I watched mccain forum

and what I saw was that when asked the question when is someone rich?  He was unprepared to answer.  He was off his talking points and tried to answer it.  To him, one has to make 5 mil a year to be considered rich.  He realized quickly what a boner he had made, smiled and said that would become a joke.  The joke is how many people still consider repubs to be concerned with anyone but the wealthy.  They are it rich; you should be too. If you are not, you are on your own.

• Moving to top of board....this is important. - sam
  • Middle class - gourdpainter
    • If you had seen the actual - Chele
      • I did see the original s/m - gourdpainter
        • I watched mccain forum - ttp
        • Here is some info... - sam
      • Well I guess the middle class who can't scrape - TJ
        • people should have been more - cautious with their $$$$
          • Sure, there are people who don't live within - TJ
          • And if the gov't had not deregulated banks, - quasi
          • So the thousands getting laid off weekly are to blame for losing their homes???? nm - ?
            • I think this should be a wakeup call - to everyone
              • I agree on this one. - Chele
          • APPLAUSE!!! - Chele
        • JM does think they can afford to pay - Higher taxes, save struggling corporations. nm
        • Are these the same people - sm
          • Maybe, maybe not s/m - gourdpainter
            • smokers - What MY eyes see
              • What MY Eyes see s/m - gourdpainter
                • I never implied that everything was - What MY eyes see
                  • Freeloaders - gourdpainter
              • The amount of $$ paid out in benefits to smokers - Pales in comparison to sm
                • You are right, I am desperate. - What MY eyes see
                  • And yet Obama wants to - Chele
                    • Look in their grocery carts. - What MY eyes see
          • What an elitist thing to say. No, these are the people - TJ
            • A lot of people are struggling - sm
              • I am not saying that there are people who abuse - TJ
              • Ditto that, well written - mt
              • Fact check....if you are talking about - quasi
                • Absolutely. - Best post on this thread. nm
              • O will cut taxes for 95% to benefit WC families. - Show me JM tax plan. who benefits. Huh? sm
                • According to tax policy institute... - sam
                  • Go to www.barackobama.com/taxes/ - Go satellitesally!
            • APLAUSE!!!! n/m - gourdpainter
              • Not just elitist... - It's catatonic. How dare you?
  • Link please. It was moved to the top because U thought ... - Kelcie

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more like a place for a few reasonable posters from each side and one poster who does not give opinions but responds to nearly every post with a wordy, judgmental, and oftentimes incomprehensible mish-mash of distortions, innuendo, and self-congratulatory statements. Give her a break folks.  She always uses the same moniker (except when she is defending her own statement with a different moniker) so she is easy to open/close or skip over.

Remember - every village has one.  Maybe she is the one missing from Texas.

I just realized that participating in a forum is the most frustrating thing one can do.  One can never win, only lose.

Look, how GP is now treated by many of you.  I think she is a very nice, eloquent lady, whose comments I really enjoy to read, no matter how long they are.  And I do not like long posts, in general.

I agree with GP - let the new president catch his breath and breathe a little, without being stalked.

respectful.  I don't care what your political affiliation is.  This board has gotten quite foul and I will start banning people from posting if the tone doesn't change.  There is nothing wrong with posting in a respectful and kind manner.  If you don't like the President, fine, but do not post slurs on this forum about the President and do not post hate America posts.  If these simple requests are too much to bear then go post somewhere else.

You tell 'em GP!!

And then saying they can only talk about pets they don't have any more, not their current ones!  Or a car enthusiasts forum where people can only speak of vehicles they used to own, not what they currently drive. 

What's the point in this forum, then, to only talk about the future or the past, not the present?  How ridiculous!

that it's ignorant and very dangerous.)  Look at where all the hysteria has been leading some of McCain's supporters.  Suddenly there's a tangible threat of violence from these people, and it started sounding like a lynch mob.  That mentality seems to be far to pervasive on MT Stars.

instead of just pulling up blogs by people who continually bash Fox and spin things to make Fox look bad.....you would know that they did show the full clip including Obama wanting someone who will follow the constitution, etc.  However, no matter how you look at it....someone in that position is there strictly to follow the constitution, etc.  Empathy isn't something that really should be desired for one in that position.  People are naturally going to empathize with certain things but for that to be something you are looking for.....I don't know.  IMO, it just doesn't have it's place behind the bench.  Justice needs to be served and the constitution needs to be followed.....empathy needs to be checked at the door.

Once again people.....Fox is totally kicking other networks butts in ratings.  Why don't you actually turn off MSNBC or the We Love Obama Network and think for yourself.

I felt very uncomfortable for her.  She was clearly out of her depth and Charlie really give her general questions, not detailed-oriented questions he could have asked.   The blank look she had at "Bush Doctrine" was the worst; the way she tried to get a hint from Charlie about what he was talking about was squirm-inducing. A commentator noted she agreed with Obama's policy on Afghanistan rather than McCain's.  I am hoping that voters will view her sympathetically as an uniformed foreign policy neophyte who simply cannot cram the vast knowledge required to deal with potentially explosive affairs in a few weeks time.  I am hoping voters are willing to give her a few more years to grow into a national position.  I am hoping voters will not put our children at risk by electing someone they "like" to be understudy to a man who is clearly being worn down physically by this campaign. We need well-informed, knowledgable leaders.  If voters want to reward people for service and likeability, they can do so with the numerous reality shows where viewers vote for candidates.

on SP last night.  Did you know she went back to work 2 days after giving birth to little Flip?  Have mercy, any of us who have been blessed with children (not punished by them as Obama would think) knows that all the uterine tenacles have not even been detached in that short of a period.  I hope she wore a big old set of bloomers on her first day back.