you wrote:

"Because we've been voting penises into office since we started hiring presidents in this country"

It got me thinking, since a number of them turned out to be assholes, and an asshole is more similar to a vagina than a penis, shouldn't we then avoid electing women to positions of power?

Oy, I hate getting flamed, so before I do---it's "modest proposal," my point is any definition of those we choose to be leader that has anythign to do with what position they adopt when peeing is a mistake.Either HRC or Maggie Thatcher are/were bigger hawks than BO, what does that say about the above claim?

It's analogous to the development of MOR "feminism" in the US, where more of it is an internalization of male values and an attempt to outdo men at their own games than an attempt to make the rules more equitable. We have to look beyond these simple dichotomies to the underlying definitions of leadership, international relations, and how to balance self-protection with international cooperation, among many other things.

And the times are certainly too critical for much of the silliness pervading this important election, as well as the me-first, sexist, or racist rejection of Obama by the PUMA's and other female swing voters. How can women of any politica leaning support the almost certain reversal of R v. W unless they're uninformed or one of the above?

Looking beyond gender, beyond race, if anything, it's about 19th vs. 21st century thinking, at least when Obama's at his best and McCain's at his usual.

is not a scarce commodity these days, sad to say, and she's just one more empty-headed middle-aged person who hasn't had an original thought in years.

Add to that, she's been pumped full of 100 new concepts, vocabulary words (though she already knew nuke-ular) and talking points over the last few weeks, and her habitually prevaricating running mate has made unsupportable claims about her that she hasn't close to the brainpower to spin or weasel out of explaining.

And she can barely string a coherent sentence together.

Thank God, or I guess we'd be looking at a GOP landslide.

I meant "known fact."

the films like Slapshot, admittedly a grade-B flick (one of the best no doubt!) have become classics. And he invested every role with his inimitable spirit.

I don't mourn heavily for him because he had a great and long life, and he left us all a legacy of always-enjoyable and sometimes-great performances. Rest in Peace Paul.

and didn't start with the arrival of the dreaded imperialist monster, aka America."

-- The Screaming Steam Hammers of Hate

Been to Africa then? India? I thought not.

This "kind of thing" wouldn't have happened in this case without the Screaming Steam Hammers of the American military juggernaut providing the heavy iron.

Let's see, first, obfuscating with mish-mashed talking points isn't a rebuttal. A rebuttal addresses, debates, and is intended to refute the opposing debater's points.

Then, though I'm not an "eco-liberal" (what's that the opposite of, "earth-raping-conservative?"), I see that the environment isn't just another "issue." It's what supports life on earth. Get that through your head jys396. Playing to the expectations of folks with your mindset will guarantee it's stays and "issue." That's not progress.

As for Palin, the more I hear her talk, the less I have any sense of pity for her. She's a mean-spirited narcissist who seems to really believe she's a serious participant in this national debate. Thanks to video those among us with some measure of discernment can see she's a parody of herself, but she'll never see that.

The really insane thing is that she's even in the arena; that alone gives me chills before I ever even hear her repugnant, intolerant, reactionary views.

his lack of compassion, his disdain for most of us, his destructiveness, his narrow-mindedness, his ignorance, his serial prevarication, all of these are the reasons why he's #43 out of 43. These traits led him to be a Republican, but he could be associated with any movement or political party, it wouldn't matter: he's just a horrible human being.

I recall the quote from one of his professors at school, about how a teacher occassionally meets exceptionally curious, smart, compassionate, etc etc students--and then there are the opposite types, like Bush.

That was evident to me right away, the "compassionate conservative" line from his permanently sneering mouth was an obvious lie from the start. Some well-intending people got snookered, some of them twice.

As for the others, the fundies, the haters, the right-wing screw-you-I-got-mine crowd---you can all burn in that hell you believe in, I hope you suffer hard for playing a role in putting this cabal in power twice.

didn't react to Biden's emotional moment because she's probably devoid of real human feeling for people. Whatever she came equiped with has no doubt been twisted dry by her so-called Christian upbringing or left to wither. She's a stone-cold narcissist like her running mate and our current WH occupants. God save us if she ends up anywhere near it.

Is that Joe Biden had to act like he was debating a serious political opponent rather than a vapid alpha-bitch, and that said Bush-with-tits was on that stage in the first place.

I guess it's a good thing most Americans have no clue about the rest of the world, as they're then blissfully ignorant of how much ridicule we receive around the world for making the same mistakes over and over: Reagan, Quayle (arguably HW too), Georgie Smartypants, and now stoopid Sarah.

How's this then?

Sarah Palin is a mean, conniving, narcissistic, lying sack of shit, like McCain, like Bush. (Repeat 10 times).

Better?

Hmm, I prefer bitch, it just fits her so well.