Madine

Madine

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Reply to The Decline of a President in Politics JoeUser Forums

The vast majority of the money we spend at the federal level has nothing to do with the war though, it's "welfare". On the SUV thing, I think it's fair for Kerry to have it one way, and even either way he wants, but not both. The issue isn't so much whose name is on the title but whether Kerry on a personal level considers SUVs to be mainly a good thing or mainly a bad thing. If he wants to profess pride in his wife owning American made SUVs

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Reply to The Decline of a President in Politics JoeUser Forums

Refusing to drill in ANWR doesn't make us more energy-independent. While Bush no longer enjoys overwhelming support for his handling of the war on terror, it is still a favorable issue for him. If Kerry wins it will be in spite of the more favorable view of Bush on this issue. I think Kerry's VP choice validates this. Kerry picked Edwards who could effectively articulate his domestic polices but is not a foreign policy heavyweight. I

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Reply to The left can dish it out but it can't take it in Politics JoeUser Forums

Which part are you calling ignorant? The part where you said everyone except Republicans and conservatives hate Bush. The Bush tax cuts aren't a valid excuse for not funding our soliders. Do you think Kerry's vote against the $87 billion was more about principle than politics? The $87 billion w

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Reply to What is John Kerry's position on the Iraq war? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Yes there have been problems with red tape. I would think more congressional oversight would result in more red tape. If a bleeding heart internally, a politician must show strength and rattle his canines; for this country Actually, Kerry went from a very pro-war position to an ambivalent anti-

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Reply to Guilty until proven innocent in Politics JoeUser Forums

If you want a judicial analogy, I think that the burden for invading would be more along the lines of "probable cause" than "proof beyond a reasonable doubt". Saddam was "on probation" for invading Kuwait, and he was violating the conditions of his probation by impeding the inspectors.

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Reply to Voting Electronically in Politics JoeUser Forums

How are people accidentally erasing memory cards? If you have more votes than voters, you have a problem regardless of whether the ballots are paper or electronic. It does sound like electronic voting was adopted hastily, and that systems were not adequately tested.

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Reply to Issues Questionnaire in Politics JoeUser Forums

Self deceit? You don't think Saddam was training terrorists? link Which governments are at risk of being overthrowm by Muslim militants?

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Reply to Voting Electronically in Politics JoeUser Forums

I would think it would be easier to stuff a ballot box than hack a voting system. The real barrier to accurate vote counting isn't electronics but anonymity. You don't know if a vote really came from a person because you don't know who the person was that cast it, and you can't call them and ask them if their vote was counted as intended. Having voting machines print a paper ballot seems reasonable. Still, in terms of accuracy, I hav

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Reply to Commander in Chief: Apparent Priority in Politics JoeUser Forums

I remember hearing that the "Bin Laden determined to strike US" memo was prepared at the request of Bush. I think Cheney is the most qualified person between the two tickets to issue defense directives. What exactly was Clinton referring to that was "wrong" about Republicans and "right" about democrats? I'm sure there was some private jawboning of the intelligence corps.

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Reply to What is John Kerry's position on the Iraq war? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You can't blame the Bush administration for the Positions Kerry took 3-4 years before Bush took office. (Well, technically you can, but it just makes you look ill-informed.) If anyone can find a quote from John Kerry explicitly opposing the war, please post it.

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What is John Kerry's position on the Iraq war? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Kerryoniraq.com There are many political ads around these days. They have their black and white photos and ominious announcers. The important part of this ad though is the words John Kerry himself said on national TV and other venues. I urge everyone who plans to vote in the election to watch this. Here is t

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Reply to Issues Questionnaire in Politics JoeUser Forums

Saddam Hussein, although about as horrible a man as you will find, was no friend of Osama Bin Laden or militant Muslims Which would explain why Saddam was training terrorists in his country. <TD class

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Reply to Our Nation Bleeds in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Just because the deaths were "preventable" does not mean that they were caused by egregious errors. The study I linked below, while not as comprehensive as nationwide studies, suggests that: --most of the "preventable" deaths were people who doctors would not expect to survive more than 3 months with sound mental condition. --There were deaths could have been prevented by more medical care consistent with percentrages in earl

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