Comments | cantony: "I Screwed Up"

cantony

"I Screwed Up"

Feb 04, 2009 07:06

When going on an interview for a 'dream job,' who tells their interviewer that they haven't paid taxes? Or that you accepted $200K from lobbying groups, though your sell yourself on not being a lobbyist? Not many. Usually what happens is that you go on the interview, the interviewer looks at your work experience and decides whether or not you're ( Read more... )

politics, obama

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saturnfall February 4 2009, 14:55:52 UTC

"Unlike Joe McCain's pick of Sarah Palin who, by far, was the least acceptable candidate for the VP-ship."

remember that she was a pick to please the conservative base who felt Jonh McCain was waaaaay too far left. The fact that you lefties didn't like her proves that she was the right choice. You wouldn't believe how many yard signs I saw that had "PALIN" in big letters with "McCain" underneath.

cantony September 17 2009, 18:59:37 UTC

Unbelievablely, I never saw this comment.

But it's all water under the bridge now. So... eh.

saturnfall September 17 2009, 19:15:28 UTC

heh, I just saying the same thing to one of my coworkers. McCain would have lost much worse than he did if he hadn't have picked her; in the minds of many conservatives, McCain's military record and Sarah Palin were the only two things going for him.

cantony September 17 2009, 19:25:15 UTC

I see. That's a good point.

I would have voted for McCain over the other Democratic presidential prospects if Obama were not the candidate.

But if it hadn't been Obama, Republicans would not have needed to pick Palin. They probably would have picked someone who had more experience.

So... again. Eh.

I'd like to know your thoughts on the healthcare reform 'discussion' going on.

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