Comments on: Stupid Candidate Tricks

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:45:42 +0000

Edwards is a great speaker if he can get an audience, but the media has decided to hate him so he has to do it on his own. As usual, only the people who can afford to buy time get free time in the media.

I think varmints will complain about being compared to Congress.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:16:51 +0000

congressvarmints! good one.

congresscritters rolls trippingly off the tongue, but varmints does describe them more accurately.

By: whig

whig — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:48:18 +0000

Edwards went quiet for awhile but I think he was coming up with some new framing.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:29:53 +0000

Edwards has a lot going for him, if he would just be more forceful about the Constitution and getting out of Iraq, he can move forward.

The only meaningful polls are just before the vote, so I wouldn’t worry about Colbert right now.

By: Moi ;)

Moi ;) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:28:50 +0000

Edwards wants to do something. And Colbert is going to F up SC for him. Does that mean that thanks to Colbert, Social Security is in more danger than before? :::she said, without satire:::

“Congresscritters” – now That’s a good one. Although I like the word Varmint better, because it conjures up visions of Bill Murray and grenades…. 😉

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:04:13 +0000

The problem are the tax cuts that have resulted in the Social Security surplus being used to fund the government rather than the Social Security system. The Federal deficit is further expanded by the interest in the national debt which is becoming one of the biggest outlays in the budget.

I wouldn’t say no to confiscating the pensions of the Congresscritters who voted for this mess.

By: Fallenmonk

Fallenmonk — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:22:11 +0000

It is really frustrating to see Democratic candidates drinking the kool-aid on Social Security. The program is good and will be good going forward if the trust fund is restored(paid back). Every time you say that SS is broken you strengthen the GOP arguments that government run programs don’t work. Stupid, Stupid.
As Hipparchia says…at least Edwards seems to pointing his finger at the uber rich as part of the problem.

By: whig

whig — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:12:37 +0000

Hillary Clinton wants to be president.

Barack Obama wants to be president.

John Edwards actually wants to do some stuff.

Nuff said.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:40:54 +0000

i'd pay to get into medicare.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:56:24 +0000

Medicare needs work, but the easiest way of fixing it is to actually expand it cover everyone, so well people are paying as well as those at the end of the trail, and start negotiating for drug pricing.

Social Security just needs its money back from the GOP looters.