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1. 

   DHLEAKY said, about 1 year ago

   No Joe, that is not BAD news.

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   dwill said, about 1 year ago

   Its his own campaign slime that has stopped it up

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   kellykid said, about 1 year ago

   Funny, the AP poll (one of the few that doesn’t “adjust” the data) says the race is dead even - since the dance by Obama trying to make socialist “sharing the wealth” sound like a good thing.

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   Jimathai said, about 1 year ago

   Hey Kellykid… define socialism.

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   motivemagus said, about 1 year ago

   kellykid–Nice try. All polls are biased in different ways according to their selection criteria and their size. They are simply trying to get a representative sample, meaning one that can stand for the whole population. (I’m a research psychologist - if you don’t know what I’m talking about, believe me, I can tell you all about it.) Check out www.fivethirtyeight.com for a “poll of polls” approach with corrections in all directions. Neal Silver’s numbers for Obama just went up.

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   curiosity1 said, about 1 year ago

   Oh yeah - ‘share the wealth’ is so much worse than the ‘hoard the wealth’ economics which got us where we are today - higher crime, worse education, richer rich, poorer poor, a middle class which is frantically hoping to stay afloat, etc.

   Kelly - you’re either rich or naïve if you think that a McCain presidency would do anything to make YOUR life better.

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   Machado said, about 1 year ago

   Today Nobama says he’ll take from the rich only…Tomorrow they’ll come for you and your so call “Riches”……a historical fact of life among Socialist and Communists….

   America, wake up!!.. and Send the Socialist empty suit packing, come November…

   http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/i/mixmach/joeplumberweb.jpg

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   gbrucewilson said, about 1 year ago

   If you think it is the goverment’s job to “make your life better”, you live in the wrong country. Move to Cuba or China if you want the government to control your life. It is YOUR JOB to make your life better. If you are poor, there is an outstanding chance it is your own doing. Get educated and word hard. THAT will make your life better. It is not my job or the governments.

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   HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

   gb. Don’t expect the government to make my life anything. I do expect it to level the playing field much like a ref in a sporting event. Ironic, I heard the dribble you spout during the civil strife of the 60’s. Some people never learn.

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    Corosive Frog said, about 1 year ago

    Nice analogy, Humphries. I think the state’s job is to be a refere between private and public interest, corporate and individual interests. It’s job is not to win the game for you like many right-wingers presume we think.

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    dtriedel said, about 1 year ago

    Humph and CF - excellent!

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    eepatte said, about 1 year ago

    dd says “The former deputy attorney general of Pensylvania(lifelong democrat) is suing OBAMA for not being a US citizen” and he has put this on every comic strip comment section. Are they paying you to spread this BS? Do you really think that this is relevant enough to justify smearing every comment site with this stupid graffiti? Crawl back into your hole.

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    Joy Lederman said, about 1 year ago

    dd is using the typical stupid Republican strategy…he believes if you say something often enough, that makes it true (or enough people will start to think it MIGHT be true that they’ll vote his way).

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    danTheForth said, about 1 year ago

    “I do expect it to level the playing field much like a ref in a sporting event.”

    Since when do refs level the playing field? Did refs tell Michael Jordan he couldn’t dunk? Did umps tell Babe Ruth to stop hitting homers? The good teams win, the good players go to the winning teams, and the good teams get better. And when a team finds and grooms young talent, they’re rewarded. A team like the Rays can come out of nowhere because they’ve earned it.

    Fans would be livid if your sports analogy were true in sports - taking the best players from the best teams and spreading them around.

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    DHLEAKY said, about 1 year ago

    A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD?

    STEROIDS, ANYONE?

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    d the 4th it’s analogy not a sports review or did that go over your head. I know the republicans like to play by their rules without a ref around.

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    danTheForth said, about 1 year ago

    Yes. It’s an analogy. A bad analogy. In fact, I called it an analogy. And I used more analogies to point out how bad yours was. Perhaps mine were too abstract? “Good teams,” “good players,” “young talent,” and “[a] team like the Rays” were all meant to be symbolic. I left the conclusion up to you that since it wouldn’t work in sports it wouldn’t work in real life.

    You said the government should act like a referee and do something a referee doesn’t do. We haven’t traditionally relied on people to “level the playing field” in the sense you seem to be implying. The smart get good grades, the attractive get lots of dates, the ambitious advance in careers and the talented always stand out. We shouldn’t punish them for doing what they do best.

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    Corosive Frog said, about 1 year ago

    DTF…with today’s rules, the refs give the big team a 700 billion $ bailout to screw up. Do you call it supporting the winners? Do you call it being neutral?

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    danTheForth said, about 1 year ago

    I’m no fan of the bailout. To continue sports analogies, it would be like MLB fixing the Rays/Red Sox series to let the Sox win. They think it’s better for baseball as a whole to keep the big team in the Series, but it would violate the spirit of the game and outrage a lot of people.

    As wrong as it is, the bailout is an example of the rich paying the rich (since the overwhelming majority of taxes come from the rich). So it still wouldn’t be spreading the wealth. Of course, taking money from the rich for the rich is as bad as (worse than) taking it for the poor.

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    d4, you still don’t get it.

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    danTheForth said, about 1 year ago

    Ok, I guess.

22. 

    NoFearPup said, about 1 year ago

    No matter how hard he plunges - its still clogged with Buusssshhh! Mr. Buusssshhh! Or thats what the Dems want you to think.

23. 

    acellist said, about 1 year ago

    No use… Bushit everywhere clogs up the pipes any way you look!

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    Obama Is Da Man said, about 1 year ago

    that is right.
    mccain is tost.
    Obama is our leader!

    Go obama! He will flush the last vestigaes of bush away and soon all bush will be is a nasty embarrassing memory no one will talk about.

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    Corosive Frog said, about 1 year ago

    OIDM, you sounded like a cheerleader :D

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    Obama Is Da Man said, about 1 year ago

    i am just so happy that th bushadolphhitler era iscoming to an end that I smile everyday.

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    Alexus_The_Great said, about 1 year ago

    No, Stew, just there are things unworthy to be saved…

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    kellykid said, about 1 year ago

    Jimathai says:
    “Hey Kellykid… define socialism. ” B H Obama!

    Obama Is Da Man says: “i am just so happy that th bushadolphhitler era iscoming to an end” If anyone compares to Hitler, it’s Obamababy. Check the comparison in the history books - Oops I forgot they don’t teach history anymore.
    curiosity1 says: “Kelly - you’re either rich or naïve if you think that a McCain presidency would do anything to make YOUR life better.” No, I’m neither rich or naive and I don’t expect McCain to make my life better - though, I would expect a Obama presidency to make it much worse!

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    Jimathai said, about 1 year ago

    see… when u can’t tell people whats ‘good’ about u, you try to tell people whats ‘bad’ about ur opponent… even if u have to make it up… don’t worry there are always gullibles out there who will believe you…. case and point - kellykid.

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    Obama Is Da Man said, about 1 year ago

    thinkimh people know why obama is good.

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    gbrucewilson said, about 1 year ago

    OK, let’s try again class. Should the government “level the playing field” in school. Should teaches be required to take good grades from the smart kids who studied and give them to the dumb kids who didn’t. Is that what you want? Everyone equal even though they aren’t? If the government is going to punish you for success, what is the point in trying to get a head? If Obama wins, you people are going to get what you deserve (higher taxes and a socialist government). I don’t feel badly for you, I feel badly for the rest of us who have a brain and don’t sit on our butts waiting for a hand-out. My only “hope” at this point is that Obama’s “change” will not be what he has promised. If he is half as smart as everyone thinks, he won’t do all the stuff he promises.

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    gb, your hard right dribble hasn’t changed for a century. I remember hearing it Louisiana as a boy, real opportunity in those times. Socialist, you wouldn’t know one if it bit you.

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    motivemagus said, about 1 year ago

    gbw, you’ve gotten that idea from Vonnegut, I believe.
    Leveling the playing field isn’t holding back the talented; it’s giving them a chance against those with money instead of talent (like Dubya). A professor of mine (as psychometrician) once pointed out that even if you truly believe that we are a meritocracy, you’d want to enable all Americans to get an equal education and opportunities, because the best would naturally rise to the top, and you would maximize everyone’s potential. Right now lots of people fail to develop their potential because they lack access to education; others get a jump start because of their family connections or money. Obama worked his way up. McCain only avoided being thrown out of the Naval Academy and the Navy because of his illustrious father and grandfather. Shall we compare?

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    Alexus_The_Great said, about 1 year ago

    mm: please stop throwing hard balls to gbw…
    he will have a very hard time trying to debunk real facts and twist reality to fit his own mindset…