The Brand New Respectful Presidential Campaign Thread

Saluki...Nah, it was just a typo? LOL! Or not! I am sure I meant it at the moment!

Paulette don't make me come down there...........Shokk

The last time I put a post on here I said I was for Obama, but you know after watching alot of speeches I became concerned because as mentioned earlier I hear alot of "It's time for a change" over and over, but I'm not hearing what those changes will be. So I'm starting to swing over to Hilary.  I'm not American and can't vote but as I said before the US election concerns all of us in the world, it really sort of is a world election.  Who ever ends up President affects Canadians, Mexicans, heck everyone.  I just wish Obama would stop with the change retorhic and state what changes he will make.  I know he will pull out of Irag as quickly as possible but what other changes will he make. Hilary is for Universal health care and has faught for it for years until she was shut up while Bill was president. But when I think of basic living I hear more plans that Hilary has and it makes me feel good. Oh confusion, confusion, I'm so glad I don't have to vote.

McCain called for that a few weeks ago.

From NPR on April 10th

McCain Says Stop Adding to Strategic Oil Reserves

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain called on the federal government to stop adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in an effort to curb record high oil and gas prices.

McCain spoke at a small business roundtable in Brooklyn and said with oil selling for over 100-dollars a barrel, the federal government should stop buying oil for its emergency stockpile. He said if the classic laws of supply and demand hold, that should lower the price of oil. The government has been adding to the reserve at a rate of about 300-thousand barrels a week. That's about 3-tenths of one percent of total US consumption.

Madalyn--aside from her ability to work with Republicans, Hillary Clinton has been an excellent senator in her representation of New York.  She has worked very diligently to  bring more industry and jobs to upstate New York, which is a depressed area.  I had a summer home in the Catskills for a while and I am very much aware of how hard she worked for upstate New York. 

Also, she worked very hard for New York after 9/11.  A Canadian emergency room physician that I know can't stop singing her praises after Hillary helped her get compensation for the damage to her lungs after 9/11.  Also, she ran into Hillary a day or so after 9/11 when Hillary was walking around Ground Zero encouraging the workers to keep going.  She was alone, with only one secret service agent tagging along.  There were no cameras following her and it wasn't a publicity stunt.  And this same physician hates George Bush, mainly because their triage group was closed down while they were still trying to help the workers when George Bush came along to make his speech.  His was very definitely a publicity stunt since the people who were actually working to help had to close up shop so his security could be secured.  

Go Hillary! 

What I heard today on television is that the reserve would only last us 58 days.  And it's not going to cut the price at the pumps that much. 

I believe Pelosi promised to get the price of oil down TWO YEARS AGO!  Hmmmm...more promises no one can keep.  So, the lesson, don't believe EVERYTHING good you hear.

I haven't had the chance to read Coulter's article.  It should be interesting.

Shokk,

Little GOP sweetheart, I'm back. Gee, this ole Demo, trying to hold on to almost middle class standing, with gas at 3.75/gallon, needs to work more than post online to Repubs who won't listen to reason anyway! Besides, I'm not going to expose my already delicate eyesight to the vile spewings of Anne Coulter. Now, with the exception of The First Occupant and Big Dick, I try not to call people names, it's not nice. But Coulter is a nut case any way you look at it.

I wonder why people go to any level to find something negative about a candidate, any candidate. Is is that the person fears the candidate may win and actually change the status quo? Is it done out of a genuine desire to show how absolutely evil anyone who thinks differently is? Just curious??

OK Shokk, now that I've recovered from the Coulter rant, I have to make dinner.

Cherryl, the Liberal

Can someone tell me does Carl Bernstein have an agenda? I heard something on 360 yesterday that just sounded peculiar.

He said something to the effect that one of Hillary's advisers admitted that it was next to impossible for her to get the nomination and that she was staying in so that there would be pressure on Obama to make her VP so that in 8 years when she is about the same age as McCain she will have a clear shot. ---

Does this sound plausible or is this CNN's fantasy.

Of course, Anne Coulter--no more need be said.

Carl Bernstein--an agenda--of course, don't all the pundits have their own agenda? But he's fantasizing here--no way Hillary would settle for second fiddle.

Instead of getting Gore to accept the nomination, how about Edwards? Now that would be my fantasy come to life!!

Don't think ANWAR will ever happen--oh wait a minute--perhaps if there's a Bush 3rd term via McCain. On second thought we Californians will have to stay in the Union to keep the environment safe. LOL 

I agree with Grace re Carl Bernstein; he does have an agenda.  If you've ever listened to him on Hillary, you'll realize that he most definitely does not have her interests at heart.

Nancy Pelosi also dislikes her; in her case, I wonder if she's hoping she'll be the first woman president!

Just heard that the government deliberately gave out incorrect statistics regarding attempted suicides by returning vets. Government said it was in the range of 790, when in fact it was over 12,000, or 1,000+ a month.  Government actually issued a memo to the effect that these numbers should be hidden from CBS that apparently was doing a story on it. This administration is a tragedy for this country.

I think it will be next to impossible for her to get elected if she doesn't have the popular vote.  She has 3 ways to get the superdelegates to vote for her.  Popular vote, having all the large states in her pocket which equal electorial votes, and analyzing the voting in the primaries.  They've already begun doing that.  Obama is not capturing the white vote as well as he should be.  He could turn that around, but if it holds, Hillary will have a good case to make on her own behalf.  

The talking heads were using polls to say McCain can beat both of them, but we can't go by polls this far out from an election.  They're just filling up dead air on TV if they believe that.  Or they just like listening to themselves talk. 

Well I could be wrong but if the main stream hard working gun owning country loving God fearing democrat doesn't step up and take back ya'lls party from the far left wing country hating moveon.org group of wac jobs you got going on you guys will see a third term Bush (John McCain is no Bush by the way)......I was watching Harold Ford today and I sure do like him...........he told ya'lls party four years ago if you guys didn't move to the right a little bit you are never going to win office and Juan Williams has said the same thing........you democrats and your party have been hijacked........and Hillary knows it and she is stepping to the right as fast as she can two steps to the right and one step back to the left...............but at least she is inching her way more to the middle........of course like I said I could be wrong..........and believe me I am well aware that we have our right wing nut jobs but we don't let them control our party..........well we at least don't make it so in your face about it..........at least we "act" embarrass when some far right wing Evangelist says that New Orleans was flooded because God was angry about all the sin going on..........it seems like if  God was angry about a sinning city he would take out Las Vegas..........so I am going to finish my cold Sprite Zero and take my nightly medication and go to bed...........may not agree with all you political junk heads but I do enjoy the debate.........by the way has anyone heard from Amy......she must be heartbroken.........see you guys tomorrow...........Shokk

Gee, Shokk.  How do you really feel?

I was wondering about Amy too.

well we at least don't make it so in your face about it..........at least we "act" embarrass[ed]

You'll have to let us know next time when you're acting embarrassed.  I guess I missed it.