tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post7831544351459075896..comments2023-07-19T06:54:19.182-07:00Comments on Bump's Stump: Sarah Palin - SomedayDixon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202690322034731396noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-80253017603752318002009-11-18T13:35:23.212-08:002009-11-18T13:35:23.212-08:00Yes, i think we should get out of the Middle East ...Yes, i think we should get out of the Middle East but I don't think we will. I don't know if Iran will attack Israel no matter what we do.<br /><br />And I don't know who you know but the ones I know are satisfied but maybe think he's not going to do enough things that the left wants. He is therefore not making either side happy. When I was raising kids, if they both thought I favored the other one, I thought I might be doing it right.<br /><br />On health care, if we don't find solutions fast, it will become the major expense for most people's budgets. I am not sure how we afford it. It's a frightening minefield for most younger people unless they have the support of a major corporation behind them. It does not have to be that way. Do you really think that all we have to do to get costs down is make people unable to sue when they have suffered malpractice and let big insurance companies sell their policies across state lines?Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-31468649994392231102009-11-18T10:24:03.428-08:002009-11-18T10:24:03.428-08:00Hi Rain . . . I'm pretty sure I never said I w...Hi Rain . . . I'm pretty sure I never said I wanted Sarah Palin to run for or be President. It seems fairly clear to me that she has pretty much reached her Peter Principle limit. Also, I disagree with your view of Mr. Obama. Respectfully of course. MOST of the people I know that voted for him say now that they made a huge mistake, that he and his administration are farther left ultra liberal than even a moderate Democrat can stomach. <br /><br />And another point. The monster federally managed health care initiative is going to fail badly - and deserves to do so. It is the wrong way to fix our badly distorted current system. <br /><br />And another. I agree absolutely that there should be full gay civil rights. <br /><br />Last. Don't you think we ought to get out of the middle east a.s.a.p., and do you think if we did that Iran would take over Iraq and seriously threaten Israel?<br /><br />DixonDixon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202690322034731396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-36755317206393899242009-11-18T07:43:17.643-08:002009-11-18T07:43:17.643-08:00I would say more here about what I think about Pal...I would say more here about what I think about Palin but it's obvious you have a source you already trust more than anything I would say. <br /><br />However, you ask why would liberals distrust her and I will give you one good reason everybody should. She is a pathological liar (clinical term that most likely fits her kind of lying). What that means is she lies about things that don't matter not just to protect herself which many people lie about (unfortunately especially politicians) but she lies when it serves no purpose. And the discrepancies are documented with transcripts and videotape (like asking her daughters if she should run for Vice President... or not asking them) but the right wing doesn't care. They want to see what they want to see and ignore anything that doesn't fit. <br /><br />Discussing all her many lies gets nowhere as you will just call me a hater for bringing them up... You may get your wish with her as a candidate next time for president, and who knows with the right combination of ads, the flightiness of the middle, she might even win. I do not though think she cost McCain the election. He was gaining on Obama in the polls before he put her on the ticket. He barely vetted her, didn't know what he was getting, and then there was no going back from it. She might've wowed the right but she scared the middle. I have no idea if that could change. Who knows with the middle.<br /><br />On your other point, the left got what we wanted with Obama. He is doing pretty much what he ran on. Yes, the right didn't want things like health care reform, but they didn't elect him. He is not a disappointment to me or anybody I know who voted or supported him. He's not doing all I had hoped for but at 66, I have yet to see any president that I voted for who did. It's not a world where you just dictate unless you use something like a war as your excuse. For those of us on the left, we may want more (like full gay civil rights, single payer health care, etc.) but Obama is doing what he said he would (even about Afghanistan much as I disagree with him).Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com