
10-13-2008, 04:44 PM
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Next they started talking about policy positions. This was quite amusing. They were all upset that Obama had voted for the bailout. Then, one of them said, "McCain supported it too." Then they talked about how upset they were about McCain's proposal to buy mortgages directly from homeowners. One of the gentlemen proclaimed, "McCain sounds like a socialist. You'd think he were a Democrat". At that point the other gentleman stated that he had thought of voting for Bob Barr. He opened his lap top and pulled up Barr's website for the others to see. They liked what they saw. One woman said that Barr was the "conservative that McCain used to be."
| It's great that they realized Bob Barr is far more worthy of their vote, but the way they talked about Obama was ridiculous. Who cares if his daughters play rap in the White House? A little 2Pac would do world leaders good, in my opinion.
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10-13-2008, 05:01 PM
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Rep Power: 15 | | | Conservatives do like Bob Barr, but it seems these days that most Republicans are not conservatives so they won't vote for him. I, on the other hand, don't see Bob Barr as 'Libertarian' enough, so I really have no candidate this election. | 
10-13-2008, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by xsited1 Conservatives do like Bob Barr, but it seems these days that most Republicans are not conservatives so they won't vote for him. I, on the other hand, don't see Bob Barr as 'Libertarian' enough, so I really have no candidate this election. | Have you considered Chuck Baldwin from the Constitution Party? I think Bob Barr is great on the issues, personally. I can understand why some Libertarians don't like him though.
__________________ "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws." - John Adams
"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." - Thomas Jefferson
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." - James Madison | 
10-13-2008, 07:39 PM
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Rep Power: 3 | | | Speaking of Supporters for the running Candidates, How come the Clintons have rallied so much for the Obama/Biden ticket but Mitt Romney and or Rudy Guiliani have not gone out rallying for McCain/Palin or has the media just not covered it if they have? | 
10-13-2008, 07:44 PM
|  | Oh yes it is too! | | Join Date: Aug 2008
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Rep Power: 8 | | | Umm, because the democratic primary divided the party?
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10-13-2008, 07:45 PM
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Rep Power: 14 | | Romney putting distance between himself and McCain campaign?
By Wally Edge
It's an open secret that there's not much love between Gov. Mitt Romney (R) and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), but for the most part Romney has publicly played the good soldier since losing the Republican primary -- even going so far as to mock "eastern elites" during his speech at the GOP convention.
Now, Romney is joining a chorus of Republican voices publicly questioning the direction of McCain's campaign.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who was a rival of Mr. McCain for the Republican nomination, said Mr. McCain, who has offered scattershot proposals on the economy, should present a broad vision of how he would lead the country through the economic crisis.
“I’m talking about standing above the tactical alternatives that are being considered,” Mr. Romney said, “and establish an economic vision that is able to convince the American people that he really knows how to strengthen the economy.”
The last thing a losing campaign needs is allies second-guessing and talking publicly about the various directions it could go. Is the 2012 hopeful distancing himself from what many consider to be a campaign headed toward defeat?
Or was this just some friendly advice or a trial balloon of sorts?
McCain is scheduled to unveil a new speech on the economy today that his campaign believes "will begin a turnaround for the campaign." http://www.politickerma.com/wallyedg...ccain-campaign | 
10-13-2008, 07:48 PM
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Rep Power: 8 | | | Romney will be able to compete well in 2012 - The mormon issue will be less of new thing and less of a shocker after voting in an african american, and he has economic cred.
Can really see him doing well next time - The thing that bothered me the most about him during the primaries was his placid smile all the time.
__________________ "It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory." -Barack Obama, November 4th 2008 | 
10-13-2008, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Romney putting distance between himself and McCain campaign?
By Wally Edge
It's an open secret that there's not much love between Gov. Mitt Romney (R) and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), but for the most part Romney has publicly played the good soldier since losing the Republican primary -- even going so far as to mock "eastern elites" during his speech at the GOP convention.
Now, Romney is joining a chorus of Republican voices publicly questioning the direction of McCain's campaign.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who was a rival of Mr. McCain for the Republican nomination, said Mr. McCain, who has offered scattershot proposals on the economy, should present a broad vision of how he would lead the country through the economic crisis.
“I’m talking about standing above the tactical alternatives that are being considered,” Mr. Romney said, “and establish an economic vision that is able to convince the American people that he really knows how to strengthen the economy.”
The last thing a losing campaign needs is allies second-guessing and talking publicly about the various directions it could go. Is the 2012 hopeful distancing himself from what many consider to be a campaign headed toward defeat?
Or was this just some friendly advice or a trial balloon of sorts?
McCain is scheduled to unveil a new speech on the economy today that his campaign believes "will begin a turnaround for the campaign." http://www.politickerma.com/wallyedg...ccain-campaign | Thanks for the information, it seems like the Republicans should step up more for there Candidate, but if Romney plans to run again it makes sense why he is distancing himself. | 
10-13-2008, 09:24 PM
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