heretic on 2/9/2008 at 23:54
Quote Posted by BEAR
Did not Ron Paul advocate a flat-rate sales tax and the abolition of income tax? I might be wrong about that, I hope so. I love him reaming Guliani in the debates, and the whole 'reading list' thing, that was fantastic. I would have liked to seen him and Gravel get a lot more airtime during the debates.
Yes on both counts. He also wanted to end the war on drugs and repeal the ironically named 'Patriot Act'.
Love him or hate him, watching Ron Paul literally destroy his opponents during the early debates (tons of clips on youtube) never gets old, and you don't have to agree with the man to admire his intellect.
Dig up some clips of him giving Hannity and O'Reilly what for, even Democrats and leftists have to enjoy that.
BEAR on 3/9/2008 at 00:37
I agree, it was the highlight of the republican primaries. I quit watching the debates when he wasn't there.
Like its been mentioned above, I think some of his ideas are just too not real-world. A flat rate sales tax is idealistically interesting but in the world we live in, it basically constitutes a "fuck the poor" tax.
So I guess I'm 50/50 with him. Similar to Nader, whom I agree with most of the time, though they are both unelectable and wouldn't necessarily be good presidents, even if they have some good ideas.
BEAR on 3/9/2008 at 02:47
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http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7054/image1wi4.jpgFor the record, I was reading the circled article when I noticed that list.
On a serious note, this really is the worst thing ever.
Quote:
John McCain and his fellow Republicans rallied behind his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, on Tuesday and his campaign accused Democrat Barack Obama of sexism for questioning her level of experience.
I literally cannot wait until this shit is over.
Ko0K on 3/9/2008 at 04:23
What, you don't find this entertaining? Personally I am laughing my ass off at the NeoCon spinworks.
Anyway, while it may be in the best interest of mainstream media to 'keep it close' or at least make it seem as such, Obama actually has a sizable lead over McCain. Rather than sifting through political news and polls, do a quick search in future prediction markets. Money knows best, and right now the odds are roughly 60:40 in favor of Obama.
BEAR on 3/9/2008 at 04:38
Are you in the US?
But yeah, I'm letting this shit get to me too much I think. I need to not read/talk about/listen to anything political for a few days I think. I also got watching youtube videos of Ron Paul reeming Giuliani (bad idea) and the various retardant he spouted which really just poisons my soul or something.
I guess the only good thing to come out of all of this is at LEAST Giuliani was kicked to the curb like he should have been.
Ko0K on 3/9/2008 at 05:11
Quote Posted by BEAR
Are you in the US?
But yeah, I'm letting this shit get to me too much I think. I need to not read/talk about/listen to anything political for a few days I think. I also got watching youtube videos of Ron Paul reeming Giuliani (bad idea) and the various retardant he spouted which really just poisons my soul or something.
I guess the only good thing to come out of all of this is at LEAST Giuliani was kicked to the curb like he should have been.
Why do you ask if I'm here?
Anyway, this drama is getting to a lot of people who used to care as much about national politics as they used to about...well, whatever it is they never used to care for.
Morte on 3/9/2008 at 08:04
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One Republican strategist with close ties to the campaign described the candidate's closest supporters as "keeping their fingers crossed" in hopes that additional information does not force McCain to revisit the decision. According to this Republican, who would discuss internal campaign strategizing only on condition of anonymity, the McCain team used little more than a Google Internet search as part of a rushed effort to review Palin's potential pitfalls. Just over a week ago, Palin was not on McCain's short list of potential running mates, the Republican said.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-palinassess2-2008sep02,0,3826591.story?page=2) Heh. I'd bet pretty good money that Palin is McCain's Eagleton at this point.
Gryzemuis on 3/9/2008 at 11:57
My point of view:
In the nineties:
- hardly any wars (some nutty Yugos maybe)
- Russia was a mess, but they were finding their own way to progress
- Internet was booming business
- I could take my toothpaste in my handlugage on a plane
- gas was affordable
- stockmarkets doing well
In this century:
- more wars, Iraq and Afganistan a mess
- Russian severely pissed off
- oil prices sear
- US population spending all their tax mony on warfare
- oil folks and the "military-industrial complex" folks laughing their asses off
- stockmarkets are a mess. a casino at best
- fear everywhere. in the media, in politics, on airports even
Please, I liked the US as it was in the nineties a lot better.
I hope you people over there elect a Democrat.
So world peace can be restored a little.
The Bush administration was looking out for only a very small group of people. Wealthy old-world crooks. And everybody else had to pay for it. Including the majority of americans. I wish your country a lot better.
heywood on 3/9/2008 at 13:09
An Obama victory is looking pretty certain now. But I don't know if it will change much of what you see wrong in the world. I think people outside the US overestimate the power and influence of the US in general, and in particular the influence of its President over the global economy.
On a related note, sometimes it's hard for Americans like me to figure out whether our allies want US hegemony or not. So many world leaders say they are sick of US interventionism and militarism, but then look to the US to lead on solving every conflict and crisis and make the majority contribution to any multilateral force.
Matthew on 3/9/2008 at 13:14
Probably because no matter whether or not they're sick of it, the US is still 'the big dog' (or perhaps 'one of the big dogs') in world relations.
