McCain Closes Convention On His Own Terms

maybe you didn't see the negativity in Obamas speech? Hope? Step up and do something, but don't wait for hope to do it. Hope in this case essentially means other Americans paying your or someone els's way. If you want handouts, Obama is a good choice though.

And 40% of Americans currently don't pay any taxes!

Almost makes me want to quit working and go on welfare. Probably if Obama was President I could and maybe get a few more handouts too. Obama sure is cool and speaks well.

And 40% of Americans currently don't pay any taxes!

That's probably impossible, although that number may be accurate for federal income taxes. Consider property tax and sales tax, among many others, and it's almost certain that every American pays some form of tax. Almost every Americans pay some form of tax every day.

Just silly.

Yeah, you're probably right. Lets tax other people even more though? Oh yeah, just the super wealth 250k> people. They don't employ anyone though or pay a super high amount of taxes already. I would be willing to pay more taxes if I knew the money was going to legitimate good causes. I think though that handouts breed lazyness and rewards people to continue down the same fruitless path. I sure wish i was lazy. My life would be much easier. Go Obama.

Spiffie,

The only thing silly is you. 40% of American don't pay federal income taxes cause they're under the limit and get all of the withholding back at tax time. People in this income bracket don't own a home - they rent, so they don't pay property taxes.

And as far as sales tax goes, it depends on which state you live in. Could be 0% could be 12%, but it's based on your consumption.

Go take a civics class.

Hey, Tom, I understand civics just fine. If you notice, I specifically allowed that it may be true for federal income tax, so I don't even know why you're bothering to respond to me.

I was specifically addressing the many other taxes that most Americans pay which are not federal income taxes. Buy gas? There's a tax in it. Buy cigarettes? A tax. Buy a car, a boat, liquor, or renew a license? Tax, tax, tax, tax.

I suppose there is some tiny, infinitesimally small number of Americans who don't own a home, don't own a car, don't live in a state with income tax, don't live in a state with sales tax, live under the minimum line for federal income tax, don't smoke, don't drink, and don't do any of the other myriad of activities that are taxed. Regardless, the claim was that 40% of Americans don't pay any tax, and that claim is clearly spurious.

So, considering I made your point for you before you made it, why don't you try debunking a post that's actually wrong.

Re:" I suppose there is some tiny, infinitesimally small number of Americans who don't own a home," .....etc.

The number is even smaller than that. Every person renting a habitat is indeed paying the tax on that dwelling, although is is indirect.

There isn't a landlord alive who doesn't include the tax bill in the rent calculation. Now the landlord actually pays the tax, but even that becomes a deductible business expense to them.

So the reality is that each and every renter pays the tax. The only "tax-free" folks are squatting in mom's basement or a frat buddies couch.

And 40% of Americans currently don't pay any taxes!

and a certain percent of them are illegals.

No. All Americans pay taxes. And all illegals.

Ok, allow me to be more specific - income taxes.

By your chain of logic the Democrats in the House and Senate have failed us as well for the past two years.

Don't forget about the Republicans are in Congress too. It takes two to tango!

Than don't read it cause it is not true, Obama is a Christan and no where does it say anything differently except in the bit and pieces of information that can be planted in the papers.

Ask Sarah Palin why she agrees that the Jews are not deserving of God's Love? And you are worryin about Obama

Anakin...

So, let me get this straight: you choose to believe what you read on a supposed non-partisan website which quotes bloggers' comments as facts...

...instead of what the candidate says directly?

Shouldn't you be more concerned about being an informed voter?

Snotrag Dave
The Israel Insider is not a blog written by people like us. It is as legitimate as MSNBC. It is just from Israel as opposed to being from here. Israel is a staunch ally to America as much as England so I consider what Israel has to say. For some reason I could not get the link to work so I named the web site figuring that anyone could Google it to at least see the source. If it were just a blog opinion then I would have no reason for concern and then you would be right but Israel is trusted. Most Americans think Israel an upstanding nation with news equal to ours. It is with good cause that I am concerned. If I could sit with Obama and talk to him I would but I know I will not get the chance due to the size of America.

I never heard Palin say the Jewish people are not deserving of God's love. Lieberman is a Synagogue attending Jewish person and he did not stomp off when McCain chose Palin. I figure Lieberman to be very interested in anti-semetism. Why is Lieberman still standing behind McCain then? Here I am trusting Lieberman's judgment since he is Jewish.

Who is the majority with a lower rating than the president? No accountability for the democrats? Really? Obama represents change allright. Way left policies and big government. You don't like the health system now? Wait until it's run like the VA hospitals. Government shouldn't run our lives we should run it. Obama wants to spread love just like the communists in Europe. Putin is a well like fella too. He really takes care of his people well and I'm sure they have free healthcare. Sounds really good until you think about it.

The Health system is already being run by our government. They are called Community Health Centers and have popped up all over our communities. They are government-run and funded to help those who do not have health insurance. Those same people were being cared for by private physicians who can no longer afford to provide services to them. The reason? The government reimburses community health centers three times or more for the same patient that a private doctor gets reimbursed. Private clinics are having to close their doors to patients without healthcare because they are going bankrupt trying to serve their patients because the government refuses to reimburse them the same as they do for the paient to go to a government-run health care facility. In other words, the government has already taken control and pushed many rural privately owned clinics and hospitals out of business. How does this help competive, supposedly Capitalist America?

Brent...

You can't directly compare popularity polls between a single individual (President) versus a group of hundreds (Congress). Too many variables.

Of course the favorability of Congress is lower than the President. Let's say you hate your own Representative or Senator. You would give him or her a negative review, which would translate into a negative for Congress as a whole.

"Country First"...now that's the Republican slogan isn't it? Yet, funny that most of the party is composed of folks like you that say "Don't touch my money, take it from the other poor schlubs in this country who aren't as fortunate as me, I don't give a crap about them". The cost of health care or a gallon of gas has no effect on you my friend, but try thinking about the millions of others that it does effect. "Country first", yeah, okay.

Re: " let's tax the crap out of those who have worked for 20 or 30 years to make a better life for themselves and their families,"

Let's see. The Obama plan would increase taxes, on those who have an adjusted gross income of $250,000 or more, by 1.95%

95% of American taxpayers, making an AGI of less that $250,000 would have their taxes reduced by 5.5%. The result would be an average of $2,200 per household in reduced taxes.

The 1.95% increase, as applied to the poorest of those affected (clearing just $250,000) would result in a $4,875 increase. That doesn't seem like to heavy a burden to me.

BTW: Regan raised taxes four times between 1982 and 1984 and followed that by the greatest increase in corporate taxes in our history in 1986

Reality is a demanding mistress and much less alluring than delusion.

Joe Y, I'll have you know that I'm an immigrant myself, I came to this country back in the 70's with my mother and my brother with absolutely nothing, we too went on welfare for one year, but we worked, I went on to finish my schooling, and later on to college. I got married, had kids, and my husband and I started a business maintaining properties for other people, that's right, cleaning toilets, mowing lawns and taking a lot of crap from a lot of people...We turned things around, it's taken almost 25 years, we are still not wealthy by today's standards, but we've made it possible for our kids to have a better start in life than we did, so you tell me, what's wrong with wanting to protect what we've been able to accomplish in the last 25 years? How about telling these people to get off their asses, get off drugs, get an education, and go to work, like so many of us have done...

C'mon....I spoke in front of 50 people for 10 minutes at work yesterday. I'm 38 and did ok, but I think I was boring without proper inflection, etc. BUT, when I do the work that matters, I get paid well for a job well done. Speaking is a neat skill, one which leaves me in awe of a couple of my peers and Obama, but give me a break...I run circles around my peers when it counts.

That's fine, but a significant requirement of the presidency IS public speaking. That's a big part of what actually counts for that job. What worries me is really all the weird pausing and word confusion ... it sounds so much like what my grandfather started sounding like when the serious dementia was getting started, and from there it was only a year to his death.

And I just don't want Palin for president ... I want a fiscal conservative, not a religious one.

He's much better off the cuff in my opinion. As for Palin. I think she has shown she's very fiscally conservative. I'm not a religious person, but for the most part, I could care less whether she's religious or not. Her religous conservatism won't amount to any sweeping policy.

You should have interviewed the protestors. I even Twittered about it!

LOL

Apparently you didn't see Obamas speech? He focused on McCain far more than McCain or Palin did of him.

Give me specific as to WHY you like Obama. What is it that he will do for you and the country and why are you so convinced he'll do it? I'm curious.

Jimmy is still talking...only nobody is listening. :)

Are you that shallow? Don't bother answering. Obama is quite the speaker, but that doesn't mean anything. I work with great speakers. In the end, it's the work I get done that matters and I run circles around my peers. Think.

You don't want a person like palin in office? You don't like that she sold the Governor jet on Ebay and got rid of the private cooks, etc? Oh, that's right...Obama probably couldn't sell his jet...I mean who would want a jet with a fake presidential seal on it.

What does Obama bring to the table? Don't give me the new and fresh and rah rah rah speach.

Um I live in Alaska...and I live in Wasilla. In fact the Palin's are my neighbors. She didn't sell the jet on Ebay...she was asking too much for it. And I still believe McCain is boring as hell and he should let Sarah do all the talking...as I've stated before. Neither of them bring anything more to the table than I would, but at least Obama and Biden are sticking with the issues and not playing the school yard "I can be a sarcastic smarty pants" game that Sarah is playing. ENOUGH with the sarcastic remarks already! The thrill is gone! The surprise is over! She needs to roll up her sleeves and get in the game with the big dogs or go sit on the bench. I want to hear about issues and the neither McCain or Palin talked about the issues during the RNC.

He did try to legislate failure. Wake up. He even today FINALLY admitted that the surge worked. Obama voted more for his party than McCain did for his by the way. Plus, it really is pretty smart to have someone in the oval office that has so little experience. He does speak well though.

You didn't see me arguing that anyone should be elected because they speak well or not. Your sarcastic response is just more of the same. Disagree he tried to legislate failure...he wanted some timelines to be put in, so voted no. He has never wanted us to fail. Why can't we just agree that we have different ways of hoping to resolve the mess we are in...doesn't mean some want failure and some don't. So, how do you feel about Palin's experience...serious question to you, not smarting off?

Sherry, I apologize for my terse response.

Palin...I'm a moderate....she's a true conservative. We differ on opinions. What I do like and I mean I really like? She sold her governors jet. She got rid of the private cooks. She drives to work. That sounds a far cry from any politician I have heard about. I doubt Obama would have sold the jet. That sounds like a servant of the people, and THAT is mostly what I care about. As far as experience, she hasn't been running for higher office 57% of her time in office like Obama. I think as a governor, there is management experience that you don't get in most other ways. Clinton's experience was as a Governor.

Thx Brent. I like some of the same things about Palin, but there are some other things that are very contradictory. She hired a City Manager while mayor, a job no other mayors needed, and paid them 60 k a year, doing some of the duties the other mayors usually did. That city had 0 debt when she came on board, 22 million debt when she left. Lots and lots of earmarks were gained, which, if i lived in that city guess I'd be thrilled with. Mostly I see her social issues as real extreme, and I always worry when someone believes that God wanted this war. I worry about what other wars they think He wants. We probably will never agree, both of us worrying about what is best for this country. Truthfully, I think they all are a little nuts to even want the job. Also, I am big on live and let live, and I see that totally going away if the Republicans win...my worries.

Hope both sides can talk without so much of the hatred I see here....thx.

Moderator, I didn't feel that I called anyone a name...I said ignorant, but that line is removed.

I liked Bill Clinton. I'm definitely moderate. I definitely don't like the views far right or far left. Maybe it's my perspective that makes me question the sheep who line up to cry when Obama speaks. I just don't buy it and I question those who do. Now, i do feel strongly about some republican principles...Namely hard work and less government. But it's mainly out of common sense thinking than anything else. Having everything Obama has promised sounds really good at first glance, which is where he hooks most of his supporters, but think about the consequences of far left polices which he stands for.

As for the war thing...I do not like war...i do not want war...BUT, Iran and other places in this world do represent EVIL as you put it. I speak of evil, not because I am a religous person (I am not), but because I do believe in good and bad. Sitting down and talking with Iran is not going to work. I want someone with experience and someone who knows how to handle the situations. I believe that with John's experience, he'll be shy to put people in harms way unless absolutely necessary. He faught Reagan for these reasons and was right. I think he would fight against it again if necessary. DON't bring up Iraq in response. Everyone voted for it based on what they thought was appropriate and accurate information at the time. Obama would have followed suit too if he actually had to make a decision. he hides behind his personal opinion as being a decision today.

Your government poke is laughable by the way.

The Senate does not elect the Vice President in such a case. The only reason the Senate elects the Vice President is in the case where no candidate for Vice President receives a majority of electoral votes (the 269-269 scenario or a strong third party showing).

In the case that McCain dies in office and Palin succeeds him to the Presidency, the 25th amendment to the Constitution specifies that Palin would nominate someone of her choosing to be VP, and then that person would need to be ratified by simple majorities in both the House and Senate. The Amendment has been used to replace a VP twice: one was Gerald Ford and the other was Nelson Rockefeller.

John- you are really going to be sorry when the Annenberg reports come out-Obama could be in big trouble. Obama's campaign actually went to the DOJ(Department Of Justice) to try and keep this new information from being released to the public.

I believe they are actually called the Annenberg papers.