sorry I really flooded too much on your blog. So I thought about creating my own Wenxuecity blog and exchanging some thoughts there. Welcome to come and discuss related issues.
回复Styx的评论:
If you believe that after the past 8 years, Repubicans still deserve another term, it is your choice. Once again, McCain bowed to the republican base -- the evangelicals. This Palin, who does not believe evolution, who is pro-life to a point that she knowingly gave birth to a retarded child. McCain himself is a war freak.
You may argue that republicans will cut tax, shrink governement.... But, just examine what they are having been DOING, not just listen to what they are SAYING. Tax cut come with war, who pays the bill? Do we really want a small government who tells you what to do in your bedroom, what to do with your body? This is exact the direction the republican party is heading towards, more and more controled by those crazy evangelicals. It is no use to pretend that McCain will be different from Bush. Even if he wants to be different, he can't. It is a joke to pick a pretty Alaska government and claim the label of "change". However, it is a smart political move. That is what republicans are really good at.
The fact is this: We all know more or less the same thing, and we choose differently. My 2008 vote will be a anti-republican vote.
Obama is a "University of Chicago democrate", meaning: he is a democrate whom is accepted by prof. in the University of Chigao Deapartment of Economy. I assume that you know the reputation of that department.
Anyone who has a little bit common sense in economics knows that business and economics are always developing in cycles, down follwing up, up following down. The economic boom during the Clinton government benefit directly from Ronald Regon's tax cut policies. Only short-sighted people sees it as a static reflection of Clinton's "capability".
Bush's administration faced severe mideast terrorism attach and challenge almost from day one, which was directly herited from the loose control of Clinton administration on national security.
I have to say Palin's lack of experience in foreign policy and international affairs is a big setback for the Republican ticket. But where is Obama's experience? a tour visit to Europe and Mideast for 2 month! and he even refused to visit the wounded American solders in Iraq because that day there were no TV crew! Would you rather trust your tax money and kids' lives to some talker like him, or like Palin who might not has the "adequate experience now" but sent her 18-year-old son to Iraq, if we were to compare the "inexperience" of Palin and Obama. Plus, Obama is running for the chief-in-commander, and Palin is only for VP. I don't believe McCain would have any accident from Day 1 of his presidency, Palin is a very intelligent person and very quick learner, as shown from her past experience as major and governor (the only one with real executive experience among the 4!), she will pick it up very quickly, better than Obama's 2-month oversea coating!
这次，只能支持民主党了
Give it a second thought please! Just google and read more about Obama, you will be as scared and worried as me!
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回复laojie的评论:
If you were to vote for Rockfeller Republican, you'd better stick with your libral Democratic vote. That makes no big difference. That's why they always lost in the primaries, even though McCain is close in some ways.
As for you comment "fiscally big spenders and socially conservative", I don't know who exactly you mean. McCain and Obama, who is likely to be a fiscally big spender??
Obama the idealist? what a joke! He was cultivated from the deep Chicago style corruption. Given more power, he would tear off his idealist paint quickly and be more greedy and corrupted than the Clintons! Suffered from childhood abandonment by his parents, especially the never-seen African father, twisted with his ambigiout identification, norished by his pastor's hate-America-liberate-blacks instruction for 20 years, are you expecting an innocent idealist growing from this strange fruit?
Wake up people! Voting for Obama this time is like drinking coolant together with the intoxicated crowd and participating a national suicide!!
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回复totf的评论:
Have you ever heard of Rockefeller Republican?
If you bring a candidate of that kind, I would vote for that person. But not the crazy ones we are offered: fiscally big spenders and socially conservative.
回复noso的评论:
and I am going to make sure that one count does not go to McCain.
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回复smeagolrocks的评论:
right, I am glad your vote only counts once too.
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回复noso的评论:
Good thing is that it is not up to you.
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回复littlebirds的评论:
It is sad, just look at Obama's fan, do they really understand this election is very serious matter? not really.
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回复smeagolrocks的评论:
If people like Obama can be the President, I rather have a young conservative female President who can carry out common sense policies.
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回复jwayne_1的评论:
good point, thanks.
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回复noso的评论: all politician flip and flop to get elected. in addition, flip flop is part of getting better. only stupid bush refuse to flip his disastrous decisions and actions.
but i have to agree that democrats' chance is slim this time. too bad america might fall as all other powerful empires in history.
smeagolrocks 发表评论于
McCain is 72 and a cancer survivor, Palin is 44 and was mayor of a small city of 5000 people 2 yrs ago. If McCain can not perform his duty during his term, Palin will be the president of united states. This is too risky.
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回复bluecurrent的评论:
葩玲是五个孩子的妈妈， 不是四个. the youngest is only five months.
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美国面临对外两场战争，对内严重的金融危机，选民，政客却还在肤色，性别这些细节上打口水战打得不亦乐乎。 -__-
yeah, it could be an interesting even funny game show, unfortunately, it is our own money on the table.
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回复Styx的评论:
Yes, I had the same thoughts. Finally, McCain's pick on Palin makes Obama/Binden look like pretenders, which are really who they are.
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回复bluecurrent的评论:
Talk is cheap, action takes courage! Obama is very good at talking and imaging. He is dangerous since he flip-flops to get elected.
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回复mister986的评论:
Well, if that happens, then finally we have a female President in US!
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"A Reform Ticket"
"For starters, we'd say Governor Palin's credentials as an agent of reform exceed Barack Obama's." -- The Wall Street Journal
"A Reform Ticket"
Editorial
The Wall Street Journal
August 30, 2008
If any doubt remained that former fighter pilot John McCain loves to take unconventional risks, he put them to bed Friday by picking Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Introduced in Dayton by Mr. McCain, Governor Palin swung the bat pretty well. We'll now see if she can hit curve balls.
It's a daring pick because Mrs. Palin has never faced national scrutiny and hasn't had to deal with foreign policy. Most VP choices are designed to do no harm, and we tend to agree with the maxim. Democrats are already saying they can't wait for Mrs. Palin's debate against "statesman" Joe Biden. On the other hand, the record shows that Sarah Palin's political career is a case study in taking on the big boys. We suspect her record of fighting the status quo was uppermost in John McCain's decision.
Barack Obama aside, Senator McCain's biggest problem is a Republican brand that has suffered -- both among independents and the GOP base -- from the party's business-as-usual mentality in Washington. The public wants change. This pick could prove Mr. McCain is serious about changing his party.
Sarah Palin's reform resume would be remarkable in any political career. She entered politics at 28, winning a seat on the Wasilla city council as an opponent of tax increases. After she defeated Wasilla's three-term incumbent mayor four years later, she swept the mayor's cronies out of the bureaucracy.
In 2003, Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski appointed her to the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Bear in mind that Mr. Murkowski had already served as junior U.S. Senator from Alaska for 22 years. Mr. Murkowski was junior senator for so long because Senator Ted Stevens (who was recently indicted for corruption) had lifetime tenure in the senior post.
Shortly after joining the oil and gas commission, Mrs. Palin commenced an ethics probe of the state's Republican party chairman, Randy Ruedrich, involving conflicts of interest with oil companies. The probe resulted in a $12,000 fine for the party chair.
She crossed party lines in 2004 to join a Democratic representative's ethics complaint over an international trade deal against the Republican Attorney General Gregg Renkes, who had ties to the Murkowski machine. Mr. Renkes resigned.
In late 2005, Mrs. Palin announced her run for Governor before then-Governor Murkowski had announced his intention to stand for re-election. In a three-way primary, Mrs. Palin got 51% to Mr. Murkowski's 19%. At the center of this campaign was a debate over competing proposals to build a natural gas pipeline across Alaska.
These columns wrote about Gov. Murkowski's smashing defeat by Mrs. Palin, noting that his pipeline proposal had been tainted by reports of sweetheart deals with energy companies. The editorial ended: "If Republicans are run out of Congress in November, one big reason will be that, like Mr. Murkowski, they have become far more comfortable running the government than reforming it." That is what happened, as disgusted GOP voters turned away from their own party and ceded control of Congress to the Democrats.
Against the odds, Mrs. Palin won that 2006 election against the state's former Democratic governor Tony Knowles. Most recently, she promoted the effort of her GOP lieutenant governor to unseat U.S. Congressman Don Young, who with Senator Stevens created the earmark that sank the GOP, the notorious "bridge to nowhere."
Experience?
For starters, we'd say Governor Palin's credentials as an agent of reform exceed Barack Obama's. Mr. Obama rose through the Chicago Democratic machine without a peep of push-back. Alaska's politics are deeply inbred and backed by energy-industry money. Mr. Obama slid past the kind of forces that Mrs. Palin took head on. This is one reason her selection -- despite its campaign risks -- seems to have been so well received by Republicans yesterday. They are looking for a new generation of leaders.
Don't expect this remarkable personal Palin narrative to get an Obama-like break from the national media. Their main focus will be her lack of experience, claiming it undercuts Mr. McCain's criticism of Barack Obama. One mispronounced foreign leader's name, and she's going to be hammered.
If she can survive this gantlet, Governor Palin could help Mr. McCain with some liabilities of his own. The alternative would have been a ticket of two familiar GOP names in a political cycle where the Democrats have seemed to be the party of energy and freshness. A self-described "hockey mom" with a commercial-fisherman husband, Governor Palin will have more credibility with families than a Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee. With energy supplies and prices one of the top issues, Alaska's Governor also should bring some first-hand realism to the debate over drilling and the environment.
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Senator Obama's acceptance speech made it clear that his campaign strategy is pegged to linking Mr. McCain to the Beltway Republicans and the struggling economy. It's a powerful argument, and John McCain needs an answer to Mr. Obama's list of Democratic bromides. The vulnerability in the Obama plan is there's little in it that is new. He'd mostly replace one status quo with an earlier status quo of government spending schemes. Joe Biden is no help on that.
Mr. McCain's instinct clearly is to offer himself to voters as a reformer. With Sarah Palin, a genuine reformer, Mr. McCain may have found the right idea and the right person to make his run.
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回复bluecurrent的评论:
haha. 5. one just came this year, not in the picture :)
Styx 发表评论于
I was expecting Romney earlier.
After listening to/ watching her interviews/speeches, I'm definitely impressed. Now the question is, is two monthes enough for American people to get to know her well enough and accept her as an electable VP and potential chief-in-commander? Obama did it from a nobody to a national popstar in a year, she is more charming, very intelligent, strongly conservative, and definitely healthy and positive, I don't see why she can't!
Now she is talking about oil drilling process and technology like a real expert on TV, the CNBC woman report looks really slow and dull compared to her. Oh I really like her now.
And when she talks about her husband and his job, you can't ignore the big smile from heart.
likewater11 发表评论于
republican's think tank is superior to democrat's. i have seen the result of november, john mccain and sarah palin are the president and vice president of the united states of america. Show time!
You will see, McCain is not Bush, no matter what Obama said.
This John McCain will have new stuff for Obama.
zxl00001 发表评论于
You got things reversed. Obama will not attack her of lack of experience, why should he? Obama will attack McCain with a variety issues, Iraq war, economy, etc. The thing is how McCain will attack Obama now. The only thing he got is: Obama is not ready. Now he picked a VP even less ready.
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回复hairycat的评论:
Now let the show begin~~~
Finally John McCain forced Obama into corner and gave Hillary's supporters a chance to make the history: A female VP (President if anything happens to John McCain.)
