tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1319139272793702043..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-32947607753883664382013-07-10T17:06:29.810-04:002013-07-10T17:06:29.810-04:00Pretty much my only sympathy for Rick Perry IS the...Pretty much my only sympathy for Rick Perry IS the back pain. Having struggled for a year with neck pain that was <i>supposed</i> to be "fixed" by surgery, I've tried numerous combinations of pain killers. The pain may be lessened, but my mental acuity has been lessened as well. It's a difficult choice - trying to balance how much pain I can tolerate with my desire to be, at least most of the time, compos mentis.<br /><br />I don't think Perry could have known before he tried them how the pain meds would affect him. However, I'm with Purple Girl that I'd like to know exactly what the problem is and what treatments he's had.<br /><br />None of this means I'd <i>ever</i> support him for President.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651455277401911296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-34528210927960171382013-07-09T21:25:15.283-04:002013-07-09T21:25:15.283-04:00Time for a Constitutional Amendment forbidding can...Time for a Constitutional Amendment forbidding candidates for Federal office from coloring their hair.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-12172661060005465472013-07-09T20:55:15.566-04:002013-07-09T20:55:15.566-04:00Overclock...
You said [… to old] where is old?...Overclock...<br /><br />You said [… to old] where is old?<br />You said [ ...in either fact or reality ] there's a difference? Do tell.<br /><br />I think it's a valid comment to say a person is *too * old ...For a position ...like POTUS. <br />By that I mean that they are past the peak both in either mental agility ( ability to think out of the box … able to see problems and appropriate solutions that are clear of preset ideology).<br />It is fact that as one gets older ones mental patterns and perspective tends o narrow. <br />NB there is ONLY A GENERALISED RELATIONSHIP BETWWEN THE ABOVE AND TEMPORAL YEARS.<br />POTUS needs to be at the top of their mental capacity and energy to be a leader. Particularly when it comes to controlling “their” White house/ administration. See Gdubya his white house was a seething mass of ideological sociopathic tendencies (i.e. preconceived ideas, meglomaniacal/ infallibility, lack of empathy, the end/ ideology justifies the means... placing ideology before actual people) <br />Reagan was an entertainer ( of sorts) not a deep thinker . He was locked attitudinally, in a time warp of the simplistic halcyon (the never was days of his movies) days. McCain was /is a never was thinker he was/is a two dimensional poster character of the above ( attitude) . Proof of both his lack of acumen as a leader(POTUS) was highlighted by his choice of running mate.<br /> Then again the system encourages the above not genuine leadership. <br /><br />I'd add that I have *Questions * about Ms Clinton and Bill these days. ( gender and color ) ARE irrelevant to suitability/appropriateness for POTUS.<br />As for the not so honorable Governor of Texas he was born in appropriate for POTUS. If for no other reason that he IS NEITHER SMART ENOUGH OR INCLUSIVE. A leader needs to take the people with him (inclusive) not DRIVE them.Examinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990595916031900662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-69539995776860988322013-07-09T19:58:59.017-04:002013-07-09T19:58:59.017-04:00And women's life expectancies are considerably...And women's life expectancies are considerably longer.Superfluous Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935534194246434873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-32587314630143460962013-07-09T09:02:27.982-04:002013-07-09T09:02:27.982-04:00Someone could call him to old, those comments were...Someone could call him to old, those comments were lobbed at Reagan, McCain, and it's been mentioned about Biden as well. The idea that this is only something that's happened to Clinton isn't based in either fact or reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-53815854382307021832013-07-09T07:24:40.746-04:002013-07-09T07:24:40.746-04:00PurpleGirl,
I don't deny that some really stro...PurpleGirl,<br />I don't deny that some really strong pain killers might have had that effect on him, but I'd seen him interviewed before, and he didn't strike me as being any too bright, long before the lights came on for that debate.<br /><br />Being none too bright, though, doesn't mean a person can't be a successful politician. <br />If you want evidence, take a look at our US Congress, and most state legislatures.<br /><br />I guess I'm implying that he might have used them as a convenient excuse.<br /><br />I know one thing, if I knew the drugs could affect as badly as they did him, then I'd either not have taken them, or I'd have asked out of that night's debate.<br /><br />And that brings me to my real point - his judgment. Or, lack thereof.<br />I guess he thought he might get away with it, based on the other clowns on the stage with him - but instead, he came off as the biggest clown.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-27051128707065285562013-07-09T07:13:37.134-04:002013-07-09T07:13:37.134-04:00Victor: Pain killers could have had that effect o...Victor: Pain killers could have had that effect on him, it depends on what kind of back problem he has that he is taking the drugs. When I had the herniated disks, pain killers didn't help and so I didn't use them. Anti-inflammatories did help and I took a ton of those.<br /><br />I'd want to know precisely what kind of a back problem he has and what other treatments he has tried or had recommended to him.PurpleGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348832238854356317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-49099842930475745032013-07-09T06:33:57.308-04:002013-07-09T06:33:57.308-04:00Of course Perry's going to run. What else has...Of course Perry's going to run. What else has he got to do?<br /><br />And if he does, he'll be the oldest person running on the Republican side, because even Jeb is younger.<br /><br />Age might help if you're seen as wiser.<br />If you're dumber, age will be a hindrance.<br /><br />And I'm not sure I'm buying the painkiller line.<br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-35624274105484784702013-07-08T22:29:42.609-04:002013-07-08T22:29:42.609-04:00Hey, here in Massachusetts the GOP's sacrifici...Hey, here in Massachusetts the GOP's sacrificial goat against Ed Markey for Kerry's Senate seat touted his qualifications for office thus: "He's a family man and a businessman."<br /><br />When you ain't got nuthin much, you gotta make what you can of what ya got.Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-30326008560152446422013-07-08T22:15:18.980-04:002013-07-08T22:15:18.980-04:00Same thing happened in 2008, when people said Mitt...Same thing happened in 2008, when people said Mitt Romney was young enough to take another crack at it despite being four months older than Hillary.<br /><br />P.S.: "...he loves America, he loves Texas," Smith says. "That's got to be the strategy."<br /><br />That's what you got? That's the strategy? Really?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137423464577067869noreply@blogger.com