Yeah - that's Kerry-esque indeed. Don't know how to answer or don't want to, so bring up Vietnam. Lame.

If he had left at the bit about his own military experience it would have been fine. A weak response, but at least honest. "Nope, I don't really no crap about the economy, but I'd hire people who do and I'm confident that I'd know how to manage them properly." Not a strong position to be in, but it's the reality of it.

But to turn it into, "I'd make up for my lack of economic experience by killing some towel heads in the name of national security."?!?! WTF is that?

Where in the constitution does it say that the President is in charge of the economy?

Pshaw, like you cons really care about the Constitution.....



The Prez appoints just about everyone who will have any sort of impact on it, directly or indirectly. You know that. No disavowing Bush's complicity in this mess now, mister. Entirely too late in the game.

We actually do.


What mess?

Jeff, that is exactly why you all are going to lose this election. Oh, and 'Constitution' should be capitalized- it's a respect thing, you know.

No, we're going to lose this election because most Republicans have not acted like republicans since the mid-90's and the people are pretty sick of it.

I believe this country loses no matter which of these two wins the election. Even if the republicans win, conservatives have lost.

Have you ever had to work for a manager that is utterly clueless about your field of work? It's a horrible experience and rarely results in good management.

But that's beside the point. Like I said, if all he'd said was, "I don't really need to know that, it's not my job directly and I'd keep people around me who would know enough to keep things working," I'd have been fine with it. I do think it's important that a President understands the economy as, directly or not, the office does have influence on it, but I also understand that they can't know everything and that's why they have a cabinet and advisers.

It's the absolutely shameless use of the "radical Islamists" bullsh*t that makes that answer so utterly heinous.