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nasty little twerp with crazy bitter-man opinions
You can't shoot Darth Vader, it's not that easy.
both are popular with the teaparty.Ryan seems far more popular than Romney. Palin ended up the same with McCain.
How often is the VP more favorable/popular than the POTUS?
I don't know, I don't think Palin was more popular than McCain. Perhaps (definitely) from the hard right of the party, but not the general masses. Ryan though.. he just might be. He's not as obviously stupid as Palin.Ryan seems far more popular than Romney. Palin ended up the same with McCain.
How often is the VP more favorable/popular than the POTUS?
His book was one of my favorite reads when I was a kid. It's a fictionalized account of a squad of infantry in Vietnam. I rangered at the Vietnam memorial for a time and the book was well regarded by some of the vets there that I talked to.did anyone see Jim Webb's speech introducing Obama in Virginia recently?
Its riveting and big indictment of Romney. Webb, his brother and son all served in the marines. As I was listening to him, I was thinking this man has to be the Democratic candidate in 2016. The only thing against him is age. But he is the best speaker I have heard after Obama and the man is genuine.
Will make a very good President.
Edwards perhaps. That ticket was kind of like the Romney-Ryan ticket. A rich politician who lacked all charisma, who was a candidate at a time when their party was lacking an identity and in a time of transition, running with a VP candidate that was young, up and coming charismatic politician that only demonstrated what the Presidental candidate lackedRyan seems far more popular than Romney. Palin ended up the same with McCain.
How often is the VP more favorable/popular than the POTUS?
No, no, no. I'm all for a healthy portion of cynicism about the political system, but I consider this particular line of thinking to be nothing if not lazy. It's such a grand, binding statement: "it doesn't matter who you vote for". Even in a system like in the US, a system that makes it nearly impossible for a third party to achieve anything, and where the two parties thus have to cater to fairly different people and opinions, it's patently not true. Do you think the health care bill as it is would be passed if the Republicans were in control?That's my opinion and it extends well beyond the U.S. elections alone. Our European version(s) are just as ridiculous.
That's my opinion and it extends well beyond the U.S. elections alone. Our European version(s) are just as ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
Ask the people from irak if they prefer a Bush presidency or a Gore presidency?
Yeah. Its incredibly lazy thinking, and a load of bollocks.The "they're all the same" thing is just a lazy extension of the misguided "they're equally bad" balancing shtick.
I will not dispute that we are currently choosing between two 'corporations' . One is much worse than the other though.The politicians and therefore Presidents and Prime Ministers don't have the power to make the big calls. The democracy is a fallacy, a fraud and is based on false media manipulation and a seriously delusional education system. That was the point of my image and post. The ideology behind a democracy is fine and dandy but in reality MONEY men run the show. Bankers and corporate CEO's. By not voting or voting "null" I am not supporting a corrupt system. I don't care who wins because I can't actually vote on the real leaders of this world. Those politicians I can vote for are simply puppets in the hands of the highest bidders. You keep voting and the system will never change. No point in saying I am lazy when you don't seem to have a grasp on reality and how the world works. "Money makes the world go round" is not just a saying, it's the truth.
It sounds chumpish to say it, but I'd just about vote for Mr. Plech. Maybe running with that Mike Up North fella.its a pity you cant vote here Plech
all you say is correct....except we need to keep moving the Democratic party left.
Supreme Court justices is a big thing. Obama will probably change 4 of them in the next term.
Tin foil hat alertThe politicians and therefore Presidents and Prime Ministers don't have the power to make the big calls. The democracy is a fallacy, a fraud and is based on false media manipulation and a seriously delusional education system. That was the point of my image and post. The ideology behind a democracy is fine and dandy but in reality MONEY men run the show. Bankers and corporate CEO's. By not voting or voting "null" I am not supporting a corrupt system. I don't care who wins because I can't actually vote on the real leaders of this world. Those politicians I can vote for are simply puppets in the hands of the highest bidders. You keep voting and the system will never change. No point in saying I am lazy when you don't seem to have a grasp on reality and how the world works. "Money makes the world go round" is not just a saying, it's the truth.
So take healthcare. Did Obama's health bill involve a stitch-up with big corporations? Yes. Insurance companies got tens of millions of new, enforced customers in return for accepting pre-existing conditions and exchanges. Big Pharma apparently agreed not to block the bill in return for the government backing off price negotiation. Doctors, hospitals, unions all got in on the Act.The politicians and therefore Presidents and Prime Ministers don't have the power to make the big calls. The democracy is a fallacy, a fraud and is based on false media manipulation and a seriously delusional education system. That was the point of my image and post. The ideology behind a democracy is fine and dandy but in reality MONEY men run the show. Bankers and corporate CEO's. By not voting or voting "null" I am not supporting a corrupt system. I don't care who wins because I can't actually vote on the real leaders of this world. Those politicians I can vote for are simply puppets in the hands of the highest bidders. You keep voting and the system will never change. No point in saying I am lazy when you don't seem to have a grasp on reality and how the world works. "Money makes the world go round" is not just a saying, it's the truth.
Appreciated Brad, but I'm not sure I'd be a great President. In my one spell as a manager I proved pretty bad at it... and that was managing two people.It sounds chumpish to say it, but I'd just about vote for Mr. Plech. Maybe running with that Mike Up North fella.
love the man. but he will never get elected to the Presidency.Bernie Sanders is my new hero. That guy speaks some serious truth.
You know, Bernie Sanders would probably vote for SV in NorwayBernie Sanders is my new hero. That guy speaks some serious truth.
I know (well, I'd like to think that he wouldn't!), but the US needs something like SV to drag the centre towards the left. I think he's the only self-proclaimed socialist in Congress, and he's also mightily popular, oddly enough.You know, Bernie Sanders would probably vote for SV in Norway. He'd certainly dislike Frp more
Yes, it's quite odd. Somehow, he has managed to completely avoid the usual connotations of "socialist" in the US.I know (well, I'd like to think that he wouldn't!), but the US needs something like SV to drag the centre towards the left. I think he's the only self-proclaimed socialist in Congress, and he's also mightily popular, oddly enough.
Actually for the simple minded mouth-breathers that will vote for them its a relief they wont have to use their brains to work it out.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/30/paul-ryan-tax-plan-mitt-romney_n_1926660.html
these guys are funnier than Laurel and Hardy.
Well, that's about right, isn't it? I mean, the poor people are poor because they're lazy, and the rich people are rich because they work hard. That's the American Dream."Republicans think that giving rich people money will make them work harder, but they think that giving poor people money will make them lazy."
saw this elsewhere. That is the GOP tax policy.