Some good news at last - Obama is back in front

[LordChaverly]

The dancing pitbull with lipstick!

 

and a nice waggly tail....

[poppins]

I'd love to see a Pit Bull in the white house...we need another Thatcher

[plekhanov]

I'd love to see a Pit Bull in the white house...we need another Thatcher

And Palin is 'another Thatcher' how exactly? Thatcher was obviously a extremely intelligent well informed woman who unlike Palin could do a lot more than parrot memorised talking points. Thatcher dominated the House of Commons for a decade, Palin can't even handle Couric on her own.

 

Thatcher outclasses Palin in every way, she's simply leagues above her, your attempt to equate Palin to Thatcher is so ridiculous it makes Cherie's claim that Blair is on a par with Churchill look sensible by comparison.

[poppins]

And Palin is 'another Thatcher' how exactly? Thatcher was obviously a extremely intelligent well informed woman who unlike Palin could do a lot more than parrot memorised talking points. Thatcher dominated the House of Commons for a decade, Palin can't even handle Couric on her own.

 

Thatcher outclasses Palin in every way, she's simply leagues above her, your attempt to equate Palin to Thatcher is so ridiculous it makes Cherie's claim that Blair is on a par with Churchill look sensible by comparison.

 

Lokks like she could be a fast learner to me...got to start somewhere..anythings better that Obama.

 

Obama wants to tax the rich, where does that leave the middle working class ? in other words he wants to tax success.

[donkey]

Obama wants to tax the rich, where does that leave the middle working class ? in other words he wants to tax success.

 

 

Success? Have you noticed what's happening in your country because of the foolish notion that if you leave the people who are making the most money to get on with it and don't trouble them with communist ideas of regulation and taxes, everything will just work out.

[plekhanov]

Lokks like she could be a fast learner to me...got to start somewhere..

She's in her 40s has been politically active for many years and yet can't name a newspaper she reads, a supreme court case other than Roe v Wade... she's anything but a 'fast learner'.

 

Thatcher wouldn't have even appointed someone as stupid as Palin to a junior ministerial post never mind as her deputy, that McCain chose someone so manifestly ill qualified as his VP candidate is yet more evidence of what a cynical politician he has become and the extent to which he's prepared to damage his country in pursuit of personal power.

 

anythings better that Obama.

Why because you say so?

 

Obama wants to tax the rich, where does that leave the middle working class ? in other words he wants to tax success.

Or maybe he wants to atleast make an attempt to try and balance the books as unlike Bush, McCain and Palin he doesn't think that it's a good idea to simultaneously cut taxes and raise spending.

 

Obamas plans would 'leave the middle working class' paying proportionally less of the US's tax burden and hopefully slightly better off, though of course those plans were made before the extent to which the Republicans obsession with deregulation had damaged the US economy became clear.

 

Incidentally I note that in your last post you failed to suggest even a single way in which Palin would be 'another Thatcher' as you bizarrely claimed she would be, perhaps you can correct this oversight in your next post?

[Kingmaker2]

Looks like she could be a fast learner to me...got to start somewhere..

 

Yea, but most politicians running for high office usually have a keen interest in national and world affairs at least from their college years.

It's clear Palin really hasn't been a keen student on national,and certainly not foreign issues unless they directly affected the state of Alaska.

This is no time to start to attain an interest in world affairs.

[callippo]

Thatcher was obviously a extremely intelligent well informed woman

 

Thatcher knew nothing about foreign affairs/IR when she was elected. She was one of the least qualified PM's in recent times. Only Blair was less experienced than she since 1945 when they assumed office. Most PM's have done one of the big ministerial jobs - Foreign Secretary, Chancellor, or at least Home Office. Callaghan had done them all.

[Harleyman]

The whole issue with Palin is directly connected to McCains age. If he were twenty years younger then Palin's lack of experience wouldn't be controversial to such a degree but one has to face the fact that if McCain were suddenly to become incapacitated or die in office then she would be pitched into the hot seat.

 

Bear in mind however that presidents have advisors both civilian and military and they are not all of one mind set or opinion.

 

A realistic example of how the presidency would work in a real crisis see the movie "Thirteen days" starring Kevin Costner

[plekhanov]

Thatcher was obviously a extremely intelligent well informed woman

 

Thatcher knew nothing about foreign affairs/IR when she was elected.

On what grounds do you make this claim? Thatcher was a highly intelligent woman (she won a scholarship to Oxford) who'd been politically active for decades before she became PM, travelling the world and voting on foreign policy. She'd already given the speech on foreign policy which garnered her the nick name 'the iron lady' from the Soviets before she became PM, she knew much more than 'nothing' about foreign policy and much more generally than Palin does now or ever will as unlike Palin Thatcher was both highly able and interested in learning things.

 

She was one of the least qualified PM's in recent times. Only Blair was less experienced than she since 1945 when they assumed office. Most PM's have done one of the big ministerial jobs - Foreign Secretary, Chancellor, or at least Home Office. Callaghan had done them all.

Thatcher was an MP for 20 years before she became PM most of those on the front bench both as a minister and in opposition she was no neophyte.

 

Crucially not only did Thatcher have much more experience and knowledge than Palin but unlike Palin Thatcher clearly demonstrated that she had the intelligence to hold high office, something Palin's every interview makes it painfully clear she completely lacks.