President McCain...

[blondeatlast]

could be the one handling this economy, the Somalian pirates, Kim Jung Il, and adopting a puppy.

Perfection? Far from it. Disaster? It does seem that we are moving a little further away from that bit by bit.

I, for one, choose to sleep a little easier tonight keeping in mind what could be happening.

[rurallib]

1. And VP Palin would be ready to step in should the Pres have a

heart attack because of all the heavy lifting.

[FLAprogressive]

2. Why settle for "Well, McCain isn't president."?

[blondeatlast]

3. Because enormous change doesn't happen overnight.

and if you think it does, especially in statesmanship and domestic policy, I suggest you start your own little country. I'm staying here--and if I so desired, I could move to Europe tomorrow, I have the expat visa and the hob waiting.

[FLAprogressive]

5. sounds like a freeper argument to me

"love it or leave it."

Giving the same people who caused the economic crisis the task of fixing it = enormous change?

State secrets = enormous change?

Private health care = enormous change?

[blondeatlast]

8. Then please, ignore me--passively or aggressively, I don't care.

This is getting positively amusing. "Freeper."

I have NEVER called a single person on this board that--even when I was pretty sure it was true. That ain't my way.

[stillcool]

13. "enormous" change?

how are those 3 bills for single-payer health care doing? What are there two in Congress and one in the Senate? When all three fail, who will you blame? Do you think your representatives will vote in your interests? That State Secrets thing. I'm not up on the law. Seeing as how these are the first cases for detainee's and prisoners in Afghanistan, in there attempt at suing the United States Government, do you foresee that there will be many, many cases to follow? Can you think of any reason why the Justice Department would not want these cases to move forward at this time? Can you think of any reason why the Justice Department might use a tool at it's disposal to postpone the inevitable until things like the legal limbo of Gitmo, etal, get worked out? Can you think of any reason why you would want experts in the Global Financial System, to work in the Department of the Treasury, that deals with the Global Financial matters? If another person who has spent their life's work in the financial industry takes over, will he/she too be tainted by the same brush? Whose job is it to help steer us out of this economic meltdown? Who is accountable?

[doctor jazz]

4. Just because something isn't horrible doesn't necessarily mean it's wonderful.

...

[babylonsister]

6. You must be SO disappointed.

Tough luck.

[doctor jazz]

10. A little. Are you onboard with every little detail?

I realize there some people who are.

[blondeatlast]

7. What part of "far from perfect" escaped your understanding?

READ--don't react.

[doctor jazz]

11. Well, I was just agreeing with your post...using slightly different words.

Is that not allowed?

[Captain Hilts]

9. He was a dead dog from the get-go. No one thought he would win.

A couple of polls taken the last week of May last year showed both/either Obama or Clinton stomping him.

DOA.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Every time I get upset over anything Obama does, I picture McCain in the Oval Office

And I immediately see at least one major US city blown to bits. Surely McCain would have bombed Iran by now and you know they would have retaliated.

Good OP. We need to think about what could have been.