I don't think the polls are as close as they are reported and I seriously believe pollsters are surveying a presumed and not likely group of voters.

I have to be truthful and say that I hadn't given much thought to healthcare because I have it all of my adult working life and have been fairly healthy. However, with my mother aging and retired (because of her condition) we are now facing some expenses that have put the issue square in my face. Also my father died from prostrate cancer at 53, I believe it was treatable disease and I wonder what type of care he would have gotten were he not black and if he weren't using social security disabiliy and va benefits? Nevertheless, I imagine with job loss, underemployment and the sheer numbers of the underinsured, any attention paid to this issue or legislation applied to it will make a difference in the lives of many.

One of my biggest hopes though is for justice. That someone will be done about the civil injustices in this country. One being the judicial system that makes life very difficult for little black boys who have made mistakes and pay for them with the quality of their whole life. This lends to the overall perception of the men and the community as a whole and fosters disrespect, neglect and in worst cases, ill will.

I would also like for America to be held to its own standards of patriotism when it comes to loving this country enough to care for all it citizens in a way that shipping 50,000 jobs overseas for the benefit of a few would be seen as unpatriotic.

I don't think the polls are as close as they are reported and I seriously believe pollsters are surveying a presumed and not likely group of voters.

I have to be truthful and say that I hadn't given much thought to healthcare because I have it all of my adult working life and have been fairly healthy. However, with my mother aging and retired (because of her condition, we are now facing some expenses that have put the issue square in my face. Also my father died from prostrate cancer at 53, I believe to be a treatable disease and I wonder what type of care he would have gotten were he not black and if he weren't using social security disabiliy and va benefits? Nevertheless, I imagine with job loss, underemployment and the sheer numbers of the underinsured, any attention paid to this issue or legislation applied to it make a difference in the lives of many.

One of my biggest hopes though is for justice. That someone will be done about the civil injustices in this country. One being the judicial system that makes life very difficult for little black boys who have made mistakes and pay for them with the quality of their whole life. This lends to the overall perception of the men and the community as a whole and fosters respect, neglect and in worst cases, ill will.

I would also like for America to be held to its own standards of patriotism when it comes to loving this country enough to care for all it citizens in a way that shipping 50,000 jobs overseas for the benefit of a few would be seen as unpatriotic.

;-)

BWA HA HA HA HA HA

It gives me comfort just to think that after eight years of George W. Bush we will have a president who has actually read the Federalist Papers.

See, folks can call me an Uppity Snob if they want, but I will continue to insist that ANYONE who takes politics – not power – but politics and what it means to us as a country -SERIOUSLY.

MUST, to their CORE, be offended by the ticket of McCain/Palin.

there is no other choice.

What a wonderful world…

enjoy your vperipheral visionification of the highest expectorations.

I agree. And really, I wonder at the lack of (or numbing of) what I would call deep feeling in people who think the only incentive/motivation to do well is to get rich.

And I wonder: Do the people who promote this ideology maybe have no other internal experiences themselves that show them there is a different way? That is, do those people really have no other non-financial wellspring in themselves for excellence?

(if so — by my standards they should not be in charge of any decisions for a nation, since they are lacking something really crucial in terms of humanity)

IMO That right there is indicative of a whole structure of unquestioned assumptions informing D's philosophy here.

Interesting to me how he comes with these heavy untouchable/unquestionable assumptions but says that you need to “prove” your statement.

Interesting that of my three comments in response to your arguments today, this is the one you chose to reply to.

I hope the grassroots network will change things this time, though. Maybe if Barack can teach ordinary people to have a voice, the millions who don't vote, might be inspired to. Then, maybe it won't be 10 steps back for you guys. Then you guys won't spend the next 50 years defending a woman's right to choose, but move on to other things – the wedge issues won't have that power anymore.

I think health care is the most revolutionary thing you will accomplish. The amount of productive energy tied up in worry and strife over health will be released. After the reverse of the negative momentum, your society will flourish is ways you might not even imagine.

It is so liberating it is to walk into any clinic without so much as a dime in your wallet, and see a doctor for whatever ails you. I've been referred to specialists, had scans, x-rays, tests, stayed in the hospital and never paid a single dime from my pocket. I can't imagine the fear of a parent without health care. It would have been great if Barack's plan was a true single payer Health….but, baby steps.

How can anyone take them seriously?