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Bucco, why all this dancing around. Listen to Obama and his stand on the issues. It's that simply. IMHO he has better ideas.
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Oh I do know where he stands. I posted already on his proposed Global Poverty act which is the basis of socialism. Read TODAY'S Washington Post to find out what experts think of his tax proposals...I read this morning that analysists do not like at all his plan not to tax seniors with incomes over 50 thousand..I have heard him talk about negotiating with terrorists. I am well aware of where he stands even as he tries to move in these early days.

Listen, I would like to like Sen Obama...I really would, but I just cannot get on board with all the extreme left programs. I admit to being a conservative...I also know that President Bush in most areas has not been a conservative...I am not a huge supporter of Sen Mcain either but I think we have enough "social" programs in this country and I think the country is already a nation of enablers and elitists.

In any case, you like his programs then you have a liberal bent and that is fine....to each his own. I suppose we will just agree to disagree as there is no way in the world I could support such a sharp turn left.

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CHELSEA24....in all fairness, I am sure that there is/are some proposals of Sen Obama that I would support.....tell me what of his proposals that you endorse so strongly, and please not the general chant of change :)

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Did anyone watch the program Hannity and Colmes last night?????

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Why should American citizens place a Democrat as President after they voted in a totally do-nothing Congress from which we are all suffering now?

A Couple Of Questions Regarding Exchanges In This Thread
 

Regardless of the qualifications of any candidate for President, is it likely that he could make decisions and conduct himself in a manner any more damaging to the U.S. than has happened in the last eight years?

I guess a second question might be: is anyone really qualified to assume the role of the chief executive of the most powerful country in the free world? I think it's a matter of degree and no one is truly qualified for that responsibility. In the last fifty years we've had governors, senators, congressmen, generals and aristocrats in the White House. Some have been good and some have been bad. Trying to equate their performance as President with their resume is impossible.

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So what kind of experience, in foreign policy, did the governor of Texas have? What kind of any experience any kind did he have? Remember he was the one that traded Sammy Sosa to the Cubs.......

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1rnfl cologal! You're so funny and you're so right! :bigthumbsup:

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Just for the record. I get so tired of everyone saying Sosa was traded to the Cubs. Sammy Sosa was traded to the White Sox. Bush may or may not have had anything to do with it. Usually the General Manager takes care of trades. Sammy was not the player he later became, when he was traded to the Sox. When he was traded to the Cubs I wasn't happy. We gave up Bell, an established star, for a nobody. It was long after Sammy left Texas that he became a star. There are other things to bash Bush about, but this isn't one of them.

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Actually I thought that one was true...but you know what they say:

A lie can travel half way around the world before the Truth puts its shoes on.

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A lie can travel half way around the world before the Truth puts its shoes on.
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AMEN AMEN AMEN

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The 60's was a really bad time....I know I protested the Vietman war. So perhaps we need to see who William Aryes was and what he became after those times. And what the goverment did during that period to stop any "radical" group. Geez I got sent of to a small college in Kansas instead of CU because my parents wanted to keep away from all the goings on. I didn't remember this guy and had to look him up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ayers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

I Had Forgotten About Bush's Foreign Relations Experience
 

But shortly after his first election, there was a very critical article written by one of the Washington think tanks criticizing Bush for having virtually no foreign relations academics or former diplomats in his administration. The article argued that a President needs several viewpoints of people who have studied various parts of the world and have well-founded opinions on what would happen if decisions of one sort or another were made by the U.S.

The article went on to describe how Bush attempted to educate himself with regard to foreign policy. The author of the article had considerable anecdotal evidence of a large number of meetings between then candidate Bush and the former and long-time ambassador from Saudi Arabia to the U.S., Prince Bandar bin Sultan. While Bush 41 arranged meetings between several foreign relations experts and his son, Bush 43 apparently placed the greatest reliance on his schooling in foreign relations on the Saudi prince.

The Prince was also very close to then VP candidate Dick Cheney, particularly during the years when Cheney was CEO of the large oil-field supply company Halliburton.

If you care to recall, Prince Bandar bin Sultan's U.S. assets were frozen by court order after he resigned from his ambassadorship because of his involvement in extensive bribery with regard to an $86 billion oil-for-arms deal.

Now that I think about it--yeah, Obama is at least as experienced at our current President was at the same time in his political career. Why am I not surprised by the end results.

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Finally someone who has brains!!!