So better a experienced doofus than an inexperienced one?
I wouldn't go quite that far. True, foreign policy isn't his strong suit, but he's a Christian. Why can't anyone accept that?Bring in the new world order with muslin law ,welcome obama. LOCK AND LOAD :warning2:
Bring in the new world order with muslin law ,welcome obama. LOCK AND LOAD :warning2:
You appear to be looking for an older VP, and a younger President, both of which can give a speech without teleprompters, and has complete memory recall. Let me know when you find 'em. Having served in our military, the second issue Im voting on is who makes the better Commander in Chief.........
Should the CIC refuse to place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem?
Should the CIC advocate changing the National Anthem to "I'd like to teach the world to sing" ?
Should the CIC remove the US Flag from his aircraft and replace it with his campaign seal ?
Our home is paid off, our vehicles are paid off, my income is under 40K, and we're a hell of a lot more responsible than osama thinks we are. I don't want/need ANY of his socialist blather.
osama just wants to be king, not President, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna vote to install a monarch. He wants to talk to Iran so bad let him go there and do the camels.
I'm disappointed in things too, but that's not gonna make me vote for a community organizer over a Governor for President.
If I had any respect for the man at all, I'd have spelled his name right.
....and those are my thoughts........:angry:
No, excuse you. This is from your OP
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Your first words were "Truth is", which connotes that you are presenting truth and then you make a broad brush statement that most people on gun forums that you visit are 1 issue voters. This is a gun forum and specifics or not, according to your truth this puts most of us into your category of 1 issue voters.
You struck no nerves here, as I am an informed voter that looks at all of the issues, as I believe most people on this and other gun forums do. We are not easily fooled by fancy speeches that have no depth, and candidates that are mere shadows.
What would I know anyway, I am just a bitter guy clinging to my guns and religion.
I wouldn't go quite that far. True, foreign policy isn't his strong suit, but he's a Christian. Why can't anyone accept that?
Some added information for those who still want to blame Bush for ALL the countries woes:
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $4.1 0 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value
evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by
$1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
7) Food prices skyrocketing over 30% in 1 year.
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it --
a Democratic Congress!
Remember it's Congress that makes law -- not the President.
He has to work with what's handed to him.
Quote of the Day........
'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history
of the world.
I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.' -- Barack Obama
Obama's a Socialist...a Marxist. Case closed.
Presidential running mates are often chosen not for their leadership or grasp of issues, but as a way to “complete” the candidate’s image to voters, either by complementing their better qualities or ameliorating their weaknesses.
As a result, voters forget that the VP has the very real responsibility to lead the country if the president dies, is removed from office or is otherwise unable to carry out the duties of the office. One in five presidents has failed to complete his term due to natural death, assassination or the threat of impeachment. Each time, their vice presidents found themselves in charge of, well, everything. This could happen again.
Consider Sen. Barack Obama, a 47-year-old male. Actuaries tell us that your average 47-year-old man today has a 5 percent chance of dying before Inauguration Day 2017, the date that would mark the end of a two-term presidency. However, in addition to natural death, one in 10 presidents have been assassinated, and there always exists a tiny risk of impeachment. Accounting for those risks, if elected for two terms, Obama has an estimated 16 percent chance of not finishing his eight years in office — a 1-in-6 shot that Sen. Joe Biden will be called on to complete Obama’s presidency.
The odds for his counterpart, Sen. John McCain, are significantly greater — and in fact, a lot higher than the roughly 1-in-3 chances reported by most media outlets.
True, your average 72-year-old man has about a 35 percent chance of dying before 2017, according to the actuaries. Factor in the assassination and impeachment risks, however, and that number increases to about 45 percent. Additionally, approximately a quarter of people in their late 70s suffer some cognitive difficulties, according to a March 1995 study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine; the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Mayo Clinic Study of Aging report approximately a 9 percent chance that a sharp-witted 72-year-old man will develop moderate to severe cognitive impairment by the time he turns 80.
Add it all up, and you can make the statistical argument that if McCain tries for two full terms, there is only about a 50 percent chance he will make it through all eight years alive, unimpeached and with most of his faculties intact. That gives McCain running mate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, roughly a 50 percent chance — the proverbial flip of the coin — of becoming the next-next president of the United States.
This is not to say voters should make their decisions based on the possibility that either candidate may for some reason be unable to fulfill his duties. However, given the chances that Biden or Palin could become president, Americans have to take a good look at them and ask: “Do I want this person running this country?”
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I'm not sure there is such a thing as a purely, 100% "one issue voter." We tend to make our voting decisions on a hierarchy of values and concerns. Some rank higher than others, of course. For me, how a candidate deals with the Second Amendment tells me a lot about that individual that goes far, far beyond the single issue of "guns."
If the candidate does not trust the people with firearms, then it is my opinion that the people should not trust that candidate with any office within the Republic. Heck, if he doesn't trust me with a gun, why should I trust him with my government. Considering the state of the world right now, I would go so far as to say that an opponent of the 2A is an enemy of the Republic and, if empowered, will put us all at risk.
To that extent, then, I suppose you could call me a "one issue voter." Just smile when you call me that, pardner.
From CBS News' Scott Conroy:
(RICHMOND, VA.) - Protesters at Sarah Palin’s rallies can always expect to be shot down with some choice words from the candidate. But at a rally here today, the confused Alaska governor mistakenly issued a stern rebuke to her own supporters.
The outdoor crowd was so massive that many were unable to hear Palin speak, so about midway through the Alaska governor’s remarks, some of them tried to take matters into their own hands, shouting in unison, “We can’t hear you!”
When that didn’t get the candidate’s attention, they tried a new tactic.
“Louder!” they shouted.
Palin appeared flustered as she stopped reading from the prepared remarks, which were coming across her teleprompter.
“I would hope at least that those protesters have the courage and the honor of thanking our veterans for giving them the right to protest!” she admonished the confused crowd.
Palin’s husband Todd tried to put an end to the awkward episode by approaching his wife on stage and telling her, “They just can’t hear you back there. That’s it.”
Palin responded, “OK. I’m doing that,” and then continued with her stump speech.
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