is that in Presidential, senate, congressional, or local elections? show me where you get those statistics, Goulet. that is a nice, comfy assertion, but i want proof. the entire country is aware of the fact that the only reason why the election is so close is because of the ethnicity of Obama. you can call it race card all you like; it does not change the reality. these are the worst economic times since the great depression. just today, we saw yet more bloodletting on wall street. and those same brokers who you see leaving the buildings with their belongings in cardboard boxes are going to vote republican. i really do not give a rats ass what you say about race cards. if the democrats had chosen a white man to run for president, the race would not be tight today. the difference between you and i is that i am not afraid of the truth. i call a spade a spade. you believe that if you don't discuss the issue, it will go away.

This is true, yet when they are interviewed they search for every excuse imaginable except race. They will say he is a Muslim, he doesn't have experience, that he's too young that He doesn't have executive experience, he wasn't raised in the U.S. on and on.

A lot of good George Bush has accomplished with his executive experience.

what happened is the messiah who turned out to be an empty suit peeked to soon the more people learn about him the less they like him....no more people fainting at his speeches etc. ....times were much much worse much worse during the Carter admin.....the stockmarket lost 2 or 3 % today in 1987 crash it lost 25%...playing the race domino is not going to work this time,Dread,.....but the sexist card is

your guy barry over the last two years got more money from fannie may and freddy mac than everyother senator except one .....the Hypocrite,,,,both agencies run by democrats the losers.....Charley R gone down the drain yet ?

once again. GC, the joseph goebbels of the internet, regales us with half truths to make his point. he marginalises the wall street goings on of recent times by harking back to the 1987 black monday, invoking the name of Jimmy Carter. he fails to make the important point that the crash began with the hong kong stock market, and spread to wall street and all the major markets of the then G7. he also fails to refer to the fact that the losses were recouped very quickly, bcause the initial meltdown was caused by panic selloff occasioned by disagreements in fiscal policy between the USA and the g7. as usual, he eschews details and facts, but issues snippets and opinions not based on any in depth understanding of the issue. the meltdown on wall street is a prolonged issue; it is structural. Lehman Brothers is the largest bankruptcy in history. it makes enron look like a cake sale. the mortgage meltdown and home losses have no parallel in the carter era. Lehman Brothers survived carter; it could not make it through Bush.

This is why I no-longer entertain him with a response. Someone gave a good definition of GC he is a "simpleton". He is Someone who cannot objectively discuss political topics pros and cons without resorting to calling others Lefty and communist just because they disagree. I've concluded he is a pure idiot. Not surprisingly most Cubans his age are the same way.

there you go again Ladrone with your inferiority complex abour Cubans and PRs....get over it

ladronaso, the sad thing in an argument is disingenuity. if you examine black monday, there are numerous explanations for the event. many economists have their take on the event, not the least of which is program trading, which is the trading of stocks by computer programs. but not one of the explanations attributes it to a structural deficiency in the economy of the time. it is completely unlike what we have today, wherein the unregulated investment houses are playing casino games, and losing. the crunch is not over. if AIG does not get a bailout, or finds a buyer, it could take a giant dump. at least during jimmy carter, all the 5 major brokerage houses survived. today, only merrill lynch and goldman sachs have managed to stay afloat. and, as to the race issue; why do i bother? 63% of americans see the economy as the no 1 issue. john mccain admits that he is an economic illiterate. yet, americans would prefer to put their lives in the hands of a guy who admittedly does not know how to impact their most pressing concern. they just simply cannot bring themselves to opt for the other guy! had al gore or kerry been the democratic candidate, the election would not be close.

GC, i am small fry as an economist. so, i am not in a solid position to compare these times with the carter times. i suggest you match wits with Alan Greenspan, who states in an interview that this is the worst economy he has ever seen in his lifetime. and, i am sure , he was around during carter. that should make your life easier. and, GC, while you are at it, you might wonder why it is that sarah palin, who advocated the banning of certain books, would quote from the writings of the rabid racist and McCarthyite Westbrook Pegler, whose favorite pastime was to advocate the assassination of politicians he did not like, such as FDR and Bobby Kennedy.( he hoped that some "white man from the southern tier" would splatter Bobby k"s brains). nice company you keep, GC.

McCain has no clue about monetary policy at a point in history where the USD is losing its status as the world reserve currency. We cannot afford someone this stupid being president.