I don't see Hilary winning.  As much as I would love to have a woman in office (for the sheer "girl power" aspect of it all), I just don't see her going all the way.  I think Obama has a better chance then she.  I watched the repub and dem debates and thought Hilary was very well-spoken, especially in regard to the debate on faith (by Soledad O'Brien).  I liked what she said about not wearing your faith on your sleeve and using it as a campaign badge.  But, you're not surprised that I appreciated that, I'll assume. ;)  But, I will admit that that comment wasn't enough to make me want to vote for her.  I don't know...for some reason, I just find her a touch more back-handed than her husband.  Some might say that you'd have to be a bit sneaky to be a woman (or man, for that matter) in politics, but I just get the impression that she's not completely genuine.  Or, genuine enough. LOL 

I'm liking Obama for the dem ticket, right now.  I've been following him for a while and, while I wish he would've waited another four years - to get more experience, I don't think he's a bad choice.  Of course, there's a part of me that would go for Dole if he'd run again.  I guess we'll just have to wait-and-see.  If a republican stepped up who could leave his personal faith in it's place, then I might be swayed.  I think Romney will be an interesting person to watch over the next few months.

1.  Gore won't run as Senator Clinton's VP.  I seriously doubt he'd run with her as *HIS* VP.

2.  Senator Clinton won't pull the troops out of Iraq.   This is a major reason not to vote for her, in my view.

He seems to think the Christian Right will support him because of his revised positions.  They'll never accept him as "one of their own."

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Varmint-hunting or no varmint-hunting, if you will.

After Gore losing, I can't see him ever taking second banana..especially to Hillary.

Did anyone see or hear that there was some objection to our referring to her as just "Hillary?"  I heard some mumbling about the lack of respect for her and that while we tend to use both names or the last name of other politicians we only use her first name.

Y'all shape up now...y'hear?

I try to refer to her as "Senator Clinton" (or, to p*ss off her fellow conservatives, "President Clinton.")  I believe she herself settled the controversy, as shown by her website:

http://www.hillaryclinton.c...

And yet, with 1950's technology they manage to do as well as we do while spending far less money.  Imagine what *WE* would be capable of if we did things the way they do...

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You think there's something wrong with "bringing the war to an end?"  You like, maybe, endless, pointless war?  My problem with Clinton's stance on the war is that she's planning on keeping 50,000 troops in Iraq after "ending" it.

It worked for Billy Maher and John Graham. http://www.youtube.com/watc...

ps. I will continue to post anonymously until the BC carries out their promise to get rid of the option.

Karl Marx certainly did not invent sharing with your neighbor.  The guys who advocated it generally had a hard time of it, including that guy who got "nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change."

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Now, me, I don't see any problem with someone who works 18 hours per month getting access to the same level of medical care I do.    I *DO* have a problem with a corporate executive getting 400 times the pay his workers do for the same number of hours, while he gets full medical care and they get nothing.   Of course, Marx never thought Communism would take hold first in a back wards place like Russia.  So much for his insight, eh?

"If you're offending {sic} at reading this, get a thicker skin."

Oh and I love the irony of your deletion.

Which claim, Skyler?  That she'd leave a residual force behind?

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(A) March 15 New York Times article supported his account of Clinton's position.

As noted in the March 15 article, Clinton explained in a lengthy March 13 interview with the Times that she would "keep a reduced military force there [in Iraq] to fight Al Qaeda, deter Iranian aggression, protect the Kurds and possibly support the Iraqi military" as part of her troop-withdrawal plan. Clinton did not, in the Times interview or elsewhere, say she wanted to keep U.S. troops in Iraq "permanently."

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That's not a new idea.  Bush planned to leave a residual force in Iraq for decades, along the lines of the Korean Border situation.  (Which means they're there as sacrificial lambs, who will be overwhelmed by an invading force as a "tripwire" so that a new declaration of war won't be necessary) and to protect our oil.  Mostly the oil.

"The cynic in me"

Where's Doc when you need him?

Skyler, I gave you the link.  Acts 2:44-45

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It's worth noting that apparently Marx thought there'd be no problem with everyone getting enough, under Communism, once production was intelligently managed. 

Removed broken link, thanks Annie.  When I tried it get it the Times article was behind the pay-per-view wall.

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By the way, "funny" is directly proportional to the power and stature of the person being derided.  That's why it's funny to see a millionaire slip and fall on a banana peel, while a destitute, crippled old lady doing the same thing is a tragedy.

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Idiots who think "gayness can be cured" are ripe for ridicule simply because their ideas are taken seriously.

ki6amd,

 From what I read Cuba has a pretty good Health Care system. As a matter of fact, they deploy doctors all over the world to offer health care to other 3rd world countries. Cubans have longer life expectancy and better infant mortality rates than the U.S. so their technology can't be too bad.

By the way, your doubt about Bush keeping residual forces in Iraq.  Why do you *THINK* we're building those dozen huge bases there...for the Iraqis?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/u...

(We've been in Korea 50 years.  Iraq would be about the same, unless they kicked us out.)

Skyler, you should perhaps search *FIRST*, then post?

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She's closer to a conservative than a liberal on many issues.  I calls 'em as I sees 'em.  As for "nut," she's certainly saner than Bush (but then, who the heck isn't?). 

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I'm surprised you didn't pick up on my reference about "the guy nailed to a tree" (I was quoting Douglas Adams in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.)  It's a reasonably famous case:  http://www.biblegateway.com...

Some kinda health care for poor children isn't communism Skyler, it's human decency. They have no control over how hard their parents work.

Let me rehash one of our favorite sons comments....“Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism”  - Earl Warren

I think people are way too put off by the word, socialism. Communism wasn't really a socialists club, it benefited the elite more than anyone and was closer to a dicatatorship than a people run government. They just redistributed the wealth of those that had, and gave it to those that ruled. There is socialism in our life at every corner. Every American citizen benefits from some form of socialism. Social Security is an example. It is the smart thing to do, it forces people to have a retirement of some kind. Now as capitalists, we may say to hell with them if they can't save money for their senior years but guess what, instead of making them contribute to their own retirement, now they will be taking your hard earned money instead. You will pay for them whether it be directly or from higher prices. Which is better, forcing people to pay for themselves, or going ahead and taking it out of the pockets of those who have saved?

The same can be said for medicine. WE are paying for emergency visits to K.M.C.  by those that don't have coverage. Perhaps if people had a general health plan, the emergency visit would be tempered by a good maintenance plan.

There IS going to be a change in medical coverage, whether we like it or not. There is a financial limit that gouging and bureaucracy will be supported by.

We didn't say he/she was *GOOD* at it.

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Thanks to George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton will have all the power she needs in order to imprison people she doesn't like. 

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Skyler, no offense, but I doubt you know *ANYTHING* about how "gay guys" think.   Your opinion of gays seems drawn almost entirely from sixth-grade humor.  I won't comment on the source of your political insight, but I suspect it's quite similar.

Skyler, I refer you again to my observation about humor.  In this time and place, homosexuals have little to no power.  That's changing slowly, but it's still the case.  There is a significant difference between a gay man saying you can be persuaded to bat for the other team, and a straight man saying gays can be straightened.  I'll pass on the gay bars, not because I'm straight but because I hardly drink.  But have one for me.

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A drink, I mean...