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Post by Jaga on Jan 5, 2008 23:07:24 GMT -7
This video shows that Romney in the past was trying to be more liberal than Edward Kennedy. He also praises that he was independent and that his family were always supporting abortion rights. And his greatest failure is.... that he spends only one day a week with the poor. Please see it:
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 6, 2008 9:33:22 GMT -7
Don't count your chickens till the last vote is in. Obama can promise you anything but can he deliver. Go Hillary!!!!!!
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Post by leslie on Jan 6, 2008 10:05:03 GMT -7
Chris (Rdy..)
If I was American I would certainly be with you - it would be Hillary for me. (Or is that sexism rearing its head again!!)
Leslie
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Post by hollister on Jan 6, 2008 11:00:03 GMT -7
The top 10 foreign policy gaffes from the campaign trail blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/7561I am perhaps making an assumption here - but it seams to me that the candidate's for US President views on Foreign Policy are of most interest to forum members.
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Post by Jaga on Jan 6, 2008 12:44:30 GMT -7
I believe that Huckabee not knowing about NIE was quite surprising. It makes me think that maybe I should work in the state department especially since Romney states that thousands of people working there have more foreign policy experience than he does.
I think the worst blunder is that of Romney stating that he could pick up any employee of the state department to help him to do a foreign policy. HE REPEATED THIS STATEMENT not only in FOX but also in CNN with a beautiful smile as usual!
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Post by Jaga on Jan 6, 2008 13:52:59 GMT -7
Here is my favorite Romney again. He promises: In the next 10 years we'll see more progress, more change, than the world has seen in the last 10 centuries This is a period that includes space travel, the invention of the printing press, the French revolution and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire. We can also add the spread of castles across feudal Europe, King Canute on the throne of England, Vikings in North America and the glory years of China's Song dynasty. And Shakespeare. .... see his video: blogs.guardian.co.uk/usa/2008/01/romney_a_huge_huge_change_is_g.htmlI guess, Romney is just a mormon god
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Post by bescheid on Jan 6, 2008 14:26:21 GMT -7
Here is my favorite Romney again. He promises: In the next 10 years we'll see more progress, more change, than the world has seen in the last 10 centuries This is a period that includes space travel, the invention of the printing press, the French revolution and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire. We can also add the spread of castles across feudal Europe, King Canute on the throne of England, Vikings in North America and the glory years of China's Song dynasty. And Shakespeare. .... see his video: blogs.guardian.co.uk/usa/2008/01/romney_a_huge_huge_change_is_g.htmlI guess, Romney is just a mormon god My good heavens, is this man to over take and conquer Europe? Charles
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Pawian
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Post by Pawian on Jan 6, 2008 14:35:21 GMT -7
Here is my favorite Romney again. He promises: In the next 10 years we'll see more progress, more change, than the world has seen in the last 10 centuries This is a period that includes space travel, the invention of the printing press, the French revolution and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire. We can also add the spread of castles across feudal Europe, King Canute on the throne of England, Vikings in North America and the glory years of China's Song dynasty. And Shakespeare. Plus Bush in the USA and Kaczynskis in Poland.....
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Post by Jaga on Jan 6, 2008 19:29:54 GMT -7
Pawian and family,
you are right to compare Bush and Republicans with Kaczynski's brothers. They are very similar.
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Post by Pawian on Jan 7, 2008 0:57:15 GMT -7
Pawian and family, you are right to compare Bush and Republicans with Kaczynski's brothers. They are very similar. Yes, yes, panie dziejku, great men, great values. But underappreciated by current opinion.
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Post by valpomike on Jan 7, 2008 7:56:45 GMT -7
Jaga,
Is that from a SNL show?
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by Jaga on Jan 8, 2008 0:16:04 GMT -7
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 8, 2008 9:15:21 GMT -7
Ease Up On Obama Coronation Monday 01-07-2008 5:24am ET I've never seen a woman dumped as fast and as completely as the press has dumped Hillary Clinton.
After 20 years of being the darling of the Fourth Estate, all it took was a few hundred Iowans to end the career of the smartest woman in the country and to deify a guy who three years ago was a less-than-stellar member of the Illinois state legislature.
In the days since Barak Obama became the official darling of one-third of Iowa Democrats, seemingly every talking head in the country has fallen in love with him and kicked her to the curb.
And neither move makes any sense.
For several reasons – one of them being that the actual number of caucus goers who voted for Barak Obama, compared with the number who voted for Hillary Clinton, shows that an incredibly tiny group of people has not only chosen our next president, but set the tune for our commentary class.
It is ridiculous that such a tiny number of people should play a role of any significance in the selection of the next president of the United States.
And it's ridiculous that Barak Obama should be considered a viable candidate for the presidency. Though clearly an affable man, he is by no means a prepared man. He is not qualified to be in a president's cabinet, much less in a president's chair.
He has no record, he has no positions, he has no vision.
He's the "hope" and "change" candidate, but he's not explained what he's hoping for or what he's changing to.
I don't want to defend Hillary Clinton -- and I would never vote for her under any circumstances – but if the Democrats and the press think that party's nomination comes down to Obama versus Clinton and they think Obama is the better choice, they're nuts.
And no matter how much we conservatives loathe Hillary Clinton and everything she stands for, even we should remember that it's better to have the devil you know than the devil you don't know. What eight years of Bill Clinton showed us is that his posse runs the country very poorly, but at least it can run the country. It's unlikely that, in Washington, Barak Obama's posse can even find the bathroom.
Being president of the United States, and administering the massive and powerful American government, is actually pretty tough work. It takes a special kind of person to do it, even poorly. And in 2008, it is insane to think that Barak Obama is that special kind of person.
Possibly in the future – even probably – he will learn what he needs to learn and get sufficient grasp of how our government functions to be an effective president. But the Democrats of Iowa and the hyperventilating reporters seem to be confusing potential with ability.
And they seem to be wrapping Barak Obama in their own fantasy, comparing him to one Kennedy or another, declaring him as a great unifying figure in our society.
And that's all crap.
Barak Obama is young. That's about all he has in common with either Jack or Bobby Kennedy. He has made his living advancing minority rights and calling for more government programs, grants and safety nets – and those things don't unify our country, they divide it.
He has stumbled in discussions of foreign affairs and the war on terror. He would abandon the success of the Surge, he would leave American blood needlessly spilled in the Iraqi street, and he would meet with the leaders of hate-filled anti-American nations.
He is, being from Chicago, a not-ready-for-prime-time player.
Maybe someday he will be, but today – being candid – he is not.
And the reason most people won't say that is because he is black. There is something enthralling to the American public about an educated black man whose cultural tendencies and background are essentially white. No one will say that, and it's not exactly clear why it's the case, but it is the case. One of the reasons Barak Obama did so well in Iowa is because it is so white.
If Barak Obama was white he'd be laughed off the stage. He would be called too young, too inexperienced, too ordinary. Yes, Barak Obama is a talented, intelligent and articulate politician – but he is not as talented, intelligent and articulate as a great many other Democrats who have much more experience and preparation. Joe Biden and John Edwards, among the presidential candidates, are sharper than Barak Obama – yet Biden has been kicked to the curb and Edwards seems poised for another shot at the vice presidential slot.
As illogical as the press's infatuation with Barak Obama is its complete abandonment of Hillary Clinton. With incredible amounts of money, organization and national support, people who run their mouthes on cable networks with no viewers have declared her campaign failed. With the support of the nation's largest unions and feminist groups – and heir to the most successful political organization in the last 20 years of Democratic politics – one-third in the Democrats in a Republican state with less than one percent of the national population are supposed to be powerful enough to bring Hillary Clinton down.
I don't think so.
Let's talk after February 5th – until then let's try to keep the hyperventilation in check.
Barak Obama is a talented man who rides the crest of a variety of societal waves. His day very well may come, but it is not this day, and that is because of his color – he is green. He is a man just learning to lead, just learning the functions and nooks and crannies of the federal government. Is he a viable vice presidential candidate? Quite possibly. Is he a viable presidential candidate? Not on your life.
So why do we hear such fawning praise of the man in the press? Because the press is comprised of self-important idiots who lack the honesty or sophistication to be objective, honest, accurate and fair.
Unfortunately, the bandwagon jumping of the press is often a self-fulfilling prophecy and the evening news ends up not reporting on events but shaping them. Obama ends up rising in the polls not because he truly merits it, but because the TV anchors said he should.
I hope the Democratic nomination is meaningless. I hope the Republican ticket wins. I hope the country is spared four or eight years of socialist anti-American Democrat policies, treaties and appointments. But I've lived through four years of a Clinton, and I know how bad that can be.
What I don't know is how bad four years of Barak Obama in the first leadership position of his life might be, and I'm nervous about taking the risk.
So I want to remind everyone of one thing: Two-thirds of Iowa Democrats rejected Barak Obama. Yes, he won the caucus, and that's an achievement. But it's not a coronation.
Less than one percent of Americans have had a nominating vote yet. Let's not declare the polls closed.
And let's make sure the chattering class is aware of that.
By Bob Lonsberry a Rochester radio personality. Normally I don't agree with anything he says but for once he makes some sense I agree with.
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Post by bescheid on Jan 8, 2008 9:43:18 GMT -7
This is very close to what has been reported whilst reading through of {Spiegel Online Nachrichten}.
It will be interesting as to the out come of this in as much to the eventual commander in chief. It would be most beneficial if the new president knows how to operate a country.
In Beamte, we have a saying that is not only valid, but essential to operations {politicians come, politicians will go. Civil Service is always here, now return to your work}.
Charles
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Post by valpomike on Jan 8, 2008 15:30:38 GMT -7
To all,
I live near Chicago, where Barak comes from, and he has a lot of dirt to come out later. Many will change there minds when all gets out. You got to look for another.
Michael Dabrowski
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