Oh My God, I am so excited! I can't believe McCain had the insight to name this woman as his VP choice! I read so on the cnbc news site
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LOL haven't check flist. I know many people are die-hard democrats. But really I am independent foreigner. I think that principled people should be on charge of the most important post in the world.
As a catholic it is impossible to support Obama. He swore to pass a bill undoing the whole of judge decision in the last ten years. It is very scandalous and simply criminal.
*might regret speaking out politically* I'm getting so worked up about this election (not in a good way), that I gotta say something somewhere.
I got up this morning (12:30 pm) waiting for this and shouted in joy. I wasn't expecting this (through I was hoping for another woman, I had figured it would be the Minnesota Governor).
I don't mind the lack of foreign policy experience. She can pick up that in the process. As the VP, she won't need to make last minute choices on foreign policy. She could advice, but that's it. McCain will be making the final decisions. Unlike Obama who either will rely to Biden all the time or rely on advisers. Normally, that wouldn't be bad if I wasn't so concerned about foreign policy.
And if McCain dies the first day in office, I'll throw something. T_T *has been a big McCain supporter since 2000* She's a reformer, which I love. We so need more reformers in Washington.
McCain wasn't very popular with his party back then. I liked him for his stance to clean up governmental waste in Washington. Not to mention to defy his party, which is a major plus with me now because I'm very sick of political parties right now and the whole party loyalty thing.
I'm not a Republican, through. Very independent and moderate, too. A political quiz I took IDed me as a centrist. Like I said above, my reasons for liking McCain is less for his party and more on what's he done. ^_^
Believe it or not, I just heard about Sarah Palin today. I like her positions, though I doubt whether she'll have a chance to do anything about them.
But the fact is, sadly, I don't believe it'll matter. I'm a die-hard conservative, but I believe that the Right has lost (and it's Dubya's fault, insofar as it's anyone's). I intend to vote Obama, precisely because I disagree with him so much--I don't believe anything but a backlash-creating liberal can revitalize the Republican party at this point.
You are voting for Obama because you disagree with him? Sorry it doesn't make sense to me. The guy is like a granada in the hands of a baby. You don't want that in your conscience.
I think Palin could revitalize the White House. For what I have heard of her she could very well go and denounce McCain if he does anything she considers inmoral. Sounds very good to me.
But still, I dont like McCain. He seems as shallow intellectually as Bush! Did you know he graduated 894th out of 899?
There must be better person for president than this.
Well....simply put, I think the Democrats, combined with the inept behavior of George W., have sufficiently damaged our status in American culture to the point that it's simply no longer possible for us to get anything done. It may be possible to get McCain elected, but that will mean nothing if Congress and the Supreme Court are aligned against him and liberal groups of citizens protest every move he makes.
The only way I see to repair this cultural damage is to give the Dems a free hand and allow them to make their own mistakes. I don't like it, not at all, but I don't believe there is any other way to make real progress any time soon. And I am not totally opposed to Democratic economic stances--at worst, they are (like Dubya) well-meaning but wrong; at best some of them may be correct.
I agree with Dary. What if you're right, but what Obama does causes irreversibly damage to the government? I rather not take the chance.
Dary: The reason he graduated at that rank is because McCain often defied the rules set down by his teachers. He actually did well in subjects he enjoyed like literature and history, but in subjects he hated, he just did enough to pass (his roommate said McCain would rather read a history book than do his math homework).
He also racked up a ton of demerits and just kept pushing the limits. I suppose since his grandfather and father were both navy men, the pressure was a bit much on McCain and he rebelled. I don't know if that changes your opinion (I don't know how much you know about McCain) so if you knew this and still dislike him, it's okay. I just thought I would add it. ^_^
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As a catholic it is impossible to support Obama. He swore to pass a bill undoing the whole of judge decision in the last ten years. It is very scandalous and simply criminal.
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I got up this morning (12:30 pm) waiting for this and shouted in joy. I wasn't expecting this (through I was hoping for another woman, I had figured it would be the Minnesota Governor).
I don't mind the lack of foreign policy experience. She can pick up that in the process. As the VP, she won't need to make last minute choices on foreign policy. She could advice, but that's it. McCain will be making the final decisions. Unlike Obama who either will rely to Biden all the time or rely on advisers. Normally, that wouldn't be bad if I wasn't so concerned about foreign policy.
And if McCain dies the first day in office, I'll throw something. T_T *has been a big McCain supporter since 2000* She's a reformer, which I love. We so need more reformers in Washington.
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I'm not a Republican, through. Very independent and moderate, too. A political quiz I took IDed me as a centrist. Like I said above, my reasons for liking McCain is less for his party and more on what's he done. ^_^
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But the fact is, sadly, I don't believe it'll matter. I'm a die-hard conservative, but I believe that the Right has lost (and it's Dubya's fault, insofar as it's anyone's). I intend to vote Obama, precisely because I disagree with him so much--I don't believe anything but a backlash-creating liberal can revitalize the Republican party at this point.
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I think Palin could revitalize the White House. For what I have heard of her she could very well go and denounce McCain if he does anything she considers inmoral. Sounds very good to me.
But still, I dont like McCain. He seems as shallow intellectually as Bush! Did you know he graduated 894th out of 899?
There must be better person for president than this.
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The only way I see to repair this cultural damage is to give the Dems a free hand and allow them to make their own mistakes. I don't like it, not at all, but I don't believe there is any other way to make real progress any time soon. And I am not totally opposed to Democratic economic stances--at worst, they are (like Dubya) well-meaning but wrong; at best some of them may be correct.
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Dary: The reason he graduated at that rank is because McCain often defied the rules set down by his teachers. He actually did well in subjects he enjoyed like literature and history, but in subjects he hated, he just did enough to pass (his roommate said McCain would rather read a history book than do his math homework).
He also racked up a ton of demerits and just kept pushing the limits. I suppose since his grandfather and father were both navy men, the pressure was a bit much on McCain and he rebelled. I don't know if that changes your opinion (I don't know how much you know about McCain) so if you knew this and still dislike him, it's okay. I just thought I would add it. ^_^
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