tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post666429067018384435..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Reaching for the StarsSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-57914176747308991962008-08-30T22:10:00.000-07:002008-08-30T22:10:00.000-07:00I don't think McCain's strategy is to get Hillary ...I don't think McCain's strategy is to get Hillary supporters to vote for him. it was to piss them off.<BR/><BR/>The Dems didn't nominate a woman, even the most qualified one out there, for VP but the Repubs did. That's going to really piss off Hillary's camp.<BR/><BR/>I think McCain just successfully split the vote. Will it be enough?Dave Chesserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427931253247227806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-71168676403507113512008-08-30T14:53:00.000-07:002008-08-30T14:53:00.000-07:00He or she might be an idiot, but remember what H.L...He or she might be an idiot, but remember what H.L. Mencken said...<BR/><BR/>"Nobody every went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American People."Dan Gambierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172075070150854447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-66224286211622569522008-08-30T11:50:00.000-07:002008-08-30T11:50:00.000-07:00There are Hillary supporters who won't be able to ...There are Hillary supporters who won't be able to bring themselves to Obama. I suspect that most of them also won't be able to bring themselves to vote for McCain, either.<BR/><BR/>If the R's think that putting a woman on the ticket will automatically pick up all of Clinton's disaffected voters, they aren't playing with a full deck. It's not the skirt, it's the philosophy. <BR/><BR/>Anybody who would vote for McCain-Palin just because of her being female, regardless of what she espouses is, not to put too fine a point on it, an idiot.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-60377665988312244362008-08-30T11:15:00.000-07:002008-08-30T11:15:00.000-07:00I agree Steve..The Biden choice was IMHO the right...I agree Steve..The Biden choice was IMHO the right call..it shores Obama up on a couple of different fronts and actually gives him a nice attack dog. Biden is no push over and will go for the jugular. AS to Senator McCain...wow that pick is to me a death letter...I mean come on what was he thinking...now she may have an ace up her sleeve bjut if they actually think she will lure Hilary supporters they are sadly mistaken. She is anti everything Senator Clinton stands for.Mike 'Bwana' Blackgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829924068658959918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-8903516387356226162008-08-30T08:25:00.000-07:002008-08-30T08:25:00.000-07:00I saw the Kucinich speech. Leaping and hopping aro...I saw the Kucinich speech. Leaping and hopping around like Tom Peterson -- "Wake up!" -- and looking like Tom Cruise on Oprah bouncing on her couch? <BR/><BR/>A double-portion of Fruit Loops ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-40785946098705467072008-08-29T23:29:00.000-07:002008-08-29T23:29:00.000-07:00I think that at the level necessary to play Presid...I think that at the level necessary to play Presidential politics, you can't get too far out of the box and expect to win.<BR/><BR/>Neither of them did anything particularly amazing -- Biden was chosen because he offset Obama's perceived weaknesses; same with Palin. <BR/><BR/>How smart or dumb they were remains to be seen, of course, but I think Biden was a better choice than Palin.<BR/><BR/>If Obama gets hit by a truck, Biden can do the job.<BR/>I don't think Palin can if McCain keels over. Being a one-term U.S. Senator and a state congressman from the Land of Lincoln might not be the fattest resume, but being two years the Governor of Alaska? Please.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-32665331365998235962008-08-29T20:48:00.000-07:002008-08-29T20:48:00.000-07:00The best line from the convention was delivered by...The best line from the convention was delivered by Kucinich but edited out. <BR/><BR/>"The Republicans want four more years. In a just world they'd get ten to twenty."Dan Gambierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172075070150854447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-80410736992879236652008-08-29T19:15:00.000-07:002008-08-29T19:15:00.000-07:00I'm in general agreement but I think Obama choosin...I'm in general agreement but I think Obama choosing Biden was a bad idea. And McCain shocked me with his choice of Palin. <BR/><BR/>McCain seems to have chosen outside the box while Obama has done nothing but jump right in since the primaries. What do you think?Dave Chesserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427931253247227806noreply@blogger.com