Must be human nature!

I don't think what I am about to point out is a fatal flaw, but it does indicate that Mr. Obama is not the perfect candidate.

Mr. and Mrs. Obama bought a home worth several million dollars, yet she said the she was still paying back her student loans of what must have been borrowed 20-24 years ago!

No bank carries those loans that long.

She could have meant that she paid off the original loan but kept refinancing them, or she could have meant "many things!"

Seems trust of people in public "service" has melted away!

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Submitted by sdg on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 1:26pm.

and feels the pain of us middle class guys who have to get up and go to work every AM.

I'm not surprised by your observation as the big O appears to wear dress shirts that cost more than the average guy would spend on an entire suit.

No problem if he made it honestly,but I tire of these guys acting like they know the economic problems most of us face.


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Submitted by AF A-10 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 2:09pm.

I'd say WT#, but that would get me banned.

"No problem if he made it honestly,but I tire of these guys acting like they know the economic problems most of us face."

Your president doesn't know what gas costs. Rudy G. didn't have a clue what milk costs. Are you somehow saying that there is no compassion in Mr. Obama's message? Are you saying there exists a sliver of compassion in the "insure yourself" and "not my taxes" message? What are you trying to say? Who would you say honestly is thinking about the lives of Americans who are having trouble making ends meet no matter how much they work?

cheers,

Kevin "Hack" King


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Submitted by sdg on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 2:19pm.

etc. etc. my friend.

Did I say the President knows what gas costs???
Did I say Rudy (cross dressing ) G knows what milk costs???
Did I say Mr. O had no compassion???

What I did say was the average person shows more fiscal control and budgeting ability than Congress.

By the way bud I NEVER said he was "my president" either.

Do you assume as much on your landing vectors ??


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Submitted by sdg on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 3:01pm.

I say one negative comment about the big O while taking a shot at both Dem and Repubs in Congress and you fly back with but.. but. Bush ---- YOUR President.

Just so you can sleep at night I'll say something about W.

He's never met a spending program he couldn't increase with the aiding and abetting help of Congress whether controlled by Democrats or Republicans.

Oh No! I did it again! Criticized Bush but also said something negative about the Dems.

Guess you must now accuse me of loving Rudy G. once again.(Although as before he wasn't mentioned).

Take some of that stuff you go Cheers with and relax.


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Submitted by Git Real on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 8:36pm.

He's never met a spending program he couldn't increase with the aiding and abetting help of Congress whether controlled by Democrats or Republicans.

I like it.... that's good. Can I use it or do you have it copyrighted?

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"I'm Pro Choice - On Light Bulbs Cool


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Submitted by sdg on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 10:51pm.

Use it all you like.

The Truth hurts the left and consistent Truth hurts them all the time. Smiling


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Submitted by AF A-10 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 7:19pm.

I worded my response poorly. Sorry.

1: I should have said "our president."

2: I should have said it is hard to make an argument that someone with student loans doesn't understand the life of people like US with loans.

3. I hastily tried to point out how one party tries to make a point of thinking of "us" normal folks.

Sorry I wasn't clear, but I still think sage and your argument against Mrs. Obama is paper thin.

Pills popped.

Cheers!!

Kevin "Hack" King


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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 2:24pm.

And therefore they were`required to put words in your mouth, assign feelings and opinions to you that you never stated and draw conclusions about you and all you stand for.

Welcome to 'our' world.

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Submitted by Main Stream on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 1:57pm.

...the cost of Obama's shirts.

I'm glad to see another Repub that has their priorities in check.

Thumbs up, bud!

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Submitted by sdg on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 2:06pm.

I'm not a Repub supporter. Just tired of all these men/women acting as if they know what the average person goes through.

Any housewife who has balanced their checkbook and lived within their budget is more qualified to be in Congress than 90% of the Democrats or Republicans.

How about not assigning labels till you some facts.


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Submitted by Main Stream on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 2:13pm.

"Any housewife who has balanced their checkbook and lived within their budget is more qualified to be in Congress than 90% of the Democrats or Republicans.

That would include our current President and his economic advisors, right?

So, which candidate are you supporting? A fiscally conservative Republican? I don't believe those exist any longer. Bush has shattered that myth.

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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 2:21pm.

So, using your logic, will all the democrats in the Whitehouse from now on all have illicit affairs with interns and lie under oath? I doubt it.

Bush was never a fiscal conservative. Like Huckabee, he was a social conservative and a fiscal liberal.

McCain on the other hand, as bad as you hate to admit it, is a fiscal conservative and I hope he gets the line item veto when he takes over to further reel in spending.

Judging all by one is as narrow minded as it gets. Try making sense Extreme.

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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 2:12pm.

You have now met the most arrogant poser on the site. Don't worry, we all know to completely disregard it's opinion.

Your point was well made. None of the millionaires in congress are feeling your pain. Michelle Obama spent an hour talking about how hard it was to pay for her student loans from Princeton and piano, dance and voice lessons for the kids all at once .... her law firm pays her over $375,000 a year and Barrack made millions on his books.

We got you - good point.

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Submitted by Main Stream on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 5:29pm.

"You have now met the most arrogant poser on the site."

Gee thanks! Do I get a prize? I know... just buy me a Starbucks next time we all meet, instead of lurking back in the shadows to observe, okay?

BTW - is your rather large avatar a way of making up for some shortcoming you may have?

Just curious.

(there goes the mud-slinging again....just couldn't resist that one)
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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 5:46pm.

.. like you manipulate men and cheeseburgers. Total domination.

Actually, I changed the permissible parameters on my avatar. I would guess since you have commented on it it must make you feel smaller and insignificant? I never intended to make you feel smaller.

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Submitted by Main Stream on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 5:56pm.

"like you manipulate men and cheeseburgers."

uh....okay Puzzled

I guess that's a 'no' on the Starbucks.

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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 6:30pm.

That is a 'No'. Nothing personal big girl - but I don't frequent 'Starbucks'.
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Submitted by Main Stream on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 7:08pm.

I actually volunteered last year at the Hosea Williams 'Feed the Hungry' Thanksgiving dinner, and took my daughter to help as well.

Volunteerism... you should try it!

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Submitted by TruthSleuth1958 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 7:20pm.

{{{{{{{{{{I've banned TruthSleuth1958 from this site for continually abusing other posters by revealing others' personal info.

If he shows up on the site using another name, I'm asking other site posters to sound the alarm on him, so we may trace HIS IP and physical location and take legal steps to discourage him from being such a bad online citizen.

This site is privately owned, and everyone on here is here by conditional invitation. Abuse the privilege and the privilege will be legally rescinded. A banned poster who attempts to come back on is trespassing on private property.

Email me at editor@thecitizen.com, or sing out in the comment and/or blogs area.

Let's respect other posters' privacy.

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and site censor}}}}}}}}}


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Submitted by Denise Conner on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 8:42pm.

"A banned poster who attempts to come back on is trespassing on private property."

Does that apply to a poster of the liberal persuasion who "continually abuses" those of the non-liberal mind-set, a poster who was "banned and edited" for vulgarity and was never publicly reprimanded for his many abusive posts? Smiling

BTW, posting someone's address was way out of bounds and abusive intimidation, and such behavior deserved your intervention. However, there's inconsistency (which is your privilege, as the owner) because bloggers were not asked to "to sound the alarm" on the vulgarly abusive poster who was banned last July but began re-posting under another name.


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Submitted by yardman5508 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 8:50pm.

what's that I hear? Somebody is being discriminated against because they are conservative? Substitute "black" for "conservative" and listen to how silly some of those arguments sound, now. Keep the faith.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.


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Submitted by Denise Conner on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 3:25am.

I didn't see your reply earlier, but let me ask you to explain. (Can you hear me?)

Where did I mention "discrimination"? You & your party like to claim that. And then you bring "race" into the mix. Puzzled

How's your reading comprehension? And to think that you were a teacher.

What's "silly" about "posting someone's address was way out of bounds and abusive intimidation, and such behavior deserved your intervention"?

Or do you just not know the meaning of consistency? Puzzled

Maybe you should get your hearing checked. Perhaps you've had the TV volume up too loud, and you've damaged your ears. Then you wouldn't be telling others, "Shhhhhhhhh." Eye-wink


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Submitted by yardman5508 on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 7:58pm.

I, for one, appreciate your efforts in providing this medium to the people of Fayette County. Keep the faith.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.


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