ckruszka says ...

I just am amazed at how people are saying Palin has no experience, and yet Obama(who is running for president not VP) is being given such accolades. On another nursing blog site an obvious Obama supporter has posted all the things wrong with Palin and Mccain. I have asked her over and over to tell me what Obama has done in the years he's been a senator. She has yet to answer that question which I think I've asked at least 2-3 times. She keeps cutting and pasting all this negative stuff about the republican candidates. Both parties have had their share of corruption. As for ranting about Palin's inexperience, well if the Dems are going to do that, then they need to look at their own presidential candidate. They keep acting like McCain is going to drop dead tomorrow and Palin will be in charge. Hello! John McCains Mom is like 93 years old and still going strong. Obama smokes, for all we know he could be courting early health problems.

I agree.... I hate the fact that he smokes and he is likely courting early health problems.  Granted, he is trying to quit and we never see him smoking, despite the intense camera activity around him.  But, I feel fairly confident that he'll be around for 4 or 8 more years.  (By the way, apparently its common knowledge that Laura Bush smokes.... how did I miss that one?!)

Did anyone watch Indecision 2008 with Jon Stewart last night?  It was hilarious to see the double speak of the Republicans with regard to experience and women.  What the news needs to do more often is show old clips versus new clips of politicians speaking.  I think it was either Limbaugh or Rove that, months ago was talking negatively about a Democrat running for President (Keane?) from Virginia.  They man was the mayor of Richmond then became governor.  This Republican wonk disparaged the man because Richmond is such a "small" city and then only became governor of Virginia... stating explicitly that this did not qualify him to be President because of his lack of experience.  They also showed this same Republican applauding Palin for her strong experience as a mayor of a city of 9,000 and then governor of the largest state in the union (though, I might add, one of the least populated).  Double-speak.  You gotta love it.

Nice rant Angel! 

Go get 'em. 

Wanna make a real difference in the world?  I just came across this site:

Girl Effect

Now that's one way to empower women. 

Putting an unqualified "pretty face" in the White House just because she has the right anatomy is NOT my idea of empowerment!

Rusty, you state that the far left wasn't wrong about Vietnam?

Under which president's were troops sent, and then additional troops sent there? Under whose presidency was the highest death rates in Vietnam? 

Gore Dukakis and Dole, all dropped off as far as presidential bids, and prime time politics.

McCain is the oldest one. IF he is in the White House, he will be like Regan, walking down the halls and talking to pictures.

What I said was not the oldest elected to the presidency, since terms are 4 years....

Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 and was elected to a second term in office in 1984, making him older than John McCain currently is.  John McCain is 72, and Reagan was a few months short of 74 when elected.

The most troops were sent into Vietnam under Kennedy, and Johnson (an 8 year period),  The most troops killed were under Johnson.

Kittyrn says ...

'Putting an unqualified "pretty face" in the White House just because she has the right anatomy is NOT my idea of empowerment!'

BINGO!  I assume your talking about Barack in the white house, because Sarah is running as VP!

Since when is the V.P. not allowed to visit the White House?

Kittyrn says ...

Gee if that's the case I can visit the White House too!

The VP's official office is the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

If you guys don't think she'll be in the White House - McCain's not the picture of health - his VP is a heartbeat away from the Oval Office - that scares me.

From small town mayor to 1 term govenor to VP to President

No - I'm not talking about Obama!  At least he's played the National Game for more than a week.

Now, I'm bowing out of this discussion.

2 rules I've learned - to make & keep friends:

1. Avoid flaming religious conversations


2. Avoid flamind political conversations

Much respect to you all.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion.  I respectfully choose not to voice mine.  Keeps my bp down.

Nope, I'm not a chicken - just setting & honoring my boundaries.

Off to the gym where I was supposed to be anyway.

Nope, Regan was 69

Ginny: Maybe he'll be lumbering down the halls talking to purple pictures. You crack me up. I am, however, glad to see some spell bigot correctly. I do believe that a small group of religious zealots are more dangerous than a platoon of fully armed soldiers. Very frightening, considering Jesus is usually not on their minds.

:), this is all part of the great American drama every four years.  We should be debating this, this is what this country was founded on.  No smoke pouring out of my screen.  I LOVE IT!  This is why I served in the military, my father, my husband, my brother, my nephew, and my uncles.  I hope my children continue the tradition.  FREEDOM OF SPEECH!   Can't do this in China!  We are all entitled to our beliefs.  While we respect and don't judge our patients, that doesn't mean that off the clock we can't talk about our opinions.  When we lose freedom of speech, we will no longer have a democracy.  I believe my opinions, but I really don't judge any of your opinions, I just disagree.   This is the great american political drama in full swing.  No man is an island, opinions form,  and change with the times.

Reagan was born in 1911, he was elected to his second term in 1984, which made him almost 74....he was elected to his first term at age 69 a few months short of 70.  Since we elect presidents for 4 years and up to 2 terms, if elected John McCain will not be the oldest president elected.  He will however be the oldest elected to a first term.  Maybe Hillary will run in 4 years, and then I can vote democratic!

I am afraid that he would forget where the most importan house is located.

I think that McCain picked Sarah Palin, to get the women's vote, I am not sure that this was his strongest pick for VP. Although I don't know much about Sarah Palin as of yet, however what I do know doesn't seem to impressive. Her seventeen year old daughter is pregnant, it seems as though she wasn't spending enough time with her daughter. Do we really want someone who cannot even spend enough time with her daughter to prevent this sort of thing from happening, to be the VP of the US, how do we know she will devote herself to this. Palin, also,  twisted the facts last night in her acceptance speech, she twisted the facts about her leadership in Alaska as well as the facts as well as the facts about the opponent, Obama.

Clearly McCain picked Sarah Palin, to play off the fact that many women voted for Hillary Clinton simply because she was a woman. Does McCain seriously think that us women are that stupid? Honestly, I don't think that McCain is that intelligent. Does serving our country make you credible to lead our country? NO not really, we as citizens of the US respect real experience. No offense to anyone who supports McCain, I personally think that the man is psycho!

As a middle class person, I would be proud to have Senator John McCain as Commander in Chief.   It all comes down to the vote.

Most nurses don't.

Kittyrn says ...

Rusty, you state that the far left wasn't wrong about Vietnam?

Under which president's were troops sent, and then additional troops sent there? Under whose presidency was the highest death rates in Vietnam? 

 

Gore Dukakis and Dole, all dropped off as far as presidential bids, and prime time politics.

The fact of the matter is this..........We would not have been in Vietnam if Republican DDEisenhower had not put us there in the first place.  Secondly Bob Dole is a Republican.  Michael Dukakis is a Professor of Political Science.  Al Gore..has become the spokesman for the environment winning an academy award, not to mention Nobel Peace Prize.  Apparently some don't care about the environment not to know this.