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View Poll Results: What do you think will be the first item on the Republican presidential agenda?
Start another costly war of choice 8 11.27%
Give another few trillion of taxpayer dollars to the bankers 2 2.82%
Raise taxes on everyone who makes less than $250,000 a year to fund yet another generous tax break for wealthy patrons 23 32.39%
Abolish Social Security and Medicare 10 14.08%
Make waterboarding of U.S. citizens undergoing routine interrogations by the police legal 0 0%
Outlaw abortion 1 1.41%
Abolish the federal minimum wage 2 2.82%
Other (please explain) 25 35.21%
Voters: 71. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-17-2011, 01:09 PM
 
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By this 'logic' Republicans will also implement missle-armed drones for police. Do you predict that too?

How about a friendly wager? If a Republican wins and waterboarding of citizens by local police is enacted, I'll have a nice ball cap with 'WestCobb' embroidered on it made up and mail it to you. If A Republican wins and this is not enacted, you'll send me a 'Wutitiz' cap. If Obama is re-elected, the bet is off. How about it?
lol... I'll take that bet, but it's going to be awhile. I predict waterboarding for U.S. citizens will be occuring around 2015 or so if a Republican wins. If you're willing to wait that long before sending me my cap, the bet is on.
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Old 11-17-2011, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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ok WestCobb, you have a bet. Let's say a time limit of Inauguration day, 2016. If that's OK by you.

Not likely that both of us still will be posting here in 4 yrs, 2 mos. but who knows?
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Old 11-17-2011, 01:27 PM
 
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ok WestCobb, you have a bet. Let's say a time limit of Inauguration day, 2016. If that's OK by you.

Not likely that both of us still will be posting here in 4 yrs, 2 mos. but who knows?
Sounds good .. and if you happen to get picked up for a routine traffic stop and waterboarded by your local police, feel free to send me my hat early.
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Old 11-19-2011, 04:26 AM
 
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Jobs.

Businesses will start hiring because they know libs wont be stealing their profits and spending it on useless projects like they have the last 3 years.

Yep, hell Im ready to hire 1 or 2 more guys. But while oby is king ef him. Ill work longer and pay who I have now a little OT.
Get rid of the HC fiasco and many more will hire.
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Old 11-19-2011, 03:00 PM
 
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I'm surprised no one has picked outlaw abortion or make waterboarding common place -- both are clearly items on the Republican agenda.
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Old 11-19-2011, 04:34 PM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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What do you think will be the first item on his her agenda? If you think it is something other than the poll choices, feel free to explain.
Abolish the minimum wage if it's Ron Paul.

Before anyone starts screaming that Paul is "crazy", watch this:


Ron Paul: Getting Rid of the Minimum Wage Will Help Poor People - YouTube

And then read this:

Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? | EPI Study

In other words, minimum wage has done NOTHING to help the poor. Free markets will actually increase the wages.

Also, read this:

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/poverty/...burminwage.pdf
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Old 11-19-2011, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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Sounds good .. and if you happen to get picked up for a routine traffic stop and waterboarded by your local police, feel free to send me my hat early.
hahaha will do. But I am a grandpa-like driver and haven't had a speeding ticket in years. I do ride a hi-powered motorcycle so you never know.
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Old 11-21-2011, 12:30 PM
 
Location: Gone
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Abolish the minimum wage if it's Ron Paul.

Before anyone starts screaming that Paul is "crazy", watch this:


Ron Paul: Getting Rid of the Minimum Wage Will Help Poor People - YouTube

And then read this:

Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? | EPI Study

In other words, minimum wage has done NOTHING to help the poor. Free markets will actually increase the wages.

Also, read this:

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/poverty/...burminwage.pdf
OK, read it, Paul is crazy, oh and many of his ideas are the same old mainstream pawns right-wing talking points. The more I listen to him the more I think he really is nothing more than another pawn of the owners of the GOP. Thankfully he will not be moving into the Whitehouse, in 2017 or any other year. Retirement awaits him soon, very soon.
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Old 11-21-2011, 01:19 PM
 
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What do you think will be the first item on his her agenda? If you think it is something other than the poll choices, feel free to explain.
Wow! You really should look into getting a job as a reporter at CNN. You would fit right in.
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Old 11-21-2011, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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The first item on any candidates list, Ron Paul excluded, is war with Iran.
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