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  • Posted By: lotoe @ 11/04/2008 3:58:34 PM

    Economics 101 would have also told you that the republicans backed NAFTA too (George HW initially promoted it). I'm not for NAFTA, but taxing EXXON or any other company that was/is pulling in HUGE profits while everyone else is paying for it, isn't really going to affect them that much. On another note, whether it is OBAMA or MCCAIN that is voted into office, they cant independently decide to impose their tax plan or whatever plan they may have that people don't agree with. Technically Obama can pitch his plan but it doesnt mean that if he is voted into office its guaranteed to happen.

  • Posted By: HBenet @ 11/04/2008 3:58:34 PM

    Its amazing the tone of this blog is so angry that I am still on the verge of changing my mind and going back to being a Democrat. Republicans seem to be angry, bombastic, self serving individuals and I think I'm better off giving a Dem. my vote ( even if its not the candidate of my choice) atleast the man has shown humility, stability, good judgement and caution in his behaviour.

  • Posted By: embelina06 @ 11/04/2008 1:57:29 PM

    Obama attended a church for 25 years that thought that whatever happens to the 'white man' is becuase they deserve it. jlwoodlpn i completely agree with you. i dont know how so many people look past everything that Obama has done wrong and still believe that she should be in control of our country. he is in relations with terrorists, when our economy had that crisis a few weeks ago, McCain did his job. he put his campaign to the side to do the job is is supposed to do. then Obama talks down to him like he did something wrong. No. Obama did something wring for not doing the job that he gets paid for. he is playing Robin Hood for the american people. He wants to take the money that they hard working americans earn to give to the people lower on the todem pole, usually becuase they have no motivation to actually go out and get a job. or go to college. he wants to make healthcare socialized so we all go broke and it will take months upon months to get a dr. appt. no i dont have health ins. and yes it would be nice. that is why i found myself a FULL TIME job on top of being a student to get it for myself. i dont depend on anyone but myself for things that are in my life. i cant pay for my own health ins. why would i want to pay for someone elses?

    • Posted By: 47rusty @ 11/04/2008 3:57:57 PM

      You're already paying for somebody else's health care. It's called Medicare. Or didn't you know that?

  • Posted By: dirtyktm @ 11/04/2008 3:39:39 PM

    We had tough times in the 70's, yes but we have tougher times now. Corporations have been running this country for way to long and its time to take the country back. The most startling question is in 2004, why would the American people vote for a party that just lied this country into a war? Bald face lied this country into a war and then long term occupation. Could there be anything more disgusting, sick and pathetic as this. People so brain washed to let this happen unchallenged and without consequences for the perpetrators of this kind of Treasonous act. And then still have the gall to scream Liberal Media. We need our constitution back to how it was intended. To protect the people and country from our own Armies power hungry officials and God. Oh yea and morons on labtomiezed talk radio.

    • Posted By: Pro-Life @ 11/04/2008 3:57:36 PM

      I am all for stopping the war as soon as possible. I just want to stop the one that claims the most lives per day first. That would be.....the war on children which kills over 3000 per day in the US. Obama supports this war and wants it to be easier to wage. He believes it is a matter of choice. I believe all people regardless of race, religion, gender or AGE or INFIRMITY have the right to life.

  • Posted By: ProudRepublician @ 11/04/2008 3:48:00 PM

    Has Obama Produced a birth certificate yet????????? what the heck is this world coming to? we need experience in the white house.not some smooth talking slickster.that does'nt know his *** from a whole in the ground.

  • Posted By: bigboyd @ 11/04/2008 3:49:54 PM

    NOBAMA NOBAMA NOBAMA ITS STUPID MCCAIN HAS WON MORE STATES BUT YET HE IS STILL BEHIND, WTF!!!!!!!!

    • Posted By: kshortSD @ 11/04/2008 3:56:24 PM

      Uh, some states have higher populations, genius.

  • Posted By: uneedtoknow @ 11/04/2008 3:56:22 PM

    you voted for obama....is that your hand out begging for change?

  • Posted By: embelina06 @ 11/04/2008 1:58:43 PM

    Obama attended a church for 25 years that thought that whatever happens to the 'white man' is becuase they deserve it. jlwoodlpn i completely agree with you. i dont know how so many people look past everything that Obama has done wrong and still believe that she should be in control of our country. he is in relations with terrorists, when our economy had that crisis a few weeks ago, McCain did his job. he put his campaign to the side to do the job is is supposed to do. then Obama talks down to him like he did something wrong. No. Obama did something wring for not doing the job that he gets paid for. he is playing Robin Hood for the american people. He wants to take the money that they hard working americans earn to give to the people lower on the todem pole, usually becuase they have no motivation to actually go out and get a job. or go to college. he wants to make healthcare socialized so we all go broke and it will take months upon months to get a dr. appt. no i dont have health ins. and yes it would be nice. that is why i found myself a FULL TIME job on top of being a student to get it for myself. i dont depend on anyone but myself for things that are in my life. i cant pay for my own health ins. why would i want to pay for someone elses?

    • Posted By: 47rusty @ 11/04/2008 3:56:16 PM

      So. I take it you're against Medicare and Social Security? Isn't that taking from those who are making money and giving it to those who aren't? Shouldn't Social Security and Medicare recipients just get off their lazy butts and go work for a living? Shouldn't you be consistent when you complain about money being taken from people who work to give to those who don't? Or am I missing something here?

    • Posted By: dg89 @ 11/04/2008 2:07:34 PM

      THANK YOU!

  • Posted By: BOSSYBS @ 11/04/2008 3:55:44 PM

    Obama & Biden Rock 2008!

  • Posted By: GINGIVITIS8 @ 11/04/2008 3:55:40 PM

    WHAT EVER!!!!! YOU VOTE FOR WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS A PRESIDENT
    I AM SO VERY SICK OF THE MUD SLINGING FROM BOTH SIDES.. AND AT EACH OTHER
    GIVE ME A BREAK GROW UP PEOPLE.

  • Posted By: luckypuck @ 11/04/2008 3:53:01 PM

    Actually, our current problems with the economy and many other aspects of our lives began with the Reagan Administration and were perpetuated by Republican dominated congresses up until 2006. Even then, the two years of slim Democrat majority is not enough, Deregulation and the gross redistribution of wealth from the poor to the rich, was and still is a favorite Republican strategy to enrich the fat cats who own them. Oh, yeahThe Bush administration only knoows how to get destruction donee.

  • Posted By: seanyfitz @ 11/04/2008 3:52:50 PM

    No Taylor they can't, that's what sad. By the way Lucky Puck, some of our founding fathers were atheists, not that it makes a difference. My dad is one and I am not. Love him just the same. he has taught me morality, kindness and compassion. To treat others better than I want to be treated. To help those in need and to keep my word. Not bad for an atheist heathen , eh? There is no wrong or right, just what is in your heart. Vote with your heart.

  • Posted By: SouthernBell @ 11/04/2008 1:39:04 PM

    I am a 28 year old Black American and I am voting for Obama not because he is "Mixed" I am from the South born and raised and I am so sick of the "good ol boy system" this is a new time and change has to come. It is 2008 and it is sad that the older generation is hung up on the color of skin. I think that he is the best candidate for the job. I work hard I am a nurse with two kids and I work hard for my money and at some point the backbone of America needs a break. I don't know what world you live in but people should not have to choose between lights and healthcare or food and gas. Wake up! Grow up! America is a melting pot of all different people we no longer have the white pot and the black pot.

    • Posted By: hmminteresting @ 11/04/2008 1:44:33 PM

      But we just might fall farther in the pot if the polls are correct.

      • Posted By: micountry1979 @ 11/04/2008 3:49:35 PM

        Falling further in the pot, Polls being correct....OH my goodness, is McCain winning??

      • Posted By: olde yankee @ 11/04/2008 3:28:44 PM

        Southern belle: I to am sick of the ole boy network! That's the real problem to be fixed. But do you think a vet like Joe Biden isn't a Good Ole Boy? Wrong...

  • Posted By: msiene @ 11/04/2008 2:00:36 PM

    The nationwide race should not be announced until ALL the polls close.

    • Posted By: 47rusty @ 11/04/2008 3:49:21 PM

      We're going to wait until Alaska and its three Electoral College votes closes at 1 AM EST? If Alaska matters, it won't be called. If it doesn't, what's the problem?

  • Posted By: TaylorHBC @ 11/04/2008 3:42:14 PM

    Wait a minute. White supremicists loved Hitler, but some say Obama is the next Hitler. Wouldn't that make white supremicists vote for him?

    • Posted By: sgtdadsgal @ 11/04/2008 3:48:49 PM

      Actually.... that would make the Black supremists voting for Obama - the one who fights (as does his wife) for partial birth abortion. I fear we are looking at a future, with the fillibuster proof liberal congress and a man in charge who has NEVER been in charge of anything - where abortion is the new form of birth copntrol no matter how far along the pregnancy is.

  • Posted By: Crystal Burton @ 11/04/2008 3:48:27 PM

    Chile Goddess are you saying blacks can't make informed decisions if color isn't involved? Please stop being ignorant. That's just like saying white americans are voting for McCain based on his race...doesn't make much sense does it??? Okay, maybe to you....I wonder why that is???

  • Posted By: luckypuck @ 11/04/2008 3:47:54 PM

    In God We Trust was first printed on our money in 1957. Was the US godless up until then? Were our Founders atheists? Did the country go to hell in a handbasket in the interim?
    You are very angry, too.
    If you want to have God all-pervasive in government, perhaps you should live somewhere else, say Iran?





    PS

  • Posted By: TaylorHBC @ 11/04/2008 3:46:20 PM

    Oh yeah, be afraid brother! Obama will eat you alive with his venomous fangs of hellfire! Pack your guns and bibles up and head for the woods! Ive been living there ever since Y2K. Geez, can these people get any dumber?

  • Posted By: luckypuck @ 11/04/2008 3:46:02 PM

    In God We Trust was first printed on our money in 1957. Was the US godless up until then? Were our Founders atheists? Did the country go to hell in a handbasket in the interim?
    You are very angry, too.
    If you want to have God all-pervasive in government, perhaps you should live somewhere else, say Iran?





    PS

  • Posted By: mchyrel @ 11/04/2008 3:29:15 PM

    Ponder the following:

    What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the
    stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed,
    pregnant teenage daughter?

    What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard
    Law Review?

    What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his
    graduating class?

    What if McCain had only married once and Obama was a
    divorcee?

    What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife
    after a severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer
    measured up to his standards?

    What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a
    long affair while he was still married?

    What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became
    addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally
    through her charitable organization?

    What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?

    What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five?
    (The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused
    of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as
    part of the larger Savings
    and Loan crisis of the late 1980's and early 1990's.)

    What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

    What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?

    What if Obama was the one who had military experience that
    included discipline problems and a record of crashing seven
    planes?

    What if Obama was the one who was known to display
    publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management
    problem?

    What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money
    from beer distribution?

    What if the Obama's had adopted a white child?

    You could easily add to this list. If these questions
    reflected reality, do you really believe the election
    numbers would be as close as they are?

    • Posted By: wcmartin @ 11/04/2008 3:45:30 PM

      What would America think if Obama has been honest about his relationship with William Ayers?

      What would Amerrica think if Obama had been honest about his support for the brutal partial birth abortion procedure that involves pulling a fetus down into the birth canal, drilling a hole in the fetus' head and sucking the brain out?

      What if Obama had been honest about how and who funded his million dollar mansion in Chicago?

      What if Obama had been honest about his support for infanticide, by not requiring medical care be provided to children born alive following a botched abortion?

      What if Obama had been honest about his opposition to gun ownership and the 2nd Amendment?

      What if Obama had been honest about his failures as a community organizer, when he received $50 million in tax payer dollars to support education programs and showed no progress from that money?

      What if Obama had fulfilled his promise to use federal campaign financing?

      What if Obama was truthful about the sources of his campaign funding?

      What if Obama admitted that many of his proposals could not be funded following the $700 billion bank bailout?

      What if Obama admitted that the poor and middle class would pay for his taxes on the rich, his carbon tax, his windfall profits tax, and his increased capital gains taxes through fewer jobs and higher consumer costs?

      The list goes on and on. If anyone looked at this logically, rather than emotionally, the choice would be clear. McCain/Palin 2008.

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