Monday, July 21, 2008

with the presidential election just over four months away...

have you decided whether you will vote for mccain, obama or one of the fringe candidates?

what made up your mind for you about your choice?

40 comments:

Anonymous said...

i will be writing in dane bishop

Anonymous said...

It is a sad state of affairs when these two men are the "best and brightest" of what the two major parties have to offer.

Anonymous said...

amen

Anonymous said...

I'm voting Green!

Anonymous said...

As it stands now I will be voting for McCain. I hope he picks a good solid running mate.

Anonymous said...

I will voting for John McCain and who V.P.?... And I will voting for Sheriff Joe Buice. I don't like Larry Waller.

Anonymous said...

4:09 and 5:10

Me too

Anonymous said...

I will vote for John Mccain and Sheriff Waller.

Anonymous said...

bob barr is most conservative candidate and mccain is most liberal candidate.....this time liberal wins over conservative..Pawlenty is the v.p........convention is in minn. and rep needs minn..so, mccain pick gov of minn........but wouldnt it be great if mccain picked J c Watt (black man) or condi rice (black woman)....that would dilute some of obamas people

Anonymous said...

JC Watt was the Sen from OK wasn't he. We had a good sheriff that went by JC a long time ago. What was his last name again.

Anonymous said...

Mccain pres. and Waller for sheriff!

Anonymous said...

In an election between Obama and McCain I say "God save the queen." We need to give the country back to England.

Anonymous said...

Save America...elect McCain!!!

Anonymous said...

POSTED AT 6:56 ON OPEN FORUM

You want "CHANGE"?

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

MCCAIN
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples) McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.

OBAMA
28% on profit from ALL home sales

How does this affect you?
- If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes.
- If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.

DIVIDEND TAX

MCCAIN 1 5% (no change)

OBAMA 39.6%

How will this affect you?
- If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama become president.
The experts predict that 'higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.

INCOME TAX

MCCAIN (no changes)

Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31 ,250

OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - t ax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750


Under Obama your taxes will more than double! How does this affect you? No explanation needed. This is pretty straight forward.

INHERITANCE TAX

MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)

OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax

How does this affect you? Many families have lost businesses, farms and ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will not only lose them to these taxes.

NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA

* New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet

* New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)

* New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)

* New taxes on retirement accounts and last but not least....

* New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!

6:56 PM

Anonymous said...

Anon 9:41
I’m guessing you are a racist black person. If so then you would fit in nicely in Georgia. I don’t know very many white people who would ever judge someone by their skin color however, almost every black I know is openly racist and claim “that is just how I was raised and I aint gonna change.” I bet that’s how you were raised too huh?

Anonymous said...

OBAMA for President!

Will you racist people stop saying he is a black man...he is half white and half black. And, it doesn't matter what the color of your skin is...it matters how your brain works. OBAMA is a brilliant man! Vote democratic for a BETTER economy.

Written by a white woman

Anonymous said...

if obama is so smart tell us one thing he has done!! obama was created by the media he has done nothing during is short time in government


McCain

BUICE

Anonymous said...

the people of lamar county have spoken and they want to move foward not backward--and they darn sure dont want to go through the embarresment and shame that was cast upon the county after the elections of 2004.the people of this county dont want a return to the good ol boy days.move forward

i will vote for JOE BUICE

Anonymous said...

I will vote for Obama/Nunn ticket!

I will vote for Waller too...

Anonymous said...

Waller

then, McCain

Anonymous said...

In this sound bite Obama openly states that his view on the surge is, and has always been, purely political.
Disgusting!

I'm sure you Obamajesusbuddahallahmanites can figure out some kind of an excuse.

http://boortz.com/more/video/072108_obama_abc.html

Barr
Buice

McCain doesn't deserve my vote and Whinerller proved what he is made of.

Anonymous said...

John McCain gets my vote. Obama is Kennedy supported, and that sends up a thousand red flags for me even if I knew nothing else about him.

Anonymous said...

6:56 PM and 10:25 PM

You're worry. You don't read...

Anonymous said...

I will vote for Mccaine, Waller, and williamson.

Anonymous said...

John MacCain

* Tax Cuts: Family, Homes, Gas, Food, Work/job, Medical, Middle Class, Law, Hurricane and School.
* Health Care: Family, Friends, Military, and also Pets.
* Veterans: Honor, Purple Heart, Freedom, Hero, and Health Care
* Energy: Oil, Natural Gas Clean, Efficiency, Tax Cut and Going Green.
* Color: Color.
* Climate Change: Green.
* Weapons: Law Enforcement, Military, Gun Locks and Safety.
* Education: Excellence, Choice and Competition.
* Agricultural: Farm, Food, Tax Cut and Green.
* God: All.
* Natural Heritage: Wildlife and Fisheries and Nationals.
* Space Program: Open.
* Iraq: Victory.
* Military: Career and Full time.
* The Sanctity of Life: Family, Family Friend and Marriage.

___________________________________


Barack Obama

* Tax Cuts: Family, Kids, Middle Class, Work, Hurricane, Military and School.
* Health Care: Kids, Older people and Military.
* Veterans: Honor, Homeless and Retired
* Energy: Efficiency, No Oil and No Natural Gas.
* Color: Black Power
* Weapons: Crime Stop, Without weapons or Gun Ban.
* Education: Excellence and No Play.
* Agricultural: Food, Water and No farm.
* God: Christian or Jew?
* Natural Heritage: Nationals, No Fishing and No Hunting.
* Space Program: Closed.
* Iraq: All Retired and War Over.
* Military: Volunteer and Part time.
* The Sanctity of Life: Family, Single Mothers, Marriage and No Gay Marriage.


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I will vote for JOHN MCCAIN!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I will vote for Mcain cause it sounds more like Dane than Obama does!

Anonymous said...

To the poorly misinformed white woman (9:41):

Obama is full of fluffy words and empty promises that he continually changes. Please watch a real news channel (FOX) or listen to some conservative talk radio for a change so you can get both sides of the story before you make a huge mistake in voting for him!

From an informed white woman

Anonymous said...

the republican and the white and the south and the rednecks will never vote for a black......the liberals are voting for the guy who has been on own side for many years (mccain).....mccain has helped us fight bush and the far right for years.....the liberals helped get mccain the nomination and will help him win the election......for once the liberal democract and the conversative republicans will vote for the same person.....the good news is that 8 years from now, the far right will hate mccain as much as we hate geo w bush now......liberleft

Anonymous said...

NO ONE '08!!!!

Anonymous said...

If Obama wins this country will take a good ole country beatin'.

Anonymous said...

A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

Anonymous said...

THE FROG THEORY

If you drop a frog in boiling water he will leap right out. If you slowly heat the water he will be content until it's too late to get out. That is exactly how history works. It moves slowly and we never really see any danger until it's too late.

Remember how suppressed workers were before unions came along? The
unions leveled the playing field. Unfortunately, over a long period of time the pendulum swung too far. Slowly, businesses and factories closed and jobs left the country. We were comfortable and didn't see the change coming. We blamed everyone except ourselves for what happened. We weren't alert to how slow things change over time.

World War II, and the Korean War, demonstrated how powerful a united
nation could be. Our nation, and our families, were united. The father was the head of the family and the President was the head of the nation. Both were highly respected. We were content and happy.

We were good at fighting a hot war but we were unprepared to fight a
cold war with the communists in the 50's. They knew they couldn't change us but they didn't care. Their philosophy was to wait it out and capture the minds of our children. They loaded our colleges with many of their professors and waited. It didn't take long to see the results.

The 60''s ushered in the radicals, drug culture, student protesters, and the Vietnam War. The aim of the cold war was to divide and conquer. They divided our families and the nation. The secret to defeating a polite and respectful people is to scream. The louder and longer you scream the better your chance of winning. Radicals are masters at this form of attack. They know if you constantly scream and repeat a lie it will eventually become the truth.

The media, and Hollywood, hammered us with hate America themes and
stories. Our service men, and women, were jeered, cursed, and spit on. Even the people, who latter wanted to become their President, thrashed them. We lost our first War in history. There was no hero's homecoming for our fighting men and women.

The Reverend King, who was raised in the old school, peacefully changed the race issue and united the people. When he died the new breed of leaders like the Jesse Jackson's, Lewis Farakon,'s Al Sharpton's, and Rev. Wright's put a lid on his efforts and turned racism into a money making machine.

Corporations were green-mailed by threats of protests, product boycotts, or endless lawsuits. Every issue, large or small, became a race issue. The public recoiled in fear of being called a racist. Their voices were
silenced because one word could cost you a career, get you fired, or get you sued.

Even politicians buckled under to the pressure. The Florida legislature issued a formal apology for having slavery 200 years ago. They were thanked by being asked for compensation. There is no end in sight for
this kind of nonsense. America didn't capture slaves and bring them to America. Their own people sold them to slave traders from several nations. This knowledge doesn't stop the screamers. History is what it is and you can't change it. There have been many tragic events in history. You acknowledge them and move on.

They divided our nation into two separate Americas. We now have
Americans, and African-Americans, although Africa has nothing to do with being an American. You can be one or the other but not both. You are what you were born to be. You do not subordinate our country to any foreign nation. It's equivalent to flying the African flag above the Stars and Stripes. If you hyphenate two countries America always comes first.

This election year could be the turning point in our history because the frog theory has come into play. It's time to step back and look at how the country has slowly changed since the cold war started. Don't get caught up in all the hype.

George McGovern was the first Presidential candidate to test the waters with college students. The Clinton 's played a big role in his
campaign. It was the worst campaign ever run. He was crushed in the election.

Step two was to infiltrate all the information vehicles such as radio,
newspapers, magazines, TV and movies. They were quite successful at that. Jimmy Carter was the first President to demonstrate the
leadership skills of the far left. Weak military, high taxes, runaway inflation, 19% mortgage rates, and plain incompetence ended his career in Washington . Iran, a small country at the time, took American hostages and kicked sand in our face. By negotiating from weakness Carter could not get the hostages released.

The big benefit of the Carter years is that they were followed by the Reagan years. The nation got a clear look at the difference between a weak nation and a strong nation. Every student should know this difference. When Ronald Reagan took over the hostages were quickly released, taxes were lowered, inflation dropped, mortgage rates dropped,
and the military was strengthened. Russia quickly waved the white flag
and waited for another Democrat term.

Clinton took over Carters uncompleted social programs. He weakened the military and tried to pass large government programs. An Intern derailed his Presidency. While he was tied up with his personal problems his lawyers ran the country. He passed up three opportunities to take out Osama Bin Laden. This eventually cost us the loss of our Twin Towers, thousands of American lives, and got us involved in a war
with Iraq.

By the end of his term the left had captured a large share of the media and it flexed its muscle in 2000. The hate Bush campaign got off to a roaring start. The brainwashing theory of repeating the same story over and over again was launched.

There were endless stories about our evil nation and its President.
Top-secret plans were leaked to the press and printed for the entire world to see. Hollywood cranked out documentaries about the evil Bush administration and our evil military. They laid the groundwork for the next election. The ACLU flooded the courts with lawsuits and the Democrat party became a law firm. Almost every incumbent, or his or her spouse, is a lawyer.

They now have the perfect candidate because they can squash criticism by playing the race card. If you don't like Obama, or criticize him, you are a racist. They can hide his inexperience and background by turning him into a rock star and singing change and hope. They don't tell us what kind of change, or how it will be done, only that you should hope
for the best. By keeping the hype going they don't have to put anything of substance on the table.

The only thing we really know about Obama is that his wife has never been proud to be an American. They want us to believe that his liberal college professors, Rev. Pfleger, his ties to radicals Bill Ayer and Lewis Farakon, and listening to the Rev. Wright's hate talks for 20
years, had no influence on his thinking. If they didn't, then who did? He wasn't in business and didn't see fit to serve his country. These people launched his political career and their organizations received earmarks in return for their campaign donations and political help. They
must have had some influence. Rev. Wright's church received over $15 million. That's only one small local church. Think on a national scale.

The change being promoted is a change back to the Carter years. It started in 2006 when the lawyer party took over. There have been
endless lawsuits and investigations in retaliation for the Clinton years. It keeps the lawyers busy but does nothing for the economy. The economy has been in a downward spiral since they took over.

Returning to the Carter years of high taxes, high inflation, and a weak military is not the change we are looking for. We cannot cower to a bunch of crazies whose only goal in life is to kill us.

The old sage's (over 50) will have to play a big role in this election. The young people simply don't know what the aged know. The advantage of aging is the knowledge you accumulated. You know what United States means. You know what the seldom-heard word respect means. You know how
wonderful freedom and independence is. You know the difference between
a strong and a weak nation; and you know what it takes to keep it
strong. You know history because you have lived it.

Although the old guard is dying off, and getting to tired to fight, they have to muster one more charge. If they don't, our children, and grandchildren, will never know the joy and freedom that is the bedrock of our country. The heat is slowly being turned up and the water is
getting hot. The old frogs better start jumping before it's too late.

Dr. L. J. T.

Anonymous said...

"From an informed white woman

4:40 PM"

FOX is a real news show? That's the funniest thing I've ever read!

From an enlightened white woman.

Anonymous said...

8:47
At least FOX gives both sides of the story and not just the one-sided liberal slant that most do!

Anonymous said...

8:53...Are you serious? EVERYBODY knows what FOX represents...and it sure ain't both sides. Don't you hear all the FOX jokes? If not, maybe you should switch the channel and listen to something else.

Anonymous said...

People make fun of FOX and its viewers all the time. It's even funnier when the viewers don't get it!

Anonymous said...

8:03

Great post!

Anonymous said...

to dr. ljt.......if you are a real doctor instead of a phd, i hope you know more medicine than you do history.....your interpertation sucks.....you left the part where reagan send the arms to iran, where he allowed drugs to flow in from nicagara in c i a planes., the part about the largest saving and loan failures in history,,,,,at least when carter was in the office the inflation and high prices were offset with high interest rates....so the retired folks were hurt with inflation because their savings kept up their living style.....get real, everyone knows the stock market does better with a democrat president.....with bush the market has increased about 2% per year..and it did that with republican congress as well as with the democratic congress

Anonymous said...

Your incorrect punctuation is ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

Dear 11:33 PM,
It is OK. No matter how hard we try, stupid people like you will still be able to vote. Once your brain has been replaced with waste you are beyond help. that's why we refer to people like you as s**t for brains. Beyond the reasonable thought process. So to keep thing simple - your opinion sux.