Obama '08?

georgeob, I agree with you 100%. What relevance pom believes by having earned a graduate degree from Harvard holds no credibility on topics outside their "learned" courses. It seem pom loves to make generalities out of her own experience and perceptions that are most often erroneous

If indeed it is a truthful statement about her own experience. Something I doubt.

There is nothing more affirming than being doubted by a rightie.

BHO is a great president!! ...

This may be too true! What else could account for the massive build up of the TEA Party? It would not have happened without Barack Hussein Obama scaring the crap out of all conservatives.
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> th[is] 82 yr old lady is probably a conservative blogger--but [here are some of her] personal observations regarding what the administration has accomplished.
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> A Different Slant On The Obama Presidency
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> One 82-year-old lady loves Obama and she may have a very good point. She says that Obama is amazing, and is rebuilding the American dream! She gives us an entirely new slant on the "amazing" job Obama is doing, and she says that she will thank God for the President. Keep reading for her additional comments and an explanation.
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> When discussing Obama, she says:
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> 1. Obama destroyed the Clinton Political Machine, driving a stake through the heart of Hillary's presidential aspirations - something no Republican was ever able to do.
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> 2. Obama killed off the Kennedy Dynasty - no more Kennedys trolling Washington looking for booze and women wanting rides home.
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> 3. Obama is destroying the Democratic Party before our eyes! Dennis Moore had never lost a race. Evan Bayh had never lost a race. Byron Dorgan had never lost a race. Harry Reid - soon to be GONE! These are just a handful of the Democrats whose political careers Obama has destroyed. By the end of 2010, dozens more will be gone. Just think, in December of 2008 the Democrats were on the rise. In the last two election cycles, they had picked up 14 Senate seats and 52 House seats. The press was touting the death of the Conservative Movement and the Republican Party. However, in just one year, Obama put a stop to all of this and will probably give the House - if not the Senate - back to the Republicans.
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> 4. Obama has completely exposed liberals and progressives for what they are. Sadly, every generation seems to need to re-learn the lesson on why they should never actually put liberals in charge. Obama is bringing home the lesson very well:
> Liberals tax, borrow and spend.
> Liberals won't bring themselves to protect America.
> Liberals want to take over the economy.
> Liberals think they know what is best for everyone.
> Liberals are not happy until they are running YOUR life.
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> 5. Obama has brought more Americans back to conservatism than anyone since Reagan. In one year, he has rejuvenated the Conservative Movement and brought out to the streets millions of freedom loving Americans. Name one other time when you saw your friends and neighbors this interested in taking back America!
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> 6. Obama, with his "amazing leadership," has sparked the greatest period of sales of firearms and ammunition this country has seen. Law abiding citizens have rallied and have provided a "stimulus" to the sporting goods field while other industries have failed, faded, or moved off-shore.
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> 7. In all honesty, one year ago I was more afraid than I have been in my life. Not afraid of the economy, but afraid of the direction our country was going. I thought, Americans have forgotten what this country is all about. My neighbors and friends, even strangers, have proved to me that my lack of confidence in the greatness and wisdom of the American people has been flat wrong.
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> 8. When the American people wake up, no smooth talking teleprompter reader can fool them! Barack Obama has served to wake up these great Americans!
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> Again, I want to say: "Thank you, Barack Obama!" After all, this is exactly the kind of hope and change we desperately needed!!
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Yup, can't deny I'm a capitalist, but I also believe in conservative causes such as small government, and less government intrusion into our lives.

Most have already made up their minds on who they'll be voting for.

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=19864&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD
Rising Welfare Costs

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Congressional testimony last week looking at Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). TANF, which replaced unrestricted welfare in 1996, has reduced welfare rolls and encouraged recipients to obtain work. Unfortunately, TANF's goals have been undermined, says Tad DeHaven, a budget analyst with the Cato Institute.

The GAO notes that "work participation rates...do not appear to be achieving the intended purpose of encouraging states to engage specified proportions of TANF adults in work activities."

States are required to have at least 50 percent of eligible TANF recipients from single parent families participating in work activities.

However, states are given various credits and exemptions that significantly reduce the number of recipients required to work.

As a result, only about 30 percent of TANF recipients engage in "work activities," which is often liberally defined.

Moreover, while TANF has successfully reduced the budgetary cost of cash welfare, overall federal spending on antipoverty programs has increased dramatically -- 89 percent over the present decade, after adjusting for inflation.

With so many Americans currently in need of assistance, now is actually a good time to discuss the role of government in taking care of the less fortunate, says DeHaven.

Source: Tad DeHaven, "Rising Welfare Costs," Cato-at-Liberty.org, September 22, 2010.

Labor unions are also exempt from some of the contribution reporting requirements that apply to corporations.

They are also canvassing their members who must either assure their union bosses they will vote as instructed or face uncertain retribution. Easy enough to lie I suppose, but a near universal practice among them that is contrary to the clear values of our democracy (a corporation that tried this would find itself very quickly in court on criminal charges).

The Chamber of Commerce is now effectively an unlimited slush fund for Republican party elections, that Corporations can donate as much as they wish to - without EVER reporting it.

You are merely refusing to recognize realities that don't favor your position. The Unions were never restricted by the act in question. The recent court decisions merely put corporations and employers on the same footing as the organized labor organizations that exploit employees, employers and the public.