Charlie Springer wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:05:02 -0700, Jonah Thomas wrote
> (in article <20080904150502.304121e5.jethomas5@
gmail.com>):
>
>> Of course he'd be likely to die in office leaving us with somebody who
>> apparently has never made a serious government mistake and corrected it.
>> That's pretty scary.
>
> Well, presidents don't run the government. They run the military. Military
> mistakes are much easier to fix.
Presidents run the executive (administrative) part of government, of
which military is but a part. And if military mistakes are "easy" to
fix, how come we haven't fixed Iraq yet?
> 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.
I'm sure McCain is a fine human being. However, votes for President
should be based mostly on issues, IMO. We've had some excellent
presidents who were pretty sorry human beings, and vice-versa.
> 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!
Yes, it's too bad he's dead.
> I don't want to start a flame war or crazy off-topic thread, ...
Good, let's drop it.
Cheers,
Elizabeth
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