I'd like it to be fully explained to me as to why the vice-president of the United States of America holds next to no power and is the perfect spot for on-the-job training. No offense, but I'd like to say that if you truly believe that, you are talking straight out of your ***.
When it is said of a politician (or anyone, for that matter) that he or she lacks the relevant experience for any given job, what is being said of that person is that he or she lacks knowledge of that job’s demands. That is, those who make the argument from inexperience assume that knowledge is ultimately based on experience, by which is meant habit or practice.
This conception of knowledge is sound, as far as it goes, and it has found support from conservative thinkers from Aristotle to the present: if you want to know -- genuinely know -- what cookery requires, you must know how to cook, and if you want to know what carpentry demands, you must know how to do carpentry. But the only way to know how to be a cook or a carpenter is by practicing cookery and carpentry, respectively. Yet what is true of carpentry and cookery is true of all human activities: knowing is inseparable from and dependent on doing.
Just the slightest reflection on any human practice, from science to mathematics to language use, readily confirms that knowledge is indeed experience. Yet this we seem to either truly forget when we accuse Obama, Palin, or anyone else of being too “inexperienced” to be president, or conveniently ignore so as to score political points.
If, as the argument from “inexperience” itself supposes, knowledge of any given activity can be had only from routinely engaging in that activity, then no one except for a president can really know what being a president requires. In other words, only those who have occupied the office of the presidency can be said to have the requisite “experience” for the job. Thus, in this sense, all of the candidates on both the Democratic and Republican tickets are “inexperienced” vis-à-vis the office of the presidency.
It is precisely because the presidency is such a crucial job that no president is ever without a small army of advisors. The effectiveness of the “3:00 A.M. phone calls to the White House” ads notwithstanding, no president’s decisions are made, or expected to be made, independently of the counsel of numerous others whose jobs exist for the sole purpose of seeing the president along.
Biden would be better than Palin. He's more experienced and we actually know more about him. I rather have him at the top of the ticket. Then again, I rather have Hillary on top of this ticket still.Well you have to wonder, would the country be any better under Biden? Because I would say Obama has a even bigger chance of dying than even McCain.
Ohio I do expect to go to McCain. Florida most likely, but Colorado has been becoming more and more Democratic.If it comes down to Ohio, Colorado, and Florida then that is very bad for Obama. I believe two out of the three of those are Coal Mining States, something Biden has shot Obama in the foot with, and Florida has a substantial Older Population and has been tracking right further and further since 2000.
I think Obama would pull us out of Iraq sooner than McCain, he just glorifies to make it seem OMG ULTRA SOON LIKE IN TWO DAYS SOON.Obama wont be stupid enough to pull out of Iraq, something I have continued to say, he wont get us into a war with Pakistan no matter how much he wants to, and he wont be able to implement any real social programs.
That is true. I guess we'll just have to see how things go.The only difference between the two would come down to ear marks and wasteful Government spending. Anything more is out of their reach for the next two years if not more.
Biden would be better than Palin. He's more experienced and we actually know more about him. I rather have him at the top of the ticket. Then again, I rather have Hillary on top of this ticket still.
Ohio I do expect to go to McCain. Florida most likely, but Colorado has been becoming more and more Democratic.
I think Obama would pull us out of Iraq sooner than McCain, he just glorifies to make it seem OMG ULTRA SOON LIKE IN TWO DAYS SOON.
Meh, you are right. At least he would be a bit more...comfortable to have than Palin. Definitely more comfortable than Obama.In the case of Biden, experience doesn't actually help. His main experience is in Foreign Policy, a place he fails miserably at when you consider his history. From wanting to divide up Iraq into three states, to wanting to send a massive check to Iran so that they will like us. Biden has come up with some of the stupidest Foreign Policy ideas in the last 20 years.
Do you think McCain has a chance with Michigan?I could see Colorado going for Obama, but it is the 7th largest Coal Mining state in the Union, and McCain is going after those in the Coal Industry, while Biden's gaffs have pushed them away from the Obama ticket. In a state that could be close, that could be all the difference.
Agreed.Eh I could see both of them waiting until they are absolutely sure that Iraq is safe and secure before pulling out. But you are right in that he could do a faster pull out once that happens to try and save face.
Do you think McCain has a chance with Michigan?
Lmao.I hold out hope only becuase it would piss off Big Al to no end. ~.^
He obviously will pull out of Iraq, regardless of whether we have a substantial stance there, as he's (essentially) already said, earlier in the campaign. And a war with Pakistan- I dount that as well, but I damn near sure bet that he'll skirt the edge.Obama wont be stupid enough to pull out of Iraq, something I have continued to say, he wont get us into a war with Pakistan no matter how much he wants to, and he wont be able to implement any real social programs.
Yeah. But why would you want to pull out now, of all times? We've already gone this far, nice waste of American soldiers' lives and trillions of dollars that'd be. We're so close I can taste it. I support staying in just as long as we're nescessarily needed, no longer. It's time they fend for themselves or fall apart after our years of intelligent intervention.I think Obama would pull us out of Iraq sooner than McCain, he just glorifies to make it seem OMG ULTRA SOON LIKE IN TWO DAYS SOON.
we dont want more of the same!
He obviously will pull out of Iraq, regardless of whether we have a substantial stance there, as he's (essentially) already said, earlier in the campaign. And a war with Pakistan- I dount that as well, but I damn near sure bet that he'll skirt the edge.
obama (osama ^_^) will get the election. mccain agrred with 90% of the time!
we dont want more of the same!
i edited my post for you viewers. happy? ill get the pudding!
...PTA and city council is not near what the qualifications should be. Being part of the PTA and having no foreign policy does not get you ready on handling the economy and dealing with foreign leaders like those of North Korea and Iran.Can't say that I am. Enjoy your one week vacation.
Anyway, what's all this fuss about Sarah Palin being inexperienced? She's only had a few years in major political positions. As an entire political career from being part of the PTA, city council, etc that becomes around 16 years. You don't have to be in such high and prominent offices to be considered experienced. As said before, having the job itself is the only thing that can really show whether your experienced or not. Pointing out that Sarah Palin doesn't cut it because she's not some old fat jerk that's had his head shoved up the asses of the politicians in Washington for 20 something odd years doesn't mean she's not qaulified for the job.
The bailout failing was quite the shock. Obama keeps saying it's going to pass eventually. Where do you think we go from now?Well I originally had a post from the NY Post about Community Organizers and how the thugs like Obama ran are connected to the economic problems.
BUT! I think my post should be devoted to the failure of the bail out. To Nancy Pelosi who I want to scream so many horrible names at.
2/3rds of House Republicans voting against isn't a fluke, it isn't a head fake. You Nancy Pelosi had the votes, you had them, the House Republicans had finally agreed, and you do the STUPIDEST thing of all time. You walk up on the day of the vote, and have a very partisan very horrible speech on the House Floor ON THE DAY OF THE VOTE.
Most of the Republicans did not want to vote for it but they reluctantly agreed to do so! And on the very day that they vote, you decide to attack and insult them? What kind of stupidity is that?! Could you not shut your fat mouth for 1 week?
MY GOD I am so ****** at this... I don't think there is a word to describe it.