McCain Veep Is Woman

[Kullervo]

If I could but touch the hem of her Saks 5th Avenue blazer...

[knight66]

Touch Corey as in; with the toe of a boot. What a strange decision by her party to not just spend a great deal on her kit, but to dress her in such a way that she does not appear in any outfit more than once. If they had stopped at a small handful of even unnecessarily expensive items, I don't thin any interest would have been shown.

But then as I hope her party gets thrashed; more power to the out of touch decision makers in it. Another own goal in the comming week please.

Mike

[Shrunk]

No, no, no, no - why do people keep misunderstanding this? That's not her wardrobe. She is just borrowing it for a couple of weeks. The clothes are all supposed to go to charity. Then there will be a lot of unemployed and/or underpriviledged women who walk around in designer clothes. I think that is wonderful, and very generous of the Republican party.

I dunno.  Doesn't that sound just a little...socialist? 

[Catison]

I dunno.  Doesn't that sound just a little...socialist? 

Socialism would be if such giving was imposed by the government.

[Al Moritz]

No, no, no, no - why do people keep misunderstanding this? That's not her wardrobe. She is just borrowing it for a couple of weeks. The clothes are all supposed to go to charity. Then there will be a lot of unemployed and/or underpriviledged women who walk around in designer clothes. I think that is wonderful, and very generous of the Republican party.

Hehe!

[Florestan]

I dunno.  Doesn't that sound just a little...socialist? 

Socialism would be if such giving was imposed by the government.

It's not socialism. It's Republican bleeding-heart liberalism. 

[M forever]

I dunno.  Doesn't that sound just a little...socialist? 

No. Socialism is if everyone is badly dressed.

[Shrunk]

Palin On Fruit Flies

[M forever]

Time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like bananas.

[Lethevich]

Accurate?

[Hector]

Accurate?

I'll say again that a recent study demonstrated that the US economy tended to grow more rapidly and the income gap narrow under the Democrats than it did under the Republicans.

An explanation was not forthcoming although the Democrats supported the increase in the minimum wage thus narrowing the gap and giving people more spending power at the same time.

[karlhenning]

Conservative Danielle Crittenden: T'Aint "Elitist" to Be Anti-Palin

[M forever]

An explanation was not forthcoming

The standard explanantion given by "fiscal conservatives" is that economic measures take several years to show effect, so the deficits during the Reagan and Bush I years were actually caused during the (Democrat) presidency of Carter, then under Reagan and Bush I they fixed the economy, so it looked good during the Clinton years while the Democrats started to screw everything up again, and the effects of that became visible then during the Bush II years. That makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

[Catison]

I'll say again that a recent study demonstrated that the US economy tended to grow more rapidly and the income gap narrow under the Democrats than it did under the Republicans.

An explanation was not forthcoming although the Democrats supported the increase in the minimum wage thus narrowing the gap and giving people more spending power at the same time.

The explanation would be interesting, because it is, of course, the congress that controls spending.  And raising the minimum wage can potentially increase unemployment, so it is not that simple I don't think.

[Bulldog]

The explanation would be interesting, because it is, of course, the congress that controls spending.  And raising the minimum wage can potentially increase unemployment, so it is not that simple I don't think.

I've been hearing that "increse unemployment" argument from Republicans for decades now, but I never read any evidence of it happening.  Do you know if it really ever takes place?

[adamdavid80]

I've been hearing that "increse unemployment" argument from Republicans for decades now, but I never read any evidence of it happening.  Do you know if it really ever takes place?

That's difficult to measure, bc if you don't hire for a job that doesn't fit budget, it never existed.  If a company decdies that four workers will suffice (and work a little more, even maybe generating OT) rather than 5 - and the company has 400 minimum wage employees, the differences can become substantial.

(this is similar to states calculating high school graduation rates.  Can you include G.e.d. recipients?  Do you include people who dropped out before senior year, or is that when the drop-out measure begins?  What about students who are the children of undocumented workers?)

BTW, I've also heard the argument from the WSJ op-ed page that raising the minimum wage will reduce worker productivity b/c now they'll be up all night playing x-box or some such nonsense.  And, yes, I'm exaggerating, but only slightly.

[M forever]

No, I think that actually makes a lot of sense. People shouldn't make so much money that they can afford useless toys like video games to waste their time with. They should have barely enough to survive, that will motivate them to work harder and longer hours.

[lisa needs braces]

I can't help it. I feel sorry for McCain sometimes.

Behold:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TT7gt5F0w

[Catison]

I can't help it. I feel sorry for McCain sometimes.

Behold:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1TT7gt5F0w

Ugh!  That really is sad.

The Economist today came out for Obama.  Their argument is that Obama is not as bad as he might be made out to be, and that although he is a risk, the potential payoff is worth that risk.  They are worried that he might put too many protectionist strategies in place and that his lack of foreign policy experience could catch up to him.  And they are especially worried that the likely Democratic congress might see a blank check in the White House.  But right now, in the financial and foreign crisis that America faces, he is the leader America needs.

They argue that McCain, for all his maverick reputation, has ceased to be himself since becoming elected, and that the risk in voting for McCain is that he won't switch back to his former self.  He made many mistakes in his campaign, including selecting Palin for his running mate, a person who, in their opinion, has no business being president.

After reading that response, I tend to agree with them.

[M forever]

They are worried...that his lack of foreign policy experience could catch up to him.

I don't think that's a problem. He certainly makes the impression that he is smart enough to know that he has to listen to real experts in the field. I also think his world view is complex enough to enable him to put their information into the right perspective.