What Are Rich People Thinking?

There is no pro-abortion,everybody respects the seriousness of the issue,the moral doubts.

It is not just a surgery.

I am against the attitude of leftist Dems,who offend religious people & mock their concerns...

However,there is no issue until the 12th week.

There is no life,no brains,no heart,no "soul ",no person.

That is the scientific truth.

America is a secular state. No...Islamic Law,no...Catholic /Evangelical Law...

Why don't we just have all businesses not be able to make a profit. Any profit goes to the government. All wages will be the same for everyone and then all the profits from all the companies split up evenly across the population. There will be no need to work hard. There will be no such thing as success. You will hav no better opportunity than anyone else. Just a plain level playing field for all. Is that what all of you Obama suppoerters want?

Ironically, dealing with our current economic mess could involve giving tax cuts to the wealthy. But this is not possible (or at least extremely risky) as the government is already strapped for funds as the national deficit approaches $1 trillion. The conscientious, wealthy voters of the blue states seem to understand this. The national psychology -- economic psychology -- has shifted from the me to the we. Moreover, such tax cuts perhaps would not do much in the current climate, while lending institutions are too scared to lend money. Bush and his team and the Republicans as a whole have managed the economy through a few over-simplified core values: low taxes and low government spending, what is good for big business is good for the economy, every American should own a home, the government should (for the most part) stay out of the workings of the business world (including funding new technologies like stem cell research and alternative energies), etc. That kind of managing philosophy works for awhile, if it can be achieved at all (low government spending has never been achieved under the past few Republican adminstrations), but it has ultimately lead, as many had foreseen, to the problems we now face. Now the markets can not be left to themselves to work things out. Now things are clearly very bad. When the entire U.S. auto industry faces extinction, now is not the time to cut taxes for the top 5% and sit back and let things work themselves out laissez-faire style. The Republicans let things get out of hand perhaps because they were afraid of the political consequences of raising taxes and raising interest rates necessary to prevent inflation, help the dollar keep its value and cool down the previously insanely over-heated housing market. They were afraid to (or didn???t care to) put the brakes on the housing market especially as well as other markets that were bullish, but clearly headed for a bubble burst.

The consequence is, among other things, the Republicans lose power. Some saw this coming. Some didn???t. The point is it???s time for someone who believes in government to solve problems other than merely the problems in Iraq and Tblisi. That time is now. Help us Mr. Obama, you may be our only hope. Don???t merely be a politician. The Bush era was the era of politics over governing. It was the era of winning at the political game rather than managing the health of the nation for now and for the future. That time is over. Now is the time for real solutions, we hope and pray.

I think you're (wiilfully, perhaps) ignoring education level as a factor in party affinity. (I also think you've incorrectly characterized Obama's attitude toward those making over $250K by using the word "ridicule." He often points out that he belongs to this category, as well, and states admiration for those who have achieved financial success.)

Back to education level: speaking as someone in the $250K+ income level, we generally hold intelligence in high regard. Many of us (most, probably) achieved success not through trust funds, but rather by working our way up from modest backgrounds, beginning by securing a high quality education. The GOP has become profoundly anti-intellectual, almost anti-intelligence in its public positioning. Although you've thrown the label "populist" at the Democrats, the Republicans have essentially become a religious populist party, and this isn't very appealing to well-educated people, who, coincidentally, tend to have high incomes.

People with high incomes also tend to travel a lot, and have seen with their own eyes that a more open, tolerant, and compassionate society is possible. These observations tend to make the religiously-inspired social conservatism of the Republican party particularly unattractive.

Unfortunately,the populist notion of distributionism,which is the cradle of socialism,is alive &...kicking...

The idea that anyone voted for Obama for the reasons you cited are wrong. Obama got votes because the media that is controlled by the far left have been bashing Bush, free enterprise, and capitalism for 8 years and have convinced the easily manipulated entitlement crowd that America is evil and that all things bad that happen in the world is America's fault. Never has a country been so betrayed by its own. In addition, the media graciously did not reveal what Obama really is. The media made a big deal that a black man got elected. The really big deal (and completely ignored) is that a marxist got elected. African Americans did exactly the opposite of what Martin Luther King said this country should evolve to: "the content of character is what should matter, not the color of his skin." How many voted for him because of skin color? But how could anyone vote based on character because the media did not bother to tell all they knew about him. By the time the "folks" learn, it will be too late!