Remember, I'm looking for a reason to vote for McCain. Obama was #3 on the list when it was the Hilly/Barack/John show.
[quote author="Nude" date=1220480002][quote author="no_vaseline" date=1220453871]Don't fall into the standard Republican trap of "having it both ways".
Imagine if it was Hillary for a minute we were talking about. Or, John Edwards. Oh wait.
Imagine if we were talking about Michelle Obama aka "Baby Mama". A woman who never had a child out of wedlock. Oh wait, the chattering classes of Rush/Hannity/O'Riley already got there.
The issue is judgement. Hers is poor. McCain's is worse. He has proven to be impulsive and incompetent. He'd done better by nominating Liberman.
A buddy of mine recently lambasted me for what a POS example Bill was for catching a 'hummer' in the White House. I'll give him that. It was repugnant. And this is different how?
Everyone tell your daughters to be just like the Gov. Palin and her daughter? Give me a break.
Sarah, go back to Alaska, resign the Governor's office, and be a mom. Your family obviously needs you and you have a hard time keeping facts simple straight. The myth that working mothers can "do it all" is a lie unless your husband stays home and takes your role. I know several couples who do just that and thier kids are fine.</blockquote>
Here's some truth: Todd and Sarah Palin have been a couple since high school, more than 6 years before they got married.</blockquote>
This is unacceptable behaivor and sets terrible precident. They dated for six years and he had to knock her up to propose? When poor people (white, black, and latino) do it social conservatives go nuts and yell "this is why society is breaking down". Why exactly are you defending it?
The double standard applied here would be humorous if it wasn't so serious.
McCain chose poorly when he selected a candidate for VP.
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Here's some more truth: Barack Obama was born 6 months after his 18 year-old mother married his father. Where does Obama's mother rank on your floozy scale?</blockquote>
1. Her kid didn't repeat her mistake, so he got some sort of parenting along the way.
2. She didn't do it once, she did it twice. Same poor impulse control that McCain and Palin have shown.
3. She dead.
<blockquote>Shall we indict Obama based on his mother's values and actions? And where, exactly, did Republicans make the circumstances of Obama's birth a campaign issue? </blockquote>
They didn't. But calling Michelle Obama "Baby Mama" is the gurella marketing equivlent of tossing in the race card. If one was uninformed, they could assume 1) she's black trash and 2) they bore children out of wedlock. This is the Swift Boat 2.0. Where were you when this started? Why did you not step up and call this sort of conduct unacceptable? Sarah Palin is <em>"Baby Mama"</em> and nobody on the right has said boo. This doesn't bother you?
Oh, I get it. We're "just having fun" with the Obamas, but the Palins are "off limits" because we should respect the privacy of the family. Silly me, I forgot that "Having it Both Ways" is the new standard GOP line.
I have listened to Rush for years. He's good (great) entertainment. But when he and O'Riley and Hanity all have the same talking points and use the same buzzwords.............and the ability to make fun of the opposition, then look to the right, hold thier nose, and yell "RAH RAH" is breathtaking. If you apply the same standards to the Dem candidates and officals over the past 25 years or so, expect the same scrutiny of GOP candiades. I could care less about her circumstances or her sexual life. <em>It's none of my business.</em> But you can't expect to make it a political issue for "Dems" only.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. McCain chose poorly and vetted worse. Goes to judgement. McCain gambled. Shows poor impulse control and temperment. Frankly, it was pretty shrewd. Too bad it didn't work.
