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OK Here is a question..

What job/Jobs Do Qualify you for POTUS??

I think none.. you don't know what Ya got till Ya get it..
some will give you an Edge.. a Head start if you will

but IMHO nothing prepares you for the real thing..

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

John Glenn wrote:t;]"I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by antiaircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the Space Program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my Life on the line. It was not a nine to five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me .... as I went the other day... to a Veterans Hospital and look those men - with their mangled bodies - in the eye, and tell THEM they didn't hold a job!

You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee...and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a job.

You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about this Nation, and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?

I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who held a REAL job. And they required a dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to duty - that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible.

A senior officer in the United States Military has most certainly run plenty.

Beyond that, 22 years in the Senate is a pretty big qualifier.....

Talk about a beatdown of an opponent.

ragtopW wrote:OK Here is a question..

What job/Jobs Do Qualify you for POTUS??

I think none.. you don't know what Ya got till Ya get it..
some will give you an Edge.. a Head start if you will

but IMHO nothing prepares you for the real thing..

I do believe a President or two have said this in the past.

diverg wrote:

ragtopW wrote:OK Here is a question..

What job/Jobs Do Qualify you for POTUS??

I think none.. you don't know what Ya got till Ya get it..
some will give you an Edge.. a Head start if you will

but IMHO nothing prepares you for the real thing..

I do believe a President or two have said this in the past.

To me it's kind of like being Pope or for my parents religion
the Prophet....

only way to learn.. is to be..

SMLCHNG wrote:

BFinnsUp wrote: That was a dumb answer. So was McCain's when asked how many houses he owns. I admire these people for having the courage to run for President, I don't think the perks come even close to the costs of the job. However, why can't we get really good, highly qualified people to run? Say Jack Welch, Erik Schmidt or Colin Powel?

I'd say it was a good answer, but that's just MY opinion. McCain doesn't LIVE in the houses he (or rather, his wife) may own. And many folks in this country strive to have the "American Dream" of financial stability, yet when someone achieves it, they are often condemned.

There's a lot of controversy in Jack Welch's history......... and oh, he would be a 'change'..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welch

And I don't think Colin Powell wants anything to do with Washington politics.

Marrying a 100 million dollar woman, that is the American Dream!

Martonian wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:

BFinnsUp wrote: That was a dumb answer. So was McCain's when asked how many houses he owns. I admire these people for having the courage to run for President, I don't think the perks come even close to the costs of the job. However, why can't we get really good, highly qualified people to run? Say Jack Welch, Erik Schmidt or Colin Powel?

I'd say it was a good answer, but that's just MY opinion. McCain doesn't LIVE in the houses he (or rather, his wife) may own. And many folks in this country strive to have the "American Dream" of financial stability, yet when someone achieves it, they are often condemned.

There's a lot of controversy in Jack Welch's history......... and oh, he would be a 'change'..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welch

And I don't think Colin Powell wants anything to do with Washington politics.

Marrying a 100 million dollar woman, that is the American Dream!

I wish I could find that $100,000,000 woman so that I could fulfill the American Dream.

Lightning Bolt wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:

Lightning Bolt wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote: ...details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image. She hunts, eats moose hamburger, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane.

oh great, she's clearly an Alaskan elitist

Tequila Revenge wrote: ...she admits that she used marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it.

..oh yeah, and I'll bet she didn't inhale either...
she obviously never wrapped her "barracuda" lips around a righteous doob of Northern Lights.

Come on city boy! How can you throw rocks at a lady that hunts, fishes, parties and keeps in great shape! Oh, and she did break up the big oil corruption thingy and prossecute the bastards too. That is SO HOT!!!

And then there's this too:

Former state Rep. Ray Metcalfe, a Democrat who was an early whistleblower in an FBI investigation that unearthed waves of corruption in Alaska politics, said his party will have a tough time finding ways to criticize Palin.

No worries, TR... just havin' fun at happy hour.
She's got some commendable fetes... and seems affable enough.
Her selection is just a little to nuanced, her résumé far too light... the pick is too gimicky

WTF LB

The DNC SNUBBED Biden during the primaries. They proved beyond a shadow of doubt they have NO INTENTION of reaching across the aisle and pick a candidate that D's and R's couuld both endorse. HOw about a Biden/Richardson ticket? Makes too much sense, right?

Do you realize the size of the balls this lady must have to take on Alaska Oil and Natural Gas? And then throw out and prossicute the bastards?

For me, that's some refreshing change And I'm still wishing for a third party to really screw with "The System" too

Note to other BN'ers

LB and I are not wishing we could to kill one another. We're sports pals from way back, joined from a common talk show host that transends politics.

I WANNA TALK SMOKIN HOT VP'S WITH YOU PACIFIC BEACH!

Tequila Revenge wrote:Note to other BN'ers

LB and I are not wishing we could to kill one another. We're sports pals from way back, joined from a common talk show host that transends politics.

I WANNA TALK SMOKIN HOT VP'S WITH YOU PACIFIC BEACH!

TR do you like to fish?

Tequila Revenge wrote:Note to other BN'ers

LB and I are not wishing we could to kill one another. We're sports pals from way back, joined from a common talk show host that transends politics.

I WANNA TALK SMOKIN HOT VP'S WITH YOU PACIFIC BEACH!

not true, BN'ers

TR is a total a$$-monkey... flat out nutso



SAUSALITO!!! ....THE CHARGERS JUST WHIPPED OUT THEIR LIGHTNING BOLTS ON YOUUUU...REACTION?!!!

Tequila Revenge wrote:Note to other BN'ers

LB and I are not wishing we could to kill one another. We're sports pals from way back, joined from a common talk show host that transends politics.

I WANNA TALK SMOKIN HOT VP'S WITH YOU PACIFIC BEACH!

Here you go TR.

I wonder how much campaigning George will do for John? Does John even want George to 'help' him out on the campaign trail?

It could be seen as a liability to have George around when John is trying to get elected.

If Al thought he should avoid association with Bill during the 2000 election race (probably a mistake) over a little lie about oral sex in the Oval Office, then it probably makes sense that John should avoid association with George, what with the scope of the self-inflicted quagmire (hundreds of thousand of Iraqi civilians dead/ tens of thousands of U.S. troops killed or wounded) George's lies have brought us to in our pointless, but also criminal, invasion of Iraq. It would be rude I suppose to even mention Osama bin Laden at this late date. Where IS he anyway?

My advice to John would be simple - try to pretend you're not even part of the same political party as George and his many friends (ie the Republican party). But unfortunately politics isn't simple.

That brings us to John's VP choice. I think it was forced on him by George's many friends (ie the Republican party) because they realize he is going to need the evangelicals to show up in large numbers and vote for him if he is to have any hope of beating Barack.

To this point in time, the evangelicals have shown no indication that they'd vote for John because he has been trying hard to pretend he isn't even part of the same political party as George and his many friends (ie the Republican party).

Sarah, they hope, will mobilize that evangelical base that sees John as being not sufficiently conservative for them.

John is in a tough spot. He has to run away from George and his many friends (ie the Republican party) to have any chance at getting elected but he has to make it 'look' like he isn't running away from George and his many friends (ie the Republican party) and so we have Sarah.

John and Sarah may very well end up running a hobbled 'three legged race' against Barack's and Joe's coordinated sprint.

Oh well. Good luck John! Good luck Sarah! Run fast!


ps I tried very hard to avoid abusing the candidates with petty name calling, regardless of race, creed or political affiliation. I know that, contrary to the old saw, names CAN hurt as much as sticks and stones.

diverg wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:Note to other BN'ers

LB and I are not wishing we could to kill one another. We're sports pals from way back, joined from a common talk show host that transends politics.

I WANNA TALK SMOKIN HOT VP'S WITH YOU PACIFIC BEACH!

Here you go TR.

well, she has good taste in motorcycles.....

rumdrinks wrote:

LIPH wrote:

rumdrinks wrote:As far as I know, possession of less than 1 oz. is legal in Alaska, BUT WHAT would Rush and the Rush-wannabes here, have to say if Obama had that in his past?

I bet he'd be called a Dope-smoking Socialist Marxist Bast*rd Dufus Messiah
But only by those who have to reduce every political thread to a name calling personal attack.

You mean the way people on the left have been calling George Bush "shrub", among other things, in a lot of threads for the last 7 1/2 years?

I guess I missed that one, not exactly sure what "shrub" is in reference to, but it sounds like it is more of a comical term than a viscous personal attack. Let's see "shrub" or "Socialist Marxist Bast*rd Dufus Messiah" ? I'd call it a coin toss

OH, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!

I never called the annointed one a DUFUS.

It's D-O-O-F-U-S!!!

Wino you know wrote:

rumdrinks wrote:

LIPH wrote:

rumdrinks wrote:As far as I know, possession of less than 1 oz. is legal in Alaska, BUT WHAT would Rush and the Rush-wannabes here, have to say if Obama had that in his past?

I bet he'd be called a Dope-smoking Socialist Marxist Bast*rd Dufus Messiah
But only by those who have to reduce every political thread to a name calling personal attack.

You mean the way people on the left have been calling George Bush "shrub", among other things, in a lot of threads for the last 7 1/2 years?

I guess I missed that one, not exactly sure what "shrub" is in reference to, but it sounds like it is more of a comical term than a viscous personal attack. Let's see "shrub" or "Socialist Marxist Bast*rd Dufus Messiah" ? I'd call it a coin toss

OH, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!

I never called the annointed one a DUFUS.

It's D-O-O-F-U-S!!!

OK that graphic is funny (if completely wrong). But I think, in time, you're going to come to love Obama as the rest of us do. Maybe even more than you loved Reagan.

ps Karl (Marx not Rove) had some good ideas, too, but it might be asking much for you to love him more than you loved Reagan.

diverg wrote:Hey Larry what does the tshirt in your avatar say?

That's my Criterville Cove High School Fighting Blue Footed Boobies t-shirt. It says H.O.G.

SMLCHNG wrote:Obama's slogan is "Change"

McCain chooses a VP that is a total change of the political norm.

Hmmmmm.....

And Obama, the agent of change, picks a 36 year veteran of the Senate for his VP. Change, sure.

pbans wrote:

diverg wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:Note to other BN'ers

LB and I are not wishing we could to kill one another. We're sports pals from way back, joined from a common talk show host that transends politics.

I WANNA TALK SMOKIN HOT VP'S WITH YOU PACIFIC BEACH!

Here you go TR.

well, she has good taste in motorcycles.....

I didn't notice, I was looking at the legs.

LIPH wrote:

pbans wrote:

diverg wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:Note to other BN'ers

LB and I are not wishing we could to kill one another. We're sports pals from way back, joined from a common talk show host that transends politics.

I WANNA TALK SMOKIN HOT VP'S WITH YOU PACIFIC BEACH!

Here you go TR.

well, she has good taste in motorcycles.....

I didn't notice, I was looking at the legs.

Larry isn't she to old for you?