Insanity

[Anonymous]

To everyone who plans on voting Republican this November, please remember this quote by Albert Einstein before casting your ballot: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"

does that resonate with anyone??

[Anonymous]

Right on. I'm trying not to internalize this whole political thing, because I have enough stress as it is, but I was reading the Post this morning and seeing all those people go ga-ga over McCain and Palin, and talk about how the Republicans are going to bring change to Washington (?!?!) and I just thought, geez! If these people fall for this all over again, they deserve to suffer from the state the country is in. I'm just sorry that I'll have to suffer for their foolishness!

[Anonymous]

thanks for sharing. I forwarded to quote to friends who live outside the beltway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right on. I'm trying not to internalize this whole political thing, because I have enough stress as it is, but I was reading the Post this morning and seeing all those people go ga-ga over McCain and Palin, and talk about how the Republicans are going to bring change to Washington (?!?!) and I just thought, geez! If these people fall for this all over again, they deserve to suffer from the state the country is in. I'm just sorry that I'll have to suffer for their foolishness!

The ones who vote for the foolishness should suffer, not the ones who vote against it.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, but majority rules here.

[Anonymous]

Ah, but remember: McCain and Palin represent.... CHANGE!

[Anonymous]

Oh please..... Obama voted with his own party 97% of the time. What CHANGE does he represent? Wealth redistribution? What - tell me one thing he has promised that won't add another 10 years to the deficit. Remember - we're broke folks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ah, but remember: McCain and Palin represent.... CHANGE!

It was apparent the "experience" angle wasn't working, so they decided to adopt Obama's strategy. Copy cats. They lack original thoughts.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, Barack Obama didn't coin the term "Change". George W. Bush promised "Change" to old Washington insider politics and also promised that he would reach across the aisle and bring Democrats and Republicans into his administration. Who's the copy cat? Or does it only count when you look like you mean it?

[Anonymous]

I believe Obama's full slogan is Change we can Believe In. George Bush's campaign slogan was compassionate reformer for 2000, and in 2004 it was War President!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, Barack Obama didn't coin the term "Change". George W. Bush promised "Change" to old Washington insider politics and also promised that he would reach across the aisle and bring Democrats and Republicans into his administration. Who's the copy cat? Or does it only count when you look like you mean it?

Oh, well, it's been a fuzzy 8 years with everything imploding or collapsing around us, metaphorically and literally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To everyone who plans on voting Republican this November, please remember this quote by Albert Einstein before casting your ballot: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"

does that resonate with anyone??

Bush and McCain are not the same thing.

[Anonymous]

It's 15:47 again. Sorry, I was just having a little fun here. Actually, I truly haven't decided yet who I'm going to vote for.

You know what I'm starting to think, though? That it really doesn't matter much in the end which one of them wins. I mean, honestly, what is really going to be different, in either case? Don't you think that the day-to-day lives of all of us little individual citizens will click along, for better or worse, as they always have, no matter what? Maybe we've all been in Washington too long and are too convinced of our power....when it's really Wall Street and corporate America that drive this country, not what happens in the WH and on Capitol Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's 15:47 again. Sorry, I was just having a little fun here. Actually, I truly haven't decided yet who I'm going to vote for.

You know what I'm starting to think, though? That it really doesn't matter much in the end which one of them wins. I mean, honestly, what is really going to be different, in either case? Don't you think that the day-to-day lives of all of us little individual citizens will click along, for better or worse, as they always have, no matter what? Maybe we've all been in Washington too long and are too convinced of our power....when it's really Wall Street and corporate America that drive this country, not what happens in the WH and on Capitol Hill.

I understand why you feel that way. The day after the 2000 election I wasn't sure whether I wanted to wake up to Gore or Bush winning. I had voted for Nader (made no difference in the overall results since I live in the District and its 3 electoral votes went resoundingly to Gore) and I didn't trust Gore (because I had soured on Clinton) so I speculated that it might be a good change to have Bush to organize against.

But now I can see the difference it would have made. We can confidently say that there would have been one less war if Gore had won. Gore certainly wouldn't have done half the things I wanted him to but he wouldn't have been so stupid as to invade Iraq. That's why I am firmly backing Obama this time around -- especially now that McCain selected Palin as his v.p. I am particularly worried about whether she might take us to war if something happens to McCain and she becomes president.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: We can confidently say that there would have been one less war if Gore had won. Gore certainly wouldn't have done half the things I wanted him to but he wouldn't have been so stupid as to invade Iraq. That's why I am firmly backing Obama this time around -- especially now that McCain selected Palin as his v.p. I am particularly worried about whether she might take us to war if something happens to McCain and she becomes president.

Interesting; the main reason I'll likely vote against McCain is that I think HE will lead us into unnecessary war. Her lack of experience concerns me; his apparent hunger for and support of war petrifies me.