Barack Obama is expected to announce his vice presidential running mate any day now, and Evan Bayhâ??s name is still thought
to be on the short list.
The Indiana senator is viewed as a moderate who would counter Obamaâ??s liberal voting record and be a draw for Midwestern voters.
But one of the downsides to a Bayh candidacy is his wife, Susan, who sits on a number of corporate boards.
Locally, she is a director at Emmis Communications, which has seen a prominent shareholder call for her resignation over the companyâ??s stock price, and WellPoint, which is a reviled health insurer.
Obamaâ??s campaign is reportedly worried about McCain making hay out of her corporate connections. (Imagine the ads: â??Evan Bayhâ??s wife helped deny insurance to people who couldnâ??t afford health care.â??)
What do you think? Should her corporate ties be enough for Obama to overlook her husband?
The Indiana senator is viewed as a moderate who would counter Obamaâ??s liberal voting record and be a draw for Midwestern voters.
But one of the downsides to a Bayh candidacy is his wife, Susan, who sits on a number of corporate boards.
Locally, she is a director at Emmis Communications, which has seen a prominent shareholder call for her resignation over the companyâ??s stock price, and WellPoint, which is a reviled health insurer.
Obamaâ??s campaign is reportedly worried about McCain making hay out of her corporate connections. (Imagine the ads: â??Evan Bayhâ??s wife helped deny insurance to people who couldnâ??t afford health care.â??)
What do you think? Should her corporate ties be enough for Obama to overlook her husband?
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We need to vote based on a wide range of issues and opportunities surrounding a candidate, not these loosely based sideshows.
However, you asked...
By that logic with Ol' McCain, doesn't his Wife then contribute to Alcoholism, Drinking and Driving, Liver Disease, Sleeping with ugly people, raging parties, and binge drinking... as THE CHAIRPERSON OF HENSLEY & CO, THE LARGEST ALCOHOL DISTRIBUTOR FOR ANHEUSER BUSCH.
Oh, not to mention Cindy McCain's publicly acknowledged addiction to prescription medication.
Huh, the irony of ignoring your own wife to attack the wife of a potential VP is, wait, ummm, actually that's just American Politics, nevermind, much ado about nothing.
Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss
Just sayin'...
lack of courtesy and respect to others. I also doubt Mr. Bayh is
on any really short list. Who cares?
I am not voting for Obama because...
I have heard the following reasons before:
-Black
-Muselum
-Will not support ... Flag ... Hand on Chest in Pledge... Not Patrotic... Troops ... End to Iraq.. So-N-So's beliefs... etc. (on support)
-Associated Christian Church talking about DAMN America.
-Too Liberal
-Too Much Change is a bad thing
-Potential VP's Wife not with Change
- Never Served in Millarity before (well look at Bush)
- Not Natural Citizen or born in America.
- Will Let Terrorism Win
and the list goes on.
I'd also recommend he read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations because it talks about socialism and how the state should support it's workers. A happy and healthy people are more productive. Then, he should check out Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom and how it discusses the disparities between the US (the richest country in the world) and Kerala, India (one of the poorest). Kerala's life expectency is a whole lot higher than some segments of the US. He's an Nobel Prize winning economist.
Finally, if he does not want to read, he can just listen to this NPR story: http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=27093. It talks about how the US is lagging behind the rest of the world's developed countries.
As I understand, the US controlled about 75 percent of the world's economy in 1968. By the 1980's it was down to 25 percent. Now it is even lower. During that time -- except for Carter and Clinton -- we've had only Republican presidents. The Heartland Institute recently released a report on reforming welfare and this was done in 1996 under President Clinton and it has had great success in many states in getting people to work. It was a great compromise and is effective in promoting change. Maybe Mayor Ballard and Governor Daniels should read these too!