Good Questions for Obama

[stratosjoe]

I would like to be able to throw you some facts, unfornutely I don't have any. But I don't feel bad cause I really don't know that anything you or anyone else posts is true as well. I would like to see a rollover of all the career politicians get some new thieves in there, you know spread the nepotism around a little. I have been fortunate to make a good living and I am not opposed to sharing some of it with those less fortunate. I have seen too many major businesses in my area close the doors due to cheaper mfg costs overseas, the folks that lost their jobs are not the ones that are seeing an increase in their stock prices or mutual funds. They can't find work so they get help, then the haves raise hell because they are receiving free whatever. A person in control making the bucks is not going to close the doors to imports, or tax major corporations who go out of the country. Greed has ,is and always will be the deciding factor for much the major decisions made today. Here comes someone that says lets change some of this type of business Then no matter what he says he's full of it and he can't do it well I am willing to let him try. I don't know if it will help the country to get him in but I do feel as is my right that the way the country has been ran the last eight years has favored big business. The trickle down has trickled out, folks who have worked hard all their lifes are now facing food or heat or medicine what will it be this week. We can spend billions of dollars rebuilding an Iraq infrastructure that was crap before we got there and will return to crap when we leave. I voted Republican years ago but not the last two elections. I don't have the answers but in my defense there two ways to vote. Continue the same way we are going or run the risk of trying something new, I choose CHANGE and I am willing to accept the fact that if I am wrong I at least tried to do something.

[DJD]

I would like to be able to throw you some facts, unfornutely I don't have any. But I don't feel bad cause I really don't know that anything you or anyone else posts is true as well. I would like to see a rollover of all the career politicians get some new thieves in there, you know spread the nepotism around a little. I have been fortunate to make a good living and I am not opposed to sharing some of it with those less fortunate. I have seen too many major businesses in my area close the doors due to cheaper mfg costs overseas, the folks that lost their jobs are not the ones that are seeing an increase in their stock prices or mutual funds. They can't find work so they get help, then the haves raise hell because they are receiving free whatever. A person in control making the bucks is not going to close the doors to imports, or tax major corporations who go out of the country. Greed has ,is and always will be the deciding factor for much the major decisions made today. Here comes someone that says lets change some of this type of business Then no matter what he says he's full of it and he can't do it well I am willing to let him try. I don't know if it will help the country to get him in but I do feel as is my right that the way the country has been ran the last eight years has favored big business. The trickle down has trickled out, folks who have worked hard all their lifes are now facing food or heat or medicine what will it be this week. We can spend billions of dollars rebuilding an Iraq infrastructure that was crap before we got there and will return to crap when we leave. I voted Republican years ago but not the last two elections. I don't have the answers but in my defense there two ways to vote. Continue the same way we are going or run the risk of trying something new, I choose CHANGE and I am willing to accept the fact that if I am wrong I at least tried to do something.

I respect that because all we can do is figure this mess out ourselves and vote for the person who says the right thing while running for President. I don't like "change" just because it's "change". McCain isn't the same old thing as Bush and the Dems will paint him that way because it works against McCain. Heck, he might even get a Dem V.P. to run with him! He has been a maverick and or a thorn in the side for the GOP for years. He was crossing party lines long before Barry came on the scene.
Alot of what I have posted about Barry is from his site or CNN or FOX so at some point you have to have faith and believe some of it especially if you want to be an informed voter. JMO

[DJD]

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ plenty of info there for you. Though I see nowhere on that site where Barak is refered to as Barry.

Andrew

Andrew,
I watched a show that was giving a short history of him and in his college years he was called Barry before he embraced his given name.

[Grumpy]

When are you going to run for President Grumpy?

Moose, I am enjoyng retirement too much to go back to work. Besides, the job doesn't pay enough for all that a President has to do and put up with. And I am definately not RICH enough to run for any public office, much less President. I am just HONESTLY greatful that there are people dedicatedd enoguth (for lack of better words) to run for public office, especially the Presidency and Congress.

There is something drastically wrong with a country and its citizens that only pays its President $400.00 per year and its Legislators $187,000.00 (and then complains that they are overpaid) wile it pays college basketball coaches millions of dollars per year. AND, we wonder why this country is in trouble? I think someone once said something about "You get what you pay for!!" And before anyone says anything about the current administrations and/or congress, we have gotten the same from both parites!!

Grumpy

[DJD]

Grumpy,
I have read alot of that before but pushed it aside, now I'm scared all over again! I hope people try and understand what any politician(especially Barry) in office will do to them before they cast their vote. This man and his slick talk should scare everyone.

[Grumpy]

DJD, yeah, I have read and heard a lot of that stuff before and it bothered me then but, I agree, its is really scary when someone puts it all together in one place and asks the questions that George Will did!!

PBenrod, I do and Thanks.

Grumpy

[BPenrod]

If Grumpy thinks anything George Will he would be fine president. I would vote for him.

[Bobby Headrick]

Why should we pay the prez and legaslators more. They are already wealthy and have to be to run for office. they get all these perks of pork and findraisers etc. They all are either lawyers, business excs company co's etc. JFK did not take to salary why should others. They get free rent, medical, transporation etc. They should do it for no salary but for the love of their country as they are elected not HIRED, if they were just hired then we could just fire them. IMO