MrBlingtastic
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justginger|1349302444|3278858 said:I saw a rather entertaining debate drinking game on FB. Drink if Obama says, Let me be clear. Drink if Romney says, 12 million jobs. Drink if Obama says, Millionaires/billionaires. Drink if Romney says, Small business owners. If either goes over their allotted time, chug until the moderator stops them. Finish your drink if the 47%/doing fine gaffes are brought up. Etc.
One day of the year that I'm pleased to be in Oz, though I'd like to watch here, within an American political vacuum. People here can discuss the same topics without becoming nearly homicidal, which is always nice.
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I love this ... Our Dem and Rep congressional reps used to socialize, play golf, have dinners together, etc.; not too sure if this is happening now. But then again, that was in the era of unfettered US prosperity.
On the abortion issue, my only thought is that if a pregnant woman contemplating abortion could be assured medical care for herself and the potential child, how many would choose to have an abortion. No one supports abortion - it's a choice made under the most dire of circumstances which could not be fully understood unless one has experienced it. How about a special Republican-funded medical fund for expectant mothers contemplating abortion, or even govermment funded ... - sounds a lot better than the vitriol above.
America's founding principal is tolerance of those who are different than you. If you are not of this mindset, you are in the wrong country. You do not need to look too far to see what happens when people become too isolated or too intolerant of others.
On Romney, I wish he would invent some original campaign slogans - "Real Change" is what I saw this morning ... please! Obama used the "Change" tag line - I thought Romeny respected intellectual property. Also, I am pleased he that now realizes that publicly he should say the President is supposed to represent all of the country, not just those who voted for him, although he was following well-established Republican doctrine - Reagan said the same thing. Of greatest concern is that it took him several weeks to realize this.
The foreign policy debate: Truly priceless is the "we have fewer ships than we had in 1918"! Yes, he actually said this - huge concerns:
1. Mitt thinks he spotted an issue that has been overlooked by all presidents, generals, military planners etc since 1918. Well done Mitt, we still managed to win WWII on two fronts despite the reduced ship count .... I assume we are supposed to look forward to the increase in ship numbers - please! The shipyards are gearing up no doubt - Buy stock in ship builders now if you are Republican - show your support!
2. Romney must be that out of touch and so are his advisers (please recall WMD); or he assumes the American public is so stupid that they would actually believe something like this. My biggest fear is the former. We know politicians lie - it's part of the job description, although it is a bit sad to see the Dems being dragged into the negative bottom feeding behaviour. Kerry refused, and suffered.
I wish us luck, because even if Obama wins (as he should - BTW, he followed a Republican initiated plan, a classic Keynesian approach to prevent another depression), the changes to move the US in the right direction is at least a 10 year plan... If you thought 8 years of Bush were so good, well you may have the chance to relive those years ...