Look on the bright side at least Hillary cant stand in 2012 and she will be too old after that.
Posts from DukePilgrim in thread „Politics“
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Obama's support is very soft. If Mc Cain can make an inroad into it he could still win.
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Since Manson is a Satanist I would be moving if he ran for anything or won anything. If he won he would appoint King Diamond his Sec of Def, Korn his official band, and use gangster rap to torture sane people.
Barring a miracle Obama will win.
Lets face it if Manson ran he/she would take away votes from Obama.
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After he threw all the Vietnam soldiers under the bus, him being the Sec of Def. would be like Marilyn Manson running a day care.
Marilyn Manson for Sec of Def now there's a thought!! President Manson?? Is it too late for his nomination papers.
Well we are nearly down to the last week. Will it be a clean sweep for Obama or will Mc Cain close the gap and come out in front?
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It could have more to do with missing out on being running mate with Mc Cain plus being dumped by Bush.
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I see Colin Powell is to get a cabinet job if Obama is elected. His conversion is fully explained now!!!
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I see that Joe The Plumber isn't Joe he is a Samuel and he isn't a Plumber and he owes $600 in taxes.
Sounds about the norm for this election.
Regards
Arthur
Yes, he seems ideal for political office
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Joe The Plumber for President
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Election fraud 101, Mike.
Like I said, I've been an avid student of American politics since the Nixon-Kennedy election in 1960 and I've never, ever heard or read of an instance of electoral fraud by Republicans. But it's a very frequent act by Dems. In fact, I've often read that the only way that Kennedy won that '60 election was by fraud committed in, of all places, Obambi's home town of Chicago.
Democrats may be the masters of vote rigging in terms putting on bogus voters to the register but Republicans are merrily disenfranchising legitimate voters through various guises because it suits them.
Before you polish the Republicans' halo anymore remember they were involved in Watergate and various other burglaries plus spied on their opponents for political purposes not national security via CIA/FBI and associated agencies.
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Well, what do you expect? About 98 percent of 'em are lawyers.
I personally think old Willie Shakespeare had it right in Henry VI, Part 2, when he wrote "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
Same here. Was the Major who played the newspaper editor in Jesse James quoting Shakespeare everytime he made up a front page? -
I thought it was pretty impartial. All politicians are dirty in my book.
Despite the shambles of McCain's campaign I think Obama has peaked early and I still think it is all to play for. Expect a few slips from Obama.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new…-Obamas-past-examine.html -
Vote suppression in case of the Republicans Jim.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7658182.stm -
In other words Tammany Hall still rules. The plan should be to have either photographic evidence of your identity or get voters to apply for an electoral identity card before elections take place.
We had the same problem here in Northern Ireland for years and the dead voted here on a regular basis but with this was quoshed when the legislation was intoduced.
It is not a matter racist or discriminating it is a matter of vote rigging or stealing.
Although, the Democrats are the main culprits the Republicans are also guilty.
Simple solution model below:-
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A little story from today's local paper that caused a :teeth_smile:
IRA funds worth up to €200m put at risk in United States
Republicans in 'state of panic' as Wall Street woes hit investments
Monday, 13 October 2008
The IRA may have lost a substantial amount of its fortune in the banking collapse in the United States, according to republican sources.
Sources say that in recent years the IRA's financial bosses moved large amounts of money through front companies into a number of Wall Street financial institutions that were offering high dividends, but which have been devastated by the sub-prime market collapse.
One source put the amount invested in the US institutions at €200m. They said most of this was made through the sale of commercial properties mainly here in the Republic.
Advisors brought in by the IRA in the aftermath of the 1997 ceasefire directed that IRA money be invested in the then booming property market.
According to the sources, the same people advised to get out at the top of the property market and sink the money into high-dividend deposit accounts in Wall Street in the past few years.
The extent of the losses incurred in the crash over the past few weeks is not known. However, sources in Northern Ireland said that one senior IRA finance figure made four apparently frantic visits to New York as the markets began showing signs of impending disaster and then collapsed. According to the sources, well-known republican figures in Belfast were in a "state of panic".
Mr Adams and senior Sinn Fein figures enjoy an extraordinarily lavish lifestyle in the US, staying in suites in top hotels and dining in top restaurants. During his visit to New York for this year's St Patrick's Day celebrations, Mr Adams had lunch with top Wall Street financiers at Bobby Van's restaurant on 54th Street, a favourite haunt of Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack in the Fifties and Sixties.
According to republican sources, however, large amounts were deposited with the very same high-yield financial institutions in Wall Street which were making extraordinary profits on the back of the sub-prime market in the US. The sources say that recent indications are that the IRA has lost heavily.
Another irony for republicans is that Sinn Fein's four TDs in the Republic voted to support the Irish government's bailout of the banking system 11 days ago, despite the party's stated claims of being "socialist".
There are also indications that despite the amount of money at its disposal for elections north and south in recent years, the party's coffers appear to be drying up. Up to last year Sinn Fein had more constituency offices and full-time staff than most of the political parties north and south put together.
However, since mid-2007 it has been hit by a series of resignations, mainly of full-time workers and councillors. According to one source one of the current sources of disillusionment among the remaining 50 or so councillors in the Republic has been the withdrawal of "political operating expenses" to top up their council salaries and expenses which rarely exceed €30,000 a year. -
Surely in this day & age it should be possible to organise an systematic registration process and universal id system that could be used across all States in federal elections. It has been done effectively in other countries there is NO EXCUSE why it cant be applied in USA.
The fiasco in 2000 in Florida with punching holes in ballot papers and the likely appeal by both sides in this election in the event of a close poll make it imperative that it is sorted. -
I've said it before and I will say it again with just 2 words boys!!!
TERM LIMITS!!!!
That would make a fair difference to the Senate and Congress.
Sure would concentrate their minds and get them out before they began to believe in the "system" crap. -
I think Palin is starting to hurt Mc Cain with the convenient allegations coming from Alaska. They may or may not be true but some of it will stick.
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I still think it will be a closer race than the polls predict. It is not over until the fat lady sings!!
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It's the nature of the beast, Mike. That's what politicians do. Bill Clinton was one of the world's best at it.
Yes, Jim. Isnt it ironic that the best speakers are the best liars. If Bush Jr had been gifted with Clinton's & Blair's eloquence it could have made all the difference to his Presidency.
The only time I saw him speak naturally was an interview he gave to Newsnight about his time as President when he was under no pressure.
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I also admired and respected PM Blair for his support.
The problem with Blair was that he was all things to all men & women. He agreed with whoever he was in the company with. If he had met Hitler or Stalin in his time he would bonded with them as well and still had a smiley photoshoot.
His wife Cherie would make Imelda Marcos look like a angel. I think gangster is too mild a word to describe her.
Tony is a brilliant public speaker but is all hot air with no substance.
Palin could be Thatcher but then again she could also be a lot of other things. Personally, she is unknown, untested with little practical experience. Hopefully she will get the opportunity to gain experience before being thrust onto the big stage.
