Comments on: If You Vote Obama, My Family Will Keep Their Ears

By: Nils

Nils — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:27:37 +0000

Ok its been 100 days of TheBama and the economy has gotten steadily worse despite giving billions and billions of dollars to the jackasses who got into this mess in the first place so tell me more about how I was supposed to vote for him??

By: Coma Girl

Coma Girl — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:32:04 +0000

When Senator Obama mentioned in his DNC speach that he remembers his mother on the phone fighting with her health insurance company as she was dying, that spoke to me. He may be well off now, but he knows what it is like.

By: TheJennTaFur

TheJennTaFur — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:07:42 +0000

I really FEEL the pain here.

Since I live in NYC, I have always lived on a budget but now I have to get more realistic with this health insurance situation because I work as a consultant where I don’t have it..so, I am definitely switching jobs AS SOON as I find one with health insurance so that I am not waiting too late and I don’t have money to afford to go to a doctor.

I think I am going grey over this election and I am only 34. I am not going to dye my hair but if I go completely white, it is a reminder to me of how stressed out I have been over this election.

Let’s pray and get people to VOTE!

By: Slipshod

Slipshod — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:08:53 +0000

Donald Luskin (McCain’s new financial advisor since Phil Gramm was pulled from the spotlight) had a brilliant editorial in Sunday’s Washington Post. The timing couldn’t have been better…

A NATION OF EXAGGERATORS
Quit Doling Out That Bad-Economy Line
http://tinyurl.com/69py6z

As I’m sitting at Violet’s desk freaking about about the financial world imploding before my eyes, I see this clown’s editorial saying that “it’s really not that bad”.

Out
Of
Touch.

P.S. We’ve been clipping coupons and buying store-brands, and I’m one of the lucky ones with a solid job and house still well above water (for now).

By: Smoke Rings, Coffee Stains | When they start printing more money you know we’re in trouble

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:23:03 +0000

[...] as the American people are facing their financial reality, and with with posts like this one on Queen Of Spain from my friend Erin Koteki-Vest of Huffington Post and BlogHer showing up, what is the Government [...]

By: meleah rebeccah

meleah rebeccah — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:51:20 +0000

yep I am working simply for the health insurance. And McCain is totally clueless.

By: Leslie Poston

Leslie Poston — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:49:14 +0000

Erin, this is a great post.

By: HeartsandFlowers

HeartsandFlowers — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:36:50 +0000

Do people realize McCain voted for the bills his friend and advisor Phil Gramm wrote that allowed for this mortgage/broker/bank/lender mess to occur? Prior to 1999 we had laws that kept them from tying their business dealings together for a reason? This is worse than the Depression because back then the US didn’t borrow money. Everyone was forced to ride it out wealthy and poor alike. Nobody wants to sacrifice or do without today. It’s the voters’ fault for being ignorant of what their elected officials actually do. It’s also our fault for spending and not saving. I used to watch the Suze Orman show and would cry afterwards because she warned against taking out interest-only mortgages and not curbing credit card debt. Her advice just seemed to be the opposite of what was being pushed by Greenspan and society in general and I found it very frustrating and scary. But she was right. And Obama is the better choice but so many are invested in white supremacy I’m not sure there’s enough to counterbalance it. But I hope so.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:17:38 +0000

You know the situation my family is in. I just wrote more about it today on my blog, actually.

We’re a mere 1-2 months from falling behind on the mortgage. Things are too serious for me to get caught up in lipstick and pigs and false claims of sexism and trying to steal the idea of change. Like you, I’m all about the issues, and right now the issues scare the shit out of me.

I’ve never been one to proclaim my politics far and wide, but this year we’re putting a big-ass Obama/Biden sign in our front yard and I’m making sure my friends and family understand the issues and see through the lies. We need real change.

By: Queen of Spain

Queen of Spain — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:11:47 +0000

Links are always welcome Tiffani