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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 16, 2016 -> 10:10 PM) taxes, Greg. Tax the rich. That's how he pays for everything. You should know that by now. Has he said that though? I mean we're talking a LOT of money to pay for millions of college kids' tuitions per year. I'd assume books, too. Meghan McCain's America Now show tonight today said 70 percent of Millenials perfer socialism over Capitalism. What is going on? What are we teaching kids in history classes these days? Are Millenials really going to get rid of capitalism in 40 years or so when every one of the boomers are dead and long forgotten? I truly don't understand this. Millenials want everybody to make the same wage?? No rich; no poor; no middle class, just we all have the same paycheck? I tell you what. Most Boomers at least were raised by sane parents. The parents of the last 30 years or so have really done a piss poor job IMO teaching their kids what is up.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 16, 2016 -> 07:40 PM) if you don't mind, i will use your post. i did again, this morning. calling at 8:00 am cst. i got in and talked to the rep.... they said quote "it is not their fault that the st of LA charges more for their medical. they the ins companies the nat'l avg and it is my responsibility to pay the difference, even if i was retired". i have been retired since 99. yous guys who tried to help, many thanks. this is why i keep saying sox talk is the best...... Insurance reps piss me off. They do. I think it's the job that was described as tax collector in the Bible. Tax collectors were the dregs of society. How can these insurance representatives live with themselves. You just know they are told to never accept a claim without trying to stick it to the consumer. Pisses me off that I always get something rejected especially with dental insurance when I have work done.

Has Bernie said how we are going to pay for free college education? I think it's kind of a cool idea that a college education would be free as long as you maintain a C average or C-minus. But has he said how we'll pay for it? I kinda like the idea. A lot of kids do get bachelors degrees and to be 200,000 in debt with designs on being a teacher is horrible.

How can any Republicans dismiss Obama's likely pick of Srinivasan when it was 92-0 vote for him to land his current position? He's worked for Republicans as well as Democrats. The guy is a slam dunk choice and no way the Republicans can/should block him.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 05:47 PM) http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-c...-peoples-votes/ This article is going to be hard for her to counter...and while it happened under Bill's watch, they were essentially a co-presidency in many respects. She can't start screaming billionaires because if you add up the Clinton Foundation coffers, that's what she will be labelled as well...and there's not many in the charity field who can identify clearly any of their accomplishments since that Harlem office was opened. If she loses Nevada, it's going to be hard to convince Democratic leadership she's not seriously wounded as a viable candidate. All the union and Hispanic votes were supposedly in her pocket. She was for the crime bill her husband signed, now against. For DOMA, then against. For a plethora of trade pacts, then against. For bank deregulation, now against. No decision for the longest time on Keystone until oil prices cratered. No record of her actually doing anything substantive about the mortgage crisis. For the Iraq War, now against. Notice a pattern? After 24 years, the one overriding principle is trying to hold onto power by whatever means are at her disposal. The way things are right now, candidates wrapping themselves around either Obama or GW Bush (outside of SC and Texas) should rethink that position quickly. Caulfield writes all the reasons Hillary is a lousy choice and still crickets from "most" Hillary supporters. That long post that defended Hillary was nice to read and educational and I respect that post too. As far as that article ... I wish people would take the time to read it. Evidence is out there that she is a sham regarding her helping African Americans. Will anybody read it in African American communities? Does anybody care to end the perception Hillary is best friend to African Americans' prosperity?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 09:07 PM) I cannot imagine that Kasich would ever join on as Trump's VP, especially after all the things he has said about Trump's lack of qualifications, demeanor and ability to be president. The more I read, the more I don't understand how Kasich is not the person the people want to be the Republican candidate. The people of Ohio love him. And he's done a helluva job there. How bout a Kasich/Carson ticket?? Looks great to me.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 03:54 AM) The problems with Hillary... 2) She has an inspirational factor of zero. Speeches and debates, just not her strength. Very few actually like her...I'd even argue more voters passionately like Trump than Hillary, although she's not nearly as universally hated, either. What has she actually accomplished in all of her time as a public servant? Her resume is Rubio-esque as a senator. My biggest concern is that it feels like the Clintons have learned nothing at all from 2008...clearly misreading the electorate both times, and by a wide margin. It feels their time has come and gone. Excellent post. You have captured my stance on Hillary. Regarding point No. 2, Bill Clinton had so much charisma. He actually still has it. Hillary has no charisma. You either have it or you don't. I can't prove this, but I suspect Bill knows Hillary Clinton is no Bill Clinton as far as being an effective speaker/politician. Saturday Night Live has a winner in Kate McKinnon, who captures her in such a funny and almost sad way. Hope they keep it up. They know they have a winner and whoever is writing the Hillary skits is dead on every week. The Bernie skits, by contrast, are not funny. It's not enough to get Larry David to sound exactly like him. Give me some funny lines, SNL.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 02:12 PM) I support Hillary. There are some posters here who I will take out the time to write a post on my thoughts because it will be a part of an interesting discussion. If one of them ask I may write one. That's pretty much what I hear from all Hillary supporters. I just support her, dammit. Truthfully I think most who support Hillary either are doing so because they would never ever vote Republican and the other democrat candidate is kind of off the wall bizarre. Good luck to Hillary supporters as she will be continuing her fight to stay out of jail. Her email situation/FBI may be in the news for a long time until it culminates in formal charges?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 11:19 PM) Internet dancing on his grave. Very sad. A human being has died, Internetworld. I know you don't care. But a good person is dead. Let's talk about him, not his replacement.

Good debate tonight. Kasisch seemed most presidential IMO. Donald was on rinse, repeat with his insults and generalities about how everybody loves him. Cruz and Rubio? Like my criticism of Hillary, they just don't have "it." Jeb is dopey. I really like Carson. He's a more sane version of Trump. Outsider who wants to save the economy but won't insult people. It will be amusing to see Donald vs. Hillary. He's going to go on the attack, blasting her mercilessly.

Glad to see SNL mock Hillary on its opening skit tonight. The young women of today really are embarrassing Hillary with their disdain for her and for people like Steinem telling 'em they owe it to all women to vote for Hillary. Really? I'm really enjoying the crickets when I ask people why they support Hillary. "Just because." "It's the right thing to do." Oh really? A person still in hot water over those emails. Just nominate Bernie, Democrats. Just do it.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 02:27 PM) Can you explain to me how Obama was a disaster of a president? Just off the top of my head: Took on a s***ty economy because of a mistake of a War by the previous president, 5% unemployment currently, gas is cheap, Caught Bin Laden (if you care about that), legalized gay marriage, health care costs have risen at the slowest rates in decades. I don't know if he's one of the best presidents ever but if you think it's a "disaster" you're either racist or very uninformed. Sure. Obamacare is a ridiculous disaster and health care in America still blows. His presidency has been the personification of unable to lead, unable to get anything through Congress, unable to work with Congress. Am I worse off now than when he took over? Gosh yes. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 04:55 PM) Don't feed the troll. As much as I contribute to discussion on here, I'm getting offended by being called a troll.

Hillary apparently won tonight's debate. Congratulations to her since she congratulated Bernie for his win in New Hampshire. Today the Clinton foundation was subpoenaed ... yet everybody is saying it's not Hillary under fire for anything there. Hillary's emails under siege ... yet everybody is convinced she's done no wrong, broken no laws. Where there's smoke there's fire, folks. Can you imagine if she wins the nomination and she gets indicted for a crime right before the real election? What then? To be fair ... on the other side can you imagine if Trump gets the nomination and says something so incredibly stupid right before the election even he can't make it go away? This is why, folks, some people are thinking of running as Independents.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 11:32 PM) Well yeah, obviously it was an exaggeration. As a college bartender I'd like to think we were in the higher numbers comparatively and thats crazy, but if you start factoring in life after college (a decade or so) its not that far out of range. Is it true most bartenders could pick up the hottest girls in the bar near closing time?

Different friend. Just called me with serious problem. His wife just left last night. She went to stay with her mom. Said she's unsure if she wants marriage to continue. They have one 9 year old boy, no other kids. The wife is very sweet person, very attractive, not a b**** in any way. The husband, bless him, is very very devoted to wife and child. But he's wound so tight, so uptight. He's a former football lineman and has that type of monster mentality. Bark, not bite. He'd never hit her or the child or anything. He's just a Type A lunatic if that's the right word, one of those guys who screams at motorists, etc. My advice to him was tell her this is his wake up call. Tell her he'll do anything, go to counseling, do all he can to give her the perfect life. They've dated since high school and are 35 and meant for each other. I told him to just tell her he will do everything in his power to make her life as perfect as possible. That he will work on himself through counseling, etc. What should he do? He was beside himself in pain and almost crying when he called.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 05:01 PM) Yep, we've been sold a bill of goods about college I'll stop with the topic then. Didn't know 400 partners was pretty average

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 01:52 PM) LoL. If their were no term limits, Bill Clinton could still be president if he wanted to. Very true

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 04:00 PM) In all my time on Soxtalk this is literally one of the worst posts I have ever read on here. You should be ashamed for have even typed it, whether trolling or serious. Have you read a word of his posts about gay life? He's trying to educate us. He has a unique perspective and is trying to inform. What he writes is totally contrary to what is portrayed. 400 partners?

QUOTE (farmteam @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 06:09 AM) There's a decent chance we've never heard of the person who will win the 2028 election. Here's my prediction. 2016: Hillary Rodham Clinton (decides to use full name) 2020: Hillary Rodham Clinton. 2024: Chelsea Clinton 2028: Chelsea Clinton 2032: I have no idea.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 09:07 PM) You can ask away. No worries. In gay life its all about how many people you sleep with. I have friends that have been with over 400 people. Most first dates end up in bed. I have a lot of friends that are in their late 20's mid 30's scared to death of losing their looks so they do Botox. Anymore questions feel free to PM me. I am sort of an expert on gay life being around it for over 20 years lol. I think the gay life is a lot different in reality than we've been told on TV shows, etc. It sounds like a big orgy type situation. Whitesoxjr27 is telling us some wild stuff that gay life is more about sex sex sex than the stuff we've been sold about gay marriage, etc. How the hell would any males stay married with this desire for sex being the only factor in gay relationships according to whitesoxjr?? Has the public been sold a bill of goods thinking gay lifestyle is basically the same as hetero lifestyle? Same goals of marriage, raising kids, having a picket fence, etc??

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 02:08 AM) Probably not but if Obama could run again he'd win rather easily. It's amazing. I'd love a psychologist to tell us why, but if Obama could run again and again, he'd win the next four elections hands down in landslides. I don't get the voting public. Obama was a disaster of a president and yet like you said, he'd win President for sure if he could run again this time and I stand by my statement he could win three more elections after that.

If Biden entered tomorrow, would he win?

Bernie Sanders is the man on the Democratic side. Let's face it. If he was 10 years younger he'd be a LOCK. He's just a little bit old. He won big tonight, folks. I've been watching the post election shows and I've heard words like "desperate" regarding Hillary. I'm just repeating what I've heard. They said because of the African American support, she still is a lock to be the Democratic candidate, but the pundits are still questioning her bizarre screaming of her speeches and her desperate attitude, blaming a right wing conspiracy today. My only hope as a Hillary dis-liker, is that the FBI accuses her of a crime and charges are filed and b.) this African American vote is not a done deal. I'd prefer a Bernie vs. Trump election or even better Biden or somebody else decides to run and be the Demcratic nominee after all. Even Hillary supporters have to admit tonight was not a good result for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 10:19 PM) You know...I don't really get it. A lot of what Greg has said is actually true. Have you guys watched a lot of the clips. Most of the time I watch any coverage on the election, I just roll my eyes at the absurd arguments made on both sides of the court. You all do realize the vast majority of people who vote know nothing other than some slight aspects from what the media says and more often are going to go and vote based upon party and likeability. For example, someone just not liking someone because of there look is a total normal reason to not vote for someone or how they carry themselves. History has shown how superficial voters are and yet all of you want to ignore those facts. I have talked to numerous people who like trump purely because they here the media say he tells it like it is. None of them know what he actually is saying, he just "tells it like it is". Thats it. You all give people too much damn credit to be frank. And maybe someone will whine and say, well now we are smarter, no we aren't, Howard Dean's speach ended his campaign (did he have other issues, sure, but that one speech sure has hell torpedoed any remaining odds he had and it isn't like he said anything bad). Plus lets be realists, I could make an argument that Trump (and I think by now, all of you know I don't like Trump) is the most selfless of everyone in this campaign as he's the only one who hasn't been totally bought out (of course I'd also tell you he has a gargantuan ego and that is probably more to do with him running). They are all selfish candidates who have all kind of interests with gigantic egos. Anyone thinks otherwise is delusional. The potential exception to this is Sanders, who genuinely seems passionate about what he wants to do (and I'll give him credit for that) and is an extremely rare candidate from that regard. Thank you Chisoxfn! To get an esteemed moderator to back what I've been saying is a true honor. This proves that not everybody disagrees with my posts. I am not always wrong, folks.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 08:25 PM) This is a really interesting conversation we keep having about greg posting things he's watched on cable news and how the media loves hillary. I think it's VERY interesting that young women voters are being attacked by older women basically saying, "How dare you not vote for a woman since you are a woman!" Again ... if a man said, "Of course I'm voting for Bernie. He's male," that person would be fried on TV.