tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post530635881326146733..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: McCain/Obama: What's the Difference?Dad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-24019692645746335782008-10-25T16:13:00.000-05:002008-10-25T16:13:00.000-05:00Anony, your arguments are so...1960's!!...and, by ...Anony, your arguments are so...1960's!!<BR/><BR/>...and, by the way, characteristically non-sequitur-laden...<BR/><BR/>Take a rest. Smoke a joint.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-43101336182645285852008-10-25T13:20:00.000-05:002008-10-25T13:20:00.000-05:00Fair enough. The equivalency only goes so far. I d...Fair enough. The equivalency only goes so far. I don't support going back in every way to the FDR era. Including how it relates to abortion. I don't want to go back to the time when abortions were had using clotheshangers and women died from infection in large numbers. Or, when women felt like they had to have as many babies as they could until they died. That's not good for anyone. There are 6.5 billion people on this earth already, for one thing.<BR/><BR/>Obama promises to defend the privacy clause in the Constitution, which means defending Roe v Wade. But he also supports the goal of reducing abortions.<BR/><BR/>There is no integrity, by the way, in saying that outlawing abortion is an important issue to you and then turning around and supporting a candidate who aggressively advocates bombing innocent civilians and putting our troops in harms way to protect "our oil."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-48650789207760204472008-10-25T12:00:00.000-05:002008-10-25T12:00:00.000-05:00I'll agree with all your comments up to "Obama has...I'll agree with all your comments up to "Obama has a coherent plan...", although there are some quibbles here and there.<BR/><BR/>You don't help yourself with inane remarks like "by the end of FDR's presidency US was by far the richest country in the world"<BR/><BR/>Do you recall WWII? And the effects that had on Germany, France, England, and Japan?<BR/><BR/>Doh.<BR/><BR/>BTW: there IS a difference which is far more important than the economics.<BR/><BR/>It's abortion.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-54587814005430004892008-10-25T10:51:00.000-05:002008-10-25T10:51:00.000-05:00Good point, not much difference. When Paulson aske...Good point, not much difference. When Paulson asked whether the bailout was socialism he said "it's necessary." Well, perhaps it is. The fact is, the deregulators and privatizers have had their day in the sun and it ain't pretty. Capitalism wouldn't last a day without regulation. And the gov't spending on infrastructure, etc., has in fact looked a lot like welfare for the rich for a long time. Obama has a coherent plan that is more fair and addresses key economic problems, not to mention the standard of living for everyone. Hopefully, he can usher in a new day for America, just as by the end of FDR's presidency US was by far the richest country in the world, and in its own history. Total privatization and deregulation, as seems to be advanced by this blog, is more akin to Mussolini and Franco.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com