If you knew me well you would know that I was just being sarcastic..

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There is no problem with the question...
Just the perceived IMPORTANCE of the question.

If anybody around here was saying "I'm voting for Obama cause if McCain dies, then Palin is in office.", then that would be dumb.

But in the big scheme of things, many factors play into making the choice on who to vote for.
And while this question may not have top priority, it is a valid question.


Why do you think some people spend so much time bashing Obama?
It is to try and create a smoke-screen to avoid the fact that they aren't even really looking at their own candidate...


I would be less uncomfortable with McCain if he didn't spend so much effort trying to ingratiate himself to Bush's style of doing things. I think there are lessons to be learned over the last 8 years, and McCain doesn't seem to recognize them.
He is obviously embracing Bush's audience that favors him. I think in some ways Palin is an attempt to help offset that.

Do you even look beyond the surface of what Obama says? He is slippery.

Hugh Hewitt of Townhall.com dispels the notion of Obama's commitment to reform as well as his willingness to go against the party leaders to do what's best for America and enact ethics reform. Here he is referring to the junior senator's comments with Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church:

Townhall.com::Blog

Why don't you switch allegiances, Mikeyy? If you insist on judging a book by it's cover and never looking below superficial first impressions you'll be safer by aligning yourself with McCain/Palin. What you see is what they are through and through.

It's much easier defending what is right and true, solid, secure and wholly American than it is what is fashionable, questionable, changeable, deceptive, shady, evasive and flimsy.

For you to continue to support Obama leads one to wonder...WHY?

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Every step taken toward the installment of Sharia law will be justifiable to the person who values appearance more than freedom and democracy.

It is easier to defend someone who's being attacked on the issues, you just bring up mindless attacks about associates or connections or anything shady that just doesn't seem right... Instead of winning on the issues.

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When you are a military leader you are required to make decisions. Lots of them. You can't vote, "present." Sometimes you are called upon to make decisions where there is much at stake. You understand that military leaders know their decisions will sometimes mean the difference between life and death or even more important than that; the outcome of battles and sometimes the survival of their nation.

Wartime military leadership can be easier to recognize and assess than peacetime military leadership. So, we should not use war as the only criterion for judging character and judgment. The military has experience with assessing character, judgment and leadership ability. Those with the right stuff are given command positions. And in the case of John McCain, he was given command of the largest naval aviation squadron in the Navy. And maybe one of its more problematic. Perhaps the Navy recognized in John McCain his reformer's instinct even then.

Throughout the history of mankind military leaders have become the peacetime leaders of their nations as well.

The point here is that Obama may be the greatest guy to know as a friend or acquaintance. He may be thoughtful and a good family man and a great orator and organizer. But he has shied away from making his mark wherever he has gone.

In college many say they don't recall him well. In Law School he distinguished himself by becoming editor of the Law Review but he never wrote a single article for that journal. As an organizer he, admirably, took a back seat to the people he empowered. As a state Senator he voted "present" 120 times. And as a U.S. Senator, despite having written two memoirs about himself, he hadn't written any legislation. And after 143 days as a Senator he decided to run for the highest office in the land.

And now people are saying he has better qualifications than Sarah Palin, who has had to make decisions, and be right about these decisions, starting her first day as a Mayor.

And if she hadn't exercised good judgment and gotten those decisions right she would not have been able to become Governor.

Barack has zero accomplishments.

All hat. No cattle.

And even if one were to judge him ONLY on the basis of his hat, he wouldn't look very attractive.

Trillions of dollars in tax increases.

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Harvard Law Review
Exclusive: Obama's lost law review article - Ben Smith and Jeffrey Ressner - Politico.com

He wrote an article. As editor it's his job to edit, not write.

Senate "Present Votes"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us...s/20obama.html

There are reasons why he would vote present. As an adult you should know that there is rarely something as simple as "Yes" or "No". Especially when you are dealing with politics. He may have liked part of the bill, but not the entire bill. If the bill was going to pass he could vote "Present" to lodge a protest on the way the bill was put together... God forbid he stand up for any convictions he might have. Democrats are not allowed to do that apparently.

As an organizer, you are supposed to take a back seat once you've empowered the people. It's like PARENTING, something Palin knows about. You help them, you educate them, you prepare them, but ultimately there comes a time when they make their own decision. Sometimes that decision is good and other times its not. The difference is Palin was functioning in this fashion for 5, Obama was functioning in this fashion for thousands...

You are just blinded by overzealous partisanship...

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Cue the 'Log in the Punchbowl' metaphor:
If you really want what is best for your own and your family's well-being how can you even consider drinking this punch or serving it to your loved ones?

If you really care about America how can you recommend someone whose past associations, and unanswered questions about same, give us reason to suspect any and all of his future actions and policies in office?

If I was a mafia chief or some other kind of influential bad guy and I was able to corrupt your integrity before you reached a position of great influence it would be in my best interests and his best interests to keep that relationship a secret.

Then, after you achieved that elected office, I would OWN you.

If you did not do what I wanted I could expose you as a corrupt official. And even if I only asked you for one favor it would be an offer you could not refuse.

We know that there is SOME kind of relationship between Obama and the Iraqi Billionaire, but Obama won't tell us what it is.

If we find out that Obama was playing patty-cake with unrepentant domestic terrorist and Communist Bill Ayers, what would that say about Obama's integrity? About his political ideology? And how might these clues manifest themselves in an Obama administration?

If we know that Rezko has been convicted and sent to prison, what exactly was the story behind his dealings with Obama? We know what Obama has told us but Obama is increasingly being caught in lies or he issues a statement to clarify and erase what he'd said before to prevent committing
to a particular course.

His Saddleback Church statement about ethics reform. His position in regards to the BAIPA legislation.

Here's what Rudy Giuliani said yesterday at the RNC:

Transcript: Rudy Giuliani Speech Republican National Convention 2008 : Clips & Comment

To you this may be academic or intellectual. I live here. I care and am committed to the best course for our country. Imploring me to try to 'win on the issues' while ignoring a seriously troubling aspect of his past and his character and judgment is to be naive, at least. We may debate issues and ideas here on these pages but in terms of our next president we are dealing with real life and we must look at the entirety of Obama's candidacy. Character, judgment, associations, past accomplishments as well as his proposed future policies.

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Right... Obama wins on the issues, but you'd rather whine about "experience" or "associates", problems McCain has in his own right...

Disingenuous, but not surprising coming from a man who overlooks the faults of GWB in order to justify some political agenda...

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Hugh Hewitt? Come on. She believes that the church and the government should be together. Did you just read what I just wrote? She wants her church to take over the government. But that is OK with you.

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