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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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Don't forget to vote tomorrow.....and if you don't vote, don't complain about sh**....ha ha ha....carry on.
 
Old Nov 6, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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Just vote for the lesser of two Evil's.I am so sick of the negative campaign add's that I'm about to go postal.
 
Old Nov 6, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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oh man your not kidding....I think we are at an all time low in politics all over the country. It's just nasty. I've voted democrat since I was 18, but the democratic candidate for Governor here in California is so bad that I'm just going to leave it blank! Just horrible.
 
Old Nov 6, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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LOL Yea I think I'm just voting on all the bill's they are trying to pass.
 
Old Nov 6, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jjtgiants
oh man your not kidding....I think we are at an all time low in politics all over the country. It's just nasty. I've voted democrat since I was 18, but the democratic candidate for Governor here in California is so bad that I'm just going to leave it blank! Just horrible.
not going to re-elect zeh governator ?!
 
Old Nov 6, 2006 | 06:34 PM
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I agree with everyone here about negative campaiging. I was watching Sportcenter earlier. I kid you not when I saw 14 straight campain ads, ALL of which were negative. I've not seen, heard, or listened to any ads that weren't negative during this election, it's BS.

Therefore, if I vote, it will only be for all the issues.
 
Old Nov 6, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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i didnt register in time...i wouldnt have voted anyways cause its just a big who did what bad and im perfect stuff...all bs...just gimme my mustang and ill be fine
 
Old Nov 7, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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i don't ever vote. politics are all lies to me. i just look at it like....no matter who gets voted in.....i'm gunna live my life regardless. When the tax rate went up here.....everybody got all butt chapped....what..you gunna stop buying stuff?!?!?! I'll do me regardless. politics is what i vote for. hahahhahaha....or....politicians!!!
 
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 08:43 AM
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I vote...

I dont want my taxes going up... youd be surprised how many idiots like to vote to raise taxes
 
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 09:43 AM
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Well, it looks like the Country has sent Mr. Bush a clear message about change.....I know many of you conservative republicans won't agree with me, but this election is a result of Mr. Bush's screw ups. With that said, it seems that about every 10 years or so we see a "voter" revolt of incumbents and the House or Senate flips over to the other side. It happened to the democrats in the early 90's and now it's happened to the republicans this year.....it will flip back around once people get tired of the democrats. Politics has cycles just like the economy.

We had a Congressional race where I live that has been what they call a "safe" district for the republicans, well it's not so safe anymore cause the republican that's been there for 14 years is getting kicked out of office! That's when you for sure know there is a voter revolt, when safe districts turning over.

As for Arnold Schwarzenegger being in office.....I'm not a republican, but I think he's done a pretty damn good job. We went from having deficits in Cali larger than most state freaking total budgets to an almost balanced budget without raising taxes and he's actually been able to work with both political parties, so I think he's done a pretty good job. Don't forget, Ronal Regan was an actor and Governor of Cali before becoming President....We love our movie stars out here! ha ha ha
 
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jjtgiants
Well, it looks like the Country has sent Mr. Bush a clear message about change.....I know many of you conservative republicans won't agree with me, but this election is a result of Mr. Bush's screw ups. With that said, it seems that about every 10 years or so we see a "voter" revolt of incumbents and the House or Senate flips over to the other side. It happened to the democrats in the early 90's and now it's happened to the republicans this year.....it will flip back around once people get tired of the democrats. Politics has cycles just like the economy.

We had a Congressional race where I live that has been what they call a "safe" district for the republicans, well it's not so safe anymore cause the republican that's been there for 14 years is getting kicked out of office! That's when you for sure know there is a voter revolt, when safe districts turning over.

As for Arnold Schwarzenegger being in office.....I'm not a republican, but I think he's done a pretty damn good job. We went from having deficits in Cali larger than most state freaking total budgets to an almost balanced budget without raising taxes and he's actually been able to work with both political parties, so I think he's done a pretty good job. Don't forget, Ronal Regan was an actor and Governor of Cali before becoming President....We love our movie stars out here! ha ha ha
I can see your not a republican,talking about Bushs screw ups. Where the hell was you during the Clinton years. That was all screw ups,and the dumb a$$ public voted him in twice. That shows that most of the people are just rocks. Regan was the BEST. Don't you forget it.
 
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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[QUOTE=StormsGT;221499] Where the hell was you during the Clinton years. QUOTE]

huh? Anyway, I'll be the first person to admit clinton made mistakes....I have no problem admitting that......or acknowledging any other democrats have made mistakes, but what does clinton have to do with anything. He's been gone since 2000.

The difference between clinton and bush is that clinton to this day will admit he made LOTS of mistakes on policy and his personal decisions during his administration, bush will never do that cause he's afraid it will make him look weak or less of a man.
 
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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*** politics, I'm so damn sick of it. The only thing I care about are local issues and such, I'll never feel a damn change with a different president, governor, what have you.

With that said, minimum wage in ohio is no longer $5.15 and now is $6.85, whoo-hooo
 
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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I really don't give a **** anymore...

I'm with whitethunder... *** politics...

As long as I aint affected... and the gov doesn't take my money or *** me over... I could care less...

I really hope we dont yank outa IRAQ... but if we do... then i don't really care
 
Old Nov 8, 2006 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by wnracing
JJT: What mistakes has Bush made? Our economy is better right now than it when Clinton was in office. Granted we are in debt, but is that supposed to be new? We've been in debt for years..

The war? That isn't just Bush, I think we all know that the government as a whole decides what happens there, not just Bush.

Is it because he isn't an elequent speaker? Because he makes some dumb comments? Who doesn't?

All I can do is look at the results... Economy is great, just turn your TV on and watch the stocks every nite, they've been up by several points for weeks... I do agree that we need a change in Iraq, but what is this 'magical change' that the dem.'s are going to bring?

I don't know, hopefully it will work out.. looks like the senate is gonna be 49,49,2.....

The mistake is the war in Iraq. Yes, Congress and a whole had to vote on it, but they were given misinformation regarding weapons of mass destruction. Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Please tell me where they are because that is why we went to war right? Don't tell me it was because we wanted to fight terrorists in Iraq because that's just what Bush said when he couldn't find any WMD's. Furthermore, the war is costing this country $10,000minute and every few month's Bush asks for $50-80 billion dollars.....don't you think we could use that money to help homeless veterans or making sure kids don't go do school hungry ect....That's a lot of money to spend on a war that doesn't make any sense.

As for a magical plan the Dem's have....I have no idea, but I said in a previous post that there is no way we can just cut and run because that country will be take over by terrorist and Iran....and that would be really bad. I haven't said once that I think the dem's will have the answer to Iraq because we are so deep into it now that it would just be really bad for the whole world if we just left. The point is that we should have put full resources in Aghanistan and killed every single terrorist in that country and not even gone into Iraq.....I'd rather us go to N. Korea or Iran if he was itching to get into a war.

I don't think Bush is a dumb person, but he does say some stupid things and I would hope we as American citizens would hold the most powerful man on the planet to a higher standard.

As for the economy.....I don't know a whole lot about Clinton's economic policies or even Bush's, but I do know that the economy goes in cycles so I would say Clinton was in when the cycle was damn good and bush came in when it started to slow down, then 9/11 happened and it really tanked. Then it recovered, not sure if he had anything to do with it or it naturally recovered like it cycles, but I never said the economy was bad right now.
 
Old Nov 9, 2006 | 06:09 AM
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Well it looks like the Democrats are getting what they wanted. Now we will see if they actually have any ideas or solutions rather than complain about the Republican ones.

I think there are two hopes for the republicans in 2008.

1. Rudy Guiliani, if he runs in 08 I think the Republicans will win in a landslide

2. Hilary, if she runs I think the libs see her as too liberal. I hope to god she doesnt win.
 
Old Nov 9, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 04DarkShadowGT
Well it looks like the Democrats are getting what they wanted. Now we will see if they actually have any ideas or solutions rather than complain about the Republican ones.

I think there are two hopes for the republicans in 2008.

1. Rudy Guiliani, if he runs in 08 I think the Republicans will win in a landslide

2. Hilary, if she runs I think the libs see her as too liberal. I hope to god she doesnt win.
I think your right, they have been bitching and complaining for 6 years now and the public finally said here is your chance, get something done....we'll see what happens.

You know, I don't know a whole lot about Hilary, but I've always thought she was a little too liberal to for middle america....she'd do fine on the west coast and east coast, but not in the middle. However, someone told me that she used to be a republican before meeting Bill Clinton....I don't know if that's true, but I'm not sure she is as liberal as some of us might think. I think that's just a picture the republicans have painted of her to keep her out of the race because she can raise money like crazy and use her husband to gain support all over the country.

Now the dude that I think would make a great President is Senator Barack Obama from Illinois, but I'm not sure some of you rednecks are ready to elect a black President.....but if you ever have the chance to hear him speak check it out, he's pretty moderate and one of the only bright spots in politics.
 
Old Nov 10, 2006 | 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by jjtgiants
Now the dude that I think would make a great President is Senator Barack Obama from Illinois, but I'm not sure some of you rednecks are ready to elect a black President.....but if you ever have the chance to hear him speak check it out, he's pretty moderate and one of the only bright spots in politics.
I also think he would possibly be a good candidate, however he does not have enough experience imo to be president. Would be a good option in 2012 though.
 
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