You may now all go back to your lives, happy in this knowledge.
The name above appears on the pass list for the July 2008 California Bar Examination.
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On the plus side, tomorrow is also my daughter’s second birthday.
Most scientists believe young mars was very much like young earth, but that the two planets took very different paths.
At once, it both suggests life supporting planets are not that uncommon (we would have had 2 in our solar system), and shows how fragile the ecosystems are.
There’s so much her statements that are just clearly wrong that it’s hard to pick and choose. Let’s look at this, though:
I know I’m not a ‘real American’ but – aren’t governor’s already supposed to be providing leadership?
Or are they just waiting for Congress to stop before they step up?
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The end result is that people who like Obama will likely watch or, at the very least, not be annoyed.
Other people, though, will – at best ignore it, and at worst be annoyed by it. In the end, I think it has more potential for harm to Obama than help.
I’ll grant it that Bush used the gay thing as a wedge issue (though GP comes up short of actually recognizing that), but to suggest that the stance is ‘less troublesome’ because it was in response to a question is silly. Her stance is she supports amending the constitution to prevent gay marriage. Now, this is not a surprising stance to those of us who weren’t blinded by her smile. Still, it seems squarely at odds with her ‘abortion should be left to the states’ take. Especially when, according to Palin, she likes gays and hates abortion. Yet, for the former she’s fine with states deciding, and the latter she feels is so bad a thing, as it needs to be enshrined in the constitution.
Her stance is less worrisome, because there’s little chance that it will pass. Why is there little chance? Because the Dems are going to hold the majority – and the gay things is a GOP issue – not that GP would recognize that.
Then, because the post was arguable close to a criticism of Palin, GP felt the need to pounce on Biden:
He was chiding Biden for saying the constitution is explicit, that the VP only presides over the Senate when there is a tie. GP is of course being skittish. The question Biden was answering, and the one GP failed to address, satisfied with pointing out Biden didn’t quote the constitution directly, is what the article means. Historically, it means what Biden says – the VP is president of the senate, but has no actual power unless there is a tie.
Does GP agree with Cheney that the constitution grants the VP control over the senate and that the VP is really a creature of both branches? Biden was saying the constitution is clear that Cheney’s stance is wrong. But, GP couldn’t bring himself to actually address that issue.
He also takes another swipe, an expected one, because neither Biden or Obama support gay marriage. But, as has been pointed out, their stance is still better than McCains or Palin’s.
]]>Apparently, asking a (false) question now serves as a good platform for public office.
Just thought you’d be interested.
Wait for those on the right (Gay Patriot, et al) to point out that this doesn’t make her anti-gay and suggest there’s no difference between this position and Obama’s.
The fact is, he lied about a lot of things. The media found out and made it a story.
This does not mean I think that anyone who asks a question is fair game to be scoured by the media. I do think, however, if you lie for effect and try to generate a ‘gotcha’ against a candidate you don’t agree with – well, then, you become fair game.
This isn’t about the media tar and feathering an ‘average joe’ who asked a question. It’s about a person lying in a question, and the media finding out.