southsider2k5

Again in the non-pc category... Happier than a sissy with a bag of dicks...

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 02:38 PM) Positive Karma prevails!!! Then you might want to change your signature...

Just don't send an email questioning the call...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:53 PM) That isn't being bi-partisan, that's being a maverick or an independent. Those are good things too, but come on. You asked when Obama worked across the aisle, you were given multiple examples. If that is the meaning of bipartisian, then every single member of congress falls under this umbrella and we should seriously stop using the word, because it is meaningless.

29 more games...

Forget it, he's rolling...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:36 PM) You're stating your opinion as a hard, unnegotiable fact here. I don't see "bipartisian" meaing that I will work with you as long as you agree with what my party believes. If people disagree that is too bad, but if that isn't the case, we really aren't going to see anything change in Washington with an Obama Presidency.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:35 PM) Being bi-partisan means working with the opposing party to get bills passed that should get passed. In Obama's case for president, he will need republican support for his policies. His policies are progressive. Examples of him getting Republicans to support his policies is a great example of bi-partisanship. I'll work with you as long as you believe what I believe is George W Bush to a T. That really isn't much of a change.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:29 PM) you can start with "All Kids Covered" here in Illinois. I believe he played an important role in that, but I may be mistaken. You can also google search the Lugar-Obama bill and the Coburn-Obama transparency bill. Universal insurance=Democratic issue. Lugar-Obama: Is keeping weapons away from terrorists something the Democrats don't believe in? Coburn-Obama transparency bill: you might have one here... I don't know much about where the party's lay on this one. Sorry to be me being bipartisian means that you can breakaway from your party and work for a bill that isn't something your party wants to see happen. It doesn't mean co-sponsoring bills with the opposite party.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:26 PM) OK Senator Tom Coburn ® Campaign ad for Sen. Gordon Smith ® CAFE is a HUGE Democratic platform. All that means is he will work with guys who agree with his party. That doesn't say much.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:12 PM) Obama and Biden only have no record of reaching across party lines if you choose to ignore the record of doing such. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me the big bipartisian achievement that Obama has made.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:01 PM) ss, that was a great commentary. I wish you posted more of that and less of some of the other stuff After what I see in some of the other threads, I don't post anywhere near the amount, the partisian, or the complete garbage that I see here on a daily basis.

QUOTE (G&T @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 12:04 PM) Alaska is also a state with oil concerns, environmental pressures, blue collar workers, guns, and it's a border state. All of which are issues in a political campaign. So actually Alaska can be a strong point. Good post. She might be more relevant on many of the hot button issues with first hand experience than anyone else in this race.

QUOTE (Steff @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:55 AM) I suppose it's a possibility that the rise in their pants is more important than putting food on their tables these days. Slim to none, but alas, a possibility. Past the obvious joke, the reality is no President is going to help the US autoworkers. I think they know that. The US auto industry is dying a miserable death, and there really isn't much that can be done about it at this point. Anyone candidate who says different is a bold-faced liar.

QUOTE (G&T @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:53 AM) She started by talking about her family, but, relevantly... She talked about her fights against over spending and quite a bit about oil. She also thanked Ferraro and Hillary for breaking ground for her, which was interesting. There wasn't a lot of substance, really, but that's expected. However, she spoke very well and with force. She's probably a better speaker than Hillary (though this was only one speech), and she comes off as honest (though we know nothing about her). For what this speech was, I thought she did a nice job. More honest than a Clinton, that isn't saying much...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:52 AM) It's only a theory until it becomes reality. Which is still less certian than it being reality from day one.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) It may be, "well, Biden seems like an appropriate VP candidate; but I'm not voting for some black guy who sounds like a terrorist!" Just as it could easily be, "well, Palin is a woman and could go on her period in office; but McCain seems like an appropriate presidential candidate." Auto workers? They are all over the hot chick.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:48 AM) Obama held assignments on the Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Veterans' Affairs through December 2006.[68] In January 2007, he left the Environment and Public Works committee and took additional assignments with Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.[69] He also became Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs.[70] As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama has made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. None of that is still executive experience. He still reported to other people in those roles. Anyway, like I said, the experience arguements are worthless. They really aren't going to be running things by themselves anyway.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:43 AM) When the #1 is a soon-to-be-73 year old, cancer survivor with a medical history like 600 pages long for the last 10 years. Nonetheless, I find her much less experienced than Obama. She wasn't governor of Texas, she was governor for 1 and a 1/2 years of a tiny state in terms of population facing few of the problems that larger states face because of their population. Before that she was mayor of a relatively small town. Still she could be the President, he would be the President. There is a big difference there.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:41 AM) dude not even close. Obama has tons more "experience" and most importantly, relevant experience than Palin does. On top of it, how much does Alaska represent the national landscape. I'd say that Illinois has a little bit of everything in it. Big Cities, Rural Farmlands, Manufacturing, Financial, etc. What "relevant" executive experience does he have? I don't think Obama has even managed a little league team.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:32 AM) I think that it probably doesn't play poorly esp. if she holds her ground in the VP debate, but I can't fathom how the McCain campaign could ever bring up experience as a negative again. They'll try, but yeesh. Btw, is it worth noting that AK was actually looking quite swingy before this move, and this might well actually help McCain in a state? Some of the same people here who laughed at the concerns over the lack of experience for Obama, are the same one hammering it home here. How can it be worse to be #2 and inexperienced, versus #1 and inexperienced??? Anyways, with the amount of advisors and cabinets and the like, experience is pretty overrated anymore. In this day and age, the President is pretty much a figurehead anyway.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 10:31 AM) She's a MILF. I"ll give her credit for that. Come on, have a little more class than that.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 10:22 AM) I just got to thinking as I was driving to work, how readily will McCain use the "dont attack her... she's a woman" line? We have seen over the last month that they have no shame in using his POW experience as shield on every possible political attack. How long until every attack on Palin is defended with a "dont attack the woman" kind of line? McCain has now set up a great political shield: Dont attack him, he's a POW. Dont attack her, she's a woman. Many people who have attacked Obama have been painted as a racist. Heck Biden himself got a taste of that.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 10:13 AM) Weren't there any conservative, strong pro-life females in Congress that have been around for a while? I mean, she practically makes Obama look like an elder statesman. Kay Bailey Hutchenson was the other name I heard mentioned, but it sounds like she has designs on Austin instead.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 10:09 AM) Then why did they stop? They haven't.