What's Important?

Number one for everyone should be national security because without it the other issues don't matter to a hill of beans. The leadership of the U.S. needs to be experienced, tested and strong on putting America first. These are dangerous time with countries like Iraq, Iran, North Korea and now Russia trying to flex their muscles to show superiority over the U.S. Which would you consider, someone who has actually shot missles at our enemies from a fighter jet or someone who has shot staples from a staple gun into telephone poles? The answer should be as plain as the nose on your face.

Upper most in mind should be in the recognition that the Constitution requires that the threshold for "age is met. There is no requirement for "experience" and thusly, "community organizing" is mocked and denigrated and done by those who refuse acknowledge that friends helping friends and neighbors helping neighbors, is what a civil society is all about, and it all commences with the "heart" of a good repute.

And yet, those who advocate "experience" have simply forgotten that the Constitution requires a Declaration of War to move America onto a 'war footing', and thusly, those with 'experience' ignored the Constitution and mocked and denigrated our 'service' to the nation for rejecting the inherent value found in the "unassailable" facts, and as occurred earlier in this decade and at the commencement of Bush's War of choice.

Thus, Bush and Cheney's AUMF was a bogus artifice just as Lyndon Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a bogus artifice.

Jaango

Now that I've recovered from LMAO after reading ET's comment, lets tackle all that nonsense a sentence at a time.

Number one for everyone should be national security because without it the other issues don't matter to a hill of beans.

You can't tell people what affects them and what worries them. You think it's national security because you see "threats" everywhere. That's your choice. If you don't have a job and you have bills to pay, or if you suffer from a chronic condition and you don't have or cannot afford adequate health care, or if your kids are honor students in high school and you're concerned you cannot afford to send them to college, or if now you're having to choose between paying down your debt or paying for gas or - as we approach winter - heating oil, then maybe your perspective and your concerns would be different.

Before criticizing others, walk a mile in their shoes.

The leadership of the U.S. needs to be experienced, tested and strong on putting America first.

I hope you bring this up because the U.S. elected a president that had no meaningful experience, untested - unless you call avoiding service in Vietnam a "test" - and obviously put corporate America first. Halliburton and Blackwater can attest to that. Besides, I don't know of a single president - Democrat or Republican - who hadn't put America first ever. Unless, of course you're into going into needless and unprovoked wars.

These are dangerous time with countries like Iraq, Iran, North Korea and now Russia trying to flex their muscles to show superiority over the U.S.

Iraq flexing its muscles!!! If you believe in that, there's some nice dry land in New Orleans I'd like to sell to you. I'll even throw in a bridge in Brooklyn for free.

Iran? If you care to read the actual reports from the IAEA, you'd learn a few things. First, Iran is in violation of UN resolutions pertaining to the disclosure of nuclear activities. Second, Iran has never denied that it has a nuclear enrichment program. Third, Iran's nuclear enrichment program isn't even sufficiently developed to fuel a nuclear plant. Fourth, Iran has consistently stated that it is not developing nuclear weapons. And fifth, nobody anywhere has proof or evidence that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons. Now, if I were Iran, and I was surrounded by U.S. troops in neighboring countries, and I knew what the U.S. did in Iraq, namely, fabricate a case against its leader to overthrow its government, and I saw how the U.S. chose to negotiate with North Korea after NK got nuclear weapons, I'd be pursuing nuclear weapons too.

The other thing about Iran is that right after the U.S. invaded Iraq, Iranian leaders, through the British, approached the U.S. to try to engage in discussions to reach a "grand bargain" to resolve all outstanding issues between them. The U.S. government blew them off.

And before you bring up how Iranian weapons are killing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, keep in mind that the U.S. is and has been conducting covert operations inside Iran. So, you can hardly say Iran has not been provoked.

North Korea? We're resolving our disputes diplomatically, namely, because they developed the bomb and its leader is crazy enough to use it.

Russia? Well, you better keep in mind that for all the concern for Georgia, it was Georgia who initiated this crisis by attacking Russian peacekeeping troops in South Ossetia in an effort to annex it and other semi-autonomous regions to Georgia.

And why should Russia trust the U.S.? Before setting Baltic states on their own and dissolving the Soviet Union, Gorbachev received assurances from Bush I that NATO membership would not be extended to these nations. And despite Russia's concerns, NATO and the U.S. have pushed forward with a missile defense shield right up against Russia's border.

Remember the Cuban missile crisis. It was all about Soviet missiles right next to the U.S. If the Russians decided to share with Cuba - or, even better, Mexico - their own "defensive" missile system, do you think the U.S. government would just lie down and take it?

Which would you consider, someone who has actually shot missles at our enemies from a fighter jet or someone who has shot staples from a staple gun into telephone poles?

Last I checked, we have diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Besides, that's so idiotic it barely deserves an answer. On that alone you should have voted for Kerry in '04 since Bush shot nobody during Vietnam. How many enemies did Reagan shoot at? The answer should be, to quote your words, "as plain as the nose on your face."

How many missions did McCain fly over Viet Nam before he was captured and how many flyers has Obama stapled to telephone poles? How long has McCain served our nation compared to the media created fraud Obama? No matter who may have caused the state of unrest in the world today, we need a Commander-in-Chief that will defend this country till his last dying breath and that's not Obama. Obama has stated that in a time of political termoil he would stand with Islam. Don't sound like he wants to defend anything except his arrogant image as the only savior of the U.S. of A. Get real, look past all the hype, the wordy speeches, all the false promises and the hysteria and you too will see an inexperienced unproven nobody that is Barak Nobama. He can't fart rainbows and sunshine out of his ass as you seem to believe

EOT...thanks for sharing what's important to you....and that is fine. To others, other things are more important; you have to respect that, rather than jamming what you think is right down everyones throat.

(I'm about to ban you again, btw...keep it up.)

How many missions did McCain fly over Viet Nam before he was captured and how many flyers has Obama stapled to telephone poles? How long has McCain served our nation compared to the media created fraud Obama?

You can repeat your tired, ragged arguments, but running your mouth - or keyboard - doesn't make it so. Besides, unless flying a plain into a war zone is part of the president's job description, that doesn't add anything to McCain's campaign.

No matter who may have caused the state of unrest in the world today

It may not matter to you, but if McCain pursues the same policies than those who are responsible for "the state of unrest in the world today" it matters and it matters a lot.

Obama has stated that in a time of political termoil he would stand with Islam.

You are going to have to find a link showing where and when Obama said that. It's one thing if you heard what you wanted to hear - which you always do as you comments at Latina Lista show - but Obama has never said anything anywhere close to what you just wrote.