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08-29-2008, 01:11 AM
|  | Wishy-Washy Centrist! | | Join Date: Jun 2008
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Rep Power: 48 | | | Let's Stand Up and Say, "8 is enough!" I loved his speech. 80,000 people in Denver, and millions more watching on tv.
America is pumped! It's going to be an exciting next couple of months on Obama's way to the White House. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cvn_convention_rdp
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08-29-2008, 01:20 AM
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08-29-2008, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Echo Zulu I loved his speech. | Of course you did.
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08-29-2008, 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Ninja Of course you did. | Well I did!  | 
08-29-2008, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Echo Zulu | how can you love a speech that spoke more about bush and mccain then the speakers own policies? sure it was well written and well delivered. it had zero substance though. 0bama has some good ideas, but he never says how he is going to accomplish them. whenever he finally would talk about his own ideas and policies and kept wondering "how are you going to do that without more of my paycheck being sent your way". | 
08-29-2008, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by chapstic how can you love a speech that spoke more about bush and mccain then the speakers own policies? sure it was well written and well delivered. it had zero substance though. 0bama has some good ideas, but he never says how he is going to accomplish them. whenever he finally would talk about his own ideas and policies and kept wondering "how are you going to do that without more of my paycheck being sent your way". | Liberals would support a pig in a poke. The deed is done. Who else are they going to fawn over but the smooth talker from Illinois. It will be a good experience for them to get screwed by the guy promising them everything under the sun.
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08-29-2008, 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by chapstic "how are you going to do that without more of my paycheck being sent your way". |
From Obama's Speech Tonight: Quote: |
Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime – by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less – because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy.
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08-29-2008, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Echo Zulu From Obama's Speech Tonight: | Which progroms will he cut and which corporations will say "adios" to America ?
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"But though there is no difference in this respect between the best demagogue and the worst, both of them having to present their cases equally in terms of melodrama, there is all the difference in the world between the statesman who is humbugging the people into allowing him to do the will of God, in whatever disguise it may come to him, and one who is humbugging them into furthering his personal ambition and the commercial interests of the plutocrats who own the newspapers and support him on reciprocal terms."
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08-29-2008, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by dilloduck Which progroms will he cut and which corporations will say "adios" to America ? | Hopefully WALMART! 
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08-29-2008, 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by greenpartyaz Hopefully WALMART!  | that'll go over real big . 
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"But though there is no difference in this respect between the best demagogue and the worst, both of them having to present their cases equally in terms of melodrama, there is all the difference in the world between the statesman who is humbugging the people into allowing him to do the will of God, in whatever disguise it may come to him, and one who is humbugging them into furthering his personal ambition and the commercial interests of the plutocrats who own the newspapers and support him on reciprocal terms."
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08-29-2008, 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Echo Zulu | It was a great speech, and I think Obama has a real chance, especially after reading John McCain's interview in Time Magazine today.
I think McCain is starting to lose it. | 
08-29-2008, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by chapstic how can you love a speech that spoke more about bush and mccain then the speakers own policies? sure it was well written and well delivered. it had zero substance though. 0bama has some good ideas, but he never says how he is going to accomplish them. whenever he finally would talk about his own ideas and policies and kept wondering "how are you going to do that without more of my paycheck being sent your way". | There you go again.
There was plenty of substance in Obama's speech. | 
08-29-2008, 02:23 AM
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Rep Power: 11 | | | These are the problems people, these are the problems! It's all Bush's fault and Mccain is Bush! Vote for me because I am a democrat and I am cool! I will fix everything and we throw a party when we are on the campaign trail! Yea that was an awesome, jaw dropping convention. So tell me what is your stance on the 2nd, abortion, pulling out of Iraq after its won and a pull out is starting, and tax breaks that are already started? Hmmmmm | 
08-29-2008, 02:24 AM
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08-29-2008, 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by greenpartyaz Hopefully WALMART!  | If you want Wal-Mart gone, you're an idiot. Wal-Mart is one of the few corporations that actually try to make life affordable for everyone. And, they gave back to EVERY community they are a part of (especially mine, since I live in NW Arkansas), not only by offering hundreds of jobs, but also by giving to local, state, and national charities.
Yes, they pay their workers lower wages. But name one retail chain that pays high wages for cashiers.
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