as I said in another thread, I remember bringing my daughter into this world on Oct. 21, 1980, a few weeks before Ronald Reagan was elected president. I remember holding her ad wondering what kind of world I had brought her into. I was not then, nor have been since then, a fan of Ronald Reagan. I don't rever him as some in our country have. But...the world did go on, and we are still here.
I am much, much more afraid of the McCain/Palin ticket. I think his age is showing, and I truly don't think that he has the stamina, nor expertise(he has stated publicly that he doesn't have any economic expertise), to lead us in the next 4 years out of the morass this country is in. Add to that Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan. He will be 85 before the first year is out.
And...Sarah Palin can be a hockey mom, and a Governor...but she doesn't have the expertise to deal with these tough issues no matter how much the Repubs backing her wish that she did. And if something happens to John McCain, what then? He overlooks her now, she's just an appendage to him. He doesn't seem to communicate with her on things, to wit, her reading about pulling out of Michigan in the newspaper , for goodness sake.
We need the top two people to be able to communicate, to work together. These are damned tough times. If, by some slim chance, that duo wins, the world will go on, but I wonder exactly how well our world will do that. And holding feet to the fire will take on a whole new meaning. It's an extremely sobering thought.
Or...we'll read things like this :(tongue firmly planted in cheek)
Immigration Crisis on our Northern border
Op-Ed Essay from the MANITOBA HERALD, Canada
A flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has
intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to
stop the illegal immigration.
The possibility of a McCain/Palin election is prompting the exodus among
left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray,
and agree with Bill O'Reilly. Canadian border farmers say it's not
uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal rights activists
and Unitarians crossing their fields at night.
I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood
producer huddled in the barn,' said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose
acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted and
hungry. 'He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range
chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance
to show him my screenplay, eh?'
In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher
fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers
that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields. 'Not real effective,' he
said. 'The liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much
they wouldn't give milk.'
Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals
near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them
across the border and leave them to fend for themselves. 'A lot of these
people are not prepared for rugged conditions,' an Ontario border
patrolman said. 'I found one carload without a drop of drinking water.
'They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though.'
When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often
wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have
been circulating about the McCain administration establishing
re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to shoot wolves from
airplanes, deny evolution, and act out drills preparing them for the
Rapture.
In recent days, liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of
crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus
trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a
half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration
authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen
passengers on Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney hits to prove they were
alive in the '50s. 'If they can't identify the accordion player on The
Lawrence Welk Show, we get suspicious about their age,' an official said.
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are
creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan
Sarandon movies. 'I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian
economy just can't support them,' an Ottawa resident said. 'How many
art-history and English majors does one country need?'
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