J, I actually don't believe that there are only two choices. However, I don't think that people can handle more than 2 parties at this time. In order to get things done you need power, and it is harder to have that kind of power in a situation involving many small parties. Nothing much would get done in the absence of a coalition. Interestingly enough, Obama is the one man that has the ability to move this country forward in that direction and someday a working coalition may be possible.

What do you mean by "love of country"? It can have different meanings, and represent different things to different people. When I think of the country, I like to put its people first before anything else. I know that it's not what most people do, yet this is something worth considering. Right now there is a time of tremendous opportunity; we have one party that may be able to do more for a larger number of people. I would like to see you there someday

There is and there will always be a lot of whining. Imagine a thousands cats lined in a row, and a big boot stepping on all tails at once. What a sound! Sounds a lot like Republican outrage.

Can you imagine a world in which everybody gets it? Working for a better world will ultimately benefit everybody in various ways. This is the invitation. Dare to imagine a better world, and work for it.

You are obviously well indoctrinated and not open to better ideas and change, and that is OK for you. You can stay put and enjoy swimming in your comfortable swampy side. I am reaching out for a better idea and that is OK for me.

It is the hardest thing to be positive and look mostly for the good in people. I have a list a mile long of things that bother me about Republicans, politics in general, and other names mentioned here on the site.

I finally let myself follow Obama and absorb the wonder of the moment. I don't think that he intends to leave anybody behindexcept maybe B& C and company. Joking aside, I get the feeling that Obama doesn't appear to want to leave anybody behind!

The man has an amazing capacity to rise above it all, and inspire us to do the same. How many of us can truly let go of our preconceptions the way he does? I confess that I have moments when I think that Republicans are not decent human beings; they seem to stand for self serving cheap ideology and shamelessly hide their evil ways behind religious principles that appeal to masses of simple minded supporters. The Republican leadership seems to be a power and wealth hungry mob that is uninterested in and totally dismissive of the needs of the people. I actually don't like seeing the world like that, not even for a few moments at a time. I like to think that something better is possible. I thank God that we finally have a leader that wants to help us move past this nonsense, the division and the hatred, and bring us all together.

Obama appeals to the good and decency in all who are open to hearing his message. He is the real deal, a deeply spiritual human being. It took me a long time to even begin to see this, because I just couldn't get it and I couldn't understand what others were seeing in him. You truly have to be open to it.

In Obama's brave new world, everybody should dream big dreams, hope for great things, and reach to achieve. It doesn't matter who they were and where they are coming from; what matters is where they choose to be now, and where they wish to go. Everybody is invited. How amazing is that? And are we really up for it?

There is always more that I can learn. Had I known about Huxley's book I would have chosen a different title.

I am filled with hope even as we go in a new direction towards an unknown destination, trusting Obama to take us there. It is so fresh and exciting, and we can choose to make it good!

We can try to make it hard for him every step of the way and shoot us in the foot in the process, or we can support him and help create a better world.

It is very quiet on this site, but I hope enough people get to hear abut this.

I just saw a title "McCain rips Biden". Well, what is new there? Republicans are very good at that kind of politics indeed, and McChicken gets the cake!

After this election is over, perhaps all kinds of Republicans will retreat and reevaluate their philosophy and past deeds, and maybe something good can come out of all this.

The politics of greed, lying, and destruction should give way to a new kind of politics, whereby we all work together for the good of the country and the rebirth of the American dream.

There is no reason why we should fail to respect all people and their right to the pursuit of happiness, not just the very rich, and work to give real chances (not fake McChicen and McRepublican ones) to all Joes and Janes out there.

I'm walking lonely over here.

Why did Sara Palin cross the road?

To bitch some more about McCain.

To find another Sacks consignment shop.

Does she really need a reason to do anything?

Mr. RAHN IS SO FULL OF SHIT!

Statistics can be manipulated easily to prove any point you want to make. Republicans are masters at doing this!

Why did McCain cross the road?

I've got a better one. He wants to have his cake and eat it too.

He voted with Bush 92% of the time but he wants people to think he is different.

He said he would run a clean campaign but he approves the slimiest untruthful ads out there.

I am wondering, McCain can dream all he wants, but are the American people going to be tricked again in large numbers enough to let him have it? After all, Republicans and their failed philosophy managed to kill the American dream pretty good for a large number of people.

How many Americans saved for retirement to find out that it is mostly gone and they can't really retire?

How many people worked hard, saved hard, and bought a house to find that is not worth paying or that they can't afford to pay the extra money required because the mortgage is upside down?

How many people ended up not affording their mortgage and thus their American dream because they could not afford their medical bills, some of them even believing they have a good insurance before they discovered their expenses wouldn't be covered?

How many people lost their jobs at the whim of CEO's who walked away with humongous and totally not earned pay packages? How many people simply lost their jobs because unfettered and unchecked greed ran this economy into the ground?

How many people supported a war that killed so many people and still is not victorious, surge or no surge, only to feel the deep pain at the pump for an extended period of time?

How many people pay taxes and hope McCain will do something for them, when all he wants is to extend tax cuts for people and corporations that are so rich they don't even need them? All this in the name of a philosophy that says people will get jobs because of the trickle down effect? I would like to see that documented and proven somewhere, because so far it is just an idea that many people bought mindlessly and now it has been proven to work rather badly for the average Joe.

The fact that people are using religion to justify a lot of this thinking and people are buying it is beyond me. What kind of God would approve such a way of taking care of thy neighbor?

And ow about this one?

McChicken was chased by "pundints" and he needed a break.

I think a lot of people here are sort of funny. In case one wonders who is the least funny, the answer is probably me. This post helped me realize that I forget to have some fun.

In any case, there may be several new possible answers to the chicken question:

The chicken saw Alaska on the other side and crossed the road to get there.

The chicken was chased by a Republican who thought it was a terrorist.

The chicken was scared that the pie was getting smaller on this side of the road.

Sara Palin was speaking on the other side of the road and the chicken wanted to ask her a question.

Well, at least it was fun to try.

Every American should be worried about how the country is going to look like with McCain at the helm, a man who resorts to the lowest possible tactics so low that they almost put Bush to shame - to get elected.

It is true that we should not rest before Obama gets elected.

Republicans are attacking in full force. Today I got an advertising that suggests Obama is not patriotic. I just heard the robo phone call from the McCain campaign that suggests that Obama is a left wing extremist talking to terrorists and a Republican congresswoman stating that the liberals are un-American and there are lots of them in Congress. I can't help but ask myself: how low can they go?

Well, today I met with an old friend and we were exchanging words about this whole situation; she told me that even stupid people think that Sara Palin is stupid! Well, I would like to extend this, and say that I am beginning to believe quite seriously that a lot of Republicans are so stupid that even stupid people think they are stupid. They are sinking so low that I am horrified about the direction this country is taking.

I know that many of them think that this is just politics, but what they don't realize is that they glorify stupidity, and instigate hatred and bigotry that could eventually lead to violence, and perhaps shaping a new version of fascism in this country.

This is going beyond politics into the realm of the unthinkable. This is dividing the country in between them and everybody else; this is calling everybody who is not at their level un-American and who knows what else. Again, how low can they go?

McCain is mounting a huge phone campaign in which many callers repeat the same lies over and over again. How can one get them to stop?

What is it about the GOP that they go along with this big load of crap no matter what? What would it take to get those people to exercise their great matter? Is it even possible? How is it possible that they ended up wit the worst ticket and the most disgusting campaign one can think of?

The bailout package passed with bipartisan majority, but it is OK to remember that they were almost done with it and they announced it will probably pass, and then McCain showed up!

What happened then? Things went down the tubes, 100 billion dollars of pork was added to the package that eventually passed, approximately one trillion dollars of wealth was wiped out in a day, the world markets went in a tailspin, and whiny Republicans tried to blame Nancy Pelosi for it. How is that for McCain leadership?

Imagine how the country would do with him at the helm. Thanks but no thanks! And thank God that there are enough Americans in this country to see him for what he really is, not the false maverick he touts himself to be. McCain should take his running mate which hangs around with a traitor (read secessionist) and go hunt and skin some mousse.

Enough already!

Actually, I don't know if he can do that, and even if he could, his running mate will not be put back in the box, she still has a lot of hell to spread around.

Let's hope for a positive surprise coming from them!

Thank you for posting the video on YouTube. I thought it was beautiful. Singing about hope is beautiful. After the last eight years, hope is pretty much what we have left. If parents and kids in one school choose to sing about it, more power to them!

The real fascists in this country are the ones that are trying to vilify a song like this. What is happening to freedom of speech and freedom of expression in this country? Anamerican, it seems that you have found your inner Nazi. Good for you.

Anamerican and company, wow!

You are actually even worse than one would think. And by the way, this is lame. When you run out of reasonable things to say you come out with the worse scum possible. Now, why does that sound familiar? Maybe because this is what right wing and company knows how to do best!

Just imagine what the world would look like if you would put that slimy brain to work for good instead for whatever it is you think you are doing!

Anamerican, whatever do you mean by

"ChangeGirl, you need a new handle. How about ObamaBrownShirtGirl?"

Perhaps I misunderstood what you were saying.

Oops, I forgot to say that she looked straight at the camera and she winked, and some men felt their body parts twitching. That makes up for her being a simpleton that should not be allowed anywhere near the presidency of the most powerful country in the world. It is time for us to have an intelligent president.

Anamerican, you should probably change your shirt to RacistAnamerican.

I am looking at results and I am still waiting for some good news. I am going to let the generals figure out the strategy, and it is my understanding that their position is the same as Obama's. You should probably do that too.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, here comes the new Republican strategy, and please be good and swallow it whole!

Democrats are really to blame for the failures of this administration! We are going to dig deeply and hard, and find a few words and facts here and there to prove our case. And you better go along with it, because that is the only thing that we have left going for us. We are a miserable bunch who let a group of far right wings ideologists to twist our ideals to an almost unrecognizable form that we were able to sell to everybody. This allowed us to whatever the heck we wanted for so long and managed to fool the public so good, so please, don't take this away from us now! Please!