I thought Biden was an extremely uninspiring choice of VP, frankly – witness his complete disappearance since he split from Obama.

That certainly was not ‘audacious’! But maybe actually nominating Obama nearly a decade too early was?

The returns don’t prove that Biden hasn’t given to charity, they merely prove that he has claimed a low proportion of charitable contributions as tax deductible.

There could be many explanations for why this is so. for instance, what about contributions to political and other causes that might not be tax deductible? He may not keep all his receipts. etc etc.

Big yawn in my book.

Hardly relevant to computer literacy.

Is that because you use your tongue for letter selection on the keyboard, Mel :-)

Hardly relevant to computer literacy.

And speaking of literacy, if you spell checked what you write it might be more comprehensible :)

But they wouldnt have done anything as outrageous as spending millions on a TV ad that claimed that their opponents lipstick on a pig comment was a smear against Palin. Why not? Because they would be afraid (probably rightly) , that theyd be howled down for their opportunism.

How would explain the ad that McCain is a computer illiterate then when his is unable to raise his broken arms above a certain level because they were broken?

I don’t like either candidate, but to suggest one side is more gentlemanly than the other – less audacious- doesn’t seem to appear that we’re watching the same election.

As for the Dems not selecting Sarah Palin type, Obama has less experience and Nancy Pelosi has often proved to be a joke than a serious politician. 11% approval rating for the Congress is well earned it seems.

Audacity also manifests itself in many ways. Preventing a vote and turning of the lights in Congress to stop further debate on the subject of the drilling rights around the US coast line- something incidentally the ALP would never do- is pretty audacious.

Suggesting the 04 election was stolen in Ohio when the GOP won by around 100,000 votes is pretty audacious. Audacious in the sense of attempting to remove legitimacy.

Yea, i can think of numerous things the Dems have done that are pretty audacious.

Audacious: unconstrained by convention or propriety.