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Post by Rennie on Mar 6, 2007 20:50:01 GMT -5
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Post by mtnbox on Mar 7, 2007 2:47:31 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind seeing Obama becoming our next president. I just don't know how the rest of the country feels about it.
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Post by valeria on Mar 7, 2007 10:59:05 GMT -5
I think it's too early to jump on any bandwagon. I'd like more time to hear what the candidates have to say and read what the news magazines dig up about their histories. There are so many OF them!
And I think that Obama and Edwards both have as negatives the fact that they have spent very little time in Washington's political maelstrom. The current prez had zero national government experience (except as a First Kid), and it shows.
My big fear is that Hillary Rodham Clinton is going to muddy the Democratic waters for Beverly Moore Eaves-Perdue, who is currently the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina and has very carefully worked her way through the General Assembly as both a member of the State House of Representatives and the State Senate, paid her dues as Lieutenant Governor, and targeted 2008 for her run for Governor. Ms. Rodham Clinton could stir up enough resentment among the Conservatives and the Good Ol' Boys that she'll cost Bev the election.
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Tisha
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Post by Tisha on Mar 7, 2007 15:01:18 GMT -5
I haven't picked *who* I'll be voting for yet, but this part is unchanged from every other time I've voted...
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Post by jackie on Mar 8, 2007 9:23:41 GMT -5
It's too early for me to decide. When all the mud slinging is over, I'll make up my mind.
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Post by longh20 on Mar 8, 2007 18:43:29 GMT -5
Jackie, I love your optimism. When will the mudslinging be over? If John McCain makes it this time, I may vote for a Republican for President for the first time in my life. I like Obama, but I don't know if he's got enough experience to get elected. I am tired of seeing Obama and Hillary snipe at each other already. (
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Post by DawnD on Mar 13, 2007 19:24:01 GMT -5
There is a lot of mudslinging, but my vote goes to Hillary! I think we really need a change, and OH WHAT A CHANGE to have a WOMAN as President. At least the job might get done right this time!! Now lets be NICE because it looks like I'm the only one voting for her on this forum, so far!!
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Post by skimmer on Mar 17, 2007 16:17:01 GMT -5
Hilary or Barack, I like them. I also like John McCain. It is really too early for me to decide but I am leaning towards Hilary. She has done a lot for my state since being elected our senator.
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Post by catknipnd on Mar 23, 2007 12:49:34 GMT -5
Recently, as in the last few days, a conservative Republican is exploring throwing his hat in the ring, Fred Thompson. If you are not familiar with the name, you will be the face. He plays the DA on Law and Order. He was a senator from Tennessee before embarking on his acting career and has an impressive set of credentials as well as face recognition to qualify him for running for office. Him, I would support.
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Post by wynter on Mar 24, 2007 12:56:23 GMT -5
As much as I would like to see a woman president, I don't think Hillary is the one. And though I have nothing to back up this claim, I think this country is more willing to elect a black man for the job than a woman. Despite how far we've come in social equality for minorities and women, the highest political offices in this country are still, to many people, a "man's job."
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Post by valeria on Apr 9, 2007 11:57:40 GMT -5
Fred Dalton Thompson was an actor for years before he became the Junior Senator from Tennessee and distinguished himself by taking Hollywood starlets as his dates to government social functions such as the Inaugural Ball. A one-term Senator plus 2 years of an unexpired term, Thompson also has experience as a lawyer and as a lobbyist. He played a role in the Watergate investigation and also got into acting when he played himself in a film about his role in a parole/pardon scandal that unseated the Tennessee governor. He has an impressive filmography, which you can peruse at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000669/).
He looks and acts so much like a powerful government official that he'd be completely plausible in the job, and he's certainly much more qualified than the previous actor who persuaded the American people that he could be President. I'd vote for him myself except that he's a Conservative (and I'm a card-carrying bleeding-heart Liberal), which I find interesting as he and his first wife lived in public housing for a time while he was working his way up to the law degree. I'm also suspicious when a man my age (okay, he's 11 months younger) marries a woman the age of my children (she's 40), even if she's not drop-dead gorgeous (she's also a lawyer and political consultant).
What's up with the Republicans wanting to put so many actors into political office? I've noticed that Democrat actors may act like idiots over politics, but they seldom run for office.
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Post by valeria on Apr 9, 2007 12:06:12 GMT -5
I meant to say in the last post that Jeri Kehn Thompson IS gorgeous, along with being accomplished. They also have a three-year-old child (he has 3 grown children from his first marriage).
John McCain lost my respect when he made that tour to Iraq and claimed it was safe there. It probably is, if one is a United States Senator with an entourage that is armed to the teeth and able to command the appropriate forces to ensure safety.
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Post by wynter on Apr 11, 2007 22:15:15 GMT -5
Ok, it wasn't until I saw this article that I realized who Fred Thompson is, and I had no idea he was a senator. I saw him earlier this evening on Law & Order! lol www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18055339/
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Post by kimr on May 10, 2007 0:31:19 GMT -5
I dont know, I have not seen a lot that Hilary is doing lately. I think that John Edwards reminds me of Bill Clinton when he was in. Hopefully it does not take to long for the country to get out of this FUNK we are in no thanks to present company in the house.
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Post by catknipnd on Aug 31, 2007 0:19:17 GMT -5
Now that Fred Thompson has thrown his hat in the ring, Go Fred. He is the senator from Tennessee that turned actor in Die Hard 2 and currently is playing the district attorney on Law and Order. He know Washington and served on numerous committees. Finally, someone I can vote for rather than voting against the other guy.
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Post by rurur on Nov 23, 2007 15:07:14 GMT -5
I'm so sick of this administration, I'd vote for Steven Colbert! Of course, no one in this country has a sense of humor anymore. Remember when Pat Paulsen ran for Prez?? God forbid that we should have a sense of humor
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Post by wilmer on Apr 22, 2008 7:36:11 GMT -5
The year is April 22, 2008. Obama is leading.
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Post by lvegastheater on Mar 15, 2011 1:16:40 GMT -5
jobless america need new president now
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