This guy could be my father...

Here's a quote I found in a comment on a "The Moderate Voice" posting.

The thing that distresses me most about Gov. Palin and Sen. McCain is that they appear to be trying to deceive the public into voting for them, or more accurately, against Obama. They lie openly about Obama's policy proposals and about their own histories. They know that the facts will contradict them, indeed that video footage of their own words will contradict them, but calculate that the public will buy their talking points without heeding other sources of information. The calculation works, because most do not have the time or depth of interest to dig into every statement.

Most cynically of all, their campaign openly supports the idea of making the race for the presidency a popularity contest rather than a decision based on the issues. They seek to raise their positives while raising their opponent's negatives, with no regard for the fact that their policies are anti-democratic; that is, they are attempting to scare voters into voting against their own clear personal interests, as well as those of their children.

And so, we boomers, and those older than us, will exit the scene leaving to our children a mountain of debt and a degraded planet. To my own son, to your children and all others, I am truly sorry. I have tried my entire adult life to support those who would take us in a different direction.

Credit to GreenDreams.

Republican Convention News.

Palin a Big Government Republican.

Looks like Palin, in addition to being another spend-and-spend, big government Republican, is also intolerant to opinions that differ from her own. That sounds familiar, doesn't it?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp

If McCain/Palin get elected, it will just confirm my belief that the US is chock full of a bunch of sub-par thinkers.

Palin just another right-wing Nut Job

While Sarah Palin has achieved some great success in Alaska, and is a smart woman. She is not a good speaker, and, most definitely, not an intellectual. If there's any truth to the rumors of her "book banning" as mayor of a small town in Alaska, then she flat out scares me. Based on my direct exposure (so far), she certainly doesn't have the temperament to lead our country. The Republican negative-spin machine has (once again) hit full steam and, (once again) they've lost my vote.

Additionally, in theme with my previous post, I cannot vote for another "common man" appeasing ticket. I don't want someone like myself leading the country, I want someone decidedly _better_ than myself!

McCain Intellectually bereft?

While I'm not certain that either of these articles captures McCain, I am certain that I don't want another "ignoramous", non-intellectual running our country:

• Cafferty on McCain
• Butler on McCain

While I could, perhaps, write off Cafferty's article as over-the-top, Butler's lack of faith in someone he spent time with (both at Annapolis and as a POW) I can't dismiss.

I'll certainly be studying McCain's studiousness over the coming months, as I can't condone someone dumber than myself running this country.