09-06-2004, 07:05 AM
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that one crazy Democrat
I loved Zell Miller's speech(transcript). As neither partial to elephants or donkeys I can relate to a politician that shoots from the hip and calls it like he sees it.
What has happened to the party I've spent my life working in? I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom
over tyranny.
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Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside.
Senator Kerry doesnât make any secret of the fact that he wants to bring more money into Washington so that he can decide how to spend it. In his first one hundred days in office, John Kerryâs massive health care plan would force him to raise taxes by as much as $900 billion. And the only way heâs going to get that kind of money is if he reaches into the wallet of every man and woman in America.
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People this is what running a country means!!! Health is quite important,Bush is just spending AND lowering taxes....that cannot go on like that. The US is almost banckrupt as it is (one of the reason to go to Iraq). I think rasing taxes (to the higher and middle incomes for getting healthcare for everybody is the best thing a president can say during a campaign. There are in the US millions of people that are not insured because they cannot pay for it. (Kandrathe I expect you have a link for this one ;) )
I will stop with this point. And talk about some things (which seem very simple but apparantly for some senators difficult to understand).
If you run a country (a big democracy like the US) money needs to be paid by everybody to make everything work, to build roads and to help the needing to be able to live their lives at a standard decided by the development in the country. (and for one of the most prospering countries in the world this standard is quite high).
It should also be logical that the richest pay the most (also in percentage), they are the ones that benefit the most from a good economy, if that means that they pay more taxes to arrange health insurance for every citizen so be it.
When the matter of weapons comes into play there is something else. Being against spending 80 bilion more on Iraq does not mean only against Iraq but means that for him health isnurance is more important, or more police on the streer is more important, or taking care of the environment is more importnat. Long story short, you can spend the money in different ways. Not spending it on weapons (or on subsidizing oil for so that Iraqi people can buy it from american companies) means you can spend it on something else.
I have often wondered why the TAX-cut word blind people so much, I mean it is not the President puts tax money in his own pocket is it?? (well with Bush I'm not sure actually :D )
that one crazy Democrat
I loved Zell Miller's speech(transcript). As neither partial to elephants or donkeys I can relate to a politician that shoots from the hip and calls it like he sees it.
Quote:It would only be nice if he would talk abouit some sensible things. Man that guy had a lot of hatred in him.QUOTE
What has happened to the party I've spent my life working in? I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom
over tyranny.
QUOTE
Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside.
Quote:I mean what does he mean with these oneliners. Fighting for freedom over tyranny has never been the strongest point of amarican presidents (south america). I think to oppose bombing the hell out of countries means standing for freedom. (but maybe that is just my small mind?)But after listening to Senator Kerry over the last year or two â after hearing the agenda heâs laid out for our country â I cannot support him in his race for the presidency. There are too many issues about which John Kerry and I disagree. And there are too few similarities between John Kerry and the great Democratic leaders Iâve known.
Quote:Yes for on that Kerry not just started a war but was really in it??QUOTE
Senator Kerry doesnât make any secret of the fact that he wants to bring more money into Washington so that he can decide how to spend it. In his first one hundred days in office, John Kerryâs massive health care plan would force him to raise taxes by as much as $900 billion. And the only way heâs going to get that kind of money is if he reaches into the wallet of every man and woman in America.
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People this is what running a country means!!! Health is quite important,Bush is just spending AND lowering taxes....that cannot go on like that. The US is almost banckrupt as it is (one of the reason to go to Iraq). I think rasing taxes (to the higher and middle incomes for getting healthcare for everybody is the best thing a president can say during a campaign. There are in the US millions of people that are not insured because they cannot pay for it. (Kandrathe I expect you have a link for this one ;) )
I will stop with this point. And talk about some things (which seem very simple but apparantly for some senators difficult to understand).
If you run a country (a big democracy like the US) money needs to be paid by everybody to make everything work, to build roads and to help the needing to be able to live their lives at a standard decided by the development in the country. (and for one of the most prospering countries in the world this standard is quite high).
It should also be logical that the richest pay the most (also in percentage), they are the ones that benefit the most from a good economy, if that means that they pay more taxes to arrange health insurance for every citizen so be it.
When the matter of weapons comes into play there is something else. Being against spending 80 bilion more on Iraq does not mean only against Iraq but means that for him health isnurance is more important, or more police on the streer is more important, or taking care of the environment is more importnat. Long story short, you can spend the money in different ways. Not spending it on weapons (or on subsidizing oil for so that Iraqi people can buy it from american companies) means you can spend it on something else.
I have often wondered why the TAX-cut word blind people so much, I mean it is not the President puts tax money in his own pocket is it?? (well with Bush I'm not sure actually :D )