Why doubt that he’s been banging White House aids? He’s a fairly young guy.
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Even if he is OK with screwing around (and that’s a big ‘if’), he strikes me as the kind of guy who’d be willing to accept an 8-year self-imposed dry spell given that his place in history is at stake.
Re: the rest of it, yes, I’m sure stress has contributed to these Presidents’ second term problems. But, as I said, let’s hope this term goes alright. I’m not saying everybody should start liking Obama.[/quote]
Ha ha I wish no harm on any human being. And in fact I want this country to turn around,. But with that said I know people and this guy isn’t going to give an inch. He’s an arrogant left wing idealogue with no electorate to answer to.
And I predict by the end of his term you will be so frustrated with him you’ll wish Romney won.
So you can wish in one hand and spit in the other for all the good it will do you.
LOL. Why do I get the feeling that this made up the majority of the votes against alone?[/quote]
I don’t know the man personally, and if I were invited to the White House to meet the president, I would go gladly. I won’t let politics get in the way of something that could benefit me for the rest of my life. That would be stupid. If he asked what I thought, I would politely tell him, I seriously doubt he would or give a fuck. So mainly I would be polite and gracious.
I definitely despise his policies and the things he stands for, but I respect the office despite who’s ass is in the seat. I am not going to let my disdain for liberal politics stand in my way of anything.
There is more to do than voting, you know. You can write your congressmen and senators about issues that bother you. If you don’t think this has any effect, well then you ain’t real smart. I have several times gotten personal responses to my concerns. They’ve forwarded my messages to governing bodies of whatever the topic was about and had people call me personally to discuss.
Writing works. Calling works. Even if you have a congressmen who is against your views, you write them and write them some more. The dirty little secret is if a constituency is in opposition to the representative’s view and enough of the constituency has made it known, they have to represent you. They have to acknowledge and represent their district despite their personal views and the views of their constituency is public. They have to acknowledge it. It’s called ‘instructed-delegate’.
So you are not powerless unless you want to be. Write your congressman. If happened to be at odds with your representatives, write them more.
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
Granted Todd Akin, Roger Rivard and others said some dumb shit but I don’t think that had any influence on the Romney campaign. What percentage of the population would’ve even heard about it?[/quote]
LOL
Seriously? With the liberal arm of the media on the job, who didn’t hear about it?[/quote]
Dude do you even know what percentage of Americans even bother to vote? They don’t have compulsory voting like us. Most the population has never even heard of Todd Akin and it’s only the hardcore leftists who seek out these comments and publish them in hard left publications where the readership would vote for Obama no matter what.[/quote]
Exactly what I was thinking. He is less optimistic and more shell shocked. I do not believe Obama will push as hard. He expects that if he pushes a backlash will happen again in 2014. I expect him to be very slow and precise with every action.
What’s changing is my retirement fund after the market has taken a beating the last 2 days. I’m hoping it doesn’t go down lower. That is my hope and change.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Does anyone else get the feeling that, not much of anything will change ?
I mean, ok Bam won, but he has shown he can’t get the job done.
The mood here seems one of having watched a game that ended in a tie, with no overtime or sudden death allowed.
No sense of finality. [/quote]
I beg to differ my friend. The majority of Americans think Obama is doing a fine job. That majority being 18-30 year olds, single women, minorities and union members.
[quote]BCFlynn wrote:
What’s changing is my retirement fund after the market has taken a beating the last 2 days. I’m hoping it doesn’t go down lower. That is my hope and change.[/quote]
Tuck your head between your legs until 1/1/13.
It isn’t going to get any better, unless they announce extension of bush era rates for all income levels.
In other news:
Interesting take. I love Zo. Don’t agree with everything he says in every video, but I like his take on things.
Exactly what I was thinking. He is less optimistic and more shell shocked. I do not believe Obama will push as hard. He expects that if he pushes a backlash will happen again in 2014. I expect him to be very slow and precise with every action.[/quote]
[quote]BCFlynn wrote:
What’s changing is my retirement fund after the market has taken a beating the last 2 days. I’m hoping it doesn’t go down lower. That is my hope and change.[/quote]
The market could very well be between 6000 and 8000 by 2014 if Obama gets his wish list from the House Republicans.
[quote]BCFlynn wrote:
What’s changing is my retirement fund after the market has taken a beating the last 2 days. I’m hoping it doesn’t go down lower. That is my hope and change.[/quote]
Tuck your head between your legs until 1/1/13.
It isn’t going to get any better, unless they announce extension of bush era rates for all income levels.
In other news:
Interesting take. I love Zo. Don’t agree with everything he says in every video, but I like his take on things.[/quote]
I’d love to see a black Conservative nominee. And not because, as he said, we could go “look we have black friends!” The first reason would be because he’s, well, a Conservative. And the second reason would be so the American people could see what many, many liberals think of a black man who doesn’t think, believe, and act like they’re ‘supposed’ to. “Race Traitor.” “House Negro.” “Uncle Tom.” “Sell out.” Sadly Cain wasn’t to be that vehicle. The man had no chance after those allegations came out. None. So, we’ll just have to wait.
[quote]Rocky101 wrote:
Maybe if republicans dropped the religious right and stopped being so socially conservative they might have a better chance. All the gay marriage stuff passed, 2 states legalized marijuana etc. There are more fiscally conservative, socially liberal voters than you may think. Worst economy since the Great Depression, my grandparents would disagree with you, they lived through it. [/quote]
Would you change your principles just because they aren’t currently popular? [/quote]
Telling others how to live their lives is a principal? You can have your beliefs, just don’t push them on me and I won’t push mine on you.
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Agreed Rocky. If Republicans could let up on gay marriage and abortion they would win by a landslide. This is the type of candidate I would always support.
[quote]Rocky101 wrote:
Maybe if republicans dropped the religious right and stopped being so socially conservative they might have a better chance. All the gay marriage stuff passed, 2 states legalized marijuana etc. There are more fiscally conservative, socially liberal voters than you may think. Worst economy since the Great Depression, my grandparents would disagree with you, they lived through it. [/quote]
Would you change your principles just because they aren’t currently popular? [/quote]
Telling others how to live their lives is a principal? You can have your beliefs, just don’t push them on me and I won’t push mine on you.
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Agreed Rocky. If Republicans could let up on gay marriage and abortion they would win by a landslide. This is the type of candidate I would always support.[/quote]
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Does anyone else get the feeling that, not much of anything will change ?
I mean, ok Bam won, but he has shown he can’t get the job done.
The mood here seems one of having watched a game that ended in a tie, with no overtime or sudden death allowed.
No sense of finality. [/quote]
My thoughts exactly - the next two years being like the last two. Then a strong possibility, if historical trends hold, for an increase in House Repubs + takeover of Senate.[/quote]
Push ,
I am not shitting you, but people are really fucking scared here. Not just that Bam won, but we passed more taxes locally here, along with a 2/3 Democratic supermajority too. Many businesses are planning to leave here, rich are gone, now the middle class are leaving.
Highest sales tax and income tax rates in the nation, more than Hawaii.
Keep eyes on here if you want to see the first state to collapse, the City of Los Angeles to file bankruptcy before 2014, over half a Trillion in debt (about $618 Billion for the whole state).
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Does anyone else get the feeling that, not much of anything will change ?
I mean, ok Bam won, but he has shown he can’t get the job done.
The mood here seems one of having watched a game that ended in a tie, with no overtime or sudden death allowed.
No sense of finality. [/quote]
My thoughts exactly - the next two years being like the last two. Then a strong possibility, if historical trends hold, for an increase in House Repubs + takeover of Senate.[/quote]
Push ,
I am not shitting you, but people are really fucking scared here. Not just that Bam won, but we passed more taxes locally here, along with a 2/3 Democratic supermajority too. Many businesses are planning to leave here, rich are gone, now the middle class are leaving.
Highest sales tax and income tax rates in the nation, more than Hawaii.
Keep eyes on here if you want to see the first state to collapse, the City of Los Angeles to file bankruptcy before 2014, over half a Trillion in debt (about $618 Billion for the whole state).[/quote]
California looks consistent with Texas re: debt per capita and as a percentage of GDP.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Does anyone else get the feeling that, not much of anything will change ?
I mean, ok Bam won, but he has shown he can’t get the job done.
The mood here seems one of having watched a game that ended in a tie, with no overtime or sudden death allowed.
No sense of finality. [/quote]
My thoughts exactly - the next two years being like the last two. Then a strong possibility, if historical trends hold, for an increase in House Repubs + takeover of Senate.[/quote]
Push ,
I am not shitting you, but people are really fucking scared here. Not just that Bam won, but we passed more taxes locally here, along with a 2/3 Democratic supermajority too. Many businesses are planning to leave here, rich are gone, now the middle class are leaving.
Highest sales tax and income tax rates in the nation, more than Hawaii.
Keep eyes on here if you want to see the first state to collapse, the City of Los Angeles to file bankruptcy before 2014, over half a Trillion in debt (about $618 Billion for the whole state).[/quote]
California looks consistent with Texas re: debt per capita and as a percentage of GDP.
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Doesn’t Texas have a 26 billion dollar rainy day fun and no individual income tax though?
