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QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Oct 27, 2008 -> 04:36 PM) Do people really think the numbers on his budget will add up? He is going to raise everyones taxes on one thing or another and to be honest, why should people who make over 250k have to pay even more now? The wealthy already pay the lions share of taxes and now they should have to be punished for being successful? Its socialism anyway you slice it and people might not worry about it now because most of us dont make that kind of money Im assuming but just wait until this kind of stuff starts to trickle down and it does effect you, which will happen. Because citizenship has its responsibilities. Why do you think the middle class did so well in the 40s, 50s & 60s - because the upper tax rate was 91% in the 50s, and when Kennedy lowered it to 71% during his term, he closed all the loopholes. It was only when Reagan lowered it to 36% that the middle class started to fall apart and now we live in a time where the income disparity is the worst it's ever been.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 30, 2008 -> 08:42 AM) FWIW: First exit poll of actual American votes from Israel shows big McCain win [Tom Gross] Within the last hour, the first exit poll of 817 Americans in Israel, who attended U.S. election voting events in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening to vote by absentee ballot, has been released. A startling 76 percent of those polled said that they had voted for John McCain. This contrasts sharply with pre-election polls of American Jews in the U.S., which indicate a strong preference for Obama. The exit poll findings of American voters in Israel are all the more surprising because less than one in four were registered Republicans, and 46% of registered Democrats living in Israel said they had crossed party lines to vote McCain. By contrast, the Republican crossover to Obama was minimal – just 2%. The votes are significant as almost half of the 42,000 registered U.S. voters living in Israel come from key swing states including Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In the 2000 and 2004 elections, Israel had the third-largest group of American voters abroad, after Canada and Britain. The exit poll was commissioned by Votefromisrael.org, an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting voter registration and participation amongst American citizens living in Israel. SARKOZY: OBAMA’S STANCE ON IRAN IS “UTTERLY IMMATURE” More than half of the respondents listed foreign policy (including Israel and Iran policy) as the most important factor influencing their vote. Separately, in a poll for the country’s largest newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, most Israelis in general (not just Americans living in Israel) said they would prefer McCain because they are concerned about the anti-Israeli positions of many of the people Barack Obama has appointed to advise him on foreign policy, and because – in the words of French President Nicolas Sarkozy as quoted in Tuesday’s Ha’aretz newspaper – Obama’s stance on Iran is “utterly immature” and comprised of “formulations empty of all content.” In most countries, according to opinion polls, if the local populations had a vote in next week’s American elections, they would choose Obama over McCain. Among the exceptions (where McCain would win) are Israel, Iraq, Georgia and the Philippines (all countries that have had to cope with terrorism). The drummer from my band is from Iran and he says all his relatives still over there want McCain to win because they think he'll invade and liberate them. Yikes.

My mother waited 90 minutes to vote early in Bolingbrook this morning. Is it just because they don't have enough poll workers to handle the early voters, or are there really that many new people voting?

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 29, 2008 -> 12:32 PM) But I do tell you that if the Democrats win and have substantial majorities, Congress of the United States will be more bipartisan," said Pelosi. Who writes her stuff, GWB? I think Jon Stewart said "Why is bipartisan a good thing? The Republicans screwed everything up. If you want anything good done, why would you include them on the process?" That's a good point. Let's be as partisan as we can if we have big majorities. Screw them.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 29, 2008 -> 02:37 PM) So, Obama is running his 30 minute ad tonight, right? I looked on 5 different f***ing "news" websites that had articles about the ad, and NOT ONE said what time or day the speech airs. How idiotic is that? Pet peeve - I see news articles do this all the time. They talk for many paragraphs about some upcoming event, and then never put in the time and date. What happened to who/what/where/when/why? I'll be out tonight, I wish I had set the DVR to record it. I think it could be an interesting watch. Hopefully it will be available afterwards, somewhere. It's on at the beginning of primetime - 8ET/7CT/8PT.

Sapolsky. It's weird, but if it means TV, then it's a good thing. Gabe has done ROH since the beginning.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 28, 2008 -> 08:06 AM) Don't know where to post this, so I will ask here. Has anyone asked McCain if he gave up government secrets while in captivity? And has any outlet reported on his years as a P.O.W.? He did, but who's counting?

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Oct 24, 2008 -> 02:20 PM) true. but i think the power of the racist vote has been greatly over-estimated. Totally. The Bradley Effect is dead.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 24, 2008 -> 10:34 AM) Pat Buchanan asked what would happen if SNL mocked Michelle Obama. My response would that would be... what would happen if Michelle Obama was in a debate and spoke the whole time in "South Side" slang and gave a shout-out during a debate? We'll find out - Maya Rudolph is supposed to be on SNL this weekend as Michelle. (Also, Michelle is not running for office - Buchanan is comparing apples and oranges)

Kerry States + Iowa + New Mexico + either Colorado or Virginia = Obama victory. Why is this math so hard to comprehend? Which of these states is not going for Obama?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 10:25 AM) I don't think God chooses sides in elections....or sporting events. But that's just me. That's because God doesn't exist.

At least we have Santino.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 07:05 AM) “There’s no question Western Pennsylvania is a racist area,” said Mr. Murtha, whose district stretches from Johnstown to Washington County. “The older population is more hesitant.” Who in their right mind would vote for this ass monkey? One of my good friends is from Pittsburgh, and his mother was in town last week. She told me that many of the old ladies she knows (she called them steel widows), who have voted Democratic all their life, can't bring themselves to vote for a Black man. She said they'll probably stay home. Most of Pittsburgh (which is in western Penn) is like this. How was Murtha wrong?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 11:22 AM) John Kerry with a zinger today: I really like Kerry but that's just a stupid-ass comment there.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 01:53 PM) Holy s***, you and I agree on something. I, too, think a nice housecleaning is in order. But it's not going to happen, until at least 2010. It's not going to happen PERIOD. The system won't allow it. Better to just do the best we can under this system.

Still amazing how many conservatives are endorsing Obama. Philly right-wing talk show host Michael Smerconish came out today in favor of Barack as well as those two National Review writers.

The Trib endorses Obama - first time they've endorsed a Dem: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion...0,1371034.story

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 12:59 PM) Yes, it was. Obama has had a few more that have stretched or distorted the truth ("100 years" was definitely taken out of context and made out to be more than it really was). No it wasn't. Can anyone give me a dishonest Obama ad besides the immigration one?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 11:57 AM) The one where he tied McCain to Rush Limbaugh and misrepresented his stance on immigration. Like I said, apart from the immigration one..... did you read that?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) Oh for crying out loud. Yes, she just intended to insult 60% of America right there. WOOT ~ SARAH PALIN SUCKS!!! LOLERZ#@#%!!!!!!! Just like RSO's guns, religion, and bible's comment a few months back. Can we stop now? Not until all Rs are converted to the one true religion.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 04:41 AM) http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingne...unfounded_.html looks like the reporter probably made this one up. Oh please. Just because they couldn't find one person in a crowd of thousands doesn't mean it didn't happen. And the point isn't that there's not crazies on both sides - it's what the campaigns say about those comments, or in the case of McCain's - the silence.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 15, 2008 -> 11:43 AM) I have avoided most of the arguement because both campaigns have run the exact campaigns they have accused the others of running. This has been by far the dirtiest and most negative campaign I have ever seen by both candidates. There has been more innuendo, guilt by association, and cheap scare tactics used by both parties than I care to think of. People keep saying this, but apart from the one immigration ad, I haven't seen one Obama ad that wasn't the complete truth about McCain, negative or not.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 15, 2008 -> 01:48 PM) I agree, but it's not enough to allow me to sit there and say, "I'm voting for RSO". There's no way in hell. Voting for McCain is just about like voting for Bill Clinton on the political scale, that's how far left the GOP has gone (save for the idiocy on shoving morality down out throats, which you rightly point out and it's a turn off of mine as well and highly disappointing). Except on social issues like abortion (esp after McCain's major gaffe on it last night) and human rights.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 10:43 PM) I miss Kurt Cobain. I saw Nirvana at the Aragon in 1993. Awesome show. Dave Grohl exited thru the front door, and no one recognized him.

Heroes has been really awful this season, dontcha think?