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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) I see what you are saying. I do think that candidates for high office have a very difficult road to travel, and certainly there is no good answer on how they choose to use or expose their family. It would seem that there is no truly good option there. This is why I don't tend to concern myself much with those decisions. But I disagree that its not our business. For me, I expect elected officials to be trustworthy. I expect them to be of high moral character. That's not to say I think they are, in fact, often they are not. But I refuse to lower my expectations in this area. Not that I necessarily want an angel - a few smaller skeletons in the closet, from their past, are not the end of the world. But to cheat on your spouse, who has cancer, while espousing the things that Edwards was espousing, is dispicable to me. It shows poor judgement and weak moral character. Therefore, I do in fact judge him on this, and I don't feel bad doing it. Now, if John and Elizabeth have come to terms with this and moved on, that is 100% their business. I would not seek to dictate their marriage. I simply seek to dictate who gets into office, and I will continue to want that bar set high. When push comes to shove, as long as what my elected's do behind closed doors is their business - provided it's legal. You're right, if you have a politician railing against one thing or another and then doing the very things he claims to despise - they have a right to be embarrassed. But this man is currently running for nothing. This man is currently not an elected official. And his private life should be just that, private. It holds about as much importance to you and me as Lindsay Lohan's drinking habits or sexuality.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 03:53 PM) Because clearly that was what killed him... What killed him was running a campaign that was grassroots based by bringing out of state people into Iowa and neglecting to build a ground game in Iowa proper.

Just another reason why politicians shouldn't moralize about the sanctity of marriage. I care about politics. I don't care about this. Do I think its shameful that Edwards used his wife as a campaign prop? Absolutely. Should he be crucified for it? I guess, if you have nothing better to do than wasting time on a person who hasn't been in elected office in four years and never had a serious chance at getting elected this time around either. What I think is awful is what's endemic to our elected officials. In so many cases, we expect politicians to do things like use their family as a campaign prop. And we act astounded, surprised and ashamed that the image we want to believe about someone is shattered when it turns out to be untrue (and in most cases, it's untrue.) But what happens when a candidate refuses to use their spouse as a campaign prop? Let's ask Howard Dean and see how well that worked for him.... If a candidate lies and panders and creates a picture for you to see that's pretty - even if its not true - voters, sadly, reward him or her. If a candidate is honest about his relationship with his spouse, and refuses to use his personal life as a prop, its used as a way to vilify the candidate. And the worst part is that in either case, it's not our business.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Aug 7, 2008 -> 11:49 AM) In the next two weeks I'll be doing a lot of driving and I'd like to be able to play my iPod on my trips. Does anyone have any recommendations for good transmitters? I'll mostly be driving through rural-ish areas (OH, IN, WI, MN and a little bit of SD). The cheaper the better, obviously, but I really am just looking for some suggestions. Thanks in advance! Here's a next best thing suggestion. Is the CD in your car MP3 compatible? If it is, then make MP3 CDs. Granted they won't be quite as handy as your iPod, but you can put a lot of music on a single CD, almost as much as the smaller shuffle I think.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 30, 2008 -> 10:24 AM) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/us/polit...amp;oref=slogin Anybody notice that the footage of Obama playing basketball in the ad is of him playing basketball with soldiers in Afghanistan? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hC9TpP_rY

Marijuana can cause cancer. But so can lots of other legal things, including the nalgene bottles people use for their water.

It's official. Chapter 7. http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/29/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

It really depends on the party's leadership and what they want to do, if I am not mistaken. The question is: will he resign? Or will he continue running for re-election?

Their website is gone. Apparently all company owned Bennigan's are done.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 03:29 PM) Yea, and I think because of just the way you put it, it's a load of crap... so that's why I'm carefully stating that when I say *IF*... I believe they're saying this now because basically the theft of the prayer and the publishing of it are both against Israeli law possibly. The only loophole is that because Obama is not Jewish, it may be legal. So the dumb question, if the Obama campaign was indeed approving the prayer for publication, wouldn't have some other news outlet, including the US Press Corps that was following Obama around would have gotten wind of it and printed the prayer before the Israeli network did? This is the kind of story that any American news net would eat up about either of the candidates.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 29, 2008 -> 09:24 AM) The world is changing rapidly and we want politicians who make a decision in 1954 and gosh and golly, they stick with that decision forever. The flip-flop was a brilliant campaign strategy that we will be paying the price for for a very long time. It use to be stubbornness in the face of new evidence or situations was considered a weakness, not anymore. We now believe the words from a politician's mouth over the media and we believe that positions should never change. The Flip-Flop charge before had resonance because it seemed to apply chiefly to someone who's original position didn't feel genuine. (i.e. Gore's vote on the 1991 Gulf War based on how much camera time he could get story, or i voted for it before i voted against it). When it's used to showcase a genuine honest flexibility, which is what it has become used to do, it just becomes background noise.

It's free but it misses a lot of traffic, IMO.

Two other banks failed over the last weekend, First National Bank of Nevada among them. By Monday, they were Mutual of Omaha and there were no real issues.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 11:22 AM) it's called parody / comedy. deal with it. It's only comedy when its funny.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 11:00 AM) damn Muslim loving terrorist black man! He's out to kill "whitey"! If you really believe in the kind of change that Obama espouses, you should consider acting like it. Posts like this do your candidate and yourself a disservice.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 10:42 AM) Found this on the FDIC's website regarding another bank closing: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/NetBank.html Looks like the money isn't really tied up for long, if at all. Yeah, I believe within three days, NetBank customers had all their stuff transferred to ING Direct.

It is my understanding that when the FDIC takes over a bank, it closes for a couple days and reopens under a new bank name. Your money is safe and guaranteed - especially if the amount invested is less than 100,000 dollars. Even the people at IndyMac had ATM access while the bank closed.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 11:26 AM) Tom Morello is the one I think that represents our generation of being the best.The man is a magician with the guitar. I'd agree with that. The things he can do is just ridiculous.

Jens Lekman - I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You Pink Martini - Que Sera Sera

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 10:16 PM) There's a happy medium. Name me one big government program that works like it should. Head Start The Peace Corps S-CHIP

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 12:09 AM) I was actually going to say something along the same lines, but more like "He knew SOMEONE would take it out and make it public". So then would it have been better if he wrote "HA HA, I knew you'd print this!" Just because he suspected someone would take it out and make it public doesn't make it anymore of anyone's business.

If John Edwards would refuse to do the "Not The Father" dance, this clearly doesn't belong on Maury. Therefore my interest has flagged already.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 24, 2008 -> 06:03 PM) And the same thing is happening to John McCain. Then again, we're not even to the conventions yet. I wouldn't say its "happening" to John McCain. It just seems like every statement he makes is about what's wrong with Obama, not what's right with McCain.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 24, 2008 -> 05:07 PM) The one common theme I do agree with is John McCain needs to differentiate between himself and Obama. Being the anti (anyone), regardless of party, won't get you elected. It didn't work for John Kerry. Even though he never intended on that, his supporters kind of brought that portrait on him.

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