Presidential debates on ABC right now-both parties

IMO...........I believe Hillary staged her tears.....and it worked for some voters. I heard a woman interviewed after seeing her tear up and say she changed her vote to Hillary just because of that! WOW........talk about voting on issues!

My question to everyone is to think back on all the times HILLARY should have cried........and she didn't? There have been many SAD things happen in America since her husband was president. Can anyone recall a major event and seeing Hillary respond with tears in her eyes.....I can't! How many funerals did she go to in New York after 911? Did she cry after seeing the displaced people in New Orleans......or how about some of our young men being brought home to be buried after serving our Country.......any tears then? She was the BEEF behind getting Bill elected and she is no Tammy Wynette..........so why does she pretend with those tears? BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO SHOW HER SOFT SIDE.......and it WORKED! Everything is premeditated.....she is no different than all the rest......this is something she has been working for since her college days, so anyone in her way better watch out! 

Just want to toss this out there about Hillary - many women in NH changed their votes not because of the tears, but because of the local media coverage - some of the headlines went too far "Hillary's dead" for example.  Many women in NH felt that she was being unfairly persecuted and voted for her.    

I also don't like the fact that we still allow a couple of states to determine who is going to stay in the race. This is not fair to all the rest of us.....who might have liked to vote for one of the others that had dropped out. We do not live in the 1800's anymore.......can we make it a fair race for intelligent people to be able to enter......and not DOLLARS and SPECIAL INTERESTS determining who can stay? I would like to see every American vote at exactly the same time in the primaries.......and how about giving FREE TELEVISION for 1 MONTH paid by our TAX DOLLARS and let the American People get a hard look at these people, along with providing reading resources for the voter to look up their political voting records. Then after the month of listening to these ###### we could all go to the voting booth and do our DEED.

Love,

Terry, Independent 

I would like to know when they changed the system and why? Didn't it used to be that the candidate was selected at the CONVENTION? And it was all down to the wire with delegate battling it out between each other?

Now, the conventions are silly. They already KNOW who will be the candidate, yet they spend millions on this big show.

This year, for the first time, it seems to be a toss up on both sides. I would love it if both parties had true conventions and real voices could be heard.

Or maybe I am living in a Jimmy Stewart movie.... a girl can dream anyway....! 

FUNNY jibjab Susie! 

Gina, since you live in New York how do you feel about Bloomberg?

Shirley

Shirley,

I don't live in Manhattan so what the mayor does doesn't really affect me unless he starts in with the commuter tax idea again!

Most people like him. He is a very smart business man and I think he would be good for the economy. 

He has his quirks- for example, he won't live in Gracie mansion, the Mayor's residence...but that is understandable because he has a gorgeous home of his own. He doesn't take a salary, just $1 per year. And he takes the subway to work every day- with about ten body guards!

The Mayor and the head of the city council IS bringing to the forefront something very exciting.  It is called Manny's Law. And it is about educating EVERYONE that you cannot be denied treatment from a hospital if you cannot pay. They will work out a payment plan when you are over the crisis. It was named for a man who had a brain tumor and needed immediate surgery, but the hospital told him that since he couldn't pay he would have to go and get welfare or medicade and then come back. He died in the interim when the surgery COULD have been performed immediately and the hospital knew it. So the Mayor is on top of some very interesting things. 

I am not sure how the rest of America would feel about him though. He is not exactly a commanding presence. He is very small in stature and speaks very softly. With all the shouting going on, I am not sure how he will be heard!

He is a VERY LIBERAL republican. I think the only conservative ideals he holds onto are economic, small government, etc. He may be able to reach those Americans who are purple- not red or blue- but they fall somewhere in between and want more peace between the feuding sides this nation is divided into.

That is about all I know about him.

He is also single. He used to take his mother to all the big events he had to go to as his date. I believe he is divorced because he has two (?) daughters.

Hugs,

g 

Jumping in on the gay rights thing:  Although fully in support of civil unions and equal rights, I have been uncomfortable with the legalizing of same sex "marriage" as being somehow a real break with the past/traditional meaning but am willing to admit that I really know very little about the institution except for what my Catholic upbringing taught me.  So, to remedy my ignorance, I am now reading the Stephanie Coontz book, Marriage, A History.  It promises to be a real myth buster!  Thought some others of you might be interested in reading it also.

Tina

Well, I found out Saturday night at dinner what really happened in NH.  The wife of a friend of my DH is a union leader.  It seems that Obama is not supporting the unions as strongly as the other candidates.  He doesn't use unions to set up his gatherings.  He made a pro union statement, but he was making in a location that was notoriously anti-union.  Long story short, DH's friend's wife got really angry about it and started calling all the unions 3 days before the primary.  She didn't tell them who to vote for, just who not to vote for and why.  After the primary, she was told that she influenced the election by 13%.  All the polls before the election had Obama ahead by 10%.  Amazing what unions can accomplish.    

ADK...interesting, can you say groupthink!