Comments on: The tortoise and the hare http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/04/25/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mike Devx http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/04/25/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/#comment-22701 Mike Devx Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:57:36 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2811#comment-22701 Al says, "There is not question that McCain views life from the left fringe of the Republican Party." Al do you really think John McCain should be lumped in with Lincoln Chafee? To me, McCain is a strange mix of highly conservative positions, highly moderate positions, and occasional forays into leftisms that are prompted by his natural instincts for occasional demagoguery and populism. He can't be pigeonholed. The fear would be, I guess, is that he has absolutely no overarching political philosophy or umbrella? On every issue he arrives at a position in isolation as to whether he'll be conservative, moderate, or liberal? But on a very large number of issues he falls squarely into a very conservative line... Having said that, McCain is going to leave a large number of conservatives very unenthused, and unexcited. Worse, many single-issue voters, especially in the areas of faith and abortion, will find him dangerous. His strength will be in the anti-Obama or anti-Clinton vote, and in the "independent middle", people with no political beliefs of any sort who just want someone they like and feel comfortable with. (These people are kind of sad to me - just ask them what they BELIEVE in...) Al says,
“There is not question that McCain views life from the left fringe of the Republican Party.”

Al do you really think John McCain should be lumped in with Lincoln Chafee?

To me, McCain is a strange mix of highly conservative positions, highly moderate positions, and occasional forays into leftisms that are prompted by his natural instincts for occasional demagoguery and populism. He can’t be pigeonholed.

The fear would be, I guess, is that he has absolutely no overarching political philosophy or umbrella? On every issue he arrives at a position in isolation as to whether he’ll be conservative, moderate, or liberal?

But on a very large number of issues he falls squarely into a very conservative line…

Having said that, McCain is going to leave a large number of conservatives very unenthused, and unexcited. Worse, many single-issue voters, especially in the areas of faith and abortion, will find him dangerous. His strength will be in the anti-Obama or anti-Clinton vote, and in the “independent middle”, people with no political beliefs of any sort who just want someone they like and feel comfortable with. (These people are kind of sad to me - just ask them what they BELIEVE in…)

]]> By: Danny Lemieux http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/04/25/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/#comment-22687 Danny Lemieux Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:05:45 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2811#comment-22687 North Carolina Republicans behaved stupidly in running the anti-Obama ad. It's an adage of sound strategy that you never interfere when your opponents are in the process of destroying each other. That being said, I would have thought that McCain could have made his point with a private phone call. McCain is absolutely right to insist in staying above the fray. North Carolina Republicans behaved stupidly in running the anti-Obama ad. It’s an adage of sound strategy that you never interfere when your opponents are in the process of destroying each other. That being said, I would have thought that McCain could have made his point with a private phone call. McCain is absolutely right to insist in staying above the fray.

]]> By: Al http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/04/25/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/#comment-22663 Al Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:49:49 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2811#comment-22663 There is not question that McCain views life from the left fringe of the Republican Party. But he will win the Presidency because his current potential opponent views life from the left fringe of creation. We have to wash our hands after pulling the lever for McCain, and then repeatedly write, speak, and broadcast the truth, as the Chairwoman of the North Carolina State Republican Committee is doing. I think I'll send her a check, and then send a photocopy to both the New Jersey State Republican Committee, and the National Committee. Al There is not question that McCain views life from the left fringe of the Republican Party. But he will win the Presidency because his current potential opponent views life from the left fringe of creation. We have to wash our hands after pulling the lever for McCain, and then repeatedly write, speak, and broadcast the truth, as the Chairwoman of the North Carolina State Republican Committee is doing. I think I’ll send her a check, and then send a photocopy to both the New Jersey State Republican Committee, and the National Committee.
Al

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/04/25/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/#comment-22658 Ymarsakar Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:24:24 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2811#comment-22658 The fable also tells the moral lesson that having guts and determination, ala in Iraq and Vietnam, counts far more than initial start up costs, mistakes, slowness, or setbacks. People who give up, aren't ever going to win, no matter how much of a head start they acquired because they had "American firepower" or "intelligence". People are born with innate intelligence, an ability to solve immediate problems, but it is only by plodding along with grim determination that people acquire the trait of the tortoise, which is not so much patience as applying all of yourself all of the time. Only then will you gain the ability to solve long term problems. Democrats look at the history of America and say "it's time to take a vacation from history and give all of ourselves a raise and some paid vacation time". That's not exactly a wise choice to make when you are in a race to see who lives and who dies on this continuum of civilizations and cultures. The fable also tells the moral lesson that having guts and determination, ala in Iraq and Vietnam, counts far more than initial start up costs, mistakes, slowness, or setbacks.

People who give up, aren’t ever going to win, no matter how much of a head start they acquired because they had “American firepower” or “intelligence”.

People are born with innate intelligence, an ability to solve immediate problems, but it is only by plodding along with grim determination that people acquire the trait of the tortoise, which is not so much patience as applying all of yourself all of the time. Only then will you gain the ability to solve long term problems.

Democrats look at the history of America and say “it’s time to take a vacation from history and give all of ourselves a raise and some paid vacation time”. That’s not exactly a wise choice to make when you are in a race to see who lives and who dies on this continuum of civilizations and cultures.

]]> By: Oldflyer http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/04/25/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/#comment-22657 Oldflyer Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:19:42 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2811#comment-22657 McCain may not hurt GWB's feelings, but I cannot say the same for me. Rationally, I know, or hope, that he has to be better than either of the alternatives. Intellectually, I had convinced myself that I needed to vote for him. But now I am figuratively grinding my teeth at the thought of marking a ballot beside his name. Standing in New Orleans and heaping trash on the Bush Administration one more time over Katrina is a hell of lot more than distancing himself from W. Attacking the North Carolina GOP for an ad that goes to the heart of Obama's character is nothing more than pandering, I said pandering, to the left. That is what McCain does best. He panders and everyone call it playing the maverick. Clearly, he takes the rest of us very much for granted. He may get a nasty surprise. I sent him a message and told him that my vote may stay in my pocket for the first time in 51 years. If he keeps this up I don't expect to be a lonely holdout. McCain may not hurt GWB’s feelings, but I cannot say the same for me. Rationally, I know, or hope, that he has to be better than either of the alternatives. Intellectually, I had convinced myself that I needed to vote for him. But now I am figuratively grinding my teeth at the thought of marking a ballot beside his name.

Standing in New Orleans and heaping trash on the Bush Administration one more time over Katrina is a hell of lot more than distancing himself from W. Attacking the North Carolina GOP for an ad that goes to the heart of Obama’s character is nothing more than pandering, I said pandering, to the left. That is what McCain does best. He panders and everyone call it playing the maverick.

Clearly, he takes the rest of us very much for granted. He may get a nasty surprise. I sent him a message and told him that my vote may stay in my pocket for the first time in 51 years. If he keeps this up I don’t expect to be a lonely holdout.

]]> By: rockdalian http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/04/25/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/#comment-22655 rockdalian Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:48:25 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=2811#comment-22655 You do have to marvel at both of their abilities to raise huge sums of money. Maybe by the time Obama is selected, the major donors will be at the cap limit. You do have to marvel at both of their abilities to raise huge sums of money.
Maybe by the time Obama is selected, the major donors will be at the cap limit.

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