I only wish that Bush had engaged in the compassionate conservative agenda…he began to oversees in Africa and it is a shame it is not recognized but he should have done so here too….on a different topic, as noted, Bush should have cut the budget when he had spend more on national security/ homeland security and the defense budget..but he out LBJ’d LBJ in doing both guns and butter and paying for neither….and messed us up for a long time period..

Bush did have help in a screwed up Congress…..remember that from May 2001 through end of the 2002 that the Senate was in the Democrats hands and then again from 2006 through 2008..the whole Congress in the gang that couldn’t shoot str8′s hands….so he had help from a messed up Congress.

I’ve been thinking if 2012 looks like a lost cause to the GOP,

Eh, now folks ’round here are starting to wonder if Jeb turned down the senate seat because he has bigger fish to fry.

If you can’t tell me WHY the goat would be qualified, what it’s positions are that you like then you show me nothing about the goat, it is still a mystery.

That’s easy. A goat would provide an easier analysis of its background, could probably do a better job at appointing cabinet members and wouldn’t be afraid to butt heads with those who threaten.

Then again, a goat would always say the same shit over and over. Sorta like the way Comrade Obama says Hopeâ„¢, Changeâ„¢ and America sucks assâ„¢ all the time.

I don’t believe I ever said I wasn’t a leftist. The majority of my views fit in with the left but not all. And I am very much open to voting for Palin. Comparing her to Reagan will never convince me to do that though. Perhaps if I could read what you folks value about her without comparisons to anyone else I could find the things I would like to know about her. But apparently that won’t happen here. Well I have time to find these things out.

Thank you to those who provided examples of people on the left saying there would be riots. But, NDT – “If McCain wins, look for a full-fledged race and class war”does not, to me, predict riots but a long term struggle.

“The simple fact is, ADD’s question is fully answered by a comparison of Palin to Obama.”

No, it’s not. Some of you would say that a goat is more qualified than Obama but that would be just as meaningless to me as comparing Palin to Obama. I don’t CARE what you think about Obama, that’s settled, I need no more evidence. Despite AE’s assertion that what he says is fact, when you compare the two you are simply expressing an opinion. If you can’t tell me WHY the goat would be qualified, what it’s positions are that you like then you show me nothing about the goat, it is still a mystery. No, I’m not saying Palin is a goat, or resembles a goat, or thinks like a goat. How could I say that since you’ve provide nothing to base that opinion on.

It’s funny to me that only a couple of those commenting were actually able to simply explain what they like about Palin. I very much appreciate those responses. The fact that it so difficult for the rest of you says much about your way of thinking and inability to express a opinion of someone you support without a negative comment about those you despise. It’s really quite bizarre. Just another example of the either/or, black/white, yes/no mentality that plagues fanatics of all political persuasions. It’s a handicap that doesn’t reflect the reality of life and it’s dangerous because this country cannot survive with such an infantile attitude influencing the political process. Unless the all like-minded people gather in specific states and secede from the Union there has to be a collective effort from the various factions to protect the USA.

V, I think that the songs, vid clips, chants etc. for Obama are asinine. I consider any time people that people seem to forget that the President is just a man, not a superhero or idol, dangerous. Obama is not the first and he won’t be the last. The access that the internet provides to millions of people just makes it easier to spread such nonsense.

I will be shocked if this actually makes it through the filter!

Your point about Gov. Palin is interesting and makes sense but I´m hoping hoping for a Carteresque meltdown, the nation will want a change from the change.

Roberto, I have lost more posts that I thought were posted and eaten alive here then I can imagine. One of the regular posters was kind enough to remind me to cut and paste what I type and put it on say Microsoft word…..and this way if my post gets eaten alive, I can repost again.

It is very frustrating, I have to admit….I hope you can repost:)

You can bet your bottom dollar that if Ronald Reagan were alive and president today, Vladimir Putin would not be resurrecting the Soviet Union, Ahmadjinedad would not have built a nuclear reactor and Hugo Chavez would not be spreading his venom in Latin America.

My hope is that Governor Palin studies issues, (she knows energy extremely well) and then discusses those view points in her own time frame, her own chosen forum as Reagan did in his off years before being elected President.

I have full faith in Governor Palin. I believe she has the vision and now just needs the time to articulate them in her own timetable to do so. In the meantime she does have a state to run and a re election campaign to plan.

Plus, timing is everything and it may be that it is best for Palin to wait until 2016 based upon what occurs in the next 3 or so years leading up to 2012. I would rather she wait and win then run and lose.

Palin has the right stuff (no pun intended) to create those broad colors and not the blandness of the me too crowd of can’t think outside the box, never mind think…and like Reagan, Palin has an excellent common sense set of values and communicates them well and she is one of us….and I want a President that knows what it is like to work every day, struggle, know what it is to be an every day American and to fight for us and she has that and the vision to lead….Give Governor Palin time to study, formulate and then articulate her American vision. (I mean the Chosen One hasn’t even been sworn in as POTUS)

there a plenty of us who view [Reagan's] time in office as a blight on our history

Let me say once more that for the speaker of such a statement to pose as someone who is open-minded enough to vote for Palin in 2016, 2012, or any time, is patently absurd. Sorry, ADD, but WE (including heliotrope) are just not that incredibly stupid. You’re a leftist. Have the modicum of courage it takes to face it.

Voting choices are relative for most people. They look at one major candidate relative to the other. Under any reasonable standard where Obama comes out as qualified for the office of President, Palin is absolutely qualified – because she is objectively more qualified than Obama. Under any reasonable standard where Palin comes out as unqualified, then Obama is absolutely unqualified – because Obama is objectively less qualified than Palin. Pick your standard. Whichever way you want to go. But, as long at it is reasonable (not a double standard), Palin will come out as the better one.

What you said would be true if I had asked for a comparison to Obama.

No, what I said is true, which is why you constructed your question specifically to prohibit it from being said.

I’m not as arrogant as AE

Not arrogant, just right. And no, you’re not.

And down goes that one.

If McCain wins, look for a full-fledged race and class war, fueled by a deflated and depressed country, soaring crime, homelessness – and hopelessness!

Yeah, he brought down the Soviet Union. It was a dark time for those who wanted us to lose the the Cold War.