Arden Chatfield
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Joined: Jan. 2006
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| Quote (Ftk @ Oct. 03 2008,13:38) | | Quote | | As for Palin, I do not think that exhaustive knowledge of all the nuances of the issues is important for a president or VP. Cheney knows a bundle but he’s a crappy VP. Ditto Gore, Carter, Johnson, Nixon. I always want a president (or in this case a VP) that I find to be a good and decent and capable person—certainly they must rise above some intellectual threshold, one that I think Palin more than achieves—but primarily I want a person I can admire. At one time I felt that way about Obama. Now, of the four on the national ticket, I only feel that way about Palin. And I’ll take that over command of the issues, interviewing or debating skill, passing an ideological litmus test, or pedigree any day of the week. |
Amen to that. You *don't* have to be a genius to run the nation. A hard working, above average person who is a quick study and eager/enthusiastic to do what's right for the nation is the best candidate we can ask for. Like I said earlier...Palin is a fresh face who doesn't carry all the negative baggage, and she won't cave to the Washington BS. |
Coming from a person who is unshakably convinced you don't have to know anything about science in order to pass judgement on what is valid science, none of us should be surprised.
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"Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus
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