"If You Like George Bush's Economy,...

[WeDidIt]

You're Gonna LOVE John McCain's"

I wish Joe Biden and Barack Obama would just come out and say that in their stump speeches.

[indepat]

1. The ruinous tax and fiscal policies, exacerbated by pre-emptive war(s), concomitant with

abuse of power, politicization of the Federal apparatus, and shreading the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the rule of law, and liberty and freedom itself are mostly what this campaign should be all about, not lipstick and the like. :P

[WeDidIt]

2. But John McCain is gonna fix it

by doing the same thing that has been done for the past eight years.

;)

[HughBeaumont]

3. So what would that be called?

I think there's a name for it . . . oh yes:

INSANITY!

[WeDidIt]

4. It's sad that it's come to this

The 2008 election is a referendum on the collective sanity of a nation.

[indepat]

5. Insanity dripping with sheer madness, like what is going on at the moment on Wall Street, all

prompted by the repeal of Glass-Steagall coupled with other congressional high crimes, and a let-the-boys-be-boys approach to Federal oversight of the securities markets. Oh, the consummate joys of 'puke governance. :P

[chris_t0f]

6. sarah palin abuse of power !!!

from http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/DN-palin_14pol.ART.State.Edition1.26e9372.html an article in the Dallas Morning News

In Alaska, Sarah Palin hired friends, hit critics hard
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, September 14, 2008

WASILLA, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is local, not to mention personal.

According to public records and interviews with 60 Republican and Democratic legislators and local officials, Sarah Palin has blurred the line between government and personal grievance. 'She is bright and has unfailing political instincts,' said Steve Haycox, a University of Alaska professor. 'But her governing style raises a lot of hard questions.'
So when there was a vacancy at the state Agriculture Department, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of cows as a qualification for running the roughly $2 million agency.



Ms. Havemeister was one of at least five high school classmates Ms. Palin hired, often at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages.

Ms. Palin walks the national stage as a small-town foe of "good old boys" politics and a champion for ethics reform. And as the Republican vice presidential nominee, she points to her management experience while mocking her Democratic rivals, Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden, as speechmakers who never have run anything.

An examination of her swift rise and record as mayor of Wasilla and then governor finds that her visceral style and penchant for attacking critics – she sometimes calls local opponents "haters" – often contrasts with her public image.

Throughout her career, she has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and sometimes blurred the line between government and personal grievance, according to a review of public records and interviews with 60 Republican and Democratic legislators and local officials.

Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy. The governor and her top officials sometimes use personal e-mail accounts for state business; dozens of e-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that her staff members studied whether that could allow them to circumvent subpoenas seeking public records.


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