On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:47:39 -0500, GM wrote:

Scott Seidman wrote:

McCain is a has-been before he even starts. He was bitch-slapped by the
Bush campaign during his run for candidacy, and did nothing about it.
Schoolyard rules say this takes him out of contention, and probably should.

You take a guy who the world knows won't stand up for what's right, and
he'll just be jacked up all over the world, kind of like the Sauds are
jacking up GW today by threatening to support the Sunnis in Iraq.



McCain lost me when he said he thought Intelligent Design should be
taught alongside Evolution. I know he was pandering and they all have to
do some of that, but I don't believe he needed to do it then, on that
particular issue. My opinion opinion of him was further diminished when
he folded under pressure on Military Commissions Act 2006.

First, people cannot be "taught evolution" or "intelligent design," they
can only be informed about them (or "taught _about_ them, if you
prefer). That said, I agree that people should be "taught" about both,
as well as about religion. I don't think "intelligent design" is the
way life came about and evolution is the more-reasonable explanation,
but I'm certainly aware of both, and I'd make sure my children were as
well. And I think you'll find that most voters would want their kids as
well-educated as possible, and many of those would truly believe that
intelligent design is the more-reasonable explanation.

Giuliano is polling better then McCain right now.

"Giuliano"...was that the guy in the porno with Paris Hilton, or the guy
Tony, Bruce Springsteen's guitar player, and the guy with the
Fraankenschteen's Bride hairdo whacked in the season finale of the
Sopranos?

HTH,
R