I just don't think you can lump
Posted By: credit into "bad choices." on 2008-09-08
In Reply to: I beg to differ, it IS about "we" people. - sam
Who knows if the republicans are to blame? Some people have credit cards that they did try and save but since the economy stinks and health insurance does not cover what it should, they've been forced to use credit and maybe think that getting a second job or working overtime could play for that. But, please do not say that because you are not one of those that does not have credit card debt, that you somehow made better choices.
Credit cards are just as much a part of this society crisis as these large corporations and mortgage companies delving out mortgages like it's no big deal, and then what happens when the mortgagee can't pay???? They wind up homeless.
Let's keep it here in the USA. We can help out when we can, but darn it we need it here for education, healthcare, and equal housing (as Biden put it), we didn't hear anything about those issues at the RNC.
I've read here on the internet for what it is worth about how Sarah Palin will put her special needs son out there and work for this cause, which is great, but let's work for all children whether they be special needs (that's obvious) or special needs because their Dad walked out because he got so depressed that he couldn't support his family and took to the "bottle." Let's help the children that their parents lost their good paying jobs because the company offshored. JMO.
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Please don't lump us all together
Not all Rebuplicans think of themselves as better than everyone else. I happen to be a Republican with some liberal views, but I'm certainly not a racist or an elitist and am far from thinking I'm better than everyone else. I have an open mind when it comes to politics and never vote for someone just because they are Republican - far from, actually, as last year I voted for a Democrat governor and a Democrat senator. So plese do not generalize - it really offends those of us who really try to get the facts and not get drawn into the sludge-fest.
I really am not trying to lump....(sm)
all pubs in with the extremists. And you're right, there are many pubs that don't fall into that category. However, when they start taking up for extremists (and not all, by any means did), they put themselves into that category.
FYI: Those southern democrats who started the KKK were what were known as "dixicrats," who eventually turned into the republican party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat
I cannot and will not lump all Dems together...
however, several of the group who post here post like this. I don't understand it, because it doesn't follow what I thought democrats were all about. I am not a Republican by the way...am an Independent. I don't owe any party my vote...but I have Democrats in my family and they do not speak like this...
But, I could not say most Dems treat people this way. Just some of these do. :)
I just saw him on camera - there is no lump
He does have a set of jowls. Jowls are areas of fullness along the jawline that tend to increase with age.
Please don't lump all us liberals together
I don't like Ann Coulter but not for any of the reasons you said. I don't like her because I think she uses fear mongering tactics to get her point across and as she proved with the comment about Michelle Obama, she is unable to do it without resorting to name calling. That doesn't speak to any level of intelligence for me.
I don't like any of the pundits who are either so far right or far left that they are unable to see any other viewpoint but their own. Anyone like that is just scary to me.
So what's that giant lump on his left jaw?
Iraq did not attack America, as much as you want to lump it all in one pot - they didn't...sm
It's that grasping at straws logic I don't understand fully. First though, I really enjoyed your post and I respect your point of view.
You say that we were not attacked but yet our troops were deployed all over the world under Clinton. Newsflash, they still are under Bush, so what's the point? That has been America's role since before Clinton - World Police. Clinton didn't ask for the role, it was already there. Second, we did not invade and occupy Bosnia or any other country under Clinton if I remember correctly. We helped people who were being slaughtered AT THE TIME. How could YOU support Iraq and not Bosnia? Matter of fact, I would have like to see Clinton do more, especially in Rwanda.
The thing about our *invasion and occupation* of Iraq is that they did not attack us on 911. Their country was stable when we attacked them. As far as I know, the mass murders and killings were not going on, there was not WMD, the sanctions were working. They were not at war among themselves. We had no right or reason to intervene this way. Sure, the people were oppresed (so are many other countries) but they weren't a terrorist breeding ground either. Don't get me wrong, I hope we or they are able to have stability in Iraq and soon, but I have many reservations that this will come to pass anytime soon.
You brought up something interesting though when you said the Al Qaeda terrorist organization is now down to 17,000?? I'm curious to know how many there were to start with? It's hard to see this as progress if we don't know how many there were to begin with.
Trying to lump the 2 wars into one and call Obama a liar is S-P-I-N
Unless you are really ignorant and do not realize that Iraq and Afghanistan are 2 separate countries. (The middle east......Obama was going to bring our troops home! Now he's sending 17,000 troops to Afghanistan! He lied!) You try to incite "war" against Obama based on your inability to comprehend what you read and what you don't remember..........sounds like BS to me.
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