Visual assaults hurt, too, like the chewing-gum blogs on the sidewalks. (I walk a lot when I’m in NY, and you do have to look down in order to keep from stumbling in all the sidewalk cracks.) No geek here, just obsessive, and older, and yes, grumpy. Your reports from your 2009 Europe tour don’t sound grump at all, but, rather, joyful.

“Atrocious grammer” saddens me (it’s “whose grammar”, not “who’s grammar” by the way); but lack of ability to apply rational thought to one’s decision-making process, and a child-like understanding of the world, as evidenced in this video, can be truly dangerous. Witness our 43rd president.

As for rich people providing jobs in this country: as a small business owner, I know first-hand that people hire when they need workers, and they fire when they don’t. If you give someone a tax break, they are not going to hire a worker they don’t need with that money. Trickle-down economics was discredited by his own budget director before Reagan even implemented it.

Not sure what the point of your last question is. I think a lot of rich people (but no big lobbyists or big corporations) donated to Obama. A lot of rich people (and big oil lobbyists and corporations) donated to McCain as well. I don’t have a problem with rich people making individual political donations.

These people don’t have an education problem but a morality problem. I can also come up with videos that make democrats look stupid such as the one that shows a black public school teacher from NC, who’s grammar is atrocious, browbeatings a white student because her father, who serves in the armed forces, is voting for McCain.

Both democrats and republicans, men and women, blacks and whites, are to be blamed for the current mess in our country. I am all for a candidate who will rule according to the constitution and shrink our government back down whether they are republican or democrat.

BTW – there is nothing wrong giving tax breaks to the rich. Whether you like or not, it is the rich that provides jobs in this country. How many rich people donated to Obama?

Only someone young enough to have no historical perspective could support a candidate whose platform includes getting rid of the FDA and the Dept of Education. Maybe some of these kids (as well as all neo-cons) should read about the Thalidomide baby disaster in England in the 1950′s and ’60s and why, thanks to the FDA, it didn’t happen here. It’s a good think Paul (or Reagan or Bush I or II for that matter) wasn’t president then or there would have been a lot of deformed babies born here, as if Republicans haven’t done enough damage.

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Which is where Obama comes in. He’s a natural orator; truly a man with the gift of public speaking. His speeches are uplifting, and transport you to a land of hope, a land of opportunity. Indeed, both of his books (Dreams From My Father & The Audacity Of Hope) talk in great length about democracy, ideals, and what can be achieved. And there is no doubt that a demoralised America wants nothing more than change, something Obama promises in great quanities.

In her autobiography, Hillary speaks of Bill being almost drowned in the pressure of Washington when he started at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The constant, sniping right-wing attacks and the endless pressure even from the left to get things done their way. It was, according to Hillary, unlike what it was like to be a governor, or even what it was like working in Washington.

So the question I posed to myself is not “Which candidate is more electable?” but instead “Which candidate can get things done in Washington?”. Hillary knows the way Washington works and knows how to fend off a rabid right wing – and not just in an election. She has the experience to work with both parties on a mutually beneficial solution to the problems at hand, and won’t make the same mistakes as last time.

I really like Obama. I really like Obama. His victory speech after winning Iowa was simply unreal. But I’d vote Clinton.

Although I can’t because as I stated at the start, I live in Ireland.