Well, that’s all well and good, but Obama pulled a hammy one time playing basketball.  That hurts.

Ask yourself one question, who do you want leading the country should something like 9-11 happen again?  I really don’t like either candidate… but my answer is McCain!  The other question you have to ask is who do you want appointing judges to the supreme court......

McCain acts like he’s got brain damage or is going senile—IMHO.

Aspen, I would rather have a brain damaged McCain than a socialist like Obama.  With his choice of preacher (GD America), his friends (Weathermen) and his record as the most liberal Senator the choice of a brain damaged McCain would be far superior to Obama.

msbroker, if you like what George W. has done to this nation, then go ahead and vote for McCain.  It’s your vote.

Run, logic, run.

Aspen, I remember what Jimmy Carter did to this country.... the only thing good that came from his administration was the election of Ronald Regan!

This “debate” is ridiculous.

“My rusty nail is the greatest toy ever!”
“No way!  My glass shards are the greatest toy ever!”

Please take off your Party blinders and admit that both of these candidates suck horribly.

What SDJ said.

That’s why I’ll hold my nose and vote for McCain.  He may not be a good choice but he’s the better choice of the two,,, whoever the dimmies nominate.

Bush was an oil man. Oil went up during his presidency. McCain is a beer man. If beer goes up like the oil during his presidency like oil did in Bush’s, I will be totally screwed. I might have to switch to Nasty Light.

finally, something el pablo and i can and will agree on!!!

"Beer, helping people be friends since 1846.”

How about this idea:  don’t help elect a pitiful Republican candidate.  With your vote (or lack of), tell the Republican Party that you don’t like the direction it’s heading, and that you demand a return to limited government. 

Remember what happened in 1976.  A terrible Democratic candidate won the election, forcing the Republican Party to get its act together.  The result was the election of one of the worst Presidents in the history of the nation in Carter followed by possibly the best Republican President since the party was formed.  I say you hold your nose for the next 4 years rather than during the 30 seconds in the voting booth.  Otherwise, your party is going to continue to go south.

SDJ is right. The only way to get the GOP turned around is a democrat screw up.

The only way to get the GOP turned around is a democrat screw up.

In other words, a socialist like Obama.

I have never said I was for him. You may be right.

Out of curiosity, who are you supporting then?  It’s looking like I will be forced to write in Ron Paul.

none of them

Vote None Of The Above

You’re right, SDJ.  If Ford had beaten Carter in ‘76, it would have been harder for Reagan to get elected in ‘80.  For one thing, Vice President Bob Dole would have had the party insiders behind him for the ‘80 GOP nomination.

One good thing was that there were no Supreme Court vacancies while Carter was president.  There may be, in contrast, 2-4 SC vacancies in the next 4 years.  Can you imagine the kind of wild-eyed radicals that Obamanation would appoint?  We could certainly forget about overturning Roe v. Wade.

Dick Morris says that Obamanation has a shot at carrying a number of Southern states, including Mississippi.  If he does win Mississippi, he’ll be the first Democrat to do so since Carter barely did in ‘76, and Carter was the first since Stevenson in 1956.

Instead of voting for “None of the Above,” you fellows might want to consider the Libertarians or the Constitution Party.

Steve, no thanks on the Libertarian and Constitution Party.  The Constitution Party is all about its namesake when it comes to fiscal policy, but is completely disregards it on everything else.  The LP is just against everything.

It is all about the judges that are appointed by the president.  I can live with the Legislature being Democratic and the White House being Republican which leads to stagnation or the government not coming up with additional ways to screw the citizens.  Just can’t have Judges creating laws from the bench which seems to happen more with the liberal courts.

What makes all of you think McCain will appoint strict Constitutionalists to the bench?  Look at some examples of appointments by Republicans who aren’t committed to limited government:  John Paul Stevens (nominated by Ford) and David Souter (nominated by G. H. W. Bush).

But we HAVE, HAVE, HAVE to assume that McCain will be head and shoulders above Obama.  Obama might appoint Bill Ayers or Otis Moss III.  And with a Democrat Congress they would probably try to rewrite our laws to force the older Supremes to retire anyway.

I am just hoping that my deductions are right about how stupid Obama is and that he will get his head stuck in a bucket within the first two weeks of taking office and be too ashamed to be seen in public after that because his entire cabinet will be even dumber than he is and can’t get the bucket off his head either.

Republicans vote against Mother’s Day.

On Wednesday, the House took up the seemingly uncontroversial H. Res. 1113, “Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day.” The resolution initially passed 412 to 0, until Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) rose in protest:

Mr. Speaker, I ask for a recorded vote because I’m sure every member wants their mother to know that they have supported the goals of Mother’s Day.

Tiahrt’s mother, however, may be disappointed to know that her son did not support Mother’s Day. He and 177 other Republicans decided to cast their vote against mothers.

When asked why the GOP switched their votes, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said, “Oh, we just wanted to make sure that everyone was on record in support of Mother’s Day.” (Even though he also was actually on record against Mother’s Day.) The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank reports that this move was a procedural tactic to “bring the House to a standstill.”

Republicans sold their mothers’ souls just to make sure the democrats don’t pass anything.

Yes, the Congress passing a resolution about Mother’s Day is exactly why they are in Washington.  Is there a single person with a brain that thinks this is why they are elected?

Hooray for the Republicans.  I’d much rather they bring Congress to a standstill than pass bills such as McCain-Feingold, the Patriot Act… I’m not going to waste time making a laundry list.  I’d rather they bring Congress to a standstill than pass pretty much anything they’ve passed in a long time.

This is what I mean about a brain-damaged senile man McCain:

<blockquote>McCain’s 10-second flip on whether he voted for Bush: ‘Of course not,’ ‘Of course.’»

This week, Arianna Huffington said that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his wife, Cindy, told her at a Los Angeles dinner party not long after the 2000 election that neither of them voted for George Bush. A McCain spokesman insisted “it’s not true,” and told reporters to “consider the source.” Appearing on Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor last night, McCain tried to clarify:

O’REILLY: Did you vote for President Bush?

MCCAIN: Of course not. I campaigned all over this country for him.

O’REILLY: So you voted for President Bush.

MCCAIN: Of course. I mean, that’s a ridiculous question.

Yes, brain damage and quotes from “Think Progress” go hand-in-hand.

aspen says:  “... Arianna Huffington said that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his wife, Cindy, told her… that neither of them voted for George Bush.”

“Zsa Zsa” Huffington… now there’s a real reliable source.  Zsa Zsa was a conservative Republican until her husband left her for a MAN.  Such an experience is enough to turn most any woman into a left-wing nutjob.

McCain has pretty much locked himself into position on SCUSA nominees with his repeated assurance that he will send up candidates “like John Roberts and Sam Alito.” It would be hard to mistake Stevens or Souter for Roberts or Alito. On this basis alone, I will support McCain. I grant that he has some unattractive characteristics, as I pointed out in a column soon after it became apparent that he would be the nominee.

You can go watch the tape at ThinkProgress.  When he was asked Did you vote for Bush, he said of course not.  Then O’Reilly said so, you voted for Bush?  He said Of Course.  The guy doesn’t even know what he is saying half of the time—do you really want someone like that running the country?  I mean really.  Have y’all listened to the man?  He often times says two different things within minutes and then will deny it.  He’s crazy.

You lefties ought to love McCain, since he cut all those deals with Russ Feingold, Ted Kennedy, etc.  But I guess now that McCain stands in the way of electing a REAL far leftist like Obamanation, you’ve got to disparage McC as much as possible.

You have a garden-variety, run-of-the-mill leftist who makes a good speech.  And who served eight years in the state legislature and less than four years in the U. S. Senate, where he has the MOST LIBERAL voting record of the 100 members.

We will be, in my view, shafted either way-- but somewhat less so with McCain.

The dumbing down of America is complete, Steve, if anyone thinks that Obama is a rousing speaker.  Watch the race speech and see if he rouses the crowd there.  The only time they even clap is when he talks about abandoning the poor folks in Iraq.

Don’t believe me?  Then watch it HERE. Video is at the very bottom.  I read that grown men cried over this video.  That is a blatant out and out lie.  It was supposed to be the best speech that anyone had ever heard.  Right up there with the King “Dream” speech.  It isn’t even on the same plane as the Nixon “I am not a crook” speech.

Whoever says that this guy is even remotely interesting is not very smart.

Yes, I heard Chris Matthews on MSDNC say that it was the best speech on race in 40 years.  Nobody seems to have fainted over any of Obamanation’s speeches lately, however.

When he’s without his teleprompter, he stutters and stammers quite a bit.

He’s interesting enough to win the Democratic nomination, but what will happen this fall remains to be seen.

Nixon, BTW, said “I’m not a crook” at a press conference.

My favorite Nixon press conference was on the morning after he lost for governor of California in ‘62.  He blamed the media for his defeat and said, “This is my last press conference… you won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore!”

Seriously, my son did better doing the Gettyburg Address when he was in the third grade.  Oh, he goes to private school, that’s why he was learning about the Civil War.....and Lincoln.

And if we are talking about nutcases, here’s Barry Obama talking about how many states that he has visited.  Is this a senior moment because he’s only 46, you know.  Glad that they got the bucket off of his head in time for this speech.

How many states, Barry?

He must have plans to get some more states admitted to the union-- DC, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, American Samoa, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, etc.

He damn sure screwed up on that one.

Chris Matthews said he felt a tingle run up his leg when Obama spoke.

I felt a tinkle run down mine.