Comments on: It Was Never About Experience. This Election Is About Elitism

By: irsbod

irsbod — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:45:04 +0000

She's gone now, right? Don't hear much of your internal politics over here but I'm sure I read that she's quit?

By: John S.

John S. — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:56:05 +0000

Actually I have been thinking for a long time that Barack Obama is George W. Bush. There are a lot of similarities between the two: thin resumes, ivy league education, relocation to another part of the country to earn “street cred”, the obvious desire to please their Daddies, compounded by the unfortunate inability to produce male offspring.

Hey, not that there’s anything wrong with that! Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, Woodrow Wilson, William McKinley, James Buchanan, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington had the same problem. Not the slightest connection there, I’m sure.

By: A.R.Yngve

A.R.Yngve — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:43:03 +0000

I have seen the future, and it is IDIOCRACY.

By: Bill Peschel

Bill Peschel — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:58:41 +0000

I’d say the meaning of “non-interventionist” pretty much vanished after 9/11. Unless, that is, you favor further terrorist attacks on the United States.

And, no, that’s not meant as snark. Because we do not live in a work where we can expect not to be attacked, so the question becomes how we should respond.

We have responded with words. We have responded through the U.N. We have found that it gives us the appearance of being weak, of being unwilling to fight back, and our enemies have taken advantage of that. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan because they believed they could get away with it. The Russians have invaded Georgia for the same reason. Same with Saddam and Kuwait.

There are other forms of attack as well: China locking up energy resources in Africa; government-subsidized hackers testing our computer systems; our technology targeted for theft and duplication. Do you think all this will go away if we curtailed our involvement in the world? Are there alternatives?

If the Democrats wish to be taken seriously on this issue, they’re going to talk about this.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:26:06 +0000

Wouldn’t a non-interventionist be less worried about someone’s knowledge of foreign policy?

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:49:00 +0000

bq. BTW, if I had Photoshop on this computer I’d impose Palin and McCain’s faces on Grant Wood’s painting. Heh. Actually, it’s recently been done.