All Things Probama

[kapkomet]

I understand the frustration with politics as they are right now, and with each of these candidates. But I don't get how this election is so hard for you. To me, and most people I've spoken with about it, this choice is a lot better than the ones we got the last few elections.

I guess time will tell. It will be interesting to see the real contrasts begin to come out.

 

[Rex Kickass]

Kinda cool.

 

RexKickass --

 

Help shape the Democratic Party's Platform for ChangeEvery four years, the Democratic Party assembles a platform that outlines the party's position on a number of issues.

 

Traditionally, the drafting of the platform is not open to ordinary people.

 

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This year, ordinary people like you will gather in their homes, community centers, places of worship, and even coffee shops to discuss the issues that matter to them and help decide what should be at the heart of the Democratic platform for change.

 

The input we get from these meetings will help shape the platform at the Democratic Convention in August.

 

Platform Meetings are a great way to connect with fellow supporters and help write the next chapter in the history of the Democratic Party.

 

We'll make sure you have all the resources and support you need to succeed. All you need to provide are your ideas for America and your hunger for change.

 

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Sign up to host or attend a Platform Meeting now:

 

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I hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to make your voice heard in the political process.

 

Thank you for all that you do,

 

Barack

 

I love that Barack and I are on first name terms.

[NorthSideSox72]

Kinda cool.

 

 

 

I love that Barack and I are on first name terms.

That's quite cool. I might have to attend one of those.

 

[HuskyCaucasian]

That's quite cool. I might have to attend one of those.

same here

[BigSqwert]

I love that Barack and I are on first name terms.

Wow. I didn't realize that's your real first name.

[HuskyCaucasian]

McCain: "no ablo espanol".... i mean "No hablo hechos"

 

McCain's new radio ad, in Spanish, aims to show Florida would benefit from the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which he supports. But every number in the ad is wrong, except one, a prediction of job gains taken from a group favoring the trade deal. And even that number is rounded upward so generously as to flunk third-grade arithmetic.

[Rex Kickass]

We're closing this thread because we think its starting to hurt discussion in the forum.

 

If you have a specific issue in this election you'd like to discuss, start a thread based on its own issue. If you just wanna talk about how great your candidate is? Use the Democrat/Republican threads.

 

Thanks!

[southsider2k5]

Out of people who probably want the gig, though, I think Biden is the best person for the job. You're right about it not delivering a state, but I'm really thinking about VP performance after the election and not performance as a running mate.

 

 

That's my best guess.

 

FTW

[HuskyCaucasian]

Probama rises from the dead!

[BigSqwert]

Another reason to like Obama.

 

"You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there," Obama said in an ESPN interview. "People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. South Side."

[DABearSoX]

So walking around at lunch I saw someone wearing a shirt that read "Not Ready" and had a picture of Barack. I really don't understand how that can even be a an issue when he have had someone who can't even speak correctly in the white house for the last 8 years.

[whitesoxfan101]

So walking around at lunch I saw someone wearing a shirt that read "Not Ready" and had a picture of Barack. I really don't understand how that can even be a an issue when he have had someone who can't even speak correctly in the white house for the last 8 years.

 

You don't? And Bush's problem wasn't he was not ready, his problem was (and is) he's an idiot. Big difference.

[kapkomet]

You don't? And Bush's problem wasn't he was not ready, his problem was (and is) he's an idiot. Big difference.

RSO's not an idiot, far from it, and you have a point. At the same time, RSO is ... not exactly what this country needs right now, in my not so humble opinion. Neither's McCain, but there's not a better alternative at this point.

 

 

[DABearSoX]

You don't? And Bush's problem wasn't he was not ready, his problem was (and is) he's an idiot. Big difference.

 

What is really the difference?

 

Not Ready = inexperienced = incapable of running a country

 

 

Daddy's Coattails = Idiot = incapable of running the country

[NorthSideSox72]

So walking around at lunch I saw someone wearing a shirt that read "Not Ready" and had a picture of Barack. I really don't understand how that can even be a an issue when he have had someone who can't even speak correctly in the white house for the last 8 years.

Actually, compared to all the bizarre and bogus reasons I've seen some folks in this country decide not to vote for Barack Obama (race, supposed religious ties, perceived lack of a plan, or not standing for the national anthem), his inexperience I find to be a very valid concern. Not necessarily a deal breaker by any means, but definitely something to take seriously.

 

[DABearSoX]

 

Actually, compared to all the bizarre and bogus reasons I've seen some folks in this country decide not to vote for Barack Obama (race, supposed religious ties, perceived lack of a plan, or not standing for the national anthem), his inexperience I find to be a very valid concern. Not necessarily a deal breaker by any means, but definitely something to take seriously.

 

 

I understand that it is a valid concern. But the reason why our fore fathers created a system with checks and balances is the reason this is not much of a concern for me. I mean really, who has ever had "experience" being the leader of the free world...no one (other than the formers)....if experience really meant that much JFK, Billy Boy, etc would have never been in the oval office, and Joe Biden would have been there long ago.

 

The best part about it is the spin the GOP is trying to put on it, that McCain has more experience b/c he spent time in a prison camp...its a riot

[DABearSoX]

well, Jimmy Carter was just on MSNBC and he said that Obama is more qualified for the job than himself, billy boy, reagan, and a few others...meaning before they were elected