>>>>>>>It's a big speech for Obama tonight, to say the least. His worthiness for the office is being questioned from all sides. I think he's going to nail it.
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>>>>>>I don't think it is his ability to nail a speech that has ever been in question. Gee, I wonder what he'd be like as President ...
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>>>>>>Of course, Jimmy Carter's acceptance speech in 1980 showed you could be deficient in *both* form and substance ( "Hubert Horatio Hornblower !!! " ) so I guess this will be step up. <bg>
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>>>>>I say this in the nicest possible way, Charles..... ;-)
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>>>>"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine . . . A salesman is got to dream, boy."
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>>>>( and before you hear dog-whistle racism in this, please tell me Northwestern taught Arthur Miller <g> )
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>>>>And I have to admit, I missed the Clinton speech last night to watch the Cowboys/Giants - and last week missed the entire GOP convention to Preseason Game 4 reruns on the NFL Network ...
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>>>>and tonight will miss the Salesman in Chief
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>>>>... they scheduled the big night of the Dem convention to conflict with the showdown between the Bowie State Bulldogs and the Benedict Tigers. Man, what were they *thinking* ??
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>>>I watched the football game live and the Clinton speech this morning. The DVR is a brilliant invention.
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>>>Bill Clinton was really on. I hope not too much, because it's a lot to expect any politician to live up to that. The main point was that we have a choice to make. Which of those two do you agree with more?
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>>It's a shame that the choice is not "which of the Presidential candidates do you agree with more" showing only policy positions and not the name or party. Then we might see President Gary Johnson. <s>
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>>This is actually kind of interesting. if you take the test be sure you look at the results to see exactly how your positions match up with the candidates. I was frankly surprised by my results.
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>>http://www.isidewith.com/presidential-election-quiz
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>Gary Johnson has at least two supporters, you and Mike Feltman. You are two great supporters to have but it don't matter, does it? (Quoting a screenwriter friend). If Gary Johnson gets a few thousand votes that will be doing well. He is not a factor.

Oh, I agree a third party candidate has no chance - but not for the right reasons. His actual positions would resonate with as large a segment of voters as either major candidate - smaller, less intrusive, and less expensive government and individual freedom. There are a lot of fiscal conservatives who would have to hold their nose to vote for Romney because they detest the social conservatives every bit as much as the most liberal dems do. And there are lots of people who might embrace a "progressive" social agenda if it didn't define "compassion" as an unlimited willingness to spend other people's money on social engineering experiments that are so sacred they cannot be subject to results testing and it didn't mean arrogant limousine liberals pandering to and balkanizing a proletariat for which they have nothing but a patronizing contempt.

Gary has some real blind spots as well - Libertarianism can go way too far ( I *like* national parks and I would rather Obama was pointing the drones than Gary ) and Gary is not LIbertarian enough for the wack fringe of *that* party. And just because government does not do some things well it does not mean it couldn't if it really was about solving problems and not buying votes with taxpayer money.

If they would just make me king ...