Good grief Palin is in the news again! - Page 2

You obviously idolize her. I won't hold that against you! We'll just agree to disagree on what a ding-a-ling I think she is.

Ummm. I never said anyone was stupid or evil because they disagreed with me.

I said I think Palin is a ding-a-ling.

Elayman's posts indicate that she really likes Palin.

I said we'll have to agree to disagree.

So please don't try and put words or meaning in my typing that aren't there.

I'm not comparing her to current or past presidents. I'm basing my opinion on what she says and how she reacts while on camera, when compared to the average person. Nothing more.

All I see is a video of a woman talking about the interview, not an interview with Palin herself.

EDIT:

Ok, I did a google search and found the video on YouTube. I watched 13 minutes of the interview and couldn't take it anymore.

I do admit that she came across as more professional than I've ever seen her on camera. However, there is something about her that just grates on my nerves: a large part is her voice I think. There is no way I could sit there and listen to her talk for any length of time.

And while she seemingly does know her politics, and I would hope so having been a mayor and a Governor, that still doesn't make her "smart" when it comes to other things (the basics that we learn at an elemental level in school, that even a 5th grader could answer), as is evidenced by her numerous and sometimes huge, blunders.

A serious candidate for President? I don't think so.

However, I do live in Canada, so whether she runs or not or gets elected or not, really doesn't affect me all that much up here. It's our PM who would have to be meeting and talking with her, not me. And the US doesn't really care what us Canadians do, so long as we help protect the mutual border.

In all fairness, Obama has only been in office for 2.5 years. The country was in a seriously sad economical state when he took office. A large part of the debt IMHO can be placed at the feet of George Bush (4 years) and his son, George W. Bush (8 years) who IMHO were both war mongerersl Rather than fixing their own country through much needed social programs, feeding and housing their homeless and educating their children and young adults so they are qualified for more than welfare or low paying jobs, they funneled 10's of billions into war efforts. The word "bankrupt" was already being mentioned often when George W. Bush was in office. And I seem to even remember talk back then that the US's credit wasn't in such a good state then either. Yet he continued to promote war.

It took the USA years to get into the situation it is in today, or even as it was 2.5 years ago. You can hardly expect 1 man to fix it all in 2.5 years. When he took over office there were already 2 wars over seas that the US was fighting. Those wars saw billions and billions of tax payer dollars literally being burned up trying to rescue the "world." When your country is in such a dire state, the last thing you need to do is go around starting up world wars, which is exactly what the entire Bush administration did. They took an already teetering country and it's economy and worsened it by trying to play saviour.

Like I said, I'm in Canada and what the USA does doesn't impact me directly at this point (IE: no bombs being dropped on my house), but what the USA does does impact our country and our economy through trade imports/exports and ultimately prices for products as companies try to pass along either the savings or increased costs. However, I firmly believe in Obama and I think given some time he can at least make a bit of a dent in the deficit. But it will be generations before the USA digs themselves out of the hole that they are in and that they have been in for years.

They need to scale back war efforts unless those wars are being fought on their own soil and take that money and put it where it's most beneficial: into social systems such as education and healthcare.

They need to raise state taxes in order to generate revenue. I understand that some states don't even pay tax? Alaska? Texas? Is this because they are oil states? If so, why aren't they paying taxes?! Those private oil companies are making billions. Some of that money should be going to pay down the economy, not lining the oil companies pocket books.

Like I said, it will be generations and many presidents before that deficit is even at a manageable level.

The USA government is very partisan, and it would help greatly if everyone got on the same page and worked together instead of against each other. Obama can only do so much because there are others also involved who can't get beyond their own personal views and work towards the common goal (get rid of the deficit), that they tie things up or even quash ideas.

Go back and listen to that interview with Palin. She is also "cocksure" about how to get the USA out of the economic nightmare it is facing. Actually, go listen to any of the people involved in the USA politics and they all have their own "cocksure" idea how to go about it.

Like I said, it's very partisan. Very fractured. Nothing will ever get done until all parties get on the same page and work together instead of against each other.

The reason things aren't panning out as you say, is because he has a whole lot of old sticks in the mud who have been in the senate for decades and who are unwilling to change because they are living in the past. The same will be for every President because they can't just push through their budgets. Every President will run up against opposition by those who feel that they have their own ideas which are better.

Your healthcare there seriously needs to be restructured. So many people do not have access to proper healthcare, a basic human right, because they can't afford it. Having a baby, or even having to have your appendix removed can lead to personal bankruptcy for many people. I cry buckets when I read posts on this site of how people are sick and need medical help but they can't get it because they don't have insurance or the money to pay for the medical bill. That sickens me. The USA isn't a 3rd world country. It's a powerful industrialized nation that doesn't know how to look after it's own citizens' basic needs.

It's about time they got a President in there that sees this and is working to make a much needed change in that regard.

The money being spent on war efforts in other countries would be better served if funneled into revamping some of the issues that you mentioned, especially the healthcare.

I have no issue with her as a person in general. I'm sure she is quite nice and fun in a social situation.

Here is an interesting news video

http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/...en-ca-infopane