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Subject: Maybe I should vote for Obama
Posted by: Jag
- [28457122] Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 02:25
I don't see a turnaround in the economy any time soon even if McCain gets elected. He is sucking up to the environmentalists and even he did allow more drilling, it would takes years to solve the oil crisis. So with a dip in the economy almost guaranteed, we will need a Newt Gingrich type Congress to turn the country around. With a Liberal president and a left-wing congress a depression type atmosphere is almost certain and once again Liberal will be a dirty word. Hopefully another Congress like Newt's old gang can be elected and we can have 25 years of economic growth once more. |
| 1 | Mattinglyinthehall
Dude
ID: 01629107
Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 06:58
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This country and both major parties would be much better off if more Americans would seriously consider alternative party candidates.
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| 2 | Madman
ID: 230542010
Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 09:24
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Voting for policies you wish to see fail is a risky business. Failure or success is hard to measure. It generally lags policy implementation so far that most forget the specific circumstances under which it was implemented. Therefore, new rationales can be found for past failed policies (think Iraq war for an extreme example). The politicians who enacted the policies may no longer be accountable for them by the time failure is evident (think Bush-Iraq again, think Clinton and the mortgage mess, etc.).
Further, it is easy to get depressed and over-exaggerate when downturns begin. Adjustment processes are difficult and painful. But they have always ended (for us).
And remember, people kept electing FDR despite a series of failed economic policies during the great depression. Electing failed leadership does make it easier to make your case afterwards, but it is no guarantee. If we truly have a Depression-era event (which I doubt), there will be a sea-change in perspectives and who knows what the debates of 2012 will look like.
If you don't think McCain will be successful then by all means, don't vote for him. But if you do think he's up to the task, don't vote for his opponent just because you want an easier argument in 2012. Because that may not happen.
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| 3 | Frick
ID: 23117516
Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 09:31
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I echo MITH's post. The differences in the 2 major parties are so minor in many regards it seems irrelavent which you vote for.
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| 4 | Madman
ID: 230542010
Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 09:35
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The differences in the 2 major parties are so minor in many regards it seems irrelavent which you vote for. Could you give examples and/or describe your objectives?
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| 5 | Tree
ID: 3533298
Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 09:47
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The differences in the 2 major parties are so minor in many regards it seems irrelavent which you vote for.
wow. i beg to differ.
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| 6 | Perm Dude
ID: 2555108
Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 09:55
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I don't think there is any evidence that problems we are seeing from this administration would be done by a Democratic one (with minor differences, of course).
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| 7 | C1-NRB
ID: 5932328
Tue, Jun 10, 2008, 10:25
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Political sage and "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams (who admits to not voting because he doesn't believe he can ever have enough information to make and informed decision) asked his blog readers to come up with and vote on the best argument for McCain and Obama. Be sure to read the criteria from the previous day before reading the "winning" (most popular) arguments.
Dilbert Blog
The top arguments are the second post, the third post has the criteria for stating your argument.
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| 8 | rockafellerskank
Dude
ID: 27652109
Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 20:58
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i find some humor in this:
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