tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035487910030095433.post4037815881611392480..comments2023-06-09T15:54:07.420+10:00Comments on G'day Y'all: The times they are a changing...part 2suzinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07189618130193139818noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035487910030095433.post-57621790358935610962008-11-13T21:32:00.000+11:002008-11-13T21:32:00.000+11:00Annelise--The Aussies will be disappointed about t...Annelise--The Aussies will be disappointed about the alcohol consumption =) <BR/><BR/>bw--thanks for your perspective on the electionsuzinozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189618130193139818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035487910030095433.post-67127789198001701642008-11-13T17:49:00.000+11:002008-11-13T17:49:00.000+11:00I think you have it wrong about McCain. I don’t b...I think you have it wrong about McCain. I don’t believe many people dislike him. The Gallup Poll showed that he was very well respected by a huge majority of our country. The choice, as made in this election, was not who people disliked or miss-trusted, but who shined the brightest light on the core problems facing our country and offered a reasonable plan to solve them. Certainly the ability to communicate this was a minimum requirement and coming across as honest and very bright certainly did not hurt. Those are three attributes that our country was starved for after the famine of the past eight years. <BR/><BR/>There were certainly efforts to discredit Obama and many voters cast their ballots against him based on these efforts or other discriminatory values. Almost none of this negativity was directed at McCain and it is not probable that any significant degree of negative voting took place against him. If he accumulated any negativity it was probably due to the low road that his campaign and the RNC chose to take in this election. <BR/><BR/>McCain did espouse the same trickle down economic theory that has failed the working class of this country for 20 of the last 24 years. This link with the past was perhaps his biggest downfall. That does not mean that he is not a good man who truly loves his country, just that his economic theory has not served the majority of the voters well in the past. Issues were the basis for his defeat, just as they should have been. <BR/><BR/>Obama won because the majority of the people of this country saw him as the best opportunity to improve their lot in life and as a protector for the future of their children. He also stood out as a breath of fresh air in a very smelly business.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568857026477496717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035487910030095433.post-47371687204943059432008-11-10T13:23:00.000+11:002008-11-10T13:23:00.000+11:00I thought the mandatory voting was interesting too...I thought the mandatory voting was interesting too. I am not sure how the States would even go about that and enforcing the payment of a fine. Seems like a good idea in theory but the uneducated vote scares the hell out of me.<BR/>Obama has the gift of beautiful speeches. The man can talk, and people want to listen. Even if you don't like the man you can't help but appreciate the way he says things. I do wish that McCain would have been able to communicate as well as he did in his concession speech. That man (McCain) truly loves America. And hopefully the people who hate him so will see how much he loves his country.<BR/>I would like to let the Australians know there has been no consumption of alcohol while typing this comment.Annelisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541367753248794384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035487910030095433.post-68164323085554860522008-11-10T09:17:00.000+11:002008-11-10T09:17:00.000+11:00KLS-Nice shirt! Yeah, I'm mixed about the mandator...KLS-Nice shirt! Yeah, I'm mixed about the mandatory voting. In principle it seems like a good idea, but in my experience it isn't something people always put a lot of thought into--it's just another thing to do. I do think it's important for everyone to have a voice though.suzinozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189618130193139818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1035487910030095433.post-14694867512487687092008-11-10T00:33:00.000+11:002008-11-10T00:33:00.000+11:00I am in awe that voting is mandatory there. And c...I am in awe that voting is mandatory there. And can't wait for my new T-shirt to arrive. <BR/>http://tinyurl.com/6djvjbLee Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17753962597129373874noreply@blogger.com