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Americans are gullible. After all, most of us bought into the "lies, distortions and not quite truths" propagated by the Bush administration regarding Iraq and WMD. Remember those lies, the cost of which were American lives?

But jmark, you are forgetting Ed and Amy's assertion that Bush and the Republicans are not to blame for ANY of the country's problems.  I'm not really sure what he did while in office for 8 years.  He must not have done anything since nothing is his fault.  Which would lead me to believe that it doesn't matter who is president because it is the Democrats fault even with a Republican president.  Oh, yeah.  I almost forgot.  Bush is well known for the No Child Left Behind.  The program that dumbs done our schools so that no one is left behind.  Then we have trouble competing with our countries who are so much further ahead of us in learning technical skills.  Silly me.  That was a good one.

Funny how no one on the left (including our own Russ Feingold) have any problem with the $600 million dollars Obama has spent so far to buy the White House.  Campaign Finance Reform?  Who needs it if a Democrat can win?  Hypocritical?  Yes.  Will the media point it out?  No.  What if John McCain did the same?  Front page news for days.... oh, I can imagine the outrage!

And if Obama is all about "sharing the wealth" - why doesn't Camp Obama send a little bit of money McCain's way?  Isn't that what "sharing" is all about?

Ok so let me get this straight, if a republican recieves millions in donations it " free speach" but if a demacrat recieves millions it's an outrage? Here's what I think is ideal. Take all money out of campainging period, limit the election to six months. Each canidate that is on at least 30% of the states ballots should recieve a credit of x amount of $, and let's say 720, 1 minute commercials for free, they are still public domain and should be used for things that benigit the public also I thought the 30 minute spot that Obama did worked well every canidate should have access to that. The most important part NO ISSUE add from any outside group only the parties and the canidates can use only the provided commercials period. This should foster real debate and smaller parties that can not afford the outragous cost of running for office.

David:  No outrage, but hypocritical indeed.  In the past Democrats including Obama have been the ones begging for and supporting campaign finance reform.  My guess is that due to Obama's fundraising success, this will be the end of public financing.  You will also never see the end of the special interest ads unless you really change the definition of free speech.

Hi jmark, again you are a brainwashed liar. You still have yet to prove your constant lies ""lies, distortions and not quite truths" propagated by the Bush administration regarding Iraq and WMD. Remember those lies, the cost of which were American lives?" The videos from Clinton, Gore, Pelosi, etc all said the same. Saddam and his WMD's must be taken out. And you still dance around all these factual blogs and ignore the powerful truth.  I bet you aren’t even bright enough to know what the surge did to the enemy. I now you don’t because neither does Obama.

I've come to the conclusion, all based on your own words, that you are the stupidest liberal on this planet. You don't have a clue what any of these candidates stand for do you Mr. Dumb dumb.

@Amy, touché. I can see Obama’s face when he is forced to "spread the wealth" and give McCain some of his campaign funds. Remember those funds? The ones he lied to McCain and us Americans about? Not to mention all the illegal funds and the funds from terrorist nations.

Ed,

Obama and the Democrats (remember them? The ones that now have a 7% approval rating) have a spending pkg.  so huge that taxes will have to go up for those making over $42,000 a year. Just like Obama passed as an Il Senator. Anyone out there remember that one? Don't believe this? Go ask Pelosi.

Do people just take these campaign ads at face value and not bother to look up the claims on their own???  The tax increase on people making 42K a year is for a single person not a family and it amounted to about $15 a year, not exactly a wallet-breaking amount.  More on this at newsweek:  www.newsweek.com/.../151621