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Scottish Girl
Oakhurst, CA
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Puppet Master wrote: With the presidential election approaching at a dizzying pace, job losses may soon be vying with gas prices as the major economic issue facing the nation and the presidential candidates. According to government figures, payroll employment has declined by 463,000 jobs over the first seven months of this year. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 1.6 million and the unemployment rate has increased by 1 full percentage point to 5.7%.
Go Bush, Go!!!! I know you can get us up to 10% unemployment before you leave office!!!
And with any luck, McBush III will enter the white house to take us to 20+% during his term.
Now, if only we could find that wascally wabbit named bin Waden.
Go, Bush/McBush, Go!!! How about some facts....George Bush has been in office 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine and unemployment was at 4.5% Then we got a democratic congress and unemployment is up to 5%(a 10% increase)....but Democrats don't want facts...do they?
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Scottish Girl
Oakhurst, CA
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also to Puppet Master....Regular gas was at $2.19 a gallon now it is $4.00
but it is easy to blame this President that has had more catastrophic events in his term than any other I can remember in my time to vote.
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BILLY BOB
Mount Vernon, MO
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Scottish Girl wrote: <quoted text>How about some facts....George Bush has been in office 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine and unemployment was at 4.5% Then we got a democratic congress and unemployment is up to 5%(a 10% increase)....but Democrats don't want facts...do they? You will get blasted saying that. I agree. But you will attract the odd balls. Just wanted you to know, you are not alone
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Joined: Jun 20, 2008
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Evanston, IL
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my kind of town wrote: <quoted text>
So, Earnest - you seem to have inside information...
explain why Sarah Palin attending 6 colleges in 6 years is a
great indication of why she is qualified to be next in line for
the Presidency. Does education matter? Does a persons spotty
stamina and stability in their endeavors raise a red flag for you?
How about embellishing one's credentials? Another red flag?
Reportedly Sarah didn't like the climate at her first college
in Hawaii...what happened at the next five? Character, judgement,
constancy, committment...these words don't fit into Palins profile.
Stay tuned. Well, My Town, it seems like you Obamacons now have graduated from she faked her pregnancy to she's a hypocrite for not staying at home to she went to 6 colleges in an attempt to knock her character. She graduated didn't she. But oh, wait, it wasn't from an Ivy League school. Is there a VP prerequisite limiting the number of schools a candidate can attend? The whole point here is that she truly is an outsider - common folk cut from the same common cloth as most of us. She isn't connected in the inside politics of her state, Washington or any local corrupt political machine like someone we know (well, not exactly, the fawning media still gives him the kid glove routine). Finally, some of the best executives this country has produced attended more than a few schools, some none at all. Character, persistence, intregity, honesty, chutzpah and street smarts matter most. You know, in most European countries, if you don't make it to college, your options of moving up in society are slim. How many American success stories are out there that involve high school dropouts. Let the lady speak. Give it time. If experience is so important to you just remember, Palin is on the bench, Obama is at bat.
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BILLY BOB
Mount Vernon, MO
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Scottish Girl wrote: also to Puppet Master....Regular gas was at $2.19 a gallon now it is $4.00
but it is easy to blame this President that has had more catastrophic events in his term than any other I can remember in my time to vote. The Pesident has no contol on oil prices. Congress has made it hard to drill. More oil means lower prices. They want gas high so alternative fuels is more attractive. By regulations, it takes years just to be able to drill. Even after oil companies has bought right to the land
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Joined: Jun 20, 2008
Comments: 1440
Evanston, IL
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Scottish Girl wrote: <quoted text>How about some facts....George Bush has been in office 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine and unemployment was at 4.5% Then we got a democratic congress and unemployment is up to 5%(a 10% increase)....but Democrats don't want facts...do they? Amen, finally a sensible comment. Don't forget that when Bush entered the White House in 2000, the country WAS IN A RECESSION!! And if someone replies that we're now in a recession: we are not. In fact, we had positive growth in our first and second quarters this year. It takes two quarters of negative growth to be in a recession.
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Joined: Jun 20, 2008
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Evanston, IL
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Levi J wrote: <quoted text> she had it wrong... the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom isn't lipstick. the difference is that with a gun to your head you WOULD do the pit bull. You must have wrote this in between your bong hits.
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my kind of town
Chicago, IL
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Earnest in Evanston wrote: <quoted text>
I have read several posts that say Palin lied in her speech. But no one said what the lies were.
So, please provide some evidence. She said she got a new pipeline -the largest public/private project "underway." This old PROPOSAL, if approved by an unsigned Canadian company has been floated for over 10 years and is more than a decade away from being realized if at all. She implied cutting costs and trimming her state budget- Alaska now has its biggest deficit ever She seems to have fudged, or allowed others to fudge her education history (leaving out five additonal schools) She took six years to emerge with a still vague "degree" and her work history, prior to starting a family is cloudy at best...maybe non-existent. Again, no comment on the 6 schools in 6 years..and if you say the first didn't count, ok. 5 schools in 5 years -why ?
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Joined: Jun 20, 2008
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Evanston, IL
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GOP LIES wrote: PALIN:“Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown.”
REALITY: UNDER PALIN, WASILLA GOVERNMENT SPENDING & DEBT SKYROCKETED.
* Total Government Expenditures Increased 63 Percent Under Palin. In fiscal 2003—the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget—the total government expenditures of Wasilla, excluding capital outlays, were $7,046,325. In fiscal 1996—the year before Palin took control of the budget—the expenditures were $4,317,947. The increase was 63 percent.[Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 1]
* Palin Supported Increasing Wasilla Sales Tax From 2 to 2.5 Percent to Build $14.7 Million Sports Center.“Wasilla residents have given the go ahead to building a new multiuse sports center in town and to raising the city sales tax to pay for it. With the final votes counted Friday, residents voted 306 to 286 in favor of a measure to raise the city sales tax from 2 percent to 2.5 percent to pay the estimated $14.7 million cost of building the center…Mayor Sarah Palin, who supported the measure, said the tight vote will motivate city officials to keep a close eye on the budget for the center.”[Anchorage Daily News, 3/9/02]
* Palin Left Behind Almost $19 Million In Long-Term Debt, Compared to None Before She Was Mayor. In fiscal 2003—the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget—the bonded long-term debt was $18,635,000. In fiscal 1996—the year before Palin took control of the budget—there was no general obligation debt.[Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 10] Obama publicly called terrorist Weathermen Bill Ayers his friend. The Weathermen bombed the Pentagon, government buildings, police stations and killed a man. Obama kicked off his campaign at Ayers home. That's enough for me NOT to vote for Obama. He could walk on water, feed a city on one loaf of bread, actually open the clouds but it wouldn't be enough to get my vote. Would you call Ayers a friend?
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BILLY BOB
Mount Vernon, MO
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Earnest in Evanston wrote: <quoted text>
Amen, finally a sensible comment.
Don't forget that when Bush entered the White House in 2000, the country WAS IN A RECESSION!!
And if someone replies that we're now in a recession: we are not. In fact, we had positive growth in our first and second quarters this year. It takes two quarters of negative growth to be in a recession. Your right about the two quarter rule, but Obama is playing the recession card. News is economy is getting better. What will happen, as Bill Clinton did, Obama will take credit.
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Joined: Jun 20, 2008
Comments: 1440
Evanston, IL
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my kind of town wrote: <quoted text>
She said she got a new pipeline -the largest public/private project
"underway." This old PROPOSAL, if approved by an unsigned
Canadian company has been floated for over 10 years and is more
than a decade away from being realized if at all.
She implied cutting costs and trimming her state budget-
Alaska now has its biggest deficit ever
She seems to have fudged, or allowed others to fudge her education
history (leaving out five additonal schools) She took six years to emerge
with a still vague "degree" and her work history, prior to starting
a family is cloudy at best...maybe non-existent.
Again, no comment on the 6 schools in 6 years..and if you say the
first didn't count, ok. 5 schools in 5 years -why ? I don't think there's a state in the country that isn't facing budget deficit. You are really hung up on 6 schools in 6 years. Tell me, My Town, is there a scandal here? Did she get knocked up at one of the schools and got an abortion os she had to transfer? Gasp!!! Alert DailyKos!!!
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Levi J
Western Springs, IL
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Earnest in Evanston wrote: <quoted text>
You must have wrote this in between your bong hits. ... you are right... and to quote my future mother in law "I can't say I didn't inhale"
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Joined: Jun 20, 2008
Comments: 1440
Evanston, IL
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BILLY BOB wrote: <quoted text> Your right about the two quarter rule, but Obama is playing the recession card. News is economy is getting better. What will happen, as Bill Clinton did, Obama will take credit. How, he won't be elected. If the media won't stop the softballs and tell the whole story about Obama, the McCain campaign and it's revved constituents will. Geez, even comedians say Obama is off limits.
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Joined: Jun 20, 2008
Comments: 1440
Evanston, IL
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Soccer mom wrote: Soccer mom?!?!?!
Either the VP really doesn't do any work or someone else is going to be raising her 4 month old child. There's some family values for you. Soccer Mom, will you be the One, and please tell me what the Democrat's family values are? Because I've been asking and all I get is that Palin is a hyporcrite because she doesn't abide by the Republican family values....yada yada yada.
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Puppet Master
Denver, CO
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Scottish Girl wrote: also to Puppet Master....Regular gas was at $2.19 a gallon now it is $4.00
but it is easy to blame this President that has had more catastrophic events in his term than any other I can remember in my time to vote. Hmmmmmm, let's think about this. The Bush family made it's fortunes in what industry? Could it be OIL? Granted, I don't blame GW for oil prices. But I do blame him for not taking action in the first 6 years of his piss-poor terms as president to do something that would avert prices (and unemployment) rising as it has. McCain speaks of bipartisanship, but him, Bush, many republicans and democrats both are guilty of preaching bipartisanship to get elected only to forget it (among many other campaign pledges) after being elected. McCain is running on the same platform as Bush, he'll say what he needs to get elected. Obama will do the same. But, Obama won't be another Bush. Yes, he may end up worse (that'd be a tougher challenge than anything else he'd face), but we all know McCain would follow the same policies as Bush no matter what he's saying to be elected. It's not that I'm against McCain so much as it is that I'm against continuing down the path our country is on. In four years, if I'm wrong, I'll watch the candidates and vote for who I think will take us down a different path than what we are on. At the moment, that's not McCain.
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GOP LIES
Eddyville, KY
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BILLY BOB wrote: <quoted text> The Pesident has no contol on oil prices. Congress has made it hard to drill. More oil means lower prices. They want gas high so alternative fuels is more attractive. By regulations, it takes years just to be able to drill. Even after oil companies has bought right to the land In June, the Democrats tried to fine the oil companies if they continued to refuse to drill on the 68 Million acres they already have under lease. The GOP filibustered the bill, just like the oil lobbyists wanted. The oil companies want the oil to stay in the ground until they can get $200 a barrel on the world market, and the GOP was happy to sell you out for all that oil company PAC cash. So now you know which party is keeping gas prices high. Get a clue. Democrats pay for gas too.
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Samuel
Dike, IA
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Meet the real John McCain here: http://www.youtube.com/v/GEtZlR3zp4c&hl=e... If you vote for him, you are a fool and part of the problem that is bringing our great nation to its knees. DO NOT VOTE FOR JOHN MCCAIN!
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GOP LIES
Eddyville, KY
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Earnest in Evanston wrote: <quoted text>
Amen, finally a sensible comment.
Don't forget that when Bush entered the White House in 2000, the country WAS IN A RECESSION!!
And if someone replies that we're now in a recession: we are not. In fact, we had positive growth in our first and second quarters this year. It takes two quarters of negative growth to be in a recession. Yeah, the recession started as soon as Bush was nominated. The smart money bailed early.
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my kind of town
Chicago, IL
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Earnest in Evanston wrote: <quoted text>
Well, My Town, it seems like you Obamacons now have graduated from she faked her pregnancy to she's a hypocrite for not staying at home to she went to 6 colleges in an attempt to knock her character.
She graduated didn't she. But oh, wait, it wasn't from an Ivy League school. Is there a VP prerequisite limiting the number of schools a candidate can attend?
The whole point here is that she truly is an outsider - common folk cut from the same common cloth as most of us. She isn't connected in the inside politics of her state, Washington or any local corrupt political machine like someone we know (well, not exactly, the fawning media still gives him the kid glove routine).
Finally, some of the best executives this country has produced attended more than a few schools, some none at all.
Character, persistence, intregity, honesty, chutzpah and street smarts matter most. You know, in most European countries, if you don't make it to college, your options of moving up in society are slim. How many American success stories are out there that involve high school dropouts.
Let the lady speak. Give it time.
If experience is so important to you just remember, Palin is on the bench, Obama is at bat. "She graduated didn't she" Are you kidding? This is the standard you want us to accept for someone who might end up in the Oval Office? You may think it noble to award our top job to a dropout, a fibber and someone who doesn't seem particularly well-read, travelled or brilliant. Being a scrappy spitfire gets you only so far and being "on the bench" at Blair House should not be in the cards. I can;t believe you are so partisan that you would suspend common sense and act like she is arising from the fields like some Horatiio Alger. Guess what, its a big room she wants to work for us and we need a DEEP BENCH...because other countries are sending in their All-Stars.
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BILLY BOB
Mount Vernon, MO
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Earnest in Evanston wrote: <quoted text>
How, he won't be elected.
If the media won't stop the softballs and tell the whole story about Obama, the McCain campaign and it's revved constituents will.
Geez, even comedians say Obama is off limits. You are right I agree 100 %..I was being sad. But should have said,, if elected. I write Jay Leno all the time. Leno should pay for his advertisement for Obama and cuts on John. It is shameless. Last time John was on his show, People really showed they liked him. In California so less. I think next poll will be John ahead. You head McCain tonight. He will veto bills with pork. And tell the American people the names of those who added the pork
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