projected on the
back of surrogate Hillary and they are each running for the top
job of the land. This is a candidacy that has no power without
opposition and creates it if it does not exist to begin with.
Hillary is a mirror on wheels and these people are running along
side for as long as they can to see themselves reflected back.
Hillary just needs to be careful not to crash too bad and break the
mirror.

I wonder what a Clinton is if you don't oblige them with being
victimized or oppressed? I don't think we are going to find out.
I am beginning to think if you ignored them they would vanish.

Iaato

Ivan_M · Heavy Crude Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 173

hornofhubris · Tar Sands Joined: Mar 28, 2008 Posts: 55

Obama is under attack for being elitist and calling working
class people bitter by Hillary.

"You know, he wants to divide us over race. I'm from the South. I understand this. This quota deal they're gonna pull in the next election is the same old scam they've been pulling on us for decade after decade after decade. When their economic policies fail, when the country's coming apart rather than coming together, what do they do? They find the most economically insecure white men and scare the living daylights out of them. They know if they can keep us looking at each other across a racial divide, if I can look at Bobby Rush and think, Bobby wants my job, my promotion, then neither of us can look at George Bush and say, 'What happened to everybody's job? What happened to everybody's income? What ... have ... you ... done ... to ... our ... country?'"

Bill Clinton September 1991

The_Toecutter · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 18, 2005 Posts: 1736

A Clinton calling another person elitist?

That's ironic.
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