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2008-04-26 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Bobby 2008-04-26 08:58|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Lesseee.... two lawyers... one a product of the Chicago political machine... the other a product/beneficiary of Arkansas politics... neither of them have any personal accomplishments outside of the political careers... two 'imperials'... both with baggage out the wazoo... one appeals to the hard left and the intelligentsia... the other to the political die/hard Democrat establishment... neither can genuinely connect with the Democrats' most significant voter demographic...

Nope, don't see a problem here.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-26 09:40|| 2008-04-26 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 It is amazing to me that no one is discussing the elephant in the room, proportional representation. If the donks had the traditional American system of first past the post, winner take all, there would be no problem. But the proportional selection of delegates assures that when there is an even match-up or a large multiplicity of choices, no decision gets made. I hope they keep this system. It's sort of like the Norks demonstrating the advantages of Stalinism.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-26 09:50|| 2008-04-26 09:50|| Front Page Top

#3 The donks can't win. Blacks wont vote for Hildabeast, cause they'll be spurned. Latinos wont vote for Obama, cause, well, he's black and they dislike blacks intensely. I don't think anyone has faced the facts that they have built an un-winnable horse race here.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-26 10:43|| 2008-04-26 10:43|| Front Page Top

#4 No no no, BigJim - surely the Dems are not that prejudiced? They're the party of The Little People™

Posted by Bobby 2008-04-26 10:47|| 2008-04-26 10:47|| Front Page Top

#5 It is amazing to me that no one is discussing the elephant in the room, proportional representation.

More like no one wants to discuss the elephant in the room. The problem caused by proportional representation was mentioned briefly about the time that the super-delegates became a factor, and then quickly dropped.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-26 12:50|| 2008-04-26 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Big Jim is right. The dems can't make hay out of this. The GOP, on the other hand can get full unification as soon as the blind candidate does what he has to do. From what I know about McCain, that will be never. That man is as stubborn as radioactive waste. He will not bend to connect with his own party. He will bend to befriend the liberals. In my opinion, McCain is a lunatic. His deck is missing a whole suit. And as history unfolds, we will make such a lunatic our leader.

Posted by wxjames 2008-04-26 13:32|| 2008-04-26 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Old Chinese Curse.
"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it".

Slamming McCain as a lunatic is well and good, but do you want either of the MORE lunatic opponents?

I see McCain as the lesser of three evils, worth voting in as Pres, BECAUSE the other opponents are abysmal, He's only "The best of a bad lot" no other reason.

We really need "None of the above" as a ballot choice.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-26 14:23|| 2008-04-26 14:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Please pass the wine.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-04-26 17:30|| 2008-04-26 17:30|| Front Page Top

#9 "a Post poll found shockingly high percentages of voters who regard Clinton as dishonest and untrustworthy"

If they're shocked about that, they ain't been paying attention for the past decade.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-26 18:15|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-04-26 18:15|| Front Page Top

#10 they aren't shocked - they are just willing to admit it now.

Posted by Sninert Black9312 2008-04-26 19:58|| 2008-04-26 19:58|| Front Page Top

#11 McCain is an asshole. But the other two are more dangerous assholes.

I will once again be compelled to vote AGAINST a presidential candidate than for one if I do vote.

I havent voted FOR a candidate since Ronald Reagan.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-26 21:14|| 2008-04-26 21:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Again Robert Heinlein comes to mind in the personna of Lazarus Long. Vote: There may not be a candidate you wish to vote for but there is certainly a candidate you wish to vote against.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-04-26 21:24|| 2008-04-26 21:24|| Front Page Top

#13 wxj: In my opinion, McCain is a lunatic. His deck is missing a whole suit.

Which lunatic would you like to nominate Federal ~~dictators-for-life~~ judges? That's the question that's paramount in my mind. I think McCain is insufficiently conservative, but the Democratic alternatives are raving communists compared to him. Votes are seldom about ideal vs non-ideal alternatives. A lot of the time, they are about choosing the lesser of two evils.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2008-04-26 22:03|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-04-26 22:03|| Front Page Top

#14 Bobby, certainly there aren't enough LIttle People to make the difference.

Democrats, the party of the Umpa Luumpa.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-04-26 22:28|| 2008-04-26 22:28|| Front Page Top

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