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Crisis of Confidence
Jul 18, 2008 | 4:48 PM
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    A Gallup daily tracking poll finds Barack Obama and John McCain in a statistical dead heat.  I know it’s only July, but how is that possible?
    Let’s look at the media portrayals of Democratic and Republican voters. Democrats are charged up and enthusiastic about their candidate and his promises of change. The conservative bloc of the GOP is not enthused with John McCain; some even consider the election a yawner as a whole. Independents have still not made up their minds, once again garnering a great deal of attention for their inability to commit to a candidate.
    Much attention has been focused on the 28 percent approval rating of President Bush.  During his news conference this week, he sought to assure wary Americans that the country’s financial system is basically sound. A calming presence he is not. Meanwhile, the stock market continued to tumble, although a rally late this week showed some signs of an upward trend thanks, in part, to falling crude oil prices.     
    The Democratic-controlled Congress is enjoying an even lower approval rating than the President. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has attempted to deflect attention for leadership failures by launching personal attacks against the President.
    There appears to be a crisis of confidence in this nation. The economy is in a tailspin, and no one is in the mood to compromise for the greater good in a heated election year. John McCain should be the candidate who is hurt the greatest by this scenario because his party occupies the White House. But Barack Obama’s party is not exactly a beacon of hope either.
    It should be no wonder that no one candidate has the advantage.

Tom DiBacco

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CherokeeKid read my blog view my photos
Aug 1, 2008 | 9:30 PM

Oh come on, no one is going to to get the majority in either competition as far as U.S. citizen votes are concerned, that is until it gets to the Electoral College.

I took a college class and there was a count done that showed how many people really voted in the last election before it got to the primaries, and I was sickened.

I would like to be a dark cloud competitor, the guy that accepts all the uncounted or casted votes. I would be guaranteed a large, and I mean large percentage of votes.

They all look like the election process is more like an Star Search or American Idol competition.

I try to trust them all though, because I have to, but how can anyone let in millions if not billions of people into the U.S. every year, and not let them vote and then complain about who is president in the first place.

Lets do it like this:
1.McCain - Alabama to Wyoming (all McCain votes)
2.Obama - Alabama to Wyoming (all Obama votes)
3.CherokeeKid - Alabama to Wyoming (all uncasted votes)

Who wins?
Don't be jealous my competitors because I passed 2nd class math class and can count to over a thousand.

CherokeeKid
arby1
Aug 12, 2008 | 9:03 AM

ONLY US CITIZENS, NON FELONS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE! TRY A NEW COLLEGE!
SuperSport1975 read my blog view my photos
Aug 16, 2008 | 11:34 PM

Cherokee, I just wish that it was done by overall population vote, but that would make too much sense, in big-city terms.

Tommy, a crisis is right! just look at what we believed in for the last 2 terms!

Do the right thing and help make Obama a Beacon of hope!
arby1
Aug 24, 2008 | 10:26 PM

Nobama the beacon of the Great White Hope for votes. Biden's been a "public servant" longer than McSame! Biden born in 1945 in office since 1972 right out of college. CHANGE? CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN?? JUST WORDS!!
SuperSport1975 read my blog view my photos
Aug 25, 2008 | 10:31 PM

Words you will have to live in for the rest of your hospice life, fool.
arby1
Aug 26, 2008 | 10:53 AM

OLD tired words. Words that have been said since FDR. Only someone with your low IQ would believe it! Joe Biden for change LOL!
SuperSport1975 read my blog view my photos
Aug 26, 2008 | 7:30 PM

OK, he is a DC insider, what better way to infiltrate to make change.
OLD tired words are what we ALL are SOWING right now, thanks to the REAPER. How much worse do want it to get?
Voting in the same old fat cats in Washington is just putting another nail in Americas coffin.
wendy1, vote for change, just give it a try, you just might like it.
arby1
Aug 26, 2008 | 9:18 PM

You are voting in a guy who has been in office since tricky Dick! He has changed nothing for 35 years you donkey loving pea brain! You are just voting for your next welfare check.
SuperSport1975 read my blog view my photos
Aug 26, 2008 | 9:26 PM

OK, why don't you get a tupee with some brains in it?!
But w/ you bieng a mullet\American You are soo bald that I can read your mind.
arby1
Aug 27, 2008 | 8:37 AM

Read? LOL! You can't even write. You must be getting worried, you might have to fend for yourself someday. Pay your bills with your own money, that would scare you to death.
SuperSport1975 read my blog view my photos
Aug 27, 2008 | 9:23 PM

Pay bills?! I pay YOUR bills, you think that hospice room is really free? along with all of those depends garments ,and poly-grip? because we all know that your are full if it.
arby1
Aug 28, 2008 | 9:44 AM

SuperSanford lets be honest. You don't pay income tax's, you don't even vote. You are a drain on society. If it wasn't for the library you wouldn't even get on line.
SuperSport1975 read my blog view my photos
Aug 28, 2008 | 10:04 PM

Oops, you got me there! what clues did I give up?
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I spent nearly two decades as a journalist with ABC News and CNN in Washington, DC. I was a member of the White House Press Corps, traveling extensively with Presidents’ George Herbert Walker Bush and William Clinton aboard Air Force One. I accompanied Mr. Clinton on his inaugural trip aboard the presidential aircraft in 1993. Moved to Minneapolis in 2006. Currently a PR Exec in the Twin Cities.

Member Since: 9/17/2007


 

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