sweetheart-mine

dale, while i think obama is the better choice for the environment, the economy, and national security, and will make this a better country for your kids to grow up in, it is specifically his vision of the ways in which we need to work with the rest of the world that i think holds the most promise and is most important. i talked about this in a post about a month ago, which i'm copying and pasting here (slightly edited). sorry for the length! : . . . mccain's downfall is that he sees most everything through a militaristic vision, a path of destruction and forceful control. even just as a

wow. all that time i spent watching victoria jackson, i thought she was only acting like a crazy. just . . . wow.

happy birthday, bjorn, from a post admirer! have a great day.

that was a really fun read. thanks from me too. i noticed that louie back then predicted half the democratic ticket this year and the other half came oh so close. kind of amazing.

NOW he looks positively democrat. that's how far right we've been taken.

well of course not. today, no third-party candidate is going to get elected. so the wisdom of such a vote, in principle, is questionable. if people do it anyway and it benefits the candidate i want, so be it, good. don't think i'm going to lie about it.

i think anyone who voted for perot while thinking that clinton would be a disaster wasn't too bright. just like it wasn't too bright for me to vote for nader in 2000 when i thought bush would be pretty terrible (though i had no idea just how terrible).

if someone is passionate about this election (and millions are, myself included), what is the big surprise when he tries to explain to people sitting on the fence or blase (or both) why the differences between the candidates are important? i don't get that. even if i were a mccain supporter (hard to imagine, but for the sake of argument) i think i might find it refreshing when someone writes more than one-liners just to bait people because he's feels and believes strongly about the candidate and/or about the need to get this country out of the hands of bush/cheney and their band of neocons

re: the bickering between mccain and palin aides, some are saying palin is looking to 2012 and some pundits are agreeing. has anyone read or seen anything real about this? even if she studies hard for four years, is there any way she will be able to convince people (aside from the charisma factor) that she has the "judgment" and knowledge of issues and grasp of big picture to actually win the republican presidential nomination in 2012? horrifying thought, and i hope it's just idle chatter.

got any thorazine? "Lots of red wine blush.gif" -- tried that last night. i'll try more.

do you have any hints, tips, secrets for this feat? help!

ahhhhhh, thanks. it's been a while . . . i'll wake up soon.

guess i'm stupid today, a-man! i need a word or two . . . edit: p.s. oh my, was that jon-benet ramsey?

i agree with this. the basic premises of libertarianism are very appealing in many ways, but it could truly work only if most or all people exercising their freedom from laws and so on are honest, trustworthy, and dependable, and treat others as they themselves would want to be treated. most or all people cannot cooperate on that level forever (see, anywhere you look, "human nature"). i think their ability to do it even in small bands of a couple dozen people is rare, never mind in a country of 300 million. (my husband saw his ideals about this smashed to bits firsthand over the course

of course. i agree with everything you say here. it doesn't mean that some of our tax money -- sometimes huge amounts (e.g., iraq) -- isn't wasted by washington politicians, including republicans. i think that's about as obvious as is our need for taxes to pay for infrastructure and services.

and choose ketchup as your vegetable.

many favorites on there, but i have to choose number one for the top of my list. they believe republicans don't throw their money down the toilet! folks, point me to your cave, i'd like to live there too.

i wondered how many more years they were going to wait around, watching and scratching their heads. all riiiight! :thumbup

was it a nightmare, or did he have barry manilow on after manilow beat out colbert for some prize? i saw it somewhere, either in my head or on the tv.

QUOTE (sweetheart-mine @ Oct 24 2008, 10:40 AM) * sympathy? smile.gif QUOTE Florida voting back in spotlight this Election Day By TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press Writer Tamara Lush, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 24, 4:44 am ET MIAMI – Let us count the ways things could go wrong on Election Day in Florida: • Thousands of new voters might not be able to cast ballots because of discrepancies between their registration forms and government records like driver's licenses. • An unprecedented number of new voters, combined with multipage ballots in some counties, will likely create long

sympathy?

if the B was carved, i'm wondering why 12 hours later it just looks a semi-pale red with no blood or other evidence of actual cutting or carving. if that thing had been carved with a knife, some skin would have been broken and there would be dried blood. it does look fishy. too bad no one loves obama enough to do this to herself. i don't; gee, i almost feel guilty.

maybe he was responding to your reference to lobbyists in this post you wrote yesterday afternoon?: "I don't think any of that elevates this election over any other or the next one. If anything I think they grow less important until there is some reform in place to clean up the process and take our[out?] the influence of lobbyists."