Any thoughts on this move? since everyone on this forum besides me is a Democrat. I know it's late making this thread but I wanted the answers from Democrats and any republicans hiding in this forum.
shut up, no one cares about you views, no offense, your so blinded its not funny
Let's keep the talk civilized. Post only if you have something relevant to add.
im sick of you guys, you don't get America, wake up and smell the coffee, your in the real world
I'm guessing the Republican ticket got you angry.
McCain pulled a dumb move, by picking Sarah Palin. She has very minimal experience, and what she does have in experience took place in the state of Alaska, where there are only about 1 million people.
He could've picked Olympia Snowe, big time moderate, reformer, a woman, known for reaching across the aisle and tons of experience. I was actually hoping he'd pick her, if he was looking for a female running mate. Now, you might be saying, "well, Snowe is from a small state, too: Maine." That's true, but she's spent many years in DC, at the national level, outside of Maine. Palin, in fact, has only left the country once.
Bottom line, she's a glorified city councilwoman, lacks experience, had trouble speaking, when McCain introduced her as part of the ticket, and has not had to deal with serious social, or economic, issues in one of the smallest, insofar as population, and richest, states in the union.
Look for Biden to tear her a new one. This pick could have made McCain a real contender. Right now, I'm expecting another Bob Dole vs. Bill Clinton type of race. Obama will easily win, which is good: lesser of two evils.
I have trouble believing in McCain's mental stability when he said Putin was the president of Germany.
That was very funny indeed. I hope he doesn't want to invade Germany as a terrorist country for attacking Georgia.
@ Paul: There is a section on the supposedly successful surge in this video as well. McCain: "General Petraeus goes out there every week..."
Pat, the surged worked while guys like Joe Biden thought there was no hope and that we already lost the war, and he did say that along with most demorats. Once again proven wrong.
How can you tell? Because you saw it on FOX news? Or have you been there? How would you define "victory"? Is it a victory if the infrastructure and domestic security in Iraq is back to a pre-war level? Or does it mean that they finally find some weapons of mass destruction? Or -- even better -- is it already a victory that Saddam Hussein is dead? Well, then the US-Army could have gone home some time ago. And another one: does it mean that Al-Qaeda are no longer to be found in Iraq? This means that the military have a) to stay there for a very long time or b) never should have invaded Iraq in the first place. Or -- and this is the last one --is it a victory to establish a democratic government? Democracy is a great aim, but for whom? Is it just to force a Western concept onto a non-Western society? And for how long do you think a democratic surface will work if it isn't based on indigenous concepts? What the USA are about to witness is exactly what happened to Britain and France after the Second World War: losing a "colonial Empire". And just like we still have to live with the consequences of colonialism (e.g. Mugabe in Zimbabwe --> no African tradition of government), there will be short- and long-term aftermaths of the Middle East politics of the Bush administrations.
Furthermore, victory is a very fluent concept and since Vietnam no war was ever won. They just end at some point in time and people are happy to forget about them.
The surge is a no-brainer. Obviously putting more soldiers into a hostile area will make it more stable. Doesn't take a genius to figure out that. The real question is whethere Iraq is worth a single American life. OH wait, it isn't.
If it's a no brainer why did Joe Biden vote against it? And then after said that we already lost?