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Plenty Of High-Pressure Candidates Stretch The Truth, But Why?
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- rebel go listen to Rev. Wright
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- Enjoyed the visit Hinnis!
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- Rebel Scout and Rowdy Texan: Thanks for the discussion. I''ve got to go have dinner. Have a good night.
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- Thank''s for the intelligent conversation hinnis, gotta go, can''t listen to this KKK anymore tonight!
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- Posted by kmccliment at 10:28 PM : Apr 02, 2008
Yes, I saw that. There wasn''t a child in site! lol - Reply to this comment
- Posted by hinnis at 10:19 PM : Apr 02, 2008
I agree. At first I even thought, wow! But then began to do the research and went...wait a minute, this is nothing like reality I''m seeing here!
I thougt wow, 830 bills sponsored! And then when you look, for seven years, he never passed a piece of legislation, until the last year of his term when all the bills were handed to him to write that other politicians had worked on for years. They promoted him like some kind of legislative whiz kid!
And then, as a US senator, he named a post office, and got legislation passed to support efforts in the Congo!
Where''s all this wonderful stuff he was supposed to have done that qualifies him to be our president? - Reply to this comment
- did anyone notice Barry fluff off a guy in PA for a photo op. Barry became agitated and said he didnt want to because the guy interupted Barry when he was talking with some children. He then caught himself and stopped. There was no children. I think he realized that the media would surely hit him for lying on that one. I still think if mr everyday man asking for the photo was Barrys color he would have stopped and taken it.
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- Im curious when was the last time Barry visited anywhere that had bullets flying?
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Posted by kmccliment
Hey, maybe Obama(Barry) will come out and say his plane had to do a corkscrew landing on a airfield in Kenya, and he and his family and Sinbad had to run for cover from sniper fire..... - Reply to this comment
- You got that hinnis! PBS ALWAYS give''s both side''s evenly and you end up knowing where they stand because the interviewer get''s into both side''s equally tough.I just wish everyone used the same way of thinking as they do.Our country might come out better if we vetted all of them as tough. Hell, it might make the process go faster.
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- rowdytexan: I know what you mean. My theory of why so many Obama supporters refuse to recognize any flaws in their candidate is that they began to admire him in the beginning when they knew almost nothing about him. All they really knew is that he comes across very genuine and articulate. He spoke of grand (but nonspecific) themes like "change" and "unity" and they believed him. Once they were hooked, it became almost like a first crush. Now, if any information does not comport with their view of Obama, they simply cannot process it. Their first impression is to rationalize it, and if that doesn''t work, then attack the messenger. I don''t, however, blame Obama supporters as much as I blame him. He knew from the start that he was perpetrating a hoax on the American public, and for that, I cannot forgive him.
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- Im curious when was the last time Barry visited anywhere that had bullets flying?
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- Wow, in the photo above it doesnt seem like the same scene described in those rallies. Hillary, Chelsea and Sinbad are brave folks strolling through that hail of sniper fire....Hillary 2016
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- chitown639 I was responding to a not so educated comment by a person of color which basicly said the same thing. I just reversed the roles to make a point.
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- rebelscout: Good suggestion about PBS. The more well-known cable news outlets (CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc.) have all proven themselves to be biased one way or another. It is truly a sorry state of affairs when the media cannot be trusted to report the news objectively.
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- Pro gun people go around talking about how felons can''t legally buy guns but they fail to mention that at least one third of the felonies committed each year do not result in a conviction. Bottom line is that there are a LOT of people running around out there who have committed multiple felonies but never been convicted. There is no way to keep them from legally purchasing guns because that would cut into the gun manufacturers'' profits and they won''t stand for that! They won''t rest until every one in the country feels the need to buy a gun, and their making that happen by legally arming people who commit felonies but are too smart to get caught.
Censor this, "BillORights"! - Reply to this comment
- Have to agree that the press will not dog Obama like they do Hill. They also won''t rip McBush the same way. That is the press and why I watch PBS for new''s more than I do anyone else.
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- Posted by hinnis at 09:42 PM : Apr 02, 2008
Exactly! He does. And it''s amazing that people just fall all over themselves wanting to put this man in the president''s seat.
You can post facts all day long, and to them it''s like it''s just okay!
He lied coming right out of the box claiming he would conduct a campaign that would be above politics as usual. And he played dirty politics in Illinois the first political step he took! And in this campaign has created total chaos, and never spoke to an issue until December!
And the media spews out every word he says like it''s coming straight from God! Obama could say, "I pooped green today!" And the media bots and Obama bots just oooooo and ahhhhhhhh like it''s the second coming of Christ! - Reply to this comment
- why is it that when a person of color doesnt like a comment they cry racism. i guess they have never had to learn to be an adult and that everyone has an opinion. i feel that every person of color that cries racism is racist themselves.
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Posted by kmccliment
Sweeping generalizations like the one you made are what inspire the charges of racism that you are complaining about. Racists make sweeping generalizations along racial lines...... - Reply to this comment
- CALL THEM ALL OUT, DAM IT THEY ALL LIE! THEIR POLITICIONS, THAT''S WHAT THEY DO!
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- rebelscout: I agree that every politician I have encountered is dishonest to varying degrees. The reason I focus on Obama is two-fold: (1) Because the mainstream media will not give the same attention to his lies that they give those of Hillary. Hillary lies about her landing in Bosnia, and it''s front page news for days and days; Obama right now is lying in his ads in Pennsylvania about his contributions from oil companies, which I believe is a much more serious issue, and the press virtually ignores it. (2) The second reason has to do with the whole basis of Obama''s campaign. He couldn''t really run on experience or reputation, so he ran on being the candidate of "change" and "unity." On closer investigation, it turns out that he is neither. Regarding change, he lies more than any of the three major candidates; regarding his ability to unify, he has belonged to a racist black liberation theology church for 20 years, and considers its racist and anti-American pastor to be his "mentor and spiritual adviser." So, you''re right; we certainly don''t have any perfect candidates running for President, but until the press does a better job vetting Obama, I''m going to do my small little part.
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