Since when does "wanting" to do something count as a qualification?

Question

Obama says he wants change.

Well, I want to be an astronaut.

Do I really? Well, you can decide whether to believe me or not. But I will tell you that I have not accomplished anything in my past that would indicate I actually have the ability to be an astronaut. I can say it all I want, it doesn't mean I can really make it happen.

Why do so many people think that speeches about the things you WANT to do mean anything? Shouldn't we be voting at least partly on the basis of past accomplishments, that indicate the candidate might actually be able to come through on some of his campaign promises?

Answer 1

Great point!

The bar has been lowered so far in this country that it appears that many American's don't even care who or what they elect into the most powerful and important office in the land.

Our children have now been given the message that they can be anything...and they don't even have to try, just wish for it real hard like Harry Potter or something.

A Jeremiah Wright upbringing seems to be the moral message we are also sending!

Answer 2

if your a democrat--

Just look at hillary--she says she spent 35 years fighting for children.----and the poor---yet children still suffer and people are still poor---WELL HILLARY is not --but lets not that distract us.

Answer 3

Hm...McCain wants change...and he wants to change the policies of the party who's been running the place.  

Answer 4

Obama has worked 143 days as a Senator since becoming one.  Qualified?   My a$$!

Answer 5

This is convoluted semantic nonesense. Obama says 'if you pick me, I will bring about change because my policies are different to George Bush's and John McCain's. Theres nothing arrogant or wrong with that. Period.

All candidates campaign in poetry and govern in prose.

Answer 6

You must be Republican

Answer 7

An astronaut huh? Good choice!! Go for it.  The great thing is we live in a country where you can accomplish anything you want!!!  

Answer 8

he doesn't even clearly define what "change" is.

Answer 9

I agree.

Obama =

Only

Babble

And

Minimal

Accomplishments

Even the VP Republican pick has MORE executive experience than the Presidential Democrat pick!!

"No Way, No How, NObama!"

Answer 10

ehran, Iran (IPP) - Cubans awoke this morning to the heart breaking news that their beloved space monkey astronaut stole a Russian Mig and flew it to Iran. The Cubans had been training the space monkey so it could pilot a Cuban rocket in their first attempt to reach space.

The monkey had been trained to fly Mig jets and also a space capsule. Every time the monkey successfully performed a task aboard the jet or the space capsule it was rewarded with a banana flavored pellet. The monkey had become flawless in its ability to fly complicated aircraft.

The monkey's name is Fidelito Raulito Castro and was named for Cuba's two maximum leaders.

Fidelito knew that his guards would drink themselves into oblivion every Saturday night. He waited for them to get wasted and boarded the Mig-22 which was outfitted with extra fuel tanks mounted under the wings of the Russian jet.

He flew the jet at supersonic speed across the ocean and bailed out over the Iranian space center. The clever primate waited for evening prayers to commence and then boarded the Iranian rocket's space capsule.

Iran entered the space race recently and is using a North Korean variant of a Russian SS-N-23 SLBM. The rocket is called the Nodong1 which means Noshit1 when translated into English. The Russians call it the Shitl Space Rocket and the Iranians have named it the Badhash-3. All of the names seem to revolve around good or bad ****.

The monkey initiated the launch ignition sequence and the rocket lifted off without a hitch. During the ascent the monkey took a tour of the rocket booster and discovered that the rocket was powered by a modified slurpy machine bought at a 7-11 surplus equipment auction. The monkey relayed this information to American Naval units in the Persian Gulf via morse code.

The monkey became distraught upon discovering that there were no banana flavored pellets aboard the space craft and initiated the space capsule's retro rocket system and his capsule was picked up by C130 aircraft that used a sky hook system to retrieve the capsule as it parachuted back to Earth near the Great Salt Flats.

The monkey used morse code again to ask for political asylum from the United States. Cuba and Iran have both filed formal protests and are demanding that the primate be returned to their countries where no doubt he would face a lengthy prison sentence or maybe even be executed.

Answer 11

Ah, you see there in lies your problem.  had you been a Democrat, the mere desire/wanting to accomplish something is enough to make you a better person and anyone/thing that prevents that is wrong/evil.

look at "global Warming".  The biggest advocates for it (John Travolta & Al Gore) are energy Hogs who have to buy "credits" so they can continue their lifestyles while their desire to help the environment is so important (Al Gore's hose uses almost as much electricity as some small towns while John has a private jet so he can fly around using fossil fuels and tell everyone to quit hurting the environment).  

You must still believe that Actions speak louder than words and that kind of thinking is what Democrats don't want.

B-Cool

Answer 12

Not so fast, apparently McCain wants Change too.  So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Answer 13

you can be whatever you want to be.

Obama 08