On Dec 21, 2007 8:09 PM, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not the economy or education or crime? Shit, those are the things that > keep me awake - I don't give a stuff about Iraq or Afghanistan (other > that the huge amount of money the Shrub and his cronies are pissing > away out there, ruining the economy).
24 straight quarters of Gross Domestic Product growth, 50 consecutive months of job gains, higher wages for virtually all Americans, and then there's last month's consumer spending explosion. I'm happy with this economy. > Clinton is certainly annoying and seems very manipulative - the > consummate politician. Huckabee is a right-wing fundamentalist > Christian so I'm terrified of him (we've had enough right-wing > fundamentalism with the current corrupt administration). Don't mistake neo-con for right-wing fundamentalism > Another right-wing religious nut. After Huckabee took pot-shots at > him, he's trying to be even more self-righteous than before > over-stating his anti-abortion, anti-gay-marriage position! I think you don't like/trust religious people and I understand why but you really should try to work past that. > He's flip-flopped on so many issues. He used to be a refreshingly > independent Republican but now he just toes the party line on > everything. I just don't trust him - he has no principles and no > spine. Agreed > About the only Republican I'd consider is Guiliani because he's > moderate - but he sure is a slimy s.o.b. He's my choice and I don't understand your negative labels. > He's expressed too much "God" for me to be entirely comfortable with > him but right now I think I agree with you that he is probably the > best of a pretty rum bunch :( He might be ready in eight years but he's too green now. His limited voting record is more liberal than Pelosi and we've seen how good her leadership is. Dosen't he want to sit down all the despot rulers and talk them in to being nice to us? Wow is that naive. > But is middle-America ready for a black president? Are they ready for > a woman president? That worries me and I can see Obama losing votes > out of "fear of a black planet" because a lot of middle-America is > still terrifyingly racist :( I think if Powell or Condi had great chances a couple of years ago, not so much now. The problem isn't middle-America, it's the Democrats. They'd never allow it. I think a black Republican could get elected but not a black Democrat and I blame the party not the voters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248986 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
