What kind of -isms and -ists are acceptable and which ones are deplorable
~TJ
McCain's age is an acceptable topic.
Obama's race as a topic is deplorable.
Clear?
If not Spud'll 'splain...
There is a minimum age requirement to be POTUS.
You must be this tall (ie 35 yo) in order to even get on the ride.
Ever since Reagan's brain failed in his second term the idea that their should be a maximum age has been floated around.
Actually, the argument goes back even further than that.
No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.
~Dwight D Eisenhower
In terms of the BS charge of black racism (that you keep trying to make stick to Obama with absolutely no real success) Barack himself has a theory.
He knows that there are some people out there who will vote against him based purely on skin color (not naming any names, Johnson) and that there are others who will vote for him based primarily on skin color. He considers the two factors a wash.
Unfortunately, I have to agree that one-party rule is the worst possible scenario for the USA, regardless which party it is.
~Bellaspapa
Ordinarily Spud would concur with such an even handed idea but in point of fact the checks and balances of the three branches have been so misaligned under BushCo's rule and the GOP itself has proven to be such an obstructionist body that in the case of this election Spud argues that Obama practically neeeds that 60 seat Senate in order to make the changes neccessary to roll back the excesses of the Bush rogue regime without being filibustered to death.
The WH is his.
The Dem controlled Congress will remain and even pick up a coupla seats.
But the 50/50 tie in the Senate needs to go Dem or nothing useful is getting done.
Obama's got a heckuva mess to clean up and if you tie his hands from the start you are just giving him a ready made excuse not to do stuff.
Do Not Want.
Be Well.
/Saw Campbell Brown on tonights TDS.
//She totally won Spud over.
///She's preggers! Spud sez Congrats!
////Yo Yo Ma on TCR was a rawk star!