So….a bunch of Repub seats fall, and Dems take over in force. Some of them will invariably do something illegal, because that’s what always happens. Can not their own constituents do a recall?

I think we better learn how to do recalls.

Omu cluelessly said:

So, these things are only for those born into wealth or those in the very tiny minority that manage to work themselves out of being born into a poor family?

I’m not poor or rich. I’m middle class. I’ve never expected anything from the government that I didn’t work for myself. I know, based on my history backround and exposure to European culture, that no entitlement is ever free. Please, stop reverting to emotion and use some common sense.

When people treat the idea of fairness with as much disdain as you do, is it any wonder that Western Europe is full of social democracies?

This isn’t about social equity or fairness. It’s about how much both our REPUBLIC not democracy and the American taxpayer have to be on the hook for all your well-meaning largesse. I have disdain for lazy people like yourself who think that hard-working people like my husband and I should support layabouts and welfare cheats.

So, you’re advocating socialism? You, like a lot of Americans, want your part of the treasury as a return for your vote, correct? Western Europe is full of socialist governments with a little bit of democracy and heavy taxation. People have ceded their freedom for a little bit of security that is false. They have decided that America should defend them and have shrunk their militaries as the UK and France have done.

I’m sorry that you are so weak-minded that you’ll trade your freedom/citizenship for a bag of coins. This country wasn’t built on entitlement. It was built on freedom. The freedom to choose one’s destiny. Not a government that would control what kind of healthcare, education, and job you can get. Or no job, public housing for that matter.

Your attitude is telling and revealing. Sad, really.

I’ve got some news for most Americans: Big Daddy government isn’t gonna solve your problems. Healthcare isn’t a right. Housing isn’t a right. Credit isn’t a right. Universal pre-k isn’t a right. College isn’t a right. And none of these intiatives of Obummers are free.

So, these things are only for those born into wealth or those in the very tiny minority that manage to work themselves out of being born into a poor family?

When people treat the idea of fairness with as much disdain as you do, is it any wonder that Western Europe is full of social democracies?

And none of these intiatives of Obummers are free.

If you think health care is expensive now, just wait until it’s free.

– P.J. O’Rourke

Don’t worry about a veto proof majority in the house or senate–Obama and the socialists / marxists are all on the same sheet of music. He will pass anything they want–it’s his dream.

(emphasis added)

This is the same crap that happened to CA when Gray Davis was governor. Whatever the socialists wanted, they got. He started with a 12 billion dollar surplus and when he got recalled, it was a 38 billion dollar deficit! 50 billion dollars spent and nothing to show for it! He claimed he was going to be the Education Governor but CA is still in bottom 5.

Expect the exact same crap if Obama is elected.

Idiot.Socialists.

“The Obama plant was Tom Brokaw.”

These were my thoughts. The guy was a really weak “moderator.” If this had been a real townhall debate, only the people in the audience would have been allowed to participate. As other people have pointed out, a lot of the questions were just lame.

Americans really have no clue about what’s relevant and what’s not. Where were the questions about illegal immigration? Abortion? Second ammendment? ACORN? Personal responsibiliy? Education? Social entitlements?

This phoney townhall debate gave the feeling to Americans that they were “participating” when really, they weren’t. Nothing was really accomplished last night. It was just some more cover for Obummer and the American people bought it hook, line, and sinker.

I’d like to ask the American people something:

Do you really think Obummer knows what he’s doing?

Do you think it’s fair to bail out deadbeats?

Do you think it’s fair to not only demonize businesses but tax them out of existence until they have to lay off people and can’t expand?

Do you think it’s fair to mandate housing as a “right” along with credit?

Do you want someone who will pander to you or someone who will tell you the truth?

Do you think it right to raid the budget of the military, cut jobs and programs that will help modernize the force?

I’ve got some news for most Americans: Big Daddy government isn’t gonna solve your problems. Healthcare isn’t a right. Housing isn’t a right. Credit isn’t a right. Universal pre-k isn’t a right. College isn’t a right. And none of these intiatives of Obummers are free.

Americans, you will pay. Not only with your tax dollars but with your freedom. You may think you’ll be the lucky 95% who won’t get taxed but it will be the welfare cheats and deadbeats who will get the handouts.

Americans, get a clue. If you don’t think that socialism isn’t alive and real just ask Spain, the UK, Canada, and France for starters, okay?

On October 8th, 2008 at 11:18 am, vickisoup said:

Oh, FamilyMan, I’m on it; not to worry!
On a weird and yet funny note, I grabbed this from Ben Smith’s Blog:

McCaskill was stepping out of her chair at the end of an MSNBC interview, and Romney was up next. She and a staffer unplugged her various wires, and she handed Romney the earpiece the guests use to hear the host.

“I spit on this before I put it in,” she said to Romney, with a sweet smile.

UPDATE: Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom emails: “You should have seen what she did to the chair.”

Lovely, classy bunch those Dems, no?

I live in MA and let me tell you that $250k isn’t a lot of money here. Heck the toll takers on the pike are making $70k and the cops all make well over $100k. Of course they will all vote for the chosen one and his “tax cut”.

And they’re paying them with money they get from the feds. There are hardly any states that run on their own tax revenues – right AHnold?