what did you think of the VP debate?

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Registered: 09-15-2008
what did you think of the VP debate?
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Thu, 10-02-2008 - 11:00pm
what did you think of the VP debate?

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Sat, 10-04-2008 - 10:08am

"Elite" and "educated person" are commonly confused.


I've noticed this trend that

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Registered: 07-23-2008
Sat, 10-04-2008 - 10:09am
Heaven forbid that we have an intelligent, well educated president. We might actually gain some respect with our international allies and fix our broken economy. I guess the average "Joe Six-Pack" (whatever that means), wants someone who they can relate to - regardless of qualifications and knowledge. Would we want the average man or lady off the street to design and build our bridges, design the pharmaceuticals that we put into our bodies to cure diseases, or design and build airplanes? Personally I wouldn't. I'd want someone highly trained in those skills with intelligence and knowledge. I think similarly about running this country. I want someone who knows what they are doing and someone who is well educated. When did it become a bad thing for a person to get an advanced degree from a prestigious school. I feel like people are bullying Obama because he's the "smart kid". No one wants to vote for the smart kid, we'd rather vote for the popular kid because he's "just like us". This isn't an elementary school election. The stakes are much higher!




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Registered: 10-26-2003
Sat, 10-04-2008 - 10:24am

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

the perfect movie for these times: Idiocracy.

Two characters are selected for a cryogenic experiment but it goes wrong they wake up in 2505. By this time, stupid people have outbred intelligent people; the world is (barely) run by morons--and Joe and Rita are the smartest people in America.

My fear for the future. Closer than 2505.

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Sat, 10-04-2008 - 10:29am

I thought the "Joe Six-pack" statement was ridiculous.

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Sat, 10-04-2008 - 10:31am

My husband got this movie and watched it.

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Registered: 02-24-2008
Sun, 10-05-2008 - 1:10pm

The blog link you posted does not say that Obama used those tactics nor does it offer proof of any such allegation. Are you so willing to prove guilt by association? If so, you could choose almost any organization in this country that someone has worked for and attribute their mis-deeds to any employee or former employee you wanted. Do you want people to assume that Dick Cheney has been involved in the dirty business of Haliburton? Would you forever condemn McCain for his role in the Keating Five? Should Bush's whole administration be indicted for the ridiculous corruptness that the Department of the Interior has displayed most recently:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/washington/11royalty.html?em

It seems like maybe you picked up on this one piece of Obama's record because the rest of his record does, indeed, represent relevant leadership experience.

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