Hennessey vs. Picente or Griffo?

[stoney]

Oh, ok. For some reason I thought you were an Arcuri supporter.

[lioneljoe]

Larry, glad to see you our supporting Richard Hanna. He will appeal to common sense Republicans, Democrats and independents. As for Hennessey, I am no Picente fan and I am willing to give him a chance. As long as he sticks to a fiscally conservative message of lower spending and lower taxes I think Hennessey can win. Last election that message was lost over his overly Picente focused campaign. It seemed like Picente couldn’t sneeze without Hennessey calling a press conference and I think he cried wolf once too often.

[Clipper]

I agree lioneljoe. It is time for not only Larry, but for EVERYONE to look at crossing party lines and to pay attention to the planks in a platform. Vote for the people that have an achievable agenda and a plan to make it work, not the party line.

I have always voted in that manner. I think in the next national elections you will see much more crossing of the party lines at the polls, and people voting for those that have a plan. A plan that works! Not a some pie in the sky idea to redistribute MY wealth, and give it all to social programs and to the CEO's and stockholders of large corporations.

I find our present leader to be a great orator, but a pea brained scholar of economics or diplomacy. I live only to see the country relegate his administration to the history books and to get back on track through the election of a much more realistic and down to earth candidate, no matter which party they may come from.

[stoney]

"Not a some pie in the sky idea to redistribute MY wealth, and give it all to social programs and to the CEO's and stockholders of large corporations."

Lol! WHO do you think the Republican party represents?

[Clipper]

Well no matter how much the Republicans are alleged to be only for the rich, MY WORKING CLASS, MIDDLE INCOME, BANK ACCOUNT WAS NOT THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION IN ORDER TO SUPPORT BOTTOM FEEDING PARASITES AND TOP OF THE POND CEO'S THAT ARE SIPPING THE GRAVY OFF THE TOP.

The bailout was started by Bush, but Obama continued to "give away" my money and to "stimulate" the large corporate pocket book, while giving the middle class only a token number created jobs, and even more insecurity than we had under Bush.

It is not about party politics. It is about individuals that presently form the leadership of one of those parties. To think that the democrats aren't catering to the rich or to corporate America is really quite stupid.

My angst isn't with a party. My angst is with a diminutive little dude of questionable origin, that has this self image that is more "regal" than presidential. My angst is with an entire legislative branch, from both parties that can't lay down the party crap and work together to resolve the issues that are important to us today.

If we look back on Bush's second term, most would have to admit that it was BUSH'S policies that stuck in their craw, more so than republican party issues. Just as it is Obama policies and agenda that sticks in my craw. Make no mistake about it. Bush was a failure in his second term, but at least it was his SECOND term before he became so arrogantly dictatorial in laying down policy from the oval office rather than working with congress. Obama started out with that attitude the day he was inaugurated, and had no clue about presidential politics. He was a community organizer that should have taken a more subtle approach in the beginning and not been so cocky. As a result he had nothing to bring to the table but criticism of the former administration, and he still tries to rely on that smoke screen to cover his own ineptness.

It will be interesting to listen to his State of the Union message. It will be entertaining to see how he explains away his failures to live up to his hype from the campaign, and it will be interesting to see what he intends to focus on in the SECOND year, having fallen on his ass trying to fullfill pie in the sky promises in the first year. Gitmo still open and finally he is seeing a necessity to keep it there. Healthcare looking like it will be forced back to the table to be rethought and started over on. He finally, after way too long of a delay, has found it a good idea to increase our troop strength in Afghanistan.

The white house has seen many hawks and doves come and go. Now we are stuck with a noisey little banty rooster, and can only hope for 2012 to bring us an "owl" candidate to run against him.

[stoney]

Oh I'm sure the conservatives will put up a typical 'bird of prey'...

[dgriffin]

Newt! Newt! Newt!

We'll need Newt to run against and lose to Hillary. Too bad, too, because Newt has some great ideas.

[Clipper]

Somebody has to stand up and keep the bald eagle as our symbol of strength and freedom. Otherwise our national symbol under the liberals of today would be a turkey or a chicken.

[dgriffin]

Or maybe a possum.

[Swimmy]

Or a dog with its tail between its legs...

[stoney]

Or a woman with a whip...