How can anyone ...

... with any knowledge of our current corrupt government possibly believe there are any "winners" or "losers" is this farce of a debate?

If there is anything for certain it is that American people that will lose no matter which one of these candidates gets into power. There is no reason to watch or care who "wins" this farce of a debate other than perhaps it comedic value it may produce.

But I find no humor in the fact that we have enablers of mass murders running for office.

by Mr M (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 51 diaries, 2028 comments) on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 8:18:33 AM
 

Paint everyone the same color with one stroke of the brush

Hi, Mr. M,

I hear you about "enabler of mass-murderer," and I couldn't agree with you more about McCain. But to suggest in one swoop that Obama is cut from the same cloth is ludicrous. In no way am I suggesting Obama is perfect or will solve everything, but he's unlikely to throw us into a war against Iran, for instance, and his running mate, if he should assume the helm, will not seek to overturn Roe v. Wade and put us on a track back to the Medieval era.

As a woman, I see a world of difference between the candidates, their choices, and theire stances on issues. As someone concerned for the enviroment, I see a world of difference between someone who is adamantly for alternative energy and someone who has voted repeatedly against it. The list of differences is long. And in the last two elections, those who felt the same way as you--that both candidates were the same and what difference did it make, helped put the monster in office (even factoring out the fraudulent election returns). John Kerry and Al Gore are completely different animals than Bush-and-Cheney, who joined at the hip in their vile pursuits.

Frankly, unapologetically, I cannot wait for tonight's VP debate.

by Tumerica (14 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 43 comments) on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 10:19:55 AM
 

functional stupidity

My once-former spouse to-be was better looking, stacked, and pinned, and just as good at kaffeeklatch. Very smart, but the brain got in its own way, rendering her functionally stupid. Usually, I don't think about it and avoid being reminded. I know one when I see one and Palin is a clone.

Get her outa here! I get so excited that sometimes I can't even spell STOOPUD!

by vthom (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 47 comments) on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 11:26:43 AM
 

Palin as Functionally Stupid

I know what you mean about functionally stupid, although I never could have conceived of the idea until I got a stomach full of it with Bush. Not low-IQ or utterly ignorant exactly, but perhaps unable to think in terms of specifics. Locked into a generalities-only schema. Functional stupidity is a sort of banality of fuzzy thinking that also swirled around the German leaders of WWII--they stuck to generalities and were able to get away with all manner of atrocities. Generalities are so big, so uncreative, so brain-warped, that they can be an excuse for anything.

I see Palin as a throw-back--judging from the generalities she has spewed--to a time when women had no choice, when there was plenty of unspoiled environment to desecrate at will, to a mythical land where humans and dinosaurs and Creationists all lived in nice little caves together, and homosexuals were simply people who were confused.

Frankly, I could not be more afraid of a Palin presidency, since McCain has unrevealed medical ailments and is the oldest presidential candidate in history, the idea is not that farfetched. I am also afriad of those voters who actually support Palin, as though it's a good thing to be Medieval, uninformed, and damned proud of it. How did we get to this point of honoring functional stupidity?

by Tumerica (14 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 43 comments) on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 11:48:28 AM
 

Tumerica

I'm glad you're tuned-in here. As a professional writer, would you be any good at diagramming serial run-on sentences like I've just heard on TV?

by vthom (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 47 comments) on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 9:46:31 PM
 

Palin, a debater?

Maybe if she can remove worms from fishing hooks!   The only way she can even begin to sound like she even understands questions is if she has had the questions previous to the interview.  The Couric interview certainly proved that.   The McCain-Palin ticket has Mr flip-flop and Ms clueless.   What a combination for a political party.   If these two are somehow elected I will be very surprised if this country makes it to 2010.   I am beginning to look for another country to move to just in case this horror story comes to be true.

by Hayesml47 (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 514 comments) on Friday, October 3, 2008 at 8:01:08 AM