bigredbirdfan

Irregardless of the electoral process, the national polls have shown Obama in the lead by 5-10 since the final primaries. McCain is now in the lead. A troubling position for Obama. He will soon pull his advertising out of states he cannont win and blitz Texas and Flordia.

Recent Polling Date: First time Obama not ahead Polling Data Poll Date Sample McCain® Obama (D) Spread % RCP Average 09/05 - 09/07 -- 48.3 45.4 McCain +2.9 ABC News/Wash Post 09/05 - 09/07 LV 49 47 McCain +2 CBS News 09/05 - 09/07 655 RV 46 44 McCain +2 USA Today/Gallup 09/05 - 09/07 823 LV 54 44 McCain +10 CNN 09/05 - 09/07 942 RV 48 48 Tie Rasmussen Tracking 09/05 - 09/07 3000 LV 48 47 McCain +1 Hotline/FD Tracking 09/05 - 09/07 924 RV 44 44 Tie Gallup Tracking 09/05 - 09/07 2733 RV 49 44 McCain +5 I apologize for the crude format. But I think everyone will get the point

It doesn't but good luck getting elected

That was the faith of those plowing planes into our twin towers and pentagon. Granted they were extremists, but nothing wrong with being a muslim unless your running for president of the United States of America.

Voted yes only one time. Would like to see the whole lake with increased size of fish especially rainbow. Too many 9-10" fish.

Bill Clinton and the Decline of the Military 12/21/2006 President Bush has officially put a stake into the heart of the “peace dividend”—all that money we were going to save because the Cold War ended. Bush now says he believes the Army and Marine Corps should be expanded. With the world the way it is, a lot of people agree with Bush. But take a look back to the days of his father’s administration and the presidency of Bill Clinton. The world was a nasty place then, too. But during that period, we went through years of declining military budgets. For my book “Clear Moral Objectives,” I built a timeline of what was happening in the world and how we addressed those events with our Defense Department budgets. Pick up the story with newly-sworn-in President Bill Clinton’s first budget, submitted on March 27, 1993. He asked for $263.4 billion—$10 billion less than the final budget under the first President Bush. The budget scrapped most funds for President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, called “Star Wars” by the media. After all, Clinton lived by his slogan: “It’s the economy, stupid!” At that time, the U.S. was still involved in a humanitarian mission to Somalia that turned bad when eighteen of our solders were killed in a gunfight and one of them was dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Clinton deployed troops to several other trouble spots around the world including Haiti, Bosnia, and the former Yugoslavia. He also launched twenty-three Tomahawk cruise misses at Iraq, ostensibly in retaliation for a threat on the life of George H.W. Bush. In 1994, troops were sent to Haiti, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Clinton asked for a Defense increase of just $2.8 billion but Congress approved a decrease of $17.1 billion. The shrinking budget caused sharp reductions at the Pentagon. There were more peacekeeping missions to come, including in Somalia where 1,800 Marines provided cover for the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers. But the downsizing of the military continued with 40,000 troops removed from Europe. The Base Closure Commission recommended shuttering 79 more bases. Clinton’s budget request for fiscal 1996 was $10.2 billion lower than the prior year. At this point, we are well into the Clinton presidency and the eleventh straight year of declining military budgets. The president and the Congress have slashed the defense budget to the point where, after adjusting for inflation, it is some 40% less than in 1985 during the second Reagan term. The year 1996 saw cruise missile strikes against Iraq and 18,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Balkans as part of a NATO force. Clinton sent the U.S. aircraft carrier Independence and three other ships to the Taiwan Strait because of tensions between Taiwan and China. For 1997, Clinton sought another $10 billion reduction, though the bill he eventually signed set aside $244 billion for defense—finally halting the long string of declining budgets, but just barely. It was a bit calmer overseas in 1997, though 8,500 Americans were still keeping the peace in Bosnia. The Defense budget rose to $268 billion but Clinton proposed more base closures. The Senate rejected the recommendation. In 1998, the U.S. and Britain struck military targets in Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors. Clinton also launched missiles against targets in Afghanistan and the Sudan. These attacks came on August 20, three days after Clinton admitted on TV that he had misled the nation about “that woman.” Defense Secretary William Cohen had become concerned about his budget, and so he called for more base closings—and more money. The Joint Chiefs said that unless funding levels could be increased, some weapons systems or overseas deployments would have to be eliminated. In 1999, the budget was at $250 billion—the same year we were using our military to halt Slobodan Milosevic’s “ethnic cleansing” in Kosovo. For fiscal 2000, Defense requested $267.2 billion billion, including a pay raise for soldiers. The USS Cole was bombed and peacekeeping efforts continued in the usual spots like Kosovo and Bosnia. Clinton’s presidency was winding down and his final Defense budget totaled $288 billion with a supplemental bill of $6.5 billon to help pay for all the peacekeeping. After Bush was elected and the country had suffered the 9/11 attacks, former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said Clinton had cut back the military so much that we might not be able to fight a war on terrorism on several fronts. He listed the problems brought on during the Clinton years: lost air and sea lift capacity, two or three years during which nothing was procured for the military, and cuts in R&D. Now, in the waning days of his presidency, Bush is ready to rebuild. It’s not the economy, stupid, and there is no peace dividend. The world’s remaining superpower cannot run its military on the cheap. Mr. Woolley is a Texas-based talk show host Not the most documented article but I believe it backs up this claim. If you find errors I trust you will of course let us know.

When refueling with Charcoal what is the preferred method?

Reagan + Democrat Congress = Success G H Bush + Democrat Congress = Some Success Clinton + Democrat Congress = Crap Clinton + Republican Congress = Success G W Bush + Republican Congress = Crap G W Bush + Democrat Congress = Most Crappy See how I can admit reality. The old checks and balances thing. I still see Obama + Democrat Congress = Most Stellar Crappy McCain + Democrat Congress = Best Scenario for Change

If they ever vote on them. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...0080625-11.html

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Nobody answers my posts anymore so I don't know if I need to contribute anymore. I hope I added something, anyway out. Sorry didn't see hank's post. I am humble.

What has the democrat congress done for gas relief as promised? You refuse to answer because they have done nothing.

Feel free to send in some extra I'm sure they will cash it Have you ever voted outside the democrat party?

I heard in Europe that they are required to "treat" you in so many hours when you arrive at a hospital by ambulance so they leave you in the ambulance parked outside or drive you around because there are so many people jamming up their emergency rooms because they can't get into regular physicians.

Can anyone out there who lived in IL during Obama's service in their legislature recall specific accomplishments he made?

Is a masked anarchist just a left wing nut? I find it hard to believe that people who are "anarchist" just show up a one national party convention and not the other. Sounds like these left wing militants are just more brazen then they use to be. Ought to send them off to live in Iran.

The speech went over well with 40 million tuning in only 2 million less than Obama's speech and his was aired on 4 additional minority channels that didn't carry her speech. From the interest in her and the reviews from her speech not sure Mrs. Palin needs to do a thing except keep up the conservative message.

All the good national liberals like Boxer, Fienstien and all the feminists are so stupid that they don't realize the votes they are sending to McCain/Palin with every interview or press release. Every time they attack her another Clinton voter comes our way . Keep up cutting your own throat democrat party. At this point they are in full panic mode , hateful lashing and digging with all shovels to find dirt on Palin because their playbook included everyone but her .

Your party promised to do something about gas prices. Yes they went down after the threat of drilling was brought up. What bills has Congress passed to help with gas price?????? Carter and B J Clintion, please.

The Supreme boats are cadilliac. The one in the picture doesn't seem to have a final gel coat finish. Does it come with one? I would highly recommed dual rod trays and if you don't need the livewell it will just be in the way. I would just contact the Playcraft manufacturer. I talked with the guy at the boat show in STL who had one and he said they will build one custom floorplan.

Obama/Biden camp ought to be real careful attacking Palin. Clinton voters are starting to view her as being treated like Hillary was by the media and are standing behind Palin. They should stop it immediately before it is too late to get them to vote Obama/Biden http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13129.html

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How do you cheat on your taxes? I keep trying and telling my accountant to but we haven't come up with anything. Any hints would be appreciated. Can we get an opinion on the flat tax from our liberal writers and independents?

Oh. It was a good speech but she didn't write it. I haven't even thought that about Obama. Granted every word is not written by them, but they are the background behind the words, they rehearse them, change them, speak them and provide impromtu when they need it. Very much THEIR speeches.

Did you see the shock from all the networks when they were referred to flat out as "left wing media" and best part they couldn't avoid it because of equal time requirments. Everything else I heard last night was "conservative change." Very encouraging talk after a congress that has done nothing for the American People since elected to the majority (incluing gas price their biggest promise) with approval rating worse than a president (who has been bashed 24-7 for eight years by that very "left wing media")