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To my mind, Bush was far more 'embarrassment' than 'painful'. I believe that people will find themselves feeling sorry for McCain, a sentiment that I don't recall being afforded to Bush, who came across as being a smug little prick during a number of exchanges, including the one you cited.

On another, but related note, McCain is going to be painful to watch during the debates.

Biden COULD step aside for a perfectly timed "Hillary bounce". NASHUA, New Hampshire (CNN) — Joe Biden told supporters at a town hall Wednesday afternoon that Barack Obama might have been better off choosing Hillary Clinton as his running mate. “Make no mistake about this, Hillary...

What does David Frum (author of the 'Axis of Evil' speech) think of John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate? "Mr. McCain's supporters argue that he is more serious about national security than Barack Obama. But the selection of Sarah Palin invites the question: How serious can...

The 'Axis of Evil' was a neoconservative construct designed to further scare the American populace into a state of meek submission. It was very effective post-9/11 political strategy, as the general public was ALREADY scared shitless. Scared people stop THINKING in broad terms - and become...

Agreed. Sarah is the 'consummate politician'. Noble platitude indeed! (She's still a double-talkin' yahoo.)

Hey, check out Palin's response to the question of whether she would be interested in running with McCain. (8:35 into video). Shouldn't you be slamming her as well? She made this statement less than 3 months before officially becoming the Republican VP candidate: "You know, if I had to...

He'll probably retire his 'Port1385' alias.

Doubt it. Hedge funds are based upon a certain amount of mysticism. Education is the antithesis of mysticism.

Compare the conclusions of this paper written in 2003 with Bush's home ownership rhetoric in the 2004 election campaign season. http://www.scribd.com/doc/3851/Homeownership-in-a-Bubble-The-Fast-Path-to-Poverty Which viewpoint has proven to be more accurate over the ensuing years?

This oughtta be interesting.

No, just Goodboy.

Nice. http://www.badhaiku.com/index.php?startNum=41463

Keep a journal as a means to root out self-sabotage.

Thus, losing day trades are mentally reassigned to "swing trade" status. Swing trade losers become "position trades". Equity curves take on a negative slope... But, DAMMIT - THIS TRADE IS GOING TO END UP A WINNER!!! (no matter how long it takes) :eek:

It might be good to look at all of it as trade cash...

"arcus, why in the world would u still be holding–sure it might spike, but the key to longevity is cutting losses quickly, i’d never ever allow a 10% loss to possibly become a 20% one" - Timothy Sykes...

Any bets on the new username?

Your "go for broke" hypothesis would work better if the sample size of Burke's currency trades was a lot smaller. Backtesting is also done with play money. That doesn't affect the validity of the results.

The winner of CNBC's contest would probably answer your question in the affirmative. http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=806001646