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I answered no. That he may not be the answer to all the worlds problems. But he's still a better answer than McCain.
I answered no. That he may not be the answer to all the worlds problems. But he's still a better answer than McCain.
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Sun, March 1, 2009 - 8:53 PMYes he is obviously a better candidate than McCain, in that he's less likely to start World War III LOL!. As for being better in other ways, not really. He's still establishment playing the same old political games, promising the earth but delivering very little real change. The reality is, both parties are two sides of the same political coin. Both want power and both have enough clout to ensure that no other alternative can have a voice. Mike Gravel and Ron Paul, each from their perspective parties were quite genuine and truthful in their campains but both were rejected by the system for being to radical. In other words, they did not tow the party line just to get along.
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Sun, March 1, 2009 - 8:59 PMLooks like he's off to a great start so far. But you can bet his adversaries will be gunning for him (metaphorically speaking). -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Sun, March 1, 2009 - 9:02 PMI ran into a 67 year old lady who called him "evil." I didn't stop the conversation to ask her to elaborate, but suffice it to say she's white and rich.
I voted for him for only one reason: he's less discriminatory than any other candidate I've ever seen. Even if he doesn't live up to his campaign promises, he's not going to be stepping on people's heads just because they are different.
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Sun, March 1, 2009 - 9:12 PMI was hoping for Ron Paul till he was out. He seemed the most sensible.
You should hear my Grandma talk about Obama. "That BLACK MAN!!!......" Blah blah blah. I love my Grandma. She's my grandma. But she's racist even though she'd never admit it to anyone or herself. She thinks Reagan & Bush Sr are two of the greatest men that have ever lived. She's 88. I'm surprised she's not more progressive. She reads like 4 - 5 books a week and has for most of her life. I wonder what books she's been reading? I loaned her The Secret Life Of Bill Clinton - The Untold Stories. She thought it was great. It would be interesting to see what she thinks of some of the books I have on the Bushes. She cant accept any of that stuff.
www.amazon.com/Immaculate.../0922356807
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Mon, March 2, 2009 - 7:56 PMI'm even more happy with him than I thought I would be, he's incredible--and that's from a 72 year old! -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Mon, March 2, 2009 - 9:16 PMHere in Canada, Obama is worshiped.
When he was elected, we celebrated and millions of Canadians danced in the streets.
Current Stats Poll indicates Obama's more popular than any Canadian Politician,
(past or present). In fact, everyone in our government is envious of his HUGE approval rating among Canadian people.
I love Obama!
Wish he belonged to us. :-) -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Mon, March 2, 2009 - 10:55 PMWanna be the 51st state? That would make you bigger than Alaska or Texas - which would bug the hell out of Texas. -
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Mon, March 2, 2009 - 11:02 PMBIGTIME!!! lol
You funny man. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 5:35 AMAlthough no longer a US resident(but still a citizen!),it was soooo important to me to vote for Obama,I made it a point to bring my ballot to the US portion of my honeymoon,sent if off from my hotel and I don't regret it for a second. I just finished reading the audicity of hope and if he can implement even a small portion of his ideas spelled out there, the world will be a better place! -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 6:32 AMWanna be the 51st state?
Yah!.....BUT, 51st is kinda an odd number and it doesn't rhyme with anything..
...like 52nd does.
Ask me again after you cover South America with yur Stars + Stripes. :-) -
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Tue, March 3, 2009 - 6:33 AMWe the fifty first
We'll make your bubble burst
You know it's freedom & truth we thirst
We tired of bein' cursed
Shall I sing another verse
Yo yo yo !!!
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 7:05 AMAll kidding aside...
...when BUSH sat on the mighty throne, we, Canadians, were warned that any day, your magnificent boys might cross the border and plant your flag. (Wouldn't take much, don't think! ....Just a tank, a bunch of foot soldiers and a handshake.)
So, everyday, we dressed in camo-floss and had our pea-shooters ready for the inevitable invasion.
(Made lotsa home-cooked goodies, too, in case you were hungry.)
Attack didn't happen..so, we ate all the food ourselves.
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Months and months later, OBAMA captured (our hearts)...with his smile. :-) -
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Tue, March 3, 2009 - 7:18 AMLMAO.....:-)
M, love your poem.
...but, I'm still a stickler for even numbers...(like 52nd)
I'll try to put it ...into (poetic) words.
BRB...in 5 hours...:-) -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 9:12 AMthe 49 states and Texas (they hate hearing that) I wonder if that village in Texas got their idoit back after January 20th? -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 9:37 AMI am glad that Obama is in the White House.
But I'm starting to see subtle signs of overcompensation & desperation out there.
There are a lot of folks out there that seem to think he can do no wrong, and that he is the answer to all of our nation's problems....simply because he is not Bush and/or he is not Republican.
Or because he's black. I' ve actually overheard a black guy on the phone before the election say: "I don't know anything about him. I don't NEED to know, all I know is that he's black and that's enough!"
I wonder if he cheered when O.J. was acquitted during his criminal trial (lots of black folks who didn't even watch the entire trial cheered when that murderer was set free. I guess that's all they needed to know too).
Obama being elected was great. But this country still has a LOT of growing up to do. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 10:16 AMI did not vote for the man in part because he is from Chicago Illinois and I used to live there and know something about the politics of the region. I figured that Illinois politics would get involved nationally and I can see they did with the way he is working his cabinet and staff. I give the man a chance to prove himself and his staff and yet I worry that Billary will shoot her mouth off to some country and get us all in trouble. (makes me wonder about Canada, lol).
After the senate seat pay off scandle with the Govenor of Illinois and how Obama was left out of the scandle via the media, I think Obama will have more teflon on him than Regan did.
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Tue, March 3, 2009 - 10:46 AMThat Obama is obviously smarter and more eloquent than Bush is a huge step forward. We know the country is in it deep. I just expect him to do his best, but miracles would be nice. Just glad someone with a brain is in charge. And Bush was never in charge. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 10:48 AMwell said curmudgeon.
well said.
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 7:19 PMI think Le Prez still has the ranch in Crawford. But they have moved into a new house in Dallas and the secret service lives in the house next door. If I lived there I probably would have gotten as close as possible. I'm sure it must be in a gated community. I wonder what the address is? Can we get it on google earth satellite cam? : )
I'm from Texass Hummingbird. There are alot of fucked up people there. But there are ALOT of really good people there too. Theyre not all fucked up. The good ones get a bad rap from the bad ones. But alas, ultimately I moved from Texass to California because Texans wanted to lock me away in a mental institution. And California gave me a job that I've been at for 20 years come September. God bless CA. And FUCK the evil bass turds in TX. FUCK THEM!!! MOTHER FUCKING COCK SUCKING BITCHES!!!! : )
Happy thoughts. La la la.
Maybe I should break out my Fleshlight and work off a bit of stress. lol www.fleshlight.com
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Mon, September 28, 2009 - 9:05 PMComing from a Texan, i have to agree. By the way, I am happy with Obama so far. I also know that politicians are strange animals, so I didn't expect him to break too far from politics as usual. What I DID expect, was for him to conduct himself with a higher degree of integrity, than this country has come to expect from it's politicians. So far, i haven't been dissappointed. We'll se what the future holds. I'm rooting for him...and us. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, September 29, 2009 - 7:04 AMHell yes he has conducted himself better than several past Prez' combined already. I'm from TX too K. : )
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 12:38 PMNo. But I feel that too much is put on this one man.... its as though he is on a godlike status or something.... remember above all else... he is a person... capable of mistakes... so I hope that when something unfavorable happens he can still have the same support of those that glorify and deify him. He always said Yes WE can and never said Yes I can. Just understand that part. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 12:48 PMI agree with both Curm and Aqua, at least there's somone in charge who's capable of having intelligent thoughts....but it will have to take time to straighten out all the messes that came with the job,to me that's only logical, i only hope others can understand this....
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Tue, March 3, 2009 - 12:55 PMOh yeah... I just read through the thread... I like you put it Curm! It is a relief to finally have somebody with a brain to run thangs round here... lol
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 4:13 PMYes, and I didn't even vote. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 5:30 PMIf I didn't know any better....I'd say Americans have labeled him ...uhm......
"THE GREAT (un) WHITE HOPE!" -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Tue, March 3, 2009 - 6:55 PMlol!
i don't live in the US so i regret not having the chance to vote for him. i think a lot of people feel that way. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 4, 2009 - 10:58 AMim happy with him, so far so good. a lot remains to be seen, but i think it's pretty cool that he went to the bulls game, sat on floor seats and had a beer! to me it shows he real and not afraid to get out there. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 4, 2009 - 11:22 AMBet he gave the secret service a headache tho LOL! -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 4, 2009 - 12:33 PMFirst off MR M I just want to address the Ron Paul thing
The field of republican candidates was so full of extreme base ass kissers that amounted to little more than a big pile of shit. When you looked into that field of candidates and saw ron paul all you were seeing was the corn in that pile of shit.
Ron Paul may have been against the Iraq war but he is also against the department of education, Public Highways and public Health care. In the last few months the rhetoric of libertarians and their hollow cries that there is no such thing as good government has been proven wrong at the peril of the masses. If the govermnt can do no good why is it that when it fails the results are catatrophic Think Katrina, 9/11 and the financial crisis created by laise faire policies implented by reagan and increased by each succesive president.
On the surface what Ronn Paul says sounds like it makes sense but when disected by nuance it will only benefit a very small potion of the population and decimate the rest of us. To believe in Libertarinism is to ignore the entirity of the history of mankind. Since the time we emerged out of eveolution as a social animal we have always I repeat ALWAYS done better when we have worked together.
I am not even going to get started on Ron Pauls racist background and history of hateful bigotry but if you want to know about it here is a link to one of my blogs where I break down (with refrences and footn otes) some of that Mr M I would be Curious what you had to say if you took the time to check it out.
people.tribe.net/c58df4ab-...b3160cbb0a
Now as far as obama goes I am impressed with him more and more every day. He is a brilliant politician and with all the doubts I had about him I have to say I am starting to think that 1- he is erious about changing the status quo in washington and 2- he might be smart enough to do it. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 4, 2009 - 5:59 PMI saw him interviewed on some show and thought he was making alot of sense. Then I had read about some of the things you bring up too. I probably wouldnt have voted for him. Like if it was him against Obama I still would have voted for Obama. I dont even know why I vote anyway. On one hand I think it's good. On another I dont think it matters at all. Most politicians are bought and paid for puppets. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 4, 2009 - 7:59 PMYeah I hear you on the the why bother voting thing but my father put it into perspective when I was 18. He told me that people die everyday for the right to vote and to just becavalier about having that right is wrong. Ive voted in every presidential election, mid term election ever since.
I also think that it would work if everyone would vote.
But I definetly understand how you feel.
By the way I wasnt trying to scold or anything on the Ron Paul thing. I just find that a lot of people dont know those things about him -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 4, 2009 - 11:34 PMThe reason the poor and middle class get their ass kicked politically is because most are too apathetic to vote. My dad didn't vote till the last few years of his life. My 14 year old daughter would vote now if she were old enough. My youngest daughter would have voted Republican, but then she's in special ed and just contrary in nature.
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Sun, March 8, 2009 - 5:34 PM<<that people die everyday for the right to vote and to just be cavalier about having that right is wrong. >>
granted. But for those instances where I don't like ANY of the candidates (which happens some election years for me), and I don't vote for any candidate - I don't think it's being cavalier.
I've still chosen. I've simply chosen not to vote.
Many people die everyday for the right for me to exercise that choice too.
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 4, 2009 - 2:31 PMno way - I think he will be a great president. I read a good quote today: The Republicans complaining about the current administration is like the arsonist complaining about the firefighting techniques....
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Wed, March 4, 2009 - 3:07 PMer, that lol was to celtic gibson there!
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Sun, March 8, 2009 - 5:06 PMPersonally I think you should give him a chance, can't be any worse that our politicians in the UK, we seem to be in recession every so many years...despite who is in!
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Mon, March 9, 2009 - 10:52 AMIt is still much, much too soon to tell. So, no, I do not regret voting for him, but ask me again in about two or three years. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 11, 2009 - 7:39 AMJeez. How can you even ask?
Have you forgotten so soon that on the other ticket they had Sarah Palin, the devil's own bimbo?
I don't think there's ANYTHING Obama could do in the next 2, 3, 4, or 8 years that would make me regret not voting for a pig in a stolen wardrobe. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 11, 2009 - 8:31 AMIf the Republican party vanished it would be one of the greatest things that ever happened to this country.
(until another conservative party is created that is) -
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Wed, March 11, 2009 - 8:36 AMWhigs anyone? Yeah that would be cool, up to a point, who would challenge the Democrats? You need someone to balance things.. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 11, 2009 - 8:51 AMbalance and contrast are two different things (yet are often confused with one another).
Especially politically.
Balance does not require an antonym. Contrast does. (IMO)
Sure, according to the laws of classical physics there is a thing called "complementarity" which states that an object needs another anti/counterpart object as its reference point for it to "exist".
But I don't think that's necessarily true with social/politial things. You can acheive political equilibrium in other ways.
We do need balance. But this country doesn't need any more contrast.
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 11, 2009 - 8:30 AMObama is in the middle of a seething nest of vipers with AIPAC on one side and the gang banksters on the other while the coutry and the world are in an enormous crisis. He may not survive it. We may not survive it - not in any way one would want to call it "survival." -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 11, 2009 - 8:39 AMA great example of that Solari is Representative Patrick McHenry (R) from Illinois who blatantly (and proudly) stated that the Republican party doesn't care about this country (no shit), they only care about taking down Obama, and the Democrats.
No matter what.
I don't think the Republicans ever really cared about this country. Not in any practical, realistic way anyway.
Politicians in general aren't my favorite people but Republicans can't seem to get to hell fast enough. The flames can't be hot enough either ...
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Wed, March 11, 2009 - 10:14 AMIt's just like football. If you ain't wearing our colors, you're the enemy. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 11, 2009 - 12:23 PMThe death of the Republican party would be the death of the democratic party too. I want the republicans to find there way back to intellectual honesty. There is a rational right in this country. Chuck Hagel former senator from Nebraska or Florida Govenor Charlie Crist come to mind. I may not agree with these guys on the policy but like former conservative leader William F Buckley these are people you can have a rational and honest debate with.
The Republicans are not only ignoring their the wishes of the country who obviously mandated a shift to the left but they are ignoring their own party members. Remember the the original field of republican candidates out of all the whack job far candidates the primary ended up producing Mccain who on that scale is the most towards the middle. So the republican party as a whole sent a message durring the primary that they wished the party would shift back towards the center. How dos the Republican leadership (wether you believe its Michael Steele or Rush Limbaugh or John Boenner) react to this? They think the problem is that they lost because they werent right wing enough. I heard a conservative commentater refer to this as republican nilism.
Now why is this bad for the democratic party? Well for people like me who consider themselves to be progressive or liberal we are at risk of being alienated by our own party. As long as the republican tent continues to close in on its self the democratic tent will open wider to accomodate the republican disenfranchised the end result will be a more conservative democratic party. Where the republicans closer to the center are pushed out from the right so to will the progressives on the lft. -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Wed, March 11, 2009 - 3:11 PMOh my god.
Oh my god.
Does this mean I will finally actually have to vote Green next time? -
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Mon, September 28, 2009 - 6:48 PMHell NO, I don't regret my vote!
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Re: Do you regret voting for Obama?
Mon, September 28, 2009 - 8:55 PMThe year I voted for Nader my roommate hated me for weeks and told me it was my fault Bush won. Which wasnt true in CA as far as I know. I dont regret it totally actually. Theyre all pigs. But he's a better pig than the other pig option. That fucking old bastard ass mother fucker. Fuck him and Sarah fuckin' Palin. BOINK BOINK BOINK!!!! OH GOD YES!!! PULL MY HAIR BEEOTCH!!!! YES! YES!! YES!!!
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