The Gipper Lives On

I think all three candidates are worthless. Abama and Clinton will not handle terrorists correctly, all three will not handle China corrcetly, and McCain is an idiot in understanding Economics. Two of the top five qualifications should be Economics and military action. Not reserves or just service in the Army, Navy or Marines. I mean action in a war and probably nothing less than Captain. I saw a new blog site that is good. www.stopthenonsensenow.blogspot.com. I don't know hoe long until he gets to todays issues but he is writing about the liars in the white house during the 80's and the elite killers and terrorists, the CIA. His mission statement says he wants the people of the US to revolt and take back the government. He is right.

After Watergate destroyed Nixon, Reagan had his chance to destroy the US. And Papa Bush helped.

Dear Illinois Voter, I'm sorry, but you have been mis-informed about the vote you are referring to. At issue was a bill to mandate care to "pre-viable fetuses born alive." The first thing to note is "pre-viable." Fetuses below 26 weeks of age never survive, even with the best ICU care. Fetuses older than 26 weeks already have a law that mandates they be given medical care to save their lives. The bill you are referring to was promoted by the pro-Life camp and it was really quite clever. Had that bill passed it would have overturned Roe v. Wade, but only in the State of Illinois. It would have immediately been legally challenged by the pro-Choice groups and immediately struck down, since the Supreme Court has already ruled on that issue. Even though I am pro-Life, I could see how this bill was just a political ploy. It was designed to be used to smear the reputations of any politician who voted against it. It was not designed to protect the unborn, because the people who wrote it knew that the pre-viable fetuses in question would all die anyway.

This kind of thing is one of the reasons why Republicans like me are becoming disenfranchised from the GOP. Politics is not just some clever shell game that insiders play while we the taxpayers foot the bill for their power plays. We want our real issues heard and legislated for in effective ways.

Believe it or not, as a pro-Choice Christian I think I have gotten better legislature out of Barack Obama than out of my own interest group. Obama has taken the time to listen to the religious voice and made some modest compromises with us, like voting against late term abortion and against partial birth abortion, even though he still has supported a woman's right to reproductive freedom by voting in favor of early abortions. To me, this is a good compromise. I know he's liberal at heart, but he listens to the other side, and that is important to me. It's a brave new world for conservative Republicans when we look to liberal Democrats to help us with our issues. But I'm a pragmatist. I go with what works.

Reagan was a bridge between old school Constitution driven conservatives and what we have now: truth is secondary to winning and the Constitution is only invoked if it helps us win. The fact that Rush and whats her name don't like McCain should give him stature in the eyes of anyone honest. I am not a conservative but some of their ideas must have merit just not the current manifestation of them. I am reading a book on Goldwater, who seems to have been a principled conservative. He would have even told Rush and whats her name to check their facts and to quit using the Constitution for monetary gain, as the current conservative movement has done for many. McCain sees the danger in changing the Constitution to adhere to religous ideals. Are we a free country or a religous one. If we are religous and christian then we must scrap free market capitolism.It goes against every teaching of Jesus and what is next ; stoning children who disrespect their parents or perhaps the mutilation of adulterers, of course this knocks out Newt, Rudy, Reagan, Foley, Haggard, and many other so-called conservatives. Lets just start treating Rush and whats her name as their words and actions have shown them to be. Unscrupulous, dihonest, cheerleaders for an agenda that merely serves to seperate; never unite. And this agenda seves maybe 20% 0f the population. It has never helped the average Joe. They have abused their right to a dicussion of their ideals and deserve no further discussion or audience. By the way McCain may be the first Republican I ever vote for. I need to see more from Obama idea-wise and I voted for Bill twice and while Hillary is brilliant I don't see people pulling the lever for hercome crunch time. I speak mostly of sourthern white males maybe women can counterbalance that time will tell. Also an Al Gore endorsement would help her. Most Tennesseans have realized how they screwed up there and chose style over substance, Rush and whats her name over the truth. All I have talked to will not let it happen again and most lean toward Hillary but the fact that many even consider voting for a woman or an African-American just floors me. 5 years ago these were racist sexist people on the outside but deep down they are allright and will vote for the truth whatever race, sex, or age she hides behind.

Hillary endorsed by the American Nurses Association and as an RN i could't be prouder.

The Yale love fest for Hilary was in fact staged. First clue... attendance was closed. It was by invitation only with BYOK. Bring Your Own Kleenex. Even the well groomed placard waving drones were planted as well. Who in New Haven CT has the time to stand on a damp street corner and cheer for Billory? Yale wanna bes. Yale dominates New Haven..other than regional bank offices and the courts. Everyday people were up in Hartford with Obama. Open session. Placards and kleenex optional. All that aside, McCain will make HIllary cry on cue, if she makes it. The media needs to be more discerning. This is a white wash run.

Comment: spoon2456 is correct. Hillary's Yale love fest was "by Invitation Only". also BYOK. Bring your own kleenex. I suspect the placard waving supporters were also by invitation only to ensure it looked like an ad hoc stumping stop. The Clintons don't move an inch withot a plan or rehearsed script. I only pray the American public wakes up before they elect another Clinton Nightmare.

Hillary's Teary (second) moment was staged. How did the media miss this one? Same set up, intimate setting, close cameras, trigger question. "I said I would not cry." Hillary was coached on this event and was trying to create the New Hampshire moment again but this time with less success. However the blind naive media bought into it again. Trying to depict Hillary has the sensitive type when in fact this was all staged for the media gullible. HOW blind is the media? And how gullible are is America to fall for this "cheap soap act again."

To those who support McCain, I ask you to please examine the integrity of McCain today. I say "today" because there's no question that your candidate had tremendous integrity when confined as a P.O.W. I salute him for that. However, since he came home in the early 70's I think he has gradually allowed himself to be seduced by continual compromises in which he slowly abandoned his integrity in the name of political progress or trying to "get things done".
A recent example of this is last week's GOP debate. He claimed that Mitt is a "flip-flopper" because he raised (essentially) "taxes" in the form of "fees" though Romney pledged to not raise taxes. Did Romney raise millions for Massachusetts in the form of fees? Absolutely. Romney's answer? The "fees" in question had not been increased for many years, some of them for decades, and the fees were things that did not affect everyone. In other words, all MA citizens did NOT have to pay these fees. He gave an example of a fee for the state installing a McDonald's sign on the side of an interstate.
McCain gave numbers about the cost of Massachusetts' state-mandated health care program. Romney's answer? McCain's number was incorrect (it was too high) AND McCain was also using numbers of the CURRENT cost of the program AFTER Romney left the office of governor. Romney clearly said that his successor (a Democrat governor) had added expensive options / "bells and whistles" to the health care program that Romney would not have added were he still governor.
McCain used multiple statistics attacking Romney on the status of Massachusetts' economy. Romney's answer? McCain was using numbers that INCLUDED a period of time BEFORE Romney took office. When Romney gave McCain the statistics from his time in office, (surprise) McCain's iron-clad "facts" were nowhere near as bad as McCain claimed.
The incidents above occurred within the first 30 minutes or so of the debate. Go search on the internet and watch the debate yourself.
So McCain is either: A) very uninformed and altogether ignorant of the facts needed to effectively debate Romney or B) he knows the facts which Romney easily refuted (BTW, no one in the press has been refuting Romney's facts) but he purposely tried to misrepresent Romney's leadership.
This means McCain is either unintelligent (doubtful) or he lacks the integrity to portray his opponent as he really is. You be the judge.

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Please, please look at the man you are supporting. Would McCain protect America from terrorists? Yes, I believe he would. However, Romney can do that too (you don't have to be a mechanic to know how to drive a car....yes, that's an over-simplified example but you get my drift) and MORE. Romney has integrity and a graciousness / public "smoothness" that America desperately needs in our next President because as our leader he will undoubtedly have to work with other ccountries to restore America's positive reputation."

Thank you.

Hey holyroller can your god cleanse me of my student loans

How about using your own head to decide, instead of using institutionally-created roadposts (so much for the hardcore conservative indivualism -- nothing but tools of insitutions that do nothing but pass collection hats around, ask to send $$, give CC#)---in the meantime they all got richer (Billies and Jerries included), while our mean income went from 34K to barely 30K.

Wow, you must be one of 3 things Bryce: 1. rich (tax cuts would benefit you, and the state of economy/deficit wouldn't phase you), 2. not too bright (you watch too much TV and don't read enough), 3. sport fan mentality type (my team is the best through thick and thin, which you apply to evertyhing including your paycheck, your health, your and your kids' future, your fellow people, etc.)
"because then the country will get screwed up under a Democrat. " ..... crank ANY history book out -- what country, what time are you living in?