Instead, she sounds like a pessimist.

Exactly what is this “hope” that she and Barack offer, anyway. Hope for what?

I’m not hopeless. I don’t know anyone who is hopeless.

The War Against Islamic Jihad is going quite well (except in England, where it is all but lost). We’re still not in a recession (despite media reportage to the contrary). And,McDonald’s still offers a $1 Value Meal menu.

Life is gooood.

Unless you’re MO, that is.

I have a job that pays for part of my coverage & I pay for the rest.

My point is, with the job I have, I have coverage & it is good.

And from the looks of my co-workers—-anyone can work here.

I have voted for a Republican in the past and I abstained from voting for a very prominent liberal in my home state.

And I would vote for Democrats. Pro-life ones.

‘Our health care system’ works really well for me; and I don’t make much money at all.

Someone I worked with has a relative with alot of health problems. He always talked with the hospitals and they’ve *always* worked with him to make his treatment affordable. And this guy had kidney failure – still got treatment, still got assistance.

The tax votes you refer to regarding Senator Obama are a whole ‘nother ballgame. I understand that it paints a broad picture of someone who doesn’t take cutting taxes seriously. But his platform matters too. No candidate has the cajones to throw out the tax plan he/she was elected on.

But, honestly. *I’m* the blind partisan here? That’s rich, considering your candidate votes the party line 100% of the time and, seriously, would you ever consider voting for a Republican?

I think not.

I have voted for a Republican in the past and I abstained from voting for a very prominent liberal in my home state.

Our health care system is an embarrassment

To whom? You? The Canadians that come here for hip surgery? The illegal women that have their babies in the Texas border town hospitals?

‘Our health care system’ works really well for me; and I don’t make much money at all.

EQ, are you a blind partisan or someone who values certain issues above all else.

The latter you’re right on. I won’t vote for Obama solely on the fact he has a 100% favorable rating from NARAL and PP. It’s inexcusable, and the fact that he – out of left-leaning senators such as Ted Kennedy – not only voted against, but spoke against the Born Alive act is inexcusable.

But, honestly. *I’m* the blind partisan here? That’s rich, considering your candidate votes the party line 100% of the time and, seriously, would you ever consider voting for a Republican?

I think not.

Obama’s called for a doubling of the capital gains tax.

He’s considering an increase to the payroll tax.

He voted in favor of a resolution raising taxes three percentage points for people making $32k/year.

He’s considering removing the cap on Social Security taxes.

During his three years as Senator, he’s voted nearly 100 times to raise taxes – again on individuals making as little as $32,000.

He’s voted to increase taxes on businesses – not the least of which is “big oil”.

He’s voted for a tax on coal and oil, which he calls “dirty energy”, which would raise the cost of heating American homes.

He can say it’s “on the rich” all he wants, but who exactly is going to force the rich to stay here and pay taxes? Who is going to force companies to stay here, create jobs, and pay those tax rates? No one.

The policies he supports would make America one of the highest taxed industrialized nations in the world.

And that’s not even including taxes for socialized medicine and any other program he could think of.

For example, his plan to increase Social Security taxes would only make the program solvent for three years. After three years, and when the “rich” are taxed to the max, who’s he going to go to in order to keep the program solvent? The middle class. Me. You.

Bush’s tax cuts do something radical – they allow people to keep more of the money they earn.

Barack Obama himself admitted his tax policies could hurt the economy (Source).

Bush screwed up in a lot of ways, but the solution is not to elect someone so left wing he flies in circles. That’s not what we need. All it creates is a cycle of left-right undulating (and nothing will change that) with people who have lost touch with 90% of America. McCain is as guilty of that as Obama – neither really has the best interests of America as a whole as a campaign plank.

You’re completely missing the point on terrorism. Whether McCain or Obama is in office, there will be an attack. It’s no one’s “fault” except the jihadis who attack us. Clinton saw attacks, most notably the WTC in 1993.

The question of who will be better prepared to react to the attack is of vital importance. Barack Obama’s already promised talks with no pre-conditions with Iran, North Korea, etc. and that he would put the opinions of the world in a place of importance regarding how America acts (and reacts) to world situations. Would he wait for the UN’s stamp of approval before going after terrorists? Would he follow UN rules regarding human rights and things like gun control? Would he put the laws of another nation before the US Constitution?

Those are all valid questions.

He’s also a freshman Senator. With no executive experience. To be fair, Clinton didn’t have experience either – being First Lady for eight years made her as qualified to be President as being in the hospital for a week would make me qualified to be a surgeon.

I’m guilty of not articulating my positions as clearly as I should. And I’ll admit you’re right – I won’t vote for a pro-abortion candidate. I can’t. It is an inexcusable belief, and the sick irony of his wife claiming children will be harmed if Obama doesn’t win is not lost on me. For the record, a child born alive after a botched late-term abortion is often dispatched by dying alone like trash or – in a case like this – stabbed by the abortionist. If I did that at home to my newborn, I’d be in jail for murder. But Obama defends this as “choice”. That is not the kind of man I want running my country. Ever.

On July 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 am, FruNobulux said:
What gets me is that what she’s saying makes no sense whatsoever. It’s a non-sequitur that defies rebuttal because it’s completely devoid of meaning.

Very much like almost all of what her husband says.

Believe me, she doesn’t make sense to a lot of us. Does she have speechwriters? Which ivy league college did she graduate from, again?

flip a coin … heads or tails doesn’t matter … loser either way

And who picks up the tab for the other part of the reduced tab (ie subsidizing, because I doubt docs and nurses are going to take a voluntary pay cut in half)? Oh, that’s right, you and I the taxpayer.

I don’t, along with 80% of the country, don’t make enough money to be included in that “you and I the taxpayer” comment. If you’re in the top 2% of earners then, yeah, vote McCain. It’s in your best interests. Everyone else would be better served voting for my candidate.

Which reminds me – you never answered another question I posed. How would your liberal ideals like gay marriage and abortion and feminism and the like fair under sharia law? And don’t you think we have an obligation to defend our nation against such atrocities?

Frankly, your question is stupid. I have never supported fundamentalist Islam or fundamantalist anything. I think fundamentalist Islam is evil.

So what’s your point? You think we’re going to allow honor murders or stoning or burqas? Please.

EQ, I liked you a lot more when it wasn’t election season. You’ve gone off the rails. Remember back when we could respectfully disagree? That’s out the window now that you’re willing to believe any piece of crap you pick up from a conservative “news” source.

If you think abortion is the most important moral issue facing us today, fine. Vote pro-life/anti-choice. That’s your duty.

But at least have the guts to admit that’s why you’re vooting the way you do. Saying that Obama will invite terrorist attacks and lead to tax increases for all paints you as a crazy person with no grasp fo the facts.

EQ, are you a blind partisan or someone who values certain issues above all else. The latter I have nothing but respect for even when we disagree. The former, no.