I agree Mike. They may be whiners....but hated? Hmmm.

All media, when they continue to discuss "should we or should we not discuss this", are discussing the situation by default. So, they can pretend virtue by saying they are just keeping the discussion at that level, that they are not really discussing the personal.....but that's pretty bogus.

Think there are two bigger issues though. First, McCain. They say that he knew about this at the time he picked her. So, does that mean he knew this stuff would come out and that it would kick Obama off the front page for more than a day? So, is he just "using" her? I guess VP picks get used in one way or another. But, I heard it said the other day that she really would have nothing to do with running the country if he was elected. That it would be his "cronies" like Joe Lieberman who would be. Probably true.....but still sad that he would stoop to using her that way. And what does that really tell us about him? Have to admit to being disappointed in him in that aspect.

Second, Sarah Palin the mother. I don't care if she was running for dog catcher. If she's ever read a paper or seen a TV news show in the last 10 years, she has to know that we, as a nation, now pick apart every human being we can. She absolutely had to know what she was going to be putting her daughter through. Talk about blind ambition.

News1950....thanks for my laugh for the day! The sad fact, though, is that neither one of them is really qualified. No senator is really qualified to run a country. Governor's or CEO's generally would be better qualified to run a country.......although I have to admit George W is trying the refute that fact the best he can!

And lets put it where people will use it. The monorail is a joke because it was done only to make gaming happy and as usual, based only on tourist issues. But, if they would actually put a light rail out to areas where the workers are who need to use it to go to work, or shop......they might actually get some people out of their cars and using it, and make enough ticket money to at least attempt to pay for part of it.

I must have missed something.........where in this article does it say Democrats want to raise taxes?? Seems to me he is saying that people with the money and the clout ought to be putting their money and their clout where their mouths are. That does not equate to Dems raising taxes.

Unfortunately, Nevada just doesn't have a corner on the bad governor market. During 15 years in AZ we impeached one governor and sent another one to jail. I'm sure there are many other states that have lived through having lousy governors.

And hopefully Buckley will lose her interest in being governor and/or the electorate will lose it for her. She's been in the legistature for how many years?? And, only now, when she wants to be governor, because she is going to be term limited, and won't have a political job in a couple of years.... does she bother to start talking about reforming the tax base and trying to make it look like she is doing something about it. What a joke. If she were a true leader, she would have been having town meetings long before this and been trying to get the state as a whole to pull together on a broad tax base measure. Her motives are so obvious its ridiculous.

Is it really an uninformed electorate? Or is it (especially here in Vegas), an electorate that is really different now than it was 12 years ago? In general we have a mobile society these days, and here in particular, with the way Vegas has grown, half the people living here now weren't even here when the initiative was voted on back then. Maybe we need to change the initiative procedure and do the first vote. Then the second vote should take place just a year or 6 months before the initiative would go into effect. At least then there would be somewhat of a chance that the people who will have to live with the law will be the ones who acutally voted on it.

I do find it a little insulting that an elected official (in this case Scow and Johnson) think they can hand pick their successors. Who are they to think they are the only ones who know what is right for our citizens? That kind of thinking does smack of politics as usual in Vegas.......its about the power.

I think Ruaty is the guy I used to have respect for before the comments on Ryan Newman the other day. Those comments just were not necessary, no matter what the personality conflicts.

I miss DW

Unfortunately you are probably right Mike. But, Uncle Sam is getting to be a little like the Wizard of Oz and one of these days someone is going to pull back the curtain.....and there you'll see all us middle class taxpayers. We ARE Uncle Sam, and as much as I love Nascar.....do I really want my middle class taxes going to back up these industries so they can fund rich men's hobbies? Hmmmmmm....

I agree Crazy20fan......like a great driver with some personality who's not afraid to speak up! .......but not sure about the kissing thing....now Elliot Sadler....different story :)