I think Palin is not fit to be a VP do you agree

[Mad Harriet]

I think Sarah Palin was only chosen to sway Hiliary Clinton supporters to McCains side trust me this woman is no feminist!!!! and also the scary fact is McCain is 72 years old and if anything happens to him God forbid I hope not she will become President!!!!

[Berserk]

I think Sarah Palin was only chosen to sway Hiliary Clinton supporters to McCains side trust me this woman is no feminist!!!! and also the scary fact is McCain is 72 years old and if anything happens to him God forbid I hope not she will become President!!!!




It doesn't look like that will happen though. Obama is up 52%-39% in the national polls for likely voters; that doesn't even include the large amounts of young voters who will most likely come out for Obama. But, I agree that she isn't qualified to be president. Not because of her experience, but rather because she doesn't know anything. She couldn't even answer a simple question like, "what kinds of magazines and newspapers do you read". Today she was mocking the fact that the Federal government spent money on scientific research on fruit flies in a North Carolina University. It turns out that this research has improved our knowledge about autism and how to cure it. Considering that she has a kid with Downs Syndrome, you'd think she'd tread more carefully when it comes to these kinds of things. I don't trust her at all in terms of her knowledge and intellectual readiness for the job. She is the female version of Bush.

[Cam63]

I agree 100%, Harrie.

[DocCook]

Doesn't matter. None of them are actually qualified. And Palin has more Executive/Political experience than Obama does. But Palin is a rightwing Nutjob. No matter who gets given the election, we, as the taxpayers, are screwed

[Berserk]

Doesn't matter. None of them are actually qualified. And Palin has more Executive/Political experience than Obama does. But Palin is a rightwing Nutjob. No matter who gets given the election, we, as the taxpayers, are screwed



People who say that Palin has more executive experience than Obama are missing the point. It doesn't matter how much executive or political experience a person has if they're an idiot. I don't think Palin is mentally qualified to be president. She doesn't even know what the job of a vice president is. Obama is a smart, well educated, and well spoken man; a once in a generation type of politician. He's also demonstrated quite clearly by how well he's run his campaign these past two years that he does have what it takes to be an executive. Comparing Obama and Palin is ridiculous in my opinion.

[DocCook]

People who say that Palin has more executive experience than Obama are missing the point. It doesn't matter how much executive or political experience a person has if they're an idiot. I don't think Palin is mentally qualified to be president. She doesn't even know what the job of a vice president is. Obama is a smart, well educated, and well spoken man; a once in a generation type of politician. He's also demonstrated quite clearly by how well he's run his campaign these past two years that he does have what it takes to be an executive. Comparing Obama and Palin is ridiculous in my opinion.

He is well spoken. That's it. He is no more well educated than any other candidate can be arguably discussed. It comes down to bias. And because she talks with that Fargo-ish accent and is a extreme righty, everyone thinks she is stupid. Remember, everyone thought Slick Willy Clinton was stupid too. Boy were they wrong.

And how you run a campaign??? He doesn't run it, his staffers do. And this man cannot answer a unscripted question. That doesn't inspire confidence

[Berserk]

He is well spoken. That's it. He is no more well educated than any other candidate can be arguably discussed. It comes down to bias. And because she talks with that Fargo-ish accent and is a extreme righty, everyone thinks she is stupid. Remember, everyone thought Slick Willy Clinton was stupid too. Boy were they wrong.


Ok let's compare their education then:


Sarah Palin has a bachelors degree from the University of Idaho in communications-journalism.


Barack Obama has a bachelors degree in political science from Columbia University with a specialty in international relations and went to Harvard Law.


So, you think that someone who got the easiest degree possible from the University of Idaho is comparable to a man who got a political science degree from Columbia University and a law degree from Harvard; both prestigious Ivy League schools? Obama was also a constitutional law professor for several years at the University of Chicago. So, his educational background is in politics and the law of the land.

[section 8]

*Pukes Nincotie tar*

Goddamnit

[Berserk]

And how you run a campaign??? He doesn't run it, his staffers do.



He's the one who hired the staffers and sets the agenda. Every campaign strategy goes through him first before it's used. Also, unlike with the McCain or Clinton campaigns, there hasn't been any infighting in the Obama campaign, which means that he's doing a great job making sure that his staffers don't butt heads. Obama knows how to run a good campaign because of the skills he acquired as a community organizer in Chicago.


And this man cannot answer a unscripted question. That doesn't inspire confidence


What are you talking about? I've seen him answer plenty of unscripted questions. Have you ever even seen an Obama interview?

[Berserk]

And how you run a campaign??? He doesn't run it, his staffers do.


Obama with campaign staff members. As you can see, he's very active behind the scenes in terms of writing speeches and setting the agenda:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080524/obama-s-team/images/7693ebb2-af5f-4fa9-a2bf-8030a5688e0f.jpg


http://ndn.newsweek.com/media/8/plouffe-obama-team-NA08-wide-horizontal.jpg


http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2008/obama_conv_week/obama_conv_week_13.jpg


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/03/27/magazine/01axelrod600.1.jpg

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Doesn't matter. None of them are actually qualified. And Palin has more Executive/Political experience than Obama does. But Palin is a rightwing Nutjob. No matter who gets given the election, we, as the taxpayers, are screwed

Really... I mean beyond Palin's corruption as Govenor in 18 months coming to light now , what executive experince does she have ? And take in mind weeks ago the McCain camp couldn;t name a time she did employ the National Guard and when pressed , McCain went ape shit and cancelled an appearance on Larry King over this.

Her time as Mayor as the Daily Show , showed recently also was a joke . As much as she brags she did a lot for her small town and more than Obama did as a community worker as she tried joking about...she's an idiot. She barely did shit for years and had smarter people in a meeting run that town.

She's a joke pure and simple and is sinking John McCain.

[DocCook]

He's the one who hired the staffers and sets the agenda. Every campaign strategy goes through him first before it's used. Also, unlike with the McCain or Clinton campaigns, there hasn't been any infighting in the Obama campaign, which means that he's doing a great job making sure that his staffers don't butt heads. Obama knows how to run a good campaign because of the skills he acquired as a community organizer in Chicago.





What are you talking about? I've seen him answer plenty of unscripted questions. Have you ever even seen an Obama interview?

Many. He deflects. Just look at the Joe the plumber discussion. Or any of his non debate interviews, especially prior to being named the dems nominee.

And listening to someone talk on a phone is not necessarily involvement, so much as info gathering. And there is NO WAY he could run his campaign. Cuz he would have to be in 50 states and in every major metropolitan area at the same time. Sorry. Everyone knows that you as one person, cannot run a campaign, otherwise, you wouldn't need advisers and campaign managers.
I understand your fervor for Mr. Obama. But just like for a comic character, take off your fanboy blinders. And for the record, I am not a Obama or McCain supporter. I already sent in my military absentee ballot, and I voted independent. Because the only true change is gonna come from someone not a rich, Washington D.C. insider

[Mad Harriet]

I have seen Obama in person and I think this man truly loves this country and I seen the passion and I think he will be the president to make America a great nation as it was once was. He has lot to clean up after that awful President Bush made and it will take time for him to do it, but I never seen a candidate with such passion. I admit I did not vote the last two times President Bush ran as President and that was my fault. but I got my Obama sign in my front yard and I live in a Republic Town and all I see are McCain and Palin signs so I went to the local Obama campaign and got the biggest Obama Sigh and my neighbors are not to happy! Oh well

[DocCook]

Obama with campaign staff members. As you can see, he's very active behind the scenes in terms of writing speeches and setting the agenda:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080524/obama-s-team/images/7693ebb2-af5f-4fa9-a2bf-8030a5688e0f.jpg


http://ndn.newsweek.com/media/8/plouffe-obama-team-NA08-wide-horizontal.jpg


http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2008/obama_conv_week/obama_conv_week_13.jpg


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/03/27/magazine/01axelrod600.1.jpg


If I stand around his staffers, can I be running his campaign too???

[DocCook]

Really... I mean beyond Palin's corruption as Govenor in 18 months coming to light now , what executive experince does she have ? And take in mind weeks ago the McCain camp couldn;t name a time she did employ the National Guard and when pressed , McCain went ape shit and cancelled an appearance on Larry King over this.

Her time as Mayor as the Daily Show , showed recently also was a joke . As much as she brags she did a lot for her small town and more than Obama did as a community worker as she tried joking about...she's an idiot. She barely did shit for years and had smarter people in a meeting run that town.

She's a joke pure and simple and is sinking John McCain.

Oh yes, but lets not forget Mr. Obamas involvement with the Terrorist Ayers?????? Or his short involvement in congress. Of which he voted "present" and that was all. So that he could say which ever was the popular angle for the Presidential election. Because that was the plan as soon as he was elected to the Illinois senate.
all the media wants to act like Ayers didn't happen.
Lets not forget to point out ALL FLAWS, not just the ones of the people you are not rooting for

[Chris Lang]

Oh yes, but lets not forget Mr. Obamas involvement with the Terrorist Ayers?????? all the media wants to act like that didn't happen. Lets not forget to point out ALL FLAWS, not just the ones of the people you are not rooting for

Really, neither of the two 'big candidates' should be President, in my opinion.

But in this two-party system, those are who we're stuck with. If some crazy stuff happens that forces both McCain and Obama to drop out of the race between today and election day, will that mean it'd be a race between the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution party candidates?

No way. The election would be post-poned until other candidates are nominated to replace them.

And it'd be a safe bet those candidates would NOT be Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.

As for Sarah Palin, she doesn't impress me either. My first impression was that she was part of a 'stunt' to win McCain some votes, and so far I have yet to hear anything to indicate that she truly is qualified to be a VP.

[DocCook]

Really, neither of the two 'big candidates' are qualified.
But in this two-party system, those are who we're stuck with. If some crazy stuff happens that forces both McCain and Obama to drop out of the race between today and election day, will that mean it'd be a race between the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution party candidates?

No way. The election would be post-poned until other candidates are nominated to replace them.

And it'd be a safe bet those candidates would NOT be Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.

Exactly What I said in my first post. Paul would be good. Perot would be better. Hell, Nader would be better than either party has put forth. And to your comment about the election being postponed and the two party system. That is our own fault, because we continue to tell ourselves that that is our only option. "Evil #1 or Evil #2, which is the lesser of the two".
We should require more of our Executives. AND our legislators

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Oh yes, but lets not forget Mr. Obamas involvement with the Terrorist Ayers?????? all the media wants to act like that didn't happen.

Hey lets claim Obama was close pals and buddies with a terrorist from the 1960's when he was 8 years old. Theres a reason why the media and people didn't give a shit.... IT WAS 40 FUCKIN YEARS AGO !

Being honest and as Obama explained he had served on a school board with Ayers and lived in the nieghborhood with him...the 2 were never friends. In fact it was grasping at straws by Palin to try and use Obama's middle name to be a terrorist with the Ayers comparison.

Maybe you should get more information on Ayers and Obama instead of going to Sarah Palin rallies.




Lets not forget to point out ALL FLAWS, not just the ones of the people you are not rooting for


And what about John McCain personally... PERSONALLY being involved in a real domestic terrorist like John Keating who made thousands lose their life savings ect ect. Thats something he personally was involved in.

[Buzz Dixon]

Apparently Palin isn't even fit to be governor of Alaska.

I'm betting she gets thrown under the bus 72 hours after election day.

The single best reason for voting for Obama is that he has demonstrated the best temperment of any candidate for the post since Reagan.

[Cam63]

Apparently Palin isn't even fit to be governor of Alaska.

I'm betting she gets thrown under the bus 72 hours after election day.

The single best reason for voting for Obama is that he has demonstrated the best temperment of any candidate for the post since Reagan.

Agreed.....

[Evan Waters]

Oh yes, but lets not forget Mr. Obamas involvement with the Terrorist Ayers??????

How many times does this have to be addressed?

Years after Ayers was involved in any terrorist activity, period, he served on a committee set up by the Reagan Administration devoted to addressing local educational concerns, along with Obama and many other respectable non-terrorist people.

You may as well claim that Winston Churchill was a Communist because he had friendly meetings with Stalin.

And if Ayers is fair game, what about McCain's meetings with Pinochet?

[DocCook]

Hey lets claim Obama was close pals and buddies with a terrorist from the 1960's when he was 8 years old. Theres a reason why the media and people didn't give a shit.... IT WAS 40 FUCKIN YEARS AGO !

Being honest and as Obama explained he had served on a school board with Ayers and lived in the nieghborhood with him...the 2 were never friends. In fact it was grasping at straws by Palin to try and use Obama's middle name to be a terrorist with the Ayers comparison.

Maybe you should get more information on Ayers and Obama instead of going to Sarah Palin rallies.






And what about John McCain personally... PERSONALLY being involved in a real domestic terrorist like John Keating who made thousands lose their life savings ect ect. Thats something he personally was involved in.

Never been to a Palin or McCain rally. Been to Obama, not impressed. And I never implied that Palin or McCain was a viable choice, If you read all my posts, I originally said NONE OF THEM TWO PARTY CANDIDATES WERE FIT. But you keep on drinking the Obama kool-aid, seems that this is all your worried about, that I am insulting your Messiah. But just like the Bush kool-aid drinkers. You'll regret it in a few years.

[Cam63]

I prefer Barrack draught beer.

[Buzz Dixon]

I prefer Barrack draught beer.Barry's a stoner, doncha know.

[Cam63]

The paisley VW van was a giveaway.

[Berserk]

If I stand around his staffers, can I be running his campaign too???




Obviously, he's not just standing around them. :rolleyes:

[Cam63]

Obviously, he's not just standing around them. :rolleyes:

He can move pretty fast, though.

[Berserk]

He can move pretty fast, though.



I don't know how he does it. He's been campaigning non-stop for the past two years with only a few days break every few months. On average, he's awake 18 hours a day. So, he's been operating on 6 hours of sleep a day for the past two years, while flying around the country constantly and giving tons of speeches. Imagine the jet lag!

[Cam63]

OK... he's the Flash.

[Berserk]

OK... he's the Flash.


No, he's superman:


http://www.barackobama.net/pictures/barack-obama-superman.jpg

[Cam63]

I see he finally got the hang of puttin' his undies on BEFORE his dacks.

[Berserk]

I see he finally got the hang of puttin' his undies on BEFORE his dacks.



Yup. McCain is the Penguin. I don't know what Sarah Palin would be though.

[Cam63]

Yup. McCain is the Penguin. I don't know what Sarah Palin would be though.

Harley Quinn ?

[Berserk]

Harley Quinn ?



Hmm....They're both stupid enough, but I don't know. Doesn't seem to fit her.

[Cam63]

Just change Harley's voice and replace her mask with eyeglasses.




Oooh ! ....How about GI Joe's Baroness ?

[Kyuubi]

Hmm....They're both stupid enough, but I don't know. Doesn't seem to fit her.



Roxy Rocket?

[Berserk]

Roxy Rocket?



Yup! Nailed it. She even looks like her:



http://www.batman-superman.com/batman/img/roxy1.gif

[Buzz Dixon]

I've already posted a pic where she's Catwoman to McCain's Penguin.

[Berserk]

Just change Harley's voice and replace her mask with eyeglasses.




Oooh ! ....How about GI Joe's Baroness ?




Harley is too urban to be like Sarah Palin. She's a girl of the city whereas Palin is a rural gal.

[Cam63]

Palin is a rural gal.

Like a cow ?

[Berserk]

Like a cow ?


Like a pig with lipstick.

[Calybos]

Palin is unqualified, uninspiring, and unintelligent.

But none of that disqualifies her from being Vice President. Remember, we've had some real losers and snoozers in that office.

She'd be a disaster as PRESIDENT, of course... but VP? A houseplant could do that job.

[Black Atom]

He is well spoken. That's it. He is no more well educated than any other candidate can be arguably discussed. It comes down to bias. And because she talks with that Fargo-ish accent and is a extreme righty, everyone thinks she is stupid. Remember, everyone thought Slick Willy Clinton was stupid too. Boy were they wrong.


In addition to the accent, people think Palin is stupid because she says...y'know, stupid things.

As mentioned, she doesn't seem to understand the job of VP to begin with and can't even identify which newspapers she reads. That's in addition to saying things like she believes dinosaurs and man lived at the same time--an idea she wants taught in American schools. She tried to have books banned in her local library and favors abstinence-only sex education ('cause that's totally panned out for her, personally). She also continues to justify hunting wolves in her home state by calling it "predator control" despite scientific evidence that proves it's not. Very recently, she dissed earmarks for "useless" scientific research like fruit fly studies, even though such studies have actually led to discoveries in understanding autism, just the sort of disorder she claims to champion as an advocate of kids with special needs.

She has all the traits of a trademark anti-intellectual and wears those badges proudly, claiming she'll bring the "good ol' fashinoned Wasilla common sense, doncha know" Washington needs; presumably in lieu of more hoighty-toighty "research" and elitist "facts" which Washington doesn't need. That shit's for socialists and fake Americans.

[Solaris]

It doesn't look like that will happen though. Obama is up 52%-39% in the national polls for likely voters; that doesn't even include the large amounts of young voters who will most likely come out for Obama. But, I agree that she isn't qualified to be president. Not because of her experience, but rather because she doesn't know anything. She couldn't even answer a simple question like, "what kinds of magazines and newspapers do you read". Today she was mocking the fact that the Federal government spent money on scientific research on fruit flies in a North Carolina University. It turns out that this research has improved our knowledge about autism and how to cure it. Considering that she has a kid with Downs Syndrome, you'd think she'd tread more carefully when it comes to these kinds of things. I don't trust her at all in terms of her knowledge and intellectual readiness for the job. She is the female version of Bush.


I'm not counting any chickens until the voting results are final. Sigh. But I really *hope* she and McCain don't get into the White House.

[Solaris]

I have seen Obama in person and I think this man truly loves this country and I seen the passion and I think he will be the president to make America a great nation as it was once was. He has lot to clean up after that awful President Bush made and it will take time for him to do it, but I never seen a candidate with such passion. I admit I did not vote the last two times President Bush ran as President and that was my fault. but I got my Obama sign in my front yard and I live in a Republic Town and all I see are McCain and Palin signs so I went to the local Obama campaign and got the biggest Obama Sigh and my neighbors are not to happy! Oh well


Our Obama sign was stolen from our front yard, and another neighbor who had one out doesn't now (I assume theirs was stolen, too). However, the many *McCain* signs in our neighborhood remain untouched.

And yeah, I'm pissed about the theft: I paid for the damned thing, it's my yard, and I've got as much right to put up a political sign as my neighbors. This is the second time someone has messed with stuff in our yard (the first was a couple of years ago, when some teens busted up our Christmas display)---and in both cases, I feel angry and violated.

[Berserk]

Our Obama sign was stolen from our front yard, and another neighbor who had one out doesn't now (I assume theirs was stolen, too). However, the many *McCain* signs in our neighborhood remain untouched.

And yeah, I'm pissed about the theft: I paid for the damned thing, it's my yard, and I've got as much right to put up a political sign as my neighbors. This is the second time someone has messed with stuff in our yard (the first was a couple of years ago, when some teens busted up our Christmas display)---and in both cases, I feel angry and violated.



Buy another sign and put a camera up facing towards it. Then you can record anyone who steals it and report it to the police so that person will go to jail. It would be sweet revenge.

[stealthwise]

Buy another sign and put a camera up facing towards it. Then you can record anyone who steals it and report it to the police so that person will go to jail. It would be sweet revenge.

An expensive proposition, and most cameras aren't going to be able to accurately capture the face of the people responsible.

You're better off rigging it with some kind of alarm.

[Berserk]

An expensive proposition, and most cameras aren't going to be able to accurately capture the face of the people responsible.

You're better off rigging it with some kind of alarm.



It's most likely someone from her neighborhood that's doing this so she ought to be able to recognize them without too much detail of their face; just based on their body size and the clothes they wear.

[stealthwise]

It's most likely someone from her neighborhood that's doing this so she ought to be able to recognize them without too much detail of their face; just based on their body size and the clothes they wear.

And if it's night-time? Is she going to get an infra-red camera? A huge light on it that will be recognizable from a mile away? Cameras don't tend to capture details well in the dark.

[Berserk]

And if it's night-time? Is she going to get an infra-red camera? A huge light on it that will be recognizable from a mile away? Cameras don't tend to capture details well in the dark.



I'm assuming she has a light attached to her garage door or somewhere else on her house which shines light onto her lawn. I have one that turns on whenever someone walks by my house. So, if she has such a light, she doesn't need her camera to be infra-red. Also, there should be lamps around her neighborhood.

[Solaris]

Oh yes, but lets not forget Mr. Obamas involvement with the Terrorist Ayers?????? Or his short involvement in congress. Of which he voted "present" and that was all. So that he could say which ever was the popular angle for the Presidential election. Because that was the plan as soon as he was elected to the Illinois senate.
all the media wants to act like Ayers didn't happen.
Lets not forget to point out ALL FLAWS, not just the ones of the people you are not rooting for

And let us not forget McCain's lifelong record of sliding out of being held responsible for heinous and even regulation-breaking behaviors, both in the Navy and in Congress, his involvement as the leader of the Keating Five in the S&L scandal that bankrupted millions of everyday investors and hurt our economy, his temper (calling one's wife a "cunt" in public in a fit of anger hardly promotes family values or the kind of behavior one wishes to see in a president), his "weathervane" shifting on policies and stands---he's changed sides so much practically *everyone* he's ever worked with on such things is disgusted with him, because he changes according to whatever stance will gain him the most popularity and power in the moment...

Compared to all that, and a lot of other stuff I've learned about McCain, speculations over the Obama "friendship" seem pretty thin. After all---pretty much everyone has a "friend" or "friends" who one disagrees with ideologically, but you still manage to be friends despite it. Or even, that one friend who acts like an asshole everywhere he goes---but he's so pitiful you just don't have the heart to make a clean break with him.

A lot has been said about this "friendship" Obama supposedly has with this guy; very *little* has been said about what *kind* of "friends" they are... and I think it's been grossly inflated in an attempt to smear Obama as a "terrorist sympathizer."

That buck stops here, so far as I'm concerned. I know I have a few friends who *are* my friends because I'm trying to be a good influence on them, to encourage them to drop bad or harmful habits, to be a voice that gives them something to think about.

And if that makes me an alcoholic, a drug abuser, an adulterer, a racist, a smalltown stick in the mud, a redneck, etc., as different ones of them are, by the simple fact that I'm "friends" with them, well so be it.

Jesus sat with publicans and sinners, tax collectors and adulterers, associating with them on a daily basis---but for some strange reason, no one seems to worry that they might have "rubbed off" on him, or that he had the exact same views, morals, or problems they had.

Go figure.

[Solaris]

I'm assuming she has a light attached to her garage door or somewhere else on her house which shines light onto her lawn. I have one that turns on whenever someone walks by my house. So, if she has such a light, she doesn't need her camera to be infra-red. Also, there should be lamps around her neighborhood.

We don't have the money for that kind of thing, and the signs have actually been rather hard to get. It took a week for mine to come in, and I don't have much time to get another one. There's a lady nearby who has an extra one she'll sell me, so I'll try to get hers.

As to rigging it, I'm thinking much simpler and cheaper: I plan to put a couple of small plastic bags between the two sides of the plastic. They'll have small holes at the top, and be mostly filled with something like India ink. That way, when the person grabs onto it to move it, they'll spill the ink out the holes, hopefully onto their shoes and/or hands. :evilsmile: If they're gonna steal my sign, they're gonna encounter some inconvenience---and if it's kids, have some explaining to do to their parents about how that crap got there, because it won't wash off right away.

[Solaris]

Palin is unqualified, uninspiring, and unintelligent.

But none of that disqualifies her from being Vice President. Remember, we've had some real losers and snoozers in that office.

She'd be a disaster as PRESIDENT, of course... but VP? A houseplant could do that job.

Until the bellicose Napoleon-complex 72 year old president has a heart attack or stroke and either dies or has to resign... then that houseplant becomes mighty important.

[Buzz Dixon]

I wonder if it's not so much that Sarah Palin doesn't know what a VP does so much as she doesn't care and/or wants the VP to have the powers she describes.

[stealthwise]

I wonder if it's not so much that Sarah Palin doesn't know what a VP does so much as she doesn't care and/or wants the VP to have the powers she describes.

Is it still tacky/crude to wish someone would just be shot into space, and either explode out in the dark, oxygen-less entropy, or at least burn up in re-entry?

[JeffreyWKramer]

I wonder if it's not so much that Sarah Palin doesn't know what a VP does so much as she doesn't care and/or wants the VP to have the powers she describes.

Some of her statements about the role of the VP sound to me a lot like she's parroting the current Administration's bizarre and wrongheaded view of that office.

So, yet another example of how a vote for McCain really does equate more or less to a vote for an extended Bush Administration.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Is it still tacky/crude to wish someone would just be shot into space, and either explode out in the dark, oxygen-less entropy, or at least burn up in re-entry?

In this case, not in the least.

I'd rather she just be torn apart by wild dogs, though. At least that way she serves some purpose, if only by being part of the food chain.

[Solaris]

I wonder if it's not so much that Sarah Palin doesn't know what a VP does so much as she doesn't care and/or wants the VP to have the powers she describes.

I think you've hit it... and I think she wants to capitalize and continue upon the path Bush laid of over-extending presidental power, stepping on checks and balances, and revoking individual rights and constitutional guarantees that are supposed to protect us from all this.

It doesn't matter what we have down on paper as laws, or even the Constitution... if we allow those in power to ignore, or trample upon, what the inkmarks on the page represent and guarantee.

Palin knows this... and IMO, wants to take full advantage of the impetus Bush and his cronies created in this regard.

In fact, I think her type would be *quite* happy with a backwards "Christian" totalitarian state, where they can set things up to match their thinking and morals and personal desires, and utterly ignore the people who get hurt in the process... or even worse, claim that the system's failure is not a failure at all---rather, that these "lowlifes" had it coming, because they refuse to live a "godly" life, and/or are lazy good-for-nothing-people-we're-better-off-without-anyway.

:rolleyes: *headdesk*

[Solaris]

In this case, not in the least.

I'd rather she just be torn apart by wild dogs, though. At least that way she serves some purpose, if only by being part of the food chain.

Feed her to a moose. Oh wait---moose aren't meat-eaters. Okay, feed her to the wolves.

:evilsmile:

[akumasan]

Doesn't matter. None of them are actually qualified. And Palin has more Executive/Political experience than Obama does. But Palin is a rightwing Nutjob. No matter who gets given the election, we, as the taxpayers, are screwed
:rolleyes: If that is the case then:

Martin Joseph O'Malley (born January 18, 1963) is an American Democratic politician who is currently serving as the 61st Governor of Maryland. Previously, he served as the mayor of Baltimore City from 1999 to 2007.Obama could have picked this guy. lol come dude try again.


And how you run a campaign??? He doesn't run it, his staffers do.
Just about all people who runs for office have staffers in some form or fashion. Try again sir.
Oh yes, but lets not forget Mr. Obamas involvement with the Terrorist Ayers?????? Or his short involvement in congress. Of which he voted "present" and that was all. So that he could say which ever was the popular angle for the Presidential election. Because that was the plan as soon as he was elected to the Illinois senate.
all the media wants to act like Ayers didn't happen.
Lets not forget to point out ALL FLAWS, not just the ones of the people you are not rooting forwell a number of posters pointed it out more than once regarding this. Would you stop watching fox news please.