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Post by Bartleby, the Scrivener on Sept 2, 2008 23:37:56 GMT -5
I like the marijuana comparison more because it puts some them at BAMF status. Also the fact that possibly someone could call George Washington their dealer amazes me.
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Post by Mist. on Sept 3, 2008 1:08:52 GMT -5
I like the marijuana comparison more because it puts some them at BAMF status. Also the fact that possibly someone could call George Washington their dealer amazes me. . id buy weed from george washington |
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Post by Blastgirl on Sept 3, 2008 2:26:21 GMT -5
That's a funny thought. Maybe if Washington had made his growing of marijuana known it would have been embraced. ( I wonder if he inhaled?) That might have been hard with wooden teeth. Slivers in his throat while smoking pot.
I find Sarah Palin's daughter being pregnant less controversial than if Sarah was pregnant and the Father was not her Husband.
I did not know Washington grew pot though.
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Post by Ordinaryguy on Sept 4, 2008 9:22:26 GMT -5
Her speech was wonderful
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Post by Phil on Sept 5, 2008 12:52:28 GMT -5
I have been watching parts of the convention rerun on C-Span.
I sometimes wonder how necessary the convention is other than the formality of nominating the candidate. If the nomination is already won as it was in both party's case.
I remember when I was about 9 Ted Kennedy challenged President Jimmy Carter for the nomination and it had been inconclusive but Carter had a narrow lead so it went to the convention. So that time they needed it but most times since then in fact all times that I remember both partys already had their nominee some time before the convention.
I also think most people have made up their mind. I've never gone into a voting booth and said eeny meeny miny moe.
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Post by Pumpkin on Sept 6, 2008 12:42:26 GMT -5
I have a hard time picturing Geo. Washington saying "bong hits anyone?" LOL...  ;D Phil, I was thinking the exact same thing about the conventions in this era. Absolutely no drama outside of the V.P. choices. I remember that 1980 Democratic convention well. The 1976 and 1968 Republican conventions had some drama too. If Nixon hadn't won on the first roll call in 1968, the nomination would be up for grabs on the subsequent roll call. We might have ended up with Rockefeller or Romney as the Republican nominee. Those were the days when conventions were workshops, not the dog and pony shows they tend to be today. |
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Post by Pumpkin on Sept 6, 2008 12:52:06 GMT -5
**RANT** I heard some lady on the other day say she was going to vote for Obama because she thought he had such a "sexy voice".............I really fear for the future of this country when I hear such things.  Vote for Obama because you like what he offers to do with and for the country, not because you like his voice. I like the name Sarah, and if I'd ever had a daughter, that's what she was going to be named. Oh, there's a Sarah running on the McCain ticket. Mac's got my vote for sure! Seriously, just kidding. Good gawd amighty, this is how some people decide who to vote for.  |
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Post by Phil on Sept 6, 2008 14:30:41 GMT -5
I don't always understand what grounds people vote on either. Contrary to what some people think I don't always vote republican its just that the democrats support things I can not. And that makes it so most of the time the democrat is discounted from any chance of my vote.
Bob Casey is 1 of our senators I voted for him and I would always because he is more conservative socially. His father was our governor and I supported him too.
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Post by Antonio on Sept 6, 2008 14:54:44 GMT -5
Im neither democrat or republican Im more inbetween, it just so happens Obama is just my guy. I think people get too caught up in political parties I think both parties have major flaws. The media does such a great job of divideing people weather it's derocrats and republicans or liberals and conservatives and people stop thinking for themselvs and letting their side think for them. I dont support Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of my city at all.
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Post by Pumpkin on Sept 10, 2008 13:42:46 GMT -5
Antonio, I kind of feel the same way about the two parties. I used to be a died in the wool conservative, but I have come back to the middle. I can't be either a liberal Democrat or a conservative Republican. While I am thoroughly frustrated with the current administration, I can't say the Democratic congress has done anything in two years---except to blame the President and his veto power for their lack of progress on most fronts.  My vote is still up for grabs. No party is going to tell me how I should vote. The ticket that gets my vote has earn it the next month and a half. |
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Post by Blastgirl on Sept 11, 2008 0:22:56 GMT -5
If the polls show each guy with about forty-five percent, (varying from day to day) Pumpkin is in the crucial ten percent both candidates better prove themselves to. I think that ninety percent has probably already made up their mind. But when things are as close as this one then it could come down to the wire.
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Post by Demona on Sept 11, 2008 8:57:39 GMT -5
I don't like her. I hope McCain doesn't win because she'd be an embarassment. Obama is inexperienced? Well, so is she. On either side, two have lots of experience, two don't have as much. It evens out. I don't like what I've read about her, and heard, and quite frankly, think she's a b*tch. The argument about experience needs to stop, and so does the insult fest. It's become a big playground. I'd vote for Obama because I think he cares more about people on my level who don't have good luck with work and finding better.
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Post by Phil on Sept 11, 2008 14:02:49 GMT -5
What do you think Obama or any other President could do to help you or other people find better employment?
If that means creating jobs how can Obama or any President do that?
Some of todays' job trouble is not a president or any other politicians doings. Even where I work some machines have eliminated jobs. Not right away but suppose 10 people retire in a year maybe they hire 7 new people to take their place. Things like that happen all over and there's less need for human labor.
My sister switched jobs. She was a book keeper and receptionist for a doctor. She lost hours to the point where she had to switch jobs. The reason for losing hours is the doctor ended up getting a call forwarding so his wife could take his appointments and do most of his bookkeeping in a laptop computer. Because of that he didn't need his office covered at all when he wasn't there. Cuts his payroll and gets the majority of what he got done by having a receptionist.
I don't know that different presidents help that.
Unemployment is around 6% I don't know if it's ever really lower than that. Sure people quote stats to fit what they want them to be.
As for the arguments that's never going to stop as long as there's elections. But they'll be out of the news mostly after November. So for us there is an end in sight.
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