Finally! The last debate of the year....may I have an amen! The last dem debate was a well done one with all candidates giving ample time and really nothing new. A few zingers, but most stayed on message. The only loser was Dennis Kucinich because he was not allowed to participate. That was the only low point, since the whack job Keyes was allowed to participate on the Repub side, but that is another story.....I am sure. Everyone was polite and civil, no attacks, direct attacks.
Okay, let us look at the candidates:
Clinton--not much new....she was on message....the only problem was she wants to reform NAFTA. She was cool and comfortable.
Obama--he also was on message.....he was also calm, confident and collected...but nothing new.
Edwards--still strong on people power...he was confident and clear.
Dodd--Look good and spoke with authority.
Biden--Definately calm, cool, and confident spoke with authority.
Richardson--He was adequate...spoke with confidence...only one to link Iraq with the economy...a positive point. Good on environmental responses.
No movement in the polls will be seen as a result of this debate...all candidates were on their message...no screw ups...all had excellent answers...No real winner and no real loser. Biden would get my vote for the way he handles the questions hurdled at him.
We, political geeks and addictions, can now sleep at night without worrying about another debate looming on the horizon.
May the force be with you!
CHUQ
13 December 2007
12 December 2007
Last GOP Debate Of The Year
We at the Inkwell, have discussed the latest debate and these are our conclusions.
It is mid December and yet another debate, but the good news is this is the last GOP debate of the year and next the voters in Iowa will caucus shortly after the first of the New Year.
The ones who DID NOT win the debate were the people of Iowa. Why? Nothing new, nothing controversial, nobody's opinion will be changed by the debate. Candidates looked tired and unenthusiastic.
Mitt and Rudy--pandered and gave pat rehearshed answer to everything.
Huckabee was same jovial self, nothing new, with the exception that he tried to appear a bit sophisticated....did not work.
McCain gave clear concise answers.
Paul, IMO, was the winner, he was not cute, glib or anything beyond clear and concise with good positions.
Thompson appear calm and almost comatose.
Hunter and Tancredo---thinking....thinking....no one will care.
Keyes--who the f*ck is this yahoo?
Islamo-terrorists, global jihad, I slam extremism, all the fear stuff was at play, not as bad as some of the other debates but it was there. Oh yeah, Rudy mentioned 9/11--go figure!
You want to know who won? look at the polls....Huck leading...Mitt second and Rudy third. Why? Only because it was a snooze of a debate and the candidates will remain as they were before the debate. I personally think that Paul was by far the best debater on the stage.
May the force be with you!
CHUQ
It is mid December and yet another debate, but the good news is this is the last GOP debate of the year and next the voters in Iowa will caucus shortly after the first of the New Year.
The ones who DID NOT win the debate were the people of Iowa. Why? Nothing new, nothing controversial, nobody's opinion will be changed by the debate. Candidates looked tired and unenthusiastic.
Mitt and Rudy--pandered and gave pat rehearshed answer to everything.
Huckabee was same jovial self, nothing new, with the exception that he tried to appear a bit sophisticated....did not work.
McCain gave clear concise answers.
Paul, IMO, was the winner, he was not cute, glib or anything beyond clear and concise with good positions.
Thompson appear calm and almost comatose.
Hunter and Tancredo---thinking....thinking....no one will care.
Keyes--who the f*ck is this yahoo?
Islamo-terrorists, global jihad, I slam extremism, all the fear stuff was at play, not as bad as some of the other debates but it was there. Oh yeah, Rudy mentioned 9/11--go figure!
You want to know who won? look at the polls....Huck leading...Mitt second and Rudy third. Why? Only because it was a snooze of a debate and the candidates will remain as they were before the debate. I personally think that Paul was by far the best debater on the stage.
May the force be with you!
CHUQ
11 December 2007
Pres Helps Struggling Home Owners
Well he, Bush,last week gave a plan to help the homeowners struggling with ARMs. OK is it help? NO f*cking way! It will be a short, very short term fix for the homeowners but it will be a major boom for the financial services that created this problem.
Sorry to say, there is no long term help in his plan. And only a small percentage of homeowners will see any, any assistance in this move.
You DO realize that foreclosures are up 94% over last year? Right? They are up 18% over last month. Anytime the government gets involved in saving a market, the notion of free markets goes down the toilet.
The saddest thing about this situation is that the financial institutions will come out of this pretty good. The borrowers will LOSE their homes. That is somehow okay as long as the financial sector does not suffer. Is this what you want from your government? If so, you are a sick f*cker!
Sorry to say, there is no long term help in his plan. And only a small percentage of homeowners will see any, any assistance in this move.
You DO realize that foreclosures are up 94% over last year? Right? They are up 18% over last month. Anytime the government gets involved in saving a market, the notion of free markets goes down the toilet.
The saddest thing about this situation is that the financial institutions will come out of this pretty good. The borrowers will LOSE their homes. That is somehow okay as long as the financial sector does not suffer. Is this what you want from your government? If so, you are a sick f*cker!
08 December 2007
Is There Confidence?
Recently, we at the Inkwell 4 were asked to rate the confidence factor of some of the candidates. below is our analysis.
Democrats:
Clinton--Yes, but it is a frightening confidence.
Obama--No, has likability, but the confidence is not there.
Edwards--Yes, in a weird sort of way.
Kucinich--Yes, his stands are consistent and passionate.
Dodd--No, he looks like anice guy, but they finish last.
Richardson--No, not from lack of experience, but more message to the people.
Republicans:
Romney--No, he has too many different positions, they change on which election he is in.
Giuliani--Yes, not from issues or stands but because of 9/11
McCain--Yes, he has been a maverick for years, and the positions are still the same.
Huckabee--No, he will be a flash in the pan. Only with people that make religion the issue.
Paul--Yes, he is consistant on his stands and is a passionate orator.
Thompson--No, he appears to be lazy and disorganized.
These are just a few of the candidates and we at Inkwell spent a week talk and debatin the subject. These are just our takes on the confidence factor of the different candidates.
Democrats:
Clinton--Yes, but it is a frightening confidence.
Obama--No, has likability, but the confidence is not there.
Edwards--Yes, in a weird sort of way.
Kucinich--Yes, his stands are consistent and passionate.
Dodd--No, he looks like anice guy, but they finish last.
Richardson--No, not from lack of experience, but more message to the people.
Republicans:
Romney--No, he has too many different positions, they change on which election he is in.
Giuliani--Yes, not from issues or stands but because of 9/11
McCain--Yes, he has been a maverick for years, and the positions are still the same.
Huckabee--No, he will be a flash in the pan. Only with people that make religion the issue.
Paul--Yes, he is consistant on his stands and is a passionate orator.
Thompson--No, he appears to be lazy and disorganized.
These are just a few of the candidates and we at Inkwell spent a week talk and debatin the subject. These are just our takes on the confidence factor of the different candidates.
06 December 2007
What Will Congress Do?
With the new NIE, Iran gave up their search for Nuke weapons in 2003, that would be about the time we went into Iraq. Now if that is so, they saw what the US was capable of doing to any country and possibly decided to step back from the weapons program for now.
With that said, how long has the Admin known this? Who knew this? Why would they not keep the Pres from making an ass of himself over the WWIII comment?
It is time for Congress to act. An investigation is called for! And impeachment is more necessary now than ever. At least, start demanding resignations for misleading the country and Congress. It is WMD all over again. Lies! Lies! It is time to draw a line on this crap and jump on it vigorously.
I will be watching Congress and the candidates--I want to know how they will handle this revelation.
With that said, how long has the Admin known this? Who knew this? Why would they not keep the Pres from making an ass of himself over the WWIII comment?
It is time for Congress to act. An investigation is called for! And impeachment is more necessary now than ever. At least, start demanding resignations for misleading the country and Congress. It is WMD all over again. Lies! Lies! It is time to draw a line on this crap and jump on it vigorously.
I will be watching Congress and the candidates--I want to know how they will handle this revelation.
04 December 2007
Stem Cell Research
Much has been said one both sides of the issue about whether it is good or bad, or if it is legal or not, yada, yada.
We talked about this at this week's meeting of the Inkwell 4. And we have a few questions. Ok, let me see if I have this right. A fertilized embryo is considered a "person" whether in or out of the womb. And if a pregnant woman wants to have an abortion, the religious right says that is the murder of an unborn child. Right?
So, say my wife and I cannot conceive child and we go to a fertility clinic for help. They take my sperm and her eggs and fertilize them, then they implant the fertilzed eggs into my wife. Say 2 of the 10 fertilized eggs are implanted and the rest are then held to see if the implantation takes effect. Are you with me so far? Let say after a couple of weeks, the implant has taken. Now the unused fertilized eggs are then discarded.
But wait, is that not the killing of an unborn child? How can the destruction of the fertilized eggs be justified? The Religious Right needs to consider this when they start their coming protests on the use of stem cells for medical research.
CHUQ
We talked about this at this week's meeting of the Inkwell 4. And we have a few questions. Ok, let me see if I have this right. A fertilized embryo is considered a "person" whether in or out of the womb. And if a pregnant woman wants to have an abortion, the religious right says that is the murder of an unborn child. Right?
So, say my wife and I cannot conceive child and we go to a fertility clinic for help. They take my sperm and her eggs and fertilize them, then they implant the fertilzed eggs into my wife. Say 2 of the 10 fertilized eggs are implanted and the rest are then held to see if the implantation takes effect. Are you with me so far? Let say after a couple of weeks, the implant has taken. Now the unused fertilized eggs are then discarded.
But wait, is that not the killing of an unborn child? How can the destruction of the fertilized eggs be justified? The Religious Right needs to consider this when they start their coming protests on the use of stem cells for medical research.
CHUQ
01 December 2007
Professor's Congressional ScoreCard
This is a monthly feature of the Inkwell 4, we grade the month's congressional progress for the people. The scoring system is a step forward, backward or no step.
For the month of November. it was a short session with the holiday recess.
1--non-binding resolution for not supporting an attack on Iran--backward
2--farm bill--forward
3--house overrides pres. veto of water bill--forward
4--confirm Mukasey--backward
5--deadlock on war funding--backward
6--veto on domestic bill--backward
7--impeachment bill--forward
8--per forma session to prevent end run by pres.--forward
9--fuel standards for cars--no step--because they are giving companies 5 yrs or more to do so.
For the first time since we started rating these guys--there is no movement--the Congress basically stood still for the month. Unfortunately, the previous months were all backwards steps, so these asses accomplished nothing in November.
CHUQ
For the month of November. it was a short session with the holiday recess.
1--non-binding resolution for not supporting an attack on Iran--backward
2--farm bill--forward
3--house overrides pres. veto of water bill--forward
4--confirm Mukasey--backward
5--deadlock on war funding--backward
6--veto on domestic bill--backward
7--impeachment bill--forward
8--per forma session to prevent end run by pres.--forward
9--fuel standards for cars--no step--because they are giving companies 5 yrs or more to do so.
For the first time since we started rating these guys--there is no movement--the Congress basically stood still for the month. Unfortunately, the previous months were all backwards steps, so these asses accomplished nothing in November.
CHUQ
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