I agree 100%! Thank GOD people like you post here at MN Publius! Our children and grandchildren will be thanking people like you for your efforts.
Great Job!

Thank you so much for the kudos. It is nice to know that there are other people out there who have no other purpose but to make as much money as they could but have to pay for none of the services. Right wingers like you and I are trying to get everything shifted to the poor man, right? It will be our little secret.

It is hard to live in a world where everyone thinks I should have to support others. I should have “tax immunity” because I am so successful. I feel that way, as do all of my Republican friends who I smoke cigars and eat steak with. I’m sure you do too!

I finally found a friend here. Great job right back at you!!! We should do lunch sometime!

I agree 100%!

They are giddy, absolutely. Everybody knows DummocRats hate entrepreneurs. I also agree that Dummocrats are so greedy that they want ALL the money, and then ask for more than people can afford. They’ll just expect people to go out and get more credit cards!
Like that will ever work!

Next thing you know trial lawyers set a record for the largest profits in the history of the United States!

Great Job!

Here is my bet: With a Dem President, House, and Senate, Washington will discover a way to raise the income tax rate on entrepreneurs to above 100%. Just imagine. Being able to collect every penny someone makes plus a little more!!!!!

I bet they are giddy just thinking about it!

I agree 100%. Everyone knows a DemocRat president with a DemocRat House and Senate will get absolutely nothing done.

Great Job!

And that’s to say nothing of his years as a civil rights lawyer fighting for equal ballot access and affordable housing, among other progressive causes, and as a community organizer before that - all of it well documented in the media over the last year (or four).

She had some good zingers; that one wasn’t one of ‘em. They gave her an out, and she couldn’t even take it.

KH, were your eyes glazing over while she droned on and On and ON, or were you puking, like I was?

I agree with you. The one case that I’d be willing to take on an unproven public servant (Obama) is when the competition’s track record is not compelling (Clinton).

As I was writing, I realize that with my “track record” comment probably had McCain in the back of my mind (as someone who we’ve seen and both good and bad of over several years, and if anything the respect level for him has increased through it all).

While I agree with everything you are saying I still think Obama is the better choice between him and Clinton. Clinton has a track record but it is primarily an awful one, especially on foreign policy. She still won’t take responsibility for her failure on the Iraq vote and keeps using the fact that she didn’t think that if she voted to give the President the power to go invade that he would actually do it. She is either incredibly stupid, which I doubt, or incredibly dishonest, which I am quite certain of. Obama had it right when he said Hillary will say or do anything to get elected which means none of her policy positions or promises mean anything no matter how good they sound. She also handles screw-ups the same way Bush does, pretends they weren’t mistakes or claims that the mistakes were somebody else’s fault.

As I stated earlier, at a bare minimum Obama being president will help restore our credibility around the world in a way that the hawkish,hegemonic wife of an ex-president will never be able to do. That assured positive is worth the risk of having little track record. Especially considering the obviously corrupt alternative.

While the past is no guarantee of future performance, it is an indicator of what probably will happen.

I used the last misAdministration as an example of how it’s really those the elected surround themselveswith that dictate where they’re going to go.

The one thing that I take with me from last night’s debate was Obama’s discussion how he does NOT want to be a victim of “GroupThink” (although he didn’t use that term).

Past performance indicates I can live with another Clinton Administration; current performance tells me I really, Really, REALLY like what I see and hear in Obama.

But - again - we just don’t “know”….

In my personal life, I generally have more respect for someone after I’ve seen them in good and bad, witnessed their weakness and seen how they have overcome. My relationship with Obama, at this point, feel’s like I’ve met him at a cocktail party, had a couple drinks with him, and laughed at his jokes.

We hardly know him.

It strikes me that in some cases, not only is lack of a track record not a disadvantage, but it is an actual advantage because there are fewer screw-ups for opponents to point to.

Does that mean the candidate doesn’t srew up? No. It just means we have no basis of knowing how he will respond when he does screw up.

As dismayed as I was when Boy Blunder “won” in Y2K (the push-polling of McCain especially DISGUSTED me), the solace was that at least Bush The Lesser had the “appearance” of surrounding himself with competent people.

Tragically, those that were “competent” had an extremist agenda few - at the time - recognized (Rumsfeld with his transformation of military doctrine, for example), or were marginalized (Powell, for example).

Add to that the clearly incompetent (“Brownie, you’re doin’ a heck of a job”) appointed solely on ideological grounds (Rachel Paulose ring a bell, anyone?).

So, we ARE placing a LOT of hope and trust in those we back.

Because we just don’t know….

Obama is an incredible speaker. He will give unbelievable state of the union addresses if elected. And yes, he can energize people.

But when it comes to the other 95% of a President’s job — that part that will affect my and my families’ life every day — how can I be assured that he has sound policy skills and good judgement? Track Record?

I happen to agree with your assessment of Paul’s view of womanhood; it’s not as if he actually “hides” it.

But you have to give credit to Paul - he is who he is and he doesn’t apologize for it.