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Listed below are comments made by Wintercity between Thursday, 23rd October 2008 and Thursday, 23rd October 2008.

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'A wonderful man' 09:55am on 23 Oct 2008 RE #315

I would say Obama's visit to his grandmother falls under the same category as Palin's daughter's pregnancy. It's a personal family issue and not relevant to the presidential race.
'A wonderful man' 09:52am on 23 Oct 2008 RE #313

lol, guess you realized everything I said is dead on if you are only disputing "dividend" and "windfall tax." So then, every Alaskan got a check for $1200. Let's see, there's 670,000 Alaskans, times $1200, that comes to $804,000,000 which could have been invested in transportation, roads, schools, infrastructure, alternative energy, increased state trooper presence in rural Alaska, or countless other things which would benefit the state as a whole.
The enigma of Barack Obama 09:29am on 23 Oct 2008 "I agree that Obama is a great man, but I think too many people are voting for his mistique instead of his polices and ability to run a country that dosent want to be reformed. Do you think that everyone knows what will happen when we follow obamas plan? our country as a whole will get poorer. I dont believe that people around the US will like these changes."

Considering the current crisis, I think whoever is elected will have to go some to beat the record of "empooring" the country (yeah, I know it isn't a word, but it's late...)

Besides, no matter who gets elected, taxes in the US are going to go up. The bailout money has to come from somewhere.
Determined to vote 09:18am on 23 Oct 2008 "think about this for one minute. he's black, this country is racist. he's got a muslim middle name, we are bombing the muslims.
this is one really dangerous situation for this man. he's much braver than i'll ever be."

Sigh.

Yes, some people in America are racist. Some people in China are racist. Some people in UK are racist...you get the idea.

BUT--loads of white voters support Obama. Loads of Christian voters support Obama (and it is generally known that he is a Christian, despite the media attention to a few idiotic comments). And get this--I'm a white, female, non-Christian Independent and I still support Obama.

Ugly generalizations and stereotypes are what we should be fighting, not aiding and abetting. The polls are showing that most people support a message of hope over a message of fear. I think that says a lot.
'A wonderful man' 08:58am on 23 Oct 2008 RE #310:

In my opinion, backed by some discussion with financial planners, taxes in the US will go up no matter who is elected. Remember the big bailout? The money has to come from somewhere.
'A wonderful man' 08:42am on 23 Oct 2008 RE #306

I beg to differ--Palin will NOT make a good VP. She has been indicted on an ethics charge, which was an issue long before she was tapped as the VP candidate (you can look at the archives at the Anchorage Daily News). She has staffed her gubernatorial cabinet with people she went to high school with. She has cut funding for special needs children in the state of Alaska, despite her own child's Down syndrome. She has overturned the ban on aerial hunting of wolves and bears, a ban that the people of Alaska have passed twice. As mayor for the town of Wasilla (her job before she was governor), she ran up a $20 million dollar debt that this town of 8000 people will be paying off forever. Prior to her leadership, Wasilla had no debt. When the oil companies paid a larger dividend than expected to Alaska, she sent every resident a check. Nice in the short term, but those millions of dollars could have been used to strengthen public transportation or help underwrite the mail delivery (which happens by plane) to remote parts of the state which has been cancelled due to the expenses of the Iraq war.

Palin has a lot of TV presence and she is a shrewd politician, but her consistent short-term thinking is a great danger--we've already had enough of that in the US.

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