Anna Banana wrote on Oct 29, 2008 7:54 PM:
" Real world - what planet are you living on? Stark and intelligent should not exist in the same sentence. He lacks credibility and common sence. He is just a bit above the conspiracy theorist. And I have seen him be rude when he didn't get his way. Ron is a real statesman and deserves to be re-elected. "
DM420 wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:01 PM:
" Mack,
Ever heard of an over-correction? If your driving in the winter and begin to fishtail, you can carefully correct the problem (McCain) or jerk the wheel in the other direction (Obama). Jerking the wheel just exacerbates things and changes the direction of the skid. Sure it's a change, but probably not what you had in mind.
Liberals need to stop promoting protest voting. Bush isn't running again (thank god) and neither candidate's views are in-line with the current administration. Anyone that says otherwise isn't looking at the facts.
Vote on substance, not style! "
DM420 wrote on Oct 29, 2008 1:52 PM:
" Nikki Beaverhausen,
I agree! Kind has done nothing but ignore the people for years and now it is time for a change. "
The Real World wrote on Oct 29, 2008 7:30 AM:
" Paul Stark showed he is very intelligent and has what it takes to lead us and stand up against the bureaucratic maze in Washington. We need change, and are lucky to have a passionate and sincere person who actually has the guts to work for the good of the country. "
Nikki Beaverhausen wrote on Oct 29, 2008 6:47 AM:
" Ron Kind says we need change. Ok Ron, I'll go with you on this one and the first change we need to make is to get rid of Congressmen who have been in for seven terms, not much change coming from that direction. Buh Bye Ronny "
Mack wrote on Oct 29, 2008 4:35 AM:
" Things have not even begun to get tough yet. We've been digging this hole for 8 years and it's going to take a new direction to fix. George Bush is leaving this country in exactly the same shape as he has left every company he ever worked for. Bankrupt. Sustainability is not in his vocabulary. It has way too many syllables for George. "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 3:37 AM:
" Kind defended the $700 billion package as necessary and said it hasn’t worked yet because none of the money has been spent.
“I do hope it works,” he said.
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Sooooo we spend somewhere between $700,000,000,000 and $850,000,000,000 and Ron "HOPES" it is going to work???
WTF?????
ANYONE that voted for this "rescue plan" should be voted out of office. "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 3:12 AM:
" Continued (still)
Broken Promise: “This year, the House approved a $504 billion defense authorization bill. Among the requesters, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has one earmark in the bill, for $10 million for Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, as part of the military construction portion of the defense budget.” – “$8B of Pork: Dems Take 60 Percent,” The Hill, May 22, 2007 "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 3:11 AM:
" Continued
Broken Promise: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slipped in a $25 million provision for San Francisco's waterfront on a $15 billion federal water bill at the last minute. It’s pork barrel spending, yes, but more than that. Republicans are crying foul because the federal cash for port improvements and the bill's provision for Pier 35 cruise ship dockage all benefit a toney area of San Francisco -- one where Pelosi's husband just happens to own real estate about a mile away.” – Investor's Business Daily, May 9, 2007
Broken Promise: “In the bill funding EPA and Forest Service projects, Speaker Pelosi obtained $700,000 for a grant for San Francisco for use in the Lower Mission District. . .” – “House panel approves ‘earmarks’ for lawmakers’ home districts, Associated Press, June 22, 2007 "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 3:09 AM:
" DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #65: “Get Rid of All” Earmarks
Promise: “Breaking with many Democrats, Ms. Pelosi also spoke out against earmarking billions of dollars for home-state projects, a practice she calls a ‘monster’ that hurts Congress. ‘I’d get rid of all of them,’ she says. ‘None of them is worth the skepticism, the cynicism the public has . . . and the fiscal irresponsibility of it.’” – “Pelosi Promises Fiscal Restraint If Democrats Win,” Wall Street Journal, 7/13/2006
Broken Promise: “Ranking Democrats vowed in December to put a moratorium on earmarks; instead, a record number infect legislation pending in Congress, with 32,000 requests this year, compared with about 13,000 in 2006 …. Ideally, congressional Democrats would keep their pledge to ban earmarks altogether.” – “Earmark Chicanery,” Press-Enterprise 6/20/2007 "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:59 AM:
" DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #56: Support Bipartisan Solutions to the Entitlement Crisis
Promise: “We do need to come together on a bipartisan basis on entitlements.” – Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), House Budget Committee Member; House Floor Remarks, March 28, 2007
Broken Promise: House Democratic leaders have been silent on H.R. 473, legislation introduced by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) that would establish a bipartisan commission to develop legislation designed to reform tax policy and entitlement benefit programs and ensure a sound fiscal future for the United States. "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:53 AM:
" DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #21: Redirect Energy Dollars Toward Domestic Production
Promise: “Our New Direction will send our energy dollars to the Midwest, not to the Middle East.” – Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) “A New Direction for America,” Page 9
Broken Promise: “The Rahall energy bill proposes a systematic stripping of provisions from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) that aimed to increase access for new energy development on federal lands.” – “Independent Oil Producers Ally With Wind Against Rahall’s Energy Bill,” Energy Washington, June 6, 2007 "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:52 AM:
" DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #14: No More Borrowing from Social Security
Promise: “We will not borrow the money from the Social Security trust fund and from other creditors around the world.” – Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ), House Floor Remarks, March 28, 2007
Broken Promise: 215 Democrats, including Democratic Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ), voted “NO” on a Republican proposal to prohibit increases in authorization spending levels if the Social Security surplus has been spent the previous year. – Roll Call Vote #300, May 3, 2007 "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:50 AM:
" DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #10: Cut Loan Interest Rates in Half for Students
Promise: “Our New Direction plan will slash interest rates on college loans in half to 3.4% for students …” – Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) “A New Direction for America,” Page 17
Broken Promise: Democrats drastically scaled back their plans for a student loan interest rate cut shortly after taking power in Congress. And six months after Democrats took power, no legislation to cut student loan interest rates – temporarily or otherwise – has been sent to the President. “The much-touted House Democratic measure to slash in half student loan interest rates over five years has been drafted to offer only temporary relief.” – “House Dems Offer Only Temporary Student Loan Rate Cut,” CongressDaily AM, January 16, 2007. "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:49 AM:
" DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #9: Cut Loan Interest Rates in Half for Parents
Promise: “Our new direction plan will slash interest rates on college loans in half to … 4.25% for parents.” – Nancy Pelosi’s “A New Direction for America,” Page 17
Broken Promise: “Although Kennedy’s proposal would reduce rates on parent-borrowed PLUS loans to 4.25 percent from 8.5, the House bill offers no break.” – “Bills to Ease Student Loan Rates on Hill,” Chicago Tribune, February 4, 2007 "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:47 AM:
" DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #2: “Open, Honest, & Ethical Congress”
Promise: “[W]e will make this the most honest, ethical and open Congress in history.” – Nancy Pelosi Press Conference, 11/08/2006
Broken Promise: “When Democrats recaptured the House of Representatives last November they promised voters ‘the most honest, the most open and the most ethical Congress.’ Five months after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team took control, that promise remains unfulfilled.” – “A Wake-Up Call For Congress,” Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial, June 10, 2007
With so little in the way of accomplishments, is it any wonder a poll released by Gallup showed that just 14 percent of Americans have confidence in this Congress, an all-time low? The previous low point for Congress was 18 percent at several points in the time period from 1991 to 1994, the last time Democrats were in power. "
enuffalready wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:42 AM:
" Okay Spender, here we go:
DEMOCRATIC PROMISE #1: Prepared to Govern & Ready to Lead
Promise: “Democrats are prepared to govern and ready to lead.” – Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Press Release, November 8, 2006
Broken Promise: “Six months after taking over Congress, Democrats find they have accomplished little of their agenda. Perhaps not coincidentally, Congress’ job approval rating has reached a dramatic low … If they can’t reverse the trend, some Democrats are starting to worry, their majority could be short-lived.” – “Democrats Promised Way More Than They’ve Delivered So Far,” Chicago Tribune, June 21, 2007 "
dslice wrote on Oct 29, 2008 1:14 AM:
" My favorite moment from the debate was when Mr. Stark stood up and explained how global warming was made up in order for congress to "force us into alternatives." The deathly silent room paused, then rustled with light snickers... "
Big Spender wrote on Oct 29, 2008 12:57 AM:
" Republicans for Obama
Republican Failures
"http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3901"
quote
1. They implemented the No Child Left Behind debacle and then failed to provide funding to support even its good features.
2. They pushed through tax cuts that benefit mainly the wealthy and do not help those who need it most.
3. Their overspending has nearly doubled our national debt in only seven years to nearly $10 trillion.
4. They have reversed gains made in environmental progress and they have, until recently, denied the reality of global warming.
end quote "
Big Spender wrote on Oct 29, 2008 12:56 AM:
" Republicans for Obama
Republican Failures
"http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3901"
quote
5. They have supported big oil while providing little support for alternative fuels, at the expense of the consumer.
6. Their laissez-faire approach to the economy has enabled the collapse of major mortgage and investment houses and precipitated the current recession.
7. They have supported the insurance industry and medical establishment over patients. (We are currently 45th in life expectancy.)
8. They have opposed stem cell research.
end quote "
Big Spender wrote on Oct 29, 2008 12:54 AM:
" Republicans for Obama
Republican Failures
"http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3901"
quote
9. They have supported or ignored more corruption than even the Nixon administration.
10. They have valued political “orthodoxy” over constitutional duty (eg: Alberto Gonzalez and others.)
11. They have displayed the highest levels of incompetence and ineptitude, as in the Katrina disaster and the prosecution of the war in Iraq.
12. Despite promises to unite, they have divided the parties and the country more than at any time since the Civil War.
13. They have claimed – without merit – the moral high ground on “family values” while fomenting war, destroying the environment, and ignoring the needy.
end quote "
Big Spender wrote on Oct 29, 2008 12:52 AM:
" Republicans for Obama
Republican Failures
"http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3901"
quote
14. They have allowed religious wedge issues like biblical literalism, abortion and gay rights to hold precedence over urgent national priorities like education, environmental stability and fiscal sanity.
15. They have undermined our freedom by unwarranted and unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
16. They have used a bogus definition of patriotism in the attempt to define critics of the war as somehow “un-American.”
17. They have used fear and lies rather than appeals to reason in the attempt to unite our people behind the war.
18. Most importantly, they started the Iraq war under false pretenses for faulty – and constantly changing – reasons.
end quote "
Big Spender wrote on Oct 29, 2008 12:51 AM:
" Republicans for Obama
Republican Failures
"http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/3901"
quote
19. Once starting the war, they have been criminally culpable for undersupplying and undersupporting the troops.
20. They have caused the international good will of post-9/11 to turn into resentment with their heavy-handed and unresponsive treatment of our allies.
21. They have allowed the focus on Iraq to undermine the righteous war in Afghanistan; bin Laden is still at large and the Taliban is on the rebound.
22. They have showed an inability to listen to reason and to tolerate loyal opposition from top generals (Shinseki, Fallon, etc) by removing them from positions of authority.
23. They have betrayed the essence of American values by encouraging, tolerating and even ordering the use of torture on presumed enemies.
end quote "
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