The Second Presidential Debate
October 7th, 2008 by Evil Beet
If you wanna talk about it, this is your thread.
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re; evil beet
hey, look, 100 comments….maybe your readers do have interest in something other than holly madison or whatever her fake name is.
That test was full of leading questions! Very biased.. Doesn’t “See if he really has YOUR best interest in mind!!” say it all? All questions were phrased as if Obama’s position on things is a negative, expecially concerning energy policy, taxes and abortion, using words like “manslaughter” and what not.
Anywho.. my result: “You AGREED with the Barack Obama position on 36 of the 48 test questions. This means you agree with the Obama position 75% of the time.” I’m happy with that..
What is it with Americans and fear of taxes?
I live in Denmark myself and the average citizen pay a minimum of 60% in taxes.. I’ve said this before and I will say it again.. This is NOT a bad thing, why are Americans so afraid of taxes?
The government is very capable of spending these money in a profitable way and in the end, the value of your money come back to you tenfold! Here in Denmark, education is FREE, medical care is FREE, we have lots of benifits, given by the state to those in need.
Our taxes is the fundament of our wellfare society and I happily pay my taxes, knowing that if I need to go to the doctor, it won’t cost me a dime, should I go to the hospital, it’s on the state, my further education is free – the state even issues a check to me, along with any other Danish student, each month, so that I don’t even need to work alongside with my studies..
You get so much back and at the same time you help the weak ones in society, who would otherwise be on their own. How can anyone be opposed to this? Don’t you want to help? Don’t you want to know that should you need help, you will get it?
And concerning higher taxes on fossil fuels – yes, naturally it would mean more expensive gas. Of course. This is the point. We need to cut down on the usage of fossil fuels as it is contributing to global warming – higher prices will most deffinately have that effect. Also the higher costs on fossile fuels will create a need for alternative energy sources.. And we DO have the technology and possibility to explore and use other, more environment friendly, energy sources, no question about it.. What is lacking is merely political will to do it. Expensive gas creates a need for alternative energy sources – we need to get away from using fossile fuels, this is a great beginning! (And apart from that, gas is VERY cheap in the states in comparison to Europe, so honestly I don’t see the problem)
Barack Obama is everything the United States needs, everyone in their right mind will wote for Obama.. I have faith that the majority of Americans have a brain and are capable of seeing what is right for this country.
It’s certainly not John McCain – with more of the same, and Sarah Palin, crazy woman, only a heartbeat away from Presidency…
i’m going to disagree with dinosaur a little. just because a website is biased, that doesn’t mean the survey is biased. but in this case, the survey sucks…kind of like mccain’s understanding of economics.
hm. I think I deleted my own comment. Is that possible? I was sure I hit submit…
dinosaur,
you are hilarious! keep us laughing!
my 2 cents on the debate. McCain was VERY condescending to Obama and also the gentleman Oliver that asked the question about the housing issues. Watch it again.
I do love how McCain wouldn’t even shake Obama’s hand. Um, what happens when you meet world leaders and you disagree with them. Is that how you would treat them? Very classy. He proved to many people last night how pompous, arrogant and how much of an asshole he truly is.
If it’s a survey clearly written or supported by the folks who run a really biased website, pushing a really biased book, and they want to prove a point about how much Obama blows with their survey, I’d say it was a biased survey. I don’t think that’s being presumptuous. It wasn’t like they had a link to a survey they liked. The questions and answers were both loaded by the dolts who created the website who were cyber-fellating the dolts who wrote the book.
But this is just getting boring. All this survey talk. The fun part is that McCain looked like a sick old gnome creeping around behind Obama when the camera was on him. I kept wanting to be like “Obama, look out! The crypt keeper is right behind you!”
Gotta have some fun when the country is in serious trouble. I do, however, really trust that we could land on our feet with a great mind leading us. Obama’s got a great mind, and I sure hope he can lead us out of this when he becomes POTUS.
@Chuck,
“You may not think much of his policies / politics, but he went through hell, along with the rest of the POW’s, in the Hanoi Hilton.”
I have to agree with you. He is a very respected person for not leaving him men behind and going though such horrible torture. On the other hand, this fact should have nothing to do with the campaign. It doesn’t say anything about his views or policies. Sure, it tells you about his view on war but there’s so much more to being a president. Being a good man doesn’t make you a great leader. Its just one of the many requirements.
Tom Brokaw is a huge liberal… not exactly friends with mccain… Do your research…
I’ve decided that if obama loses, me and the rest of his canadian fan club are going to try to talk him into running canada. we’ll even make him king, i think we’re all a bit bored of having the queen on our money.