oh those silly people! - luvzminis

Excellent response! - Couldnt have said it better - NM

There it is. T-pots don't do direct answers. They just delegate - them all to Fox news....

Well then..you might want to give O some of your - own advice since he is LOSING

No need. He's not going anywhere til 2012. What about tpot - leaders, ideas, goals and plans?

Yeah, small Govt/lower taxes/less spending(since we - owe it all to China!!) problem is,

This is a chant, not a plan. Specific plans on health care, jobs creation - and economic recovery, please and

Not surprising, but your ongoing blather got in the way - ^-^

So its a bumpersticker slogan campaign witnout plans or soluions. - Good luck with that. nm

Oh, you mean like "change we can believe in". or - "Yes we can"? LOL. please stop.nm

Behind the slogan was a brilliantly organized campaign platform and plan. - Succssful, too. Tpot website....

brilliantly organized sham. Obama the used car salesman - Fargo

It takes strong leadership to succeed in getting elected POTUS. - Wanna talk sham?

At this point, I would take Bush back... or take - Palin...and I am no fan..

And you would get exactly what you deserve. More deficit, full blown depression, - wars and wealth friendly legislation. nm

Oh you mean like what we have now - No difference

No, I mean what we inherited that needs fixing. - Why do you think pugs squeal so loud over change?

No comment on that website to nowhere? - nm

PS. The blather is called a plan. Try getting elected by showing contempt - and dismissing the need for for it. nm

Obama better get a plan then... otherwise, his dem - friends slowly getting the boot.nm

No only does he have plans, he has accomplishments too. - So far, you got nothin but slams.

Obama has flushed our country down the - TOILET.. You are full of fairy tales

This is not about Obama. Its about a political movement - with nothing to offer. nm

Obama has a lot to teach us, doesnt he? - Dont save your money, just

Kindly tell us what the tpots propose to do about the economy, - jobs, unemployment, HCR, financial reform, ect. n

My tpot can't tell me anything - it boils my water - for my tea

No serious discussion possible. All they do is whine - bash and slam. nm

What leadership does O have, seriously? - Backwards Typist

Please share your understanding of Luzminis plan for HCR, - jobs, financial reform and economic recovery.

Taxed Enough Already. - that about says it all

Libertarians have been running under the no tax no gov slogan for decades. - Not enough to get anywhere.....

Leaderless = republicans - NJ

You do not know how I vote - Backwards Typist

so do not call me a right-winger. I know O'Reilly is a commentator as are Maddow, Olberman, Ed, but it's okay if I watch the latter 3 because you do, but not the first?...and evidently, you did not watch the O'Reilly talking points video I posted.

I know how you vote because you make it very clear that O can do no wrong, as you believe that all dems can do no wrong and that is totally the wrong way to vote.

No one should vote for a party. You should vote for the candidate best able to do the job. That's what I do. I don't care if they're dem, pub, libetarian (sp), independent, green, socialist, communist, or whatever party on the ballot. I research the CANDIDATE.

I have not seen where small businesses are getting any tax breaks. Please post that source. 

I see where he is coming down hard by imposing new taxes and/or eliminating incentives on oil and gas companies, banks, businesses that ship overseas jobs, investment managers, etc., and farmers that earn more than $500k. (In case you didn't know, it's very easy for a small family-owned farm to earn $500K. We have 3 of them in this area, yet the equipment and production costs to run that farm can eat that up in a heartbeat.)

What these taxes or eliminations will do is up our cost for food, fuel, and clothing, among other things, and will not give us any relief that is so desperately needed.

Fear and voting - NJ

You don't have to vote to be conservative or progressive, as anon proved in posts below. And you can't dance around it, BT...you are not in the middle. You fall on the conservative side of things. I have hope for you, though, precisely because you don't want to admit to being conservative. 

However, there's an unwillingness in you to believe things you don't want to hear and a tendency towards hyperbole that negates your arguments. You accuse me of thinking Obama and "all dems can do no wrong". Recent posts of mine have been critical of Obama, Reid, Emanuel, Edwards, and the dems in general. 

Meanwhile, you continue down the path of fear. You want us to keep giving companies unfair breaks because you're afraid of the repercussions if we don't. Too often, you choose something you must know is bad to get to a point you think is good. You seem to have lost your conscience. And your ability to research.

If this site isn't enough, google "small business tax credits". Just because you don't want to believe it and Bill O'Reilly never mentioned it doesn't mean you shouldn't look into it.

NJ

How about IGNORANCE and VOTING. People should - have to take a test before voting

Sounds a lot like what Tom Tancredo said at the Tea Party Convention. (sm) - Nikki

Tea Party opening speaker suggests law that kept blacks be kept from voting be reinstated

By John Byrne
Friday, February 5th, 2010 -- 9:38 am

The opening night speaker at the Tea Party convention suggested a return to a "literacy test" to protect America from presidents like Obama -- a segregation-era method employed by southern US states to keep blacks from voting.

In his speech Thursday to attendees, former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo invoked the loaded pre-civil rights era buzzword, saying that President Barack Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country."

Southern states used literacy tests as part of an effort to deny suffrage to African American voters prior to Johnson-era civil rights laws.

"Prior to passage of the federal Voting Rights Act in 1965, Southern (and some Western) states maintained elaborate voter registration procedures whose primary purpose was to deny the vote to those who were not white," a website for civil rights veterans explains. "In the South, this process was often called the 'literacy test.' In fact, it was much more than a simple test, it was an entire complex system devoted to denying African-Americans (and in some regions, Latinos) the right to vote."

"Because the Freedom Movement was running "Citizenship Schools" to help people learn how to fill out the forms and pass the test, Alabama changed the test 4 times in less than two years (1964-1965)," the site adds. "At the time of the Selma Voting Rights campaign there were actually 100 different tests in use across the state. In theory, each applicant was supposed to be given one at random from a big loose-leaf binder. In real life, some individual tests were easier than others and the registrar made sure that Black applicants got the hardest ones."

White applicants could be approved even if they didn't pass the test.

"Your application was then reviewed by the three-member Board of Registrars — often in secret at a later date," the site continues. "They voted on whether or not you passed. It was entirely up to the judgment of the Board whether you passed or failed. If you were white and missed every single question they could still pass you if — in their sole judgment — you were 'qualified.' If you were Black and got every one correct, they could still flunk you if they considered you 'unqualified.'"

Tancredo, who is known for his sharp anti-immigrant rhetoric, also attacked what he called the United States' "cult of multiculturalism," and tore into 2008 Republican Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

"Thank God John McCain lost the election," Tancredo told the Tea Party crowd, citing his positions on government spending and immigration.

"This is our country," he added. "Let's take it back."

Southern voting registrars could employ literacy tests arbitrarily. They included dauntingly difficult questions, aimed at keeping those they didn't want enfranchised from voting.

For example, an Alabama literacy test required would-be voters to know esoteric facts about the US political and legal system (one of the literacy tests can be read here in PDF form).

The remainder of the article can be found at:

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/tea-party-opening-speaker-suggests-blacks-voting/

Bingo - NJ

Sorry I am not part of the left-wing cheering section. - Ignorance does exist. SO many

Quite frankly, a lot voted for the Obama because he is black. - believe it or not

Nothing in his campaign indicates he ran on a black ticket. - Whats your point? sm

Important questions - NJ