You forgot to add “heck”, “doggone it” and “give a shout out”. You can argue about that last one, but it’s really just too cute coming from a VP candidate, a’ight?

the tearing up was what got me.

oh they’re both just a couple of joe six-pack americans who happen to make six figures a year! cute.

Biden was trying to be my sweet old abuelo and Palin thought it was a pageant. It’s amazing how candidates put on this “We’re just like you!” facade when they are anything but the average american. There were times when I just felt like yelling, “Fuck your babies fuck your families get on with it already.” and was I the only one who thought Palins winks and smiles and cutesy attitude were patronizing?

@LaLa So all of a sudden it’s a bad thing to make money? When you found your talking point for the day, did you also learn about how they also hold down 4 jobs to make those six figures? She’s as close to “one of us” as any body in Washington is going to get. Do we really want to get into how much Obama and Biden are worth?

no, sorry. she’s not like me at all. for one, i don’t tell other women what they are and are not allowed to do with their bodies. and i don’t care how many jobs she had to get where she is. the fact that she had about 15 percent attendance record as governor means she was, effectively, stealing money from the people she was sworn in to serve and protect. if i made as much as she did and only showed up to work about 45 days a year, you best believe i would be pretty fucking out of touch with the rest of the citizens in that “microcosm of america” that is alaska, or in the united states at large.

i also don’t practice nepotism while in the position of being a member of government, nor do i advocate for abstinence-only sex education while holding my pregnant teen daughter on a pedestal because of the hard “choice” she made to keep her child.

so, no. sarah palin is not like me. neither is biden, which is why my comment extended to both. but the idea that palin is “more like us regular ol’ joes” than senator biden is, i’m sorry - a load of shit. it is a load of shit, pure and simple.

just because she might have the middling iq of many average americans, doesn’t mean she can lead them. sorry, but i prefer a leader who is more knowledgeable, articulate and aware than i am than one who i can “relate to.”

Jonathan, you’ve been schooled

@LaLa: Oh Snap! raising the roof

LaLa 08!

@Jonathon: Sass! Lala told you.

brava, LaLa! brava!

Of course Jonathan appears with another dense comment. He should change his name to Jona-thick.

@Latin_Princess You seem to know me well, have we slept together?

@LaLa Abortion is something that we agree on. I don’t believe that the government should tell you what you can and can’t do with one’s body be it abortion or something as minor as wearing a motorcycle helmet. The truth is that in her role as VP, she wouldn’t have the power to overthrow Roe v Wade if she slapped a pair of antlers on all of Congress and shot them from 100 yards out of the side of a Cessna.

In regards to her attendance, she worked from her house and was pregnant during part of that time as well. Would you move your 5 kids to another city if you didn’t absolutely have to? If I’m given the opportunity to work from home does that mean I’m not working? Hardly. She reduced the expenses of her predecessors saving state dollars by eliminating many of the unecessary expenses that were being made by those who came before her. How does someone acheive a 90% approval rating without doing their job? Even now as she campaigns she still has a 78% approval rating which is better than the President and Congress COMBINED. Our other friends in this discussion are “stealing” from us as well:

Barack Obama missed 306 (24%) of 1287 votes since Jan 6, 2005.

John McCain missed 738 (18%) of 4104 votes since Feb 4, 1993.

Joseph Biden missed 391 (10%) of 4105 votes since Feb 4, 1993.

Your buddy Barack has spent more time running for President than he has doing his job as a Senator.

Time Period/Number of Votes/MissedVotes/Percent
2007-Q1 126 3 2.4%
2007-Q2 112 20 17.9%
2007-Q3 119 67 56.3%
2007-Q4 85 76 89.4%
2008-Q1 85 31 36.5%
2008-Q2 77 65 84.4%
2008-Q3 39 33 84.6%

Sorry, but I can’t bring myself to vote for someone as inexperienced as Obama and a life-long politician as Biden (who’s son is a lobbyist) while we’re witnessing the WORST Congress in US history.

http://www.govtrack.us

@ Jonathan: Of course not, silly. You keep flaunting that purity ring of which you spoke so highly.

@Latin Princess Oh, that old thing? I lost that my freshman year in high school.

Both LaLa and Jonathan make very good points, cheers! However why would anyone vote republican is beyond me. 95% of us won’t ever make the kind of money that would make republican policy good for you. This president will be appointing seats in the supreme court, which definitely could have an impact on Roe/Wade. Along those same lines, I for one, would be very concerned about same sex rights going down the toilet. The democratic party isn’t all roses and giggles but they haven’t strayed as far from working for the public as republicans have really. What republican officials lack in compassion they make up for in rampant greed, corruption and hypocrisy.
Seriously, would you actually want McCain taking the reins of this country? And if he doesn’t make it through his term, would you feel comfortable knowing that Palin would take over? How scary is that? Isn’t it about time that our citizens received leaders in office that actually might care about us?

@ Jonathan: If you listen closely, Jordin Sparks is calling you a slut right this very second.

@Latin Princess That B***H.

Supreme Court seats are life appointments. What are the odds?

A tax-cut from B-boy for us 95% would make it virtually impossible to not only get us out of our current defecit (+850 billion as of today), but to fund all the new governement programs he wants to implement in addition to doubling our financial “global” support for all those great countries who hate us. Government? Not so good at math, in case you haven’t noticed.

If you watched the debate last night you’d know they’re both against same-sex marriage, yet pro-contracts/agreements/blah, blah. Face it. The gay community loses either way.

http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/sep/17/next-president-will-have-major-impact-supreme-cour/
Judges retire, they don’t just work until they drop dead. Our next president will be appointing anywhere from one to three next term. I’m gonna pretend you didn’t have a condescending tone when you said “Supreme Court seats are life appointments. What are the odds?”

“In addition to making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent, McCain says he would double the exemption for dependents, lower the corporate tax rate, make expensing rules more generous for small businesses and lessen the bite of the estate tax and Alternative Minimum tax.

The net result: compared with their tax bill today, taxpayers on average would see their tax bill cut by nearly $1,200. That means their after-tax income would rise by 2%.

But those in the lowest income groups would only see their after-tax income rise by less than 1% (or between $19 and $319). By contrast, the highest-income households - those with incomes of at least $603,000 - would see a boost in after-tax income of 3.4%, or more than $40,000.”
and
“Under both plans, all American taxpayers could pay a price for their tax cuts: a bigger deficit. The Tax Policy Center estimates that over 10 years, McCain’s tax proposals could increase the national debt by as much as $4.5 trillion with interest, while Obama’s could add as much as $3.3 trillion.”
Sorry for the long quote but who has a plan that works better for those of us who aren’t wealthy? Neither do great things for deficit but one clearly is aimed towards helping out the average citizen more.

As for the gay rights thing, Obama will defend rights for gays. Mccain and his sidekick never would, and this faggot likes having civil rights.

Palin was just plain bad. She knows very little about the most important issues facing our country. I can’t support a ticket with an ill-prepared VP.

Palin was just plain bad. She knows very little about the most important issues facing our country. I can’t support a ticket with an ill-prepared VP.

I want a sarah palin doll…’tis so adorable

yah i’d love a sarah palin doll — so i can melt her fucking smug face off with a lighter. maybe if i’m lucky i can catch a buzz from burning plastic fumes.

What’s with all these gloomy facts, numbers, and shit. Who cares? I’d vote for Biden because he seems to be the most informed and experienced while I’d also vote for Palin because I’d love to bone her. Which in my book is how VP nominees should be gauged.

Ay carajo! Que connondrum! Voto por el viejo o por la mami chula de Alaska?

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