Comments on: Laugh! (and the world will laugh with you) http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: John http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130921 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:37:14 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130921 Obama has said quite a lot on these topics, and been providing position papers on them - available to anybody with a web browser and the will to read something - for a long time. In fact, it was the specifics of his health care proposal that you're saying don't exist that were the cause of much debate between him and Clinton. On the nuclear weapons matter: he didn't "promise to rid of the world" of them, because that would be a stupid promise; he said it was a goal. He's been talking about it for a long time, in many cases supporting bipartisan proposals on the issue. He's written position papers on how he'd approach it. Maybe you need to spend more time studying what candidates have actually said? Sometimes the blank slate isn't at the candidate end of the equation. Obama has said quite a lot on these topics, and been providing position papers on them - available to anybody with a web browser and the will to read something - for a long time. In fact, it was the specifics of his health care proposal that you’re saying don’t exist that were the cause of much debate between him and Clinton.

On the nuclear weapons matter: he didn’t “promise to rid of the world” of them, because that would be a stupid promise; he said it was a goal. He’s been talking about it for a long time, in many cases supporting bipartisan proposals on the issue. He’s written position papers on how he’d approach it.

Maybe you need to spend more time studying what candidates have actually said? Sometimes the blank slate isn’t at the candidate end of the equation.

]]> by: John http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130868 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:02:59 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130868 Polimom, here's another example. Headlines today, Obama promises to rid the world of nuclear weapons. My simple question is "how". How will he get the Russians, the Chinese, the French, the British and the Israelis to comply? To me this sounds hollow and immature. Kind of like a Miss America contestant declaring that she wants to end world hunger. Polimom, here’s another example. Headlines today, Obama promises to rid the world of nuclear weapons. My simple question is “how”. How will he get the Russians, the Chinese, the French, the British and the Israelis to comply? To me this sounds hollow and immature. Kind of like a Miss America contestant declaring that she wants to end world hunger.

]]> by: John http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130858 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:51:26 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130858 On the energy issue, is Barrack for or against domestic oil extraction? Does he support an expansion of nuclear power plants? Does he have a short-term plan or does he simply favor reliance on wind, solar and hybrid vehicle solutions? Regarding the illegal immigrant issue does he favor amnesty for those already in residence? What's his position on a border fence and other forms of border security? Is he going to continue to use our tax payer dollars to fund entitlement programs for illegals and if so, to what degree? How does he plan to bring an end to the war in Iraq? Does he support a continued military presence in the Middle East to help stabilize the region or will he pull out as we did in Viet Nam and allow the country to fall into a true civil war or takeover by Iran? He wants to provide universal health care but does he have any idea how that might be structured, what it will cost, and the impact on how health is currently provided? He continually states that he wants to change the Country. What does he want to change? And finally, other than being a man of "hope and vision", what has he done in his past that portends he is qualified for the job of President of The United States? What are his qualifications? What experiences has he had that prepared him for the job? To me, the man is a blank slate. I want to see more substance and I want to see him articulate his "vision" without relying upon a teleprompter. I have some of the same concerns for McCain, not just picking on Obama. On the energy issue, is Barrack for or against domestic oil extraction? Does he support an expansion of nuclear power plants? Does he have a short-term plan or does he simply favor reliance on wind, solar and hybrid vehicle solutions?

Regarding the illegal immigrant issue does he favor amnesty for those already in residence? What’s his position on a border fence and other forms of border security? Is he going to continue to use our tax payer dollars to fund entitlement programs for illegals and if so, to what degree?

How does he plan to bring an end to the war in Iraq? Does he support a continued military presence in the Middle East to help stabilize the region or will he pull out as we did in Viet Nam and allow the country to fall into a true civil war or takeover by Iran?

He wants to provide universal health care but does he have any idea how that might be structured, what it will cost, and the impact on how health is currently provided?

He continually states that he wants to change the Country. What does he want to change?

And finally, other than being a man of “hope and vision”, what has he done in his past that portends he is qualified for the job of President of The United States? What are his qualifications? What experiences has he had that prepared him for the job?

To me, the man is a blank slate. I want to see more substance and I want to see him articulate his “vision” without relying upon a teleprompter.

I have some of the same concerns for McCain, not just picking on Obama.

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130671 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:39:53 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130671 I keep hearing people saying that Obama needs to define himself, but I'm just not understanding what's missing. For me, Obama's been a pretty straight-forward read from the get-go. I hear your concern, but I really can't connect to it. Can you maybe verbalize what it is you're unsettled about? I keep hearing people saying that Obama needs to define himself, but I’m just not understanding what’s missing.

For me, Obama’s been a pretty straight-forward read from the get-go. I hear your concern, but I really can’t connect to it. Can you maybe verbalize what it is you’re unsettled about?

]]> by: John http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130652 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:11:54 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130652 Nature abhors a vacuum and until Obama clearly defines himself these type of characterizations will continue. I like "hopeful" people but you have to show me more than that to get my vote in November. Still open minded in CA. Nature abhors a vacuum and until Obama clearly defines himself these type of characterizations will continue. I like “hopeful” people but you have to show me more than that to get my vote in November. Still open minded in CA.

]]> by: belloscm http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130651 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:03:14 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130651 Why are Angela Davis and Obama Bin Laden in the Oval Office? Why are Angela Davis and Obama Bin Laden in the Oval Office?

]]> by: John http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130644 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:45:31 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130644 As satire, it's funny. The fact that it's the biggest news in Blogsylvania says something and it's nothing hopeful. As satire, it’s funny.

The fact that it’s the biggest news in Blogsylvania says something and it’s nothing hopeful.

]]> by: New Yorker Obama Terrorist Cover | Outside The Beltway | OTB http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130638 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:18:47 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/07/13/laugh-and-the-world-will-laugh-with-you/#comment-130638 [...] Memeorandum has tons more reactions: QandO, Top of the Ticket, HorsesAss.Org, Pajamas Media, American Power, Ketchup and Caviar, Taylor Marsh, BLACKFIVE, Blue Girl, Red State, Polimom Says, Macsmind, Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View, The Plank, The Page, Roger L. Simon, Althouse, JammieWearingFool, Doug Ross, The Strata-Sphere, The Volokh Conspiracy, Moonbattery, The Daily Dish, Blog of the Moderate Left, AMERICAblog News, Feministe, Wake up America, Pensito Review, The Raw Story, Michelle Obama Watch, Buck Naked Politics, Newshoggers.com, Ben Smith’s Blogs, The Corner, NO QUARTER, Scripting News, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Flopping Aces, TalkLeft, The Confluence, FOX Embeds, Eunomia, The Sundries Shack, Sister Toldjah, TBogg, Pandagon, Macsmind and Viking Pundit [...] […] Memeorandum has tons more reactions: QandO, Top of the Ticket, HorsesAss.Org, Pajamas Media, American Power, Ketchup and Caviar, Taylor Marsh, BLACKFIVE, Blue Girl, Red State, Polimom Says, Macsmind, Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View, The Plank, The Page, Roger L. Simon, Althouse, JammieWearingFool, Doug Ross, The Strata-Sphere, The Volokh Conspiracy, Moonbattery, The Daily Dish, Blog of the Moderate Left, AMERICAblog News, Feministe, Wake up America, Pensito Review, The Raw Story, Michelle Obama Watch, Buck Naked Politics, Newshoggers.com, Ben Smith’s Blogs, The Corner, NO QUARTER, Scripting News, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Flopping Aces, TalkLeft, The Confluence, FOX Embeds, Eunomia, The Sundries Shack, Sister Toldjah, TBogg, Pandagon, Macsmind and Viking Pundit […]

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