Barack Obama and John McCain's Debate—Joe the Plumber and Bill the Bomber

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obama sucks!!!

alyssa of AL 9:50PM November 03, 2008

I don't care whos president as long as they help the country. People accuse mccain to be 90% flows bush that is false. That this is true yes he agreed with us going to iraq but he did it because of our saftey to kill or arrest the main leader for the terroist. People accuse obama of being musslem yes he went to a musslem church but he went to a cathlot school. Congress hasn't let George bush do much and that is also hurting the country. All i say is let the 2 parties join that way the country can have more of a chance of getting back on its feet.

al of FL 12:13PM October 21, 2008

Our beautiful soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is the best future leader for this nation, not Senator Barak Obama. Our beautiful soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is also would be better at leading our nation in the future after a McCain Presidency than Senator Barak Obama would be in leading our nation in the future starting in January 2009. There are great reasons our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin would be a better future leader than Senator Barak Obama. The greatest reason for our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin's is ideology. Our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is conservative in that she is pro life, marriage, guns, low taxes, low government spending, small government, unintrosive government, traditional and judeo Christian values, Bible reading and prayer in our public schools, and military spending. Senator Barak Obama is a liberal who is anti every thing that I have described that our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is pro about or for. A second reason that our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is superior is because of experience. As a governor she has two years of executive administrative governing experience that Senator Barak Obama does not have. A final reason that our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin is superior is because of political accomplishments. When our soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin came to office she accomplished 3 major things which are as follows: she showed great leadership in the 3 following areas: government reform, the state budget and the economy, and wise use of natural resources. She reformed government by standing up to the big oil companies by breaking up the monopoly on power and resources. She insisted on competition and basic fairness which ended the control that the oil companies had on the state, and thereby returning control of the state back to the people. She also stood up to the special interest and lobbyist, and produced major ethics reform. She lead well in the state budget by generating a surplus which came about by vetoing a half billion dollars of wasteful spending, ending the abuses of earmark spending by congress, and by getting rid of the private jet, the chef, and the chuffer. Economically under her leadership she brought about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history. She also suspended the state fuel tax, and when oil and gas prices went up dramatically, and filled up the state treasury, she sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska . On natural resources she has shown great leadership by beginning a nearly forty billion dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence. When the last section of the pipeline is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers that do not have our interests at heart. Senator Barak Obama has done nothing, so please vote John McCain for President and give to our beautiful soon to be Vice President Sarah Palin the opportunity that she deserves leading the nation into the future after a John McCain presidency. When our soon to be Vice President does lead the nation as President after a John McCain presidency,she will be the greatest President that we have ever had. Finally she is smarter than Senator Barak Obama
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John Warren

John Warren of CO 7:30PM October 20, 2008

Is there really anyone out there who thinks that Joe the Plumber is for real??? Does it make any sense that "Joe" just happened to be in the right place.....at the right time........to give Sarah and John their newest "harping" point. Joe (probably a nice guy.......but) isn't a licensed plumber.........Joe doesn't really earn $250,000 a year (an amount which shocked all my "ordinary" plumber friends)...........AND, Joe himself admitted that he would personally benefit from the Obama tax plan. Oh, good golly.
My Granny always told me: "If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it's a DUCK." Well, Joe "walks" like a set-up, and Joe "talks" like a set-up, so Joe...........well, I'll just leave that to you Joe six-packs to figure out. By the way, lucky for McCain and Palin they had all those t-shirts printed up and ready to go for the rally...........good timing Sarah and John.

Glenda of FL 1:57AM October 20, 2008

Shari, you want the voting public to read up on the issues and not just listen to the news or the smooth talkers. Well, I challange you to do the same. The fact that you think McCain's Health Care proposal would save you money leads me to believe that you have not trult read up on what his plan entails. It sounds like you get your information from conservative tall radio.
The fact is McCain's health care plan will give each family a $5,ooo tax credit to be used for health care. He gives $5,000 for health care that costs, on average, about $12,000. Not to mention the the credit, itself, will be taxed. Where is the other $7,000 coming from? Your pocketbook! Whose going to pay for prescription? Is anybody going to regulate the insurance companies, so those with pre-existing conditions can get insured? NO. McCain's plan falls way short of fixing the problem, because it is going to leave roughly the same number of uninsured as there are today, and as long as there are the uninsured insurance rates will be driven up to pay for those folks who use the emergency room for regular health care. Paying for those folks get expensive, and who picks up the tab? YOU, the insured. So, that $12,000 policy will eventually cost $20,000, and you only have $5,000 to spend ( minus the taxes ). How in the world is that going to save you money?? I encourage you to go to Obama's and McCain's websites and get the facts!

Leeanne of MD 8:13AM October 19, 2008

The average Joe is a good place to start . The average Joe built America. However , it is difficult to pick the wrong Joe. If the name is not Joe you may have a problem. If the Joe is an ill-legal plumber one may have a problem. If that same Joe owes the government money and will not vote in his best interest when presented the facts, then America has another problem. The Jay Leno All-Stars simply do not know much about history or as smart as a 5th grader.
The one thing I can honestly say is that McCain can find a good joke. If America is interested in finding the 15 minutes of fame Jay Leno All-Stars then McCain is great!
Palin and Joe 6-pack, Joe Camel and of course Sloppy Joe are all fine people, but America needs a real leader and change. McSame will lead us deeper into war, debt and poverty.
The real issues are: taxes, jobs, health care and more education for all the Joe's and Jane's of the world.

Jim of IL 2:09PM October 18, 2008

Obama doesn't "laugh off" the issues, and if you think he does, you just aren't listening. He laughs at the ridiculousness of McCain continually bringing ups already disproved lies and misrepresentation of fact. Then, when it's his turn to speak, he clearly explains his positions and shows what was laughable about McCain's remarks. (McCain, on the other hand smirks and grimaces for effect, but has no real facts against Obama's ideas.)
Pay attention and you'll probably learn that unless you are a racist or only concerned with denying women the right to choose whether or not they carry on with unplanned, unwanted mass of cells that would eventually become a fetus, you really want to vote for Obama.
And no matter what you hear or don't hear, an Obama presidency will be the best thing that's happened in our country in nearly eight years.

Sarah T of PA 10:10PM October 17, 2008

So what happens after the first year of Joe being in business? You're missing the point, that being that taxing businesses to death will lead to workers' death. It's not so complicated. Obama wants to spread the wealth, i.e., he's a marxist!

Kelly of PA 1:55PM October 17, 2008

Annenberg had nothing to do with the dispensing of the money. That's done by a committee, obviously sympathetic to Ayer's & Obama's marxist ideology.
We're in this mess, considering a marxist for president, because you people don't think and don't bother to get beyond your emotions and get the facts and the truth.

Kelly of PA 1:53PM October 17, 2008

New direction? You're right, but it's not the direction you're talking about, because the course we've been on regarding education, the economy, social issues is the same course we've been heading down for the last 40 years, and look where that's gotten us.
Democratic, or rather, socialist/marxist policies and the implementation of them by democrats and republocrats (of which Bush morphed into other than on national security) are the reasons we're where we are today.
Obama has intelligence and creativity alright...he's got 40% of the country hoodwinked into believing he cares for you. He's a marxist to the core and they only care about their power, cloaked in a concern for the poor workers. History speaks for itself regarding these political gods and for the countries ruled by them or by their ideals. Have you checked the economies of the socialist European countries lately? Do you have any friends or relatives in Venezuela or Cuba?
BTW, Hawaii, Barack's home state, the only one to have universal health care for kids, just dumped it. Why? Everyone wanted in on it. Do you want the government running health care? You've got to be serious.

Kelly of PA 12:53PM October 17, 2008