It no longer baffles me. Most americans are very ignorant of politics. They think it is just another version of the Miss America pagent. So why not Obama?

If elected, they will get exactly what they want - an empty vessel that is inept in running the country. But sometimes you have to give people what they want so they know not to be so foolish in the future.

It is a different kind. Bush campaigned on something. Something many people did not like. Obama is campaigning on nothing - and that is exactly what they are going to get.

You cant fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough to get elected.

Are you insulting the American populice, me included?  Because it reads like it

 

The people will choose who they want weather you guys approve are not!  And I doubt very much Obama would be in the race if he didn't have something he believed in.  Doc, you might not believe that, but a lot of people do.

That would depend. Are you one of those people who dials for American Idol over and over while crying about food and gas prices? If so then too bad if you find my words offensive. I'm not here to cater to peoples feelings. I figured most here are adults and can handle criticism but it seems I was wrong. The truth hurts and that's the truth. The people in this country could not survive a catastrophe that would put the human race on the edge of extinction because they would expect a person like Obama to fix everything for them. That is so sad, chances are the only people capable of surviving such an ordeal would be the Indians found if Brazil.

Voting on American Idol is free. Not that I know from personal experience.

Power is something. At the root of Obama is the desire for power. And what he says will change on a daily basis to attain that goal.

I still maintain that Obama is campaigning on nothing. Just what the latest polls tell him will get him elected.

And I know a lot of people believe it - as I said, enough may believe it to elect him. But that does not change the fact that he has no core, except the pursuit of power.

If they have enough money to waste on something so frivolous as a TV show, then apaprently they have more than enough money to waste on gas and food. There is something very wrong when we cry poor mouth in one breath and then turn around and squander money on the other. It shows we are not poor and definitely not in need of assistance.

 

Charles, why are you getting so defensive?  All you hae to do is come back with your arguement and we have a heated debate!  Don't come at me with crap like this. I won't even bother to get into a discussion with you!

 

Oh absolutely! Which one of the candidates running don't want power? Otherwise it would be a waste of their time right?! 

We don't know what will happen whomever gets to the big white house.  We can only hope that what he or she does will be for the good of all of us.  As for Obama, I honestly don't think he will be in the big white house.  If he does make it, the beers are on me!  Nope, not going to promise to eat soap!LOL!

Touche'! You are right. However some (McGovern on the left, Reagan on the right) stood for something and stuck to it. But sadly, I dont see any of the current crop having those convictions.



Ok, so the rant about American Idol was hogwash. I have never watched the show much less voted on it. So I revoke my previous statements about the show.

 

 

Don't you know it is all about telling peple what they want to hear?!  I know a few people like that too!lol! 

To excuse Obama's popularity to the public being politically ignorant is not a very well thought out answer. It amazes me that he beat Clinton in the primary but it does not in any way lead me to believe that the the dems who voted for him are politically ignorant. I would think it has more to do with his campaign strategists being politically brilliant. Probably not brilliant but in any case to beat the Clintons at their own game is quite an accomplishment. To infer that he has so far not campaigned on anything is incorrect. His website has been full of content with some specifics for most of the race so although most of his campaign speeches were fluff most candidates primary speeches are not very specific or simple attacks on the opponents full of stupid talking points. He didn't beat up his own party during the primary run......not a bad thing. In any case now we will start to see more substance and my guess is he will surprise a lot of people at how adept a politician that he really is. I may be wrong but the fact is we wont really know until Nov.

Hows this for a newsbite from bloomburg:

Three academics -- Austan Goolsbee, 37, a University of Chicago professor and columnist for The New York Times, Jeffrey Liebman, 39, a pension and poverty expert at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and David Cutler, 41, a Harvard health economist -- form the core of Obama's economic team.

`Top-Notch Economists'

``They're all top-notch economists,'' said Greg Mankiw, a Harvard professor and former chief White House economist for President George W. Bush. ``Their views are left of the political center, as one would expect, but only slightly.''

Amazing that the chief economist from papa Bush's administration has such high praise for the competitions selection of an economists team and states that they are only slightly left of the political center. Hmmm

Remember one simple fact: JFK was even younger when his finger had access to the nuclear button during the Cuban Missile Crisis which has proved to many on both sides of the aisle that some people in their 40's may be considered politically inexperienced but have extremely good judgement when it comes to matters of national security.

I do agree that political campaigns do have a lot to do with telling blocs of voters what they want to hear but McCain's pile of BS is just as deep as Obama's and only time will tell who's ends up being deeper. My prediction is it will be McCains. I say this because I know how well history repeats itself sometimes. Back in the day I voted for Papa Bush and distinctly recall him saying "read my lips". Post war periods usually dictates raising tax revenues so when McCain outlines his economic plan as keeping the tax cuts and adding new cuts for business more than likely all he is doing is making his pile deeper. Keep in mind how badly the reps have stepped on their own toes over the past few years so about the only things McCain would be able to get passed through congress if he gets elected will have to already on the agenda of what will be a democratically controlled house and senate. LOL