Virtual Election '08

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

I thought it would be fun to hold a virtual election here on TGS. Cast your vote anywhere between now and Nov 4th. After that, the poll will close and we will see if out results match the Nation or not.

Make your vote count!

Beth

[Jeff 232]

Kev, go look at the pork in the $700,000,000 bailout, much of it was to get house republicans to vote with the bill finally. It was republican pork Ha Ha Ha. Kind of funny they voted for the bill when they said they wouldnt. Pork buys republican votes. Its a shame & a scam that there is one cent of pork in the bill. The dems & reps should be kicked right out of office. For the most part they are all theives at our expense

Who's right who's wrong only history will tell. I hope America will have a long long history

[Double07 14]

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Have a good read.

Beth

Only if you supply me with a box of crayons. C'mon!! CNN???

[Double07 14]

Some of you guys say you don't know what Obama will do as pres. Some are afraid he has ulterior motives. Christ he has been campaigning for 2 years, have you looked at his outline on his website. How much REASONABLE PROOF is there otherwise! Mostly a bunch of crap to distract from what he seems to want to try and accomplish.

I don't care if Gilbert Godfrey is elected, but Obama seems to understand THE MIDDLE CLASS NEEDS DECENT PAYING JOBS!!! We need to bring manufacturing jobs back here. Manufacture HERE-Manufacture NOW! In the future it's going to be hard to collect for HOUSE WASHING / WINDOW CLEANING / DECK REFINISHING from someone WORKING AT WALLMART.

F... free trade agreements

F... companies getting corporate welfare for sending jobs to other countries only to expand CEOs wallet

F... top down / trickle down economics it aint trickling down-wake up it's NOT GOING to TRICKLE DOWN

Productivity = Supply

Wages= Demand

Productivity from the American worker has increased for several years now. At the same time wages have remained stagnant of decreased.

Put us on a level playing ground with other countries that charge US

tariffs.

Stop worrying so much about socialism!! The rich (and wanna be) media talking heads are trying to scare you with being controlled by a central leader figure (old school socialism/communism) to keep themselves from paying their own taxes. No, it should be about what is best for YOU..YOU..YOU (and your family) and the middle class of our country.

Yes I know I, I'm not an expert, and no I don't care to spend a bunch of time to try and prove my statements. I do know this country has gone to sh!t in the past 30 years since the Regan admin and his principals (including frigin gullible Clinton for listening to Greenspan and Robert Rubin).

Out of curiosity who do you think pays the "TAX" bill in America? Middle Class? Go ahead and up the ante on those evil rich people and see what happens. If you are able to pick up some crumbs after that then you will be the next target and get your punishment for being successful!

[Double07 14]

Kirk you're such a left wing, radical, terrorist, communist socialist you really got to stop making sense

Technically this is name calling and I believe Kirk is a member of this board. Jeff if you get a 30 day spanking you won't be able to post here until after the election. I have read that someplace....or maybe that just applies to Rog and Trey.

[Double07 14]

Where do you get all your facts about Obama & taxes, from Fox News, Rush or one of those stupid Obama test that the right has put out. will he increase taxes on big biz yes, is it going to hurt them to get less corp welfare and all the loop holes they have. We cannot afford another 4-8 years of Republican ideology when it comes to economics. Fact is the past 30 years the Republicans have spent more than ANY democratic admin and their deregulating has helped cause the free fall we are in now. Will it last forever, NO, did it ever have to get this way or bad NO

You say you are for less Goobermint & taxes, do you see less goobermint and less taxes and money going out of our goobermint from this past administration NO, The republicans have grown goobermint, raised taxes in these bailouts. They are out of control and you can't see it, I dont want another 4 years like what I have seen in the past 8.

We have different opinions thats it brother and you know I guess thats just OK

When taxes are increased on the "Big Guys" who actually pays? Take a minute and go look in the mirror. Hello! Increase tax on corporations and they just smile and tack it right on our butts. Kind of like the minimum wage being increased all the stupid time. It's not a living wage and can never be one unless you buckle to full blown socialism!! Same people on minimum wage will be screaming about their hamburger or box of chicken costing them 15 bucks. Who pays for that...Go look in the mirror again! It's that simple.

[Jeff 232]

Technically this is name calling and I believe Kirk is a member of this board. Jeff if you get a 30 day spanking you won't be able to post here until after the election. I have read that someplace....or maybe that just applies to Rog and Trey.

Ya but I didnt call him a stupid a hole and I'm a radical left wing communist too, so its OK

[Jeff 232]

When taxes are increased on the "Big Guys" who actually pays? Take a minute and go look in the mirror. Hello! Increase tax on corporations and they just smile and tack it right on our butts. Kind of like the minimum wage being increased all the stupid time. It's not a living wage and can never be one unless you buckle to full blown socialism!! Same people on minimum wage will be screaming about their hamburger or box of chicken costing them 15 bucks. Who pays for that...Go look in the mirror again! It's that simple.

One post you say the Big Guy pays and then the next post you say the average American will pay....NEWS FLASH...we pay no matter what

Another NEWS FLASH who's paying for all the corp greed and poor management now, $700,000,000,000 bail out the other Billions of dollars already given away already to big corps. We are bailing them all out Joe Six Pack

When is enough, enough, we in the past years under Republican prez all the way back to Reagan up to Bush have given big corps, tax breaks, corp welfare, loop holes, less or no regulations and what has it got us? A lot of pain, bailouts, companies going overseas, less benefits, more corp greed, poor management, lay offs we give corp welfare they still go overseas, stagnant or lower wages, the list goes on and on. We have given them and given to them, they have taken & taken more and more and all we get is the shaft and now we get to bailout all kinds of corps. What more should we give them before we say ENOUGH is ENOUGH

Clamp down on corps, regulate them, tell them if they go overseas they get no tax breaks, better yet tell them if they go they can't sell anything in the USA at all. What you think they will all go, NO. Instead of making $10,000,000,000 of us they only make $9,000,000,000. Poor them I feel sooooo bad for them, I hope they don't go bankrupt, ah that wont happen, we'll just bail them out

I am not against corps, but it has gotten out of hand and this economy and bailout proves that. We are going to PAY & PAY we just got a big tax its called bailout & the deficit. I don't know why you worry so much about big corps when YOU are paying for their mistakes now after they have made huge profits and CEO's have made millions every year. How much of this bailout & deficit are you and your children going to pay 10's of thousands of dollars is your part. Let them pay their part finally

I'm not worried about taxing them a little more, they will find a loop hole and work it out and still charge us. Its all part of business and the game they play

Go Barak Hussien Obama... Lets be for the American people Joe Six Pack and have big corps pay for their own bailout

[Jeff 232]

God this is INSANE. 16 pages of endless dribble. For what?

See ya

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

Agreed.

This thread was to be about the election and some turned it personally towards posters and from there it went south. I am going to lock this thread since it is no longer productive.

If anyone wants to start another thread on the election and direct their comments towards the candidates as an election should be about then so be it.

Be sure to vote November 4th!

Rod!~

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

I am reopening the thread....BUT...let's keep this on topic, and about the candidates and issues and not make it about the members here.

Thank you....

Beth

[PPC 37]

OK I vote none of the above

[RJTravel 32]

...canned answers from Palin...Don't give me that...she avoided it...she couldn't answer the question because it is beyond her ability...She has no background...

It's called 'decorum'. To expect 'rules of debate' to include license is a very foolish observation. One must consider the question and respond or decline to respond as deemed appropriate - not to do so invites and gives license to the Bidenish mode, i.e. to pull responses right out of his shoe without any regard to truth. Biden 'made up stuff' at least 16 times, and was untruthful at least 10 demonstrable times, while Palin made no attempt to use her mouth to gloss over questions as did Biden. I've seldom seen anyone handle questions with as much discretion as did Palin, whereas Biden runs his mouth for its own sake. Would you really trust a Biden? Come on! He would be very, very dangerous in the White House.

Richard

[MMI Enterprises 289]

In the spirit of Pedro..'vote for Obama and all yer dreams will come true'..lmaof

McCain tore him a new one this final debate... Go McCAIN!!

[Greg R 82]

If you ask me McCain avoids questions as much as he can. He spends the majority of the debate trying to discredit Obama. It drove me nuts watching McCain try and answer any questions because it always started with "Well Senator Obama... "

[Jeff 232]

In the spirit of Pedro..'vote for Obama and all yer dreams will come true'..lmaof

McCain tore him a new one this final debate... Go McCAIN!!

I disagree

[Jeff 232]

If you ask me McCain avoids questions as much as he can. He spends the majority of the debate trying to discredit Obama. It drove me nuts watching McCain try and answer any questions because it always started with "Well Senator Obama... "

I agree

[Alexy 85]

Do you think Viagra works better than Cialas?

Where is the best place to get a foamer?

[RJTravel 32]

Where is the best place to get a foamer?

Is it lots of froth and caustic you need? You could ask Obama - he produces a lot of both.

Richard

[Jeff 232]

Do you think Viagra works better than Cialas?

Where is the best place to get a foamer?

LOL

I heard if you use Viagra, you get real foamy. Hope that helps

[James 625]

McCan't explain anything about anything. McCan't do it! McCan't unclogg Joe Plumber's drain. McCan't keep Joe Six Pack from drinking A 30 Pack.Hey! Keep America on the same track Vote McCan't/Phailin ?? McCan't Do it !!!

[MMI Enterprises 289]

McCan't explain anything about anything. McCan't do it! McCan't unclogg Joe Plumber's drain. McCan't keep Joe Six Pack from drinking A 30 Pack.Hey! Keep America on the same track Vote McCan't/Phailin ?? McCan't Do it !!!

That's ok..Obama's peeps don't care anything of the issues let alone where their candidate stands on them. They just like him cause it's been pushed down their throat that he is change. Just like all them undecided woman voters in Ohio on last debate....Obama opens his mouth and up goes the excitement meter. It's akin to a blindness.

This pretty much sums it all up:

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[Beth n Rod 1,279]

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

This speaks VOLUMES...

Beth

[HotShot 34]

Yeah, it speaks volumes alright :lgbonk:

[MMI Enterprises 289]

..slow, calm ?,

..problem solving, brings or is into 'unity' (aka bipartisan) ?

Yup two of these come to mind about one candidate... and the other, well yea the surge was mentioned as working..lol:lgbonk:

[RJTravel 32]

This speaks VOLUMES - racism is alive and well in the 21st century.

We need change with leadership, not just a leadership change.

Richard