Conventions- Rep & Dem BOTH (WARNING! Rant ensues!)

[minicoopercraig]

He might have been hot in his younger days, but he needed a few more "don't ask don't tell" moments in order to get through to us. JMO.

 

[zulemara]

I agree with you. I actually don't mind McCain. He's very middle-of-the-road on most topics.

It's the VP that I worry about, since McCain is having health issues.

exactly. He is not the kind of person who would say he makes decisions based on God talking to him, but with the VP pick, it makes me even more motivated ot get Obama elected.

Then on the other hand, I owe the Obama campaign 10 dollars. I got a pledge card in the mail. I'm not going to pay them the 10 dollars because I don't approve of the majority of the advertising the Obama campaign is doing. I'm not giving money to a campaign that just runs negative ads and slaughters the opponent. Start making advertisements that highlight YOUR positions, not ones that cut down the opposition. If he really wants to run a new kind of politics, make a commercial that flat out says "I support equality for everyone, black, white, asian, gay, and straight." It won't be popular but damnit it'd be standing up to the politics of the past. Then make an advertisement actually highlighting your energy plan or tax plan. That's the campaign he should be running but he isn't and it's making me angry. Therefore, they aren't getting another dime from me.


I will, of course, still vote for him, but I'm not giving him anymore money.

 

[mousefanMI]

exactly. He is not the kind of person who would say he makes decisions based on God talking to him, but with the VP pick, it makes me even more motivated ot get Obama elected.

OK... jumping back in after last posting some five or six months ago(!):

You knew this would happen at some point: the actuarial tables from Social Security are now being used to suggest that there's a 1 in 3 chance that McCain won't make it to the end of his 2nd term (if such a thing happens as he's elected in the first place). That puts Palin in a spot that I really don't feel she is qualified for... and makes me want to work for an Obama victory even harder.

And yes, Zule... I'm also disappointed by Obama's stance on marriage equality. But I'm saying take it one step at a time-- if McCain adds to the SC's conservative tilt, it will be tough to get any real change going.

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

I agree with you. I actually don't mind McCain. He's very middle-of-the-road on most topics.

It's the VP that I worry about, since McCain is having health issues.

And does anyone else think John McCain was super hot back in his military days???

That pic doesn't do him justice -- When I met him (probably in either 1978 or 80), he was much cuter. Skinny, prematurely grey, and on crutches but very VERY VERY cute. (also funny and irreverent as all get out)

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

The National Enquirer is now saying that Palin had an affair with her husband's friend!

http://www.gaywired.com/Article.cfm?ID=20201

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is blasting a story by the National Enquirer claiming his vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin had an extramarital affair. McCain's campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the tabloid magazine. According to the Enquirer, Palin allegedly had an affair with a 'former business associate' of her husband, Todd Palin. This latest scandalous rumor comes only days after Palin announced that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, is pregnant by 18-year-old boyfriend Levi Johnston.

The National Enquirer, citing unidentified sources, reported that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin allegedly engaged in an extramarital affair with a friend of her husband, Todd Palin. According to the unnamed source whom the tabloid labeled ‘an enemy’, “Todd discovered the affair and quickly dissolved his friendship and his business associations with the guy… Many people in Alaska are talking about the rumor and say Todd swept it under the rug.”

In a statement released on Wednesday, John McCain’s campaign threatened to sue the National Enquirer over the story. “The smearing of the Palin family must end. The allegations contained on the cover of the National Enquirer insinuating that Gov. Palin had an extramarital affair are categorically false. It is a vicious lie,” said McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt.

“The efforts of the media and tabloids to destroy this fine and accomplished public servant are a disgrace. The American people will reject it.”

According to the Enquirer, Palin also reportedly unjustly fired a public safety official while she was in office. However, the magazine did not site any named sources in their report.

“Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin look forward to discussing the issues that Americans care about, fixing broken government, creating jobs, making our country energy independent and securing the peace for the next generation by bringing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a victorious end,” said Schmidt.

“Legal action will be considered with regard to this disgraceful smear.”

The rumors of Sarah Palin’s possible extramarital affair are only the latest in a seemingly endless progression of scandal following the announcement of the Alaskan governor’s addition as Republican John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate. Previously, a pervasive rumor flying across the internet claimed that Palin’s daughter, Bristol Palin, was actually the real birth mother of her youngest child, Trig Palin. Several web sites, including DailyKos.com, outlined a convoluted plotline of a faked pregnancy, illustrated by photos of mother and daughter, to support their claim that Sarah Palin was actually Trig’s grandmother, not his mother.

That rumor was met with the announcement that Bristol Palin was five months old with a child fathered by 18-year-old boyfriend Levi Johnston—therefore making it impossible she could have fathered four-month-old Trig Palin.

Even that announcement was fodder for the Enquirer, however, which says an insider claims Palin had wanted to announce her daughter’s pregnancy and impending marriage to her boyfriend before the vice-presidential announcement—but Levi Johnston, the baby’s father, was not yet on board with the plan.

Johnston has been cited as being an unwilling participant in the decision that he and Bristol Palin should marry before their child is born. In a posting on his MySpace page, which has since been set to private, Johnston claimed that he was not interested in having kids.

The Enquirer’s claims that Sarah Palin engaged in an extramarital affair might have previously been largely ignored, as many such similar stories have been in the past. However, the magazine’s accurate information regarding former Democratic presidential candidate John Edward’s affair with mistress Rielle Hunter has lately given the Enquirer a bit more credibility as a new source in the mainstream media.

 

[zulemara]

exactly. He is not the kind of person who would say he makes decisions based on God talking to him, but with the VP pick, it makes me even more motivated ot get Obama elected.

OK... jumping back in after last posting some five or six months ago(!):

You knew this would happen at some point: the actuarial tables from Social Security are now being used to suggest that there's a 1 in 3 chance that McCain won't make it to the end of his 2nd term (if such a thing happens as he's elected in the first place). That puts Palin in a spot that I really don't feel she is qualified for... and makes me want to work for an Obama victory even harder.

And yes, Zule... I'm also disappointed by Obama's stance on marriage equality. But I'm saying take it one step at a time-- if McCain adds to the SC's conservative tilt, it will be tough to get any real change going.

hm maybe I got the wrong point across. I support Obama and his stance on equality for the time being. He is one who says the Federal government needs to recognize unions. He just doesn't want to call it marriage. Right now, I'm fine with that.

 

[mousefanMI]

hm maybe I got the wrong point across. I support Obama and his stance on equality for the time being. He is one who says the Federal government needs to recognize unions. He just doesn't want to call it marriage. Right now, I'm fine with that.

OK, yeah that's what I had in mind as well. Never mind!