YellowLinesandArmadillos

I still think this whole issue should be let go of.

Apparently it is 16: See link; http://blog.laborlawtalk.com/2006/11/07/al...f-consent-laws/

Agreed.

Interesting article, but it contradicts itself by equivocating on her stances. Excusing her on the abortion issue, on her stance on religion in schools and I love this remark. When it comes to healthcare, Palin says she wants to "allow free-market competition and reduce onerous government regulation." These days, any mention of the "free market" that's not framed as a crass pejorative is a sign of progress. Sure, sure. There is no such thing as a free market, especially in healthcare when insurance companies are protected from liability and are able to decide what and which doctor's practice where. Oligopolies are not free-market based, with our without government intervention. Anytime there is a concentration of power, free market principals go out the window. Certain industries are more prone to it than others. On the education front, I agree, with the writer, Washington, the RW or the LW should not be dictating national or even state standards. Standardized testing has become and excuse to limit thinking and actually learning a subject. I guess their response is that she is the best of the four choices, but I still think it is too carefully couched.

I am not sure, Liberman on "Morning Joe" all but confirmed it and Charlie Black talked him out of it about 2 weeks ago. However, Palin fits McCain's mentality of a Maverick, and was the only choice left that fit. But that is the problem, what does that say about McCain's decision making process that left him with no other choices but Palin???

Then how does McCain help your argument. As far as that goes, Obama isn't an insider. According to the his critics he keeps voting present, hardly a tactic of an insider.... maybe someone running for President. He has only been there a few years. McCain has been there since 1981. And although he has a track record of being a maverick on certain pork project issues, he is an insider all the way on big oil , health insurance, tax issues benefitting large corporations, drug and insurance cos. I know, you don't support McCain, but your are defending his choice. From a libertarian perspective, how do you feel about Palin's stance on religion in government, schools etc and including the abortion issue. And if you say leave it up to the States, as the GOP she say she believes, but her statements would be to outlaw it altogether doesn't that violate principal personal freedom libertarians espouse??

I wouldn't go that far, but I agree Obama has left the question unanswered in some ways. He articulates it in his speeches, but his campaign folks are not out there touting it, tocugh to do against McCain and his lengthy record. But the comparison to Palin is insulting. Good tactic, but insulting. First off, Obama has been traveled the world with his family, was a community organizer, a lawyer, a State Senator and a US Senator for among other things. With the little I know about the man, I could make the case. But the point is this election is not about him and her, it is about Obama and McCain. So this is strategy is both brilliant and disgusting at the same time. Biden needs to react... maybe it should be about McCain's temperment, not sure, but it has to be about putting him back on the defensive and probably not about Palin herself.

Heck uv a talking point by the GOP, smart, got to admire, but I think it leaves a grand opening for Obama with Biden as his spokesman to question McCain's decision making in giving up on Lieberman and his vetting process. But it does put the Obama camp on the defensive. The key then will how will OBama's campaign pivots and fires back.

Nice, so you really don't have a sense of humor. It is pretty harmless actually, looks like a couple frames were repeated a dozen times. Who knows, but it is funny, get a grip.

I am sure it will be, the Republican leave no stone unturned. "Hate the sin"...People confuse that one too much and hate the sinner as well. Not sure that is WWJD. But this is politics and stone's fly like a hail storm. The best you can do is seek shelter and get out of the game or gain a thick skin, man up and endure. In this case, it is not the candidates, it is us bloggers and the news folks trying to keep up that are the problem.

No that happened before when they started naming their children... Trig, etc.????

Touche'

Whatever, I have respect for many in the military and while McCain's record is heroic, I don't think because of this he would make a good President. In fact the public record of his ill temperament make me believe it would create more problems if he became President. But since the GOP has touted his military record as a qualification, one must examine that experience and how he has behaved as a result. Unlike the military, this is politics and all experience must be questioned, judged and broken down and as a citizen it is my right and obligation. Your denigration of community organizing and cynicism of it makes me suspect you have never done it, maybe you have. Either way, what ever you think about my arguments against McCain and I agree at points they could have been more coherent, it doesn't take away from the above stated paragraph.

Sure it is pandering, but that is all you can come with after that article. My conclusions is we are paying our tax dollars to combat and issue US companies are profiting from. Maybe the gun companies and sales reps should be taxes at a higher rate to pay for the law enforcement compliance issues. Problem is you would have to sequester the tax for that purpose only and politically that would be next to impossible with such a pot of money. The other option is to hold the sales folks criminally liable and the record keeping and background check reqs. strengthened. Either way this is a circle jerk waste of tax payer money.

You are right, but I still don't think it is fair game, even on this board.

What????, nice insults, so at your pace, I would use the analogy of a thoroughbred susceptible to broken legs. So you pointed me to some website about facts on both of them even if it is the University of Penn. Didn't see anything on their front page and any article on the two of them is going to be balanced by the writer. It may be well written because it is Penn, but it is still going to bias.. And I am not talking just Republican, FOX, MSNBC, CNN although that bias is schizoid, whatever gets the best ratings... everyone has a bias Dems, GOP, interests groups, universities and but not acknowledging those bias, especially someone like O'Reilly denegrates you arguement. I only pay credence to facts if confirmed by a number of them on both sides. Even then they could be subject to group think and just plain wrong not slanted. But when side claims something as fact I know it to be either made up or only with an ounce of truth and a lot of chutzpah . Comparing O'Reilly's full of itness to Moore's is stupid. They both are full of crap, just wish you could admit it.

Sorry about that, my Mom is in a similar sit, not as bad right now but she keeps getting bad news. Doubt she will make it another year. Many reasons for it, but the main one is that she is wheel chair bound and once she beats one cancer, another different form seems to show up worse six months later. The last one is a duzy and the radiation and chemo is kicking her butt. The cancer seems to be responding, but we all know how that goes. Plus her Mom died of it. Jeez my writing is falling apart too, my prayers are with you and your mom....

O get off your high horse, yes Michael Moore is a panderer, but a number of rw knuckle draggers said the same thing about NO before and around Katrina. Also, one those rw preachers said it about NY when the twin towers where first hit. There are idiots on both sides. If you were not so one sided, I'd buy your criticism of Moore, but when you invoke the liar O'Reilly as a counter balance you lose me. Moore is still insane and getting paid handsomely for it, but so is O'Reilly. So, what.

I know, I know just don't like McCain and that line that "he was a leader of men" just got me going. McCain spent what going on 28 years in the Senate and has hardly been considered part of the leadership. And now he wants to be President, which requires pulling people together, not being a Maverick. We can see now what that is like over the last 8 years and how well that works. Carter was a case study why doing it alone doesn't work. We need a President that pulls people together. Clinton did it for a while until his zipper got in the way. He and Delay, despite their on air partisanship got things done behind the scenes. Reagan despite his cavalier appearance at times was a master at it. Finally, I am tired of GOP large corporate governance. Trickle down doesn't work.

Makes sense to me. But as you said it was NO. NO is, has been infamous for its fiefdoms. Unfortunately, this kinda of politics only gets blown up when a disaster happens.

Agreed, wouldn't touch this one with a ten foot.... The kids names on the other hand are straight out of a Britney Spears family naming contest making Frank Zappa look sane.

Throw in Florida and the Carolina coast because of Hurricane's and the midwest because of drought and, and Nevada because of the lack of water...and, and There is no good answer on any of these things.

You don't read my posts do you???? What the heck... Need to to put you on the Wacka ignore list You brought up Hillary , other than that I just said I worked on the Hill for a while and knew a lot of her staff. I went through Port Charles in January 06. It was a disaster and the locals were saying they had hardly seen anyone. Mississippi was crawling with disaster folks, so was NO, but East TX was guiet and abandoned. Not much was going on. I don't know what you did and I applaud you for any effort you may have made, but I am telling you East TX was forgotten about .

Now you just discredited yourself with that last one. If you read my post, I didn't deny Joe's side, so you can't admit McCain is an a-hole??? Please, your partisanship shows through, so take your one bad day away from making it a bad day for all of us candidate and forget about it. Even AD doesn't go that far, despite his obvious blinders for military leadership.

Why, I live in NY, my vote isn't going to matter anyway so why not. P.S. Nader is the most arrogant of all of them and believe or not and though I disagree with him politically, Bob Barr is at least the most respectful of all and from all I know of him a decent human being.