I guess my question has to be why the republicans pushed a man who was nothing but a failure at us. After reading about george's history I am not surprised that we are in the mess we are in. He doesn't realize that the price of gas may hit $4 per gallon in April. We can't save the world and give the richest 1% a tax cut. Cheney's tax cut is probably more then the income of my whole department at work. I feel like 7 years ago I entered the twilight zone and no one is doing anything to end it.

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Steve's post hit hard today. I lost a 22 year old son to heroin 10 years ago. I attended a wake this week for the son of a close friend, again heroin OD was the cause of death. My friend's son struggled for 15 years; my son lasted only 2 yrs. Using heroin just one time will eventually kill you.
It infuriates me that our military invasion of the Middle East has not accomplished the irradication of opium production.

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Good article Steve, but I really don't think that either of the front runners of the democratic party can possibly win a national election. My question is why two republican states can decide who will be the leader of the democratic party? Isn't it about time to have a national primary so that everyone has some say about the process. Personally I don't think that 1-2 terms in the senate is enough experience to be president. With either Obama or Clinton our nation will only become more divided. Heaven help us if the race is close and the republicans try to steal this one.

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I just read “Oh Shit” and “No Shit” (I’m afraid I’ve been busy this week). As a long-term ‘60s liberal and a die-hard Keynesian, Bush & Congress need to, and never well, do a jobs bill. Simple: hire people to repair infrastructure (not that it needs it or anything), pay them decently (say $20 an hour) and use MEDICARE TO GIVE THEM MEDICAL BENEFITS. You’d have to beat the applicants off with a stick.

Those hired would SPEND—spend BIG and spend LONG. Might that create some tax revenue? I believe so. I saw some interviews yesterday (on the TV machine—thanks Rachel) where people were asked what they’d do with a government check, and most said they would retire debt. Not “spend.” (And haven’t we been here before?) Big deal. One time help—in today’s world gone almost as soon as it’s received, with little to show for the effort. It won’t—indeed it can’t—work.

This is the purest form of hypocrisy: one-time benefits, then nothing. Milton Friedman must be smiling in Hell. “Give the rabble a crumb so they don’t revolt—they’ll be happy.”

And watch: any “send money to taxpayers” bill will be LOADED with business perqs. I’m surprised that W decoupled permanent suspension of the estate tax with his taxpayer-money-giveaway. But in the end he won’t--there'll be PLENTY in there for business.

As a teacher I must deal every day with the kids who’ll have to PAY for Mr. Bush’s largesse. He thinks he’ll get it (a permanent end to the estate tax) later. My fear is that the lily-livered Congressional Dems will GIVE it to him, in return for NOTHING.

That’s enough rant for now.

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The media have been pushing both Clinton and Obama at us. We are down to 3 candidates and none of them have much experience. Maybe Clinton because she was married to a President but that's not doing the work. I didn't learn how to do my husband's job when I was married to him. This is a real nightmare. We can only hope that a third party comes up with someone who has the ability to be our president and get us out of the mess that w. made.

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She can win and that is scary. But what is more scary is that Huckabee can win and he'll give us another four or eight yeas of Jesus.
He will not negate the faith based shit and the other Constitution busting laws that Bush has pushed through.
We don't need it, we can't use it, we cannot live with it. Sure it'll make the holy rollers happy for awhile but as soon as they realize that tearing down the wall that separates church and state is not the picnic that they thought it would be, then all all hell will break loose.

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My good friend of many years, Judy, is a wonderful person. She is part of a prominent large Irish Catholic family in my area (Western Massachusetts). Judy works at one of the family's successful large businesses. She served on the boards of many charitable organizations. She, like many of the other family memebers - including her husband, takes her religion seriously and attends a Catholic mass almost daily. The local bishop is a regular at family gatherings. In the past her politics were clearly aligned with the Democrats - her mother was a successful Democratic candidate for county commissioner.

I was stunned when she told me that she would not vote for Hillary Clinton because Hillary did not divorce her husband. I wonder how many other Christians are thinking the same way as Judy? To me it is very flawed thinking.

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Good article Steve, I do think we have already hit the stagnation phase of the economy. I think it was pushed forward with the cost of gas and heating. The banks don't even let you get a day behind and they are calling harrassing you for the money. People would not be having a hard time paying their bills if it didn't cost so much to heat your home and drive your car to work. The sad part is that America had to be progressive and do away with mass transportation. Myself I don't understand how people can even afford to drive SUVs any longer.

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Sometimes I wonder if there is something the government is not telling us. Why are the democrates allowing a man who stole the election the power to steal our freedoms. That the CEO of Caryle brought the Magna Carter is really scary. That george sr was a part of the Caryle groupe is also very scary. Some times it feels like george w hates us and is punishing us for something. That he has been spying on us sense he stole the election is very scary. That they stole elections and then tell other countries how to run their's is very upsetting. I just wonder sometimes just how much evil has been committed by the bush family in the last 100 years and why they have been allowed to get away with it.

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