And McCain's VP pick is...

Originally posted by Seko   Panther the notion of the US being militaristic has entered into this discussion.

Originally posted by Seko She is a biggot and not what I think the US needs. Bad judgement, ignorant, redneck, hippie chick, psuedo conservative. Yeah, she supports her daughter's marriage. Duh? But her daughter screwed around and got knocked up. Is this the leadership America is looking for?

Originally posted by Panther but i certainly do not think he is a warmonger!

That is just plain out denial my friend. We have ample proof on the market that he knowingly had Powell speak about nonexistent weapons facilities, we know that the CIA gave again knowingly fraudulent information, and fake reports on the Saddam - AlQueada alliance, which is laughable since he was a target of theirs alongside Iran (they after all have a quarrel with secularists - Saddam - and shia - Iran -.)

It is clear he started an illegal war, not only here in the states, but also world wide by not adhering to the UN whom we use when it serves our purposes, but when not we cast aside.

I guess that is the conservative way out - look at O'Rilley and the other dimwit pundits - they attacked Britney Spear's sister for her teen pregnacy - called the parents pinheads, but lo and behold the last few weeks the same ones tell us that Palin's daughter made a choice (interestingly they never made the point in the previous news story that her sister also made the same). We can't have people run this country on such silly duality.

Originally posted by Seko Originally posted by Akolouthos Originally posted by Seko I take it from the conservatives of AE that you don't approve of Palin either. Your silence is glaringly obvious.   While I do not consider myself a conservative (I'd prefer the term "other"), I am sure that others would apply this label to me. Since this is so, I will note that the reason I have not participated in this dialogue all that much is not because of any feelings for or against Palin, but rather because of the tone and absurdity of the dialogue. Whenever I see AE members becoming as illogical and overdramatic as the most servile campaign spinsters, I generally shy away. I do understand that many people need to blow off some partisan steam, and I do respect this, but for me the whole thing is a cause for a great deal of regret, and participating would only make it moreso. I know that most everyone on this forum is capable of much better, and it is quite sad to see them thinking beneath their ability. Often on this forum my silence is indicative of my objection to some underlying aspect of a particular discussion.   -Akolouthos   You may include me with the guilty ones in over dramatizing and spinning a few points across. However, unlike you I have a need to show the dark side of this woman. "Why is that?", one may ask. Oh, perhaps because she is about to possibly hold one of the most influencial positions in the world and that my little two cents is a form of education, specualtion and ventilation! That I would not feel comfortable keeping my mouth shut when I think someone of her caliber is contemplated for the vice presidency would be an understatement. In this case - ignorance is not bliss.   Originally posted by Panther   No, i wasn't originally trying to be sarcastic. Just my readings i've gathered from around the web. The coverage in the press and the multitude of theorizing of what comes next for China has been discussed on left, center & right of the political spheres.  I guess i should have chosen my words & sentence structure a bit better. Or perhaps, just struck that paragraph out completely   Too much blogging will make your head spin. My suggestion! Use AE as your source of inspiration and up-to-date news!   Also, as if I had to remind you, don't worry about everyones elses hearsay, especially the so-called professionals.

I can't believe this type of bigot is actually going to have a good chance of being President... I guess McCain is not enough...

Originally posted by hugoestr Originally posted by gcle2003 Originally posted by Byzantine Emperor   Therefore, I like the fact that Palin seems to be standing for some core conservative principles: pro-life (yes, her daughter made the right decision, call me a hypocrite if you want), If you disapprove of her (and her mother) getting pregnant extra-maritally but think she was then right to have the baby, that's not hypocritical.   But what does it say for the Palins' sense of 'family values'? It is very clear what it says: Palin is a wretch of a mother. As soon as the child is breathing, she neglects them, as it was obvious that she neglected her daughter and now we see how she is neglecting her new born baby. Is this how a conservative, family values mother is supposed to behave?

Wait a second, I thought she shot down the "Bridge to Nowhere" project because the state could not afford such wasteful spending and she did not want to take a large handout from the federal government?  So in reality, she disagreed with her big-spending, ear-marking "Republican" colleagues and the project bid failed on her watch.

Oh, you are wrong. Palin was all into the bridge to nowhere. She only "oppossed" it when it failed.

And Palin was soooo into pork, that she hired Washington lobbyists to bring more pork to Alaska. In fact, Alaska is one of the biggest pork receivers of the whole country.


Palin loves pork!

But as a small-town mayor and a governor Palin did not hesitate to embrace the federal earmark process, according to a Washington Post report by Paul Kane that shows Palin helped secure almost $27 million in projects for her tiny hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. Palin, who was mayor of Wasilla from 1996 to 2002, directed the town (which then had a population under 7,000) to hire the Anchorage-based lobbying firm of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh (The New York Times notes that earmarks are "close to sacrosanct" in Alaska). And during Palin's tenure as governor, Alaska requested 31 earmarks worth $197.8 million in next year's federal budget, The Los Angeles Times reports, citing the Web site of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), the former chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Oh, boy. This is the pork reformer?

Hi, Pikeshot,

Of course they all like pork. And pork eating states love it too. I am sure that Alaskans are quite happy with her being a pork champion. Just don't try to lie to my face about it.

There is a polite way to lie to us and a rude one. Telling plausible lies offend us a little less.

Originally posted by Beylerbeyi   Panther,   i rarely care to tell people what foreign leader i support, and whom they should elect as to lead their country!   If the American President did not go around bombing countries, nobody would have cared who you elect.