tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post6452999468233855098..comments2024-02-26T09:52:45.277-05:00Comments on PokerStage: So this is not really up for discussion here...John G. Hartnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993686392705626515noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-3839435418769612802010-11-01T16:06:25.538-05:002010-11-01T16:06:25.538-05:00Well, I'm in California today, so I won't ...Well, I'm in California today, so I won't call.<br /><br />So how are we doing with the Obama thing 2 years in?<br /><br />1) He comes across as a real person? Well, not really. He’s one guy behind the teleprompter and another when not. He seems to watch the polls and react. Even the press is calling him detached from real life.<br /><br />2) He's eloquent? I think most folks, including the mainstream press, are hearing his words as sounding pretty, but not really saying much. Can’t give him that one anymore.<br /><br />3) He's willing to sit down with bad guys before we bomb the shit out of them? He seems to have stuck to that one, though I can’t think of any douchbags he has actually sat down with. No score here.<br /><br />4) He's young and healthy? Yep.<br /><br />5) He's willing to look at alternative energy sources. He’s not done anything here except for killing the gulf coast oil business. Everyone is for clean alternatives to fossil fuels, but they are still more expensive than oil and coal. Once that part changes, and it is changing, then the alternatives will thrive.<br /><br />6) He wants to end the war in Iraq. And fast? We’re not close to getting out yet.<br /><br />7) He favors stem cell research, which is huge with me? You mean federal funding for stem cells from human fetuses (sp?). I think he did that one right away.<br /><br />8) My taxes would not increase under Obama's plan. This one is not looking good.<br /><br />9) Better backup? OK.<br /><br />10) I do believe in change. Seriously, it can't get any worse than the past 8 years. Many folk would disagree with the last statement today.<br /><br />By my opinionated count, he gets 3 of ten. I think this is a pretty poor score, no fault of yours. You when with the best available information at the time and I know you’d likely count them up differently than me. Let’s see what the American voter has to say tomorrow.Special Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190671261805812621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-62248211211128530822008-10-17T13:53:00.000-05:002008-10-17T13:53:00.000-05:00Not trying to sway you, but what about Bob Barr an...Not trying to sway you, but what about Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party? He has no chance of winning, but it is a voice in the dark.BrainMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274315464147124464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-88943734551804566302008-10-15T13:52:00.000-05:002008-10-15T13:52:00.000-05:00While I agree with duggle that, save for the south...While I agree with duggle that, save for the southern accent, I actually think Bill Clinton was pretty eloquent and compelling as a speaker . . . points well made on the others.<BR/><BR/>And I just heard that "kids" in America (who have correctly chosen the next president for the last 48 years and have only been wrong twice since choosing, whoever those "kids" are) have chosen Obama.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I'm a fiscally conservative democrat, so take my concurrence with a grain of salt. Although under Obama, I will feel the tax impact. But then again, we make enough to feel the pain - I really can't complain, right?<BR/><BR/>See you in Vegas?The NL Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821568106301602442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-43743201314732741542008-10-08T17:50:00.000-05:002008-10-08T17:50:00.000-05:00How shocking. I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. Special K t...How shocking. I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. Special K thinks we've consumed the kool-aide. LOL<BR/><BR/>See you tomorrow evening.<BR/>I'll be playing the tourney at Venetian... Cell phone will be on vibrate.Jim The Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523665682419901020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-72978878054583168752008-10-08T11:50:00.000-05:002008-10-08T11:50:00.000-05:00As a Euro whose opinion is therefore irrelevant, I...As a Euro whose opinion is therefore irrelevant, I agree with your summation, and would be voting the same way as you if I had a vote.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, in my opinion "President Obama" would sound a lot better to foreign ears.<BR/><BR/>Nice post too, very well expressed.TrueDubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235164322899182807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-33734977203378331412008-10-07T16:42:00.000-05:002008-10-07T16:42:00.000-05:00"...unless video shows up in the next few days of ..."...unless video shows up in the next few days of Bill Ayers teaching Obama how to build pipe bombs in his den, I'll pretty much stick with this plan."<BR/><BR/>That can and will be arranged. In fact, it will be sponsored by the NRA, narrated by Jon Voight, and shown primetime on Fox News.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and comparing Clinton to rednecks is insulting to rednecks everywhere (not on a coast or in a city, anyway).<BR/><BR/>It's a good post, of which I disagree. But a good post nonetheless.Easycurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440383472592292038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-86436361680595524282008-10-07T13:29:00.000-05:002008-10-07T13:29:00.000-05:00We could discuss. Probably will here and there, b...We could discuss. Probably will here and there, but hindsight will tell the tale, so I put a reminder on my schedule to look back at this post on Monday November 1, 2010 and give you a call. Things should be a lot clearer then (if we still have computers and electricity to run them).Special Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190671261805812621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11857200.post-89488464571739076412008-10-07T13:22:00.000-05:002008-10-07T13:22:00.000-05:00Agree mostly except one thing:Bill Clinton was a G...Agree mostly except one thing:<BR/><BR/>Bill Clinton was a Georgetown Graduate, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and graduated from Harvard Law. If you think he sounded stupid either you weren't listening or you have a prejudice against people with southern accents.DuggleBogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919663542675107189noreply@blogger.com