Just goes to show how much of a politician he really is. Willing to throw his usual principles out the door to score a few cheap political points, hoping to garner some extra votes in the process.

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that's what amazed me about this. There's this democratic idea that tax cuts won't stimulate the economy... but they were all for the rebate checks (essentially a tax cut since you're just getting money you paid in taxes back) while at the SAME TIME thinking we should end up taxing more to fund additional social programs. It can't work both ways.

It's also why you should NEVER EVER trust a politician who says they're going to only tax the rich. Who the fuck in their right mind is gonna substantially raise THEIR OWN taxes? It's a naive belief people have that's either put forth by a liar who won't do it or a swindling hypocrite who will incorporate a way to avoid taxing himself.

I would be very interested to see what most politician's net worth is, especially broken down by party if anyone knows where to find that kind of data.

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so Roids would you like to own one of these if you were to attend his inaugural ceremony?

You're 100% right. I'd totally rather have Darrell Armstrong run my team than Chris Paul.

I mean...Armstrong's been in the league like 12 more years...pretty clear cut in my eyes.

Big EFF to Paul.

That's a sad commentary on what some Americans are capable of, even still in 2008.

As sad as it is though, you really never know what might happen.

Luckily though, I believe he will have some some heightened security. He was placed under Secret Service protection very, very early in his campaign.

I think it's smarter to prepare to defend this country against its sworn enemies, rather than worry about fellow american "yahoos" that might try to cause the country harm.

That being said, Obama has publicly stated that he would be open to holding face to face meetings w/ the leaders of Iran, without preconditions. Iran, as everyone knows, directly supports terrorism.

So tell me, who should we be more worried about. Our own citizens that we're denegrating as "hillbillies" attacking a sitting president or an entire regime that refers to the U.S. as The Great Satan?

Well said Dub! As I've stated before, I think you are basically a conservative who hasn't been mugged yet.

Ultimately, I think we're all batting for the same team. The real question is who has the ability to best handle all of these issues. Unfortunately, I don't believe we have a candidate who has the experience or intellect to do so. Obama is nothing more than an inexperienced idealogue who is putting a fresh face on old worn out campaign promises, while McCain is just another career politician who is trying to be everything to everybody; a chameleon candidate. This time around, we're not going to fare well no matter who is elected.

It's ultimately going to take major frustration and new demands from the public to get things changed. Once the public gets angry and frustrated enough, to the point where politicians start to feel that their re-election is at stake, they will eventually put partisanship and special interests aside and make the right decisions.