On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:05:02 -0700, Jonah Thomas wrote
(in article <20080904150502.304121e5.jethomas5@gmail.com>):

Well, presidents don't run the government. They run the military. Military
mistakes are much easier to fix.

I had also thought about the mental health effects if his imprisonment.
McCain has rarely talked in detail about his POW experience. The act of being
"broken" seems to have changed him from the infallible fighter jock to a
thinking feeling human. He still has difficulty describing how he was
"shamed" and how his fellow prisoners were crucial to his surviving the
experience. Not to put too much on it, but it brings to mind the soul of
Moses being forged in the desert of the Sinai. Now I think it was a good
thing, for us anyway. Sucked to be him. Can't raise his arms, etc.

Palin versus Hillary, Biden, Obama? I don't know. Governors don't get to vote
"present" or not show up at all. Our best presidents tend to be governors
first. Throw in -not a lawyer- and we can start celebrating now! Reminds me
of Teddy R. whose photo is on my wall. Go Bull Moose Party!

I don't want to start a flame war or crazy off-topic thread, but one thing
bothers me. How could Obama come up through the Chicago Machine and NEVER see
anything corrupt or illegal enough to complain or blow the whistle? Only if
he played ball. (Was an insider, for those reading internationally.)

Young earnest democrat volunteering to help at a Chicago precinct
headquarters questioned by precinct boss.

Who sench ya?

Nobody sent me, I'm volunteering.

We don't want nobody what nobody sent!

-- Charlie Springer