2008 - Year of the nobodies

Hatuey · 09-04-08, 09:23 PM

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NEW YORK--Until four years ago, no one had heard of our current Democratic nominee. "Who is Barack Obama?" asked CBS News after he was picked to deliver the keynote address at the Dems' 2004 confab. "Not exactly a household name." Four years later, that speech remains his biggest achievement. No landmark legislation bears his name. His claim to fame is his gift of gab.

But Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's newly-minted fame makes Obama, saddled with a resume so thin he pads it with the entry "community organizer," look like an elder statesman. Governor of one of the nation's least populous states for a mere two years and the ex-mayor of a municipality that's home to 7000 souls, Palin is now positioned to be a proverbial heartbeat away from the ability to order ICBMs fired at Russia. (On January 20th McCain, a cancer survivor and hardly the picture of health, will be two years away from the average life expectancy for an American male.)

At least Obama went to law school. Along with a solid background in history, knowledge of the law is essential for a president.

Palin is a total unknown. A McCain adviser admits to The New York Times: "The campaign's polling on Mr. McCain's potential running mates was inconclusive on the selection of Ms. Palin--virtually no one had heard of her."

Summerwind · 09-04-08, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatuey

Year Of the Nobodies

The actual link (when it is scanned over and then looking down at the bottom fo the window to see the link in its entirety) titles the article "SarahPalinQueenoftheNobodies". Oh, that's such a better title than "year of nobodies" and better reflects the article.

American · 09-04-08, 09:42 PM

I appreciate you two demonstrating how arrogant and condescending liberal Democrats can be. Your pompous attitude and disrespect for the people that really make this country prosper from day to day, is illustrative of the Democratic Party governed by the Clintons and other liberal elites in the blue states.

Summerwind · 09-04-08, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by American

I appreciate you two demonstrating how arrogant and condescending liberal Democrats can be. Your pompous attitude and disrespect for the people that really make this country prosper from day to day, is illustrative of the Democratic Party governed by the Clintons and other liberal elites in the blue states.

wah, wah, wah. Just be obedient and don't ask any questions. Haven't you heard your directive from the RNC and Rove and McCain?