Tinker to Evers to FOX

It’ll be interesting for sure. You can bet Obama will come prepared.I hope the press can take the heat! This will be better than the debate.
Obama08

NOTE: It’s Bill A-Y-E-R-S. Easier to google if you spell it right.
McCain says “Obama needs to repudiate [A-Y-E-R-S], apologize to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., for comparing him to [A-Y-E-R-S] (as an example of a friend with whom Obama disagrees), and to apologize to the American people for his relationship with [A-Y-E-R-S], “an unrepentant terrorist.”
Hahaha. Ayers-Obama is all about Exelon, not Weatherman, which shut down the American left (along with providing some rollicking good fun, no doubt, for the corporate scions who ran it, most likely doing dirty work — sabotaging the sixties cultural and political revolution — for their daddies).
If crazy clown McCain manages to get people looking into the Ayers family, Obama really IS done — though we can expect that McCain’s nutty pronouncements are meant to HELP Obama.

John McCain=George Bush
Therefore I would like to ask: who even listens to these morons anymore?
Obama is a terrorist? Is that the idea?
We’ve actually sunk to the point where our presidential candidates accuse each other of being potential terrorists?! What a complete joke.
Welcome to Orwell’s America, you spineless right wing sheep. Clinton and McCain have shown themselves unworthy of the presidency even before the race begins.

McCain is the puppet, Corporate America is the puppet master.
The puppet says what the puppeteer wishes.
That’s how you wind up with a decent fellow like John McCain saying these idiotic things on a daily basis. It’s embarrassing.

obama is unamerican and chums with unamerican types. he will never be president and can never command the respect of the us armed forces.
a democrat i will vote for mccain before i ever will vote for obama

Desperately up against a man with obvious gifts and clear potential to be a great president both Clinton and McCain are using the same small minded tactics against him. They contrast poorly to him as potential leaders and so both are trying to put up a smokescreen of dirt, innuendo and lies. Obama has struck a clear bell that this country’s been dying to hear!

Thinking…..It will be beyond interesting if Obama is as unprepared as we was in PA. He thought he was going to get the usual soft questions that the other moderators had given him, and came out looking like an unprepared rookie. Obama is noway prepared to run this country! I’m black and I’ll never cast a vote for him.

“Why is he saying that he has “street cred”?”
Must mean Wall Street.

Let’s a discuss the issues here and there are many and this is not one of them how about tyhe standard of living???? what about health care, education, housing and a number of other issues that affect us.

Beware North Carolinians and Indianians….Obama lied and just a Politician.
Mr. Wright, CNN interview, said Obama condemned his comments about american because Obama is a Politician. Yeah right, Obama wants to get away with it condemning Wirght’s comments to get oput of trouble and still fool the Americans and the younger voters. Good job lying Obama. You don’t tale responsibility for your action. You are a disgrace for all North Carolinians and Indianians. What’s new? Obama lied just like Wright, Rezco and Ayers and he will continue to lie and overspent the voter’s money just to win but still the loser.
Richardson suddenly came out at CNN after Hillary won Pennsylvannia. Why are you afraid? Yes you are because f Hilalry wins your personal ambition and interest will disappear. Richardson cannot be trusted and a traitor. Don’t vote for him when runs for a Senator. He belongs to Wright, Rezco and Ayer who join any group or fraternity where he will benefit and not the Americans.
Obama’s motto and theme should be Pay per Vote. Obama overspent in Pennsylvannia and still came out the loser.
Look at the facts as to how strong Hillary is:
Obama lost in Pennsylvannia in spite of endorsement by a Senator and overspending in ads, 5 to 1.
Obama lost in Texas and Ohio even overspending in ads and manipulating info in Ohio.
Obama lost in California even though Oprah, Maria Shriver, and Katherine Kennedy endorsed him.
Obama lost Massachusetts even though Kennedy and John Kerry endorsed him.
Hillary won the big states and has more electoral college votes to date than Obama that is crucial in November.
Obama lost the big states even though the media is most of the time unfair with Hillary and always positive to Obama.
Wake up superdelegates! You will make the right choice if you pick Hillary.
Obama mocked the Pennsylvannians and the entire nation, which is so irresponsible and very degrading to all Americans. He is just like Wright who mocked the Americans and like Rezco and Ayers who we can’t trust.
Before you can have CHANGE, we first need SOLUTIONS and that is HILLARY.
Wake up superdelegates!

Jerry, you wrote: “Obama is permitted to be friends with anti-American pastors and terrorists who attack this country.”
You are right! But we have just as much of a right to cite his bad judgement in rejecting him in his bid to become President of the United States.

Let the Swiftboating begin. If these are terrorists, why have the cops not arrested them? Obama was in pre-school and early elementaty scholl when these people were active. I guess he aided them at recess. Suddenly McCain starts to look less presidential.

This is really ridiculous. Senator Obama has gone on record saying that he is not “friends” with Ayers and never has been. They run in the same circles, they know each other socially. I’ve been involved with progressive groups and I know there were “radical” types in that group with whom I did not necessarily share every single viewpoint. It’s unavoidable to have some interactions with people who may have unsavory pasts or views that you don’t share. As a baby boomer roughly the same age as Senator Obama, I had NEVER heard of William Ayers or his wife until I saw a documentary about the Weather Underground in 2002, an art-house flick that wasn’t given wide release. Until this became “news” I would imagine that most people under the age of 50 had no clue who Bill Ayers is. It’s important to keep in mind that there were plenty of 60s radicals who engaged in civil disobedience (deemed criminal by “the authorities”) in an effort to end the war and expose political corruption — dissent is NOT unpatriotic. It’s important to note that Ayers’ group (while he was involved) never killed anyone and was always careful to make sure no one was hurt when they planted bombs. Was he wrong for what he did? Yes, of course; no one excuses that. But that was 40 years ago, it was a crazy time in our nation’s history, and he has emerged from that to become a decent person by all accounts. There’s no reason that Senator Obama should be required to give any further explanation on this — he has addressed it satisfactorily, as far as I’m concerned. Whatever political views Ayers held, or holds now, it’s NOT Senator Obama’s fault. He’s made it clear he does not have a close association with Ayers and that he disagrees strongly with the acts and tactics that Weather Underground engaged in. What more could he do? Isn’t this enough? As for the “Hamas” endorsement, they are going to endorse anyone who is opposed to continued US presence in Iraq, obviously, and would moreover be impressed by his understanding of the underlying issues behind the middle east conflict, the need to address the role of oppression and economic deprivation as it has fueled fundamentalism, and the fact that, unlike McCain, he does not believe these issues will be resolved by bombing the entire middle east back to the stone age. Having Hamas’ endorsement does not mean that Senator Obama agrees with their tactics or their goals. He can repudiate their tactics and goals, but he can’t make them NOT endorse him.

How can people not view this man as a self-seeking fraud. On one moment he condemns swiftboat-like activity, in the next he engages in it himself.
Reality = John MCain and the republicans are scared (very scared) of running against Obama.
The Swiftboats are coming, and they will come between now and the Democratic convention. Republicans want Hillary to win badly.

Ayers was a member of the Weather Underground. If you don’t think they were a terrorist organization, then you must look them up. Ayers got off on a technicality and has never repented and, in fact, makes it sound like he’d do it again. The two who Bill Clinton pardoned and/or commuted served time and repented.
What bothers me more is just like, Rezko and Wright, Obama is not forthright when he is first asked about these people. Then slowly but surely the truth about his relationships with them comes out. Ayers, who lives near Obama, raised money for Obama’s first campaign and yet Obama says he barely knows the man. That is scary in and of itself. Is the man naive? Does he have poor judgment? Why would he want to be around this people and have them influence anything about him?

“It’s important to note that Ayers’ group (while he was involved) never killed anyone and was always careful to make sure no one was hurt when they planted bombs.”
Ayers’ GIRLFRIEND was among the townhouse explosion casualties, for heaven’s sake. He and Dohrn “went underground”, wound up married. Not many people — that we know about, anyway — got blown up during the period, but a LOT of people were injured, mostly by police. (Weatherman’s blowing up the Haymarket police memorial — TWICE: it was rebuilt, and they blew it up AGAIN — brought down insane repression and police brutality on EVERYBODY who was in the streets for any reason.)
There’s no excuse to be completely uninformed about the Weathermen. Just go google it — you can be sure every single person in the right wing, along with many Democrats, is reading up on the Weatherpeople. (For extra credit, google COINTELPRO. :^)

McCain is being insincere here. Obama went to Ayers’ house once, for a professional political meeting in 1995. He didn’t chose the setting nor the company. If McCain wants to build an image of positive campaigning, he needs to stop this silliness.

all you republican “truth seekers” wouldn’t know a lie if it hit you in the face… your own leaders of your political party are UNSURPASSED at lying… and associating with REAL terrorists… look at Osama bin Laden and his support from the the Bush’s and the oil industry… your lying leaders have been propping up terrorists for decades … please, stop the swiftboating, it will only backfire

so finally a criticism that can’t be blamed on hillary :)

Some of the above posted comments above for all sides are childish and unhelpful. Associations with Ayres and Write are legitimate concerns for McCain and Clinton to raise. They are part of the picture in discerning Obama’s character. However, they are only part of the picture. It would be unwise to dismiss Obama on account of these associations alone. However, Obama’s proposed policies are as farther left than any major Candidate for president that I have ever seen. The combination of leftist public policy and extremely leftist friends, make me wonder were Obama’s heart beliefs really lie.

Patriots do not lead a country into war based on a false premise. Patriots do not let four thousand soldiers die for oil. Patriots do not send jobs overseas. If people who have done all these are accepted as patriots why are we going after pastor Wright? What have we got against him that makes us loathe him?

why is it that obama,change has to apply to way he is thinking, & insulting them for not following his views and his way in the sand. come on Obama change the way u r winning, or losing. Obama wake up to reality. The rest of us are. He seemed great at first but very weakend over the last couple of months.

SJ writes:
“The Internet is a open book so try as much as MSM can to stop things from coming out on Obama it still does.”
Where Obama is concerned, the Internet is becoming LESS of an open book, every day. “Obama’s Exelon ties merit close look”, by Jay Hancock in the Baltimore Sun, for example, is only a month old, but is no longer accessible — and the REAL story about Obama-Axelrod-Ayers is EXELON, not the Weathermen. (Note: is Axelrod conspicuously missing from soundbyte society lately?)
The same is true of a lot of articles about Acevedo, the P.R. governor with the Obama-like schtick (who was at Harvard Law at the same time), who was recently indicted for mobstering around with elections. One wouldn’t be surprised if the same should turn out to be true of Deval Patrick, the Axelrod production who’s having so much trouble being Governor of Massachusetts.)
A way to find SOME of this information is to look for a search-engine “cache” page at google, livesearch, ask.com, or wherever.
Looking to the future, it might not be a bad idea to save webpage info that seems likely to disappear …

SIMPLE: OBAMA HAS A CLEAN RECORD!! THEREFORE THE DESPERADOS MY FRIENDS ALL THEY HAVE TO USE AS PUNCH LINES IS ASSOCIATION -BLAMING HIM FOR THE ACTS OF OTHERS WHICH IS NO MEASURE OF JUSTICE NOR INTELLIGENT THINKING – BUT GREAT PROPAGANDA FOR THOSE WHO ARE EASILY LED BY PAPAARAZZI!

Well than watch FOX this Sunday and see what happens. They will have their chance and no one can call foul, whatever happens.
He presents himself to FOX, IE the Republican Party, Hillary, Whoever, if Fox doesn’t ask the questions America is asking who will?
If he gets creamed you will have your day.
I think it will be very interesting.
Obama08

Association certainly counts when it comes to the president of US. In his recent speech at a rally in Indiana, Sen Obama said “…more than one hundred workers in Logansport, Indiana who just found out that their company has decided to move its entire factory to Taiwan.” It turns out the manufacturer is closing plants but not relocating anywhere. Also, the manufacturer has plants in Thailand, but not Taiwan. Wrong information! Wrong statement! How are we going to count on a president who is far from ready and whose association is also far from ready?

I think you guys are going to pop a blood vessel soon.
I would think you all would be happy that he is going to FOX for an interview?
But it sounds like you think he has already won that one.
What gives?
Obmama08

This is all crazy.
Obama08
Wake up people. Don’t be fueled.

Did any of you crazy people listen to the entire sermon by Rev. Wright? Sound bites make for higher ratings by Fox News. I heard the entire sermon and now I understand what he was saying.
Can’t believe in 2008 we are having the foolishness.

JUDITH —- The only reason Obama has (as you say) “a clean record” is because he hasnt been around long enough to gain ANY experience! That is not a positive characteristic, but a negative one. SO…with his “very short” record, how can he be tied to soooooooo many weird events..??? Resko, Wright, Davis (communist), he cant relate to small-town people, he prefers abortion to “punishing a woman with a child”. Face it, he is NOT going to be President.

Doublestandard,
Hillary exagerrated his visit to Bosnia for effect. The truth is she did go there. Her “lie” was a fish tale.
Obama is lying about stuff he did do claiming he didn’t. H eis much much closer to Wright and Ayres than he claims.

Neil —- Since 1933, democrats have controlled the senate 80% of the time. I think they can take SOME of the responsibility for the entitlement programs that will bankrupt this country in the next 20 years if we dont act fast!

McCain will not be a very good president because if he was ever smart he would save his campaign money!!

People are judged by the company they keep and Obama is no exception . And by the way, it is absolutely appropriate. Obama is simply obfuscating and attempting slight of hand tricks. It won’t work.

I don’t really care what the hell ppl in Bosnia are doing all I care about is #1 USA BABY!!! Tired of caring about others when we need the careing going on here in the states!!The hell with Africa or BFE we need some support right here in the USA!! GO USA LETS MAKE IT WORK IF ANYBODY CAN MAKE A COMMUNIST GOV WORK IT IS THE USA!!!WE THE PEOPLE!!

Lets face it Obama is so unelectable due to all his lies. Even his reverand calls him just a politican, Yeah! like he can bring change. His racist campaign
has divide this party, even the national review has done a report about how they were going to use race.
He can’t win the white vote and he can’t win the majority of the womens vote. The elder are having a hard time with the thought of having to vote for him, so what will the democratic party do since this man has basically said the base is not worth it only the young and black are worth it. And he calls the Clinton’s racist isn’t this reverse racism?

How can we allow this Weather Underground man to live among us and blame anyone for associating with him? If he was that bad and a “terrorist” why is he living among us?

Gillis — You asked why there is a problem with Ayers, who “lives among us”? John Ridley said it perfectly…..”What someone did forty years ago — within reason — should not damn them forever. But that’s assuming the offending individual pays their debt to society and repents. Ayers has done neither.”

Has anyone ever thought that on 9/11 maybe there were just 19 hijackers who alone & the whole USA has been duped into war? Propaganda is a wonderful thing.

I PRAY FOR OBAMA AND HIS CAMPAIGN TO BE STRONG AND TAKE WHAT EVER THE MEDIA PUT OUT. OBAMA IS AN INTELLLIGENT MAN AND HE WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME AND MAKE IT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STAES. I FEEL MCCAIN AND HILLARY IS GIVING OBAMA A HARD TIME. WHY MCCAIN NEVER SAY ANY THING ABOUT HILLARY BOSNIA STORY. GO OBAMA. WE ARE PRAYING FOR GOD TO MAKE HIS CAMPAIGN STRONG.

And Robert Zelnick, he spent more than 20 years with ABC News and served as their Pentagon correspondent from 1986 to 1994. Today, he teaches journalism at Boston University.
And for the record, we invited Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and NBC to participate, but they declined our offer or did not respond.
We’ve been talking to the Pentagon since Monday about participating in this segment. But when we finally scheduled it today, they were unable to supply a guest on short notice.

I just watched the Rev. Wright interview on channel 13 (PBS.org) and I would have to say that after watching the sermon, at least the one where he said “Americas Chickens are coming home to Roost”, that if you listen to the parts preceeding that; he was quoting some Ambassador (a white man). The soundbites on TV leave out the beginning of the sermon and the end, which is unfair and I could
see how that was definitely taken out of context.
The part about “GD America” was also part of a sermon where the news showed the soundbites and left out the beginning and the end as well. After listening to the whole sermon, it puts it into perspective somewhat, but the fact of the matter is, he should tone down his choice of words, there kids that go to the church too and don’t need to hear that kind of language.
JMHO- Just my honest opinion

MORE FROM THE REPORT ABOUT ABC AND THE BUSH/McCAIN TREATING AMERICANS AS FOOLS.
What happened here was a psy-ops campaign, an incredible government propaganda campaign whereby Donald Rumsfeld and Torie Clark, the head of public relations for the Pentagon, designed a program to recruit 75, at least 75 former military officers, as your report said, most of them now lobbyists or consultants to military contractors, and insert them, beginning in 2002, before the attack on Iraq was even launched, into the major networks to manage the messages, to be surrogates.

Some Americans are clinging-on to being treated as FOOLS.
HOW IS THAT ABOUT CLINGING-ON.
HILLARY AND BUSH FOR 20 MORE YEARS.
I DON’T THINK SO.

Everyone should take the time to check out Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said. Obama has had relationships with both men. Although Said has passed away, there are photos of Obama with his arm around Said at a function. This is not just one or two meetings with random radicals, there is a distinct pattern here of who Obama chooses to associate with. Rezko has made at least 5 trips to Syria within the past 5-7 years and Hamas gets financial backing from Syria. The media is really failing Americans by pushing Obama on us because of his race – although they keep saying “race” shouldn’t be an issue. The issue is “who is Obama and can he be trusted with the safety and security of our country and our children?” Most democrats would have to say no looking at the preponderance of poor judgement and questionable relationships that Obama has.
NO OBAMA 08!
STOP THE MEDIA FROM CHOOSING OUR NOMINEE!

What about Bill pardoning Ayers’s associates???? People, Barack and Hillary have the same baggage here. In fact, Hillary’s may be heavier. Did you all know that Hill and Bill had Reverend Wright help them through the Monica scandal, too? Let’s be fair here.

I like McCain lately! Obama is the worst out those 3 candidates!
DNC will not give the nomination to Mrs. Clinton anyways! They would rather write off the election but NO HILLARY for the DNC!
That means John McCain will walk to the White House in November!
I wish the Iraq war would end but may be it is God’s will and we need to be in Iraq for a while till the war hero McCain stabilizes the area!

It is so sad that the “american” way has become an attack mechanism instead of a real discussion of issues..it is so obvious that this administration has failed miserably in their attempt to take over the government from the people….We as a people must make our voices heard….otherwise we are doomed..our voices, hearts and souls still mean something no matter how hard they try to take it away from us….be strong and question your leaders!!

Amy O,
Bill Clinton did not pardon associates of Ayers. Evans and Rosenberg had their sentences commuted after serving 16-17 years of their sentences. I recall that the sentences were 40 years for one and 58 for the other. Note, Ayers never did a day. His wife, Dohrn did about 7 months.
Both Evans and Rosenberg were contrite and renounced violence as a means of change. Neither Ayers nor Dohrn have ever been remourseful. I am sure you have heard Ayers statement, “we should have done more.”
Commutations are based on contrition but also disparity of sentences and selective prosecution. Note, the disparity of sentences between Ayres and Dohrn vs. Evans and Rosenberg. Note that the case against Ayers and Dohrn was dismissed due to “illegal surveillance.” Note further, Ayres’ father was the CEO of Com Edison in Chicago and also on many Boards. He was a very powerful man at the time. Ayres was deemed the “rich kid radical.”
The commutations by Bill Clinton were well grounded on the disparity of sentences, the presence of contrition, and selective prosecution.
Commutations are never popular. That does not make them inherently wrong.

I would have never ever voted for a Republican! I can not vote for Obama! Allthough I did vote for him in MI!
If I knew his ties with all kinds of these terroists Ayers, hamas and all and his pastor , I would have NOT voted for him!
I want my vote back!
GO HILLARY!
Or I will cast my vote for John McCain or Nader!

I would have never ever voted for a Republican! I can not vote for Obama! Allthough I did vote for him in MN!
If I knew his ties with all kinds of these terroists Ayers, hamas and all and his pastor , I would have NOT voted for him!
I want my vote back!
GO HILLARY!
Or I will cast my vote for John McCain or Nader!

Yesterday McCain said he wanted to tear down New Orleans and that his crazy pastor said GOD wanted to destroy New Orleans for its sins (Katrina) McCain has plenty of problems without suggesting any wrong doings by Obama.

It will be hard for me to vote for McCain but I will definitely vote for Nader vs. Obama!
NOWAY!
If the DNC gives the nomination to Hillary, I will vote for her! Which I don’t beileve so!

McCain…
So much for your wanting to have a campaign based on the issues.
Same OL BUSH BUDDY. So Ol’ Washington CR@P

hey samrocka, Who cares if Barrack won now!
He will loose his butt to the old man in November!
YOu need to see the facts!
Without winning
OH
PA
FL
MI
Say good bye to Obama!
hillary can win all and does not need to win those red states that will never go democrat!

Hey Bea, DOn’t ever write HRC to your ballot in November if Obama is the nomine1
here is the rule, your vote will automaticly go to Obama because she is a Democrat!
Just don’t vote or vote for nader1
Or McCain!

Obama is going to McCain country on FOX, he is turning his attention to the DNC fund raising, the GE voter registration drive. He has Clinton cornered in IN and NC, her campaign broke and unable to move out. Soon all one will see is McCain, and Obama in the press and Hillary will fade.
Obama08

Both sides Clinton and Obama campaigns made error. The “bitter” statement by Obama was taken out of context but it reveals some of his view about small town folks. The Bosnia story was obviously an exaggeration, Hillary apologized, no need to dwell on it. Both sides made mistakes. Now this attempt to define Obama as having terrorist relationships is interesting because if we use those same standards, then McCain having relationships with the biggest terrorists of our time, Bush and Cheney ought to be pointed out.
Another point, on the Wright comments about God damn America. I have often this phrase from very famous preachers of the white persuasion. “If God does not punish America, He will have to apologize for Sodom and Gommorah.” Boy, I swear those two statements sounds awful similar. And yet the predominantly white media would like to portray Wright as someone who is unpatriotic. They fail to provide the rest of the info that Wright served in the Marines. Gee, maybe the flag on the lapel of Bush and Cheney counts more for being a patriot and love for this country than Wright. Amazing logic! Well, I’m hopeful that most white Americans are smarter than that and will figure out that the same conservative tactic of divide and conquer is at play. Want more of the same, elect the sitting party and we will get just that.

Hillary, the better candidate.
Obama, the bitter candidate.
STOP THE MEDIA FROM CHOOSING THE NOMINEE!

Clinton or Obama will make a good presidential candidate that Democrats can be proud to be associated with.
The media wants to sell ad space for negative campaigns. Have you noticed that they highlight when someone wins when they go negative? It’s almost a subliminal message that no one puts together. I find it fascinating that people actually buy all those negative messages. They must be effective, right? right? yup, it must be true. Let’s keep repeating it over and over again, it must be true. And we go with it like lemmings being led to massacre.

All you guys are wrong. The biggest problem will face Obama in General Election is Tony Rezko, who is on a corruption trial in federal court. Obama’s 17 relationship with him will be very hard to be explained just by a speech.

I must confess to being dubious about the argument that Hillary is more likely to win a general election when she can’t even win within her own party.
Obama all the way.

Oh yeah, we forgot to point out that one of Bin Ladin’s family relative was flown out of US in a private jet paid for by American gov’t immediately after 9/11. Bush and Cheney were clearly in charge of the executive branch at that time. Good execution of their patriotic duty, protect the country first, wear a flag on the lapel, how long can these shallow arguments continue to work? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
As Reagan once asked, are you better off today than you were 8 yrs ago? If yes, then elect the sitting party. There you go again, with those distractions and make sure we find a way to divide and conquer.
Obama was probably trying to explain to the San Francisco crowd how to bridge the gap between their views and those of small town America. And it was taken out of context as a slam on small town folks. I believe he is truly uniting this country because we’ve got some pretty large problems hovering over us. Thanks to that village whose missing their idiot that has managed to bring this country at the brink of bankruptcy.

Dennis at 10:17 Let me give you the “honest facts” so that you’ll stop giving the wrong “honest opinion”. “Chickens coming home to roost” is from Malcolm X not some white ambassodor as Wright and you claim. Fox News is reporting a review of their tapes shows the white ambassador never made those remarks as Wright claimed in that speech. It is lies like this that Obama and his campaign perpetuate by not telling the truth as they surely know it!

In Obama’s words, “you’re wearing me out brother” by saying it’s old politics and the politics of division whenever you’re asked a tough question. Strong leaders who make good presidents find a way to handle and move past the tough questions– they don’t keep repeating “old politics”, “politics of divison” rhetoric.

If anyone actually DID Google William Ayers they would find that he is in fact a distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois and an expert on school reform who has served as consultant to Chicago and many other districts. But that wouldn’t stop the neocon pinheads from trying to paint him as a terrorist. After all, everyone in Iraq who doesn’t agree with America is a terrorist. Probably everyone who doesn’t wear a flag lapel pin (did you notice Hillary wasn’t wearing one, even though she wore a jacket at the debate? Nor did the “moderators.” I guess only black men need to be continually patriotic). The real question, of course, is why the neocons SO need to tell everyone how terrible Obama is. You’d think they’d LIKE an easy win. Makes one wonder do they protest too much?

Senator McCain is going after people who have done or can do little harm to our country. He goes after people merely for expressing dissent but not after the people who misled us into this war for oil. To add insult to injury he even wants us to stay a hundred years in Iraq. All this for oil. Is it not shameful? It is easy to beat up on the small guy while bending over backwards to please the powerful. This is not what our country is all about. Our country was founded to treat the common man and the powerful equally. Let us conduct ourselves true to this spirit.

I’m sure Karl Rove at Fox News, will be burning up the Blackberry with zingers to Chris Wallace to get Barack Obama tripped up and agitated so as to get a sound bite to play over and over.
Sean Hannity has been anything but fair and balanced. He has baited every guest with questions about Wright and has his finger on the Reverend Wright video loop to play in the background.
Brack Obama has to man up as they say and point the finger back at right wing Fox News and all the crazies that hate-hate liberals and progressives. Barack, be forceful and look in the camera and tell America that you love this country and that you will not let these hate mongers bring you down!
Sean Hannity will be his usual rapid self; foaming at the mouth at the prospect of derailing the prospects of the 1st Black President. Think about it. What prominent Black leaders does Fox news promote or encourage? None!
Now CNN has hired the smooth talker Tony Snow of all people, a true partisan to provide commentary at CNN. Who’s bread does he butter?
Many Republicans, like Rush Limbaugh’s followers, Ann Coulter’s listeners and Fox viewers, who don’t want to see a black man become president will vote for Hillary because she’s white.
These boys are playing to win! Barack, don’t let them do what they did to John Kerry. They ripped the medals right of of John Kerry’s chest. Black is white. White is black Annimal Farm. Is it the florine in the water that has Americans sleep walking?

Obama’s best choice is to stop the campaign and become Clinton’s VP.
I found all the black voters including Clyburn has a same nature. When they attack their own Democratics friends they are relentless, spare no efforts, shouting loud and shameless, as in a master nature.They can call someone black president yesterday and charge him worst enemy today. However, when they face their real enemy they are so weak, helpless as in a slave nature.
If you look at them talking at CNN, they are so eloquent and rips Clinton to the bone. But when talks at Fox, they just react like turtle.
Why you act like this. This charge from the Republican / McCain is much more damaging and vicious than that for Writer’s. For Writer, it is a judgement issue and exusible; for Ayers, it is a linking with Terrorist issue and inexcusible. McCain is very smart. He skip stabing Obama’s arm but using the sword to point to Obama’s throat.
Why I don’t see any any counter attacks from Obama and its web defenders. Please fight back.

Tonight I watched Rev Wright interview with Bill Moyer and I hope you did too. Because if you did than you know the truth. Therefore the lies must stop. Rev Wright is not the monster that some of the polticians and news media will have you to beleive. I ask before you say anything that reveal your ignorance about Rev Wright watch the entire interview with Bill Moyers. Before I watched the interview I was very angry at Rev Wright because I beleive what the media wanted me to beleive. Never again will I let some one opinion become my reality.

It is difficult, reviewing all these posts, to remember that our next President will hopefully lead us to a better future. A good leader should keep the focus on the broad concerns of America and should engender our trust. I cannot see many feelings of trust about either Democratic candidate, and it is increasingly looking like McCain should take the helm. And if anybody thinks the “war” is not an important issue, he or she should meet with the terrorists of the world and discuss their agenda for all of us….

Doublestandard,
People like you will destroy this country who see progress in Flag and lapel pin Not in economic prosperity. People like you, an ignorant patriot who will envade any country and stick there for 100 years because you can not withdraw, it’s a surrendar.
You keep on asking “Is Obama’s pastor patriot?” Does that matter in any way in his presidency election?
Go outside America and learn your reputation now. Nobody in the world likes us, they think we are a big bully. And you will help elect people McCain who will continue Bush’s policy. Bush is the one who you elected. You like Hillary more than Obama. Why they again get 8 more years in White House? For another Bill – Monica scandle?
How many times they need to be in White House?
I know you all are helping to win McCain by voting Hillary. She can’t win, if you know maths, do it. Evey vote casted to Hillary onward is a vote to McCain since it helps to tear Democratic Party apart not to elect Hillary since there is no number in Popuplar vote or delegate vote for Hillary.
You won’t realize this because you guys are ignorant, don’t know maths and have no common sense. To win this election by Hillary, Obama must drop out, There is no other way. Or the election must be like in Michigan where Hillary was only on Ballot. That’s the only way she can win this. But you will keep on voting her. Do it. You deserve a third term of Bush. After 4 years, your economic status, American retupation and national pride will be zero. Still you will vote based on lapel pin.

Why odoesn’t anyone point out John McCain’s realation to Charles Keating going on free Junkets and jet rides at the expense of a criminal!He was hauled before the ethics committee as a member of the Keating 5! McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating after Keating gave McCain at least $112,000 in contributions. In the mid-1980s, McCain made at least 9 trips on Keating’s airplanes, and 3 of those were to Keating’s luxurious retreat in the Bahamas! Keating’s Lincoln Savings & Loan collapsed, costing the taxpayers $3.4 billion.

With all this stuff about Obama, now we know why he doesn’t want negative campaigning. He has no presidential positive experience. He’d have to completely rely on experienced democratics already in the political system, that he calls old politics. Interesting.

McCain talks about integrity but here is a man who has committed adultery, had been involved in one of the biggest scams in banking history as one of the Keating Five, and currently he openly violates the campaign laws he wrote. He has been lying and cheating all of his life.

Everybodies ranting and raving about Bill Ayers being a terrorist, and how he tried to blow up some buildings at the capital – as if he just woke up one day and for no good reason went on a bombing spree.
If you want to label him a terrorist then by your own justification you have to label the u.s. government terrorists as well because their violence against my people (black people) at that time is what made a group like the Weather Underground necessary.
Rodney King beat downs were going on everyday. We tried to deal civilly, diplomatically. We sent the most loving, christ-like activist this nation as ever produced to plead our cause (MLK) and they killed him. And after that all the proteges of malcolm x came out of the shadows brandishing his slogan “by any means necessary”.
And so the void made by americas murder of martin luthor king jr. and subsequently the civil rights movement was filled by less loving, eye for an eye, black nationalist movement. And when the crooked cops came shooting at them, they shot back, and there was a very real war being waged. the fbi murdered nine black panther members as they slept after an informant spiked their coffee with sleep medicine. they murdered 16 year old bobby hutton of the black panthers. – he was shot nine times and he was unarmed at the time.
it blows my mind the arrogance of some americans. you violate and trample over anybody, citizen or foreigner, and when the carma YOU sowed comes back to bite you, you pretend you don’t have a clue why it’s happening, don’t glance in the mirror one time. many of you get the ‘ideal’ of america confused with the ‘real’ america. when you stop telling yourselves how great and good you are and really try to find out why people are acting a certain way then maybe we’ll get somewhere.
As far as Ayers; he took the only road this government left him at that time. he did what washington, adams, jefferson, and the rest of the founding fathers did after they tried and tried again to peacefully get their government to give them their basic human rights.
After the civil war the southerners who warred against the country were treated as brothers and embraced. – There’s no reason Obama shouldn’t do the same with this man who fought not for money, or status but for what he felt was right.

Obama is 7% Black 43% Arab and 50% White. To be considered having an ethnic race you need 10% minimum. Obama is not a Black African American. Obama is Arab and White period. Get over it. Obama has bamboozled and hoodwinked Black African Americans. Obama is not fit to be President.

Bottom line…McCain is disabled and getting a monthly disability check. Is this what we want representing us to the world? He is perceived as being weak already. Will Hillary be focused enough dealing with the countrys problems and Bill’s extra marital goings on? I realize she had nothing to do with his goings on…but it could happen again. Obama is young, healthy, strong, in love with his wife, loves this country and would represent this country to the world as a respected power force to be reckoned with.

Obama shouldn’t worry about McCain comments. Senator Hillary Clinton will deal with him in the general election.

Don’t get me wrong, I think Obama’s heart is in the right place, but can the media at the very least pretend to act unbiased towards him? It’s unbelievably obvious that the media has made their choice, and that any questioning of Obama’s friendships, past dealings, patriotism or rhetoric simply will not be tolerated. You’re not even permitted to dare mention his middle name. I believe the American people are smarter then this and in the end will backfire on both of them.

When have any presidential political candidates honestly ever followed through with any of their so called changes in American society thst really made a difference since Franklin Roosevelt!

I see one of ABCs top stories is; “Is Race Slowing Obama’s Momentum?” So if you don’t vote for Obama you’re a racist? Didn’t Bill Clinton try this tactic with David Dinkins 2nd bid for mayor of NYC? We all know how that turned out.

Tim,
since you are so outraged with america and “what americans” or “you” have done, why don’t you leave. You don’t call yourself an american, so leave and don’t reap the rewards of being here
remember, there were whites fighting for civil rights for blacks too.

McCain is absolutely right. Who you associate with shows the type of person you are, mentality and thinking you have. Obama is a modern day hitler who is trying to mesmerize people with his goody-goody talk, but luckly the truths are coming out, he has a minister who is a white hating racist, an american hating wife, and terrorists friends, etc., and he himself is an elitist. He will never be elected. White people are not stupid. If Hilliary had a KKK minister or KKK member on her staff or the like, she would never see the end of that. Obama is two faced. He tries to be all black to his group, but white to the others with his goody-goody talk. He is one of the most liberal do nothings of the senate. Independents will flock to mccain only because Obama is showing his true color, a black racist.

Jim,
At least that lying old man was a decorated war hero and has done something in his years in the Senate. Not that I agree with all of what he says and does. The Republicans are just getting started on Obama and it isn’t going to be pretty.

Since this Weatherman connection in the news, we have Clyburn, the black congressman, going after Bill Clinton and saying he is using race. WHAT A JOKE? Blacks vote overwhelming for their guy and their leaders have now gone overboard with this nonsense. They try to cover up their guy’s dissing Small-Town America and the reverend spewing his anger and hatred toward America. Let us pause and have the reverend issue a sincere apology to the American people and to the United States of America.

I get the biggest kick out of the Obama people. Every time someone brings up a negative about the guy, they are divisive and running a dirty campaign. Her is a tip for you Barack, GET USED TO IT!, if you become the nominee, it will get much, much worse. The Republican attack machine will be far more critical than the media or Sen. Clinton. Once Karl Rove gets on board, it will be a daily diet of Rev. Wright, Ayers, and any other scumbag that can be linked to your hero. This guy cannot win in November, and that is sad as I am a lifelong Democrat.

Jim,
I don’t know what polls you are looking at but check this link out. It has polls from several different sources and I don’t see the numbers you posted.

As a military Vet, and a black American Democrat, I cannot understand why so many people think illogical.
1. Calling Mr. Obama the first black is not true, he is a mixture. I have mixed children, we always tell our children that they are neither, but both. (stay neutral)
2. He has NO military experience, look what happen with Bush
3. He knows what Americans want? (this is a complaint for all candidates)
4. He gets away with his association with Rev. Wrong (Wright, is this what’s Wrong with America), If a non-black candidate had similar association with an individual that made comments about African Americans, they have been forced to leave
5. Someone will surely say I’m not as educated as Mr. Obama, so I’m ill-informed. I you say, if you want to be president then listen to all the people. My party has a hard time of doing this. Be yourself and people will like you better.
My party needs to find away to keep its members…..
Sincerely,
Very liberal look at the GOP
P.S.
Whoever wins, it’s not about you it’s about the people.

YrultyBlue,
You are right. My niece is biracial and my sister makes sure that she is exposed to both cultures. Like you said they are both.

Suzy,
That is what people are forgetting. The Clintons have always done alot for the black community here and abroad so to paint them as racists is ridiculous. To do that is a slap in the face to both of them.

Stacey, you wrote: “He (Sen. McCain) was going to be all about the issues and now he is not. He is a LIAR.”
Character and judgement ARE issues. Please explain how Sen. Obama can portray himself as the candidate of Hope for America when the people with whom he associates — not just once or twice, but over and over and over again, going back years and decades — have expressed rhetoric that is anti-American. And in the case of Bill Ayers, he actually took his anti-American feelings beyond rhetoric and bombed several government buildings. Bill Ayers was a member of the terrorist group, Weatherman, a Communist-driven splinter faction of the Students for a Democratic Society, in the 1960s and 1970s. And instead of repenting for the bombings, Bill Ayers wishes they could have done more. Can you get anymore anti-American?

Obama thought all his past associations wouldn’t be brought up, now that they have he doesn’t know how to deal with it. Hillary should fight all the way to the end and these Democrat big wigs should stay out of it.

Where is Oprah for Obama? Since his pastor cames to live, Oprah has been undercovered.

Bill,
Gorbachev wasn’t at terrorist, there is a difference. Gorbachev wasn’t running around trying to blow up buildings.

In PA he only won 7 out of 67 counties, that should tell Obama something, we aren’t buying what he is selling!

What else Obama doesn’t want the American people to bring up. What else Obama want to supress us to know about his con personality. In the beggining I thought he wanted a free ride, now it is becoming more of a sociopath behavior.

It seems to me Obama is the one who will do or say anything to get elected
he is fine tuning his campaign
we are now going to see ads reminding us that he had to eat jello and was once poor.
Lets all listen to HIS poor story
and we can all still have Sen. clinton to listen to OUR poor story-and she will help US.
so he continues to copy her.
she won the working class vote and now he is going to remind everyone he is working class too.

Wait a minute..To apologize to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., for comparing him to Ayers? Why doesn’t he apologize to the American people?

It is a shame that even though the chosen man (Obama)have come to rule America have came still yet u guys can not recognize him,please stop u cristism and just trust find Obama who have it in his heart to save America.Let HIllon stop the fight she did while and that id all for her from now because Obama is going for better preparition.

Negative campaign with the truth? Give me a break. Negative campaign is his missconception anad his negative Ads about healthcare showing ignorance in the subject. That was a real turn off in PA. Healthcare cannot be sided in the negative side and with no foundations. Barack Obama once again, is so pretensious.

I am a typical white person who clings to guns and the Bible….not out of bitteness but out of my faith in God and love of outdoor sports….A typical black person from Ilinois might not understand that.

black men are not going to riot when obama loses-black men if they started to pay just a little attention-they will see obama does not identify personally with them at all.
If all of american didn’t riot because of the BELL decision out of ny yesterday.
there will be not riots.

Suzy,
I totally agree with you. My niece’s father falls into that category and keeps blaming everyone but himself. The only good thing he has done is bring my niece into this world. She’s brought so much joy to both sides of the family.
Until they realize they are the ones to make thing happen things will stay the same. I am not saying that all black men are like that because I know they aren’t.

Hard to understand how the 3 candidates are the best America has to offer. This political process is a circus and cannot and will not attract individuals that would do for this country those things that need done. Some bigger problems than who will be President: The educational system in this country is beyond repair…the govt. has proved beyond doubt that they must get out of the education business. The special interest groups of the educational establishment will not allow the problem to be addressed. Our national budget is a disgrace. We do not pay our debts as we rob from the future generations. Our finanical situation is beyond repair. Our foreign relations policies are disgraceful…the American people have never agreed or supported the backroom deals to send our money out to the foreign interest that pander our political leaders. Of course, without discussing the additional issues that need solutions such as medical care, our energy policies, and enviromential concerns…I have saved the best for last. Congress should go to their homes and never return. Our country would do better if Congress did not exist. The canditates for President are not the solution…I don’t know what else to say.
Gloomy in the USA.

I would like to know the advantage Barack Obama got with all his buddies. We all know about Toni Rezco, his 2M dollar house, how he obtained the land and how he benefited Rezco with million of dollars in contracts in detriment of the poor. The media should unveil the advantages and kick backs he got from his other associations..I am sure there are plenty. We need another debate in Indiana.

I thought America was beyond race until Obama used the term “typical white person” and hearing him defend a pastor who blames “rich white Americans for Americas problems”…I am a rich white American and I give away to charity more than the average person pays in taxes each year. That is why many whites are upset of the old race baiting schems of the Democarts and thier seemingly blind support from Blacks. Democrats want to give people fish…I propose we give out fishing poles.

J: You are right and I am not saying all black men are not supported of the black people but the number is small. Again and again, I tell my son that you must look for changes within yourself once you do that the world will with you. And, do not blindly put your hope in one man and unless he has footprints in accomplishments that you wish to achieve in your life.

Scott, I could, using your own words, “go on and on” about how I disagree with practically everything you wrote. But I will briefly address only two items.
1. The Battle of Iraq is NOT false and is NOT illegal. Saddam Hussein failed to comply with the conditions of the 1991 ceasefire for 12 years. It was Saddam Hussein that mislead the world into believing that he still had WMDs. Congress gave President Clinton the authority for regime change in Iraq in 1998. Congress not only reiterated that authority in 2002, but they specifically gave President Bush the authorization to use military force to implement that regime change.
2. The “rich” are NOT receiving a free ride. The top 1% of the nation’s wage earners account for 39% of the total income tax revenue. The top 5% of the nation’s wage earners account for 60% of the total income tax revenue.

predict that Barack Obama will betray his surrogates and suporters. He likes to run away and he doesn’t face his own reality. If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen..Barack Obama doesn’t even do that as he in total denial.

Obama said he would not raise taxes on those who make less than $200K per year…then he said he would raise capital gains taxes…that seems silly because half off capital gains takes filing are from people who earn less than $50K per year…most of that 50% is from retired people who live on small fixed pensions and social security…Obama, once you get passed his good grammar, really does not understand the tax revenue structure.

Bill Clinton made Maya Angelou the Poet Laureate of the US
She owes them –
That’s the problem with the Clitons – it’s all about ownership and owed favors
This country needs to wipe the slate clean – and start again

Hey Adam,
Obama will raise your Capital Gains taxes the most!
He will double!
Here are the numbers
Obama 28% increase
Hillary 20% increase
John McCain will remain the same!
Also Obama will tax your if you make less than 75K!!!
Only onethousand dolars less tax if you make 50K or a senior
But Hillary will NOT increase your taxes if you make up to 250K
This is a big difference!
Most of those middle class Americans are making more than 75K and less than $250K , there fore they ofcourse will NOT vote for Obama!
If you ahve any type of assets or a working class who make over $75K you better NOT vote for OBAMA!
You should for Hillary or McCain!
That is one of the reasons Obama can not win the General Election!!!
Rich people will go for McCain anyways, but middle class will not hand over their life savings nor their income to Obama! That’s why those white middle class voters are more attracted to Hillary! It is NOT the race issue!

alison: Bill should have given the position to a white person but he selected her (black) and helps many of black people. Good for you Bill for not looking at color and helping other black people in the US and other countries.

Think about it most American have not served the military. Think about it… Think about it. I have under Bush 1, and Clinton. I did not win a popularity contest, I volunteered. So have my grandfather, dad, and 3 uncles. My uncle’s name is on the wall in Washington, my dad returned as a broken man, whose life ended in the same violence that consumed Vietnam. Our choices are obvious; we have given a man with no international experience a chance to run. (Bush 2, think about it… think about….) We have it to given a woman a chance, how can it get worse. If not Mrs. Clinton, let an experienced candidate like Mr. McCain. Names are nothing, unless you are in Hollywood. Mr. Obama is not tough enough to handle a one-sided media, which is basically in his corner. How can he handle the battle grounds of the world, for the battle grounds of America? This country has become better day by day. As a black educated male, our youth can care less about politics because they no actions speak louder than words. I love this country.
Think about it
McCain-Clinton 2008, this doesn’t sound too bad.
Sincerely,
Very liberal looking at the GOP
P.s.
What does my party offer, other than a circus? I want results that good for all America.

hey Adam! You are wrong!
Obama will increase your income taxes if you make over $75 NOt $200K
You are mixing with Hillary!
Obama will suck our blood! He is NOT for the working class!
Obama will increase your income taxes if you make over $75K ,
Hillary will increase your income taxes if you make over $250K, no tax increase up to $250K with Hill
Big difference!
And Capital gains tax Obama is insane!
He will double our capital ganis taxes compare to Hillary only a 5% increase!
Obama has no clue how a working class family makes it?

The Clintons and many White people are not racists. If you look at most of charitable organizations that are working to fight HIV, AID and feeding the hungry in the US and around the world that are full of white people. White people and white churches are the first to give money and most of all they are quick to work in other countries for the benefits of the needed. You may find a hand full of Black people working in other countries for the needed but you will definitely find thousand of white people giving of themselves. Black people needs to stop and ask the questions: where your church money going and what have your Black leaders or Black person that what to be your new leader done for your own race

It was Bill Clinton that gave China Most Favored Nation trade status. He did that in spite of their human rights record and when he did that he said that our insistance of human rights advancements was getting in the way of commercial interests. Furthermore, it was Bill Clinton who signed waivers allowing High Technology transfers to Chinca including top secret IC chips used in nuclear warfare. In other words, Bill Clinton sold us down the toilet. And while Hillary was screaming at Bush over the Dubai Ports deal, her husband was being paid to get the deal done, and he was being paid to help Dubai interests purchase two defense contractors. The Clintons would sell us to the highest bidder if it put money in their pocket.

What’s changing the dynamic in the presidential race are these new republican ads – at the state level – that are linking democrats in state/congressional races to Obama and his questionable associations. These ads stand to derail the candidacies of many democrats.
The DNC may have been willing to take a chance on Obama at the top of the ticket but it can’t afford to sink the prospects of so many congressional and state office democrats.
Expect to see more of these ads.

why is the young voter polarizing? The young voter (and you should define what you mean by the young voter because Obama is winning people in their 20s to 40s by a large majority – not just 18 year olds) has the same voice as the older voter. It seems to me the older voters are the ones who are polarizing the vote. The majority of women over the age of 65 are voting for Hillary simply because she’s a woman. The older voters are the ones who are spewing hate and venom towards everyone who does not support Hillary. Also, it was Martin Luther King’s vision that ignited a passion in ordinary people to pressure LBJ to pass civil rights legislation. You can’t say hope and vision don’t create huge movements of change. There is an entire history in America and in this world of hope and vision creating change from the Enlightenment to American independence. Furthermore, in reality, Obama has more experience holding elected office than Hillary Clinton. Being first lady does not count as experience. Maybe we should elect Monica Lewinsky? Apparently she did sit in on phone conversations between Bill and foreign dignitaries than Hillary did!

You have to forgive poor old John, he often gets muddled and confused. When examined rationally, there is no issue with the weathermen.

GC,
What should we think of Joe Bonanno contributing to McCain’s campaign? That Joe Bonanno is a voter and is Republican.

The democratic race is polorizing the electorate to the point where the division will cause the democrats to lose in nov. The rehtoric coming from constituates on both sides is getting more ugly as time passes, young vs. older, black vs. white and male vs. female. Observing all posts, the younger voter is polorizing the electorate the most and this is not the unity I was expecting in this election. Now racial inuendos are appearing in the posts and this will only further divide the party, as well as cause race issues to escalate. I am fast becoming disenfranchised with my own party for the first time in all my years of voting and so are a lot of others. I don’t think people realize on both sides how fractured the party is becoming and this will cause some to not even vote in the general election or vote the other side. If this race comes down to the super delegates determining the winner, we will surely lose the election. I for one, have already went down to the department of motor vehicles and have already changed my affiliation from Democrat to Independent and I urge all the Obama Democrats to do the same. Most of these “Super Delegates” (which Bill is worth 12 just by himself!) are enter-twined with The Clinton crime family. They are either paying back favors or they like politics the way they are and are speaking with their own greed instead of the will of the people the are “suppose to” represent. If we all unite under the independent party we not only can get rid of Hillary once and for all but we can also get rid of all these “Super delegates” that sold us out!

McCain is a BITTER old man.

More blame being put on Hillary. Shame on those voters. The blame needs to go the DNC for having screwy rules in the first place. Obama supporters love to sling mud.
Calli is so right!! A voice of reason!! I have always been a dem..sort of in the middle. I cannot vote for Obama even though I was an early supporter. I figured out early on that he is just full of rhetoric and is all show. If Clinton does not get the nomination, I will vote for McCain. He is one of the most sensible politicians out there. NO pork…ever! And he will not let it slide by either. I have been researching him and he might just get my vote. Party affiliation means nothing…it is the convictions of the person.

Dave,
Obama was inspirational in the beginning. He gave wonderful speeches, everyone was mesmerising.
The true Obama emerged later. His associations, his beliefs, his disdain for America.
Obama is not just being vetted. In his short carreer he has more damaging baggage than the other two candidates combined.
I too believe that the Democrat party is being hurt. Not by Hillary as your camp likes to expouse, but by Obama and the DNC for placing him in play before anything was really known about him.
I have never voted anything but democrat. I am disgusted this time by my parties obvious bias towards Obama. While I believe that they are now very sorry that they have thrust him upon us, it is now like a runaway train. Simply out of control. While half of America tries to stop the train, it gained a lot of momentum at the start of its trip. The train is moving so fast that the people on board are afraid to jump. The crazy engineer keeps telling them he will gain control, but it is inevitable that the train is going to crash.
The Democrats will have many, many defectors if they push Obama through.
Obama is not electable.
True Americans love their country too much.

The GOP has so many links to racist and extremist groups where do you even start? Why doesn’t McCain distance and repudiate the entire Republican party..!

What is now crystal clear is Hillary is a fighter and Obama is not, just as Carter, Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry were not fighters. Look at Obama’s pathetic showing in the last debate and his refusal to debate Hillary again. I sense that Obama supporters would not mind if he lost, just as long as he lost the right way. I think his supporters would love a martyr, another MLK.
The Democrats do not need martyrs, we have enough of them. They need a fighter who can beat McCain to a pulp in the fall, and then fight for this country’s interests.
What really worries me is, if by some miracle Obama becomes president, he will refuse to fight for the interests of the United States. Maybe he believes what Rev. Wright believes, that this country is wrong and has treated other countries badly. Maybe Obama will refuse to aggressively pursue our interests because that would be seen as being unfair to other countries. That does not work for me. Maybe Bush is too brutal, grabbing the world by the throat, but some amount of aggression is required to compete in this world. There are plenty of countries out there willing to wring our collective necks if they can.
Democrats need a fighter. As Al Davis of the old Oakland Raiders said, “Just win, baby!” Obama refuses to fight for himself, and I worry that he will not fight for this country.
We need Hillary. She may be rough and she may be tough, but that’s good enough for me.

dragon – Just for your information, your notion that anyone was “Having political meetings at Ayer’s house while he was still actively playing the role of terrorist,” is completely untrue. You may not care if you are spreading lies, but others might.

jock59801 – Obama is winning? I don’t think so. If this were football we would be somewhere in the 3rd quarter, and the game is so close the Hillary team could pull ahead with a field goal.
The Democratic convention is four months away. Anything can happen. Remember, this is not all about Hillary. Over 12 million people voted for her and do not want her to quit. Her supporters may force her to go to the convention and fight it out. If it comes to that do you really think Obama has the cajones to beat her?

The race issue, it always boils down to the race issue. Obama is a bi racial candidate, regardless of what some people may believe. Every shortcomming, every downturn, every negative that impacts the Obama campaign is blamed on racism. If Obama had entered this campaign without credentials, and he has, and had done badly in the primaries, had lost the nomination to Hillary already, it would be blamed on racism. I predict that if Hillary gets the nomination, some bad stuff is going down.

David H – I’m not sure that how “tough” they are has much to do with it. Who wins isn’t really their choice, after all. Why would Clinton think that 2/3 of the remaining superdelegates are going to vote for her, when currently Obama is picking them up at a faster rate?

Patty – The fact that YOU think he is anti-American is not OUR problem, or his (unless you continue to spread the lies – which could be your intention).

Bottom line……… democrats that vote for McCain care nothing about our troops. Way to go. Hope you’re happy getting thousands more killed. Not to mention there could possibly be a draft.

jgaw – Trying to link Ayers with 9/11 is mean-spirited and slanderous. Not to mention false.

I am not trying to link ayers with 911
i am talking about the link of obama and ayers
it is strange that ayers had been interviewed with the nyt that ran on 911
where he was talking about his bombing days-and said he wish he had done more.
the link is obama and ayers

BikernAz -
I think free speech applies to me as well. I was just arguing. What were you doing?

jock59801 – Toughness is everything in presidential politics. Gore won the popular vote, but let Bush, Tom Delay, and the Supreme Court steal the presidency from him.
Also, nobody is questioning Obama’s patriotism. I am sure he loves this country. But his loving this country does not mean he will be willing to fight tooth and nail for American interests. Rev. Wright believes America has treated other countries unfairly. If Obama believes that maybe he will cave in a dispute with another country.

jock false?his fathers paper has been published ,have you read it? frank davis is who he is and obama called him his mentor in his book and made the staement about marxist profesors in his book,the rest is public knowledge and you are judged by who you associate with.

don tufts – Which father? The one that left him when he was two, and Obama uses as a model for how NOT to be a good father and husband?

And you may disagree with Marxism, but it is a fairly common conceit and hardly anti-American.

“according to the chicago papers.”
Yes, and we all know that EVERYTHING we read in the “papers” is pure truth!

jgaw writes:
“the link is obama and ayers”
Obama and Ayers and EXELON. Ayers = Exelon.

And another thing… you should all watch the great Jeremiah Wright interview on PBS last night. It will change your mind…

Moe,
I’m a democrat who will vote for Mr. McCain, if Mr. Obama wins. Becauses he has fought for our country, so have I. What about you? What about Obama? They say birds of a feather flocks together. Nobody is bringing the troops home right away, WAKE -UP, everyone knows this, even Rev Wrong…..
Disabled Vet
Jax Fl.

more Exelon:
“Obama has collected at least $222,000 from Exelon employees for his presidential campaign, making the company his eighth largest contributor last year. The Illinois senator received 10 times more than Republican John McCain, who brought in the second largest haul from Exelon.
Ninety percent of the company’s total $249,000 in contributions went to Democrats, but the only other Democrat to get money from Exelon was Bill Richardson, who collected $2,250.”
Whaddya know: Bill Richarson.

yrulyBlue – Rev. Wright was a Marine and DID fight for our country. He also got a commendation for helping save the life of President Johnson. Boy, that all sounds real “anti-American” to me!

Of course they can’t bring all the troops home right away but they will start. Whereas, McCain is hell bent on keeping us there with no end in sight.

countallthevotes – Because Iowa, NH, and SC were not included in the rule. They were “grandfathered” in due to their traditional place on the schedule. All of the new plans for “fixing this” next time include the same provision.

“obama needs to go back to chicago and try to help his people for the sake of helping them and not for political posturing”
Obama started helping people in Chicago right after he graduated. Instead of taking a high-powered lawyer job, he took a low paying job helping families who had been laid off by the steel industry, among other things. He and his church have been helping people ever since.

jock,
will obama ask that fl and mi votes count?-then I will call him fair and square

jgaw – The delegates from FL and MI will probably be seated at the convention, but only after the nominee is chosen. That’s more than fair, given their flaunting of the rules.
It is interesting to hear Hillary talking about how MI and FL should count, when she is on record from BEFORE those primaries saying “every knows those contests won’t count.” I actually like Hillary, for the most part, but that is pretty low.

Jock—Does the disenfranchisement of Florida and Michigan seem “FAIR AND SQUARE” to you also? Does stripping 2.5 million American voters of their right to cast a ballot and have it counted seem “FAIR AND SQUARE” to you, Jock?
It’s something you probably don’t want to hear but I believe that those voters went out and expressed there opinion and were robbed, and it is no less than that, by others for whatever reasons.

BikernAz – The problem with FL and MI is a bad job with no obvious solutions. They DID break the rules that BOTH candidates agreed to, but I don’t like the idea of taking that out on the voters any more than you do.
But which voters do we dis-enfranchise? Most of the 237,762 voters that voted “uncommitted” in Michigan were clearly wanting to vote for Obama. Clinton only comes out a head in the “popular vote,” if you completely ignore those people.
Sometimes it is so obvious what is “fair.”

What is “fair” to the voters in FL and MI who did not go to the polls because they were told there was no point, and even Hillary Clinton had said “everyone knows those contests won’t matter.”
What is “fair” to the people in Michigan who DID go out to the polls anyway, and STILL didn’t vote for her. clearly indicating their preference for another candidate.
I don’t think it is fair to change the rules because it now benefits one candidate, when everyone has already made decisions BASED on the rules.

The only agenda Obama wants is to use the stick of the Federal government to prod the masses into handing over the fruit of their labor to the politicians, State workers and Rezco types. After the aforementioned get their cut, whats left over can be distributed to the people (equally of course). Which won’t be much. You can count on it.

jock,
as an african american, I tried to like obama-
his speech at the convention-for my husband and I was good. but we did not see what all the hype was about
and we did agree he should be someone to watch and we could all see him develop and someday not be suprised to hear he was running for president.
But so soon? so for me I heard him give a speech at the convention-and the next thing I hear of him-HE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?!
Mr. obama should have made his speech,
started to clear up( what we have now found to be) his questionably associations-put together a coalition of “new friends” with more mod.unifying views-worked a while longer got to be known on the national scene for doing good work-and THEN ran for president.
If he had done something like that he would not be in the position he is in now-yes he is in the lead-since you want to leave fl and mi out-but look at what has happened to the country and the dem. party-look at what has come to light about him.
everything about him now is tainted
people having buyers remorse,black people who support the opponent being told to be quiet. the religious community divided even more.
his shady associates coming to light
mr. ayers and his kind could have continues to live under the public eye radar (as he has for many years) and we would never have needed to talk of him.
I do not think any right mined voters wants to be talking about a possible future president and even flimsy ties to a past terrorist. many of us in the black community could have gone on for a long time not having to deal with the aftermath this election will bring after many friends being split-because we do not feel he should just be given the presidency just because he is a black man.
I could have gone to rest of my days going to my church that teaches peace and love-and never have heard of rev. wright.
I could go on and on-you know it all as well as I do.
for me all I want to deal with when picking a president-is what are they going to do for me and mine
instead this had ended up being all about barack obama
obama had said once-when asked about the presidency-”I think it is a bit premature-for me-I am not ready to be president”
I wish obama had exercised better judgement-and stuck to his own advise.
because I think he said it right then
he is not ready-and with everyday that goes by-we all realize he is not ready.
(except the black-put the brother in voter and the white sen. clinton haters
I wanted to vote for obama and if I had found he was just half as smart as sen. clinton I would have given him my vote
just to help him have a shot at it.
but for me-he is not as smart as she is
the position is to important.
between obama and Sen. Clinton
Sen. Clinton is the one who can get the job done for the american people
this time around.

The Clintons need to focus on the small towns and the middle class here in NC. The polls say that Hillary is behind almost 10 points but I believe that it will be a lot closer than that.
If she could pull out a win here in NC that would be a great victory for her campaign.
In the long run though, NC is a red state and will stay that way. Many of the states that Obama won in were red states and will not swing his way in the general.
I just wish people could see that Obama does not have a change in the General, not now anyway. 40% of Clinton supporters will either not vote or go for McCain. If you have followed McCain then you would know he is a man we can trust and that has a strong belief in America and feels that he can best unite this country. His beliefs are not static…which is a GOOD thing. He learns from his mistakes…and admits to them. He is appealing to a lot of middle of the road Dems.

McCain will do nothing to help our economy.

Chipo65:
senator Obama will win!!!!

All you guys and gals that want Mr. Obama to win go and join the military before he takes office. You want have to worry about going to Iraq. ha ha ha…, And maybe rev. Wrong will have a faith based post in the whitehouse. Don’t forget go serve with your president. Put your money where your mouth at. Life is larger than a cpu screen and keyboard.
Wake up before it’s too Late

As far as Florida is concerned, we were all told to vote by the Florida Democratic party. It was on the news and all the local newspapers. There was an important tax issue to vote on and there was record turnout. If you did not vote, you did not want to be involved.

dgh,
We lost twice that day, Florida can’t get voting right.

Wisdom,
Yes I have 7 1/2 years of service, I’am a disabled Vet service connected. I served doing the first Gulf War. Yes this a stupid war, all i’m saying is put your money where your mouth is. When I joined i did not care who the pesident was, or what war was going on. In my family it is a tradtion to servre. We have lost love ones to war. No one person can stop this war. So, don’t believe the hype. Has Obama served? Have you?

Paul Krugman:
“The attacks from the Clinton campaign have been badminton compared with the hardball Republicans will play this fall. If the relatively mild rough and tumble of the Democratic fight has been enough to knock Mr. Obama off his pedestal, what hope did he ever have of staying on it through the general election?”

Belle Starr:
anything else?

I think so may folks out there are envious of senator Obama…..Remember, what he has is God given…….Please stop hating the man because so many people are drawn to his message of change and his charisma and personality…..He is intelligent, capable and smart. It would nice to have a president who is so well spoken and smart…..Now, I do enjoy seeing presient Bush dancing with indigenous “people groups” from different areas of the world….but, that’s not enough!!!
Senator Obama will bring prestige and value to the office of president……I just believe there are so many envious folks that they can’t seem to help themselves…..
I guess you folks who are so envious can only imagine what it would feel like to have so many people show up at a meeting where you are speaking, right?
Stop being envious and spewing out your hateful words and go do whatever God has called you to do….

Mel:
folks like you amaze me……He is touched, and so are others through his message of hope, change, and unity….
You just can’t seem to get it, huh?

jgaw:
vote for whoever you want to……
once again, your words are void of substance…

Whoever has the most delegates will win the nomination. So it’s really up to the superdelegates at this point

Wisdom, I, for one, don’t hate Sen. Obama. I believe he is very charismatic and certainly a decent person. But I believe he is too inexperienced and that he has used poor judgement when it comes to the people with whom he has associated over the past 20 years. However, my main objection to Sen. Obama is based on his ideology. He (and Sen. Clinton) propose wealth redistribution, doing away with our ownership society and giving goverment more control over our lives. If his (or Sen. Clinton’s) plans for womb-to-tomb health care are ever implemented, eventually private medical insurance will be eliminated and the federal government will take full control over our nation’s health care system. Then the federal bureaucracy in charge of the health care system will mandate what we can or cannot eat and drink, as well as what products we can or cannot purchase all in the name of preventative health care.

It is so amazing what an ignorant society we live in. The politicians know this and they play on the ignirance of people.
William C. (“Bill”) Ayers (born 1944) is a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has worked on school reform in Chicago. He was a 1960s-era radical and a founder of the Weatherman group, which later became the Weather Underground.
Now, I hope you obama haters would ask all those who graduated from Bill Ayers class to return their certificates. I also suggest that their fees be refunded by The University of Chicago.
Also, they must be made to rufund any salaries they may have earned with their degrees.
If you think education is expensive, illiteracy and Ignorance are deadly.

It took Mccain 40 yrs to recognize Rev Martin Luther king and acknowledged that his vote against him was wrong. What a hipocrite. How can this man be called a man of honor? What about William Ayers?

I guess anyone who has ever been associated with Ayers should be shunned and hung out to dry. Maybe the University of Illinois should just be shut down. Oh, maybe that won’t be enough for some people. So what do we do with all these people then.

I’m sure that anyone suspicious, or who lives in Chicago, not matter what, whatever connection, even if it is parking his car close to someone suspicious, this someone’s relashionship with be so magnified tha we couldn’t even attempt to understand the truth. Look how the media portrayed Obama badly bacause of his pastor. See the interview at PBS with Bill Moyers, you will understand.

I just have to laugh at anyone suggesting Obama has a relationship with a terorrist…that’s just pathetic. Obama knows lots of people. He doesn’t do background checks on everyone he knows. He wasn’t at those sermons where Wright said bad things about America, and he had nothing to do with this Ayers guy’s terrorist activities.
People like Lou Dobbs are just frothing at the mouth trying to find ways to discredit Obama because these old white guys like him are scared to death that someone not from their kind might be president some day.

Tom Coburn has never bombed any building….he never advocated that kids should kill their parents…
He did not deserve the comparison. Obama’s grandma didn’t deserve that comparison either. Ferraro should not have been painted a racist with Obama’s word brush.
I’m pretty sure that Tom Coburn does not feel like Obama is much of a friend right now.
It is not off topic to take a look at Obama’s atrocious judgement…his demeaning comparisons of people…or his affiliations with radical people and churches.
I find myself inclined to believe that Obama is not anti-American. Then I remember in his interview with CNN (Anderson Cooper) he said that patriotism is “hyperbole” and I wonder. Patriotism is something that some of us actually feel……….and it scares me a lot we are perhaps going to elect a man who doesn’t feel it at all.
The Republicans constant crying wolf about patriotism may very well cause people to discount the truth when we are hearing it from the candidate himself.

Karen, you wrote: “Obama had no friendship with Ayers…” It is quite possible that there is nothing there. But Sen. Obama’s own remarks keep the questions alive. Here is a quote from Sen. Obama: “(Mr. Ayers is) a guy who lives in my neighborhood…not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.” So they have on occasion exchanged ideas? Were these exchanges only during the board meetings? Or were there other times that they got together?

A drunken Irishman who sleeps around, whose boy thinks catholics act like him.

Seems like we have a tremendous amount of “SMOKESCREEN” issues comming to the forefront, designed espeecially, to keep American voters COMPLETELY in the dark!!! ~ It seems, also, that NOBODY is bringing up the fact, that Obama was and is promoted and supported by the infamous Chicago Political Machine, which has been in business since the 19th century, and has NEVER been about CHANGE, of any kind!!! ~ Keeping the power and using that power to control all of Chicagoland, by maintaining the status quo, at ALL costs, be their actions legal or otherwise, is what this Machine has always been about!!!! ~ Americans NEED to know about who is promoting the candidates, instead of being “SMOKESCREENED”, by the media!!!! ~ Check your facts!!! ~ Can you spell “G_A_N_G_S_T_E_R_S”???

i FIND ALL OF YOU ,STILL SUPPORTING BHO TO BE INCREDABLY INSAIN AND SICKINING, IF YOU THINK ITS FINE TO GO TO A RACIST CHURCH, WITH HEAVY ANTI AMERICAN BS AND HANGING WITH HIS GANGSTA HOMMIES MAKES HIM A LEADER, OR CAPABLE OF LEADING THIS COUNTRY,HE IS ACTING LIKE A COUNT RE. HE SHOULDNT TRY TO LEAD,IF HE IS TO WEAK TO DEBATE! HIS CHICKEN SHTT IS COMING HOME TO ROOST!!! I DIDNT KNOW THAT WE WERE HAVING A RACE BASED ON RACE, WHAT WOULD YOU ALL BE SAYING IF HILLERY HAD AS A MINISTER DAVID DUKES AND SHE HUNG OUT WITH THE KKK AND SAT TRU SPEACHES AND SERMONS ABOUT THROWING A ROPE OVER A BIG BRANCH, WHAT IS THE DIFFERANCE WHY THE DOUBLE STANDARD ,WHY WONT HE ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR BE MAN ENOUGH TO DEBATE ON SOME ISSUES,CHANGE ALL HE DOSE IS CHANGE THE SUBJECT AND EVERONE LETS HIM GET AWAY WITH IT BE CAUSE They are afraid of being called a racist when thats his spiritual addvissors job he is more rasist then david duke

google…global poverty act obama and see what this man is all about.

Obama why are you so eager to take power?
do you have the resume for president?
in 2005, you became a senator, in 2007, you missed over 80% vote in senate.
are you a responsible senator?

Obama’s political career was launched in a 1995 meeting at Ayers’ home. His own campaign states that they maintain “friendly” relations. Obama’s defense is that he was 8 years old when Ayers and his Weather Underground buddies were planting bombs at the Pentagon, the U.S. capitol and other places. True. But Obama was 40 when Ayers said publicly that he doesn’t regret setting bombs. In fact he said, “I feel we didn’t do enough”. I would not maintain friendly relations with an unrepentant terrorist–wouldn’t even shake his hand. I hope he will not get one vote in Indiana or N. C. or the other upcoming states because of these “distractions”-i.e., the things that most reveal character and core beliefs.

Thank you Senator for running for president and giving this nation real hope for the future. Elitist? Terrorist? These tired political ploys will not decide my vote. My children and grandchildren are depending on me to make the right choice and not be hooked by politics as usual.