[DeepIron]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I disagree. Granted, she is the VP candidate and as such will not be setting policy, but she made it very clear she supports an aggresive stance toward terrorism, strong national defence, lower taxes, smaller government, and less spending. That's what I support.

And all laudable goals I agree...

However, I consider it just typical Republican rhetoric and precisely what McCain has been espousing throughout his campaign. Politically, Palin is just McCain in drag...

Sure, everyone wants to see terrorism stamped out (or at least kept off US soil) and it follows that to be "secure" we need a strong national defense. But let's face it. Bush's War on Terrorism has exacted a huge price on this country, both in human lives and $$$. McCain and Co. will simply continue the war. I guess you could call that "an aggressive stance"...

As well, the "pipe dream" of a "smaller government" is totally not going to happen... When was the last time in our history that we "downsized" instead of "super-sized" our government? Never has happened AFAIK.

How can we have a smaller government with all the other issues we have not resolved? Health care, Social Security, trade deficits, immigration reform, foreign policy, foreign aid, ad nauseum... If anything, I expect the size of the FED to grow to handle all these issues.

No, Obama will sell us "change" that he's too inexperienced to construct and manage and McCain is just a mirror image of George Bush and his policies...

The biggest ray of hope I have is that if Obama/Biden get elected, 'ol Joe will be able to repair at least part of the foreign policy damage created by the Bush Administration.

Cheers!