What *exactly* are you afraid of?

[xsited1]

do you believe the Fairness Doctrine was an attack on the 1st amendment the 70 plus years that it was intact?

WHY wasn't it struck down by the supreme court ALL of those decades xisted?

Of course it's an attack. As you may have noticed, the United States ceased to be a Republic decades ago. It's been going downhill ever since. We did get some relief with Reagan in the 80s and the conservative-controlled Congress in the mid- to late-90s, but liberalism and neoconservativism were just too strong. The Supreme Court reflects the political climate.

 

[Caligirl]

that"s total bs. libs have said exactly that, he's too old, he has cancer, he will die, he's too erratic, he's too hot tempered all of which means he's unfit to serve. How dishones to now say you did not say it.

Ah, sorry. *I* never said it, and I wasn't tuned into others saying it. I have consistently said that I like McCain, that I would have voted for him over hillary (I sent him an email in 2006saying that as well), and that it was Palin that sunk that candidacy for me.

If you are asking whether parties tear down the other party as a rule of thumb, then sure. But the reaction Bush was much worse, the screaming that he was wrong was pretty hard to miss much as the screaming that obama is wrong is hard to miss now.

In the case of Bush, a lot of people think it had to do with Rovian politics which had no trouble at all sowing fear and divisiveness to win an election. I'd argue that you can't lead a country if you are busy chopping it into segments.

Most people agree at this point that Bush was a bad idea (in terms of approval ratings, whether the country is on the right or wrong track, state of the nation, and so on.) We'll see what happens if Obama wins.

 

[Caligirl]

A more likely scenario would be by a left wing nut job when Obama can't deliver on his promises.

Do they have guns?

 

[editec]

Of course it's an attack. As you may have noticed, the United States ceased to be a Republic decades ago. It's been going downhill ever since. We did get some relief with Reagan in the 80s and the conservative-controlled Congress in the mid- to late-90s, but liberalism and neoconservativism were just too strong. The Supreme Court reflects the political climate.

Minor corrections...

FALSE liberalism and FALSE conservatism.

Surely you must understand that by now, eh?

Have you already forgotten the bankers' holiday that just cost the nation $1.4 trillion?


Now as someone who is mostly liberal, I seldom bow down to the alter of Reagan, but I honestly do NOT think he'd have signed onto the wholesale theft by the banking mafia that just happened to us.

I surely was not enamored by Reagan, but I did not think he was a crook.

I DO think that we're subjects (not citizens, but subjects) in a shamocracy that is really nothing more than a Kleptocrcy now.

 

[xsited1]

Minor corrections...

FALSE liberalism and FALSE conservatism.

Surely you must understand that by now, eh?

Have you already forgotten the bankers' holiday that just cost the nation $1.4 trillion?


Now as someone who is mostly liberal, I seldom bow down to the alter of Reagan, but I honestly do NOT think he'd have signed onto the wholesale theft by the banking mafia that just happened to us.

I surely was not enamored by Reagan, but I did not think he was a crook.

I DO think that we're subjects (not citizens, but subjects) in a shamocracy that is really nothing more than a Kleptocrcy now.

As you know, the 'banking mafia' has been around since at least 1913. That's why we need this:

Abolish the Federal Reserve

It'll never happen. You saw how fast Ron Paul was shut down. With Bush, Obama and the liberals in Congress, saw 'goodbye' to our Republic.

(I'm surprised you don't think that Reagan was a crook.)

 

[Clay Buster]

These aren't fears but more so worries and they apply to whomever we elect as the next POTUS. (Sorry for the long post, but you asked. )

I am worried that these items will not be addressed and will continue to hurt our country.

1. The unbridled government spending has been disasterous to our economy. The value of the US dollar is dropping like a rock, millions of people about to retire have lost a majority of their retirement savings, the deficit has hit an all time high, and we are now beholden to foreign countries who carry the note on our future.

The world used to owe us, now we owe them. How dare our government borrow money from foreign countries to pay for our ridiculous spending.

Point number one makes me extremely angry.

2. The lack of investment and leadership in new technologies and scientific advancements. For decades the world turned to the US for groundbreaking discoveries, now those discoveries are taking place elsewhere in the world.

3. The lack of oversight on free trade which has dramatically hurt our economy. I love the idea of free trade, but when the terms of trade between two countries favor one over the other, that is not free trade. Why is China allowed to put such a high tariff on American imported goods, yet we don't recipricate? The net result of our current "free trade" system has been an enormous loss of American jobs.

4. I for one do not believe health care is a right, but what I know is that our country spends more per capita on healthcare than anyone in the world yet our healthcare is substandard to much of the free world. There has to be a better way.

5. The warmongering our current adminstration has put in place has to stop for no other reason than it is bankrupting our country. We like to talk about taking the fight to "them", but imagine how much more secure our borders would be if we spent 10 Billion dollars a month on security here at home instead of abroad.

We keep blowing things up in the middle east yet I could walk across one of our borders carrying suitcases full of WMD's and odds are I wouldn't even be detected. This is simply ABSURD!

I could go on and on, but those are some of my bigger concerns.

Quite frankly I don't believe either candidate will be able to fix / address these issues suffiently, but I'm hoping that maybe a start can be given to a new renaissance in American life.

My family has a long history of military and civic participation and I consider us to be extremely patriotic; there is no doubt we love our country.

I say that to simply state I believe our country has lost its way and I can only pray that we can turn the page and move in a new direction for all of our children's sake.

...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

 

[auditor0007]

I fear that my health insurance rates will increase dramatically. While I do support some type of National Healthcare, Obama's plan scares me. Telling people they don't have to have insurance, while at the same time telling insurance companies they can't deny anyone for pre-existing conditions will lead to one thing; higher premiums for those who do pay for their insurance. Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe someone will be intelligent enough to understand this and Obama's plan will see some significant changes before it is put into place.

 

[dilloduck]

I'm afraid blacks will be judged by what Obama does or doesn't do and the lengths that people will go to overlook his failures

 

[Silence]

the lengths that people will go to overlook his failures

or his accomplishments

 

[Luc1]

I agree Auditor0007. That's one thing I've noticed: that forcing insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions would eventually run them out of business. I think Senator Obama will either realize this himself or realize this from talking to his appointed Surgeon General (or someone else). It would be fine if the government run healthcare had to cover pre-existing conditions though.

My main concern regarding healthcare, though, is that Obama follows through on making insurance companies and the government run health insurance cover, as he put it, "alternative treatments." I could go on and on about this seeing as it's my absolute top concern, but I won't bother.

I'm not really afraid of Obama at all. If Obama runs the country like he has run his campaign, we'll all benefit tremendously.

 

[Care4all]

i'm afraid that the Dems will be disappointed by Obama because their hopes are too high for him, a mere man.

doesn;t mean i am supporting mccain, i just have great reservations regarding obama because i believe he has flip flopped as much as mccain on many of the key issues...

-the war pullout dates
-the public financing
-the fourth amendment

and a few other things that makes me realize he is just the SAME as any other politician, including mccain....when it comes to pandering for a win.

I happen to agree with many of his other stances over the republican stances....buttttttttttttt I do not expect him to be our savior regarding the mess our country is in.... it will be a long, hard road.

 

[dilloduck]

or his accomplishments

Oh no----his will get praised for being able to walk without falling down.
He certainly will NOT be subjected to the same type of scrutiny Bush et al have been because that will naturally be racist.

 

[auditor0007]

Oh no----his will get praised for being able to walk without falling down.
He certainly will NOT be subjected to the same type of scrutiny Bush et al have been because that will naturally be racist.

How many will call Obama a chimp as they did Bush? If you take a close look, Obama does look much more like a chimp than Bush. I wonder if calling Obama a chimp might lead to a visit from the Secret Service.

 

[dilloduck]

How many will call Obama a chimp as they did Bush? If you take a close look, Obama does look much more like a chimp than Bush. I wonder if calling Obama a chimp might lead to a visit from the Secret Service.

Oh that's definately out---we may as well throw out all the standards that were used on Bush. Obama will get the kid glove treatment and the democrats will howl if he doesn't. They wouldn't know equal or fair if it bit them on the ass.

 

[tigerbob]

Libs have never said McCain is unqualified or unfit.

So, YES.

No, but a number have said he would be a disastrous choice. Similarly, a number of republicans are saying that Obama is unqualified to be President. I would imaging few libs are listening.

My point was simply that criticism of one's preferred candidate by the other party tends to be automatically ignored.

 

[Annie]

Give me a specific.

I'll give you an example. I was terrified that we would be in WWIII with Iran, dropping nukes on them, for no reason, within a year of bush's reelection.

That was a specific articulated fear.

Don't just say 'socialism' -

What specifically horrible thing do you think is going to happen??

In all actuality, I'm sort of echoing BAC's point about killing, meaning Obama is elected. McCain, well he'll deliver what he says, no one seems to dispute that. On the other hand, Obama is somehow hoping that being 'different' means he'll get a bye from the Iranians and others from their plans for US and/or allies. He's nuts on that. He'll be called and all hell will break loose.