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<![CDATA[You wanted to know what McCain has done with 26 years in office that would qualify him to be president. I gave it to you. Now because you can't handle the truth I now have to do the research you should have done yourself. I don't think so.
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You find McCain unqualified because he has an R behind his name. Meanwhile, Obama the communty organizer has no experience and you like him because he has the D behind his. Grow up!
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Name one of the "over 500 sponsored pieces of legislation and over 1,200 pieces of legislation he co-sponsored" that was significant.
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You checked to see if Germans could vote in OUR elections? How stupid was that? The point is in reference to the "Audacity of Vanity" blurb that was spewed by the necon pundit. If you go back and read it you might be able to figure out what is going on here!
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Listen, you asshole. Look around! Look at the shit condition that this
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You checked to see if Germans could vote in OUR elections? How stupid was that? The point is in reference to the "Audacity of Vanity" blurb that was spewed by the necon pundit. If you go back and read it you might be able to figure out what is going on here!
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Date: 2008-07-24, 6:13PM CDT
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Last time I checked Germans cannot vote in OUR elections. You may want to concentrate on the people in this country who don't have confidence in Obama being commander in chief. They are many!
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An estimated 200,000 packed into downtown Berlin Thursday night to hear Barack Obama give his much-anticipated European address.
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Date: 2008-07-24, 6:30PM CDT
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Vote for Obama... he was a community organizer. WOW! That qualifies him to be president. NOT HARDLY!
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McCain has military experience. Fights against gov't waste. A proven leader.
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Obama has one piece of legislation that he sposored that became law. WOW! That qualifies him to be president. NOT HARDLY!
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McCain has military experience. Fights against gov't waste. A proven leader.
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Obama has one piece of legislation that he sposored that became law. WOW! That qualifies him to be president. NOT HARDLY!
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McCain has over 500 sponsored pieces of legislation and over 1,200 pieces of legislation he co-sponsored. ]]> | <![CDATA[Last time I checked Germans cannot vote in OUR elections. You may want to concentrate on the people in this country who don't have confidence in Obama being commander in chief. They are many!
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An estimated 200,000 packed into downtown Berlin Thursday night to hear Barack Obama give his much-anticipated European address.
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Date: 2008-07-23, 2:57PM CDT
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Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast -- a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins -- would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
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What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Ronald Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final "tear down this wall" liquidation. When President John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.
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Date: 2008-07-24, 6:16AM CDT
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So what we can gather from your statement is that you are not happy with lower gas prices and are shopping for the highest priced gas around your area. No doubt wasting more gas (which makes you happy) looking for those higher prices. Or you are tipping the cashier the $.06 per gallon difference.
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Gas prices in my area have dropped $.16 ($3.79- $3.82) so whatever you do stay away from this area.
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Date: 2008-07-24, 5:18PM CDT
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I never posted that. I did however post $3.79- $3.82. They have in some areas gone down in others they have gone up. As for as the old comment goes.. I hate to say it but I think you are already there. Sorry! Don't be too embarassed!
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You are unable to remember this:
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"Gas prices in my area have dropped $.16 ($2.79- $2.82) so whatever you do stay away from this area." I hope I don't get soft in the head when I get old. It's embarassing.
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You are unable to remember this:
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"Gas prices in my area have dropped $.16 ($2.79- $2.82) so whatever you do stay away from this area." I hope I don't get soft in the head when I get old. It's embarassing.
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Date: 2008-07-24, 4:25PM CDT
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The New York Times is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama is refusing to meet John McCain for a debate on Foreign Policy before a Town Hall Meeting audience composed of veterans, military service members, and military families from the Fort Hood, Texas military base. CBS has agreed to televise the event on August 11, from 9-11 p.m. EDT.
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Obama has refused to attend, and his campaign won't even suggest a date that is not in conflict with their schedule, according to organizers. This is the same Barack Obama who arrogantly said he would meet John McCain "anytime, anywhere" to debate Foreign Policy. Watch the video below to see Obama's pledge back in May:
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Date: 2008-07-24, 3:49PM CDT
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Name calling and violence. Could not come up with anything smart to say?
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I don't know if I would be calling anyone ignorant if you are an Obama supporter. The man has no experience that qualifies him to be president... how smart is supporting a person like that?
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I would like one of these yard stakes to shove up your ignorant ass.
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"Gas prices in my area have dropped $.16 ($2.79- $2.82) so whatever you do stay away from this area." I hope I don't get soft in the head when I get old. It's embarassing.
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Date: 2008-07-24, 3:54PM CDT
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I have not found it for "$2.79- $2.82". I did fill up for $3.75 this morning. At what point in time do you come from to get gas for those prices? Could it be you are making up those numbers?
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Where did you obtain the high level of intelligence that enables you to find gas for "($2.79- $2.82)?" Do you have a Harvard MBA? Is that where you learned fuzzy math? Do you sell gasoline? You must be making a killing. What does a rich man like you do with all that money?
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Obama has refused to attend, and his campaign won't even suggest a date that is not in conflict with their schedule, according to organizers. This is the same Barack Obama who arrogantly said he would meet John McCain "anytime, anywhere" to debate Foreign Policy. Watch the video below to see Obama's pledge back in May:
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John McCain has been courting Hispanic voters heavily. But according to a new Pew Research Center poll, it hasn't done him much good:
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Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.
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Hillary Clinton among Latinos (73% favorable).
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George W. Bush took 40% of the Latino vote in 2004, a record for a GOP candidate. According to Pew's results, the long-term Hispanic shift Republicans hoped for hasn't materialized:
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Where did you obtain the high level of intelligence that enables you to find gas for "($2.79- $2.82)?" Do you have a Harvard MBA? Is that where you learned fuzzy math? Do you sell gasoline? You must be making a killing. What does a rich man like you do with all that money?
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I don't know if I would be calling anyone ignorant if you are an Obama supporter. The man has no experience that qualifies him to be president... how smart is supporting a person like that?
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I would like one of these yard stakes to shove up your ignorant ass.
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Where did you obtain the high level of intelligence that enables you to find gas for "($2.79- $2.82)?" Do you have a Harvard MBA? Is that where you learned fuzzy math? Do you sell gasoline? You must be making a killing. What does a rich man like you do with all that money?
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Date: 2008-07-24, 1:55PM CDT
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You are welcome. Especially since I never once used the term trailer trash. Thank you also for knowing intelligence when you see it.
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Thank you for not calling me trailer trash. That might be considered to be "the last act of a desperate soul." You must be a highly intelligent, experienced and talented salesman to think I believe you are buying gas for "($2.79- $2.82)." Is that for three quarts or what? What planet did you say you were from? Uranus?
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Date: 2008-07-24, 2:13PM CDT
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Please let me know how many of these yard stakes you'd like.
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Thank you for not calling me trailer trash. That might be considered to be "the last act of a desperate soul." You must be a highly intelligent, experienced and talented salesman to think I believe you are buying gas for "($2.79- $2.82)." Is that for three quarts or what? What planet did you say you were from? Uranus?
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Thank you for not calling me trailer trash. That might be considered to be "the last act of a desperate soul." You must be a highly intelligent, experienced and talented salesman to think I believe you are buying gas for "($2.79- $2.82)." Is that for three quarts or what? What planet did you say you were from? Uranus?
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Date: 2008-07-24, 12:31PM CDT
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You should really read a paper or get out of your single wide. You would see that they are not at $4.00. As for knowing what is happening in the United States. You picked the wrong person to argue that point as I am in sales and do extensive traveling. A good deal of the cities and states where gas is the highest is due to special gas formulations as well as high city, county and state taxes. Something you will not find near the trailer park you live in. With you car on blocks (typical where you live)I doubt you could get to my neighborhood to know that if I lived in Mexico I would have referred to gas as not by the gallon but by the litre.
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Like Bushie, you have not yet heard that gas prices have been hovering at $4.00. Before you attempt to correct my numbers, you need to get out of the house and find out what is happening in the United States. I don't go to Mexico very often, so you don't have to worry about me cruising your neighborhood for cheap gas.
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So what we can gather from your statement is that you are not happy with lower gas prices and are shopping for the highest priced gas around your area. No doubt wasting more gas (which makes you happy) looking for those higher prices. Or you are tipping the cashier the $.06 per gallon difference.
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Gas prices in my area have dropped $.16 ($2.79- $2.82) so whatever you do stay away from this area.
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You and Charles Krauthammer have something in common. You both seem to belong in the same nut shell. You might say that makes ME an expert. I would say that you merely echo the neocon opinion rather than form one yourself.
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Like Bushie, you have not yet heard that gas prices have been hovering at $4.00. Before you attempt to correct my numbers, you need to get out of the house and find out what is happening in the United States. I don't go to Mexico very often, so you don't have to worry about me cruising your neighborhood for cheap gas.
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You only think he is right because he agrees with you. That does not make him an expert. I'm not pissed - I'm perplexed. What does the nut-doctor say that makes you think he is right? ]]> | <![CDATA[You and Charles Krauthammer have something in common. You both seem to belong in the same nut shell. You might say that makes ME an expert. I would say that you merely echo the neocon opinion rather than form one yourself.
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Date: 2008-07-24, 6:20AM CDT
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Why should he do that? He seems to have captured Obama in a nut shell. I would say that makes him an expert. Oh you are just pissed because he got it right and it is hitting too close to home.
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Charles Krauthammer was a psychiatrist before he became a neocon and proponent of torture. He should have stuck with treating crazy people.
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Date: 2008-07-24, 6:16AM CDT
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So what we can gather from your statement is that you are not happy with lower gas prices and are shopping for the highest priced gas around your area. No doubt wasting more gas (which makes you happy) looking for those higher prices. Or you are tipping the cashier the $.06 per gallon difference.
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Gas prices in my area have dropped $.16 ($2.79- $2.82) so whatever you do stay away from this area.
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Why should he do that? He seems to have captured Obama in a nut shell. I would say that makes him an expert. Oh you are just pissed because he got it right and it is hitting too close to home.
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You have Democratic Superdelegates assigned to represent the your State’s Democratic Voters best interests at the DNC Convention August 25, 2008. In order to demonstrate a fair Primary Election, the DNC must put Hillary Clinton’s name on the ballot for nomination.
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Who do you want to see run as the Democratic Presidential Candidate? The popular vote during the Democratic Primary was so close people are still arguing who had more votes. We know who Clinton was when we voted. But Obama? Would you vote for Clinton or Obama after seeing him in action these last few months? Would you like to see McCain, Clinton or Obama as the President of the United States?
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Tell Hillary Clinton about your life today and what you want for your country - <a href="http://www.hillpac.com/action/issues/?sc=2498&utm_source=2498&utm_medium=e" rel="nofollow">http://www.hillpac.com/action/issues/?sc=2498&utm_source=2498&utm_medium=e</a>
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Even with manipulation of the popular vote in the Democratic Party Primary, Obama does not have enough delegates to secure the nomination. He is the self-anointed chosen one as the presumptive nominee. There are approximately 800 Superdelegates who will cast their final votes at the Democratic Convention August 25th. They will be making the final decision.
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Know Your Superdelegates - <a href="http://www.demconwatchblog.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.demconwatchblog.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html</a>
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Bush recently lifted the executive order banning offshore drilling that his father put in place in 1990.
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"The price of oil dropped $10 a barrel," said McCain, who argued that the psychology of lifting the ban has affected world markets.
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A barrel of light, sweet crude fell $1.86 to $126.56 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That's down from more than $140 a barrel earlier in the summer.
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What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Ronald Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final "tear down this wall" liquidation. When President John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.
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Who is Obama representing? And what exactly has he done in his lifetime to merit appropriating the Brandenburg Gate as a campaign prop? What was his role in the fight against communism, the liberation of Eastern Europe, the creation of what George Bush the elder -- who presided over the fall of the Berlin Wall but modestly declined to go there for a victory lap -- called "a Europe whole and free"?
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Does Obama not see the incongruity? It's as if a German pol took a campaign trip to America and demanded the Statue of Liberty as a venue for a campaign speech. (The Germans have now gently nudged Obama into looking at other venues.)
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Americans are beginning to notice Obama's elevated opinion of himself. There's nothing new about narcissism in politics. Every senator looks in the mirror and sees a president. Nonetheless, has there ever been a presidential nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total of his lifetime achievements?
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Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted "present" nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.
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It is a subject upon which he can dilate effortlessly. In his victory speech upon winning the nomination, Obama declared it a great turning point in history -- "generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment" -- when, among other wonders, "the rise of the oceans began to slow." As Hudson Institute economist Irwin Stelzer noted in his London Daily Telegraph column, "Moses made the waters recede, but he had help." Obama apparently works alone.
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Obama may think he's King Canute, but the good king ordered the tides to halt precisely to refute sycophantic aides who suggested that he had such power. Obama has no such modesty.
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After all, in the words of his own slogan, "we are the ones we've been waiting for," which, translating the royal "we," means: " I am the one we've been waiting for." Amazingly, he had a quasi-presidential seal with its own Latin inscription affixed to his lectern, until general ridicule -- it was pointed out that he was not yet president -- induced him to take it down.
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He lectures us that instead of worrying about immigrants learning English, "you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish" -- a language Obama does not speak. He further admonishes us on how "embarrassing" it is that Europeans are multilingual but "we go over to Europe, and all we can say is 'merci beaucoup.' " Obama speaks no French.
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His fluent English does, however, feature many such admonitions, instructions and improvements. His wife assures us that President Obama will be a stern taskmaster: "Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism . . . that you come out of your isolation. . . . Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."
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For the first few months of the campaign, the question about Obama was: Who is he? The question now is: Who does he think he is?
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We are getting to know. Redeemer of our uninvolved, uninformed lives. Lord of the seas. And more. As he said on victory night, his rise marks the moment when "our planet began to heal." As I recall -- I'm no expert on this -- Jesus practiced his healing just on the sick. Obama operates on a larger canvas.
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Fellow Americans, be part of the solution, we must draft Lou Dobbs or Ron Paul to run for office any one of them will be the hope for our country and our posterity.
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We the citizens of the United States can not let President Bush, Senator Obama, McCain; Members of Congress and any politician get away with their failure to honor their oath of office.
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We the people take the oath of office seriously, we have seen that politicians and elected officials are violating that oath and betraying the people that place them in office. Our political system is corrupt, Republicans and Democrats are pathological liars, these people get elected to office by persuading the public that they are upright, patriotic, God-fearing people, they promise to stand for our country our values, our constitution our sovereignty the rule of law and our economy and welfare. How can they be God-fearing if they break an oath made before God –if they can commit “a crime against God”– and think nothing of it? How can they be a patriot if by violating their oath of office they indifferently commit a treasonous act. How can they be upright if their promises mean nothing?
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George W. Bush and the congress of these United States are accountable to the people for this economy catastrophe, printing Dollars to cover up Bush incompetence, his foreign and domestic policies and the lack of fiscal responsibility, get us into this economy mess that made millions of hard working Americans economy slaves.
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Our Dollar devaluation is the result of printing Dollars to cover our nation expenses, today, our national debt is 9.5 trillions Dollars, our trade deficit average 720 billions Dollars per year resulting in thousands of U.S. layoffs every week. You only have to look at AmericanEconomicAlert.org's news section to see the number of US jobs that are being cut across a wide range of industries. A high percentage of these layoffs are as a direct result of imports, out sourcing American jobs and our free trade policies.
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The traitors in Washington promoted illegal immigration, they fail to enforce our immigration laws and promoted legislations to give amnesty to illegal aliens, they all forgot the lessons of Reagan amnesty in 1986, they fail to see the consequences of Bush open border policies to benefit the business sector at the expenses of the American people, our cities have become third world cities and sanctuary to criminals, California, Texas, Illinois, New York and Florida are the worse. Every American will suffers the consequence of the Bush open border policy, one have to be blind to not be able to see what is going on in our cities, education, health care, social service and crime are issues that bankrupt communities and will undermine Americans economy and welfare. Many of the politicians act like they were elected by the illegal aliens they pandering the special interest that foster illegal immigration like LA RAZA, LULAC, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER COMMERCE AND THE HISPANIC CAUCUS and disregard the will of the people.
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We need a drastic change in our political system, we need to become independent voters and vote for candidates that will stand for our constitution our sovereignty, our rule of law and the American people economy and welfare.
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We Americans have been miss informed by the news media that promoted two traitors to be our next president. Please check McCain’s and Obama’s voting record, the are traitors they represent the elite, the multinational corporation, the Bankers, the US chamber commerce, La RAZA, LULAC and the special interest lobbyist.
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We the people must understand that our loyalty is to our country, not to a political party that fails to represent us the people. The Republican and the Democratic Party betray our trust our constitution, our sovereignty and the rule of law, that is the truth, you owe to your self to seek the truth and vote for what is good for your fellow Americans and our posterity.
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Ron Paul or Lou Dobbs will be the candidates that will stand for the American people; we can make it happen send your letter to them asking to be the candidate of the American people. One million letters will convince them to stand for us, our constitution, our sovereignty and our rule of law, we need honest and integrity in our Government.
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No, I don't "feel" that and I did not say anything like that. If you "don't know" why are you commenting on Russia? Has communism failed in China? Cuba? Do you think whiners are communistic?
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I apologize it is kind of difficult to convey a sarcastic tone which was my “don’t know”. I figured you would be able to pick up on that, but as you are a liberal I guess I should tell you what you should think. Oops, I forgot that is the government’s job.(SARCASM) Let’s see, there are millions of people starving in Russia, China and Cuba. Cuba just recently started getting cell phones and now have a deal to allow North Korea or China to drill off their coast for oil which is on the same oil vein that runs through US waters. China isn’t being chastised and condemned right now for their treatment of the people in Tibet or Darfur. Communism has not failed their yet because of the OVERPOWERING military presence they threaten their people with. BTW—last time I checked people from China and Cuba are always illegally crossing our borders. I guess it is because communism is doing so well they want to export it to us.(Being sarcastic again)
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I don't come from money and everything I have is because I bust my butt everyday. I have a strong work ethic and lots of intelligence. I find that there are lots of intelligent people that are lazy.
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Why do you need to say how hard you work and how intelligent you are? Are you seeking approval? Did your parents never give you anything that you still have?
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It’s not that I need approval or that my parents didn’t give me anything. I was making the point that I’m not lazy like you liberals and actually work for what I have vs. whining and expecting a handout from the government. I am also saying that if I can do it, I am positive that anybody who is willing to make the commitment and apply themselves can do it.
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Blaming the GOP is just plain stupid. ALL politicians are in it for themselves. Do you really think that Al Gore, the Clintons, or Obama really want to pay 60% of their salary to taxes?
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I am not concerned about their taxes. Are "ALL politicians" government officials? Where do you get 60%?
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Of course you are not. You are only concerned with what is in front of you and how it affects YOU. The point is that they are only concerned about THEIR taxes and how policies affect them. If you follow politics the estimate is that your taxes will go up 60% give or take in order to pay for socialized health care and perpetuate the well fare nation that has been created by liberal policies that refuse to hold people accountable for their personal situations. Public assistance is a good thing, but only when it is used as intended. It is supposed to assist people to get on their feet or get back on their feet and only used temporarily and conservatively. 60% is also roughly the tax rate of most socialist countries with socialized health care. BTW—I know people who are from socialized health care countries and getting a simple dental appointment or checkup can take up to 6 months before they get seen. They like it here in the states a whole lot better.
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If you believe that you are lying to yourself. These people live the same lifestyle that they condemn GOP members for living. These guys use the same loop holes in the tax code and the same accountants to help them. Plus they also don't worry about health insurance because the congress has THE VERY BEST health insurance in the WORLD and they get it for life once they are in office for a term or two. They also have one of the BEST retirement packages around. They use government vehicles so they don't pay for gas and I seriously doubt many of them know where their cars fuel tank is located or pump their own gas. Republican or Democrat they are all the same. The only difference is republicans stab you while facing you and democrats stab you in the back. It is all do as I say and not as I do. This is all our own fault because we don't hold our politicians to a higher standard. I don't believe in "career" politicians. I believe in term limits for every public office.
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In other words, you think they don't deserve what they get but you deserve more than what you get because you bust your butt every day. Their retirement is better than yours will be. They don't know where the gas goes in a car? Republican and Democrat are the same? You don't believe politicians should have careers but you do believe in term limits?
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BTW- Al Gore is the poster boy for the environment, yet he has a 25,000 square foot house that uses 8 times the electricity of the average American. He flies around the country and world on private jets that use more fuel in one trip than my car does in a year. Again, do as I say not as I do.
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So you think Al Gore does not deserve a Nobel prize. Who do you think does?
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No he does not!!! I would have to say the people that created the thin-filmed solar cells or maybe the people that are actually developing new wind turbine technology to make it cheaper and more efficient deserve it. Not some fool who used artistic license to try to prove his point. He embellished so much that the British courts ruled in favor of a science teacher that refused to show his movie because Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” was so exaggerated. The truth is we do need to take better care of our planet, but stop talking and meeting and creating committees and actually do something. Gore’s movie would have been just as effective or even better if he stuck to the facts. He lost credibility with me by doing that.
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Just a side note—environmentalist refuse to let us build more coal power plants because of the emissions, nuclear plants because of the toxic waste, hydro power plants because it creates huge lakes that might affect a species of lizard or squirrel or mouse. We try to build clean energy wind turbines, but they prevent those because birds like to fly into the blades or Ted Kennedy doesn’t like the way it looks from his estate on Nantucket. The latest is they are blocking the building of solar fields that would create vast amounts of clean energy, but those fields are in areas that might affect the habitat of tortoises. So what can we use? And now Gore gets on the news today to push for the greater use of solar energy. Can he tell his environmentalist cronies to back off and give it a chance?
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Do some research on the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act of 1933. Even on the not always reliable wiki, it shows how both republicans and democrats setup the mortgage and banking issues we have today. I especially like how Bill Clinton's secretary of the treasury got a seat on the new 3 member board of Citigroup after the law was repealed. Phil Gramm is a putz too. The only time Bipartisan politics is at it's very best is when RICH members of both parties benefit.
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Repeal of the Glass-Steagall act is what allowed the banks to merge with Corporate Investment firms, which is what has lead to the break down of the mortgage industry today. Oh wait, that is all George Bush’s fault. It is his fault that idiots thought they could buy a $200,000 house on a $35,000 a year salary. It is his fault that mortgage lenders decided not to do their due diligence and actually confirm the real salaries of the buyers. I mean it would be wrong to hold people and corporations accountable for their own stupidity and greed.
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Interesting post but where was your point and what is it? Do you have ADD or do allways jump from one topic to another without completing the first one?
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Do you have reading comprehension issues?? I merely stated different arguments to prove the main point that most liberals are lazy whiners who like to complain about what they think is wrong, but never offer a viable solution. I did not jump from one topic to another without completing the first one.
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Screw you candy ass libs! Our government does not exist to get your nuts out of the vise. You get your own fucking nuts out of the vise. You are a whiner! Shut the fuck up, get a job, work hard, pay your bills and shut the fuck up! Show me in our constitution where it states that our government is responsible for getting your nuts out of a vise, health care, a college education, or any other fucking entilement you think you deserve. Go fuck yourselfs!
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Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
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So basically you feel it is all up to the government to make life fair and everything wonderful. I don't know, but I am pretty sure that is what Russia tried and I believe communism failed. No matter how fair you try to make life there will always be whiners.
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<b>No, I don't "feel" that and I did not say anything like that. If you "don't know" why are you commenting on Russia? Has communism failed in China? Cuba? Do you think whiners are communistic?</b>
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I don't come from money and everything I have is because I bust my butt everyday. I have a strong work ethic and lots of intelligence. I find that there are lots of intelligent people that are lazy.
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<b>Why do you need to say how hard you work and how intelligent you are? Are you seeking approval? Did your parents never give you anything that you still have?</b>
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Blaming the GOP is just plain stupid. ALL politicians are in it for themselves. Do you really think that Al Gore, the Clintons, or Obama really want to pay 60% of their salary to taxes?
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<b>I am not concerned about their taxes. Are "ALL politicians" government officials? Where do you get 60%?</b>
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If you believe that you are lying to yourself. These people live the same lifestyle that they condemn GOP members for living. These guys use the same loop holes in the tax code and the same accountants to help them. Plus they also don't worry about health insurance because the congress has THE VERY BEST health insurance in the WORLD and they get it for life once they are in office for a term or two. They also have one of the BEST retirement packages around. They use government vehicles so they don't pay for gas and I seriously doubt many of them know where their cars fuel tank is located or pump their own gas. Republican or Democrat they are all the same. The only difference is republicans stab you while facing you and democrats stab you in the back. It is all do as I say and not as I do. This is all our own fault because we don't hold our politicians to a higher standard. I don't believe in "career" politicians. I believe in term limits for every public office.
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</b>In other words, you think they don't deserve what they get but you deserve more than what you get because you bust your butt every day. Their retirement is better than yours will be. They don't know where the gas goes in a car? Republican and Democrat are the same? You don't believe politicians should have careers but you do believe in term limits?</b>
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BTW- Al Gore is the poster boy for the environment, yet he has a 25,000 square foot house that uses 8 times the electricity of the average American. He flies around the country and world on private jets that use more fuel in one trip than my car does in a year. Again, do as I say not as I do.
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<b>So you think Al Gore does not deserve a Nobel prize. Who do you think does?</b>
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Do some research on the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act of 1933. Even on the not always reliable wiki, it shows how both republicans and democrats setup the mortgage and banking issues we have today. I especially like how Bill Clinton's secretary of the treasury got a seat on the new 3 member board of Citigroup after the law was repealed. Phil Gramm is a putz too. The only time Bipartisan politics is at it's very best is when RICH members of both parties benefit.
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<b>Interesting post but where was your point and what is it? Do you have ADD or do allways jump from one topic to another without completing the first one?</b>
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I don't come from money and everything I have is because I bust my butt everyday. I have a strong work ethic and lots of intelligence. I find that there are lots of intelligent people that are lazy.
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Blaming the GOP is just plain stupid. ALL politicians are in it for themselves. Do you really think that Al Gore, the Clintons, or Obama really want to pay 60% of their salary to taxes? If you believe that you are lying to yourself. These people live the same lifestyle that they condemn GOP members for living. These guys use the same loop holes in the tax code and the same accountants to help them. Plus they also don't worry about health insurance because the congress has THE VERY BEST health insurance in the WORLD and they get it for life once they are in office for a term or two. They also have one of the BEST retirement packages around. They use government vehicles so they don't pay for gas and I seriously doubt many of them know where their cars fuel tank is located or pump their own gas. Republican or Democrat they are all the same. The only difference is republicans stab you while facing you and democrats stab you in the back. It is all do as I say and not as I do. This is all our own fault because we don't hold our politicians to a higher standard. I don't believe in "career" politicians. I believe in term limits for every public office.
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BTW- Al Gore is the poster boy for the environment, yet he has a 25,000 square foot house that uses 8 times the electricity of the average American. He flies around the country and world on private jets that use more fuel in one trip than my car does in a year. Again, do as I say not as I do.
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Do some research on the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act of 1933. Even on the not always reliable wiki, it shows how both republicans and democrats setup the mortgage and banking issues we have today. I especially like how Bill Clinton's secretary of the treasury got a seat on the new 3 member board of Citigroup after the law was repealed. Phil Gramm is a putz too. The only time Bipartisan politics is at it's very best is when RICH members of both parties benefit.
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Calling us a nation of whiners is no different than what California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told the Republican National Convention in 2004. “One way you can tell you’re a Republican,” he said, “is your faith in free enterprise, faith in the resourcefulness of the American people, and faith in the U.S. economy. And to those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say ‘don’t be economic girly men."'
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Over a million Americans sunk into poverty that year, as George W. Bush became the first President since Herbert Hoover to see a net loss of jobs. But Schwarzenegger said they’re just “economic girly-men.” Just have faith in the free market system, as Hoover told us in the Great Depression that “prosperity is just around the corner.” Having to sell apples on the street corner just makes us a bunch of whiners.
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This is why McCain can’t put this problem behind him by firing Phil Gramm. He may not have said we’re a “nation of whiners” – but he did say three months ago that our economic woes are “psychological.” Speaking to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto about escalating gas prices, McCain said “a lot of our problems today, as you know, are psychological — the confidence, trust, the uncertainty about our economic future, ability to keep our own home.” But when the rich have psychological problems, they can afford a therapist. The unemployed, however, are simply on their own.
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McCain even admits that he doesn’t know much about economics. But don’t worry, he said in December 2007. “I’ve got Greenspan’s book.” That’s not much of a consolation – as the former Federal Reserve Chairman supported Bush’s tax cuts on the wealthy and advised homeowners to get adjustable rate mortgages. Forget about McCain’s inability to use the Internet – he has to rely on Republican hacks to make economic decisions.
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Those who buy groceries have seen food prices going up over the past year and understand having less to spend by the end of the month. Republican bureaucrats have only recently started to notice. There is no reason to believe that the GOP will help the economy with advice like, "Get off your lazy butt and get a job. Work at it, learn from it, better yourself, and then look for a better one. The only way to break your cycle of leaching off society and sweat of others like myself is to take personal responsibility for yourself and your family and WORK. Believe me I would love to not have to work, but I do it. Everyday and I make the best of it. So stop blaming Bush, Congress, the government, your education, your parents, your grand parents, your ethnicity, your lack of ethnicity, your gender, and stuff that happened last year or 100 years ago and get off your butt and WORK!!!" ]]> | <![CDATA[It figures you dems can't keep your stories straight. You say the Grasshopper was forced to recant, but if he was shot to death upon entry like your story says how could he recant anything.
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The pig said "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin - fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, ain't gonna happen."
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Failure to plan is a plan to fail. The first two pigs were eaten by the wolf because they failed to build houses secure enough to keep him out. The third pig built his house out of bricks. The Constitution is our house of bricks and the supreme law of the land. Violation of the principles set forth therein is the road to destruction of our brick house. Our enemies are those who would ignore the Constitution in pursuit of their own goals.
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The pig said "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin - fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, ain't gonna happen."
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Failure to plan is a plan to fail. The first two pigs were eaten by the wolf because they failed to build houses secure enough to keep him out. The third pig built his house out of bricks. The Constitution is our house of bricks and the supreme law of the land. Violation of the principles set forth therein is the road to destruction of our brick house. Our enemies are those who would ignore the Constitution in pursuit of their own goals.
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Failure to plan is a plan to fail. The first two pigs were eaten by the wolf because they failed to build houses secure enough to keep him out. The third pig built his house out of bricks. The Constitution is our house of bricks and the supreme law of the land. Violation of the principles set forth therein is the road to destruction of our brick house. Our enemies are those who would ignore the Constitution in pursuit of their own goals.
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By the way I proudly served for 10 years. I have friends who are serving in Iraq and your party does everything they can to undermind our troops. Your lib newspapers print secrets. Your libs in congress fight all surveillance methods. You are on the wrong side of history. Your party is beyond pathetic.
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Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan would increase gross tax receipts by $103.3 billion in 2011 alone. That number by itself would make it the largest single-year tax increase in American history since World War II, and measured as a percentage of gross national product, it would be the fifth-largest tax increase since 1943. Even with these record-breaking levels of taxing, Obama still would not be able to cover all of his promised increases in domestic spending. Commenting on Obama’s tax and spending plans, Clinton-era Office of Management and Budget official Idabel Sawhill tells the Los Angeles Times: “I don’t think it all adds up.”
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The Obama campaign claims its economic plan calls for only an additional $130 billion a year in increased domestic spending. But according to Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Co.), who sponsored an amendment to this year’s budget resolution that included all 111 Obama campaign promises for new domestic spending, the price tag is closer to $300 billion per year and $1.4 trillion over five years. ]]> | <![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan would increase gross tax receipts by $103.3 billion in 2011 alone. That number by itself would make it the largest single-year tax increase in American history since World War II, and measured as a percentage of gross national product, it would be the fifth-largest tax increase since 1943. Even with these record-breaking levels of taxing, Obama still would not be able to cover all of his promised increases in domestic spending. Commenting on Obama’s tax and spending plans, Clinton-era Office of Management and Budget official Idabel Sawhill tells the Los Angeles Times: “I don’t think it all adds up.”
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The Obama campaign claims its economic plan calls for only an additional $130 billion a year in increased domestic spending. But according to Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Co.), who sponsored an amendment to this year’s budget resolution that included all 111 Obama campaign promises for new domestic spending, the price tag is closer to $300 billion per year and $1.4 trillion over five years. ]]> | <![CDATA[Space is limited. Requirements are high.
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1.Must need to believe anything you are told.
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* Democrats have a tendency to think for themselves. Did FOX tell you to say this?
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2.Must be willing and ready to except a hand out from the government.
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* Like Corporate bailouts?
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* Cough* You said it yourself.
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4.Assume government will pay for your college education.
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* Republicans would never fairly pay for elementary school teachers (or anyone else) let alone a higher education.
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5.Believe that you are an elitist and have the right to take other people's money to redistribute at your own discretion.
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* Isn't that what the current administration does?
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* The current administration has all the lies and faults.
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*Not at all- you would prefer anyone that is non white and non Christian.
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* I know way too many Republicans that short cut taxes. You will be fine. Just bark at your CPA.
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* I think your own mental thoughts slipped in here. That's OK, it was expected.
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4.Assume government will pay for your college education.
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5.Believe that you are an elitist and have the right to take other people's money to redistribute at your own discretion.
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Date: 2008-07-15, 8:33AM CDT
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Another mindless post from a democrap lemming. Go ahead, drink the coolaid.
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Date: 2008-07-15, 7:18AM CDT
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I APOLOGIZE. I AM SO CONCERNED ABOUT REPUBLICANS I TITLED MY POSTING WRONG. IT SHOULD READ DEMOCRAT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
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We are in need of volunteers to work at our campaign headquarters in San Antonio,Texas.
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Hunt and peck 9wpm
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MUST like flag wavin and bootskootin
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Must like oil and see it as the road ahead
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CANNOT believe in global warming (your great grandchildren will be OK)
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Cute young boys and bucktooth bootskooters to the front of the line!
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We are in need of volunteers to work at our campaign headquarters in San Antonio,Texas.
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Hunt and peck 9wpm
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Computer illiterate
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Cannot be Gun shy
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Telephone courtesy
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Have to have a strong conviction about the War in Iraq (not Afghanistan, that one is unimportant to us) and speak as if you have actually been there.
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MUST like flag wavin and bootskootin
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Lift 12oz at a time
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