He shows up on Pundit Kitchen like every other day.

The man needs to stop making crazy faces.

ETA:

Found Him. Apparently ordering penis-enlarging pills. :D

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress...ple-enzyte.jpg

It's interesting hearing your point of view on the matter. I know some people who were going to vote for McCain but changed their mind when Palin was selected. I can't even imagine what McCain must be feeling right now. I'm sure he's kicking himself. They picked Palin to get the female vote, Obama didn't do the same, and now he's the one in the White House.

That sounds like letting capitalism crumble so that we can give rise to socialism (or the, much better approach, combination of capitalism and socialism). In other words, what will happen after the crumble?

What the American Dream is varies based on status groups. But people are afraid of the uncertainty and whether the structure can keep us from an "every man and woman for him and herself" mentality. Where are the social safety nets? Many states are struggling with 10% unemployment, what would they do with 50% unemployment?

That's the long and short of it. There's much more to it.

Really? What is it?

I think Obama expects to have Biden's input on major decisions. Obama doesn't strike me as the type to just ignore his VP and leave him out in the cold the way I think McCain would have done Palin.

If they picked her for the female vote they failed miserably.

It's debatable why he picked her. Many think it was an effort to consolidate the conservative republican base, since oftentimes McCain is characterized as too moderate or liberal. I would think this is more likely.

If that is the case then they didn't fail as miserably as they did if they picked her for the female vote.

After all, it's not like this was a landslide election for Obama. It was a pretty hard fought battle. So to say that Palin hurt McCain that badly would mean the same as saying that McCain would have had the election in the bag had he not picked Palin.

I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that in my case, Palin tipped it. Not so for live-in, he was always an Obama supporter. Also not so for a lot of the people I know who would traditionally vote republican who voted for Obama this year.

My dad's been a republican for 40 years. This was his first time voting for a Democrat. I can tell you he didn't give a flying fig about Sarah Palin, or Joe Biden for that matter.

Do we? I think we know he's smart, young, non-white and Republican. But I bet most people don't know anything about Louisiana policy under Jindal.

I meant to respond to this earlier.

I don't think it's about giving attention. Perhaps people are trying to bridge differences. Ever think about that? I would like to think that at least.

So his role boils down to your assessment of Obama's character?

I think it's too early to know the role that Biden will have in Obama's administration. He very well could put his foot in his mouth (again) and be pushed to the background.

I also think we'll never really know the role that Sarah Palin would have played in McCain's administration, had there been one. For those of us who didn't vote for McCain because of Palin, it's that unknown that was the tipping point. Not because we thought she was hotter than us.

I bet 40-some Palin is hotter than lil 20-some me. But I've got youth on my side. ;)

Besides talk about the stimulus bill? I guess you're right.

Many people speculated that he brought Palin on board as a way of pulling in the Hillary Clinton supporters once she did not win the nomination.
As much as I like Obama, deep down I think McCain would have won if he had chosen Mitt Romney, or even that other female Republican (sorry, can't remember her name right now..I think she may be a governor).

I'm curious though as to what made your dad change? I know you said he didn't give a flying fig about Palin...so was that his main reasoning?

I’m sorry, my simulated conversation was just a general statement. People don’t say you don’t make sense, they basically react to something you say that is wrong, extreme, or different from their opinion. For example... ‘Wrong’ would be when people thought you said no one could visit the White House, and someone posted a link to White House tours. ‘Different from their opinion’ would be when everyone thought you were justifying physically taking a hat off of someone’s head, and people thought that wasn’t the right thing to do. Again, sorry.. I MISSPOKE.

I never said that you have to respond to every post. I said... what I find interesting is which posts you choose to ignore. Speaking of which, I’m still curious as to who is in this mob...

It's funny to see "complete heresy" thrown out there because I think of "heresy" as a term Catholics like to throw around and Catholics are cool with Darwin. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle5705331.ece

At least today, long after the theory is completely accepted scientifically.. .

lol Why are you curious? :) (no sarcasm with this smiley face)