Politics and religion.

[smokey the elder]

One thing that bugs me is not that politicians change their minds about things. Instead of saying, "I changed my mind; I have additional information I did not have at the time I made decision xyz.", they weasel around. I guess they're genetically incapable of honesty...

I think Biden is a good choice for Obama, and the compromise they worked out for initiating a roll-call vote and having Hillary call for Obama's nomination is probably the best way to handle a tough situation. Hillary didn't come in second by much at all!

Now we get to wait and see who McCain will pick for a running mate. I'll go out on a limb and guess Romney; no real reason, just a gut feeling. Mainly due to his business experience, I guess. If you want to balance the budget, treating the Federal government like a business may not be a bad place to start.

As far as religion goes, I agree with some things and disagree with others, and no amount of debating will change my mind or someone else's. This is why I think politics and religion don't mix well. Politics by its nature is open to debate. Religion...not so much.

[RICHARD]

This is why I think politics and religion don't mix well.

Kinda like Kool Aid and Nutrasweet?


I had a thought when I saw the paper and they had 10 people on the front page and their had their comments about Biden.

7 were in favor, two against and one didn't care.

The number one reason for their support of Biden.

He made BO a stronger candidate and made up for his inexperience.

Are these the same people who had such problems with GWB being a figurehead for the country, while Cheney ran the whole show?

I had to laugh at the people who were concerned about the backseat driver.
All of a sudden they have pinned their hopes on a -

Back seat driver!

I may just give up...

[RICHARD]

I'll take some heat for this one......

I tuned into the coverage of the Dem Convention and I saw Ted Kennedy and immediately thought of......


http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1001299456/tt0085334

I know his illness is serious and not funny but I could not stop giggling.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Ok, I'm lost. His illness reminds you of the movie, A Christmas story ? ??

[RICHARD]

Ok, I'm lost. His illness reminds you of the movie, A Christmas story ? ??

No, I couldn't find a picture of him giving his speech last nite. When I first looked I thought it was a skit from a comedy program.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

No, I couldn't find a picture of him giving his speech last nite. When I first looked I thought it was a skit from a comedy program.

Oh, when I clicked on it, I got pictures from the movie A Christmas Story. No comedy skits either. I thought you might have thought he looked like the kid in that movie or something.

[RICHARD]

I thought you might have thought he looked like the kid in that movie or something.

HE does!

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I just flipped on CSPAN and saw a Qand A with a gal named Palmieri the veep of COMMUNICATIONS for some group called the Center for Amercan Progress?

Why do people insist on speaking in front of a group and when they improvise they cannot speak with out doing the Ummm and Uhhhhs?


This drives me friggin bonkers. You can tell that they are trying to give an answer that is PC and won't make them look stupid when in fact their ummms and ahhhs just add to the effect!

When they get to a question that they are pre programmed to answer they can recite it verbatim-because they practiced it many times over-

One question was about McCain -she was able to verbalize exactly what was wrong with his candidacy -same with BO's wonderful run. But asked specific questions about BO she began to stutter and back into the "he wants change' spiel. The other direct answer was about how JM wanted to raise taxes but she could not give a good answer, sans umms and ahhs, regarding BO's tax plan.


If they only knew how much of a turn off they are when they stumble thru answering questions or giving speeches!

[Catlady711]

One thing that bugs me is not that politicians change their minds about things. Instead of saying, "I changed my mind; I have additional information I did not have at the time I made decision xyz.", they weasel around. I guess they're genetically incapable of honesty...

I don't think many of them are honest, I'll give you that. But I don't believe that they 'change their mind' so much as sway with whatever activist group is holding the most money and votes over their heads.



You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.