Whenever democrats win it’s a victory for truth and justice.

Whenever republicans win it’s due to lying, cheating and big oil.

I guess there’s just no fooling you liberals.

That, jwest, is simply not true. They bought the Republican LIES. Lower taxes (how about $4,000 a year EACH tax increase to pay the interest on the Reagan Bush Bush debt?), smaller government (just the opposite), states rights (GOP sez f*ck that), individual rights (ditto), fiscal responsibility (HA!) and non-intrusive government (not !! The GOP means big government wants to dictate what you do in the doctor's office, the bedroom, even the death bed.) Republicans have won by deceiving the voters.

Under “compassionate conservatism” (Bush lie #1) middle income Americans have seen their real income decline by $2,000 under Bush, while the extremely rich are literally eating our children's lunch. How do you get people to vote themselves a pay CUT? Easy. LIE.

Do you think everyone watches Olbermann?

There are 120 million voters in a presidential election. You have 30% who love Bush (40 million), you’ve got 36 million who voted in the Democrat primary.

That leaves a whole lot (like 42 million) who are somewhere in the middle (or should I say “muddle”). This is the way it’s always been.

To get a clue about what these voters know, grab a clipboard and go to the local mall. Ask the first 10 people if they are going to vote in the upcoming election, then ask them some simple questions about politics.

You’ll walk away with tears in your eyes.

The real “deciders” in this election won’t be the democrats or republicans, but those unwashed masses of people who don’t even know who the current VP is.

No, they won't. Those unwashed masses who are that ignorant are the ones who don't vote. So they aren't going to be the deciders. In addition most Americans do not agree with her views on abortion and if the question comes up in the debates how will those parents of daughters react to an ideologue who would force their daughters to have a rapist's child? Only the really hard core fundamentalists approve of that one. Let's face it. Those “voters” are the minority who still believe in Bush. I don't think this election will rest on them.

We could argue all day about what constitutes experience, but the real reason for the panic in the democrat party lies elsewhere.

For years republicans have won on the issues. Democrats have always known their only route to the White House was through a charismatic politician who can wave something shiny in front of the electorate long enough to get voted in.

Barak had a good thing going with the “change” thing, but it got co-opted by McCain.

The real “deciders” in this election won’t be the democrats or republicans, but those unwashed masses of people who don’t even know who the current VP is. Democrats know that a personality like Palin will play exceptionally well with this group of voters who think that, if only they would get a woman – a working mother into that job, all the troubles of the world could be solved.

Forget the issues. Forget the resumes. This election is going to come down to who these uninformed voters think is more like them.

I made that opinion known to my friends, and I regret not having opined publicly about it. The VP selection stuff just hasn't been interesting to me, until now.

You’re right.

The article you wrote didn’t mention who was on the short list, so I guess my point was totally off the wall.

Naturally, I would have loved to see your reaction had Barak picked Kaine. I’m sure it would have been similar to Palin.

You’re forgetting that I can’t stand McCain. Out of all the candidates in the primary, he was the absolute last choice for me.

Of course, as opposed to Obama, he’s the better pick.

Just to establish your intellectual honesty here, how about admitting that Barak and Biden have never been in a position to have been the “decider”.

ALSO: I will fix the error and note it. Thanks!

The Naval Academy, along with West Point and the Air Force Academy, are four years of instruction on leadership, honor and command decision making. Once commissioned, an officer is placed in a series of positions in which he/she is evaluated on the quality of the decisions made.

You should try to get a job with military recruiters. You could spout that stuff all day long.

Anyways, it's nice of you to forget that McCain finished 894th out of 899 students in his class at the Naval Academy. Wanna spin that one for us now?

The Naval Academy, along with West Point and the Air Force Academy, are four years of instruction on leadership, honor and command decision making. Once commissioned, an officer is placed in a series of positions in which he/she is evaluated on the quality of the decisions made.

If you think running an election campaign qualifies you president, then Karl Rove should be elected by acclamation. Barak is simply going were his campaign manager tells him to go and reading the speeches his speech writers write.

The man has never made a decision that matters. Deal with it.

McCain has the command decision experience by virtue of his military training and career.

The only command experience he appears to have is when he was the leader of a training squadron. Do you want to seriously argue that this is experience enough to be president?

The truth is that Obama and McCain have made multitudes of executive decisions. They've each been in charge of massive campaign operations where they are the “deciders.” They command thousands of people and direct millions of dollars.

In the coming weeks, you will learn that neither Barak nor Biden have ever made an executive or command decision in their lives.

McCain has the command decision experience by virtue of his military training and career. Palin has executive experience by being a mayor and governor.

Every bumpkin thinks he can be the boss – until it’s time to actually make a decision with consequences. Barak is a master at being “present” when decisions need to be made, and Biden loves to talk on and on and on, and then be one of a hundred votes so responsibility never rests solely on him.