Yes, so Republicans would have us believe. So for the last 8 years - they have had the opportunity to have the DOJ investigate the hypothesis of pervasive voter fraud. The findings, by and large, were that this Republican talking point was complete and utter bullsh-t for the most part. Rather than a pervasive program at best there were a few isolated instances which were self-reported by ACORN, and which were removed from the rolls prior to the election, stuff that you find on both sides of the aisle (such as the expunging of blacks from voter rolls in Florida in 2000). Because of this--- fast forward and we get the US Attorney firing scandal - the intial Republican US Attorney who refussed to prosecute the ACORN case was one who resigned under pressure from the White House, and then was replaced by a loyalist who did.
It is a good point, but on the day Sarah Palin was named, I pointed out that she has more administrative (executive) experience than McCain, Obama, Biden and Hillary combined. Just for the record.
No, no we can't. This is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...the most powerful nation on earth and the leader of the free world. You want some Joe Schmo running things? Do you not think this takes some higher level of intelligence? I can't for the life of me figure out why republicans think high intelligence is such a great thing. As if being an idiot makes you more qualified to be president. WHEN DID IT BECOME A BAD THING TO BE EDUCATED?
The Republicans are going to far this time, I think it will backfire. The hypocrisism, the nastiness, the viliness, the lies, and just using Palin in such an obvious sense to make sexism an issue when in fact it's the republicans who were sexist in bashing Hillary for all these years. The irony is the Obama campaign hasn't said anything sexist at all. The Republicans are inventing it in order to play the sex card.
And as Jon Stewart pointed out last night, these were the same people who mocked Hillary for playing the sex card during the primaries.
Yes, a better education would help you. All you had to do was pounce on the fact that George W. Bush graduated from Yale. I gave you a slow ball to hit out of the park. Palin graduated from the University of Idaho and has done very well. I on the other hand, graduated from the University of Texas (with honors I might add), but I only own a small, moderately successful business. Education is what you do with it -- but you have to have the intelligence first. I have a friend in Ohio who also owns a very successful business. He never went to college but is one of the brightest people I've ever run across. I'd vote for him for any office, but he has little patience for politicians. Go figure.
Are you honestly trying to equate Dubya "I got in via daddy's name and large wallet" with Obama "I actually worked hard enough to becoming the ****ing professor at my alma mater"? That's just stupid.
But Jesus didn't run for vice-emperor. He stood up for the common citizen and got crucified for all of us just the same.
More injudicious extrapolation. We've had eight years of Yalie George Bush. I suppose you want more of the same. How's that for an injudicious extrapolation?
Seriously? A lack of judgement in thinking that Bush, who barely graduated, is quite a lot less learned than Obama, who became a professor for eight years after graduating magna c*m laude? I graduated pretty high in my class, but I know those ahead of me at a minimum worked harder, and probably were legitimately smarter than me. But don't let any petty systems such as "grades", "class rank", or "jobs visibly demontrating significant faith in one's education" get in the way of your mendacious reasoning. That would be totally elitist!
This paragraph is so full of win -- underscores exactly why conservatives like myself are at this point completely disaffected with the Republican party. All they've got is abortion and gay marriage now. The truth is that these are nothing more than wedge political issues that are used to rouse the rabble. In all my years of living in this country, no Republican in government has really done anything substantive against Roe v Wade anyway. So why should I care about that? Why should I be worried about Roe v Wade instead of the economy and how it's hitting my pocket? Why should I ignore the way these so-called conservatives continue to blow up the budget deficit and expand government in all directions with little perceivable benefit to the people? I'm tired of the BS. I may not agree with Barack Obama on a good number of issues, but he's got two things going for him: He's not from the GOP, and I feel I can take him at his word on many of the things he says. I just can't say that about the Republicans anymore. Enough. We are not sheep.
or a more relevant: we've had 8 years of failed "conservative" leadership. time for a change. you damn well know what ivy-league school they attending has no bearings in the grand scheme of things, but their POLICIES do.
