Mass. Senator John Kerry

[Rudey]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
Should I assume that he is butt-ugly and lacking in social skills then?

Social skills I can't comment on. But regardless, the guys at my school were a lot more normal than the girls.

-Rudey

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by Rudey
The NYTimes Op-Ed piece you pulled up is a decent read. Brooks, by the way, went to my school.

-Rudey
--Go Chicago!

Off-topic, but did your school have a good journalism program; I remember considering it as a choice but not hearing much about the journalism dept.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by KSigkid
Off-topic, but did your school have a good journalism program; I remember considering it as a choice but not hearing much about the journalism dept.

Yeah it was up there with engineering in the Department of programs that don't exist.

-Rudey

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by Rudey
Yeah it was up there with engineering in the Department of programs that don't exist.

-Rudey

Haha...ok fair enough.

[XOMichelle]

Well, at least he's running to increase his own taxes, and not decrease them.

[Kevin]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
Well, at least he's running to increase his own taxes, and not decrease them.

It doesn't put a huge dent in the finances of multimillionaires. The tax increase does, however, hurt a lot of upper middle class families that are just on the edge of making it into that tax bracket. Those hard working people are penalized for their success.

My father's an attorney in OKC. I won't lie, he makes lots of $. But when I see what they have to pay out for taxes its' just pretty shocking. What he makes (for this area) is a pretty big chunk of change, but around tax season, large amounts usually have to be borrowed in order to pay the taxman.

I don't think Senator Kerry will ever have to borrow a dime in his life. He has no clue how hard it is to succeed on your own. He'll never know. He's just a self-hating liberal who thinks everything he does is what the "common" man/woman wants.

How the hell would he know what the common man/woman was thinking?

At least GWB has business experience and has done quite a bit to help the small-business people who make up the fastest growing part of the economy.

[Tom Earp]

Well, as an estimation, I think truely both are non connected to the Real World!

Bush, Business owned Texas Rangers! Did not know S**t about Base Ball!

Kerry is tied in with The Kennedys, Da, Boat People ($$$$), Mass. and The Heinz Family!

Need Money, Hell NO!

Second Mortgage on ONE of His Houses, (Brown Stone) yea, kiss a fat lady in the Buttockus!

Kerry, voted anti, Mil. Spending, for Mil. Raises, Benefits, Dependants Benefits, and Mil. Equipment such as Flak Jackets , Ammo, B1-B2 Bombers, Bradely Tanks!

While These are Bookums comments and I cannot disagree, I am signing off ! But, TTFN!

[XOMichelle]

Well no, he won't have to borrow any money, but he is on the side of acknowledging that what he has is a privilege and should be taxed, unlike his competitor, who would has put in place taxes and tax breaks that decrease the amount of revenue from "people who will never have to borrow in their life".

And my parents are from the same tax bracket that yours are (or since they are now divorced, my Dad is, and my Mom isn’t), and I hope to someday to make the same. But I still think I should pay more taxes (in percent) than people who make less. Taxes stress everyone, but they are necessary to support programs and run a government that we take for granted.

Also, who cares if he has millions? We’d love to see someone who made it from nothing, but the fact is, both candidates are ridiculously rich, and had help getting there. What matters now is how they can do the job.


I know we are jealous of uour canidates, but that doesn't mean we have to bash them for it.

[XOMichelle]

ok, addition... I guess I am on the side that what we want from our govt and what the govt needs to do or should do aren't necessarily the same things. Like, nobody wants to pay taxes, and we all want the goverment to continue spending money, but I think the govt should cut spending and raise taxes to cover the deficit.

Not only that, I know I'm no expert in a lot of governmental stuff, and I want someone who is an expert and can make informed choices in there for me. I'd take an educated representative over a publicity pleaser any day.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
ok, addition... I guess I am on the side that what we want from our govt and what the govt needs to do or should do aren't necessarily the same things. Like, nobody wants to pay taxes, and we all want the goverment to continue spending money, but I think the govt should cut spending and raise taxes to cover the deficit.

Not only that, I know I'm no expert in a lot of governmental stuff, and I want someone who is an expert and can make informed choices in there for me. I'd take an educated representative over a publicity pleaser any day.

Our government isn't about putting in career politicians.

-Rudey
--And I see Kerry as far from being an expert.

[sigirl]

All i know is that i won't be voting for Kerry, i'll be voting against bush.

[Colonist]

Originally posted by sigirl
All i know is that i won't be voting for Kerry, i'll be voting against bush.

As a resident of the DC area, the same as you, I've heard this from a few people...what'd they all have in common? They were all completely ignorant about politics and the issues. Honestly, you are worse than those bloody ignorant LaRouche supports that parade through Foggy Bottom every week. At the very least they know what their canidate stands for...granted they/he are nuts and it might as well be a cult, but I digress.

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by Colonist
...what'd they all have in common?

They were exercising their right of free expression. Then they will exercise their right to vote as they please for whomever they please.

At least they aren't voting for a party name just because they learned it from their parents or friends.

If they don't like the President, that's their choice.

Calling someone "ignorant" seldom changes a mind or wins an argument.

[DWAlphaGam]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
"He went on to marry Julia Thorne, a jet-setting heiress with a family fortune of about $300 million, whose grandfather kept the entire island of Hilton Head, S.C., as a hunting preserve."

So that's what Sydney was doing during those two missing years...

(If you watch Alias, you'll get it.)

[/stupid joke]

[DeltAlum]

Huh? Guess you'd better explain. Never watched that show.