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Fragamemnon

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Dax01 said:
Wait, McCain wants to get rid of medicare and medicaid?!?!?!?!?!!!!
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He wants to cut costs by 1.3 trillion over ten years, which really isn't practical-the math requires heavy use of the Holtz-Eakin transform and Calvinball accounting practices.
 
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Guy Legend

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The further this goes, the more disgusted I am with McCain, his stupid running mate Sarah Palin, and the dirty tactics the republicans employ during presidential elections. It's going to be a beautiful sight when Obama/Biden kicks their ass on election night.
 
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Barrett2

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MassiveAttack said:
Is there a bigger bullshit artist on the planet at the moment?
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Palin is such an embarrassing figure, even by standards of most politicians. But she fits the model of current Republican malaise. They are so desperate for new leadership, they will grab onto anything new. After McCain loses, they will find some other embarrassing Republican figure to jizz all over.
 
RubxQub

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Fragamemnon said:
He wants to cut costs by 1.3 trillion over ten years, which really isn't practical-the math requires heavy use of the Holtz-Eakin transform and Calvinball accounting practices.
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:lol
 
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GhaleonEB

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Fragamemnon said:
He wants to cut costs by 1.3 trillion over ten years, which really isn't practical-the math requires heavy use of the Holtz-Eakin transform and Calvinball accounting practices.
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You're good people.
 
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Freedom = $1.05

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lawblob said:
Palin is such an embarrassing figure, even by standards of most politicians. But she fits the model of current Republican malaise. They are so desperate for new leadership,they will grab onto anything.
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And it won't end at grabbing with some of these folks.
 
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Krowley

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Wth all the negativity today, it's going to be awkward for these guys to debate at a townhall tommorow.

You can't be super negative in townhall debates. The crowd will rebel on you.
 
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Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
Krowley said:
Wth all the negativity today, it's going to be awkward for these guys to debate at a townhall tommorow.

You can't be super negative in townhall debates. The crowd will rebel on you.
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A hefty dose of projection works wonders. Expect McCain to insist he's still proud of the way his campaign is conducted.
 
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speculawyer

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Hootie said:
Damn, Pickens isn't lookin' too good.
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That's one of the only reasons I can have any trust in what he is saying. :lol Although I do think he is partly in it for the money, I do think he is trying to do something good for the country.
 
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Jason's Ultimatum

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speculawyer said:
That's one of the only reasons I can have any trust in what he is saying. :lol Although I do think he is partly in it for the money, I do think he is trying to do something good for the country.
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He's still an asshole for funding the swiftboat ads.
 
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Stoney Mason

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From the NBC poll

Voters, the survey finds, believe Obama responded to the crisis more effectively than McCain did. Thirty-four percent say they felt more reassured by Obama's approach, versus 29 percent who said they felt less reassured.

That's compared with just 25 percent who were reassured by McCain's response, versus 38 percent who were less reassured.

What's more, the poll shows Obama with a 17-point advantage over McCain in who would be better improving the economy (46-29 percent); a 15-point edge in handling the mortgage and housing crisis (42-27); an eight-point lead in dealing with energy and the cost of gas (42-34); and a six-point advantage in handling the Wall Street financial crisis (36-30).

By a 50-29 percent margin, respondents say Obama and Joe Biden bested their GOP opponents at the debates.

In particular, Biden saw his poll numbers rise after his debate against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Two weeks ago, 64 percent said that the Delaware senator was qualified to be president if the need arises. The number has now jumped to 74 percent.

By comparison, just 41 believe that Palin is qualified to be president, which is virtually unchanged from the last survey.

Voters' problem with Palin, Hart says, is: "'We like her; we just don't think she's qualified.'"
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Fragamemnon

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lawblob said:
Palin is such an embarrassing figure, even by standards of most politicians. But she fits the model of current Republican malaise. They are so desperate for new leadership, they will grab onto anything new. After McCain loses, they will find some other embarrassing Republican figure to jizz all over.
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Keep in mind that Republicans and "movement conservatives" hold dear the belief that the current wretched state of our country is not due to failed ideology, only failed practioners of that ideology. So when they see new blood they see a hope that "this might be someone who can actually deliever on the grand promise of social conservatism, neoconservative foreign policy, and fiscal restraint!".

Then that person inevitably fails since in reality their ideology is completely bankrupt, but they refuse to admit it. Democrats had to take a hard look at some of our policies in the 90s, and the result is a guy like Obama or Clinton that has a much more moderate approach than the Democrats of the 70s and 80s.
 
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StoOgE

First tragedy, then farce.
Freedom = $1.05 said:
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They're getting Mavericky!
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Its like she is trying to push the "learn more" button. :lol
 
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speculawyer

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CharlieDigital said:
I wonder how he feels about that now.
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He is so full of himself that he still defends them. He even put up some kind of monetary reward for anyone that could debunk the claims and I think that may be in court now. :lol

what a dick
 
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Vennt

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Hahaha, about that projection thing, wondering where that "Republicans want Obama contributions investigated" curveball came from?

Well...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/1/06/fec_queries_mccain_campaign_on.html

FEC Queries McCain Campaign on 'Excessive Contributions

While the Republican Party is pushing the Federal Election Commission to investigate the possibility that Democrat Barack Obama collected excessive contributions, its own candidate is facing scrutiny on the same subject.

The FEC sent a letter to Sen. John McCain's campaign treasurer Sept. 30 demanding the candidate turn over more information about "contributions that appear to exceed the limits."

The letter is accompanied by a nine-page list showing scores of overages from McCain's August campaign finance report, including nearly $13,000 from Texas rancher Ray R. Barrett Jr.; $9,200 from an Iraqi security consultant, H. Carter Andress; and $5,000 from Joseph F. Davolio, an executive at a major national liquor, beer and wine distributor.
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:lol
 
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Barrett2

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Vennt said:
Hahaha, about that projection thing, wondering where that "Republicans want Obama contributions investigated" curveball came from?

Well...
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Mavericks don't need to obey those Commie campaign finance laws.


wait a minute...
 
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Jason's Ultimatum

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http://news.aol.com/article/taliban-split-with-al-qaida-sources-say/202164

By Nic Robertson, CNN

posted: 1 HOUR 55 MINUTES

(Oct. 6) - Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict -- and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions have told CNN.

The militia, which has been intensifying its attacks on the U.S.-led coalition that toppled it from power in 2001 for harboring Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, has been involved four days of talks hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, says the source.
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Wonder how long a "peace" agreement would last.
 
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BobTheFork

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Jason's Ultimatum said:
Didn't McCain help write that law? Guess he found his own loophole. :lol
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Impressive, I always said he couldn't find his own loophole with both hands. Let's hope he crawls into it and vanishes.
 
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Barrett2

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GhaleonEB said:
How many Senators break laws they themselves wrote?
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There was the time that James Brady was arrested for selling hot Tech 9s out of the trunk of his wheelchair modified van... but you really need to look at that one in the appropriate context.
 
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Tamanon

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GhaleonEB said:
Same margin as WSJ/NBC. So two of the three networks will be talking about how McCain is behind, as a backdrop to his nastyness.
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Read the location of that poll, it's not national;)
 
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lexdysia

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Paul Krugman's new column:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06krugman.html

In short, the McCain plan makes no sense at all, unless you have faith that the magic of the marketplace can solve all problems. And Mr. McCain does: a much-quoted article published under his name declares that “Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.”

I agree: the McCain plan would do for health care what deregulation has done for banking. And I’m terrified.
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Fragamemnon

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GhaleonEB said:
Same margin as WSJ/NBC. So two of the three networks will be talking about how McCain is behind, as a backdrop to his nastyness.
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The WSJ/NBC was national wasn't it? This was Ohio. You know, the place from which nothing good comes from.
 
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Stoney Mason

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And the final breakdown on those Palin Biden debate numbers from Pew. Remember those numbers that were going to move poll numbers in 48 hours according to Luntz, Morris, and Hannity.

While last week’s vice-presidential debate had a larger audience than any other in history, voters’ impressions of Sarah Palin have changed little. A special re-interview this weekend of voters who had been first polled a week ago found that most (55%) continue to have a favorable view of Palin, but most (52%) also still believe that she is not qualified to serve as president, if it becomes necessary.

In contrast, voters’ opinions of Joe Biden have improved since the previous Pew survey conducted Sept. 27-29. Biden’s favorability rating among registered voters recontacted over the weekend climbed from 54% to 63%, and the percentage believing he is qualified to serve as president jumped to 77% from 69% a week earlier.

Both candidates get high marks for their debate performances, though Biden receives substantially better marks overall. Roughly eight-in-ten voters (81%) who watched the vice-presidential debate rate Biden’s performance as excellent or good, compared with 65% offering positive ratings for Palin. Biden receives higher marks for his debate performance than Barack Obama did in the first presidential debate (72% excellent/good). Palin, too, is viewed as doing a better job than did John McCain (65% vs. 59% excellent/good).
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