No interviews for Sarah Palin...

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

As an aside, Palin's pick, if nothing else, has demonstrated that substance is of absolutely no import to the following posters:

Creekster, Tex, YOhio, Il Pad (ok, so we already knew this one), and SU.

Notice the omission of Mike Waters. I think Cali is scared of him.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

It isn't just the Atlantic Monthly (that's just the one I posted). Politico had the same story, as did an ABC News blog, among others. I assumed posting all of the stories with the same information would be redundant. You have corrected me. I now understand it takes more than one reading for you to get the point, something I will keep in mind in the future.

As an aside, Palin's pick, if nothing else, has demonstrated that substance is of absolutely no import to the following posters:

Creekster, Tex, YOhio, Il Pad (ok, so we already knew this one), and SU.

Look! A shiny object! Go chase it.

Ouch. You got me.

Still, "CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK! Don't take my eggs! CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK!"

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Yeah, that makes sense. Punish the media!

I'd guess she takes them as seriously as we are taking you.

[BigFatMeanie]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

But see, I don't care about that. I really don't. I care about the issues. She hasn't taken a stand on any of them. So you don't care about the issues. You must only care about the shiny objects they flash in front of you. So far, that is all there is with her.

Dude, you appear to me to have gone completely stark raving mad this election cycle. You really should consider taking a break from the Politics forum for a while. I would hate to see you end up having a coronary before November.

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

But see, I don't care about that. I really don't. I care about the issues. She hasn't taken a stand on any of them. So you don't care about the issues. You must only care about the shiny objects they flash in front of you. So far, that is all there is with her.

Could have fooled me.

http://cougarguard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22061

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

It isn't just the Atlantic Monthly (that's just the one I posted). Politico had the same story, as did an ABC News blog, among others. I assumed posting all of the stories with the same information would be redundant. You have corrected me. I now understand it takes more than one reading for you to get the point, something I will keep in mind in the future.

As an aside, Palin's pick, if nothing else, has demonstrated that substance is of absolutely no import to the following posters:

Creekster, Tex, YOhio, Il Pad (ok, so we already knew this one), and SU.

Look! A shiny object! Go chase it.

SO, out fo curiosity, what is your goal here? Trying to persuade, belittle, convince or flaunt your remarkable ability to vastly overstate the problem?

Wait, don't bother responding, my wife just handed me a fresh piece of aluminum foil.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

This isn't overstating the issue, Creekster. YOU are willing to support her, even though you don't believe she actually has positions on the issues yet. That is flat out embarrassing. That you don't recognize how embarrassing it is makes it tragic.

I used to think Jay Walking couldn't possibly be representative of the public at large. I still don't think it is, but you aren't helping, Creekster.

We're all embarrassing, tragic, have no conscience, and don't care. All of us except you.

Good grief, you're more self-righteous than Waters.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

This isn't overstating the issue, Creekster. YOU are willing to support her, even though you don't believe she actually has positions on the issues yet. That is flat out embarrassing. That you don't recognize how embarrassing it is makes it tragic.

I used to think Jay Walking couldn't possibly be representative of the public at large. I still don't think it is, but you aren't helping, Creekster.

Look, this is simply not a tragedy for anyone. She is nominaterd. We can scrutinize her. IF she fails to give us enough info, fails to provide product to the marketplace of ideas, then we can ignore her or vote against her or choose to vote for mcCain and hope he doesn't die and so forth. THis is exactly what democracy is supposed to allow for. There is no formula to follow in campaigns. There is a marketplce and they try to sell. If they fail, then they lose. If they satisfy the market, then they win. Now you may decide they have failed by believeing every chicken little blog you read. SO be it. I am going to wait for a few weeks to go by.

Btw, when did I say I supported her? I am reserving judgment. I have, however, been annoyed and even offended by some of the criticsm levied agaisnt her, much of which I think is sexist. There are many ways to get info, btw, and sitting down with Katie Couric is not the only one.

[YOhio]

Cali, as soon as Sarah Palin has finished memorizing the McCain campaign policy papers, she'll let you know where she stands.

We can only pray that somehow this tragedy, this horrible, horrible tragedy, may be mitigated, possibly with an interview with Charlie Gibson. At this point I fear it's the only thing that can save us.

In the meantime Cali, feel free to peruse yourself. I can say with a 99.9% certainty that this is an accurate reflection of what Sarah Palin will say her positions are.

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/

Hope that helps!

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

The marketplace appears to be shifting away from a desire for information on ideas, and towards a desire for information on fluff. It has always existed to a degree in every campaign, but not to the point where information on ideas can be completely eliminated and votes can be won solely on the basis of fluff.

cast out first the beam out of thine own eye...