Palin Takes on Biden’s Hometown
ABC News’ Kate Snow and Imtiyaz Delawala Report: Governor Sarah Palin took the McCain-Palin campaign into Sen. Joe Biden’s back yard, pulling out all the stops at a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania today in a clear effort to excite McCain-Palin supporters and get them talking to friends and neighbors.
Biden had joined Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton at precisely the same venue on Sunday. Scranton is Biden’s hometown and Sen. Clinton has roots there as well.
Just before Palin took the state at the indoor recreation center, the lights were dimmed and red, white and blue spotlights pulsated through the arena. Queen’s “We will Rock You” blared for a few minutes and then Palin entered to the “Rocky” theme. But there was more. Palin had a surprise guest. Country legend Lee Greenwood was in the house. After singing the Star Spangled Banner he launched into his hit “Proud to be an American”, drawing huge cheers and a few tear-filled eyes.
As several supporters in the crowd told ABC news, there isn’t much time left to turn things around here. Walt Pierson, who plans to vote for McCain, said he was worried about the latest polls in Pennsylvania. The Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows Obama leading by 13 points.
“Sometimes they’re wrong,” he sighed.
Governor Palin insisted as she has been lately, that the race is tight.
“Now Pennsylvania, we are just three weeks away from Election Day. And here in your state, it’s gonna come right down to the wire,” she said.
Most in this crowd were clearly already decided, many wearing red. A quick search turned up no one who had attended both the Biden/Clinton event on Sunday and Palin’s event today. The crowd size appeared to be about the same for the Palin rally as it had been for the Biden rally.
Nancy and Ken McDowell said afterwards that the rally gave them new energy to go out and spread the word about McCain and Palin.
But there was at least one person at the Palin event who has not quite made up his mind yet. Vic Keen drove over from Stroudsburg, PA to hear Palin, not because he likes her, but because he’s worried about her as McCain’s choice for vice president. Before the event began, he said he was undecided but leaning toward voting for Obama. After the event, he said he was impressed with Palin.
“I think Sarah Palin has a great future. She really has some strength of character. She speaks better now than she did a month ago,” Keen said.
But was he convinced now to vote for the McCain-Palin ticket? No.
“I’d like to hear something of substance. This was a good stump speech. A good pep rally. It was well done. But it doesn’t have any substance so I’ll have to keep watching,” Keen said.
Palin spoke in Scranton using a teleprompter and stuck mainly to the same speech she has been delivering for the last several days. She did, however, talk about new economic plans unveiled today by John McCain.
“This is gonna get our country through a time of testing and it’s gonna get the economy back on the right track” Palin said. She said the McCain proposals would help American families keep their homes offering “not a hand out but a hand up.”
Palin also criticized Senator Barack Obama’s economic proposals.
“We’re deep in debt and he’ll get us in deeper,” she said, calling Obama “another big spender”.
“November fourth is coming soon. November fourth is gonna come down to what we believe in. And what John McCain and I believe in is what Ronald Reagan believed in. We believe in the forward movement of freedom not the constant expansion of government,” Palin said.
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Surprise! Illegal ACORN registrations do, in fact, lead to illegal ballots! From the NY Post:
Investigators probing ACORN have learned that an Ohio man registered to vote several times and CAST A BOGUS BALLOT with a fake address, officials said yesterday, as they revealed that nearly 4,000 registration applications supplied by the left-leaning activist group were suspect.
The vote of Darnell Nash, one of four people subpoenaed in a Cuyahoga County probe of ACORN’s voter-registration activities, was canceled and his case was turned over to local prosecutors and law enforcement, Board of Elections officials said yesterday.
Nash had registered to vote repeatedly from an address that belonged to a legitimately registered voter, officials said during a hearing at which the subpoenaed voters were to testify.
Board officials had contacted Nash this summer, questioned his address and told him to stop repeat registering.
But still, he breezed into Ohio election offices – the state allows early voting for president – reregistered with a fake address and cast a paper ballot, officials said.
“He came in on 9/30 and Mr. Nash again registered to vote at [someone else's] address, and he cast a ballot,” said board official Jane Platten.
Nash did not turn up for the hearing.
Expect to hear about a lot more of these, especially in Ohio, where the Obama campaign is trying to steal the state with great help from same day registrations.
Posted by: Illegal ACORN Voters = Illegal Votes | October 14, 2008, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
Probe of ‘troopergate’ expands to other Palin complaints
McClatchyck.com has this story and its also reported on ADN.com the alaska papaer covering Palin.
Also CNN is reporting on ties of Palins AIP involvement with the video of her telling the AIP to “keep up the good work”
Seems Palin shouldn’t open doors without looking to see what is behind hers.
Posted by: lmg | October 14, 2008, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm
Palin sticks to the stump speech and drags poor ol’ Lee Greenwood out of retirement to sing the only song I think the guy can sing. Too bad caribou Barbie, it’s almost over and your lies can follow you back to Wasilla. Just in time for the 6 months of night to wear on your soul crushing any remaining hope.
Posted by: Bob Lees | October 14, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
when people give quotes like she speaks better than she did a month ago, you ain’t ready.
Obama/Biden
Posted by: Palintology | October 14, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
JACKSON ON OBAMA’S AMERICA
PREPARE for a new America: That’s the message that the Rev. Jesse Jackson conveyed to participants in the first World Policy Forum, held at this French lakeside resort last week.
He promised “fundamental changes” in US foreign policy – saying America must “heal wounds” it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the “arrogance of the Bush administration.”
The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where “decades of putting Israel’s interests first” would end.
Jackson believes that, although “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades” remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.
“Obama is about change,” Jackson told me in a wide-ranging conversation. “And the change that Obama promises is not limited to what we do in America itself. It is a change of the way America looks at the world and its place in it.”
Jackson warns that he isn’t an Obama confidant or adviser, “just a supporter.” But he adds that Obama has been “a neighbor or, better still, a member of the family.” Jackson’s son has been a close friend of Obama for years, and Jackson’s daughter went to school with Obama’s wife Michelle.
“We helped him start his career,” says Jackson. “And then we were always there to help him move ahead. He is the continuation of our struggle for justice not only for the black people but also for all those who have been wronged.”
Will Obama’s election close the chapter of black grievances linked to memories of slavery? The reverend takes a deep breath and waits a long time before responding.
“No, that chapter won’t be closed,” he says. “However, Obama’s victory will be a huge step in the direction we have wanted America to take for decades.”
Jackson rejects any suggestion that Obama was influenced by Marxist ideas in his youth. “I see no evidence of that,” he says. “Obama’s thirst for justice and equality is rooted in his black culture.”
But is Obama – who’s not a descendant of slaves – truly a typical American black?
Jackson emphatically answers yes: “You don’t need to be a descendant of slaves to experience the oppression, the suffocating injustice and the ugly racism that exists in our society,” he says. “Obama experienced the same environment as all American blacks did. It was nonsense to suggest that he was somehow not black enough to feel the pain.”
Is Jackson worried about the “Bradley effect” – that people may be telling pollsters they favor the black candidate, but won’t end up voting for him?
“I don’t think this is how things will turn out,” he says. “We have a collapsing economy and a war that we have lost in Iraq. In Afghanistan, we face a resurgent Taliban. New threats are looming in Pakistan. Our liberties have been trampled under feet . . . Today, most Americans want change, and know that only Barack can deliver what they want. Young Americans are especially determined to make sure that Obama wins.”
He sees a broad public loss of confidence in the nation’s institutions: “We have lost confidence in our president, our Congress, our banking system, our Wall Street and our legal system to protect our individual freedoms. . . I don’t see how we could regain confidence in all those institutions without a radical change of direction.”
Jackson declines to be more concrete about possible policy changes. After all, he insists, he isn’t part of Obama’s policy team. Yet he clearly hopes that his views, reflecting the position of many Democrats, would be reflected in the policies of an Obama administration.
On the economic front, he hopes for “major changes in our trading policy.”
“We cannot continue with the open-door policy,” he says. “We need to protect our manufacturing industry against unfair competition that destroys American jobs and creates ill-paid jobs abroad.”
Would that mean an abrogation of the NAFTA treaty with Canada and Mexico?
Jackson dismisses the question as “premature”: “We could do a great deal without such dramatic action.”
His most surprising position concerns Iraq. He passionately denounces the toppling of Saddam Hussein as “an illegal and unjust act.” But he’s now sure that the United States “will have to remain in Iraq for a very long time.”
What of Obama’s promise to withdraw by 2010? Jackson believes that position will have to evolve, reflecting “realities on the ground.”
“We should work with our allies in Iraq to consolidate democratic institutions there,” he says. “We must help the people of Iraq decide and shape their future in accordance with their own culture and faith.”
On Iran, he strongly supports Obama’s idea of opening a direct dialogue with the leadership in Tehran. “We’ve got to talk to tell them what we want and hear what they want,” Jackson says. “Nothing is gained by not talking to others.”
Would that mean ignoring the four UN Security Council resolutions that demand an end to Iran’s uranium-enrichment program? Jackson says direct talks wouldn’t start without preparations.
“Barack wants an aggressive and dynamic diplomacy,” he says. “He also wants adequate preparatory work. We must enter the talks after the ground has been prepared,” he says.
Jackson is especially critical of President Bush’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
“Bush was so afraid of a snafu and of upsetting Israel that he gave the whole thing a miss,” Jackson says. “Barack will change that,” because, as long as the Palestinians haven’t seen justice, the Middle East will “remain a source of danger to us all.”
“Barack is determined to repair our relations with the world of Islam and Muslims,” Jackson says. “Thanks to his background and ecumenical approach, he knows how Muslims feel while remaining committed to his own faith.”
Posted by: Real Story | October 14, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
Real Story, enough with the cut and paste. do have a comment?
Posted by: huh? | October 14, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
She and McLame need to pack it in. They are done – stick a fork in them.
Posted by: Sharon | October 14, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
On Tuesday, the Anchorage Daily News also printed a blistering editorial on Palin, calling her response to the State Legislature’s Troopergate report “Orwellian.”
Sarah Palin’s reaction to the Legislature’s Troopergate report is an embarrassment to Alaskans and the nation.
She claims the report “vindicates” her. She said that the investigation found “no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.”
Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian.
Page 8, Finding Number One of the report says: “I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.”
In plain English, she did something “unlawful.” She broke the state ethics law.
Many Americans, between now and Nov. 4th will be saying THANKS, BUT NO THANKS TO SARAH PALIN.
Posted by: Truth Matters | October 14, 2008, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm
Lee Greenwood? Well I guess that’s it then. We can’t stop McSame now that Lee in on board.
How come Palin isn’t being called back to Alaska to explain herself to the citizens whose trust she violated due to her unethical actions while in office?
Posted by: Greg in MN | October 14, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm
Surprise! Illegal ACORN registrations do, in fact, lead to illegal ballots! From the NY Post:
posted by illegal acorn votes
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the New York Post is a rag.
Perhaps you didn’t read what you are regurgitating here.
One crackpot has registered multiple times and went in to vote ONCE!
Posted by: Truth Matters | October 14, 2008, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm
Posted by: Real Story | Oct 14, 2008 4:28:31 PM
** No one cares about Jesse Jackson… he just mad he didn’t win in 1988
Posted by: Va is for lovers and blue! | October 14, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
The crowd for Sarah Palin was twice the size as for Biden. They were turning away 1000s from the Sarah Palin rally who could not get in. Biden could not even fill the stands.
Posted by: FrankG | October 14, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
It’s going to be President McCain and Vise President Palin on Nov 4th. How do I know? Because Barak Obama isn’t a Natural Born Citizen of the United States. At best, he is a naturalized citizen and ineligible to run for office. You foolish Dems didn’t do your homework and bought the lie hook line and sinker. You fools, get him out now and install Hillary in his place while you still have time. Otherwise, suck it up. You made a very very poor choice in Candidate.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
jobs baby jobs
Posted by: Bhrandon | October 14, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
Interesting that when Obama drew huge crowds it was always worth talking about. Now Palin draws giant crowds and the media ignores it completely.
Also, yes Palin used a telepromoter just like the other polticians. Obama likely goes to bed with his prompter, but some how I doubt that ABC takes special note of it.
Posted by: jbw | October 14, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
It’s going to be President McCain and Vise President Palin on Nov 4th. How do I know? Because Barak Obama isn’t a Natural Born Citizen of the United States. At best, he is a naturalized citizen and ineligible to run for office. You foolish Dems didn’t do your homework and bought the lie hook line and sinker. You fools, get him out now and install Hillary in his place while you still have time. Otherwise, suck it up. You made a very very poor choice in Candidate.
Posted by: Danae | Oct 14, 2008 4:54:04 PM
**Hawaii is a state fool!
Posted by: Va is for lovers and blue! | October 14, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
when people give quotes like she speaks better than she did a month ago, you ain’t ready.
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How can anybody tell from stump speeches? Let her give more interviews to legitimate newsman and she will once again demonstrate she is completely over her head.
Posted by: indyz_voter | October 14, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
THIS JUST IN GUILT BY ASSOCIATION CRUSHES MCCAIN CAMP
William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.
The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein’s government.
Posted by: Bhrandon | October 14, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
Interesting that when Obama drew huge crowds it was always worth talking about. Now Palin draws giant crowds and the media ignores it completely.
Also, yes Palin used a telepromoter just like the other polticians. Obama likely goes to bed with his prompter, but some how I doubt that ABC takes special note of it.
Posted by: jbw | Oct 14, 2008 4:55:17 PM
**TOO bad sarah is running for vice president… what about the lackluster crowds McShame drums up?
Posted by: Va is for lovers and blue! | October 14, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm
Hawaii is a state? REALLY? Too bad Obama wasn’t born there.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm
How can anyone listen to this women and envision her has VP. SHe is clueless. I am stunned that she is stil standing!
But of course this country is so superficial. If she were an overweight, 40 year old women who was a “plain Jane”, no one would even care.
I am sad that politics has come to this instead of the substance of a person. She is as corrupted as anyone, and so many are putting her on a pedistal.
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!!!!
Posted by: life201 | October 14, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm
What? Palin the power abuser hasn’t been dropped yet?
Posted by: chris | October 14, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
imagaine what the us will be like if one party controls the house, the senate and the presidency. when the republicans had that power, they abused it; power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely; we need divided government. that is why this dem is voting mccain.
Posted by: ron | October 14, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm
McCain and Palin days are number 22…
McCain will lose the next debate.
Posted by: lookup | October 14, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm
Danae: The fact that Obamas mother was an American citizen, was over 18 and had lived in the USA 5 years prior to his birth makes him a naturalized citizen no matter where he was born. Since he was born in Hawaii and you won’t even accept that… well…..you’ll just have to accept that people who have brains don’t question his birth place……
Posted by: linda n carolina | October 14, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
obama has more loyalty to kenya than america….the powers that are behind his candidacy are too frightening to ignore…globalists that put america’s interests last
Posted by: j house | October 14, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
If filling a venue up is lame I would hate to see your lifestyle.
Va is for lovers and Blue…. if you are representative of VA then it’s a state for Kool-aide drinkers and nose ring wearing idiots. Thank goodness most Virginians have more sense than you do. Obama is a Marxist-SOCIALIST. He is gonna take from YOU to give to someone who didn’t EARN it. Socialism is great until you run out of SOMEOME ELSE’S money. NOBAMA. NOT NOW, NOT EVER. He is not eligible to run for President. If he were, why not hand that birth certificate to Judge Surrick? Hum? Because he CAN’T. This whole issue could be resolved in 3 min or less. But Obama CAN’T do it. He is ineligible for POTUS.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
How do I know? Because Barak Obama isn’t a Natural Born Citizen of the United States.
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Since it’s “clear to you” that Obama is not a citizen, you should STAY HOME AT NOT VOTE!
Don’t worry, it will only take one vote for McCain to win right?
Do you guys really think anyone believes the “he’s not a citzen” crap?
Posted by: Dave in VA | October 14, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
It’s going to be President McCain and Vise President Palin on Nov 4th. How do I know? Because Barak Obama isn’t a Natural Born Citizen of the United States. At best, he is a naturalized citizen and ineligible to run for office. You foolish Dems didn’t do your homework and bought the lie hook line and sinker. You fools, get him out now and install Hillary in his place while you still have time. Otherwise, suck it up. You made a very very poor choice in Candidate.
Posted by: Danae | Oct 14, 2008 4:54:04 PM
**Hawaii is a state fool!
His paternal grandmother and 2 aunts insists he was born in Kenya–and they were present at his birth. So far he has not provided proof of a sealed birth certificate from Hawaii, and ien’st even sure what hospital he was born in. None of the Honolulu (where he says he was born) hospitals have a hospital record of his birth.
Posted by: Clara Kinney | October 14, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm
Does Danae know where McCain was born?
It WASN’T the United States.
Posted by: Panama Red | October 14, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
Real Story
You must have a lot of time on your hands. Rev. Jesse Jackson did not say the things you are talking about. You took what he was talking about out of context to make it fit into the lies you are saying here. If you are going to talk about something, tell the truth. This is the Republican attempt to make Obama out to be a Muslim sympathizer. He’s Christian!!. We all should respect each others religion but to spit out lies is bad. What audience are you speaking to anyway? Let me quess. The more lies being told, the more people will get angry and vote for Obama just because they want to hear about solutions for the economy. Not lies about Bill Ayers, ACORN, Obama being a Muslim, or Rev. Write. People are sick and tired of this.
Posted by: LF | October 14, 2008, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm
Linda n Carolina
“Danae: The fact that Obamas mother was an American citizen, was over 18 and had lived in the USA 5 years prior to his birth makes him a naturalized citizen no matter where he was born. Since he was born in Hawaii and you won’t even accept that… well…..you’ll just have to accept that people who have brains don’t question his birth place……”
1) The law at the time stated that the mother had to have lived in the US for 5 years after the age of 14 to bestow citizenship upon her child.
2) She was Married at the time
3) Barry’s Mother took him to Indonesia when he was four. His citizenship was changed so he could attend school. Upon returning to the US, assuming he went through Immigration which has not been proved, he would be a NATURALIZED citizen, and therefore not a NATURAL born Citizen.
4) if all that you say is true, then why hasn’t Barry given his real and true copy Birth certificate over to Judge Surrick? That would end it right there. But he hasn’t. Ask yourself WHY. The answer is simple, he CAN’T.
5) There is some serious evidence that a copy of an Obama Birth certificate from KENYA has been made available to Judge Surrick.
Obama is NOT a Natural Born Citizen.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
Reagan was opposed to the huge government that McCain/Palin are pushing on us.
$1 trillion Wall Street bailout
$300 billion for big business tax breaks
$300 billion for bank bailout
$120 billion for Iraq
$54 billion for capital gains tax breaks to Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.
Posted by: Dan | October 14, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
Danae: The fact that Obamas mother was an American citizen, was over 18 and had lived in the USA 5 years prior to his birth makes him a naturalized citizen no matter where he was born. Since he was born in Hawaii and you won’t even accept that… well…..you’ll just have to accept that people who have brains don’t question his birth place……
The age stated in the law was 21, not 18, when he was born—that’s the problem.
Posted by: Jerry McComb | October 14, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
Panama red, McCain was born to two United States Citizens on a US Military installation, then a protectorate of the US. His birth certificate was IMMEDIATELY handed over, and the SENATE confirmed McCain’s valid Natural Born Status.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
jhouse, Kenya is a dictatorship and a third world county, what are you trying to say that he’s being funding by them and will help them became first world?
To others that are in doubt, Obama is as America as George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by: lookup | October 14, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
Is Palin still anti birth control with her pregnant daughter to tote along on these campaign trips?
Posted by: Jo | October 14, 2008, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm
the irony is, for of this nonsense about racist attacks on obama, the fact is, with all of his baggage and inexperience, he would not be the candidate if he were white…imagine mccain saying “typical black person”….yet obama got away with it
Posted by: j house | October 14, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
jhouse, Kenya is a dictatorship and a third world county, what are you trying to say that he’s being funded by them and will help them became first world?
To others that are in doubt, Obama is as America as George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by: lookup | October 14, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
It bothers me to have someone who is anti-abortion, and anti-birth control. You cant be logically the same, or else you are in favor of uncontrolled population growth. The way she likes to pop out kids shes not anti-sex, so she obviously has poor judgement.
Posted by: Jo | October 14, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
Dave in VA;
Yea we do. Why? Because we actually believe the Constitution is a document that MATTERS. A circuit Court Judge is taking it serious enough that he has not dismissed the case. It Matters.
No I won’t stay home and not vote. You fool. People bled and died for me to have that right, if nothing else, respect for those that came before me absolutely makes that option a non-starter.
Count on me voting for the ONLY true American in this Election. Thats John McCain.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm
Most of you Obama people show just what brain washed and/or nasty people you are by your comments. I can’t wait for how your candidate will “bring us all together in love and peace and friendship”. After all, according to Louis Farrakhan he is the “Messiah”, isn’t he? Barack Obama will not be able to do even 10% of what he promises and what he will do will only bring this already beaten up country completely to its knees. What sad, disappointin days we are all in for.
Posted by: J Word | October 14, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm
Linda,
What ties does he have to Kenya? He saw his dad 2 times in his whole life and has a half brother and paternal step-grandmother that he barely knows. You should be asshamed to say such stupid stuff…(Sighing)… Next time put your last name so your family can hang their head in disgrace.
Posted by: Monet | October 14, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
If it’s on the internet, it MUST be true!
Posted by: Clowns to Left of Me Jokers to the Right | October 14, 2008, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm
jhouse, Kenya is a dictatorship and a third world county, what are you trying to say that he’s being funded by them and will help them became first world?
To others that are in doubt, Obama is as American as George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by: lookup | October 14, 2008, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm
I can’t wait for how your candidate will “bring us all together in love and peace and friendship”.
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Me either! See we all can agree on something.
Thanks for finally understanding that Obama WILL be President of the United States.
Posted by: Well Said | October 14, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
You need to read about what Jesse Jackson had to say today about Obama,s new America. Particular the Jewish populations need to look over the relationship he will have with Israel.
Posted by: William | October 14, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm
Obama has his cousin too.
Ralia Odinga, the same guy who ran for President there in Kenya and LOST. He then incited his followers to violence, which cost a thousand people their lives, 500,000 people displaced from their homes and 800 Christian churches burnt. He REFUSED to quell the violence until the duly elected President created the post of Prime Minster for Odinga.
This is Obama’s cousin. Obama CAMPAIGNED for Odinga at US Taxpayer expense! Did I forget to mention that Odinga signed a then secret pact with Muslim extremists ( Kenya is 90% Christian and 10% Muslim) to institute Islamic law in Kenya? That’s how he got the Muslim vote. Obama CAMPAIGNED for this piece of murderous trash.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
Sure you can be anti-abortion and anti- birth control, just ask anyone who has 9 or 10 kids.
Posted by: geek | October 14, 2008, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm
Great Quote from Americas Right Blog
http://www.americasright.com/
A great American named Samuel Adams once said, “if ever a time should come when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
Posted by: KH | October 14, 2008, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm
Any idea on the number she pulled there? and I don’t want the McCain numbers since they lie everytime.
Posted by: Grissom | October 14, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm
THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN IS APPARENTLY TRYING TO BURY A PIECE ABOUT THE ALASKA INDEPENDENCE PARTY AND THE PALIN(S) THAT CNN DID. WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO TRAMPLE ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS? DOESN’T THE PUBLIC HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW?
Posted by: jt1 | October 14, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm
Obama did not campaign for Odinga and he is not realted to him. Odeinga’s mother comes from the same REGION that Obama’s father came from. He did not capaighmn for them either…(more sighing)… This stupidity has already be proven not to be true. Denae and Linda must have gone to the same college has Sean Hannity. Oh yeah he didn’t go to one.
Posted by: Monet | October 14, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm
Eight years of “conservative” government has brought us a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance.
How much more financial ruin could we possibly be in? We are in the worst financial crisis since the Depression! Utter Stupidity! Has Sarah not read her paper yet??
Posted by: jt1 | October 14, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
Danae
What world do you live in?
It’s a good thing that you keep busy by worrying about Obama citizenship, that way you are keeping business and not bothering the adults.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 14, 2008, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm
Monet
Then you want to explain this?: Search for: “obama-odinga cousins?” on You tube. I can’t post the link here. Odinga sure thinks he’s cousins with Obama.
Oh its from Reuters just so you know you have the right story.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm
http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate
looks like he was born in the US with a birth certificate to prove.
and i knw you will say that this is a dem supported website so here is the fact from a REPUBLICAN supported website.
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_barack_obama_have_kenyan_citizenship.html
OBAMA IS A US CITIZEN.
Posted by: obama08 | October 14, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm
The Unshrub:
Good thing I am looking out for YOUR constitutional rights as well, you mean correct? Sorry son, but Adults LOOK OUT FOR OTHERS. If the shoe were reversed, I would feel the same way. NO one deserves to run for President that does NOT fall into the category of Natural Born Citizen. Thats just the end of it. Good thing the adults of this Nation are looking out for you koolaide drinkers. You can thank me later once you get over your bitterness that your “Messiah” isn’t a natural born citizen.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
For all of the fools that think that Barack Obama is not a citizen of the United States, put your crack pipe down.
Barack Obama was born to a father from Kenya and a mother from you guessed it, the United States. That makes him a citizen of Kenya and the United States; oh yea…also born in Hawaii. He chose not to keep his Kenyan Citizenship when he chose not to fill out the necessary paperwork on his twenty first birthday. My son is a citizen of Canada and you guessed it again…the United States. I was born in Canada and my wife was born in the United States.
Instead of spewing crap you ignorant morons do a little research on the subject, you may amaze yourself. The spewage of crap may be hard for all of you to stop…you’ve got such excellent role models in McCain / Palin.
Posted by: Hansi | October 14, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm
Obama08:
Then why hasn’t he give that “Real” Certificate of Live Birth to the Judge? Because its a fake. Simple, you can not tell the validity of a document by taking a picture of it. Otherwise you could photocopy dollar bills and they would be legal tender right? Nope. Sorry. Obama hasn’t produced a real Birth certificate because it would prove that he is not a Natural Born Citizen. Occams Razor.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm
Look up on You Tube “Obama’s Citizenship: I Invented The Internet (Ep. 6: October Surprise)”
That will tell you everything you need to know about Obama’s Birth. There is a reason the Judge has NOT thrown this case out!
Look it up if you have the guts for the truth.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm
Danae must work for Rove or McCain. All of her allegations have been found to be false. A copy of his birth certificate with seal has been checked out by factcheck.org among other sites. He is a natural born citizen of the United States by his own birth. And Odinga is not related to Obama. Instead of quoting drudge, Limbaugh or Fox News as fact, double check stuff first.
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm
Danae – can you please just show me proof of this story of not giving the real birth certificate? then i will take validity with your story.
Thanks
Posted by: obama08 | October 14, 2008, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm
An example of waste. McCain-Palin are trailing in the polls. This eliminates any chance of McCain-Palin winning in Joe Biden’s home state, let alone his hometown. It makes no sense to spend money where the race isn’t even close. We know that it shows people in Pennsylvania that McCain-Palin care about them, but the McCain-Palin campaign needs to find a clear vision and stick to it.
Posted by: Anthony | October 14, 2008, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm
Obama 08
Look up on You Tube “Obama’s Citizenship: I Invented The Internet (Ep. 6: October Surprise)”. Its an interview with the Lawyer filing the case. He is very specific.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
Apparently, someone pulled up the Sunday Advertiser from Honolulu for August 13, 1961, and it shows a birth announcement for Obama for Aug. 4th. At the time, birth announcements came from the Vital Statistics Office as reported by local hospitals. There are other questions related to this, and are discussed in the ensuing article and comments.
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/obama-was-born-in-hawaii-wrong-can-of-worms-2/
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm
Actually, McCain’s birth place has been more of a legitimate dispute than Obama’s. Since McCain was born in Panama Canal Zone, he actually had a vote of Congress determine that he was a US citizen. Also, he was recently subject to a lawsuit in California (thrown out) based on his birth place.
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm
Here is the McCain debate, just as worthy or more so than your “Obama isn’t a citizen” debate:
The 14th Amendment and matching policy limit citizenship to either natural born or naturalized, but not both.
John McCain was born in 1936 in the Canal Zone to citizen parents.
8 USC 1403(a) declares naturalized citizenship in 1952 on persons born in the Canal Zone to citizen parents.
Therefore, 8 USC 1403(a) applies to John McCain at age 16.
Therefore, John McCain is a naturalized citizen.
By treaty, the Canal Zone was not part of the United States.
Therefore, John McCain was not born in the United States.
Therefore, John McCain is a citizen not born in the United States.
Therefore, John McCain is not a natural born citizen.
Article II of the Constitution states to be President a person must be a natural born citizen.
THEREFORE, John McCain is not eligible to be President of the United States under Article II of the Constitution; he should be decertified and removed from all present and future Presidential ballots; and his past results should be disallowed, including unbinding all of his committed delegates.
http://www.nolanchart.com/article5206.html
In all fairness, the site lays out the argument about Obama as well.
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm
Rich;
Anyone can phone in a birth announcement to a newspaper. From anywhere. And in a real sense its irrelevant. When Obama’s Mom married Lolo Soereto he either adopted Barry or acknowledged him, and made him a citizen of Indonesia. Indonesia was at war at the time, and ONLY citizens were allowed to go to school, he had to be a citizen and would have had to prove that. Dual citizenship was not recognized. That being the case, Indonesian Islamic Citizen Barry Soereto returned to the US and would have become a Naturalized citizen. Not Natural Born.
On the Issue of McCain, the vote in the Senate happened to finally put to complete rest any question that McCain was anything other than a US citizen. It is factually incorrect to imply that McCain’s status as a US citizen is more questionable than Obama’s. 100% for certain that is completely incorrect. Its Obama who refuses to produce a valid Birth certificate to the Court. It is Obama’s citizenship that is in question. He may well be an illegal Alien if he did not go through immigration upon returning to the US.
Believe it or not, it’s the same reason Arnold can never be President of the United States, he is not a Natural Born Citizen.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm
Danae, if you checked the link out, you would see at the time all newspaper reports of birth came from the Vital Statistics Office as reported by local hospitals, NOT by private citizens.
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 2:37 pm 2:37 pm
Nothing there on the there of the Palin’s and AIP.
38% of voters in AK, (we lived there for seven years) have belonged at one time or another to the AIP. No body gets elected in AK who does not show respect for the AIP. The people of AK have long detested, if not outright hated the federal bureaucrats in Washington for trying to dictate most every aspect of their rights as a state. (DC still thinks AK is a territory) I hear all the crapola about all the federal money that goes to AK, true, but the vast majority of it is for federal projects and boondoggles. There is much justified resentment (with reason) against the federal government in AK. If one has not experienced the fed’s dictatorial attitude firsthand, one cannot really appreciate the depth of that resentment.
If AK could run their own state affairs without overt federal interference, they would by far be the richest state in the union. They are hampered at every turn by the feds when they try to develop their own natural resources.
Ever hear of Walter Hickle? He was elected as governor of Alaska running as a AIP candidate. Until Sarah Palin, he was one of the most popular governors in AK.
Posted by: TANSTAAFL: | October 14, 2008, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm
“Interesting that when Obama drew huge crowds it was always worth talking about. Now Palin draws giant crowds and the media ignores it completely.”
Interesting that when Obama drew huge crowds McCain claimed he was nothing but a celebrity and wasn’t worth talking about. Now Palin draws giant crowds and they think it’s great, She’s a celebrity!!
01/20/09. End of an Error!
Posted by: thebob.bob | October 14, 2008, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm
McCain is not a natural born citizen of the United States. A vote does not make it otherwise. He was born in the Panama Canal Zone. Obama was born in Hawaii, part of the United States at the time. No matter how you slice it, only Obama was natural born in the United States.
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm
What kind of America does Sarah Palin see? One without Alaska. Lee Greenwood should have sung Proud to be Alaskan.
And Governor Palin has her own ties to Kenya, just ask the witch doctor.
Posted by: Janie | October 14, 2008, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm
Then which Hospital’s Vital statistics have you checked? Both? Because two hospitals have been named as the place he was born at. And for CERTAIN private citizens can indeed put a birth announcement in a paper. You can not prove that Obama is a US citizen with a newspaper clipping of clearly uncertain origin. And if indeed this is the case, why hasn’t Obama simply given Judge Barclay Surrick a certified copy of his Birth Certificate from Hawaii. The case would be tossed inside 30 seconds. But Noooooo Obama has to move to delay Discovery, the time he as to produce SOMETHING…. Why? Because he can’t Prove he is a natural Born citizen. If its all hooey, why not just pony up the Certificate of Live Birth??? Answer that one.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm
The current GOP administration has been the biggest spender in American history.
Its budgets all had the warm support of Senator John McCain.
As a result, our national debt has doubled during this administration; it passed the 10,000,000,000,000 dollars mark last month.
Posted by: trent | October 14, 2008, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm
Interestingly, other prominent cases have come up before:
Charles Curtis, who served as Herbert Hoover’s vice president, was born in Kansas in 1860, a year before it became a state.
Some voters thought Chester Arthur might be ineligible for president because it was rumored that he was born in Canada, but he became the nation’s 21st commander in chief anyway, listing his birthplace as Vermont.
A few prominent presidential candidates who were never elected faced similar questions.
Barry Goldwater, the GOP nominee in 1964, was born in the territory of Arizona three years before it achieved statehood in 1912. George Romney, the father of Mitt Romney, ran for president in 1968 even although he was born in Mexico. Former Sen. Lowell P. Weicker of Connecticut, who ran for the Republican nomination in 1980, was born in Paris, France.
http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/3/2008/07/28/NATURAL_BORN04_COX.html
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm
I would believe the possibility is that Obama does not have his original birth certificate.
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm
Trent….. DEMOCRATS control the Purse Strings in the House of Represenatives and have a bare majority in the Senate. IT’S DEMOCRATS you should be blaming.
DEMOCRATS have run up the National Debt, AND they Created the whole Financial Meltdown when they used the CRA to FORCE banks to Write Bad loans and Lawyers like Obama SUED banks like Citi FORCING to write their Quota. Want to Lay Blame, Blame Democrats and your nominee for President.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm
NEWS FLASH!!
At a PALIN RALLY today in Scranton the ANGRY REPUBLICAN MOB is at it again, yelling “KILL HIM!!”
Oops there goes another news cycle for McCain!! Tonight the MSM with be be painting the McCain supporters with the ANGRY MOB BRUSH AGAIN!!!!
POLITICO
October 14, 2008
Categories: Sarah Palin ‘Kill him,’ again
The Times Tribune, covering the crowd awaiting Sarah Palin in Scranton, reports:
Chris Hackett addressed the increasingly feisty crowd as they await the arrival of Gov. Palin.
Each time the Republican candidate for the seat in the 10th Congressional District mentioned Barack Obama, the crowd booed loudly.
Some screamed “kill him!”
Supporters have been noted shouting “kill him,” “terrorist,” “off with his head” and other equally incendiary terms about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Others have directly suggested Mr. Obama is a Muslim, which he is not, or a traitor. Some comments even drew rebuke from Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
No decent Republican, Independent or right leaning Democrat want to be associated with an ANGRY MOB!!!!
Another nail in McNasty’s coffin and another point up for Obama in the polls!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Davis | Oct 14, 2008 6:47:18 PM
Posted by: Davis | October 14, 2008, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
Rich; that’s no excuse. He can easily GET one. I had all my ID stolen at one time, I had to have my mother contact the state of Hawaii to get MY Certificate of Live Birth so I could rebuild my ID. Yea, I was born in Hawaii. I can also tell you that the COLB that is posted on Fact Check 1) does NOT have the raised seal of Hawaii on it, 2) has been proven a fake and admitted to by the guy who did it for DailyKos 3) you can NOT determine the validity of ANY document by looking at a picture of it. You must examine the document itself. Obama refuses to produce ANYTHING that might prove him a Natural Born Citizen.
6) its all irrelevant, Obama became a citizen of Indonesia in order to attend school there. Upon return to the US he would had to go through Immigration ( there is no evidence currently that he did that) and at that point would have become a NATURALIZED citizen and therefore ineligible to run for Office of President. Look up ” Obama’s Citizenship: I Invented The Internet (Ep. 6: October Surprise)
” on You tube. I can not post the link here or I would. 10 min that will completely change your opinion on the matter.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm
Davis;
Politico is so far in the tank for Obama that they need Oxygen piped in. I don’t believe hardly a thing from Politico, its a Democrat PR firm disguised as a “News” service.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
‘well said’, read obama’s first book. he himself has issues with his own national identity, and called kenya ‘home’. he makes fun of american values….remember his merci comment? he isn’t fit to shine mccain’s shoes…..
Posted by: j house | October 14, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
Sarah Palin makes Dan Quayle look like a genius.
Posted by: kb | October 14, 2008, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm
You guys need to change the name of your country to the “Perpetual States of Election” These things never end. In Canada an election was called in early September and voting day is today. The winner is sworn in about a week later.
Posted by: John | October 14, 2008, 3:04 pm 3:04 pm
Danea, he did get one, you guys just won’t believe it.
Second, I find it funny that you say politico is in the tank for Obama. It is run and funded by a bunch of right wingers. So I guess the right wing is pro Obama as well.
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm
Someone put it better than I possibly could:
I don’t have a link verifying it, but I read that the suit against McCain regarding his not being a “natural born citizen” because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone was dismissed for lack of standing, the same thing that Obama has moved. For those who say why doesn’t he simply produce a birth certificate, there is are easy answers: 1) It is always better to get a case thrown out early than to have to present evidence, defend yourself in court, take a chance even if it is a remote chance, and maybe have to face an appeal or other complications. 2) Obama would not want to set the precedent that just any one of millions of people can file a suit and demand documents from anyone running for President.
Regarding whether the people at FactChecks.org were lying or duped by a forgery when they went to Chicago and got to handle and photograph the birth certificate
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
On that page is also a picture of a Honolulu newspaper birth announcement in 1961 for a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Barack H Obama on August 4. More important is the information in comment #18 at http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/obama-was-born-in-hawaii-wrong-can-of-worms/ where an anti-Obama blogger checking it out found that the birth announcements in that paper in 1961 were not submitted by family, but were all based on lists sent to the newspaper from the Department of Vital Records which compiled them from birth certificates they received from local hospitals.
Thus, independent of any photo of a birth certificate is evidence that Barack Obama was born in a Honolulu hospital on August 4, 1961.
Thanks to poster bugstomper at:
http://texashillblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/federal-judge-orders-obama-to-produce-his-birth-certificate/
Posted by: rich | October 14, 2008, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm
Davis;
Politico is so far in the tank for Obama that they need Oxygen piped in. I don’t believe hardly a thing from Politico, its a Democrat PR firm disguised as a “News” service.
Posted by: Danae | Oct 14, 2008 6:58:40 PM
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Your wrong about Politico, but it doesn’t matter. They were just reporting on a story from the local news paper…
IT IS TRUE!! ANGRY PALIN MOB SCREAMS “KILL OBAMA” AGAIN TODAY!!!
Here is the Politico link:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Kill_him_again.html
Here is the Scranton times link:
http://www.scrantontimes.com/articles/2008/10/14/news/doc48f4ba8994588930223377.txt
SORRY REPUBLICAN REDNECKS IT IS TIME TO PAINT YOU WITH THE ANGRY MOB SCENE BRUSH AGAIN!!
Bye, BYE News Cycle ANGRY McCAIN MOB REPUBLICANS!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Davis | October 14, 2008, 3:17 pm 3:17 pm
By no means do I claim to be a scholar, but only a knowledgeable person can understand the concept that life is an in-transfer of knowledge and many scholars believe that over 90% of the things we learn, we learn from others. So when you have someone like Barack and Michelle Obama graduating with honors from one of our Country most prestigious College institution, this is an above average achievement to say the least. Barack often talks about how his Mom would wake him up at 4 in the morning to study his lessons, and he often expressed how upset it would make him, but let’s look at his achievements because of his mother’s love, concern and determination. Michelle also described how her parents stayed on her and her brother emphasizing the importance of an education and limiting them to just one hour a day of television viewing. As a result of their parent’s commitment to their lives, they attended Chicago’s most prestigious academic public high school, Whitney Young.
The reason I share this story is because of a few of reasons. The first being, I too had the honor of having my niece attend Whitney Young after getting chosen out of thousands of applicants of all nationalities of Chicago’s brightest kids. As a result of attending Whitney Young, she went on to get her P.H.D. from Yale and graduated with honors also. Once again, this is no average achievement. It was a result of the countless hours that my sister devoted in preparing her when she was a young child. We all know that when you devote yourself to higher learn, it prepares you to have a better understanding of power, conflict resolution skills, discernment, philosophy, theory and many more other helpful attributes that bring about a better understanding of life challenges.
Bill and Hillary Clinton was another couple that did quite well at Ivory league School, not to mention that Bill was a road scholar. Even though we may have felt embarrassed with their questionable personal shenanigans, while in the Whitehouse. Nevertheless, there is one thing I am sure we all can agree on, and that is their political achievements were very admirable. Joe Biden has a law degree, and his wife is currently an English professor in Delaware. Now let’s look at George Bush, who was an underachiever in College (C. Student) and became this nation President. Regardless if you were one of the ones that voted for him, there is no denying that his Presidency was a complete disaster, plain and simple. After witnessing an underachiever in college get elected to the Whitehouse, and almost completely destroy our Country, we find ourselves once again contemplating foolishly doing it again with John McCain who graduated fifth from the bottom. This is simply unbelievable.
This Country has always promoted the idea that we are a nation that is built by the best and the brightest. Even our military have now adapted this same slogan, now it appears that we have a difference slogan for the Presidency, which now says that we are a nation that allows underachievers to become the President, which makes no sense. In closing, Sarah Palin attended five difference Colleges, one being a Community Junior College, and the last being Idaho which has one of the nation lowest SAT and ACT entry acceptance scores (Math SAT, 549 Verbal SAT, 559 ACT, 23). Out of 210 major Colleges I surveyed, there were only 13 Colleges with a lower SAT and ACT entry acceptance score than Idaho.
So when Sarah Palin feels like knocking Barack Obama for being a community organizer, she must have forgotten that he graduated from Harvard law School with honors and taught Constitutional law. Our best law firms in the Country only hires the brightest students from College, so why should it be any different when we choose someone for our Nation top job. This Country is the land of opportunity for those who work hard. Thus, in my final analysis on this matter is in no way meant to be cynical and undermine this basis concept, when I make it known that Gov Palin husband never graduated from College and worked 20 years as a blue-collar employee in the oil fields of the North Slope of Alaska. I know he is not running for any major office, but are these truly the credentials to get you in the Whitehouse. After electing George Bush and finding out that he had a problem, with completing an entire sentence should have been the final nail in the coffin for all Americans. To my amaze, Gov Palin gave another Katie Couric moment on Rush Limbaugh today when asked simple questions, that my grandchild could have answered with more intellectual cohesiveness.
Posted by: Rod | October 14, 2008, 3:29 pm 3:29 pm
LOL Ok here we go, the only document that is relevant here now is the Birth Certificate LONG form. Only THAT, with his Mother’s signature on it will prove that he was born in Hawaii. Personally, I believe he was born in Kenya, his mother returned to Hawaii after his birth and then filed a certificate of Live Birth, if indeed there is ANY record with her signature on it at all, which at this point I sincerely doubt. If it DID, it would be VERY easy for Obama to get and produce it to a court, proving his citizenship. He refuses.
Still, you are missing the point here.
Obama became a citizen of INDONESIA in order to attend School there. You could NOT go to school in Indonesia at that time if you were NOT a citizen. You could not have Dual Citizenship. This means that Obama was a citizen of Indonesia. In returning to the US, he should have gone through Immigration to enter the country, and would have become a NATURALIZED citizen.
Ineligible for POTUS.
Fastest way to clear it up is to produce the documents. Might take 30 seconds to get the case dismissed. If so, WHY NOT PRESENT THE DOCUMENTS?
Because he CAN’T.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm
Rod,
I dare say a Farmer knows more than you about Farming. Because he is a farmer does not make him any less intelligent than you. If you are saying that only one form of education makes you intelligent, then I question your very premise.
Obama “Organized” with a Corrupt and corrupting Organization Called ACORN. He was one of their Trainers.
Thats not intelligence or education. Thats Corruption.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm
Davis; So you are telling us that a few nutjobs paint Millions of people with the same Brush?
Then please explain why you want to wipe Isreal off the map.
Exactly. Null argument.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm
Davis; So you are telling us that a few nutjobs paint Millions of people with the same Brush?
Posted by: Danae | Oct 14, 2008 7:37:41 PM
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Exactly, your all a bunch of idiot Republican parrots!! Spouting whatever talking points the McInsane campaign gives you each day!!!
Oh, and by the way did I remind you that all of you Parrots are going down with McSenile and that Parrot Palin on November 4th??
LANDSLIDE OBAMA, JUST LOOK AT THE POLLS FOOLS!!!
Posted by: Davis | October 14, 2008, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm
Ah, the last bastion of Liberalism. Remember, when you lose an argument, just get insulting.
Thanks for proving my point Davis.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 3:56 pm 3:56 pm
It’s the economy, stupid!
Once famous words, uttered during the current and past Presidential elections Unable to defend issues such as the economy, McCain resorts to attacks, while Obama continues on path, realizing that people want solutions, not rhetoric.
So, we have McCain, who stated: “I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.”, and he is getting much of that education from Phil Gramm, who gave us the enron loophole and can be thanked for our current fuel prices.
And Obama? Supported and advised by Warren Buffet, now backed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker,
and another former Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan told Bloomberg News he was “not in favor of financing tax cuts with borrowed money” when asked if the United States could afford big tax cuts such as those proposed by Republican John McCain.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXl43P8d8T1s&refer=home
Let him sling mud.. the rest of us can get back our country and point it back in the right direction.
Posted by: Concerned American | October 14, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
And ACORN.. the organization that McCain has now turned his back on..
“Bertha Lewis, Chief Organizer of ACORN, said, “It has deeply saddened us to see Senator McCain abandon his historic support for ACORN and our efforts to support the goals of low-income Americans. Maybe it is out of desperation that Senator McCain has forgotten that he was for ACORN before he was against ACORN; he was for immigration reform before he was against immigration reform; and he was a maverick before he became erratic. We were thrilled to partner with him to help reform the outdated immigration laws in this country, and were pleased to work closely with him on this issue.”
Lewis continued, “We expected Senator McCain to support our efforts to give voice to millions of Americans who have never participated in an election before. We are surprised at his efforts to vilify an organization that, until recently, he saw as an ally. Maybe this surprise attack and change of heart is indicative of his state of mind, and the way he would govern.”
McCain probably doesn’t want to bring them up either.. but we all hope he does.
http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=12439&tx_ttnewstt_news=22386&tx_ttnewsbackPid=12387&cHash=5706e23a2f
Posted by: Concerned American | October 14, 2008, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm
I wonder where this broad has been the whole world hates us what allies?
Posted by: Rose Szymanski | October 14, 2008, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
Concerned American;
One Man One VOTE. ACORN not only does NOT believe in that, they deliberately are flooding our voting system with fake Voter registrations by the thousands. They are a Fraudulent Organization
Obama worked for ACORN, Trained ACORN. ACORN has endorsed him, not because he is so great, but because he SUPPORTS them. With a LOT of money. He protects their Government funding. They are simply protecting and supporting the hand that feeds them, and are returning that in kind with fraudulent registrations and bus loads of people TOLD how to vote, also illegal. You ought to be OUTRAGED by this. Not spewing the DNC party line or the ACORN party line.
If the GOP were doing this you would be foaming at the mouth. That the Democrat side is doing it does NOT make it OK! It’s WRONG. ACORN should be shut down Immediately and investigated. Nationally.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm
WOMEN OF AMERICA UNITE!
UNITE AGAINST THE SEXIST MEDIA AND BARACK HUSSEIN’S MUGGING OF VICE PRESIDENT, SARAH PALIN!
Women must unite against the liberal media vicious, sexist, cruel, demeaning, contemptuous UN-AMERICAN, unfair, unprofessional, unrelenting and blatantly biased treatment against Vice President Sarah Palin and acting blatantly in favor of Barack Hussein Obama during this unprecedented historic quest for the presidency!
Barack Hussein Obama claims a mightier throne, one forged in liberal ideals of justice and equality and hope, BUT he has benefited mightily from sexism in this campaign, and has remained silent. Obama supporters seem very happy with the sexist way pundits and some news organizations treat any action or statement by Sarah Palin, and many believe that most of the “venom” in the campaign is coming from supporters of Obama.
Women of America Unite in this defining moment in American history. To ensure we can grow up from the male dominated government that has caused many of the problems our country is facing; to a country where men and women are equal partners in governance.
WOMEN OF AMERICA UNITE
UNITE AGAINST THE SEXIST MEDIA AND BARACK HUSSEIN’S MUGGING OF VICE PRESIDENT, SARAH PALIN!
VOTE FOR MCCAIN/PALIN
Posted by: Manolete | October 14, 2008, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm
Sing along, if your a McCain supporter and feel so inclined, with the lyrics here:
McCain – Palin Tradition
By Hank Williams Jr.
The left wing liberal media have
Always been a real close knit family
But, most of the American People
Don’t believe em anyway ya see
Stop and think it over
Before you make your decision
If they smell something
They’re gonna come down strong
It’s a McCain – Palin tradition
Now this old Union’s got problems
That is plain to see
The Democrats bankrupted Fannie Mae N Freddie Mac
Just like 1, 2, 3
The bankers didn’t want to make all those bad loans,
But Bill Clinton said you got to
Now they want a bail out, what I’m talking about
Is a Democrat liberal who doo
CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they’re not gonna blink
And they’re gonna fix this country
Cause they’re just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick
And Sarah fixed Alaska’s broken condition
They’re gonna go just fine
We’re headed for better times
It’s a McCain – Palin tradition
I am very proud of America’s name
Bu no society is perfect
And we have had our stains
If I’m down at the coffee shop and
Somebody wants to give our flag friction
We say please move on
Cause we’re standing strong
That’s an old John McCain tradition
CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they’re not gonna blink
And they’re gonna fix this country
Cause they’re just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick
And Sarah fixed Alaska’s broken condition
They’re gonna go just fine
We’re headed for better times
It’s a McCain – Palin tradition
Some are bound to tell you I’m
Preaching to the choir
And that is very true
And we are going even higher
Like a mama bear in Idaho
She’ll protect your family’s condition
If you mess with her cubs
She’s gonna take of the gloves
It’s an American female tradition
CHORUS
John N Sarah tell ya
Just what they think
And they’re not gonna blink
And they’re gonna fix this country
Cause they’re just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick
And Sarah fixed Alaska’s broken condition
They’re gonna go just fine
We’re headed for better times
It’s a McCain – Palin tradition
Posted by: KH | October 14, 2008, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
I will sing that! :) God Bless America! I hope and Pray we are not living through the Death of this great Nation. If Obama wins, thats exactly what will happen, the Death of a Nation.
Posted by: Danae | October 14, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm
Pennsylvania has a suprise for snotty Obama. He put the nail in months ago when he decided to degrade and humiliate the people of PA in front of an elite group of San Fran donors.
Obama will reap what he sows on election day.
PA is a RED STATE now.
Posted by: ml | October 14, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm
Sorry to contradict the writer, but 1) At least one person attended both rallies, me! 2)the Clintons and Bidens rally on Sunday had twice as many attendees as the Palin rally today; 3) the Palin talk was in the Bush Leagues, were as the speakers on Sunday were in the Premier Leagues. The applause and conduct of the crowd today was much more subdued than on Sunday.
Leni Riefenstahl would have felt at home filming the episode today, as the over-the-top patriotism, would have been her cup of tea. I have attended about 50 political rallies in my life (the first HST in Scranton and the next JFK as well). I never heard the national anthem being played at any of the others. I found it rather out of place.
Posted by: Panicalep | October 14, 2008, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm
Palin is an unethical person as apparent in her denial of being deemed such. Anyone who supports that for the US makes me sad for our nation. I find it funny that those who worry about Obama are cheering for a crook. Guess that explains why the angry mobs like Palin, they are willing to accept a liars’ lies because they have been doing that since Bush got their votes for chasing Terrorists in wrong countries.
Posted by: Dorothy | October 14, 2008, 5:37 pm 5:37 pm
Obama understands our frustration:
“Our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives,” he said. “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are going to regenerate and they have not.
And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
A voter in Pennsylvania for Obama!
Posted by: Mark | October 14, 2008, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm
Its so obvious that Trig isnt the only retard in the Palin family.
Posted by: JoeShmoe | October 14, 2008, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm
Funny, how people are impressed and like Palin when they see her in person. She definitely isn’t how the biased media tried to portray her in their edited interviews.
The media knew they had to try to destroy her, since she is the candidate middle Americans can relate to.
Posted by: rrow | October 14, 2008, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
I saw in the paper people were lined up for blocks to see Palin, but they were having trouble giving the Biden tickets away. Perhaps because he insulted the town last week?
Posted by: rrow | October 14, 2008, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm
The public is drawn to watching Sarah Palin for pretty much the same reason that the public is drawn to watching the Jerry Springer Show.
Posted by: Jane Sixpack | October 14, 2008, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
I was so glad when swift justice was served in Alaska. Quick to investigate the abuse of power and present its verdict and before the election, too! Wow! Now load those guys up on a plane and fly them to Washington. Do I care about whether Palin received a facial or whether her brother-in-law was fired when he himself admitted to tazering his 10-year-old step son? He admitted himself that the problem was his and that he made all the mistakes! Meanwhile, while I saved up for 10 years to put money down on a house and paid my mortgage for ten more years, I find out from the bank that my home is worth only 1/4 what it was 6 months ago! Why? Because democratic senators in Washington were on the take from banks to block any legislations for oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack and were receiving money from ACORN. Not only did ACORN help to topple our econony, with the last billion dollar bailout, every $400 of $100,000 mortgages goes to ACORN. So, there goes our savings, the equity on our house and my son’s future all because of the abuse of power in Washington by Clinton, Dodd, Franke, Obama and many other senators. Why is everyone wasting their time complaining about Palin? Palin didn’t destroy our financial security and therefore jeopardize our national security, that was all done by the democrats. Instead of taking our money and giving it to the banks, how about starting a American Give It Back account. Prosecute everyone who was on the take, and then have them put into this account the blood money that destroyed our economy. Let’s see, $1 million, $900,000, $800,000, $500,000, etc. It’s adding up pretty quick. Then let America decide who gets the money. How about those people paying their bills and mortgages and never missing a payment? How about restoring the value back into the homes of the working Americans? Stop quibbling about someone who had nothing to do with the problems that will destroy our country. She just might, however, offer something in the way of helping clean up some of the mess in Washington, like Nancy Pelosi, or Reid, haven’t even suggested needs to be done.
Posted by: suman | October 14, 2008, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm
Christopher Buckley, the son of the respected conservative and the founder of the National Review, the late Bill Buckley (may his soul rest in peace) has resigned from National Review after endorsing Obama.
He was quoted as saying
” So, I have been effectively fatwahed (is that how you spell it?) by the conservative movement, and the magazine that my father founded must now distance itself from me. But then, conservatives have always had a bit of trouble with the concept of diversity. The GOP likes to say it’s a big-tent. Looks more like a yurt to me.
While I regret this development, I am not in mourning, for I no longer have any clear idea what, exactly, the modern conservative movement stands for. Eight years of “conservative” government has brought us a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance. As a sideshow, it brought us a truly obscene attempt at federal intervention in the Terry Schiavo case.
So, to paraphrase a real conservative, Ronald Reagan: I haven’t left the Republican Party. It left me.”
This is indeed a historic moment! Republicans with a conscience are dumping the McCain-Palin ticket and voting for Obama-Biden ticket.
Perhaps there is a God, and America has a future after all!
Posted by: Jane Sixpack | October 14, 2008, 6:25 pm 6:25 pm
Stop feeding the trolls. They will never believe facts, they believe the Kool aid- that’s all. It does not matter how many links are supplied debunking the lies- they choose the Kool Aid.
Posted by: MyVoiceHere | October 14, 2008, 6:37 pm 6:37 pm
Suman,
Palin is a trainwreck.
Did you hear what she said on Limbaugh’s radio show today.
“I have nothing to lose”.
Gov. Palin may have been good for Alaska and I do admire her accomplishments, but this woman will say anything (and she is a lot worse than Joe Biden, a lot worse).
Her mindset scares me that if John McCain as President has to bow out temporarily/permanently, she will have to run this country. GOD FORBID!
I sincrely admire John McCain for choosing a woman to run for vice-president, but this choice of Gov. Palin totally ruins his credibility.
Just ask some of the other conservatives.
Posted by: TRUTH | October 14, 2008, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm
Joe Biden, you mean the same guy who said in a national debate that he shops at the same Home Depot in Scranton that’s been CLOSED for 20 years! And they call McCain senile. JEEZ!!!
Posted by: hmn | October 14, 2008, 6:55 pm 6:55 pm
John McCain was born in PANAMA!
Posted by: Sue M Vet for Obama | October 14, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm
Prime Minister Winston Churchhill (Great Britain) held duel citizenship in the United States (his mother was a citizen of the USA)and Great Britain (his father was a citizen of the UK).
Danae seems to be talking past the facts—I guess not willing to be convinced by them—even when presented with websites.
I have a two nephews and a niece who were born in three different countries. All three of them are natural citizens of the USA as is their parents.
This all seems to be a tempest in a teapot to distract us from the true issues.
Posted by: George | October 14, 2008, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm
Illegal ACORN Voters:
It doesn’t make sense that Mr. Nash could go in to register on 9/30 and immediately get a ballot in Ohio to cast his vote—registrations go to the appropriate authorities and then are mailed to the person registering if the information on the registration checks out—-that makes it virtually impossible for fictitious persons to cast votes.
Posted by: George | October 14, 2008, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm
4 more years and kiss the country goodby under Mcbush and mrs. fluff I would rather have someone that uses his knowledge to do something rather than someone with dementia that has to take a pill for his memory and some one that went to college to enter beauty contests, what happens when he forgets to take the pill
Posted by: Rose Szymanski | October 14, 2008, 7:32 pm 7:32 pm
Why was my last post listed as spam and not allowed to be posted?
Posted by: George | October 14, 2008, 8:30 pm 8:30 pm
I’ll repeat my question. Why were two of my posts treated as SPAM?
Posted by: George | October 14, 2008, 8:39 pm 8:39 pm
Shocking development: Mrs Obama decides enough is enough: “My husband was born in Hawaii and adopted by his step father, does that make him unpatriotic; she asks”, on a direct telephone to API.
Posted by africanpress on October 15, 2008
Accusing API of colluding with American internet bloggers in an effort to bring down her husband, Mrs Obama said she decided to call API because of what she termed, API’s help to spread rumours created by American bloggers and other racist media outlets?in their efforts to damage a black man’s name, saying she hopes African Media was mature enough to be in the front to give unwavering support to her husband, a man Africans should identify themselves with.?
When API told her that our online news media was only relaying what the American Bloggers and other media outlets had discovered through their investigations, Mrs Obama was angered and she came out loud with the following: “African press International is supposed to support Africans and African-American view,” and she went to state that, “it is strange that API has chosen to support the racists against my husband. There is no shame in being adopted by a step father. All dirt has been thrown onto my husband’s face and yet he loves this country. My husband and I know that there is no law that will stop him from becoming the president, just because some American white racists are bringing up the issue of my husband’s adoption by His step father. The important thing here is where my husband’s heart is at the moment. I can tell the American people that My husband loves this country and?his adoption never changed his love for this country. He was born in Hawaii, yes, and that gives him all the right to be an American citizen even though he was adopted by a foreigner; says Michelle Obama on telefon to API.”
This is a very interesting turn of events. The American man Dr Corsi was recently reported to have been arrested in Kenya because there was fear that he might reveal information on Obama when he wanted to hold a press conference in Nairobi.
The question now is why he was arrested and who ordered his arrest. Was Obama’s hand in this in any way? We will never know the truth but what is clear is that Dr Corsi was seen as a threat while in Kenya.
When API asked Mrs Obama to comment on why Dr Corsi was arrested by the Kenyan government and whether she thought Kenya’s Prime Minister Mr Raila Odinga was involved in Dr Corsi’s arrest, she got irritated and and simply told API not to dig that which will support evil people who are out to stop her husband from getting the presidency.
When asked who she was referring to as the evil people, she stated that she was not going to elaborate much on that but that many conservative white people and even some African Americans were against her husband, but that this?group of blacks were simply doing so because of envy.
On Farakhan and his ministry, Mrs Obama told API that it was unfortunate that Mr Farakhan came out the way he did supporting her husband openly before the elections was over. That was not wholehearted support but one that was calculated to convince the American people that my husband will support the growth of muslim faith if he became the president, adding “even if my husband was able to prove that he is not a Muslim, he will not be believed by those who have come out strongly to destroy his chances of being the next President. Do real people expect someone to deny a religion when 80 percent of his relatives are Muslims?; Mrs Obama asked.
Mrs Obama asked API to write a good story about her husband and that will earn API an invitation to the innoguration ceremony when, as she put it , her husband will be installed as the next President of the United States of America next year.
———————–
Published by African Press International – API
Posted by: UnPolitically Correct2008 | October 14, 2008, 9:18 pm 9:18 pm
Here is the site:
http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/shocking-development-mrs-obama-decides-enough-is-enough-my-husband-was-born-in-hawaii-and-adopted-by-his-step-father-does-that-make-him-unpatriotic-she-asks-on-a-direct-telephone-to-api/
Posted by: UnPolitically Correct2008 | October 14, 2008, 9:19 pm 9:19 pm
Doesn’t this make him an ILLEGAL ALIEN??? I think by all accounts of the law…Yes, he is.
No wonder he is refusing to show the courts his documents and proof he is no longer an Indonesian Citizen.
And Michelle Obama is one hateful racist wench!!
I am not sure whom posted she has class….but I would love to know your definition of class!
Posted by: UnPolitically Correct2008 | October 14, 2008, 9:21 pm 9:21 pm
Guess they’re flagging certain key words…same thing’s happened to me here once or twice.
You know, I went to Disney World last Saturday. About half way through the day, I began to realize that not a single person of the hundreds I had seen wore either an Obama or a McCain T-shirt, button, or hat. Assuming that half or so were Americans, I infer that most Americans are either sick of, or not interested in these elections…my take anyway.
60,000 people went to see Palin at The Villages…pretty amazing. That wasn’t hyped up months in advance like the famous Barackopolis stunt.
When thousands of people could show up to riot in St. Paul, or any of a dozen anti-Iraq, or anti-IMF meetings I always asked myself “Don’t these people have jobs and families to take care of…all this free time and money to travel?”
When these pollsters call, the majority probably hang up or don’t answer.
Don’t know when they call, but if they get those at home during the day, maybe out of work, I would think that their knee-jerk reaction these days would be to say “Obama”…because that’s what they hear on the TV and radio…and those folks KNOW what they’re talking about!
The MSM I’ve noticed will highlight whatever poll has the highest numbers for Obama. Maybe there’s something to them, but I just have this feeling that things aren’t adding up…
Posted by: Grand Old Party | October 14, 2008, 9:28 pm 9:28 pm
Palin gets more Crowd in Scranton than even Biden does!
That is amusing as it shows Scranton does not like SERIAL liars like Biden.
Posted by: Greg h | October 14, 2008, 10:20 pm 10:20 pm
UnPolitically Correct2008…”Doesn’t this make him an ILLEGAL ALIEN??? I think by all accounts of the law…Yes, he is.
No wonder he is refusing to show the courts his documents and proof he is no longer an Indonesian Citizen.”
Are you a m.o.r.o.n? It’s a relatively simple question.
Barrack Obama was born in Hawaii to a man who happened to be a citizen of Kenya and to a woman who was a citizen of the United States. Since Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii and the last time I checked Hawaii was still a part of the United States and to one parent who happens to be a United States citizen that automatically made him a U.S. citizen no questions asked. Since his father was a citizen of Kenya that also made him a citizen of Kenya; have you ever heard of someone holding dual citizenships? Now, since Mr. Obama was to young to make that his decision the day that he was born he is recognized as being a citizen of both up to the age of twenty one. If Mr. Obama had chosen to fill out the appropriate paperwork when he was twenty one he would have remained a citizen of both but since he didn’t fill out that paperwork he gave up being a citizen of Kenya.
Was that simple enough for you to understand?
ILLEGAL ALIEN…what a m.o.r.o.n.
Posted by: PasteEater | October 14, 2008, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm
If anyone has watched the The DAILY SHOW with Jon Stewart they know where the name PasteEater came from…having a poke at fun about the people that are to S.T.U.P.I.D. to vote; kind of like UnPolitically Correct2008
Posted by: PasteEater | October 14, 2008, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
Maybe there’s something to them, but I just have this feeling that things aren’t adding up…
Posted by: Grand Old Party
You’re not alone, most repukes have that feeling. Its called paranoia.
Posted by: JoeShmoe | October 14, 2008, 11:45 pm 11:45 pm
Shocking development: Mrs Obama decides enough is enough: “My husband was born in Hawaii and adopted by his step father, does that make him unpatriotic; she asks”, on a direct telephone to API.
Posted by africanpress on October 15, 2008
Accusing API of colluding with American internet bloggers in an effort to bring down her husband, Mrs Obama said she decided to call API because of what she termed, API’s help to spread rumours created by American bloggers and other racist media outlets in their efforts to damage a black man’s name, saying she hopes African Media was mature enough to be in the front to give unwavering support to her husband, a man Africans should identify themselves with.
When API told her that our online news media was only relaying what the American Bloggers and other media outlets had discovered through their investigations, Mrs Obama was angered and she came out loud with the following: “African press International is supposed to support Africans and African-American view,” and she went to state that, “it is strange that API has chosen to support the racists against my husband. There is no shame in being adopted by a step father. All dirt has been thrown onto my husband’s face and yet he loves this country. My husband and I know that there is no law that will stop him from becoming the president, just because some American white racists are bringing up the issue of my husband’s adoption by His step father. The important thing here is where my husband’s heart is at the moment. I can tell the American people that My husband loves this country and his adoption never changed his love for this country. He was born in Hawaii, yes, and that gives him all the right to be an American citizen even though he was adopted by a foreigner; says Michelle Obama on telefon to API.”
This is a very interesting turn of events. The American man Dr Corsi was recently reported to have been arrested in Kenya because there was fear that he might reveal information on Obama when he wanted to hold a press conference in Nairobi.
The question now is why he was arrested and who ordered his arrest. Was Obama’s hand in this in any way? We will never know the truth but what is clear is that Dr Corsi was seen as a threat while in Kenya.
When API asked Mrs Obama to comment on why Dr Corsi was arrested by the Kenyan government and whether she thought Kenya’s Prime Minister Mr Raila Odinga was involved in Dr Corsi’s arrest, she got irritated and and simply told API not to dig that which will support evil people who are out to stop her husband from getting the presidency.
When asked who she was referring to as the evil people, she stated that she was not going to elaborate much on that but that many conservative white people and even some African Americans were against her husband, but that this group of blacks were simply doing so because of envy.
On Farakhan and his ministry, Mrs Obama told API that it was unfortunate that Mr Farakhan came out the way he did supporting her husband openly before the elections was over. That was not wholehearted support but one that was calculated to convince the American people that my husband will support the growth of muslim faith if he became the president, adding “even if my husband was able to prove that he is not a Muslim, he will not be believed by those who have come out strongly to destroy his chances of being the next President. Do real people expect someone to deny a religion when 80 percent of his relatives are Muslims?; Mrs Obama asked.
Mrs Obama asked API to write a good story about her husband and that will earn API an invitation to the innoguration ceremony when, as she put it , her husband will be installed as the next President of the United States of America next year.
http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/shocking-development-mrs-obama-decides-enough-is-enough-my-husband-was-born-in-hawaii-and-adopted-by-his-step-father-does-that-make-him-unpatriotic-she-asks-on-a-direct-telephone-to-api/#comment-35974
Posted by: KH | October 15, 2008, 3:14 am 3:14 am
Just in by the Washington post:
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Buzz up!
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. has paid more than $2 million in campaign cash to his family members, their businesses and employers over the years, a practice that watchdogs criticize as rife with potential conflicts of interest.
Getty Images FAMILY: Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son, Hunter Biden, was at a campaign stop with his father in December. The candidate’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, is his longtime campaign manager.
The money largely flowed from the coffers of Mr. Biden’s failed presidential campaign during the past two years to a company that employs his sister and longtime campaign manager, Valerie Biden Owens, according to campaign disclosure filings.
The senator from Delaware also directed campaign legal work to a Washington lobbying and law firm founded by his son R. Hunter Biden, the disclosures show.
Putting family members and their companies on the political payroll is legal if the work is legitimate and charged at market rates, according to the Federal Election Commission. Still, public watchdog groups have long criticized such arrangements.
Posted by: Carrie | October 15, 2008, 8:56 am 8:56 am
We can all cut and paste…Here’s what I found on John McCain’s lobbyist buddies, is it true…who cares, it’s dirt about McCain; it’s something that the Republicans are desperate to do to Obama since everything else they’ve tried hasn’t worked…
One of the big stories with Obama now leading the DNC is that he has announced that not only will his presidential campaign not accept lobbyist donations, neither will the DNC any longer. And while McCain has made some tentative statements about public financing of his campaign, he has yet to commit to anything, other than the sheer number of lobbyists working on his campaign.
The DNC has put out this ad tying McCain to his lobbyists buddies. From the press release:
“While Senator McCain talks about transparency and accountability on the campaign trail, back home in Washington he and the lobbyists in his inner circle refuse to apply those same standards to his own campaign,” said DNC Communications Director Karen Finney. “Senator Obama and the Democratic Party have promised to change the way business is done in Washington and are taking real steps to ensure that the American people’s priorities dominate the agenda in Washington. If Senator McCain is serious about his call to clean up Washington, he should join us. Otherwise, Senator McCain is once again showing why he is the wrong choice for America’s future.”
A little fact checking, courtesy of the DNC, on McCain’s Lobbyist Brigade below the fold:
FACT CHECK:
JOHN MCCAIN’S LOBBYIST FRIENDS
Anti-Western Political Parties…
Campaign Manager Rick Davis’s Firm Represented Anti-Western Political Party in Ukraine. “A consultant to Sen. John McCain hired a public-relations firm last year to burnish the U.S. image of a Ukrainian political party backed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, according to documents filed with the Justice Department. The lobbying firm of Davis Manafort Inc. arranged for the public-relations firm’s work through an affiliate last spring, at the same time Davis Manafort was being paid by the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign. The firm is co-owned by lobbyist Rick Davis, manager of Sen. McCain’s presidential campaign, and longtime Republican strategist Paul Manafort.” [Wall Street Journal, 5/14/08]
Mob-Connected Russian Oligarchs…
Davis Introduced McCain to Putin-Ally, Mafia-Linked Russian Oligarch. While seeking to do business with him, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis – while simultaneously at the Reform Institute and lobbying for Davis Manafort – introduced McCain to Oleg Deripaska, a Putin ally whose U.S. visa was revoked due to suspicions over his ties to Russian organized crime. McCain, Deripaska and Davis rendezvoused at least twice – first in January 2006 in Davos, then during a codel in Montenegro in August 2006. [Washington Post, 1/25/08]
The Saudi Royal Family…
Former Campaign Finance Chair Tom Loeffler Lobbied McCain for Saudi Clients. “But the fallout may not be over. One top campaign official affected by the new policy is national finance co-chair Tom Loeffler, a former Texas congressman whose lobbying firm has collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and millions more from other foreign and corporate interests, including a French aerospace firm seeking Pentagon contracts. Loeffler last month told a reporter ‘at no time have I discussed my clients with John McCain.’ But lobbying disclosure records reviewed by NEWSWEEK show that on May 17, 2006, Loeffler listed meeting McCain along with the Saudi ambassador to ‘discuss US-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia relations.’” [Newsweek, 5/26/08: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/before_rick_davis_began_servin.php
The Brutal Myanmar Junta…
Doug Goodyear Left Campaign After Revelations His Firm Represented Myanmar Regime. “The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar. Doug Goodyear resigned as coordinator of the Twin Cities convention and issued a two-sentence statement.” [Associated Press, 5/11/08]
Goodyear and Doug Davenport, Regional Campaign Manager, Tied to Oppressive Myanmar Junta. “ABC News’ Jan Simmonds reports: Two of Sen. John McCain’ campaign aides resigned this weekend after media reports brought to light their ties to a lobbying group that once represented the military junta of Burma, which the regime calls Myanmar. The aides, Douglas Goodyear, who was tapped as the GOP Convention Coordinator, and Doug Davenport, a regional manager focusing on the mid-Atlantic states, both worked for DCI. The firm was hired in 2002 to represent Burma’s military junta to try to begin a dialogue of political reconciliation with the United States.” [ABCNews.com, 5/11/08]
…and some of history’s Most Brutal Tyrants.
Charlie Black Pioneered the “Revolving Door Between Campaign Consulting and Lobbying.” “Then in his 30s, Black already had established himself as a pioneer of the revolving door between campaign consulting and lobbying, having been a senior adviser on President Ronald Reagan’s reelection campaign before returning to K Street. And his clients, as often as not, were foreign leaders eager to burnish their reputations…The lobbying shop represented Bethlehem Steel, the Tobacco Institute and the government of the Philippines. The political consulting firm helped elect a slew of lawmakers — including Sens. Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Charles McC. Mathias Jr., Arlen Specter, Paula Hawkins and David F. Durenberger — who worked on legislation that directly impacted the firm’s clients.” [Washington Post, 5/22/08]
“Longtime Uber-Lobbyist” Helped Burnish Reputations of Some of the World’s Worst Tyrants.” “Longtime uber-lobbyist Charles R. Black Jr. is John McCain’s man in Washington, a political maestro who is hoping to guide his friend, the senator from Arizona, to the presidency this November. But for half a decade in the 1980s, Black was also Jonas Savimbi’s man in the capital city. His lobbying firm received millions from the brutal Angolan guerrilla leader and took advantage of Black’s contacts in Congress and the White House.” [Washington Post, 5/22/08]
Black’s Client List a Whose Who of Repressive Rulers. “In addition to Savimbi, Black and his partners were at times registered foreign agents for a remarkable collection of U.S.-backed foreign leaders whose human rights records were sometimes harshly criticized, even as their opposition to communism was embraced by American conservatives. They included Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Nigerian Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre, and the countries of Kenya and Equatorial Guinea, among others.” [Washington Post, 5/22/08]
Posted by: PasteEater | October 15, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am
img: This is not about the trooper its about Acorns fraud trying to get a landslide for Obama but got caught. The trooper case is mild but Acorn’s case is about registering voters on the street for money or cigarettes. And this is a democratic organization involving Obama who is stearing away from it right now and his good friend the bomber Ayers. How sweet it is.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 4:34 pm 4:34 pm
Greg h: You are so right. I was reading the sun-Times todayand it stated that Palin is so popular and her crowds are so big she was asked to do four rallies a day. I don’t know if she would do that however three would be fine. Incidently, I do not believe the polls. They are building Obama up trying to convince the public that the election is over. Nothing is over until its over. And no one knows who will win or lose. I hope that McCain wins the debate and really talks more precise than last time. I believe the last two debates were a tie no matter what other’s thought.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 4:48 pm 4:48 pm
Bob Lees: Well, I would much rather walk in Palin’s shoes than Obama’s. Between the drugs, booze, corruption, Ayers, Wright, Farrakhan and Father P not to mention Rezko whom he abandoned as his good friend Obama doesn’t have a leg to stand on when it comes a solid good clean background. He doesn’t even know how to write his own speech, using the speeches of JFK and RFK. Harvard graduate? Head of the class coming out like an ass.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 4:54 pm 4:54 pm
Sue M. As soon as McCain joined the Navy he automatically became a citizen of this country. My bother was not a citizen of this country until he was served papers to serve in World War II. Then he automatically became a citizen. That’w the way it works.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 5:06 pm 5:06 pm
Sharon: And that’s just what three people want to do to Obama. But not use a fork, use a gun. Aren’t you aware of the fact he has had to get double security around his house: The last guy wore a bullet proof vest and had a gun in the car. And what else is new.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 5:11 pm 5:11 pm
Greg: She’s the governor, she doesn’t have to return. Besides that she is campaigning for McCain. And Lee Greenwood has a tremendous voice compared to some singers that only sound good with a good background of music playing. Palin is a true American, Obama is not and never was and neither is his close friend William the bomber Ayers. Get a grip. There are not too many true Americans in this young generation. Obama in his debate tonight has really been double talking about Acorn and Ayers. And if the public falls for that they better go back to school and start all over.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm
jo: Now why would Palin be anti-birth control. She is against abortion no matter if the girl is raped. And if any woman doesn’t want to get pregnant they should have their tubes tied. Getting pregnant and aboting the child because he or she has Downs Syndrome is a sin. And abortions are a sin to begin with.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
Dave: I understand he was born in Kenya but she didn’t register his birth there brought him to Hawaii that that hospital registered him making believe he was born in Hawaii. I never believed him to be born in US but in Kenya.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | October 15, 2008, 5:48 pm 5:48 pm