Palin Options

[Robert]

Just wanted to point out I called Palin as VP over 4 months ago, for all the same reasons the decision was made now.
If McCain wins, I honestly believe this will be what puts him over the top.

Also you couldn't ask for better timing to make this announcement.
The DNC convention ended last night with a huge bang an there's not a single leading news story about it.
The news is 100% about Palin as VP.
Talk about stealing someones thunder.

I hope they win an McCain dies the next day.

[Robert]

To Hellfighter.
My Mostest an Sincerest apologies.
XOXOXOXO
Most of the political boards I frequent tend to get more heated an that particular line of reasoning about Palin ( heartbeat away from the presidency ) has gotten to be a pet peeve of mine.
I've no problem with disagreements on her stance on the issues, it just drives me nuts when people dismiss her. For example, Gibson asking implying during the interview she was conceited to think she could/should be VP. Same goes for the silly idea that Biden would stump her in the debates. I don't see that happening as I've gone back an watched her debates during the Governor race. A debate she was hit harder on because she was running against both the Dem and incumbent Repub an she did better than both of the more seasoned candidates. Not that debates are the end all of the race because Kerry won 2 of the 3 debates, decimating Bush in one of then, yet Kerry still lost.
It bothers me that people have this misconception about the presidency an who is so called qualified to be run for it. It's the voters choice to make that decision, not some hack of journalist.
In my humble opinion way to many people have this misplace idea that Obama is automatically qualified because he comes across as smooth talking, feel good, I don't know what.
Kind of like Hamma's remark about Obama writing his own books. Heck, one of my favorite writers is a huge conservative activist, doesn't mean I would vote for him. I may love the way he writes but I think his political views are nuts.







For both Hell and Hamma.
I still believe in deregulation. The problem comes from the fact when it's talked about, it's now a catch all for a 100 different things. People for government regulation of business act like it's either all or nothing an that's not really true. Also the support for it's normally brought up after the fact, in response to some catastrophe that has already happened, by then it's usually to late. It's easy to point fingers with 20/20 hindsight. Also it's worth pointing out, most industries which has been deregulated, were never deregulated correctly an I think that's why we often times haven't seen the expected benefit. Most of the deregulated industries were initially GOVERNMENT controlled monopolies, then became PUBLIC monopolies. While everyone agrees monopolies are inherently bad regardless if they are Government or Public one. To me, the government regulations people are talking about now have more to due with oversight for consumer/investment/public protection an not specifically deregulation.

I'm not near as concerned about what McCain said a year later in some interview as I am to what he did as a
legislator, that's what he's getting paid for. McCain absolutely was on the right side of that reform legislation, while several leading Democrat were on the wrong side of it including the one who just happen to be the #1 recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie. The reform he tried to get pass wouldn't have prevented the subprime mess as it wouldn't have directly effected it but it would limited the mortgage collapse. Fannie an Freddy were not the cause but they definitely helped enable the mortgage meltdown.

Government regulation falls short all the time. For example Medicare is the most regulated insurance program in existence. When it started out it cost $3 Billion, now it cost $180 Billion with a fraud rate of somewhere between 20-30% depending on who you believe. Fully ran an regulated by the government.




I'll reply later to the articles you linked to, kind of busy right now.