Obama

Milhouse VanHouten wrote:

Very true. In addition to that, if he spent two or three terms in the Senate before running, his opponent would use his voting record against him just like the GOP did with Kerry in 2004: "His voting record proves he's the most liberal Senator in the country!!".

Of course, that whole arguement is basically bullshit. Candidate Bush constantly reminded voters that he wasn't a Washington insider, that he wasn't a slave to the Beltway machine... etc. Of course, that wasn't really true, and even if it was, what difference did it make? He's still painfully incompetent.

How the hell is using someone's voting record bullshit???? Jesus, it's the only factual information there is on what a candidate believes in or at least what he or she will do with his/her power.

Sometimes experience just makes your resume look better. It doesn't necessarily make you a better leader.. I think Obama would do fine.

yield2me wrote:

Thats the problem though, you can't explain why you think he'd do fine because he has nothing to base any decision on! And don't say he is so charasmatic....because you could find charasmatic people anywhere, but that doesn't mean that they should lead a country does it? maybe I'm wrong here?

Another question then, is it better to vote somebody in with bad experience *cough Bush* or no experience at all?

LikeAnOcean wrote:

Another question then, is it better to vote somebody in with bad experience *cough Bush* or no experience at all?

That depends on how much you'd like to have a beer with him, regardless of whether or not he drinks.

Seriously, we hear that Obama's four years in the Senate will not be enough and that Bush was a Governor of a large state. The notion that Bush has "more" experience is true. The irony is that he almost ran on NOT being experienced in 2000. "Now, I'm no Washington insider..."

And yeah, most everything Bush touched went to shit in the private sector. And thanks to his background, he had a lot of opportunities. But I guess most people would say that you should not vote for someone with "bad" experience. The bottom line is that the voters did not see his experience as bad.

Well, I bought his book and have yet to begin reading it...but I know what got my attention about him was his interview on Oprah (yes I admit it), I liked how he was a civil lawyer and helped those less fortunate instead of going into his own private firm and charging thousands of dollars for his services. Very bright man, interesting background (father from Kenya, grew up in Hawaii...), and he's admitted to doing drugs such as coke and smoking and actually inhaling...(not that’s a good reason for considering someone for presidency), but if he can be honest about something like that, perhaps that could give us hope for his honesty in the future....speaking from a social studies teacher perspective (ahhh I finally became one!)
dee

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

"Free public college for any student with B-average. (Jul 1998)"

It's really about time we did this. Some of the smartest, most promising people I know are forced into tech schools and community colleges because they don't have the money for a good school (and that's taking in mind scholarships and financial aid too) while I know dumbfucks who get into the best schools in the state because of their rich parents.

And some of those Tech Schools will give you are far more practical and more useful education.

cincybearcat wrote:

And some of those Tech Schools will give you are far more practical and more useful education.

I think you're missing a word or punctuation mark or something in this sentence. Tech School graduate, I presume?

cincybearcat wrote:

Hahaha...nope...gradugated from a real live 4 year university...in engineering though, so my english has a lot to be desired. Especially when typing and not checking for my mistakes.

I had 2 different thoughts...the 'are' should be 'a'...so sue me Einstein.

I wonder if Einstein's English writings were perfect.

Looking back, I wish I would have gone to a two year school before attending the worthless University I went to. I may have made a better decision.