Yeah. Chose the word specifically. It’s exactly what I meant.

Nice knowing ya…

J.

Not with your choosing to do so, no. But pointing out you aren’t obligated to do so when folks reply to your comments makes it sound like you are doing folks a favor by deigning to do so and they shouldn’t get uppity and disagree with you, which I do find off-putting.

If you’re not here for your own amusement, you must have some higher calling. Bestowing your vast wisdom on us unfortunates, perhaps?

We’re ever so grateful.

At least not without a latex glove.

J.

And, yet, you did.

Because I chose to do so. Any problem?

QiaB: My point remains, Mr. McCain’s grand aspirations are not accomplishments.

Not sure where you made that point, but of the 6 things JT listed the “fight against earmarks” is more aspiration than accomplishment.

Precisely. That was the only point on which I chose to comment. Mr. Tea is often poorly informed or imprecise in his language. I correct him for my own amusement.

If I might chime in on this oft-asked question, though it was not asked of me… Jay, obviously I can’t speak for anyone else, but my support for Senator Obama’s candidacy is not based on experience. Never was. Had experience been more prominent in my mind I might have supported either Gov. Richardson (it was a serious toss-up in my mind between him and Sen. Obama, and he was definitely my preferred VP) or Sen. Biden out of the primary field. Rather, my support is based upon his program and agenda.

Him having less experience relative to other candidates doesn’t bother me so much, for a variety of reasons – he will have all the office’s levers of power at his disposal to carry out his agenda, and presidents are surrounded by an enormous infrastructure of professionals, many of whom are as experienced as Sens. McCain and Biden. His cabinet, it’s reasonable to assume, will be stacked with career, experienced intellectuals. Sen. Obama has demonstrated qualities that I do find important in a chief executive – flexibility, a willingless to listen to everyone in the room (Kennedy-esque, in that way) and alter his perceptions based on new information, and, most importantly, an agenda and direction with which I mostly agree.

When Jesus’ name is mentioned you say “Don Corleone”?

When Chris Wallace Fox New Sunday lists McCain’s soulmate Sarah Palin’s foreign affairs credentials then McCain injects “Don’t forget the PTA.”

I’m starting to understand Republican logic.

And, yet, you did.

QiaB: My point remains, Mr. McCain’s grand aspirations are not accomplishments.

Not sure where you made that point, but of the 6 things JT listed the “fight against earmarks” is more aspiration than accomplishment but even spotting you that one and #5, at least 4 are actual accomplishments and can’t be dismissed as “aspirations”.

I favor Obama over McCain. I disagree with JT on the issues far more than I agree with him. But I really have to wonder why the side that often claims to have more facts, reason and reality on their side ends failing to use them and instead resorts to “wasn’t talkin’ ta you”, “I don’t have to dignify your reasonable point with a reply” and other juvinile-ish replies.

Thanks for the advice. I didn’t say anything about a “private conversation.” Your tangential interruptions do not obligate me to a reply.

If you don’t like your actions being so easily predicted, don’t be so damned predictable.

And thanks again. However, you’re MSU. My point remains, Mr. McCain’s grand aspirations are not accomplishments.

If you or Mr. Duh would like to discover Mr. Obama’s accomplishments, I leave you to your own devices. I have no interest in your education.

If you don’t like your actions being so easily predicted, don’t be so damned predictable.

But back to the topic at hand, can ANYONE tell us just what Obama did in his highly distinguished and meaningful career as a “community organizer?” Besides, of course, aiding and abetting those voter registration forgers at ACORN?

J.

And before that, my challenge was to Mr. Duh, to show that he has even a modest grasp of the facts and isn’t visiting here simply to be annoying. Mr. Tea’s interruption does not obligate me to indulge him. Further, noting that Mr. Tea is calling a high-minded wish an “accomplishment” is not nit-picking.

IMHO, doesn’t look like he was trying to discount “any” criticism. Only those which consist of “find[ing] one single item I cited and nit-pick[ing] it to death, hoping that the fight over that one item will distract everyone to the point where Obama’s accomplishments won’t ever be assembled.”

The challenge was laid down to provide a similar list for Obama and, instead, the response was more on the “nit-pick” side of the spectrum.

It’s true. I wasn’t talking to Mr. Tea. Nevertheless, that doesn’t excuse his attempt to preemptively discount any criticism of his foolishness and it doesn’t preclude me from calling him on it.

Anybody know exactly how many ‘earmark’ projects could be considered ‘wasteful?’ Because I don’t. Simply taking umbrage with the protocol of earmarking doesn’t tell us anything about the merit of the projects.

Instead, i expect folks will find one single item I cited and nit-pick it to death, hoping that the fight over that one item will distract everyone to the point where Obama’s accomplishments won’t ever be assembled.

Sorry, Mr. Tea. You can’t preemptively defend your b.s. that way.

I’m sure Mr. McCain has many excellent accomplishments he can point to. My point, however, was to Mr. Duh, who has been relentless trolling about the fact that Mr. Obama is a newcomer to Warshington. It was my hunch that Mr. Duh knows nothing at all about the accomplishments of either candidate, thus my challenge to him.

That you barged in with your own thin list is a separate matter. That you attempted to place all criticism of your list off limits from the outset shows you’re playing the very same game as Mr. Duh.

I agree.

Sad to say, but it *IS* an accomplishment for anyone in Washington not to waste our tax dollars. That’s one of the reason I’m voting for McCain.