09-21-2008, 09:20 PM | #1 |
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In the midst of this financial mess
Would a McCain-Romney ticket be more appealing than the McCain-Palin ticket?
The reality is that neither McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden can credibly inspire economic confidence based on experience or action. We're voting for their advertised plans and their faceless advisers who will craft and implement. I think this is where Romney would have been appealing. I don't think his private sector experience gives him a huge advantage in practically dealing with the current economic issue, but he would put a credible face on McCain's policy. Somebody who has made and lost big money in the private sector. Instead, we're choosing between one ticket with two lawyers who never really practiced and another with a soldier and a homemaker. Neither ticket seems to inspire much confidence. |
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All four are equally incompetent.
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That's like saying that you don't need a good batter because the hitting sucks on both teams.
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Further, if you believe the polls, for whatever reason people trust Obama with the economy more than McCain. That's why it seemed all the more important for McCain to go with someone with some economic or financial credentials. |
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09-22-2008, 01:20 AM | #10 |
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Sadly, he's right. I can't compete with YOhio's sexiness.
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