<p>The Libertarians have Bob Barr, the Georgia congressman who led the impeachment of Bill Clinton. </p>
<p>Libertarians actually have significant potential if they got their act together as well as a proper politican. The actual message is tempting at times. </p>
<p>Barr's a former Republican so maybe that suggests Libertarians may bite into Republican supporters albeit at such a small margin.</p>
<p>Obama may have voiced opposition to the Iraq war five years ago, but his “courage” came at a time when it minimally affected his political aspirations. Since entering the senate, he has voted in favor of nearly 300 billion dollars in war appropriations and will continue to appropriate billions more if elected president.</p>
<p>I guess "hope", "change", and "yes we can" will do the job.</p>
<p>"- You can't give us all free health care.
- You can't make the poor "unpoor""</p>
<p>I believe it was Metdeth that stated this. And he is exactly right. For about forty years now (starting with LBJ), Democrats have been trying to give us the two things above. Sure, some little things have changed for the "better," but is anyone believing that all of the sudden, Obama can give us free health care and can make the poor unpoor? It is not going to happen...There have been poor people in all nations and and all continents for thousands and thousands of years. But Hail Obama... he is going to change that!!!...really? And free health care...It's a joke, a real joke. Why is that the one thing Democrats camp on when running for an office? I watched Al Gore as a little boy do the same thing as he got huge "I love you's" from a bunch of old people that are probably dead by now. Free health care is not going to happen...Get real. Would it be nice? Sure. Is it going to happen...certainly not. </p>
<p>Get real guys...Obama is a demagogue. Remember Hitler and Mussolini? Yeah, they were demagogues too. They swooned the people with passionate words and nationalism. Obama is an amazing speaker, but that doesn't mean he can come through for us...</p>
<p>And that huge post about why Obama should be president (you know all the bullet points)...makes me laugh. All you Obama supporters are so blind (no offense really). You hail him as the next big leader when that post shows what a hypocrite he really is. Please take a look at that post one more time...carefully...and unbiased. Then start laughing!!</p>
<p>Guys, please. Remember Bush Sr? (Read my lips, no taxes) Every single president that has ever campaigned has promised more than he can do, or promised something that could never happen. C'mon people: no taxes? That would have been impossible!! Believe me, neither McCain or Obama are going to be able to do what they promise when they get in office. </p>
<p>CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN: What we need to do now is get McCain in office for four years so he can apply his military experience to getting us out of Iraq, dealing with iran and north korea and russia, and laying the foundation for a better economy and another president. I don't care for mccain anymore than you all do, but let's think about the future...Obama can never do what he wants to do with the economy so screwed up. </p>
<p>THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE!!</p>
<p>George Bush Sr. promised "no NEW taxes." Sure, he didn't make good on that promise, but still.</p>
<p>You say very fervently CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. It's just that sort of attitude that will let government bring this nation nowhere, based solely on the excuse that those who promise progress and reform are hopeless, loud-mouthed demagogue liberals (I'm not knocking liberalism, I'm knocking conservatives knocking them).</p>
<p>Oh, and Republicans seem to love to draw comparisons between the military experiences of McCain and Obama. Naturally, since McCain served in Vietnam almost 40 years ago, he HAS to have the know-how to get us out of IRAQ, right? At least Obama had some modicum of foresight when he voted against the war in the first place.</p>
<p>Oh, and free health care: Most of the world's developed, industrialized countries have it. It generally works. It works well. There is no reason why the US can't develop a working system, whether or not it includes private options.</p>
<p>^^ I agree completely (with ivyleaguewannabe).</p>
<p>I hear of Obama changing his plan on the withdrawal in Iraq every couple of weeks and I simply don't like that plan. Since we invaded Iraq already, we either have to finish the war or make sure the Iraqis are competent enough to take care of everything.</p>
<p>Do you know where your "universal healthcare" will come from? You guessed it -- straight from your tax dollars. We already pay millions of dollars every year for criminals who get paralyzed or otherwise injured during violent crimes. Medicare and Medicaid are horrible healthcare systems, I doubt the proposed universal coverage would be such an improvement.</p>
<p>Does anyone recall what Eisenhower said when he left office? </p>
<p>(Paraphrase): "Oh that the next president would have my military experience."</p>
<p>In the middle of the Cold War, Eisenhower feared that the next president would not be able to cope with the wartime difficulties, or deal with the logistics of it. That is what I fear with Obama. </p>
<p>I am not saying change is impossible...but it is right now. C'mon, gas prices are almost $4 in Arizona, and its more expensive in California. What about the rest of the nation. I have a hard time seeing Americans supporting Obama's plans that cost a ton of money when they can't even afford a gallon of gas anymore. It's too bad Obama is running in this election. one or two down the road, he would have had a foundation to do his changing thing. As it stands, I think the possibility is there for Obama to be highly disliked four years from now...</p>
<p>As a selfish American(haha), I would love change to happen. But I don't have rose-colored glasses on either...</p>
<p>Americans are going to hate either candidate no matter which one gets in. Again, it's down to voting for the lesser evil.</p>
<p>Amen, Liist</p>
<p>More tax dollars to a useless system and useless idea just doesn't sit well with me...</p>
<p>Liist you are so right.
Right about the healthcare and the lesser of two evils.</p>
<p>at the core of the matter, I believe everyone invests way to much hope and power in the president. ideally, I believe the presidents main and only concerns should be foreign relations and defense, becuase that was the way our government was constructed. I would like the congress and senate to have much more power, and pretty much control domestic innitiatives without strong control from a nanny president because atleast in theory congress represents all of america, while the president represents at most 50%. If you really want change, look to your senators, for they are the ones that will bring it to you. </p>
<p>"Oh, and free health care: Most of the world's developed, industrialized countries have it. It generally works. It works well. There is no reason why the US can't develop a working system, whether or not it includes private options."</p>
<p>-actually there is a reason we cannot develop a working system: our huge leaching illegal immigrant population. No othe industrialized country has a huge, unproductive population of immigrants that would take from the system, but not pay for the system. It is economically unfesable here.</p>
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I believe the presidents main and only concerns should be foreign relations and defense, becuase that was the way our government was constructed.
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Actually the government was constructed as an isolationist nation.</p>
<p>yes, but the executive branch of the government was created for the purpose of foreign relations and defense, isolationism doesnt mean you dont have foreign relations, it just means we didnt meddle in other peoples business. And the extent to which you imply isolationism "isolated" us at the begining of our nationhood was false because we still had to pay off our debts to the dutch, try to avoid the barbary pirates at sea and diplomatically, and try to limit french and english piracy on our trade (all between 1776 and 1795 or so). Just because the government was isolationist in its beginnings, does preclude the actuality that the presidents given job was defense and foreign relations</p>
<p>and I quote straight from section II of the US constitution (which was written latter, but it is what we use know, and that is the point)</p>
<p>-"Section 2. The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States"</p>
<p>and here is the foreign relations tid bit</p>
<p>-"He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States"</p>
<p>While you are not wrong, your implication that I am infact wrong is incorrect.</p>
<p>Personally, I just think there are innumerable ways that health care reform could be enacted. It would be necessary to change other policies as well: A National ID system might help in the matter. I don't know why people are so averse to that.</p>
<p>Maybe if we were tougher on illegal immigrants, but were more hospitable to the ones already here, we'd get more in tax revenue, and less illegal immigration.</p>
<p>Also, once the Iraq War is finally over (or significantly diminished in scope) lots and lots of tax dollars will be freed up.</p>
<p>Both candidates are terrible.</p>
<p>I really don't know how they got this far in the election.</p>
<p>I have a personal vendetta against Obama though, since he wants to just put NASA in a garbage dump and leave it there.</p>
<p>"I’ve got a strong belief in NASA and the process of space exploration. I do think that our program has been stuck for a while - that the space shuttle mission did not inspire the imagination of the public - that much of the experimentation that was done could have been conducted not necessarily with manned flights. I think that broadening our horizons - and looking at a combination of both unmanned satellites of the sort that we saw with the Jupiter launch - but also looking at where we can start planning for potential manned flights. I think that is something that I’m excited about and could be part of a broader strategy for science and technology investment … The only thing I want to say is that I want to do a thorough review because some of these programs may not be moving in the right direction and I want to make sure that NASA spending is a little more coherent than it has been over the last several years." –– Barack Obama</p>
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<p>He does care about NASA, and scientific research (probably more than any Republican president since Johnson) and is actually trying to put the program in a sensible direction. </p>
<p>For the moment, manned space travel is DONE. We can start once again, and actually go to places like Mars, when we start programs for colonization and such––when there's a reason for it.</p>
<p>^^ yes, barack said that, but he says tons of garbage, and when the day ends, hell scrap nasa so he can give money to poor people.</p>
<p>^ Do you have any evidence of that? Or just your own personal bias against him?</p>
<p>Honestly though, I think we DO have more pressing issues than what exists beyond Earth right now. For instance: energy, healthcare, a war, etc...</p>
<p>McCain will win! he 's so much more qualified than B. Hussein Obama! The only people that truly support obama are usually really ignorant... ie. Beyonce, Jay Z, Pharell! The only reason people are voting for him is because they are like "we want change" Obama hasn't stated on doing anything! He's not even pro gay marriage! he's for civil unions! they are different! also he wants to make illegal aliens citizens... ***? they should get out! i have so much more respect for immigrants that come in this country legally! they actually abide by the law and therefore, deserve citizenship! unlike the illegal immigrants who come to america and drop babies! and therefore, my parents have to pay their medical bills! PLEASE!! Don't vote Obama... and if you don't vote for him its not because you don't like african americans.... so don't feel like a racist if you don't vote for him... vote the Right way!
its called the RIGHT wing for a reason!
MCCAIN</p>
<p>btw.. mccain should pick romney</p>
<p>Freee Heallth Care Pleasseeee, </p>
<p>I Want To Be Taken Care Of!!</p>
<p>Art of Mind!!! you want to be taken care of... go to a socialistic country like sweden or canada!! socialism is not what america's about</p>