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Old 07-24-2008, 04:41 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Ahhh..ok : ) I see they're dropping down a few pennies per gallon the past few days..is there hope?
Nah. As soon as it gets to low for the oil companies they'll come up with some excuse and raise them again.
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:21 AM
 
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You're right..it doesn't work but it's all we have at the moment. I'm convinced 3rd party candidates are funded and encouraged by the republicans
Cynthia McKinney is funded by republicans?
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Stewartsville, NJ
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Cynthia McKinney is funded by republicans?
I'm not sure who she is but 3rd party candidates are good for the republicans..I was being sarcastic about the funding / support... but it would make sense! The 3rd parties typically take votes away from dems...leaving the republican with the majority
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:27 AM
 
Location: THE TRIAD
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My vote goes to McCain both for the state and the country. He has his faults but Obama is basically for big government. The government has never successfully ran a program (i.e., welfare, social sec, medicare, etc) as good as the private sector. Obama scares me when he says things like "universal healthcare" and "government oversight of financial insititutions". It sounds a lot like socialism to me. I'm not interested in going down that road!

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do you honestly think the govt can get bigger than it already is under the f**king chimp right now???? McCANT is an old wrinkled raisin who brings absolutely nothing new to the table in terms of ideas, motivation or anything for that matter. He walks around all angry and disgruntled, making gaffe after gaffe while screaming about keeping a failed war going. I keep waiting for him to scream "we're going back into 'Nam!!"
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:28 AM
 
Location: THE TRIAD
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I'm not sure who she is but 3rd party candidates are good for the republicans..I was being sarcastic about the funding / support... but it would make sense! The 3rd parties typically take votes away from dems...leaving the republican with the majority
FYI the Libertarian candidate Bob Barr from Georgia is polling in double digits in some states. he's going to hurt Obama and especially McCANT
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Stewartsville, NJ
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do you honestly think the govt can get bigger than it already is under the f**king chimp right now???? McCANT is an old wrinkled raisin who brings absolutely nothing new to the table in terms of ideas, motivation or anything for that matter. He walks around all angry and disgruntled, making gaffe after gaffe while screaming about keeping a failed war going. I keep waiting for him to scream "we're going back into 'Nam!!"


I couldn't agree more! And what's with him hanging out with his mommy all the time?
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:30 AM
 
Location: THE TRIAD
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My vote goes to McCain both for the state and the country. He has his faults but Obama is basically for big government. The government has never successfully ran a program (i.e., welfare, social sec, medicare, etc) as good as the private sector. Obama scares me when he says things like "universal healthcare" and "government oversight of financial insititutions". It sounds a lot like socialism to me. I'm not interested in going down that road!
actually, while I'm at it here....
do you think the way the system is set up now, everything is good? You are ok with the insurance companies deciding what will and won't be covered and not a doctor?
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:31 AM
 
Location: THE TRIAD
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I think Hillary Clinton would have won New Jersey in a landslide, but not Obama. I think Obama and McCain will be extremely close in N.J., McCain may even pull a surprise.

Obama wins by 10% or more here.. at the end of the day this state will not vote another rePIGlican into the white house, especially some thug like McCANT.
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:33 AM
 
Location: THE TRIAD
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No way in hell would I even consider voting for Obama.

No experience, nothing to offer. He's all pie-in-the-sky...and too many people are falling for it. Should he become POTUS, he'll cave into special interest groups and everyone else he had to schmooze to get to candidate elect. The President doesn't run this country. Don't fool yourself.

And to whomever said that the fed goverment (Bush) shouldn't have bailed out the banks...would you have preferred a depression? This economy is being held up by bailing out the banks. It's the nature of macro-economics. I'm not saying the banks were not totally taking advantage of people with their $0 down mortgages...but you had to be really stupid to think that by buying a house with $0 down was going to stop those mortgage bills that you couldn't ever had afforded, no matter the downpayment, from coming in every month. If the Fed didn't bail out the banks there would be no money for you to withdraw from your accounts.

I'm not thrilled with either candidate, not by any means but Obama, to me, is a joke and a half.

I don't know why so many people think that those who make $250K per year and over don't work their butts off for their money. I know I do. And to be considered "rich" in NJ when making around $250-$300K is ridiculous. $600K per year, yeah...you're doing pretty darn well. $250-$300 isn't getting you much other than your bills paid, your kids taken care of, your house taken care of, college funds being saved for, retirement funds saved for, your car payments and mortgage/taxes/cable/internet/phone/groceries paid for...what most used to be able to do on $50K or less 25 years ago.

Not "rich" by any means..not in NJ.

And I think that you should have to take a few classes in economics before you're allowed to vote...and pass them.
in detail, please list the special interest groups that will be running the country when Obama is our president.
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:34 AM
 
Location: THE TRIAD
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i just have to ask if there are any posters here who abhor corzine but stick by bush - cause gee golly whiz, what's going on fiscally in NJ is magnifed 10-fold at the national level. i mean, what's our deficit now? almost $10 TRILLION dollars? $33K for each man, woman and child? and people gripe ONLY at the state level? mind boggling. oh but wait. some got a stimulus package! WOO HOO! same ppl who accuse corzine of playing a shell game with the homestead rebate. WTF is the difference?

and i especially love people who vomit at the thought of healthcare but see no issue pumping billions into that debacle and travesty known as Iraq. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED my a**.

that's my contribution to this thread, lol. the end.
and don't forget WE are PAYING for universal health care in Iraq and Afghanistan....
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