<p>To the most ardent McCain/Palin supporters, everything and everybody is an enemy now. The New York Times. The television media. Youtube. Charlie Gibson. Gwen Ifil. Even little Katie Couric. Hell, why not blame Wall Street for being in bed with Obama for collapsing in such spectacular fashion right before the election? </p>
<p>These people have abandoned all reason. You cannot honestly look at McCain's record of deregulation and not distrust him on the economy, nor can you listen to Sarah Palin's lack of knowledge and still trust her to be president, especially after seeing what an ignoramus like Bush has done to America.</p>
<p>But that would be thinking rationally. To these hatemongers that feel like they have the right to publicly yell "Kill him!" in reference to Obama, it's not about anything other than desperately seeking to preserve their own little twisted world order. They should never have to live in a world where a man like Obama is the leader of a nation, and if means the Great Depression II or Dubya II, well then, so be it. At least they're preserving the caste system for their great grandchildren. They may even glorify themselves as some kind of martyrs. </p>
<p>These people are holding America back. But guess what? America's becoming less religious, less white, more urbanized, more globalized, more multicultural, and once again more accepting of the liberal traditions of FDR. The bitter and potentially dangerous gripes of these people need to be crushed politically time and time again via landslide victories until they can learn to express their conservative ideals in a rational, civilized manner.</p>
<p>Yeah, and I have these stupid hippies on campus proclaiming McCain a war murderer or something.</p>
<p>Barack Obama and many of his Democratic friends aren’t afraid of putting their name behind Daily Kos, a site festered with little hateful brats.</p>
<p>Doggone it, say it ain’t so Chris, you go and point the finger without saying anything specific Wasn’t it Obama that called subprime loans a good idea? Wasn’t it Bush/Bubba Clinton/McCain that wanted to reign in Freddie/Fannie while Pelosi/Dodd/Frank/Democrats didn’t see any issues…and now Pelosi wants to stop a “witch hunt” about Freddie/Fannie?</p>
<p>Take it from Jim Cramer, Democrat, Hillary lover. Points the finger at Democrats on the Colbert Report, much to the disappointment of our truthiness just now.</p>
<p>What are the facts again? Clinton in 1995, CRA, sought to expand housing to people that before couldn’t afford it… Which wouldn’t be such a bad thing… If they didn’t have such crooks running Fannie/Freddie, buying stuff toxins they couldn’t afford to… And now everyone’s stuck with crap because the Democrats didn’t do their jobs.</p>
<p>I’m going to pretend like you didn’t just say something dumb and conceded the subject topic that both sides have funny supporteres and that overall, radical Obama supporters are immature brats that like to crash McCain’s party too often, vandalize, etc.</p>
<p>You cannot honestly look at McCain’s record of deregulation and not distrust him on the economy, </p>
<p>Yep, and his record of basic rules on campaign finance, climate change, etc. are clear examples of “deregulation”.</p>
<p>Absolutely McCain’s a deregulator, a fan of less nonsensical burdens that impede competition. He is not in favor of laissez faire. But keep shouting your empty rhetoric.
Also look at the WaPo link above. Burning Down the House video, etc. etc. SNL Bailout skit that the liberal elites managed to take off of NBC.com.</p>
<p>blah blah Bush blah blah</p>
<p>ahh no one’s ever lynched a rich white guy ahh (they have btw but that’s you missing the point again)</p>
<p>McCain supporters have been caught in swing states childishly stealing Obama signs. Right before the DNC, there was a half-baked attempt on Obama’s life was foiled. Obama/Biden offices in swing states like Indiana are vandalized. [Raw</a> Replay - Revisiting History](<a href=“http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=978]Raw”>http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=978)</p>
<p>McCain gets his economic talking points from Phil Gramm, the slayer of the Glass-Stengall Act and head cheerleader of the deregulation movement. Enough said.</p>
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<p>Comparing the historic violence against blacks with the mild conveniences of rich white men? My oh my, your limited empathy is showing.</p>
<p>The racist losers, who are so devoid of any accomplishments that they have nothing to be proud of except for the colour of their skin, might be coming out in droves. We must be vigilant against their kind of scum. I certainly hope that the Secret Service won’t be shy about bashing some heads in if that kind of force is needed.</p>
<p>Please. The only people pointing to Glass-Steagall as the cause of our crisis are the desperate. Everyone’s pointing to the subprime mortgages, an idea Obama liked. An idea that was supported relentless by Freddie/Fannie without any kind of sound financial banking, an idea Bush tried to rein in but the Democrats, flush in their money, didn’t do diddly squat.</p>
<p>The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act passed the Senate on a 90-8 vote, including 38 Democrats and such notable Obama supporters as Chuck Schumer, John Kerry, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dick Durbin, Tom Daschle – oh, and Joe Biden.</p>
<pre><code>Chris Cuomo, ABC News: A little surprising for you to hear the Democrats saying, “This came out of nowhere, this is all about the Republicans. We had nothing to do with this.” Nancy Pelosi saying it. She signed the '99 Gramm Bill. She knew what was going on with the SEC. They’re all sophisticated people. Is that playing politics in this situation?
Bill Clinton: Well, maybe everybody does that a little bit. I think the responsibility the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was President to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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<p>It’s not just a coincidence that Bill’s reply to the financial crisis goes directly to Fannie/Freddie.</p>
<p>Short people were never defined as 3/5 of a person. Dumb people were not told to sit at the back of the bus. Ugly people weren’t lynched by a mob of models.</p>
<p>Typical marginalization of racial issues by somebody who probably thinks MLK shooed away racism with a speech or two.</p>
<p>Fair enough. Then Bill Clinton is the worst president in history for signing this bill into law.</p>
<p>And btw, that little Daily Kos thing “did not do it”. I actually searched out the original articles. </p>
<p>edit: Upon further review, the case seems incredibly weak. If there was any sort of weight to this theory it’d be marketed by guys with some credentials, not two dudes from Auburn.</p>
<p>I’m 6’7-6’8, maybe 6’9 not sure. I’ve heard estimates as high as 6’10, take that for what it’s worth. I’m also proud of my shoe size, in fact I made a thread on this very subject, u guys should check it out.:)</p>
<p>I receieved a 1430 on the SAT I and didn’t take the SAT II because I forgot to wake up that morning and also because I didn’t have a ride anyway. That’s out of 2400 btw, so not too shabby/</p>
<p>Also, do I detect a touch of jealousy? Don’t worry, I’m used to it. How much do you bench?</p>
<p>Certainly a great flaw in his presidency and the Congress at the time. Luckily, we’re not voting for Clinton or another one of his DLC Third-Way disciples. The centrist DLC wing of the Democratic party was defeated in the primaries. </p>
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<p>Avoid the argument by dismissing the source.</p>
<p>But the undeniable truth is that the impetus behind the whole deregulation movement was the Republican Party during the 1980s with Reagan at the helm. A conservative era during the 1990s forced some of the more compliant Democrats to go along with the Republican experiment, but deregulation was and is a Republican desire. What we’re voting on is not exactly parties but ideas: Republicans are the deregulation party, while the Democrats are the regulation party. </p>
<p>The ticking time bomb did not happen overnight, I’ll grant you that. And it most certainly was not magically and spontaneously created in 2006 when the Democrats took over Congress. It began in the 1980s by the Republicans, was abetted by both parties in the 1990s, and was furthered by the Republicans in the 2000s. So I guess assigning blame is largely useless, though it’s pretty obvious which party loves deregulation more. But now, the question is, which party and ideology does the American public trust more to take better care of the stock market? The overwhelming majority, for good reason, based on history and political tenets, say that it’s the Democrats.</p>
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<p>Are you and football the same person? Or were did you attend the same seminar on rhetoric and debate?</p>
Wasn’t it Obama that called subprime loans a good idea? Wasn’t it Bush/Bubba Clinton/McCain that wanted to reign in Freddie/Fannie while Pelosi/Dodd/Frank/Democrats didn’t see any issues…and now Pelosi wants to stop a “witch hunt” about Freddie/Fannie?</p>