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Will there be a Political Machine 2? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Hi all, I was just wondering if there was going to be a Political Machine 2 coming out for the next presidential election. If so, will there be a primary season where you have to battle others in your party for the nomination and have to go to certain states before their primary to get the delegates for the nomination? Maybe even have to raise money with big donors or go with a grass-roots campaign (or mix thereof). I enjoyed The Political Machine and hope to see a sequel...

Reply to Clinton's pathology on Fox news in Democrat PolMach Forums

Feel free to find a quote from a Republican that argued he was obsessed with Bin Laden. Interesting. The way you word this means you would only accept an argument if a Republican was directly quoted as saying he was obsessed with specifically Bin Laden. While that is more difficult to do based on the specificity of your request, you can see in th

Reply to Right Wing Gems in Politics PolMach Forums

I didn't find his use of the English language confusing. First, I'd like to note that I never say that it's a confusing use of the English language (see reply 5 ). It's not meant to

Reply to Right Wing Gems in Politics PolMach Forums

DC - 35.8 per 100,000 source: FBI stats Link Baghdad - 95 per 100,000 source: Brookings Institute Link US - 5.5 per 100,000 source FBI stats: Link Iraq - 27.5 per 100,000. source: King based on Pentagon statistics I don't agree it was an attempt to mislead for this reason and this reason alone, we have tro

Reply to Right Wing Gems in Politics PolMach Forums

Exactly

Reply to Right Wing Gems in Politics PolMach Forums

Continuing with the technically true but misleading... White House Quotes Past and Present [Compiled by Times researchers Cary Schneider and Joan Wolff. Sources: Facts on File, news reports.] President Bush Oct. 14, 2002: "After September the 11th, we've entered into a new era and a new war. This is a man [Hussein] that we know h

Reply to Right Wing Gems in Politics PolMach Forums

You are more likely to get killed in DC than in Iraq. Technically true but also using statistics to mislead. Comparing DC to Iraq would be like comparing Baghdad to the entire US. Why would Rep King compare one dis

Reply to Does any DEMOCRAT HAVE ANY BRAINS? in US Domestic PolMach Forums

Ok, so here's a question. Based on the Warren Buffett article I mentioned previously (The Buffett article from Forbes is in reply #34), along with this article on the CBO budget deficit projections, Link how would you stop our nation's deficit? I am not really interested in party line rhetoric on the issue. Just personal

Reply to Does any DEMOCRAT HAVE ANY BRAINS? in US Domestic PolMach Forums

drmiler no vision, no plans, not even a single Idea in the entire party This was the original quote along with <TD class="mb-Body-Quote-T

Reply to Does any DEMOCRAT HAVE ANY BRAINS? in US Domestic PolMach Forums

Reply #30 By: Citizen Moderateman - 1/25/2006 8:27:10 PM "we will give every american health coverage" no plan on how to fund it, no mention of what the coverage will be, no mention of how high they will raise our taxes. There have been plans that were put out there. During the 2004 campaign, Dean,

Reply to Does any DEMOCRAT HAVE ANY BRAINS? in US Domestic PolMach Forums

Reply #7 By: Citizen ParaTed2k - 1/25/2006 2:57:45 AM Nice cop out guys! ;~D In fairness, both of you have done a pretty decent job of sharing YOUR vision and ideas, but alas, you are not the DNC or elected officials. But you're right Davad, I am an intelligent and resourceful person, so I decided, if I wan

Reply to Gore Blasts Bush for Wiretapping in War on Terror PolMach Forums

Back after a one year hiatus... Reply #28 By: Citizen Moderateman - 1/17/2006 8:08:13 PM let us not forget the Clinton/gore white house did simular actions, but oh yeh I forgot when a liberal does it, it's called looking out for the people, and when a republican does the same thing, it's a crime, Impeach Bush, al

Reply to Bush Illegally Steals Another Election, This Time Goes Hi-Tech in Ohio & Florida in Politics PolMach Forums

If the left spends the next four years whining like we spent the past four years, we will lose even worse in 2008. I'm a liberal, and I'm sick of the bitching. As I said before, it's not a partisan issue so much as a troubleshooting issue. As an election official in the largest precinct for our county (

Reply to Bush Illegally Steals Another Election, This Time Goes Hi-Tech in Ohio & Florida in Politics PolMach Forums

The voting irregularities in FL and OH seen on the initial aggregate numbers (with many subject headers and links on this site) has begun to filter out of the blogsphere and into the media. MSNBC's Countdown had an article on it last night with a followup here: Link Will there be a demand for an investigation? Probably not, there is a lot of fatigue over this election. I don't think anyone

Reply to Could Hillary really make it? in Democrat PolMach Forums

Hillary - yes she could make it (Personally I think she could make it, but also who can predict the nominee 4 years in advance unless they are the incumbent? I think depending on the circumstances and events of the next 4 years nearly anyone could get the nomination) How about Barack Obama (2012 or 2016?)?

Reply to Wisefawn's Proof Of Janky Election in Politics PolMach Forums

An interesting look at the breakdown by county in Florida and how some counties had "odd" results. I'm not concluding anything from this but some of the statistics is at least interesting when comparing the voting tech. It appears that some of the results may have been flopped. Link A less stat intensive look can be seen here (looks at the numbers by county and then s

Reply to Election Eve Surprise in Politics PolMach Forums

are you talking about the 75% we have caught or the other 25% living like animals in the mountains, too poor and starving to focus on anything but their own survival? Reply #6 By

Reply to Imagine the election if we hadn't invaded Iraq.. in Politics PolMach Forums

]. Apparently, the limit of your reasearch is watching Fahrenheit 911. Why not move to France? Actually, see Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward. Based on interviews given to Bob Woodward by President Bush. You could also read Suskind's book The Price of Loyalty (with former Bush Treasury Secret

Reply to Lose 10 pounds in 10 days in Politics PolMach Forums

I think gym class should be somewhat mandatory. Also, I think that schools should not contract out their lunch programs to companies as many of them have profit and not the student's health as their bottom line. During my time as a student, I watched as gym went from mandatory, to required for 2 semesters, to optional. Not surprisingly this coincides with the rise in obesity. I watched Super Size Me and while it didn't stop me from eating at

Reply to Conservative Targets in Politics PolMach Forums

Posted By: Madine Date Posted: 10/12/2004 2:00:05 PM The real problem is in the insurance companies themselves that are fraught with high deductibles and unreasonable cushioned premiums dedicated to the preservation of an excessively profitable bottom line I haven't been hearing that insurance companies are making out like bandits. A short Forbes article (10/19/04) about why Aetna and Humana are now "hold" instead of

Reply to Conservative Targets in Politics PolMach Forums

Posted By: Dr. Guy Date Posted: 10/12/2004 1:33:21 PM Trial lawyers are the scapegoats for runaway health costs, though it affects less than one percent of the spiraling escalation Please provide a source for this mis-statement. Other than triallawyers.org. According to the VP debate transcript, the number comes from the Congressional Budget Office

Reply to 3 Signs Suggest Post Debate Momentum Has Turned Against Bush in Politics PolMach Forums

The debate polls are WORTHLESS because YOUR Democrat Party flooded the networks with phone calls and e-mails before, during and after all 4 debates to cast their"votes" for Kerry and Edwards. The polls are inherently FLAWED because of that. You don't call the polling companies (like Gallup), they call y

Reply to I may not be John Kerry, but I Approve this Message in Politics PolMach Forums

ya see, there was something we call 9/11... it killed thousands and the economy crashed The recession began March 2001, 6 months before 9/11. Reply #4 By: Citizen drmiler

Reply to Where are the Jobs, Mr. President in Politics PolMach Forums

hmmm...I don't think the image showed up so here is the link.... Link Note that from 1/1994-12/2000, the rate dropped steadily from 6.6% to 3.9% From 1/2001-current we had a low of 4.2% (1/2001) to a high of 6.3% in 6/2003 to a current 5.4% (it's been fairly flat for 2004).

Reply to Where are the Jobs, Mr. President in Politics PolMach Forums

The percentage of the labor force without work and actively seeking work yields the unemployment rate. nces.ed.gov/pubs/esn/n99u.html So the rate can appear to be constant if enough people have been looking for work long enough that they are not considered active. A few months back the job hire numbers went up, but the unemployment rate also went up due to a number of people returning to "actively seeking" status. I would think