Comments on: GOP Reminds Us It’s Always Good To Check Nobody Else Is Using Your Slogan http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2008/05/14/gop-reminds-us-its-always-good-to-check-nobody-else-is-using-your-slogan/ Insight - Foresight - Hindsight Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Hiram Wurf http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2008/05/14/gop-reminds-us-its-always-good-to-check-nobody-else-is-using-your-slogan/#comment-78186 Hiram Wurf Mon, 19 May 2008 03:58:27 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/?p=1710#comment-78186 Hi Bill, I really try to be pretty tolerant on my blog of comments - posting even those I think are terrible arguments (i.e. poorly thought out, illogical, etc. - whether I agree with them isn't an issue for posting them). But I do expect comments to be related to the post - when they aren't I consider them spam. You've really pushed it here - I'm leaving your comments along with Roy's response - but next time I won't be so tolerant. You're free to express your opinions on any topic you choose - and in Bill's case you have your own blog plus Illinoize among others for outlets - but if you're commenting here it's related to what I'm writing. If it isn't, it's spam. Hi Bill,

I really try to be pretty tolerant on my blog of comments - posting even those I think are terrible arguments (i.e. poorly thought out, illogical, etc. - whether I agree with them isn’t an issue for posting them). But I do expect comments to be related to the post - when they aren’t I consider them spam. You’ve really pushed it here - I’m leaving your comments along with Roy’s response - but next time I won’t be so tolerant.

You’re free to express your opinions on any topic you choose - and in Bill’s case you have your own blog plus Illinoize among others for outlets - but if you’re commenting here it’s related to what I’m writing. If it isn’t, it’s spam.

]]> By: Bill Baar http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2008/05/14/gop-reminds-us-its-always-good-to-check-nobody-else-is-using-your-slogan/#comment-77551 Bill Baar Sun, 18 May 2008 13:21:24 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/?p=1710#comment-77551 Footnote: Jack Kelly has a good column on Obama's loopy talk <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/is_obama_ready_for_prime_time.html" rel="nofollow">Is Obama Ready for Prime Time?</a> Footnote: Jack Kelly has a good column on Obama’s loopy talk Is Obama Ready for Prime Time?

]]> By: Bill Baar http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2008/05/14/gop-reminds-us-its-always-good-to-check-nobody-else-is-using-your-slogan/#comment-77550 Bill Baar Sun, 18 May 2008 13:18:55 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/?p=1710#comment-77550 Exactly Roy... exactly... I'm still sticking with my Gore-Obama prediction. As the Obama we know in Illinois becomes better known, the Super Delegats are going to get reluctant and call in Gore.. a guy who could cope with this sort of give-and-take. Exactly Roy… exactly…

I’m still sticking with my Gore-Obama prediction. As the Obama we know in Illinois becomes better known, the Super Delegats are going to get reluctant and call in Gore.. a guy who could cope with this sort of give-and-take.

]]> By: Roy Cone http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2008/05/14/gop-reminds-us-its-always-good-to-check-nobody-else-is-using-your-slogan/#comment-76612 Roy Cone Sat, 17 May 2008 17:29:09 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/?p=1710#comment-76612 Although he's a lawyer, Obama's not licensed to practice law in Illinois. I wonder whether his experience as a state senator and junior U.S. senator would prepare him for a Question Time type of communication with Congress. I think in response to McCain's pledge, Obama would have no choice but to tell the American voters that he, too, would be willing to appear before a joint session of Congress and answer questions in parliamentary form. When one observes how he conducts himself without the help of a teleprompter (his recent exchange with his "sweetie" reporter in Michigan comes to mind), it appears that a President Obama would not be able to perform competently. Although he’s a lawyer, Obama’s not licensed to practice law in Illinois. I wonder whether his experience as a state senator and junior U.S. senator would prepare him for a Question Time type of communication with Congress. I think in response to McCain’s pledge, Obama would have no choice but to tell the American voters that he, too, would be willing to appear before a joint session of Congress and answer questions in parliamentary form. When one observes how he conducts himself without the help of a teleprompter (his recent exchange with his “sweetie” reporter in Michigan comes to mind), it appears that a President Obama would not be able to perform competently.

]]> By: Bill Baar http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2008/05/14/gop-reminds-us-its-always-good-to-check-nobody-else-is-using-your-slogan/#comment-76390 Bill Baar Sat, 17 May 2008 11:56:10 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/?p=1710#comment-76390 McCain suggested a real change <a href="http://cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/brilliant-incisive-question-time-ala-parliament-outstanding-what-more-adjectives-can-i-use%2C1129/" rel="nofollow">here...</a> and that's what really counts. <em>“Question Time” Between President and Congress. Third—and this strikes me, the amateur historian as powerfully significant—his pledge to further democratize and make more transparent the presidency with these words: “I will ask Congress to grant me the privilege of coming before both Houses to take questions and address criticism, much the same as the prime minister of Great Britain appears regularly before the House of Commons.”</em> Given Obama's poor debate performances, I doubt he could hold up against such give-and-take compared to the more on-the-ball McCain. McCain suggested a real change here… and that’s what really counts.

“Question Time” Between President and Congress.

Third—and this strikes me, the amateur historian as powerfully significant—his pledge to further democratize and make more transparent the presidency with these words: “I will ask Congress to grant me the privilege of coming before both Houses to take questions and address criticism, much the same as the prime minister of Great Britain appears regularly before the House of Commons.”

Given Obama’s poor debate performances, I doubt he could hold up against such give-and-take compared to the more on-the-ball McCain.

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