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08-30-2008 #11
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Originally Posted by francisfkudrow
'hanging chads' to help them steal the election this time.
Thus the penguins in Alaska will learn to fly before the GOP wins
this one.
And they better learn to fly if they want to survive Palin, and her
environmental policy.
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08-30-2008 #12
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Originally Posted by dave252
The Washington Post did the numbers.
C&L: As ThinkProgress reported, CNN on Tuesday showed a deceptive chart which wrongly suggests that John McCain’s tax plan provides more Americans with greater savings than that offered by Barack Obama. But CNN’s upper-crust income brackets, which start at $161,000 and represent only 5% of taxpayers, conceal the inescapable truth that Barack Obama’s proposals offer working and middle class Americans steeper tax benefits at every income level up to $110,000. And according to a new Gallup poll released this week, that truth isn’t lost on American voters.
By 48% to 43%, Americans surveyed by Gallup say Obama would better handle the issue of taxes than John McCain. And with good reason. As the Washington Post detailed, an analysis by the Tax Policy Center showed:
Those whose income is under $67,000 - 60% of all American taxpayers - would see substantially larger tax cuts under the Obama plan. While McCain’s plan concentrates 58% of its benefits to the wealthiest 1% of Americans, Obama’s rollback of the Bush tax cuts above $250,000 produces tax increases for that group.
Sadly, Obama’s story is not getting through. In the face of the TPC’s analysis showing that 95% of American taxpayers would see savings under the Obama tax plan, 53% of the Gallup respondents wrongly believe their tax burden would increase under President Obama. Meanwhile, despite the same analysis showing McCain’s plan to make permanent and expand the Bush tax cuts would produce a staggering $2.8 trillion in red ink for the federal budget, the Republican still claims the mantle of fiscal discipline.
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08-30-2008 #13Originally Posted by peggygee
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08-30-2008 #14
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Originally Posted by francisfkudrow
I get the sense that hacking or attempting to hack the Diebold machine
will be a little trickier this time around in the most observed election in
history.
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08-30-2008 #15
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I am not qualified to ring in on this as I have a green card, and cannot vote, but as much as it pained me, McCain is going to win. I live in California in an affluent area and I do not know anyone who is not republican - and this is California! My pseudo-liberal friends are not going to help either, after a few drinks even the most green cali person starts dropping n bombs. It is strange that people here have no problems with illegal mexicans coming in our houses cleaning every day, but if one black person shows up in HB, cops follow them until they leave...?
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08-30-2008 #16
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This can reduced to two points.
She's a woman, she's pretty,and she can draw female Hillary supporters.
Her husband is a chief executive for BP.
Considering McCain's age,appeal to women, and his position against Alaska drilling, it's a good strategic move. For the energy sector, energy policy is back as a major issue.
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08-30-2008 #17
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Originally Posted by southerncalisurfer
to vote.
I can also remember that it took The National Voting Rights Act of 1965
to ensure that we had that right.
Now we have a Black Presidential hopeful, who is supported by a wide
spectrum of the United States populus, and I dare-say the world..
This along with Governors, Senators, members of the House of
Representaives, Ambassadors to foreign nations, Mayors of major cities,
and other elected officials, says one tthing to me.....
"The times they are a'changing my friend, the times they are a'changing".
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08-30-2008 #18
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I am all for it Miss Gee, I just read the writing on the wall...
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08-31-2008 #19
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California is historically noted for "outside the box" thinking and progressive ideas, but I really don't believe that those come from anywhere close to either Hermosa nor Huntington Beach.
My point is that is not really the best place to go for insight into what Americans are going to decide, if the rest of the country starts thinking like people from those areas, I for one won't be coming back.
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08-31-2008 #20
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Originally Posted by Buzz