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Gimpy said:This isn't much better from McCain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzcPpZEs4t0
And yes I know the video was made by a nut, but its all freely available clips and its the message, not the person people should be focusing on. And that's a good message for this entire election. Whether people choose a black man, a woman, or a man who could become the oldest ever president, people shouldn't focus on those aspects, just the message, but unfortunately that probably won't happen.
I don't get it. How is feeling that a prolonged presence in Haiti and Somalia nearly 15 years ago wasn't in America's national security interest inconsistent with (or even remotely related to) the idea that a presence in Iraq today, is?
You are right about the quality (those statistics are pretty much meaningless):Bane said:For all those looking for legislative accomplishments of various peoples. Its all here, just pick the name from one of the drop-downs and see for yourself.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Count of pieces of legislation introduced during current Congress: (obviously no indicator of quality)
McCain - 37
Clintion - 150
Obama - 113
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/01/09/hillarack-oblinton/ The point is that after more than a decade in public life, no-one seems to be able to account for his accomplishments ... his prominent qualities seem to be limited to his likeability and perceived electability. (EDIT: Sorry tomahawk6, I read right past your post ... at least we're consistent)Obama's year in the Senate. The Illinois Senator sponsored or co-sponsored 63 bills this year. As with Hillary, some of them would have immediate practical effect--such as S. 1306, the Lead Free Toys Act of 2007-- and some are less urgent--such as S. Con. Res. 5 which honors the life of Percy Lavon Julian, the first African American to be inducted into the Academy of Sciences.
Of Obama's proposed legislation, 3 bills passed in 2007.
1. a resolution celebrating the life of Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson.
2. the designation of July 12, 2007 as "National Summer Learning Day."
3. a condemnation of Zimbabwe's governmental oppression of its citizens.
The takeaway from all of this? It's much easier to pass non-binding, symbolic laws than ones that actually do much to change the world. Congress is a team sport, after all. One could do a similar treatment of John McCain's past year, too.
Homework? The guy's a (State) Senator, and it's not like they are randomly picking these people off the street!CougarDaddy said:: Let's be fair. Just because the surrogates don't do their homework doesn't necessarily mean the man they are working for is the same.