Comments on: If John Kerry Is The Answer… http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82869 Dmac Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:47:21 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82869 "This country would be a lot better off if the paranoid in chief had not been selected..." Pamela, you must've clicked on the wrong keys -you mean to be posting in Kos - Land, not here. They just love this kind of ranting and venting of spleen - no substance necessary! Give it a try - please. “This country would be a lot better off if the paranoid in chief had not been selected…”

Pamela, you must’ve clicked on the wrong keys -you mean to be posting in Kos – Land, not here. They just love this kind of ranting and venting of spleen – no substance necessary! Give it a try – please.

]]> By: Erin http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82810 Erin Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:43:14 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82810 Kerry told O'Reilly that Lieberman should bow out gracefully in that he lost the Democratic Primary how very hollow of him in that he nor Al Gore could quite seem to do the same. Kerry told O’Reilly that Lieberman should bow out gracefully in that he lost the Democratic Primary how very hollow of him in that he nor Al Gore could quite seem to do the same.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82752 Mark Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:06:02 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82752 No joke - I mean, really, leaving aside our partisan differences for the moment - when you think of paranoia, in a clinical sense, Cheney does show signs, does he not? Whereas GWB is much more 'balanced'... Wow, am I ever playing armchair psychologist!... No joke – I mean, really, leaving aside our partisan differences for the moment – when you think of paranoia, in a clinical sense, Cheney does show signs, does he not?

Whereas GWB is much more ‘balanced’…

Wow, am I ever playing armchair psychologist!…

]]> By: Pamela http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82743 Pamela Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:12:27 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82743 Mark LOL! I must agree, Cheney is far more paraniod that George W. Mark
LOL! I must agree, Cheney is far more paraniod that George W.

]]> By: Aaron http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82525 Aaron Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:09:04 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82525 Bush is "paranoid in cheif"? This coming from someone who claims he owns diebold. Sometimes I wish that Bush (or Blackwell, in this case) would lose, just to prove the conspiracy nuts wrong, even though I know it would just fill them with hubris, thinking that they were the new Solidarity or something. Bush is “paranoid in cheif”? This coming from someone who claims he owns diebold. Sometimes I wish that Bush (or Blackwell, in this case) would lose, just to prove the conspiracy nuts wrong, even though I know it would just fill them with hubris, thinking that they were the new Solidarity or something.

]]> By: Ginny in CO http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82523 Ginny in CO Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:43:02 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82523 <blockquote>"John Kerry, a sitting U.S. senator, doesn’t mind sowing public distrust of the democratic process for temporary political gain, at a time when voter cynicism is sky high."</blockquote> John Kerry has been working his tush off raising money and campaigning with Democratic candidates across the country. He has been warmly received in many places and wisely skipped any campaigns that were unsure of his ability to help (they still got the money). The reality for Kerry, which seems to be true for most of us, is: to hell with '08, let's focus on getting at least one, if not both chambers back. This is a temporary political gain for Kerry? Doing that requires a lot of money, a lot of volunteers, support of all kinds, AND a reliable election process. The Democratic leadership has been faulted for not doing anything on this. The problem with that is what this issue clearly illustrates: the election process is controlled at the state and local levels. It must be reformed at that level - until Congress can pass any legislation that affects national elections. Even then, state and local elections will be controlled at those levels. Voter distrust of the process is sky high. Voter distrust of the GOP led Congress is sky high. Both of those are wise. The voters need to be verifying that their own local elections are going to be clean, fair and verifiable. Mark, One definition of paranoia is "delusions of grandeur". Which would be why he is so often portrayed as wearing the clothes of a king, sitting on a throne, etc. If the degree of secrecy that he runs this administration*, the lack of interchange, discussion, or compromise do not indicate a high probability of paranoia, do tell us what would. (*eg; reclassifying old declassified documents - in enormous numbers)

“John Kerry, a sitting U.S. senator, doesn’t mind sowing public distrust of the democratic process for temporary political gain, at a time when voter cynicism is sky high.”

John Kerry has been working his tush off raising money and campaigning with Democratic candidates across the country. He has been warmly received in many places and wisely skipped any campaigns that were unsure of his ability to help (they still got the money).

The reality for Kerry, which seems to be true for most of us, is: to hell with ‘08, let’s focus on getting at least one, if not both chambers back. This is a temporary political gain for Kerry?

Doing that requires a lot of money, a lot of volunteers, support of all kinds, AND a reliable election process.

The Democratic leadership has been faulted for not doing anything on this. The problem with that is what this issue clearly illustrates: the election process is controlled at the state and local levels. It must be reformed at that level – until Congress can pass any legislation that affects national elections. Even then, state and local elections will be controlled at those levels.

Voter distrust of the process is sky high. Voter distrust of the GOP led Congress is sky high. Both of those are wise. The voters need to be verifying that their own local elections are going to be clean, fair and verifiable.

Mark, One definition of paranoia is “delusions of grandeur”. Which would be why he is so often portrayed as wearing the clothes of a king, sitting on a throne, etc.
If the degree of secrecy that he runs this administration*, the lack of interchange, discussion, or compromise do not indicate a high probability of paranoia, do tell us what would. (*eg; reclassifying old declassified documents – in enormous numbers)

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82519 Mark Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:11:09 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82519 Pamela, I don't mind you being a Bush opponent, but at least use common sense - George W. Bush is about as far from being paranoid as a grown man can be. It's not in his nature...Dick Cheney, maybe, but GWB? Come off it... Pamela, I don’t mind you being a Bush opponent, but at least use common sense – George W. Bush is about as far from being paranoid as a grown man can be. It’s not in his nature…Dick Cheney, maybe, but GWB? Come off it…

]]> By: Pamela http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82514 Pamela Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:17:35 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82514 Mark What you don't get the figurative language. This country would be a lot better off if the paranoid in chief had not been selected. Mark

What you don’t get the figurative language. This country would be a lot better off if the paranoid in chief had not been selected.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82513 Mark Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:55:55 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82513 Pamela, BushCo owns Diebold? Oh, okay, so you're one of...<em>those</em>... Well, it's a free country. Enjoy your paranoia!... Pamela, BushCo owns Diebold? Oh, okay, so you’re one of…those…

Well, it’s a free country. Enjoy your paranoia!…

]]> By: Pamela http://informedspeculation.com/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-82512 Pamela Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:42:18 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/08/29/if-john-kerry-is-the-answer/#comment-82512 Dmac If Rasmussen keeps showing Blackwell polling like this, I'm afraid you'll be eating crow come November: The latest poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Strickland leads Blackwell by an "<a href="http://rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/August%202006/ohioGovernor.htm" rel="nofollow">intimidating 57% to 32%.</a>" Dmac

If Rasmussen keeps showing Blackwell polling like this, I’m afraid you’ll be eating crow come November:

The latest poll from Rasmussen Reports shows Strickland leads Blackwell by an “intimidating 57% to 32%.“

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