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[quote]That's what every guy says just before....... [/quote] Ah haha! NICE! ;)

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="17" id="1889513"]You wonder why they have not latched onto that dont you? The problem, as alluded to above, is that Obama has the same stink associated with him. While there is no proof he took a bribe from a gangster, there is a lot of smoke on it, and the stink of it. Obama does not want to scratch that itch because the scab of his own itch will come off and be exposed as well.[/quote] HA HA! Now that is some A grade politi

Rat! I only managed to cath bits of it. But it was quite fun to watch. I dunno about won. Maybe in this grandscale mudslinging match Obama wasn't throwing as much McCain? But I only managed to watch a few bits on the War, healthcare and taxcuts. I missed the rest :( Anyone know where I can watch the debate again? I want to watch it again later. more slowly and examine points a bit more :) (on that funky thing called the interweb that is :P

Of course there may be a way to spin this...maybe something along the lines of. McCain's inability to notice what was happening around him during the Keating 5 fiasco puts into question his ability to think fast and lead the county during this time of financial crisis, when so much is at stake do you really want a guy who reacted slowly and did nothing to stop it in his younger years to be put in charge of things now that he's even older and slower? Something a

[quote]He wasnt innocent he was there and did some actions. At any rate it shows a good history of who McCain really works for and its not "Country First"[/quote] I think it'd be dangrous to simply discount the results of a federal investigation. I mean these guys spend months talking to people and asking questions, trying to find the truth of what happened. Compared to someone like me who only hears about the thing on the news maybe for a week? Not to say we shouldn't questi

So it's on friday that we will know if this move was a smart one or not right? Sorry but I just wanted to clear this up. If McCain said he suspended his campaign, that means he won't show up on friday. What will they do then? Show Obama talking to himself? Or just say Obama won? Oh and what does this suspension mean for Sarah? Is she just gonna sit back and continue managing alaska?

Thanks. Wow a 100 years, so if it ever was to happen again you'd might have two political opponents of completely different stances running the country. How funky would that be if it happened now? Then everyday would be mudslinging! But pity that probably won't happen since McCain said he'd pull out. :( But then I'd be scared, I mean an untried, untested system that hasn't seen anything like that sort of event in over 100 years. Everybody would be on new g

[quote who="Vishmaw" reply="3" id="1888006"]And the money muliplier is generally a banking term from what I understand, refering to banks out loans and building interest and such to virtually "create" money which seemingly puts more cash into the economy. Unfortunately this often leads banks to lend out money they don't techincally have and we see the effect of that now. If you mean something different by money multiplier please specify. [/quote] My understanding o

ha ha! that sounds so cool and dramatic. Has that ever happened before?

Here in Australia the name McCain seems closer associated with potato chips and frozen foods. At the start of all this it seemed so clear Obama was going to win, then all of a sudden I looked up and it has now turned into a closer race. Which brings me back to my chip story, the tag line for McCain foods in australia is "Ahhh McCain, you've done it again" and hence whenever funky things the whole Sarah thing shows up that seems to level the field more, that line always plays i

Cool :) Thank you all for the replies, it all makes so much more sense now :) Now I know why those states are so often mentioned. But out of curiousity what determines the number of electorial votes for each state? What happens if nobody gets 270 votes? Or is this before the final meeting and they just keep going until somebody finally has the 270 and then they just formalise it? Oh and I'm curious what are the primaries exactly? Are they some sort of pre-election?

Howdy everyone :) I was just wondering if anyone knew of a quick tutorial on how the whole US electorial system worked. I tried reading wikipedia but got quite confused with what senators are and other concepts which are foreign to me. Perhaps some background on why I'm so clueless. I've lived most of my life on a pacific nation where elections generally involve who can purchase the most beer for everyone. Recently I've headed over to australia where I've spent the last few ye