or is it over regulation and "all for show" welfare state policies that don't work? maybe none of it works and we're all doomed to poverty and misery.

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When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Like it or not.. she's the only one that isn't "the same" as the other 3, "Good Ole Boys"

You want change! Palin is at least of a different mind set.
Not to mention, Biden didn't shine like the brightest bulb in the package either.

To me the other 3 represent 'more of the same' in different ways.

Look at this bailout bill..
why not pay off some subset of mortgages with 700M +$150 PORK! (Thanks John! and the rest of you bastards), instead of forecloseing on them..
Who is going to maintain all those foreclosures for the next 2-3 years? Yeah, right.. the federal govt..
Banks will remortgage and get bigger intrest!
What a deal... for the banks and their political alies..
Tell me.. how are "mainstreet" going to get the money back? I guess they will put the social security money back and say "see, we paid it back".. Fuckin theives.

It's all done with mirrors and an ignorant American public (I'm from Florida).
Having no stomach for anything unpleasant.

Sorry for ranting.. I had to. LOL!! I'm not happy with govt right now..
Is Ross Perot running again??!!

Most will have to be demolished and rebuilt.. WATCH!

Me, I re-registered from my specific party to NO Affiliation.
Both parties are only in it for themselves. I'm sick of 'em.

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Grazie, 4maggio
Experience is the best teacher.

Where is the over regulation? Explain.

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"Dissent is the Highest form of Patriotism" -- Howard Zinn

4maggio, I think you have it wrong, she is the same.
She is in lockstep with McCain, she repetes the same mantra as McCain.

I for one am not happy about the Bailout and if any of us want to do something about it, we need to let our voices be heard by voting the idiots in congress who voted for this shit out of office.

I have written my congressman about this and let him know that his days are numbered (and so has most of my district).

If one's taxes are to be raised it should be to benefit the many and not the few (like Bush's Buddies in the banking industry)

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The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. United State Constitution, Art. I Sec. 9 Par. 2

"Dissent is the Highest form of Patriotism" -- Howard Zinn

Spoken like a true liberal.

I'll respond in November.

It's a shame, but in Nv., no-one (of any consequences) will run against Harry Reid. I'd surely vote against him if I thought My vote had a chance of replacing him, but having the senior senator in the senate, the leader, makes for a lot of pork for nevada, and as the old saying goes, all pork is bad except that which comes your way. I'm not that enamored of my representative and will definently vote against her. I begged her to stand up to Bush and refuse to send a war bill to him, I begged her to start impeachment proceedings over 2 years ago. I'm going to try and vote the bitch out. I'm definently voting for the democrat that is running against Jon Porter. That slimeball voted with bush 100% of the time.

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High Dank.. I understand your point... but.. LOL!!!

She is under the scrutiny of 'everyone'.. dems&reps&media.. if a politician is slick talking, that's good.. for them.. not good for us.
And she has to come from "somewhere". (re: locksteping)

I think she's been running a state and the rest have been rehearsing in front of a mirror>>>> "you talkin' to me!?"

When do you recall any one of them (politicians/CEOs/Lawyers) answering a yes/no question with no answer that even remotely answers the original question.. and that seems to be OK with everyone (media). She did get involved legally with the head of the RNC in Alaska and won (I have no idea what it was about). Do you think she made republican 'buddies' then!??
I just do not think the RNC is completely behind her either (good ole boys).

I'm trying to find a bright spot, it is neither of the pres/cands.. bidin seems a condesending prick.

Taxes.... we're screwed for years to come.

Sometime the grass seems greener.

Cheers.. i hope we win.

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Grazie, 4maggio
Experience is the best teacher.

Cheers.. i hope we win.

Who is we?

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Life is good, the water is sweet. The ground keeps moving beneath my feet.

its plain and simple. ill give it to you republicans, if mccain didnt pick palin as a running mate then your boat would have a little less water in it come november. but lets face the facts. republicans are cruising the titanic hoping that history wont repeat itself.

ya have no chance of winning and if you so happen to walk hand in hand with ignorance then youll deny my claims. democrats will win in '08. maybe if you picked serious candidates(ones with solid viewpoints that dont change as there stocks go up and down, and possibly younger, lesss likely to die senators), you would have stood a chance against Obama-Biden.

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It could be that we are witnessing the beginning of the dissolution of the Republican Party. Their members don't back up their leader (either the one that's leaving *or* the one they want to replace him). In effect, there is no Republican Party leadership. You could make the case that that means there really is no Republican Party either. It's just a clusterfuck of chaos now.

Even if the Republican Party is around in 4 years, or 8 years, or 16 years, whatever, the writing is on the wall for them -- in a rapidly diversifying country, a party cannot continue to be solely the party of uneducated, white, socially-conservative, heterosexual people. That is a rapidly shrinking demographic, and once their base demographic falls below a certain point, they cannot viably contend in elections. That's happened before, with parties in the past -- their demographic shrunk below the point of viability and they disappeared. This is inevitablely going to happen to the Republican Party as well. We may be seeing the beginning of the dissolution this election cycle.