well that cleared it up for me....

OUCH!

Hope that was a friendly winky!

(mine is)

Indeed.

The same way Bush has anything to do with this election, but since the Democrats are stuck in "run against Bush" mode, they havan't noticed he's not on the ballot in any state.

The Congress is responsible through the SEC, DOJ, FTC etc. The guys who run the agencies are appointed by the Executive Branch...ie the Attorney General (appointed by Executive and confirmed and voted on by the Senate...ie Gonzalez!) Gonna blame that on Bush? YUP!

The only person that I can think of that would be crazy enough to vote mccain/palin is someone who has their pockets lined by the oil industry. This country's economy is crumbling all around us under the bush presidency and you expect us to want more of that. We might as well just crawl into a hole and die if that is the case. If there is 4 more years of bush, this country is so screwed!

You said it!

Amen

I've been reading this post and I've seen alot of commenting about how the president is responsible for all our troubles.....ONE MAN does not run this country! ONE MAN cannot be responsibe for every problem we face. ONE MAN cannot be the solution to all our problems.

Sure, whoever does become president will have an impact, but it's CONGRESS we need to clean!

I find it hard to believe how many/ most americans buy into the propaganda spewed out by both parties trying do get the "power".

It's a giant puppetshow and has been for years or even decades.  I believe that the government has been a unified effort to do whatever they want , while in the meantime as the people are left arguing politics and pushing blame around.     All the while, mesmerised by the shining lights and mood music of the show.

Now of course, what you have just read MAY not bee 100% accurate.  Even though,I am sure there is much slight of hand being played on the masses.

Xiandi for Prez '08.  You seem to know what most (even the pathetic excuse for "the media") fail to undrstand.  Thanks for being one of the most realistic posts on the subject.

What's interesting about this hacker situation is, nothing incriminating or even embarrassing was found by the hacker.  I mean, how many of us can have our Emails hacked into without a single juicy tidbit revealled?

The democrats yell, Drill Drill Drill, but can't seem to strike anything oily on Palin.  lol

I live in Australia so the outcome of this election doesn't quite have the same bearing for me (other Aussies) as it does for those of you in the US.  However, fallout from various political and economic events do affect Australia, so I am watching this election with some interest.... and what has me concerned, if McCain and Palin get in, are the abuse of power allegations leveled against Sarah Palin. It's said that where there's smoke there's fire, and it is concerning that Palin could become President if anything happened to McCain, and given his age and war injuries, etc, one could not be confident that he would remain President for the duration of the 4 year term.

To be quite frank, however, I no more like the what I'm hearing/reading of McCain, either... and were I eligible, neither he or Palin would get my vote.  There's something slimy about the pair of them, and my conscience would not allow me to cast a vote for someone whose intergity and honesty I very much doubt.

Oh well, it's all out of my hands... an opinion doesn't count as a vote.

Interesting take.   The thing is, the apparently sliminess of Palin is (so far) just rumors and accusations, all those lawyers the DNC sent up to Alaska can't seem to find anything to back up the claims. 

On the other hand, Obama has a long track record, he is the 2nd biggest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "contributions", and is also a huge recipient of money frome their PACs.  His leadership experience seems limited to the local chapter of ACORN, which is well known for it voter fraud activities.  He began his political career in the living room of a man who bombed the pentagon and police stations, which (in fairness) he did go to prison and do his time for, but to this day maintains that his only regret is that he didn't kill more US military members and police officer.

Sorry, but I can't support a man whose good friend regrets that he didn't kill me and my fellow servicemembers, vets, as well as my friends who are police officers.  I also don't understand how anyone else can.

So the fact is that the BIPARTISAN commitee (10 republicans, 4 democrats), who started the investigation BEFORE she was even announced, must have had some cause to investigate. And that ever since she was picked, the story as to why she fired him keeps changing (drinking in his patrol car, insubordination, going to DC without authorization [to get more funds to fight sexual assault] etc). The whole thing smells like a cover up, the GOP is going everything in their power to make sure the investigation gets stalled, so nothing will come out until after the election. We have a right to know if there was an abuse of power before we cast our votes.

If she really has nothing to hide, why the stalling? Hell, she even said she welcomes the investigation, and now she flips on it.

That on top of the fact that she keeps repeating the same lies over and over like a broken record (after they've been totally debunked): the bridge to nowhere (that she supported at first, and then withdrew her support after the goverment pulled the plug, and kept the money for other projects), then the one about selling the plane on ebay (listed it on ebay, failed to sell, sold privately at a $600k loss), saying she's a reformer when she puts high school friends in top positions (love of cows is suddenly a qualification), is anti-earmarks when she clearly requested them (that's called hypocrisy, you can't say "I hate earmarks" and then request them and say it's ok afterwards), and so on...

I'm not an American....and have yet even to get to the US to visit [next year].... so I'm just an outsider looking in. [The USA, like it or not is one of the most globally influential entities on the planet so it/they warrant observing].

I share the [common] extra-US opinion of Bush that he was/is 'not good'.

I can't even for the life of me recall who Obama's running mate is. [must be memorable], but the other three...

McCain just seems like 'more-of-the-same', but older.

Obama is non-white [ish] which 'could' just be a refreshing change....maybe giving a little more validity to those who are [still] racially vilified in spite of protestations to the contrary [I remember the raised fists of protest at those Olympics [where the third [and white] person on the podium was an Aussie, BTW]].  He's young...and that. too could be a 'plus'.

Palin is a bit of a 'worry'....pro gun and anti abortion sounds like two 'extremist' attitudes I'd be loathe to support.

So....what's it all down to?

Mister/ forgettable....Mister Old Fart...Mister Quasi-minority....or Miss Token Sheila with 'tude?

I kinda liked Clinton ....the one with the cigar...not his Missus.

Whomever you end up with I hope it's someone you want/deserve....rather than someone that you are simply 'stuck' with...