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Quote: Originally Posted by Alaska Mike I see two very different Sarah Palins. One was pre-nomination, where she tried to build coalitions and restore public faith in a state Republican party that was pretty darn corrupt. Then there's the post-nomination Palin, who is just a laundry list of conservative talking points. She's ambitious, for sure. Nobody rises that far that fast without some serious ambition. She's not stupid,...

Quote: Originally Posted by xxl I've seen a flier circulating that urges people to withhold the portions of their taxes that go to fund gummint projects that don't dovetail with their beliefs. I had lots of pacifist Christian friends in the 80s who withheld the portion of their taxes that went to fund the military. They were happy to go to jail for that, as part of the civil disobedience. I wonder how many people signing the...

Quote: Originally Posted by KenB It's hard to respect a nation full of pansies. pansies that destroyed the world's economy?

Quote: Originally Posted by DrRoebuck Sorry, but she's hot. And an evil fvck, which kind of ruins it. She's not my type... At all. Quote: Originally Posted by DrRoebuck If this is going to be considered a terrorist plot, then that means he infiltrated the army and hatched this thing while Bush was CIC. Whoops. That's right.

Quote: Originally Posted by SystemShock Ken's not an idiot... just occasionally pissy. . Ok, that was pretty funny.

Quote: Originally Posted by PRB While I imagine that you see that as a reflection on her I see it as a reflection on education. How is it that a person can graduate from college, let alone grade or high school, and not have heard of the Cuban Missile Crisis? I suppose the classroom time is spent teaching diversity, sensitivity and other nonsense instead of actual history. I graduated high school more recently than Perino, and can recall being...

Quote: Originally Posted by OES It totally was, and I think it's even possible to have an appropriate affectionate b!tchslap in this setting. That was just a love tap. But your wrong about intelligence, KenB is a idiot. Ken's not an idiot... just occasionally pissy. .

I've always liked the simplistic idea that contributions can only come from voters who are eligible to vote for that canddiate. But this self-funding thing, it's a problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by Fredke That would require superseding the 1st Amendment. I don't think we'll see that in our lifetime, so don't hold your breath. Instead, try to think of ways to mobilize the public without spending hundreds of millions. I'm assuming you are referring to the idea that giving money to a campaign is speech. This might be the wrong assumption, but... ...money is not speech. Money buys things....

Quote: Originally Posted by Andy69 I'm assuming you are referring to the idea that giving money to a campaign is speech. This might be the wrong assumption, but... ...money is not speech. Money buys things. People who give money to a campaign generally expect something in return. There is a SCOTUS opinion out there that I have only caught bits and pieces of. However, what it says is that businesses and individuals can run ads supporting...