Thor’s Hall

I’ve posted a lot of “stuff” up here on the presidential elections.  I’ve thrown economic points, foriegn policy points, advertising, cartoons, all sorts of things.  But until today I’ve never really seen the entire campaign boiled down to just a couple of comments.

BANGOR, Me. — Speaking before a crowd of a few thousand supporters in an airport hangar, GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin continued to question Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s patriotism and commitment to fair elections.

Palin largely stuck to her stump speech during her appearance here in the conservative-leaning Second District of Maine, whose single electoral vote the McCain campaign is hoping to secure. But she also attacked Obama for his ties to ACORN with new intensity, saying, “In this election, it’s a choice between a candidate who won’t disavow a group committing voter fraud, and a leader who won’t tolerate voter fraud.”

The Alaska governor — who said that, when it comes to the GOP ticket, “We believe that America is not the problem, America is the solution” — said Obama has shown no desire for victory despite the fact that he spoke so frequently about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“It sure would be nice if, just once, Barack Obama said he wants America to win,” she said, as the crowd cheered.

“We are always proud to be Americans, and we don’t apologize for being Americans,” Palin added later.

So let’s boil the selection process down to bullet points

1. Values – Do you believe in the candidates values
2. Character – Honor, Courage, Commitment, Loyalty, Integrity etc.
3. Would you invite this guy or gal to a BBQ and enjoy having them there.
4. Are they proud of who and what they are?
5. Vision – I think this ties back to values and character but vision, direction, and being able to lead are important also.

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Being a bit of a pirate at heart any title that has a Jolly Roger in tends to get my attention. The good Doc over at Bloodletting set forth on a rant that is titled “Hoist the Jolly Roger and start slitting throats”

This is a must read.

I love these events when the candidates or office holders get to have some fun. I realize that someone else is still writing the gags but the delivery is always key.

In hindsight, most of the political and economic crises in United States history have had a fairly long run up.  It has mostly been the actions, or lack of actions, of the national leadership that has allowed the crisis to unfold.  One of the most notable is Osama bin Laden.  Tracking back comments that Oliver North made about the man before congress during the Reagan administration.

Today we have further indications that the current global economic crisis was foreseen early enough that something could have been done to prevent, or at least minimize the impact of what we are now experiencing.

I’ve seen this before.  Perhaps you have too.  It is too good not to run here today.

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