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[quote author=Kay-Dee]People who ardently watch faux news are never going to vote Obama anyway.[/quote]LOL. The thing ain't black and white. If I was using that same logic I would say the same for CNN and co with regards to propensity towards Obama. It is still possible to have people with conservative views who are independents you know . .

ogugua88: You think so?

There just isn't any point deceiving ourselves, let us look at this thing properly. You might see Fox news as heavily biased but they have a huge viewership. Independents don't only watch CNN and CBS.

Let us be fair, Fox news probably has more viewers than CNN, what do their polls say?

[quote author=Donalð Genes]'' Hey Mr President Attacking me is not an Agenda'' for dealing with a dangerous world'
hahahahahaha Mitt was literaly begging for Obama to take it easy on him.lmaoooooooooooooooooo![/quote]Keep laughing o. He was being smart!

milehigh06: trust you?who are you
my parents did not waste money on my education and i have been doing researches on these candidates,rem that Romney has been running from 8 years and he has said so many things in that time,so what do we believe? or which romney do we believe

I have heard you, move it along please.

milehigh06: romney ran away from all he ever stood for and that simply means Romney is a liar
what world do you live in
The man has been accused of being a serial flip-flopper
he has flip flopped all through the debates and ANOTHER WORD FOR A FLIP-FLOPPER IS A LIAR

This thing has more nuances. It is not necessarily about Romney idealism but more about Anti Obama sentiment. America woke up a couple of years ago and realised they actually elected Obama. Romney might be bad, but he is manageable with the Anti Obama camp. The Republican camp has run on making Obama a one term president. This thing isn't so straightforward. Obama had to make Romney look unmanageable, he didn't. Romney came out not as bad as YOU think he did. Trust me on that. Romney even made sense on China.

milehigh06: omo,u get winch,how u know say i get big nose

I no talk say you get big nose. Romney was smart in this debate, fashi how you feel things went, Romney knew what he was doing. Obama could have done a tad better to be honest. Romney had SO MANY foreign policy gaffes to go after. Romney said something like ' the middle east is a lost cause'. Then less we forget the series of gaffes from Olympics, to Poland to Israel that Romney gaffed through. Obama could also have made it MORE apparent that Romney was presenting NO novel ideas with many things he was saying (from Iran to Israel). The list is endless. Obama had a chance to attempt resetting Romney's image to pre-first debate levels as the naive buffoon. He didn't quite get there.

Don't care about the republican or democratic party, but it really is scary to imagine a Romney presidency in America of all nations that is hugely influential in the world.

milehigh06: omo,go back and smoke more weed if u smoke any and if not,better start smoking some cos no be d same debate we we watch,obama fried romney.romney virtually agreed with obama on everything

For once try and see beyond your nose. Read again. It is not about what you alone think. That first debate was what Romney needed, he showed people who would have had a tendency towards him (for many reasons which I wouldn't go into) that he was manageable as a candidate. They WILL go with that.

Hmm. Romney didn't come out as bad as he could have. Obama has a real fight on his hands come election day. It is not about debating well. Obama was on a high before because Romney's base (who wouldn't have voted for Obama anyway) thought Romney was unelectable with all the gaffes. Now he is seeming bad, but manageable, and they will go with that. This debate won't change much. Obama could have done better.

Romney making more sense on China. He handled that quite well. That was the best response he has given in a very long time.

candieangel12: Wait. Whats wrong wit Romney this night? He isn't putting up a fight. Obama carry on joor, nothing do you

He is being smart! The audience are millions of americans not in that room.

Come on Obama, this guy just handed you a cake. This is Romney that pretty much said 'leave those middle east people to keep fighting their wars, it can't be salvaged'.

Did Romney just say "Iranian Mullahs"?

After all is said and done, Romney is offering NO novel idea towards dealing with Iran. This guy is playing a clever game here in this debate.

davidylan: This was a zinger!

Na, the real zinger was: 'We have visited the website a couple of times, it still doesn't add up'

LOL

LOL

'We have less bayonetts and horses, we have these things called aircraft carriers'

Oh GOSH. What is this turning into? Olympics, balancing budget, 25years expereience?

fonzie2u: Romney is doing good,obama is on d offensive,obama b careful ds guy is playing on ur intelligence by not attacking you ds time

EXACTLY. Plus of course he just changes position and you wonder, who is this?

So saw this coming. Moderator do your job, keep them focused on foreign policy!

YIKES! Gloves are already off

Previously war mongering Romney is now talking about nation building as a means of combating islamic extremism in the middle east? This man is something. What EXACTLY does he stand on?

Here we go

ba7man: They share juicy appointments amongst themselves at the top while everyone argueing on this thread has no connection with any of the appointments.....It doesn't even affect anyone on this thread directly.

Abeg it does o, for anyone wey dey enter aeroplane it does. I want to be able to close two eyes during flight and not have to bind and cast during landing, so it does matter. Just make air travel safe and more comfortable, don't care if you have to hire expatriates only to make that happen since Nigerians have shown an inability to avoid turning everything into ethnic tantrum.

naturalwaves: You are being biased.So, because some Ministries have a larger dominance of some tribes is enough reasons for her to start sacking people unjustly and then put people of her tribe there? The possibility of favourism cannot be ruled out in Nigeria but there is need for a common sense and conscience in doing such.If it were an open recruitment and a lot of persons from several tribes are qualified and she uses a bit of tribal sentiments, people wouldn't have raised much eyebrow but filling the available spots with some incompetent people is not good enough.

Why did she sack the GMs even without a tangible reason(s). I guess it is because they earn a huge salary which she needs a share of by putting people she knows under the guise of doing them a favour. This is a total abuse of power! The woman looks so gentle and was sheding some crocodile tears during that Dana crash. I never knew she was this heartless.

You're not even ashamed to note that we had GMs in the aviation industry when Dana crash happened after several warning incidents. Nigerians generally have no shame sha. That incident should have been enough to make people lose their jobs if they refused to retire voluntarily!

As long as competent hands got the job and it gets done. I can't even believe that this is the major issue, una no dey taya for plane crash and rubbish airports? Sick country

Paul John: It's not an excuse but the fact that people like him makes it impossible to have you people's trust.
Whichever way you put, I'm not here to debate on how right his assertion were but to convince that guy who thinks voting for a candidate from a certain tribe'll bring the change we want.
I see the prof as a pure tribalist. And that's why I said until we shorn tribalism we should forget about any sort of progress.
This is my opinion, make yours and stop condemning people's idea when it opposes yours.

LOL. Very true to type, no addition, no subraction. If you need to believe I am from so and so place to suit your own agenda instead of facing your bigotry then that is your prerogative. Have a nice day. The points highlighted in your posts is there for all to see, I am happy to leave it at that.

Paul John: I think the solution to this is not voting for a particular tribe, but electing the right thinking person, either Igbo, Hausa or whatever.
A person capable of standing firm for the truth with high standard of integrity that can be imitated for good.

Aren't there a trust worthy person in the whole North who's blind to tribalism and ready to canter any unjust act perpetrated either from his tribes men or any other person from any tribe? I doubt that.

And about igbo been voted for;
What I think the truth is: no one trust them. Everyone is avoiding the repetition of the calamity that happened over four decades ago.
More so, with the like of the old prof who brought up buried history that stirs up hatred, it makes it more complex or impossible to have their trust.

Again, I'll say: "until we shorn tribalism and start making our vote based on candidates competence and integrity before Nigeria(North/South) can move forward".

Contradict yourself much?

Your types are the most dangerous on this forum where many impressionable people from around the world visit. I will gladly take an open racist anyday than your types that try to cover bigotry with pseudointellectualism. Keep using Chinua Achebe's opinion as your excuse, the man remains hugely respected around the world. Anyways, one more poster to ignore.

Good news for labour. We need more alternatives to PDP and ACN. Better than Nigeria being a two party state is Nigeria being a three party state. I hope Labour can work on capturing even more states and extend these alternatives to the north.

Naija matter is getting very tiring abeg, I don't have the energy to be outraged. I bet nothing happens to the senator. People might just need to start practising jungle justice on politicians just to get a sense of justice. . .

Ogahtech: well I realy appreciate ur argument. but one thing I always advice Nigerians any where am opportune to meet them is, we most stop undermining PDP. we have been saying" PDP is not Nigeria "since 2003. that was what opposition in Egypt thought in the first place. but later realized incumbency is something to be taking much more serious.

There is no need to appreciate any argument, I am just a tad disappointed in your posts and i don't know why. Perhaps it is a disappointment that comes with exposing a bigotry behind a fake idealism in a country one wished would just grow up already. And I can tell that you are still happy with that view of yours, that some people need to take permission from the gatekeepers before aspiring towards presidency.

And now of course you are now trying to make some argument about PDP being so important that is must be shaped into a vision we want of Nigeria so it can better meet our needs. So is it not safe to assume your visions of Nigeria through your visions of the party? One where some people are more equal than others and where division is indirectly encouraged?

Deprofessional: Let me tell you the truth;

those who have asked for regional government as opposed to state administration, as we have it today, are the real patriots. Why can't we go back to regional arrangement with each region having full control of its resources and paying tax to the government at the center, and with power to create as many states as it deemed fit within its region?

Whether we like it or not, there is deep rooted hatred among the different tribes of this country; for instance:

i) the Hausaman hates the Igboman and vice versa

ii) the hausaman hates the Yorubaman and vice versa

iii) the Igboman hates the yorubaman and vice versa

iv) the south-south man hates the igboman, the yorubaman and the Hausaman and vice versa

v) the middlebelt man don't want to be called an hausa man. in fact they dread the hausa fulani and vice versa

With this type of scenario, it will be impossible for Nigeria to experience greatness.

Let each region be on its own. Let the truth be told, Nigeria will be better off by allowing each region to harness its natural resources than this forced union.

If oil is to be found in the north today, Nigeria will be doomed. THE ONLY THING THAT IS CURRENTLY HOLDING US TOGETHER IS OIL. DRY UP THE OIL, NIGERIA SCATTERS.
My candid opinion, comments are welcome.

Abeg speak for yourself, I don't hate anybody.

Ogahtech: sky blue u' re just beating around the bush. who said anybody assassinate yar'adua? my friend u better go back to my page and concentrate. once again, but for the last time. I said before Jonathan becomes president, Nigeria's unity was appreciative much more than now that situation is critical. simple. well I don't know whether u are a member of the 40 laptops. but I will ask musiwa.

Typical. The bigotted stance of your argument is exposed and I become "40 laptops". You want unity but only if you can choose where or where not the president can come from and at what time you dim it fit (that is after all the crux of your argument). Read the title of your thread again, read your views very carefully, and see if you can answer your own questions.

Again. PDP IS NOT NIGERIA. If you want "turn by turn presidency" put it in the constitution if you can, if not just deal with the fact that the present one allows anybody to contest.