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Old 02-15-2009, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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Check and Balances work best, when one party holds the whitehouse and the other the Congress, otherwise it's what we have. Utter stupidity
Then the Republicans have no one to blame but themselves since they lost control of one and saw their power diminished in the other.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:21 AM
 
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Start printing and selling " I'm sorry I voted for Obama" bumper stickers. There's your great depression proof business.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:39 AM
 
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I am starting to see more and more red flags lately and I do not trust the guy. Today, Chris Wallace asked Axelrod about the Fairness Doctrine and his answer was very evasive, he said something like "Well, you need to ask the head of the FCC.." Well, if Obama was totally opposed to the Fairness Doctrine, I think Axelrod would have said something like "President Obama does not support the Fairness Doctrine" but instead he totally avoided the question. What is next? The Government telling people what they should and should not eat? Ridiculous!
Your first problem is that you watch Faux News.

Your second problem is that you're not being very specific. It's very easy to post some blurb without posting the entire response in context.

Third, if you're worried about the government telling you what you should and should not eat, by all means, do NOT move to New York!

Amazing how some people are so quick to say they "don't trust Obama", yet we just went through 8 years of nothing but lies. Give the guy a chance. He can't do worse than Bush.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:42 AM
 
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Obama is the President. No one in the history of the US ever got anywhere CLOSE to the Office of President by telling the truth...they got there by 'crafting' their statements to summarize those they believed the 'people want to hear', and by refusing to discuss those things that might NOT be well-recieved by the public. If we really HAVE to 'beat up' on a President, usually the Press Secretary volunteers to bring us the 'bad news'. Presidents do NOT, normally, take 'heat' for bad news.

For the last eight years, we've gotten used to a particularly 'inept' guy in that office....essentially, when he was being evasive, you could see it. If he had no answer (and he often didn't), he's simply change the subject.

Obama may be 'smoother', and more pleasant to listen to...but I can absoloutely guarantee you ONE thing..he is NOT going to sit for an interview any time soon and "tell the truth"...not to you, nor to me, nor to anyone else, in public. He's going to tell us what he feels he HAS to tell us, in order that we let HIM 'get the job done'. He's NOT going to tell us anything that might make us 'mad' at him....

That's about all anyone can hope for. Want the 'truth'? Ask your favorite bartender. You won't get it from anyone in public office.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:48 AM
 
Location: The Planet Mars
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I am starting to see more and more red flags lately and I do not trust the guy. Today, Chris Wallace asked Axelrod about the Fairness Doctrine and his answer was very evasive, he said something like "Well, you need to ask the head of the FCC.." Well, if Obama was totally opposed to the Fairness Doctrine, I think Axelrod would have said something like "President Obama does not support the Fairness Doctrine" but instead he totally avoided the question. What is next? The Government telling people what they should and should not eat? Ridiculous!
You don't trust Obama? Tough!!!
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Old 02-16-2009, 08:49 AM
 
Location: FL/TX Coasts
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I am starting to see more and more red flags lately and I do not trust the guy. Today, Chris Wallace asked Axelrod about the Fairness Doctrine and his answer was very evasive, he said something like "Well, you need to ask the head of the FCC.." Well, if Obama was totally opposed to the Fairness Doctrine, I think Axelrod would have said something like "President Obama does not support the Fairness Doctrine" but instead he totally avoided the question. What is next? The Government telling people what they should and should not eat? Ridiculous!
Yeah! let's go with Dubay...more jobs sent off-shores, less wages for American workers, more tax breaks for U.S. companies sending/outsourcing jobs/work elsewhere, bigger pay/bonuses for excecutives,..etc
and may be another war...with reliable intel.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:23 PM
 
Location: N/A
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I think we have hit the verify part.
May God help us all. This is gonna get messy.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:24 PM
 
Location: N/A
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Give the guy a chance. He can't do worse than Bush.
LOL, he already has.
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Floriduh
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OBAMA = One Big A$$ Mistake America

socialist pigs
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Old 02-16-2009, 07:39 PM
 
Location: Tucson/Nogales
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Of course, Obama is not going to tell the truth because HE knows the truth about voters: A lie is sweet in the beginning, bitter in the end; truth is bitter in the beginning, sweet in the end. Isn't that the REAL problem? That sweet tooth of the average voter?
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