[quote=ewmayer;141025]c*** is a highly gender-specific slur.[/quote]
It is? And here I've always applied it to both genders indiscriminately. :ermm:

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;141050]**** I said, and I STAND BY IT. I will NOT apologize. This woman is dangerous.[/QUOTE]

ROTFLMAO!

So the logic is that vaginas are dangerous?

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;141073]Maverick?? His voting record is public record. He voted with Bush 90+% of the time!!!!!!![/QUOTE]Bush doesn't vote on things. As pres. he can: sign bills, not sign (and allow to become law after 10 days), veto, or pocket veto. None of these are votes.

Be careful with your 'facts'.

The selection of Palin has to be one of the best political moves I've ever watched. It has generated both rage and aestheticism. This has to be worth millions in advertising. I can't even watch the local weather report without being bombarded by reporters belittling Palin and supporters defending her. The longer the bashing and bigotry persists, the better for McCain IMO.

It seems that McCain is not the one that picked "another old rich white-haired man".

Perhaps Obama should have selected a woman from the Democratic party. I believe there was one in particular that received over 17 Million votes in the [B]Democratic primary[/B]. 17 million votes would be useful on Nov 4th, 2008. After all, those were some of the people that got off their asses and went to the polls in August! I still can't believe he didn't try to OWN and honor those 17 Million trips to the polls by selecting Hillary as VP.

[quote=R.D. Silverman;141073]... the Republican's use the word 'liberal' as if it were a dirty word.
I suggest in the same vein that everyone stop using the word 'conservative'
and replace it with 'social repressive'.[/quote]

I don't believe "conservative" and "republican" are interchangeable.
I don't believe "Liberal" and "democrat" are interchangeable.

In Tennessee, you can register to vote, but there is no box or line to put a party affiliation. You check those boxes when you pick the primary in which you wish to particapate.

In Tennessee, (D) Gov. Bredesen appeals to conservatives. He won the last election in a landslide. I voted for him myself. The only complaint I've heard here deals with his pro-abortion stance and the "TennCare" reform he mandated. He cut off thousands of people that were using and or abusing state and federal funds for health care insurance. He continues to oppose a state income tax. The major tax in Tennessee is a sales tax which targets anyone who dispenses wealth for "whatever". I believe this is referred to as the fair tax.

[quote=Prime95;141056]S

I expect the national news to report the basic personal biography factually and then move on. Then I expect them to do the far more important work of reporting on, discussing, and debating her experience, strengths, and weaknesses. Instead, they have reported the personal biography and then debated how her personal life might affect her role as VP.

For example, one of the morning news shows today spent 10 minutes discussing whether a mother of 5 should be a VP? whether she should be VP because of her son's Downs syndrome? would a male be asked the same questions? yada, yada, yada.
[/quote]

George they do the same with everyone. There is no media bias here. Look at how much time and attention was spent on Rev. Wright and Obama's connection to him or to that developer guy in Chicago.

I'd much rather have the press discuss substantial issues such as how do you plan to reduce the federal deficit or where are you going to get the money to get the wars running forever. Or even, does it not strike you as shocking that the United States has the lowest life expectancy of a developed country?

But let's face it. This is too hard and the press is too much in hock to petty sensationalism.

[QUOTE=AES;141091]The selection of Palin has to be one of the best political moves I've ever watched. It has generated both rage and aestheticism. This has to be worth millions in advertising. I can't even watch the local weather report without being bombarded by reporters belittling Palin and supporters defending her. The longer the bashing and bigotry persists, the better for McCain IMO.

It seems that McCain is not the one that picked "another old rich white-haired man".

Perhaps Obama should have selected a woman from the Democratic party. I believe there was one in particular that received over 17 Million votes in the [B]Democratic primary[/B]. 17 million votes would be useful on Nov 4th, 2008. After all, those were some of the people that got off their asses and went to the polls in August! I still can't believe he didn't try to OWN and honor those 17 Million trips to the polls by selecting Hillary as VP.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. The attacks on her are having a backlash among female voters. The women who are undecided are more likely to vote for her because they are taking some of the attacks on her personally, especially the attacks on her family.

I definitely agree that Obama's choice was uninspired at best. Had he chosen Hillary, he would have been ripe for an assassination attempt. I imagine that there are dozens of people who would seriously consider offing Obama (after the election) to put Hillary in the White House.

According to the L.A. Times, [url]http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-sexed6-2008sep06,0,3119305.story[/url] Palin is not against teaching about contraceptives in school. McCain is the one in favor of abstinence only or he's saying that to keep the party's right wing happy).

Frankly, we need some good interviews with all candidates to find out where they stand on issues and which ones are important to their agenda.

This Daily Show clip on McCain's speech was quite amusing:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxGcn7lmTWY[/url]

Very funny. Is it just me or does McSame in that clip remind anyone of Dr. Evil?

I do not know if other non US people feel the same as I do. But when I hear the cheering at those political conventions or at other events*, I think of a bunch of hysterical teenagers acclaiming their pop idol, not of people working together to shape a nation. How many in the crowd are paid to be cheering ?

Jacob

* Did you see that infamous Steve Blamer show at a Microsoft convention. It appears ther is more than one, while searching for it I found a compilation [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llaM2Ca3QpM[/url] If one of the directors of the company I work with would do a tenth of that, I am sure somebody would call an ambulance, one half of the crowd would die laughing and the other half would die of embarasment :-)

[quote=S485122;141245]I do not know if other non US people feel the same as I do. But when I hear the cheering at those political conventions or at other events*, I think of a bunch of hysterical teenagers acclaiming their pop idol, not of people working together to shape a nation.[/quote]You expected solemnity? It's not an official government body's session.

Is there no delegate excitement at party congresses/conferences in Europe? Never cheers, music, songs, chants, placards, balloons?

[quote]How many in the crowd are paid to be cheering ?[/quote]Any political party that did that would suffer seriously when that practice was exposed by news media. Party delegates are quite emotional enough without payment!

Of course, each party plans (and spends money on, though not via direct monetary payments to delegates) convention events to make a good impression on TV viewers who might be undecided -- e.g., encouraging audience enthusiasm during prime time. They figure that some fraction of previously-undecided voters watching at home might be swayed to vote for the party whose members seem most energetic and committed to win the election, or at least whose convention was more entertaining.