I think the biggest distinction, is that both Senator McCain, as well as Governor Palin have experience with working, and making a living, whereas Senator Obama and Senator Biden have never produced, manufactured, sold, marketed, generated, serviced, or in general, worked a day in their adult lives. Oh, wait, I forgot about that whole "community service" thingamajig.......Other than spending millions of tax dollars on toilets in the projects in Chicago, Senator Obama and Senator Biden have never produced, manufactured, sold, marketed, generated, serviced, or in general, worked a day in their adult lives.
On Sep 27, 4:23 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis, > > Yep, one was a 2nd rate Hollywood actor and the other a 2nd rate > businessman who enjoyed what degree of business "sucess' he had due to > daddy's money and political influence. I'm fucking impressed. > > On Sep 27, 2:38 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: *Travis* > > Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 > > Subject: The Rule of Lawyers > > > The Rule of Lawyers > > <http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2008/09/rule-of-lawyers.html> > > > <!--[if > > !vml]--><!--[endif]--><http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mveHL3n_4ME/SNW8XmDkw7I/AAAAAAAAAo4/PH6fck4...> > > > What do the two most successful Republican Presidents of the last few > > decades have in common? None of them were lawyers. > > > It might seem like a trite observation but Reagan and George W. Bush were > > both noted for their pragmatism, their ability to connect to voters and > > grand visions. While both men were certainly flawed, they also had an > > ability to transcend the trite legalisms of process and procedure in order > > to strive for something bigger. > > > As I wrote on Friday, the 2008 election beyond party comes to a choice > > between a ticket with 2 lawyers and a ticket with no lawyers on it. It is > > any wonder that the liberal political elite has fervently embraced the > > lawyer ticket while lashing out venomously at the non-lawyer ticket? > > > The legal profession today, more than any other profession, embodies the > > moral equivalence and the distortions of language that turns right and wrong > > upside down, at the heart of modern liberalism. While conservatives often > > attack academia and Hollywood, the worst of the problem is inherent in the > > modern understanding of American law, an understanding that requires > > creating a moral vacuum and advocating not for justice, but for the > > criminal. And yet America's leaders repeatedly come out of the legal > > profession, almost in inverse proportion to the amount of public hatred for > > lawyers. > > > In the hands of liberalism the law has become a tool for undoing the body of > > work of America's Founders, replacing it with hypocritical interpretations > > and distortions, shelving the second amendment while interpreting the death > > penalty and denial of citizenship as cruel and unusual punishment. > > > When it came to crippling the War on Terror, while journalists did their > > part, it was the lawyers who hounded and harangued and undermined until they > > got their way. It was the lawyers who time and time again stepped forward to > > fight for, sympathize and even aid and abet terrorists. And now it is two > > lawyers who are running on the Messiah ticket for the White House on empty > > rhetoric and a hollow spectacle and a great deal of dirty tricks. > > > Even as liberalism has demonized the soldier, smeared the patriot and the > > religious man, it has put forward three heroes, the reporter, the lawyer and > > the teacher. These are the three pillars of American liberalism. The > > reporter smears and brings down the reactionary power structures and the > > political opposition, the lawyer provides legal cover, overturns "unjust" > > laws and rules from above and the teacher propagandizes in the classroom. > > > <!--[if > > !vml]--><!--[endif]--><http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mveHL3n_4ME/SNW8eM1v2yI/AAAAAAAAApA/pYOQPNg...> > > > Of these the lawyer is the most flexible, especially as the lawyer rises to > > power, ruling from above. The reporter and teacher are primarily > > indoctrinators, the lawyer is actually a ruler and wields real political > > power. > > > The character of the lawyer as the apex of the liberal power pyramid also > > reveals much about liberalism. The lawyer is morally selective, excels at > > rhetoric and at putting forward the image he wants others to see, he is > > capable of bending men and women to his will and of exploiting the letter of > > the law to suit his own morally ambiguous purposes. The lawyer may posture > > as a moral crusader, but in the end no matter how noble his goals are > > supposed to be, his means are rarely noble. > > > The lawyer may wear many hats, most of them political, because as a liberal > > footsoldier, his goals are generally political. He is the perfect weapon for > > an ideology that views everything as political since in the end politics > > comes down to rhetoric and law, and he has mastered both. He can convince > > the crowds or individuals and make the legal case for his agenda and this > > makes him into the King piece of the modern political struggle's game of > > chess. > > > The greatest trick of the lawyerocracy is to insist that obedience to the > > strictest of the letter of the law is all that preserves our morality, when > > it benefits the criminal or the terrorist, even as they shape and reshape > > the law as they see fit. > > > This cynical legalistic morality has crippled our ability to fight > > everything from crime to terrorism to foreign enemies, required us to give > > the benefit of the doubt to anyone hates us, while denying it to our own > > people. > > > The one thing that most Americans can agree on is that we do not need > > another lawyer President. We need a clear vision and common sense solutions, > > not more cynical legalisms and manipulative class warfare politics. 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