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Eh? She's a grossly unqualified nominee and a political hack. If you'd like a quick course on her myriad of lies and other escapades, check out The Daily Dish, which just happens to be running a special recap today of the twenty provable lies she's told on the campaign trail.

 

You can say exactly the same thing about Obama. As for lying, it's a political fact of life:

I have no idea whether the following article is true or not. Nor do I much care. 50 Lies of Barack Obama

I tuned out the American election several weeks ago, given the level of crappiness which frankly isn't flattering to the country involved. But if you imagine Obama is any different than Palin, dream on.

 

He is radically different from the Alaskan Empress, but I'll leave it at that. Good night.

 

You think Palin could graduate from Harvard, be President of the Harvard Law Review, and be a Professor of Constitutional at the University of Chicago.

Quite simply, Obama knows far more about all sides of the issues affecting the country and is able to discuss the pros and cons fluently. And unlike Palin, he is competent.

*Edit*

Its kind of funny that you are trying to show all politicians lie, and then link to an article debunking supposed lies Obama made.

 

The point is: you can make anybody seem like a liar if you want to. It's easy. I won't bring up Biden, who tells audiences that his wife was killed by a drunk driver. Not true.

And you have no clue if Obama is competent or not. The last charismatic President wasn't.

 

Unless you are proposing that nobody lies, then that statement is a cop out. It relieves you of any duty to seek the truth, and you refusal to acknowledge that one may be lying and one may be telling the truth either brings those who tell the truth down to the level of liars, or liars up to the level of the honest. Your position also refuses to acknowledge the difference between telling one lie and many; between a white lie and a giant one.

Where did I mention charisma when explaining how he was different from Palin?

 

Nowhere. But it's the attribute always brought up. The press loves that about him. I find his self-satisfaction really off-putting, but then he reminds of a Canadian Prime Minister who was an absolute disaster. Good luck, folks, you'll need it.

 

It's all Palin. Nothing about Obama. They are both politicians. Which means they are both liars and opportunists. If you think not, then I admire/deplore your naivete.

 

Quest, it's pointless to even try to reason here. Just leave it and be glad that Obama will more than likely be our next president.

 

You will get what you deserve, actually.

This sums up my feelings: Trish Durkin's Blog

Beware of charismatics. The one Canada elected put us in mountains of debt for 20 years.

 

Look there, pal... You seriously should start paying attention to the overall picture. The woman has no business being the VP of the US, She didn't even know what the hell the job entailed until recently. All the information's out there. Not tryin' to convert you or anything, but at least know what you're talking about. Such as the difference between the size of States vs. the size of the population of that state, Which is what matters. Cuz seriously, what's she governing? Land? By the way California has the highest population and Alaska sits at number 48 out of 50....

I'm sure this will all be deleted anyway...

-T_S_R

 

Your bookmark leads to a dead link.

Beware of charismatics. The one Canada elected put us in mountains of debt for 20 years.


Except that in truth, he's not really charismatic. He is, as Andrew Sullivan put it yesterday, pretty boring at heart. Should he win, we could have, as Sullivan suggested, a "wonderfully boring president." Obama is a very cautious man, yet willing to act boldly when he thinks the time is right. He has good advisors and the vast majority of his decisions over the past two years have been very smart ones. Obama has an even temperment, and nobody has ever reported his raising his voice or losing his temper on the campaign trail. This is a good thing.

No, Zaz, I think you're destined to be disappointed. He may not be the greatest president ever, should he win, but he'll be a marked improvement over the past eight years. I suspect he'll end up being a lot like George H.W. Bush, and that is a good thing in the end.

 

Beware of charismatics. The one Canada elected put us in mountains of debt for 20 years.

You mean Trudeau?

Trudeau did a lot for the country. True, his pocketbook issues were not the best. And he deserves to be remembered for that fact much more than he is.

But then, those that came after Trudeau fared little better until Chretien took over. Who was in Trudeau's cabinet... and who Trudeau himself sadly underestimated. A true "I Claudius" if there ever was one.


EDIT: And MacGruber was awesome last night. Well, that is, the SECOND MacGruber was awesome. The third went rather too far.

 

It wasn't Chretien but Martin that finally paid up the deficit. And yes, I meant Trudeau. He was a disaster but people still love him. Ditto Kennedy. Go figure.

 

Ha.

Like it matters who runs Canada.

 

Oh, it doesn't really matter who runs the States either; China is the new superpower...

 

What bold decisions? His decision to run for President after only 4 years in the Senate? His track record both as a Senator and Congressman is one of an old line democrat, votes with his party 97% of the time and is on particularly great terms with two of the parties biggest bases, trial lawyers and unions.

If you find his promised agenda if elected appealing, by all means vote for him. But I've seen nothing except some well delivered speeches that provide any evidence he is the brilliant leader you always make him out to be, KW.

 

Wasn't a great SNL. Opening was very good. The McGuyver parody was funny. Weekend Update was good but not great (I attribute that to Thursday episodes taking some of the jokes though).

Perhaps it's just me, but I can not stand that woman who is in most of the sketches. That stupid one where she got excited made me leave the room. I find she just beats a joke to death until it's no longer funny.

 

I haven't watched SNL in so long...maybe because I know anything worthwhile will show up on You Tube.

 

I love their political stuff...it's generally very funny.