The Bailout "Compromise"?

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 1:08 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 13:08

As many commentators have noted, the situation we find ourselves in is eerily reminiscent to the run up to the Iraq war, the passage of the Patriot Act and the re-authorization of FISA. The Bush administration makes grandiose, unsubstantiated claims of a dire pressing need and then requests immediate Congressional acquiescence. In each case, the government requests little if no oversight and it eventually comes out that the government "solution" had been planned for some time.

So is the case with the $700 billion bailout. Why suddenly is the administration who has trashed our economy, taken us into unnecessary wars, and stripped us of our constitutional rights somehow now correct and competent?

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Have you contacted your Senators and Reps?

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Have you contacted your Senators and Reps?

Yes

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2 votes

Not yet but I will now

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John McCain flip-flops on Iraq withdrawal timetable

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Saturday July 26, 2008 · 9:05 AM PDT

2008/07/26 · 09:05

[Updated to correct grammatical error]

John McCain apparently saw the writing on the wall, and it told him he had better change his position in regards to a timetable in Iraq or be left in the dust. It was increasingly apparent that the sovereign Iraqi government were sold on Obama's 16-month plan, so McCain stopped criticizing it and jumped on board.

"I think it's a pretty good timetable" stated McCain on Friday during an interview on CNN's Situation Room. Of course he tried to provide some difference between Obama and him by saying that it depends on conditions on the ground, though Obama has always maintained that as well.

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 6:56 PM PDT

2008/06/03 · 18:56

In her [twilight zone] speech, Hillary asked us all to go to her website and let her know what to do next. I suggest we take her up on her offer.

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Monday March 10, 2008 · 9:50 AM PDT

2008/03/10 · 09:50

A man went to the hospital for a quadruple bypass. The surgeon recently suffered a debilitating stroke and his wife was filling in. The man was assured that the surgeon's wife had the experience for this as she was an office assistant for another surgeon during college, and for over 8 years she was married to one of the top cardiac surgeons in the country. She often visited the hospital and routinely traveled with the surgeon to medical conferences around the world. Thus, she was obviously qualified to perform the procedure.

A woman went to her financial planner in order to invest a huge inheritance she just received. Her financial planner, however, was on maternity leave. Yet, the financial planner's husband offered to assist her with the investment. He had been watching his wife for years, and although he was initially trained as an attorney, he recently went back to school for an accounting certificate. Besides that, he knew all the top financial planners in the country and thus had the necessary experience.

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If Laura Bush were a sitting senator in 2012, would she have enough experience to become the President?

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If Laura Bush were a sitting senator in 2012, would she have enough experience to become the President?

Yes

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12 votes

What a silly question...

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Comprehensive Justice Reform 1:100 in prison in US!

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Thursday February 28, 2008 · 7:28 PM PST

2008/02/28 · 19:28

America is now the world's number one incarcerator with a record 1 in every 100 Americans in prison.

Think that ratio looks bad? If you're a man between 20 and 34, its one 1 out of 30, and if you're a black man in that age range, its 1 in 9. For women, its still pretty stark.

So what should we do? I propose the following:

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Wednesday February 27, 2008 · 8:44 AM PST

2008/02/27 · 08:44

The latest LA Times Poll gives a national advantage by a few points to John McCain. John McCain. 10,000 years more of war. Extension of Bush tax cuts. War with Iran... If that's not scary, then I don't know what is.

I believe that Hillary Clinton, and more so her campaign operatives, are in part responsible for McCain's recent up tick.

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Wednesday February 20, 2008 · 11:59 AM PST

2008/02/20 · 11:59

UPDATE: Changed title

At least that seems to be what some now believe after the now famous line from Michelle Obama that this is, to paraphrase, the first time in her adult life that she felt "really proud" to be an American.

Right off the bat, what I find most odd about the reaction from both Repubs and Democrats is that I have not really heard anyone say that they truly believe that Michelle is not proud to be an American --- thus, they are merely attacking her on semantics and not what they know to be true.

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Should Michelle Obama apologize for her remark about pride?

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Should Michelle Obama apologize for her remark about pride?

Yes, she is obviously not proud to be an American and must repent

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Yes, though I dont question her pride, she shouldn't have said what she did.

26 votes

Yes, but just to satiate the Repubs

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A Thank You to the States that 'Don't Count'

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Thursday February 14, 2008 · 7:53 PM PST

2008/02/14 · 19:53

I must be privileged to live in New Jersey, as it is a state that counts, according to the Clinton campaign. However, I wish to thank the 20+ and growing states that don't count, and I'd like to offer a personal apology for sharing a similar rash attitude towards many of these same states in the past.

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Wednesday January 30, 2008 · 6:42 AM PST

2008/01/30 · 06:42

Sadly, John Edwards, as we all know by now, dropped out of the race for President. Edwards surely helped to swing the debate to more populist ideas. One can even note that some of Obama's latest speeches echoed many of Edwards populist notes.

Edwards should definitely have a place in any administration, or if not as VP or Attorney General, then maybe as the next Supreme Court nominee.

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Who do you support?

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Who do you support?

Hillary Clinton

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Barack Obama

307 votes

Neither

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Maybe I'll vote for John McCain...

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Obama wins!: just a black state?

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Saturday January 26, 2008 · 4:03 PM PST

2008/01/26 · 16:03

The only way I can read Bill Clinton's latest, "non-racially-loaded" comment, is that Obama only won South Carolina because South Carolina has a large black population:

"Another reporter asked what it said about Obama that it "took two people to beat him." Clinton again passed. "That’s’ just bait, too. Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice, in '84 and '88. And he ran a good campaign. Senator Obama's run a good campaign here, he’s run a good campaign everywhere."
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/...

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 9:40 AM PST

2008/01/16 · 09:40

I didn't realize that a way to connect to southern voters was to talk about frying squirrels in popcorn makers, but apparently, it is!

As if he already hasn't shown us how bat-shit insane he truly is, the Huckster strikes again:

"When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper, because that was the only thing they would let us use in the dorm, and we would fry squirrels in a popcorn popper in the dorm room."

The Raw Story

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Just how insane is Huckabee?

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Just how insane is Huckabee?

Utterly

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Mostly

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Somewhat

6 votes

Not at all

6 votes

Perfectly normal

4 votes

After South Carolina

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Tuesday January 15, 2008 · 12:31 PM PST

2008/01/15 · 12:31

There seem to be 3 plausible scenarios arising post-South Carolina:

Obama wins: He gains momentum going into the Super Tuesday showdown, especially needed in California, and continues to chip away at Clinton leads in states such as New Jersey. In this scenario, Obama is in good shape to fight to the convention. However, Clinton will do well in many of the Super Tuesday states, thus this scenario could also lead to a brokered convention, in which I would guess that Edwards throws his support to Obama. If Clinton places 2nd, it would increase doubts about Edwards electability and the MSM will continue to claim that its a 2 person race. If Edwards places 2nd, he can again claim that the 'change' agenda is victorious and continue his campaign. Placing 3rd will help to shatter the 'Comeback Kid' narrative that Clinton has developed and will surely lower her polling numbers in the Feb 5th states.

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Michelle Obama and the intensity of pride

A Thank You to the States that 'Don't Count'

Instant Poll: Clinton vs Obama

Obama wins!: just a black state?

Frying squirrels in popcorn makers...

After South Carolina