whoman69

Reply to Another way of looking at taxes in Politics PolMach Forums

The whole premise of this article is flawed because the people you are talking about almost universally work on salary not on a per hour income. It also ignores that those in higher brackets are able to write off more than those who do not make as much. I am under the opinion that you gain the most under the free enterprise system, you need to give back the most. The burden of taxes has moved from the rich to the middle class under the Bush administ

Reply to Another way of looking at taxes in Politics PolMach Forums

The whole premise of this article is flawed because the people you are talking about almost universally work on salary not on a per hour income. It also ignores that those in higher brackets are able to write off more than those who do not make as much. I am under the opinion that you gain the most under the free enterprise system, you need to give back the most. The burden of taxes has moved from the rich to the middle class under the Bush administ

Reply to gun control and the idiots that want it in Politics PolMach Forums

gun control does not = guns banned I support liscencing, registration, background checks, and preventing people with

Reply to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mon) to introduce lumber tariff bill in International PolMach Forums

I am against tariffs unless it can be proven that the other country is acting unfairly in in trade by not buying American products, the other country is taking advantage of near slave labor wages, or they are flooding the American market with cheap low quality products in order to kill the American companies.

Reply to Bush sucks in Democrat PolMach Forums

and, this is certainly a mind-boggling point. Does Bush know this? I'm sure he and Dick had a nice long talk and this was explained to him.

Reply to Historical candidates created from 1928 forward in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Matt, Jimmy and Prashanth your files should be there. For those whose copy of Jack Kemp is messed up here is the stats. //------------------------------------------------------------------------ CANDIDATE JackKemp //------------------------------------------------------------------------ FirstName "Jack" LastName "Kemp" Image "Kemp" _CHARISMA 5 _COMELINESS

Reply to Historical candidates created from 1928 forward in Political Machine PolMach Forums

What about Joe Lieberman? He's there. Sorry I didn't get him on my list. doctimus, your has been sent and the Jack Kemp stats are in.

Reply to Historical candidates created from 1928 forward in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Leslie I sent yours. I just noticed that by mistake I made Jack Kemp a Democrat. Actually, I haven't even done anything with him, so feel free to build him up.

Reply to Bush sucks in Democrat PolMach Forums

It's 'stop-loss', and I'll go ask my neighbor (an AF recruiter) to provide me with the contract. The current military is over extended, yes. But you have to look at the reasons it came to be over extended. 8 years of Clinton downsizing didn't help matters much. I don't think that you can blame Bush for the entire pr

Reply to Bush sucks in Democrat PolMach Forums

Actually, it does. Show me where. Stop gap was a separate law first used in the early 90s. Either way, the fact remains that 4 more years of the current policies will greatly overextend the current military.

Reply to Historical candidates created from 1928 forward in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Evan and Chris, yours have been sent.

Reply to Bush sucks in Democrat PolMach Forums

If I am a member of a Reserve Component of an Armed Force at the beginning of a period of war or national emergency declared by Congress, or if I become a member during that period, my military service may be extended without my consent until six (6) months after the end of that period of war. That con

Reply to Bush sucks in Democrat PolMach Forums

Excuse me have you been living in a cave? First and foremost, everyone get this through your skull! Bush *can not* impose a draft all by himself. He has to have the senate backing for that! Do you think your senator would vote *for* this? Not if he wants to keep his/her political career going they won't! I g

Reply to Suggested new skill for candidates in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Anyone, Bueller?

Reply to How do you make an issue more important to the electorate? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Use Speeches. It will make the difference. They won't believe an ad on it's own as hearing it from you personally to back it up. If your Charisma is high the more they believe you. You could put an ad out saying how much (for example) you hate Spinach, but there's nothing so powerful as the population hearing how much you loathe

Reply to Bush haters motivated Bush voters in Politics PolMach Forums

You can't define a political campaign by negatives. Kerry was the "Anybody but Bush" candidate. Jon Stewart showed a campaign poster of Kerry that said "I'm not Bush." I think that was a satirical but accurate assessment. The fact that the election was close at all surprised me. Here are my concerns these days (not necessa

Reply to Purple America in Politics PolMach Forums

whoman: Yes. I think that's fairly obvious. That said, they should come up with a better lableling system. I would consider 10% a pretty good margin of victory, but this map calls that even.

Reply to Show us your exit polls! in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I finally did my dream matchup, RFK/Nixon in tough mode. I turned the unrest level to rioting to match the '68 status of the nation. The end result: RFK/Proxmire ticket 450 EC, 85.8 million votes spending 39 political points and $29.57 million; Nixon/TR 88 EC 56.8 million votes spending 6 political capital and $23.4. Nixon won only TX, MS, LA, AR, AL, KS, AK, UT, WY, SD, and ID. Even though I lost Texas 76-23, I could have very easily taken the sta

Reply to War on Terror in Politics PolMach Forums

The war on terror and the war in Iraq are two totally separate things. The war in Iraq is a very small part of the deficit. If you are to believe administration figures, then the deficit is triple what the cost of the war in Iraq is. How about this, Washington stops wasting our money.

Reply to Michael Moore to film sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11 in Politics PolMach Forums

While I certainly don't agree with Moore, and he probably got more people to vote for Bush than against, he does make a good point. There was a poll published just before the election that stated that 75% of Bush supporters think the the war on Iraq and the war on terror were linked and that a similar number believe that Saddam Hussein played a role in 9/11. Never saw the film because I believe it caused a backlash because with the kernels of truth,

Reply to Les accessoires de la dictatures in Politics PolMach Forums

Je ne parlez pas francais

Reply to PM2004 - HELP in TPM Multiplayer PolMach Forums

My guess would be that at the times you are searching, noone is there. I have never tried it myself, but there should be a button to set up challenges or be able to contact opponents.

Suggested new skill for candidates in Political Machine PolMach Forums

This should probably be in the expansion suggestions thread, but I did not want it to get lost there. I think a new skill in the game should be luck. Some candidates are able to do just about anything and keep it from hurting them (Reagan comes to mind), while others could drown in three inches of water (McGovern and Dukakis come to mind). The luck skill could come into play as a random event with say a very effective or ineffective ad (Willie Horto

How do you make an issue more important to the electorate? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I know from experince that winning an endorsement makes that issue come up in at least 4 % important to the electorate. The game book says that speeches and ads change how important it is to the people, but how many ads does it take. I've had elections where I've advertised heavily on jobs, outsourcing and deficit reduction only to have that be a non-issue to the electorate. Are speeches more effective to make an issue important. I wish speeches we

Reply to Purple America in Politics PolMach Forums

The reason the map seems so purple is that it must have a limit of over 60% to turn it towards blue or red. The county I live in voted 55% to Kerry but is purple, while Johnson county to the south is blue, having voted over 60% for Kerry. Realistically, it would almost always be this way. Very few elections have a candidate consitently over 60%. The last to do so was Reagan in 1984, though Bush won quite a few states this time around over 60%.</fon