SezWho2 said...

SezWho2 at 09:47 PM JST - 23rd October

coulrophobic,

I give up. How much did Delaware tax-payers pay and how and when did they pay it?

Posted in Republicans spend $150,000 on Palin's look at 09:47 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 08:35 PM JST - 23rd October

hereandthere,

There would be a difference, wouldn't there, between Palin spending $150K of her own money to show people who she is and the Republican Party spending $150K to show people who it wants her to be?

There would also be a difference between John McCain (or his wife Cindy)…

Posted in Republicans spend $150,000 on Palin's look at 08:35 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 08:21 PM JST - 23rd October

SuperLib,

The requirements you suggest seem reasonable--disclosure and inspections. They seem reasonable because that's what we want. But I think we should also look at what we are prepared to give up. And I think the answer to that is: very little.

I don't think many people want any country…

Posted in Iran: Obama seems more rational than McCain at 08:21 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 05:57 PM JST - 23rd October

Sarge, no presidential candidate has closed the deal since George H. W. Bush. Obama has come closer than anyone since then.

There's no question that Obama could lose and that McCain could win. Things change. However, the trend of polls seems to me to favor Obama. Here's a visual:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/poll-tracker.htm

Posted in Republicans spend $150,000 on Palin's look at 05:57 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 05:42 PM JST - 23rd October

Sarge,

Your Scenario 2 is the part that Bush has been acting out ever since the Axis of Evil. Why would the Iranians be more afraid of McCain except for his temperamental instability?

Talking is good. Bombing is bad. Winston Churchill--better to jaw-jaw than war-war. Of course you have to…

Posted in Iran: Obama seems more rational than McCain at 05:42 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 03:55 PM JST - 23rd October

RomeoRamen,

About the money that Obama is spending--wouldn't that be money that his supporters gave him for the express purpose of continuing to sell himself to voters? If I were a liberal I'd be upset if he spent it for any other purpose or if he lost the election because…

Posted in Republicans spend $150,000 on Palin's look at 03:55 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 03:51 PM JST - 23rd October

Helter Skelter,

Good call.

Bad read.

Iran doesn't have any known nuclear weapons program. We do. If they have none at all and continue to have none, we would be following if we abandoned. If Iran does have a program, the mere fact that we abandoned further development might not…

Posted in Iran: Obama seems more rational than McCain at 03:51 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 02:31 PM JST - 23rd October

sailwind,

I'm not sure that it is correct to say that we (or our European friends) tried everything possible in negotiations with Iran.

If we ever tried to negotiate with Iran without the pre-condition that it stop enrichment during negotiations, I don't remember it offhand. I do remember that Iran…

Posted in Iran: Obama seems more rational than McCain at 02:31 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 02:06 PM JST - 23rd October

I think Sarah Palin would look good in almost anything. So I agree that she probably didn't need to spend $150K on her image. However, I also agree with McCain's spokesperson, Tracey Schmitt. This does not really seem like a very important issue.

I don't know what Palin's income was…

Posted in Republicans spend $150,000 on Palin's look at 02:06 PM JST - 23rd October
SezWho2 at 01:51 PM JST - 23rd October

Just a week or so ago Kabulov, the Russian ambassador to Afghanistan, said that America and NATO forces were repeating many of Russia's mistakes:

The solution, Kabulov said, is to shift the fighting as quickly as possible to Afghan troops. This is something the United States and its partners have…

Posted in 9 Afghan soldiers die in 'friendly fire' incident involving int'l forces at 01:51 PM JST - 23rd October