The Advantage of Medicare

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Wednesday November 04, 2009 · 9:38 AM PST

2009/11/04 · 09:38

My father is a 70 year old retired New York City cab driver. He now lives less than two miles from me in South Carolina’s upstate. He has survived two heart attacks and a triple bypass surgery (both which occurred in his mid-forties). He currently suffers from mild emphysema, high blood pressure, chronic leg and back pain, glaucoma, diabetes, sleep apnea, and an assortment of other problems that many 70 year old people have to deal with.

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 6:57 AM PST

2009/02/26 · 06:57

On Tuesday night, during his address to the nation, President Obama said, “If you haven’t been personally affected by this recession, you probably know someone who has – a friend; a neighbor; a member of your family,” I felt lucky that I didn’t know anyone that had been personally affected (a great deal) by the economy. Well, that was Tuesday. On Wednesday, my brother-in-law, who works at a local Dodge dealership, got laid off. No warning. No severance pay. No $200 for passing Go on the way out. They offered him a good reference and they generously let him keep his “Big ‘O Dodge” jacket and company shirts.

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Tuesday February 17, 2009 · 1:04 PM PST

2009/02/17 · 13:04

For the past couple of weeks, my sixteen-year old son has been expressing an interest in joining the military after high school. The Marines, in particularly. He likes the idea of getting into shape, having a steady job, and feels like he could benefit from the structure. He enjoys hunting and target shooting and would also like to get the firearms training. Last, and hopefully not least in his eyes, he even expresses a desire to serve his country.

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Sunday January 25, 2009 · 3:14 PM PST

2009/01/25 · 15:14

President Obama's proposed $825 billion stimulus package is facing outspoken opposition from Republicans in both the House and the Senate. House Minority Leader John Boehner said today on Meet the Press “Right now, given the concerns that we have over the size of this package and all of the spending in this package, we don’t think it’s going to work."

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Saturday December 20, 2008 · 5:43 AM PST

2008/12/20 · 05:43

Okay, I know this looks bad, but I am a transplant to the state of South Carolina and I am just as shocked and outraged as you when I see shit like this. What the hell is going on here. I really am surrounded by a bunch of hill-billy ignorant asshats!!

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 11:41 AM PST

2008/11/03 · 11:41

My mother and I live in South Carolina about 50 miles apart. I live in Greenville which is in the Upstate and my mother lives south of me in a smaller city named Greenwood. I don’t make it to Greenwood often because most of the time my mother comes up here to spend time with my wife and I and her grandkids. We have Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthday’s, and other visits here. There’s more to do and it’s easier for her to travel then for us to take all of the kids to her house.

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 10:38 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 22:38

This is one of the best videos I have seen put out by the campaign. Complaceny is not an option. This past Saturday two friends and I car-pooled from the Upstate of South Carolina to Hendersonville NC. We canvassed for most of the day and we're going back next Saturday.

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The Hand You've Been Dealt? John McCain, You're the Dealer!

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 3:47 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 03:47

John McCain sat down with ABC’s Charlie Gibson last night. Here’s the exchange on whether the economy has hurt McCain’s chance of getting elected.

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 4:36 PM PDT

2008/09/15 · 16:36

He completely detroyed her. She refused to say that she voted Republican in previous elections. Great job Tweety!!

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My Evangelical Family and the State of the Race

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 4:33 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 16:33

This article comes to you from the upstate of South Carolina in the most Conservative county in the state. I live, work, and breath around some of the most right wing ideologues in the country. My own family is filled with Evangelical’s who are hand clapping and foot stomping soldiers for Jesus.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 4:40 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 16:40

At times like this, it is our compassion and our resilience that define who we are as a nation. Help Gulf Coast residents and first responders by donating to the red cross today.

--Barack Obama

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 4:56 AM PDT

2008/08/02 · 04:56

My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said in an interview with the Palm Beach Post. "If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well-thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage -- I don't want to be so rigid that we can't get something done.

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