New Presidential Hopeful Appears On Ballot

61. Question: Want to send a message loud and clear?

Posted at 1:45PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Another Concerned Citizen

62. Really, you want to give McCain a call then and give him your ideas on cutting our trillion dollar deficit. The only way out of this mess is to raise revenues, period!

Ever heard of the Comptroller General?
The Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office (GAO, formerly known as the General Accounting Office)

Just a lesson for you, when this man says we need to raise revenues, its time to raise revenues, go back to college and take an economics class, Were gonna cut spending? Yea I see it too, 700 billion bailout, war in Iraq, you let me know when they can cut spending. What you should be mad about is your money was wasted on that education, your still clueless.

Posted at 1:46PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Republican for Obama

63. Answer: Vote against every member of congress.

Posted at 1:46PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Another Concerned Citizen

64. We hope Iraq brings the war to you so McSame can finally get the revenge he wants from war. I hope he brings down Hell on all of you. He came back form the war to party, cheat on his wife, and leave his children. He can't even be dedicated to his family, but you expect him to be dedicated to the nation?

Posted at 1:49PM on Oct 11th 2008 by fgs

65. And, all of you right wing nut jobs that are saying liberals have their heads up their asses:


John McCain has voted liberal MORE TIMES than people can count. He is liberally prone. Who has their head up their ass now?

Posted at 1:50PM on Oct 11th 2008 by fgs

66. Republican for Obama,

What isn't computing with you? Do you even understand FICA obligations? That aside from federal income taxes there are state and city income taxes? That businesses pay 3 times the millage rates homeowners pay? These are real taxes that really truly have to get paid. I'm not making it up. When the Federal Goverment gets a whopping 35% in just Income tax the other taxes that are just as real ad up very quickly to well over 60%. I'll tell you what. YOU call up a tax attorney and ask what percentage a typical business owner pays in any medium or above sized city? Be sure to specify it is a manufacturer with a large building and a 1.5 million dollar plus payroll. They'll tell you it is easily over 60%. Every last god-damned one of them. Do you understand that I pay property taxes on my machinery, tables in the break rooms, and my god-damned desk? Again, what I'm talking about here isn't a secret. Also, I took home 160K, but left 60K with the business. Don't you get that I was taxed on money I didn't see? Seriously what isn't computing? Again, your ignorance is boggling my mind......YOU call a fricking accountant or tax lawyer and they'll tell you what a fool you are.

Posted at 1:51PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Matt

67. This isn't my post; it was a friend's, but darn worth another post:

I’m a Republican, and when Palin first came on the scene, I liked her and viewed her as a breath of fresh air. However, I don’t believe in media hype, campaign ads or marketing soundbytes – pro or con – and decided to research her record and get some facts. What has this governor of a state with only 630,000 residents done in the past 18 months? Not even close to what McCain’s campaign maintains:

· For starters, when Palin took over as Mayor of Wasilla, a village of 6,000 residents at the time, she boasted that the job “wasn’t rocket science,” and that she could handle it alone, as her predecessors had done. She soon created a position of City Manager and filled it with someone to handle much of the work. She also left the town with a $22 mil budget deficit.

· Palin appears to prefer speech/seminar formats where she controls information and doesn’t have to answer direct questions she is either unfamilair with, or won’t answer out of fear of looking incompetent. (Sound familiar?)

· To say that Palin is not particularly kind to those who don’t spport her 1000 percent is an understatement. Lyda Green is a highly-respected Republican and is president of the Alaska state senate. She resides in Wasilla. Lyda did not feel that Palin was ready to run for governor in 2006, and declined to endorse her, preferring to remain neutral. In January of 2008, Palin was on the Mark & Bob Show, a radio show in Anchorage. During the radio spot, Bob Lester remarked to Palin that he knew she viewed Green as “a bitch and a cancer.” Palin just laughed and giggled at his comments, knowing full well that Lyda is a breast cancer survivor. What was particularly hard on Lyda is that her children had to learn about the incident by reading about it on the Internet.

· Palin appears to take credit for work and/or ideas that are not her own. That includes the “sweetheart deal” with TransCanada on the gas pipeline which, despite her posturing, exists only on paper. This deal is a high-risk house of cards; if a key step fails, the deal falls through and can cost Alaska a half-billion dollar in seed money guarantees.

· Palin vetoed/slashed budget programs and projects during her first months in office that had to be re-instated due to public protest and further legislative action, simply because she didn't understand their importance. Budget spending has steadily increased, both before and after Palin took office. She was fortunate that when she took over as governor, the state coffers were relatively brimming with cash compared to other states that were suffering. This did not dissuade her from requesting more earmark funding than any other governor before her. This is how she earned the nickname, “Queen of Pork.”

· Palin was completely false to the American people and her own constituents by claiming that she said, "thanks, but no thanks," to the bridge from nowhere. In truth, it was exactly the other way around. Earlier Palin interviews -- as well as an article written by her own special counsel, John Katz, that ran in a March 2008 edition of the “Juneau Empire” -- prove this, unequivocally. She did not become a “born again pork reformer” until Congress instructed her to significantly decrease her earmark requests. It became a matter of her political survival and a lot of negative press in the lower 48.

· Palin wants to expand oil and gas drilling in Alaska at the expense of environmentally protected areas and Alaskan native sovereignty. She’s filed several lawsuits against the Feds protesting the listing of polar bears as an endangered species, and challenged Alaskan Native fishing and hunting subsistences, as well as Native sovereignty. (Can you guess why she claims that human activity is not the major cause of global warming?)

· She also wants to take hunting and fishing opportunities away from Native subsistence villagers to enhance sports hunting and fishing. As for the issue surrounding sovereignty, both the state courts and the federal courts have struck down Palin’s policy of refusing to recognize the sovereign authority of Alaska Tribes. Nonetheless, Palin’s policy of refusing to recognize Alaska tribal sovereignty remains unchanged.

· Any Palin leadership activities or decisions with the Alaska National Guard are practically non-existent. She has given them no direction, no commands. According to General Craig Campbell, the service commander of Alaska’s National Guard, Palin gave him substantial authority to act on his own. She has given him no direct approval or disapproval of any action since she took office.

Is it any wonder why McCain won’t let anyone near Palin with a microphone for any more one-on-one interviews? There's a lot more, but I have neither the time nor the writing space to continue. I’m not saying that Palin has done nothing while governor. It’s just that on balance, she’s not at all who she claims to be, and is most certainly NOT a viable candidate for VP -- a position that is a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. Voters need to know the truth.

Posted at 1:54PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Genvieve

68. Sorry, BUT I don't believe that John McCain is loyal to this Country! He and Palin are trying to start a RACE war! Just look at the lies their campaign are spreading about Obama. "He's not like us", "who is he", etc.
LET'S talk about the real issues facing this Country and stop the propaganda Mr. McCain!
Oh, by the way, I am a 52 year old white woman.

Posted at 1:54PM on Oct 11th 2008 by concerned citizen

69. I'm voting for the guy with the better economic policy, period. You vote on paranoia, I'll vote on the biggest threat to our country currently. Why is our country so powerful? Because of our economy. I'll give the guy who actually has a plan that makes sense a try and in 4 years if a TRUE fiscal conservative comes down the pike, I'll come back. I didn't leave my party, they left me.

Posted at 1:55PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Republican for Obama

70. Anyone seen the reverend write?

Posted at 2:00PM on Oct 11th 2008 by AMBER ALERT

71. The biggest threat to this country is the economy? Look past your nose.

Posted at 2:01PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Huh?

72. Lol! Hey Angel, #67. The current meltdown re the financial crisis started YEARS ago -- not just in the past 18 months. -- where have you been? And the Dems have passed legislation in the past 18 months to begin regulation By the way, in 2005, Oxkley took a bill to Frank re the housing mortgage crisis; it was passed in the House, but shot down by the Republican controlled Senate, under the influence and hostility from the Bush administration. Do your homework. The Repubs are far more to blame for this mess than the Dems.

Posted at 2:04PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Gen

73. Sorry, BUT I don't believe that John McCain is loyal to this Country! ... Oh, by the way, I am a 52 year old white woman.

Posted at 1:54PM on Oct 11th 2008 by concerned citizen

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We have one thing in common ... I'm a 53 year old white woman (who happens to be married to a 56 year old black man). Luckily, we do not see "color". We see one candidate with no experience and radical ties.

Posted at 2:06PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Another Concerned Citizen

74. " Another Concerned Cititzen " and " rancelot ".....GREAT POSTS !!!.....I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT JOHN McCAIN, VOTED FOR THE "BAIL-OUT".....BUT, WE ALL KNOW WHY NO-BAMA WAS PUSHING FOR IT, FROM THE GET-GO !!!.....HE KNOWS THAT ALL OF HIS BUDDIES:

SENATORS; DODD, REID, FEINSTEIN, BOXER, KENNEDY, FEINGOLD, ETC.

CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN: FRANK, PELONSI, ETC.

ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FINANCIAL MELT-DOWN !!!....AND THE SOONER THEY SWEEP IT UNDER THE CARPET, THE BETTER !!!....LET'S ALL HOPE THAT...McCAIN/PALIN WIN AND THEY INVESTIGATE AND EXPOSE..."ALL OF THE CROOKS IN CONGRESS"....AND YES, EVEN IF THEY ARE REPUBLICAN....AND GOD KNOWS THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM !!! .......BECAUSE....THIS COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD THIS.."INCOMPETENCE" ANY LONGER !!!

NOW THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE " TAKEN-ON " THEIR OWN PARTY " -- ARE JOHN McCAIN AND SARAH PALIN !!!.............NO-BAMA AND JOEY BRIBE-DEN...HAVE NEVER DEMOSTRATED, THEY WILL DO ANYTHING BUT PROTECT THEIR OWN FELLOW DEMOCRATS !!!

IF I'M WRONG....WHY IN GOD'S NAME, AREN'T...NO-BAMA AND BIDEN...JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SCREAMING FOR AN INVESTIGATION LIKE...BOTH McCAIN AND PALIN !!!

YOU KNOW WHY -- CROOKS PROTECT CROOKS !!!

Posted at 2:08PM on Oct 11th 2008 by AL GOREs VAGINA

75. 70. I'm voting for the guy with the better economic policy, period.

Posted at 1:55PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Republican for Obama

Posted at 2:10PM on Oct 11th 2008 by Huh?