Comments on: A Very Good Critique of the Present Votes http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/24/a-very-good-critique-of-the-present-votes/ Illinois, From Misery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dbt http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/24/a-very-good-critique-of-the-present-votes/comment-page-1/#comment-6856 dbt Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:11:33 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2008/01/24/a-very-good-critique-of-the-present-votes/#comment-6856 My recollection of when that bill was floated is that it was favored by credit card companies because it overrode state caps that were lower. My recollection of when that bill was floated is that it was favored by credit card companies because it overrode state caps that were lower.

]]> By: Rob_N http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/24/a-very-good-critique-of-the-present-votes/comment-page-1/#comment-6857 Rob_N Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:50:38 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2008/01/24/a-very-good-critique-of-the-present-votes/#comment-6857 Rich wrote, <i>"The bottom line is Obama likes to think too much. He’s enamored with his own intellect to the point where he does things that don’t make political sense, like voting in the US Senate against an interest rate cap on credit cards because the cap was too high."</i> While having an intellect and thinking things through may prove problematic in a legislative situation... They're perfect traits for an executive to have (esp. given our nation's current never-made-a-mistake, can't-fool-me-twice "chief executive"). Rich wrote, “The bottom line is Obama likes to think too much. He’s enamored with his own intellect to the point where he does things that don’t make political sense, like voting in the US Senate against an interest rate cap on credit cards because the cap was too high.”

While having an intellect and thinking things through may prove problematic in a legislative situation… They’re perfect traits for an executive to have (esp. given our nation’s current never-made-a-mistake, can’t-fool-me-twice “chief executive”).

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