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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 07:57 PM) CNN has projected that Mike Huckabee has won the Republican version of the Caucuses.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 05:50 PM) If McCain pulls 18%, He's a big hero. If Hillary Clinton squeaks by with a win at 33%, she's been rejected by 2/3 of the Democratic party. Thank God the media is on the Dems side... Chris Matthews is a Democrat that has worked as a staffer for many Democrats . Maybe he is just a Democrat that doesn't like Hillary Clinton.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 05:07 PM) Clearly it was the remnants of Dole/Kemp '96.... hoping to get written in by the 15 GOP Iowans that will actually show up to their caucus tonight. It's most definitely not beneath Ron Paul to do something like this btw. The guy isn't nearly as all about the love as his supporters would make you believe. It's a desperate act from a guy who raised enough money that he should be competitive but won't be, because his supporters are so rabid, he just reminds everyone of Lyndon LaRouche. We'll see. Nice to see the accusations fly. Of course I wouldn't put that past you, or a weak attempt at sarcasm claiming it was Dole/Kemp. All current and former clients were listed to show how widely used this company is. It's funny hearing the rabid lefties rant about how much they hate Ron Paul and his supporters because "they are crazy". Rex: pot kettle black. lol.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 04:33 PM) Ron Paul's polling firm behind anti-Mormon phone calls. LOL. Here is a list of their clients. You can pick any of them to blame if you chose. I highly doubt Ron Paul had anything to do with it. Governors Frank Murkowski (Alaska) Vic Atiyeh (Oregon) Phil Batt (Idaho) Butch Otter (Idaho)* Garrey Carruthers (New Mexico) Judy Martz (Montana) Kay Orr (Nebraska) Marc Racicot (Montana) Stan Stephens (Montana) Pete Wilson (California) * Denotes current officeholder U.S. Senators Conrad Burns (Montana) Susan Collins (Maine)* Bob Dole (Kansas) Dan Evans (Washington) Slade Gorton (Washington) Mark Hatfield (Oregon) Jim McClure (Idaho) Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)* Bob Packwood (Oregon) Gordon Smith (Oregon)* Steve Symms (Idaho) * Denotes current officeholder U.S. Representatives Todd Akin (Missouri)* Rob Bishop (Utah)* Jim Bunn (Oregon) Chris Cannon (Utah)* Rod Chandler (Washington) Jon Christensen (Nebraska) Wes Cooley (Oregon) Gil Gutknecht (Minnesota) Doc Hastings (Washington) Rick Hill (Montana) Steve Horn (California) Jim Jordan (Ohio)* Steve Kuykendall (California) Doug Lamborn (Colorado)* Dan Lungren (California)* Ron Marlenee (Montana) Al McCandless (California) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington)* Jack Metcalf (Washington) John Miller (Washington) Jerry Moran (Kansas) Sid Morrison (Washington) Marilyn Musgrave (Colorado)* Butch Otter (Idaho) Ron Packard (California) Ron Paul (Texas)* Richard Pombo (California) Dennis Rehberg (Montana)* James Rogan (California) Steve Schiff (New Mexico) Mike Simpson (Idaho)* Joe Skeen (New Mexico) Bob Smith (Oregon) Linda Smith (Washington) Randy Tate (Washington) Greg Walden (Oregon)* Don Young (Alaska)* * Denotes current officeholder Political Committees National Bush/Quayle 1992 Bush/Cheney 2000 Bush/Cheney 2004 Dole/Kemp 1996 National Association of Attorneys General National Republican Congressional Committee National Republican Senatorial Committee Progress for America Republican Governors Association Republican National Committee Republican State Leadership Committee State/Local Alaskan Republican House Caucus Alaskan Republican Senate Caucus California Republican Party California State Assembly Republican Caucus Colorado Republican Party Gov. Schwarzenegger California Recovery Team Kansas Republican House Caucus Kansas Republican Party Kansas Republican Senate Caucus King County Republican Party (Washington) Montana Republican Party New Mexico Republican Party Ohio House Republican Campaign Committee Oregon House Republicans Oregon Republican Party Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund) Republican Party of Alaska Republican Party of Minnesota San Juan County Republicans (New Mexico) The Trailhead Group Utah Republican Party Washington House Republicans (HROC) Washington Senate Republicans (The Leadership Council) Washington State Republican Party

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 2, 2008 -> 06:52 PM) Because I'm fully convinced there are things that the government can and must do for Americans to maintain and improve upon their current quality of life, and eliminating the government would be a gigantic step backwards. I'll leave it at that level, the principle level, without elaborating here. I guess it comes down to how much control someone thinks the government should have over their life. How far should the governments role be limited, or how much should it be increased. Do we want a regressive tax system in which even the middle class is taxed 40% of annual income? Most would agree that would be a bad idea. Should there be no income tax, safety net, or defense spending? Probably another bad idea. Should State's rights be important? While I disagree with a some of Paul's stances, there are some very important issues I agree with him on. Like limiting the US role as world overlord/cop, limiting government control over peoples free will to make bad/good decisions, protecting US citizens from overbearing government authoritarianism, and limiting income tax to the lowest possible levels. However, I think Ron Paul and Libertarians in general, take a much more radical approach to limiting government than I am comfortable with.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jan 1, 2008 -> 11:09 PM) Got drunk, listened to a girl vent (b****) for 2 hours, tried to find a condom and couldn't. classic

QUOTE(vandy125 @ Jan 2, 2008 -> 02:41 PM) The way that I read that was that FOX was not letting him on, but ABC was still to be determined. Maybe I read it wrong on the ABC side. Here is what I saw that led me to that: that is true So you are right, Paul could still be on the ABC debates.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 2, 2008 -> 12:13 PM) Ron Paul may have beaten Clinton in fundraising in the last quarter. Meanwhile...since Ron Paul is fundraising so well and actually beating people like Thompson in N.H. polls, rumor has it Fox News has decided that Ron Paul will not be on the stage for their debate. ABC and FOX news are not letting him in the debates. ABC had assigned a predetermined level of national polling which a candidate had to meet to be eligible to debate. Ron Paul didn't poll well enough. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/...bate-Limits.php

i knew he was going to fumble that.

Damn it. ball fumbled into endzone.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 01:58 PM) really? you've gotta be kidding me. a) $400 haircut - but how much do you think Hillary spends? and Romney has a PAID makeup entourage following him around. He doesn't use the ones provided him by the News networks etc etc, but he needs to use his own. And what about Hillary chartering a HELICOPTER to visit all 99 counties in 5 days... i think thats a worse use of money. b ) Where'd you find that 50 grand figure? And how much does Bill ask for to speak? How much does Obama ask for? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274513,00.html He is making his campaign about "two americas", he is fair game for charging these fees for talking about poverty and his 'supercuts'.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 10:47 PM) Not sure where you have been hibernating, but he has just about been the only candidate to state actual positions on things so far. And he didn't say he WASN'T campaigning, just that he didn't like it. Actual honesty from a candidate, how refreshing. Show me one that says they DO like it, and I'll show you someone unfit for office. And you did read the whole story you linked, right? Hibernating? The guy has run a horrible campaign, and now basically admits he doesn't even want to campaign. It makes him appear lazy and not prepared for the rigors of being president. Can you go one post on the message boards without trying to blend in a lame person attack? Probably not.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 09:04 AM) It's funny that the same people who defend the building of wealth so fervently are so unimpressed when someone who is wealthy tries to give back. It's a trend I've tended to notice with a lot of people. Well, it is kinda funny when Edwards talks about two Americas, then goes out and gets $800 hair cuts and charges $50,000 to give a speech about poverty.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 09:46 PM) Well, you would really have to wonder about the sanity of the candidate that said they LIKE campaigning. So he expects people to just vote for him, even though he doesn't want to campaign or explain what his policies would be. Sounds like a losing strategy. I don't even see why he bothered running.

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2...3c100054e2b.txt lol "Fred Thompson acknowledged Saturday he's not especially fond of running for president, but he thinks he'd be a good choice for the White House."

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 11:31 PM) . Okay I will bite. How exactly does a government function without tax revenue. Do we still have an FBI. Do we have a military. The idea of isolationist is not something that I want to be part of. Do you really think that if we just sit here and stick our head in the sand that the bad guys are going to go away. It hasn't worked in the past with countries. Neutral countries have been invaded before, and some of them have been drawn into war no matter what they have tried. Do you think that Paul and his isolationist theories will stop the chinese government from cyber attacks against our government and industrial companies. Do you think that the Islamic extremists will give us a pass because we have tucked tail and have run home. Unless Paul's plan involves the imposition of Sharia law and that every citizen converts to islam I still think a certain part of the world might want to hurt us. You can have the best military in the world, including great cyber defense... AND stop invading these countries and end our nation building policies. I don't think getting rid of the income tax is a good idea, but cutting spending is a great idea. A GREAT IDEA. GW Bush has ran up a huge deficit and spends like a drunken liberal sailor. You can't have tax cuts, plus TONS of pork spending, plus lots of invasions, and be world police without running up a huge deficit. How about keep the income tax, and stop all the pointless crap? Then once the deficit is gone, lower income tax for everyone. That, or we can continue what we are doing and jack up your taxes to around 50% or your total income to balance the budget.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 08:58 PM) but then how do you calculate it? is it a system that goes solely on the popular vote? because in that case candidates will only show up in NY, CA, TX, IL, PA and FL kinda lame... Even lamer is them spending all the time on Iowa,SC and NH. Look at the candidates they have given us in past elections, very weak IMO.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 08:39 PM) And in return, you know what bothers me? The "Either we must do absolutely nothing or we must do exactly as we are doing" attitude that prevails. I.e. either we must invade Iraq or we do absolutely nothing about them. Just because unconditional support for Mussharraf to the point of trying to use Bhutto to keep him in power and dumping tens of billions of dollars in cash on the Pakistani Security services with no accountability whatsoever has been the Bush Administration's policy doesn't mean that the only 2 logical options are either you support the Bush Administration's policy or you sit back and do nothing. so whats the plan? send in US troops to protect her? what if Pakistan refuses to let them in? Cut off funding? ok, fine with me. Just more money to invade Sudan with, right? USA! USA!

QUOTE(jasonxctf @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 04:29 PM) apparently the US administration has repeatedly denied requests to beef up security around her, per her request, and those on the foreign relations committee. us administration thoughts were that its Musharaff's responsibility to protect her and that his people were to be trusted to carry out that responsibility. So now the US is supposed to protect every politician in the world who requests protection? Great. 4 trillion dollar deficit here we come! WOOHOO!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 08:15 PM) LOL. FWIW, there's still no earthly reason for 100,000 or so voters from your state to basically decide the entire nomination from both parties, so hopefully this'll be the last time. All states should have their presidential primaries on the same day IMO

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 22, 2007 -> 04:37 PM) He'd probably drink if you promised to vote for him.... ZING! then he would flip flop and get a non-alcoholic beer

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 21, 2007 -> 06:45 PM) I will personally put up the funds to see an Alan Keyes/Cynthia McKinney debate. I figure I'll sell it as a pay per view event and make my money back easily. that would be an epic debate

Saudi Arabia, using our money we pay them for oil, to buy major stakes in our monetary system.. just another reason to find alternatives to foreign fuel. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/412752ae-afa4-11...?nclick_check=1

Cynthia McKinney announces presidential bid http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dek...y_1219_web.html

QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 17, 2007 -> 07:12 PM) sooooooo i just popped in madden 04 (vick cover) for the ps2 and had a blast. That game is way better than any of the newer games. The graphics are worse (not by much though), but the smoothness of the gameplay is incredible. that is a great game.