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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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Howbout and bdh, well said. I am glad that at least some of us out here recognize this issue, and I hope more will catch on. You both sound very patriotic, and believe it or not, it means alot to a person like me. While I was fighting in Iraq, it was those like my family, and people like yourselves that helped my fellow Marines and I to remember why we were there. At times it felt as if most people back here didn't care. So many have forgotten how we became such a great nation in the first place. My sincerest thanks to you for upholding what America truly is and should be. Semper Fi.
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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I am not a big Joe Paterno fan, mainly because I have always disliked PSU, but I do have a great deal of respect for him. It escapes me who the incoming president was at that time but it has been within the last 12-16 years and at the Inaugural dinner he was asked to speak and he said, " I am proud to live in a country where there is a change in power or administrations without a single shot being fired or a single life lost."
That is why many of us cannot emphasize enough to you that your vote matters. Knowing the issues and what is at stake makes your vote even more precious. There are, so called progressive, countries throughout the world tin which a change in power or administration is not made by votes, but by loss of life and the winner is usually the one that has the most bodies and ammunition left.
In our country the bullets are our votes and there are no lives lost. Someone may experience a political death, but not a physical death. Keep America great and understand the issues and use your "bullets" in a constructive manner.
Later!
bdh
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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I'm just going to throw this out here, my hope for economic change has flown the coup. I'm not even sure it would be put back the way it was with Hillary taking democratic canidate. I was just going on the fact that bill did a phenominal job as president, international affairs were at a high we haven't seen in quite awhile, the economy wasn't so spastic. I really don't care about his personnal issues, other than he did his job, and did it well, all that said, I was merely hoping hillary could carry on the same success bill had. Now she isn't canidate, and I just think obama doesn't have the political experience, and mccain just isn't right for the part, I mean, way too conservative. Personaly, I think our whole goverment, country, and all of it's citizens are too focused on trivial matters anyway, goverment is too involved in my personnal life, too money hungry, too power hungry, and just too corrupt. Nothing is going to change unless people break out of this archaic mode of lifestyle they have and way of thinking. Noone in the political system is set on fixing problems on the homefront other than tax's. I'm sorry but taxes are needed to make a country run, it's just the way it is. Instead, how about they focus on bringing everyone together, and quit the squabbling, we are in a bad situation with iraq, but we are there, we can't go back on what we said now. We can't leave without helping those people organize themselves, and get them past there religious feuds, I vote Bob Barr, put power back in the people, vote libertarian, vote to let people own themselves, to decide what is right and wrong for one's self, to make life decisions pro choice, quit denying happiness to those who have a different sexual preferce, are we that behind in times that trivial matters such as that hold us back from being a more understanding, and open minded people.
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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I wrote a paper in an Economics class shortly after Bill Clinton and if I am not mistaken John Major had just won the Prime Ministership of England. The US economy was very weak and for the first time in nearly 100 years the British pound was worth about the same as the American dollar if not just a hair less.
To preface this Ronald Reagan had set up a system to where there would be less government, lower taxes and we actually had a choice as which way to direct our economy. Everyone was blaming Reagan for allowing the rich to get richer, and they were, but they were also refitting our plants and other industries throughout our country because Japan, at that time in history, was kicking our butts.
From the day that it was announced that Bill Clinton was the new president of the US and John Major was the new PM in England people began to spend money again. Why did they do that? Was the economy suddenly better just because there was a new regime? Why did the economy suddenly make this huge unexpected upturn when neither of these gentlemen had even taken office yet or set forth any programs to improve the economies of their respective economies?
Therefore, the title of my paper was Feel Good Economics. The economy changed because people felt that things were going to change and were willing to spend their money based on the fact that change was going to happen, whether it be good or bad, but these folks were happy about a change.
What happened, in fact, is that Reagonomics actually went to work which entailed people spending money and kick starting our economy. That was the whole point of tax breaks for not just the rich, but everyone. If any of you are as intelligent as I think you are, go back and look at the numbers. The economy began to improve dynamically before either of those two men spent a day in office.
I am done with my novella.
Later folks!
bdh
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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A vote for Barack is a vote for change
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snorting_red I agree with you in a VERY VERY small way here about the way Bill Clinton did as President.  Do you know how Billy boy did it ????????
You posted "I was merely hoping hillary could carry on the same success bill had. Now she isn't canidate, and I just think obama doesn't have the political experience, and mccain just isn't right for the part, I mean, way too conservative" . . . . . WOW WHAT ROCK HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING UNDER ??? McCain is NOT "too conservative". He is the most liberal republican I think I've ever seen.
Bill and Hillary Clinton despize the military and everything it stands for. While Bill Clinton was in the White House he took ALL the $$$$$$ that would normally go to the military and helped pay down the national debt. That in itself was a good thing, BUT it left America a bit more vunerable in those years. Not saying that the 911 attack on New York city and the Pentagon wouldn't have happened but it might have made a difference.
There's no way to predict what musslem terrorist are working on if we're not infiltrating their groups or their country, as Americans we just can't think that way. Thank GOD and ALL the military personel helping to fight these terrorist groups. We need more brave young men like klairday  he's a Marine like my son that have been to Iraq to see the unbelievable conditions.
snorting_red Were you aware that when Bill Clinton was President the brave men and women of our Military that was protecting ALL of us weren't allowed to wear their uniforms in the White House  That is NOT the American way.
A vote for anyone but McCain this year is giving an extra vote to Obama, and that is change we don't need ! ! ! ! ! I see your point about the 3rd party vote, but I look at this as a very dangerous time to try out your democratic rights ??? 
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