[Cid_Yama]

Republican Senator John McCain recently tabled a proposal to introduce legislation that would fine blogs up to $300,000 for offensive statements, photos and videos posted by visitors on comment boards. It is well known that McCain has a distaste for his blogosphere critics, causing a definite conflict of interest where any proposal to restrict blogs on his part is concerned.

http://www.firingsquad.com/matrix/blog. ... e_Internet

[Tanada]

Remember, this is a very vindictive person who was tortured for years. I respect what he did and am saddend by what he experienced, but I don't want someone who was tortured for years and may lack mental ballance as a result in charge of the worlds second largest nuclear arsenal.

[NWMossBack]

The best hope to prevent a McCain presidency is to help Obama win the primary. I think he has a decent shot at bringing in young voters who usually sit on their hands, and swaying some moderates away from the dark side. Hillary is too polarizing. And creepy.

[I_Like_Plants]

Compared to the others, yes.

Not saying this personally, I'd rather elect Ron Paul. But given that horrible Hillary-thing, Osama-bama Hussein, and a guy who at least has walked away from most of his landings and has confessed that he "hates gooks", I think McCain's got it in the bag. He's a horrible candidate, but the others are grotesque.

And most of the country hates gooks too, except the gooks lol. It's supposed to be a flap but I think mcCain's earned himself a few points here.

And just thought of this now, do you guys know that outside of the latte' sipping areas, which are small, you can still see the POW-MIA flag flown in any neighborhood? It sees plenty of "air time" around here.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cid_Yama', 'R')epublican Senator John McCain recently tabled a proposal to introduce legislation that would fine blogs

[Ferretlover]

McCain-too old (72 now, would be 73 at signing in, 77 at end of term), too crippled (can't even comb his own hair, according to CNN), too in favor of Bush's deeds, likes the war (hhmm.. thinking of finally getting revenge??), and some concern over who running mate would be-considering that there's a good possibility he could die or become incapacitated during term.
Obama--too young, almost no political experience, not enough life experience, and when he speaks publicly, he waffles between the gospel preacher style and the rosy glasses style. Never says anything-no details, just whining about what others have done and all the goodies he thinks he will automatically put into place once he makes it to the Oval Office.

[BigTex]

Historically, the way a President "looked" as a candidate has had little or no bearing on how good a President he turned out to be.

Thus, I think that whether McCain is or is not a good President (assuming he is elected) will have little to do with how old he is, whether he hates gooks, whether he can comb his hair, or whether he has a temper.

Richard Nixon should have been a great President, based upon experience(Nixon was also highly intelligent, unlike some other recent Presidents). On the other hand, there was little to indicate that Abraham Lincoln would make a great President (assuming you think he was, in fact, a great President).

Theodore Roosevelt never could have been elected on his own. Had he not come to office as a result of McKinley's assassination, we never would have known what kind of President he would make.

Gerald Ford was actually a very good President, and he NEVER would have been elected on his own.

[I_Like_Plants]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'M')cCain-too old (72 now, would be 73 at signing in, 77 at end of term), too crippled (can't even comb his own hair, according to CNN), too in favor of Bush's deeds, likes the war (hhmm.. thinking of finally getting revenge??), and some concern over who running mate would be-considering that there's a good possibility he could die or become incapacitated during term.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'M')cCain-too old (72 now, would be 73 at signing in, 77 at end of term), too crippled (can't even comb his own hair, according to CNN), too in favor of Bush's deeds, likes the war (hhmm.. thinking of finally getting revenge??), and some concern over who running mate would be-considering that there's a good possibility he could die or become incapacitated during term.

[RedStateGreen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'R')emember, this is a very vindictive person who was tortured for years. I respect what he did and am saddend by what he experienced, but I don't want someone who was tortured for years and may lack mental ballance as a result in charge of the worlds second largest nuclear arsenal.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', 'M')cCain-too old (72 now, would be 73 at signing in, 77 at end of term), too crippled (can't even comb his own hair, according to CNN), too in favor of Bush's deeds, likes the war (hhmm.. thinking of finally getting revenge??), and some concern over who running mate would be-considering that there's a good possibility he could die or become incapacitated during term.

[wisconsin_cur]

On the republican side I wouldn't be surprised to see if Pawlenty (R Gov of MN) might be on the ticket. The midwest works regionally. He is one of those new faces on the block and recently won re-election under a hard challenge in a hard year for Republicans, all the while governing a blue state. He could throw the whole upper midwest into play (or at least Minnesota/Wisconsin) which almost went Republican the last two Presidential election cycles.



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oh and it would really help Sen Norm Coleman (R) who really needs a big republican turnout if he is to win re-election to the Senate.

[Cid_Yama]

<i>Seems you are misunderstanding the verb "tabled".</i>

Actually I have misunderstood nothing. McCain <b>Introduced</b> legislation "that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles."

http://www.infowars.com/articles/media/ ... _blogs.htm

[auscanman]

McCain would be the scariest option for sure IMO. In the last debate he pretty much said that his military experience is the only thing that matters, and brushed off the economy as an issue.

He'd be more of a pseudo military dictator than a president. I could see him micro-managing the details in Iraq, and the subsequent wars there would undoubtedly be under his rule... and being extremely ruthless. There's some definite bloodlust in him, which he barely manages to keep concealed. McCain also lays a lot of hits below the belt in debates, especially to Romney, and seems to have no qualms with making patently false accusations. To sum it up: A nasty character!

At this point, with the tanking of the US economy looking unavoidable, at least there will only be a limited amount of further damage he will be able to inflict with his lack of experience (or care) about the economy.

[Zardoz]

[azreal60]

Interestingly enough, I think the comments on Obama's experience are quite misleading. The man has been an elected official longer than Hillary has.

The real thing though that I see in Obama is his ability to bring new voters to the table so to speak. If we don't have new voters, hell, we might as well just rerun the last few elections. The reason the results are so silly is because it's the same freaking people fighting the same fights. That's what you get with Hillary. I don't want to really re-fight the last 16 years of politics thank you. I'd like to have something new.

[jasonraymondson]

Speaking of that article.. Every generation it is something new.

For the 20's it was the radio and how it was a breeding ground for unamerican values, 1950's it was tv, mcarthyism and unamerican activities. 70's it was that god damn rock music that was poisoning the minds of the youth. In 20, 30 years we will all be complaining about how the kids are becoming more unamerican and that the values we once treasured are all gone.

The simple fact is, as you get older you begin to become more uncomfortable with change and you don't understand what the younger generation is doing.

No matter what ... fear will always control us and make us want to control what is going on. But guess what, we always lose. Change is enevitable, it can't be help. But nothing under the sun is actually ever new.

[FoolYap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '1')950's it was tv, mcarthyism and unamerican activities. 70's it was that god damn rock music that was poisoning the minds of the youth.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FoolYap', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '1')950's it was tv, mcarthyism and unamerican activities. 70's it was that god damn rock music that was poisoning the minds of the youth.