Palin floundering again with the Press

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Palin floundering again with the Press
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Thu, 10-23-2008 - 2:48am

As Daily Kos rightly points out, she does not know what a precondition to diplomatic negotiations is. Watch her flounder.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Pfotenhauer_cant_name_vice_presidents_duties_1022.html

A precondition is a specific ultimatum which the foreign country must satisfy before you speak with them. Obviously this puts your adversary in a position in which they partially surrender and show weakness before you even sit down with them. In contrast, if the adversary shows good faith and agrees to a structured agenda (yes you can still have lots of preparation and prenegotiation without preconditions), then meeting with them might be a good idea under the right circumstances, as Obama has pointed out. Bottom line is that I'm not sure I agree with Obama but I understand the point he's making that we can't expect to lord over the rest of the world given how badly the Bush Administration has behaved. I definitely think McCain and Palin are a lot more dangerous in their apparent unwillingness to seriously talk to or negotiate with our adversaries.

A precondition for Palin running for VP should have been that McCain vetted Palin enough to rest assured Palin would not be so hopelessly clueless on diplomacy 101 and the meaning of terms like precondition.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 11:33am

the question was asked on behalf of an 8 yr old ....


we can go back and forth all day long ...


Biden says - A VP doesn't do much, Palin flounders .....


Aren't the most important people in this .. McCain and Obama?

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 5:13pm
Nah, it is pointing out that many here see what they want to see.

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:55pm
Thank you for your responses. We respectfully disagree.
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Registered: 08-20-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 8:57pm

"It has been quite evident during the numerous debates and interviews throughout the primaries and the general election that Barack Obama does indeed have a DEEP understanding of the complexity and inter-relationship of this myriad of issues that face our society. As far is 'intelligence to make good judgments' based upon that understanding -- he graduated in the top 5% of his class at Columbia University, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Harvard University Law School, he was elected over many other candidates President of the Harvard Law Review -- I cannot imagine a more impressive 'proof' of someone's intelligence. As to his knowledge of how our governmental process works, he has served 3 terms in the Illinois State Senate, and 4 years in the United States Senate. Constituional knowledge?: Barack Obama also served for 12 years as a Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Emotionally he has remained calm and unflustered during the intense pressure and scrutiny of over a dozen televised debates during his campaign and hundreds of interviews. I can't personally imagine anyone on this planet being any more 'qualified' to be President of the United States than Barack Obama."

Well said. America agrees with you.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 9:14pm

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No they do not.


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Registered: 10-23-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 9:16pm
Bookmark.

Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 9:28pm

((((They are corrupt. It is no coincidence their foreign and domestic "policy" have blown up in all our faces.))))


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Registered: 10-25-2006
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 9:42pm

Okay, you're all getting way to serious here. Time for a little bipartisan humor:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=189149&title=gaffe-in&byDate=true

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http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 10:22pm
lol. Thanks, janetlz,

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Fri, 10-24-2008 - 11:05pm

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No they do not."

Well let's see, Obama is up over McCain by a large margin in the polls. So how do you explain your statement that America disagrees that Obama is the better candidate?

Here's the truth. America doesn't trust the Republicans anymore. We see the Republican politicians and their Fox News for the big fat liars that they are. And big fat liars like them are always big fat failures too. America doesn't like proven two time losers like these Republican politicians.

They deregulated us into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, telling us the fundamentals are sound all the way. They told us Iraq had WMD and ties to al Qaeda when they didn't have either. Republican politicians and Fox are big fat loser liar failures. It would be funny if it weren't so serious. It's Game Over for them. For a long time friend.