ok.. whatcha think?   

I think he is a good candidate.. he has some of the experience obama lacks. He his pro womens rights, supports gay rights, I like his views on gun control and he wants our soldiers out of Iraq. I think he is a good match for obama.

well, then you wont like his views.     The NRA gives him a rating of F... He is for the ban on assault rifles, voted no against prohibiting lawsuits against gun makers. Basically that there are too many people with to many guns.   

   Didnt think so..  I have family members that carry guns. I dont care for them but I dont mind if someone else does. Well, except for the ones who want to hold me up at gunpoint. I do think a little more regulation would be a good thing. To many guns in the wrong hands.

Have you ever watched bowling for Columbine?  If not you should check it out. It was a real eye opener for me.

 Thankfully we have come a long way. Still have a ways to go though.   

When my daughter was almost a year old my FIL left his gun on the table and she found it and put it in her mouth. ya know babies.. everything goes in their mouths.. luckily she was alright but it could have been bad, real bad. I don't have a problem with gun owners. I have a problem with irresponsible gun owners.

edit.. my spelling is terrible.   

He didnt.  my MIL and myself always made sure when we were visiting that he had it put up. My MIL freaked! She isnt the type to cuss but wow! she let go a slew of obscenities that made me proud.   

Its different if you grow up around them, are taught safety.. Its just unfortunate that so many people get them and dont take the proper precautions. It makes me sick to my stomach to hear about little kids being shot because mom and dad didn't lock the gun up. The hard part is trying to balance the rights of the responsible gun owners against the safety of innocents. 

I am so-so about Biden.  I can appreciate his views on abortion(doesn't necessarily agree with it but doesn't want to overturn R VS. W) but he does believe that life begins at conception and I do not.  However, he did vote yes on $100 million to reduce teen pregnancy by education and contraceptives.

Biden's a big supporter of renewable resources but recognizes corn is only going to take us so far.  He's against the big oil guys getting tax breaks and that's more than OK in my book.

Biden authored the Violence Against Women Act.  I'm a woman so I am more than happy about that  

He believes that we're in a war that shouldn't have been fought and that the wealthy were given tax breaks that weren't needed.  Ending the war would mean cutting those taxes, reducing the deficit, and getting out of debt with China.  

Joe Biden believes(take it for what it's worth)


He's a politician.  I'd like to believe him but I just don't know.

He voted no on requiring an ID for voter registration which I do not agree with.  But that's another topic for another thread LOL

On the guns tip, I agree with him that guns should come with proper safety devices and that background checks must be done, even at gun shows.

Healthcare is wishy-washy but that may be because it directly involves my family.  I agree that children come first in health care but let's not leave out adults who  desperately need medicine, not only for prevention but for the sake of living.

Biden can be quoted as saying:


I understand it is his personal opinion but I do believe it is based on some fact.  I as a parent as well as a lot of parents that I talk with on a daily basis do have concern for their children's future.  It's hard telling your children to do what makes them happy and everything will be OK.  I find myself pushing my sons into making college and career-oriented decisions.  Instead of telling them, "do whatever makes you happy" my hubby and myself find ourselves saying, "you have to go to college if you want to be financially secure."  While my sons may be stoked and college-bound at this point in their lives they still have a lot of living to do and may change their minds in the future.  That scares the human excretement out of me!

On the fence with Biden but he shows some promise LOL  I'm not getting the feeling he wants to stick it to me as a woman or as an american, unlike Palin.

Thanks for posting this Cin girl.......... I can't wait 2 vote .......

There are a couple of reasons for this I think.

First~  Information is more available now than it was 30,40, or 50 years ago.. back then a shooting could take place in hick town usa and no one but people locally would ever hear about. now days if a shooting takes place in hick town usa its all over the wire inside of 30 minutes.

second~  Back then if a child was accidentally shot using a parents gun it was treated as a tragic accident and  people were sypmpathetic.  They were not treated like negligent  parents.   

thought of a couple more reasons.   

more people now, higher rate of crime means more people are arming themselves..

more families with both parents working so kids are left alone alot more than they used to be.

Dont see how anything I pointed out has to do with  political beliefs but ok.