Politics!

[NFox]

Uhm, you know Bob Barr signed the defense of marriage act,right?

A) Yes I do.

B) Wasn't it signed 11(ish) years ago?

C) Isn't it possible he's changed his view since then (If only to gain a larger base)?

D) Even if he still agrees with it still, he's still the candidate I agree with on the most topics. If I had to wait for a candidate that I agreed with on all subjects, I'd end up running for president.

-Nick

[Jenny]

That, and he is very anti abortion and doesn't give a damn about the environment: http://ontheissues.org/Bob_Barr.htm#Families_+_Children

Sorry,but I care about social issues not just foreign policy or the economy.

[NFox]

That, and he is very anti abortion and doesn't give a damn about the environment: http://ontheissues.org/Bob_Barr.htm#Families_+_Children

Sorry,but I care about social issues not just foreign policy or the economy.

No need to apologize. I like that we differ on opinions. It keeps things interesting...and you know, human.

The specific issues you picked out are two that I could have a year long discussion about...so I'll save you all and just say that regardless of those two issues and my stance on them, the economy is my biggest issue. Well, that and our foreign policy and personal privacy. Thanks to the PATRIOT Act, just by me typing "PATRIOT Act" in any proximity to words like bomb, president, White House, 9/11, or Al Qaeda, I've made terror suspects of AST's entire user base...sorry.

-Nick

[TimBuktu]

If Barack's speech and video made me choke up, am I a pussy?

[samishah]

I'm a Pakistani and I choked up. Jeezus.

[chapina]

If Barack's speech and video made me choke up, am I a pussy?

The snuggle crew makes you a pussy.

I am/was a Hilary supporter, but not the I-won't-vote-for-anybody-else-but-her kind. There are some issues that made me lean more towards her than Obama, but in the end I knew I was going to support whoever got the nomination.

That said, that was a hell of a speech. I still have some problems with him, but I'm genuinely excited to cast my vote for him in November.

[Aaron1933]

"Obama expected to address change in speech"

That's a CNN headline. I thought it was a joke at first.

[Berliner]

Anyone know where there's a online video to this Obama speech? Thanks.

[crlygrl]

I just found it at CNN

[KevinLee]

Should we post Tim's video here? Any ne who's reading this thread and isn't reading "I Make Tapes" has some 'xplainin' to do.

[angryrobot]

video of the speech here

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8...381/678/577997

[Berliner]

Hmm, not as inspiring to me as I was hoping to be, but definitely a lot of highlights.

The specific issues you picked out are two that I could have a year long discussion about...so I'll save you all and just say that regardless of those two issues and my stance on them, the economy is my biggest issue.

Not sure why you believe Barr can handle the economy better than Obama, but by all means, please vote for him.

[bao]

Right now, I'm going towards Bob Barr, but I'm open to change.

I figure there are only two possibilities for people who will vote for Bob Barr:

(1) Those who are desparately searching for the candidate who best represents their political views, now that Augusto Pinochet is dead, or ...

(2) Those who are too young to remember the 1990s, when Bob Barr was a Republican Party hatchetman, and a cunt of Limbaugh-esque proportions.

On the other hand, those of us who remember Bob Barr on television nightly moralizing and calling for Clinton's impeachment for getting head from a clerk, know perfectly well what the moustache is hiding. Or not hiding.

[JPSpaulding]

McCain picks women who governs a lot of oil, news at eleven...

[Hated Milk Machine]

Ah yes, Bob Barr, that special kind of libertarian that supports the war on drugs, is against gay marriage, proposes banning of certain religions in the military, and was pro-Patriot Act.

Those kinds of socially liberal positions should be right in line with yours, NFox. What was his position on the "Guns for Oil" scandal?

[aenemaTron]

(2) Those who are too young to remember the 1990s, when Bob Barr was a Republican Party hatchetman, and a cunt of Limbaugh-esque proportions.
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Yeah, but so was David Brock.

Let's try to be civil in this thread, people. Sarcasm is OK, you know, but just don't be a jerk just because you think that someone else is a jerk or you think they're smug or whatever. Take the high road.

[TimBuktu]

[TimBuktu]

Hey, I made this tape which has a lot of stuff about politics in it. You can totally not watch it, but I thought it was barely relevant.

[ProfessorShutYoMouth]

With McCain's pick of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate I think the Dems just lost.

[conundrum]

With McCain's pick of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate I think the Dems just lost.

I think you're right unfortunately