Political posterizing.

[Ian]

Maybe not. But McCain himself would have been noticeably different from Bush. More integrity, more respect, more intelligence.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe not. But McCain himself would have been noticeably different from Bush. More integrity, more respect, more intelligence.

Fewer lies would have been nice.

[Svartalf]

and possibly a lot more disgust at being the powerless figurehead for Big$$ and the neocons and religious right

[Gawdzilla Sama]

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[Coito ergo sum]

I liked McCain, for the most part.

I was in McCain's camp in 2000.

I am fairly sure he would have gone into Iraq in 2003, though. I am, however, fairly sure that so would a third term Bill Clinton (theoretically), and Al Gore. And, a Hillary Clinton Administration would also have gone into Iraq. Very few Democrats would, in my opinion, have done something materially different.

We would have gone on the same war footing, and the Patriot Act would almost certainly have been enacted (evidence of that is that even under Obama and a fully Democrat controlled House and Senate, it wasn't repealed).

Probably, if Al Gore had been Prez in 2001, the Republicans would have characterized his administration as a third term of Clinton-Gore, and he would have been blamed for 9-11 happening and ignoring all the signs. Politically, Gore would have been compelled to act at least as aggressively as Bush did, or he would have been practically run out of office and there would have been calls for impeachment. And, the Republicans would have been pointing the finger at Gore for "lying" about weapons of mass destruction, etc.

Just think - the GOP could've nominated McCain in 2000. He too might've beat Al Gore, and then gone on to 8 yrs of a McCain administration. Instead, we got George W. Bush. Therefore, I have little problem proclaiming a great number of Republicans to be fucking stupid. They made McCain wait eight years behind Bush 43. Brilliant.

And, then when McCain ran in 2008, his record was smeared and besmirched unfairly by just about every Democrat. He went from being a valiant pilot and POW to a guy who supposedly made up most of his POW stories, and was a wild cowboy who could barely fly a plane.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Good warriors don't always make good presidents.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Romney needs to more of this kind of thing.

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[Svartalf]

Good warriors don't always make good presidents.

You mean Stonewall Jackson?

[Coito ergo sum]

Romney needs to more of this kind of thing.

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“You’re all for like ‘yay freedom and all this stuff and yay pursuit of happiness,’” said the college-aged girl. “You know what would make me happy? Free birth control.”

“Let me tell you something, if you’re looking for free stuff that you don’t have to pay for, vote for the other guy,” Romney told the student. “That’s what he’s all about.”

Romney continued, “Politicians get up and promise you all kinds of free stuff, more and more stuff that you won’t have to pay for and you know what? We get elected that way, in many cases, politicians do, that’s not something I subscribe to.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/1186581

So, she was asking for free stuff.

[Coito ergo sum]

Good warriors don't always make good presidents.

You mean Stonewall Jackson?

He was a Confederate General, not a President of the US.

[Svartalf]

Sorry, wrong Jackson, I meant Andrew

[Coito ergo sum]

Sorry, wrong Jackson, I meant Andrew

Yeah, he can't be forgiven for being instrumental to the formation of the Democratic Party. We've been saddled with that damn donkey cartoon ever since.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Sorry, wrong Jackson, I meant Andrew

Yeah, he can't be forgiven for being instrumental to the formation of the Democratic Party. We've been saddled with that damn donkey cartoon ever since.

Isn't the current Republican party the original Democratic Party?

[Gawdzilla Sama]