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Old 08-29-2008, 09:28 PM   #66
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1. I'm voting Democrat because an inexperienced US Senator gives great speeches that make me feel good.
How is he inexperienced again? Explain that. He's been in public service since before he went to college.

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2. I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
Actually, if you read Obama's economic plan, you wouldn't have said that. He is guaranteeing tax cuts for the middle class and small business owners. He's also talking about a public works program, like what FDR did after the depression, to help the economy, provide Americans with American jobs, and reinvest in American companies. Unlike Bush who instituted the Homeland Security Tax for every car you rent and plane or train ticket you buy, increased income tax for the middle class, but oh, I'm sure you'll mention the tax rebate checks he so nicely handed out. Well, they in reality further put our national debt in danger, and if you read the fine print, that was a loan, not a gift. You'll be paying that back. But best to do that in his final year so it'll look like it's the next president's fault.

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3. I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15 % isn't.
Where did you get that information? Lets talk basic, simple economics for a second. Oil companies have a set profit margin of 4%. They report record profit gains every single quarter. Simple math would then say that the only way thats possible is if every single American alive commutes to the Moon and back everyday. Profits in a set margin only increase with demands, and in case you havent noticed, demand if anything went down this past year, so that would mean that their profit margin was not in fact set at 4%. Exxon alone this past quarter reported over 11 billion dollars in profit. PROFIT.

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4. I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four elitist liberals need to rewrite the Constitution through judicial fiat every few days to suit some idealists who would otherwise NEVER get their agendas past the voters.
Are you talking about Bush here? He was the one that signed the Patriot Act that stripped Americans of their rights, ignored the Constitution, violated the Geneva Convention, committed acts of war crimes, the same offense we hunted Hitler for, the same we tried and executed Himmler for, the same we tried Milosevic for, the same we denounced Stalin for, and the same we make patriotic movies about, the same administration that ignores the Bill of Rights, the same administration that condones torture, suspends human rights, the same administration that is willing to break the rules and bankrupt this country to make themselves richer, despite what tremendous negative impacts it has on all Americans. This is also the same administration that illegally appointed leaders when Congress was out of session, and said 'what are you going to do about it.'

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5. I'm voting Democrat because I don't want a stimulus check to spend. Let the government spend it for me.
Read the fine print, thats a loan, not a gift. Have fun paying that back next year or the year after. But I'm sure if Obama wins, you'll blame that on him too.

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6. I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
And Bush doesnt want freedom of speech at all. Americans organizing legally to protest Bush's policies are broken up, and individuals arrested for no reason. Protests themselves are now illegal in many instances. Protests when Bush was on his way down Pennsylvania Avenue to get sworn in were not allowed. The rest of the public is not allowed to see what other Americans are doing, especially if its to question our leaders. How's that for your freedoms?

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7. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the employees (after taxes).
Where in any discussion, document, form, email, or any other form of communication, written or otherwise, does any Democrat say that? Stopping big business from RAPING its citizens without any legal recourse is a noble cause. Argue your point to the thousands of families that lost EVERYTHING when Kenneth Lay decided that he really needed those billions of dollars in employee pension funds. Then the government covered his ass and let him off the hook, meanwhile the thousands of hard working American families are left out in the ****ing street.

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8. I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
And the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of civilians in multiple countries is permissible? Sure, as long as its not happening in abortion clinics, murder is legal, right? How about how Bush has turned his cheek to the fact that oil companies have setup faux sites in the Congo for the sole purpose of arming the rebels to slaughter civilians so they can raid the diamond mines. The public was finally made aware of it after Citgo got caught. But thats ok, right?

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9. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that churches should only be allowed for political speeches.
Right. Thats absolutely insane. Where on what page of your Dems are the Devil Handbook is that? Obama is a very religious man, so is Biden.

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10. I'm voting Democrat because I don't want Doctors who were at the top of their classes to operate on me. I want a government employee who makes $50k a year and couldn't hack it as a contractor or an engineer doing my surgery.
Right, because it was Obama that catered to the insurance companies that illegally short changed every single medical bill they received and refuse to this day to pay for covered visits, which is why the good doctors are either going out of business, going private, or moving to another country where they will be duly compensated for their abilities. Our health care system in this country is BROKEN. Insurance companies are now permitted to authorize doctor and hospital visits, as well as surgeries, and NOT pay for them when the bill is submitted. And Bush covers their asses and the doctors, hospitals, and clinics go under.


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11. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that paying $4.00 a gallon or more is no reason to drill for the mountain of oil we are sitting on in THIS country. We wouldn't want to have to move a couple of polar bears now would we?
Read up on the issues with speculators on Wall Street, thats why gas is so high. They were allowed to raise the price of oil by 400% over a year and Bush protected them, because thats money in his pocket.

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12. I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq , I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people.
I'd like to see where in any of Obama's speeches he says that. Oh wait, he didnt. If you study the political and social history of us going into Iraq, you'd know that a lot of people hate us because we WENT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. The truth is that there are people that want to kill us. They exist all over, but the true diplomat doesn't just go bomb, invade, and become an occupying force where ever he wishes. Force only breeds force, and hatred only breeds hatred.

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13. I'm voting Democrat because I like it when planes fly into buildings full of civilians. I want to see more of that.
Yea. You know, you may be onto something there. I bet if you dig deep enough, you'll see Jimmy ****ing Carter in the pilot seat of that first jet. I even bet those terrorist Dems stole JFK's casket and duct taped it to the nose of one of the jets. I bet if you change the letters in Obama's name around, it spells 'kill all Americans.'

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14. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that when the terrorists don't have to hide from us over there, when they come over here I don't want to have any guns in the house to fight them off with.
Right. Even though Obama has spoken out saying he strongly supports the Second Amendment. You really have never even read or even listened to any one of his debates or speeches, have you?

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15. I'm voting Democrat because I don't want to eat poison food and drink infected water. We all know Republicans love that stuff. (Ever wonder why the most left wing country in the world ( China ) is the most polluted?)
What are you talking about?

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16. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
Right. Because Al Gore and the leading researchers from MIT, Princeton, Harvard, etc. decided one day to just say "ef it, let the Weather Channel figure it out." If you read about, became involved with, or even had an inkling of an idea about environmental science, you wouldnt say something that uninformed.

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17. I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I'm going to marry my TV.
And why do you care so much about what each individual wants to do with their lives? Isnt this country founded on freedom? So why are you trying to limit that freedom? Does your version of freedom have limitations and exceptions? That sound a lot like Bush's idea of freedom too.

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18. I'm voting Democrat because I REALLY believe there is no bias in the media.
What are you talking about. If anything, your statement is in direct contrast to your standing. You are inferring that the media is biased, and can be manipulated, thus controlled.
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