crobatoThe defense budget does not count the “black budget”, which is another $250 million in “classified” expenses. The defense budget also does not count the cost of the Iraq war, which is $30 billion per month at least, which is therefore around $360 billion a year. So that amounts to over a trillion spent yearly. That does not count all the aid given to the Iraqi and Afghan governments.
Defense/GDP expenditure is a self distortion because defense spending, as well as much of government spending (except for entitlements) is counted as GDP as well. So if you spend for an F-22, it counts as GDP. If you scrap an F-14 in the boneyard, it counts as GDP.
crobatoReally……….and Obama which has never held a Leadership or Executive Position in his life.
So did Bush Snr.
Should be the leader on the largest most powerful country on the planet………While, we live in a Democrat Country and its up to the public to make the final choice. Clearly, Obama couldn’t win on the merits.
LOL. The guy who could not win on merits are usually the ones making negative campaigns.
Bush Jnr. had executive experience (governor of Texas). Not to mention a baseball team. What did it get him and this country?
Jimmy Carter had both military command experience and executive experience, being governor of Georgia. Look at what happened.
Its funny though, back in 1980, it was Jimmy Carter doing all the attacking and negative campaigning, citing Ronald Reagan’s lack of national and international level leadership. Ronald Reagan emphasized a positive campaign. Guess who won. Years later, Mondale used a negative line in his campaigning; Reagan stuck to the positive. Guess who won. And guess who is now running negatively and who is running a positive campaign.
The fact that Obama is able to lead, strategize and execute a political campaign that has upset veterans like Hillary Clinton and has cornered McCain, who is forced now to campaign defensively in Republican—not battleground—states, tells you a lot about his mental and strategic capabilities as a shrewd leader.
crobatoReally……….and Obama which has never held a Leadership or Executive Position in his life.
So did Bush Snr.
Should be the leader on the largest most powerful country on the planet………While, we live in a Democrat Country and its up to the public to make the final choice. Clearly, Obama couldn’t win on the merits.
LOL. The guy who could not win on merits are usually the ones making negative campaigns.
Bush Jnr. had executive experience (governor of Texas). Not to mention a baseball team. What did it get him and this country?
Jimmy Carter had both military command experience and executive experience, being governor of Georgia. Look at what happened.
Its funny though, back in 1980, it was Jimmy Carter doing all the attacking and negative campaigning, citing Ronald Reagan’s lack of national and international level leadership. Ronald Reagan emphasized a positive campaign. Guess who won. Years later, Mondale used a negative line in his campaigning; Reagan stuck to the positive. Guess who won. And guess who is now running negatively and who is running a positive campaign.
The fact that Obama is able to lead, strategize and execute a political campaign that has upset veterans like Hillary Clinton and has cornered McCain, who is forced now to campaign defensively in Republican—not battleground—states, tells you a lot about his mental and strategic capabilities as a shrewd leader.
crobatoReagan only served in some PR unit as in making movies for the Army. I think everyone in WWII has to serve somehow.
Jimmy Carter served after the war as an enlisted officer onboard things from ships to submarines, and he was handpicked by Admiral Rickover himself to be part of a core elite officer corps that would man the first USN nuclear submarines. He had a degree in nuclear physics as part of the requirement. Carter cites Rickover as the person with the most influence over him aside from his parents.
As for having “executive” experience, Palin certainly doesn’t know how the Vice Presidency works (or ever read the US Constitution) if she thinks the VP heads the US Senate.
Also the Vietnamese didn’t call McCain “Songbird” for nothing, you know. Some POWs appear to vouch for McCain but many others have contrary accounts, including McCain making as many as 32 videos for the Vietnamese. And McCain was crappy as a pilot, said to have lost or crashed 3 out of the 5 planes he piloted. Nothing really is of course relevant today, except that I question McCain’s temperment and lack of coolheadness to be a leader.
crobatoReagan only served in some PR unit as in making movies for the Army. I think everyone in WWII has to serve somehow.
Jimmy Carter served after the war as an enlisted officer onboard things from ships to submarines, and he was handpicked by Admiral Rickover himself to be part of a core elite officer corps that would man the first USN nuclear submarines. He had a degree in nuclear physics as part of the requirement. Carter cites Rickover as the person with the most influence over him aside from his parents.
As for having “executive” experience, Palin certainly doesn’t know how the Vice Presidency works (or ever read the US Constitution) if she thinks the VP heads the US Senate.
Also the Vietnamese didn’t call McCain “Songbird” for nothing, you know. Some POWs appear to vouch for McCain but many others have contrary accounts, including McCain making as many as 32 videos for the Vietnamese. And McCain was crappy as a pilot, said to have lost or crashed 3 out of the 5 planes he piloted. Nothing really is of course relevant today, except that I question McCain’s temperment and lack of coolheadness to be a leader.
crobatoNumber one. Apparently this is the guy you preferred. Jimmy Carter.
The number two guy is Ronald Reagan.
crobatoNumber one. Apparently this is the guy you preferred. Jimmy Carter.
The number two guy is Ronald Reagan.
crobato…has never served in the Military
Which means nothing to the presidency.
Pick which one you like to be your president.
1. Years of service in the US Navy, under the personal tutelage of the one of the US Navy’s most famous admirals, on the road to his own command before leaving for personal reasons. Comes from a solidly conservative southern “Bible” state and is a devout Christian.
2. Comes from the liberal state of California, divorced, and works in Hollywood.
crobato…has never served in the Military
Which means nothing to the presidency.
Pick which one you like to be your president.
1. Years of service in the US Navy, under the personal tutelage of the one of the US Navy’s most famous admirals, on the road to his own command before leaving for personal reasons. Comes from a solidly conservative southern “Bible” state and is a devout Christian.
2. Comes from the liberal state of California, divorced, and works in Hollywood.
crobatoWell, without getting into a big Political Arguement. Obama has never served in the Military nor does he have any leadership experience. Especially, in a National Security or Military Setting. Sorry, I don’t think many would want such a inexperienced leader with his finger on the button during times of crisis. As a matter of fact I would have prefered McCain over either Bush or Obama any day of the week. That’s just my personal opinion…….:cool:
Personally I would prefer Bush and Obama over McCain, whom the Vietnamese nicknamed “Songbird”. I cannot trust a leadership like McCain who impeded Federal regulators investigating his friend at the Lincoln Mutual scandal that touched off the Savings and Loans crisis more than a decade ago, a scandal so similar and a precursor to what is happening in Wall Street now. I cannot trust McCain, who along with his war vet buddy John Kerry, closed the book on missing POWs and MIAs in Vietnam. Swiftvets was on McCain’s case, but fortunately for McCain, the organization got disbanded earlier this year. And lastly, I cannot trust the judgement of someone who would make someone as his Vice President, someone who doesn’t really know how the US Government works, as in “The Vice President heads the US Senate”. Nor does the VP set Senate policy.
As for the polls, some of the polls are showing Obama’s lead growing to double digits.
crobatoWell, without getting into a big Political Arguement. Obama has never served in the Military nor does he have any leadership experience. Especially, in a National Security or Military Setting. Sorry, I don’t think many would want such a inexperienced leader with his finger on the button during times of crisis. As a matter of fact I would have prefered McCain over either Bush or Obama any day of the week. That’s just my personal opinion…….:cool:
Personally I would prefer Bush and Obama over McCain, whom the Vietnamese nicknamed “Songbird”. I cannot trust a leadership like McCain who impeded Federal regulators investigating his friend at the Lincoln Mutual scandal that touched off the Savings and Loans crisis more than a decade ago, a scandal so similar and a precursor to what is happening in Wall Street now. I cannot trust McCain, who along with his war vet buddy John Kerry, closed the book on missing POWs and MIAs in Vietnam. Swiftvets was on McCain’s case, but fortunately for McCain, the organization got disbanded earlier this year. And lastly, I cannot trust the judgement of someone who would make someone as his Vice President, someone who doesn’t really know how the US Government works, as in “The Vice President heads the US Senate”. Nor does the VP set Senate policy.
As for the polls, some of the polls are showing Obama’s lead growing to double digits.
crobatoWell, without getting into a big Political Arguement. Obama has never served in the Military nor does he have any leadership experience. Especially, in a National Security or Military Setting. Sorry, I don’t think many would want such a inexperienced leader with his finger on the button during times of crisis. As a matter of fact I would have prefered McCain over either Bush or Obama any day of the week. That’s just my personal opinion…….:cool:
Personally I would prefer Bush and Obama over McCain, whom the Vietnamese nicknamed “Songbird”. I cannot trust a leadership like McCain who impeded Federal regulators investigating his friend at the Lincoln Mutual scandal that touched off the Savings and Loans crisis more than a decade ago, a scandal so similar and a precursor to what is happening in Wall Street now. I cannot trust McCain, who along with his war vet buddy John Kerry, closed the book on missing POWs and MIAs in Vietnam. Swiftvets was on McCain’s case, but fortunately for McCain, the organization got disbanded earlier this year.
As for the polls, some of the polls are showing Obama’s lead growing to double digits.
crobatoWell, without getting into a big Political Arguement. Obama has never served in the Military nor does he have any leadership experience. Especially, in a National Security or Military Setting. Sorry, I don’t think many would want such a inexperienced leader with his finger on the button during times of crisis. As a matter of fact I would have prefered McCain over either Bush or Obama any day of the week. That’s just my personal opinion…….:cool:
Personally I would prefer Bush and Obama over McCain, whom the Vietnamese nicknamed “Songbird”. I cannot trust a leadership like McCain who impeded Federal regulators investigating his friend at the Lincoln Mutual scandal that touched off the Savings and Loans crisis more than a decade ago, a scandal so similar and a precursor to what is happening in Wall Street now. I cannot trust McCain, who along with his war vet buddy John Kerry, closed the book on missing POWs and MIAs in Vietnam. Swiftvets was on McCain’s case, but fortunately for McCain, the organization got disbanded earlier this year.
As for the polls, some of the polls are showing Obama’s lead growing to double digits.
crobatoFrankly I don’t see that much of a change happening to the military and all other issues. And most probably, Obama won’t be able to fix the economy either. McCain certainly can’t.
What Obama gives is the certain sense of security compared to McCain, whose impetuousness and increasing sense of senility isn’t something you want behind the Big Red Button. And frankly I still prefer W. Bush over McCain and even more over Palin for that reason.
crobatoFrankly I don’t see that much of a change happening to the military and all other issues. And most probably, Obama won’t be able to fix the economy either. McCain certainly can’t.
What Obama gives is the certain sense of security compared to McCain, whose impetuousness and increasing sense of senility isn’t something you want behind the Big Red Button. And frankly I still prefer W. Bush over McCain and even more over Palin for that reason.
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