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Ken Burns says Sarah Palin is 'supremely unqualified'
hollywoodreporter.com — "He (McCain) selected someone who is so supremely unqualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency and he has turned the selection process into a high school popularity contest and an 'American Idol' competition," Burns said. He said that McCain made a "cynical" pick in what he said was the most important decision.....
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- tcbishop12, on 09/22/2008, -14/+336"Governor Palin, are you ready at this moment to perform surgery on this child's brain?"
"Of course, Charlie. I have several boys of my own, and I'm an avid hunter."- TCSavant, on 09/23/2008, -65/+12No fair! I've had experience organizing communities and voting present in the Senate for two years. I should get first crack at that kid's brain.
- IronTek, on 09/23/2008, -5/+38That's true, but at least you've been voted on by your fellow Democrats to operate on the kid and not only have you faced public scrutiny for the past two years, but you've welcomed it (insofar as you've made yourself accessible to the media).
...So don't be too hard on yourself. - altgeeky1, on 09/23/2008, -17/+8Psst... Biden was never any of those things. I think you were so anxious to jump in, you did not read the analogy you replied to...
- diggduggDOOM, on 09/23/2008, -13/+1Perhaps we should get someone from the Marine 'Core' to do it, eh Convincing Savant?
- jaxcs, on 09/23/2008, -0/+13Pssst.... Biden has been vetted even more thoroughly than Obama.
- NinjaJoey, on 09/24/2008, -2/+8In case you're just spouting copypasta you've heard elsewhere, let me enlighten you. During his 8 years in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama voted present 129 times out of more than 4000. That's about 3% of the time. Also, in the U.S. Senate, "present" is not an option, so he's never voted "present" since he's been in Congress. You should check out this definition before you post anymore sweet facts:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/context - TCSavant, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1I'm not sure what you're talking about. Obama has not voted many times in the US Senate. A senator can cast a NV vote which is no different than a vote of present. If you're looking for sweet facts, check out his voting record:
http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_i ...
- IronTek, on 09/23/2008, -5/+38That's true, but at least you've been voted on by your fellow Democrats to operate on the kid and not only have you faced public scrutiny for the past two years, but you've welcomed it (insofar as you've made yourself accessible to the media).
- aralls, on 09/23/2008, -0/+17That's Sam Harris' line from this excellent article:
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Sam_Harris_on_Sa ... - SevenTwo, on 09/23/2008, -1/+75In what respect Charlie?
- Charlotte_Web, on 09/23/2008, -21/+5"In what respect, Charlie?"
You know, Charlie Gibson was so condescending on that point, but as Dennis Praeger and Slate.com both point out, there are at least four or five doctrines that are labeled the "Bush Doctrine":
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28561
http://www.slate.com/id/2200090/
Sarah Palin's response was therefore not the wrong one.
Here's the Wikipedia entry on "Bush Doctrine":
"The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of United States president George W. Bush, created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves, which was used to justify the invasion of Afghanistan.[1] Later it came to include additional elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate (used to justify the invasion of Iraq); a policy of supporting democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism; and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way."
As you can see, it's a phrase that embodies VARIOUS foreign policy ideas and has changed over time.
Again, Palin's response was not the wrong one. - alothrop, on 09/23/2008, -2/+11maybe not completely wrong, but she still had almost no clue what he was talking about.
- bdfariello, on 09/24/2008, -6/+5@Charlotte_Web: Are people just copying that comment and pasting it every single time you see "In what respect, Charlie?" I swear I've seen it a few dozen times, which does little to convince me that she really was completely clueless.
- Charlotte_Web, on 09/24/2008, -14/+4@ alothrop:
You don't know that. Let's not engage in wild speculation.
@ bdfariello:
Nope, that's only the second time I've posted that.
Every time the ignorant repeat their rant, I'll repeat the truth.
And based on the evidence I presented, I'll argue that CHARLIE GIBSON didn't know what the hell he was talking about. He was trying to be all pompous and intelligent-sounding, but he clearly didn't fully understand the subject himself if he thought "Bush Doctrine" simply means "preemptive war". - jaxcs, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1You are the spin machine! Reading your post, Palin is a closet intellectual and has an acute understanding of the Bush doctrine so sophisticated that she foresaw the various senses of the doctrine even before Charles Krauthammer wrote his article. When Palin asked, "In what respect, Charlie?", she wasn't confused, she merely failed to answer due to the complexity of the issue. Too bad all of this is false. If what you say is true, why didn't her answer reflect even one sense of the bush doctrine? The obvious answer is that she didn't know what the hell she was talking about.
- Charlotte_Web, on 09/23/2008, -21/+5"In what respect, Charlie?"
- dizilbdog, on 09/23/2008, -0/+11That made me laugh
- compdude32, on 09/23/2008, -19/+6Ah yes, you claim Palin is unqualified to be Vice President, yet she is more qualified to be Vice President than Barrack Obama is. Heck she is even more qualified to be President than Obama.
Sure her political career isn't that long (although it is longer than Obama's) but her record shows that she has actually governed where Obama has done little more than vote present.- dwrecktion, on 09/23/2008, -2/+22Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
- Orsigno, on 09/23/2008, -14/+3Obama is for change though man. We should could use some change right about now. That way we can change back later and feel better.
- paulvq, on 09/23/2008, -1/+19Yeah, and there's no doubting her foreign policy experience either. Alaska is close to Russia.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -1/+16Actually it's shorter than his.
- dwrecktion, on 09/23/2008, -0/+25The Palin being more qualified than Obama is the stupidest argument I've ever heard cause the only grounds it exists on means she is more qualified than McCain too.
- wjboyer, on 09/23/2008, -1/+15Yes, Palin governed Alaska with these highlights:
*appointed her school friend the head of Agriculture for Alaska
=>qualifications were being in real estate and liking cows.
*said that she would cooperate with the "Troopergate" investigation
=>Bi partisan commission which Republicans held a majority, initiated it and named a Republican special prosecutor (Todd Palin, who participates in state business in person or by e-mail, was among 13 people subpoenaed by the Alaska Legislature. Palin's lawyer sent a letter to the lead investigator saying Palin objected to the probe and would not appear to testify on Friday.)
=>has changed her story regarding the dismissal of the Commissioner of State Police
===>first said that she dismissed him because of insubordination )At the time Palin said she wanted the department to move in a new direction. But later, after Monegan said he felt pressured to fire Wooten, Palin at a news conference said Monegan wasn't a team player, didn't do enough to fill trooper vacancies and battle alcohol abuse issues in rural Alaska.)
====>next said that she dismissed him because of his strenuous activities to get sexual assault kits to be paid by the local police instead of the victim of that violence.
Under Palin's Administration, "Life Begins at Rape" for women unable to pay for their forensic evidence gathering. Justice is served to women who can afford it and denied for those who can't. I live in Alaska-the wealthiest of the 50 states! Forcing rape victims to pay for their own forensic rape kits is something one would expect to find in a fundamentalist country overseas. I have outrage fatigue. I can't decide which facet of this policy is more upsetting. Is it the denial of justice for the poor? Is it the punishment of women who had been raped? Is it the political policies of a woman so entrenched in the "Pro-Life" movement she would deny justice to a victim? This is not a "Pro-Life" policy. This is a "Pro-Rapist" policy, and forced pregnancy policy.
It should be noted Joe Biden introduced legislation to fund rape kits to women in America. John McCain voted against it.
=====>has now said that his dismissal was because of his abuse of traveling at State expense.
We should know in a couple of weeks the report of the special prosecutor, but do we see a trend here? - Charlotte_Web, on 09/23/2008, -11/+4Burns used the phrase 'supremely unqualified'; not just 'unqualified,' but 'SUPREMELY UNQUALIFIED'.
At best, if you are an Obama supporter, there's no way that you can argue that Obama's level of experience is significantly more than hers. Therefore, you are also lumping Obama into the SUPREMELY UNQUALIFIED category. - mrswirl, on 09/23/2008, -4/+10I am so ***** sick of hearing this "present" vote *****....
THE FACTS: Obama acknowledges that over nearly eight years in the Illinois Senate, he voted "present" 129 times. That was out of roughly 4,000 votes he cast, so those "presents" amounted to about one of every 31 votes in his legislative career.
Illinois legislators often vote "present" and for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes blocs of lawmakers do it as a protest in some dispute over rules and procedures. Obama was often joined in his "present" votes by 10 or 20 other senators.
In other cases, lawmakers do it to signal objections to the details of a measure that they support in principle. They also use "present" votes as strategic moves to defeat legislation or, of course, simply to avoid taking a firm position.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01 ... - buddhika86, on 09/23/2008, -2/+7He he, that must be why she is kept out from media as much as possible :P
- flipmoe, on 09/24/2008, -4/+1Photoshopped!
- YEEK, on 09/24/2008, -1/+4Gawd. Turn off Rush and actually read up on the difference between Obama's experience and Palin's.
You don't have a clue.
- dsunshine1, on 09/23/2008, -2/+35She stayed at a holiday inn last night
- fletcher008, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4/nitpick
holiday inn express
/end nitpick
- fletcher008, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4/nitpick
- ericthegreat, on 09/23/2008, -2/+6Can't say that I disagree but come on, hollywoodreporter.com?
- idreamwideyed, on 09/24/2008, -0/+6he's a film maker, it's appropriate.
- brycelb, on 09/24/2008, -7/+2He's a film maker so let's get his views on politics? How is that appropriate? Make sure you ask your local Sparklets guy what his thoughts are the next time he drops off your water.
- SenorCardgage74, on 09/24/2008, -0/+8brycelb he's one of our most accomplished modern historians and documentarians (and widely regarded as a pretty damn sound and objective one)
The fact that you dont know this makes me think you may be supremely unqualified to post in this thread. - idreamwideyed, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1brycelb: no one ever said you had to listen to him. he's a citizen of this country too, and he has an opinion of whats going on in politics right now, and since he has an audience, he's going to share them. and some people will listen and say he has really good points (or really bad, either one), and others arent going to give his opinions the time of day because he famous, which i guess makes him much less of a person than you or me.
its not like hes forcing his opinions down your throat. you chose to click on the link, its not like you didnt know what you were getting into. everyone has a voice on the internet, his just happens to belong to a documentairan who perhaps might know more about the history of this country than you do.
its not like he was on CNN or something. - tharju, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1@brycelb apparently you have no idea of who ken burns is. Yea, you are right..he is a fashion designer from the Project Runway show. Dumb ass.
- jdibiase, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1"one of our most accomplished modern historians"??
He's a documentary film maker, and an accomplished one at that, but I don't think he would even call himself an historian.
- DarkPrincess74, on 09/23/2008, -2/+2I'm not familiar with what that is.
- wedges, on 09/23/2008, -1/+2i have that confidence and that readiness.
- 4321234, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6Don't scare off the parents. Keep her isolated from questions from the kid's parents for a month or so while the ER team coaches her on talking points about brain surgery.
- jadx100, on 09/23/2008, -9/+1I guess that someone that has missed 295 votes (45.9%) during the current Congress... and yet claims that he stands for change really has the qualification and the back bone that are necessary to be the Man... And the fact that he won his seat in Congress because the front runner got caught up in a sex scandal, and not because the majority of the population really wanted him in there worries me a little. (A winner by default)
I think that Palin is a little wet behind the ears, but has not been bought off like others in Washington, All I have seen from her is change. She has the guts to really make things happen... That may be scary to some of you out there, but it is refreshing to most of us.- jaxcs, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7You think someone who claims again and again that proximity to Russia (across a large body of water) gives her a special understanding is refreshing? I call that's being lied to but I guess you like being lied to.
- SSPink, on 09/23/2008, -2/+8Missed Votes by Member
64.1% Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
+ Votes: 412 votes missed (64.1%), 231 votes cast
48.4% Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
+ Votes: 311 votes missed (48.4%), 332 votes cast
+ Note: Sen. Johnson suffered a brain hemorrhage on Dec. 13, 2006, and spent several months recovering. He has since returned to the Senate.
45.9% Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
+ Votes: 295 votes missed (45.9%), 348 votes cast
32.2% Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
+ Votes: 207 votes missed (32.2%), 436 votes cast
30.8% Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE)
+ Votes: 198 votes missed (30.8%), 445 votes cast
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/se ...
Also, Palin had a 15% Attendance Record As Governor of Alaska
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13736.ht ...
The moral of this story is two-fold: running for president is very time consuming and people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. - UltraDavid, on 09/24/2008, -1/+5Palin's probably the most bought-off person with less than 2 years experience in major office I've ever seen.
- blaimjos, on 09/24/2008, -1/+5A governor from a large very republican state with an extremist conservative mentality promising to change Washington? McCain just chose dubya with breasts. I think he's upstaged Metallica circa 2000 for biggest sellout award.
- tharju, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1"jadx100 --She has the guts to really make things happen... That may be scary to some of you out there, but it is refreshing to most of us."
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahhaaa.....change it back to the 19th century? and like rape victims has to buy their own rape kits???? (only in Alaska)...i say..thanks but no thanks..
Palin is a ***** joke.!!
- franklinbains90, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3"And I can see the surgeon general's office from my house... and I can't blink when I'm called to duty. I can't hesitate."
- elhaf, on 09/23/2008, -1/+1"Other than to poll my kids, because it affects their lives. The girls anyway. The boy doesn't count. But then after we asked them, they were somehow kept in the dark about the fact that I was selected to perform the surgery, because we told them they were going to visit their aunt in Ohio."
- life036, on 09/24/2008, -0/+4Executive experience don't mean ***** in terms of qualifications. Bush's dumb ass is STILL not qualified to be the president of the US, and he's actually been doing the job for 8 years.
Don't. Mean. *****.
I'll take sound judgment over executive experience ANY DAY. - nettonav, on 09/24/2008, -1/+2Brittney Spears for VP! She is totally qualified for the McCain camp...
- fuzzybeard, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1Nope. You have to be thirty-five years old to be either President or Vice-President.
- TCSavant, on 09/23/2008, -65/+12No fair! I've had experience organizing communities and voting present in the Senate for two years. I should get first crack at that kid's brain.
- tjordanchat, on 09/22/2008, -6/+166And I can see ER from my living room.
- DarkPrincess74, on 09/23/2008, -2/+11Oh cool, you must be qualified to perform this surgery I need then.
- winnestow, on 09/24/2008, -12/+1barack hussein obama is the only candidate supporting infanticide. a vote for obama is a vote for murder.
- richardstaboner, on 09/24/2008, -1/+2I can see infanticide from my living room and I love using middle names unnecessarily. help?
- sp1900, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2Good, I hate children.
- cattletracks, on 09/22/2008, -8/+191TWO QUESTIONS:
1) Would you turn over the keys to your house to someone you'd known for only six weeks?
2) Would you turn over the keys to your country to someone you've only known for six weeks?"- kebinusan, on 09/23/2008, -5/+48Someone the press has only interviewed twice and I say twice very loosely since what Hannity did could barely be called an interview.
- fleischner, on 09/23/2008, -46/+4As compared to how many interviews of Obama? By my count, one, by O'Reilly. Things like "The View" don't count.
- dwrecktion, on 09/23/2008, -1/+26@fleischner: you must not be following the campaign then, my friends.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -2/+34Obama is on television almost every day answering questions for reporters and journalists..... Are you a crazy person?
- blackinthmiddle, on 09/23/2008, -1/+20@fleishner
Well then you're not very good at math, are you?
Let's see, there's the Wallace interview he did with fox. I'll even provide the link since "by your math", this should be the only interview he's done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOYzCGr9lqc
Hey, but what's this. Is there *another* interview he's done? Why yes, with Fox, no less. Here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJH2n4aFEhA
But then, O'Reilly is a lot softer than those gals on the view and I guess they don't count.
One interview? Are you ***** serious? Bottom line, very "unbalanced" people who don't really like Obama have vetted this man over and over and over (and over) again. We know a hell of a lot about him. The G.O.P. wishes they could find some actual dirt on him, other than nonsense like flag pins and such. But by "your count", he's only been interviewed once.
The precious little we know about Palin is not flattering. So her handlers are keeping a tight reign on who can see/view/gawk at her. - publiclurker, on 09/23/2008, -1/+23Don't be hard on Fleischner, he probably changes the channel every time he sees a black person on it.
- SenorCardgage74, on 09/24/2008, -0/+3@publiclurker
To be fair tho, he does still harbor quite a bit of resentment from that day all those black dudes wouldnt let him go swimming.
Closed due to AIDS my ass! - otayyo, on 09/24/2008, -1/+2@SenorCardgage74
huh? - tharju, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2fleischner is a joke..just like Palin and McCain.
- Barbarino, on 09/23/2008, -22/+9You use the word "known" too loosely. We didn't know much about BO until recently... We didn't know ***** about Bush and Clinton both Govs yet we voted them President and Palin is only going for VP...
Come on, if you don't like them, fine, but don't be disingenuous about it.- dwrecktion, on 09/23/2008, -3/+17Um. BO has been on the national stage since at least 2004.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -2/+15Lots of people knew about Bush Sr from his time as the CIA chief, and lots of people know Bush Jr for being that coke head son of his who bankrupted Arbusto Oil company, and he went on steal two elections, and garnered the support of hillbillies who now try to pretend they don't like him, even though they secretly worship him..of course they'll pretend that bush sucks just to get McCain elected, then they'll go back to declaring how right bush was about everything
- blackinthmiddle, on 09/23/2008, -1/+9Sure, you don't really know *anybody* if that's what you're getting at. But at a time when you should be saying, "Look, I have nothing to hide. This is what I stand for. Vote for me." Palin is doing nothing of the sort. The precious few interviews she's done have shown her for what everyone thought she is; unqualified. Don't you find it the least bit interesting that her handlers are not allowing anyone else to even interview her?
- Frankie4Fingers, on 09/23/2008, -1/+9We aren't the ones putting her at the front of the campaign. The Republicans and McCain are putting her even with him in advertisements, in every speech and in the media. If she is going to stand side by side McCain, she had better has as much knowledge and experience.
Notice how BO's ads are actually about BO and not Biden...
It just goes to show you how McCain is really trying hard to get the attention away from his age, his apparent clonning of Bush's decisions and his lack of knowledge of finance and technology. - Barbarino, on 09/23/2008, -9/+4How long was Bush Jr and Clinton on the national stage??? No one complained back then, but it's only a problem now because digg's candidate is BO..
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7You Republicans also tried to claim Bill Clinton was too young, and too inexperienced to be President, After his celebrity status and appearances on shows like Arsenio Hall and his playing Sax, you guys would go around saying he's nothing but a Hollywood candidate...Same freaking arguments you guys are making about Obama, you made about Clinton, and how did that turn out?
- anfo, on 09/24/2008, -7/+1It turned out with lying under oath. Sex scandals in the oval office distracting the country from real issues. 8 years of the country held hostage. Numerous deaths of people close to him. Bombing of Christians in Eastern Europe. Bombings of Iraq. Waco. Ruby Ridge. An utter loss of respect for the Office of the President by the American people. A massive majority of Republicans in Congress. A massive draw down of the strategic oil reserve.
Though I'm impressed that you are drawing parallels between Obama and Clinton. I think all Democrats should really keep that up. - tharju, on 09/24/2008, -0/+3deceiving his own country men to go to war > Sex scandals in the oval office
making this country owes billions of money > Sex scandals in the oval office
end up having trillions of debt > Sex scandals in the oval office
ending genocide is Balkans > Sex scandals in the oval office
anfo..i don;t know where to start when you wrote Bombing of Christians in Eastern Europe..huh? one of the dumbest comment i see here so far...and numerous deaths of people close to him??? what the ***** are you talking about? i don't think you mean those casualties rate in Iraq? and you mentioned Bombing of Iraq??? kid..you are a lost cause.
- DefendThyself, on 09/23/2008, -28/+5So a 1st term Socialist Senator that has spent more time running for President, than serving the Republic, except when he was part of ACORN forcing banks to loan money to broke people who could not afford a home and started the mortgage mess deserves to be president?
NOT!- Mattwdj, on 09/23/2008, -2/+16socialist??? coming from the party that just nationalized the whole financial sector.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -3/+6Even now you can't take responsibility for the economy you've nurtured into what it is now.
- winnestow, on 09/24/2008, -4/+1they digg you down, yet they can't assemble a rational defense
- scottc, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2There is only one socialist (a democratic socialist, actually) in Congress, and while this is his first term as a Senator he was Vermont's representative for 8 terms prior to being elected Senator:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders
- altgeeky1, on 09/23/2008, -2/+7You're obviously unfamiliar with how intertwined the GOP is with soverign funds and the Chinese Communist Party.
It doesn't matter who the GOP picks, as long as they use "soft landings" while lowering the US standard of living and debt footing. That way, foreign banks have enough warning to sell their dollars.
... and if they don't get that warning, those foreign banks seem entitled to a BAILOUT. Because again, the bailout money's not for Main Street... it's to guarantee profits for Chinese investments.
The whole system only needs to hold together until January... after that who cares? Then it will be the fault of the Democrats, for requiring TOO MUCH regulation... (sarcasm)- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -4/+2no...too much Socialism. Much more so than China.
- richbleak, on 09/23/2008, -1/+8I agree with Barbarino in that those questions are meaningless. The real questions should be regarding McCain's selection of Palin:
Would you trust someone to take over the reigns of the nation after meeting them only once?
Even the most ardent Palin apologist wouldn't suggest that they would be comfortable with this woman as vice president if the only time they ever got any information about her was a 5 minute summary of her career.- Orsigno, on 09/23/2008, -10/+2Would you feel comfortable giving that reigns of the nation to somebody you've only seen on TV. Apparently so. Squelched
- richbleak, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3McCain saw a bunch of footage of Palin campaigning and talking about national issues?
- Orsigno, on 09/23/2008, -10/+2Would you feel comfortable giving that reigns of the nation to somebody you've only seen on TV. Apparently so. Squelched
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -13/+3Well, we're on the verge of turning our country over to a guy that gave a good keynote speech 4 years ago, and taking our cues from Hollywood. So, sure, why not.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -2/+9you know I could see where you're coming from, but then you lost all credibility when you spewed stupid ***** like "taking our cues from Hollywood"... What the hell does that even mean? It's quite a dumb statement.
- ProUSADigger, on 09/23/2008, -10/+3Well, you have obviously paid attention unlike so many others.
It was, in fact, that platitude-filled speech that started this whole insanity. And, I knew, the very moment that he made that speech that, at some point, the easily-swayed lemming-left would jump all over this guy because he could speak. Their superficiality is predictable.
- compdude32, on 09/23/2008, -16/+2I am not giving the keys to the country to someone who I have only known for 6 weeks. First off, Sarah Palin has been working in Alaska politics for several years now, it is quite easy to look up her political record. Secondly she is running for vice president, not president, sure your gonna say McCain is old and can die any second now, well that is always a possiblity, but the fact still remains McCain is #1 on the ticket and that is who I am voting for, Palin is only icing on the cake.
- lostsymphonies1, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6You're voting for the whole package compdude32
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -5/+2The statement from cattletracks is to be expected when you don't start paying attention to politics until a celeb sweeps you off your feet, and it becomes the cool thing to do. It was probably more shocking to him to know that Alaska and Hawaii aren't right off the coast of California, like some maps have them.
http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/projects/states-terr ... - flipmoe, on 09/24/2008, -3/+1Dude you are AWESOME! I mean it, I just looked up your comment profile. You truly believe what you're saying here, and that is amazing.
Keep up the good work! - idreamwideyed, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1that must be a pretty ***** gross cake.
- stubear, on 09/23/2008, -2/+51) no
2) hell ***** no - Nowaiman, on 09/23/2008, -2/+1Wow cattletracks, I read that at as "would you turn over your keyboard and mouse to someone you'd known for only six weeks?" I was like hell no.
- mickyji, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1Yes; because McSame is a POW, remember?
- ablacksunrise, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1For 5 and a half years McCain didn't even HAVE keys!
- kebinusan, on 09/23/2008, -5/+48Someone the press has only interviewed twice and I say twice very loosely since what Hannity did could barely be called an interview.
- kebinusan, on 09/23/2008, -25/+7Post Turtle
- Zeitgeist101, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3total post turtle!
- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -9/+247I can see the moon from my backyard. Look at me! I'm an astronaut!!
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -40/+2I was a community organizer, state representative, and part-time senator for almost a full term. Look at me, I'm ready to lead the USA.
- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -1/+31You certainly would be. Just like Lincoln was. Or JFK.
- wendelgee2, on 09/23/2008, -1/+31I was also a constitutional law scholar and civil rights lawyer for 8 years.
- Cadicus, on 09/23/2008, -2/+19Jesus = Community Organizer
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -26/+1@madkenny
Great, two presidents who were shot. Interesting company.
@cadicus
A comparison to Jesus in a comment section of an Obama story> Well, that's unexpected. /s - Kohaxx, on 09/23/2008, -1/+19Look at me, I claim to be against George Bush's policies but then there's footage of me saying I voted with him on all the important issues and campaigned for him both terms!
Look at me, I say the fundamentals of the economy are strong but three hours later say the fundamentals are in great risk. I proudly deregulate corporations for 20 years but now my advisors are telling me I need to be pro-regulation.
Look at me, I'm supporting all of the policies that have been in Washington for the last eight years, but think we need "CHANGE".
I don't know how many houses I own, but I want to manage the complicated economic and military affairs of the United States! - bjs3171, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7cool. good luck.
- altgeeky1, on 09/23/2008, -1/+10Look at you... you're BURIED! How's that working for you, 'uppity' racist?
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -17/+1@kohaxx
To McCain's credit, he knows how many states we have, and doesn't have anyone questioning his "Muslim faith" (Obama's words, not mine).
However, please don't let me discourage you from voting for ***** A over ***** B though.
@altgeek
Well, unlike you, I don't live and die by my +/- count. Racist? Ha, funny. - Orsigno, on 09/23/2008, -9/+1JFK and Lincoln. Both of whom got owned at gun point.
- Pimptastic, on 09/23/2008, -3/+3A community organizer that beat Alan Keyes the carpetbagger.
- MadKennyP, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1Better to have a strong leader like Lincoln or Kennedy who cannot fulfill his term than a horrible leader like George W. Bush or John McCain who serves out a full term.
- Pimptastic, on 09/23/2008, -2/+5I can see the internet tubes from my desk. I can be a seriouz reporter person!
- duckley, on 09/24/2008, -1/+3GOOD ONE!
- SenorCardgage74, on 09/24/2008, -2/+2Ya momma's an astronaut.
/we goin to Sizzzzler, we goin to Siiiiiiizzler.
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -40/+2I was a community organizer, state representative, and part-time senator for almost a full term. Look at me, I'm ready to lead the USA.
- steakneggs, on 09/23/2008, -7/+141PBS is holding a poll about Palin's readiness to be VP
http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html
Please check it out and vote. Reps are overrunning it, and will use it for future publicity- momofsteel, on 09/23/2008, -2/+12Done!!!
- Makaveli, on 09/23/2008, -1/+1748 ney to
50 yay
??
what the hell diggers - brb1031, on 09/24/2008, -0/+5Freepers!
- Makaveli, on 09/23/2008, -1/+1748 ney to
- LLLSecretChimp, on 09/23/2008, -14/+9A PBS on-line poll! That could change the course of history! We know how everybody breathlessly awaits the results of on-line polls.
- borsaid, on 09/23/2008, -7/+1it crashed already
- webyatri, on 09/23/2008, -2/+9Done. Says a lot that nobody(0%) is "not sure".
Everybody is either sure that she is NOT qualified to be a VP or a Republican. - dezweber, on 09/23/2008, -2/+6Hell, just about anyone is qualified for VP. Even John Adams knew that VP is a political role pretty much in name only. I think the better question would be, "Do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to serve as President of the United States in the event that it is necessary?"
- Iphis, on 10/01/2008, -0/+1That might have been true before Cheney.
- ngmcs8203, on 09/23/2008, -1/+2Too bad it was already submitted and never sniffed the front page. Bummer that it's such a close race!
http://digg.com/political_opinion/POLL_Do_you_thin ...
I heard an AP Poll released earlier this week stating that only 22% of Clinton supporters are more likely to vote for McCain because of Palin, and 28% of Clinton supporters are more likely to not vote for McCain because of Palin.
Interesting numbers. - compdude32, on 09/23/2008, -8/+1OMG! a PBS poll, this is going to change the face of the election.
- davidkeithjones, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Done.
A resounding YES.
JK JK JK! - beesaretasty, on 09/23/2008, -1/+4When the hell did Republicans (other than Ron Paul Republicans) become organized on the internet?
- tykwondingo, on 09/24/2008, -0/+4I heard they set up wi-fi at a wal-mart in the south a few years ago... as soon as they got over the dancing baby, they searched for dig (they were looking for a way out of wal-mart) they managed to come at a very opportune time and have effectively gamed this poll. The universe is very mysterious....
- VBDon, on 09/23/2008, -11/+2Looks like PBS is too gutless to run the same question about Obama. He is far less qualified than Palin so I guess they felt there was no need to run the question about him.
- welliwonder, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Yeah but you can vote for it infinite times, and the GOP goons have already attacked it
- starmanfalls, on 09/23/2008, -10/+0Palin is ahead in this poll. Ha ha Bama lovers.
- OYAHHH, on 09/24/2008, -5/+4I got my Yes vote in, thanks for the link!
- duckley, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2THIS POLL CAN BE CHEATED.
Just clear your PBS cookies, and then all the PALIN-LOVERS can vote again and again.
B'stards.- idreamwideyed, on 09/24/2008, -0/+4luckily, most of the palin-lovers dont know what cookies are.
- winnestow, on 09/24/2008, -3/+1there are more conservatives in this country than socialists
- GassyTurd, on 09/24/2008, -2/+3You don't know what socialists are. Conservatives are assholes.
- winnestow, on 09/24/2008, -1/+1i guess gassy turds made this country great?
- saucy05, on 09/24/2008, -1/+3On PBS It should be a landslide vote for NO, but I'm seeing 50% right now. the world sure is coming to an end.
- momofsteel, on 09/23/2008, -2/+12Done!!!
- Nameloc, on 09/23/2008, -7/+261Obama:
Occidental College (Los Angeles) - 2 years studying Politics and Public Policy.
Columbia University (New York) - B.A. Political Science with a specialization in International Relations.
Harvard Law School - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude, Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law Review.
Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 of 899.
Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester - Business Administration.
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - General Studies.
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - Journalism.
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester.
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism.- brisbin33, on 09/23/2008, -8/+49ha. this should be printed at the top of every ballot. i've never seen it summed up so succinctly.
that said, i'm still writing in RP or going third party...- 17999, on 09/23/2008, -46/+8I have a master's in I.R. Can I be president?
By the way, Obama got his Harvard breaks due to being in with the Chicago Macheen.
He sucked as a professor, not even on tenure track, much less getting tenure.
He blew through $100 mil with Ayers at the CAC.
The last thing you want to do is go into Obama's past. He's all about the future and the blank slate you can write your hopes on. - wendelgee2, on 09/23/2008, -18/+10All unsubstatiated *****. But good try.
God forbid someone actually try to fix this mess the Right has gotten this country in. - Brian48216, on 09/23/2008, -1/+11@17999
He actually turned down a full time teaching position because he didn't want to be tied down to a full time teaching job. - Ridonkulus, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1dont. please. this is the most important election of our lifetimes, we need to come together as a people and make sure that a hockey mom from alaska with next to zero experience isnt a heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world.
- brisbin33, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1@ Ridonkulus
i'm with you, i mean "United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 of 899." is enough to make 'lessor of two evils' sound almost palatable
but... i live in massachusetts, me and 500 of my friends could write in mike hunt and your boy would still get the same electoral votes from my state. besides that, i vote for who best represents me because that's what's needed [from everyone] to get this country back on track; and i'll do that even if i have to write it in.
- 17999, on 09/23/2008, -46/+8I have a master's in I.R. Can I be president?
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -38/+4That's not very comforting. I can just picture a couple of lawyers writing loopholes into legislation left and right.
- StarlessKnight, on 09/23/2008, -1/+14The President does not make law. Senators and Representatives make law.
PS: Oh, yes, and if you're worried about loop holes, two words: Signing Statements. I don't think Bush is a lawyer in the sense you're worried about Obama and Biden. - boombye, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7OMG learn how our Government works you dumb ass Republicans. Damn seriously..... You don't know simple elementary school *****... Oh my uppity, what are we to do with you.....
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -10/+2Well, then. I guess Bush is off the hook, and nothing is really his fault. Since apparently the president can't do anything in the policy/legislation arena, according to you two.
- StarlessKnight, on 09/23/2008, -1/+14The President does not make law. Senators and Representatives make law.
- bongo, on 09/23/2008, -2/+75Yes, but we all know that people who are "educated" and "know things" are elitist. Ideally, the person running this country should be an ordinary shmoe who thinks that Europe is a country.
- GassyTurd, on 09/24/2008, -0/+3I thought Europe was in France.=(
- HookmasterCH47, on 09/23/2008, -1/+75HOLY *****, I had no idea Palin's academic training was so piss poor. Why is it considered a bad thing for the leader of the free world to be intelligent and academically trained?
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -2/+14Because idiots Republicans don't trust smart people, they're afraid of being screwed over by people smarter than them, must be something they've learned through life experience or something. I mean it would be great if I or even you could be President, but it's a tough job, and we need people smarter than the both of us to get the job done. I don't want someone as dumb as me running the country and I certainly don't want someone as dumb as a Repugnant to lead either.
- wedges, on 09/23/2008, -1/+12because it makes people think that only braniacs can be president. palin lets people know... "hey, ANYBODY can be president!"
- Brian48216, on 09/23/2008, -0/+17The whole country in the past twenty years have made it socially bad to be intelligent.
- maximoo2, on 09/23/2008, -0/+11Image is more important than intelligence when you trying to be president of America. The system is broken.
- SenorCardgage74, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2***** you, I'm eating™
- AverageJane2, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2threatens the dumb *****
- GassyTurd, on 09/24/2008, -0/+3Idiocracy sums it up.
- CrushThemTorg, on 09/24/2008, -1/+1U of I is quite literally a cow college. They breed giant cows there and there's a sewage treatment plant right nearby so you occasionally get a whiff of *****-air when you're leaving Wal-Mart.
Of course, the Gem State beats Washington hands down on liquor prices, so students from across the border have every reason to go over. Plus, it's the only Taco Bell or Wendy's for at least an hour in any direction.
- kalvinb, on 09/23/2008, -33/+9Pontius Pilot had a much better formal education than Jesus.
- qaelith2112, on 09/23/2008, -0/+15Yep, and was accordingly far better qualified to run a Roman province than Jesus.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7Somehow I doubt that, since you can't really prove who had a better education or who was smarter. I'd say that Jesus was smart though, you still got morons today that would love to fight wars in his name. Just turn on your tv, they're everywhere...
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -0/+8Also your Palin friend seems to think that community organizing is a joke compared to her being a mayor of a town smaller than a neighborhood in Chicago... She acts as if community organizing isn't something Jesus engaged in. She insulted both people who volunteer or spend their time giving back, and Jesus.
- markmdillon, on 09/23/2008, -6/+1Damn…Well said!
- smartassCanuck, on 09/23/2008, -1/+5Really? The bible card?? Really??
- saranac7, on 09/23/2008, -1/+4And Palin is Ivy league compared to you, Amigo!
- kalvinb, on 09/24/2008, -2/+1"Yep, and was accordingly far better qualified to run a Roman province than Jesus."
So are we done with the stupid "Pontius Pilot was a governor" meme as some sort of argument FOR Obama then? - kalvinb, on 09/24/2008, -3/+1"She acts as if community organizing isn't something Jesus engaged in."
He wasn't. His desciples were church organizers after he left. Jesus wasn't the "earthly" messiah people were expecting. He went around preaching to anyone who would listen. He didn't organize a single church. - corpski, on 09/24/2008, -0/+5Pontius PILATE, not Pontius Pilot.
Just saying. - YEEK, on 09/24/2008, -1/+5Uh... I believe Jesus was a "community organizer."
- boombye, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1@kalvinb
Community organizers, not Church organizers.
A community organizer doesn't need to open up a church to be considered a community organizer.
- LLLSecretChimp, on 09/23/2008, -22/+6George Bush:
Yale University, Bachelor of Arts degree in history
Harvard University, Masters of Business Administration
Don't pretend the Republican ticket's academic credentials are why you don't like them.- bjs3171, on 09/23/2008, -3/+23the thing is, when Obama speaks, it sounds like he does have that education. when Bush speaks, it sounds like, uh, doesn't. also, Obama's daddy most likely doesn't have a building or 2 named after him at Columbia.
- webyatri, on 09/23/2008, -1/+19Bush reminds us that degrees can be bought with donations and family names. He is a boughter of degrees.
- moviemadams, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7I though Bush went for that MBA from Harvard because he couldn't get into law school at Texas ... but surely it's not important to know the law just President, right? Understanding the law would've severely hampered the Bush Presidency.
- LLLSecretChimp, on 09/23/2008, -0/+8Got to watch out for those boughters.
- lostsymphonies1, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5Yet he can barely put together a sentence!
- blackinthmiddle, on 09/23/2008, -1/+12He got into Harvard but got rejected by the University of Texas.
'Nuff said. - jabdesign, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6Let's not pretend the education of George Bush is worth more than the paper it is printed on.
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -13/+1"the thing is, when Obama speaks, it sounds like he does have that education. "
The guy can read the ***** out of a teleprompter, alright. That's what I call leadership. - saranac7, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5wish my folks could get me into schools wherein I would promptly drop right to the bottom of the class
- YEEK, on 09/24/2008, -0/+3Bush getting into Yale and Harvard was an example of affirmative action for the rich and dumb.
- sp1900, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2I'm sorry... but how hard do you think it is for a Bush to get into an Ivy League school? I think its fair to say that Obama earned his way... not to mention the fact that as the editor of the Law Review... it seems that he did a bit better than our beloved "C" President
- DiggsOnlyJew, on 09/23/2008, -29/+5And you wonder why everyone considers Obama elite... all of his supporters tout his worthlessly "amazing" education. The same thing was tried with Kerry until everyone found out he had a lower GPA than Bush. Do you actually think people like lawyers in this country... Let's see, I can pick between two lawyers or a former Navy Captain and a working mother from a working family...?
- pilot3033, on 09/23/2008, -2/+14uhh let's see, should I pick between the guy who is qualified with a top notch education and a pristine record for politics, or should I pick the crazy veteran down the street and his partner who haven't the slightest idea how to run a country?
Being in a "working family" doesn't qualify you to LEAD THE ***** ENTIRE COUNTRY.
Understanding the middle class is not about striving to maintain it, it's abut the struggle of success. Taking nothing, and turning it into something through hard work and determination. - cybortrip, on 09/23/2008, -1/+9SERIOUSLY people wake up!!!! "a working mother from a working family" ?? Give me a break... THIS IS THE PROBLEM with many voters - they look at only the outer shell of a candidate and ignore all those things that are TRULY important when choosing our next president. WHAT ABOUT THEIR POLICIES ????? does that hold NO weight? sheesh, dig a little deeper diggers!
- Brian48216, on 09/23/2008, -1/+10to paraphrase Jon Stewart-
If I want someone to be leading my country and the free world, I want someone EMBARRASSINGLY SUPERIOR TO ME. - justjoehere, on 09/23/2008, -7/+3Nor does being a lawyer. And don't think for a second that Obama took nothing and turned it into something. Affirmative Action. 'Nuff said.
- YEEK, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2People like the lawyer who works for them.
- pilot3033, on 09/23/2008, -2/+14uhh let's see, should I pick between the guy who is qualified with a top notch education and a pristine record for politics, or should I pick the crazy veteran down the street and his partner who haven't the slightest idea how to run a country?
- rmxz, on 09/23/2008, -9/+2And which do you think better matches the average voter?
- idreamwideyed, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2does the average voter own more than two cars?
- Griberal, on 09/23/2008, -12/+4Oh yeah, Obama did go to Columbia. Isn't Bank Street College only a couple of blocks from Columbia? I wonder if one particular person that went to Bank Street College was one of the people that Obama was talking about in the below quote from his book "Dreams From My Father"? I'm sure the photo that will come out in October will verify when a certain relationship started.
"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist Professors and the structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets. We smoked cigarettes and wore leather jackets. At night,in the dorms, we discussed neocolonialism, Franz Fanon, Eurocentrism, and patriarchy. When we ground out our cigarettes in the hallway carpet or set our stereos so loud that the walls began to shake, we were resisting bourgeois society's stifling constraints. We weren't indifferent or careless or insecure. We were alienated."- YEEK, on 09/24/2008, -0/+4What's your point- that he was a rather typical college kid?
- compdude32, on 09/23/2008, -11/+1Ah yes, book smarts and degrees mean very little in terms of being able to run anything. Look at how many Bill Gates stories there are in this country, you hear all the time about people not getting college degrees yet being amazing at running businesses.
- jedijain, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1cept the country isnt really a business,
just ask Fiorina - CrushThemTorg, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1If the country is a business and she gets anywhere near it, we are *****.
- compdude32, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0actually the country is very much like a business.
You have many departments, all with thier own budgets, all those smaller budgets make up the entire organizations budget.
You have stock holders (i.e. the tax payers) who all have a voice in who runs the company.
The main objective of Business is to keep the stock holders happy. Government tries to keep the tax payers happy.
The similarities go on and on and on.
The government is nothing more than a really large corporation, and we have seen how book smarts doesn't mean a thing when it comes to running a business
- jedijain, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1cept the country isnt really a business,
- robystar, on 09/23/2008, -8/+1You need to keep an open mind. Even though this makes McCain/Palin look like unqualified jackasses that doesn't mean they are not ready to lead. Even if you watch the political coverage on the nightly news and witness McCain's admission of not understanding national and global economics; willingness to use the military without exhausting all political avenues first; and Palin's shady history of untruths and half-lies; and her constant legal controversy you can't hold these issues against them. This has nothing to do with their leadership capabilities, judgement and readiness to lead this country out of an economic and multinational political crisis.
- santaliqueur, on 09/23/2008, -3/+12Biden graduated near the bottom of his law school class. Forgot that one, conveniently. If you're stating facts, include all of them, not just the ones that make the other guys look bad.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0 ...- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -2/+9That's fair enough. He's still more qualified than Palin however.
- demsthebreaks, on 09/23/2008, -1/+11What do they call a guy who graduates medical school with a C minus.....Doctor
- dig1x, on 09/24/2008, -0/+5Still more qualified to be POTUS than '849-McCain'.
- cJw314, on 09/24/2008, -0/+5"That's fair enough. He's still more qualified than Palin however."
ZING.
- demsthebreaks, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3McCain Aide's Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the
credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator
John McCain's campaign manager from the end of 2005 through
last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of
the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement
Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick
Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last
several years.- ironpirate, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1look who the elitist now. Wish I could get into Harvard.
- ironpirate, on 09/24/2008, -1/+1Didnt Obama get 125,000 from freddie mac?
- itsthehumidity, on 09/24/2008, -1/+2For almost five and a half years McCain didn't have a school.
- brisbin33, on 09/23/2008, -8/+49ha. this should be printed at the top of every ballot. i've never seen it summed up so succinctly.
- neveroddoreven, on 09/23/2008, -36/+10I like how hollywood is coming out to bash Palin. I think it might backfire. When you have ***** Lindsay Lohan blogging or w.e the hell about Palin and supporting your campaign, doesn't it kind of cheapen the whole thing? I think Obama should distance himself from the celebrity image if he wants to be taken seriously by middle america .
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -12/+2but but but, Janeane Garofalo and Matt Damon are Obama supporters, that should be all the reason you need to vote for Obie.
- StarlessKnight, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3No, it shouldn't and you know it.
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -1/+1Why not? Seems to be working just fine with a large number of the population. You can see it in action here on Digg.
- Kohaxx, on 09/23/2008, -1/+8It's called free speech, he's not running ads saying Lindsay Lohan doesn't approve of Sarah Palin, what can he do if certain celebrities like him?
Do you expect his campaign to send out little flyers to all of the celebrities who blog about their thoughts on the topic saying "Please don't support me, it makes me look bad"?
He's not a celebrity, you're just dumb. Being well liked as a person doesn't make you a celebrity. - danielsan1701, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2Well, he's a historian. It's what he does.
- uppitydiggers, on 09/23/2008, -12/+2but but but, Janeane Garofalo and Matt Damon are Obama supporters, that should be all the reason you need to vote for Obie.
- santiago1, on 09/23/2008, -39/+56 I'm not trying to support Palin, but why should I give a flying ***** what Ken Burns says, or any other ***** celebrity for that matter?
- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -7/+7I agree. Burns' opinion is of no more or less value than any other person.
- vidalsasoon, on 09/23/2008, -3/+8except MATT DAMON.
- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6OK, well maybe Damon.
- LLLSecretChimp, on 09/23/2008, -8/+3Hey, they're trashing Republicans! That matters.
- mlvassallo, on 09/23/2008, -5/+44Burns is a historian who makes documentaries. More than just a normal celebrity. Educate yourself.
- ProUSADigger, on 09/23/2008, -14/+4So, he's a history buff. So am I.
Does that mean that my opinion is worth more than yours?
Give me a break. Stop the celebrity worship. - thehemi, on 09/23/2008, -12/+1And Palin has more EXECUTIVE experience than Obama.
Doing the math, if Palin is unqualified for the VP, that gives
Obama a really bad chance at being qualified for the big P. - mlvassallo, on 09/23/2008, -2/+7There is a very strong different between being a "history buff" and a historian. I play in a softball league- Manny Ramirez I am not.
- santiago1, on 09/23/2008, -8/+2 I know who the ***** he is, jerkoff. My point, since you apparently are about the same in reasoning skills as you are in base/softball, is that I really don't give a ***** who Burns is (or any other celebrity) because I am more than capable of forming opinions on my own. Unlike mainstream America, I don't need any pompous, dumbass celebrity (or "Historian" as you referred to him) to tell me what I should like or dislike, as they are no better than I, have completely different experiences and environments than I, and, in the end, they will ***** suck dirt just like you and I. Capice?
- publiclurker, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7Ken burns knows what he is talking about and has shown it quite nicely.
You do not know what you are talking about and show that quite nicely.
Comprende? - mgraham80, on 09/24/2008, -0/+3santiago1, you seem to be arguing that the opinions of Historians are of no more value than the opinion of a lay person. Would you make that same argument to an economist?
"I don't need any pompous, dumbass 'Economist.' I can fight inflation on my own, tyvm."
But surely you can't be saying that. - CourtesyFlush, on 09/24/2008, -1/+3A historian would know that Harry S. Truman was highly inexperienced when he hit the big time in April of 1945.
- Truman had been vice president for only 82 days when President Roosevelt died, 12 April, 1945. He had had very little meaningful communication with Roosevelt about world affairs or domestic politics after being sworn in as vice president, and was completely uninformed about major initiatives relating to the successful prosecution of the war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
Everyone else should know that remarks like the ones mentioned in this article made by 'historians' toward vice Presidential picks are purely for political reasons.
- ProUSADigger, on 09/23/2008, -14/+4So, he's a history buff. So am I.
- PxCxG, on 09/23/2008, -5/+6Santiago1: Your brilliance is unmatched on digg!
- oldman, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7While I agree that his celebrity is unimportant, He is the first to agree with me that the McCain camp sees her in light of her popularity, that among her qualifications are she's a "beautiful" mother of five and has actually seen Russian airspace. Give her a prom queen tiara and send her home ferr chrissakes!
- wedges, on 09/23/2008, -2/+10ken burns is recognized documentary filmmaker and historian. that's why.
- itinko, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7Well, Ken Burns is much more than just a celebrity, he's one of our premiere presidential historians, so he knows whereof he speaks. And really, on the face of it, you can see he's just telling the truth.
- thomasmck, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5You shouldn't give a *****, you are a NOBODY. Burns however is a noted historian and documentary film maker. Learn some things and you might leave more constructive comments.
- jhnsnp, on 09/23/2008, -1/+1Yeah, I'm sure this is just something he yelled out while leaving a Hollywood nightclub.
- kingofinternet, on 09/24/2008, -0/+2watch the civil war.
- ASfinkterSezWut, on 09/24/2008, -1/+0Yeah! It's not like it was Monty Burns talking.... I mean, that guy has a Nuclear Power Plant, he KNOWS what he's on about!
- petsheep, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1LOL... bang the gong and bury it
- nickweston, on 09/24/2008, -0/+4actually, Ken Burns is a historian, and makes a living communicating complex ideas and situations in a straightforward, logical way.
I happen to think he is very good at it and that makes him a viable voice in this insanity we're living in right now.
The fact that you lumped this guy with all Hollywood actors maybe says more about you than it does Ken Burns. - DudeInAustin, on 09/24/2008, -1/+1Wow, he makes documentaries. So does Michael Moore!
Mr. Burns may be a perfectly talented documentary maker, but he is also a holder of political beliefs. If these beliefs swing to the left, then he will (predictably) favor the left-wing candidates and be less inclined to support those on the right.
You cannot separate political leaning from opinions.
- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -7/+7I agree. Burns' opinion is of no more or less value than any other person.
- 17999, on 09/23/2008, -29/+9does senior burns care to weigh in on the bantamweight obama?
I have to issue the same challenge as I do on every Palin experience thread.
You start naming obama accomplishments, I'll start naming palin accomplishments and we'll see who runs out of gas first. Hell, I'll even give you the almost recursive argument that obama is qualified to be president because he's running a good campaign to be president.
Before the campaign, Obama has gotten into great positions and been mediocre at them, mediocre at best.- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -4/+16OK. Go.
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, calls Obama “one of the two most talented students I’ve had in 37 years in teaching. . . . When I look at my kids and grandkids and ask what makes me hopeful about the future—one thing is Barack Obama.” After law school, Obama shunned clerkships and high-powered law-firm jobs to return to Chicago, where he organized a big voter-registration drive and got involved in politics.
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitic ...
“It’s remarkable that a reform-minded newcomer could get as much accomplished as he did,” recalls federal judge Abner Mikva, who had tried to recruit Obama to clerk for him after law school.
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitic ...
Since most of Obama's legislation was enacted in Illinois, most of the evidence of his accmplishments is found there.
Interrogations Videotaping Legislation: The problem he wanted to address was that too many confessions, rather than being voluntary, were coerced -- by beating the daylights out of the accused. Obama proposed requiring that interrogations and confessions be videotaped. By showing police officers that he shared many of their concerns, even going so far as to help pass other legislation they wanted, he was able to quiet the fears of many. Obama proved persuasive enough that the bill passed both houses of the legislature, the Senate by an incredible 35 to 0. Then he talked Blagojevich into signing the bill, making Illinois the first state to require such videotaping.
Obama didn't stop there. He played a major role in passing many other bills, including the state's first earned-income tax credit to help the working poor and the first ethics and campaign finance law in 25 years.
Obama's commitment to ethics continued in the U.S. Senate, where he co-authored the new lobbying reform law that, among its hard-to-sell provisions, requires lawmakers to disclose the names of lobbyists who "bundle" contributions for them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
During the first (8) eight years of his elected service Barack Obama sponsored over 820 bills, including:
233 regarding healthcare reform,
125 on poverty and public assistance,
112 crime fighting bills,
97 economic bills,
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,
21 ethics reform bills,
15 gun control,
6 veterans affairs and many others.
His first year in the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These included:
The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law),
The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.
GRAPHIC OF BILLS SPONSORED IN ILLINOIS
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/po ...- RealmDown, on 09/23/2008, -0/+13"During the first (8) eight years of his elected service Barack Obama sponsored over 820 bills"
Sounds like he is the mrbabyman of the senate. - badqat, on 09/23/2008, -3/+2@ Realm...you're more accurate than you might realize.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-02-28/news/obam ... - DiggsOnlyJew, on 09/23/2008, -3/+2And Chicago and Illinois still suck. 7.5% unemployment, the city of Chicago has the highest taxes of any city in the country, they even tax food, medical supplies and drugs...
- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -5/+0Jimmie Carter revisited.
- ObtuseGoose, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4Nicely done.
- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -1/+317999 is thus far WAAAAAY behind.
- RealmDown, on 09/23/2008, -0/+13"During the first (8) eight years of his elected service Barack Obama sponsored over 820 bills"
- HookmasterCH47, on 09/23/2008, -2/+4Sarah Palin once choked out a moose with her thighs... Goldeneye style.
- itinko, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3You don't get to be editor in chief of a Law Review, especially at Harvard, by being mediocre. Not a very objective observation on your part.
- MadKennyP, on 09/23/2008, -4/+16OK. Go.
- GorfTron, on 09/23/2008, -19/+4What does the singer for the Talking Heads have to do with this?
- bjs3171, on 09/23/2008, -1/+1i have no idea what David Byrne has to do with this. Did he say something?
- jabdesign, on 09/23/2008, -0/+0Maybe because "we're on a road to nowhere".
Maybe Ken Burns and David Byrne should meet up sometime for a joint project, oh wait, they already did.
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7480 ...
- stone2020, on 09/23/2008, -25/+37celebrity + Palin bashing = blind digg
To the front page we go and beyond!- thescimitar, on 09/23/2008, -7/+2Ken is actually a really cool guy, had dinner with him a few years ago. Being famous, though, is hardly a qualification for evaluating future vice-presidents. If he was making a statement about Palin's qualifications as a documentary film-maker, well, then maybe I would care. He's quite well-reasoned and thoughtful though. Certainly his opinion is as valid as half the chumps on CNN or Fox, etc.
- sp1900, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1the point is that he knows historical figures and the types of qualifications of past VPs... its a weak argument... but interesting...
what kind of a dinner was that? he doesn't seem like a very scintillating person
- sp1900, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1the point is that he knows historical figures and the types of qualifications of past VPs... its a weak argument... but interesting...
- thescimitar, on 09/23/2008, -7/+2Ken is actually a really cool guy, had dinner with him a few years ago. Being famous, though, is hardly a qualification for evaluating future vice-presidents. If he was making a statement about Palin's qualifications as a documentary film-maker, well, then maybe I would care. He's quite well-reasoned and thoughtful though. Certainly his opinion is as valid as half the chumps on CNN or Fox, etc.
- dimplemonkey, on 09/23/2008, -22/+35Another Madlibs entry to Digg (sigh)
________ (celebrity) says ________ (McCain or Palin) is ____________ (negative adjective)- nycmac247, on 09/23/2008, -4/+2you know what he does for a living, right?
- rz8472, on 09/23/2008, -2/+3Only that Ken Burns is also a historian and filmmaker who has documented basically every era of American history...
- GorfTron, on 09/23/2008, -6/+17Instead of trying to get Palin out there and convince us of her qualities, McCain has carefully kept her from the media and scripted and controlled her engagements.
- scoottie, on 09/23/2008, -3/+1and the obama camp doesn't? they both control and script themselves to be seen in a favorable way
- GorfTron, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Biden has freely gives numerous interviews and answers questions. Palin don't.
- davbmn68, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1At least when her tele-prompter goes out she can speak in coherent sentences, (like BHO) or step on political land mines (Joe B.)
- meechmouse, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0The story about her teleprompter was, like many of the other things she's said, FALSE. According to someone who worked with the teleprompters said that she didn't have trouble with the teleprompter and if she did, which is a fair judgment, it more than likely was very minor. Again, Palin proves to be a liar...oh and why did she attempt to ban the press from her visits today at the UN? She is lost and doesn't have the confidence even of the person who chose her to be his running mate. Why keep her so far from the press? She can't have her first press appearance on the debates, now can she? She needs to start practicing now or she'll fail miserably when she's speaking to a more hostile crowd. The American people are pissed off at the system and, boy, is she in for a bunch of crap when she gets in front of them trying to sell them a little piece of Alaskan sunshine, when the repo man and the foreclosure bank is banging at their doors. Good Luck, Sarah. You're gonna need it.
- luke374, on 09/23/2008, -9/+19Okay Digg ... I get it ... she's unqualified.
- Furmonkey, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5Wait... Are you saying she's UNQUALIFIED?
- isukusa, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0If she's unqualified we're in some serious trouble. Because if she has no experience what does Obama and Biden have? Biden is a fool and Obama is a bigger fool because he selected him; now there's some judgement! Oh but wait! Palin is the only one who has ANY executive experience; well McCain did run a; budget and was a commander in the Navy. And, she has run a state successfully, you know that governor thing, that person who works with a state legislature, a budget, an Army/Air Force National Guard, . But she is not experienced... What biased f------ morons, you deserve the disaster that your going to get...
- geodebug, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1@isukusa?
Disaster? You mean bigger than the lack of response to Katrina, legal nightmares in Guantanamo Bay, judicial tampering, unprecedented opaqueness in governance, two wars; both with very tenuous stability, the economic crisis, increased dependency on foreign oil, preemptive strikes, Abu Ghraib, Harriet (Palin?) Meyers, diminished standing in the world as a moral, economic, and technological force? You know I could go on. Truly and sadly I could, for a really long time - you know, like eight years of incompetence, cronyism, and cynicism.
The amazing thing about die-hard republicans is their complete resiliency to self-awareness. If the majority of the polls are true, even most republicans give the current administration historically low marks. It is these same people who were completely wrong about Bush, not once, but twice, and yet, somehow they are convinced that their their judgment is in check. They see no irony in allowing the same policies another turn at bat.
BTW: How come all the pro-McCain/Palin posts are always so grammatically screwed up and structurally incoherent?
- scitz0frenic, on 09/23/2008, -16/+7And that is why Biden is stepping out and Hillary is taking his place.
- fleischner, on 09/23/2008, -4/+6So you're saying that Obama's judgement is quite questionable. I couldn't agree more.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3No Hillary's getting involved, because Palin runs around acting like the candidate for women when she's very much against women's rights.
- starmanfalls, on 09/23/2008, -0/+0NOOOOOOO Not that pig again!! Hillary is crap.
- fleischner, on 09/23/2008, -4/+6So you're saying that Obama's judgement is quite questionable. I couldn't agree more.
- chrissku, on 09/23/2008, -9/+13"Who cares what he said about you Tarah. I stand by Karl Rove's decision to make you my VP nominee. "
"John, for the last time my name's Sarah!" - lewystud, on 09/23/2008, -25/+16Motion to rename digg www.superliberalcrap.com
- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -7/+4Motion approved!
- opafaf, on 09/23/2008, -3/+2Reddit also... Look, we conservatives have talk radio to stroke one out to, liberals have digg and reddit... When i get tired of all the political garbage on here, I just look under gaming..
- PaintMonkeyz, on 09/23/2008, -4/+0Agreed, can't we move pass this and agree none of them are qualified to even run a McDonald's let alone a country. Politicians on both sides of the isle are all lies, cheats and scoundrels only with self interest and power as their motivation. Trust none of them.
- blaimjos, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0Agreed! Just like everyone in the media... and college campuses... and scholars.
Isn't it so strange how people who actually know what's going on seem to lean disproportionately to the left? It's like there's some mysterious hidden factor joining the two.
- Barbarino, on 09/23/2008, -17/+9Can't digg have it's own section for stories on people who don't like the Reps, so this crap doesn't make it to the front page???
- kolyana, on 09/23/2008, -8/+31Loved this:
"and he has turned the selection process into a high school popularity contest and an 'American Idol' competition,"
It's so bloody true ... it's the entire problem here and is exactly all that the Republican base care about.
"oh she's so pretty, she'd make a good VP!"
"Democratic women are all ugly, that's why Palin is a better choice!" (Yes, this is a quote from a right-wing radio station)
Please people, what about something with a bit more meat that this high school mentality?- opafaf, on 09/23/2008, -11/+1This is coming from an Obama supporter? Obama is the most popular guy in school! He is the media's sweetheart, He is Keith Olbermann's boyfriend, he is loved by ALL the mainstream media AND Hollywood.. Why the hell do people Digg this crap?
- zacharytelschow, on 09/23/2008, -9/+1Obama wanted to announce his VP selection via text message. I do believe text message is the preferred voting method of American Idol fans. I hope the hypocrisy of saying Palin's presence is making the campaign like an American Idol contest isn't lost on you.
- petemcfraser, on 09/23/2008, -5/+12Boo...
(Not even Boo-urns)- CarStan, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1WHat?
no "She got BURNed" comments in the whole thread?
You really dissapoint me Digg
- CarStan, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1WHat?
- n8f8, on 09/23/2008, -25/+16Real Life experience vs Academic Life
- fleischner, on 09/23/2008, -20/+4Well, he's the person I look to for political opinion, that's for sure. And of course, he doesn't say the same of The Messiah, who is NOT running for merely vice president?
Meanwhile, do a Google search for "obama muslim call to prayer one of prettiest sounds on earth".
Or use this shortcut: http://snurl.com/3t3tr- turiya04, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4I don't get the Obama/Messiah *****. I mean, he's behaved with far more humility than McCain, who seems to feel entitled to the presidency based on being a white POW.
Lots of sounds are pretty. Some of us sane folks don't arbitrarily hate Muslims and all things Islam. - paidhima, on 09/23/2008, -0/+6You're right: the knowledge and appreciation of cultures other than our own are despicable, and should be the target of ridicule. Obviously you can't appreciate a culture without subscribing to its beliefs and fully supporting all of the members present in that culture.
With that in mind I assume you, as a proud American, are also proud of the many fine acts of the KKK. I'm sure you're proud of our work with Japanese internment camps in WW2, the Salem Witch Trials, McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee. And, while not all Americans were present or involved in those, there were many of us that applauded and supported these events. Because, after all, to be an American is to support everything that all Americans do.
Right?
Incidentally, I find Gospel music to be one of the prettiest sounds on earth. I can recite the Lord's Prayer from memory, and have read the Bible. I am an atheist. I do not need to believe in the cause to appreciate the culture. - jabdesign, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2Well, it is actually, but that didn't stop him from being a Christian.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3It is a beautiful sound, as is hearing women talk dirty to me in Japanese or Spanish or whatever language... You know what else sounds beautiful? NASCAR! NASCAR SOUNDS SO PURRRRTYY IM GONNA MARRY MY PIG AND NAME HERZ NASCARINA AND WE'RE GONNA GO GET HITCHED AND RIDE OUT ON THE JOHN DEER TOWARDS THE SUNSET..THEN MY GOAT IS GOING TO MEET US UP HALF WAY AND WE GONNA GET DOWN YEEHAW GO MC CAIN
- turiya04, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4I don't get the Obama/Messiah *****. I mean, he's behaved with far more humility than McCain, who seems to feel entitled to the presidency based on being a white POW.
- kalvinb, on 09/23/2008, -18/+10Abraham Lincoln: Formal Education: About 1 year total
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/ed ...
If experience was so important to the democrats they wouldn't have picked Obama.- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -5/+3Well, maybe he's as qualified as Franklin Raines, the rapist of Fannie Mae. Both Obama and Raines are graduates of the Harvard Law School. One can see what they learn there.
- turiya04, on 09/23/2008, -1/+4Obama plays basketball. Charles Barkley plays basketball. Charles Barkley lost money in Vegas...
- cmootoo, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6Thats reaching. Harvard also has been rated as having the best standard of higher education.
You want to compare that to a bottom of the class graduate from the Naval Academy? At least Obama was able to earn schols and work his way through and not coast through on Daddy's name. - aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2I was hardly at the top of my class. That was never one of my goals but guess what. I have done quite well in life. I didn't even attend Harvard and still succeeded...without government assistance, even.
Abraham Lincoln didn't attend Harvard and we all know what a failure he was.
You all think that Obama's stated programs are a free ride or will allow you to 'coast' through life...cost free. Well, here's news for you. SS is bankrupt. Medicare is bankrupt. This is what the Democrats are telling me. Soon to be Universal Health Care is bankrupt...college fund assistance is bankrupt, kindergarten assistance is bankrupt... and so it goes....
- ytsejam29, on 09/23/2008, -9/+2The nation split into two while Lincoln served. He wasn't a good president.
- boombye, on 09/23/2008, -2/+2Shut your confederate self up.
- aadyss, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1The nation was splitting before he became President. Where in the world were you instructed in American history. Cuba?
- AtraNoxVII, on 09/23/2008, -1/+4If the ability to live past the first term was so important to republicans they wouldn't have picked McCain.
- MaxBaxter, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7How many people during Lincoln's time that were running for public office had full 4 year college educations?
- aadyss, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1Salmon Chase...ran against Lincoln for the Republican nomination in 1860. Graduated from Dartmouth.
William Seward...ran against Lincoln for the Republican nomination in 1860. Graduated from Union College.
Franklin Pierce...President. Graduated from Bowdoin College.
Jame Buchanan...President. Graduated from Dickinson College.
William R. King...Vice President under Pierce. Graduated from the University of North Carolina.
There are just too many to list. Did you and the room temperature people who dugg you up honestly think that colleges didn't exist way back then??? Mmmmm....tsk..tsk!
- aadyss, on 09/24/2008, -0/+1Salmon Chase...ran against Lincoln for the Republican nomination in 1860. Graduated from Dartmouth.
- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -5/+3Well, maybe he's as qualified as Franklin Raines, the rapist of Fannie Mae. Both Obama and Raines are graduates of the Harvard Law School. One can see what they learn there.
- GopherDog, on 09/23/2008, -7/+14Hey, you gotta respect the opinion of the guy that gave us the "Ken Burns Effect"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns
Without him, our pictures would be static and boring. - drazen77, on 09/23/2008, -17/+4""He (McCain) selected someone who is so supremely unqualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency and he has turned the selection process into a high school popularity contest and an 'American Idol' competition," Burns said."
Uh... sorry, I think the Clintons and Obama started the high school popularity "pick me!! i r popular!" trend.
But yes, thanks McCain (and entourage) for jumping on that particular bandwagon... as if our country wasn't already sliding towards hell.
WTF can't we try a 3rd option for a change instead of this propgandist blind idealism from the left and right. Try electing a 3rd party candidate (independent or libertarian) for a change please. We've already been doing it the DEM/REP way for 200 years and we can clearly see where that has gotten us. BTW, voting for a 3rd party candidate (and electing them) is a surefire way of letting the Dems and Reps know that they have a VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE and force them to change their retarded ways if they want to stay in the political game. - LouiseCalabro, on 09/23/2008, -9/+31Not only is Palin unqualified to lead this country, but by the choice of her as his running mate, McCain has shown that he is unable to make sound presidential decisions too.
Vote Democratic in '08! - mlvassallo, on 09/23/2008, -9/+4Ken Burns has looked like a 12 year old boy with a goatee for like the last 50 years.
- AmericanParty, on 09/23/2008, -15/+8who was using the Community Planner on their resume again? oh wait NOT Palin....ohh it hurts doesn't it
- stubear, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6Who thinks seeing a country from afar makes them a foreign policy expert? Who thinks the war in Iraq is a holy war? I could go on but I'll keep the post short. The lesson to learn here is not to throw stones when you live in glass houses.
By the way, what the hell is wrong with being a community planner anyway? Is it so bad that the person who could be the next POTUS have experience working with directly with the people he/she plans on leading? - citizenhelder, on 09/24/2008, -2/+1Not sure what a 'Community Planner' is, but "Community Organizers" kick the snot out of arrogant politicians like McCain/Palin and hold them accountable for stealing money after saying "Thanks but No Thanks" to useless bridges to no where, or when they do the things that politicians do: mess up our society.
- stubear, on 09/23/2008, -1/+6Who thinks seeing a country from afar makes them a foreign policy expert? Who thinks the war in Iraq is a holy war? I could go on but I'll keep the post short. The lesson to learn here is not to throw stones when you live in glass houses.
- SydBloom, on 09/23/2008, -14/+8If a seated Govenor is not qualified then what does that make a state legislator absent from 70% of votes who was a community organizer?
- scoottie, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3it makes them Obama
- meechmouse, on 09/24/2008, -0/+070% of the votes? Maybe he was busy doing something else...like running for President. Damn, you're a moron!
- DefendThyself, on 09/23/2008, -20/+8Every entertainer is a Socialist and gets use to geting money from the government, and they fear the Republicans will further cut funding to the NEA and other stupid artist grants. That's why they love Socialists, they give away my money to stupid artists and actors that should shut their mouth.
Screw you Burns!- NonLeftistDiggr, on 09/23/2008, -5/+2The DC modern art museum is one of the all time worst museums I've ever been to. Even at age 14 I was left awe struck that taxes helps pay for that.
- meechmouse, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0What about the money that the Republicans are giving to the banks?
- Hawke, on 09/23/2008, -11/+5Ken Burns, like any American is entitled to his opinion. But, hummmm... its just that, an opinion. Palin is the VP pick, that is a month old now. Let's just move on and when the vote comes, do vote and we'll see where the chad land.
- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -11/+4And Ken Burns is supremely qualified....for what?
- Griberal, on 09/23/2008, -2/+4To be fair, he is qualified to play a hobbit in the new Guillermo del Toro movie.
- aadyss, on 09/24/2008, -1/+0Ah, true indeed.
- Griberal, on 09/23/2008, -2/+4To be fair, he is qualified to play a hobbit in the new Guillermo del Toro movie.
- astroslut, on 09/23/2008, -7/+2This is not an issue.
- ThaDRD, on 09/23/2008, -1/+8Is there a synonym for "heartbeat away?" I'm so tired of that phrase.
- BradOFarrell, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7A heart attack away.
- tigerpaper, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2how about one 'fall on a crack, break your hip' away
- theviceroy, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3"heartbeep away" - they are robots!!
- BradOFarrell, on 09/23/2008, -1/+7A heart attack away.
- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -17/+7Obama's economic plan:
Among his proposed "investments":
• "Universal," "guaranteed" health care.
• "Free" college tuition.
• "Universal national service" (a la Havana).
Good luck to all of you Socialists. Today's economic problems are minor compared to what Obama will usher in.
• "Universal 401(k)s" (in which the government would match contributions made by "low- and moderate-income families").
• "Free" job training (even for criminals).
• "Wage insurance" (to supplement dislocated union workers' old income levels).
• "Free" child care and "universal" preschool.
• More subsidized public housing.
• A fatter earned income tax credit for "working poor."- theutopian, on 09/23/2008, -3/+8I don't have a problem with any of those proposals minus your editorializing.
He's selling the dream of a better country that puts aside its inherent selfishness and gives a ***** about their fellow man.
He's selling it and I'm buying it. And so is the rest of America.- justjoehere, on 09/23/2008, -5/+3Except you can have that stuff now if you get off your arse and work for the American dream like so many generations before it. Why do you think you're entitled to handouts?
- theutopian, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5The American Dream is soooo 20th century.
It's time for a New American Dream. The old one was unsustainable, as they economy is showing.
- b0neman, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3Don't forget **expanded** war in Afghanistan. He'll probably find that we can't/won't pull out of Iraq either. So, more war and more American soldiers dying in the Middle East as well.
- stone2020, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2Exactly. Nobody cares though. They would rather talk about Ken Burns on Hollywood Reporter.
- aadyss, on 09/23/2008, -0/+1Maybe Obama really will attack Pakistan. Maybe that's his real economic plan.
- Kenzan, on 09/23/2008, -1/+5McCain's economic plan:
1. Ask some of the same "experts" who set up and then got rich from the current cluster-***** on what should he should do..
2. Continue the War err..I mean "stay the course"...and start more wars with pesky Iranans.
3. Digg for more coal and Oil in nature preserves.
4. ?????
Profit. - cmootoo, on 09/23/2008, -1/+5All pretty much untrue.
Your boy Bush just started nationalizing private investment firm and banks. What would you call that?
Honestly, you GOP supporters are just spouting off words without knowing anything about their meaning. Its like you're using the campaign of your candidate to make up for your lack of schooling. - Bone1205, on 09/24/2008, -1/+1you know what, your right aadyss. instead of giving every american the chance to further their education and get a better paying job, lets just put $15 billion a month into the monstrosity that is the Iraq War. or instead, lets bail out every single financial institution that is failing. we have no money to help the citizens of our country but we have plenty to give out at the drop of a dime to help wall street. how ***** up is this?? sure it is important to keep the financial sector of the economy strong, but where is this $700 billion coming from in the most recent bail out? we have the ability to give every american college tuition for free and them some! its time to get our p
- theutopian, on 09/23/2008, -3/+8I don't have a problem with any of those proposals minus your editorializing.
