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Dr Guy, I'm curious: do you *really* believe that liberals are "immersed in Hitler"? I mean, *really*?

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[quote who="Draginol"]Besides, I'm not the one arguing that being a Senator makes him automatically qualified to be President - you are.[/quote] I am not arguing that *at all*. I *am* arguing that winning an election for the US Senate and then winning a primary bid to be President demonstrates that Obama is *way* more qualified to hold the top political position in the country than a random Circuit City or IBM manager. That was your original claim, and you ha

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[quote who="Draginol"]But next to his name in terms of actual tangible accomplishments - things you can point to and say thanks to Barack Obama, item X was created, the list is tiny to non-existent. Hence my quip that Obama is no more qualified in my opinion than a middle manager at Circuit City or whatever. Obama, in all his life so far, has not actually created anything of substance other than two books about himself.[/quote] Does the list of legislation in my previous

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[quote who="Dr Guy"]I am glad you are offended. You should be! Affirmative action is very offensive, not only to the ones left behind because they do not qualify based on race, color, or creed, but for all those who do qualify and do not need it![/quote] Just to be clear: you are in effect saying "AA is offensive precisely because of people like me and my the previous statements I've made doubting the accomplishments of underrepresented people." [quote who="D

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I encouraged a friend of mine to post here, but since he still hasn't, I will post a couple of his points. Here is a list of Obama's accomplishments while in the state and US Senate: http://www.statesurge.com/members/923-barack-obama-federal From a Digg discussion about this: In eight years in Illinois, State Senator Obama sponsored 820 bills that became law. The Illinois Times, in a cover story, labeled Obama as “Head Of The Class” for his legislative abundan

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BTW does the above editorial in the Washington Times count as a "liberal media outlet"?

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The post is inaccurate - the legislator admits that his son is at the center of *speculation* about who hacked the account.

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[quote who="pwang"]If anything that a person does while obtaining a university or graduate degree is not an accomplishment, then how about getting accepted as a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago, and teaching there for 12 years? Does that count?[/quote] [quote who="Dr Guy"]If you want to be a teacher - go for it. If you want to be a doer - I guess not, right?[/quote] [quote who="muckerberg"]Did you really just equate teaching as not doing anything?&nb

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[quote=DrGuy]If the doctor or lawyer is a non-minority, you know they did not get special favors to get to where they are. If they are a minority, you do not know. So who are you going to trust - someone who made it on their merits? Or someone who got special favors?[/quote] I try to maintain a policy of not feeding the trolls, but this is actually offensive. I'm Chinese. I'm at a top technical position in my company. Do you care to challenge whe

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[quote]What does being in a campaign have to do with being qualified for President? [/quote] [quote]I guess being a business person I don't put as much weight into the value of running for election as being in iself being qualified for the position one is running for.[/quote] [quote]And others would say that anyone making that claim is what we call a "dumb" person. The campaign manager runs that business. Not the candidate. The candidate is the brand, not the manager.[/quote] <

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[quote]Well first I would say that the qualifications to be President aren't really so much what jobs you have held but what things you have done for that job.[/quote] And they are...? By "things you have done for that job", do you mean things you have done to *get* that job, or things you have done while *on* that job? [quote]That said, I would say that being a senator means you're a legislator as opposed to say, an executive.[/quote] Yes, that is the d

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[quote]And...to you this means he is qulaified to be President of the United States? Because from where I stand, there's an awful lot of people who fit that description.[/quote] I doubt that a lot of people could make it past the initial primary season, so, yes, Barack Obama's skilled political plays that beat the Clintons is very much a qualification. It means that he can hold his own in the political arena against well-established opponents. [quote]I don't think

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[quote]To be President? Are you serious? Obama has a law degree, what does that have to do with being President of the United States? At best, having a law degree might help make the case for being a senator but for being an executive? No way.[/quote] Can you differentiate between the qualifications, as you see it, for senator and for president? I think that having a law degree is a very good thing for a president - lawyers spend a lot of time studying the Constitution (which

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[quote]You say this but say that I have "bought into" something.[/quote] Yep - but I am very specifically addressing you, and am not making broad generalizations about a large swath of Americans. I know the term "bought in" is not a flattering one, but the thing that really got me was your comment that "the media is so incredibly left baised", etc. I actually sample a wide variety of news sources, from far left to far right, and I think the media basically plays to the fla

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[quote]I don't want a "leader" that will dictate to the people what temperature they can set the thermostat to, how we should inflate our tires, what kind of vehicle we can drive and what we can or can't eat. [/quote] FYI, it was NASCAR's own recommendation to people to properly inflate their tires that prompted Obama's comment about proper tire inflation. The fact that the right-wing media ran with it is a whole 'nother story. [quote]We won't come to a consensus I'm s

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[quote who="Dr Guy"][quote] I argued that making it into *Harvard Law School*, one of the top law schools, in the country, and then graduating at the top of his class, is certainly a qualifying factor.[/quote] And as I said, no itis not. It just shows you can learn. What you do with it shows your accomplishments. Dont confuse the 2.[/quote] I personally think that making editor or president of Harvard Law Review is an accomplishment, but let's go with you

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[quote]This stuff is all readily available online.[/quote] Yep. And I know how easy it is to get stuff on your wikipedia page.[/quote] Have you tried to actually edit a wikipedia entry about anything of note? It ain't all that "easy" to get stuff passed the editors and the vetting process. [quote]For that matter, if he's such a great guy, why don't we hear from old college buddies?[/quote] Actually, I've read a number of interviews with people that

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[quote]I'm no longer interested in this conversation. You're for him, I'm not. Believe what you want and see what you want.[/quote] Fair enough. It's too bad that reasonable people can't actually come to a consensus about facts, but instead have to leave things hanging out there as "beliefs". [quote]I don't see McCain/Palin as more of the same and you probably do. I don't think we're doomed either way as some seem to think. I'm not jazzed about

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[quote][quote]I have a question: what would it take for you to feel that he - or anyone, for that matter - has "accomplished something" as a community organizer?[/quote] Even one single example would help.[/quote] This stuff is all readily available online. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama: "Obama moved to Chicago to work as a <a class="mw-redirect" title="Community organizer" href="http:

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[quote]After all, getting an education is not that hard. last I checked, over 270 million americans have done it or are doing it. And graduated College? Even if we go down to Harvard, that still leaves thousands. So the question then becomes - what makes him more qualified than any of the other graduates? We are not saying he is not qualified to graduate, but how is that an accomplishment?[/quote] The argument was never "he went to college, so t

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Paladin77, having actually done work in the oil industry and worked with exploration geophysicists... I guess it would be generous to say that they would laugh at your claims. It's so full of kook I'm not even sure where to begin. I guess I could forward your post to some geophysicists I know, but they are so busy trying to dig oil out of the ground... if only they knew that they could just grow the right kind of mold and not have to worry about exploding oil rigs and drilling 1

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[quote]If your kid crapped in a toilet instead of his pants, would you post that on his resume for future jobs?[/quote] Ah, getting into Harvard is now as easy a feat as using the bathroom! Sweet, I *knew* I screwed something up on my college application - I should have submitted a Polaroid of me on the toilet. [quote]Have you seen the latest list of "Success after Graduation" and where Harvard ranks on that list?[/quote] Harvard undergrad, or Harvard Law?&nbsp

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Ah, there it is - it showed up on page 2.

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Strange.. I posted a long response to JillUser and it's not showing up. Is my post lost?

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[quote]A) The media was sooooo on his side B) He barely beat Hillary C) what "potshots"?[/quote] (A) Actually I don't think the media was particularly unfair to either side. Remember when everyone was talking about how Hillary was an "inevitability"? Was that the media being on Barack's side? (B) It was definitely a close primary, but so what? My point is that he not only ran against the Clintons, but he actually managed to win. That is no small feat.</