It looks great. Too bad it more lies.

Spending cuts? The earmarks are a rounding error in the Fed budget. Some $20 bil. The INTEREST ALONE on the National Debt is about $430 bil.

Tax Cuts for business will do nothing except line the pockets of the executives. Businesses will not build unless sales warrant it. Sales will not grow until the middle class gets some disposable income. And that has not happened under the GOP in the last 7 years.

Palin / McCain do not have a clue.

They said McCain approved lies. Listen and you will not hear a denial. You will hear McCain blame Obama because Barack did not want to play McCain's game.

Where I come from, a non-denial is an admission of lying.

He can't stand up to the women in the View. He performs poorly in interviews. He can't draw a crowd without Palin.

How can he call himself a leader? Is age getting in the way? Is this an issue?

I am sure Putin is going to be crying in sympathy with a listless, tired old man siting across the negotiating table.

McCain was brave 35 years ago.

Today, McCain does not have the courage to tell the truth.

How is he going handle Putin?

He is just not up to it.

He was a brave soldier 35 years ago. Today, he does not have the courage to tell the truth.

Have seen her during the election. She needs to be out campaigning.

How is going to handle Putin?

He was a brave soldier 35 years ago. Today he does not have the courage to speak the truth.

But he is going to handle Putin. Right.

Then there was the energy debate he lost to Paris Hilton.

So, the response to "You are lying" is "That is respectful".

That seems to be an admission of lying.

I would think the better question is, will the candidate work for me.

Vancouver is starting to look real good.

But right now I'm thinking New Zealand is safer, as it is farther away from the point of implosion.

First of all, I support Kucinich. I agree with him most on policies. After that I do not care. But I watched the whole thing, and I saw O TAKE AWAY the nomination from Hillary. I hear the "experience" argument. But, I look at it differently.

When I look at the great leaders in history, it is not experience that made them great. Alexander the Great was quite young. Lincoln had little experience. Gandhi as well. I would not compare Obama to these great people, but I see similar qualities.

Obama has "The Vision Thing", the "Communication Thing", the "Inspiration Thing". Were this not true, he could not have had his results. He has the first thing a leader needs, dedicated followers. His ability to inspire and communicate means his goals can be accomplished, even if he himself does not know how, because others will work for him. This is what leaders do.

Obama has the "Organization Thing". His troops on the ground are proof. He built a 50 state organization from nothing.

Lastly, he has better judgment than McCain.

The results are the votes he got, and the nomination he earned, despite being virtually unknown four years ago, and his powerful opposition, the Clintons. To me, those are his qualifications.

By contrast, McCain cannot match these qualities. He has the GOP machine. I will not discuss it here, but he is not the leader, by the above definition, that Obama is.

Ignore this Experience argument. It is so bogus.

One can argue about the Obama vs Palin experience all day.

But it cannot be denied that Obama has less experience than Bush.

Which of those two would you vote for tomorrow?

Many leaders had only vision, communication, organization, the ability to inspire and determination. Obama has all of these. He came from a small base to this position because of these qualities. Not experience. These are what make him a leader. His followers are proof that he is a leader.

McCain is not a leader. He cannot even lead the Republican Party.

Even though I will fight, watching the Dems flail is disheartening.

But, as Hillary reminded me, it is about the cause.

So, I went back to watch MY Candidate, at the Convention: Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

Yes, right wingers are gonna call him, and me, losers.

I do not care. I care about the cause.

Dennis Kucinich- WAKE UP, AMERICA!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVp9cWOcZ7g

Nana4g, thank you for your kind words.

bleedingheartliberal - Yes. I agree. They are blowing it. I have seen O take these beatings before, but has bounced back to win. But, as they say in the mutual fund game, past performance is no guarantee of future returns. So, what can we do? I have made the decision that I will fight as if I, by fighting hard enough, I will make the crucial difference. I have no illusions, I know I won't. But that is not a reason for not trying.

MCampbell. O's record? McCain's is just as spotty. All politicians are. You are just looking for some excuse not to vote for O. No matter what he did, you will find it.

And what did Palin do with the money from Bridge to Nowhere. She built a road to nowhere, that leads right up to where the bridge was supposed to be. And she took some of that money and put it in the general fund. The same general fund that gave a rebate of $3269 to virtually every Alaskan this last year. She put all Alaskans on the take, like she herself is on the take. No, it is not illegal. It is just business as usual. She is just another politician.

So is Obama. But Obama has a vision, one that, if implemented has a SMALL CHANCE, to help our country. Palin / McCain just have a campaign.