Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks during a town hall meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at the Pan American Center on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) - Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he wasn't sure how many houses he and his wealthy wife actually own.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks during a town hall meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at the Pan American Center on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) - Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he wasn't sure how many houses he and his wealthy wife actually own.
:hehe: :rofl:
must be damn nice, i can barely hold on to the one i have... :sweat:
Yow, McCain's choice of a woman for VP was way out of left field... :shocked:
I suppose his tactic was:
1. To offset his age (he's 72, she's 44).
2. To attract voters (particularly those disgruntled by the fact that Hillary wasn't named as Obama's VP) who wanted to see a woman VP nominee.
Now will the election end up coming down to this: will the people choose to have the first black President or the first woman Vice-President???
I think he believes he'll get a large protion of the Hillary supporters.
He thinks this will reaffirm his image as a "maverick".
And I think he's looking to get all the Phyllis Schlafly style conservative women in the mid west.
Thing is, I think the media is gonna have a field day with her. They have all the video of her from her beauty pagent days... and they've been running video of her from her days as an intern at a local TV station doing the weekend sports. She wasn't... smooth.
Geezer wrote:I think he believes he'll get a large protion of the Hillary supporters.
That is so going to backfire in his face. The hardcore Hillary supporters are already blasting him all over the blogosphere. He just gave a gift to the Dems.
I should've posted this in the "bothers you" thread, but i'll post it here.
So on wednesday at the end of our daily meeting at work, my manager asks us if we've all heard about all the propositions on the ballot for November's election.
Then he says that he'd like us to consider voting no on Prop 8. For those that are not in California, this prop is to basically ban same-sex marriage. So he proceeds to tell us that it's not that he's against gay and lesbian people or anything like that, but that if this passes, basically the sky will fall and the earth will stop spinning.
Well, not only is this highly unethical and against company rules. My coworker in the next cube (not part of the meeting) just got married last month. The sister of someone in the meeting is a lesbian considering marriage soon, and my other coworker's son just came out. And myself, who is counted among those barred marriage in the 1880 laws banning marriage for basically "colored or mixed race" people, were all appalled that he would say something like that to be exclusionary.
krim wrote:I should've posted this in the "bothers you" thread, but i'll post it here.
So on wednesday at the end of our daily meeting at work, my manager asks us if we've all heard about all the propositions on the ballot for November's election.
Then he says that he'd like us to consider voting no on Prop 8. For those that are not in California, this prop is to basically ban same-sex marriage. So he proceeds to tell us that it's not that he's against gay and lesbian people or anything like that, but that if this passes, basically the sky will fall and the earth will stop spinning.
Well, not only is this highly unethical and against company rules. My coworker in the next cube (not part of the meeting) just got married last month. The sister of someone in the meeting is a lesbian considering marriage soon, and my other coworker's son just came out. And myself, who is counted among those barred marriage in the 1880 laws banning marriage for basically "colored or mixed race" people, were all appalled that he would say something like that to be exclusionary.
Then he proceeded to say that the earth is only 5000 years old and man roamed the planet with the dinosaurs...and concluded the meeting with "Seig Heil" and goosestepped out of the room. :hehe:
I dunno...that's pretty ballsy and dumb for him to be lecturing people on how to vote.
krim wrote:I should've posted this in the "bothers you" thread, but i'll post it here.
So on wednesday at the end of our daily meeting at work, my manager asks us if we've all heard about all the propositions on the ballot for November's election.
Then he says that he'd like us to consider voting no on Prop 8. For those that are not in California, this prop is to basically ban same-sex marriage. So he proceeds to tell us that it's not that he's against gay and lesbian people or anything like that, but that if this passes, basically the sky will fall and the earth will stop spinning.
Well, not only is this highly unethical and against company rules. My coworker in the next cube (not part of the meeting) just got married last month. The sister of someone in the meeting is a lesbian considering marriage soon, and my other coworker's son just came out. And myself, who is counted among those barred marriage in the 1880 laws banning marriage for basically "colored or mixed race" people, were all appalled that he would say something like that to be exclusionary.
That IS unethical... I'm surprised that he didn't make some kind of ultimatum or something. :shakehead:
He'd better hope someone doesn't report him for his idiotic request.
Wasn't Wal-Mart accused of something similar, telling people to vote for McCain over Obama for some self-serving reason?
bmwracer wrote:
Wasn't Wal-Mart accused of something similar, telling people to vote for McCain over Obama for some self-serving reason?
Yeah...they order all their shit from China, stiff workers on benefits, and hire illegal aliens...of course they want McCain...cuz he wouldn't change a dayem thing so as to affect their business practices.
Matt Damon: Putting Sarah Palin In White House 'Like A Really Bad Disney Movie'
September 10, 2008, 12:34 pm PDT
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Matt Damon isn't mincing his words when it comes to Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Damon expressed his concern over putting Palin in the White House because he contends it may not be long before she's the Commander in Chief.
"I think there's a really good chance Sarah Palin could be president and I think that's a really scary thing," Damon said.
In making his assertion, Damon cited the age and health of Palin's running mate, 72-year-old Senator John McCain, who has a history of health issues.
"There's a one-in-three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term and it will be President Palin," the actor continued.
In expressing his concern, Damon likened the scenario to something from the big screen.
"It's like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom... and she's president and facing down [Russian president] Vladimir Putin," Damon said. "It's absurd. It's totally absurd and I don't understand why more people aren't talking about it."
Damon also suggested McCain's selection of Palin wasn't based on her political qualifications.
"I know she was the mayor of a really small town. She's the Governor of Alaska for less than two years. I just don't understand it. I think the pick was made for political purposes, but in terms of governance, it's a disaster," he added. "I need to know if she really thinks that dinosaurs were really here 4,000 years ago. I want to know that. Because she's going to have the nuclear codes. I want to know that and I want to know if she tried to ban books. We can't have that."