Martrae wrote:Sorry, it was the best I could come up with after a week and a half of sickness in my house to your 'the sky is falling' post.
Naturally, whoever is in the losing position is never going to say "Oh well, we've lost" before the votes are even cast. He has to keep up at least the appearance that he expects to win or he loses whatever confidence people still have in him.
As for the Palin clothes thing. It does crack me up. There is so much more to worry about with regards to her and the election in general that the focus put on it is laughable.
I apologize for posting something I found interesting - I suppose I should go ahead and screen any article I post with my "Martrae thinks this is beneath her" radar. I didn't realize it was a sky is falling type post rather than something for people to give feedback on, since, you know, this is a discussion forum.
Perhaps you could follow some of the motherly advice you give so often and if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all if that's the 'best you can come up with.' It's a little silly to advise me to screen my previous posts for tone while at the same time telling me you post snarkiness without thinking twice about it or even caring about the topic enough to come up with a comment, don't you think?
as for the Palin clothes, for the 4th time,
it wasn't a point of focus. the thread went in another direction after people ignored the initial post and went after a side comment. No one was worried about it, no one said they were worried about it, it was simply a side discussion of speculation blown way out of proportion.
Either way, that it doesn't make your radar is fine, I can understand that - not everyone cares about the whole shabang, but I personally like to evaluate the entire election and prioritize most important, like platform stances, to "things that make you go hmm" that aren't nearly as important. The way you spend your campaign funding isn't a platform issue or a huge deal no, but it does give you a little insight as to how you might prioritize in the future. Managing a campaign is the closest these people get to showing how they might run the country - it's a business in itself, and missteps within a campaign should be up for scrutiny just as in the case of your business, imo.
Paul, for example, has appealing ideas to a lot of people (certainly not all, because he's pretty extreme), but he sucks at marketing himself. That could be good and bad, but I do think it's indicative of how he would run the country. We'd go back under the radar in regards to world affairs, I think. He raised a lot of money, but didn't advertise much; much of his campaign was homegrown and volunteer work - it's telling of how frugal he is and hints at his "work hard, spend less" policies.
Obama spends big, but frequently asks lots of people for small donations and I think that's pretty representative of his policies - to get back on our feet, everyone needs to pitch in a little. He has plans for some big spending for the US, and his campaign management is that he when he plans to spend big, he's able to manage the money to afford it.
McCain's campaign has been a disaster with one mistake after the next, odd spending habits, erratic behavior, and I think that shows a little of how he would run the country and that's a small part of why I couldn't vote for him.
It's little signs here and there of what's to come - no one, aside from someone who has been a president, is prepared to be the president. Any indication of personality or business management insight we can get is a good thing. I don't find anything wrong with paying attention to the small stuff, as long as you know where to put it on your priorities list.
As far as using campaign money to see his Grandma, I hadn't heard that, but it'd be peculiar to me if it were true. Not an issue anymore than the clothes are an issue, but I'd definitely find it odd and a waste of campaign dollars. I don't think seeing family is a waste, but I think using campaign money to see them is poor use of supporter dollars to be sure. I'd be interested to learn if it's actually true, though.
(talk about going off in a tangent. I think that's even tl;dr for me~)
edit - 2 typos. I'm just not very good at stuff
Nice bite there, Zan. You skipped breakfast today?? 
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