Comments on: Update 2: Axis Of Economic Idiocy https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Barbara Grant https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:28:26 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2739 Will any member of the “Axis” scream loud and long about the current plan to give the Fed yet _more_ power? I believe it was Bernanke who said recently that the Fed caused the Great Depression. Most of us alive today did not go through it; many of us remember stories from our elders. It was a truly horrible time. So why give these creatures even more power, and where do the candidates stand on this?

[Right you are. The best book on the topic is “America’s Great Depression” by Murray Rothbard.–IM]

]]> By: EN https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:24:52 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2738 Patrick, he has a history of going back on things he says in the campaign. His bi-partisan (which means he votes Dhimocrtic) credentials are impeccable. Why you believe him is your own business. I won’t. I’m too old to be fooled that easily.

]]> By: Patrick https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2735 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:16:07 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2735 EN, look at McCain’s website. He wants to legalize assault rifles.

He is a politician, and politicians must compromise to succeed. Listen to him speak on 60 Minutes. Listen to his bit on health care. He says that he has a different “philosophy of the role of government” than that of Clinton. How can you be so mistaken as to propose that he is less conservative than socialist Clinton?

]]> By: EN https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:43:32 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2734 The lesser of three evils is a ridiculous concept at this point. There’s a strong case for Hillary Clinton being much more conservative then McCain and she’s never been involved in anything so anti first amendment as McCain-Feingold. Quickly moving on to the 2nd Amendment we come to McCain-Lieberman. McCain is every bit as evil as the other two. There are no shades of the “lesser” that you speak of.

]]> By: Patrick https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:57:17 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2730 I have never supported George. You have me mixed up with someone else. The thing about George is that he’s an idiot. Thus, he is easily manipulated by his handlers. McCain is not an idiot. Therefore, I have more faith in what he says and does. I don’t doubt that the man is a politician, and I don’t doubt that he is confused. But, without a doubt, he is the lesser of three evils.

]]> By: EN https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2727 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:00:22 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2727 It’s not a cheap shot at all Patrick. In fact, I went easy on this man who only articulates these positions because to do otherwise in Arizona would be the end of him. I have no faith in anything he says once he grabs the prize he’s always wanted. Look out Republicans from then on. And so we’re clear, were you one of those who told me the same kinds of thing about Jorge, Destroyer of Economies? I’ll go by what he’s done, not what he’s presently saying. Do you believe he wanted to be Kerry’s VP so he could moderate his strong anti-gun stance? Not likely.

]]> By: Patrick https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:13:35 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2726 This is a cheap shot. The bottom line is that, if you consider all of his policy positions – from feticide to the freedom to bear arms – they are better than those of his opponents.

]]> By: EN https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2720 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:38:20 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2720 McCain’s been doing this for years and no one seems to mind… but they will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edUuhfcJPzg

]]> By: EN https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2719 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:11:03 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2719 “He was referring to possible troop presence in the region akin to the troop presence in present-day Germany and Japan.”

Anyone who believes we can have troops in Iraq without war is clueless.

Ron Paul has nothing to do with my feelings on McCain. The man who was lusting after the Kerry’s VP nomination 3 1/3 years ago and wanted to switch parties in 2000 tells me all I need to know. The good Senator trotted out his Republican principles about mid January. When the cliff is 100 meters to your front going over at 55MPH (McCain) versus 58MPH (Hillary/Obama)is not a difference.

]]> By: EN https://barelyablog.com/asses-on-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2718 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:58:33 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=587#comment-2718 Forgive me if I’m repeating myself here, but McCain is a worse speaker then Jorge. He makes tremendous gaffs that the press covers up and never mentions. He will be eaten alive in the general election.

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