Comments on: We all created Sarah Palin http://www.dogwalkblog.com/we-all-created-sarah-palin.html Rational thought has gone to the dogs! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Rufus http://www.dogwalkblog.com/we-all-created-sarah-palin.html/comment-page-1#comment-2168 Rufus Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:20:41 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=2945#comment-2168 @Lynn Not sure you can just replace out the names and keep the same context. Obama reads, veraciously. His arguments are complex and nuanced, more than they probably need to be, but nonetheless. He never said HE was going to change the country, he asked ALL of US to change. The fact that most of us realize what was being asked was a lot of hard work and we're now balking doesn't change that fact. He will probably be a one-term president not because he is an "easy fix with no depth" but because we have become too fat and lazy to haul ourselves out of the hole we have dug ourselves into, i.e., easy credit, fast rewards, everything now, now, now with no effort. Palin on the other had, tells us that there is nothing wrong with the culture of easy fix, quick wink and argument that goes no deeper than talking points. In-depth knowledge gives you a headache and headaches hurt. So don't do what hurts. You can't build muscle without lifting weights, you can't build brains without reading and thinking and you can't build buildings without a solid foundation. Beauty fades, dumb is forever. A plan based on appearance eventually weathers. @Lynn Not sure you can just replace out the names and keep the same context. Obama reads, veraciously. His arguments are complex and nuanced, more than they probably need to be, but nonetheless. He never said HE was going to change the country, he asked ALL of US to change. The fact that most of us realize what was being asked was a lot of hard work and we’re now balking doesn’t change that fact. He will probably be a one-term president not because he is an “easy fix with no depth” but because we have become too fat and lazy to haul ourselves out of the hole we have dug ourselves into, i.e., easy credit, fast rewards, everything now, now, now with no effort.

Palin on the other had, tells us that there is nothing wrong with the culture of easy fix, quick wink and argument that goes no deeper than talking points. In-depth knowledge gives you a headache and headaches hurt. So don’t do what hurts.

You can’t build muscle without lifting weights, you can’t build brains without reading and thinking and you can’t build buildings without a solid foundation. Beauty fades, dumb is forever. A plan based on appearance eventually weathers.

]]> By: Lynn Child http://www.dogwalkblog.com/we-all-created-sarah-palin.html/comment-page-1#comment-2164 Lynn Child Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:48:37 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=2945#comment-2164 Barack Obama may be what Americans want in 2008; a quick, easy fix for what ails us. Not too strong, not too deep, nothing that makes us think a whole lot or work too hard. With that, I have every confidence Barack Obama will deliver. Barack Obama may be what Americans want in 2008; a quick, easy fix for what ails us. Not too strong, not too deep, nothing that makes us think a whole lot or work too hard. With that, I have every confidence Barack Obama will deliver.

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