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Comment by Baronius on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:47 EDT

Arch, Fred Barnes wrote a really good column about McCain/Romney a couple of months ago. He agreed with you, that Romney balances McCain's weaknesses nicely. But the problem is, McCain hates Mitt, and McCain isn't the kind of guy to let go of personal grudges.

Comment by Cindy D on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Fri, 16 May 2008 08:41:25 EDT

Barbara, "But mostly, I can't wait to see if America has finally realy woken up to the Rovian tactics and politics of fear--and refuse to play along." I am afraid you will get your wish with today's bad news. And I surely hope America has woken up. Because the bin Laden news is going to be a big test of that.

Comment by Arch Conservative on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:35:41 EDT

Look.... Liberman is a decent guy...how can you not like a guy that tells the dem party to go fuck themselevsa and beats them after they've thrown him under the bus? But Mcaain can't and won't pick him if he wants to win in Nov. Mccain has a history of enjoing pissing off conservatives and taking them for granted but if he were to pick Lieberman it would push them over the edge forever as far as he is concerned, costing him the election. Hopefully even Mccain is not so sytupid and arrogant as to fail to realize this. Mccain's biggest weakness is his lack of understanding of the economy. He looked like Frankenstein when talking about the economy during the republican debates........ "jobs.......good..........unemployment bad..............grrr..." The one person that would be able to help Mccain with this weakness is of course Mitt Romney, whose greatest strength is his understanding of the economy. There is a very good chance that Mitt on the ticket would help Mccain to win both MI and NH and if Mccain wins these two states plus Florida he wins it all. Contrary to popular belief Obama is not going to win a single southern state. Romney had nearly the amount of support during the primaries that Mccain had and would be able to help Mccain raise the huge amount of money it takes to run a presidential campaign. If Mccain picks Lieberman, Huckabee or some other dumbass to be his VP I won't vote for him. Romney is the ONLY chice. The guy's money.

Comment by Jet in Columbus on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Fri, 16 May 2008 04:01:05 EDT

Lieberman looks too much like "Mr. Wizzard" anyway.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:11:57 EDT

While we're skirting the subject, the amusing thing about Lieberman's campaign in '06 was how Connecticut Republicans rushed en masse to vote for him as an Independent, seeing it as an opportunity to block a Democrat... not stopping to realize that once re-elected, Lieberman would caucus with the Dems anyway.

Comment by Dave Nalle on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:54:54 EDT

I wonder what Archie will do if McCain picks Lieberman as his VP... I have no clue other than not vote for him. Hell, I won't even vote for him if he picks Lieberman as his VP. Dave

Comment by Ruvy on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:09:16 EDT

Don't forget to ride your bike each day for two hours to generate the electricity to run your ~~government approved cubicle~~ gated compound, Dave. You joke, Ruvy, but I actually have all the parts assembled in my garage right now to build a pedal-powered generator. Actually, I don't joke at all. I'd like to build such a thing myself.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:48:08 EDT

Lumpy needs validation. Unfortunately, so does our bandwidth... So bye-bye to the dupe!

Comment by Clavos on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:07 EDT

The reason Lumpy posted that comment twice is because he knew I would agree with him, and he wanted to save me the trouble of repeating. Right Lump?

Comment by Lumpy on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:50:14 EDT

thw mere idea that someone like Edwards can be taken even halfway seriously is a sad commentary on this country. In a reasonable encironment his endorsement ought to be like a mprtal curse on Obama's campaign.

Comment by Arch Conservative on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:36:03 EDT

I work with what I'm given by the rest of you each new day zing. i'm just a reflection of the rest of you.

Comment by zingzing on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:31:45 EDT

archie, do you take anti-depressants? do you sometimes skip days? or abruptly stop taking them. because some days you are lucid and calm. others, not so much. i know everyone has mood swings. and i know i'm not the authority on lucidity... but still. you're not quite your "charming" usual self today.

Comment by Arch Conservative on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:22:14 EDT

I live in NH and there's a very good chance that Mccain will win NH. Don't ask me why but people up here love him. It's only 4 electoral votes but every last one counts right?

Comment by Dave Nalle on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:37:25 EDT

"This arbitrary 'poverty' farce does not include food benefits, housing benefits, medicaid or other government benefits or address the fact that yes, some people choose to not report income for the purposes of avoiding taxes (gasp!!!)." Doug has a very good point on the lack of poverty in the US. And here he touches on something that is one of my pet issues, the underground economy. There are literally tens of millions of people making respectable livings who pay no taxes at all and live completely or mostly off the grid, and the numbers are growing at an astonishing rate. It's a very important indicator of an over-taxed population that so much of the economy is moving into the shadows. Dave

Comment by Dave Nalle on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:33:56 EDT

Don't forget to ride your bike each day for two hours to generate the electricity to run your government approved cubicle gated compound, Dave. You joke, Ruvy, but I actually have all the parts assembled in my garage right now to build a pedal-powered generator. Dave

Comment by Clavos on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:25:17 EDT

Probably...

Comment by Dr Dreadful on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:20:34 EDT

And Bangladeshi-Americans?

Comment by Clavos on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:13:08 EDT

Cool. I'll let him know, Clav. Millions of other malcontents and curmudgeons will likely join me, tell him.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:59:46 EDT

Cool. I'll let him know, Clav.

Comment by Clavos on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:43:31 EDT

outsourcing Congress to Bangladesh... If Obama were to do that, he'd have my vote in a heartbeat...

Comment by Dr Dreadful on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:39:29 EDT

Lee, stop encouraging Archie to predict things. You know how well that tends to turn out for him. I agree that McCain will probably win Florida and possibly Missouri if he puts his back into it, but there's no way he'll take any of the others - unless Obama commits electoral hari-kiri in some truly outrageous way between now and November - like, I dunno, openly embracing Satanism or outsourcing Congress to Bangladesh or something. And I think Obama can and will win a few Southern states, most likely Virginia and North Carolina.

Comment by Arch Conservative on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:13:31 EDT

I think Mccain will win FL, OH, MO, NH, and possible even michigan. I don't see Obama turning and red states blues.

Comment by Lee Richards on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:40:53 EDT

#31: AC, Remembering that it takes 270 electoral votes to win, how and why do you think Obama is sure to lose?

Comment by Ruvy on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:52:06 EDT

Andy, I didn't have to deal with property taxes until I lived in St. Paul. You can't cheat on paying the taxes themselves - but you can sure as hell try to cheat on the refund you are due from the State, which is what I was really referring to. Sorry for being unclear. As for everything else, I was trying to make a list of things I saw (or might have seen) in the States that require a serious moral reckoning. Obviously, they are not all true. But I'll add one that is; I knew a woman who liked drinking alcohol "socially" and did so while she was pregnant - evidently she got seriously drunk more than a few times. She and her husband paid the consequences, too. The child born of that pregnancy was seriously deformed in his mental development. We had friends who would throw parties where the liquor flowed like water, and this couple was there with their son - and you could always see the tension between them when anything had to be done for the poor child. I have to wonder if this woman learned to stay off the bottle while pregnant - or even if she is still married to her husband. Actually, Andy, I'm not a "bottle half empty" kind of guy at all. But sometimes, you need to give a harsh example, and that was what I was doing. Also, while I tend, like most people, to remember the good things and forget the bad ones, a lot of the stuff I read here, (and a lot of the intentional blindness I see - see comment #26) reminds me of all the shit that I'd rather forget.

Comment by Arch Conservative on John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:39:17 EDT

I wonder what Archie will do if McCain picks Lieberman as his VP... I have no clue other than not vote for him. Edwards is agreat pick for Obama. Edwards canhelp hime win his home state of NC like he helped Kaerry win it in 20....oh wait nevermind. It doesn't matter who Obama picks he's still going to lose.