Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:43 pm
damn, i almost forgot about the commies
those sneaky bastards!!
those sneaky bastards!!
#1 - why is that a positive?nebulae wrote: I'd refute that by pointing to how the Obama campaign has been run the past 20 months. Look at the things that have changed from any other campaign in the past:
1. More money than any other campaign.
2. First democrat to go into southern states and challenge them seriously (no, Bill Clinton doesn't count).
3. A massive organization that was built from the ground up.
4. No lobbyist money.
5. Youth energy.
6. Use of information technology, the Internet, and social networking sites to build consensus.
deva wrote:#1 - why is that a positive?nebulae wrote: I'd refute that by pointing to how the Obama campaign has been run the past 20 months. Look at the things that have changed from any other campaign in the past:
1. More money than any other campaign.
2. First democrat to go into southern states and challenge them seriously (no, Bill Clinton doesn't count).
3. A massive organization that was built from the ground up.
4. No lobbyist money.
5. Youth energy.
6. Use of information technology, the Internet, and social networking sites to build consensus.
#3 - a massive organization built from the ground up and headed by the same insiders as we have had for a long time.
#4 - This is a deceptive claim by Obama. He gets his money from lobbyists. It is just slid through the back door but it buys the same influence.
#6 - to build consensus? what does that mean? the people of the country were overwhelmingly against the wall street bailout and Obama pushed it through and supported his main financial donors. (see #4)
There has been a change... the party regulars will be wearing black leather jackets with photos of Reverend Wright emblazoned on them...leisuremuffin wrote:hey man, laugh now, but Obama is best buddies with Castro and Chavez. I hope you like red, because you're going to be saluting a big red flag with a hammer and sickle and spitting on a cross before every workday at the state owned factory. Everybody will wear red jumpsuits, unless they are members of Obama's "new hope muslim socialist" party, they get to wear regular shirt and pants. BTW, If you don't deny Christ and accept Islam you'll be put to death... Now how are you going to vote, motherfucker?
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Ohhh!! Break it down brother! Way to cut through the BS with some numbers. The debate last night really sealed the deal for me....McCain is such a total fuckwit.nebulae wrote: Let's break it down even more. Suppose you or your business does make 250K, which means you bring in $20,833 per month. Right now, you are taxed at 36%, which means after taxes you bring in $13,333 per month. Under the "disastrous" Obama tax plan, you'd bring home $12,708. On a weekly basis, the difference would be from $3,076 (at 36%) to $2,932 (at 39%). Now I'll throw this argument back to you...You wanna tell me that all the negatives against BigMac and his Beauty Queen are worth having, and worth not paying $144 a week when you make $250,000 a year? Seriously?
blakbeltjonez wrote:NO CONFIDENCE in either mainstream candidate.... write in Ron Paul. he has been talking about all this mess we will soon be in for years.
This is the typical Republican line (and I am a Republican), and it's BS for the most part. Republicans aren't for letting people keep their money much more than Democrats. Republicans just favor giving it to corporations in the form of tax breaks rather than back to regular people. Republicans favored the deregulation that has gotten us into the current financial mess, which has cost everyday people a lot already.TomTom wrote:I actually think I could go along with you (as unfair as I think it is) if I knew that the extra taxes would be put toward lowering debt. They won't. Nothing will change, government will spend more regardless of who is elected.
Given that fact, I prefer people keep their money.
[/img]Yeah, deregulation is a tricky one... these words are all so Orwellian these days. What gets deregulated are the laws which prevent the powerful from stealing from the public, while the laws that give the powerful an unfair advantage in the first place are left in place. That is really more manipulation, than deregulation...ethios4 wrote:I registered as Republican because of what I feel the Republican party is supposed to stand for, which is a lot closer to Ron Paul than most Republicans would like....although the recent financial mess has really made me think about the negative side of deregulation, as many people on this forum have brought up in regards to Ron Paul.
Huey wrote:Obama is a Marxist. Look at his "spread the wealth" plan. Obamahood wants to penalize those who made money honestly, small business and anyone who makes more than 250k a year, so he can pay poor fucking slackers and people who don't pay taxes. Thats right.........spread the wealth you thieving fuck. Make people who worked hard pay for lazy welfare fucks who think everyone owes them for not applying themselves. Do I want a Marxist country, hell no.