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by david1737 August 29, 2008 9:43 PM EDT
I think that is my point. The pres sets aggendas on what he wants, but the real control is congress and it seems that everytime they have control our ecomomy goes haywire. it seems it would be better for us to have a dem in the white house and reps in congress.

Posted by Undecided081


McCain chose Phil Gramm to be the co-chair of his campaign and calls him his "economic Guru."

Phil Gram caused the Subprime melt down.

If you have any doubt about it google it.

excerpt from AP article:

McCain chose Phil Gramm as general co-chairman presidential campaign, former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas), led the charge in 1999 to repeal a Depression-era banking regulation law (see Gramm-Leach Act) which contributed significantly to today%u2019s Sub Prime meltdown and economic turmoil.

By the way Gramm''s wife Wendy Gramm was directly responsible for ENRON.
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by david1737 August 29, 2008 9:35 PM EDT
I think that is my point. The pres sets aggendas on what he wants, but the real control is congress and it seems that everytime they have control our ecomomy goes haywire. it seems it would be better for us to have a dem in the white house and reps in congress.

Posted by Undecided081


McCain%u2018s %u201CMcMortgage%u201D crisis. Senator McCain%u2018s foremost economic adviser, now his campaign%u2018s general co-chair, he%u2018s likeliest choice for treasury secretary, was still lobbying for the UBS Investment Bank, was still being paid to try to kill Senate bills to help people victimized by the mortgage crisis to save their own homes, was still fighting to help the banks and screw the homeowners while already fundraising for McCain, while already advising McCain on housing, on mortgages, on the economy.
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by deepperppl August 29, 2008 9:34 PM EDT
It needs to be said that a woman at age 44 has just as much chance of having a non-disabled child as a woman of 25. Some doctors and "study groups" have tried to make it look like the older a woman gets, the more likely she will be to have a kid with Down''s Syndrome. The numbers were exaggerated and the studies skewed. I''m speaking as a mom who would have loved to have more children, but was newly married at 33, and knew more kids couldn''t be in our near future. So my husband had "the surgery". But I sure wouldn''t have minded MORE. Thankfully, adoption is an option. But it shouldn''t have to be for a mom of 37 who - it turns out - is in no more danger of having a Down''s child than Suzy Coed. I''m proud to have a VP candidate who didn''t choose abortion when not many would have blamed her for doing it.
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by middleman8 August 29, 2008 9:07 PM EDT
My God, The qualifications to be president are getting rougher and rougher.
Now it takes a hoop shot and a mate that drives a snowmobile, who ever thought we''d see this day ?
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by im4honesty August 29, 2008 8:43 PM EDT
Another thing, what is wrong with a woman who gives birth to her fifth child at age 44? She refused to use contraceptives, abstension or any other means to avoid bringing a handicapped child into the world. Every day children are born to a life of torment due to the warped beliefs and ignorance of the breeders they call ''''parents''''. Her youngest child (so far) will never have an equal chance in life, and may be exposed to incredible cruelty from his peers. This is not a person who presents ''''good judgment''''.
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by donbl1 August 29, 2008 8:23 PM EDT
Metcalf, there is not oil under every acre of land.......

In ANWAR, only 20,000 of the 2,000,000 acres has proven oil in sufficient quantity to attract drillers. That is 1% of the total land and it is not in the mountains.....

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by mattcat25 August 29, 2008 8:14 PM EDT
Alaska, OIL

Oil, Alaska.

Hmmm,


There is millions of acres in Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska next to ANWR (%u201Canwar-anwar!%u201D) that the Oil Companies are not in production of already approved Oil and Mineral Right harvesting.

OIL, Republican Governor, inexperienced, dumb broad, Oil, Alaska, REPUBLICANS%u2026.

VICE PRESIDENT!!!
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by undecided081 August 29, 2008 8:09 PM EDT
I think that is my point. The pres sets aggendas on what he wants, but the real control is congress and it seems that everytime they have control our ecomomy goes haywire. it seems it would be better for us to have a dem in the white house and reps in congress.
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by pollroller1 August 29, 2008 8:06 PM EDT
I haven''t decided who I will vote for yet. I like both McCain and Obama.
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by CBSTV August 29, 2008 8:00 PM EDT
For what it''s worth, gasoline prices were at an all-time low (when adjusted for inflation) during the Clinton Administration. I don''t necessarily correlate these two factors.

The economy flourished during the Clinton Administration and started to tank in 2001. But again, I don''t necessarily make a direct connection between the President and the economy.
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