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Originally Posted by GMONEY
That is the way i see it, both have their good points and both have issues. The VP's have issues, i think Palin may have bigger issues than Biden. The thing i have never understood is, we all want the same thing out of life, we all want the this country to have the stongest economy, health care,, jobs,, kids to have the best education, all that stuff. But why is it, that everyone thinks that the Demo's dont want that, but if you ask a demo, they say the Repub's dont want that. i have never got that.. My wife is a Reg Demo and me a Rep. But we both strive for the same and agree on how the country should go. i did my time in service to the grand ole USA. am i worng for thinking like that?????????????????
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We're in agreement that we all pretty much want the same - and may even agree that there are multiple paths to the same goal.
We're on different pages when it comes to Gov. Palin and Sen. Biden. Gov. Palin has been on the planet 20 fewer years, but has had to deal with
decisions and their immediate effect on the populace, and having to live on a budget (public and private). Sen. Biden has spent his entire working life as a Senator - an environment which is more academic than pragmatic - and all of his decisions have the luxury of the companionship (and anonymity) of other voting senators, and the Senatorial world is less interested in budgets than they are on theoretics.
Sen. Biden is a very intelligent person who is issue-oriented, but has never had to get his hands dirtied with making unpopular decisions. When very controversial matters appear which may place a senator in an awkward stance publically, senators in general seem to find ways of abstaining from votes or just not being present when a vote is taken. Mayors and governors don't have the luxury of hiding from or avoiding a decision. That to me really levels the playing field between the "thinker" and the "doer."
My spouse and I have joked that when we got married we were political opposites After a couple of decades, we both find ourselves having swapped viewpoints on some issues and more middle-of-the-road on others. Talking does lead to understanding....