<p>I think Barack is a pretty secular guy in private. Since he's running for president, and since America would basically laugh off anyone who isn't Christian, it's *requisite *that he talk about his Christianity.</p>
<p>Obama sounds like he believes in what he is saying, and is convincing to the public.</p>
<p>Hillary reads off of a flash-card and looks down at the pedestal while speaking. It makes people wonder whether she even understands or even means what she is reading.. or is she just reading off what her husband or campaign advisor wrote down for her.</p>
<p>"Put aside all logic at this point. Have you ever noticed in pictures, he has a certain smug, an arrogance that I really can't understand, like he is the shti and knows it, etc? Something about him is stressing me out, like he's going to unleash some sort of ill-fated plan once into the White House, which obviously would then be the Black House"</p>
<p>-Yeah, look at him. Dem negroes have been gettin awfully uppity lately! How dare he have the audacity to think HIS KIND could be in the white house. Doesn't he know what we do to dem negroes? He'll probably turn presidents day into "Nation kool-aid and fried chicken day!" It says WHITE house for a reason, boy. </p>
<p>/satire</p>
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hillary = noob
barrack = hot</p>
<p>thread over, peace out y'all
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<p>false</p>
<p>barack = hillary</p>
<p>but my best friend's last name is hussein so maybe i'll have to vote for him because his middle name is hussein. but i kind of like hillary because she was on the colbert report. it's really a tough call</p>
<p>all of the nominees suck.
i can't stand mccain he doesn't know what he's talking about.
hilary scares me and she is fake.
barack disguises his inexperience with eloquence.</p>
<p>young people are not old enough or experienced enough to decide the future of our country. i say that as a young moderate. we will have to pay even more out of our pockets just to lower the bar for others. it's ridiculous.
and don't tell me you like anyone's stances on anything.</p>
<p>all hilary says is how obama is inexperienced, and all i hear from obama is how he wants change. WHAT CHANGE?! seriously man, what the hell are you going to change? i would support you if i knew what it was!!!
and mccain is a psychopath that would support the war another 100 years if it came down to it. because you know what? christianity is the better religion of course. (i'm being sarcastic here).
sorry, there is no changing those people. they cut the heads off women for stepping out of their houses or disobeying their husbands. they are monsters. you can't teach an old dog new tricks. so screw the war. i respect the men and women over there 110%. but it's a lost cause.</p>
<p>i am afraid of november 2008.
our country is probably going to hell.
hopefully i am wrong.</p>
<p>they don't make them like they used to. where is john f. kennedy. or fdr when you need them??</p>
<p>ugggh GAH. sorry. that's my anti-Hillary, anti-Barack, anti-McCain rant.
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<p>all hilary says is how obama is inexperienced, and all i hear from obama is how he wants change. WHAT CHANGE?! seriously man, what the hell are you going to change? i would support you if i knew what it was!!!
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<p>How about you do some research before you post a useless rant?</p>
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young people are not old enough or experienced enough to decide the future of our country.
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<p>Young people are an important part of American society and one if its biggest influences. As legal adults, they deserve the right to choose their representation just as much as anybody else. How will we gain that experience if we don't start partaking in the governmental process?</p>
<p>hehehehehehehe. ageism ftw</p>
<p>obviously all 50 yr olds are more rational than all 20 yr olds </p>
<p>it's just the opposite of back in the '60s when hippies were like, "do not trust anyone over 30"</p>
<p>looool :D</p>
<p>Lol what happens when hippies turn 31?</p>
<p>beefs, that was a useless rant, and that was all intended it to be. just as what i am about to say is useless and purely an emotional reaction to my dissatisfaction with the current political situation.
i'm just saying. i am disappointed in american politics. the candidates are power hungry and are mostly driven by their own self interests. as a part of the middle class, these candidates are set on taking away all my family has worked so hard for. as a YOUNG adult now, with barely any experience in the real world, i feel that the decisions rest more on my parent's generation. they have experienced life, and the hardships it has had to offer!</p>
<p>when you, caressemh, start paying taxes and caring for a family, then you can say that you deserve an influence in american politics. young people's decisions are purely emotion driven. we are idealists, and there is nothing wrong with that! but compared to your parents, YOU KNOW NOTHING.</p>
<p>i am all for young people being a part of american political culture, and political efficacy in youth. but i don't think if it comes down to it, either obama, clinton, or mccain should be elected because of a large youth vote.
and what!? what are you talking about gaining experience through political processes. that is NOT the type of experience in the real world i am talking about, sorry.</p>
<p>and also, i have done research prior to my so-called 'useless rant.' you are too wrapped up in the sound of these candidates voices to realize how they will affect our society in the future. how will they deal with issues on immigration, healthcare, economy? these are important and they DO need to be changed. our society is in such a low state. but how is obama or clinton going to change them? i wouldn't know. they never talk about it.</p>
<p>i will tell you what. if they are in office. they better be ready at 3 a.m., because i will have a WHOLE LOT of questions....</p>
<p>The 80s happened, dude.</p>
<p>You can't generalize. I have plenty of friends who are 18 and 19 who pay for their own education and living conditions, work jobs, get tax deductions, and pay for insurance and gas, etc. They have legitimate concerns and stakes in our government. Raising a family has nothing to do with making rational political decisions. Plenty of adults never have children.</p>
<p>By your logic, old people shouldn't be able to vote either, since many of them are dependents and have personal experiences stemming from a time in history that is vastly different from the current situation. And don't tell me that a significant number of adults don't make uneducated, unemotional decisions.</p>
<p>I'm not saying young people should have the majority or even a significant role in the election process. I'm saying their views should be represented proportionately to their presence in society. And that won't even happen because many wont come out to vote. Those who do, generally care about what they have to say.</p>
<p>I believe there is a saying, "if you aren't liberal when you're young you have no heart, and if you're not conservative when you're old you have no brains." I mention that statement not so much about the political orientation but about the fact that generations will always have conflicting views and are both important.</p>
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all of the nominees suck.
i can't stand mccain he doesn't know what he's talking about.
hilary scares me and she is fake.
barack disguises his inexperience with eloquence.</p>
<p>young people are not old enough or experienced enough to decide the future of our country. i say that as a young moderate. we will have to pay even more out of our pockets just to lower the bar for others. it's ridiculous.
and don't tell me you like anyone's stances on anything.</p>
<p>all hilary says is how obama is inexperienced, and all i hear from obama is how he wants change. WHAT CHANGE?! seriously man, what the hell are you going to change? i would support you if i knew what it was!!!
and mccain is a psychopath that would support the war another 100 years if it came down to it. because you know what? christianity is the better religion of course. (i'm being sarcastic here).
sorry, there is no changing those people. they cut the heads off women for stepping out of their houses or disobeying their husbands. they are monsters. you can't teach an old dog new tricks. so screw the war. i respect the men and women over there 110%. but it's a lost cause.</p>
<p>i am afraid of november 2008.
our country is probably going to hell.
hopefully i am wrong.</p>
<p>they don't make them like they used to. where is john f. kennedy. or fdr when you need them??</p>
<p>ugggh GAH. sorry. that's my anti-Hillary, anti-Barack, anti-McCain rant.
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Although this post is a bit incoherent, I agree with most of the ideas. My vote will be a write-in.</p>
<p>as will mine.. Ron Paul FTW</p>
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as will mine.. Ron Paul FTW
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Oh Christ...</p>
<p>Another high school "libertarian."</p>
<p>caressemh, i totally agree with that quote. i think that's what i am getting at.</p>
<p>so according to that, a decision made my young people is not a regrettable one, it is based more on emotion than logic. and i think when it comes to a president. we need one based on logic rather than emotion. especially where we are at now. we need someone who can really take our situation by the horns and resolve many of our issues.</p>
<p>and there are always exeptions. i used the family example because that is most common. but sure, there are different scenarios.</p>
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and mccain is a psychopath that would support the war another 100 years if it came down to it. because you know what? christianity is the better religion of course. (i'm being sarcastic here).
sorry, there is no changing those people. they cut the heads off women for stepping out of their houses or disobeying their husbands. they are monsters. you can't teach an old dog new tricks. so screw the war. i respect the men and women over there 110%. but it's a lost cause.
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What the hell? Dude, don't vote... seriously. Since when were we fighting a war about husbands chopping their wife's head off?</p>
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How about you do some research before you post a useless rant?
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I agree.</p>
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I disagree. I can find Iraq on a map and that alone makes me more informed than most adult American voters.</p>
<p>Also, are young people serious when they say they want to vote for Ron Paul? Do these self proclaimed libertarians know what being a libertarian means? Most of the "libertarian" kids I know think being a libertarian is all about "legalizing it."</p>
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young people are not old enough or experienced enough to decide the future of our country.
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Dude? You're playing into the baby boomers' hands.</p>
<p>Just saying.</p>
<p>They agree on most things, yet this is a sort of clash of political philosophies:</p>
<p>For example, both are economic liberals, but, if memory serves me correct (I may have this the wrong way around), Hilary is more for a top-to-bottom welfare plan for all classes, while Obama is targeting those most in need.</p>
<p>It's kinda like Teddy vs. Wilson in 1912...both were fairly progressive, at least on the economy (Teddy was conservative in foreign policy and Wilson was, you could consider, a social conservative).</p>
<p>However, they took different approaches: Wilson wanted to focus on trustbusting and reform of the banking system and the other structural flaws in the economy; Teddy felt trusts could be beneficial to the economy in some cases, and instead focused on labor rights and regulation, improving upon the status quo instead of redoing the entire economic structure.</p>
<p>Of course...that was the actual election between two parties.</p>
<p>LOL. newjack,</p>
<p>haven't you heard? for the the last thousand years many arab people, most especially women, have been severely oppressed by the male-dominated islamic extremist government. many are horribly punished for leaving their homes, disobeying islamic tradition, showing their skin, hair, or eyes. sometimes in more severe cases, their genitalia are mutilated, limbs are cut off, or they are shot.</p>
<p>read a book.... i recommend 'a thousand splendid suns' by khaled hosseini.</p>
<p>or look at this, it's awful.
Female</a> genital cutting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>oh you took a geography class? THAT's cool! Just because you know where Iraq is doesn't mean you are more informed than most American voters..
and fyi, this is just what is happening over in the middle east. we are fighting a war to dispose of weapons that never existed, and to bring peace and democracy to a world where that is not accepted or encouraged. do YOUR research. ;)</p>