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earthlingerer1 year, 2 months ago
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"My biggest concern is that we don't get another single party controlling the administration and both houses of congress."
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Amen to that! Haqving only one, criminal, bought off party holding congress AND the White House for the past almost eight years has brought us to where we are now.
The so-called "two party" system is the basis for the rot we find ourselves unable to treat.
It would be great if lobbyists and corporations were forbidden to contribute ONE CENT to ANY party.
But that would leave everything to the citizens, and while we have money on the conscience of politicians, they will continue to exercise "conscience over constituents".
HANG THEM ALL!-
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tchef1 year, 2 months ago
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We need the Democrats to control the whole thing for at least one congressional term so that we can undo the changes that the Bush administration made. Then I'll be happy to see it split up because things do seem to work much better for the nation that way.
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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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The Democrats have had the last to years to introduce legislation. You will say the repubs would block it.
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If the Dems really wanted to do it they would have introduced what was important to them, made sure the media and their constituents knew about it, and fought for it.-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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But based on your logic and reasoning, Klarissa, the world economy wouldn't be crashing as a result of actions undertaken by the neocons' latest whipping posts, Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd (since Congress was under GOP control for the previous 12 years), right? The GOP had control so unless Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd simply overpowered the Republicans (granted, we know they can *outthink* the GOP) then your arguments that they are to blame for Bush's extreme failure holds no water whatoever.
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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We had that with Carter and it was a disaster. Obama's financial ideas are the same as Carters. High unemployment, inflation hitting 15%, interest rates over 20% at times. Great times that the Democrats gave us and Obama would give us again.
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NO THANK YOU!!!!!!
ONCE WAS ENOUGH!!!!-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"We had that with Carter and it was a disaster."
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--No, you people elected a disaster twice over the last 8 years and the result has been a hellish nightmare for both our country and the world. You clearly do not know the meaning of the word "disaster". -
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sinophil491 year, 2 months ago
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endo - Of course Carter's economic record was poor. No one argues with that. It is ancient history in our modern world of instant second to second changes in stock indexes. So What?
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Contrast that to Bush's record which McCain is so adamant about continuing.
Continuing tax cuts for the ultra-rich and corporations.
Continuing pursuit of the ruinous Iraq War.
Expanding drilling and increasing our dependence on oil. Unemployment/underemployment rate up to 9.9% (in July - BEFORE the crash). Unemployment rate alone up to 6.1%. Predicted to rise to 7%
Loss of 4.4 million jobs under Bush. Under Clinton we had 22.5 million NEW jobs created
Highest inflation ever under Clinton was 3.6%; under Bush now approaching 6%.
Poverty level under Clinton dropped from 15.1% in 1993 to 11.8% when he left office. Under Bush, poverty level ROSE to 12.7%.
Complete disappearance of over 1 trillion in asset values in past week alone. Transfer or withdrawal of $8.4 trillion from accounts and retirement plans. Wiping out of numerous pension plans.
Loss of hundreds of thousands of homes.
Closure of at least 35 banks.
45% drop in dollar value since Bush took office.
Refusal to ratify the Kyoto Accords and worsening of global warming.
Why talk about Carter from 30 yrs ago? Why are you scared to compare Bush to Clinton?
Worry about what is happening around you right now and what McCain would do if he wins and continues Bush's economic policies.-
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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Everything was going good until the CRA foreclosure mess tripped the crash in housing prices that led to the banks and other institutions going bankrupt and many being bailed out. Credit dried up because of all of the money sucked out when the real estate prices dropped. CRA was a Democrat compassionate creation. Obama working for ACORN sued Citibank in Chicago to force them to give out more bad loans. Obama is part and parcel in this mess. ACORN lobbied Congress starting in 1990 to loosen up the guidelines for Fannie and Freddy. They were successful in doing so after Clinton was elected.
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Obama - ACORN - CRA - housing bubble - foreclosures caused the bubble to burst.
All connected.
I do not want Obama because he helped ACORN with this mess.-
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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The reason this whole mess came was McCain's adviser and former senate banking chairman Phil Gramm who pushed a deregulation veto proof bill through the senate in 1999 that took all regulation off the banking institutions. It was only a matter of time after that for the collapse to happen. He collected over $1.5 million for his effort.
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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But the GOP took control of Congress in '94 and only lost control (of the Congress, that is) in '06. Bush has been in office for the last 8 years and yet you're saying that the Republicans were against this when they were in control of Congress but they were totally powerless to do anything about it? What stopped them. Regale us with the chronology of events starting with when the GOP took over in the early 90s (because cons seem to think Barney Frank and Chris Dodd held the GOP hostage all those years).
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ProudBlueTexan1 year, 2 months ago
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday said Sen. Barack Obama put "ambition above country" after a newspaper reported that Obama may have tried to influence Iraqi politicians negotiating with the United States.
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That's the icing on the cake!!! lol
ABOLISH THE gop!!!
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