The condesending tone he speaks with.

I don't think either of them come off well. Call it regional bias, but I don't think Edwards has a very winning appearance. He looks and sounds like someone doing a bad impression of Dan Aykroyd's Jimmy Carter impersonation.

This is what Thompson's candidacy reminds me of as it's all about appearance. I half keep expecting him to drop trou a la LBJ and demonstrate his qualifications to run the country.

From your link -

Okay, it's regional bias.

I can find you examples where lowering taxes lead to lower revenue, examples where raising taxes lead to lower revenue, examples where raising taxes lead to higher revenue, and examples where lowering taxes lead to higher revenue. What would be the point? There are but a small handful of examples, none of which are more than circumstantial correlations that were caused by such immense factors that 1) have shown no consistent pattern and 2) can't possibly be pinned to being affected solely by the act of changing taxation.

"Proved" is technically the correct form, though "proven" is an accepted alternative. I personally prefer "proven" and have added to my Firefox dictionary. Incidentally, "Firefox" is not in the Firefox dictionary.

Fair enough.

lol:)

I wish presidents could only serve a single 4-year term. I can't think of a single one who hasn't screwed up in their second term.

Everyone gets a little burned out in their jobs and sometimes start making mistakes - so do presidents. So, I think we should prevent it from happening as much as possible.

But what if the reason they screw up the second term is that they are not worrying about re-election and thus are not answerable to the voters anymore?

If that's the case allowing only single 4-year terms would have the exact opposite effect you are desiring.

Perhaps a better solution would be to allow Presidents to keep running as long as they like.

Impeachment, thought don't look to this bunch in DC for a lesson in how that's supposed to work.

Not everyone agrees.