How is it the Bushies continue to surpass even my wildest imaginings with their bizarre behavior?

Tanbark

Hope you are right. Edwards came across very soft at the beginning of this campaign- He’s my favorite candidate and he’s going to need to put it into overdrive from here on out.

People vote for reasons that they often can’t even articulate.

The main reason Independents and even Republicans should vote for John Edwards for President is that the Republicans have completely messed things up and there is a big backlog of problems that must be dealt with AND Edwards is the one candidate who says we need ‘big bold change’ and puts forward an agenda to meet our current crises.

Nobody else has done so as completely.

Oh, and he has a great haircut and smile!

Which Hillary voted to do.

For which he has criticized her.

Another question for you, CinnamonApe:

Do you think the Iranian Republican guard is a terrrist organization?

:o)

Of course, when he got back to america, he STILL didn’t take any A*P*C-directed funds.

:o)

Tanbark

Hope you are right. Edwards came across very soft at the beginning of this campaign- He’s my favorite candidate and he’s going to need to put it into overdrive from here on out.

People vote for reasons that they often can’t even articulate.

Gotta agree with THAT!

The one speech where John Edwards came off as a real “Soprano” was his speech at Herzliya Israel

He sounded like a regular Dick Cheney at that one.

I am aware that it was at this conference that PM Ariel Sharon gave his courageous speech outlining his disengagement. He helped Israel face some of its major challenges.Throughout his career and public service Sharon has shown courage, including his historic decision to evacuate Gaza. More than anyone else, Sharon has, in my judgment, believed that a strong Israel is a safe Israel and that Israel needs to defend itself against security threats.

Ariel Sharon…Edward’s hero?

I saw firsthand the threats you face every day. I feel that I understand on a very personal level those threats. The challenges in your own backyard – rise of Islamic radicalism, use of terrorism, and the spread of nuclear technology and weapons of mass destruction – represent an unprecedented threat to the world and Israel. At the top of these threats is Iran. Iran threatens the security of Israel and the entire world. Let me be clear: Under no circumstances can Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

The Iranian president’s statements such as his description of the Holocaust as a myth and his goals to wipe Israel off the map indicate that Iran is serious about its threats .Once Iran goes nuclear, other countries in the Middle East will go nuclear, making Israel’s neighborhood much more volatile.Iran must know that the world won’t back down.

We have muddled along for far too long. To ensure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons, we need to keep ALL options on the table, Let me reiterate – ALL options must remain on the table.

The war in Lebanon had Iranian fingerprints all over it… Hezbollah is an instrument of the Iranian government, and Iranian rockets allowed Hezbollah to attack and wage war against Israel.

I cannot talk about the war last summer without referring to the Syrian role in destabilizing area. Syria needs to be held accountable… Talk is cheap…It can start by not harboring terrorists and ending its nefarious relationship with Iran.

While Iran is the greatest threat now, but just as alarming is the one on your doorstep. Hamas, with Iranian support, doesn’t make any mistake of its intentions to wipe out Israel, and repeatedly makes calls to raise the banner of Allah over all of Israel.

Israel is willing to go back to negotiating table, little has been seen on the Palestinian side. We instead have seen chaos and violence on the street, and no revocation of violence against Israel.

Israel not only has the right to defend itself, it has an obligation to defend itself. This means continuing to ensure Israel’s military strength, diplomatically and economically

We should be finding ways to upgrade Israel’s relationship with NATO. This could even some day mean membership. NATO’s mission now goes far beyond just Europe. Therefore, it is only natural that NATO seeks to include Israel.

Your challenges are our challenges. Your future is our future. The US will continue to stand by you. God bless you.

My analysis of Iran is if you start with the President of Iran coming to the UN in New York denouncing America and his extraordinary and nasty statements about the Holocaust and goal of wiping Israel off map, married with his attempts to obtain nuclear weapons over a long period of time, they are buying time. They are the foremost state sponsors of terrorism. If they have nuclear weapons, other states in the area will want them, and this is unacceptable.

As to what to do, we should not take anything off the table. More serious sanctions need to be undertaken…I would not want to say in advance what we would do, and what I would do as president, but there are other steps that need to be taken.

[After Iraq, the] American people [are] reticent toward going for Iran. But I think the American people are smart if they are told the truth, and if they trust their president. So Americans can be educated to come along with what needs to be done with Iran.

Tough enough for ya’ll? ready for your “education”???

“As a lifelong jihadist and successful suicide bomber….”

I am ready for this.

there is also (e) all of the above plus an offering from (1) blackwater, (2) halliburton, (3) carlyle (4) American Enterprise Institute, or all of the above…..

Parade Magazine Sunday supplement yesterday was touting the rising power of online and the blogs for political activism.

Guess they didn’t get the memo.

Democracy…use it or lose it.

They make some mistakes. They claim Mark Halperin is non-ideological. What a joke that is. They don’t even list one Democratic.progressive blog at the bottom.

Hope you are right. Edwards came across very soft at the beginning of this campaign- He’s my favorite candidate and he’s going to need to put it into overdrive from here on out.

People vote for reasons that they often can’t even articulate.

Not time yet to buy up real estate even at foreclosure prices…We’ve got another 10% at least to drop.

But the Courts may be slowing that down. Seems that a Judge in Ohio (and I believe elsewhere) have put a hold on foreclosures there until the Banks (in this case Deutsche-Bank) actually pony up the documents showing they have Title. Apparenly everything is on hold until then, and the residents can stay put (likely without having to pay rent). I’m sure that others with subprime mortgages will now challenge their eviction on the same grounds. They might be able to stay squatting for many months.

I’m sure this will give many mortgage-holders some breathing space to get their economic affairs in order, and the banks may be encouraged to renegotiate rather than go to court and face a challenge. They might offer the home as a rental, or adjust the interest rate, or extend the payment schedule, or forgive the payments. Especially if they are having a hard time finding the actual Deed.

And it could get very nasty for the banks if the paperwork has somehow been lost or deeply misplaced in some file at some obscure intermediary.

I expect the banks and major lenders to take another hit when the realization that this

So the banks that got the bundled mortgages better have their paperwork in order, and not just a list of properties.