We need candidates from BOTH parties that have an agenda that draws from all sides and support policies that are CENTRIST. That is what I said BOTH PARTIES. My Blog was about the GOP debate and the fact they were ALL trying to show they were Conservatives. If I had written about the democrat debate I would have used LIBERAL in place of Conservative. My point is correct. A President DOES NOT JUST represent either the Liberals or Conservatives BUT ALL Americans. You can not lead ALL Americans by catering to the wishes of only a minority of our population.

A good example is the claim that is if a Democrat is elected in 2008 YOUR TAXES WILL GO UP. That is a LIE. What Democrats have said is they would increases income taxes on the upper income Americans. Senator Edwards was the most specific-- He would increase taxes on people making ABOVE $200,000 per year to help balance the budget. That means that 90% of Americans WOULD NOT see their taxes go up if a democrat were elected President.

You know, no matter how hard I try I just can't resist saying it. You are stupid.You could have written about both debates with the same point but nooooo, you only picked the GOP debate.



Again, you are stupid. Just because there are more people leaning towards one issue does not make that issue the right one. If we can't even pick a good President what makes you think the American people know what they want? You can't have your cake and eat it too Col. Bush was voted, not once, but twice. If you think he was a bad choice than you think most Americans are stupid. And if they are stupid then how can you trust they know what they want when they could not even pick a good President? The average American does not know what's good for them. They are so lazy voter turn out almost equals Bush's ratings. All they want is more money and less work.

You're crazy if you think the solution to our problems is a Democratic President. And you know what, Island Dog is right. First you say that One single party should not have so much power in our Gov't the way the Republicans had it for many years, now you're being a hypocrit by wanting a Democratic President when both Congress and the Senate are under Democratic control. If you can't follow you're own line of thinking how can I trust you know what's best for this country.



I second that. And I thought I was ignorant to politics.

IslandDog

I believe we need to BALANCE the Budget and not take part in Nation Building which were are two of the foundations of being a republican. I do not support NEW social Programs but insist we fully fund existing programs like Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. I agree marriage is between a male and female and I do not believe abortion should be an after the fact birth control. These beliefs are in line with the OLD Republican beliefs. Today it is more important to impose our political will in Iraq and cut taxes even if that means operating at a deficit. The prime directive for the conservatives is DO NOT INCREASE ANYONE’S TAXES especially the wealthy.

“Again, you are stupid. Just because there are more people leaning towards one issue does not make that issue the right one.”

YOU ARE STUPID. This is a country where the MAJORITY rules. It is not a dictatorship or a monarchy. What the MAJORITY want is what the policy should reflect.

“again and again you can not raise taxes on the rich without it affecting everyone.”

That is BS. The wealthy will continue to invest because that is the only way they can expand their business and make more money. The impact of increasing taxes on the wealthy and balancing the budget will have a FAR greater positive impact then to continue the current fiscal policy!

The point I was making is that the GOP LIES when they claim if the Democrats are elected everyone that pays taxes will pay more. ONLY the upper income taxpayers will be impacted by what the democrats are proposing!

raise taxes and spend it



this country is where the majority don't vote or say anything



lets see only the wealthy pay taxes anywayts so when tax cuts come in whose is going to be cut.



i never said that they would stop investing i said that they would increase their wages if taxes go up. TO PAY FOR THE TAX INCREASE but they have to increase prices to cover the taxes that the price increase will in act. this is called inflation.

i also said that when minimum wages are forced up by the government that prices will go up. and this is also called inflation.

you see if you raise mimimum wages then the companies that only pay minimum will have to increase their prices to pay it and/or fire people. the companies that use those companies will have thier business expense go up and have to raise their prices to cover the new expense.

you said you owned some companies, and you say you take business classes. and if you cannot or will not see what i am saying that makes you pretty stupid. becouse i never took any business classes just accounting classes.

AND AGAIN YOU CANNOT RAISE BUSINESS EXPENSES(IE RAISE TAXES ON THE RICH) BECOUSE ALL THEY DO IS PASS IT ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. WHICH IN THE END ARE THE POOR.

congress was controlled by the democrats for 40 years and democrats controlled the house, senate and the president for 2 years but they didn't do anything to cut spending just increased taxes

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“Congress was controlled by the democrats for 40 years and democrats controlled the house, senate and the president for 2 years but they didn't do anything to cut spending just increased taxes”

It took 20 years to balance the budget after Reagan and then Bush returned to a deficit the first year in office. We have NEVER had more Pork, Earmarks and political patronage then during the past 6 years under Bush and the GOP controlled Congress.

I said I support higher taxes to BALANCE the budget. My reference to Edwards was not about his health care proposals but his statement that identified the higher tax on the upper income taxpayers. The GOP lies when it says that democrats would increase taxes on the average person. The ONLY group they advocate increasing taxed for are the wealthy who can afford to pay a little more and are the people who are getting the majority of the Bush Tax Cuts!

“They want to take tax cuts away, that is a tax increase on every person who pays taxes. You can do you pro-democrat spin all you want, but as usual, you are wrong.”


That is a LIE. The democrats that have made statements about taxes said they would ONLY increase taxes on the upper income taxpayers like the statement Sen. Edward Made. This is like the Mushroom clouds from the non existent nuclear weapons in Iraq!

SHOW ME where the Democrats have proposed increasing taxes on Middle Income tax Payers?

I am relieved to see such intelligent debate occurring on this site.

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Hey little Gene,
Have not read any new drivel from you lately, glad to see you are still alive! I also see you have been drinking from the fountain of stupid again. I know you say you are a high school graduate and that you were a colonel in the U. S. Army and that you went to war college, it is a pity that all of that schooling has gone to waste. Try looking up history in the news. The last time what Mr. Edwards idea was used the Democrat Congress came up with the alternative minimum tax. This was to punish the filthy rich that were not paying their fair share of taxes. Anyone that made more than 100,000 a year was double taxed. No one could complain about it because it was a tax on the rich but years later because of the stupid tax cuts from Mr. Reagan and Mr. Bush the middle class is paying the AMT. Now Mr. Edwards wants to do it again because making new laws that won't work looks better than fixing the old laws that did not work. Why not raise the AMT to 200k instead of making a third tax that people will have to pay? In short your great idea is a rehash of a failed idea of the liberals that seem to hate people making money or being a success.

Hey, you were smart enough to notice it didn't you? Of course you didn't comment at all on the article itself so you must be the smartest guy on the site.