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Thread #111210   Message #2340926
Posted By: GUEST,Q as guest
15-May-08 - 12:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: How is West Virginia doing in elect.?
Subject: RE: BS: How is West Virginia doing in elect.?
Yes, we will see. Nothing I have seen suggests a sweep for the Obamites.
A few comments on Ron Davies free-wheeling digressions- I'll make a few myself.
I said nothing about fighting Al Qaeda. They are a small group who flourish in troubled areas; they are not representative of any of the Muslim nations. Cooperative efforts towards solving problems would be the be the best way to minimize them. This means cooperation with Syrians, Iranians, et al.; not one of the candidates has said anything helpful in this regard- and why should only Israel have nuclear capabilities in the Middle east?

I did say in other words that current American ideas that the Taliban is a group that can be fought in the same way as Al Qaeda is laughable; they are the 'young Turks' of the Pashtun people, a conservative cultural group of many millions in Afganistan and Pakistan. They will control Afganistan fully again.

Have you written that speech for Obama in which he comes out strongly for that citizenship path for all illegal immigrants? Hmmm, I just might support him if he ever did that. A steal from Bush, of course. And wasn't Bush pushing for it but Congress turned him back?

I have also suggested that Congress will remain strongly divided after the election; the extravagant and childish claims that humungous change will prevail will fizzle. Hope for a few improvements in health care, a considered and careful withdrawal from the mess we made in the Middle East, and a few baby steps towards sustainable, varied energy sources that can supplant some of the current oil-coal base.

Now back to West Virginia- or is that now just old news, with no lessons to be learned from it?