01-30-2008, 08:32 PM | #241 |
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Yeah, one state out of many more. It's not a losing issue in FL...Rudy also campaigned on it.
(Note: This is not making my view known on the issue).
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01-30-2008, 08:57 PM | #243 |
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Aw, crap. I'd just mailed my ballot with his name on it.
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01-30-2008, 09:03 PM | #244 |
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Karma for voting pro-choice, even though you are pro-life.
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01-30-2008, 09:20 PM | #245 |
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Oh, come on, Hec. The Republican party's family values have gone down the crapper. Abortion is not really the dividing issue between the parties any more, as evidenced by the fact that only two of the Republican candidates (Huckabee and Paul) are solidly pro-life. The Republican politicians ceased to care so long ago they're even starting to give up appearance. Now what it's really about is currying favour with big money, and that I can not, as a Christian, support. If Huckabee or Paul ends up as the candidate for the GOP, I'll vote for him in the election, but if not...none of the others are sincere. Then again, none of the Democratic candidates are worth two bits this year. It's just a pretty sorry election, all around, and I just have to do my best with it.
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01-30-2008, 09:55 PM | #246 | |
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01-30-2008, 10:33 PM | #247 | |
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The number of children that would be aborted if we elected a Democrat, and that democrat nominated liberals to the Supreme Court, is appalling to imagine. Thirty more years of Roe v. Wade. McCain or Romney would be incomparably better than any of the Democrat contenders. They oppose abortion and McCain (I don't know as much about Romney) voted against pro-choice bills on many occasions, and voted in favor, in the Senate, of many pro-life bills. It is absurd to say that the Democratic and Republican contenders here are the same, or that because the Republicans have loosened their anti-abortion stand to some extent, we are justified in voting for people who say they are pro-choice. President Bush did get two conservatives onto the Supreme Court. So although he doesn't have the authority to overturn Roe v. Wade himself, he did the best he could. This could help the pro-life cause if we could get two more conservatives on the court through the next president.
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01-30-2008, 10:52 PM | #248 |
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I watched the Republican debate (even though it was at the same time as American Idol). I thought it was interesting... I got a little bored of McCain and Romney hogging the stage though. Paul barely had any time at all. I guess I was most impressed by Huckabee and Romney. I think I liked what Romney was saying about immigration better, and I don't think Huckabee got a chance to talk about the environment. Most of the rest I agreed with Huckabee more. They didn't get around to all of the issues with all of the candidates so it's kind of hard to compare. I though the Putin's eyes question was weird and took too much time.
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01-31-2008, 12:29 AM | #249 |
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Gwai, I've got a lot to say...but I'll save it for tomorrow.
But for now, two opinions Dinesh D'Souza makes the great point (or poses the good question)...would we be in the fight we are now for the GOP candidate if Bush had chosen a VP who had aspirations to run? I like it how it is. http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/200...he-evil-party/ Dean Barnett ponders the future of the GOP party: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...4/670mqvok.asp Matt Lewis at Townhall does some good analysis of why Rudy failed: http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/096a8...d-6b4bad3e8473 Good point of his: Rudy was a frontrunner, and he never placed higher than 3rd...a low third. A bizarre campaign.
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There's only "information overload" when your information is the blog woorld, and other completely out there, no peer review types of propaganda. Actual news outlets spend somewhat less time handicapping. If the Bush administration had not been COMPLETELY self-absorbed, petty, punitive and corrupt, the GOP would be having a much better time, in general, regardless of running a VP. All this talk of "change" (from both sides of the political spectrum) resonates because the only thing all America agrees on is "Those people are crazy, and mean crazy." It's not exactly a policy mandate.
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01-31-2008, 05:11 AM | #251 |
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There is a certain minimum of respect, Sis, that is due to every leader, whether he be the President of the United States or the President of Entmoot.
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01-31-2008, 07:26 AM | #252 | |
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Of course, in the caucasuses (?) themselves it may well be a different story, and that's what impresses me in a positive way about your system. However, I would call it information underload. There is so much crap out there that people are confused and attracted to the simple solution. Lief, a leader almost always gets respect by default. When they treat their people with contempt, however, they lose it. I've been following US politics since Nixon and Bush is by far the worst president I've known. He has NIL respect for your constitution and traditions, and less for the common people of your country. |
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01-31-2008, 10:23 AM | #253 | |
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George Bush has helmed an unbelievably corrupt and incompetent administration, by any measurable standard, including public opinion. That, more than anything else, has given the GOP trouble in this election.
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You are spot-on Gaffer. Elections, especially of the Presidental kind, are mostly beauty pagents. Nearly without fail, the most attractive/charismatic candidate has won the Presidency when it comes to the general election. In fact, I still think the GOP may try hard to get Mitt the nomination, if he is close enough, for this very reason.
10-15% look to policy, but a vast majority vote on one or two moral issues (i.e. abortion/pro-choice, religious/secular, marriage history, etc.) with no concern over the really important issues that Presidents can actually do something about. A candidate's economic and/or foreign policy plans can be extremely impractical, but if they've got enough charm, it simply doesn't matter. Very few due the research, they just vote on a whim. All you have to do is look at the fluctuating polls and number of people that call themselves undecided even on the day of the election. Anyone who cares to do the research should have been able to decide which candidates they would support, and in what order of preference, months ago. People, in general, are extremely shallow and narrow-minded when it comes to choosing leadership.
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Try the Christian Science monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/primaries08/
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The traditional media still have their place: peer-reviewed journals are still very important. Not sure they can fit into 'news flow' though. People don't open their One or two Christian Science Monitor magazines to see what happened last night. The CSM...not one of my regular stops. Thanks for reminding me.
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(And BJ is just cynical! Cynical!) PS: I'm trying to find some candidate calculator...it was one of the better ones. HERE IT IS: http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html
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