Usa Thread

[Steve]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44981836#44981836

[Hugh_Hoy]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44981836#44981836

 

Holy cow ! So you are the person who watches MSNBC. Pretty cool having all of those folks work for you.

 

HH

[Steve]

Holy cow ! So you are the person who watches MSNBC. Pretty cool having all of those folks work for you.

 

HH

 

He's been a good commander in chief (although one of brothers who is more conservative than you says 'commander in theif'...haha). Chris Matthews is right. Foreign policy wise he's been good. Way better than his detractors said he'd be. They all said he was too inexperienced.

Domestically, he's blamed for compromising too much with Republcans. Some liberals see it as weakness. I see it as trying to work with others who don't want to work with you. Noble but it isn't going to work with Republicans. They only respond to a hammner not a glove.

[Steve]

Cain is in over his head. Even though he is I'd love for him to win the election. Obama would beat him. Forget what some polls say here and tehre, Obama would win that election.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/cain-stumbling-under-glare-national-spotlight-123918183.html

 

...After captivating Republicans hungry for an alternative to 2012 GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, Cain has made a series of stumbles that have left some questioning whether he's ready for the White House.

 

His words and actions have drawn more scrutiny since his rise in the polls catapulted him into the top tier of the race for the party's white House nomination.

 

But Cain has sometimes appeared to be in over his head. Consider what's happened over the past week:

 

—He suggested electrifying a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico to kill illegal immigrants trying to enter the United States. Cain later called it a joke and apologized if anyone was offended by the remarks.

 

—He said he would negotiate for the release of U.S. prisoners held by terrorists, then reversed himself and said he had misunderstood the question.

 

—He muddied the water on abortion. He told CNN that while he strongly opposes abortion, "the government shouldn't be trying to tell people everything to do, especially when it comes to social decisions that they need to make." He later issued a statement reiterating his opposition to abortion.

 

—Amid criticism that his 9-9-9 tax overhaul would force the majority of Americans to pay more to the government, he reworked the plan to exclude the poorest people and to allow some deductions. Backers of Cain's original plan had praised its simplicity, and carving out exceptions could erode that support.

 

Through it all, Cain has appeared unflappable. He chalks up the reversals to the breakneck pace of the race.

 

"In a couple of instances ... I misspoke because of the pace of the interview. I don't call it a flip-flop. I'd rather come back and explain to people what I really meant," Cain said Friday after an economic speech in Detroit. "It doesn't send mixed messages. It just shows that I'm willing to correct myself ... if in fact I need to correct myself for clarity. That's what I'm trying to achieve."

 

For those in the GOP still in search of a candidate to back, his rocky rollout on the national stage has reinforced the view that Cain, who's never won an election, isn't ready for the big leagues...

[Flashermac]

Gee. Cain sounds just like Obama.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steve]

Gee. Cain sounds just like Obama.

 

 

 

 

Then to conservaatives he's not fit to be president then..hehehe

[allistar]

I'll probably be voting for Obama. It sounds like the Republican front runners have promised to gut, sabotage the implementation of the health care law. I'll be glad when 2014 rolls around and most people that oppose obamacare realize its much better than what we have now.

[Steve]

While I disagree with Obama taking on Health Care as his first project, (jobs should have been first, save Health Care for the 2nd term) and I didn't like him expending so much political capital on something that got watered down anyway, I am surprised at the vitriolic opposition to it.

About 2/3 of all personal bankruptcies are as a result of health care costs. I can't be the only one who looks at a company's health plan as much as the salary when choosing a job.

The Republican masses have to be just as concerned as I and everyone I know about the state of health care costs and don't know how they will be able to afford a catostrophic health situation god forbid it happens.

My guess it was never about health care. It was about losing the election big and having something to hit Obama over the head with.

The only thing I've heard Repubicans offer is that Health Savings Plan that frankly won't work, especially in these economic times. People don't have the money to save and second, the amount you save won't pay for much if you have a bad medical condition.

[Steve]

[Flashermac]

My reaction every time I see this is the same. What kind of a Marine wears parts of his uniform with civilian clothes, especially with his ribbons on his chest (where they would never be worn with combat fatigues)? You just don't do that. People fight and die in the country's uniform, and you respect it. You don't strut around in it to show off. Something just isn't right here. My mama was in Afghanistan? My papa was in Iraq (or wherever)? Well, my father was in the Army - about 24 years before I was!

 

 

 

 

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