Comments on: Two Weeks http://hillbillypolitics.com/2008/10/12/two-weeks/ Just Down to Earth Politcal Discussions in Plain English for the "Rest of Us." Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hillbilly http://hillbillypolitics.com/2008/10/12/two-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-4106 hillbilly Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:16:29 +0000 http://hillbillypolitics.com/?p=416#comment-4106 Honestly? Not much but think about having a majority in both the executive and legislative branches... with the current Congress writing the checks. At this point it's not even about the War in Iraq since it is winding down to a satisfactory solution but with the priorities of Reid and Co. national security would be at the bottom of that list. I don't believe we can afford for that to happen. With McCain he will at least rein in some of the crazier spending that's coming out of Congress these days. Honestly? Not much but think about having a majority in both the executive and legislative branches… with the current Congress writing the checks.

At this point it’s not even about the War in Iraq since it is winding down to a satisfactory solution but with the priorities of Reid and Co. national security would be at the bottom of that list. I don’t believe we can afford for that to happen. With McCain he will at least rein in some of the crazier spending that’s coming out of Congress these days.

]]> By: BB-Idaho http://hillbillypolitics.com/2008/10/12/two-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-4105 BB-Idaho Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:05:12 +0000 http://hillbillypolitics.com/?p=416#comment-4105 Diaster of Carter...disaster of Bush....dunno, you think these guys have any control over economic cycles? Diaster of Carter…disaster of Bush….dunno, you think
these guys have any control over economic cycles?

]]> By: hillbilly http://hillbillypolitics.com/2008/10/12/two-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-4104 hillbilly Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:03:27 +0000 http://hillbillypolitics.com/?p=416#comment-4104 Yeah, the last unknown with the kind of policies Obama has was Jimmy Carter and even he was more known than this guy is. He might seem attractive but after the disaster of Carter do you want to trust the nation in its current state to him? Nah, those guys are out stumping just not much in the media because they're the also rans. Huckabee is getting TV face time because he has a show now on Fox. Haven't seen it myself. Comes on too late at night considering the time I have to get up in the mornings. Yeah, the last unknown with the kind of policies Obama has was Jimmy Carter and even he was more known than this guy is. He might seem attractive but after the disaster of Carter do you want to trust the nation in its current state to him?

Nah, those guys are out stumping just not much in the media because they’re the also rans. Huckabee is getting TV face time because he has a show now on Fox. Haven’t seen it myself. Comes on too late at night considering the time I have to get up in the mornings.

]]> By: BB-Idaho http://hillbillypolitics.com/2008/10/12/two-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-4103 BB-Idaho Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:20:01 +0000 http://hillbillypolitics.com/?p=416#comment-4103 McCain's problem-and he has had it from day one, is that part of him is attractive to moderates. His base, IMHO is secure (unhappy, but secure). So, he can appear to be generous to his opponent and moderate on fiscal issues....gaining moderate support. Note that the recent tirades by his supporters caused his independent poll numbers to decline by about 5 points. As far as 'pig in a poke', sometimes the unknown in a politician is more attractive than the known commodity...Lincoln vs Breckenridge, for example. Have I missed it...no Thompson, Guilliani, Romney out hitting the hustings for McCain? Actually, I have seen Huckabee on the screen quite a bit.... McCain’s problem-and he has had it from day one, is that part of him is attractive to moderates. His base,
IMHO is secure (unhappy, but secure). So, he can appear to be generous to his opponent and moderate on fiscal issues….gaining moderate support. Note that the recent tirades by his supporters caused his
independent poll numbers to decline by about 5 points. As far as ‘pig in a poke’, sometimes the
unknown in a politician is more attractive than the
known commodity…Lincoln vs Breckenridge, for example. Have I missed it…no Thompson, Guilliani, Romney out hitting the hustings for McCain? Actually, I have seen Huckabee on the screen quite a bit….

]]> By: hillbilly http://hillbillypolitics.com/2008/10/12/two-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-4101 hillbilly Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:02:29 +0000 http://hillbillypolitics.com/?p=416#comment-4101 Since Bush and big government spending are the face of the GOP right now, I can actually agree with that assessment, BB. Imagine that!!! I have no idea how a Thompson-Hillary election would have turned out. It sure would be an interesting one, wouldn't it? Well, you can take heart, BB. McCain is like half Thompson/half Clinton which is better than none of either. I think I could have survived with a modicum of contentment under Hillary, although not wildly happy over the prospect. Obama is rather a "pig in a poke" you know. What do we really know about him? Since Bush and big government spending are the face of the GOP right now, I can actually agree with that assessment, BB. Imagine that!!!

I have no idea how a Thompson-Hillary election would have turned out. It sure would be an interesting one, wouldn’t it?

Well, you can take heart, BB. McCain is like half Thompson/half Clinton which is better than none of either. I think I could have survived with a modicum of contentment under Hillary, although not wildly happy over the prospect.

Obama is rather a “pig in a poke” you know. What do we really know about him?

]]> By: BB-Idaho http://hillbillypolitics.com/2008/10/12/two-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-4099 BB-Idaho Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:58:58 +0000 http://hillbillypolitics.com/?p=416#comment-4099 I've never agreed much with Cavuto..but he is better than Kudrow. Kevin Phillips observes.."the GOP concept of laissez faire captialism is the privatization of profits and the socialization of risk." You know, I was thinking about the McCain/Obama arguments and pondering what we'd all be arguing if it had turned out to be Thompson-Hillary...like who would they have picked as vp, and how they would approach the current economic situation.....oh well, maybe next election cycle. :smile: I’ve never agreed much with Cavuto..but he is better than Kudrow. Kevin Phillips observes..”the GOP concept of laissez faire captialism is the privatization of profits and the socialization of risk.” You know, I was thinking about the McCain/Obama arguments and pondering what we’d all be arguing if it had turned out to be Thompson-Hillary…like who would they have picked as vp, and how they would approach the current economic situation…..oh well, maybe next
election cycle. :smile:

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