Where is the US economy headed?

You think Marxism has some good points we should use.

Folks, you will have to pardon me, but I grew up in a time when all politicians of every stripe condemned and vowed to defeat communism, as it was considered an evil idealogy. That also included Democrats. I guess until the last 15 or 20 years or so.

As an aside, Mysteryman, may I ask what you think about the Senate race in your state of Kentucky? Rand Paul (Rep) - who has the support of the Tea Party movement - seems to have about a 5 point lead over Jack Conway (Dem) in this open seat vacated by a retiring Repub.
Rand made some gaffes early on. Last night, in a debate, Conway made a bizarre (unsubstantiated) allegation suggesting that Paul once engaged in some ritual involving female bondage and pagan or unchristian behavior. Is Conway nuts?

If there is any dirt on any conservative, the Democratic investigative corps will be feverishly checking it out, thats for sure.

None of us should forget the plane loads of investigative reporters sent to Alaska.

The weird thing is that mountains of dirt can be dug up about Democrats, but it doesn't seem to matter. The mainstream press ignores it and instead attacks the people that did the research. This is a weird world we live in anymore.

Things have been turned upside down. Freedom loving conservatives are hated and demonized, while liberal whackos and radical fanatics are admired.

I have come around to the theory that politics is a religious thing at its foundation. Just maybe the hippie generation was only the beginning of the culture rejecting all constraints of principles, including constitutional principles, and moral foundation, and that includes politicians as well.

Regardless of which side of the political fence you dwell, cyclops, I wonder if there are some common feelings to all? For example, I have a question for you on the other side of the political spectrum. Many people I know are very very uneasy about the country right now, many aspects of it, including the economy, the leadership, etc. and so forth. I don't know how to explain it, but there seems to be a feeling of more stuff is about to happen but nobody can venture a guess at what it is going to be. I guess apprehension, maybe extreme or more than usual apprehension would describe it? My question is how do you feel about things, and how about your friends that tend to think as you do politically? Or are you still really jazzed by having one of your guys like Obama in the whitehouse, you really think things will become more and more wonderful?

and then go on to demolish your 2012 candidate (who is strangely still completely anonymous).

Unlike some others, I never went Gaga over Obama's ability to turn things around on a dime. It takes time to change things, and I think that he's done pretty well so far - but will have several more years to get stuff done.

Cycloptichorn

So far, the change we have seen has been for the worse.

I don't even think Obama should be automatically nominated to run

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and then go on to demolish your 2012 candidate (who is strangely still completely anonymous).

I pick this out as a strange comment, cyclops. Good grief, we are still 2 years away from the next presidential election. Maybe Republicans like the idea of seeing healthy competition for being the candidate, that is what primaries and all of that are for. After all, some of us do not believe that a person should be coronated by virtue of their name or something. I don't even think Obama should be automatically nominated to run, after all, what has he done so special?

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Unlike some others, I never went Gaga over Obama's ability to turn things around on a dime. It takes time to change things, and I think that he's done pretty well so far - but will have several more years to get stuff done.

Cycloptichorn

I still go back to what McCain said, it isn't change that is the issue, its what kind of change? So far, the change we have seen has been for the worse. I am all for change, as McCain said he was, if it is the right kind of change, such as get rid of the corrupt rascals in Washington.