mccain's vp

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

Obama was on CNBC and stated his capital gains tax plan a couple months ago (they interviewed Obama, Clinton and McCain and asked them their tax plan for investments). Raise from what's now taxed at your tax bracket, to 40% across the board was Obama's answer (Hillary wanted to raise them to 28-31%). The democrooks call it a tax on the rich, but in reality, it will be a HUGE tax on the middle class, as the majority of investment $$ out there is everyone's 401k, IRA and/or pension... which the last time I looked, was not the rich, but the working class.

factcheck.org

on top of that read:

investments for dummies

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I like that mcCain isnt scared to take a chance.

I guess it will be hard to knock Obama's experience when the VP candidate has been governor since December 2006 and before that was mayor of a town of 6000 people.

This should be the most entertaining election since...

She is the only one with Executive experience....

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by geeker2

She is the only one with Executive experience....

Oh im not knocking her at all. Fine leaders have come with resumes both big and small. Not the point i was making.

I just think its interesting that people will actually claim that she is "experienced" enough to be on the ticket while at the same time knock a guy with a bigger resume.

Governor of Alaska for less than 2 years and mayor of a town of 6k? Come on. If she is good, she is good. But lets drop the whole experience thing.

[onebadbeast]

she makes hillary look like a beast!

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

factcheck.org

on top of that read:

investments for dummies

i don't go by what some internet site says on anything political... I go by what comes straight out of someone's mouth.

with regards to investments... let's see.... moved here straight out of college with basically no $$ at all (less than $2k net worth), took every extra cent that I made and invested it when was working, stopped working when was 31 and have not had to the last 7 years... I must be doing something right!

[TheSpyder]

At least he's not a boobdist. Besides anyone can see he's green.

Spyder from SC

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

There are SO many stupid people out there...

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

i don't go by what some internet site says on anything political... I go by what comes straight out of someone's mouth.

with regards to investments... let's see.... moved here straight out of college with basically no $$ at all (less than $2k net worth), took every extra cent that I made and invested it when was working, stopped working when was 31 and have not had to the last 7 years... I must be doing something right!

Rich daddy die at age 55?

Hard to believe since you are so wrong on the policy of Obama.

[Scav]

I saw some pictures of her when I was on lunch. She is crazy hot. MILF city. The internet will be nuts over this broad.

For the record, I already typed in "Sarah Palin Naked" into yahoo and google and I got NOTHING!!!

All I saw was her holding some sort of high powered weapon when she was in Kuwait that looked pretty hot.......

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Scav

I saw some pictures of her when I was on lunch. She is crazy hot. MILF city. The internet will be nuts over this broad.

For the record, I already typed in "Sarah Palin Naked" into yahoo and google and I got NOTHING!!!

All I saw was her holding some sort of high powered weapon when she was in Kuwait that looked pretty hot.......

Bill Clinton wondering why he picked Al Gore

I coulda' had 8 years of that????????????????

[somerfrost]

I'll give mcCain credit for this one...never saw it coming! I will wait until after I watch the convention of course but she has a tall task when it comes to debating Biden. I like the pick from a feminist point of view, now we will make history this election no matter which party wins. I would have preferred (as I've stated many times) Condi Rice if he selected a woman...seems like a better pick on the surface. She is anti-abortion (like that as long as she's not a fanatic who wants to overturn Roe), she's NRA (can live with that) but against gay rights it appears (that's a big problem)....anyway, I'll wait to listen to her and hopefully learn a lot more about her. All in all, very interesting move!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by geeker2

Her ability to bring in the women vote will far outweigh the cry that she is not qualified.

Yeah, she will bring in the women vote like Alan Keyes or Ken Blackwell brought in the black vote.

This is a comically bad choice by McCain - you are already starting to see Obama's betting odds drop in the betting exchange markets since this morning. He's a bigger favorite now.

I think the number of females who will be offended by such an insane selection will greatly outnumber the ones who will be moved to vote for him because of her.

I just feel bad for Joe Biden. He's actually going to have to debate her - and he will have to dumb himself down tremendously and lose his smartass ways to deal with this complete fraud.

I'm not saying she's Sumitas in a skirt - but she's pretty damn close. She needed to carry a gun all over and go on several photo-op bear and moose hunts and wear fur every chance she got so she can win an Alaskan gubernatorial race with less than half of the vote.

It would all be very funny if McCain wasn't a geezer who could go any month.

He could have taken Tom Ridge - but someone "pro-choice" wouldn't have gone over well. He could have taken Mitt Romney - but someone mormon wouldn't have gone over well. He could have taken one of a half-dozen competent females in his own party that I know of - instead he choose the phony hunting lady from Alaska who is under investigation for abuse of power.

[somerfrost]

Yikes...haven't heard any of that! I agree that it's unlikely she'll draw a lot of female voters who weren't already voting for McCain but I still like the symbolism. Was it an act of desperation? I don't know...I'll reserve my judgement on her until after the convention!

[Mike]

I've been away from home and internet for several hours, and have been able to digest this VP pick. I think most Republicans must be bewildered right now.
Will the Fox news journalists be able to put a positive face on this?

And Pat Buchanan, who this liberal still likes, I can't imagine he's happy with this.

Entering now from the right side of the stage, 3rd party candidate__________(fill in the blank, this election seems ripe)

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

I'll give mcCain credit for this one...never saw it coming! I will wait until after I watch the convention of course but she has a tall task when it comes to debating Biden. I like the pick from a feminist point of view, now we will make history this election no matter which party wins. I would have preferred (as I've stated many times) Condi Rice if he selected a woman...seems like a better pick on the surface. She is anti-abortion (like that as long as she's not a fanatic who wants to overturn Roe), she's NRA (can live with that) but against gay rights it appears (that's a big problem)....anyway, I'll wait to listen to her and hopefully learn a lot more about her. All in all, very interesting move!

Ideally Condi would have been the pick. But he couldn't have taken the risk by taking anyone from the Bush regime. Too much negativity would have come from it.
Personally, I have not seen enough of Palin to make a decision. It does seem like they took some air out of the Obama sails with the pick. But after learning a little about Palin, my first reacation was wow, she certainly covers many segments of the voting population. Woman, Mother of a soldier and child with a disability. This comes into play. I have 2 healthy kids (thank God) and it is stressful enough worrying and taking care of them on a regular day. And I am not running for VP. Will it affect her? The children will be thrusted into the spotlight now too. I am also guessing that there will be alot of time away from the children/baby. I know how my wife was with our children, she didn't even want to leave them to go out to dinner. Esentially she is choosing a big career move here over her children and might even take some heat publically for that. It's something she might regret later on. Then there is the whole NRA, Hunting deal. She did seem to be very well spoken, also she seemed to be very genuine (maybe Hilliary should be taking notes).
Experience or lack there of, is a big issue for me personally. If for some reason she ended up in the oval office, How would she react if the $hit hit the fan? I feel the same way about Obama in this sense. That is the reason I thought Condi was a great fit. I would also feel a little better, if she came from a state with many issues (NY, CAL, TEX etc.) I am not sure what goes on in Alaska, but I can't believe that it could be that much.
I look foward to see her debate with Biden. Definatley a risky pick, because I thought he could beat Obama without any "trick plays". So if she craps the bed, this could end up cost him an election that he might have been able to win with a safe pick for VP.

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Rich daddy die at age 55?

Hard to believe since you are so wrong on the policy of Obama.

nope. both parents still alive. didn't get anything there, nor from anyone else.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

nope. both parents still alive. didn't get anything there, nor from anyone else.

How did you make it all?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

nope. both parents still alive. didn't get anything there, nor from anyone else.

Amazing that you have accomplished so much in life and in the investment world but yet it is obvious that you still don't know the difference between a long term and short term capitol gain and the difference in how they are taxed.

You really do need to read up on Obama's policies before you make blatantly wrong statements on an internet board. If you dont want to go to factcheck.org, a bipartisan think tank, then perhaps you might just want to google it.

[GPK]

I do believe McCain assured himself of carrying Virginia with that selection.

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

How did you make it all?

outsmarting all the so-called experts and diversification, big time. Putting $$ in right after 9/11 was the exact right call too (everyone else panicking and selling, I get everything cheap... just like in trading places). I had basically every cent I owned invested then.

my parents never invested anything (all their money in savings or cd's so that the bank made $$ of theirs and they actually lost due to inflation over time), nor taught me anything about it either. I made more the first 12 months than they did in their life, in their bank accounts and they never made much working either, as they were both teachers. I want my $$ making more for me, not someone else.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

outsmarting all the so-called experts and diversification, big time. Putting $$ in right after 9/11 was the exact right call too (everyone else panicking and selling, I get everything cheap... just like in trading places). I had basically every cent I owned invested then.

my parents never invested anything (all their money in savings or cd's so that the bank made $$ of theirs and they actually lost due to inflation over time), nor taught me anything about it either. I made more the first 12 months than they did in their life, in their bank accounts and they never made much working either, as they were both teachers. I want my $$ making more for me, not someone else.

So, in the last 7 years, have you timed the market as spectaularly as before 9/11?