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A Question for those who plan to vote for McCain
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If McCain picks Romney, I will not consider voting for McCain. Romney's claim to fame is that he introduced a health care program in MA without raising taxes. Well what he DID do is cut infrastructure spending and education spending to such a level that there are now quite a few roads that are simply falling apart due to lack of funding.
I don't like that trade off, and he shouldn't be touting his reforms as something 'magic' when in fact it was nothing special.
Its like saying that we can end our deficit but reducing the defense budget down to 30%... but the trade off would not be good there.
I don't like that trade off, and he shouldn't be touting his reforms as something 'magic' when in fact it was nothing special.
Its like saying that we can end our deficit but reducing the defense budget down to 30%... but the trade off would not be good there.
So can you explain to me how we the people here in New Orleans had so many people stranded after the storm?
I mean, this state has had a Democrat gov for forever and the city has been run by liberals for forever.
Why were those people let down by the government? How could they have been too poor to get out of town?
Gee I wonder......
At the end of the day you can't simply look at what one side says vs. what the other side says. You have to look at what happens when either side enacts their policies.
I can tell you the wonderful liberal utopia here has served to stop SOME people from drowning but it sure as hell doesn't have anybody swimming either.
superstition
Platinum Member
There's a difference between defending the nation and a kickbacks gravy trough.
superstition
Platinum Member
The Katrina fiasco is a complex web of politics. One recent thing that came up is a charge that an engineering group covered up safety problems. The inept federal response to the disaster also can't be pinned on "liberalism".
I think very few Democrats will end up voting for McCain instead of Obama in November. There will certainly be a few, but I'm guessing that it will be 5% or less. The primary right now is heated, and people are saying things that they will come to re-assess 8 months from now.
As far as the list of neo-cons goes, that is nowhere close to inclusive. I think generally neoconservatism can be described as a foreign policy ideology that espouses the aggressive use of US military power to reshape the world in a more US favorable way, along with strong support of Israel. If you say this, then McCain is certainly a neo-con, and so is Joe Lieberman even though he's a Democrat. Giuliani and Romney would both fit in with this as well based on their campaign talk. Actually nearly every Republican candidate ran on a neoconservative platform with the exception of Ron Paul and Huckabee. (I think?)
superstition
Platinum Member
What does McCain offer that makes him different from 4 more years of Bush/Cheney?
BMW540I6speed
Golden Member
McCain's simple-minded militarism, his ignorance about national security, and his moronic view that the U.S. should run the world through endless wars ought to be one of the most intensely debated issues in the campaign. But it won't be because - the media has already decided that McCain is a Serious Expert in these matters and that national security is his strength, and evidence to the contrary won't be reported.
The disastrous and moronic equivalence between militarism and "toughness" should be a principal issue in the election because. But it won't be because, in Media Land, John McCain is deemed the National Security Tough Guy who keeps us safe despite espousing views on war that the vast majority of Americans reject.
McCain's lack of foreign policy expertise is more than outweighed by his media expertise. He has known for a long time that winning the media primary is far more important than winning, say, Kansas.
Want to guess what the reaction would have been if Obama called Vladimir Putin "the President of Germany"?
The disastrous and moronic equivalence between militarism and "toughness" should be a principal issue in the election because. But it won't be because, in Media Land, John McCain is deemed the National Security Tough Guy who keeps us safe despite espousing views on war that the vast majority of Americans reject.
McCain's lack of foreign policy expertise is more than outweighed by his media expertise. He has known for a long time that winning the media primary is far more important than winning, say, Kansas.
Want to guess what the reaction would have been if Obama called Vladimir Putin "the President of Germany"?
superstition
Platinum Member
Richard Simmons is hetero and an example that sexual orientation doesn't determine how masculine or feminine someone is. Most gay men are indistinguishable from heterosexuals, and some heterosexuals are mistaken for gay men. It makes dating pretty difficult.
superstition
Platinum Member
It would give them something other than Obama Preacher to repeat endlessly.
StageLeft
No Lifer
I consider obama between mccain and hillary, though far to the left. I can imagine why somebody may vote obama over mccain but somebody who'd vote mccain over obama? Just does not make sense. I do not believe them.
BMW540I6speedmakes great points, above.
superstition I think you need to go to bed and have a long rest.
wirelessenabled
Platinum Member
:thumbsup:
Give him a little more time. Maybe he can bag Iran before his time's up. Or maybe he can get his "time" extended to get the job done:Q
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