boo hoo hoo the troppergate non scandal went nowhere.
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Mike, the amount of money Rezko gave Obama for his Illinois Senate campaign wasn't insignificant. Just like Hillary's 100k cattle trade wasn't the kind of thing a poor person forgets. (I worked at Refco in Oct/79-she scammed)
My guess is Rezko alone was a third the money Obama ever raised while in the State Senate. We're talking about districts that are just a few square miles wide where candidates at tops spend a few hundred thou. (particuarly an uncontested black district circa 1996) And yes I can remember what I've made (and lost, lol) EVERY YEAR, I can remember the dates of my worst days-even days in the mid 1980's and I can certainly remember campaign contributions I've received in the hundreds of dollars much less in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Yes, he lied. And if he didn't lie but simply can't as a still vibrant 40 something"remember"-then he isn't as sharp as people think.
Besides even if he can't remember without documentation I'd sure as hell have the figures straight before I'd go into the editorial offices of two Chicago newspapers and give verifiable mis-information.
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Look AAA, if Ayers is a Marxist front (today) why would republicans give any money to his organization?
In his youth Ayers was radical, and had radical actions. But it looks like today he is more for education and helping people, and not so radical.
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
You need to look a little more closely at just what kinds of educational "reforms" Ayers pushes. Hint: it's not back to basics. His foundation that Obama ran distributed large amounts of money to radical groups to try to politicize education even more than it is.
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
You need to look a little more closely at just what kinds of educational "reforms" Ayers pushes. Hint: it's not back to basics. His foundation that Obama ran distributed large amounts of money to radical groups to try to politicize education even more than it is.
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Ok, so Pabst and AAA suspect indoctrination is happening diguised as education. If that is true (and it is not so crazy a thought because Castro did not claim to be for communism until after he has power) how could republicans and many people who are for capitalism not see this? Especially in America where all the information is allowed? And many people who support Obama are educated about past communist movement in America?
It look like to me that Obama is in the middle somewhere, not a communist, but is supported by people who once radical. Just my opinion.

Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:
One of the things younger leftists don't understand is those who're already massively wealthy are bulletproof from the effects of higher taxes. I posted this line before: Who is concerned more about top rates, Bill Gates or Phil Michelson? Many ultra-rich want to feel good by voting liberal. Like they're in touch and giving back. Guilt is an immense emotion. Those ultra-rich though probably don't work. Their income is unearned. If your dividend/interest income was in the tens of millions on holdings in the hundreds of millions would you care about an extra 5 million a year in taxes?
I really dont understand what kind of point you are trying to make. About the above, who cares? Who cares if the rich feel guilty or if they don't? Who cares if they feel the higher taxes or not?
How about the entrepreneur (like traders) who only have one or two big years a decade? If your income is like this 60k, 90k, (30k), 195k, 620k, 85k then it matters a great deal how much of that 625k year you can pack away.
Most traders don't make any money from trading, let a lone average $180k a year from it. And yes it does matter how much of that 620k you can put away, but looking at your example I think our trader would be very glad of Obama's tax policies 5 out of 6 times, and annoyed at them 1 out of 6 times. I think that's a trade-off a lot would take.
In a weird sense the Democrats perfectly capture the new America. Put the poor on the public doll from the rich
You must be referring to your conclusion that the only rich people who are liberal are so because they feel "guilt". Thats probably not true, but even if it was do you somehow think the democrats "put" that emotion in their minds? What, the dems are indoctrinating the rich?
and let the middle-class fight from becoming poor without allowing them to become rich. High taxes on wages then become a de facto Caste system.
How are the dems stopping the middle class from becoming rich?