Drew Dowdell

Once Palin says something, it becomes off limits? Is that because we have to be deferential to her?

Quite simply.... no. He shouldn't correct himself or apologize at all. He said nothing wrong.

I can imagine a world where there is no war, a world where there is no strife..... .... and I can imagine us attacking that world.... because they'd never expect it.

Useage of the phrase "Lipstick on a pig" on just this website alone: Here Here Here Here Referenced here Referenced here Here Here Here Here Here There are 3 pages worth of results.... in case you're curious.

What Obama should say:

The status quo is the Bush admin, McCain, and the Clintons. He's taking them on just fine.

Considering the Cobalt was the fastest FWD around the ring until 2 months ago and beat out BMWs and Ferarris........ it could certainly be worse.

by that you mean Audi and Lexus?

uh, whatever happened to "taxes are bad", "taxes on the rich are bad", and "taxes on corporations are bad"? Her tax cut is exactly the opposite of Horse and Sparrow theory. I'm not even against her tax cut, I think it was a good thing. I'm just against you using it as an example of Palin "Taking on the Oil Companies" because it is directly contrary to your entire economic policy. Geeze, at least keep your flawed arguments consistent!

You need to get out more then Used on this board: Here Here Here Here Referenced here Referenced here Here Here Here Here Here There are 3 pages worth of results.... in case you're curious.

Palin took on big oil by TAXING THEM! As a result, a refinery that was originally planned was canceled.

Using a common common common phrase was a stab at Palin... who at that point of the speech had not even been mentioned yet?

Oh good grief...... How dumb does McCain think we are?

The reasons I think energy should be controlled at the federal level are: 1. It is a domestic security issue, perhaps the largest one out there. 2. There needs to be national standards for fuels, having 45 different blends of gasoline for 50 states is terribly inefficient. 3. The electricity grid is nationally and internationally connected. The outage in Ohio a few years back took out parts of Canada and NYC also. 4. The need for some sort of alternative energy is clear. I'd rather have us move forward as one country rather than 50 states moving in every which direction and some not moving at all. 5. In energy, buying in bulk matters.... a LOT. The reasons I think transportation should be controlled at the federal level are: 1. CARB.... do I even need to remind anyone of this? 2. Most transportation is interstate. 3. There need to be national (if not international) standards for emissions, safety, and efficiency. Not just for cars, but for ships, planes, and trains too. 4. The Interstate highway network. 5. Air Traffic Control I'd prefer that Social Security would be privatized, but I fully admit that I have no idea how to go about doing it. I disagree with your assessment that the general public won't get a use out of something like ethanol or a bridge in Alaska. There are going to be things that you do help pay for to help the overall common good. That is part of being part of society. Ethanol (though I hate what the corn lobby has done) will benefit us as a nation. That bridge in Alaska might be taking oil workers to their jobs. I pay school taxes even though I have no (and probably never will have) kids. But I also recognize, as the founding fathers did, that an educated populace is better than an uneducated one. No, the school tax doesn't benefit me directly, but due to education, there are fewer idiots out there arguing economics with me when they don't have even a basic understanding of the subject.

Man, I've been linking to McCain's and Obama's web sites, wiki articles on economics that explain both sides of the theory.... how much more direct do you want me to get? Next step, I start mailing out Econ 101 text books to the lot of you.

We, the taxpayers, are now on the hook for all of Fannie and Freddie's bad debt.

I don't know if you see me as some generic "tax and spend" liberal or not but I agree with many of RP's policies. The notable exception being his clinging to the gold standard. I would let the government tax and run energy, transportation, interstate commerce, and the military and shove nearly everything else back down to the states. In the meantime however, he have this debt to overcome and tax cuts for the wealthy will not help resolve that issue. RP may not be right on everything, but he's a LOT closer than any of the other candidates when it comes to economic policy.

You're supposed to try and refute my argument with something more than "No it isn't!". I don't even bother to try and argue about abortion because much of the debate revolves around emotion. I'm basing my tax cut argument on economic constructs and history. Do you sit there and scream at the Discovery Channel when they present a version of history you don't agree with?

Tax cuts can be reckless. Being reckless is not conservative. That isn't an opinion.

There aren't any "real" conservatives left. Well... maybe Ron Paul. I'm very fiscally conservative, but I'm fiscally responsible first. Republicans think that tax cuts.... any tax cuts... are fiscal conservatism. They're wrong.

Bush doubled the country's debt on sunday....... in a single day the debt jumped 5 trillion.

If you're a Liberatarian, your SOL in this country. There are too many busy body PTA moms for that to happen.

I LOVE IT!

Yes... warped views. When you're posting lies and/or misinformation about the other candidate, it's a warped view. You persist on saying that Obama is going to raise your taxes.... well, that Lincoln Mercury dealer must be paying you VERY well for you to be making over $250,000 a year from them..... because that is the ONLY way your taxes are going up OCN.

The come back at me with why you think my economics is wrong but be prepared to back it up. Post something even vaguely factual about Obama's tax policy. Post something vaguely factual about Obama's energy policy. But stop spreading misinformation! I don't like John McCain but at least I'm not making $h! up about him.