C5N just called...
...they want to put me on the air
...but in the spirit of objectivity
...they want a BsAs Republican as well.
You gotta wonder if the press wanted to do a story on the world being round...
...if they'd insist on a "flat-worlder" to share the stage.
Objectivosityness can make your job easy!
...currently discussing the US presidential election campaign until Inauguration Day.
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If you are a Buenos Aires Republican ...or if you know of one, please write. ¡Ya!
I didn't know that those existed outside of the US...LOL!....I mean republicans aren't really well-known for thinking that there's a whole world out there, I mean except for those that have oil.
ahhh...and let us know when you're going to be on...is it this morning?
Hi Mike,
I know of one, and yes I consider him a friend. You gotta accept them flaws and all you know.
I will talk to him to see if he´s willing to go on, but you never know. Even George Will turned and that has got to say something.
Hi Mike,
Nah, he wouldn´t do it. He´s stayin´ out of public politics. I can´t say I blame him though, having the candidate they have.
He did promise me to make some calls so as soon as I hear something I will let you know.
Lived in BA (love it) for a year and a proud GOPer. Too bad no longer there or I'd go on!
There are plenty of us here.
By the way, too bad about Obama's performance last night.
Cleraly naive and unprepared to lead, but at least he has the common sense to agree with John McCain frequently.
Maybe McCain will offer him a cabinet post.
Anon,
That´s funny. Too bad we just couldn´t find one of you to come out and actually talk in front of a camera and take one for the gipper.
And I suppose you went to the bathroom during this brilliant observation:
"John, you like to pretend like the war started in 2007. You talk about the surge, the war started in 2003. And at the time, when the war started, you said it was going to be quick and easy. You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were, you were wrong. You said that we would be greeted as liberators, you were wrong. You said that there was no history of violence between Shia and Sunni and you were wrong."
There are others, but I will leave it at this one for now.
For me the clear winner was Obama, especially considering this was supposed to be McCain´s supposed area of strength and expertise.
Can you pronounce the name of the Iranian president? No I am not going to spell it out for you so you will have to work the Google to get it.
That's the test of competency? If you can pronounce the name of the Iranian president?
If that's the standard, I can tell you (as someone who knows Arabic and a little Persian) that no one, neither Barack nor McCain, nor anyone else in the American media, is pronouncing the name correctly.
Be that as it may, allow me to sum up the debate for you...
To paraphrase McCain...
"Senator Obama doesn't understand......."
And to paraphrase Obama...
"Now, hold on a minute, um, ah, um, hold on, um, John is right..."
The Democratic narrative is that John McCain is a senile old man who's going to die next week, yet as the debate showed last night, he's sharper, more vigorous, and has a better ready command of complex facts, than Barack.
Meawhile, the youthful, Messainic Super Genius, stumbled around listlessly, clearly befuddled much of the time, "um, ah, um, hold on a minute there.... I have a bracelet, too!!!... um, ah, um, it's from a (looks at wrist to learn name of fallen soldier he's supposed to honoring), etc. etc.
As I said, seeing as how Barack seems to be in general agreement with McCain on so many various issues, maybe McCain will offer him a minor cabinet position so he can gain some much needed executive experience and seasoning.
Anon, you obviously missed the point and it seems you were watching some other debate.
Your analysis is so out of whack. You want to go around believing that Obama was stumbling in the debate, that he had a hard time talking and that he "was listlessly, clearly befuddled"?
Just about anyone reading this will surely take you as a joke.
Also, nice to see how you latched onto a McCain propaganda commercial message for your final thoughts.
Care to give us any more comedy before you go rooting for your VP in next weeks debate? Oh, and I can't wait for your summary of that one. Please, I beg you come back and give us your thoughts on that one.
Shall I link to the dozens of media commentators who note that Obama often seemed "tired", "flustered", and "frequently confused"?
The truth is, Obama IS inexperienced and naive, and plenty of people noticed it the other night.
"Um, ah, um, hold on a minute. I did take a um high school trip to um, ah, Pakistan. And besides, Joe Biden, um, ah, is in charge of all that stuff, which is um above my pay grade."
Of course, for whatever reason, you're emotionally invested in an Obama victory.
It's the politics of personality over reason. You like Obama because he makes you feel all warm and gooey inside, not because of anything specific he's ever said, or anything on his meager resume, or anything he's ever done, it's just that when you look at him on the TV you go soft in the knees (and head) and get to thinking about how you'd like to vote for him.
As he himself says, he's a "blank screen" upon which others project their desires.
You're projecting competency and experience (and victory in that debate) onto Obama, without actually being able to point to anything he's ever done that merits such a belief in his abilities.
But, whatever, one doesn't change the mind of a cultist through rational argument.
Wow! We went looking for a GOPer and we got one!
I'm surprised at your emotional investment in YanquiMikepuntocompuntoar ...but lemme tell ya, you're welcome here.
I just wish we'd found one like you to appear on TV Friday evening ...not that I like to hear more of the tired old saws that we've heard since 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, but rather for the more selfish reason THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN ON TV WITH EQUAL TIME.
I also wish that we'd found one like you to organize a chapter of Republicans Abroad...
...not so that you could have countered our efforts to finally put a stake thru the heart of the worst administration in US history but, rather, so that we could have gotten in the doors that we're locked to us because we couldn't "balance" our admittedly partisan agenda (...although we are tickled-pink and proud as punch when we register Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, et al... we could have used some help.)
Now, to comment on your last missive: emotional investment is an essential component of every campaign, to my mind.
There is certainly emotional investment in Obama among many many of his supporters.
But I'm not gonna let you get away with supporting an administration that has run on nothing but emotional investment since 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11... that is unless you'd like to inform our readers that you didn't support both Bush administrations.
The <25% of US citizens that still support Bush must be going crazy that anyone could be emotionally invested in anyone other than our "War President."
For the rest of us, we'd rather have someone a little more substantial than 8 more years of George W. Bush ...and we can get pretty invested in that, emotionally and otherwise.
Good luck in November,
Mike
Yanqui Mike, thank you for the warm welcome, I do appreciate all the great stuff on your site and the cheery attitude (even if I don't particularly care for your politics, but that's a minor quibble).
However, after having said that, I can't let this one pass.
"But I'm not gonna let you get away with supporting an administration..."
Dude, you're right. There's no way I'll be voting for George Bush again this year.
In fact, I won't even be voting for the candidate that most closely resembles George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama.
Like Bush, Obama had to pick as a VP someone with more foreign policy experience, so as to seem credible.
Like Bush, Obama has an advanced degree from Harvard.
Like Bush, Obama has trouble speaking when there's no teleprompter present.
Like Bush, Obama is an exercise addict.
Like Bush, Obama clearly believe in the imperial, unitary executive. (How else is one to interpret the totalitarian way that Obama responds to criticism? Threatening lawsuits against critics, having his good squads attempt to suppress authors with whom he disagrees, getting public officials in Missouri to threaten criminal action against those who dare run ads against him. Obama is also obviously in love with the trappings and symbols of power. Fake presidential seals, anyone?)
Like Bush, Obama has never, not for a single instance, bucked the dogma of his party.
And, after watching that debate the other night, like Bush, Obama is clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
So, you're right, I won't be voting for another Bush, I'll be voting for John McCain
...oh, for crissake.
Now I kinda feel like I wasted my time.
Anon GOPer,
You are obviously better at answering questions with lies than your VP pick. Maybe McCain should have picked you. I mean with your knowledge of Arabic and Persian you are clearly more qualified.
And now you go towards projecting or assuming as to why I prefer Obama. None of those caricature type descriptions quite fit what I actually feel.
But since you still keep spewing actual lies I wont respond to them. Too bad, 'cause if you would have had serious arguments and not a warped sense of what most of the nation saw, then there could be a better back and forth.
Any other GOPer out there that would like to not hide behind the anonymous skirt, and that might actually have something close to reality to talk about?
Now just to clarify one point...
I did not think that there was a clear victor in last nights debate in that no one knocked it out of the ball park.
However, since this was supposed to be McCain's perceived area of expertise anything short of a win from him here would be basically a loss. Since he was supposed to be such a master in this subject he fell flat and that's why I give this tepid victory to Obama.
McCain did not convince me that he can handle foreign leaders and diplomacy. He did not convince me of his so called victory in Iraq, unless you call 4,000 US dead a victory while Osama, who actually attacked our country as opposed to Hussein, is still roaming free and no weapons of mass destruction were ever found; he did not convince me that he could handle the economic crisis; he has not convinced me of his judgment (Sarah Palin for example and his so called suspension of his campaign for another example); he has not convinced me of his "Maverick" nick name, that must have been from over a long time ago. Someone who has voted with Bush over 90% of the time is basically not a Maverick. What would you call that? I would tend to call him a clone instead of a Maverick. I could go on and on and on.
I love this part...
"I did not think that there was a clear victor in last nights debate in that no one knocked it out of the ball park."
Of course you don't think there was a "clear victor" your man lost.
When Obama cultists starting talking about a draw, you know he beaten badly.
and this one...
"However, since this was supposed to be McCain's perceived area of expertise anything short of a win from him here would be basically a loss. Since he was supposed to be such a master in this subject he fell flat and that's why I give this tepid victory to Obama.
Ah, so it's an affirmative action victory.
Obama didn't actually win (since he's clearly not as qualified as his opponent) but you're going to give it to him because he did slightly better than you expected?
Dude, that's the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Hmmm... lemme see...
When you finally get around to "don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud", you'll have just about emptied the clip on your tired old 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11.
I say let the poor blighter have his fun. It's back to the opposition for him and his kind and his thread-bare rhetoric, come January.
You had your chance, brother Anon...and you blew it. How's it feel?
Mike, where did I once mention 9/11? Please, point it out to me.
I've spoke directly to the debate, to Obama unreadiness to lead, and to the inability of Obama supporters to affirmatively state any of his qualifications for office.
You asked for GOP supporter, but when one shows up and directly challenges the dogmatic, unthinking, overly emotional manner in which you support Obama, you want him to quickly go away.
If you don't want dissent from your party line, don't invite it. Do what they do at Kos and FireDogLake and ban it.
It's your sparkly, rainbow, fairytale bubble, protect it.
You'd love that, wouldn't ya.
Not here, Anon buddy.
We haven't had a chance to bubble yet.
What's it like to have your bubble burst.
It really would be nice to know.
Mike
p.s. I feel for you and the loss of your truly magnificent ability to control the debate and stay on message ...but that's all gone now; you're gonna have to get back to reality-based.
Keep in touch.
ym
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