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[TJ Parker]

"but if you dont have a problem in paying more taxes, then have you? I mean its not against the law to send in MORE than your supposed to so did you?"

well, no, you can't. if you do send in more, the IRS will recalculate it and return your overpayment.

but lets be clear here: i have no interest in paying taxes and seeing that money thrown away. just as when investing in a company, you want to see smart and competent management. investing in this administration's government would be like buying stock in Enron or AIG. fiscal, monetary, international, domestic policy have been non-existent. cronyism at its worst.

i want to see someone smart in charge, someone who will talk with smart people, develop smart policies and then sell them to the public effectively. i'm sick of president know-nothing. i'm sick of an administration that is constantly trying to sell its own (clearly wrong) version of reality. on top of all that, the possiblity of a president palin is a complete deal breaker. ya know, i love my mom, but i wouldn't want her to run for president. (for fun, check out the interview with the current mayor of wasilla, and you tell me that position trains one for being president - about 2 mins into this clip. very funny!

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=188638&title=understanding-real-america-in

you look at the candidates and ask, who has a better chance of reforming social security and medicare, for example, of *solving* these problems. from observing these candidates, i have to conclude that mccain would base his plans on conservative principles, yadda yadda, and he'd have no chance of passing it. but obama is the realist: i have much greater confidence that he'll come up with the leanest toughest plan that he can actually sell to the public. nobody is going to accept any degree of "sacrifice" for mccain; that's not his message.

"and btw, the clothing allowance is a bit beneath most reasonable people"

a bit!!! you're too kind. $150K is three times the average yearly salary. her clothing allowance is more than half a typical house. and lets also observe that it is illegal, by mccain-feingold, to spend campaign contributions on your clothing. yeah yeah, you get around that with some loophole by adding "oh we're gonna sell them or give them to charity". bah. mccain-feingold. mccain! where have i heard that name before?