Palin Talks Policy
Filed under: Politik > John McCain > Sarah Palin
So guess what?
It's finally Sexy Sarah's first big day on her own!
Like Sadie Sandler a preschooler armed with mother's sack lunch, Palin ventured to the swing-state of Colorado on her first trip outside of her home state without McCain.
The recently selected vice presidential candidate and current governor, who can boast only limited experience outside of Alaska, was held from view while aides rushed to update her on a variety of issues.
Now remember, if ever you should falter, just remind everyone that you're a woman!!!!
You've got a vadge!
Palin spoke mainly on the issues of energy, government reform, and helping families with special needs, as Palin's four-month-old son has Down Syndrome, and the crowd cheered when she declared, "too often the government is the problem" rather than the solution. Yeah, like when it restricts stem cell research, which advocates claim could be the key to unlocking treatments and cures to numerous diseases.
Sexy Sarah also claimed that Obama's proposals to raise income, payroll, investment income, business, and death taxes is "not the way you grow the economy," but independent groups such as the Tax Policy Center concluded that four out of five American households would actually receive tax breaks. She declared her support for McCain's "'above all' strategy for energy independence." In other words, drilling Alaska for all its worth.
Palin said McCain liked her idea of placing Washington's checkbook online, so "everyone can see where their money goes," just like she did in Alaska.
That’s cute, but honey, it ain't dark in Washington half the year like it is in Alaska.
[Photo via Getty Images.]
Post 201
Please direct me to this, I honestly haven't read it being as i was scouring the anchorage daily news and the frontiersment to learn about Palin since we know so little. As for the screwing over, McCain already did that to me by voting w/ Bush to shift the focus of the war from Afghanistan to Iraq. McCain also screwed us over w/ the Keating five debacle and he took the MOST MONEY from those lobbyists so I paint him w/ the same brush as all politicians. As I Said before, if we had to hold politicians to morals and ethics…. 99.9% of Washington would be empty
Hey Minx,
The majority of blacks vote Dem because of welfare. Call it what you will, but that's the truth. They want to live off the government - so who else better to vote for than a Dem.
I know this sounds racist - but check the facts out.
Hey Kendoll-
You get it!
Re: Sistah Mary –
Perez was a Hillary supporter.
Vote Obama/Biden!!!
Umm you people!?! You are commenting on her limited experience, but you won't comment on the fact that Barack Obama has limited experience as well. Sarah Palin is not running for commander in chief she is running for second in command.. You are talking about how stupid she is, but you all are willing to vote for Obama who has limited experience and is running to COMMAND A COUNTRY! Please drill in Alaska, she is right we need to be energy independent! Oh and thank you LA angie for pointing out the facts about stem cell research! Read people don't be sheep read and vote for the best qualified candidate not the one the media thinks is best!
Re: steveweiser6 – P rambles shit out of both sides of his mouth to keep us hitting here all day long……..the man is a genius
Re: Minx – #209
Go to "opensecrets" (org). It's a non-partisan website that tracks monetary influence on politics. It's about the fourth link down on the main page.
Re: Beachy –
Post 210
I'm sorry but you are stereotyping a myth that is disrespectful and inaccurate of the black community. Also, Clinton's welfare to work act puts all welfare receipients to work no one is sitting on their asses doing absolutely nothing, despite popular belief. Lastly there are more whites on welfare than blacks. If we go by population count, black recipients outnumber whites by a slim 1%
White 38.8%
Black 39.8
Hispanic 15.7
Asian 2.4
other 3.3
Sadly, our vets count as the highest overall outside of single women with children to be welfare recipients. McCain votes against Vets healthcare. AND welfare only takes out 1% of our national budget CHUMP CHANGE. What we spend a year on welfare is the equivalent of 2 months of war in Iraq.
Re: Beachy – I've had it for years…I'm not fooling myself or anyone else, I knew Clinton would win both times, even though I'm a Republican–I not delusional to think the Republicans could have won those races. I thought this election was Obama's had he picked Hillary, but he effed up royally, and now it's going to cost him the election, in my "seasoned" opinion. All you have to do is listen to the TV experts, even the Dem-leaning analysts are calling this a disaster for Obama. It's like you got accepted to Harvard, then a month later they call and say they made a mistake, and you're out! LMAO
Re: Smirks – You might also want to go to marklevinshow for the FULL transcript of Palin's interview with Gibson. It was sliced and diced.
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BTW - After looking more closely, I retract in part the statement I made in #201. Obama got the second most TOTAL money from the Freddies, not the most LOBBYIST money. Still, it's shady.
Re: Smirks –
If I don't post again see you tomorrow!!!
Thanks for the info… you know how much this Independent LOVES NON- Partisan sites!!! Now I got more reading to do. As you can see I don't take this very lightly
Re: Minx – #216
Your facts are correct as stated. But… since blacks comprise around 14% of US population yet are getting almost 40% of the welfare, your post doesn't tell the whole story, imo.
Re: Minx – #219
Good talking to you. I like to see you on here. You always keep me on it, and honest.
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Ima hit it too. Don't want to sit on here all night! lol
Re: Smirks –
You really think he'll "change back"?!?!!? Once he's in the pocket he's in the pocket and will do whatever he is TOLD to do….JUST like G.W.B has for the past 8 years. Who knows who the "puppetmaster" really is but looks like good ole George is suffering in the "polls" with a 27% approval rating….
I USED to admire John McCain the Senator of Az. (i was born and raised there and can remember learning about him from the time I was in Jr. High School) he may have been Rep. then but didn't mind working with ALL of the parties. As far as if "he'll go back to the way he USED to be"…..I know I am not comfortable banking on that.
Smirks - you got it down!
Time for me to sign off - gonna watch the Eagles beat Dallas (hopefully - for my football pool).
Rock on!
Re: Smirks –
Blacks receive 40% of welfare but overall ALL welfare recipients are required to work and if you look at Clinton's welfare to work program you'd see that. I believe I covered your point in stating they by population beat whites by 1%
The most important point was to debunk this "sitting on their asses myth of all welfare recipients" and to also show that the $ we pay into wlefare is really a drop in the bucket compared to spending we do on the wars and the fact that the money is only 1% of our nations budget.
Re: Smirks – 203 Hi Smirks! I wouldn't count on it!
This election is very serious and it should be treated as such. We are at a point where we stand to lose so much of our liberties and things that we take for granted in this country, but we are completely blinded by petty issues while the big picture is right before our very eyes. Sarah Palin is dangerous and we should all see her as a threat. She and McCain are trying to sell their policies to Christian believers without giving them the whole truth.
They are selective in their choice of what should be illegal based on their own values and Christian beliefs, and if so why do they choose just the issues that suit them? Why don’t they go the whole hog, and include FORNICATION, (I guess not because both she and her daughter will be found wanting) ADULTRY no John McCain will be found wanting. Those rules are found in the bible as well, so why target some and not all. I think this whole union stinks and it is time people open up their eyes and do the right thing.
I agree with OBAMA on the following - I may choose not to have an abortion but it is not up to me or Sarah Palin to take this right away from you if you choose to have an abortion for your own purpose what ever reason it is up to you.
I may not cohabit in a same sex union but if you do, you should have the same rights people who are in a male female union if this is your choice.
Guns should be owned by responsible people, it should not be in the hands of gang members and thugs.
War should be the last choice, and should be for defense and not for attack.
Now let us put these issues to rest and elect the smartest team for a better America
IT REALLY MAKES ME WANT TO VOTE FOR OBAMA WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE PPL POSTING HERE IN FAVOR OF HIM REFER TO PALIN AS A "CUNT" "STUPID BITCH" AND OTHER VARIOUS SOPHISTICATED NAMES. wow. anyway i just wanted to ask what the big deal is if we drill in ALASKA? ITS ABOUT TIME WE STOP EXPLOITING 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES FOR THEIR OIL JUST FOR THE SAKE TO KEEP THE USA PERFECT. LIKE WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? LETS "TEAR" APART OTHER COUNTRIES SO OURS CAN BE FLAWLESS? THATS REALLY FUCKING CONSIDERATE. NO WONDER EVERYONE HATES AMERICA. at the same time we can stop depending on these countries. seriously its time for the USA to take off the training wheels and ride the bike on our own. Also, i just wanted to point out that lindsay lohan and samantha ronson and ANYONE ELSE that thinks sarah palin is a homophobe and that shes gunna block ur gay rights or some shit needs to either LISTEN TO HER INTERVIEWS or get their facts straight because if i remember correctly on FRIDAY SARAH PALIN SAID SHE HAS NOTHING AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS OR PLANS TO DO ANYTHING AGAINST THEM.
For those that are confused:
Republicans believe …the money you earn is yours and that government in a free society has the right to take only as much as is needed to perform those limited functions, which are appropriate to it.
…that the free enterprise system is the most effective engine of economic progress.
Democrats believe …government has a right to use your money as it sees fit to redistribute wealth, establish new spending programs in times of budget surpluses, and to return to you only that portion of your money which is politically expedient.
…that government regulation and federal control of economic activity can better distribute wealth and services to the American people.
Re: boiledchimp –
Amen!
Shes just gross,isnt she.yep. A backwards bigoted hick with lots of diseases im sure and a knocked up white trash daughter and a druggie son,nice family,thank God Chelsea turned out great.
Boilerchimp- you misrepresent the Democratic philosophy of taxation.
Dem want to see a more fair share of taxation paid by those who can afford it. 8 years of Republican rule has left our country with huge bills and we now owe our soles to China. One of the causes of the current mess is that China has cut down on their lending to US. We need to give a new team a chance to clean this mess up.
Go Obama/Biden.
Robyne — awww, Bush suffered so much from what Clinton did, he turned around and signed into law the biggest tax relief act ever handed to the rich: EGGTRA, or the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. OH MY! That was AFTER CLINTON! How can we blame the democrats? Think fast — and do, please, stop the rhetoric and check the facts at YOUR fingertips.
Maybe you should report on ACORN. They are the group Obama cut his teeth on as a "Community Organizer". They are back in the news for more voter fraud. Looks bad for Obama. We finally know what a community organizer does. He registers fake names for voting.
This Bitch needs to shut up! Who the hell cares!
ANY young person who is paying attention would understand that voting for McCain/Palin is voting AGAINST your own best interests. Think I'm wacky? Spend some time and read, read ALOT, don't just recite what your parents tell you, don't just repeat what it fed to you through the TV. Read, observe, and use your COMMON SENSE, hell - even pay attention to your intuition!! McCain/Palin supporters have been brainwashed - just like they want you to be!! Wake UP Y'all!
Re: maryc –
In my world we would all pay the same percentage of our income to the government. The rich should not be punished by paying a higher percentage than everyone else. That's called redistribution of income. If YOU made the money, it should belong to YOU, not given to the guy down the street who's made irresponsible decisions his whole life. That way, there will be more tax money available for the truly helpless. If you don't like that philosophy, then you are a Democrat, and we can agree to disagree.
So Basically we will dig through all of Alaska and then cause some serious Global Warming which will eventually not only kill the eco system but also more than likely speed up that West Coast Tsunami that is expected in the year 2036. I'm all for equal rights. I'm tired of our government exploiting certain groups of people for votes. Since I'm not personally making 5 million+ a years , woman, single, naturally I'm voting democratic as I always have since the day I was 18. I just can't see how another Republican President is going to make things better for You and Me
The big deal about drilling in ANWR is that we won't see a drop of gasoline for like TEN YEARS! SHEESH PEOPLE. Educate yourselves. Do you how much money it will cost to extract the oil from that region? Thats why we are in this mess of an economy, because a bunch of close minded, sheepish, uneducated people go around asking questions like "i just wanted to ask what the big deal is if we drill in ALASKA". Really, read - and wake the F up. There are motives that you are not aware of, coming from people who don't care about you.
The road to energy independence does not come through more petroleum, more petroleum, and more petroleum…….the oil will run out one day- then what?
There are other options, lets find them. Why not use all the $ and find renewable options, sustainable options. OH - yeah, because then the oil companies won't get the money.
GOBBLEGOBBLE. F* this turkey
DRILL BABY DRILL!!! MCCAIN / PALIN 08 - it's happening bitches!! what??? HHAH HAAA
Re: boiledchimp – GREAT POST, AND SOOO TRUE!
Re: Bearo7 – Really? I have read up on my shit. Of course drilling in alaska isnt the answer to all our problems, but it is a start on the road to self dependance in this country. You eco-friendly lets stay green ppl need to wake the fuck up and realize that its not fair that the whole fuckin world turn into shit so our trees can stay green and our flowers stay healthy and pink. I'm a democrat but im not an idiotic idealist. Let's be realistic about things.
Dude, quit your whinning.
buahaha! Pretz just PWND Tina oops I meant Sarah.
Agreed, the world is not here for our taking - in any sense…not the people, the foods, the resources, the land, the water, the wildlfe, the air….and that is one very destructive policy of the current admin, AND MCCain/Palin.
And really, what is WRONG with realistic idealism? Thats what founded our country - why not maintain that philosophy, and use our time, resources, money, and brains to come up with something better for the world?
Imagine what could be invented, discovered, or created in the ten years it could take to get a single drop of gas from ANWR?
All I'm saying is that anyone who thinks that more oil will solve our problem of not having enough oil is deceiving themselves….
….and that likely, someone is feeding the lies that create the belief that more oil is the solution, and that there are no other worthy solutions….
Re: Bearo7 –
yeah like hybrid cars…get a life! come up with a better response! so you think were just not supposed to drill?? the sooner we do it the sooner we get it…waiting or coming up with a "better solution" is NOT a solution!
OMG we are so fucked….. either way, we're fucked.
Keep it up surrogates. Sarah Palin is eating our lunch said Presumptive H.S. Cafeteria Worker Barack Obama. See Truth According To Tofor the rest of the story.
I used to like this website. Now I just can't support Mario/Perez. He has sunk to the lowest of lows by attacking kids (Democrats or Republicans). The only positive about this cesspool of a sight is that it will only make people love the Palin family more.
Perez I will never visit this sight again. You're just laughing all the way to the bank, at the expense of children. Where are your values? You should rethink what you're doing. It just may back fire and I hope it does and you loose sponsors.
ALL PEOPLE WITH ANY ETHICS, WHETHER YOU'RE DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDANT, GREEN, BLUE, RED, OR BLACK, SHOULD NOT SUPPORT PEREZHILTON.COM. BOYCOTT THIS SIGHT UNTIL HE STOPS ATTACKING CHILDREN. It's just not right.
The US is a freaking mess….my life included.
Do you know how long ten years is?
Think about this long and hard:
You can't see the solutions if you choose not to see the problem.
~OUT
Sexy Sarah huh? Why is it that men are afraid of a good looking woman? Especially one that isnt afraid to stand up to men and for what she believes in.
So "households" will receive tax cuts. Uh huh. What about all of the businesses out there that will receive tax HIKES? That won't affect everyone else? Think about it, Perez. I wish you would do some unbiased research before posting anything.
You know, I don't think Obama is a bad guy, and I certainly think he's got good ideas, but the problem is he really has very little experience. He has never made an executive decision in his life, but we're all ready to have him lead the country? I just wish Obama would wait awhile longer. At least Sarah Palin has executive experience, she's been a mayor and governor with a ridiculously high approval rating. You don't have to like her or what she stands for, but you can't honestly say that she isn't prepared to be president.
And Perez, will you please get your facts straight for once? You're such a dumbass. Please everyone, don't believe the shit that Perez posts about politics, find out the facts for yourselves and decide.
Re: Melissatheidol –
Thats one good looking woman who doesn't give the tiniest little shit about you, or your mom, or your kids……
Don't be fooled, she is nothing close to a feminist.
It has nothing to do with being afriad of a woman, just being afraid of *person* who *thinks* she is better than she is, and is willing to deceive her way to the top. McCain is the same way….floppy all over the place.
I don't respect that and you shouldn't either.
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Alaska will look like a black pin cushion after Sarah is through with it.
Re: Sarah 27 – Because Bush spends money like a Democrat.
This fucking bitch has barely traveled outside of the US!!! How the hell can she have exposure to other countries and cultures? She has no fucking clue on foreign policy. She just applied for her first ever passport a year ago.
I don't even care if she fucks up the US, what I'm worried about is of her taking absolutely stupid decisions that will screw up the world even more.
Re: xoMarinaxo – So if you don't wear an American pin you're not a patriot? I guess that given that logic, you probably use tampons with a flag design right?
Re: pinkindie – You're right! And that was not too long after 9/11. The Bush administration couldn't be more cynical.
Well written, Perez.
wanna know WHY Sarah wants drilling in Alaska? "Alaska is the only state that does not collect state sales tax or levy an individual income tax on any type of personal income, either earned or unearned. To finance state operations, Alaska depends primarily on petroleum revenues." So, not only doesn't she know ANYTHING about taxing families, she wants the money to stay in Alaska - in the famous (or infamous!) What Does a VP Do? interview, she said, "We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans." THAT, my friends, is NOT a person that represents you as a US citizen, unless, of course, you're from Alaska! THINK!
Re: Zen – republicans are scared bc obama is not going down in the polls as much as they liked and sarah palin is becoming old news sad that they have to resort to this shit. and i mean NY like NYC which is basiically 56 percent of the ny state will vote republican HAHAHAHAHA and ny has 2 senators that are hillary clinton and joe schumer will be changed to republicans lol yea right. Obama has a locked on all the midwest except for Ohio and MI, This election is in OBAMBI corner and he knows it. The sarah effect is already showing as she is dropping in the polls etc while she has energized the base she has alienated the hillary clinton wakos. Google 1,500 alaskan women show up to protest gov palin. hmm yea, and FYI the OBAMBI campaing has been quietly registering all the blacks and latinos and people that hate george w bush as they can find over 5 million new registered dems. The Dems are not stupid this time they will drag maccain and palin tru the MUD big time just wait. Obama has given the go ahead to the all the crazy 527's run by the likes of peta and planned parenthood who will scare the shit out of the far left, hence mobilizing them to go on a smear campain against maccain I tought obama was weak but he has planned this just perfectly he does not even need to lift a finger, to destroy maccain.
Re: LA angie – There is already a swift boat ad questioning maccains POW in the battle ground states. Just wait until peta and the tree huggers come out with their scare ads on the evnviroment and how the church lady will destroy alaska. It will be a bloodshed and yet obama will claim he is above it all. The maccain camp just does not get it
Re: Gossip_Girl32 – , The october suprise about the Palins is almost here and i can't wait to see how you republicans react to that one it will keep you busy for a month trying to deflect that one.Obama did not payed 5 million of his own money to parachute 40 investigators in alaska for nothing. The truth will come out and will set the Palins and maccains free to go into retirement.
Get your facts straight perez……
Stem cell research is not the answer to all life's problems.
It's been proven time and time again that stem cell research isn't even all that hot anyway. You can get more useful information from umbilical cords.
Everyone seems to be forgetting. Just because you elect a president who may disagree with some issues doesn't mean they can ban it on a whim….there is this little thing in our country called congress….and …the senate…yeah.
They make the big decisions. Dummies.
Good grief does anyone here not think that the economy is this ever progressing up hill slope??? It's all cyclical. Every single god damn economy goes through this sort of up/down cycle. THATS THE WAY IT WORKS. Sometimes people buy. Sometimes they don't. Prices go up. They go down. Why do you think your making 7.25 an hour whipping frappuchinos and your grandpa only made 3.20 working in a coal mine.
Yes, folks. all hail progression.
wow, this country really is that stupid. listen to yourselves! Talk about republican scare tactics, Palin is the scariest fucking person to elect in office. you are all insane!
I love how she wants to make a political checkbook. Obama already did that in Illinois and it was fucking genius. Read your facts, McCain supporters!
Barack Obama was the president of THE HARVARD LAW REVIEW. Barack Obama wants to raise taxes for people who make $250,000 a year or more. Is that you? It sure isn't me. It sure isn't ANYONE I KNOW. Four out of FIVE taxpayers will not be affected by those increases whatsoever.
Ha! I love this blog Perez! Nice writing…witty and biting, just the way we all like it. Last line = greatness. =)
My boyfriend beat up Palin's son, Track, in a hockey game!!
Kenai vs. Wasilla game in 2005.. Track sucker punched him in the side of the head before the whistle and my boyfriend retaliated by slamming his fucking face into the glass.. Good times… Wish we could have that on video it'd be huge of youtube by now!
Going to war with RUSSIA will result in the end of America as any sort of superpower. Russia would ally with China, Iran, and probably even North Korea and destroy the US!
You people are idiots and I think you have serious issues beyond politics for not voting Obama…
Re: amanda_barr – Exactly. Why are people not talking about war? That should be a HUGE issue. And no one is talking about it. Sad…
America is DOOMED if a REPUBLICAN is voted again! Palin doesn t have the slightest idea about the ECONOMY - exactly what america NEEDS now with Lehman Brothers and the entiure Economy crashing thanks to the GOVERNMENT during the last decade and stil lsome people seem to be stupid enough to consider electing one of those Republican criminals? Was ENRON not enough? Was Carlyle/Bush not enough? Is your yesterday crashing of your entire banking sevtor not enough?
Your DOOMED because of DUMBNESS, arrogance and ignorance!
And now a minute ago I see this Bush idiot again talking shit about the situation at the US stock exchange - unbelievable to the rest of the world!
Palin should stick to what she s - maybe - learnt: Cooking, going to some fundamental Christian church and taking the money! WHAT does she know about international politics? Or the economy? Or a sound health insurance and social security system? Or the worldwide situation (she never was outside of USA and Canada, I read! Oh my God….You had indeed a budget PLUS(!) during the last Democrat Government! Then the Republicans RUINED you financally (AND ethically/morally - no one around the globe has any RESPECT for America anymore ever since the corrupted Bush family got power!)
Re: Bavaria – Thank you. Well said. And no, it's not enough yet. The lines have been drawn and people will stay loyal to their party. It's sad and extremely scary.
Re: KOOL KID –
Just like Bush said the Iraq war was OVER! lmao…..I_ wonder whether there is any WORSE Administration in power worldwide than the present one in the USA!
Whether Obama or McCain will NOT make a big difference politically they say in Europe for EUROPE, BUT: IT ll make LARGE difference for the U.S. citizens in the USA! Vote Republican and the corruptiveness and religious bigotry will continue - till America has reached the social, financial and welfare status of AFRICA! *G*
WHEN was it last the USA were "respected" abroad? In the 50s? 40s? Or 60s (if we neglect Vietnam and Watergate and Korea…)
There s no hope for America….Republican Oligarchy (as I know about the weak American education, pls find below the meaning of the term…
And: Just wait until also the REAMINING Russian and Asian rich oligachs have switched their investments and money from US Dollar into Euro currency - America is DOOMED because of their Republcan Government:
ol·i·gar·chy
1: government by the few
2: a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes ; also : a group exercising such control
3: an organization under oligarchic control
Re: State ziti –
Hä?
The republicans have ALREADY sold you out years ago! You re just too DUMB to even realize it….
Re: boiledchimp – #229
Ok…for the ones of you that are REALLY DELUSIONAL not just confused….can you EXPLAIN how historically as a country we have done better economically under a Democratic President? Excuse me if I'm wrong but I don't think Tina down the street working at a gas station to support her kids as a single mom and Brad Pitt and Cindy McCain should be paying equal amounts to our government! If you are in the highest tax bracket (10% of the population) you should help out a little more….and since most in the bracket don't feel the need to donate time or $ and they usually DO use MORE resources as they have bigger houses=wasted electricity, travel more=using more fuel…etc.
I am not a Democrat I am Independent and I base my opinion on what I have experienced and NOT what people have told me or what I have read. My mom and dad are small business owners and did so good in the late 80's and 90's….then it ALL went DOWNHILL (and for many others I know as well) as soon as good ole George stepped in and "took over". Now they make almost no personal profit and can barely pay off the company that they buy from (farm supplies) because EVERY bit IS going to the Gov!
Re: spiritgirl44 – You and Bavaria are spot on!!!!!!
lmao. Yes. Mrs. Palin is VERY qualified for VP:
From Germany's renowned (rather conservatively biased) weekly DER SPIEGEL online I just read: "…Washington - Sarah Palin's most important decision as a mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, was the erection of a amall sports center. For this, she raised the local sales tax - however, the community of 7,000 members has still not recovered from these debts.
Now Palin stands in front of voters in Colorado, at Wall Street banks and share prices are crashing. No time left for dealing with economic trivia.
Republican front runner John McCain, who admitted having got his "knowledge" of the economy mostly from reading the memoirs of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,….blabla…"
America is DOOMED! *G*
Re: spanishbarbi24 – #243
I am sure Bearo7 is talking about ALTERNATIVE fuel and energy! It's real people! You can REALLY run a car on BEETS!!!! My neighbor does it and is starting a little gas company of his own…….and the FACT is that the Gov. does NOT want to let this happen because it is BAD for BIG BUSINESS. Just like all of the people that I know who are using ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE and CURING CANCER in themselves the Gov. doesn't want you to know about that either….cause there goes ALL OF THEIR DRUG MONEY!!!! I try to do what I can as an individual to stay green and am all for that, and I hope that having a cleaner more natural way of living is somewhere in the future!
Re: rockymountainmama – YES~one down……10? or so more?
Re: _Alice_ –
Thanks, Alice. I m just watching from afar (=Germany) and can hardly believe my ears and eyes what I hear and see on German television (and CNN and CNBC, which I suppose are just "European" editions of the U.S. channels because, e.g., they are not LYING about the Bush clan, don t think this would be aired in the U.S. sometimes…*G*) and how again(!) a lot of uneducated and/or uninformed American voters let themselves be manipulated and maneuvered again into voting this criminal maffia-like Bush Clan! How can anybody with any BRAIN vote Republcan again? Apart from the fact, that - if i remember it right - the LAST elecction results were manipulated anyway and actually Bush did NOT have majority of votes…
And when I read some here defending McCain/Palin, it just proves that there is better circulation to the rest of their body than to their brain..*G*
Re: _Alice_ – Thanks Alice~
Re: Bavaria – Me too! I'm in Hohenfels. I'm watching all this from afar and I'm sad. People just don't get it. Or they don't want to. If McCain gets elected and the next fours years offers no change, and they still don't see….well, then America is truly closed off from reality.
It's as if McCain said "Oh, so you don't like the tough old steak and potatoes that I am? You prefer Obama's succulent Lobster a L'Americaine?? Ha! I know what'll getcha! Here___ how many of you can resist good ol' junk food. Cheetos, Moon Pies, and Doritos for you!!"
And a bunch of people have fallen right in line, gobbling up the political junk food that Palin shovels out.
Anyone who stops to think sees through her sound bites,lies and hype.
Re: _Alice_ – This is a TRUE statement! I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone sometimes! I think to myself….why would anyone it their right mind vote for more of the last 8 years?!?!? I just DON'T get it?!?!? The Gov. is SCARRED of Ron Paul that's why the media gave him NO coverage at all!!! I believe all this shit is planned and really question whether our votes count at all?!?!? But I do my part and get out there do my research and vote….all I can do!
Amanda,
NOBODY outside the USA still reagrds the U.S. as a "superpower" anymore. Russia, China, Indonesia and Europe LONG AGO took ovber that position in the world….and Russia has already(!) turned to China…I can still remember how my now old parents and all my relatives (until the 70s I guess it was) always spoke POSITIVE about the U.S.A. - NOW I never ever (and believe me, i MEAN this!) hear anything "positive" about the U.S. here in Europe, neither about their economy (just scandals, large scale corruption, a.s.o.), nor their human rights (racism, justice system, Guantanamo), nor the moral/ethical standards of the U.S. (attack on Iraq due to lies and money greed, no working health system except for the rich WASPs, press censorship, unwillingness to consent to international environmental protection agreements, "embedded" journalists ONLY allowed to report on U.S. wars, manipulative FOX conglomerate, ENRON scandal, weapon and military training delivery to Osama Bin Laden by the Bush Clan BEFORE 9/11, corruption everywhere - and STILL the most important factor when decidign on who to vote for seems to be whether a candidate goes to Church on Sundays, what his/her "looks" on TV are, and who of them can collect the most money for election propaganda for this Disneyworld kind of U.S. election campaign. Do U.S. citizens think all a.m. SERIOUS ISSUES can be managed by Disneyland candidates such as McCain and Palin?
hm, I guess I now pay attention to my stocks and the German DAX for the remainder of the day….Stock exchanges have been really CRQASHING for some time now for just ONE REASON: STUPID, arrogant corrupted and criminal U.S. bankers and their Republican political "friends" who passed the corresponding "laws" to put them in a position to act this CRIMINAL! And 25,000 staff members of Lehman Brothers alone lost their jobs because of this, too, I just heard, and not just rich investment bankers (who for sure long ago have feathered their OWN nests!) but mostly LITTLE employees like reception girls, secretaries, cleaning staff, a.s.o….I truly do hope, all Russian and Asian investors now start buying EUROPEAN stocks (as they already did during the last few years since Bush came into power again) so that there s something left for my old age…*G* *sigh*
Re: _Alice_ –
Nice, I was born not far away from Hohenfels, however, have been living in Munich now for many yeasrs…
Re: spiritgirl44 – Indeed! If we could have a viable third party,I would be so happy. Ron Paul is everything I love. He adores the constitution and he's very anti war! Love him. Right now, we need real change. Will it ever happen?
Re: _Alice_ – We can only hope that people will open up their eyes!!!! I love that Ron Paul was for small gov.! We need to have another "Boston Tea Party" hahahah just on a WAY bigger scale….LOL
The most unpatriotic thing you could do is feed the american public a load of horse shit after we have been through these difficult times. Be honest. You're poiicites are not beneficial to everyone (the majority)! I can respect you watching your own back as well as interest groups - it's politics. In desperate times, do what you have to do - but don't manipulate people. I live in nyc and we are the first to feel any turbulance with any politcal issue (AND MOST OF US DON'T WORRY ABOUT GAS BECAUSE WE DON'T DRIVE!) and i struggle everyday to even eat. Everyone thinks they're agenda is more important than the next, but honestly, have a heart. You will destroy not only the u.s., but the world if you're elected. Grow some nuts and use your brain, voters. This bitch is ridic!!!
Re: spiritgirl44 –
I m glad you said that! A lot of people in Europe really are worried that such STUPID persons like Bush, McCain have access to NUCLEAR POWER and the A Bomb and are indeed, as proven in Iraq, attacking foreign countries for merely economic reasons and by using pure LIES as justification, and their citizens actually BELIEVE this! I learnt that the PROTESTS everytime Bush & Co. visited Europe were NOT(!) shown on U.S. televition, while they were widely coverd by correspondents and TV crews around Europe.
That s what worries me most: That there no longer exists FREE PRESS in the USA! That there are just very FEW media combines who RULE AND DECIDE what(!) the US citizens get to see and to know and how openly MANIPULATE facts and news! I also do not think that this money-ridden propaganda Disneyland election campaigning in the USA is suitable for finding the RIGHT CANDIDATE for solving the nowadays problems internationally.
It s really creepy that such things as church, abortion, looks, campaign money, media propaganda, Promotion Corporations and conservative "think tanks" are MORE important than economic, social, security and poverty and environmental topics! We in Germany decide for a political party/candidate basing on the LATTER topics! We have SEGREGATION church from state!
U.S. have moved back to the McCarthy era….
Re: Bavaria – post 298- So true. But America has a huge Christian and conservative populace. Voting democrat, would be evil *gasp*. Things like abortion and taxes are top priority right now? No one seems to have a problem with fact that our foreign policies have made us the most hated nation on the planet right now. No one talks about the wars anymore even though we are spending trillions of dollars and killing thousands. No one can see that our government is in the pockets of big oil companies. Nope, they just care about taxes. It's so strange. I mean, taxes are part of our lives and they will never go away. Plus, every election year the politicos spew out the same rhetoric. And it never fails to distract us from the real issues. It's maddening!
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Yes, I read so in German mags and papers that religious backwardness and intolerance among a lot of U.S. people is a main factor why they despite all the scandals and corruptiveness of Republicans still vote conservative. Sounds a lot like it was in Germany back in the 60s in some hillbilly rural areas - where I grew up. There also, people for decades had voted "conservative" (in Germany that s the CDU party/Angela Merkel right now) just because that was "the custom" among Christians, AND because some Catholic priests in little villages even TOLD them so ( I remember once hearing during a preaching int he 60s in the Catholic church of the village where I lived back then "Do not forget to vote "Christian" from the Priest! Made me disgust the CDU (C hristian D emocratic U nion") and deliberately voted CONTRARY! *G*
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….This, however, has really CHANGED in Germany in villages! A lot of farmers and rural population meantime votes for the Social Democrats (equals a bit Democrats in the US) or even the ecologist Party "The Greens" E.g. in a little Bavarian village or town called Bodenmais this year a 23 year old openly gay(!) living man for the Social-Democratic Party SPD was voted as MAYOR by the inhabitants of the otherwise conservative little town! We much more than the US people decide for a candidate solely because of his/her CAPABILITIES and technical KNOWLEDGE instead of their wealth, looks, media coverage or private life/religion, which should be private!
She's EXACTLY what we need in DC! LOVE HER LOVE HER LOVE HER!
McCain/Palin '08!!!!
Re: Bavaria – How refreshing to know that things CAN change. And thank you for some info regarding the German government. I'm trying to learn as much as I can while I'm here. I usually go to der spiegel on line to educate myself on things, as I can't speak deutsche yet. I'm trying though:)
It's true that right now, that some people make their decisions based on things that are superficial rather than their capabilities or knowledge. I don't Americans are stupid, however, I think some are scared of something new. And rather than taking a chance on something new and different, they vote the they way they always have. I don't necessarily trust Obama, as I'm wary of politicians, but maybe he can change things. Why not try? Bush and co had 8 longs years in office and they have ravaged our Constitution and have shown that people in power are out of touch and are willing to sacrifice us for their gains. Is McCain different? I don't think so. I had respect for the man, but after throwing Ms. Palin at us, I've lost all respect. I too have a colloege degree and a vagina, does that make me qualified for the VP? Yikes…the SNL skit was correct. Apparently anyone can be a VP!
Re: _Alice_ – *college
didn't another big investment bank just bankrupted over in the 'you naait me steeds'?
Your economy is in horrible shape and effecting the globe. So what does energy independent mean mss palin? invade more oil producing countries under the excuse of 'terrorism & weapons of mass destruction'?
Rock on my sexy sista (Perez, you are my sexy sista too!).
SHE'S AN IDIOT! PLAIN AND SIMPLE!
Re: LettyB – What's up LettyB? I always smile when you pop up;)