'We can change our future,' Michelle Obama says in CU speech
Rocky Mountain News
Published September 30, 2008 at 11:53 a.m.
Updated October 1, 2008 at 1:51 p.m.
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University of Colorado student Claire Hay tries a combination of talking on her phone while studying as she waits in line next to Farrand Field Wednesday, October 1, 2008, Boulder, campus for an appearance by Michelle Obama.
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Michelle Obama will speak on the University of Colorado campus at Farrand Field, Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
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Tony Lujan, with facilities management for the University of Colorado, puts up a voter registration station sign at Farrand Field Wednesday, before Michelle Obama's speaks.
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Obama campaign volunteers discuss details on Farrand Field Wednesday at the University of Colorado in Boulder as preparation is done for an appearance by Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama spoke today at the University of Colorado. The Rocky's Julie Poppen and Sara Burnett covered the rally live.
12:21 p.m.
Michelle Obama says the campaign needs the crowd’s work and prayers.
“We can change our future,” she says. “We can perhaps change the world.”
With that, she concluded her speech and the crowd chanted "Yes, we can!"
12:19 p.m.
Michelle Obama says young people, students, can change the outcome of this election.
She says there is a goal to register 4,100 students on CU’s campus, and “we’re halfway there.”
“Let’s hit that goal,” she said, noting there are people in the crowd to help students register.
She also asks them to find five other “trifling people in your life” – a dorm mate, sorority sister, parent – who is cynical or intimidated by politics.
“What we have to do is tell them, this time it’s different,” Obama says, encouraging them to get those people to register to vote too.
12:15 p.m.
Oct. 6 is the deadline to register to vote, and Obama urges everyone to register and get their friends to register.
“What happens here in the state can set the tone for the rest of the election,” Obama says. “This is a swing state, and we want some swinging to go on right here.”
Obama says about 170,000 young people in Colorado who are eligible to vote are not registered.
12:14 p.m.
“Barack Obama’s leadership is the kind of leadership we need right now,” Michelle Obama says. “Not in four years, or in eight years.”
Let’s assume it’s not going to be easy to elect him, she said, because it was never going to be easy.
“We’re running out of time,” she says.
From the crowd some guy yells, “We need to kick butt.”
Obama responds that they need to get that guy up on stage.
12:11 p.m.
Obama says only one candidate – her husband -- is talking about a long-term energy plan, believes every child in this nation “deserves an outstanding education,” and is talking about withdrawing troops from Iraq responsibly.
12:09 p.m.
Michelle Obama says most Americans want Washington to stop talking about family values and start creating policies that value families.
“That’s just the kind of president you’ll have in the White House” if voters elect Barack Obama, she says.
“There are some clear choices in this election, and for me the choices are clear,” Michelle Obama says.
12:07 p.m.
“Don’t we want a president who understands what it’s like to carry debt?” Michelle Obama asks.
“Let me tell you, Barack gets it. He gets it,” she said.
Barack Obama walked away from a high-paying job after college to be a community organizer in Chicago, working in areas where steel plants closed. She says those areas saw a lot of the same problems as Americans are in today’s failing economy.
“Let me tell you something, CU, Barack Obama gets it. What Barack understands is that people in America aren’t asking for much … they just want to know that if they get up and work hard every day, they’ll be able to earn enough to take care of their kids.”
12:04 p.m.
Obama says Sen. Barack Obama’s mother died of ovarian cancer at age 53, and he had to deal with insurance companies rejecting her because they said cancer was a pre-existing condition.
Michelle Obama says America needs someone with that kind of life experience in the White House.
She also says she and Barack Obama came out of college with a lot of student debt. They just paid off their student loans a few years ago, and that was because her husband wrote two best-selling books, she said.
12:01 p.m.
Obama is talking about her working-class background and her father, who suffered from multiple sclerosis.
“With all that he had to deal with, he didn’t complain once,” she said. “When things got hard, he worked a little harder.”
She says her parents’ sacrifices helped send her and her brother to college.
11:58 a.m.
“We’re here because of all of you,” Obama tells the crowd.
She says it’s been exciting to watch the enthusiasm of supporters across the country, and that she’s so proud of her husband.
“I know in my soul that he will be an extraordinary president,” she says.
11:56 a.m.
Obama says the campaign has seen great excitement from young people. And “not-so-young people.”
“Let’s hear it for the not-so-young people,” she said, bringing a cheer from the crowd.
11:54 a.m.
Michelle Obama was greeted by loud cheers and applause.
She thanked her “good friend” Jeannie Ritter, Colorado’s first lady. She said Coloradans were great hosts for the Democratic National Convention in August.
“We had a good time,” she said.
11:52 a.m.
Eric Heiser, a 29-year-old studying engineering and physics, said he skipped his politics of movement course and biochemistry to come to Michelle Obama’s speech.
“It’s not very often that the potential first lady shows up on campus,” he said.
Heiser said he hopes to “gain more insight into the political process about how politicians and their family interact with the public.”
Obama coming to Boulder is like preaching to the choir, Heiser said, but he added he hopes that gives her more opportunity to speak about some specific issues.
Heiser said his personal interest is renewable energy.
Heiser was with a friend Lindsay Focht, 18., who goes to school in California but is home in Boulder recovering from a back injury.
Focht showed up with a full back brace with a sign on it reading, “I wouldn’t miss this even with a broken back.”
11:47 a.m.
Former Broncos star Rod Smith told the crowd at Farrand Field that he grew up in a big family.
They were not politically aware, he said, but more concerned about “putting food on the table.”
Times have changed, Smith said, for him and America.
“We do need change, and not just a slogan of change,” he said. “That’s why being here today is very important.”
Smith said he didn’t always vote when he could have, and he found himself complaining about what was happening in Washington.
“I suffered enough by not voting, and you know what I did the whole time? Complained about it,” he said. “Don’t complain if you don’t vote.”
11:40 a.m.
The rally leading up to Michelle Obama’s speech is underway.
Joe Megus, a law student running for the CU Board of Regents, told the crowd, “This is the most important election in our lifetime. There are people who question whether we will show up. I know you will. The stakes of staying home are too high. Let’s change the world together.”
Congressional candidate Jared Polis said the youth vote “will make the difference in this election. It certainly did for me in the Democratic primary.”
Polis also said everyone in the crowd needs to take personal responsibility to get all of their friends and family members to vote.
All of those who were in line are now on the fileld, which is only about a quarter filled.
10:53 a.m.
The lines are flowing relatively quickly into Farrand Field, which can hold about 7,000 people. Attendees are going through minimal security checks, with no metal detectors. Officials are mostly just visually scanning people.
One of those who just entered was Christina Donahue, 19, an English major, who said her professor canceled class so students could attend the rally.
"It's important to be out and politically active and vote," Donahue said. "This will be an important part of history."
Since she is 19, this will be the first time she can vote.
"A lot of people are really interested," Donahue said. "They want to be part of it and contribute."
She, along with the thousands of others expected to attend, are filling out information cards for the Obama campaign.
A local band, Meniskus, is performing as the crowd pours. in.
There's a big handpainted "GoBama: Barack and Roll" sign next to the field. Udall and Polis campaign signs are also sprouting up.
10:17 a.m.
Duke Austin, a 33-year-old graduate student and instructor in CU’s Sociology Department, was out near the lines to get in with a sign that said, “No bailout for the rich” on one side and “Don’t surge Afghanistan” on the other.
Austin describes himself as a “critical Obama supporter.”
“I think the movement surrounding Obama is more progressive than Obama himself. If the movement wants to influence change in Obama, it has to do it before the election,” he said.
Austin was among the organizers of protests during the Democratic National Convention and is part of the group Students for Peace and Justice.
He said the line between government and big business is increasing non-existent.
Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, there was credible evidence that some of terrorists were in Afghanistan, Austin said, and the U.S. had a morally defensible position to be in that country.
However, Austin said that is no longer the case.
Obama is talking tough about Afghanistan to show, “he is not a pacifist,” Austin said.
10:04 a.m.
Perhaps they're sleeping in or sitting in class, because the crowd so far is distinctly lacking in CU students -- the Obama campaign's target audience.
Gail Heinzman, who is working for New Era Colorado registering people in line to vote, said more students will likely show up after morning classes. Heinzman said students and other young voters are under-represented in the electoral process. She's hoping to get them registered to vote and signed up to work as election judges, where students' savvy with technology could come in handy.
"They have the potential to have a distinct impact on the election in a swing state," Heinzman said. She is encouraging out-of-state students to register to vote in Colorado rather than vote absentee in their home states.
Kim Saporito, also from New Era Colorado, taught at CU and said it was difficult for her students to vote. Because they move often - and must be registered at a current address - she saw students turned away at their polling place.
"They want to (vote)," Saporito said. "They make it so easy to register, but for students it's a little harder. You have to know how to fill out the form right."
The women said New Era Colorado has registered more than 9,000 people to vote.
"Once people get involved in politics, they tend to stay involved in politics," Heinzman said.
9:57 a.m.
Two lines have formed at Farrand Field, one at the northeast corner and the other on the southwest corner. The lines snake through the scenic campus, with several hundred people in each line. Most people in line appear to be community members, rather than students.
9:48 a.m.
Robert Mosley, a 69-year-old who is retired from the U.S. Postal Service, drove from Commerce City to see Michelle Obama.
"I feel that she can spread more knowledge about what Obama's plans are for the future," said Mosley, who was among the first 30 or so people in line.
Specifically, Mosley wants to hear more about the economy, the war in Iraq, women's issues "and the plight of the middle-income people."
9:25 a.m.
Several hundred people already are lined up around Farrand Field at the University of Colorado, where Michelle Obama will urge a crowd later today to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election and to cast ballots for her husband, Sen. Barack Obama.
Gates don't open until 10 a.m., and Michelle Obama isn't expected to speak until closer to noon. But Longmont residents Song Bennett and her partner, David Stewart, arrived at 7:30 a.m. to be first in line.
The couple both had the day off from work, and said they wouldn't miss the opportunity to hear Michelle Obama speak.
"We're firm Obama supporters and I love Michelle," said Bennett, a 43-year-old pre-med student at the University of Colorado at Denver. "Anytime I can hear her speak, it's great."
9:15 a.m.
Among the first in line for Michelle Obama's speech was 13-year-old Hannalee Chatham, a seventh-grader at Erie Middle School, whose mom allowed her to skip school for today's event.
"It all comes down to Barack Obama wanting to help our country, our economy, our society," Hannalee said.
She said she expected Michelle Obama to back up her husband's message.
Hannalee said her mom and stepdad are not all that politically active but said she is obsessed with politics.
She said she has read most of "The Audacity of Hope," a book by the Democratic presidential nominee, but said "it was a slow book."
Under her arm she was clutching a book for school, a biography of Frederick Douglass.
Accompanying Hannalee was a family friend, Brittany Pettersen, who said, "It's amazing to find someone who's so young who cares."
EARLIER STORY
Sen. John McCain will try to win over women and undecided voters with two town hall meetings in Colorado this week, while Michelle Obama today will urge college students - a key group for her husband, Sen. Barack Obama - to register to vote.
McCain will hold a "women's town hall" Thursday at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Denver and a town hall meeting Friday at Colorado State University in Pueblo.
The Arizona Republican will take questions from the crowd at both events. It's a format the campaign believes McCain does well in and one that differentiates him from Obama, whose recent appearances here have been rallies or speeches with no audience participation.
The idea is to have "a true discourse and conversation with undecided voters," said McCain spokesman Tom Kise.
While the meetings are open to the public - and men may attend the Denver event - the campaign is extending special invitations to voters identified from phone banks as undecided.
It's also hoping the Denver meeting will attract women voters who supported Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, or those upset that Obama didn't pick Clinton as his running mate.
Pueblo, which Obama visited last month, is fertile ground for both campaigns.
While Democrats made up about 44 percent of registered voters in Pueblo County as of August, about 30 percent were unaffiliated, and 24 percent registered as Republican.
Michelle Obama's noon rally today at the University of Colorado in Boulder, meanwhile, is part of a strategy to increase turnout among voters age 24 and younger.
"It's very important for us to make sure that these young people are registered to vote," said Matt Chandler, a spokesman for Obama.
In 2004, John Kerry lost Colorado to President Bush by roughly 100,000 votes.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said in August that Obama could close that gap by one-third by increasing turnout and support among 18- to 24-year-olds and blacks by 5 percent.
--Sara Burnett
Campaign events in Colorado: Oct. 1 - Oct. 3
WEDNESDAY
* What: Voter registration rally with Michelle Obama
* Where: Farrand Field, University of Colorado, Boulder
* When: Gates open 10 a.m. Obama speaks about noon
* Tickets: Not required, but an RSVP is encouraged at co.barackobama.com/BoulderChange
THURSDAY
* What: "Women's town hall" with Sen. John McCain
* Where: Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver
* When: Doors open 2:30 p.m. Program scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m.
* Tickets: Required, but free. Contact campaign headquarters at 6334 S. Racine Circle, Suite 200, Centennial, 303-952-4670, or jdubois@mccain08hq. com.
FRIDAY
* What: Town hall meeting with McCain
* Where: Massari Arena, Colorado State University, Pueblo
* When: Doors open 9 a.m. Program scheduled for 11 a.m.
* Tickets: Required, but free. Contact the Pueblo campaign office, 830 N. Main St., 719-543-1725 or anickel@mccain08hq.com
The Rocky's Sara Burnett contributed to this report.
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September 30, 2008
12:26 p.m.
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T1anda writes:
Obama should fit right in with The Peoples Republic of Boulder!
Welcome Senator McCain!!!! Country First!!
September 30, 2008
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DenverDan writes:
Every single thing that McCain will buy. Will have a lifetime warrenty.
September 30, 2008
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dilligaf writes:
Glad to see you come back to our state. But can you please leave Palin in Alaska. I sleep so much better when she is keeping an eye on those Russians. She is the first line of defence.
September 30, 2008
1:52 p.m.
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Mr_Hyde writes:
d-e-f-e-n-s-e.....defense..... Yeah, Palin is an idiot......
September 30, 2008
2:01 p.m.
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Ahab337 writes:
Didn't McCain suspend his campaign last week to work on fixing the economy? What happened to that?
Oh wait...that WAS political grandstanding??
September 30, 2008
2:13 p.m.
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PRAYFORTHEKIDS writes:
YEA, funny how right before the debate it was "country first" and their was a more pressing matter going on in DC then the debate. Well the pressing matter is still going on so how come McCain isn't in DC.
He will probably come up with something for Thursday night to cancel the VP debate.
September 30, 2008
2:31 p.m.
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HopiMedicineMan writes:
His coming explains the F-16s and the helicopter flyovers. What defense could an F-16 have against a terrorist strapped to a suicide bomb hidden inside a van?
September 30, 2008
2:41 p.m.
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PriusGuy writes:
"Country first" and "McCain" can never again be associated with each other. Not after his dangerous pick of Palin. She is completely unprepared to be president. I fear she may make a worse president than Bush. And McCain wants her to be his VP?!! No, that's anything but a "country first" decision. That's just foolishness.
So I say, "Country First!" Go Obama!
September 30, 2008
3:04 p.m.
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Billy writes:
If you vote for John McBush, you deserve what you get.
September 30, 2008
3:07 p.m.
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dilligaf writes:
There is 20 times more turmoil in Washington this week than last week. Where is McCain? Surely he is putting America first and he as we blog is there ironing this whole thing out. Surely he will be canceling this trip to Colorado to take care of more important issues. America first John.
September 30, 2008
3:07 p.m.
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IRUNMAN writes:
Since when did Johnny Boy re-start his campaign?
I thought we were all very happy when he announced he was suspending his campaign?
I was happy.
September 30, 2008
3:08 p.m.
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BenchBoss writes:
McCain doesn't need any defense from suicide bombs - he already picked one..... Palin.
September 30, 2008
3:12 p.m.
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Marshdale writes:
McLaim; Is probably going to tell us that the fundamentals of the economy are sound.
I wonder how the Republicans are going to sell to the American people that more deregulation is good and that we the people and small business will bennefit from it?
That will be a laugher:-)
September 30, 2008
3:44 p.m.
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INC writes:
will palin be let off of the leash?
or is it McSame will be here to hideout when palin implodes Thursday night?
Anyone notice mcSame took credit for the bailout BEFORE it failed?
Not to mention he accused Obama of "phoning it in" when all McCain did was Phone it in?
some good leadership there pal. NOT!
September 30, 2008
4:03 p.m.
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enough321 writes:
Yay!, the old Couric ventriloquist act is coming to Denver...oh, wait...how can it be a ventriloquist act when one is an old wooden thing and the other is a dummy?
September 30, 2008
4:24 p.m.
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windskull writes:
John McCain showed everyone last week that he lacks the leadership skills to even rally the support of HALF his own turncoa ~oops~ Republican so called colleagues who could not fall over one another fast enough to blame any and everything EXCEPT their own self serving greed for the mess they alone are responsible for causing McCain in particular for years of ushering through deregulation policies and let`s not forget Bush`s insistence that people BUY,BUY,BUY or the terrorists win while pushing that ownership society bull$h1t down every easily swayed individuals throats!
I am not the one calling people dumb the shysters who media are boasting as listened to their constituents are, they hope you have forgotten their abuses and misbehavior while controlling Congress from 1994 to 2007 PROVE THEY ARE WRONG THAT YOU ARE NOT DUMB AND SEND THEM PACKING NOVEMBER 4 preferably penniless as they would not hesitate to do any of us when their platinum grade lifestyles are not on the line!
September 30, 2008
4:29 p.m.
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BenchBoss writes:
A little one-sided in here. Probably need to balance this out....
Illegal aliens! Empty suit! Liberal media! Blah! Blah! Iraq! Experience! Blah! There - that should do it.
September 30, 2008
5:36 p.m.
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mrtaco writes:
McLame will be in CO? Better plan ahead and stock up on Depends, Metamucil, and Ensure before he gets here!! I can't wait to hear what new canned lies he'll arthritically deliver.
September 30, 2008
5:41 p.m.
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Americans4Liberty writes:
"It’s the same destructive strategy that government tried during the Great Depression: prop up prices at all costs." (Ron Paul)
"To the freedom lovers, who understand that success and failure are the yin and yang of free market capitalism, the solution is to let the market work …. Let the risk-takers on Wall Street reap what they’ve sown – period." (Johnnie B. Byrd)
"Expect to see the stock market decline day after day so that a panic atmosphere is created so that the pawns will give in and approve the package. Everything you see happening in the financial system now was planned and is meant to make you the pawn." (Richard J. Greene, Sept. 29, 2008)
"You can't solve the problem... of money and credit out of thin air by more money and credit out of thin air." (Ron Paul)
"The only way to fix this economic mess that the international bankers have created is to return America to sound money principles, as prescribed in the U.S. Constitution." (Chuck Baldwin, No Amnesty for Wall Street)
"...the financial elites will rely on a purchase from the last and greatest fool in the pyramid chain that has been our fractional reserve banking system, the U.S. taxpayer." (Casey Khan)
"Now the Wall Street crony capitalists have put a 700-pound billion dollar bag of dung on taxpayers’ doorsteps, rung the bell, and expect you to thank them when you answer it." (Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, Michigan)
PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN! THEY WILL TRY TO PASS THIS BAILOUT BILL AGAIN!!
September 30, 2008
6:19 p.m.
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Ahab337 writes:
Benchboss
LOL
September 30, 2008
6:22 p.m.
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angryrepublican writes:
It will be a real idiot festival Thursday and Friday!! Country First!!!! Vote for anyone but the Arrogant Thief McPain!!!!
September 30, 2008
7:02 p.m.
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McGowdog writes:
""Marshdale writes:
McLaim; Is probably going to tell us that the fundamentals of the economy are sound.""
McLaim? Is that because he's got two sticks busted up so bad he can't lift them about his navel?
Nice. It'd be a shame if you slipped on a banana peel and busted your mouth.
September 30, 2008
7:30 p.m.
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McGowdog writes:
22 posts against McCain and Palin? Really Are you all trolls made up by some liberal dork at the Rocky Mountain Newsrag or something?
I'll take all you liberal whinny 8!#ches on.
8==============================D~~~~~~~~~~splat.
September 30, 2008
7:49 p.m.
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mrtaco writes:
suuure you will, cowdog, sure you will. what you can take... is my order. hold the mayo though. thanks.
September 30, 2008
8:05 p.m.
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BenchBoss writes:
McGowdog writes:
"22 posts against McCain and Palin? Really Are you all trolls made up by some liberal dork at the Rocky Mountain Newsrag or something?
I'll take all you liberal whinny 8!#ches on."
Wow - you can count. And, apparently, not much else.
September 30, 2008
9:22 p.m.
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Sue3275 writes:
Lou Dobbs
CNN Transcripts
September 30, 2008
LOU DOBBS, HOST: Tonight, a stunning setback for the Bush administration and the Democratic congressional leadership and an outright victory for the American people, the House of Representatives refusing to support that $700 billion Wall Street bailout. We'll have complete coverage and we'll be reporting to you on today's huge sell- off on Wall Street.
And tonight, is anyone in Washington looking after the interests of our working men and women and their families, our middle class? We'll have a special report on the refuse of political and financial elites to help our working men and women.
...............DOBBS: Well Jessica, help me out here. Maybe I'm a little confused on very, very complicated mathematics. But it seems to me that with the majority in the House of Representatives, it's a bit disingenuous for Barney Frank or Nancy Pelosi or Steny Hoyer to be blaming Republicans. All they had to do was assemble their majority and push this through. Why is the national media letting them play these silly games? In point of fact, this should be squarely resting on the majority in Congress and that's a Democratic majority.
..........DOBBS: Jessica, if I may, that seems to be an artifice, a convenient one for the Democratic leadership, but the reality is more than 60 Democrats voted against the bailout, so it seems rather them talking nicely to 12 Republicans, Barney Frank might consider talking nice to some 60-some odd Democrats.
YELLIN: Well you hit the nail on the head, Lou, and one of the proposals or the ideas I've heard from Democrats is that if the Republicans don't want to come along, they will -- the Democrats will rewrite this bill as a bill that's very pleasing to the Democrats that includes bankruptcy protections and all sorts of consumer protections to help families and Democratic voters which Republicans won't like at all, but will get all of those Democrats signed on and they might try to shove it down the Republicans' throat.
DOBBS: Well I've got a forecast to make and I'll venture one of my forecasts if I may, Jessica. After all of these Congress men and women get back from their home districts, I'll guarantee you the Democrats won't be passing any such legislation with any such elements in it. Thank you very much, Jessica Yellin.
............About 12 percent of the two million mortgages now under foreclosure were written for homeowners with bad credit or with little or no money down. Two years ago, sub prime borrowers accounted for 20 percent of home loans, now nine percent of the nation's 75 million homeowners are either behind on their mortgage payments or in foreclosure.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...
September 30, 2008
9:32 p.m.
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Uno writes:
Yes, sure everybody, vote for Obama so liberals can sit on their butts all day long posting and living off their welfare checks. I hope McCain gets in there and puts a stop to this waste. Liberals are despicable useless creatures.
Titancain “I'm a homo with huge muscles.” - but not much else, brainstem, looking for a date on these posts.
September 30, 2008
9:41 p.m.
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rage_against_the_stupid writes:
Please understand a simple truth, Nobama hides behind media. They tell him when it's safe to come out. Biden is not even an issue for the biased ones, and yet you lefists will drag out the same old democrat talking points when your knee jerks. McCain and Palin are honest people to a fault and, why does that make you so uncomfortable, it's obvious!
September 30, 2008
9:57 p.m.
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allelsefollows writes:
PriusGuy writes:
"Country first" and "McCain" can never again be associated with each other. Not after his dangerous pick of Palin. She is completely unprepared to be president.
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Obama is every BIT as unprepared to be president and always has been. His gaffe-spewing imbicile of a running-mate is just as dangerous as a backup. Therefore, "Country First" can never EVER be associated with PriusGuy or anyone else irresponsible enough to vote for those two chumps!
September 30, 2008
10:02 p.m.
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allelsefollows writes:
Further proof that unviels the TRUE porkers in this race!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmc_56...
September 30, 2008
10:30 p.m.
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Ahab337 writes:
Seems as though the right-wingers posting here are a little upset...
Maybe it's because Obama's maintaining a steady lead in the polls?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/110845/Gal...
Maybe it's the new Tina Fey video mocking Palin... with Palin's own hollow, moronic rhetoric?
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Liv...
Maybe they're beginning to realize that McCain/Palin ticket is a truly SCARY thing, and the wrong choice for this country....
And, as usual, they can't really back up anything they say.
Obama/Biden '08
September 30, 2008
10:50 p.m.
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Jack_Durden writes:
LOL... McCain and Palin honest people... that makes me giggle on the inside...
Why couldn't McCain look Obama in the eyes at the debate?... Why is Palin dodging the Troopergate investigation?... yes, very honest people there indeed.
September 30, 2008
11:08 p.m.
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rmtalker writes:
Fact: If you put a potato on tv often enough, people will actually become interested in seeing the potato in person.
October 1, 2008
1:01 a.m.
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BenchBoss writes:
Uno writes:
"Yes, sure everybody, vote for Obama so liberals can sit on their butts all day long posting and living off their welfare checks. I hope McCain gets in there and puts a stop to this waste. Liberals are despicable useless creatures."
I never would've pegged you for a comedian. That's some seriously funny stuff. Tough times bring out the worst in all of us. It must be difficult having to support such a weak ticket packed with lies and incompetence. As Bill Clinton would say, "I feel your pain". Now, get in line and take your meds. You're gonna have 4 years to get to know Obama. Your Next President.
October 1, 2008
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HighIQProgressive writes:
Geez neocons, are you so far in the past that you haven't heard of Operation Kos? Rushheads aren't the only ones that can create political strategies, we're going to insure that people whose full-time jobs prevent them from sitting and posting groupspeak all day get their full does of Kossack truth. Hurts, don't it?
October 1, 2008
6:53 a.m.
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vudumom writes:
Wait a minute! Who's taking care of Michelle Obama's kids. Shouldn't she be home caring for her two young daughters? Children that age need a parent around. Since Obama is largely an absentee father(the apple doesn't fall far from the tree) Michelle should be there taking care of her children.
October 1, 2008
7:07 a.m.
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SanctuaryCity writes:
She's been asked to spread the propagada. The kids are on their own just like the american people would be if osama obama is remoted elected
October 1, 2008
7:18 a.m.
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DeimosJB writes:
I don't get it: if Mrs. Obama is campaigning again - by definition a political undertaking - does that mean we get to criticize her political positions now, or are we still supposed to give her a free pass?
Can someone in the media please tell me what I am supposed to think and how I am supposed to feel and how I am supposed to vote?
October 1, 2008
7:58 a.m.
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INC writes:
vudumom,
The kids have a loving caretaker in their Grandmother.
MarineGrunt,
about Michelles attitude twards Her political party it is an easy guess. if She is proud of the racist right most likely not.
After Nov 4th? To go lock step in agreement tales a total disconnect with reality.
tiero,
see response to vudumom...
DeimosJB,
Feel free to criticize Michelle Obama. As I will most certainly criticize Secessionist Sarah palins lack of knowledge. specifically her complete ignorance of 200 years of supreme court cases. as we all know the supreme court has ruled on far more cases than just roe v wade. the ONE case palin knows about.
Inso far as what to think... let me help...
Obama/Biden will be a far better choice for President and VP than mcSame/milf.
October 1, 2008
8:11 a.m.
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leatherneck writes:
Michelle Obama is a racist. I am not putting someone in the Whitehouse that don't like white people.
"When Michelle Obama attended Princeton University, she wrote a thesis about racial division. Although the university claims that they will not, by any means, release the paper to the public until the presidential election is over due to the effects that they fear it may have on Obama's campaign."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVz-x...
October 1, 2008
8:30 a.m.
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cassidy22 writes:
leatherneck - wow, because educated people can't possibly write papers based on research, that don't represent their personal feelings. OOHH she wrote a paper.
So did I. I wrote lots of papers in college, in that stupid humanities class they made me take freshman year. I wrote about women's rights, about Native American rights, I wrote about the supposed lifestyle of Australopithecus. I wrote about the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
Then I got my engineering degree and left that paper writing behind. I did it because I had to take a class, had to do the coursework, might have learned something along the way - but writing one paper doens't define who I am.
So you don't want to put someone in the White House that you PRESUME doens't like white people (and her husband is half white, btw) but you're OK with people in the white house who don't like other ethnic groups? That's nice.
October 1, 2008
8:39 a.m.
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INC writes:
No Jarhead
not Artstarzz.
and
The only party accusing racism and bringing it into discourse is republican.
You your self have had disagreement with America and how it is run. to label someone unAmerican because they exorcise the same right to disagree (as yourself) is narrow minded, lopsided partisanship.
October 1, 2008
9:29 a.m.
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Nobama writes:
Just quickly scanned this thread and saw the usual Liberal love fest. Don't you folks get tired of posting your juvenile little quips all day? Do you not understand why reasonable, logical people don't engage on this forum? Take a look at this:
Mr_Hyde writes:
d-e-f-e-n-s-e.....defense..... Yeah, Palin is an idiot......
Now that's really classy! And so intellectual too. You just want to play your word association games so you can regurgitate the same old emotional rants. Let's give it a whirl, shall we? Here's some meat to set off the pack.
Bush, Cheney, Haliburton, Palin, McCain. How's that? That should keep you busy for awhile. Now, how about trying some from your camp for a change? Pelosi, Frank, Rangel, Reid, Dodds, Byrd, Schumer, Biden. Those are some of the fine "leadership" from your party who are going to help Obama "change" the way Washington works. Are you people really that naive? I believe you probably are. Check out the average age of the 16 Senate Democrats who head up the committees. It's 72, same as McCain. Now that's bound to produce "change".
I think you don't understand that most Conservatives would vote for Bush AGAIN if he were the only alternative to Barack Obama. Somehow you misinterpret low approval ratings to mean everybody hates the man, like you do. Not true! He sold out us Conservatives, but that doesn't mean we would vote for socialism. So, go ahead and slam McCain all you want. I wouldn't have picked him, and I'm sorry he's the candidate produced by the primary system. But, the worst semi-Conservative candidate out there is better than the Liberal Socialist you people came up with. Check back on November 5th, and you'll get a reality check.
Bye now. You can just throw your little tantrums for the rest of the day. I choose not to participate, because you folks can't behave in a civil or rational manner. I'll check in on you another time.
October 1, 2008
9:36 a.m.
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ifyem writes:
Trust me Nobama, you will not be missed!! About time you got a life!!!
October 1, 2008
9:38 a.m.
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sunshinestate writes:
Sportsmen for Obama it is for real;see the Obama web.
also see current issue Field & Stream interview with McCain & Obama
Interior west outdoor interests need some smarts and all though Obama does not grasp a slew of personal firearms (neither does McCain) he does grasp the issues
October 1, 2008
9:38 a.m.
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Nobama writes:
ifyem writes:
Trust me Nobama, you will not be missed!! About time you got a life!!!
Gotcha! Another example of your wit? What an intellect!
October 1, 2008
9:39 a.m.
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FlyfishDude52 writes:
INC - What are you talking about? This blog started as a liberal bash repub thing regarding michelle obama being in Boulder, right? Your statement about the repubs being the racist ones is ludicrous. Michelle obama has made statements too numerous to cout regarding "balck power," "crackers," etc. check out her college days. Her husband is certainly not a socialist! He would have to move a few, or perhaps several, clicks to the right to be, simply, a socialist.
October 1, 2008
9:40 a.m.
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SlouchingTowardBoulder writes:
Will Michelle's good friend, Gwen Ifill, be there to introduce her in glowing terms?
October 1, 2008
9:43 a.m.
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homeradam writes:
"Several Hundred"....did they go out and get the homeless people and offer them a free turkey dinner. Osama and his windbag wife make me puke.
October 1, 2008
9:44 a.m.
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fastnloose writes:
My students asked me today-Why is it the crowd chants Obama,Obama at his rallies and they chant USA,USA at McCains? I thought they make an interesting point.
October 1, 2008
9:49 a.m.
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SlouchingTowardBoulder writes:
Or maybe Obama's GOOD friend Bill Ayers (and fellow member on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge see http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=...), who is the far-left, American-hating, and unrepentant domestic terrorist, will introduce Michelle?
"In his 2001 screed, Fugitive Days, Ayers recounts his life as a Sixties radical, his tenure as a Weatherman lieutenant, his terrorist campaign across America, and his enduring hatred for for the United States. "What a country," Ayers said in 2001. "It makes me want to puke." http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/in...
October 1, 2008
10:08 a.m.
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joggle writes:
USANumber1: McCain's a FASCIST. Please keep fighting the good fight but cut taxes more. Please continue the policies of Bush (but act like you're not).
How the heck would that convince anybody of anything? And yet you keep calling Obama a socialist as if that's going to convince somebody of anything in and of itself. Good luck with that. Such a post adds nothing to the conversation and is just name calling for the sake of trying to be antagonistic.
October 1, 2008
10:08 a.m.
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SlouchingTowardBoulder writes:
Or maybe Michelle will be introduced by the mentor of Obama in his youth, one Frank Marshall Davis, the diehard radical Communist.
Hmmm ... I'm sensing a pattern here. And I haven't even mentioned Antoin "Fat Tony" Rezko, Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger, Bernadine Dohrn, Louis Farrakhan, Rashid Khalidi, and on and on.
http://obamawho.wordpress.com/2008/06...
http://avideditor.wordpress.com/2008/...
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives...
http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2008/...
October 1, 2008
10:12 a.m.
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PlayFair writes:
Sunshine @ 9:38: "Sportsmen for Obama it is for real---also see current issue Field & Stream interview with McCain & Obama---Obama does not grasp a slew of personal firearms---"
Hey Sunshine! Maybe Obama would be interested in a hunting trip with Palin...Worked for Cheney. Too funny!
October 1, 2008
10:14 a.m.
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ifyem writes:
THAT'S BECAUSE MCCAIN'S SUPPORTERS ARE AT WORK!!!\
Yeah, you McCain supporters must be "hard at work" reciting your BS propaganda on the RMN..Better get back to the "hard work" ya'll are engaged in!!!
October 1, 2008
10:24 a.m.
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jay writes:
Rush Limbaugh must be working over time. there are a lot of loyal corporal tinfoil footsoldiers here today.
let's recap the biggest rushian myths so far:
obama = socialism
mcsame = change
democrats = unamerican
palin = intelligent
liberals = unemployed welfare recipients.
i know i'm missing a few but there are the highlights so far.
don't you folks on the right have more intelligent cases for a vote for mccain/palin this fall?
October 1, 2008
10:33 a.m.
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PlayFair writes:
Shhhhhh! The waters are parting as we type!
Can we have a little respect, people??!!
Sunshine, how 'bout that hunting trip? (See 10:12a., above)
October 1, 2008
10:36 a.m.
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leatherneck writes:
jay writes:let's recap:
Michelle Obama= RACIST
October 1, 2008
10:39 a.m.
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mango39 writes:
I've decided not to blog about anything, instead I'm going to post the news the Rocky Mountain seems to ignore.
"The Washington Times is reporting that the California Democrat's husband, Paul F. Pelosi, owns Financial Leasing Services Inc., which has received $99,000 in rent, utilities and accounting fees from the speaker's "PAC to the Future" over the PAC's nine-year history.
Last year, Pelosi supported a bill that would have banned members of Congress from putting spouses on their campaign staffs. The bill banned not only direct payments by congressional campaign committees and PACs to spouses for services including consulting and furndraising, but also "indirect compensation," such as payments to companies that employ spouses.
The bill passed the House in a voice vote but died in a Senate committee.
Last week, Pelosi's office defended the payments, saying they were legal because she is compensating her husband at fair market value for the work his firm has performed for the PAC.
Ethical watchdogs called Pelosi's arrangement "problematic."
October 1, 2008
10:44 a.m.
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mango39 writes:
You can find the full article in the Washington Post.
October 1, 2008
10:47 a.m.
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IRUNMAN writes:
I think it is rather entertaining to see the right get all uptight now that the polls only slightly represent the landslide that will bury McCain/Palin come election day...
The Americans are sick and tired of the Republican regime running this country into the ground. Your lies, biased media and under the table quid pro quo way of politics are not acceptable!
Americans are sick of this!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008
October 1, 2008
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mango39 writes:
Liberals just don't like to hear the truth. We Republicans are tired of your biased media. abcnews, msnbc, CNN, the Today Show....Everything is completely left wing and we are being accused of having biased media. Please shut up! So sick of hearing this crap. Liberals have control of every media output and yet Republicans have biased media. Completely proves the fact that you all live in a world full of unicorns, cotton candy clouds, and the Messiah. I know I said that I wouldn't blog, but it just gets to be so frustrating. And now I'm sure I will get the predictable comment of how Republicans flip flop...Can we come up with anything else.
October 1, 2008
11:08 a.m.
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mrtaco writes:
hey republicans, the poll trends are the writing on the wall. mccain is not coming back. get used to it, embrace it, love it.... there will be a BLUE SWEEP of this state come november 4. whine and lie all you want, just like the cute little republicans you are, but you will not change the outcome of this. BLUE SWEEP!!!
October 1, 2008
11:08 a.m.
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mango39 writes:
MORE PROOF OF A BIASED LEFT WING MEDIA
Read article at article.nationalreview.com
Questions are being raised about the objectivity of Thursday's vice presidential debate moderator after news surfaced that she is releasing a new book promoting Barack Obama and other black politicians who have benefited from the civil rights struggle.
Gwen Ifill, of PBS' "The NewsHour," is expected to remain as moderator, however.
"The book has been a known factor for months, so I'm not sure what the big deal is," said NewsHour spokeswoman Anne Bell.
She told FOXNews.com that there were no concerns about Ifill's neutrality, and that the debate Thursday between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden would go forward as planned. Ifill also moderated the 2004 vice presidential debate.
"We were pleased that the (debate) commission once again turned to Gwen to moderate the debate," Bell said. "They've known and trusted her as a moderator and that's wonderful."
Ifill's book, "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama," is due to be released about the same time the next president takes the oath of office.
In her book, Ifill contends that the black political structure of the civil rights movement has cleared the way for post-racial politicians to ascend to new heights.
Now some are wondering whether Ifill can be fair and balanced, and whether she should be the moderator of Thursday's 9 p.m. ET debate.
"Clearly her books aren't going to do as well unless Obama wins, so it looks like she has some investment, literally, in one candidate or the other. And she's supposed to be sitting there as a neutral arbiter during the debate," said NPR's Juan Williams, a FOX News contributor. "I think the world of Gwen Ifill but I know there's a perception problem."
Web site WorldNetDaily reported on the Ifill book Tuesday night.
FOX News political analyst Michelle Malkin argued in a post on National Review that Ifill is "so far in the tank for the Democratic presidential candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running."
October 1, 2008
11:17 a.m.
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Michael writes:
What is NOT being discussed and will lead to at least a 10 point win by McCain.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/200...
October 1, 2008
11:19 a.m.
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Elwood writes:
Michelle better watch out talking to the college students or she might slip into her activist mode and show what her hubby really stands for and plans to do.
October 1, 2008
11:20 a.m.
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mrtaco writes:
yeah, the POLLS. they are a historically accurate predictor of outcomes of elections, especially this close to an election. nationally, and within colorado, republicans and the quasi-republican mccain are SCREWED. and all that's going to happen from now until then is obama being steady, mccain flailing and continuing to throw irrational hail marys, and palin proving to the entire nation (as if she hasn't already) that she's in no way, shape, or form qualified to be veep.
read 'em and weep, repubs...
October 1, 2008
11:22 a.m.
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October 1, 2008
11:26 a.m.
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mrtaco writes:
....yeah, she will "crush" biden with her misdelivered canned lines and deer in headlights wisdom. we're all trembling here...
October 1, 2008
11:28 a.m.
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jay writes:
i'll ask again:
don't you folks on the right have more intelligent cases for a vote for mccain/palin this fall?
is there no one here that can make a cogent case to vote for mccain/palin?
October 1, 2008
11:32 a.m.
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October 1, 2008
11:34 a.m.
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IRUNMAN writes:
Excellent question Jay....
I am waiting for a good response to this one....come on McCain/Palin supporters?
October 1, 2008
11:34 a.m.
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fastnloose writes:
Elwood that is funny.
October 1, 2008
11:37 a.m.
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mrtaco writes:
here's one reason to vote for mccain: your IQ is double-digit.
October 1, 2008
11:42 a.m.
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jay writes:
he's going to cut my taxes, number2.
now that i've given a reason for voting for obama, why don't you tell us which bush accomplishments warrant a continuation of his policies under, mccain....you to mrtuna....give it a shot.
October 1, 2008
11:49 a.m.
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leatherneck writes:
jay:
1 - I don't want to pay for your healthcare.
2 - How about NObama = socialism
3 - How about we have enough Government we don't need more
4 - How about I would rather decide for myself how I spend my money
5 - NOBAMA has no experience
I could go on and on
October 1, 2008
11:50 a.m.
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Denver7 writes:
Would CU have cancelled classes if a republican was going to speak on campus?
October 1, 2008
11:51 a.m.
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Elwood writes:
Thanks fastnloose,
Guess someone else thought it wasn't as it was removed pretty quickly.
October 1, 2008
11:52 a.m.
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Elwood writes:
Denver7,
The professors would probably give a pop quiz that counts for 1/2 of the semester grade if it was Cindy McCain.
October 1, 2008
11:53 a.m.
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ifyem writes:
USAnumber1 sounds as delusional as Palin...Maybe he should reach out to McCain for the VP nomination this week when he comes to town...I can't wait to see what USAnumber1 says after Palin gets slaughtered at the debate tomorrow...I might need two tv's, one to see the Cubs lose and one to watch this debate!!! Can't fricken wait!!!
October 1, 2008
11:53 a.m.
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mrtaco writes:
here's another reason to vote mccain: you are rich and want to hoard more money through tax cuts that you don't need and didn't ask for...
put another way...
you don't know how many houses you have and think the fundamentals of the economy are strong.
put another way...
you are out of touch.
October 1, 2008
11:55 a.m.
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dilligaf writes:
leatherneck writes:
jay:
1 - I don't want to pay for your healthcare.
2 - How about NObama = socialism
3 - How about we have enough Government we don't need more
4 - How about I would rather decide for myself how I spend my money
5 - NOBAMA has no experience
But I suppose your OK with spending all of this on Iraqies. Because you are at 10 billion a month.
October 1, 2008
11:57 a.m.
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INC writes:
USA#1,
My two Reasons for voting Obama/Biden
1) Foreign policy. America should not be the worlds police force. Diplomacy first then If that fails then Military action. No Bully Foreign policy any longer.
2)domestic, America is the only industrialized nation earth without Universal Health Care for everyone. Its about time America came into the 21 Century.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/
now you give me two POSITIVE reasons for voting McSame/phalin?
October 1, 2008
11:57 a.m.
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IRUNMAN writes:
Leatherneck:
Your taxes help pay for the roads I drive and ride on. Thanks, I have fun on the bike trails.
Your taxes help fund the local libraries. Thanks for the read.
Your taxes support programs for students who have little to work with. Thanks for doing your part.
Can't wait until your taxes help pay for a family that can't afford health coverage. They will appreciate it.
October 1, 2008
11:58 a.m.
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October 1, 2008
11:58 a.m.
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jay writes:
i'm still waiting on all those reasons to vote for mccain/palin, folks.
surely you're not just voting because there is an R next to their names, right?
October 1, 2008
12:01 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
dilligaf - in the debate, one of the candidates stated that we are giving 270 billion dollars to other countries. Most of whom hate us. I think it was McCain but that really shouldn't matter. I'd like to see us cut all that. We shouldn't be the world police nor should we be the worlds welfare system.
October 1, 2008
12:02 p.m.
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1968camaro writes:
Amazing, more comments about Palin then who this article is about. Someone is afraid! Michelle is an idiot, she needs to go home and get out of Colorado. But she is a good socialist like her idiot husband!
October 1, 2008
12:05 p.m.
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mrtaco writes:
leatherneck:
before you attempt to insult somebody's intelligence, try not to do it in a way that makes you look stupid.
you wrote: "Your a moran.."
two things. you got the contracted form of "you are" wrong. it's "you're", not "your." secondly, the word is spelled "moron" not "moran."
thus, the correct way to have delivered that one was: "you're a moron." now that we've got that all cleared up, i just have one thing to tell you....
YOU'RE A MORON!!
October 1, 2008
12:05 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
Jay is setting up his famous, if you can't vote based on policy, please do America a favor and don't vote. But it's ok to vote the party line on the other side. You can vote for Obama just because he's not like the other men on the currency. No policy required on that side. You all have the right to vote and I hope you exercise it. No matter who you vote for.
October 1, 2008
12:10 p.m.
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leatherneck writes:
Hey lefties? I wonder if you would have a problem with the Moderator being a McCain supporter?
Bias? What Media Bias? VP Debate “Moderator” In The Tank For Obama.....
What Bias?
October 1, 2008
12:13 p.m.
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mrtaco writes:
leatherneck, do you have a bias against not being an idiot? please refer to my 12:05 comment.
October 1, 2008
12:13 p.m.
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IRUNMAN writes:
Thank you Mr. Taco, I was just going to post that!
I find it interesting how when people feel threatened they resort to name calling and frivolous drivel.
October 1, 2008
12:15 p.m.
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fastnloose writes:
We all have the right to vote,but in my opinion, that right should be connected to responsibility.Please take some time and understand the issues.Thank God we live in this country!
October 1, 2008
12:19 p.m.
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Mayor_Quimby writes:
If you vote for NObama, you deserve what you get!
October 1, 2008
12:20 p.m.
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leatherneck writes:
jay writes:
i'm still waiting on all those reasons to vote for mccain/palin, folks.
surely you're not just voting because there is an R next to their names, right?
jay and the rest of you libs
1 - Securing Our Borders
2 - The best way to secure long-term peace and security is to establish a stable, prosperous, and democratic state in Iraq.
3 - Reform Health Care Making It Easier For Individuals And Families To Obtain Insurance.
4 - National Security
5 - Strong Military
I can go on and on
NOBAMA
McCain/Palin 08
October 1, 2008
12:24 p.m.
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mrtaco writes:
don't listen to leatherneck, he's clearly an example of the many who fell through the cracks of "no child left behind."
October 1, 2008
12:24 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
fastnloose - if you are referring to both sides understanding the issues and voting based on their decisions, then I agree with you. If you believe that just because someone else doesn't agree with your opinion of the policies, that they shouldn't vote the I disagree. There are many people that can't look at anything objectively, all they see is their party line. There can't possibly be anything good or correct on the other side. As of today, both candidates have said that we all need to work together to restore America. Could be just lip service by the politicians, but I beleive the country would be much better of if the politicians could look at what's best for America instead of trying to sneak something in for one of their interests. Yes, we need change, and it should be all of Washington. Not just one side or the other. As of today, both candidates have now said they plan to clean up D.C. I hope that whoever wins will make that a priority and keep their promise.
October 1, 2008
12:34 p.m.
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righty_left writes:
leatherneck writes:
Hey lefties? I wonder if you would have a problem with the Moderator being a McCain supporter?
Bias? What Media Bias? VP Debate “Moderator” In The Tank For Obama.....
What Bias?
Everyone has an opinion. She is a professional journalist and she can conduct a debate fairly. Talk about buying into media bias. Anyone care to guess which network first reported this???
McCain is an all-right dude, he just has bad advisers who convinced him that the only way to win this fall is to follow in the footsteps of the current president. There are many of us non-conservatives that would have voted for the 2000 McCain. I wish he would not have changed his tactics, or is it strategy?
October 1, 2008
12:35 p.m.
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leatherneck writes:
mrstaco: Did you say something worth reading at all in this post?
October 1, 2008
12:38 p.m.
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Fisherman writes:
“I know in my soul that he will be an extraordinary president,” she (Michelle) says.
"Ditto and I've written a wonderful book about him", says the boot licker, unbias, VP debate moderator, Gwen Ifill.
October 1, 2008
12:41 p.m.
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leatherneck writes:
righty_left:
"My dictionary defines “moderator” as “the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting.” On Thursday, PBS anchor Gwen Ifill will serve as moderator for the first and only vice presidential debate. The stakes are high. The Commission on Presidential Debates, with the assent of the two campaigns, decided not to impose any guidelines on her duties or questions.
But there is nothing “moderate” about where Ifill stands on Barack Obama. She’s so far in the tank for the Democrat presidential candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running out."
In an imaginary world where liberal journalists are held to the same standards as everyone else, Ifill would be required to make a full disclosure at the start of the debate. She would be required to turn to the cameras and tell the national audience that she has a book coming out on January 20, 2009 – a date that just happens to coincide with the inauguration of the next president of the United States.
October 1, 2008
12:48 p.m.
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MBR693 writes:
INC:
Yup, all of us conservatives are so racist we actually don't think Blacks and other minorities need affirmative action to be just as successful as Whites or Asians or anyone else.
We're also all a bunch of chauvinists too. Never mind that Palin, a woman, is on our ticket. We're still opposed to women’s rights because she isn't the right kind of woman - you know, one who supports the qualifying Leftist causes.
October 1, 2008
12:56 p.m.
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mrtaco writes:
featherneck: i've said more worth reading using fewer, and correctly spelled, words than you have in your various misinformed rants on this thread.
October 1, 2008
1:01 p.m.
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righty_left writes:
leatherneck:
I hear you man, not saying she is the best person to perform this duty. But almost anyone you put up there is going to have an opinion one way or the other, and is going to sub-conciously direct things towards their bias.
I have no idea who picked this nubian princess to run this debate, but I'm sure if the McCain camp had real concerns, they could have vetted this issue a long time ago. Short of calling Palin a "cracker" not sure there is much damage she can do during the debate. No one ever really answers the question put to them anyway.
October 1, 2008
1:05 p.m.
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MBR693 writes:
INC:
Regarding your dream of free health care, you need to actually spend some time living in some socialist country for a while to see how much you pay for consumables and in taxes to provide for your "free" health care. I also personally have friends from Canada who have moved here to the US, and others that have brought their family here, in order to receive health care that was not provided to them in Canada.
You see, when the government controls your life, it also acts as the gatekeeper, deciding how costs and services will be allocated. In Canada, there is a black market in some regions where you pay and can be bumped up on the list. In other cases, doctors simply choose not to treat elderly patients, as they are over-burdened with the number of patients already.
Of course, if you're willing to trade freedom for financial security, Obama is your guy. I'll take my chances and fend for myself. You might want to consider reading Hayek's "Road to Serfdom" to see how Leftist economics and politics ultimately plays out. It probably won't change your thinking, but al least you will be informed.
October 1, 2008
1:21 p.m.
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DenverDan writes:
USANumber1 + leatheredneck = Love
Bush + McCain = Same
Me + Your Mama = Tonight
October 1, 2008
1:24 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
DenverDan - my mother is dead,
what does Me + Your Mama = Tonight mean?
October 1, 2008
1:24 p.m.
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SanctuaryCity writes:
I'm voting socialist. I'm voting for obama.
With all his present votes, we need a man of his actions
October 1, 2008
1:25 p.m.
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Cowboy63 writes:
Billy writes: "If you vote for John McBush, you deserve what you get."
If you vote for "Jimmy" Obama - you deserve what you get too!
Why is she even wasting the time and energy to come here? Last I heard Obama was supposed to win in an uncontested landslide! Possibly taking all 57 states! (including New Pennsylvannia!)
October 1, 2008
1:27 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
So we have one guy that doesn't know how many houses he owns and one that doesn't know how many states there are. Does that make them even?
October 1, 2008
1:28 p.m.
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leatherneck writes:
righty_left: Your right, I also can't think of anyone that wouldn't be bias one way or the other. I think they could of found someone a little closer to the center then Gwen Ifill.
I agree that the McCain people don't seem to be that concerned.
October 1, 2008
1:31 p.m.
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DenverDan writes:
Denver7, who was talking to you Dork. Ask USA1 what it means?
Obama 08
October 1, 2008
1:32 p.m.
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B300 writes:
I wonder if she could help change the future when she might have trouble changing her attitude. Obama is a great speaker, but in my opinion he has no power! I do not think her or her husband could change the future. Too weak to run our country.
October 1, 2008
1:32 p.m.
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ifyem writes:
These postings just make my day!! Ha ha ha!!
October 1, 2008
1:32 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
USA1, who is a Dork, me or DenverDan?
October 1, 2008
1:44 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
Denver7, you don't know if you're a dork or not? ;)
I respect what you have had to say today!
October 1, 2008
1:48 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
I thought DenverDan was asking me to ask USA1. I was waiting for him to respond so that we could say the vote was in. I was willing to leave it to the people to decide. 8-)
October 1, 2008
1:53 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
All of this is making my head spin! I exercise my right to not vote on this issue!
October 1, 2008
1:55 p.m.
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PonchoVia writes:
Looks like Obama is pulling away in the polls:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics...
October 1, 2008
1:56 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
Thanks for the laugh Heidi!
October 1, 2008
2:04 p.m.
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SlouchingTowardBoulder writes:
“We can change our future,” she says. “We can perhaps change the world.”
Once again, we see the Obama camp making paens to "the world". Folks, we are voting for the President of the USA; not of the world and like John Kerry's "international test" of 2004 this world strategy doesn't sell in Peoria.
October 1, 2008
2:04 p.m.
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gr8fun4me writes:
Check out the actuary tables for a male age 73 - 77 and you'll see that he has a better than 1 in 3 chance of dying in office and by the time he reaches 77 it is almost a 1 in 2 chance.
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c...
Not a good sign for our country if Palin becomes president!
October 1, 2008
2:17 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
steel, the mighty Obama can do anything!
October 1, 2008
2:26 p.m.
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PlayFair writes:
PonchoVia writes @ 1:55p. writes: "Looks like Obama is pulling away in the polls"
Are you speaking of the "Dork" polls?
October 1, 2008
2:32 p.m.
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PlayFair writes:
Heidi: "the mighty Obama can do anything!"
Didn't I see him in the Wizard of Oz? (Who is behind that curtain?)
October 1, 2008
2:39 p.m.
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INC writes:
SlouchingTowardBoulder writes:
"Folks, we are voting for the President of the USA; not of the world"
Please stop with the republican demeaning if the United States!
It pisses us patriots(D) off.
Just love your limited opinion of the USA. The President is the Leader of the free WORLD. so in essence we are electing the worlds leader.
Steel,
you just admitted to being a total idiot. everything we do effects the future. voting for Obama will ensure a USA for our grand kids.
October 1, 2008
2:46 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
PlayFair writes:
"Heidi: "the mighty Obama can do anything!"
Didn't I see him in the Wizard of Oz? (Who is behind that curtain?)"
I'll take bachelor #3!
October 1, 2008
3:29 p.m.
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OhBrother writes:
Hate to break the news but even if Jesus was our next president he couldn't clean up this financial nightmare! This bailout is a joke and will only make it worse 10 years down the road and it seems like this version or the next (if this don't work they will keep going) will get passed any moment.
I'm not sold on either guy but a good point is experience. McCain has a lot and Obama has a little, but a person with over 20 yrs in should be able to crush-and I mean absolutely crush somebody like Obama in a debate and he didn't. He should have picked him apart on every subject and he couldn't (I don't expect much from someone with no experience but I expect a lot from someone with decades worth....I bet your job thinks the same thing?), I think that speaks volumes for our current economic crisis and the "leaders" who allowed it and now are attempting to resolve the same issues they helped create. Bush, Clinton, Bush made a mess and now the citizens will use the bailout broom to clean it up until the next time. I may not be able to see Russia from here but I sure can see the rocks at the bottom pretty clearly right now.
Oh and Mrs. Obama is pretty hot
October 1, 2008
3:42 p.m.
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OhBrother writes:
Steel-"it's the future. It hasn't happened yet. One cannot change what has yet to happen. You can hope to change an outcome, but the outcome will still be. And you won't know what it is until it happens. Then it's the past."
ummmm...yeah, that sounds about right....bong rips make me not want to do anything either
October 1, 2008
3:52 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
You can only change the future if you have a time machine.
You can make changes in the present that will affect the future.
That's what steel was trying to say.
October 1, 2008
3:58 p.m.
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Fisherman writes:
'We can change our future,' Michelle Obama says in CU speech
How can you change our future if you don't know what it is? Is Michelle smokin' with the students?
October 1, 2008
4:04 p.m.
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jay writes:
"Jay is setting up his famous, if you can't vote based on policy, please do America a favor and don't vote. But it's ok to vote the party line"
thanks for getting to the chase, Denver7.
i appreciate it.
it's not "ok" to refuse to base your votes on policy and instead just vote republican because their republicans.
it's not intelligent either...nor is it good for the country.
which is my point.
again...thanks for getting to the chase.
but....it is legal.
so if you have to....go ahead.
just don't expect my respect or agreement.
October 1, 2008
4:15 p.m.
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Denver7 writes:
Jay - why do you only take shots at people that are voting republican because they are republicans? Why not both parties? Why is it OK for the democrats? In my opinion it's not ok for either party. I can't speak for anyone else on this blog, but I don't need or want your respect. It has no value to me. I will look at the issues and the promises of the candidates and I will cast my own vote. If it cancels out yours, so be it. That's my right.
October 1, 2008
4:31 p.m.
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OhBrother writes:
Hedi-Isn't that what Mrs. Obama is trying to say as well? I knew exactly what Steel was getting at but was simply doing what he was doing in the past. I didn't change the future by doing so but the present seems to be impacted by....I'm not being serious! Just poking a little fun, you can take a quote from anybody and make them seem, well a little slow
October 1, 2008
4:35 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
OhBrother,
Steel did sound like he just took a hit off the bong ;) He was digging deep with those profound words.
October 1, 2008
5:14 p.m.
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OhBrother writes:
He might hit China if he gets any deeper!
October 1, 2008
8:19 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
Maybe he's in China right now, working at one of those jobs we sent over there!
October 1, 2008
8:49 p.m.
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GetReal writes:
I thought Axelrod and Soros had muzzled this angry, black liberation theologist reverend Wright loving,and American hating racist months ago,
rightfully concluding that every time she opens that foaming mouth of hers, Barry's numbers drop.
Is there any doubt that Michelle doesn't call the shots in the Obama household?
I know most of you male lib posters here can relate to Barrack, having ignorantly put yourselves in a similar position,
But America doesn't want, or need, a pu**y-whipped Commander-In-Chief.
October 2, 2008
10:57 a.m.
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jay writes:
denver7, maybe you're just new or maybe you've just shaken the etch-i-sketch.
i encourage EVERYONE...regardless of affiliation...to base their vote on policy stances. everyone.
once more, you don't HAVE to...but don't expect my respect and admiration in return for being political hack just because you CAN.
October 2, 2008
11:10 a.m.
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jay writes:
maybe i should say that you shouldn't expect not to be called out on being a political hack by me if you're just voting for a party because that's what your "feelings" tell you to do.
is that better, steel?
October 2, 2008
12:08 p.m.
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jay writes:
therein lies your problem, steel.
we're going to have to raise taxes under the next president regarldess of who it is.
the difference is that you'll pay fewer taxes under obama than you would under mcsame.
furthermore, mccain's platform is nearly identical to bush's...which oversaw the largest expansion of gov't in history.
considering that neither are valid reasons to vote republican over democrat...why else would you vote republican?