Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I don't think you understand what the Bush Doctrine is either. I really think you're confusing "The Bush Doctrine" with this administration's sweeping foreign policy aims.
absolutely not. you couldn't be more confused as to what it is.
you can't even admit it's morphed into so many different things over the years since 9/11 it's almost intangible.
you can't even provide documentation to back up your assertions about what it is.
you can't even admit the most fundamental of Bush Doctrine aspects, the spreading of democracy.
Enduring Freedom is a whole different story that has nothing to do with the Bush doctrine? wtf?
in a nutshell the questions to the other neophyte that has no foriegn policy experience in the #1 slot were as follows:
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to “win”?
How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech
in a nutshell the questions to the other neophyte that has no foriegn policy experience in the #1 slot were as follows:
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to “win”?
How does your family feel about your “winning” breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton] speech
tough stuff:rolleyes:
In that interview Obama had just come off an intense protracted primary campaign against Clinton. We knew a lot about him. Before Gibson's interview with Palin we didn't know anything. The overbearing themes were and still are who the is this woman, what does she believe?
Q5echo
quote:
Originally posted by josh4
In that interview Obama had just come off an intense protracted primary campaign against Clinton. We knew a lot about him. Before Gibson's interview with Palin we didn't know anything. The overbearing themes were and still are who the is this woman, what does she believe?
you know what you're absolutely right.
it wasn't until two weeks ago, though, Obama finally got some hardballs from none other than O'rielly.
the media has been softballing this guy, with ZERO executive and foriegn policy experience for years now. people are finally getting seeing it thank god.
what about John Edwards 2004? that prick's ONLY political experience was being a one term Senator. THATS IT!
Q5echo
The17sss
quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I'm sorry, but I had to really laugh when you cited the AP as proof of a liberal media. The AP is a joke - they've been giving McCain the most sympathetic coverage of any news outlet.
Furthermore, if you're so "informed" as you say, why haven't you answered a single one of the questions that I've now posed to you three times in this thread?
Sorry but the AP slants left. It's not ultra left wing, a la Kos or HuffPo... but anyway, what is your question that I'm not answering man? I'm not meaning to dodge something for real. Ask me again. I've been all over so many threads lately that I can't keep track where you may have posed a question to me.
The17sss
quote:
Originally posted by Dj Smitty20
Nobody cares what Canadians think? This ignorant view you have on the world is exactly what contributes to the increasing dislike of your country's government. I have never said that I hate the United States or Americans (I'll be in Virignia Beach next weekend if you want to say hi), but the world is quickly changing and I don't think a lot of people in your country are really grasping this reality. You're on the way down, not up and your leaders have to stop making ridiculous and inflammatory statements on national television about situations like the one in Russia. Russia is CLEARLY not 100% at fault here and the people of Georgia are not "all Georgians" as your favoured candidate has pointed out.
It's true man, not because of ignorance or hatred... people here just don't really care what happens in Canada and what Canadians think. Do you care what people from Iceland think? Same thing. Anyway, I know Russia isn't 100% at fault... I never said that. But they do have some culpability.
And what exactly do you mean by the VA Beach comment about you being there if I want to come by and say hi? LOL... are you just saying you'll be there, or are you making an indirect statement to challenge you in person to your face? I don't get it
LatinLover
quote:
Obama Can't Win
Against Palin
By KARL ROVE
Of all the advantages Gov. Sarah Palin has brought to the GOP ticket, the most important may be that she has gotten into Barack Obama's head. How else to explain Sen. Obama's decision to go one-on-one against "Sarah Barracuda," captain of the Wasilla High state basketball champs?
It's a matchup he'll lose. If Mr. Obama wants to win, he needs to remember he's running against John McCain for president, not Mrs. Palin for vice president.
Michael Dukakis spent the last months of the 1988 campaign calling his opponent's running mate, Dan Quayle, a risky choice and even ran a TV ad blasting Mr. Quayle. The Bush/Quayle ticket carried 40 states.
Adlai Stevenson spent the fall of 1952 bashing Dwight Eisenhower's running mate, Richard Nixon, calling him "the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, and then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation." The Republican ticket carried 39 of 48 states.
If Mr. Obama keeps attacking Mrs. Palin, he could suffer the fate of his Democratic predecessors. These assaults highlight his own tissue-thin résumé, waste precious time better spent reassuring voters he is up for the job, and diminish him -- not her.
Consider Mr. Obama's response to CNN's Anderson Cooper, who asked him about Republican claims that Mrs. Palin beats him on executive experience. Mr. Obama responded by comparing Wasilla's 50 city workers with his campaign's 2,500 employees and dismissed its budget of about $12 million a year by saying "we have a budget of about three times that just for the month." He claimed his campaign "made clear" his "ability to manage large systems and to execute."
Of course, this ignores the fact that Mrs. Palin is now governor. She manages an $11 billion operating budget, a $1.7 billion capital expenditure budget, and nearly 29,000 full- and part-time state employees. In two years as governor, she's vetoed over $499 million from Alaska's capital budget -- more money than Mr. Obama is likely to spend on his entire campaign.
And Mr. Obama is not running his campaign's day-to-day operation. His manager, David Plouffe, assisted by others, makes the decisions about the $335 million the campaign has spent. Even if Mr. Obama is his own campaign manager, does that qualify him for president?
A debate between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Palin over executive experience also isn't smart politics for Democrats. As Mr. Obama talks down Mrs. Palin's record, voters may start comparing backgrounds. He won't come off well.
Then there was Mr. Obama's blast Saturday about Mrs. Palin's record on earmarks. He went at her personally, saying, "you been taking all these earmarks when it is convenient and then suddenly you are the champion anti-earmark person."
It's true. Mrs. Palin did seek earmarks as Wasilla's mayor. But as governor, she ratcheted down the state's requests for federal dollars, telling the legislature last year Alaska "cannot and must not rely so heavily on federal government earmarks." Her budget chief directed state agencies to reduce earmark requests to only "the most compelling needs" with "a strong national purpose," explaining to reporters "we really want to skinny it down."
Mr. Obama has again started a debate he can't win. As senator, he has requested nearly $936 million in earmarks, ratcheting up his requests each year he's been in the Senate. If voters dislike earmarks -- and they do -- they may conclude Mrs. Palin cut them, while Mr. Obama grabs for more each year.
Mr. Obama may also pay a price for his "lipstick on a pig" comment. The last time the word "lipstick" showed up in this campaign was during Mrs. Palin's memorable ad-lib in her acceptance speech. Mr. Obama says he didn't mean to aim the comment at Mrs. Palin, but he deserves all the negative flashback he gets from the snarky aside.
Sen. Joe Biden has now joined the attack on Mrs. Palin, saying this week that her views on issues show she's "obviously a backwards step for women." This is a mistake. Mr. Obama is already finding it difficult to win over independent women and Hillary Clinton voters. If it looks like he's going out of his way to attack Mrs. Palin, these voters may conclude it's because he has a problem with strong women.
In Denver two weeks ago, Mr. Obama said, "If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from." That's what he's trying to do, only the object of his painting is Sarah Palin, not John McCain.
In Mrs. Palin, Mr. Obama faces a political phenomenon who has altered the election's dynamics. Americans have rarely seen someone who immediately connects with large numbers of voters at such a visceral level. Mrs. Palin may be the first vice presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson to change an election's outcome. If Mr. Obama keeps attacking her, the odds of Gov. Palin becoming Vice President Palin increase significantly.
Mr. Rove is a former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush.
The17sss
ing ABC... check this out. Here is the actual full transcript of the Palin interview with Charlie Gibson. The parts in bold print are the parts ABC cut out of what we all saw airing on TV. Especially with the part about Russia, you'll see how ABC did enough to change the perception people might have about her answers and giving her a hawkish appearance.
Originally posted by The17sss
ing ABC... check this out. Here is the actual full transcript of the Palin interview with Charlie Gibson. The parts in bold print are the parts ABC cut out of what we all saw airing on TV. Especially with the part about Russia, you'll see how ABC did enough to change the perception people might have about her answers and giving her a hawkish appearance.
John McCain: "I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time"
