The Politics of Hope

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 6:20 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 06:20

To have a young intelligent charismatic new face on the political scene
energizes the base and gives the party hope for the future. The knowledge
that things are changing and new standard bearers will once again
do what is best for party and nation rather than themselves brings
renewed belief that things WILL change.

For all of the RNC's arguments about Obama being a celebrity,
last night the Republicans got a taste of their own brand of rock
star.

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 9:38 AM PDT

2008/09/03 · 09:38

Palin has energized the Republican base,
one of their own is being attacked and they
are rallying around her.

The validity or reality of the reasons for the attack
matters not to these people, they are ideological
driven.

Faith is not based on reality but belief, So these
individuals confuse the difference between
belief in faith and the truth of reality.

There is a reason the founding fathers wanted
religion and politics to be separate, we are now learning
this very hard lesson, hopefully we will learn
it before it is too late.

The focus should not be on her, it should be on McCain
and the Republican track record and lack of solutions
and new ideas.

To focus on Palin is to energize the Base

Poll

88 votes Show Results

Is Palin a Distraction or Red Meat

88 votes Vote Now!

Is Palin a Distraction or Red Meat

Palin is a Distraction

9 votes

Palin is Red Meat

7 votes

Palin is BOTH a distraction and Red Meat

49 votes

Democrats have lost focus

10 votes

It is the Economy stupid

13 votes

McCain's Iraq, Palin: It is about judgement

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 8:29 AM PDT

2008/09/02 · 08:29

Bush ignored the warnings about Iraq and
bullied ahead to embrace and own the Iraq invasion
and subsequent quagmire.

Now McCain is doing the same thing with Palin.

McCain choose Palin before he knew the real facts,
like Bush in Iraq. Just like Bush, McCain is now
ignoring all the evidence pointing to his mistake.

McCain like Bush is digging in with stubbornness,
because to admit a mistake is to show weakness.

So the RNC will suffer because of the poor judgement
McCain is showing, much like the US suffered because
of Bush's poor judgement.

Americans at least can see McCain's stubbornness and
poor judgement BEFORE he is President and does damage
to the US. The Republicans however aren't so lucky, the
Republicans must now embrace and own McCain's insane
decision.

Where is Bush!

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Monday August 18, 2008 · 1:55 PM PDT

2008/08/18 · 13:55

Maybe I missed something, there is a major conflict with Russia and a key US ally and Bush went on yet another vacation.

Am I the only one who has a problem with our president once again being missing during a time of a major emergency?

This is Republican leadership!

Bush whines about Congress going on vacation without dealing with the offshore drilling issue, then he not only does not end his vacation playing tourist in China for 5 days, but then decides to go on vacation as Russia marches across Georgia, and the Georgian President is begging for help.

So what does the press focus on? The blatant pandering of McCain rejecting all of his past political views to embrace the Bush platform and Religious Conservatives.

Where is the outrage!
Where is the press!
Where is BUSH!@

Poll

95 votes Show Results

Is Bush Dealing with the Georgian Russian war.

95 votes Vote Now!

Is Bush Dealing with the Georgian Russian war.

Yes

2 votes

6 votes

Hell NO!

23 votes

what war

23 votes

Bush is letting McCain deal with it

41 votes

The Georgian war the first pawn of a larger Game?

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Thursday August 14, 2008 · 1:52 PM PDT

2008/08/14 · 13:52

Russia May be about to try to clear the table, Georgia is the first pawn play is a larger game

http://groups.google.com/...

August 12, 2008
Sean Lewis

If anyone has been paying attention,

Russia has been getting Rich
China has been getting Rich

The US has been getting Poor.

The reasons?

Exporting technologies via Free Trade
agreements which allowed US companies
to set up state of the art Manufacturing facilities
in China, enriching their population while
trouble shooting and perfecting their industries.
In the process we have decimated our own middle class
and economy.

Exporting technology to Russia to show them how
to cost effectively and efficiently extract oil from the
frozen tundra.

Finally depleting our own wealth via two wars and
exhausting and over extending the military.

This has left the US vulnerable on numerous levels.

(this is my opinion, rough and not representative of any official position of any organization. Just a thought that came to mind that I felt should be voiced based on current events)

Poll

52 votes Show Results

Reality or Conspiracy Theory?

52 votes Vote Now!

Reality or Conspiracy Theory?

This has some merrit

29 votes

Are you off your meds?

2 votes

You are a Troll

2 votes

Don't post here any more

1 vote

worth reading

12 votes

3 minutes of my life I will never get back

6 votes

A Reasonable Compromise for Offshore Drilling?

VirtualTruth

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 8:30 AM PDT

2008/07/30 · 08:30

Allow test drilling in ten offshore sites of each coastal
states choosing. With the caveat that no drilling occur within 5 miles of shore.

Allow the test drilling for 3 years for 10 WORKING WELLS
per state. No problems then expand. Problems then close down drilling.

If this bill is correctly worded with no hidden agendas, I would approve this Bill for a vote with the provisions I already stated. This is a reasonable compromise.

H.R. 6108, the Deep Ocean Energy Resources (DOER) Act, would allow each coastal state to decide whether and where it wants drilling off its coast out to 100 miles. Beyond 100 miles from the coast, states would not have veto power; thus, deepwater areas would be open to exploration and production. The bill also has provisions for revenue sharing between the federal government and each state
that allows drilling, similar to provisions that allow drilling on federal lands. The bill is modeled after the 2006 DOER Act, which passed the House but was never considered in the Senate.

Poll

44 votes Show Results

Is this reasonable compromise?

44 votes Vote Now!

Is this reasonable compromise?

No, bend over and spread them

8 votes

NO you are a troll

4 votes

Yes

11 votes

absolutely no drilling ever

2 votes

drill the fields already open to drilling instead

11 votes

this is a photo op solution and will not effect oil prices NOW!

5 votes

Anyone got a recipe for pecan pie?

3 votes

Republican free trade VS Democratic free trade

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Wednesday July 02, 2008 · 8:41 PM PDT

2008/07/02 · 20:41

Republican free trade VS Democratic free trade

July 02, 2008
Sean Lewis

Democratic free trade is
The foreign country opens it borders for US goods,
and the US opens it borders to foreign goods.

That is it, that is free trade.

Republican free trade is
The foreign country opens it borders to BOTH
US companies and the ability to exchange goods.

However, this is the problem. Republicans believe
US companies should be able to open plants in the
foreign country to exploit the cheaper labor, create
goods at low costs and then sell those products in
the US market at greater earnings to the US Corps.

Poll

23 votes Show Results

Republican concept of Free Trade does the following

23 votes Vote Now!

Republican concept of Free Trade does the following

creates US jobs

1 vote

increases the US GDP

0 votes

strenghtens the US economy

0 votes

all of the above

2 votes

none of the above

12 votes

all of the above for FOREIGN countries

8 votes

keeps the illegal immigrants over THERE rather than over HERE!

0 votes

Fix the Economy End Bush's Tax Cuts to the Rich

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Wednesday June 25, 2008 · 3:35 PM PDT

2008/06/25 · 15:35

Why the Bush Tax Cuts to the Rich
need to be rescinded and the Middle
Class need tax equality.

June 25, 2008
A Sean Lewis Rant!

Ending the tax cuts to the rich will lower the debt, which will strengthen the US dollar, which will mean oil will cost less, which means inflation will go down, which means core inflation including food and fuel will diminish, which means the economy will become stronger because US workers will be able to afford to buy discretionary products, which will employ other Americans who will now have jobs so they will not lose their homes which means the housing market will stabilize, which means banks will be more solvent, which means money will once again become liquid which means loans for investments will once again become available which means industry will grow which means increasing GDP growth and more jobs.

Poll

37 votes Show Results

The Tax Cuts to the Rich should be....?

37 votes Vote Now!

The Tax Cuts to the Rich should be....?

Eliminated

29 votes

Made permanent

2 votes

decreased even lower

5 votes

Get a life

0 votes

What reccession

0 votes

Anyone have a recipe for chocolate pecan cookies

1 vote

We Are Americans FIRST!

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 7:57 PM PDT

2008/06/03 · 19:57

We are Americans first. Not black or white, conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat. We are Americans first. Until this fact is understood we will be a nation divided and ineffective. We need to forget our differences and stop blaming each other for the errors of the past. We need to be non partisan about the future of this country. Our greatest enemy is from within. We have turned upon each other. . We need to change our old way of business as usual and be united for the common good. Which is, we are all Americans first.

http://groups.google.com/...

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Wednesday May 21, 2008 · 2:33 PM PDT

2008/05/21 · 14:33

America is fucked if we stay in Iraq.
and America is fucked if we try to leave.

Thank you George Bush for giving
America no safe way out of Iraq.

and now John McCain is
offering America
more of the same!

Poll

37 votes Show Results

Are we TRAPPED in Iraq

37 votes Vote Now!

Are we TRAPPED in Iraq

No, just leave

22 votes

Yes, it is a no win situation

13 votes

We are winning and Iraq will be a symbol of Democracy

2 votes

Not interested

0 votes

Why don't I FEEL safer?

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 10:50 AM PDT

2008/05/20 · 10:50

Why don't I FEEL safer?

Sean Lewis
May 16, 2008

If Bin Laden was dead
I would feel safer.

If Iraq had WMD's
I would feel safer.

If we weren't still at war in Afghanistan
I would feel safer.

If we weren't trapped in Iraq,
I would feel safer.

If we knew who was behind the Anthrax Attacks
I would feel safer.

If the Bush Administration wasn't so inept during 9/11, Post Iraq war, and Katrina
I would feel safer.

If the Republican party had not been about consolidating power and rewarding constituents,
I would feel safer.

If Bush had simply done what was in the best interest of ALL Americans,
We ALL would have been safe.

Democrats are eating their own!

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Monday March 24, 2008 · 10:37 PM PDT

2008/03/24 · 22:37

If the Democrats continue this cannibalistic behavior, They will LOOSE THE ELECTION! If this happens, it will be the Democrat party, NOT the Republican party that will become extinct after the 2008 election!

Poll

119 votes Show Results

Do you think the infighting among the Democrats is hurting the party

119 votes Vote Now!

Do you think the infighting among the Democrats is hurting the party

No it is healthy

9 votes

yes it is hurting the Democrats

81 votes

STFU

9 votes

Are you a Republican?

7 votes

I believe in global warming

13 votes

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The Politics of Hope

Palin IS the Red Meat for the Republican base!

McCain's Iraq, Palin: It is about judgement

Where is Bush!

The Georgian war the first pawn of a larger Game?

A Reasonable Compromise for Offshore Drilling?

Republican free trade VS Democratic free trade

Fix the Economy End Bush's Tax Cuts to the Rich

We Are Americans FIRST!

Trapped In Iraq

Why don't I FEEL safer?

Democrats are eating their own!