I think that would be a dream ticket

• I hate to say it but I think if Hillary wins the nom - we will end up with a republican president
  • Hillary needs to change parties and become Republican. - I want Obama. !
  • What is she chose Obama as running mate? - mt
    • I think that would be a dream ticket - QA girl
      • I would prefer her as HIS running mate, but... - kam
        • me too! - x
  • Why? - kam
    • There just seems to be a lot of hate for her - seen the Hillary nutcracker??
      • I don't usually post here but feel strongly about this one sm - NirvanaQueen
    • I second Kam's why. I also don't believe that that will be the case s/m - whorn
      • Stay tuned - vote fraud. sm - LVMT
        • Volunteers being thrown out - confused
          • The volunteers are crucial for honest counts sm. - LVMT
        • Must have had some help - ExMQMT
        • holy moly! - Think Liberal
          • Here is an article about the poll workers. sm - LVMT
            • Fraud ?? - ExMQMT
            • This says next to nothing. - Think Liberal
      • In defense of the original poster... - Think Liberal

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We have just lived through a commander-in-chief presidency whose oppressive power and overwhelming hubris would undoubtedly have left our first early presidents in shock, if not armed revolt. They would have seen George Bush's world - in which strength was the byword of power and weakness an anathema - as the scion of European autocracy. These were, after all, men wary of armies and military power, who had sacrificed the very idea of executive strength to a tripartite form of government that would, they hoped, have the advantages of resiliency and responsibility. They understood - and embraced - certain limits that Americans may only be waking up to now.

Of course, given these last years of a government gone dark and ominous, it's not surprising that we generally don't. Facing the imperial, never-apologize, don't-listen-to-a-word-you-say, Caesarian, unitary-executive, commander-in-chief years of disarray, we Americans have - despite some online liveliness - largely suffered a failure of the imagination.

Have we ever had a president who told more countries what they "must" do? - I'd like to hear our next president speaking more like one of us and less like the ruler of the universe, more like the president of these imperiled United States and less like the autocrat of the planet.

    Of course, Americans, especially younger ones, have long been alienated from their government - aka "the bureaucracy" - and a national capital that projects the oppressive look of a Green Zone. That's where an eloquent black president, an improbable crosser of all sorts of boundaries, standing before us next Tuesday to express his -- and our - dreams and fears, offers an immediate ray of hope. In his very words that first day, he can potentially begin airing out the most secretive (and inefficient) government in national memory. He can remind us of our better selves and let the sun shine in.

    If we want to have a government we care about, we had better start exercising those imaginative powers fast. After all, if you don't use it, you lose it. Voting isn't faintly enough. Supporting Barack Obama isn't faintly enough. Either we start acting like we, the people, can set a few agendas of our own, write a few speeches of our own, or we might as well forget it.

Sarah Palin's name has been discussed many times, but don't look to the regular news stations to hear about her.  I selected her as my first choice for VP prior to this in an on-line poll.

I'm glad that some people will listen to what the woman has done and also offers before criticizing.  Actually, she's accomplished more on paper than Obama has.  Do a side-by-side comparison.  And be prepared for all the DNC talking points, as you'll hear all of them on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, etc.  Then come back here and tell me I'm wrong about what these organizations say.

The DNC had first dibs at putting a woman on their ticket, so don't blame the RNC.

One last thing:  She's not the insider politician that Obama claims to not be as he (selected) an insider for 30 years for his VP.  The facts speak for themselves.  I need no talking points, nor does the RNC.

The more you work, the more they take away.  It will be the middle class people to suffer from this.  The rich will survive.  The low-income and no income people will be the ones to benefit from this.  This just encourages people to not work hard.  The more money you make by working hard.....you will be penalized and that hard earned money of yours will be given to someone who doesn't work.  This will be a huge snow ball that will eventually crush us entirely as more and more people work less and then the middle class and the rich will have even more people to support.  Like I've said before.....it sickens me.

What ever happened to accountability and self-reliance?  What ever happened to hard working Americans who were too proud to receive a hand out.  Now it seems that is all I hear....people screaming about not getting handouts and playing the victim.  Give me give me give me.  Instead of encouraging them to get a good education and work hard.....we are enabling them to remain "victims" while we foot the bill. 

Why should hard working Americans suffer?  Shouldn't they be rewarded for their hard work instead of penalized?  I guess that doesn't matter to Obamanation as he is rich and this won't hurt him....so why should he care.  As long as he is taking care of his low-income homies...I guess it is all good, huh?

Isn't anybody on our board a Republican besides me?    I'm disappointed that McCain didn't start getting tough earlier in his campaign.  He doesn't have the charisma and speaking style that Obama has, but I believe that he has what it takes to lead our country.  I also think President Bush has done an excellent job. 

I heard something about Obama saying he had a dream of some sorts that lead him to believe he would be a leader or something along those lines?  Or is this just some gossip?

last year when my retirement account was cut in half, and there has not been much work lately for DH or I, so there's no way to offset the loss and no way to put money back into it.

I don't gripe about anyone making money, but...and this is a large but....I believe this was just another piece of campaign propaganda. After all, it came out while he was running for president. What better timing?

Do you think if he wrote the book before running for prez, it would have sold as well?

Did you hear how much he gave to charities? I haven't. If you have a source of that info, please enlighten me.

and I was enjoying the 700 club last year.  They have some good Christian stories on there and motivational things that I actually liked.  That was until one day Pat started talking politics and throwing his opinions around as if they were God's.  That show hasn't gotten a rating point from me since then.  He's definitely a radical in my book.