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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RandomHero
Maybe it was a fire hazzard?

Hell people, you have to think about how many millions of people are watching you. Think about all the shitty things you've done in the pass. I'm sure there are quite a few people who did some hard drugs, god a DUI, beat up someone of a different race, etc. People will dig up all that stuff and use it to its fullest extent.

When you're running for president, people will find out EVERYTHING about you just to make you look shitty. People will even take things out of context knowing that idiots will believe whatever they hear. Everyone always jokes about how stupid George Bush is, yet he's a Yale graduate. People laugh at how terrible of a speaker he is(which I agree to an extent), but put any average American on live Television with 100 million Americans watching and then we'll see who makes mistakes.

I know, everyone here loves my little internet tirades, but if one person reads my posts and in turn takes an educated approach to voting, then it was all worth it.

I agree with everything you say, besides the flag deal, but IMO there is somthing about that guy that is fake to me, his smile, his speeches, him in general, it all seems like it is a big act. Thats me, I am sure I will have people agree and disagree with me.


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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
I agree with everything you say, besides the flag deal, but IMO there is somthing about that guy that is fake to me, his smile, his speeches, him in general, it all seems like it is a big act. Thats me, I am sure I will have people agree and disagree with me.


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X10 ON THAT I SURELY AGREE WITH YOU AND IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!OBAMA IS A PIECE OF HES FAKE!!!
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
I agree with everything you say, besides the flag deal, but IMO there is somthing about that guy that is fake to me, his smile, his speeches, him in general, it all seems like it is a big act. Thats me, I am sure I will have people agree and disagree with me.


John

i dont feel that way but i understand where you are coming from. i felt the same way about hillary. its just all the made up stuff that some people are passing around without doing a 5sec search on google to see if there is any truth to it, that drives me nuts.
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Old Aug 3, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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The way it comes off from the people who say they won't vote for obama, he is black or "muslim". Some of you need to get your facts straight.
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by lo99tahoe
The way it comes off from the people who say they won't vote for obama, he is black or "muslim". Some of you need to get your facts straight.

he is whatever he wants to be haha. he's muslim when around muslims, black when around blacks and white when around white. pick one not that it matters but i dont like the muslim end of it at all. i heard that in that religion they think anyone who doesnt follow their religion should die or something to that matter. never studied it so im not 100% on that one.

and is his wife who you would want as the first lady? never been proud of america?
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by TXsilverado
he is whatever he wants to be haha. he's muslim when around muslims, black when around blacks and white when around white. pick one not that it matters but i dont like the muslim end of it at all. i heard that in that religion they think anyone who doesnt follow their religion should die or something to that matter. never studied it so im not 100% on that one.

and is his wife who you would want as the first lady? never been proud of america?
Either way you look at, we are fucked whoever becomes the next President. Bush has our economy so messed up now, it'll be years before it gets normal again.
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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 01:14 AM
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Obama to me would be ok if he would run for Ronald Mcdonald s position only thing different than Obama is the hair!
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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Yea Bush really has us messed up. I mean just look at all the "bad loans" he personally gave out. And I almost forgot about all the jobs he let NAFTA take away, oh wait that was Clinton. You Dem's really have no clue. If you want a socialist vote for Obama. Redistributing the wealth does not work.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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All of the candidates suck. This election is going to be about picking the one that sucks slightly less than the other. The whole two party deal is getting old and outdated. IMO all of the best candidates in the past several elections have been independents, who never get the time of day by nature because everyone thinks of themselves as either Republican or Democrat and supports the candidate that takes the same party name as them, regardless of policy or plans (which are complete bullshit anyway, name one recent president who has actually followed through on a significant portion of their campaign promises).

If I had to classify myself in one of the groups, it would be Republican, because that party seems to be more individual-focused, meaning that they are helping give people the chance and opportunity to help themselves, whereas I see the Democratic party as trying to level the field, giving everyone an equal chance, which to me means knocking the rich/successful people down a notch and giving their spoils to the "less fortunate" so that nobody feels like a failure. I guess in a nutshell, I generally see republican policy as reality, and democratic policy as "warm fuzzy feel good" stuff. That's just on the surface though. Once you get deeper into it, there's a lot of bureaucratic bullshit in both sides that I disagree with.

Oh, and I've said it many times, and I'll say it again: Ron Paul FTW!!!

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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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whereas I see the Democratic party as trying to level the field, giving everyone an equal chance, which to me means knocking the rich/successful people down a notch and giving their spoils to the "less fortunate" so that nobody feels like a failure.
in most cases its called punishing the rich and rewarding the lazy. i get tired of hearing people bitch about how so and so cannot possibly need 1 trillion dollars. the way i see it is that they earned it and deserve it even if theres no way that their family can spend it 20 generations into the future.

I guess in a nutshell, I generally see republican policy as reality, and democratic policy as "warm fuzzy feel good" stuff.
well put
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