<<And ironically, neither is Obama [real change]. You need to look no further than in his veep pick, for that confirmation.>>
Biden is like an anchor around Obama's neck. IMHO. Of course it undercuts the original promise of change. I've never tried to paint it any other way.
But if you grant for a moment that each candidate is saying or doing what he thinks he needs to say or do to get elected - - Obama is picking Biden to cut into McCain voters who like experience; McCain is talking change to cut into Obama voters who wan change - - what you are left with is: two guys each spouting a line of BS meant to cut into the other guy's support.
So then I say, OK, look deeper because if we don't, we're stuck with two candidates with nothing much to choose between them. When you go deeper - - who is funding their campaign? you come up with a radical departure from pre-existing candidacies. McCain is tapping all the usual sources: Big Business, defence contractors, the Israel Lobby, the NRA, etc. Obama is tapping into an entirely new vein, the individual citizens who can give $25, $50 each - - unlike Hillary, Biden and the rest of them, he is NOT beholden to the Israel Lobby or the giant lobbies that have up until now exercised a stranglehold on U.S. policies and made sure that certain logical options remained permanently off the table.
So Obama presents at least the POSSIBILITY of a new direction, whereas there is nothing in McCain's record that would lead anyone to think that he WON'T be beholden to the same old interests and that he won't do his damndest to keep the U.S.A. on the same track (more or less) as it's been on since the end of the Second World War.
<< . . . is just a tired old socialist agenda...higher taxes, more government regulations, bigger government, and "the rich" will pay for it all....or else they're not being patriotic. >>
Well, how can you have it both ways? On the one hand you claim he doesn't stick out his neck and announce a policy, and on the other you seem to already know what his policies are going to be.
<<Oh, and let's not forget to "say whatever needs to be said, in order to get elected", which includes lying of course, and going back on nearly every pledge and promise made during the primaries. >>
Surely you're not claiming that Obama's the only one who says what he needs to say to win. McCain was against overturning Roe v. Wade, now he wants strict constructionist judges, he was castigating the Christian right for intolerance, now he's chasing after them, against Bush tax cuts, now for them, in 24 hours was against and then for the AIG bail-out, experience was key to the Oval Office, then suddenly Palin has all the experience she needs to step in.
<<Whatever it takes.....trashing families>>
Oh, please, NOBODY trashed the family, the mother came in for more criticism than the daughter IIRC. This is all about Palin, not about her family except to the extent that it shows up her incompetence at even the most basic human task, raising a family, which billions are able to manage.
<< trashing children . . .>>
more bullshit
<< trashing mothers . . . >>
Mother. singular. Keep it honest, only ONE mother got trashed for a lousy job, and which mother do you think that was?
<< pulling out the race card, because......well, because McCain is that evil>>
Keep it honest, sirs, the RACE CARD was played by McCain with his "bimbo" commercial, not by Obama.