<p>Personally I think electric is the way to go. Also @ Dbate investors know that the oil will take 5-10 years to hit the markets. The markets may fall the day drilling is announced but they will go right back up in a few weeks. Oil is a dying commodity. The sooner we stop, the sooner we can start getting out of debt. At least the hoax known as the hydrogen fuel cell has passed. Back on topic, my only real problem with McCain and the republicans in general is that they talk way too generally. Patriotism and the gory of America are great but I mean come on “Fight evil”. Also why do they keep saying Obama will raise taxes. The only people who will see a rise in taxes are the upper 5% of America. I am a part of that group but the money I would save with McCain is not worth Bush 2.0. In fact middle class families will benefit from Obama’s tax cuts. Stop lying and at least try to pretend to be fair.</p>
<p>Yes, she did.</p>
<p>Pre-Palin: write in Ron Paul.
Post-Palin: will vote for McCain (but mostly for Palin…McCain’s just connected to her).</p>
<p>P.S. I am from the rural tri-state (PA, WV, OH) Ohio Valley area, and yes Palin does share a lot of the values of this region.</p>
<p>^^^Told ya ;)</p>
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<p>Then maybe the oil companies should let the public know that they already own most of the oil reserves in America, and none of it is being drilled and tapped right now. Drill there instead! But they like to keep that a secret because they like to pretend that it’s in the national interest to give them complete control of every last oil source in America.</p>
<p>Haha, I was thinking about writing in Ron Paul just out of principle.</p>
<p>I love Mr. Paul. :)</p>
<p>I live in Ohio :)</p>
<p>And I’m absolutely horrified by the prospect of Obama leading our country. Therefore, I’m voting for McCain. Do I like him? No, not at all. I like Palin even less. I will forever be a Bill Clinton fan.</p>
<p>Most people don’t think. Issues, character traits, etc. are all just amorphous excuses to justify their narrow and egotistical prejudices. That’s how Republicans that previously criticized Obama on his lack of foreign experience can sleep easy with Palin’s lack of global adventures and even deride Biden’s experience. Hypocrisy knows no bounds.</p>
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<p>I agree with this. I am also not a real McCain fan.</p>
<p>Why in the world does Obama “horrify” you?</p>
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<p>Because we can’t have leaders that are smarter than us. We need dumbasses like McCain and Palin in office to bolster our own deflated self-esteem, even if it means negative consequences abound. We need to believe that our own unrefined and mediocre selves can one day aspire to the White House. We need to believe that our innate small townness or “All-Americanness” (c’mon, we all know what that really means) is superior to years of university education and actual vision and accomplishments.</p>
<p>Bush has been an unmitigated disaster (even Bill O’Reilly finally threw the president under the bus recently), yet some people think that the solution is hoping that his ideological clones will somehow solve the problem.</p>
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Or maybe because Obama has virtually no experience (just ask his running mate), and the thought of him leading the country based on his time as a “community planner” is downright frightening.</p>
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<p>Obama became a community organizer after his undergraduate years and before his law school days. He’s done a lot since then. </p>
<p>And you’re confusing experience with simply being old. For all of McCain’s experience, he’s been dead wrong on deregulation and Iraq, two of the most important issues facing America right now. Being old is not a virtue in itself; if you can’t learn anything during your time in office, then you’re simply an old moron (like McCain). </p>
<p>The problem with Palin is not exactly experience, but a complete lack of exposure to the world and issues greater than Wasilla or Alaska. Obama is no Robert Byrd, but he has displayed sound judgment on many issues and has shown great intellectual curiosity. Palin, on the other hand, revels in her ignorance and simply spouts off what Steve Schmidt or Rick Davis teach her on cue cards.</p>
<p>Get some new talking points.</p>
<p>Nope. I was firmly committed to McCain.</p>
<p>Bill Clinton is also a McCain fan. He’s said many great things about him, recently lauding him for helping him improve relations with Vietnam on The View. About Obama, he cited his “Loyal Democrat” ness as a reason to favor Obama haha</p>
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<p>Chris, you are completely disingenous. As Sarah Palin has aid in her stump speeches, has Obama said “we did” instead of “I have”? Empty words or proven track records. hmmm.</p>
<p>For the Clinton Global Initiative this week, McCain will appear on stage with Bill and have the opening remarks. Obama will be speaking via satellite, preparing for the debate the next night :D</p>
<p>Dead wrong on Iraq? Hahahaha</p>
<p>McCain advocated the surge, which is the reason that Iraq is relatively stable now. Obama was the one who was dead wrong on Iraq; he was against the surge and only recently acknowledged that he was wrong. If Obama had had his way Iraq would be even more of a bloodbath right now. Thanks to McCain, we are winning that war.</p>
<p>I don’t know how you could have been more backwards. I guess you could have called McCain black and Obama white, because that’s about how mixed up you are.</p>
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<p>Look, maybe you’re a decent Starcraft player, and maybe you’ve been paintballing a few times, but to boil down the decrease in violence solely to the troops (troops that were stationed mostly in Baghdad and not the Anbar province) shows a remarkably simplistic view of modern military affairs. </p>
<p>And the issue of the surge wouldn’t have even been raised if it weren’t for the likes of John “We’ll be greeted as liberators and the oil will pay for the war and Saddam has WMDs” McCain. You don’t act like a hero for saving the family album from the house fire if you’re the arson. </p>
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<p>Define “winning”. Is there a scoreboard somewhere?</p>
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<p>Sorry, but wrong again. My father was a career army officer (recently retired), and I spent my entire life until college living either on or near military bases. This included a stint in the Middle East. I’m pretty sure I know my fair share about the military.</p>
<p>Sure, it was more than the troops, but without the increase in troops the political reconciliation would have never happened. Without the surge, we would not have the relative stability in Iraq that we have now. </p>
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<p>Winning would be creating a stable, democratic Iraq that serves as a democratic anchor to an unstable middle east. We haven’t won yet, but we are well on our way, and our troops should be able to come home soon given the current reduction in violence (thanks to the surge).</p>
<p>90% drop in violence is crucial.</p>
<p>Obama once said he wasn’t sure of his stance on Iraq, then he said he was lying to support the Democratic presidential ticket. Either way, he’s indecisive, stupid, and disingenuous. The moderators here won’t let me link to “blogs” (aka news journals) or video links, but find the truth yourself. If people knew the truth about Obama or if they got out of Bush Derangement Syndrome, they wouldn’t be able to support him. </p>
<p>Obama at 2006 press conference on the Honest Leadership Act:</p>
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<p>Mac-Barracuda 2008 :)</p>
<p>Correction, I mean…has Obama ever said “we have” instead of “i will”?</p>
<p>No surprise Chris completely disregards the substance of McCain and Bush’s proactive action while ignoring Obama’s inaction and his party’s complacency that has led us to this financial hurricane.</p>
<p>You do not become Editor in Chief of the Harvard Law Review by being stupid. And he got there on his own merits. </p>
<p>On the other hand, attaining a class rank of 984 out 989 at a service academy just might put you in the running for stupid. He’s a legacy (times two), of course.</p>