tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post1552641069996953646..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: Presidential Playground PoliticsSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-84074704249880089882008-10-01T09:21:00.000-06:002008-10-01T09:21:00.000-06:00Mo's campaign is gaining ground.http://www.tsg...Mo's campaign is gaining ground.<BR/>http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=357563&altf=Np&altl=Fwjm1Dbu1HfojvtSilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-66758559887482602302008-09-11T18:35:00.000-06:002008-09-11T18:35:00.000-06:00Robin—I'm giddy that you're posting!Yes, I...Robin—I'm giddy that you're posting!<BR/><BR/>Yes, I agree with you. I think you can make Congress without entirely selling your integrity, as I've been highly favorably impressed by one Senator, but I think it's rare. Presidential candidacy, however, erases all bets.<BR/><BR/>RoAnn—of course, there is always worse. But right now that isn't terribly comforting to me, I'm SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-17427960895276778592008-09-11T15:22:00.000-06:002008-09-11T15:22:00.000-06:00I sympathize with your sentiments here. I hate now...I sympathize with your sentiments here. I hate now negative politics is.<BR/><BR/>I do think you are a little more pessimistic than I am though. For me, in this election, there is one politician who is far and away the better person and has the better policies. I'll not say who that is. I think that you are way too extreme when you suggest that there is no way to morally vote in this election. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-63613687549235554992008-09-10T18:47:00.000-06:002008-09-10T18:47:00.000-06:00Sometimes remembering the past helps me understand...Sometimes remembering the past helps me understand the present state of politics BUT I think we've sunk to greater lows than ever before.. something about 'without natural affection'.<BR/>The founding fathers may have pulled some stunts in their day but somehow they found a common ground. Look at Lincoln, he put men in his cabinet that openly opposed him. <BR/><BR/>I watch the Conventions and jendoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010044127553834584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-43307396121309904442008-09-10T10:14:00.000-06:002008-09-10T10:14:00.000-06:00I have also been upset about the presidential camp...I have also been upset about the presidential campaign.<BR/><BR/>What helped me laugh off some of the "childish antics" and renewed my perspective was to read again about the kinds of things that went on during the American Revolution period and the decades following. Talk about mud-slinging and hyperbole! This year's campaign really quite tame in comparison.<BR/><BR/>As a country, we not only Rosalie Erekson Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985594370560172873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-62804141690846039872008-09-10T09:26:00.000-06:002008-09-10T09:26:00.000-06:00In order for someone to get high enough in politic...In order for someone to get high enough in politics to truely make a difference, they have already sold their integrity to the highest bidder. Pessismistic, I know. But I have a hard time believing that any candidate (no matter who or the party) is truely "one of us."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com