PantherLotus
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Oh yeah, bitches? I'm actually volunteering for the Obama Campaign on Friday.
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PoliGAF Interim Thread of cunning stunts and desperate punts
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the_zombie_luke
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I didn't say anything about a free lunch. I understand our taxes would pay for it. Most people would rather their taxes go to that then what they go to now. Or even if most was subsidized. There's gotta be something better than being held ransom by insurance companies. We already pay for the President's and Congress's superior medical plans. Why can't every American get health coverage like that? This "only the rich" shit is really getting old.devilhawk said:
Steve Youngblood
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Oh yeah? Well, volunteering for the campaign is KIND OF like being a supporter on an internet forum who posts while on the clock except that I have ACTUAL responsibilities... that I'm neglecting.PantherLotus said:
It's almost identical in content to the CNN piece, but NBC news just demolished Palin as well.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26759502#26759502
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26759502#26759502
Guy Legend
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Anyone know when Obama/Biden yard signs come out. I want to display one. 
http://store.barackobama.com/product_p/ys29682.htmGuy Legend said:Anyone know when Obama/Biden yard signs come out. I want to display one.
Ordering mine tomorrow.
The Chosen One
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A few random thoughts...
- Do we even have a President? Or is our Executive branch on auto-pilot right now. We just had a string of financial disasters the past few days and Bush is completely MIA. He should at least say something....
- Chris Matthews has been on an absolute warpath ever since he lost his anchor duties. The stock market crash seemed to have pissed him off as well. If I was a Republican strategist I would stay say from his show for the next two months. :lol
- I know we keep saying this, but Palin will get embarrassed in the debates against Biden. Today and during the Townhall has shown that anytime she has to speak on a subject that she's not familiar with, she begins to ramble and evade the question. Or in other cases she simply doesn't make sense. The VP debate is just a couple of weeks away. It doesn't seem like she's getting up to speed fast enough.
- Also with Palin's favorability rating dropping rapidly, you're starting to hear more grumblings from some in the Republican establishment about the Palin pick. Someone like Mittens would probably serve McCain much better right now given the economic news. With gas prices going down (as they always do at this time of the year), energy (Palon's supposed strong suit) is becoming less of a hot button issue. Drill Baby Drill is not going to fix the housing market or Wall Street's woes. As a few pundits on TV said today, not many people necessarily want a hockey mom to handle are complex economic troubles.
- It's nice to see Obama regaining the momentum in the polls. However I hope the race stays close. The Obama campaign always does better when things are tight. Yet when they're up by 6-8 points they seem to get complacent. Also for the young voters to turn out in huge numbers, I think the race has to stay close. If it appears Obama will win handily, most college kids I bet won't bother to show up. Just look at PoliGAF. You guys donated the most and gave the most effort toward his campaign when he appeared to be in trouble the last couple of weeks. That sense of urgency needs to carry through to Nov. 4th.
- Do we even have a President? Or is our Executive branch on auto-pilot right now. We just had a string of financial disasters the past few days and Bush is completely MIA. He should at least say something....
- Chris Matthews has been on an absolute warpath ever since he lost his anchor duties. The stock market crash seemed to have pissed him off as well. If I was a Republican strategist I would stay say from his show for the next two months. :lol
- I know we keep saying this, but Palin will get embarrassed in the debates against Biden. Today and during the Townhall has shown that anytime she has to speak on a subject that she's not familiar with, she begins to ramble and evade the question. Or in other cases she simply doesn't make sense. The VP debate is just a couple of weeks away. It doesn't seem like she's getting up to speed fast enough.
- Also with Palin's favorability rating dropping rapidly, you're starting to hear more grumblings from some in the Republican establishment about the Palin pick. Someone like Mittens would probably serve McCain much better right now given the economic news. With gas prices going down (as they always do at this time of the year), energy (Palon's supposed strong suit) is becoming less of a hot button issue. Drill Baby Drill is not going to fix the housing market or Wall Street's woes. As a few pundits on TV said today, not many people necessarily want a hockey mom to handle are complex economic troubles.
- It's nice to see Obama regaining the momentum in the polls. However I hope the race stays close. The Obama campaign always does better when things are tight. Yet when they're up by 6-8 points they seem to get complacent. Also for the young voters to turn out in huge numbers, I think the race has to stay close. If it appears Obama will win handily, most college kids I bet won't bother to show up. Just look at PoliGAF. You guys donated the most and gave the most effort toward his campaign when he appeared to be in trouble the last couple of weeks. That sense of urgency needs to carry through to Nov. 4th.
Guy Legend said:Anyone know when Obama/Biden yard signs come out. I want to display one.
Go to your local Obama office. I bought three the other day for $15 and gave two out to family members.
To wit: parent's front yard. (Both are Republicans)
Mine is plastered on my balcony.
The Lamonster
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Heh, me too. Zip ties worked like a charm.Incognito said:
Stoney Mason
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GhaleonEB said:
That should literally be an Obama ad right there. Just pop it on the air and stick a "I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message" on there at the end.
I really do wish Obama was this hard hitting in his ads.
Deus Ex Machina
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Photos: Obama in Vegas today.
PantherLotus
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Nabs said:
That's god damned brutal. I particularly liked the Spiro Agnew line. :lol
ryutaro's mama
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:lol He looks high in the last pic. ^
HomerSimpson-Man
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Aw great. I would respect their choice, I don't care, but jeez man...my work area has people who pick McCain because they accuse Obama of constantly changing his stance and McCain is the one that is going to bring the change....now I know I'm not much into politics....but what?
Drilling in Alaska and offshore drilling is great too!
All media lies, the great answer....
....but that just places it all on everyone, you can't just single it out for McCain.
It's the Democrat's fault! At least it wasn't Kerry, and his flip-floping, we sure wouldn't know how we would have turned out!! I know, Bush wasn't so bad in retrospect, huh!!
9/11 was Clinton's fault! Why of course, okay....now explain the last 7 years since!!
.....seriously, my head hurts.
Drilling in Alaska and offshore drilling is great too!
All media lies, the great answer....
....but that just places it all on everyone, you can't just single it out for McCain.
It's the Democrat's fault! At least it wasn't Kerry, and his flip-floping, we sure wouldn't know how we would have turned out!! I know, Bush wasn't so bad in retrospect, huh!!
9/11 was Clinton's fault! Why of course, okay....now explain the last 7 years since!!
.....seriously, my head hurts.
ryutaro's mama
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PantherLotus said:
That was awesome.
Darth Sonik
we need more FPS games
They still continued to build the road that leads to the "Bridge to Nowhere" even though it serves no one as is, and it is not part of any of the alternate plans/routes.
BigJonsson
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You have to buy the Obama yard sign?
Shouldn't they be coming to your lawn and putting it in there for you?
In Canada you either ask the candidate's campaign for a sign or they'll canvass you and ask
Or are you just choosing to buy one instead of letting them do it for free?
Shouldn't they be coming to your lawn and putting it in there for you?
In Canada you either ask the candidate's campaign for a sign or they'll canvass you and ask
Or are you just choosing to buy one instead of letting them do it for free?
NullPointer
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Rhindle said:
Speaking of which - anybody got the GAF group donate link on hand?
I just cleared myself of all my credit card debt out of fear and sheer ignorance of the higher levels of economics, but I can still help the cause.
There is honestly NOTHING I fear more in this day and age then another four years of republican control. Nothing.
ryutaro's mama
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Slurpy said:
That's an elitist statement.
Just got around to watching it. Good so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlZt5iN96iM&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlZt5iN96iM&feature=user
Thunder Monkey
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How the hell did elitism become a bad thing?ryutaro's mama said:
The best surgeons are the elites of their field.
In a position like the presidency isn't it better to have someone smarter then you doing the job?
Bush is like that slightly slow cousin everyone has. It's hard to carry a conversation with the guy that doesn't have bewbs somewhere in it, but he can get some pretty good pot (or other drugs in Bushies case).
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Thunder Monkey said:
It is the anti-intellectual cultural movement that is going on in the U.S. right now. Look at television and music and even video games. Everything is geared towards the lowest common denominator. Although I didn't like the movie very much, I think Idiocracy did a great job of drawing some parallels with what is currently going on in American society. I'm sure the country will collapse and there will be a revolution before society ever gets to the point of Idiocracy, but it is definitely going down that path at the moment. It doesn't help that most schools are a complete joke right now with high school graduates not even able to solve basic math problems or understand basic English grammar.
The common idiot sees people more intelligent than them as a thread and someone who will potentially trick them so they don't want them in charge of anything. They want someone who they can relate to and "enjoy a beer with".
Darth Sonik
we need more FPS games
Zefah said:
Someone should distribute that DVD in every newspaper in America, instead of Anti-Islam Propaganda.
The elitist argument isn't an academic argument, it's a social argument. A surgeon can be an elitist or can not be an elitist.Thunder Monkey said:
Elitist is just another way of dividing people. Other groups do it all the time. Question Obama you're racist, Question hillary or palin, you're sexist, etc etc...
I don't agree with it, because it's irrelevant, but It's not anti-intellectual argument at all.
Hell, Society has always been "anti-intellectual" according to the morons who like Idiocracy, but that is clearly not true.
Oh and for shits and giggles http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr071602.htm
I love house.gov
Universal health care will be cheaper in the long run, especially if it's decently managed. Right now we have a huge problem with the uninsured getting sick and doing nothing until it's a critical issue, then going to the ER when they have to be accepted, risking their own health and costing the hospital a hell of a lot more money if they were insured and took care of things at the start. That puts the burden on the hospital, which gets passed onto the government, and then back to the tax payers. Other problems are the cost of malpractice suits, the unchecked rising cost of medicine, and the cost drain on the system caused by the obese and other self-inflicted health problems.devilhawk said:
The system needs a complete overhaul. 'Free' healthcare can and won't work, but universal healthcare is absolutely one step that needs to be taken. As someone who works in a hospital, McCain's plan is ignorant to the point of insulting.
I'm not sure what you mean. If insured patients aren't being treated in a timely manner, it has less to do with coverage and more to do with not having sufficient facilities and doctors to see to their needs. It's also a problem that's greatly worsened if they wait on an illness to be treated at ER and end up clogging that system, depriving care from people who truly are in an emergency situation.avatar299 said:
There are a number of issues with healthcare in this country, and universal system is hardly a fix all, but it's a step in the right direction.
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