Letter to the Editor

Just as the Republicans are puppets of big oil the Democrats have been puppets of the big labor unions like the United Auto Workers. So now that the Democrats rule will the be able to break free of union control? At issue is the auto industry wanting a hand out and refusing to change management or change the union contracts. The voters overthrew the Republicans this year and the Democrats are next if they can’t show some fiscal responsibility with the taxpayer’s money. The Democrats are going to have to show that they will put the taxpayers first before the unions. That would be change we can believe in.

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Unlike financial institutions going bankrupt doesn’t mean Detroit automakers will go out of business. Several airlines have gone bankrupt over the last several years and are still in business today. Throwing billion at them isn’t going to solve their problem. We need electric cars and they worked to kill them. They also worked against raising gas mileage, against safety regulations, and against clean air regulations. When you see a car with the paint falling off - that’s an American made car. The automakers aren’t going to stop producing bad cars or change their ways if we keep throwing borrowed tax payer money at them. And too many industries are all getting in like for their government welfare checks now. We need to put a stop to borrow and spend and this is a good place to draw the line.

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Please make it stop! Make it stop! I don’t want to hear Palin anymore. Obama won and the election is over. He hasn’t even taken office yet and Palin is already running in the 2012 election. There should be a rule in journalism that you have to wait for 2 years after covering a presidential election before you start the next one. It’s time to focus on Obama now and figure out what we can do to keep the economy from collapsing. It’s time for Sarah Palin to step back and go back to her job in Alaska and let real America deal with our future.

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I watched President Elect Obama’s first press conference and I was particularly impressed with him defining himself as a “Mutt like me”. We are a mutt nation and we as a nation have turned our backs on our muttiness. Perhaps in these times of uncertainty it’s time for us to be a mutt nation again and identify with our mutt leader.

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San Francisco Measure K, a ballot initiative to decriminalize prostitution, failed to win in Tuesday’s election. I think that they went about it the wrong way. Instead of making it a ballot initiative maybe they should have gone to the government for a bailout. What the prostitutes need to do is go to Washington and convince lawmakers to inject some liquidity into the prostitution industry. If the taxpayer is going to get screwed then I say lets do it right!

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Now that this bailout thing has started will it ever end? Now the auto industry (as in “Who killed the Electric Car”) wants a bailout so they can build electric cars. But now that Obama is going to be president I think it’s the comedy industry that’s going to need a bailout. How is a comedian going to make a living with Bush and Cheney leaving the Whitehouse? What will they do without Sarah Palin? We may have a better run country under Obama but who will we have to laugh at? At least we still have Nancy Pelosi.

The little town of Dixville Notch, first in the nation to vote has gone Republican every election since 1968 until today. They voted 19 to 7 in 2004 in favor of Bush. But today they went Obama in a landslide 15 to 6. I think this is going to be typical and it’s over. Obama wins!!!

I’m calling it 413 for Obama - 125 for McCain. I don’t believe the polls. I don’t think their model applies to the election. The primary registered millions of Democrats and they are all voting for Obama. Young people, blacks, and Hispanics are all voting Obama and they are turning out. The early voting is huge and it’s heavily Obama. When you see the crowds McCain pulls about 1000 people. Obama pulls 50,000 people.

Bush’s approval is at around 20% and only 9% think the country is going in the right direction. Not a single person thinks McCain is going to win and the McCain loyalists are trying to argue that a miracle may be still possible. Major Republicans are defecting. Palin is a joke. Even the rich are losing their asses in the stock market. Wall street has been socialized. McCain looks like a bungling old fool. Erratic is an understatement.

Tomorrow when the long lines form at the polls Republicans might show up but what republican is going to stand in line for hours to cast a vote for McCain surrounded by Obama voters? They will go home without voting. I say that takes 4% more off the top. McCain has no ground operation because he spent his wad and the Republican Party’s wad on TV. (Not to mention $150k for Palin’s clothes.) And that phone call from the president of France - too much! What a fucking moron!

Additionally I think the Dems will get their 60 Sebate seats with Lieberman crawling back to the dems in shame. The House will be a bloodbath for Republicans. What little is left of the Reoublican party will be split as the fiscal conservatives break it off with the evangelicals.

All that will be left is for Bush to pardon all Republicans and run out the clock. Hopfully it’s not to late to save civilization.

Letter to the Editor

As we all know Obama is favored in all the polls. So if the lines to vote are long it’s makes me wonder how long Republicans are going to stand in line to vote thinking their candidate will probably lose. I think that Obama will win in part because the Obama voter is willing to stand in line longer than the McCain voter.

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I’m looking forward to seeing John McCain returning to the Senate, being a maverick, taking on the leaders of his own party, reaching across the aisle, and working with President Obama to reverse the damage to America from the Bush years.

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There’s a lot of talk this election about who is a “Real American”. I’d like to throw in my definition. A Real American is someone who votes.  Today is election day. Show the country that you are a Real American”.

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People have been wondering if there was going to be an “October Surprise” this election. A piece of news that changes the dynamic of the election. It turns out there is such a surprise. The national debt soared $500 billion in under a month in October. That’s a 5% increase in the national debt in just one month. How much is $500 billion dollars? If almost enough to make every family in Alaska a millionaire. It’s $6000 for every family of 4 in America. And that’s in just one month. And this is during a month when John McCain said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

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McCain is trying to distance himself from Bush. The Republican party is distancing themselves from Bush. But Bush didn’t screw things up by himself. The Republicans in Congress help make the Bush disaster happen. That’s why at the Republican Convention McCain distanced himself from the Republicans in Congress. But Republicans in Congress are worried that McCain is going to lose big and they are trying to distance themselves from McCain. So if the Republicans are distancing themselves from Republicans - maybe us voters should distance ourselves from the Republicans too. OMG - I agree with the REPUBLICANS!!!!

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When you look back on the drag that Sarah Palin is putting on the McCain ticket it makes you wonder what would have happened if McCain had made a different choice. For example, Governor Mike Huckabee, a true evangelical and a very popular and experienced governor of Arkansas, would have been far stronger. If McCain had chosen Mitt Romney then maybe the economic crisis would have worked in McCain’s favor rather than against him. No one would have questioned if Rudy Giuliani knew foreign policy. Or if McCain wanted a woman on the ticket he could have picked Senator Dole or Hutchinson. And McCain wouldn’t have had to spend $150,000 on clothes for any of them. Unlike Palin, any one else could have done a press conference. But McCain picked Palin - and that’s who he’s stuck with.

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With the polls favoring Obama Republican politicians in House and Senate races are trying to make a unique and interesting argument. They are saying that people should vote for Republicans because they are a minority and that there should be some kind of quota for the number of Republicans elected. What? Wow! Are you kidding me? Isn’t that affirmative action? Are Republicans asking for political welfare, a handout if you will? Are Republicans claiming they are some sort of endangered species? Should the voters bail out the Republican party? I don’t think so.

The way I see it is if a Republican is asking for an affirmative action voter bailout, are they really Republicans? Do they have no shame? We already gave Republicans welfare when Bush came begging the taxpayers for a trillion dollars for the Wall Street bailout. I say no way! I say no way!

If a candidate has failed to earn your vote based on their own record then they don’t deserve to be reelected. I am a conservative voter who values personal responsibility. I say - let the political market decide. No redistribution of political wealth. Republicans should have to work hard, do their job, and earn our vote, not get a handout. When we go to vote on Tuesday we should vote for the person who we think will do the best job for the country. No welfare for Republicans!

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Next Tuesday when you go to vote be sure to fill up your gas tank on that way. Every two years in the first week of November gas traditionally hits it’s lowest price of the two year cycle. Some people think it’s a conspiracy so that the voters will elect politicians who give big oil big tax cuts. Others think that our patriotic oil companies are just trying to make gas cheaper so that we can afford to drive to the polls and do our civic duty on election day. Regardless of the reason, whether you are a Democrat or Republican, vote Tuesday, and fill your tank on the way home because once you’ve voted - gas is going up.

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It looks to me like the McCain/Palin ticket has turned into the Palin/McCain ticket now that the lipstick has gone rogue. Ever since the the Republican ticket was called “Lipstick on a Pig” it looks like it’s too much lipstick and not enough pig. If McCain can’t keep lipstick from going maverick on him, how is he going to run America?

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I remember when a home what something you lived in and raised your family in, not something that was traded on wall street. I remember when gasoline what what you put in your car so that you can drive to see your grandparents or drive to work, not something that was traded in the commodities futures market. I remember when investing was starting a new business or factory, not buying default credit swaps. What ever happened to the People of America? What ever happened to those times and shouldn’t we go back to those values? I think so. I think it’s time for America change from what we have become to what we should be.

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John McCain is relying on “Joe the Plumber” as the symbol of his economic message. But Joe the Plumber’s real first name is really Samuel, and Joe the Plumber doesn’t have a plumbers license. So if “Joe the Plumber” isn’t really Joe and isn’t really a plumber then what does that say about John McCain’s economic message? It says McCain is a fake too. That’s not change that I can believe in.

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There seems to be open warfare within the McCain camp with McCain advisers calling Sarah Palin a “diva” who is “going rogue” and now she’s a “whack job”? Clearly McCain has lost control of his campaign. Palin is clearly in control. If McCain can’t maintain control in his own presidential campaign, how can we trust him to to lead America?

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Now that the Republicans are borrowing 5 million dollars to help Republican senators get reelected it would seem that Republicans can’t even wait till the election before they start their old “borrow and spend” habits. That doesn’t sound like change I can believe in. Makes me wonder if the Republicans borrowed the money from a bank they just bailed out? Someone should investigate that.

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Apparently people in the McCain camp aren’t getting along. The McCain camp is calling Palin a “diva” and says she’s begun to “go rogue”. Some think she’s thinking about her own future as fingers are being pointed over who’s idea it was to dress up “Caribou Barbie” in $150,000 in elitist clothing. Ultimately it is John McCain’s responsibility for what happens inside his campaign. The way I see it if John McCain can’t run is own campaign how is John McCain ready to run America?

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I think it’s amazing that Republicans are accusing Democrats of wealth redistribution saying the Democrats are going to “spread the wealth around”. And saying this after the Republicans came to get a trillion dollars in welfare from hard working taxpayers in real America to spread around in handouts for Wall Street. The Republicans just socialized the stock market and they accuse Democrats of spreading the wealth around?

With Republicans it’s the same old same old all over again and they always have some lame excuse and a lame attack and I’m tired of it. Republicans are at fault for ruining America and it’s time for them to pay the price. It’s time to throw the bums out.

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Republicans are trying to convince voters that they should give them political welfare and vote for them because of the fears that Democrats need an opposition party to keep them from getting their way. Ya know - I don’t remember Republicans raising that as a problem when they controlled everything. If we are going to vote for change then why would we want to vote for people to stop change. If you think your Republican candidate did a good job then reelect that person. If not then it’s time to throw the bums out.

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With the election less than 10 days away Sarah Palin has yet to do her first press conference. If she can’t do a press conference then is she really ready to take over as president? It’s just not acceptable for McCain to put forward a candidate who won’t do press conferences. It’s basically an admission that Colon Powell is right. Palin is not qualified for the job, and McCain isn’t qualified for picking her.

Senate Races - 10-25-2008

So where is the best place to invest your political dollar in the final 10 days before the election? I think the best investment is in the Senate races. Obama has the presidency won and has an obscene amount of money. So giving to Obama isn’t worth it. McCain will just spend his money on more clothes for Palin. The House is firmly in the hands of the Democrats. But in the Senate where Dems hope to get to 60 seats, that’s where the real battles are. So - depending what side you are on the battleground comes down to 7 Senate races. AK, MS, GA, NC, KY, MN, and OR. If you’re going to fight the good fight you need to be able to find the battlefield.

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Oh no! Make it stop! Make it stop! I’m still laughing about the $150,000 they spent on Palin’s clothes and now we find out that McCain spent $22,800 in a two week period on Palin’s hair and makeup. And this is someone who they are trying to pass off as a “Joe Sixpack” small town hockey mom from “Real America” - not like those “intellectual elitists” that those liberals who pal around with terrorists vote for.

I can she why she is against us intellectuals who see Palin as being similar to those “TV Preachers” who live in mansions and living the life of extreme luxury, and fooling evangelists who they think were born again yesterday. And McCain is supposed to be the fiscal conservative. Maybe I’m sick and demented but I get a thrill when phonies are exposed.

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The Republican party is going to have to make some tough choices in the final days of this election. Where does the GOP spend their remaining money? (Certainly not on more clothes for Palin.) Do they go all in behind McCain who is almost certain to lose, or do they cut their losses for President and put all their money into holding on to seats in close races the House and Senate? McCain could be a death sentence for the Republican party. The McCain/Palin campaign is so bad that even Bush is distancing himself from them.

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John McCain is trying to identify himself with the common man “Joe the Plumber”. But considering that he can’t remember how many houses he owns and “Sarah the Governor” is spending $150,000 on clothing John McCain reminds us more of “George the President”.

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When Palin was described as “Lipstick on a Pig” who would have thought that the lipstick included a $150,000 shopping spree? Now Republicans are trying to explain where the $150,000 came from and why they decided to spend it on clothes. Was it Palin’s idea? Was it McCain’s idea? Or was it the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) idea? The reason this is an issue is because for $150,000 McCain could have stayed on TV a week longer in Colorado. Should the RNC have used the money to support other Republican candidates in close elections? Someone made the decision to waste $150,000 on clothing. Now Palin looks like an elitist. Who ever made that decision has poor judgment.