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Rocky Anderson, Justice Party is my choice. Google him - he's the solution to many of our problems. We need legitimate third and fourth parties to get the Dems and Repubs off their asses.
Every Canadian that I have talked to view the Republican party as an unbelievably bad choice.
The Republicans created the financial mess that Obama had to inherit.
The Republicans seem more interested in blocking the Democrats every move than working together for the good of the USA.
The Republicans created the financial mess that Obama had to inherit.
The Republicans seem more interested in blocking the Democrats every move than working together for the good of the USA.
SSG
That financial mess was created by both parties, government got to big, every incumbent should go bye-bye.
That financial mess was created by both parties, government got to big, every incumbent should go bye-bye.
I agree with SSG. The republicans are trying to buy the election they have more money than they know what to with and like SSG mentioned they are trying to suppress the RIGHT to VOTE. They are limiting poll hours with ridiculous times. Making up rules to keep people of voting is inhumane. It is obvious the republicans are scared otherwise why are they going to this measure. Level the playing field and go at this man to man.
Montecore:
Supress voting, you have been listening to much CNN. So, I would tend to think that any person can walk into a voting station, not show proof of ID and we should believe that they are who they say they are? I shutter everytime I vote and am not even asked for my voter registration card or any ID.
The people watching me have no idea who I am, until I tell them who I am.
Heck, you even had to show photo ID just to get into the DNC Convention.
There are too many crooked people in this world, and if I wanted to I could vote whereever I wanted to on voting day, as long as I had a list of the registered voters.
"They are limiting poll hours with ridiculous times", In almost every state you can go an vote early or vote via absentee ballot. I do not see this as suppressing the right to vote.
Supress voting, you have been listening to much CNN. So, I would tend to think that any person can walk into a voting station, not show proof of ID and we should believe that they are who they say they are? I shutter everytime I vote and am not even asked for my voter registration card or any ID.
The people watching me have no idea who I am, until I tell them who I am.
Heck, you even had to show photo ID just to get into the DNC Convention.
There are too many crooked people in this world, and if I wanted to I could vote whereever I wanted to on voting day, as long as I had a list of the registered voters.
"They are limiting poll hours with ridiculous times", In almost every state you can go an vote early or vote via absentee ballot. I do not see this as suppressing the right to vote.
I figure with two months to go to the election, it is time to get this blog rolling.
I must admit most of my view of American politics is through the eyes of CNN, CNBC and CBC Canada.
Having said that the Republicans hard liners (Tea Party) are too extreme for the good of the country. Politics is compromise. Tea Party to me is portrayed as it has to be 100% my way or I will block your motion.
I like Obama because he has a young family that must influence his decisions. Romney seems to be a very rich white guy with five adult children.
The other thing that really bugs me about American politics is the political pandering to religious groups. Religion should have no place in democratic politics. I understand how religious interest groups in the USA try to influence politicians by using the threat of block votes.
I must admit most of my view of American politics is through the eyes of CNN, CNBC and CBC Canada.
Having said that the Republicans hard liners (Tea Party) are too extreme for the good of the country. Politics is compromise. Tea Party to me is portrayed as it has to be 100% my way or I will block your motion.
I like Obama because he has a young family that must influence his decisions. Romney seems to be a very rich white guy with five adult children.
The other thing that really bugs me about American politics is the political pandering to religious groups. Religion should have no place in democratic politics. I understand how religious interest groups in the USA try to influence politicians by using the threat of block votes.
Obama is a very rich black guy, so what's the point? Just because you have younger children does that make your thought or decision process different when governing?
Romney is a businessman, and he is proven, thus the reason for his wealth! With 1.6 trillion owed to China, and 1.1 trillion owed to Japan and a 16 trillion dollar debt, waste in government needs to be cut.
The Tea Party does not control the republican party, it is an extreme element of the Reuplican Party, although they have become very vocal in recent years.
I recommend you listening or watching FOX news everyone in awhile, CNN and CNBC express the extreme left views of the democratic party.
Personally, I am voting for change... many on TV have stated the the US maybe entering another recession, wait....we've never come out of the first recession.
Art
Romney is a businessman, and he is proven, thus the reason for his wealth! With 1.6 trillion owed to China, and 1.1 trillion owed to Japan and a 16 trillion dollar debt, waste in government needs to be cut.
The Tea Party does not control the republican party, it is an extreme element of the Reuplican Party, although they have become very vocal in recent years.
I recommend you listening or watching FOX news everyone in awhile, CNN and CNBC express the extreme left views of the democratic party.
Personally, I am voting for change... many on TV have stated the the US maybe entering another recession, wait....we've never come out of the first recession.
Art
I do get the impression that CNN is a little bit left of center towards the Democrats but hardly extreme. I think that is somewhat because the Republican party make so many non factual statements they are easy to pick on.
CNBC is definitely much more pro Republican.
I do not have access to Fox.
Yes, I definitely think that if you have young children living at home, this puts you way more in touch with a different demographic that would influence your decisions.
I guess my point about rich Presidential candidates is that Romney seems much more from the Corporate elite and Obama does not. Obama seems to me more in touch with lower income people.
CNBC is definitely much more pro Republican.
I do not have access to Fox.
Yes, I definitely think that if you have young children living at home, this puts you way more in touch with a different demographic that would influence your decisions.
I guess my point about rich Presidential candidates is that Romney seems much more from the Corporate elite and Obama does not. Obama seems to me more in touch with lower income people.
If you are not very familiar with Obama's backgound and upbringing, see the movie 2016. It is an honest look at his past, and how and why he belives what he does. It looks heavily at Obama's own writings, and the people he credits with influencing him. Obama wrote " the Dreams of My Father", and those are now his dreams. It is not the dream for our country that most Americans have. It's a nightmare that will bring us down, if we don't make a change.
I have some catching up to do on all these posts so this will be a lot of rambling.
To SSG: Canadians (and NE US) are by nature, much more liberal than the rest of the USA so your views are not surprising...saying that CNBC is more pro Republican is like saying Hitler was more compassionate than Stalin.
The whole "young children vs adult children" argument might be valid in a school board election but the president of the USA is the president of all people of all ages and so
should their perspectives be.
Religion has no place in politics? We would still be under British rule if it weren't for the "Black Robed Regiment" of the Revolutionary War. That's a whole other discussion.
When government or activist judges are mandating that religious institutions must perform abortions on demand, that they have to provide birth control, or hire sexual deviants, that marriage can be something (anything?) other than between a man and a woman, the religious have no choice but to become politically active. Is there a place in politics for homosexuals? Is there a place in politics for Environmentalists? I assume your answer is yes. What makes my cause any less appropriate?
re: Tea Party being extreme...TEA represents "Taxed Enough Already" What is extreme about that.
The flip-side of that is our massive and growing debt. Our debt to GDP ratio is worse than Greece is right now and look at them. We simply can't afford to go further and further in debt.
The Republicans created the financial mess??? I agree that the Republicans have made mistakes but the Democrats took control of the House and Senate on January 3rd, 2007. January 3rd, 2007, was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES! If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
Lastly, there was mention of Republican lies. Don't get me started on the Democrat lies but I would be curious to know specifically what lies you feel the Republicans are saying.
To SSG: Canadians (and NE US) are by nature, much more liberal than the rest of the USA so your views are not surprising...saying that CNBC is more pro Republican is like saying Hitler was more compassionate than Stalin.
The whole "young children vs adult children" argument might be valid in a school board election but the president of the USA is the president of all people of all ages and so
should their perspectives be.
Religion has no place in politics? We would still be under British rule if it weren't for the "Black Robed Regiment" of the Revolutionary War. That's a whole other discussion.
When government or activist judges are mandating that religious institutions must perform abortions on demand, that they have to provide birth control, or hire sexual deviants, that marriage can be something (anything?) other than between a man and a woman, the religious have no choice but to become politically active. Is there a place in politics for homosexuals? Is there a place in politics for Environmentalists? I assume your answer is yes. What makes my cause any less appropriate?
re: Tea Party being extreme...TEA represents "Taxed Enough Already" What is extreme about that.
The flip-side of that is our massive and growing debt. Our debt to GDP ratio is worse than Greece is right now and look at them. We simply can't afford to go further and further in debt.
The Republicans created the financial mess??? I agree that the Republicans have made mistakes but the Democrats took control of the House and Senate on January 3rd, 2007. January 3rd, 2007, was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES! If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
Lastly, there was mention of Republican lies. Don't get me started on the Democrat lies but I would be curious to know specifically what lies you feel the Republicans are saying.
OLD Glory:
Nice post and I agree with every point, btw was not aware the TEA stood for "taxed Enough already", thanx for that.
Nice post and I agree with every point, btw was not aware the TEA stood for "taxed Enough already", thanx for that.
I am not studied enough in American politics to be able to defend my personal views against obvious pro republican sentiment.
I do feel that the Bush era Republicans paved the way for the financial melt down of the US banking and mortgage system. The Obama administration had no choice but to take on major amounts of new debt to try and contain the crisis.
This was closely followed by the auto crisis forcing more huge amounts of debt to bail out the industry.
Everyone knew at the time, the bill would come due next election.
What is obvious, is, whoever wins the election, I hope they win a majority in both the Congress and Senate. I think, unfortunately, this is not likely.
The USA political system is currently barely functional. The country cannot afford four more years of political gridlock in DC.
The latest poll(for what it is worth) puts the Democrats increasing their lead on the Republicans by 4% with growing support from women, blacks, latinos and US veterans.
I apologize for using the phrase "Republican lies" as it is too incendiary for meaningful discussion.
I do feel that the Bush era Republicans paved the way for the financial melt down of the US banking and mortgage system. The Obama administration had no choice but to take on major amounts of new debt to try and contain the crisis.
This was closely followed by the auto crisis forcing more huge amounts of debt to bail out the industry.
Everyone knew at the time, the bill would come due next election.
What is obvious, is, whoever wins the election, I hope they win a majority in both the Congress and Senate. I think, unfortunately, this is not likely.
The USA political system is currently barely functional. The country cannot afford four more years of political gridlock in DC.
The latest poll(for what it is worth) puts the Democrats increasing their lead on the Republicans by 4% with growing support from women, blacks, latinos and US veterans.
I apologize for using the phrase "Republican lies" as it is too incendiary for meaningful discussion.
Bush asked Congress 17 times (starting in 2001)for an end to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as requests for internal audits. I feel the United Auto Worker Union is what took GM down.
I disagree with your opinion about gridlock. More gridlock would have saved us from Obamacare. Gridlock can be a very good thing.
I don't put any stock in polls, especially this far out. The wording of the questions and the demographics of the sampling can create just about any result you want to see and for the most part, it is the left wing media that does the polling.
Apology Accepted. I too want meaningful discussion. I just wish there were more participants.
I disagree with your opinion about gridlock. More gridlock would have saved us from Obamacare. Gridlock can be a very good thing.
I don't put any stock in polls, especially this far out. The wording of the questions and the demographics of the sampling can create just about any result you want to see and for the most part, it is the left wing media that does the polling.
Apology Accepted. I too want meaningful discussion. I just wish there were more participants.
You can't seriously think the recent debt ceiling debacle, the loss of USA AAA Credit rating, the American public's lowest opinion of the effectiveness of Congress ever recorded somehow makes gridlock a good thing.
I agree the poll thing is very momentary. After I made the post, I reviewed the source and it was a poll of 1,000 people.
Also, I did take some time to read Fox News.
I was shocked to read it as so politically one sided and very pro Republican. I then read a few articles from CNN and realized perhaps it is a little more pro Democrat than I first thought.
I agree the poll thing is very momentary. After I made the post, I reviewed the source and it was a poll of 1,000 people.
Also, I did take some time to read Fox News.
I was shocked to read it as so politically one sided and very pro Republican. I then read a few articles from CNN and realized perhaps it is a little more pro Democrat than I first thought.
You are assuming that gridlock made those issues worse. I contend that many things would be worse if it weren't for gridlock. Take the debt ceiling for instance. A law was passed that established that any increases in the debt ceiling would be offset by budget cuts. The Republicans, some of them anyway, wanted Congress to uphold that law under the belief that we can't keep going the way we have been. They fought valiantly but enough of them eventually caved. Incidently, the increased debt is what caused the lower credit rating so you are helping to prove my point.
On polls, it isn't so much the number of people polled as it is their political tendencies and the likeliness that they will vote. A poll skewed with more people from either party is likely to have the opposite result from a poll skewed towards the opposite party. A poll of people not likely to vote isn't very meaningful at all.
I think Fox appears more skewed than they really are because the rest of the media is Sooo left but even I acknowledge that their right side is dominant. They do however do a better job of giving the left a voice in my opinion. Usually the debates are one-on-one where the other networks have a token right vs a panal of several left. By the way, Fox's ratings are way ahead of the others so whatever they are doing, the public seems to be reacting favorably. Of course, it may be more due to the fact that Fox gets 100% of us conservatives where the liberals have dozens of networks to choose from.
The "lowest opinion of Congress" might have more to do with what they did than what they didn't do. Dozens of bankrupt companies like Solyndra, open border policies, Fast and Furious, Executive Orders and Cabinet Appointments in the dead of the night without due process, no budget for three years even though our Constitution mandates that there be one, passing Obamacare even though the majority of the US does not want it, blocking the Canadian Oil Pipeline...I could go on-and-on. However, when you speak of the low opinion of Congress, you have to realize that is a two-edged sword that cuts both ways. You can't tell me that there isn't also some dissatisfaction coming from the radical left that aren't happy that Gitmo is still open, that we still have troops in Afganistan, that we still show minor support for Isreal, etc.
On a seperate note...Bloomberg is reporting today that 79% of General Motors sales last month were to the US Government. What they don't report is whether they were purchased at a fair price. The US Gov't is obviously not getting bids so why should they be discounted?
Anyway, keep this in mind when Obama/Biden tout their role in the GM "turnaround".
On polls, it isn't so much the number of people polled as it is their political tendencies and the likeliness that they will vote. A poll skewed with more people from either party is likely to have the opposite result from a poll skewed towards the opposite party. A poll of people not likely to vote isn't very meaningful at all.
I think Fox appears more skewed than they really are because the rest of the media is Sooo left but even I acknowledge that their right side is dominant. They do however do a better job of giving the left a voice in my opinion. Usually the debates are one-on-one where the other networks have a token right vs a panal of several left. By the way, Fox's ratings are way ahead of the others so whatever they are doing, the public seems to be reacting favorably. Of course, it may be more due to the fact that Fox gets 100% of us conservatives where the liberals have dozens of networks to choose from.
The "lowest opinion of Congress" might have more to do with what they did than what they didn't do. Dozens of bankrupt companies like Solyndra, open border policies, Fast and Furious, Executive Orders and Cabinet Appointments in the dead of the night without due process, no budget for three years even though our Constitution mandates that there be one, passing Obamacare even though the majority of the US does not want it, blocking the Canadian Oil Pipeline...I could go on-and-on. However, when you speak of the low opinion of Congress, you have to realize that is a two-edged sword that cuts both ways. You can't tell me that there isn't also some dissatisfaction coming from the radical left that aren't happy that Gitmo is still open, that we still have troops in Afganistan, that we still show minor support for Isreal, etc.
On a seperate note...Bloomberg is reporting today that 79% of General Motors sales last month were to the US Government. What they don't report is whether they were purchased at a fair price. The US Gov't is obviously not getting bids so why should they be discounted?
Anyway, keep this in mind when Obama/Biden tout their role in the GM "turnaround".
Old Glory, you must have loved debating back in your High School days.
Old Glory, I heard that the Defense Department is getting ready to buy a whole bunch of GM Volts. Not sure if that is true. Anyway, so the tax payers "bail out" GM and in order to keep them a float the taxk payers have to buy the majority of their cars and trucks. The GM turn around is a farce.