April 18, 2008
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Most students attending four-year colleges and universities in Pennsylvania are enthusiastic about voting in the presidential campaign, according to a poll conducted by CBS News and UWIRE, and Barack Obama is the overwhelming favorite among those who intend to vote in the Democratic primary. CBS Poll: Obama Dominant At Pa. Colleges
CBS News/UWIRE Poll Shows Students Paying Close Attention, Overwhelmingly Favor Ill. Senator
Among Pennsylvania students who will vote or have voted in a Democratic primary in any state, Obama leads Hillary Rodham Clinton 71 percent to 28 percent, and among those who intend to vote in the Pennsylvania primary, Obama leads by a nearly identical margin of 71 percent to 29 percent. Support for Obama is consistent across types and sizes of schools.
Pennsylvania college students also say that John McCain has the experience a president needs and think he would be an effective commander-in-chief.
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The level of enthusiasm and interest in the campaign is high and exists among freshman and seniors, men and women and in various public and private institutions across the state.
Nearly nine in 10 students attending four-year colleges and universities in Pennsylvania who registered to vote in any state are paying attention to the 2008 presidential campaign, including 42 percent who are paying a lot of attention. Those numbers aren't as high as voters of all ages nationwide, of whom 60 percent said they were paying a lot of attention in a CBS News poll conducted in March.
Fifty-six percent of registered Pennsylvania college students described themselves as very enthusiastic about voting for president in 2008, while 31 percent said they were somewhat enthusiastic. Only 23 percent agree-even somewhat-that things will be the same no matter who is elected president.
Looking ahead to November, Pennsylvania college students prefer either Democratic candidate over presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. In an Obama/McCain match-up, Obama leads by an overwhelming 71 percent to 29 percent, and if Clinton is the Democratic nominee, she leads McCain by a smaller margin of 58 percent to 42 percent.
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See all 486 CommentsThis voting is for future. Their future.
So that''s is not fun, when clinton%u2019s elderly supporters are so angry and eager to keep everything like it is.
They are out of time, starting from Billary. Their time is gone.
I''m from Europe, Netherlands to be exact.
I just would like to mention that many in Europe observing the American presidential race are absolutely amazed that there are actually still people backing the concept of a republican president. Don''t you realise that the republican party will only push America into a greater recession, an economic crisis which won''t be easy to overcome?
Haven''t you noticed how 8 years of failing economic politics has America clinging on to their 1st world country status?
In Europe, most countries are prepared for what''s going to happen once America''s economy truly implodes. I know my country is prepared, atleast.
I don''t see how you''re not worried about this at all, instead you''re giving Obama and Clinton a hard time over such trivial things as "elitist remarks" and what affiliated people have said in the past. All you should be worried about now is economic damage control, because the next 4 years are not only going to affect you and your children, but you''re going to drag down Europe too.
When the two main western blocks are in such shape, I promise you terrorism will be the least of our worries.
Kind regards,
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Financial Manager Philips
No numbers ? Sounds a bit like a contradiction with the rest of the article ...
Posted by speets at 08:52 AM : Apr 18, 2008
We were doing fine until the democrats came to power in ''06. Thank you for your comments and your interest from The Hague, but with all due respect, you don''t know what you''re talking about.....only what you are being told.
Research Obama Past and its *** right scary.
canadafreepress.com/index.php/ article/2462
Search CBS article for "Bad Company of Barack" click the link Opinion.
If Obama gets in the WHite House Look at your Paycheck and just remeber you voted a Socialist who groups people, into Office.
Posted by Jack3213 at 08:43 AM : Apr 18, 2008
http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files//2008/04/2262688982_a4a45a77bd.jpg
Who would of thought our kids would have been contaminated by their ultra liberal professors?
The axis of evil media:
1. Liberal Hollywood
2. Liberal colleges and universities
3. Liberal MSM wolfpack press
Without these three axis of evil media there would be no Democrat party.
My fellow Americans meet their "enablers".
How really sad is that?
Posted by speets at 08:52 AM : Apr 18, 2008
We were doing fine until the democrats came to power in ''''06. Thank you for your comments and your interest from The Hague, but with all due respect, you don''''t know what you''''re talking about.....only what you are being told.
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NUMBER ONE RULE IN A RECESSION , CUT TAXES - JOHN MCCAIN WILL DO THAT. OBAMA and HILLARY Will RAISE TAXES.
''06.
Posted by LibH8er at 09:02 AM : Apr 18, 2008"
Who''s president right now, again ?
How much was the debt in 2006 ?
How much was it in 1994 ?
Who would of thought our kids would have been contaminated by their ultra liberal professors?
The axis of evil media:
1. Liberal Hollywood
2. Liberal colleges and universities
3. Liberal MSM wolfpack press
Without these three axis of evil media there would be no Democrat party.
My fellow Americans meet their "enablers".
How really sad is that?
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Whats Really Sad is the Democrat Party has evolved into this.
Posted by Obama8years at 09:07 AM : Apr 18, 2008"
Already tried by Bush to no avail. Of course, tax cuts only for his friends, not the middle class ...
Give me a break!
Posted by Jack3213
Just because YOU don''t trust someone doesn''t mean they are not trustworthy. Your bias is astoundingly blatant. You forgot to mention that a huge segment of the population will vote for John McCain precisely because he is white. This is the first race in history that the gender and race of the three front runners allow for that possibility. You call out women and blacks for supporting Clinton and Obama, but where is the outrage against the racists and misogynists???. Don''t get lazy because it''s harder for you to make the distinction. I am voting for Obama and it is not because I''m black, but because I think he is the best candidate.
Give me a break!
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Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 09:12 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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You seem to have a low opinion of these young adults... YOU do know we were young once to don''t you? Is it THEM or the fact that YOU can''t accept the change they want?
Of course. Illegal drug use, indiscriminant ***, rap "music", slacking, and radical left-wing worldviews are also dominant in colleges. Are we supposed to be surprised?
Who would of thought our kids would have been contaminated by their ultra liberal professors?
The axis of evil media:
1. Liberal Hollywood
2. Liberal colleges and universities
3. Liberal MSM wolfpack press
Without these three axis of evil media there would be no Democrat party.
My fellow Americans meet their "enablers".
How really sad is that?
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Posted by perceptions5 at 09:06 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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God but you Nazi''s are a disgusting bunch! YOU give us the WORST President in our history and it''s always someone else''s fault. Those ugly old "Liberal''s". The problem is when you look at where you people are coming from 90% of us are "Liberal''s" at one time or another.. it all depends on IF we back the "Party" or not! Sieg Heil Bush!!
So was George McGovern in 1972. How many of you remember President McGovern?
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Posted by Obama8years at 09:07 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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THIS is NO recession Sparky! THIS is a complete melt down of our economic system. Why is it going on? Why is the dollar almost worthless at the SAME time that prices are increasing? It''s because we have a 9.3 TRILLION Dollar Debt AND a Record Deficit. IT''s because we, YET AGAIN, bought into "Trickle Down". Now you folks failed us and failed us badly... time to step aside and let other people lead for awhile. Sieg Heil Bush
-Posted by MCVet at 09:17 AM : Apr 18, 2008
Someone whose worldview is to the right of yours is a Nazi?? Gee, that''s rational. Please spare us the liberal buzzwords. Hey, why don''t you throw in "intolerant", "hate", "politically incorrect", and "homophobe" while you''re at it.
Or on second thought, change your tampon and go back to bed.
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Hey McNaziNut is that the "Party" that doesn''t count all the votes?
How are your hero''s going to win the White House without the US states of Michigan and Florida?
Give it up McNaziNut and go back to your "brownshirts" meeting...........
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Posted by Obama8years at 09:08 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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No! What''s really sad is that you freaks just keep repeating the same tired old lines that have GOTTEN us were we are. If you freaks DON''T try to blame all the failures of "Trickle Down" and Bush on "Lib''s" we aren''t in this mess. Sieg Heil Bush
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Posted by mkbjon at 09:14 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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Thank you! I''m not black but what does that have to do with anything. We NEED a leader, someone who can change the direction of this nation. I don''t care if that leader is PURPLE!!
-Posted by MCVet at 09:21 AM : Apr 18, 2008
Your comparisons of Bush to Hitler, the anti-Semite who intentionally sent 6,000,000 Jews to the gas chambers, is a pretty good indication that you may have had your oxygen cut off at birth. It''s not your fault that you''re borderline-retarded, but it is noteworthy.
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Posted by larry7014 at 09:17 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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So lets see here! In YOUR poor simple little mind the college students of today are the same as they were 40 years ago...the issues are the same and the problems are the same??? Wow! Makes perfect sense I guess... to who I have NO idea! Maybe a little reality check would help you sparky???
Why is Barack Obama so comfortable around people who so despise America and its allies? Maybe it%u2019s because they%u2019re so comfortable around him.
He presents as the transcendent agent of %u201Cchange.%u201D Sounds platitudinous, but it%u2019s really quite strategically vaporous. Sen. Obama is loath to get into the details of how we should change, and, as the media%u2019s Chosen One, he hasn%u2019t had to.
But he%u2019s not, as some hopefully dismiss him, a charismatic lightweight with a gift for sparkling the same old vapid cant. Judging from the company he chooses to keep, Obama%u2019s change would radically alter this country. He eschews detail because most Americans don%u2019t believe we%u2019re a racist, heartless, imperialist cesspool of exploitation. The details would be disqualifying.
Or on second thought, change your tampon and go back to bed.
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Posted by mike71067 at 09:20 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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LOL Thanks for proving my point!! What does YOUR opinon of ME have to do with the issues raised. Did I somehow give you the impression that I actually cared about what YOU thought of me? If I did that was an error! I could care LESS what you think of me, my points remain for all to read and THAT is important to me. Has it crossed you simple little fascist mind that attacking people, attempting to intimidate them into NOT expressing their views IS NOT working for you anymore??? If it hasn''t it will... REST assured swastika breath, IT WILL!! Sieg Heil Bush
-Posted by MCVet at 09:24 AM : Apr 18, 2008
The issues are different, but today''s college students are the same group of dimwitted dolts that spend their time smoking dope and bangin'' each other, spreading VD, and slacking off. Except now they have goatees and their music is more lame.
How are your hero''''s going to win the White House without the US states of Michigan and Florida?
Give it up McNaziNut and go back to your "brownshirts" meeting...........
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Posted by perceptions5 at 09:20 AM : Apr 18, 2008
OH sure like a flaming NAZI care''s about the health of the Nation OLDEST Political Party!! ROFLMAO Why don''t you tell us another LIE? YOU freaks have gotten so good at it. Sieg Heil Bush
-Posted by MCVet at 09:28 AM : Apr 18, 2008
Did you forget to take your Prozac this morning? I''ll bet you were one of those pathetic freaks in Florida who were diagnosed with Post-Election-Selection-Trauma (PEST) in 2004 - remember that? You even took medication for it, didn''t you. Your Nazi fascination is disturbing, but considering your host of other pstchological issues, we expect it.
2. Hundreds of Dis-Membered & Forced Amputated Limbs of our Great US Military Men & Women, Under False Pretenses (WOMD)
3. The High Cost of our Great US Military Men & Women, who are Permanently Injured Physically & Psycologically.
4. 100,000 Innocent Iraqi Men, Women & Children Killed under False Pretenses (WOMD)
5. No Weapons Of Mass Distruction and a War Mongering president, that wants to Bomb & Raid Iran, while we are spread thin in Iraq & Afghanistan !!
6. USA Citizens clamoring for Blood, but not Willing to Enlist in the War Campaigns, just Sideline Cheer Leading, as though the Wars are Football games, when they arent doing the Killing & Dying, just Sideline Warriors, Talking Patriotism and not Participating in Combat, just Watching and Ranting.
7. Devalued Dollar
8. High Unemployment
9. High-Record Foreclosures
10. Credit card Frenzied Spending, which has Lead to the National Debt.
11. Uninsured Americans, which is another National Cost Issue.
12. A Trillion Dollar War.
13. NAFTA, NAU, Communist China & Viet Nam making USA Products, Outsourcing Jobs to India.
America, Thanks Bush Sr. Bush Jr. & Bill Clinton
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Posted by mike71067 at 09:29 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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So what are you proposing you pathetic nazi? We take away their right to vote because YOU aren''t intelligent enough to accept the fact that they are young and want to change the country??? Who''s next Swastika Breath?? All my life you losers have been wanting to deny one group or another the right to vote and be involved for no other reason than they don''t support the "party". Yeah you make up all these excuses but the bottom line is always the same. Sieg Heil Bush... come on you bootlicker let the Fuhrer hear ya!! SIEG HEIL!!
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"Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the status of a major war and a major debacle," says the report''s opening line.
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Posted by mike71067 at 09:31 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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Do YOU really think your feeble attempt to appear "superior" to me has changed the facts presented?? You really need to get your head into the hear and now. The ENTIRE WORLD looks upon the Present Day Republican Party and George Bush as Fascist... where have you been!! Sieg Heil Bush
That''s ok, I believe in Freedom of Speech - even for idiots like yourself whose development may have been hindered.
1. 4009 Dead US Troops, under False Pretenses (WOMD).
2. Hundreds of Dis-Membered & Forced Amputated Limbs of our Great US Military Men & Women, Under False Pretenses (WOMD)
3. The High Cost of our Great US Military Men & Women, who are Permanently Injured Physically & Psycologically.
4. 100,000 Innocent Iraqi Men, Women & Children Killed under False Pretenses (WOMD)
5. No Weapons Of Mass Distruction and a War Mongering president, that wants to Bomb & Raid Iran, while we are spread thin in Iraq & Afghanistan !!
6. USA Citizens clamoring for Blood, but not Willing to Enlist in the War Campaigns, just Sideline Cheer Leading, as though the Wars are Football games, when they arent doing the Killing & Dying, just Sideline Warriors, Talking Patriotism and not Participating in Combat, just Watching and Ranting.
7. Devalued Dollar
8. High Unemployment
9. High-Record Foreclosures
10. Credit card Frenzied Spending, which has Lead to the National Debt.
11. Uninsured Americans, which is another National Cost Issue.
12. A Trillion Dollar War.
13. NAFTA, NAU, Communist China & Viet Nam making USA Products, Outsourcing Jobs to India.
America, Thanks Bush Sr. Bush Jr. & Bill Clinton
-Posted by MCVet at 09:34 AM : Apr 18, 2008
Attempting to appear "superior" to you? No, but you seem to be going out of your way to appear inferior to the rest of us. And the facts presented strongly indicate that you had a troubled childhood, and you''re still living in it.
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Posted by mike71067 at 09:34 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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Yeah right! That''s why you come on here attacking EVERYONE as being a "lib" if they don''t agree with the "Party"!! ROFLMAO Maybe you can''t see it but everyone else does... you feeble attempts to put everyone beneath you who won''t buy into the Fascist mentality. Sieg Heil Bush!! Say by the way when is the next Republican Rally??? Are they wearing their sheets???
I glanced through your rambling pile of dung and noticed that you blame Bush for "uninsured Americans". I guess that includes all those who were uninsured before he was even elected, those in their 20''s who elect not to buy insurance, and the MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS who are uninsured.
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Posted by mike71067 at 09:36 AM : Apr 18, 2008
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Tell you what swastika breath. I''ll take 12 of your post.. you know the one''s where you call anyone who dares oppose the "party" names of your favorite Hate Target... I''ll submit them to ANY independent Political Science Professor, you pick the one. If they do NOT agree with me that you are a flaming FASCIST I''ll appoligize and not call you that again. Deal??? Sieg Heil Bush!!
We were doing fine until the democrats came to power in ''''06. Thank you for your comments and your interest from The Hague, but with all due respect, you don''''t know what you''''re talking about.....only what you are being told.
No offense, but you couldn''t be more wrong. Infact that might be the most flawed comment I have read here so far. But there''s no point in trying to educate you, if you made the same mistake twice already and you''re on the brink of making the wrong decision again, then you won''t ever learn and educating you would be a waste of time.
Kind regards,
A Speets
Financial Manager Philips
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