TO ALL....

Will the choice of a Vice Presidential candidate influence your vote for President ?

Probably not. I'm going to hold my nose and vote for McCain. The alternative is to scary. I sure hope he picks Romney, though.

Yes! Whoever is picked for VP I believe is more important in this race than earlier ones. In McCain's case, it will make or break his support from the far right, and with Obama there is always the hold outs for Hillary who can make or break it for him. It will be interesting, to say the least!

Yes!

Johnny, can you hear me?

Who's the far right going to vote for? Call their bluff.

For the first time since I have been old enough to vote, I don't know if I can vote. I know. I know. It's bad. I hate feeling like this.

Obama? I been sweet-talked all my life.

It was my party and I'll cry if I want to.

What in the :edit: am I doing in a political thread tonight? I work so hard to stay out of these things. But Bucco, this is a hot question with me.

Boomer the Abandoned, the Forsaken, the Girl Out in the Cold

Boomer, I fear we are all out in the cold.

Johnny, can you hear me?

Who's the far right going to vote for? Call their bluff.

For the first time since I have been old enough to vote, I don't know if I can vote. I know. I know. It's bad. I hate feeling like this.

Obama? I been sweet-talked all my life.

It was my party and I'll cry if I want to.

What in the am I doing in a political thread tonight? I work so hard to stay out of these things. But Bucco, this is a hot question with me.

Boomer the Abandoned, the Forsaken, the Girl Out in the Cold
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I share a lot of your feelings but I am not sure if I can "not vote" ! I do think that the VP choice in both parties may have more of an impact than in the past, but not sure it is a deal breaker. If you have read any of my posts, you understand my fear of one candidate and I cannot imagine a VP choice allaying that fear (although I have always liked Joe Biden).

It is a tough presidential election, and a way to go yet. I forsee LOTS coming out of the woodwork once they get serious but it is not a great election cycle for sure.

I share a lot of your feelings but I am not sure if I can "not vote" ! I do think that the VP choice in both parties may have more of an impact than in the past, but not sure it is a deal breaker. If you have read any of my posts, you understand my fear of one candidate and I cannot imagine a VP choice allaying that fear (although I have always liked Joe Biden).

It is a tough presidential election, and a way to go yet. I forsee LOTS coming out of the woodwork once they get serious but it is not a great election cycle for sure.


Bucco, as you know, I have been in your camp on this election, however I can't see that a VP will sway many voters, I think most have made up their minds by now. The whole election process has been going for so long that many people are just plain sick of all the hype by the media.

I also agree that a lot of "stuff" will be coming out in the next 10 weeks, and as the ole saying goes, you ain't seen notning yet...........

I was almost afraid to look in during my morning coffee today. I was so afraid that somebody would have come in during the night and tried to cut and paste me until I could not even move. I was afraid I would be in real trouble. I try so hard to stay away from this forum.

But my heart, it is broken.

And while war is Hell, always has been, always will be, I do not begin to try to understand all that is associated there.

It is the economy.

There is a thread that I cannot stay out of. It's the one called "US Home Values Bottomed Out?" In that one, I used the quote "Unrestrained greed is not only bad morals, it's bad economics." And you know what, I suppose I could have quoted, "We reap what we sow." But I did not sow this. Or did I? I am guilty of voting for some of those :edit: who let banking and healthcare lobbyists destroy so many. As long as those lobbyists keep slopping the hogs, we will continue to be a Nation :edit: ed.

I am not trying to sell a house. For now, Mr. Boomer and I have our retiree healthcare coverage. I did not buy banking stocks. Mr. Boomer and I would not be retired had we not been able to figure out how to afford it. But I am completely furious and oh so lost because I guess I must be a big picture thinker.

Dems will decide we are all rich, even if we are not even close. But you watch, if we managed to hold onto a couple of bucks, we will suddenly find ourselves in the rich category. Dems will tax what they should encourage and subsidize what they should discourage.

And the whole "NO SOCIALIZED MEDICINE" crank 'em up and to the polls battlecry is nothing more than a way to mobilize a chunk of the vote without offering any solutions.

Too many people that I know are terrified over what is to happen to their healthcare if they find they must retire or want to retire. Too many find themselves with no access to buy into good plans. Like I have said before, "The people I know are not looking for a free ride where healthcare is concerned. They just want to be able to buy a ticket to ride." (and that one is a quote from the actual Boomer. I think it sums it up pretty well.)

Oh, and have you looked at the cost of college tuition lately? That's another one.

I was told years ago that I was a closet Democrat. Don't know for sure. But I rarely acted upon those closet urges. My daughter Boomette, the Democrat, tells me that I brought her up to be a Democrat. I did not know I was doing that. I think she may be confused. But I think what must have happened is that I brought her up to be a big picture thinker and to work hard and to care about others. That's what too many Dem political types want to think they are. Or worse, want us to think they are. Oh if only that were really, truly a Democrat, I would so be there.

In Orwell's "Animal Farm" at the end of the book, the pigs have thrown the farmer out of the house. The pigs have set up inside, all cozy and warm and more bloated than ever. Well, you know what, the pigs are in the House and in the Senate.

Maybe what we should have been doing this century is making sure we voted in gridlock. But now, it's too late for gridlock. Things could be worse, you say. Well, yeah, maybe. . .

(I cannot believe I did this rant. And that is only the first chapter. And I am going to try so hard to not write the rest. What's the point? I come here to TOTV to play around a little. I better get back to that.)

But I will tell you what. If ol' John Boy caves to the far right, he's not takin' me to the dance.

And then, for thie first time in my life, I will probably have to be a wallflower.

(Let me tell you a little secret now that I have told you so many others. Mr. Boomer looks very much like a younger version of McCain. It is getting downright eerie. Some people think he looks like Steve Martin. I think I'll go with that one for now. And there was a lady in Macy's the other night who said he looks like Anderson Cooper. But she did not say that he looks like Alice Cooper so that's good.)

Sadly I remain,
Boomer the Abandoned, the Forsaken, the Girl Out in the Cold

(You know what's getting too weird around here is that I never know what I am going to write and in what thread I am going to stick it. This is getting to be crazyworld for me. I thought it was how I was passing that cold, dreary, snowed in winter many, many months ago. Guess I can't tell myself that anymore.)

Boomer, have you thought about running for president? :bigthumbsup: Keep posting, gal!

Originally Posted by Peachie

Boomer, have you thought about running for president? :bigthumbsup: Keep posting, gal!

Oh Peachie,

I was back in there editing and adding to that rant when your post appeared.

I have to tell you something funny about yourself.

You know when you wrote that thing in the "US Home Values Bottomed Out?" thread. The thing you wrote about jealously guarding your mattress. And you laid out all the costs associated with a second home not a rental. And you even brought up the umbrella policy.

Well, when I read it, I laughed out loud, here in the kitchen. Mr. Boomer looked over my shoulder to see why I was laughing. And before I even told him, he said, "That looks like you wrote it." And it did, Peach. It did. Right down to the umbrella policy. I rant to people about getting umbrella policies. Some people have never heard of them. Can you imagine?

So Peachie, are you my long lost twin?

Boomer

1rnfl Boomer, I thought so often when reading your posts; "poor thing, her brain works very much like mine". ;D

Yours works at a higher level, though, so I shall aspire to greater heights .

Hey Peachie,

If you run for President, I will be your VP.

And now I really have to get out of here today. That rant was not in my plans.

Boomer

I have had umbrella policies for as long as I can remember. They are dirt cheap and give more peace of mind. I just have to remember not to leave them in a restaurant.

Sam, always look under the chair before you leave the restaurant, that may help ;D. Mr. Peachie is also my insurance agent so we have been under that umbrella for a long, long time. The peace of mind is very comforting....