Obama Has Worst Fundraising Month of 2008

Gee then what is everyone worried about?

Guess all those single moms have pulled as much as they dare off their food stamp card to send to the Obama campaign. They were hoping when Obama is elected, the amount will be tripled each month. Most people knows he is a socialist. AND THIS DOES HAPPEN and sometimes people get caught.

Thinking – I now that FEAR MONGERING and LIES are all the republicians have, got of give you credit, you sure keep trying to push them….But it isn’t going to work….Too bad you can’t push on issues….but it could be a long time before Sen McSame finishes debating himself

Maybe there is a Winnie the Pooh book on fundraising tips that his campaign can scan over for ideas. Hey it worked for his foreign policy advisor!!….Just a thought. ;)

The more I see it, the more I doubt Obama having any core set of principles. I was angry at Obama stealing the nomination, now I am fearful — he can just flip-flop everything. He would say something that was useful, then within short time he’d completely flip it. How is he going to lead this country? What does he realy believe in?

As a Hillary Clinton supporter, I for one am VERY happy to support McCain in 2008 so Hillary can be POTUS in 2012.
Hillary Clinton supporters, remember in November:
McCain ’08
Hillary ’12
Supporting Obama and the corrupt DNC backstappers now would prevent Hillary Clinton’s chances in the future to be POTUS.
Donat to McCain and vote for him in 2008. McCain will only serve one term. Then Hillary can be lected POTUS in 2012.
Won’t it be AWESOME to be rid of the likes of Howard “Scream” Dean and Donna “Two-Face” Brazile? OMG!! It will be soooo worth it!! The leaders in the DNC are corrupt and must be replaced!
Voting for McCain will make it happen!
NOBAMA!!
Teach them a lesson they will never forget!!
Obama’s GE funds are drying up fast. The word is getting out that he is unelectable.
OBAMA IS UNELECTABLE!!
His campaign has already written off Florida.
The people around Obama, and the people at the DNC will be in for a rude awakening come November, when Obama loses and the crooks and backstabbers in the DNC are cleaned out!
Go HILLARY!!
McCain ’08
Hillary ’12

Love your posts, JT, even when you go out of your way to make good news for Obama look bad. They make for good fun, like this one.
Obama has surged ahead in the polls and raised more money than McCain in the last month despite Democratic primary fatigue. Still, you make him look bad.
Or like when the other day you reported that “Sen. Barack Obama has emerged from his bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination with only a six point lead over Sen. John McCain.”
Priceless.

Oh… Dem in Chicago…
Oh– My– God… Newsweek said that??? Well by golly, if they say he has a 15% lead then I am some kinda fool to think he’s not gonna be President . Shoot! Hot dog! Cause ya know.. Newsweek knows these here things. Like back in 72 when they said Global cooling was gonna kill us all. Or was that in 79? oh well. They know their stuff fer sure. I think McGovern and Dukkakis (sp-not good with greek) were up by 15 points or more in early summer too. Too bad they got their butts whooped! ;o)

The Democrats have ruined the economy of the nation.
People barely have enough money to buy the things they need in life to survive.
Our food, utilities and transportion cost have doubled from the democrats.
Obama is spending and wasting more money on Ads, buging his campaign,than most Americans could ever dream of having.
while Obama is living large and having over $1,000 a plate dinner parties to get money to run ads, his campaign. To lie to people, Smear people and waste money.
Obama needs to go suck up to the San Francisco crowd for his wasteful spending needs.

A wannabe that will NEVER be! NOBAMA

juster,
At least Obama knows how to use a computer!
McBush on the other thinks says he doesn’t know anything about those “new fangled computer things.” He says his wife runs the computer for him…
Gee, that sounds like a president for the 21st century! Also I hope Cindy isn’t back on those drugs again, and stealing them from a charity. Because then McFool will never be able to get any e-mails!

Davis.
Best you can do? Pretty thin stuff.

Remember, if you get something too easily, you will lose it too easily.
Obama gets the fame, the momentum too easily;
He will lose all these too easily.
I’ve already seen the trend. I don’t want to invest my money in a dot com stock which is/will drop.

Tonight on TV, Obama was stating that Republicans were going to use scare tactics and race mongering against him. This is what Obama’s campaign has been doing for the last six months and now he is complaining. WHINE, WHINE. When truths are told about him, he complains. Could it be that his background and associates are less than honorable. He is very corrupt.

I’ve donated each month of this campaign. I will donate again. I think his core supporters are average people and they are taking a bit of a break to savor the win. After Hillary’s done we need to recharge. If Obama needs a little more, I’ll cough it up but its not like he’s a Buddha that I have to toss money at.

Newsweek poll: Obama leads McCain by 15 points

Mr. Coffee
NEWSWEEK? NO WONDER- IN THE TANK FOR OBAMA. TRY US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT!!

I think that if you run for president you end up lying. I don’t think it can be helped.
As for ‘flip-flopping’, I’ve never known of a candidate as well as an elected president who didn’t end up having to do just that.
Perhaps we should try to be more tolerant of each others views and less competitive about who’s better than whom.
After all, we’re all in this together and we’re all getting screwed.
Good luck USA.
I’ll think of you from my new home on the Italian shores.

The media is making a big deal out of fundraising, but is totally ignoring today’s FISA vote.

pretty hilarious some of these explanations for a slow fundraising
dont worry hell be pulling in the dough
and to those people who claim that the reason he had less money was because of hillary supporters
you do realize that if you were angry and you hated obama and you were actually a democrat, you wouldnt have funded obama before hillary lost, so i dont know why you can credit yourselves for a slow fund raising month
also hate to say ti but its not a fad that obama is, its a leader
tell mccain to get his blood circulated he looks dead

I wouldn’t put too much stock in that Newsweek poll. Sounds a little strange that every other poll for the same days has Obama only leading 2-4 points at best.
This is just like a couple of days ago when the major news outlets were jumping all over one poll that showed Obama leading McCain in the big swing states of Ohio and Florida, and then Rasmussen came out with polls the very next day that showed McCain leading in both Ohio and Florida.

Well, he was wrong about the bad economy. since the people donate so much money for him, people must have a surplus somewhere in their pockets. And more than 1/3 are not small donors, they each donate the max limit of around $2000.
Yes obama, use your money to buy this election. American people’s votes are easily bought. Oh wait, he outspent Clinton so much and didn’t win 50% of the votes. Hmm…If Obama is so great, why isn’t he so great???

Bush had no military experience? Hmmm…. That would be news to Bush!!! Afraid to answer my question?

I have been a lifelong Democrat but will not cast my vote for a sexist elitist like Barrack Obama. He attacked the entire female gender when he was gender bashing Hillary Clinton. He is shameful! And, if Obama is elected to the office of President, I will be changing parties immediately. We are coordinating the Hillary Supporters Count too! group across the country and we will be giving a lot of time and money in order to defeat Obama. Good riddance to bad rubbish! It may be ridiculous for a Dem to vote for MCCain but it is even more ridiculous for a Dem to vote Obama when the entire Democratic party stood by silently while he bashed our entire gender. The Dems have had women in their hip pocket for so long now that they just took for granted that we would just follow along after Hillary was out of the race. They are in for a rude awakening in November and I hope it teaches them a lesson. And, polls don’t mean anything. The only thing that matters is what every voter does in the privacy of the voting booth. Polls seem to be manipulated by the candidates on both sides. I think they are very close in the polls but I think the Obama people are trying to present this “landslide” going on already so that they get others to jump on the bandwagon. NEVER! We have had many newspapers, stations, etc. contact us about our clubs and if you think Obama and his flunkies are coming out strong for him in fundraisers, etc. wait until you see what we are going to do. We’ll run circles around them!
Thank you,
Mary Anne
NE Pennsylvania chapter of the Hillary supporters Count too!

My initial thoughts were that ABC was in the tank for Obama (like most other networks). I have been posting here for a few weeks now and I was beginning to change that opinion, however having done some tracking of favorable, unfavorable posts and deleted posts it seems clear to me that my original thoughts were corect.

I CAN’T STAND THE HYPOCRISY OF WOMEN WHO ARE WILLING TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN. A man who has VOTED AGAINST:
- Federal funding of breast cancer preventive measures.
-Equal pay.
- opposed CHIP
…amongst other issues key to women.

OBAMA has the election won…
You just have to live the history…
No Bush .. NO Mcsame .. NO Mcshame!

Obama = Megalomania
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY!!!

“No Bush .. NO Mcsame .. NO Mcshame!’
No B O…..
JUST MCCAIN!!

I AM FED UP!!!
It is only June and I’m done with the Repub vile (in despair I actually tried to watch FOX and listen to some odd radio stations).
The CRUDE attacks on Michelle helped me get over Hillary.
So yes, it is time for Dems to unite.

Matt in MI, how do you figure that gas prices will be lower with Sen. Obama in the White House and the Democrats having huge majorities in both Houses of Congress? The Democrats have been proposing a $1-$3 increase in the federal tax on gasoline for some time; they have blocked every attempt to increase the supply of oil in the past three decades; and now they want to implement a windfall profit tax on the oil companies. (Which, by the way, Congress already tried between 1980-1998. The Congressional Research Service found that domestic oil production dropped between 1.2% and 4.8% during that period.) And now the Democrats are considering whether or not to nationalize the oil refineries. All of these actions will result in LESS supply.

Not only am I voting for McCain in November, but will be contributing to his campaign the same $2,300 I would have given to Hillary had she been the Democratic nominee. News Flash!!! There are THOUSANDS more like me who are dedicated to stopping Obama at ANY COST!
Hillary or McCain 2008. NEVER OBAMA!!!

WAKE UP WOMEN DON’T WASTE PROGRESS MADE SINCE SENECA!!!!!!!
Posted by: Marion | Jun 21, 2008 1:44:02 AM
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If only the people, the DNC and congress would have woken up in time to nominate the right person. Then you wouldn’t have to be concerned about women voting for McCain.

Jake sometimes you really do BREW STORMS IN TEACUPS.
The Dem primary just ended for goodness sake. The dip in funding is nothing surprising and the figures will be up again soon.

Fool? Idiot? Hmmm…last time I checked, McCain and Bush share 90% of the same voting record. Or is it 95%? I don’t know, you tell me. Where is Bush among approval ratings of ALL PRESIDENTS?? Dead Last? Yeah, I think so. I agree with you; I must be an idiot thinking that CHANGE is a good idea instead of continuing the same failed policies that have driven this country into the ground the past eight years. Who’s the idiot? I’m sure many others disagree with you buddy.

Dear Obama Haters:
Why did you vote for Hillary? If it had anything at all to do with her positions on the issues, then how could you ever back John McCain? Apart from a few wonky details, there is virtually no difference between Barack Obama’s policy positions and Hillary’s, while the difference between either Democrat and McCain is night and day. This can be confirmed by viewing the Issues sections of their respective websites.
Please help me out, because I don’t understand why you are willing to elect a president who will do nothing to make health care more affordable, will enhance tax cuts for wealthy people and big corporations that don’t need it rather than cutting taxes on the middle class and small businesses that could use some relief, who has no intention of fully withdrawing our forces from Iraq any time soon while saber-rattling at Iran, and WHO WILL APPOINT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE, just because Hillary is not the nominee.

So Obama gets the nomination and he’s in a virtual tie with McCain and he’s had his worst fundraising month. Surprise, Surprise. I was a Clinton supporter who believes she lost because her campaign was a mess until it was too late in the game. She also lost because she wasn’t the cash cow Obama is which is why the elitist powers that be within the Democratic party came out in full force for Obama. Clinton broke fundraising records also but had she done as well as Obama in regards to fundraising I have no doubt the Democratic party powers that be would have been behind her. That money trickles down to all levels of the party. McCain is doing a better job of attacking Obama’s record and we’ve had Obama backtrack from public financing,
NAFTA, immunity, caved in to AIPAC in regards to Iran and the Middle East and stack his economic advisory group with those who represent Wall Street all within a matter of weeks. Then you have McCain pointing out that the only tax cut Obama has ever supported was for the oil industry. The more we peel the layers off of Obama the better McCain looks. If the Dems don’t win the White House this year they have noone to blame but themselves. Another year where Mickey Mouse shouldv’e won this election in a slam dunk and we put a candidate up there who won’t win. The Dems deserve to lose again and maybe some election they may come to their senses and get it right. Given the economy and Iraq and Bush’s approval ratings there is no way that Obama shouldn’t be in the double digits ahead of McCain and yet he’s not. I’ve personally jumped from Democrat to Independent because I’ve had it with the Democratic party and their nonsense and their opting to take the opportunity we have to win the White House and use it to push forth a far left agenda when this Country is clearly centrist or slightly to the right. I like McCain and he does have the record in regards to strong bipartisan work on major issues and he has better relationships with the Dems then the Repubs, he has stood up to special interests and his own party and unlike Obama he actually came out and attacked this administration on it’s failure in Iraq and specifically attacked Cheney and Rumsfeld. He also spoke the truth, even though he had to back off when everyone jumped on him, that we need to prioritize our oil dependency in this Country so we don’t keep sending our young men/women over to the Middle East to fight in wars over oil. I’m waiting for Mr. New Politics and Change to make the same statement and to acknowledge the pink elephant we all know is there. McCain has the record that Obama promises us and he is trusted less by the right wing then he is from the moderate/conservative Democrats. The Repubs made a far smarter decision then the Dems this election and nominated the one Repub who after 8 yrs of Bush Jr who could actually win back the White House. When will the Dems learn and get their act together?

That fundraising shortfall of Obama’s is OK; George Soros will make up the difference. That’s why Obama opted out of public funding this week. The best prez MoveOn.org can buy!

Wilder5121; you hit the nail on the head.

Holo Do your homework. How did Obama’s campaign stay afloat until all those small donors came on board? He takes money from Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, UBS, Exelon, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum and on and on. He’s taken more money from Hedge Fund managers then McCain has. Small donors don’t make up 100% of his campaign funds so who makes up the rest? The Dems this election are the Wall Street darlings not the Repubs. Candidates such as McCain and Clinton who have taken money directly from lobbyists only make up barely over 1% of their campaign funds- so the big sacrifice Obama makes is not all that big. Obama takes money from “advisors” and “consultants” to lobbyists and “bundled” money from friends and family of lobbyists. He gets around taking money from lobbyists without having it identified as being from lobbyists directly. He counts on you remaining uninformed about campaign financing and you should be insulted by that. He had the ad saying he doesn’t take money directly from the oil industry implying Clinton did and yet he failed to mention that no candidate can take direct money from the oil industry. He said Clinton was a hypocrite because she took money from the financial industry implicated in the subprime mortgage scandals and yet he omitted mentioning that he takes money from Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase. This is all public record and easy to obtain if you take the effort to look for it but he counts on you believing and being drawn in by his motivational speeches so that you opt not to pursue or question his claims any further. Obama is old politics; the same old ,same old only with more money right now. Go onto the Center for Responsive Politics website which is the watchdog non-partisan site that looks specifically at where candidates money comes from. You’ll see an impressive record for Obama in regards to small donors but you’ll also see that he’s beholden to special interests just like the others. I think the point of public financing was to limit the impact of special interests on the candidates wasn’t it? or was it to just ensure you can win? You should feel proud to know that the Dems intend to buy the election this time. Nothing like good old politics. No hope for change there and I agreee with Jake- the audacity of hype not hope.

Carol When it comes to Iraq and whether we should have gone in or not the entire brunt falls on the axis of evil- Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld – who used twisted intelligence and lies to dupe Congress, their own collegues, the media and the American public. The buck stops with those three. Anything beyond that is a result of the Bush administration and the Republicans and Democrats in Congress. The only one with a lower approval rating then Bush is Congress yet we seem to fail to remember that. If the US were to do an aerial attack on Iran we can thank Bush for that but we also need to thank Nancy Pelosi and company who quietly squashed Webb’s bill that wouldv’e required the authorization of Congress before Bush could do any attack on Iran. Pelosi, just like Obama did within the past couple weeks, caved into AIPAC when they booed her and decided that the President should not have his hands tied if it came to defending the interests of Israel. So remember that just in case. All of our Republicans and Democrats are corporate candidates including Obama, in fact Obama has done far better in that respect then many candidates before him.
Both parties got us into the mess we’re in and both parties will need to work together to get us out of it. McCain has the strongest bipartisan record of the bunch and no matter how you cut it, dice it or slice it- that’s just a fact when you compare his record to Obama’s.
Obama can’t even dispute that except he’ll attempt to reference it to the past. That’s fine, but it doesn’t compensate for Obama’s lack of such a record. I agree with Obama though that change comes from the bottom up. The problem I have with Obama though is that he says that and yet asks that you vote for him and he will, with your support, implement that change. If you want change then find an issue you feel strongly about, don’t be partisan about it and get out there and stand up and stand on your conviction and make your voice heard. Whether it be civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, the VietNam war – these struggles impacted this Country not by voting for this candidate or that but rather by the collective will of like-minded individuals who had the courage of conviction and who were willing to take the risk to have their voices heard and those voices were heard by elected officials. That’s how real change happens. The Senate will not put through Univeral Health Care even if Obama gets in but those collective voices have more power to have an impact then anything Obama could do. If you want real change, don’t invest in a politician who says he will take public financing to move forth new politics and then will turn around when he has enough money from small donors and special interests to smear his opponent in his quest for the White House and spin his backing off in some bogus manner- because the point of taking public financing was to limit the influence of special interests wasn’t it? – but rather that you take your own power and stand up for those issues you feel strongly about.

I wouldn’t cry too much for Obama for his supposedly “paltry” money raised in the month of May.
Obama spent A LOT of money in the primary which I really think was money WELL SPENT. In states in which Obama campaigned hard ie Pennsylvania, Obama, etc, Obama is ahead in the polls while the 2 states in which he did NOT campaign were Michigan which he is struggling and Florida in which he is behind.
Thus the millions of money spent in the primary to create infrastructure in states was well spent.

Looking Good
Poll Gives Large Lead To Dukakis Over Bush
AP
June 17, 1988
Gov. Michael S. Dukakis held a 15-point lead over Vice President Bush in an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released yesterday, largely on the strength of overwhelming support for Mr. Dukakis among women.
Maybe Obama is the new Dukakis:-)

Bridget,
“Gov. Michael S. Dukakis held a 15-point lead over Vice President Bush in an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released yesterday, largely on the strength of overwhelming support for Mr. Dukakis among women. Maybe Obama is the new Dukakis:-)”
Oh, so you agree that its the votes of the young men and young women, the blacks and hispanics along with the women’s vote that makes the difference? Many! What a concept! :-)
Obama 08!

It’s pretty much accepted by those on the right, including myself, that Newsweek is a Democrat publication. So that 15 percent sounds about right – good round figure.

Speaking of whose running congress? Our economy was doing great until…… Nov of 06 when the Dems took over – and that during wartime.

It seem that the only way America can be harmed by SNEAK ATTACK – AS IS BY OBAMA CAMPAIGN!!

In spite of this, Obama still opted out of the welfare public finance system so kudos to him. It’s just like when a lefty turns off NPR; a bell rings and an angel gets their wings.
McCain, on the other hand, took the “principled” approach by accepting food stamps. Gimme a break about his principles, he’s been in and out of public financing more than Lindsey Lohan has been in and out of rehab.

Obama will need millions to improve his image and his wife’s image.
It’s disturbing that a presidential candidate spends millions on ads trying to convince us that he loves America.
The campaign is spending millions to present a new Michelle who is softer, happier, prouder.
That’s sad condidering Michelle was just being herself.
And I for one think she is smarter and sharper than her husband.
It would have been much cheaper and reassuring to the public if Obama had left his anti-american church maybe 15 years ago or not wanted to go there at all.

He needs to start sucking up to Hillary’s voters, and I mean more than just little form letters and pamphlets like the ones I’ve received. I mean, he’s got to throw us some meat, discuss the misogynistic treatment of our candidate by the media, condem it, and if he really wants us, he’ll put Hill on the ticket. Otherwise, it’s a toss up of what we might do. I’ve got plenty of money, but I just haven’t seen fit to send any of it to Obama yet. It’s up to him.

Recent quote by Michelle Obama:
“I used to get up in the morning and go to an office. Now I get up and go to a plane. … My kids still don’t care where I am,” she said. “They’ve always known two parents to work in the household and as long as we’re back in time for bedtime, they could care less where we are.”
1. Michelle the correct statement should be “couldn’t care less” (ask Princeton for a refund).
2. I hope she knows that this statement is not exactly a feather in the hat for working mothers.

“Why did you vote for Hillary? If it had anything at all to do with her positions on the issues, then how could you ever back John McCain? ” CW, fighting against bigotry and prejudice is JUST as important! Clinton and her supporters? Fighting for equality for EVERYONE means not remaining silent when bigotry flies from other Obama supporters in the past 6 months. Fighting for equality for EVERYONE means fighting for everyone, not only when it is convenient for Obama supporters. If we don’t speak up and stand up against Obama bullies when they trample on others’ rights, then who will be left to defend us when they trample on our rights as well. We will never give up this fight against the unchecked bigotry from the Obama supporters. We all have to make our stand somewhere to stem this bigotry. And this stand for us is now. We will vote NO to the DNC and Obama supporters.

“Saying Barack Obama is “shameful” is just ridiculous. He is very honorable and a very good man with the same views for our country as your beloved Hillary.” Matt, staying in a church where racist sermons were spewed for 20 years IS SHAMEFUL! Allowing your children to be exposed to disgusting racist sermons for years IS SHAMEFUL and disgusting! Grow a backbone and walk out that church door if the sermons are full of racist speech. Anyone here in Chicago can tell that Rev. Wright has spewed racist sermons for over 20 years in Obama’s church and Obama stayed for those 20 years, exposing his children to such disgusting racist sermons. ” Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?…You shall know a tree by the fruit it bears.” Matthew 7:16,20. A

Obama is up in the the polls everyday morons.
The drop in fundraising is only because everyone took a breath after he won the primary …duh.
and to all those who like to infer the more people get to know Obama… the less people vote for him…
lol
look at the polls …look at the trends…
Obamas numbers are heading north.
and the more people get to see McCain is pushing the same plan and promises on
the war
social security
siding with the oil companies
a foreign policy that is driving recruits into the terrorist supply line in record and exponential numbers
on healthcare
on taxes
on the deficit
on the mortgage crisis
on the supreme court
on row vs. wade
on taking care of our vets (you know the ones that don’t have the white collar millionaire fathers to fall back on …unlike John McCain had to catch him when after he served or George Bush did in dealing with his life)
on a foreign policy that leaves our allies scratching their heads how we can not learn… rather than one which encourages them to help us get out of Iraq and offer more intelligence on the terrorists…
on infrastructure…you know bridges, levees, taking care of our country when a natural disaster happens…
and picking a VP like Pawlenty who subjegated infrastructure for less taxes and then had one of the worst bridge collapses this country has ever seen.
of taking more money from China and keeping the trade deal we have with them open as it has been…
on making the middle and lower classes and infrastructure bare the brunt of the top 5% of the country getting huge tax cuts.
McCain is wrong on almost every single issue.
wake up this is about the country.

Although Sen. Obama is only 47 years old, but having been a chronic smoker for several decades, Sen. Obama’s lungs must be about 85 years old! Obama is not running for the Head Waiter job in Woldorf-Astoria. He’s running to be the president of the United States! Given his family history of cancer, his mother’s rather early death due to cancer and having been a heavy smoker for decades, Sen. Obama has huge risk factors. The media hid these facts about him during the nomination fight, remember that that SLN skit. The media eager to prop him up and slander Hillary Clinton and hid all these risky behaviors about Sen. Obama. At least, how about setting a good example for his two you daughters who are in an impressionable age. Michelle of course is a heath care professional? The fact remains that Obama must be carrying a huge heath risk, is a true fact besides other risks we have take about him, like his of drug use! Sen. Obama’s smoking habit make him much more vulnerable to fatal illness and death than John McCain’s age factor. By choosing Obama as their nominee Democrats have made a risky choice! Obama seems to me like man who doesn’t have self-discipline even “change” himself, so how can he propose to change the whole country?

Laugh,
Samantha could have said either hat or cap and it wouldn’t matter. The bigger worry is stupid Michelle saying “could care less” rather than the correct “couldn’t care less”.
I also agree with Samantha that the statement was not only poor grammatically but also poor morally.
It occurs to me that Obama’s supporters would do anything and ignore anything to get this man in office.

Barack Obama told supporters that Republicans will “try to make you afraid of me” in remarks he made Friday at a Florida fundraiser.
“The choice is clear. Most of all we can choose between hope and fear. It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy.
“We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run,” said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. “They’re going to try to make you afraid. They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. ‘He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?’”
HERE IS OBAMA PLAYING THE RACE CARD AGAIN
SNOOZE

lookbeforeyouleep
the “big money”that you refer to Obama buckling under…
is money from lower income and middle income voters to fight for the issues he has been raising.
He buckled to the couple of million Americans who are fighting for him and the issues he stands for.
He did not buckle just moneys raised like McCain did in the primaries… McCain buckled by gaming the system he created…to raise enough from the public system to gain loans until he could raise the “big money” from big corporate republican backing America.
Obama pledged that because no one knew that you could raise significant amounts of money from actual voters.
a million and a half of them…and growing.

surferdude
I agree…
this is going to be an easier ride for obama…
Mccain with his stance on almost every single issue facing our country has tilted the competition to give obama a great slope to slide right into the white house.
The polls show people know what faces them on the issues…and Mccain stands with Bush on almost every single issue…
his plans and promises are almost exactly the same as the last 8 years.
how’d those work for you?
If we have an election on the future of this country and what is facing us… Obama wins…handily.

lookbeforeyouleep
yeah that same system is the one that swiftboaters and the RNC (the oens that the McCain campaign said several times now..”they won’t spend time rangling them in”)used to trash Kerry outside the restrictions of the money.
that’s the point…
and I thinkAmerica respectfully disagrees…money from corporate America and groups like swiftboaters for truth ‘gag’
is not the same as a million or so small doner voters giving to the candidate they want to see.
so no money is not money …when it is attached to favors.

Now THERE’S some spin for ya. It was SO BAD that he McCain ALMOST TIED HIM! ALMOST! WOW. That’s just AWFUL! Really grasping for anything negative on Obama, aren’t we?

Hey dl, You won over Hillary because she was ‘SCARY’! You know this is not a new tactics and has been played by your campaign very well before! So don’t whine when it is turned around on you. The Obama supporters wrote the book on calling names and playing the race card.

Definition of Playing the Race card = fear and it’s definitely being played.
–If you don’t vote Obama you are labeled a racist becasue he’s black. Forget though he is only black by birth but was raised in an entirely white family–which he downplays and never allows to be interviewed.
The seal logo is arrogant and indulgent. He better stop that swollen head before it bursts. There is no fear because he is black, because he is young………it’s becasue he doesn’t have a clue on how to run this country except to pull out the (Bill)Clinton play book and ride their coat tails.
He has no original ideas that are his alone. Except for maybe treasonous seal logo and surely someone should have told him only an idiot would have done that. What next his own license plates???

Janice
who said anything about “scary”
scary is a fine argument
but scary needs to be looked at factually.
You seem to have an issue with that.
I have always based my arguments in numbers and facts…
and logic…
this is about issues…
this is about the problems that face this country…
McCain’s plans and promises fly in the face of what moves us ahead…and gets us out of these situations.
His platform is almost the exact same plan as the last 8 years.
That is not spin. Go down the list of issues facing us…he is in lock step with this administration on the basics…this administration who has come closer than any other to destroy us as a country and our standing in the world.
This is not a time to stay on that road.

It just means that all of the Bush supporters that were giving Obama money to try to keep Hillary out of the final run, since she would have been a stronger candidate, are now re-diverting their funds back to the Republican Party.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Jun 21, 2008 11:47:41
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The Repubs are NOT excited about McCain. BUT they would be hugely motivated to vote against Clinton. NOTHING gets the Repubs riled up than the Clintons. They would come out in DROVES to make sure HRC lost. The Clintons are public enemy #1 for the GOP.
Please get your facts straight.

Jnaice what are you talking about?
Most of use issues and facts. There is blind followers on both sides.
I am a blind follower of the issues and what is good for this country.
McCain happens to be wrong on THE ISSUES.
and a logical look at that (rather than defensive) will show… he is asking to continue on a road that has already damaged us as a country.
I do not think Obama has the perfect plan… I don’t know what that would be… but it seems like the right plan…logically. The numbers and the facts add up.
That is what we need to vote on…
that is what we should be “blinded by”
the logic and the facts.

Janice
issues
focus on the issues.
the country is saved or destroyed on the backs of logic and issues.
the kind of logic you use is what got George W. Bush into the White House.

At the beginning of his campaign, Obama said one of the things he wanted to CHANGE was big money controlling politics. He was adamant about this, and said it several times.
Now, less than a year later, it appears the only “change” is his philosophy. Obama is so determined to outspend McCain that his pledge is now meaningless.

Voters are getting buyer’s remorse. The more they learn about this phony Messiah, the less they like him.
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Yesterday’s Newsweek Poll
Obama 51%
McCain 36%
You were saying?

Obama proves again – you can fool some of the people all of the time!

oops. I meant BHO HA! HA!!!

Wales, I completely agree. Several comments which were completely ON topic and WITHOUT “bad” language have been removed.
Insults, abuse, and cussing SHOULD be removed, but we are not being allowed to have a civil debate!

Hillary supporters for McCain donate $5.44 on 7/4 to his campaign and send a message loud and clear….25% of Hillary supporters will be backing Sen. McCain.

The chickens are coming home to roost. The DNC is sinking in its fundraising because of people leaving the party over Obama. Now Obama is also sinking. Several posters here have it right – the Republicans who were donating to sink Hillary have picked up their marbles and gone home; mission accomplished. Obama thought Republicans were voting for him and donating because they loved him – another example of his poor judgment.

Jimbo
if you knew what you were talking about you …
lol
would know that Obama is not a socialist…lol
Capitalism works best when it is done with the understanding and grace (touch of God) of a socialist’s empathy.
I am definitively a capitalists… but this country worked so well with capitalism because we understood the values of grace.
If you don’t get that …then you don’t understand the strength of a democratic capitalist success.
Read about it…it’s what makes us more than animals.

Dl.
Were you aware that the top 10 percent wage earners pay over 80 percent of the income taxes collected? How much more do you think is fair? You know, a FLAT TAX or a tax based upon sales would solve all these so called inequities, but your party will not even consider.

and Jimbo
you are taking that quote out of the context of what he was saying.

Dl.
What exactly was JFK saying? Haven’t we heard enough of the word “CONTEXT?’

and Jimbo
(i know you left but just in case)you teach him to fish… but our country and our country depends on those people eating fish.
so let’s talk about education.
yeah that’s a really good one for mcCain.

The Repubs are NOT excited about McCain. BUT they would be hugely motivated to vote against Clinton. NOTHING gets the Repubs riled up than the Clintons. They would come out in DROVES to make sure HRC lost. The Clintons are public enemy #1 for the GOP.
Please get your facts straight.
Posted by: Fired UP!! | Jun 21, 2008 11:53:24 AM
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Please stop carping on the propaganda machines line of how the repubs will come out against Hillary.
The tables have been turned and we past DEMS(independent) now will be out in droves for McCain!! So Clintons have won! We will support the lousy candidate the repubs are not excited about. lol lol Ya nuts if you think they are not going to support McCain, none will vote BO!
McCain 08

Clearly, as much as they want everyone to believe that everyone is just dying to jump on his unity wagon, it’s just not happening. His donors are going to, and have, hit ceilings, he is losing his shine everyday, and McCain is out there looking like a viable option, a nice middle of the road option.
Why the republicans are not estatic is beyond me. Tehy had little to no chance this season and now they have probably the only man who really can win and they are still trying to tie him down to unpalatable positions. Why?
It seems to me, if you want a republican to win the White House, and he really can, republicans would be all over helping him look as middle of the road as possible. There is a huge and growing number of dems and former dems, looking for anyone, absolutely anyone to support over Obama.
Why are they making it so hard for him? His greatest streagnth is his patriotism and his willingness to go his own way.
Why tie him down now? It only makes him look like a flip-flopper and unsure. Obama really is, so why are they making McCain the same.
Most dems respect the man at least. Let us have that and you can win.

Perhaps, most of Obama’s supporters contributed to the disaster victims during May, maybe? He did ask us to participate. I’m just saying. By the way, McCain’s best month is Obama’s worst and he still raised more money? Priceless.

GOP ARE THIEVES?
I am a retired Catholic schoolteacher. My taxes were lowered under Bush. The Dems want to raise them back up. They also think that by taxing the rich more it will increase revenues. Dems are fools….the rich will just put their money offshore or into tax free munis. AND THEN WHO WILL GET STUCK WITH OBAMA’S BILL FOR HIS DUMB SOCIALISM…THE REST OF US!!!

WOW democrats want to tax the rich company’s that employee the American workers. Driving the Employers out of the Country. WHat is wrong with this picture

Jake Tapper when are you going to do a story about Mccain’s flop flop on use of public private campaign money?

GOP are thieves,
1. The invasion of Iraq was NOT under false pretenses. Saddam Hussein failed to comply with every one of the conditions of the 1991 cease fire for 12 years. Just ONE of the conditions was if he no longer had WMDs he had to prove that he had destroyed them. Instead he wanted his neighbors to continue to believe that he still had WMDs. So President Bush ended the 12 year cease fire. Only after we invaded Iraq did we prove that he no longer had WMDs.
2. The U. S. Attorneys are at the beck-and-call of the President. He can fire them at any time for ANY reason. Yes, even for political reasons.
3. Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was prosecuted for, and CONVICTED OF, bribery and conspiracy charges.
4. It was the local officials who failed to help the Katrina victims. Mayor Nagin ordered both the Superdome and the Convention Center to be evacuation centers but left the evacuees WITHOUT SECURITY, WITHOUT FOOD and WITHOUT WATER knowing they could be there for at least 48-72 hours. Louisiana Gov. Blanco refused to deploy the National Guard until at least 24 hours AFTER Katrina made landfall. She should have had them driving the 2,000 New Orleans’ school buses to help evacuate people before Katrina hit. New Orleans was not the only place that was hit by Katrina. Florida, Alabama and Mississippi were also hit vert hard. FEMA was stretched to its limit. While the local officials in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi did their jobs before FEMA arrived on the scene, the Louisiana and New Orleans officials DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. So when FEMA arrived on the scene they were expected to be the first responders. FEMA is NOT a first responder and so it was caught off guard and in a position that it was NEVER intended to be in AND for a position in which the employees were NEVER trained.
5. Corporations, the rich and small businesses are the ones who create jobs. The more profits that they make the more jobs that are created. Raising taxes on corporations and the rich, and small businesses cuts into their profits. That causes layoffs.
6. In spite of the War on Terror, in spite of the Battle of Iraq, and in spite of the rise in the cost of energy, our economy was quite robust between 2003-2007. We had 54 months of continued job growth — the longest continous stretch in American history. We actually had about 6 months of more revenue than spending towards the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007. Then the effects of the housing slump and the further rise in energy began to affect the economy, but we were still doing quite well. That is until the sub-prime mortgage fiasco caused hundreds of thousands of home foreclosures. That and the cost of energy skyrocketing even more resulted in layoffs. The unemployment rate shot up from 4.7% in Nov 2007 to its current 5.5% by May 2008. 5.5% unemployment is still quite good historically. This is just a bump in the road for our economy. Eventually the median price for homes will drop to a point that it will spark a new boom.

GOP are thieves.
I wish the Amish could have read your last post about empathy for the poor. They would be LOL. Were you aware that the the Amish actually lobbied Congress (successfully) to become exempt from the social security system?

annfurthurmore…So Obama supporters want to put a democrat back into office no matter what the cost? Obama is a socialist do you know that is communism?
That is not for me? You?

annfurthurmore…So Obama supporters want to put a democrat back into office no matter what the cost? Obama is a socialist do you know that is communism?
That is not for me? You?
Posted by: carolyn | Jun 22, 2008 8:01:59 PM
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Please define socialism and communism. I’m sure I could plant a tree and watch it grow before you answer. But prove me wrong.

Posted by: James Danley | Jun 22, 2008 3:58:39 PM
GOP are thieves,
1. The invasion of Iraq was NOT under false pretenses. Saddam Hussein failed to comply with every one of the conditions of the 1991 cease fire for 12 years. Just ONE of the conditions was if he no longer had WMDs he had to prove that he had destroyed them. Instead he wanted his neighbors to continue to believe that he still had WMDs. So President Bush ended the 12 year cease fire. Only after we invaded Iraq did we prove that he no longer had WMDs.
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I have some swamp land in FL to sell you if you believe that was the true reason we invaded Iraq. Don’t be so gullible.
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Posted by: James Danley | Jun 22, 2008 3:58:39 PM
2. The U. S. Attorneys are at the beck-and-call of the President. He can fire them at any time for ANY reason. Yes, even for political reasons.
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The president cannot arbitrarily fire U.S. Attorneys because they are not indicting people in the opposing political party just because it’s what he wants.
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Posted by: James Danley | Jun 22, 2008 3:58:39 PM
3. Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was prosecuted for, and CONVICTED OF, bribery and conspiracy charges.
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52 former U.S. Attorneys comprised of both republican and democrats petetioned congress and took up the democratic govenors case. He is now free thanks their intervention.
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Posted by: James Danley | Jun 22, 2008 3:58:39 PM
4. It was the local officials who failed to help the Katrina victims. Mayor Nagin ordered both the Superdome and the Convention Center to be evacuation centers but left the evacuees WITHOUT SECURITY, WITHOUT FOOD and WITHOUT WATER knowing they could be there for at least 48-72 hours. Louisiana Gov. Blanco refused to deploy the National Guard until at least 24 hours AFTER Katrina made landfall. She should have had them driving the 2,000 New Orleans’ school buses to help evacuate people before Katrina hit. New Orleans was not the only place that was hit by Katrina. Florida, Alabama and Mississippi were also hit vert hard. FEMA was stretched to its limit. While the local officials in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi did their jobs before FEMA arrived on the scene, the Louisiana and New Orleans officials DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. So when FEMA arrived on the scene they were expected to be the first responders. FEMA is NOT a first responder and so it was caught off guard and in a position that it was NEVER intended to be in AND for a position in which the employees were NEVER trained.
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Do you truly believe the federal government responded in a timely fashion? Also it has been over two years since katrina yet New Orleans still looks devastated like parts of Iraq. Speaking of Iraq Bush has no problem asking for billions and billion for Iraq but he has continually ignored New Orleans.
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Posted by: James Danley | Jun 22, 2008 3:58:39 PM
5. Corporations, the rich and small businesses are the ones who create jobs. The more profits that they make the more jobs that are created. Raising taxes on corporations and the rich, and small businesses cuts into their profits. That causes layoffs.
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The profits primarily benefit CEOs and shareholders. Their employees and consumers might benefit is some small way as a after thought.
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Posted by: James Danley | Jun 22, 2008 3:58:39 PM
6. In spite of the War on Terror, in spite of the Battle of Iraq, and in spite of the rise in the cost of energy, our economy was quite robust between 2003-2007. We had 54 months of continued job growth — the longest continous stretch in American history. We actually had about 6 months of more revenue than spending towards the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007. Then the effects of the housing slump and the further rise in energy began to affect the economy, but we were still doing quite well. That is until the sub-prime mortgage fiasco caused hundreds of thousands of home foreclosures. That and the cost of energy skyrocketing even more resulted in layoffs. The unemployment rate shot up from 4.7% in Nov 2007 to its current 5.5% by May 2008. 5.5% unemployment is still quite good historically. This is just a bump in the road for our economy. Eventually the median price for homes will drop to a point that it will spark a new boom.
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Trickle down economics didn’t work for Hoover, Reagan, Bush 1 or Bush 2. Yet you try and convince us that it works.
Typical republican dogma.

GOP are thieves,
1. “Don’t be so gullible.”
Not gullible, just read the 2002 Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, passed by Congress.
2. “The president cannot arbitrarily fire U.S. Attorneys because they are not indicting people in the opposing political party just because it’s what he wants.”
If the U. S. Attorneys refuse to prosecute criminal acts they CAN be fired.
3. Don Siegelman’s appeal is still pending. We shall see.
4. “Do you truly believe the federal government responded in a timely fashion? Also it has been over two years since katrina yet New Orleans still looks devastated like parts of Iraq.”
Absolutely! They were right there but could not get in to help those in the Superdome and the Convention Center due to the reports of shootings and assaults — – which was NOT within their purview. Like I said, FEMA is NOT a first line responder. There were few cops and no Nation Guardsmen to protect FEMA agents during the first couple of days. Just one year before Katrina, the city of New Orleans performed a drill using the Superdome as an evacuation center. Guess what…it failed. Yet, in spite of this failure, Mayor Nagin still used the cite as an evacuation center. But worse yet, he didn’t even learn from the mistakes made during the drill. So there was Mayor Nagin holed up in his posh hotel room as tens of thousands of his contituents were left to fend for themselves.
Now then it is important to note that the federal government cannot just step into and take control within local and state jurisdictions WITHOUT those local and state authorities requesting federal help. That was one of the original problems. The feds demanded that Mayor Nagin order a mandatory evacuation on Friday and again on Saturday. He did NOT declare a state of emergency or order mandatory evacuations until Sunday. That gave 454,000 people just 24 hours to evacuate. Gov. Blanco refused to hand over the control to the feds until several days AFTER Katrina hit landfall, in spite of President Bush asking to be given authority to take control of the situation two days before Katrina hit landfall.
We are just a couple of months away from the third anniversary of Katrina. One of the main reasons that so much of New Orleans still looks devastated is because much of the devastation is private property. It is estimated that the current population of New Orleans is around 300,000. Prior to Katrina the population was 454,000. That means around 154,000 individuals have not returned. A large portion of these individuals have also failed to sell their land — in which case the purchaser, whether the government or a private individual, can begin repairing/rebuilding the home or business.
5. “The profits primarily benefit CEOs and shareholders. Their employees and consumers might benefit is some small way as a after thought.”
These companies are PRIVATE companies. While I, personally, may not like the idea of the CEOs receiving such huge salaries, perks, buyout packages when they depart or pensions upon retirement, that is between the shareholders and board of directors. The federal government has no business telling these companies what they can or cannot due, except when it comes to enforcing federal laws (i.e., anti-discrimination laws and OSHA requirements).
6. “Trickle down economics didn’t work…” “Yet you try and convince us that it works.”
There was a report a while back on how that people in tourist related fields were losing their jobs because the wealthy were not traveling as much! THAT is a clear case of where trickle down economics HAD BEEN working. IF jobs are lost because the wealthy are not traveling, then the reverse is true: When the wealthy travel, jobs are created.

No Jobs?
The Liberals have been downplaying the economy for 7 years in spite of the real numbers showing a very robust economy between 2003-2007. In fact, in spite of the slumping housing market and rising energy costs, there was a net gain of 1,137,000 jobs in 2007 — the slowest growth since 2003. According to the December 2007 statistics, there were 138,100,000 people employed even though unemployment rose from 4.7% to 5.0%. The AVERAGE monthly unemployment for all of 2007 was 4.64%. That is evidence of a very good economy.
Now as for 2008, the sub-prime mortgage fiasco has resulted in hundreds of thousands of home foreclosures. That along with the continued slumping housing market and now skyrocketing energy costs, has certainly hurt the economy. Yet is spite of these negatives, the unemployment figures are:
Jan 2008 – 4.9%;
Feb 2008 – 4.8%;
Mar 2008 – 5.1%;
Apr 2008 – 5.0%;
May 2008 – 5.5%.
A 5.5% unemployment rate is actually a fairly good number, historically.

The Bloom is Off the Rose!
The Wheels are Falling Off the Bus!
The more people find out about Obama and his policy statements the less
they like about him!
No You Can’t and Won’t!