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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: johnm214]
    #8724745 - 08/04/08 02:32 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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which may actually halve the crime rate




That's the way I see it, too.  People should vote third party just for ending the War on Drugs.  That alone would free up so much tax revenue to be used for useful purposes as opposed to building/staffing prisons and funding a huge police force for stopping drug trafficking and usage.

Unfortunately, people are still duped into believing the War is justified and that our bodies are public property.


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: Redstorm]
    #8725279 - 08/04/08 04:19 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

obama drop 10% in a week!Mccain up by 1% well tied but a 10% lose for obama. after his big world tour hoop la.Its a bust. he has yet to get the blue dog dem white vote. if he does not gain at lest 10% back before dem party his done. And that big world tour was his sprint his got nothing in the tank.mccain just rope a dope him that whole week and counter punched.
O and once again obama now wants to drill???People are tried of this take both sides. funny he wants to do that after his 10% drop in the polls.thought we just need to inflate our ties would save as much as off shore drilling?:rofl2: unless obama shows us who is before dem party in Denver with a 8-10% lead again it's over.
So how much you want to bet?:rofl2: you play the pony or cards at casinos? o i do:grin:


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: deadmeat986]
    #8725330 - 08/04/08 04:33 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

If you weren't rolling on the floor so much you'd take a good look and see that McCain is extremely poor at campaigning. This will be his biggest weakness IMO. Sure, you can be dismissive of Obama's showmanship but the fact remains that the media - and many voters - love that stuff.


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: deadmeat986]
    #8725353 - 08/04/08 04:39 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

didnt I just see on the news that Obama wants to sell 70 million barrels out of our reserves?

I gave up caring about this election a few months ago. I dont pay taxes, and im not worried about gatting gay and married... If presidents really have that much sway over what the cost of a barrel of crude is, then why havent we impeached Bush? The economy is a burning car teetering on the edge of a cliff and in a few months it will tumble down the hill in a fiery heap.
The economy has been falsly propped up by the fed and speculation regarding corporate bailouts... we should have been in a recession fall of last year.
whoever takes over this upcoming term has nothing to do but fail miserably.

I wasnt making a statement about your assumption of Mccain winning, but rather how retarded it is to make an assumption this far out from election time. There is still plenty of time for each candidate to stick a foot in their mouth, die from cancer, pick up a VP that cant spell or prays for lower gas prices...
it just shows that you arent a political minded person, but rather a reactive, charged regurgitator of rhetoric and apply absolutes to obviously subjective points of interest without having any factual backing... IOW, you watch fox news.

you have no foresight either... energy plans are the #1 issue? america is fickle, and in 4 days Bejing is going to be the #1 issue... the news will finally have something to report on other than stupid observations about candidates wives outfits when they run out of analysis over what Obama and mccain said that day.

anyway, the winner is decided the week before actual elections are held. all the time prior to that is overanalysis between the 5% of americans that really take the time to educate themselves on political platforms and make a decision based on something besides pepsi or coke personal preferences.

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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8725354 - 08/04/08 04:39 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

not easy walk but obama is showing his true strips now. after 10% drop in polls and the dems not voting on energy plan people are flipping out. And he says "inflate your tries"? Then today he says "we need to drill alittle"?
Just like the yes vote on phone tapping he did.lot you people for obama where pissed about that well did it again.
Obama needs to do damage control for the 10% lose in the polls. by the end of the week mccain will be up by 3-5% if he hammers obama on this. He can t do town hall meetings with mccain.Cause he will get hammerd on energy.


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: deadmeat986]
    #8725369 - 08/04/08 04:44 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

You're just repeating what you've been saying this whole thread.


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: zouden]
    #8725388 - 08/04/08 04:48 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

yea mccain has run a poor campain no dought there. But obama has drop 10% to mccain in a week and its not because of one tv ad from mccain. Obama has had everything his way yet its tie with an guy thats running a bad campain? Obama has aready attacked mccain one everything what more is he going to say that we 've already heard?


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: johnm214]
    #8725866 - 08/04/08 06:38 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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I think its pretty clear that this presumes that they would like to eliminate victimless crimes, which may actually halve the crime rate.




well of course, that's the fastest way for the libertarians to
say "hey, look we cut crime by 63% in one year, increase our
power and we can do more next year"

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I know few who wish to buy stolen cars/guns/ et cet.




obviously there is a market, one that's still growing

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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #8726035 - 08/04/08 07:16 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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hey, look we cut crime by 63% in one year




Nobody is stopping the dems and republicans from doing the same thing and making the same claim.

Hell, I wish they would already as I think it's obvious that the War on Drugs is doing nothing but tearing families apart and ruining the lives of innocent people.


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #8726442 - 08/04/08 08:41 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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YawningAnus said:
didnt I just see on the news that Obama wants to sell 70 million barrels out of our reserves?
  The economy is a burning car teetering on the edge of a cliff and in a few months it will tumble down the hill in a fiery heap.
The economy has been falsly propped up by the fed and speculation regarding corporate bailouts... we should have been in a recession fall of last year.
whoever takes over this upcoming term has nothing to do but fail miserably.
 




Source for all your doomsday ramblings?


I understand your pessimistic about the economy... why?


And what speculation of corporate bailouts are you talking about?

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johnm214 said:
I think its pretty clear that this presumes that they would like to eliminate victimless crimes, which may actually halve the crime rate.




well of course, that's the fastest way for the libertarians to
say "hey, look we cut crime by 63% in one year, increase our
power and we can do more next year"






I don't see the point in predicting inevitabilities for the libertarians.  Since that same logic can be applied to any party, I don't see your point.


I'm not advocating voting libertarian for the next fifty years.  I'm advocating voting libertarian while I still like the party, and I suspect I'll be voting for libertarian oriented candidates for the rest of my life, unless I have a change of heart.

The fact that parties that get into power necessarily seem to waiver from their original platforms, wheter as a result of compromise or corruption, doesn't seem at all relevant as to whether I'll vote for Barr or libertarians in this coming election.


And I'm not just talking about defining crime away, I'm talking about reducing the money and incentive for thugs to hurt people through the drug trade.  Lets get some legal sources of drugs people like, and watch the thugs go away- presuming they don't tax the stuff too high.

Addicts feeding their artifically-high price for their fix and profiteers who kill to maintain and enforce their contracts or buisness control would not exist anymore, at least in the drug trade.  I further doubt that the barriers to entry in many other criminal buisnesses are as low as with drugs.


Either way, the drug war is wrong, and the pragmatic effects are just a bonus.

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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #8726600 - 08/04/08 09:11 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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johnm214 said:



Unlike the democrats and republicans, the libertarian message is pretty clear.




if you like fantasy land, it's quite clear



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The Libertarian Party's anti-crime plan would do what the Democrats and Republicans have not done:

    * Respect the victim's rights and make criminals pay full restitution.


HOW? in prison they earn no money and how do you pay restitution for rape, murder or child molestation?




Order it.  Obviously you can't get blood from a stone, and it is misleading to claim anyone will make anyone do something they cannot.

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[    * Reduce the number of criminals at large on our streets.

Double Durrr. I suppose twice as many cops with twice as much shiny stuff will do that, what about the cops that are criminals, what about eliminating the criminals holding public office





I've allready discussed this.  What is your complaint about politicians, that they didn't mention them?  You think they are for corruption or something?
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    * Defend the most effective crime deterrent available, the private ownership of guns.

YAY!!! they're gonna over rule the supreme court and tell us we can have guns




If you think you need to overrule the supreme court to allow gun ownership you've not been following the decisions of the court in regards to gun possesion.  There is no need to overrule anything whatsoever- what are you talking about?
 

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* Create jobs, end welfare dependence, and improve education.

how... how the hell are politicians going to create jobs with it being a welfare dependency, how will they improve education if it doesnt involve getting the feds out of schools






You cannot directly create jobs, but the theory is that if you remove barriers to market entry and allow free associations and contract there will be more jobs as well as more flexibility for employers and employees to make contracts that work for them.  I don't think this is a bad presumption, do you?

You can improve education however you want, but what is this stuff about getting the feds out of school?  Do you think the libertarians support that?  Do you think they even think its constitutional?

























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When the democrats and republicans see they need third party voters to get a majority, and not the sheep who vote party lines without considering the candidates, they just may start changing how elections laws are, and might just start revising their posititions.




do you really think the Republicrats are going to change
election laws? do you honestly think that a 3rd party is going
to be any different than what we have now... as it stands the 2
major parties get matching campaign funds, the others get shit,
the 2 parties get equal air time (well, that's what they claim)
and everyone else gets dick... what exactly is gonna change and
how do they plan to do it... it's just like the whole 'double
the number of cops on the street, update their equipment, reduce
taxes and eliminate the drug war bullshit... there's nothing
there but smoke




I don't know if they're going to change election laws, as I said.  They may if it is in their interest too.  It will only be in their interest if they cannot win without the help of third party voters.

What is your point about the campaign funds?

And as for "what exactly is gonna change", I don't know why you're asking.  I allready said I hoped things would change.  You seem to be arguing against the liklihood of my desires coming to fruition- why?  What is your point?

What is smoke?  Do you not understand their platform, or do you just not understand whatever you copy and pasted?  Considering the wealth of information out their about libertarian philosophy, I don't understand why you pick the straw man that is the poorly written general platform you posted, and then proceed to attack it as if it represents the totality of libertarian thought.


What is your problem, you don't like what you posted? 

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I heard in their legislature their are some small parties with a few guys in their that certainly don't have enough power to pass laws, but have enough to be corted on contentious issues- such that they can demand additions or compromise.




Libertarianism will always be a fringe political movement
because if its internal contradiction: Libertarianism’s core
philosophy is about devolving power; but as a political
movement, it is concerned with acquiring power. This is an
inescapable dichotomy for libertarianism as a political
movement, and helps explain why voters who love freedom refuse
to vote for libertarian political candidates.

Libertarianism’s greatest strength is as an intellectual
movement. As a political movement, libertarianism forever
insists upon presenting socially inept, mildly extremist
candidates who argue that their outrageous, often rigid
positions on political issues are based upon ‘principle.’
But if ‘principle’ actually guided the libertarian candidate,
then why is s/he seeking power?

We have a higher percentage of libertarians holding seats in
congress and the senate and yet they still dont have enough
power to influence the vote, I wonder if the fact that in the
last presidential election almost 60% of the libertarians voted
republican and 36% voted democrat...




I don't see the contradiction between trying to get power and using that power to limit government.  Again, I don't care whether you predict bad things will happen down the road with libertarian-oriented politicians, and I really don't see the point.  Power corrupts, so what?  If you've forgot, you get to choose who you vote for every year.  If you don't like the guy, don't vote for him.

What is the contradiction between principle and power?  I don't understand the basis for this critique at all.  What extremist views are you talking about, and why should I care?  How does that relate to who I vote for for president?  :confused:

What is this higher percentage of libertarians holding seats in congress and the senate?

Congress includes the senate, and who are the libertarians?  I guess you're not talking about the party, but about whomever you consider to be one?  Ok... who are they?

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This is how democracy with third parties can and hopefully will work some day.  There is no reason we can't have different parties.




real change comes from within, do away with the parties, these
alliances are what's making sure more shit laws get passed
instead of the enforcement of the laws we have, do we need 8
ways of saying killing is illegal? Force candidates to seek
their own campaign funding, quit sucking it from the treasury
unless it's spread across ALL the candidates and file suit
against media outlets that arent giving equal time to each of
the candidates




Yes, I don't care for parties either, but how do you suppose we get rid of them?  Seems like a constitutional amendment would be needed, and that seems dumb.  I don't see how you can prevent folks from forming groups and such, and as such I don't see the utility of doing away with parties even if it would be legal.

Instead, folks should become informed.  Congressmen won't vote for bullshit if their constituents don't care for it and hold them accountable.

The real reason we see all this bullshit is because the people let them get away with it.  Both parties spend too much and do far too much, and no one seems to look at the voting record of their representitives, unfortunatly.


Party-line voting is still more bullshit.  I think a much better solution would be to not have the party name on ballets.  If you don't know who you're voting for, screw you.

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Someone who simply represents the will of the people is fine as a legislator, though maybe not preferable.

I'm more inclined to believe this run reflects his true beliefs




nothing changes, it's the same shit with a different shovel,
they all claim to be representatives of the people, they all
support special interest, that being their own interests




So what, you want a congressman that doesn't support his own interests?  You want some massochist or something?  What is the utility of that?


I want an intelligent person to represent me, and intelligent people look out for their own best interest.


The problem is idiots who know nothing of what their congressman does, and thus allow them to get away with nonsense.


People that vote uninformed are the problem.  More and more I think I'd like a quiz, in theory, to have to be passed on the voting record of the incumbants in your district before you can vote for whatever position.

A quiz on the way government works, strictly limited to the consitution and laws relevant to the legislature/judiciary/presidency/ et cet, would further be nice, presuming you could prevent people screwing with it.


But if you limited things to the actual votes people casted and the law, I would think it would be meaningful, and coule exclude the majority of folks who never look at the voting record of their incumbant before voting.

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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: pothead_bob]
    #8726777 - 08/04/08 09:50 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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hey, look we cut crime by 63% in one year




Nobody is stopping the dems and republicans from doing the same thing and making the same claim.




except they gain more by keeping it the way it is, more money for
black ops that they can cover with toilet seats and ash trays

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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: johnm214]
    #8727056 - 08/04/08 11:17 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

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The Libertarian Party's anti-crime plan would do what the Democrats and Republicans have not done:

    * Respect the victim's rights and make criminals pay full restitution.


HOW? in prison they earn no money and how do you pay restitution for rape, murder or child molestation?




Order it.  Obviously you can't get blood from a stone, and it is misleading to claim anyone will make anyone do something they cannot.




so it's simply another game of make the claim to entice people that have been victimized just to make them victims of the libertarian con game...

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[    * Reduce the number of criminals at large on our streets.

Double Durrr. I suppose twice as many cops with twice as much shiny stuff will do that, what about the cops that are criminals, what about eliminating the criminals holding public office





I've allready discussed this.  What is your complaint about politicians, that they didn't mention them?  You think they are for corruption or something?




they certainly arent for the american people, they're out for political power, for their own piece of the pie


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    * Defend the most effective crime deterrent available, the private ownership of guns.
YAY!!! they're gonna over rule the supreme court and tell us we can have guns



If you think you need to overrule the supreme court to allow gun ownership you've not been following the decisions of the court in regards to gun possesion.  There is no need to overrule anything whatsoever- what are you talking about?




sarcasm, FTW! it's a comment on how little political control
they have but would like you to believe they can have, the
supreme court made a decision on the 2nd, what more is there to
defend, opressive laws that are already on the books, do they
plan on repealing the NFA or fighting to allow me my very own
navy destroyer? maybe a few small nukes

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* Create jobs, end welfare dependence, and improve education.
how... how the hell are politicians going to create jobs with it being a welfare dependency, how will they improve education if it doesnt involve getting the feds out of schools





You cannot directly create jobs, but the theory is that if you remove barriers to market entry and allow free associations and contract there will be more jobs as well as more flexibility for employers and employees to make contracts that work for them.  I don't think this is a bad presumption, do you?




Sure... more corporate welfare

Create jobs, give illegals amnesty, allow easier access for more immigrants to fill more jobs they're creating. I think I like it better the way it is, fewer jobs means fewer illegals jumping the border because life isnt much better here, as it stands in a city near me more than 4000 illegals have left because of plant closures, they cant find work so the invade another city or even move back home...


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You can improve education however you want, but what is this stuff about getting the feds out of school?  Do you think the libertarians support that?  Do you think they even think its constitutional?




arent they advocating invading the private schools as well to
allow this income diversity, well shit, that's the federal
government remaining in educationor maybe the otherside of the
coin is to privatize the school system in which case it'll be a
system where once public schools are now charging for attendence
I must say, they are really vague on what they see as being
education reform

they also seem to want to blame the schools for the failure in
education not the students, every student in each schools can
receive the same education, it's up to the students to take it,
it's being offered, some decide to have a future, in the
shittiest of schools some students excel while others simply do
nothing, is it the teachers fault that johnny didnt want to take
the test and decided to ditch class? The libertarians seem to
think so








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What is your point about the campaign funds?




it should be out of pocket and donations, no tax money divided between 2 parties


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What is smoke?  Do you not understand their platform, or do you just not understand whatever you copy and pasted?  Considering the wealth of information out their about libertarian philosophy, I don't understand why you pick the straw man that is the poorly written general platform you posted, and then proceed to attack it as if it represents the totality of libertarian thought.




once again, how will they achieve this restitution
In addition, Libertarians would do more than just punish criminals. We would also make them pay restitution to their victims for the damage they've caused, including property loss, medical costs, pain, and suffering. If you are the victim of a crime, the criminal should fully compensate you for your loss.

so waiting 5 minutes for the instant check is too long or do they intend to trample states rights to make laws
Libertarians would repeal waiting periods, concealed carry laws, and other restrictions that make it difficult for victims to defend themselves, and end the prosecution of individuals for exercising their rights of self-defense.

do they plan on ending individual welfare and increasing corporate welfare in order to make more jobs? are they saying
they can force a kid to learn what he's being taught by privatizing the school system and forcing lower income families to pay for their kids to attend school
The Libertarian Party would increase employment opportunities by slashing taxes and government red tape. We would also end the welfare system with its culture of dependence and hopelessness. Most important of all, we would promote low-cost private alternatives to the failed government school system.

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What is your problem, you don't like what you posted? 




have you actually read the shit on their site?

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  If you've forgot, you get to choose who you vote for every year.  If you don't like the guy, don't vote for him.




so much for healthy discussion, it's probably the way the
libertarian party came up with their platform on the issues
"well, I'm tired of talking about it, just write something down,
we'll fill in the blanks later"


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why should I care?




lessor of evils?


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Yes, I don't care for parties either, but how do you suppose we get rid of them?  Seems like a constitutional amendment would be needed, and that seems dumb.




sounds just as dumb as the redundant legislation I was referring to but it's simpler than that, use the same methodology that the FBI uses to eliminate the 'hate groups', through infiltration and exposure, at the very least it'll clean things out a little


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Instead, folks should become informed.




I've been trying to do just that, did you know the libertarian
party supports open borders and amnesty of 30 million illegal
aliens in addition to desiring provisions to naturalize others
that come across the borders illegally?

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Congressmen won't vote for bullshit if their constituents don't care for it and hold them accountable.

The real reason we see all this bullshit is because the people let them get away with it.




accountability... that's the root of the problem, when sitting congressmen are jailed for bad checks, then we're making headway
when a lawmakers sentence is double that of a regular citizen, then we've begun to gain momentum


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So what, you want a congressman that doesn't support his own interests?
I want an intelligent person to represent me, and intelligent people look out for their own best interest.




when I look out for my best interests, you may get shit on, when a republican looks out for his, you may find yourself a criminal of a victimless crime while he's bank account gets a bit larger

I'd like to see someone in office that looks out for his constituents




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People that vote uninformed are the problem.


 


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johnm214 said:
A vote for barr is a vote for the libertarian agenda, which he's advocated.



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I don't know his stance on illegal immigration, but i support plans such as bush's.  Barr wants to just pardon everyone?



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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #8728594 - 08/05/08 11:38 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Let's get this thread back on topic, please. There are already several hundred threads here dealing with Libertarianism/Laissez-faire Capitalism/Minarchism, but there's just this one dealing with Obama's reluctance to debate McCain in a Town Hall format.

If y'all want to continue discussing Libertarianism, bump an old thread.





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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: Phred]
    #8728608 - 08/05/08 11:43 AM (15 years, 7 months ago)

"The moderators for the 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates have been announced and once again they all have one thing in common: they are all liberal hacks from the main stream media. This year's questioners are NBC's Tom Brokaw, CBS' Bob Schieffer and PBS' Jim Lehrer and Gwen Iffl.

Pathetic choices, again.




McCain should demand at least one token conservative!


Brit Hume?




http://gopnation.com/wordpress/2008/08/05/debate-moderators-liberalagain/


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8728891 - 08/05/08 12:51 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

As a fellow liberal, I'm sure it doesn't bother McCain.

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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8728917 - 08/05/08 12:56 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Or anyone from the Fox (Faux News) team, they're all GOP idiots.


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8728923 - 08/05/08 12:58 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

I also keep trying to figure out what Texas puts in the water to make you people so sheepish?

:flowstone: "I'm a Cowboy!!"


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so yeah:
- 'sex' five times
- once with a man
- once with a cadaver
- and thrice with actual women(all of which were prostitutes)
Best story ever!

www.panicstream.com :thumbup:

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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: pinkfloydms]
    #8729118 - 08/05/08 01:40 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

pinkfloydms said:
I also keep trying to figure out what Texas puts in the water to make you people so sheepish?

:flowstone: "I'm a Cowboy!!"




:shrug: Maybe Redstorm knows (i think he lives in Houston Texas.) :smirk:


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Re: Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge [Re: lonestar2004]
    #8729171 - 08/05/08 01:51 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)

I always saw McCain as a pretty liberal republican anyways.  Maybe he's conservitive in comparison to Obama.

He's for global warming legislation and gun control isn't he?


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