you people act like the socialists are going to rise up and take over the country

10/25/2008 7:08:07 PM

BUT THEY WILL

THE REPUBLICANS SAY SO

10/25/2008 7:08:33 PM

well with all you kids getting so liberal, its feasible

10/25/2008 7:08:43 PM

HAHAHA! wdprice3 is stupid and wrong. HAHAHAHA!

10/25/2008 7:09:40 PM

thanks, pothead

10/25/2008 7:09:57 PM

THEY WILL RISE UP

10/25/2008 7:09:58 PM

i know that for me personally, when obama rules the world, i will be a rich teacher and im going to laugh at all you poor engineers

10/25/2008 7:10:37 PM

OH NOES! HE CALLED ME A POTHEAD???

10/25/2008 7:10:57 PM

^^ the sad part, a rich teacher will still make less than a poor engineer

The South will... come again!


[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 7:11 PM. Reason : ?]

10/25/2008 7:11:14 PM

stop pointing out that the only thing im good at is going to make me poor for the rest of my life
you make me so sad

10/25/2008 7:12:45 PM

dude move up north

my dad makes better than decent bank in Chicago as a teacher



and there is more to life than $

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 7:13 PM. Reason : !]

10/25/2008 7:13:32 PM

right
there is always sex!

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 7:14 PM. Reason : and drugz]

10/25/2008 7:14:01 PM

yea, marry a rich liberal

solve both of your problems

10/25/2008 7:14:29 PM

exactly


so don't fear when you can't afford the drugs, and have to sell sex to get them

10/25/2008 7:14:47 PM

I would vote for the first person that says they will audit the government.

Ask 10 questions of every program.......

Why was this program put into action?
Is this program effective?
Is it still necessary?
Is it efficient?
How much money is it spending versus needs to spend?
Should a private enterprises be doing this instead of the government?
Have they wasted money?
Would combining this with another program save tax payers money?
What is a reasonable budget for this program?
Do people take advantage of this program and how can we minimize it?

BALANCE THE DAMN BUDGET.

10/25/2008 7:15:50 PM

I would vote for that person too. Unfortunately, it will never happen.

10/25/2008 7:18:04 PM

Esp. military waste.

10/25/2008 7:18:55 PM

Going with Obama because he seems to actually understand the importance of energy sustainability while valuing our natural habitats. Also, Petrobucks Palin churns my stomach when I think of the damage she would cause not only through her dogmatic puritanism but how easily she would sell out environmental oversight if it meant boosting corporate profits.

10/25/2008 7:28:31 PM

Quote :

"honest about it"

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

10/25/2008 7:36:00 PM

hay guyz i heard the world is gonna end if mccain wins and/or obama wins

10/25/2008 7:38:25 PM

B/c obama is smart, charismatic, has some solid plans-- yes I agree with spreading the wealth-- and if he dies he won't leave an incompetent person to replace him.

10/25/2008 7:42:25 PM

i'm voting mccain because i fear the combination of a democratic congress and a democratic president

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 7:44 PM. Reason : and b/c i realize that "spreading the wealth" is called socialism]

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 7:44 PM. Reason : i'd rather have a repub pres. and dem. congress that just doesn't get shit done]

10/25/2008 7:43:28 PM

Quote :

"I have never been and never be a person that believes in "speak softly and carry a big stick.""

I'm a big fan. Problem is, GWB never spoke softly, or intelligently, and wore his stick out like a drunk frat boy at a sorority full of std carrying whores hopped up on roofies.

Quote :

"I don't believe that this "socialist tax plan" that everyone is freaking over is actually going to be implemented in its fullest. checks and balances."

Checked and balanced by whom, praytell? Congress will be heavily Democrat and all the political momentum in the US is moving in their direction.

Quote :

"wow you are just like over half of the McCain camp that believes obama is a socialist"

Nationalizing health care is a socialistic thing to do. Then again, it was a Republican president who practically nationalized the mortgage market.


Both candidates suck. That being said, and given that Obama will win:

1) Hopefully he'll reform Social Security. It probably needs a "Nixon goes to China" moment to fix it.
2) He understands the dynamics of the changing energy market and will certainly set us off better than would McCain and push us back towards the leading edge of the next growth market.
3) I'd like to see someone who can talk about selfless service in a way that will inspire Americans to break out of their selfish little shells.

On the other hand, were he to give into the lesser demons of the Democrat party that will be running Congress, and given his oft cited sensitivity to public opinion polls:

1) He could further damage the financial state of the United States by enacting an ill-conceived and expensive health-care system.
2) A premature departure from Iraq could set up the region for an even greater crisis.
3) As a staunch believer in the Second Amendment, I see nothing but bad things coming out of a Democrat congress / Obama presidency.


The fact of the matter is, the two single greatest problems facing the United States over the next twenty years are energy and our abysmal financial state. Obama will do a better job of adapting to this than McCain would. We'll see.

10/25/2008 7:45:28 PM

^^^perhaps you should move to vietnam or cuba

10/25/2008 7:45:46 PM

^haha, wtf is that supposed to mean? i definitely agree with sylvershadow

10/25/2008 7:46:44 PM

i'm voting for obama because he's the better candidate

in practically every possible way

10/25/2008 7:49:17 PM

that's a matter of opinion

10/25/2008 7:50:50 PM

an educated one

10/25/2008 7:52:15 PM

I strongly believe you should vote for president based on which candidate you'd rather have sexual intercourse with.

10/25/2008 7:52:34 PM

seems like the people that like mccain dont give a shit about our standing in the world

10/25/2008 7:52:58 PM

^^ thank god that idea doesn't go down to the VP level

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM. Reason : .]

10/25/2008 7:53:13 PM

in that case i'd have to vote for michael phelps

10/25/2008 7:56:16 PM

With the recent stock market crap going on, I'm starting to think I like the idea of socialism. Not in an extreme, but look, what you have is people making money by making money for people who don't even need money. And not only that, they're creating money out of thin air. There's got to be a ceiling somewhere.

I'm starting to think that there needs to be a cap on the highest of salaries. These people have more money than they know what to do with...so what do they do with it? They invest it to make more money.

If there's a cap on the highest salaries, then maybe that can raise the lower salaries. You'd still make plenty of money if you work hard so not everyone is equal-- you'll still get paid according to society standards.

10/25/2008 7:59:06 PM

no one would have much motivation to excel any longer

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 8:01 PM. Reason : ex: if you told me i was only gonna make 30,000 i would no longer want to be an engineer]

10/25/2008 8:00:43 PM

you both have interesting points

10/25/2008 8:02:14 PM

So then you'd choose a job that made more, if you had the brains to do it.

And like any job, you start at a certain point and go up with experience.

d

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 8:06 PM. Reason : fd]

10/25/2008 8:04:10 PM

so how high would you set the cap?

10/25/2008 8:05:31 PM

but i like being a teacher

minus the pay

10/25/2008 8:05:33 PM

It takes a certain kind of person to make millions and billions and never need even half of what they have to hoard it way in selfishness. This is what is ruining our economy, greed.

10/25/2008 8:06:10 PM

^you're right. i would blow it all on boats

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 8:07 PM. Reason : supportin dat economy y'all]

10/25/2008 8:07:02 PM

At least you'd be giving people an opportunity to earn your spent money,

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 8:08 PM. Reason : /]

10/25/2008 8:07:49 PM

exactly

10/25/2008 8:08:03 PM

I don't know, I'm a biochemist, not a economist. I'd say, for todays economy, maybe cap at 1million /yr.

But like I said, I don't know what the magic number would be.

10/25/2008 8:08:17 PM

Legalize pot and cap salaries! Perfect campaigning material

10/25/2008 8:09:15 PM

Quote :

"i'm voting for obama because he's the better candidate in practically every possible way"

10/25/2008 8:09:24 PM

i guess it just boils down to my idea that i ought to be able to do whatever the hell i wanna do as long as it doesn't directly harm anyone else's right to do whatever the hell they wanna do.


kinda like what this country was founded on.

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 8:10 PM. Reason : i support legalizing pot b/c with our current gov't (dem or repub) they'll tax the shit out of it!]

10/25/2008 8:10:01 PM

Sorry, that's what the gov does, not citizens.

10/25/2008 8:11:17 PM

This country was founded by a bunch of slave rapist. Who wants to go rape some chicks????

10/25/2008 8:11:38 PM

Quote :

"Going with Obama because he seems to actually understand the importance of energy sustainability while valuing our natural habitats. Also, Petrobucks Palin churns my stomach when I think of the damage she would cause not only through her dogmatic puritanism but how easily she would sell out environmental oversight if it meant boosting corporate profits."

10/25/2008 8:13:18 PM

^^yet they were still smarter than the tards up there now.

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 8:13 PM. Reason : ^^^huh?]

10/25/2008 8:13:28 PM