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- dennisrhidalgo, on 06/08/2008, -11/+86Rich comes across as a sharp writer as he analyzes the language of all three major campaigns. I think he is balance and fair despite the fact that, as myself, he is hopeful of Obama's message.
- K3ITHK, on 06/08/2008, -0/+30Tail?
- mecharabbit, on 06/08/2008, -11/+40As much as the Republicans paid homage to Ronald Reagan in this campaign, it is really Obama who has done a better job of replicating Reagan's "morning in America"-type vision for the future. After the Carter years, people weren't feeling very confident about the direction the country was headed, but Reagan (love him or hate him), made people feel optimistic again. The same kind of message is needed right now after the disastrous Bush years.
Regardless of how well Obama can deliver on his promises if he should be elected, I think that his message of hope is absolutely essential for us right now. McCain seems pessimistic and fatalistic by comparison. - newstart, on 06/08/2008, -9/+36A Tail of Two Americas - A Classic
- Hangly, on 06/08/2008, -6/+262 Candidates 1 Cup
- paigeinphilly, on 06/08/2008, -16/+35Good article. I can't say it enough. I am sooo glad that Obama is running. After the big rally here in Philadelphia, which drew at least 35,000 folks..i remember stopping and looking around at all the faces..I saw young, older,different skin colors, different religions, cultures, classes, orientation, genders...all together..all on the same page...the energy was amazing.
Thank you Mr. Obama for reminding us of what we are and can aspire to.
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Obama/Webb 08 - WasabiBomb, on 06/08/2008, -3/+22Believe it or not, fixing problems requires, above all else, money. We've already seen that the Republican strategy of "taxes for the middle, tax breaks for the rich, and spend all you get on war" isn't working and CAN'T work.
Republicans have had seven years of near-total political domination, and all they've shown is that they know how to do is blame the other side. It's time for them to step aside and let someone else try to fix their problems for them. - Skurj, on 06/08/2008, -8/+26america needs a complete image makeover if it wants to have a chance at fixing any of the economic and/or political issues facing the nation these days.
that's the biggest issue of all.
as it stands, obama represents that change, mccain doesnt. - vat0r, on 06/08/2008, -5/+22Consider two things. The extra money needed will be reaped off the rich bastards who got massive tax breaks under your GOP. Secondly even if the money needs to come from the fed they print the ***** out while we sleep and deflate the value of our hard earned savings. So don't try to act like McCain is superior because we all know better.
- nubnub, on 06/08/2008, -3/+19Fail @ linking
- kd420, on 06/08/2008, -2/+16I noticed that graph doesn't incorporate spending on the Iraq war, since that MIGHT just put McCain's spending a bit higher than Obama's.
- Ne007, on 06/08/2008, -5/+17If McCain wins we are doomed to go into mind boggling debt.
Each party will be bending over the other to get money. Both sides will win every time just like today.
Democrats bend over Republicans and then give them their war money.
Republicans bend over the Democrats and then give them their welfare money.
If Obama wins and he continues war spending then we will KNOW that both sides are one in the same now. - AnarchoGoth, on 06/08/2008, -2/+14How can you call McCain "a wise warrior’s vigilant conservation of the past" when he has supported GWB's War on Freedom?
Eternal Vigilance is supposed to be used in the defense of Liberty, not in destroying it.
GWB is not a conservative. Anyone who supports GWB is not a true conservative.
I might have had respect for John McCain but that was a long time ago.
Now I consider him a traitor to this country, as well as Hillary Clinton who has also supported the agenda of the current administration.
And I must say I am starting to have doubts about Obama.
I might vote for him, I might not. A lot can happen between now and November.
I will never vote for him if he chooses Clinton as his running mate.
I would be highly likely to vote for him if he had Ron Paul at his side. - LegalizeGanja, on 06/08/2008, -1/+13It's a porn flick.
- shiv68, on 06/08/2008, -11/+23
A tale of two douche bags. - Elranzer, on 06/08/2008, -1/+132americas1cup
- NWTerriD, on 06/08/2008, -2/+13Yes, he has listed what he wants to change. His track record is a matter of public record. Yes, he has one. I am not voting for the unknown. In the internet age, the only reason that anyone would consider Obama "unknown" is that they are too lazy to bother exercising the basic responsibilities of citizenship. In other words, they prefer "voting with their damn emotions" rather than using their mind to actually learn the facts about the candidate.
- nemo001, on 06/08/2008, -0/+11He's been in office. Consult his voting record.
- inactive, on 06/08/2008, -0/+11"So your tax increases on the rich, is really a tax increase on the POOREST of Americans"
Nice pretzel you twisted there, dude. - SuperSunny, on 06/08/2008, -4/+14You mean freedom-loving, fry-eating, soda-drinking, fat-gobbling obesely patriotic people? I think I prefer progression and cultural unity...and politics suck. Just live as a human. Who told you Obama's racist? No, seriously, this isn't even political, you're just a *****. Grow up. He's black for christ sake, trying to win white voters, how the hell is he racist?
- 471776, on 06/08/2008, -1/+11Fail at lack of thinking? Yeah, I guess I do.
- Tenlow, on 06/08/2008, -1/+11One thing, the article (at least the way I read it) lists the "ich bin ein berliner" statement as a faux pas, but in reality that was just a joke in the united states. In berlin (and germany as a whole) it was seen as a milestone (and properly understood).
- KJSatz, on 06/08/2008, -0/+10He said if the Republican nominee wanted to, he would sit down and make an agreement to both do public financing. But McCain may have violated public finance law when he entered the program and possibly used the promise of public finance money as collateral for a loan (it's disputed between the DNC and McCain as you can imagine).
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/409/mccain-funds.html - pintomp3, on 06/08/2008, -1/+10A Bloomberg News analysis of McCain's budget, which was released in April, shows it would increase the national debt by $1.8 trillion over eight years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&si ... - pintomp3, on 06/08/2008, -3/+12A Bloomberg News analysis of McCain's budget, which was released in April, shows it would increase the national debt by $1.8 trillion over eight years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&si ... - rbk303, on 06/09/2008, -1/+10vigilant conservation? i assume you mean bush-style neo-conservation. tell me... how is it conservative to put the entire country on welfare? economic stimulus my a**.
- str3ama, on 06/08/2008, -0/+8Yes tail, in this case the tail wags the dog.
- joker10687, on 06/08/2008, -3/+11Thanks for not making the headline "2 Americas, 1 Historic Night"
- pintomp3, on 06/08/2008, -3/+11A Bloomberg News analysis of McCain’s budget, which was released in April, shows it would increase the national debt by $1.8 trillion over eight years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&si ... - Spektr4, on 06/08/2008, -4/+12The answers to your questions are easy to find. Do yourself a favor and search for them before making a fool of yourself.
- mlrigsby, on 06/08/2008, -1/+9Wait...... conservatives view the most respected newspaper in the world as a "liberal rag"? Schockin!!
- malex, on 06/09/2008, -0/+8So, are you saying that you don't find any compelling arguments or analysis made by this article, or that you refuse to read anything you don't already agree with?
- SuperSunny, on 06/08/2008, -2/+9It's new in the way he's presenting them and applying them to the modern world.
- DocGlass, on 06/08/2008, -0/+7Am I wrong to trust the below link? Do you have any further reading about Obama's money and where he is getting it. He does seem too good to be true, but I'm not seeing any proof of lies. I only ask because you (Muyoso) don't seem like a reliable source of information.
Link: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cid= ... - inactive, on 06/09/2008, -1/+8"Those "rich bastards" are the ones who are really paying the majority of all federal income taxes.... blah blah blah"
So what? - str3ama, on 06/08/2008, -15/+22McCain is the only candidate who actually makes Bush Jr look like an eloquent speaker in comparison. If that's not reason enough for you not vote for him - you need your head checked.
- Gerz1219, on 06/08/2008, -1/+8http://www.electoral-vote.com/
A lot of the polls on there are out of date, but they provide a pretty good indication that Obama has many paths to the presidency; they just don't rely on the 2000/2004 formula of only campaigning in Ohio-Florida-Pennsylvania.
Obama can cede Florida, Ohio and Michigan to McCain and still win as long as he flips Colorado and Indiana. He can carpet bomb southern states like Virginia and South Carolina, which the Republicans have taken for granted but where there's also certain to be historic black turnout.
Also, notice that the only large states that McCain has in the bag are Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. Obama is within 10 points in every other state with more than 10 electoral votes. That means those states are competitive, even Texas, and McCain will have to pour precious resources into what should be solid ground for him. Every dollar McCain spends in Texas is a dollar he can't spend in the close swing states, and McCain doesn't have that many dollars. - designer, on 06/08/2008, -6/+12Obama is a progressive in the vein of Woodrow Wilson and FDR. There is NOTHING new about Obama's ideas.
- pensel, on 06/08/2008, -4/+10Yeah this was an exceptionally prescient piece.
- androo002345, on 06/08/2008, -0/+6You should look up the world "multiracial" sometime.
- pintomp3, on 06/08/2008, -4/+10mccain is hard working? life must be hard when you only have $100 million in beer money. freedom-loving? like the freedom to spy on americans without a warrant?
- WasabiBomb, on 06/09/2008, -1/+7Oh, you mean the marginally-controlled Congress? The one the Republicans keep blocking? The one with the Republican President that they have to constantly fight? That one?
And, seriously- is the whole of your argument that the Dems haven't done ENOUGH to keep Republicans under control? Why the hell aren't you holding the Republicans responsible for screwing everything up in the first place? - DocGlass, on 06/08/2008, -0/+6I don't see a problem with $343.6 billion, because I trust that Obama isn't going to funnel it into corporate coffers. I get the feeling that the money he plans to spend will be re-invested into our country. For things like roads, public transit, etc. etc. etc.
If you don't want to pay to live in a civilized world go out into the woods and live amongst the trees. - SuperSunny, on 06/08/2008, -2/+8Do you people specifically join Digg with political names just to do political bashing?
Do you like arguing on the internet with pathetic sources of information pretending you're cool because hey, big words and large numbers = intelligence!!! - inactive, on 06/08/2008, -3/+8There is nothing funnier than the American right complaining about the deplorable state of political discourse in the USA.
- NWTerriD, on 06/09/2008, -1/+6Then I guess you haven't been listening.
- Icerazer, on 06/08/2008, -1/+6Considering your name, I'm going to assume this is a strange comedy bit.
- DocGlass, on 06/08/2008, -0/+5@dreadPirate
Some one who sits on there ass and "steals" $300 a month in "hand outs".
Vs.
A corporation that doesn't pay millions in taxes because of tax havens.
Which one do you think costs more in the end? If you people would quit all this left wing right wing sissy ***** and think like rational adults for a moment maybe we wouldn't be hemorrhaging jobs and money right now. - inactive, on 06/08/2008, -2/+7"Get a real job, and you too can BECOME ONE OF THE SO-CALLED RICH!"
Just curious... do you really think that's true? -
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