Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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Hillary was absolutely masterful, Bill was damned good, Biden was good
and will get much better as he adapts to his new speechwriters.

I am surprised you are not upset about Biden showing off his
grandchildren.

Eisboch

Why? It's traditional and appropriate at that moment- the end of the
speech at a convention - for the candidate's family to appear on stage.
Besides, Biden, especially, has a compelling family story, as I am sure
you know.


So...you're a Republican...what's your guess on the veep nom?

Wrong, ballot-breath. I am a registered nothing, consider myself an
Independent, although certainly admit to right leaning tendencies on most
issues. In some areas though, I am probably as liberal as you. gasp

I have a bit of a hang-up about the concept of being a "registered" member
of any political party. Doing so tends to make one accept and, by default,
support platform issues that one otherwise may not be in agreement with.
Lemmings. We saw that during the Dem's convention. Compromises of
principles by all for the "common good" of the party. Past differences
forgotten. Nope, not for me.

I vote for the person who I think will best serve the best interests of the
USA in national and international issues, not for the one who will best
forward a political party's agenda, developed through political compromise
and back room deals.

Eisboch



You don't have to be "registered" to be a Republican or a Democrat. If
you vote mostly Republican, you are a Republican. You vote mostly
Republican, I am sure, especially for President.

I am a registered Democrat. I haven't read through a Democratic party
platform document in decades, probably not since 1970. I have no idea
what is in this year's "platform," and I couldn't care less. My father
in law is a lifelong registered Republican. I haven't asked him, but I
suspect he has never ever read a GOP party platform document.

So, what is your guess on the GOP veep?




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No way, no how, no McCain!

hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Hillary was absolutely masterful, Bill was damned good, Biden was
good and will get much better as he adapts to his new speechwriters.

I am surprised you are not upset about Biden showing off his
grandchildren.

Eisboch

Why? It's traditional and appropriate at that moment- the end of the
speech at a convention - for the candidate's family to appear on
stage. Besides, Biden, especially, has a compelling family story, as
I am sure you know.


So...you're a Republican...what's your guess on the veep nom?

Wrong, ballot-breath. I am a registered nothing, consider myself
an Independent, although certainly admit to right leaning tendencies
on most issues. In some areas though, I am probably as liberal as
you. gasp

I have a bit of a hang-up about the concept of being a "registered"
member of any political party. Doing so tends to make one accept and,
by default, support platform issues that one otherwise may not be in
agreement with. Lemmings. We saw that during the Dem's convention.
Compromises of principles by all for the "common good" of the party.
Past differences forgotten. Nope, not for me.

I vote for the person who I think will best serve the best interests
of the USA in national and international issues, not for the one who
will best forward a political party's agenda, developed through
political compromise and back room deals.

Eisboch



You don't have to be "registered" to be a Republican or a Democrat. If
you vote mostly Republican, you are a Republican. You vote mostly
Republican, I am sure, especially for President.

I am a registered Democrat. I haven't read through a Democratic party
platform document in decades, probably not since 1970. I have no idea
what is in this year's "platform," and I couldn't care less. My father
in law is a lifelong registered Republican. I haven't asked him, but I
suspect he has never ever read a GOP party platform document.

I think you completely missed the point that Eisboch was making.

On Aug 28, 8:41*am, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of
Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:
hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
m...
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
news:dtmdnW4FMIWtDivVnZ2dnUVZ_q3inZ2d@comcast. com...

Hillary was absolutely masterful, Bill was damned good, Biden was
good and will get much better as he adapts to his new speechwriters..

I am surprised you are not upset about Biden showing off his
grandchildren.

Eisboch

Why? It's traditional and appropriate at that moment- the end of the
speech at a convention - for the candidate's family to appear on
stage. Besides, Biden, especially, has a compelling family story, as
I am sure you know.

So...you're a Republican...what's your guess on the veep nom?

Wrong, ballot-breath. * *I am a registered nothing, *consider myself
an Independent, although certainly admit to right leaning tendencies
on most issues. *In some areas though, I am probably as liberal as
you. *gasp

I have a bit of a hang-up about the concept of being a "registered"
member of any political party. *Doing so tends to make one accept and,
by default, support platform issues that one otherwise may not be in
agreement with. Lemmings. * We saw that during the Dem's convention. *
Compromises of principles by all for the "common good" of the party. *
Past differences forgotten. * *Nope, not for me.

I vote for the person who I think will best serve the best interests
of the USA in national and international issues, not for the one who
will best forward a political party's agenda, developed through
political compromise and back room deals.

Eisboch

You don't have to be "registered" to be a Republican or a Democrat. If
you vote mostly Republican, you are a Republican. You vote mostly
Republican, I am sure, especially for President.

I am a registered Democrat. I haven't read through a Democratic party
platform document in decades, probably not since 1970. I have no idea
what is in this year's "platform," and I couldn't care less. My father
in law is a lifelong registered Republican. I haven't asked him, but I
suspect he has never ever read a GOP party platform document.

I think you completely missed the point that Eisboch was making.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Really, I am registered repub, but have voted for more Democrats for
pres, than repubs.. First off, I am an American...

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:38:42 -0400, hk wrote:


So, what is your guess on the GOP veep?

Jeb Bush ;-)

wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:38:42 -0400, hk wrote:


So, what is your guess on the GOP veep?

Jeb Bush ;-)


In this household, we never could figure why the Bush family passed over
the smart son and pushed the stupid one into the White House.

That would be funny, though...McCain and Bush, all over again.

I had been thinking it would be Romney...he's such a pretty boy attack
dog, he could well be the Dan McQuayle of the 21st Century. Then I was
hoping it would be Lieberman...naw.




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No way, no how, no McCain!

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:50:39 -0400, hk wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:38:42 -0400, hk wrote:


So, what is your guess on the GOP veep?

Jeb Bush ;-)


In this household, we never could figure why the Bush family passed over
the smart son and pushed the stupid one into the White House.

That would be funny, though...McCain and Bush, all over again.

Seriously, if it weren't for his name, Jeb might not be a bad pick.

"hk" wrote in message
...

Eisboch wrote:

I vote for the person who I think will best serve the best interests of
the USA in national and international issues, not for the one who will
best forward a political party's agenda, developed through political
compromise and back room deals.

Eisboch


You don't have to be "registered" to be a Republican or a Democrat. If you
vote mostly Republican, you are a Republican. You vote mostly Republican,
I am sure, especially for President.



In the past, I've voted both. I voted for Carter once and I voted for
Clinton once.
Does that surprise you?

So, I don't consider myself a Republican or a Democrat. I simply vote for
one or the other, depending on my modest judgement of who will best serve
the national interests of the USA.

One of the attractive qualities of Obama .... in fact maybe the *only*
attractive quality .... is that a President Obama would probably be better
equipped to salvage and repair our image abroad at the moment. Not to be
pandering to forgein opinion, but in this day and age respect of the USA by
others is important to our national interests, economy and security. I
realize that and it's an important issue. Bush's policies, right or wrong,
have pretty much demolished any international respect.

On the other hand, Russia is flexing it's muscles again, taking full
advantage of our current weaknesses and lack of international support.
That also has me a bit concerned. I don't think academic diplomacy alone
will nip it.

The office of POTUS is more about leadership in a global environment than it
is about detailed social policies at home, IMO.
There are other bodies of elected representatives (Congress) that should be
doing their job.

As for McCain's VP pick? I really don't know. A couple of weeks ago I
was thinking it would be Romney for sure, but I have a hunch that we may be
in for a surprise.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...

Eisboch wrote:
I vote for the person who I think will best serve the best interests of
the USA in national and international issues, not for the one who will
best forward a political party's agenda, developed through political
compromise and back room deals.

Eisboch


You don't have to be "registered" to be a Republican or a Democrat. If you
vote mostly Republican, you are a Republican. You vote mostly Republican,
I am sure, especially for President.



In the past, I've voted both. I voted for Carter once and I voted for
Clinton once.
Does that surprise you?

So, I don't consider myself a Republican or a Democrat. I simply vote for
one or the other, depending on my modest judgement of who will best serve
the national interests of the USA.

One of the attractive qualities of Obama .... in fact maybe the *only*
attractive quality .... is that a President Obama would probably be better
equipped to salvage and repair our image abroad at the moment. Not to be
pandering to forgein opinion, but in this day and age respect of the USA by
others is important to our national interests, economy and security. I
realize that and it's an important issue. Bush's policies, right or wrong,
have pretty much demolished any international respect.

On the other hand, Russia is flexing it's muscles again, taking full
advantage of our current weaknesses and lack of international support.
That also has me a bit concerned. I don't think academic diplomacy alone
will nip it.

The office of POTUS is more about leadership in a global environment than it
is about detailed social policies at home, IMO.
There are other bodies of elected representatives (Congress) that should be
doing their job.

As for McCain's VP pick? I really don't know. A couple of weeks ago I
was thinking it would be Romney for sure, but I have a hunch that we may be
in for a surprise.

Eisboch




Whatever Russia does, there's nothing in McCain's resume that indicate
he will be equipped to deal with it.


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No way, no how, no McCain!

"hk" wrote in message
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Whatever Russia does, there's nothing in McCain's resume that indicate he
will be equipped to deal with it.

There certainly is.

If it comes to real push and shoves, who *is* better equipped? Certainly
not Obama. Even if he spoke Russian, he couldn't simply flutter his eyelids
and talk his way out of a confrontation. What's he going to do, temporarily
hand over the responsibilities of POTUS to Biden until the problem HOPEfully
goes away?

I don't think anyone should be fooled by McCain's soft voice and demeanor.
Behind the weathered, 72 year old body is a fabric of steel.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..


Whatever Russia does, there's nothing in McCain's resume that indicate he
will be equipped to deal with it.

There certainly is.

If it comes to real push and shoves, who *is* better equipped? Certainly
not Obama. Even if he spoke Russian, he couldn't simply flutter his eyelids
and talk his way out of a confrontation. What's he going to do, temporarily
hand over the responsibilities of POTUS to Biden until the problem HOPEfully
goes away?

I don't think anyone should be fooled by McCain's soft voice and demeanor.
Behind the weathered, 72 year old body is a fabric of steel.

Eisboch



Sorry, but five years in a POW camp 35 years old ain't the chops one
needs to be CiC. Sucking up to Bush the last year ain't the chops,
either. McCain has a hot temper and a short fuse, just like the
incompetent twerp now occupying the White House. I had some respect for
McCain until he transmogrified himself into Bush. All McCain will do is
precipitate World War III, and, in fact, he probably would do so just to
help his corporate sponsors in the military-industrial complex.

McCain: Lots of Experience, No Judgment.


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No way, no how, no McCain!