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Yipes! Looks like this whole America-healing thing has been a bit slower than earlier anticipated. We here at Iowahawk are all about keeping hope alive, so here's fresh batch of positives to keep our progressive friends warm during the upcoming Rovian ice age: When you dig into the demographics of the red states, the first thing that jumps out is their huge population growth and birth rates. With so many uncontrolled herds of screaming babies running underfoot in places like Utah and Texas, eventually these people will have to start clamoring for abortion rights. Money is the lifeblood of politics,...

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Here are some possible wishlist items for Bush's second term and what we might expect in 2008: 1) The US should withdraw from the UN and stop generously paying 80% of the cost to run it. It is obvious that the UN is a completely corrupt organization as exemplified by the dishonesty of most of the UN opposition countries during the Iraq inspections. As Democrats know, but probably chose to ignore, France, Germany, and Russia all were getting huge oil bribes from Saddam to influence them to vote against removal of Saddam. Russia was helping Iraq get rid of weapons...

To all good people of countries other than the US- WE are now officially a rogue nation- please don’t blame the citizens of the US as we have been taken over by Nazis. Trust us, we are more frightened than you. There is no possible way that Bush is the most popular president ever. There is no way that he won this election. It is a lie, supported by fraudulent elections and corrupt government officials. There is no popular support for Bush, only Bush freepers on the net paid for by homeland security to convince other nations and naive US...

You all took turns laughing because I am an extreme left, but I laugh at you because you people proved me right. You delete remarks for no other reason but you don't like the thoughts expressed, (though mine was left for assument) inactivate my account, and preach free speech for all. My words weren't for the purpose of starting a war, only to say, "hey, what do you think about this?" I didn't get one intellgent arugment. Name calling yes, insults yes, nothing thought provoking. So you cane prove me right yet again, and delete this post and inactivate my...

Exactly why are you retards happy that this Cokehead chimp is back? Do Conservatives like escalating budget deficits? I guess so. Do Conservatives like pointless wars initiated by lies? I guess so. You really must love outsourced jobs and a crappy economy. You are probably too stupid to realize how the country is now screwed. To hell with all of you.

Following is the full English transcript of Usama bin Ladin's speech in a videotape sent to Aljazeera. In the interests of authenticity, the content of the transcript, which appeared as subtitles at the foot of the screen, has been left unedited. Praise be to Allah who created the creation for his worship and commanded them to be just and permitted the wronged one to retaliate against the oppressor in kind. To proceed: Peace be upon he who follows the guidance: People of America this talk of mine is for you and concerns the ideal way to prevent another Manhattan, and...

A very brief vanity. I was just musing on the pattern of electing presidents, and it seems to me that the proper job preparation is to be a state governor, not a U.S. Senator. Here's the breakdown since 1900: 1. William McKinley -- governor of Ohio 2. Teddy Roosevelt -- governor of New York before vice-president (succeeded deceased president) 3. William Howard Taft -- governor general of the Phillipines 4. Woodrow Wilson -- governor of New Jersey 5. Warren Harding -- Lt. Governor of Ohio 6. Calvin Coolidge -- governor of Massachusetts (succeeded deceased president) 7. Herbert Hoover -- Secretary...

I dunno... He just reminds me too much of that no-talent fat-guy idiot from Saturday Night Live, Horatio Sanz.

A small knot of reporters and camera crews gathered in front of a sprawling ranch on a hot August day near Crawford, Texas. The Republican convention in Philadelphia had ended two weeks earlier, and the presidential campaign of George W. Bush was in a traditional hiatus as the Democratic Party put on its own show in Los Angeles. President Bill Clinton had given a rousing performance to the crowd early in the convention, and the candidate selected by the party to succeed him, Vice President Al Gore, was about to surprise many pundits with a rather successful acceptance speech of...

No full table of the "Georgia by county" percentages yet, here is a few I did myself. The top two are #1 and #2 by my estimations. The rest are counties of interest/metro Atlanta counties. Forsyth 83.2% (repeats its #1 Bush county in state) Dawson 81.9% Cherokee 79% Pierce 79% Hall 78% (was 66% in 2000) Paulding 76 Gwinnett 66 Cobb 62 Presidential results: Georgia by county Key: TP=total precincts / PR=precincts reporting County TP PR Kerry Bush Badnarik Appling 18 18 1,848 4,494 27 Atkinson 5 5 799 1,666 5 Bacon 6 6 930 2,853 7 Baker 6 6...

This is my first posting to FR but I owe this forum a big debt of thanks, having lurked upon it throughout this election season. I live in a northeastern state, am married to a successful business executive and after Sept. 11, have become a recovering liberal--much to the horror of many members of my large family. For the last 13 years before I took early retirement, I had a job in PR and meeting planning where I went to Europe on business several times a year. After Sept. 11, I had to go to Paris a couple of weeks...

By the latest numbers, Bush won a popular vote victory by a margin of 3.12%. It has been said (by Dick Morris) that it is a virtual statistical impossibility to win a majority of electoral votes with more than a 0.7% popular vote deficit. (Gore illustrated a hair’s breadth electoral loss with a 0.5% popular margin.) When I look at a very close electoral result, and a solid popular margin of more than 3%, my first reaction is that the old wisdom is no longer true, and this solid 3.12% popular margin came with a much close electoral electoral result....

After listening to pundits reflect upon yesterday's extremely inaccurate early exit polls, it becomes clear that either the AP simply threw science to the wind by sending all women pollers to interview all women voters, or that they tried to affect the election and depress the R vote. Personally, I think the latter. After CBS's forged documents and the timing of trumped up "stories" by the NYTimes in the last ten days, I admit that I am cynical enough to believe that early exit poll data was manipulated in order to simulate a Kerry lead. As I said yesterday, however,...

This is my rough draft, and I know it's really horrible. I left out the citations, but it'll put in later. Please do not feel hesitate to post any suggestion. This is dued November 8 so I really need your help. Fighting Against Gun Control Throughout American history, gun violence has focused the national attention on gun control. In 1968, Congress enacted the Gun Control Act in reaction to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Not many years later, Congress passed several more gun control laws such as...

This is my first post here and I am very confused. How does someone with a 44 % approval rating, loser of all three debates, down even in the almighty Fox news polls, manage to get more votes than Gore did? BLACK BOX VOTING MACHINES WITH NO PAPER TRAIL THATS HOW. Hats off to the GOP (God's own party) for finding another way to cheat to victory. And we are trying to spread democracy in Iraq? There is no democracy here. America has become a big joke. What's next? Bowing to king weasel the drunk????? I will NEVER DRINK THE...

What is the latest on this? Are there any seats still too close to call? How many seats did we gain? +2, +3, or +4?

I was just wondering how many freepers believe in global warming? What do you think about it?