Comments on: Biden? http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=biden one writer's daily download Wed, 23 May 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scout http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-205131 Scout Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:11:30 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-205131 Brian, It's all yours! Apply liberally! Brian, It’s all yours! Apply liberally!

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204944 brian stouder Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:07:30 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204944 <i>Johnny Ten House’s elitist charges are looking sillier by the day</i> A great line!! I am stealing it, for immediate, repeated, and unattributed use! Johnny Ten House’s elitist charges are looking sillier by the day

A great line!! I am stealing it, for immediate, repeated, and unattributed use!

]]> By: Scout http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204924 Scout Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:50 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204924 This is one of the most amazing comment sections I have seen anywhere. Kudos, Nancy, you're evidence that smart attracts smart. I wasn't ecstatic when I heard the Biden announcement, but I have done my research since and am very comfortable with the choice. We have to remember there is more at stake here than our little dream team fantasies. There is a boatload of wrongs to right and to even get a toehold we have to win the election first. I am very impressed with Biden's relative lifestyle simplicity, it's going to play well along side of Obama's self made man story. Johnny Ten House's elitist charges are looking sillier by the day. Not a winning strategy by his team, but I'm not really complaining. This is one of the most amazing comment sections I have seen anywhere. Kudos, Nancy, you’re evidence that smart attracts smart.

I wasn’t ecstatic when I heard the Biden announcement, but I have done my research since and am very comfortable with the choice. We have to remember there is more at stake here than our little dream team fantasies. There is a boatload of wrongs to right and to even get a toehold we have to win the election first.

I am very impressed with Biden’s relative lifestyle simplicity, it’s going to play well along side of Obama’s self made man story. Johnny Ten House’s elitist charges are looking sillier by the day. Not a winning strategy by his team, but I’m not really complaining.

]]> By: Gasman http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204891 Gasman Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:55:48 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204891 MichaelG, My wife has considered trying to get dual citizenship but will not do so while Bush is in office. She also has informed me that if McCain wins that we are moving to Canada. I don't argue with my wife. I live very near Los Alamos National Lab, our nation's primary research and development facility for nuclear weapons. Even though it is a tiny community, it is one with a lot of federal security types who aren't overly concerned with my civil liberties. If I had vented in our local paper like I do here - at least anytime in the last 5-6 years - I would bet that I would have been contacted by the feds or at least had a file started on me. I don't like being afraid for merely exercising rights the constitutions says that I have. As a foreigner, they could deport my wife without cause. We could fight it, but at what cost and how long would it take? MichaelG,
My wife has considered trying to get dual citizenship but will not do so while Bush is in office. She also has informed me that if McCain wins that we are moving to Canada. I don’t argue with my wife.

I live very near Los Alamos National Lab, our nation’s primary research and development facility for nuclear weapons. Even though it is a tiny community, it is one with a lot of federal security types who aren’t overly concerned with my civil liberties. If I had vented in our local paper like I do here – at least anytime in the last 5-6 years – I would bet that I would have been contacted by the feds or at least had a file started on me. I don’t like being afraid for merely exercising rights the constitutions says that I have.

As a foreigner, they could deport my wife without cause. We could fight it, but at what cost and how long would it take?

]]> By: MichaelG http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204869 MichaelG Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:55:48 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204869 Gasman, I was married for 30 years to a foreign national. After 9-11 she went and got her American citizenship. She feared all the same stuff your wife fears. And thanks for your posts. Saves me the trouble and you say it better than I could. Gasman, I was married for 30 years to a foreign national. After 9-11 she went and got her American citizenship. She feared all the same stuff your wife fears. And thanks for your posts. Saves me the trouble and you say it better than I could.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204868 brian stouder Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:51:25 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204868 And indeed - other than Grover Cleveland - when has <b>any</b> non-incumbent ever NOT been "inexperienced"? The job is unique; and indeed - what "experience" did the 42 year old Teddy Roosevelt bring? (or for that matter, the 52 year old Lincoln, who had been a state legislator and a one-term congressman from Illinois) And indeed – other than Grover Cleveland – when has any non-incumbent ever NOT been “inexperienced”? The job is unique; and indeed – what “experience” did the 42 year old Teddy Roosevelt bring? (or for that matter, the 52 year old Lincoln, who had been a state legislator and a one-term congressman from Illinois)

]]> By: moe99 http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204866 moe99 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:34:19 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204866 Someone said this morning, Obama's choice was reminiscent of Jfk selecting LBJ as his running mate. Also was done to inoculate against charges of inexperience. Someone said this morning, Obama’s choice was reminiscent of Jfk selecting LBJ as his running mate. Also was done to inoculate against charges of inexperience.

]]> By: Hattie http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204854 Hattie Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:06:21 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204854 Nice to get some varied perspectives here. Nice to get some varied perspectives here.

]]> By: Linda http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204850 Linda Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:45:33 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204850 Tbogg said it best: "...the idea of Obama choosing Joe Biden as his running mate is kind of like getting underwear for Christmas. You know that you can use it, but it's not exactly what you were hoping for." But that's o.k. I think Obama needed an old white guy who has been in the public eye for a long time to convince more nervous Americans that the world wouldn't turn upside down if he was elected. Tbogg said it best: “…the idea of Obama choosing Joe Biden as his running mate is kind of like getting underwear for Christmas. You know that you can use it, but it’s not exactly what you were hoping for.” But that’s o.k. I think Obama needed an old white guy who has been in the public eye for a long time to convince more nervous Americans that the world wouldn’t turn upside down if he was elected.

]]> By: Gasman http://nancynall.com/2008/08/23/biden/#comment-204849 Gasman Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:11:36 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2097#comment-204849 Catherine, Absolutely no gender bashing was intended by my remarks regarding Elizabeth Dole or Kay Bailey Hucthinson. I abhor their politics, not their gender. I believe that their public images are affected to a fairly large degree and to the extent that they are, I am critical. I lived in Texas and have had a much higher dose of KBH already. I'm not buyin' the act. I must be allowed to criticize what I believe to be a politician's affected public veneer without the charge of sexism. Ten years ago I was ecstatic at the thought of Hillary Clinton as president. It gave me great pleasure to think of the wringing of hands and the gnashing of teeth amongst the conservatives at the notion of her as president. I generally like her policies and I think she articulates them well. My non-support for her comes down her support for the war in Iraq. I think that she showed extremely bad judgement and got that one wrong. For me, diehard supporter that I was, that was and is a deal breaker. Catherine,
Absolutely no gender bashing was intended by my remarks regarding Elizabeth Dole or Kay Bailey Hucthinson. I abhor their politics, not their gender. I believe that their public images are affected to a fairly large degree and to the extent that they are, I am critical. I lived in Texas and have had a much higher dose of KBH already. I’m not buyin’ the act. I must be allowed to criticize what I believe to be a politician’s affected public veneer without the charge of sexism.

Ten years ago I was ecstatic at the thought of Hillary Clinton as president. It gave me great pleasure to think of the wringing of hands and the gnashing of teeth amongst the conservatives at the notion of her as president. I generally like her policies and I think she articulates them well. My non-support for her comes down her support for the war in Iraq. I think that she showed extremely bad judgement and got that one wrong. For me, diehard supporter that I was, that was and is a deal breaker.

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