"So why did Obama get 80,000 people in a stadium on a weekday, and McCain will be lucky to get 10,000?"
"Because the conservatives actually have jobs and businesses, and have to go to
work."
Weak and useless argument. If you can't be excited enough about your candidate to take a day off from work to see him, that says a [ilot[/i] about your candidate.
Weak and useless argument. If you can't be excited enough about your candidate to take a day off from work to see him, that says a [ilot[/i] about your candidate.
No matter how much I liked a candidate or how great they were, I would never take a day off of work just to go see them speak in person when I can take the day off to go fishing and then watch the speech on TV that night.
I work hard and my days off are precious. If I didn't work and had lots of time on my hand, then sure, I might go see them.
"So why did Obama get 80,000 people in a stadium on a weekday, and McCain will be lucky to get 10,000?"
"Because the conservatives actually have jobs and businesses, and have to go to
work."
Weak and useless argument. If you can't be excited enough about your candidate to take a day off from work to see him, that says a [ilot[/i] about your candidate.
Yes. It says it's someone I might hire via my vote, not someone I worship.
Weak and useless argument. If you can't be excited enough about your candidate to take a day off from work to see him, that says a [ilot[/i] about your candidate.
No matter how much I liked a candidate or how great they were, I would never take a day off of work just to go see them speak in person when I can take the day off to go fishing and then watch the speech on TV that night.
I work hard and my days off are precious. If I didn't work and had lots of time on my hand, then sure, I might go see them.
Both good points, actually.
"So why did Obama get 80,000 people in a stadium on a weekday, and McCain will be lucky to get 10,000?"
"Because the conservatives actually have jobs and businesses, and have to go to work."
Weak and useless argument. If you can't be excited enough about your candidate to take a day off from work to see him, that says a [ilot[/i] about your candidate.
Yes. It says it's someone I might hire via my vote, not someone I worship.
Exactly. But there are some people who elicit popular enthusiasm and do get people to turn out for them. Some of these people are really bad people (like Hitler or Napoleon), others are just not on our side (like Obama), but yet it is possible for people to have an Obamalike appeal and be friends of liberty.
Consider in this cue the popular enthusiasm regarding Andrew Jackson (Obama has nothing on him, there were actually riots in celebration of him being elected), or Lincoln, or (in other countries) people like Ghandi.
Enthusiasm is nothing but a tool.
Microbalrog said:
That's your personal view, but I think out of America's 150 million Republicans, it should be possible to recruit 70,000 people to go see a really awesome candidate - if we had a really awesome candidate.
I sometimes wonder if you're really in Israel, Boris.
Microbalrog said:
That's your personal view, but I think out of America's 150 million Republicans, it should be possible to recruit 70,000 people to go see a really awesome candidate - if we had a really awesome candidate.
I sometimes wonder if you're really in Israel, Boris.
Na, he was born American. Just hasn't had time to come back home.
Dude, would YOU immediately go home if you could eye up young ladies with M4's or Uzis?
Microbalrog said:
That's your personal view, but I think out of America's 150 million Republicans, it should be possible to recruit 70,000 people to go see a really awesome candidate - if we had a really awesome candidate.
I sometimes wonder if you're really in Israel, Boris.
Anti, I thank you very much for your compliment.