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Could this person really be the next VP of the USA?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:08 pm    Post subject: Could this person really be the next VP of the USA? Reply with quote

Watching this interview is there anyway that Sarah Palin could actually be taken seriously as the VP of the United States of America?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALsjhDDdaA

Go to war with Russia? Chase terrorists into Pakistan without the consent of the Pakistan government because it is "God's plan?" NEVER HAS MET A HEAD OF STATE OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY!
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VanIslander



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Her inexperience was evident. You can see Russia from Alaska? She oversaw oil and gas development in her state? These facts were cited in support of her as prepared for national security issues. Laughing

And her ignorance of the Bush Doctrine, a foreign policy position that millions of educated Americans are aware of from the NYT, WP and local newspaper op/ed pages, was not only evident but glaringly scary when she then demonstrated no principles of restraint on the use of military force abroad, despite the interviewer's repeated attempts to get her to demonstrate some awareness of the political issues.

It was the scariest, most absurd thing I'd heard since Bush's press secretary admitted she has no idea what the Cuban missile crisis was.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

She's useless. McCain has made a huge blunder.......but, we must remember, Americans elected Bush jr. TWICE!!!!!! Shocked
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did Obama have much more world experience before the Democrats sent him on a whirlwind tour of the world around Democratic nomination time?

You can't discuss the inexperience of Palin without highlighting Obama's.
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jim_we



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:19 am    Post subject: Re: Could this person really be the next VP of the USA? Reply with quote

Join Me wrote:
Watching this interview is there anyway that Sarah Palin could actually be taken seriously as the VP of the United States of America?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALsjhDDdaA

Go to war with Russia? Chase terrorists into Pakistan without the consent of the Pakistan government because it is "God's plan?" NEVER HAS MET A HEAD OF STATE OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY!


It figures you'd like Obama, he's just an affirmative action pick. But then, if he does get elected you can count the number of weeks he lives.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bassexpander wrote:
Did Obama have much more world experience before the Democrats sent him on a whirlwind tour of the world around Democratic nomination time?

You can't discuss the inexperience of Palin without highlighting Obama's.

Well, considering his family background, and the fact that he spent part of his youth growing up in a foreign country, I'd probably say "Yes."

Has Obama made many blunders in this area so far? Didn't McCain make a gaffe a few weeks ago by saying we were at war in Iran, instead of Iraq?

The worst criticism I've heard of him is that he was called "naive" (by McCain) and I think it's because he said we should go chase bin Laden in Pakistan even without getting approval from the govt there. Well, this is exactly what Palin recommends ... and it turns out to be just what Bush has been doing for a little while now.
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Privateer



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If she can be President then any idiot can be...but I guess Reagan and Bush jnr already broke that ground for her.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

anyone seriously considering voting mccain/palin deserves to be disenfranchised for a period no less than and no longer than the next 5 general elections.

seriously - do you want another person who says "nuculer" for "nuclear" anywhere near any sort of power? think *bleep* hard, folks.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

uberscheisse wrote:
anyone seriously considering voting mccain/palin deserves to be disenfranchised for a period no less than and no longer than the next 5 general elections.


typical leftist totalitarian impulses....look in the mirror, and be afraid, very afraid....
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khyber



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

when you watch this video, seems she gets more and more excited/worried.


Charlie...well, he seems tired and bored of this interview non?
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Leslie Cheswyck



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

uberscheisse wrote:
anyone seriously considering voting mccain/palin deserves to be disenfranchised for a period no less than and no longer than the next 5 general elections.

seriously - do you want another person who says "nuculer" for "nuclear" anywhere near any sort of power? think *bleep* hard, folks.


Um... Jimmy Carter?
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uberscheisse



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sundubuman wrote:
uberscheisse wrote:
anyone seriously considering voting mccain/palin deserves to be disenfranchised for a period no less than and no longer than the next 5 general elections.


typical leftist totalitarian impulses....look in the mirror, and be afraid, very afraid....


bullshit. it's simple common sense, shitbird. i was really stoked on ron paul's honesty (edit - not on 100% of his platform, but his honesty), and he's one of the rightest fruitcakes out there.

sarah palin is a liar. john mccain is senile. you are stupid.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

She can't be any worse than bush, sr.'s vp. Can you spell potatoe?!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

uberscheisse wrote:
sundubuman wrote:
uberscheisse wrote:
anyone seriously considering voting mccain/palin deserves to be disenfranchised for a period no less than and no longer than the next 5 general elections.


typical leftist totalitarian impulses....look in the mirror, and be afraid, very afraid....


bullshit. it's simple common sense, shitbird. i was really stoked on ron paul's honesty (edit - not on 100% of his platform, but his honesty), and he's one of the rightest fruitcakes out there.


He is the cat's ass, and has a more healthy and sustainable idea of the role of government in culture, society and economy. But veered off into crazy land sometimes, yeah.
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uberscheisse



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

in retrospect, i shouldn't have called sundubuman a shitbird.

what i should have pointed out is that republicans have a much longer and documented history of manipulating recent elections, so what's the harm in throwing it back in their faces?

if a person told me they were voting for their canoe or pet parakeet as a write-in candidate, i'd be just as concerned. america electing mccain/palin is as foolish as letting an autistic kid perform a heart transplant.
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