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- neognostic, on 06/04/2008, -28/+93Welcome to the light at the end of a very dark 8 year old tunnel.
- rarmstr2, on 06/04/2008, -16/+80If only everyone could look at politicians this way, instead of looking at them from a strict party-line view, the US would be a much better place.
- mehan, on 06/04/2008, -41/+88oh wow, another huffingtonpost article in support of Obama, how unexpected.
- peestandingup, on 06/04/2008, -37/+83Jesus, not that I don't agree with a lot of the these articles, but can we get through a ***** day without 12 stories from the huffingtonpost hitting the front page?? I mean, they are a bit bias, eh?? It's kinda the Fox News for the other side.
Now, digg me down you hypocrites. - kingmanic, on 06/04/2008, -5/+42Destroy everything, get devoured first!
Cthulhu/Shoggoth 08! - dinot, on 06/04/2008, -2/+26Bring down Acme corporation, comically end the rein of hunters!
Roadrunner/Bugs Bunny 2008! - timewarp424, on 06/04/2008, -5/+25If you bother to read the tagline about the author, this man isn't a republican voting for Obama. He's a former republican, now turned democrat, who will vote along party lines for the soon-to-be official Democrat presidential nominee.
But, I guess Republican voting for Obama just has a better ring to it. - Ignignokt01, on 06/04/2008, -8/+28Look guys, Obama just won the nomination last night. Don't act surprised to see a *****-load of Obama articles for the next few days before it cools down again. Quit your bitchin' and maybe avoid the political sections of digg if you must.
- rmxz, on 06/04/2008, -7/+22While I disagree with much of what the democrats and Obama stand for, neocons have proven themselves even further removed from republican principals that I like (govt off the backs of people; fiscal responsibility; small government; states rights).
I'm not so much voting for Obama, as against whatever the Republican party turned itself into with the neocons. Perhaps if they lose a few elections they'll come back to conservative principals. - thescimitar, on 06/04/2008, -1/+15There are many of us out here in "nobody cares about you" land... people who are socially liberal and demand fiscal conservativism. Sometimes it's not so easy to paint people into nice, neat ideological boxes. I'm still not sure for whom I'll vote in November. I certainly don't think we should continue bleeding money into the middle east. I definitely don't want ANYONE in the executive branch who desires to legislate morality (on either side of the aisle).
It's really frustrating for us (independents, I guess) to hear you guys (both parties) blather on and on about who's a true what and what's a this that.
Here's what I would like in a President: a person who can make executive decisions, admit when they are wrong, submit balanced (and domestically responsible) budgets, and not make ideological warfare at every opportunity.
Somebody show me that, and you've got my vote. - stonewaljacksn, on 06/04/2008, -2/+16because not everybody wants a socialist mommy/daddy state.
because some of us believe that true progress for humanity can only be made by encouraging personal responsibility instead of heaping all the responsibility onto an all providing mommy-state.
some of us dont want the individual to be dissolved into nothingness in the masses of a socialist system where we are all sucking on our government's tit
some of us are able to see the regressiveness of increased socialization where citizens unconsciously replace their parents with a parental government and thus become like children aka unfree
I believe in the individual, and so Obama scares me. - eth3l, on 06/04/2008, -6/+19People, this happens every election. Its not news. Its not new. Its not earth shattering. People switch parties *every year*.
get over yourselves, Obama is not the second coming. If he's elected he will not make your life better- he is simply "not Bush" and that is good enough for some. That is why he keeps calling McCain (who ran *against* Bush on separate platforms) the 3rd term for Bush. That kind of argument says, "Hey, vote for me, I'm not that guy!" - conmulligan, on 06/04/2008, -7/+19Well, it's a bit different, The Huffington Post is an opinion-oriented news organization, Fox is not.
- BDOUG, on 06/04/2008, -1/+13I understand where you are coming from, but I respectfully disagree. We broke it alright....but there is no "buying our way out of this". You don't fix heavy-handed meddling with more heavy-handed meddling. You can't peaceably end a five-way fight by adding a sixth fighter. By trying to "buy that which we broke" we're just breaking more stuff. Pulling out will be very, very ugly. But it will be far uglier if we don't. Anybody who doesn't get this doesn't understand the middle east's beef with us.
- Codwhy, on 06/04/2008, -0/+11dugg for "A blue dress full of spunk"!
im sure Monica was thinking the same thing.
"i just gave Bill Clinton dome and all i got was this lousy t shirt" - Nick2632, on 06/04/2008, -3/+13Do you consider Fox News factual?
- Ignignokt01, on 06/04/2008, -7/+17Its wonderfully written, and he makes a strong point:
"As I see it our choice is between a heroic old man whose time has long past and who will perpetuate failed policy, and a brilliant, openhearted new founding father of the new post-racial, post-divided America the likes of which we have not seen."
I couldn't agree more...
While we don't know exactly how Obama would act as president, we have seen how McCain will: much like the current president, and I think its worth gambling on to avoid another Bush. - mbm1512, on 06/04/2008, -2/+11I'm not interested in 55% taxes thank you! I like to think that humans are capable of a lot more than most think. We don't need more social programs we need more social awareness and the self control to govern ourselves. Obama could be a good prez. I don't understand how America will run with 5.00 gas and 55% taxes. Has noone else considered this? And if my 55% is wrong inform me, theres bad information everywhere.
- Ignignokt01, on 06/04/2008, -0/+9... what the *****? Its good that y'all still speak up just to remind us that there still are people like you living in this country, inspiring me to go out and vote even more for people like Obama.
- buckrogers1965, on 06/04/2008, -4/+12I am a conservative republican. Obama actually wants a smaller government than the borrow and spend neocons that have hijacked the Republican party.
As a fiscally conservative republican I would rather there be tax and spend than borrow and spend any day of the year.
Borrow and spend is putting our tax burden on our children and their children and that is just not right. - vault, on 06/04/2008, -0/+8wow, they have a whole 2000 members http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=about
who cares? - Tubaman3010, on 06/04/2008, -16/+24Why wouldn't everybody vote for Obama?
- Herolint, on 06/04/2008, -0/+8@solistus
I personally like reading about and discussing politics, but Digg has been overrun by people having orgasms over every little thing Obama says or does.
Obama is a good orator, and considering the last 8 years, that is quite refreshing. However, the "groupy"-ness demonstrated here on Digg is quite annoying; indeed. - flink405, on 06/04/2008, -9/+17What B.S.
Look at all his posts at Huffington for the last year or two - all anti-McCain rants.
This guy is about as Republican as Obama. - jnosanov, on 06/04/2008, -2/+10Retardedness - you're doing it right.
- AngusMustang, on 06/04/2008, -7/+15Dad! Stay.Off.My.Computer!
- vikblazin, on 06/04/2008, -8/+15if you look closely, most of the states that Obama has won in the primary election, are always red states. if more republicans like this guy decide to vote for Obama, then he can even change the stereotypical republican states in presidential elections. McCain is in for a fight.
- teamgreen02, on 06/04/2008, -18/+25Maybe his blatant disregard for the Constitution, his lack of experience, his push for big government, etc.....
- solistus, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7There's a difference between a lull in the number of bombs per week and a long-term resolution to the problem. The US being in Iraq is increasing the extremists' bargaining hand and pushing more and more people to their side. Also, the US is not the sole influence in Iraq; al-Sadr's recent cease-fire, for example, was negotiated with the Iraqi government and the US opposed it, but many Iraqis feel it has helped. There is no evidence that more US troops on the ground leads to a better long-term situation; at best, we suppress the fighting while militants move to other areas, regroup and rearm.
We basically have two options: resign ourselves to being in Iraq permanently, or at least until it collapses our economy and we *have* to leave, or start talking to other regional powers like Iran to work out a viable exit strategy. We can't rely on holding Iran at bay with a bunch of guns forever; we need to cooperate with them if there is to be any tiny chance of a stable Iraq in the foreseeable future.
Please, outline for me the process by which you think continued heavy American presence will resolve the centuries-old sectarian conflict in Iraq and the issues of governance and power sharing. I just don't see how it's possible.
By the way, Iraqis don't agree with you that things are getting better. The surge was a little over a year ago. Last September, a major poll indicated that 70% of Iraqis feel the situation had gotten worse in the areas affected by the surge, and the majority feel that attacks against American troops are justified. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6983841.stm
The most recent numbers available from Brookings indicate that opinions of the security situation have improved as of this February, but still only 36% feel the security situation has improved since 6 months prior. http://www.brookings.edu/saban/iraq-index.aspx - jcaino, on 06/04/2008, -5/+12no one cares about onetimer. someone kill penispump's account, please.
- inactive, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7jebus
- LeeSoong, on 06/04/2008, -1/+8President McCain isn't worried, the voting computers know who signs their purchase orders.
- peestandingup, on 06/04/2008, -0/+7Touché.
- inhaler, on 06/04/2008, -2/+9Sounds like he's old enough to remember a time when the republican party didn't pander to the Christian right. When conservatism wasn't synonymous with "family values," or ridiculous pro-life/pro-choice misdirection.
Sounds like he remembered folks like Barry Goldwater. The current republican party is a faint shadow of what it was back then. It's fundamentally flawed now. - dafunkmonster, on 06/04/2008, -1/+7@solustus
If your only defense is "omg dumbass, turn off the elections category, and shut the ***** up", then any argument you could possibly make is weak, and likely invalid. - teamgreen02, on 06/04/2008, -11/+17Agreed. A true conservative could never support Obama. He is one of the most, if not the most, liberal Senator.
- Laminarcissus, on 06/04/2008, -2/+8I'm sure you're going to get jumped on, but I agree -- why won't he show up on "The O'Reilly Factor?"
Or "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" for that matter?
Or how about CMT's "Trick My Truck?" For God's sake, the Chrome Shop Mafia is putting fish tanks and plasma tvs in eighteen-wheelers! Does Obama hate the working man so much that he won't come and support that? - stonewaljacksn, on 06/04/2008, -1/+7***** that. it's retarded that digg has been overrun by obama camp for 6 months now.
maybe i ***** LIKE politics, maybe i LIKE looking at the political section on digg. maybe, it ***** pisses me off that there are these stupid ***** huffpo propaganda "my left nut has sworn to support obama" articles all day when there could be some real political news. so stop being such a ***** obama tool and how about we bring real politics to digg instead of this garbage foxnews-esque ***** that you so blindly support.
how the ***** about that? - bloomanchoo, on 06/04/2008, -0/+5Iraq is the only one that has the solution for Iraq.
- ironhide, on 06/04/2008, -3/+8Snap into a Slim Jim!
Jesse Ventura/Randy "Macho Man" Savage 08! - LeeSoong, on 06/04/2008, -4/+9Have a great time in Toronto, the clubs are fun and the food is excellent!
I recommend the Darwin Exhibit:
http://www.rom.on.ca/darwin/evolution_revolution.p ...
Here is a map:
http://www.rom.on.ca/visit/map.php - designer, on 06/04/2008, -4/+9This guy was never a conservative. Republican maybe.
- Ne007, on 06/04/2008, -1/+6Exactly what I was thinking. You just described Bush and McCain perfectly.
- doublebummer, on 06/04/2008, -13/+18Because we love our children and we don't want them to have to live with government controlled health care system. Because Obama voted for that disgraceful farm bill that gave millions of dollars to race horse breeders.
- str3ama, on 06/04/2008, -10/+15well he's the smarter choice. BTW has anyone noticed that Mccain sounds like whinier Bush (talking about his actual voice). I was in the other room, and hearing McCain talk on the tv without actually seeing him I thought it was Bush Jr. possibly with a cold or something.
- Defuser, on 06/04/2008, -6/+11You're kind of a moron. I'll allow you to tell us precisely what kind.
- Pillage, on 06/05/2008, -0/+5you'll never see the lifelong democrat that is now supporting McCain on Digg though.
- fmaxwell, on 06/04/2008, -5/+9Ron Paul is a nightmare. We've watched what has happened even with the more limited deregulation that has happened under the various Republican administrations. The salaries of CEOs and other corporate executives have skyrocketed while those of the workers under them have plunged. Americans lose good paying jobs in manufacturing, tech support, and even software development as greedy corporations outsource so that they can line their own pockets. Ron Paul wants to step this up to the next level.
He's actively in favor of morons home-schooling their children. The polygamists in Texas will be happy with that ruling. So will the people that want "science class" to be about how Adam and Eve rode around on dinosaurs. He wants the FDA to step aside so that quacks can sell unproven medicines to desperate, sick people.
He's one of those free-market-fixes-everything nut-jobs. All that the free market guarantees is efficiency. It doesn't guarantee fair hiring practices, good wages, good education, safe schools, fewer cavities, or an end to male pattern baldness. - Braddock, on 06/04/2008, -2/+6Why not? What makes the two mutually exclusive. I'd disagree and say you can.
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