If you’re already rich and powerful, Obama’s message of empowering ordinary Americans doesn’t sound very hopeful. Real hope for those guys is the prospect of passing on a hundred million dollar inheritance without paying taxes on it.
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28 Percent
well I can’t top that
gypsy howell
…. and eliminating the capital gains tax. You forgot that.
Walker
This is vaguely an economic post, so I am not completely off topic.
The government is discontinuing the Economic Indicators web site. That’s one may to make the economy look better than it is: stop posting any data about it at all.
Nope, nothing wrong with the economy here.
4tehlulz
>>That’s one may to make the economy look better than it is: stop posting any data about it at all.
Amateurs. Like everything else, they’re doing it half-assed. They fail to update all the old facts to suit the present. How are you going to control history if you don’t update all the old facts?
Zifnab25
*gasp* The Wall Street Journal – bastion of stogey white, old money, establishment conservatives – doesn’t like the fresh faced, young, progressive, black man running on a populist platform.
I am shocked. Deeply and tramatically shocked.
Next thing you know, you’ll be telling me that red-neck mycoginists are against Clinton.
Jen
These guys really, really, really want to run against HRC. Subtlety is not their strong suit.
OxyCon
“Obama’s message of empowering ordinary Americans”
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I’m sorry, I must have missed that sermon. I was too busy listening to all the other sermons about how Obama was going to be our savior by using his magic feel good oratory skills.
Jen
OxyCon, if you missed that message, then you haven’t listened to a single one of his speeches. Because if you had, that message would club you on the head, then lie down in front of you so that you could trip and fall over it.
Caidence (fmr. Chris)
OMG, I’ve been wondering why those with fatter wallets go for Obama over Hillary!! This SO EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!
Wait, what?
Tom Shipley
So first Obama is too hopeful. Now he’s too pessimistic?
Jake
I’m surprised there’s any data they haven’t stopped posting. Thing is, when the stock market is already jittery, moves this turn anxiety up to eleven. “Huh? What’s going on? What aren’t you telling me? WHAT??”
OxyCon
Sorry Jen, but I haven’t joined the cult yet and I never will. People who say they have so much magical power and who promise to be my savior scare the hell out of me. I was a “Jesus Freak” in the 1970s. People like Obama were a dime a dozen back in those days. Been there, done that. I don’t need someone with supernatural powers running my country, just a mere mortal will do.
Oh yeah, btw, I’m a racist too. Thought I’d just get that out of the way now before someone beats me too it.
Zifnab25
I thought the message swept you up onto its strong, sleek back, nuzzled you gently, and raced off with you over a highway of candy canes and rainbows.
Jen
No, no, no. His hope *is* pessimistic. What appears, to the untrained eye, to be McCain’s dispiriting hopelessness, is actually his dynamism and message of hope and optimism. We may spend 100 years in Iraq but it’s going to be a *good* 100 years. Much better than any time you could spend here.
(I know, it’s hard to do. It helps to be retarded.)
Jen
As joyless as you sound, I’d rather not have you on the MUP and I wasn’t extending you a hand. But if you haven’t heard the reiterations of “we” instead of “I” or the proposals for college tuition credit for young people who give back to the country through public service, peace corps, etc. then you Are. Not. Listening.
wasabi gasp
My gruel tastes like gruel ever since Obama started talkin’bout my gruel.
Zifnab25
Whatever. I’m not sure what exactly you are expecting a Presidential Candidate to say. GW was chanting “Compassionate Conservative” in 2000 and “You’re all gonna get eaten by terrorists” in 2004. Clinton sing the “Bridge to the 21st Century” song. Bush Sr had his “No new taxes”. Reagen had his “Morning in America”.
Do you expect your candidates to be flat and boring? Are you pissed because Obama is “too popular”? I’m confused as to what you don’t like about him. There’s some talk about how he doesn’t have substainence. I suggest you visit Obama’s website or… I don’t know… actually listen to his speeches. Admittedly, Obama’s policies don’t depart noticably from the party – he’s pro-minimum wage, anti-rich people tax cuts, pro-civil rights, anti-War (more so than Clinton at the very least).
What exactly are you looking for in a candidate that Obama lacks? Or is this just one of those “gut feeling” “I don’t like the cut of his gib” “Not the guy I’d like to have a beer with” things?
wasabi gasp
Jeebuzz ates all me hopes alive.
Kirk Spencer
About that MUP…
If you have an internet connection (and obviously you do or you would not be able to read this) then you have no real excuse for repeating anybody’s misconstruals. Yes, here it’s Obama’s alleged no-meat stand (aka MUP), but he’s not the only one – on either side – to have common wisdom be wrong.
To help, here are the links to the three candidate’s positions and proposed policies.
Clinton
McCain
Obama
Enough with common wisdom – use the primary sources to feed your decisions.
OxyCon
Zifnab25…I suggest you…I don’t know…actually read the message I wrote which you quoted.
Whole lotta clues there that might answer your questions.
OxyCon
wasabi gasp Says:
Jeebuzz ates all me hopes alive.
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I’m still a Christian today. I just learned that the message of Christianity is what Jesus has to say, rather than what the charlatans (who are much closer to God than I) have to say. I’ve seen alot of pietous frauds in my day.
Ugh
This description of the wingnuts is awesome. The WSJ editors are the “Predators.”
wasabi gasp
Fair enough, Oxy. And, maybe it’s my turn to stumble. But, when Obama said “Yo! Eat my flesh and drink my blood, then we all be chillin'” I was sold.
Conservatively Liberal
Fixed ;)
Compare that to the tired old mule that Hillary
ridesbeats to death every day.WSJ is the National Enquirer for the rich. The advertising is more honest than the articles in it, and that says it all for me.
Delia
This is the most brilliant description of the modern Republican Party that I’ve seen. And of McCain’s place in the gang of thieves.
Glenn Hauman
“Real hope for those guys is the prospect of passing on a hundred million dollar inheritance without paying taxes on it.”
No, no, no.
Real hope for those guys is the prospect of receiving a hundred million dollar inheritance without paying taxes on it.