Gore Raises Age Issue — to Defend Obama’s Youth

McCain is stronger than Obama will ever be.

And Truman was right. For all the attempts in this campaign to revivify the myths of Camelot, a hard-nosed inspection of JFK’s administration reveals it to be a largely failed administration led by a man and his family who’s own corruption would be hidden from the public while the myths led us into the most costly and destructive events of his generation.
For history to be an example, it has to be correctly recorded and understood. The spin of the Obama campaign is being used to rewrite history to empower its sense of inevitability.
That is the same tactic alQaeda uses to recruit women and children to its cause.

strange. didn’t Gore mentionhow Michigan Democrats had their votes stolen in 2008?

strange. didn’t Gore mentionhow Michigan Democrats had their votes stolen in 2008?
Posted by: geevill | Jun 17, 2008 9:48:55 AM
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That’s because our Primary was bungled by our incompetent Gov. Granholm. No one here thinks it was stolen. We are smarter than that.

strange. didn’t Gore mentionhow Michigan Democrats had their votes stolen in 2008?
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Correct!
All those people who would have voted for Obama were silenced when the DNC announced their votes wouldn’t count and he pulled his name from the ballot. And then they allowed Sen Clinton to keep the votes she got. What a scam.
Gore is too admirable to go there.
Howvere, thanks for your support Geevill!
Obama 08!

All comparisons and references to Kennedy only make Obama look smaller. Kennedy was a distinguished World War II veteran and had spent 6 years in House of Representatives and 7 years in the Senate before being elected President. Until 2004, Obama was a part time state legislator and law lecturer. His Senate term started less than 4 years ago and he has spent much of it running for President. This would be comical if it weren’t so serious.

The Bush administration had 7+ years to push for this drilling for domestic oil plan. Why should we believe McSame would be any better?

When Ronald Reagan was running for his second term, his age was referenced by his opponent and his humorous and timely response won him the second term and the subject of age was not an issue again in the campaign.
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Then Reagan got re-elected, started falling asleep at briefings, and his mind became numb due to the onset of alzheimers.
It was tremendously scary. No one knew who was actually running the country his last years in office. The CIA began implimenting their own foreign policy by starting wars in Central America and funded them via the drug trade. This is supposed to make us feel better about McCain?
You then write, “Wisdom and EXPERIENCE are critical in dealing with International issues as well as Domestic.”
Ok, let’s look at McCains foreign policy “wisdom”:
“There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along.” [MSNBC, 4/23/03]
“Because I believe that the success will be fairly easy,” [CNN, 9/24/02]
“We’re not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad.” [CNN, 9/29/02]
“But the point is that, one, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” [MSNBC, 1/22/03]
“But I believe that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.” [NBC, 3/20/03]
“It’s clear that the end is very much in sight.” [ABC, 4/9/03]
“This is a mission accomplished.” [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]
“I’m confident we’re on the right course.” [ABC News, 3/7/04]
Can you estimate when we can bring our troops home? (Matt Lauer) “No, but that’s not really important.” [ABC 6/12/08]
McCAIN PROVES AGE DOES MEAN WISE

Michigan votes will count in November and that’s a 34 electoral vote swing to McCain.
Posted by: geevill | Jun 17, 2008 10:11:07 AM
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LOL!!! Have you ever BEEN to MI???
We are in a one-state recession since 2002.
We have lost over 400,000 jobs, largely due to NAFTA.
We are 3rd in home foreclosures.
WE may have “Reagan Democrats” here, but not “Bush Democrats” and not “McCain Democrats”.
McCain wants to give large corporations tax cuts….nuff said.

Gore made more than 100 million dollars in the name of Global Warming and wants to make billions of dollars with the help of this puppet Obama.
If Gore really wants to save the planet why the hell he wants to be a billionaire

JFK was a WWII hero, had 14 years experience in Congress, had a lifetime of political grooming in his political family and Obama has NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING. Obama is NOT qualified to be President of the U.S. Obama is NOT qualified to be a U.S. Senator. Comparisons are ludicrous!
The Democrats would be really foolish to nominate an unqualified and unelectable candidate in Obama. Let’s raise a glass to what will hopefully be the political implosion of Barack Hussein Obama (it’s his name, get used to it, it appears on the ballot because it’s his LEGAL name) BEFORE the end of August when the Dems ACTUALLY VOTE on the nomination. Until then, Obama is merely the PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE of the party. Hopefully, the DEms will have to come crawling back to Hillary Rodham Clinton who should be the nominee because she has won the popular vote and is the most qualified and most electable candidate of any party.
Otherwise, vote for McCain as a protest. Put your country first and party second.
The DNC MUST be held accountable for their failure to denounce the rampant sexism, racism, classism, voter disenfranchisement continually interjected into this campaign by BArack Obama, his campaign, his nasty supporters and ALL MEDIA!!!!!
If we don’t speak out now, when?
Rise, Women, Rise!!!!!
“No self respecting woman should wish for the success of a party that ignores her sex”… Susan B. Anthony 1872

JFK is the most overrated president in history. He did some very good things, and some very stupid things. He was also quite conservative (you could look it up). If he had not been tragically murdered, history would certainly look at him differently.

Jake, you miss the point Al gore was making regarding Truman’s jab or concerns on the issue of Kennedy’s age. Gore’s point is not that the point is not that the Republicans made the comment. The point is that Kennedy’s response then is still valid today. Maybe Obama should repeat more often that “to exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44, would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, and Christopher Columbus from even discovering America.’”

hp boston
well reagan is dead…
and i was talking about obama when i said we need someone who understands the constitution
insinuating that mccain is obviously no better at understanding the constitution just like bush has, which is apparent in their need to continue to push for telecom immunity to spy on us for no good reason
please before you make silly posts criticizing someone, at least read what they have written so you dont end up looking foolish

if mccain promises to veto every single beer again, i will vote for him

Obama has no record of supporting women’s issues.
As a member of the Illinois state legislature, Obama had at least 8 opportunities to VOTE on women’s issues, WHAT did Obama do? Obama voted PRESENT each and every time, the cowardly way to avoid taking a stand on issues, this is the Obama way. No record. No experience. Obama is NOT qualified to be President of the U.S.
Wishing, hoping and words won’t change that fact.
AS for the DNC, what they have to the voters in Michigan and Florida cannot possibly be legal. 1/2 votes? 1/2 a person? It calls to mind the time when blacks were considered 3/5 a person? Jim Crow? As bad as that time was, THIS is even worse. The Democratic party simply cannot be in the business of disenfranchising voters. Isn’t it ironic that it’s the black candidate who’s disenfranchising voters? Is THIS the party I stood with in 2000 and 2004 demanding that EVERY vote be counted? I don’t think so.
Obama has destroyed the DEmocratic party. The final nail in the coffin is the Obama audacity of moving the DNC operations to Chicago, the most toxic political sewer in the nation, where Obama swims with the rats.
As for McCain, better to dance with the devil you know than the one you don’t.
The Democratic party understands two things, money and votes. WE have the power to with hold BOTH. DO SO. SEND the message, WE are mad as hell and WE are NOT going to take it anymore!! WE MUST defeat Obama to save the DEm party and redefine what it means to be a Democrat. WOMEN COUNT. WOMEN are the majority voting block of the Dem party and the entire nation. WE determine who will win. WE say NO to Obama and his thugs.

Mims nj, you wrote: “The Bush administration had 7+ years to push for this drilling for domestic oil plan.” And he pushed hard, but failed to convince the Democrats (who are intent on blocking all new drilling, blocking all new building of refineries, and refuse to allow new nuclear plants to be built) to approve opening up ANWR for drilling. (Which Sen. McCain also opposes!)
You also wrote: “what has the Bush tax cuts for the rich done…” The 2001 Bush tax cuts also lowered the bottom two federal income tax brackets: The 15% bracket became 10%; and the 28% bracket became 15%. Individuals whose incomes fall within these bottom two tax brackets make under $32,550 ($65,100 for married couples filing jointly). I wouldn’t call them “rich.” Incidentally, when the Democrats allow the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts to expire, these two tax brackets will revert back to their original rates — that will result in one of, if not the, largest tax increase in American history.

Obama will raise taxes. Nuff said.

Another loser backing a loser.
Posted by: brigitte | Jun 17, 2008 11:23:40 AM
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Like Bush endorsing McCain?

So Kennedy’s brilliant defense was against Truman, not the Republicans. It still has relevancy for Obama in spite of a Gore misspeak on credit.

May we be reminded of the Bay of Pigs?? Wasn’t it because of JFK’s inexperienced that every single one of them got slaughtered by Fidel Castro?? When a president is taking an education while we’re at war, it’s the human lives that pay for that education!!!
McCain is not Bush. That and Age are the only 2 things you will hear coming out of Democrat’s mouths. I trust McCain loves and protects this country and scare of obama on selling out this country. So far on major issues, Obama has yet again proven that he’s on the extremely liberal. I’d vote for a moderate anyday anytime over anykind of extremes.

More of Obama’s GOOD JUDGMENT—-now he has thrown Florida and Ohio “under the bus” –he doesn’t need these states to win the Election.
Big Worry Some Day Obama will Throw The US “under the bus”.

The MSM is flooding the airwaves with these polls, trying to suggest it’s only a matter of time before the empty suit ascends to the presidency. They fail to mention that Kerry was also ahead in the polls and Obama has a lot more negatives on his side than did Kerry.

cindy in nc,
BUT BILL CLINTON WAS YOUNGEST OF THEM ALL AT A TENDER AGE OF 42… NEITHER JFK NOR OBAMA POSSESSES THE REQUIRED INTELLIGENCE, FLAIR, PANACHE OR THE WISDOM THAT BILL CLINTON HAD….

” Wasn’t it because of JFK’s inexperienced that every single one of them got slaughtered by Fidel Castro??”
Correction. They weren’t all slaughtered. Many were taken prisoner and traded back in the years that followed. Kennedy did not provide air support. Many were killed.
Information about the invasion had been provided to Castro so they were in position and waiting. Various sources attribute that to a mole in the CIA and others to a mole in the White House. It has been speculated that the Kennedy’s courted elements of the left wing who were covertly spying for Castro. If true, it was symptomatic of his inexperience in foreign affairs.
Kennedy inherited the Bay of Pigs operation from the Eisenhower administration. He approved it but the champion was Robert Kennedy who was also working with agencies and the Mob to kill Castro.

The left wing of the Democratic party, may be satified with their “street organizer”, although we will see what the typical Americans think of him on election day.

Where are you getting landslide from ? the numbers just don’t add up.

The Gore endorsement is not going to help Obama, who is already the “chosen one” of the left wing. What Obama needs is to appeal to center-left and center-right voters. Sticking it in Hillary’s eye by hiring her old campaign manager is not the way to do it. What is he going to do next, chose Richardson as his VP? That would really burn the bridges to Hillary’s supporters.
Obama talks about getting Americans out of their comfort zone. He needs to get out of his own comfort zone on the left. The left wing of the Democratic party does not win presidential elections, ever!

At least he loves his country and is a true patriot.
Posted by: Mack | Jun 17, 2008 12:01:55 PM
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The same was said about G.W. Bush. How did that work out for you??

Fired UP!!, wrote,
“Getting a BJ and inserting a cigar doesn’t exactly square with harrassment or stalking. But then again, your HRC supporters are masters of cherry
picking the facts”
YOU ARE AS STUPID AS YOUR PAGAN IDOL, MORON!!! I BET YOU ARE ALSO A SLIMY GAY LIKE OBAMA…. WATCH OUT FOR LARRY SINCLAIR ON THE LOOSE….PATHETIC….
“Elizabeth Hasselbeck says Obama isn’t brilliant”.
NO WONDER!!!!! Look at him on debates with Hillary. He’s too dumb subjective. He is unable to talk in-depth about any of his so-called policies that he actualy stole from Hillary’s briliant ideas as proven at the 4 debates he had with her.
Ben Stein was on Jimmy Kimmel last year promoting his new book. Stein knows how to make a dollar or several million. Kimmel asked Stein if Obama should read his book. Stein said no, he should start with something more suited to his education level on the economy like simple addition and subtraction.
Obama took private lessons in economy just last year but apparently without great success according to his teacher:. He said Obama was slow on the uptake.
I now question Obama’s credibility of being a Magna Cum Laude from Harvard… HOW IN FACT DID HE EARN IT?… he can hardly debate sensibly on the spot without a prepared speech written by a paid speechwriter… he’s typically slow at impromptu speaking and most of the time he stutters and at the loss for words and he hardly uses or knows the right terminology like the difference between denounce and reject … evaded crunch-time debates with Hillary and now evading McCain’s a number of requested debates… evading public view of McCain-Obama debate by Obama himself selecting only one debate on the date that falls on a holiday which is July 4th when everyone is out vacationing… things like these do not make up an intellectual that has achieved higher if not the highest honor in the academe… not to mention the fact that as an adult he still practiced classroom-type of cheating like he plagiarized his speeches, bribed DNC delegates/superdelegates to seal his nomination, lied to the highest degrees… plus the fact that he as well as his wife had more black professors than whiteys and so on and so forth…And Besides, Obama & his wife were afforded the luxury of 230 points added to their SATs in order for an african-american to get into an Ivy League school. It pretty much points out that they must be too dumb that they need to be given the extra 230 points before they can even take the SAT!!

Fired up – it has been working great for me!! At least I’m still alive making end meets. I’m sure it has work out great for you too because you’re sitting in front of your computer with internet to blog here. So I assume the terrorist hasn’t attacked you yet since 9/11. Didn’t you hear obama applauded the way we treated the terrorists of world trade in 1993 with the way we treat the US citizens?? Where did that lead us??? Oh, I bet you must have forgotten 9/11 of 2001.

22,000 bots. Preaching to the cult.

Joe, we could also get out of debt if we eliminated all law enforcment (federal, state and local) and shut down the judiciary with no more trials — just let criminals do whatever they want! While were at it maybe we should just eliminate the military! Now we would definitely have a surplus! BUT we don’t do that because insuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense and promoting the general welfare are governmental responsibilities that transcend everything else.
Whether you agree with it or not, and in spite of the reasons we got into the Battle of Iraq in the first place, al Qaeda has declared Iraq as its primary battlefield in their jihad against the United States and Western Civilization. Therefore under the responsibility of providing for the common defense it is in our best interest to defeat al Qaeda in Iraq. Pulling out our troops before we have defeated al Qaeda in Iraq will be handing a military victory to al Qaeda. That will embolden them even more. And may prove even more costly (both in lives and monetary value) down the road.
Now then 2001 and 2002 Bush tax cuts actually generated revenue. In fact there was about a 6 month period, late 2006 and early 2007 in which the federal government took in more revenue than we paid out. And our economy was doing very well — in spite of the war. But then the huge spike in the cost of energy, the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, and the continued slump in the housing industry the past 18 months or so have greatly affected our economy.
Tax cuts generate jobs, which results in more individuals paying taxes! But raising taxes will hurt small businesses (most pay the individual tax rates) by cutting into their profits. So they will lay off workers. That means fewer individuals paying taxes, thus less revenue.

Mims nj, the 2001 and 2002 Bush tax cuts have kept more money in taxpayers pockets. Unfortunately, the high cost of energy, the sub-prime mortgage fiasco and the continued slump in the housing market have resulted in higher inflation and more expenses which are hurting the taxpayers. BUT they still have more money in their pockets in order to deal with these added expenses. Allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire will mean less money for individuals to pay for the added expenses due to inflation.
Now then security and taxes are two different issues. We have not had another attack since 9/11. So in that regard, yes the American people HAVE HAD more security.

Hanna the GOP has had ample oppurtunity to resolve these issues since 9/11, taxes may be partially the reason for the defection of American jobs but the main force behind it is cheap labor. The companies that have been built on American dollars are more profit driven than any loyalty to the American people. If government interrvention isn’t made corporate greed will drive these jobs away period. I mean if our own government will sell out the American people for a war for oil, why should we expect anything better from corporate America? It seems like a bit of a fantasy to think we will have this amazing rebound under a McCain administration.

Michigan democrats didn’t have there votes stolen, well unless you consider the fact that it was a flawed election from the start. To be fair, IMO the DNC messed up by taking all the delegates away from both Florida and Michigan, when the half penalty was fairest, but Obama suffered as much as Hillary from the bungled Michigan Primary. At least Hillary’s voters got to vote for there candidate.

Half the democrats don’t want Obama.

“That was one passionate speech. If only we had seen more of that in 2000 we may have been spared the disasters of the last 8 years.”
Yeah, mass rallies are long on “passion” — it’s probably all the pheromones in the air — short on substance.
As for Gore — who said he wasn’t going to endorse anybody — if Gore hadn’t wussed out in 2000, there wouldn’t have BEEN a second Bush regime.

Mims nj, government “intervention” or more precisely, “interference,” hurts profit margins. California’s high corporate tax has driven corporations out of the state and into Nevada (which is a very business friendly state) for well over a decade. (NOTE: The fact that Nevada does not have a state income tax is a benefit to the employees.) But the loss of the revenue has been devastating to the California economy.

James, you are out of your mind. How in the world do you figure we get more jobs over here by U.S. companies moving overseas. Don’t you know that whole citics have been wiped out from jobs leaving. What planet are you on. The electronics industry is gone, textile industry is gone, auto industry is gone, the drug industry is gone, do you want me to keep going. Now we have to pay millions of our tax dollars to keep an eye on the Chinese because they want to give us poison drugs. The FDA used to take care of monitoring drugs in this country with very little monry. What in gods name are you talking about.

Michael M, free trade opens up our markets to international customers. It is NOT free trade that is sending our jobs overseas, it is the lack of government regulation, lack of government interference and low corporate taxes that make other countries more appealing.

James you are driving me up a wall. We don’t have any products to sent to other countries. Whats left food, name a few. Name some things that we have that other countries dont. Military equiptment is not going to keep this country going. Bush has been selling that technology to. He covers it up with, the Chinese have been hacking in to our computers. You cant lower taxes enough in this country to compete with slave labor. These trade deals are set up to lock us out. This country will never recover. I was not born yesterday.

Michael M., you wrote: “…all the oil that those oil companies got came from American soil.” If that were true then we would be 100% independent of foreign oil, and we wouldn’t be in this squeeze in which that we find ourselves. Oil company profits amount to just 8 cents per gallon of gasoline; and the individual outlets make about 1-4 cents per gallon of gasoline. The only reason they report profits into the tens of billions each quarter is due to the huge volume sold.
It’s not that we have products that other countries don’t have, it’s the products that we do have are BETTER quality. But due to the high costs of doing business, which is ultimately passed onto the consumer, the prices for our products are higher. So even Americans purchase the cheaper priced & less quality products. That is the nature of the free market and capitalism.
The United States has 300 million people. How long do you think we would be in business if we cut off all trade with the other 6.5 billion people in the world?

Chris and Michael M. are more on point than anyone on this page I’ve seen. You guys are all kidding yourselves with your analysis. Most of you sound like political analysts, but you fail to see that Barack is not your typical politician, so none of this stuff applies to him. He has transcended everything people put in front of him and said he would not/could not do, including tipping over the “inevitable” Clinton machinery. He is mesmerizing, and some people just don’t like it. Save the political rhetoric for the McCain campaign, this country needs a man who is talking common sense. It is stupid to judge any candidate on what he will or will not do, what he believes or does not believe because no one can please EVERYONE on EVERY issue. Barack will do what is RIGHT on all the issues, not just one or two, and that is what we as a society is not used to so we don’t know how to deal with him. Well, we need to learn because he not only won the nomination here, the WORLD has endorsed him!!

WHO HAS THE RIGHT VISION FOR AMERICA? THIS ISN’T ABOUT THE RIGHT AGE OF A CANDIDATE, BUT THE RIGHT TIME TO LEAD THE NATION FORWARD VERSUS BACKWARDS. IF YOUTHFUL ENERGY AND NEW FOUND EXPERIENCE WILL DO THE JOB, SO BE IT; IF ELDERLY CUNNING AND OLD TIME FEAR-MONGERING IS WHAT THE NATION NEEDS NOW, THEN SO BE IT. WE’LL SURVIVE EITHER—WE’VE SURVIVED GEORGE!—FIND WHAT YOU WANT IN A CANDIDATE, AND GO OUT AND SUPPORT IT—AGAIN, AGE OR YOUTH ISN’T THE END ALL TO THIS RACE—INSTEAD, FIND THE VISION FOR A BETTER AMERICA AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. FOR ME, IT’S TIME FOR A DEMOCRAT TO STAND UP AND DO THE JOB FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS.