Obama On Tonight’s Berlin Speech: “A Crapshoot”

This will be another of Obama’s signature thrillers on the stump. He’s great working the large crowds – no matter where they are.

Obama: Hype and hot air!

Frank-South Hampton, putting your money in Obama’s campaign and vitory will garanty you and others to be able to put gaz in your tank, food on your table and get back jobs you have lost. If you believe McSame can do that that means you have not learned from 8 years of WBush-Cheney-McSame cowboy diplomacy and boots politics, from 8 years of political and economic faillures which have put all of us where we are i.e. between rock and hardplace and has brought US closer to bankrupcy. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

Obama said he “did not realize – my staff basically just told me that this space is bigger than I realized. “So
asked a reporter, is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
“Uh, it’s a potentially bad thing if nobody shows up,” Obama said, laughing. “You know, we’re sort of on the high wire all of the sudden. It’s like, ‘I’m sorry, how many people does this accommodate? How many?’…We really have no idea what’s going to happen. Sort of a crap shoot. I’m happy with the speech though.”
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I’m sorry Obama is a puppet, he does not know the size of the place he will be speaking—really?!!!–he wants us to believe this!!! He is happy with the speech that they wrote for him.
Distributing the fliers in German may help to bring out some people. I find it odd though that he picked Germany to give a speech to bring the US and Europe back together “to unify the countries”. The only burning speech in memory given in Berlin (which I cannot say because people will question whether I am a racist)was in the late 30′s by another man trying to unify the world.
So after 6 days of traveling and hitting more than a half dozen countries OBAMA has his foreign policy credentials and is now capable of running the nation.

Those who use this space to spill their life hate say nothing about Barack Obama. But their comments are eloquent testimony of the qualities, or lack thereof, in McCain’s supporters.
The more you say, the worst your candidate looks!

Neil,
I noticed that John McCain called the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy unbalanced and UNCONSCIENCEABLE… before running for the Republican nomination.

John’s conscience,
That only means that he’s centrist… He’s not too far right…he can work on both sides….

Mitt Romney would not help McCain win the presidency. The Republicans are not trusted on the economy. The Republicans are pro Bush tax cuts and the Dems are anti. No matter whom McCain choses he will not be trusted on the economy.

Neil,
Those few people, like McCain and Obama, who reach this stage often face a test of their worthiness.
John McCain’s test came when he had to vote for or against Bush’s folly in Iraq. Going to war is to be done 1) only when it is in the national interest and 2) only with due care and preparations.
You can argue that McCain and Bush did those two things, but it would make you look like a fool.
MCCAIN FAILED THE TEST OF LEADERSHIP, THE TALIBAN ARE RISING UP VIRTUALLY UNCHALLENGED IN AFGHANISTAN, BIN LADEN HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE, AND IRAN HAS UNPRECIDENTED POWER AND INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST (NOW THAT THEIR NATURAL ADVISARY SADDAM HAS BEEN NEUTRALLIZED).
The rising power of Iran in particular, should concern all Americans. When the Arab league asked opposing parties in Lebanon to Doha for negotiations, (non-Arab) Iran was there but the U.S. wasn’t invited.
You could argue that the destruction of Iran’s neighboring enemy, one who had not one but two bloody wars with Iran didn’t lead to their rise in power in the region, but again you would look like an uninformed fool.

Yea, and George Bush graduated from harvard business school too.
My question for you is – Are you better off today than you were 8 years ago?
Senator McCain voted with President Bush 95% of the time during the past eight years.
If you like President Bush and think he has done a good job, then John McCain is your man.
If you’re one of many Americans who thinks that the war in Iraq was a mistake or believe that the Republicans have run the economy into the ground and think that the chaos George Bush and John McCain unleashed in our foreign affairs has something to do with the price of gas at the pump… then you have Bush’s partner John McCain to thank.
No one worked harder than McCain to get Bush elected then reelected.
And no one originally promoted and advocated for the Iraq war than John McCain. John McCain’s original sin was supporting Bush and going to war in the first place. That decision cost of more than $1 Trillion and 4,000 American lives. The economy is in big trouble and McCain now wants to perpetuate Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy.
Again, if you like the results of the past 8 years, then vote for McCain, because you will get more of the same for the next 8 years.
So, are you better off today than you were in 2000?
If not, then I respectfully suggest you vote for Barack Obama in 2008.

Personally, I’m just happy to see an American Leader who is not hated by people in other countries.
If the observer is trying to pick this event apart, then he or she is missing the point.
The Germans (like other people) are looking for more peace and less war. They want to live in a safer world, and most people think Obama can move us in that direction.
And if you thought that Senator Obama’s college events were like rock concerts, check out his reception in Berlin today.
The majority of people in other countries do really like Obama, primarily because he is neither John McCain nor George Bush.
They correctly perceive that McCain will be a continuation of Bush’s foreign interventionist policies – in fact, he intends to advance and exacerbate those failed policies.
Go Obama!

Like Mitt Romney, George Bush was also a CEO, a Governor, and A Harvard Business Grad
Dems make the comparisons and the fact that he also wants to continue Bush economic policies… it’s over. I would rather any Dem on the economy then a Republican.
Also Bill was labeled as “inexperience”. “Inexperience” on foreign matters. That’s why he choose Al Gore.

toothchipper: Yes, My wife and I are much better off today than we were 8 years ago. We’re much better off after President Bush’s terms than my parents were after Carter’s disasterous presidency that Obama wants to repeat. We’ve seen what happens when you follow the same olf failed policies Obama endorses (or does he? hmm… Who’s he speaking in front of today? We’ll have to see what verision he pulls out today…)

I am so proud to be an American, so proud of Barack Obama! Here we have a man who understands the need for allies. A man who understands that you do not go to war unless 1) it is in the national interest and 2) you go in prepared.
Energetic, smart, compassionate, informed, everything that Bush/McCain are not. Obama reflects our better selves, to Europe and to the world.
God bless America and god bless Barack Obama

Hey Andy,
Do you know the last time the inflation adjusted wages went up for middle class America? Yup, the Clinton administration.
Except for the uptick in the Clinton years, real (inflation adjusted) wages have not gone up for the middle class since 1980.
During the same years the wealth of the wealthiest Americans has sky-rocketed.
Of course this had nothing to do with the UNCONSCIECEABLE (John McCain’s word) anti-middle class policies of the Republicans, I am sure.

The fact that we have an inexperienced candidate, Obama, and McCain, snooze, is proof that we desperately need a third party. Both candidates are really pathetic. People are jumping on the Obama train because they want ‘change’, but there is no evidence that he has the power or ideas to do anything. He’s changed his position on 10 issues now (or at least is stumbling his way through them). His platform is nothing more than mass hysteria.
I voted for him in the primary, but you couldn’t pay me to vote for him, or McCain, now.

Where is all the angst coming from?
Hmmm… Let’s see.
Obama still refuses to admit he was dead wrong on the surge. Instead of failing, like Obama predicted, it’s been a huge success.
The last time we had a president with so little experience (JFK), our enemies took advantage of his naiveté and we ended up with the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, JFK’s good judgement during the CMC saved the US. Unfortunately, Obama’s shown his judgement is faulty at best (see the surge comments above).
Iran has declared a desire to wipe Israel off the map and is building nuclear weapons. The best Obama can do is announce he’s willing to sit down with them without any preconditions. Wow. Iran knows they have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency.
The US has been a world leader in new medicine and medical procedures for decades, yet Obama wants to socialize it. What socialized industry is known for it’s innovativeness? We’ve got an example of how terrible an idea that is right on our northern border. If it wasn’t for American medicine advances, Canada wouldn’t have any advances at all. Even with that, the program is overpriced for inferior service. Anyone who can comes to the US for treatment, yet Obama wants us to mimic their failed policy.
Gas and energy prices are hurting Americans, yet Obama has no policy to reduce energy prices in any reasonable time frame. President Bush drops the exectutive ban on offshore oil drilling, and oil drops over 10% in a week yet Obama still refuses to develope new oil resources.
Are these the arguements you were looking for toothchip?

The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has illegally forbidden Foreign Service workers to attend the Obama speech. Under the Hatch Act, these employees legally may attend a speech. The Bush Administration will do anything to protect JukeBox John McCain.

“A trip abroad does not make one an expert on foreign policy.”
No, and neither does McCain’s getting the Sunni awakening time-line wrong make him an expert.
The whole world agrees with Barack middle-East policy. That’s enough for me.

Differences in how the candidates spent part of their summer vacations:
Obama speaks to and inspires tens of thousands (maybe a million) Germans at the victory column.
McCain goes to Jurassic Park for a family reunion. Enjoys spending time and catching up with other fossils.
McCain is too OLD to be President!

More Hollywood Hoopla, More Scam and sham.
Seeing you Obama has never done anything for the United States or the American People, besides Talk……….Give a Speech……. and make empty promises.
So a Campaign rally in Germany is only going to Boost Obama’s ego some more. Making his over inflated Ego larger than life.
That does not make for foreign relations with other coun tries leaders. Nor does it give one experience in doing foreign relations.
It only shows how immature, Lack of Know
ledge and that Obama is completely clueless.
Marketing and PR Campaign around the world does make a good leader, or a leader people would want.
It does show to what extremes someone has to go to try to win a race they are not qualified for.
America is paying for this specticale Obamna is making of himself. I think he should have to pay it all back, since he is using it for his own personal goals.

After 15 years, McCain has repeatedly talked about Czechoslovakia. It cost him the 2000 election to Bush. If something cost any reasonable person the highest level of their profession, they would learn and not make the same mistake.
Shouldn’t the next world leader at least know what countries are in the world and where they are located?
I don’t know if McCain doesn’t want to learn or he can’t learn. Either way, it scares the heck out of me. Bush refused to learn and look at the mess we’re in.

I guess it is no wonder that so many people want Sen. Obama to be our next president. In His 7 years as an Illinois State Senator, He managed to end all crime in Chicago; that’s because He single-handedly, through His charm and grace, made everyone love and respect each other. Illinois’ schools are no longer dilapidated. The graduation rate for the Chicago school system has been greatly improved to 99.9%. Although He did manage to convince the 100 students who did dropout to get their GEDs. The unemployment rate for Illinois improved to just slightly over 0%. And the most MIRACULOUS “change” during His tenure in the Illinois State Senate was the transformation of the Illinois health care system. In His last year in the Illinois State Senate, 2004, not one case of cancer was reported. Not one case of the flu was recorded. No measles! No mumps! No chicken pox! And not even one single case of acne! In fact if it hadn’t been for a handful of individuals dying just prior to their 110th birthdays, there wouldn’t have been any deaths recorded in Illinois that year. So why not vote for Sen. Obama for president so that your community will look just like Chicago! In fact the whole world will look like Chicago–everyone giving and receiving unconditional love and respect!
NOT!

seah
If you can’t see the support that he raises in our ally nations is the best foreign relations tool we could ask for right now considering we need …
their intelligence to fight the terrorists
we need their military to help us get out of Iraq and get back into afghanistan
their lands to support any other conflicts that arise their
their people to want to buy American
their people tof ight muslim extremists in their own countries…
do you not understand that?
Our support from our allies (most importantly the people who elect the leaders in our ally nations) is imploding…imploding.
Go to Europe or asia or south america or Africa
People there (and I have been a lot) will tell yuo they “don’t hate America” they think that America elected a very bad man and were fooled…but depending on this election that will bare out”
that was almost a direct quote from one person I talked to when I was in Norway and Sweden a few months ago…but it was the common statement.
This is not only our election but our allies see this election as a referendum on if we made a mistake electing George W. Bush or we are the same as George W. Bush.

Andy,
The stagnant wages have been SINCE REAGAN. U.S. was prosperous when BILL CLINTON (Democrat, right?) was president.
If you READ McCain’s big speech on economics, you will see Herbert Hoover is not dead, he is just very old and running on the Republican ticket.
Oh, and by the way, McCain accused Obama of not being sufficiently pro free trade (read pro China trade).

This spring the opposing factions in Lebanon went to Doha, Qatar to figure out what to do with the year long stalemate in that country. The result was not to our liking or in our interest: Hezbollah was given veto power over all government decisions.
But here is the part that may interest you: Iran was there. The U.S. was not. Lebanon has one party that is pro-Syrian (read pro-Iran) and the other is supported by the United States and Europe. But we were not invited.
The reason is that Iran’s power has greatly expanded since the invasion of Iraq, and for reasons are easily understood. Iran’s chief adversary in the region was NOT, as you might think, Israel, but their neighbor Iraq, and specifically Saddam Hussein.
When we took out Saddam, Iran found itself free to do whatever they wanted to do. Moreover, Iran greatly accelerated their nuclear bomb development program when Bush a) included them with Iraq in the axis of evil and b) invaded Iraq.
So now we have this hyper-powerful Iran dominating the whole middle east.
QUESTION: Did John McCain think about the consequences of invading Iraq before he voted for it?

“Shouldn’t the next world leader at least know what countries are in the world and where they are located? ”
Shouldn’t the next president of the UNITED STATES know how many states are in the US?
“I don’t know if McCain doesn’t want to learn or he can’t learn. Either way, it scares the heck out of me. Bush refused to learn and look at the mess we’re in.”
Why doesn’t Obama inability to realize the surge was a success scare you? It’s not like it’s a hypothetical situation. Obama’s stuck on his past comments and unwilling to admit a mistake and adjust, just like President Bush did with Rumsfeld’s Iraq policy. Yet, somehow with Obamites, this is a cardinal sin for President Bush but no big deal for Senator Obama?

LOL John. Nice try. If you want to go back and say wages were stagnant since Reagan, then why not go back to Carter (Democrat, right?) when they were falling?
That’s right. Carter’s policy of higher taxes and no new oil capacity caused STAGNATION. Remember that? Huge inflation AND a recession. Let’s see… Who wants to have a policy of higher taxes and obstruction of new oil resources like Carter (a Democrat, right?). Oh, that’s right. Obama! Whoo hoo! Stagnation, here we come!

vote for obama=a big step back to the massive prosperity we had in the 90,s
vote for mccain=a big leap even further into the sewer that bush ahs got us in.
it is very simple if you like the last seven years of str8 into th etoiletr policies then vote mccain if you want the world to respect us again and want good paying jobs and want things to get back to the fantastic 90,s economic times vote obama.

Is this the sort of talk that excites the world?
“Obama said Israelis could be certain of his commitment to Israel’s security by looking at “my deeds.”
“Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don’t obtain a nuclear weapon,” he said.
However, Obama does not serve on the banking committee, and McCain’s campaign seized on the mistake.
“Not only is it not his committee, but he’s not even on the committee, he didn’t vote on the bill, and he had nothing to do with its passage,” McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement issued Wednesday.”
Sounds like Obama’s delusions are starting to take hold of him. No wonder he doesn’t think the Iraq Surge worked! In Obama-world, it probably didn’t!

I watched an ABC interview of Mr. Obama last night that was so slanted to the right it made me sick. The guy doing the interview (I dont know his name because I stopped watching ABC news long ago just as I stopped watching FUX) started off the interview by telling Obama that the majority of those in the USA feel McCain would make a better president…. my jaw hit the ground. How disconnected is ABC anyway? EVERYONE… and I mean EVERYONE I speak with think of McCain and just another gwb… just another totally clueless incompetent from the right-wing out to make good on political promises made to corporate backers.

andy what is more scary than that…
Your inability to see what worked in Iraq.
Do you realize the insurgents were paid and promised positions…
the insurgents like we did with the “freedom fighters” in afghanistan against the Russians were given money and guns and promises of positions of power…
this tactic worked a lttile in Vietnam…that is why Mccain acts like it is going so well.
in afghanistan do you know where those freedom fighters are now?
They are called al qaeda and the taliban and are led by a guy by the name of Osama Bin Laden.
yeah the surge worked with paying off the insurgents usuiing a tactic out of the afghanistan playbook that got us our enemy in the first place…
THAT is why Obama will not say the surge “worked”
because ignorant idiots condsider when we put thousands of troops into an area and throw 200,000,000,000 dollars at the insurgent groups…and guns…
and violence goes down…that that is success.

“O Force One”?!?! Thousands of screaming Germans acting like a mosh pit at a rock concert?!?!
Good grief!
This man is negotiating foreign policy and he is a CANDIDATE, not our President!
Arrogance? Extreme.

“Boy the marketing people missed a big opportunity..Obuma could have sold tons of toothpaste world wide by now…”
No kidding. Obama could be a great spokesman for Teflon. “Hi. I’m Barack Obama. You may remember me from such coronations like the United States Presidency and I support Teflon. I can say whatever I want and change it within hours because like Teflon, nothing sticks!”

Andy,
Can you say OIL SHOCK?
Can you say price controls (Nixon)?
Can you say WIN button (Ford)?
Buy a clue.
You can argue that the oil shock was the result of us providing haven for the Shah. You might even be right. Would John McCain NOT have taken in our ally?

It’s great that at least there aren’t thousands arriving to protest, like they always did against Bush and the neocons. The rest of the world wants to see Obama win because they believe it will return America to its former ways– not an arrogant warmongering nation, but a powerful nation that treats others fairly, listens, negotiates, and makes the world a better place. We have not done that for the last eight years.

This is an eye-witness account from an American Soldier serving in Afghanistan:
I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to ‘The War Zone’. I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram.
As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn’t say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service.
So really he was just here to make a showing for the American’s back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.
I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheer leaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don’t understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.
If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.
In service,
CPT Jeffrey

Andy you would take the money if your country was destroyed and your family was starving and the indurgents were controlling the food.
Get a clue.

Len,
You and John McCain want the United States to have no allies? Personnelly, I think the U.S. needs allies that support us during the fights ahead, and for that we need a president who inspires Europe to respect us once again.
That is the signifigance of the 5 to 1 ratio in European public opinion. They respect Obama.

Capt. Porter,
According to the pictures I saw, Barack shook plenty of soldier’s hands, and they got along with him very well. In fact, they mobbed him, according to most reports.
Wonder why you’re report is so different?
Thanks for your service. Barack will have you home with your family soon.

This is an eyewitness account from an American soldier. He shook my hand and asked me if I missed folks back home. I told him very much so and he told me he would do his best to help all us soldiers get home. Then he walked towards the big tent, but suddenly turned and looked at me and said he’d be praying for all of us. I thought he was a great man, and so did a lot of other soldiers.
In service,
CPT David

Eye witness is like so many putting up an email that has been shown all over the internet and isn’t real by most people who study these…
this is how it goes in the vein of Mccain having an illegitimate chikld and swiftboating
people like “eyewitness” puts up more false spam…
because when Bush won he could only win by scaring the public and tearing down his opponent with the help of lies..

I am in Berlin and going along later to the speech but I really don’t think there will be that much of an audience. I haven’t seen any fliers or posters about this over the past week.

Barak[redacted]Obama should talk about pulling the troops out of Germany immediately. Or does he know enough about the situation to realize they are there?

dl,
You would really take money to stand up against the insurgents if you felt they would win? Knowing full well that if the insurgents found out they would try to kill you and your family?
BTW, don’t try to twist my words and say they were taking money for food or something passive like that. The payments were for their support against the insurgents. Active support. The kind that we would never have gotten if they thought we’d lose.
That’s why the surge worked.
That’s why either it’s foolish that Obama is either too politically stubborn to admit the surge worked and he made a bad judgement call or he just has terrible judgement and is a fool. Your pick, but your propaganda won’t work here.

Andy,
Carter proposed that the CAFE standard be raised to 44 MPG. If it had been enacted we would not be importing oil today.
You cannot change the world price of oil with the piddling 2% of world reserves in the United States. If you draw on this resource over a couple of years, then it is GONE FOREVER. If you pump it out over 20 years, it makes no difference in the price on the world market.
Sorry to interupt your fact free diet.

Everyone keeps questioning Obama’s record and what he’s done. Where as this line of questioning when you voted for Bush. All he did was execute retarded people and fail at running a business in the most profitable industry on the planet(Oil). Pretty good track record, and it carried over into his Presidency. You all say Obama will be the end of the US. If Bush had another term, the peso would catch the dollar, we’d probably go to war with Iran, and he’d continue cutting taxes until the government had no source of revenue because what’s the point, we can just print more money, right?

“O Force One”
I LOVE IT, LOL !!!!!!!

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Dear Captain Wilson,
That is a great story. Actually, I have no doubt that both John McCain and Barack Obama wish you and the other soldiers well.
The quesiton is “which person has the right plan to attain more peace?”
I think Obama is that leader.
I just wish the candidates would focus on the technical aspects of their respective plans and discuss the issues.
I do not appreciate McCain questioning Obama’s patriotism or desire for peace.
Thank you for your service.
IndyVet66

John,
Why did oil drop 10% in the couple days after President Bush dropped the executive ban on offshore drilling? Maybe because increase the supply will lower prices? Sorry to burst your polical bubble with reality. I know that economics were never a socialist stong point.
The smart strategy would be to go after any energy supply we can. Oil, gas, nuclear, wind, solar, all of it. Countries like China and Russia are pursuing that strategy. That’s exactly what McCain wants to do, but Obama’s too tied in to the far left environmentalists lobby to let him think clearly.

Once again, there is a lot of angst from the NeoCons over Obama’s speech in Berlin.
In their eyes, Obama can’t do anything right. If he captured or killed Bin Laden yesterday, they would criticize him today. Funny, eh?
At all events, I’m just happy to see an American Leader who is not hated by people in other countries.
If an observer is trying to pick this event apart, then he or she is missing the point. The Germans (like other people) are looking for more peace and less war. They want to live in a safer world, and most people think Obama can move us in that direction.
And if you thought that Senator Obama’s college events were like rock concerts, check out his reception in Berlin today.
The majority of people in other countries do really like Obama, primarily because he is neither John McCain nor George Bush.
They correctly perceive that McCain will be a continuation of Bush’s foreign interventionist policies – in fact, he intends to advance and exacerbate those failed policies.

It’s been a very good trip for Obama. He’s made all the right moves and had some very good breaks too. But he’s not just a citizen, as he says — he’s a U.S. Senator. Interesting that he overlooks that — maybe because he’s had such negligible impact or record as Senator.

andy
why did oil drop?
ask d cheney and his oil buddies.
it is not because of a legitimate tie betwen bush saying ok.
the oil markets knew Bush would say that.
there not stupid.
oy

For all of you so called “Patriots” who continue to launch insults across party lines thus hiding behind your own manipulated ideologies, maybe “We The People” should start looking ourselves in the mirror and realize that We have the power to change things in this country. We are not the divided masses as our parties and our media would have us believe. The real cancer in this country is neither Republican nor Democrat, it is Washington, D.C. !!!! Regardless of Dem or Rep. as majority or as President, gov’t spending continues to increase each year while “We The People” continue to fight for our party and our owns realities through our maligned perceptions. WE MUST VOTE THE INCUMBENTS OUT OF POWER AND GOOD PEOPLE MUST STAND UP AND START RUNNING FOR OFFICE. We are the second highest corporate taxed country on the planet and only 29% have a college degree! “The only thing evil needs to succeed is for good men and good women to do nothing!” Wake up America!!!! Get educated and get objective!!! FAIR TAX FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!! -Brad the Patriot

Nice to hear that John d is better off now than 8 years ago. That is one enthusiastic NeoCon.
The question is “Are you better off today than you were 8 years ago?
Senator McCain voted with President Bush 95% of the time during the past eight years. So much for being a Maverick.
If you like President Bush and think he has done a good job, then John McCain is your man.
If you’re one of many Americans who thinks that the war in Iraq was a mistake or believe that the Republicans have run the economy into the ground and think that the chaos George Bush and John McCain unleashed in our foreign affairs has something to do with the price of gas at the pump… then you have Bush’s partner John McCain to thank.
No one worked harder than McCain to get Bush elected then reelected.
And no one originally promoted and advocated for the Iraq war than John McCain. John McCain’s original sin was supporting Bush and going to war in the first place. That decision cost of more than $1 Trillion and 4,000 American lives. The economy is in big trouble and McCain now wants to perpetuate Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy.
Again, if you like the results of the past 8 years, then vote for McCain, because you will get more of the same for the next 8 years.
So, are you better off today than you were in 2000?
If not, then I respectfully suggest you vote for Barack Obama in 2008.

This is great He is showing that he is able to handle himself on the international stage. There will be no guessing how the international community will view him if he is elected. plus the americans overseas think it is great. And, yes, he is using campaign money for the European part but the first part in Iraq and Afhganastan was paid for as he went as part of a Senate committee. What is so wrong with him improving the American Image overseas? I don’t underswtand why people are complaining. The world view of us right no is not very favorable. I have heard people say what do we care about the european opinion? We should care very much in an age where it only takes hours not months to get to europe. We are not alone in this world.

Obama has 143 days in the senate. That’s his experience. That’s it (unless you want to count “community organizer”. This guy wants to lead the free world and yet he’s never led anything. No track record. Nothing to say that he has leadership qualities. Good speaker? So what. He couldn’t get beyond an entry level job – if he could get hired for a job at all. Core values are unclear. He can’t command the trust that the President job requires.

Obama can’t please everyone. Spiegel reports on remarks from a moody Le Monde:
“A speech in Berlin, five little hours in Paris.”
I’m just waiting for November so I can vote him in…

As it turns out, Obama can’t complete a sentence without a teleprompter. “Uhhhh, my position has always been, Uhhhhhhhhhh, as I’ve always said, Uhhhhhhh, let me be clear,Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.” This guy is a novice.

Foxnews?
Obama was on Foxnews Sunday with Chris Wallace.

Fear mongering, hate speech, racism etc. can never conceal brilliance.
A majority of Americans want a genuine and intelligent POTUS after the nightmare of the last 8 years.
No amount of raving and ranting will stop us from voting Obama.

I just love to see you all crying for change, isn’t that why you voted the Dem congress in the first place? Two years and what change have they brought? The lowest attendance rate ever in both houses? As far as the economy goes, how was the economy up til about eight months ago? It was smokin hot? DOW at an all time high, more people owning houses than ever, more Americans traveling abroad than ever. Stop crying and ride it out as we have done everytime in history, its when the gov gets involved that things get really bad.
You people need to bring some real issues to the table, the same old rhetoric is not going to sway anybody’s opinion.

Distributing flyers? I thought Obama was supposed to be on Official Senate business.

I can honestly say that for the forst time in my adult life I am NOT proud of my country! We are becoming a joke due to the likes of Obama. He will be the ruin of what is left of this nation. Oh, there’ll be change alright– try welcome to Amerika!

I wonder why Obama won’t be giving a speech from our military base in Germany? You’d think that if he wanted to appear chief-ish, he would visit the 53,000 troops at Ramstien airbase who can actually vote in the next election.

Suggest all here google ‘Bradley Effect’ and read it carefully. It will expalin jsut why the hyper ventilating Obamacons will be so devastated come election day.
LOL, this empty suit has as much chance of being president as i do.

Karen- I appreciate once again your loyalty to party first before loyalty to objectivity. Are you better off now than in 2000? Hmmmm? If I recall, we balanced the budget, reformed welfare, passed NAFTA, lowered taxes as a result of the Contract with America in 1994. Then Prez. Clinton was smart enough to sign such legislation. Now, after the mid-terms in ’06 and Dem. control, we have inflation through the roof, the dollar in the tank, an out of control federal budget, etc…. all thanks to “Change we Could Believe In” by Pelosi and Harry Reid. 11% congressional approval rating. Take off your party lens and put on the lens of patriotism and vote ALL INCUMBENTS OUT OF OFFICE and realize that govt. is the problem not the solution. Read the FAIR TAX book and join the spirited revolution! Brad the Patriot

Mark,
Awesome and significant observation! Why would O’Bama choose to speak to Germans and not American soldiers in Germany?!

a speech at the Victory Column at Tiergaten Park, only Presidents do that!

“The time to vote for McCain…was in 2000″
I agree. If the McCain in 2000 was the same McCain in 2008 he would stand a chance. He basically flip-flopped on all the major issues to please the right and who knows if he will stick by them. No wonder the conservative don’t trust him.

mark – This election is not ALL about the military and the war. I understand McCain and his followers want to make it a one issue election because that’s pretty much all McCain has and that’s not much only continuation of the current miserable policies. Bush was elected based on fear and look what that got us, the absolute worst President in the history of our country.

After returning, I beg Obama will shout to everyone’s ears that please add his 5-day trip to Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Berlin this week to his thin resume on foreign policy. FIVE DAYS?????? HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!
This phony guy can have everything except my vote. The crowd in Berlin won’t go to the polls, Americans will and they are not stupid!

Dear Jane and Dan
And the point is – Please address the issues and do not attack the person. Especially if that person has served in the military.
They have earned the right to advocate for or against the war.
My problem is with the Chicken Hawks who want more war even though they have never sacrificed anything for it.
At all events, stick to the issues. Above all else, Obama and McCain have enough differences that you ought to be able to decide based on their positions and their abilities.
One does not need to engage in character assasination and misrepresentation.

The “surge” itself did not work. It HELPED to totally occupy Iraq.
What DID totally occupy Iraq was the
“surge”, which was lied to us to be only a six-month increase in troops, AND the greater reason for the total occupation, which were those brigades and platoons that were stationed on the borders of urban areas moving into the towns and villages at the cost of more
lives.
Now to sit back and brag that we have arrived at this definition of success is to first say, that “occupation of another country” itself is a “success” and second is to say that the occupation of another country as a result of a war crime invasion of that country is a “success”.
(Easy to forget that second consideration isn’t it?”
Sorry but this WAR CRIME of invading Iraq is, and will always be, TOPIC number ONE.
All other arrangements of verbs and phrases are, and always will be,
sub-topics.
But have fun, within wars battles can be won.

That’s a funny perspective about obama’s popularity in Europe.
Personally, I’m just happy to see an American Leader who is not hated by people in other countries.
If the observer is trying to pick this event apart, then he or she is missing the point.
The Germans (like other people) are looking for more peace and less war.
They want to live in a safer world, and most people think Obama can move us in that direction.
And if you thought that Senator Obama’s college events were like rock concerts, check out his reception in Berlin today.
The majority of people in other countries do really like Obama, primarily because he is neither John McCain nor George Bush.
They correctly perceive that McCain will be a continuation of Bush’s foreign interventionist policies – in fact, he intends to advance and exacerbate those failed policies.

On Obama Berlin fliers:
Note that they were not distributed by Obama’s campaign but by AMERICAN DEMOCRATS IN BERLIN.

“The question is “Are you better off today than you were 8 years ago?” ”
Umm… YES!
The country may not be better off… but I am.

Waw…so many Obama haters…I have a feeling too many people will be in a very bad mood on the 4th of November.

Perhaps my perception is off, but I think it is glaringly obvious that the world is downright hungry for peace and a coming together of the minds to make it so. They are no longer inclined to tolerate hate and war for its sake alone, and thus will very soon not allow it anymore. Just as we Americans do not and will not be sold a bill of goods in order to invade sovereign nations.
That is why the image of Senator Obama travelling the world, in the role of a peacemaker (and not a warmonger) is so appealing.
Repubs, you might just want to try it. Otherwise, any words you say here to persuade anybody differently ring hollow and you will be left behind while the rest of the world, and the US moves forward.

Jed – posting links to rightwing neo-con spin papers is a waste of time and space. They have no relevance due to their obnoxiously obvious slant.

Obama is a crapshoot!!!

Uuhhhhhhhhhhhh, let me be clear, uhhhhhhhhh…my purpose in giving a speech in Berlin, uhhhhhhhh as I’ve always said, uuhhhhhh is to give the impression uhhhhh that I am presidential, uhhhhhhhhhh let me be clear about that.

toothchipper,
ok keep comforting yourself with those words. However, considering that Ramstien is the largest and longest US military installation in history, people may start noticing that he drove right past a major constituency who might deserves some face time maybe just a smidgin more than the Berliners. Of course I do tend to favor Americans. I guess thats the difference between a self serving globalist and a patriot.

Toothchipper55: Congress’ approval rating was just 21% in December 2006 — reflecting the mood of the country which returned the control of Congress back to the Democrats. In January 2007 Congress’ approval rating jumped up to 35% — reflecting the people’s greater expectation of the Democrats. In March 2007 Congress’ approval rating dropped below 30% and it has been steadily dropping ever since. Depending upon the poll, Congress’ approval rating is now between 9% and 14%. The American people are definitely assessing some of the blame for our economic downturn in the past 18 months to the Democratically controlled Congress.
The American people realize that it has been the Democrats’ and the environmentalist’s 30-year policies of banning offshore drilling, blocking drilling on existing leased lands, blocking the building of new refineries and blocking the building of nuclear reactors that has resulted in the near $5 per gallon price for gasoline. The American people are also well aware of the Democrats’ 30 years of advocating that we Americans pay the same price for our gasoline that Europeans pay for theirs–currently $6-$8. Well the Democrats are on the verge of getting THEIR wish!

I am a democrat who, until recently, was an Obama supporter. I find it insulting that during his travels this week he has acted as if he has already won the general election. I don’t recall it taking place yet. His assumption that he will win, his arrogance in meeting with leaders in Europe and the Middle East are nothing more than posturing. I expected more from him. Obama needs to drastically check his ego.
I will now be voting for John McCain. I find his experience, record and courage admirable. He has been honest and straight forward. I simply can’t find an issue upon which to pin Obama down on. I have tried earnestly to support him but he just doesn’t stand for anything. Just when I think he does, he backs down and says whatever makes him look good. He has no record to back him up. At least with McCain, the American people know exactly who and what they’re getting. I now feel that a vote for Obama as President is a dangerous choice. I would like to see him return to the Senate and actually prove himself. Right now, he is an arrogant, inexperienced puppet. What a disappointment.
Perhaps in 2012, he will be ready. At this point in time he simply is not. Play acting is not reality and he needs a good dose of it.

neil wrote:
I believe that she has already spoken to John Edwards about him jumping back on the ticket as VP. John is the man with ethics, morals, and he’s standing by his wife during her time of crisis. He looks good on paper and he’s not a threat.
************
Hey pal, John Edwards was caught at a hotel with a mistress. So much for your “psychic”. She couldn’t see THAT coming?

Just when you thought the right-winged, fox-watching poeple could not become any stupider, you get comments like “America will be fine by itself no matter what the rest of the world thinks”, “Obama is a terrorist”.
Have you guys not been following the financial news recently. America is entering a full-blown recession, maybe even a depression.
Most large financial institutions are increasingly being financed by Sovereign Wealth Funds. That means that as soon as these wealth funds acquire 51+ % of the shares of these companies, they won’t be american companies anymore.
The sovereign wealth funds will use these majority stakes as bargaining chips to control American Public and Foreign policy.
Barrack is at least cozying up with countries that have America’s well being as primary interests. Better Europe be on America’s side then Russia or Saudi Arabia.
I mean, for christs sake, the CANADIAN dollar is higher then the American dollar.

Brad: this is what is wrong with us – demand for instant gratification!! You know that in 2000, we inherited all the bonuses from Clinton and it stayed with us for a couple of years. Then GW started destroying it almost immediately and even the trickle-down effects from Bill dissipated. Nothing happens right away, but in the last years, the rich got richer, paid less in taxes and the rest of us began the slide downhill. Even if Obama is elected, it will definitely take several years for recovery. It will not happen outright, even as we wish it to be. Neither will situations change right away in foreign lands – the damage done by GW and gang will take a long while to be repaired. But isn’t this better than a confused and forgetful old man trying to muddle his way to more damage?? We should not expect anything to turn around as soon as we have a new president, but the odds are good if Obama is elected. As for McSame, you can expect more of a slippery slope downhill, and perhaps even more terror even as he is hoping for one now, which he and his supporters think will greatly boost his chances if it did happen right now.

How refreshing it would be to NOT be hated around the world. I might actually be able to watch a presidential speech and not cringe. His rhetoric will change once he is in the job and reality hits. What I am counting on is his ability and intelligence to surround himself with the brightest and the best and make the best decisions for this country.
If he bungles this opportunity he knows that it will be another 200 years before another African-American dare try for the job. A lot rests on his shoulders and he realizes it.
I am willing to give him a chance. Besides, it is going to take at least 20 years to undo the damage done in the last 8. 1/20/09….maybe church bells will ring..people will throw parties.

Europe loved Gore and Kerry too! Just a Civics 101 reminder… Europeans don’t get to vote in US elections.

Neal1785; Obama has sthe support of most vets. and in Germany today there well be lots of overseas Americans in that crowd. McCain has small town hall meetings because he cannot generate the enthusiasm to fill anything bigger.

Huckabee ’08

James Danley – that’s some spin there, big fella, but if you drilled down in those polls you cite to approval ratings by party, you’ note that the Dems in Congress actually enjoy a higher level of support than both the Congressional Republicans and Bush. It’s the aggregate numbers that’s dragging down Congress’ rating as a whole – basically people are tired of Congress getting steamrolled by and acting as a rubber stamp for Bush. And since the Democratic majority is so thin, most sensible folks see the GOP as the real problem.

I am not an analysts or even qualified to speak about politics except from own perspective. Outside of politics there are a few things I have learned about people.
People don’t want to be wrong. People don’t want there beliefs to be wrong. I too, am guilty of such pride. I believe that I am mostly right, however, when proven wrong, I succumb and lay down, admitting my shortcomings.
I have also been in many fights, both verbal and physical. This just happens and these aren’t right nor wrong. However, when you are losing an argument and must resort to spouting off nonsense, there is no use in continue the altercation – you have lost.
This is simply what I see on all of these political blogs – loss. The right side has lost, but will say whatever it can think of to salvage their share of dignity. In doing so, they retain none of it.
Someone stated that the ousting of both sides would bring about the brightest and truest change in our nation – i agree. Bi-Partisan politics are an insult to the forefathers of democracy and to the great philosopher behind it’s principles. However, many of us are forced to live within these constraints. Rather than work against or each other, we should work with the system. Ideally, this would be our first recourse of action, but god gave us one last trait we hold onto dearly and that is pettiness.

Vanessa,
My change of support did not occur merely over a week’s time. It was a progression which, as a democrat, troubled me greatly.
Obama’s antics this past week simply cemented my decision. I suggest you do some objective research. I wish you well.

Dan-
You have some interesting insight but don’t put so much faith in John Edwards as a man of solid “ethics!” I know that the National Enquirer is not the most reliable source for anything remotely objective, but why are the major media outlets not reporting about his being caught with his supposed mistress and “Love Child” out in LA? Will be interesting to see if any of this is true. The Enquirer is for astrologists and Nancy Reagan types, but you can’t refute cameras and reporters catching him sneaking out the basement of a hotel at 2:30 AM then running for his life to lock himself into a bathroom! If this were a Republican or Mike Huckabee for example, this would be THE #1 STORY IN THE MEDIA right now holding up yet another “Pseudo-Christian” for not holding firm to his “neo-con beliefs.” The secularists would be foaming at the mouth.

CONSTITUTION PARTY!

Kimberly – why do you Obama haters always assume that the rest of us haven’t already done our objective research? I have, and I’ve concluded that I prefer Obama’s policies to those of Mr. McCain. Why can’t you people respect that instead of always trying to smear us as “obamabots”? You aren’t going to win over anyone to your side by insulting their intelligence.

“You know, its not a political rally.”

I don’t know – I think the left underestimates how much the quality of defiance underlies the notion of America and informs America’s perspective on Europe and the rest of the world. I don’t dislike Obama (I’ll be voting for McCain for security reasons) but one way for him to get my back up is to try and bring European opinion to bear in this election. Germany wants Barack? Let Germany import and elect him. Otherwise, there’s a lot of things I disagree with German opinion on and trying to coerce me with things European will certainly harden me against him.
Also – the “worship” level of Obama support has gotten a little frightening. Now he’s going to lower the gas prices (how, exactly?), get all the unemployed people their jobs back (how, exactly?), and zing the economy back into full swing (how, exactly?). And, in the absence of telling us how exactly he’ll do this, we’re just supposed to melt trustingly into his baritone voice and the very idea of Barack Obama.
He’ll lead us out of the wilderness, and we’re supposed to just know this because … because … just because he says it so deeply and smoothly and gets our legs all tangly and stuff.

And yet Obama and his team are also sensitive to being seen as presumptuous, of acting like a president before the people have their say this November.
Apparently not sensitive enough. He’s making a complete fool of himself. Obama’s campaign is tanking faster than the Titanic.

Obama-Hasselhoff ’08!!!!!!!!!!

You guys should be watching CNN. The reporter just said that our national rating has plunged drasticll in the last 8 years. do you really want more of the same? McCain will protect our boarders but we will never beable to hold our head up ouside this country. Maybe we should put a fence u all around our borders and keep everyone out and all us in.

Kimberly says: “I am a democrat who, until recently, was an Obama supporter. I find it insulting that during his travels this week he has acted as if he has already won the general election. I don’t recall it taking place yet. His assumption that he will win, his arrogance in meeting with leaders in Europe and the Middle East are nothing more than posturing. I expected more from him.”
What utter rubbish. You never intended to vote for him anyway. How did you expect him to act on this trip? Like a groveling, insecure, bumbling idiot? Do you have a problem with seeing a presidential candidate act with confidence, intelligence, humility (“They were presidents, I am a citizen”), and self respect on the world stage? Do you have a problem with the fact that he is liked and respected by world leaders? Or you simply have a problem with the fact that he is a black man who is comfortable in his own skin and looks as if he belongs on the world stage and in the White House?

Good thing Barry Obama has his priorities straight. I understand that he canceled his plans to visit U.S. troops in Germany because he allegedly did not have enough time. However, based on the quotes from this article he apparently has enough time to “tour around a little bit.”

After reading this and some other articles and comments heard on TV, it seems to me that the media is just hoping to catch Obama saying something not quite “politically correct” so they can blast him all over the world. Granted, they are giving him good coverage but I think it is a double-edged sword. Good coverage on one side and the hope of a huge slip of the tongue on the other side so they can carry it on to November. No doubt about it folks, the media plays a larger role in our lives that we can imagine. This is one of them, one slip by Obama and if it is up to the media, it will be McCain inthe WH in 2009. God forbid that! Be careful what comes out of your mouth Obama. They will probably play up the “crapshoot” remark to make if look bad.

Obama reminds me of three people: Kennedy, MLK and Reagan. He’s kind of an odd mix of all of them.

You repubs can insult, kick and scream ALL YOU WANT TO.
The bottom line is that most people are SICK of bush and the republican pary’s (mis)handling over the past 7 years. You guys had the opportunity and BLEW IT!!!
This economy SUCKS and this war is a disaster.
McBUSH DOESN’T STAND A CHANCE !!!!!!!!!

magnificent amber – I think you need to read a little about history. Try a simple Google on Democrat, Socialist, Marxist, communist and see what they all have in common. Sice Europe is primarily socialist (nanny states) maybe you will see why Bama is so popular.

You are absolutely right Eric S. I visited Europe just last October. It is a beautiful country that has come a long way. The sad thing is that most places would not accept the dollar because it was on such a steady decline. Even if they charged me that days rate whichmight have been $1.42 to 1 Euro. By the time they would cash the money at the bank, the dollar may have declined even further and they would end up losing out. So they would refuse the dollar. Not only the Europeans have free healthcare, prenant mothers are taken care of once they have their babies as well. So while the mother is at home with her baby right after giving birth, the government gives her financial assistance for a certain amount of time until she returns to work. Yes America can learn a lot from Europe and having a better relationship with them can only make America better.

Apparently not sensitive enough. He’s making a complete fool of himself. Obama’s campaign is tanking faster than the Titanic.
Who says he has made fool of himself? he would be making a fool of himself if noone showed up to hear him speak. And he is not giving a speach at a military base becaue alot of civilians want to here him speak. Do you think that they would let all these civilians on our base? Not Likely? On CNN they just reported that Hispanics (according to the Poll) are overwhelmingly for Obama. Does that sound like he is tanking?

OBAMANOT= A person who is easily confused, easily persuaded, worships rock stars and movie stars, never misses American Idol, lives to text, thinks Kim Jomg il is a new roch band, believes saddam was really not a bad guy, belives the U.S. is whats wrong with the world, and finally, thinks that snail darters are more important than humans.

I just thought of something: didn’t McCain actually goad Obama into this trip? Sorta backfired, don’t you think? I don’t think he’ll be doing that “countdown” thing again anytime soon. Ha!

Hey Fellow Americans!
Look at us sharing ideas, comments and such! We are so lucky to be living in the United States of America!
People all around the world flock here by the millions…Who says we’re not proud?
I’m a PROUD AMERICAN! Go America!

hey Scoob:
McCain reminds me of three people: LBJ, Nixon, and Grandpa Simpson.

Karen ..
Bush inherited the Clinton recession in 2001. This is due to the end of the Dot.Bomb bubble, for which Bubba just happened to be sitting in the Chair. Dims like to think of that as the “good old days.” It was a house of cards, built on companies which had absolutely NO value and yet were recipients of millions of dollars of investment. And Americans lost BILLIONS of dollars in their retirement and investment accounts as a result.
I find it hilarious how left-wingers always want to rewrite history by glorifying Bubba’s economic record!

I wonder how much sleep liberals loose because europeans don’t like America. Just do this. Blame me, a conservative, because I can honestly say in a day in my life I don’t have a moment to spend on worrying about what someone thinks of me. As if you libs could actually convey this so call “pain” you experience because Europeans don’t like “us”.

“crapshoot means the outcome could go one way or the other”

haha, belle. if you’re looking for nice people, don’t look to the media. nevertheless, i think it’s obvious what he means…
we don’t know the outcome yet.

World opinion has a DIRECT and ENORMOUS impact on America economically. It’s extremely important, and we should indeed be losing sleep over it. People don’t do business with people they don’t like. Plain and simple. And that includes countries. Being respected in the world is directly related to the value of our currency and the health of our economy.

My father was a lifer in the service, USAF, I grew up living all over the world. I remember the mental things my father had to go through as a military personnel, and the changes his family went through. I like John McCain, but he has more mental issues, because he was tortured. The wear and tear on his mind and body are beginning to stand out. I think the Rep selected the wrong man to represent the Rep party. We the people are beginning to see things like John McCain not remembering important issues. It would be a terrible mistake to elect him as our next President.
Obama is running circles around McCain.

allen – no, you’re thinking of Bill O’Reilly. Nice try.

Obama the Smart Choice for AMERICA !!
we already had 7yrs of the VILLAGE IDIOT !!!!!!!!

I think what many seem to forget that McCain used to be a media darling. McCain IS a democrat. Obama is a Marxist. Conservatives like myself are totally disgusted that we have to choose between Marxist Man and “Let the Aliens In” Crusader. What Europeans think of us means about as much to me as it means to them about my thoughts on Europe. Why Americans waste their money to travel there is beyond me. It used to be that presidential candidates campaigned in America. Now they campaign abroad to non-voters. Why aren’t Americans offended that BOTH candidates are thumbing their noses at what America wants?

I loved this part of the article:
“…events are clearly being staged with the intention of making voters back in the US comfortable with the notion of Obama as a commander-in-chief, an area where he needs shoring up.”
Isn’t that the whole point of being POTUS? To be “commander-in-chief”?
But hey, don’t let me throw water on this closet socialist’s alleviation of liberal white guilt.

Just Me – how, in your mind, is Obama a “Marxist” exactly? I don’t seem to remember him calling for the overthrow of the state and the rule of the proletariat.

Guilty TV Pleasures of the Candidates:
Obama admits to watching “Sex in the City” occasionally.
McCain watches “Golden Girls” every afternoon before the early bird dinner.

hey Scoob – “you’ll get nothing and like it!”
Classic!

JAY – Europe is a continent not a country. I think your experience may have been different country to country. What do you think the export/import ratio of immigrants is? If Europeans represent everything you hold dear, maybe you should consider migrating.
ALL – What does it matter how the speech/trip goes? Any voter that will be swayed by how many non-US citizens support a candidate needs to have their right to vote revoked.

Why whine about impending socialism for the poor? You have it for the rich right now. Your tax dollars are propping up more millionaires and billionaires than can be counted. Bush is taking your hard earned money and using it to prop up private corporations.

When Senator McCain’s staff gave CBS the exclusive coverage of his mid-East trip in March they ploy was to get those “exclusive” primetime opportunities. That media control comes from the Karl Rove surrogate in charge of McCain’s campaign – Karl Rove was the master at media control and negative advertising. While attempting to distance themselves from Swifties, Karl managed to get the ten second candidate sound-bite of “we don’t think it’s right…” just before the media replayed this negative ads. It’s a new election and Senator Obama’s staff has certainly done something different. What upsets the Republicans more than Obama being warmly received is that the Democrats learned from the kleig lights of Bush in New Orleans before the church, the staged “Mission Accomplished”, the staged McCain visting the troops complete with campaign ads that followed that the media is not exclusive to the Republicans. While McCain’s campaign continued the negative attacks, the Obama campaign continued with the tour (which McCain all but dared him to make hopeful of massive errors) doing quite well on the international stage. And there is a BIG difference in acting like a President (Obama is a Senator who is running against another Senator to become President and the rest of the world gets it) and looking like a President and leader – and Obama is hitting that mark quite comfortably. What is coming out of this tour more than anything – and which the McCain campaign should have anticipated as pure poison for them but went ahead and keep pushing – is Obama’s clear way of explaining his thought process (like his vote against the surge), what he sees as inter-related issues to complex problems and how he takes in views from all sides.

Obama was not elected in the primaries. He failed to win the required majority of delegates. He did not win the popular vote total.

haha, i’m not a liberal. hahaha.
i have not posted one partisan comment yet. check it out from beginning to end before you start making accusations.
hahahaha!

The name of the park is Tiergarten, not “Tiergaten.”
I also wonder if Obama was told that he will be giving his speech at one of the largest gay symbols in Berlin. I’m sure some conservatives would love to latch on to that.

According to the latest estimates from the Guardian and Canadian sources, the crapshoot is loaded. The audience could range from the hundred thousands to possibly a million. Wow! Goes to show you how much the world anticipates a change from the last eight years.

Remember that old commercial advertising some pain pill? “I’m not really a doctor, I just play one on tv.”
Well, let’s update that for Obama. “I’m not really the president, I just play one on tv.”
Take this guy on vacation. He is way “over-exposed”.
p.s., Allen: I love the Ted Baxter reference. In addition to hating his swagger, now I’ll get to listen to that weird cadence of speech he has and be reminded of one of my favorite tv boobs – Ted Baxter.

nando-
Don’t split hairs. The most important, constitutionally sanctioned job for the POTUS is as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. Everything else is icing on the cake.
But I am sure giving speeches on foreign soil “qualifies” him with that experience.

Dan-
I tried using dollars at the frst restaurant I went to. You are right, it isn’t a problem to use dollars in Mexico and by it being my first trip to Europe, I was expecting the same. I had to end up going to a bank and exchange my dollars for Euros. It was also helpful that their ATM’s offered that option as well. While I was over there I also visited Czechoslovakia. This country would not even accept the dollar even though it took about 26 of their Koruna to equal one dollar. They refused it for the same reason and that is the dollars decline. However, they would take the Euro. The way we’re going Mexico may start refusing the dollar.

Did I miss it or do we still have an election to vote for President????????? It seems to me that the arrogant, egotistical and inexperienced BO is acting like he has already won! Give me a break! He not only hasn’t won but the polls taken after he started his victory tour in Europe have McCain and Obama exactly the same 47 to 41 as it was in May and June??? Why??????????????????????? Maybe Because we have had a belly of the media telling us who to vote for and are reading between the lines on BO and we don’t like what we see!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How does a person with no substance give a “substantive” speech?

DJ – can you back up your silly taunts with facts or am I just supposed to take your word for it. Meanwhile, here in the real world, “Bubble” or not, the Clinton economy was still a heckuva lot stronger than the Bush economy – which was also based on a bubble. A housing bubble, in case you missed it. Slice it and dice it any way you like, but Clinton still presided over the second largest peacetime expansion of the US economy in history. While Bush has Presided over the largest increase in income inequality and the largest slide of Americans below the poverty line since the 1930s.
As for the rest of your rant, are you seriously unaware that Bush’s war debt – borrowing money from China and other international lenders to pay the$10 million/day tab for the Iraq war – has tanked the value of the dollar on the international market? Do you really not understand how that precipitated the margin calls for US lending institutions that precipiatated the credit crisis?
Get a clue, dude.

Politicgirl – well it seems to me that you’re just jealous that Obama’s campaign isn’t as tired, lame and boring as old man McCain’s. lol

obama will be president and that is just the way it will be

Lisa Again…Let me answer you the best I can. First your take on Obama supports using words of old etc. are selective posts and remarks YOU make. There are hundreds of us who are trying our best to show the differences in these two candidates and when we do we are attacked as “star gazers” or stupid liberals akin to socialists or even today Marxists. They will happen on both sides, but let me direct your attention to my post earlier when I stated that Senator Obama has remarked with respect about Senator McCains service and Senate service. Yesterday Senator McCain said Obama would rather lose the war than the campaign – which is just the same as saying he’d rather see young men and women die in vain rather than lose the White House. Offensive – that’s not the word I’d truly like to use. Obviously Senator McCain did not listen to Senator Obama respond to Terry Moran when asked if he won’t to win in Iraq – a response that not only included yes, but included why it was important (with emphasis as being one front) on the global war on terror. That understanding is seen in the Middle East and indeed in Europe where the global war on terror is not single-minded and focuses on Iraq singularly as the neo-cons have made it (of course absent the token less troops in Afganistan that NY city policement). I see what you are saying – but those of us who fervently believe that John McCain is Bush in a different suit (since he voted the Bush agenda 90% of the time) and promises to continue domestic issues of the conservative line (appoint Judges to overturn Roe v Wade, maintain Bush’s tax favors to the wealthy, not get rid of the tax loop holes for foreign offshore operations etc. etc.) we do tend to be a bit touchy – but NOTHING compared to the lothsome negative Karl Rove surrogate campaign being developed under McCain. If you’re upset – I suggest you look into the other side for vile contemptable remarks and action.

Biblical Allusions to the Candidates:
Some people liken Obama to the Messiah.
Some people liken McCain to Methuselah.
McCane in 2000!

STOP ABUSING THE 25th AMENDMENT NOW!
Appointed vice-presidents are illegal and need to stop now! The 25th amendment allows for appointment of a new vice-president when the spot is vacant. The spot is NEVER vacant after a presidential election because the runner-up candidate is officially the VP elect, at that point. Running mates are a scam, and abuse the right given to the executive through the 25th amendment.
Stop the executive monopoly that the Dems and Reps put on the executive office. Bring back electable VP’s NOW!!!

How old is the air you breathe?
How old is the water you drink?
How old is the earth in a peach?
Even a newborn baby is very old.
Why won’t Obama debate McCain?

To be a great president, as opposed to a caretaker or worse, one must be a true leader, possessing the ability to inspire and motivate.
Whatever else one may think of him, Obama has these qualities in spades. McCain does not and never will.
Watch Obama hit the ball out of the park and into the next town today.
But, rather than taking the opportunity to post another rant about how Obama is the Muslim sleeper Black Panther candidate brought to us by Osama bin Laden and Satan, why not instead (1) appreciate the man’s skills, and (2) give some thought to posting intelligent comments criticizing specific positions on issues.
?You know, many of us Obamites do not agree with a number of his positions, For example, some of us would support drilling provided it was part of a bona fide long term energy independence plan, and if it was allowed only to the extent all the economic benefits went to us as opposed to selling it on the world market and getting our people chump change in savings despite our bearing all the costs and risks i.e. not a pander.
There are a lot of conservative Obama voters who are voting that way because they are white-hot mad over the gross incompetence (or worse) of the morons in the White House in how the war on terror is being fought, ignoring the immigration issue because they want cheap labor pools for their rich friends, wild deficit spending, etc etc.
Why not focus the debate on real issues to support clear thinking and good decisions on specific issues regardless of who wins this election?

I can see the history books 30 years from now. How did America become a Socialist state? Because the majority voted for the guy that looked cool, could dance, had a 300 person PR team funded by some of the richest power hungry people in the country, preached hope for change to things that were not broken. While the other candidate was old, boring, and has only been in a job he was consistently reelected to do for over 25 years. Nice to see how the MTV generation has come to age!

obama is not a socialist—but that siad thsi nation could use some socialism added to its corrput capitalist society… we need to car emore about thsoe with less and big business needs to pay better or we will crumble

Stephen Friedland – Remember Bama did offer to debate in the town hall forum with McCain, he offered once on July 4th at 9:00 PM (Libs – thats the time patriotic people who actually love their country watch fireworks). This is no joke he really had the nerve for this.
Bama runs hard and fast anytime he is not allowed to use the teleprompter on live TV without David Axlerods lips stuck to his ear.

Friedland: “Why won’t Obama debate McCain?” you ask. First – after the conventions. Second – they are appearing before the conventions at joint spots (speaking before or after one another) but not in the debate format which is proper. Lastly – why after the conventions? Simple – and you should do some quick Rep and Dem google work – the must run on the party platform which is released at the convention and of course supported by the candidate and their VP selections. You want Obama to debate McCain now? I wouldn’t, your candidate is not even aware of the some of the party plank conditions. But since McCain pushed and pushed for Obama to do the tour, I think pushing and pushing might actually work for Obama on this too – so push some more since you seem determined to lose.
Posted by: Stephen Friedland

Dan – you call the ill-informed misinformation you’ve been posting “facts”? Calling Obama a “socialist” and ranting about socialized medicine aren’t facts, Dan. They’re opinions – and pretty stupid ones at that. Nice try, dude.

How ironic….the venue for the speech….Tiergarten, German for “The Zoo”…….

Billdo Clownton wrote:
I’ll take the rock star president, please. Thank you.
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That’s exactly the kind of thinking that got George W. Bush elected over a “wooden” Al Gore and an “academic” John Kerry.
Frankly, Obama’s just George W. Bush redux, only this time with darker skin. Just insert “Axelrod” for “Rove,” and you can do the whole last eight years over again!
This time around, why don’t you vote for substance over style and vote for McCain?

As usual here I am with the facts jack – Obama’s socialist backing goes back at least to 1996, when he received the endorsement of the Chicago branch of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for an Illinois state senate seat. Later, the Chicago DSA newsletter reported that Obama, as a state senator, showed up to eulogize Saul Mendelson, one of the “champions” of “Chicago’s democratic left” and a long-time socialist activist. Obama’s stint as a “community organizer” in Chicago has gotten some attention, but his relationship with the DSA socialists, who groomed and backed him, has been generally ignored.

Hey Dan, I’m really sorry, which facts would you like?

Dan – please get facts right when trying to attack….Obama does not have a 300 person PR team. He has a 300 person foreign relations advisory group – something refreshing since 300 people will surely be able to present different views, opinions, research, thoughts and guidance….unlike the neo-con agenda set in place before the election of 2000 that led to a war of choice. But a 300 person PR team wouldn’t be a bad idea and I think there are enough people in PR here in New York City that might like the chance….I’ll propose it at one of our next Obama 08 meetings. Thanks!

JIMBO – sorry Jimbo, turn on Rush and get a fix. Now you know what it was like to have Swift Boat Ads run on television during prime time denegrating Kerry or mud slinging Karl Rove ads against Max Clellan a multiple purple heart award serviceman. But you see there IS A DIFFERENCE….all that crap was negative and ugly and we have a young man from Illinois representing some of the best of this nation – while some of the best serve daily in a war of choice. Sorry – upset, turn on Rush and get a fix (perhaps literally if you can).

Hey -
Did you Republicans hear about this?
A massive oil spill in the Mississippi forced McClown to cancell his appearance in the Gulf Coast of Lousiana yesterday, where he was scheduled to speak on an OIL RIG and whine about how need more OFFSHORE DRILLING and how SAFE and ENVIORNMENTALLY FRIENDLY it was.

Hey Scoob I can see the history books now- How on earth did America twice elect an unintelligent, mindless ape who threw the country into an illegal war and devalued the currency to the point where it wasn’t accepted in Europe?
Tell me about the illegal war that congress approved and the UN has sanctioned? The Al Q that was not in Iraq (maybe you would rather we fight them in Atlanta Ga.?) or your world travels were you could not spend your $$ milk money (an earlier post I promptly debunked to shame).

I think the three-pointer at the military base is qualification all by itself. Did you see that thing? Sweet!

Hey Malinche ..
In case you missed it, the Bush administration HAS been talking with Iraqi diplomats for several years now. Bush is at least wise enough to know that a president doesn’t sit down knee-to-knee with a malevolent dictator and sing “Kum-ba-yah!” We handled the N Korean situation in the same manner: via diplomats. Not direct talks with our President which does nothing but legitimize the tyrant!
Obama isn’t smart enough to figure this out! Instead, he says that Iran “is a tiny Country” which doesn’t threaten us. Incompetence at its finest.

Billdo Clownton – yeah, that’s a real pressing issue facing the nation. Good luck with that…
Posted by: jimbrowski | Jul 24, 2008 12:34:29 PM
It’s unfortunate that you put gas prices and welfare over liberty. George Washington and John Adams would be proud.

The Indonesian language is known as “Bahasa Indonesia”, not “Bahasi Indonesian”.

Dan – there you go again, confusing your opinions with facts. You really are a legend in your own mind, aren’t you? Too funny…

Funny they should caption Obama’s speech “A crapshoot”.
So which side of his mouth is he going to roll the dice from this time?
When he and his propaganda team (New York media) get done with their junket, are they going to start addressing anything of substance, or is it just going to be more idol worship all the way through November?

“My German is not real good,” he said.
Looks like his English isn’t that good, either.

I have to laugh at the McSame lovers that swallow the talking point that Obama is running for Carters second term!
Which of the talk radio idiots came up with that lame slogan?
You have to admire the rightwingers ability to blind themselves to reality, or do you?

Um, Ken? How do you think the oil gets from the drilling platforms to the refineries? By magic carpet? Here’s a hint: most of it doesn’t go by pipeline.
Duh.
Meanwhile, mischaracterizing and lying about Obama’s energy plan doesn’t detract from the fact that McSame has NO energy plan except to let the energy companies continue to write our national energy policy while reaping windfall profits.
Nice try, doofus.

Your right but it was a Liberian tanker it struck. Still doe not change the rebuttle much though. If it was drilled and piped as it should be (like Alask) it would have less chance finding itself in the water. Besides you going to blame the oil spill on GWB or McCain too? Is Bama going to liberate our energy requirements when he bring us world peace too?

Obama said he was shocked in an earlier statement about how many people were going to be at his rally in Berlin. I could not believe it when I heard that. For months his staff has wanted the speech using the Brandenburg Gate as a back drop setting for his speech. There are posters all over Berlin advertising his speech and now Obama and his Staff are playing down the importance of the speech, stating that it is not political? Strange I thought, not political, then why is he giving the speech if he is just on a fact finding trip a trip I was told to listen to others and gather information. Sounds like old bait and switch to me with a new twist. Well Mr. Obama you are not my president and I do not have Media blinders on my eyes, your arrogance is obvious no matter how much you try to convince us that you are truly humble and the peddler of change.

And Kevin why would you be so gleeful over an oil or fuel spill?

Wasn’t deregulation the slogan of the conservatives and the republican party? Look what it has done to the banking system, housing market, and the economy in general. When are you going to take responsiblity for your actions?

Dan – why do you have such unrealistic expectations of Obama? Very strange.
Meanwhile, you’re missing the obvious point – McCain was forced to cancel a photo op in front of an oil rig where he was going to make another silly plea for offshore drilling. This latest accident only underscores the very real enviornmental dangers of offshore drilling and makes a mockery of McCain’s BS that it’s all perfectly safe.
McCain got very lucky that nobody is paying much attention to his campaign anymore, otherwise this would have been a major, major embarassment.
But keep on spinnin’ dude – it’s hillarious to watch.

“My German is not real good,” he said. “I can speak Bahasi Indonesian but I don’t think…there would be a lot of appeal to that.”
I thought Senator Obama just said that he did not speak a foreigh language.. I guess he forgot that he spoke Bahasi Indonesian

Questions for Obama?
Why do you have time to give a speech to German’s, but can fit it in your schedule to accept an open invitation from the families in Ft. Hood to do a town hall debate with McCain?
I am an undecided voter – and I would like to see McCain and Obama answer unscripted questions from “real people”. It is beginning to appear that Obama is afraid to do this.

Obama is hoping to look “Kennedy like”, period. That was why the push for the Bradenburg Gate, and for settling on Victory Column, a symbol of German military domination. The sight was chosen by the Obama campaign because Bradenburg Gate is a backdrop. “It was the best we could do to get as close to the setting where Kennedy delivered his famous “Isch bin ein Berliner” speech.” said an informed source wishing anonymity.
Even though Merkel is with Obama in the “photo-op”, it was her concern about the appropriateness of the Brandenburg venue that sparked the changed. The German Chancellor “expressed doubts about an Obama appearance, reminding everyone that this was principally a political, not a diplomatic, visit by a man who is not yet president. “Newsweek, July 18, 2008
Unprecedented is Obama’s handling of the media and information output. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was the one journalist with the courage to name what she was actually seeing happen: Obama faking even being interviewed by the press.

If I were to suggest two places for anyone to go on a short visit to Belin.
The first: Checkpoint Charlie and the museum. Doesn’t take long and capsulizes people’s desire to be free
The second: Potsdam and the meeting place of Truman, Churchill and Stalin plus the old KGB headquarters. Right out of a Charles Addams cartoon

So what language is Obama speaking in Berlin? He better be delivering his entire speech in German after that nonsense about Americans need to learn other languages.

“Obama noted that in a break from his whirlwind schedule, “we’ve got some down time tonight. What are you guys gonna do in Berlin? Huh? Huh? You guys got any big. plans? …I’ve never been to Berlin, so…I would love to tour around a little bit.”
Sure, he didn’t have time to make his scheduled visit to the German military bases; but touring around? Of course that stays in the schedule.
Good to know. Speeches for Germany and France (his next 5-hour stop in Paris), touring around… all more important than speaking at a military base.
And hey, fliers for his speech, paid for by his campaign, so he can “look presidential” doesn’t mean it’s a political rally.
But it does look, swim, and quack; so pardon me for thinking it might be a duck.
Well, off to his next political rally in France. How many Electoral College votes does Europe get again?

billy bob – where did you get that I was “hellbent on using alternative fuels”?
All I said was that McCain’s promotion of offshore drilling isn’t much of a solution to our energy problems.
I never said I was anti-gasoline.
You seem to be a bit hysterical. Maybe you should stop overreacting to what people don’t say and pay attention to what the do say.

Janet – wrong. McCain cancelled the event before the storm was upgraded to a hurricane. He cancelled because of the oil spill. His campaign team already admitted as much, then tried to backtrack and claim the hurricane as cover. Nice try.

“NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was the one journalist with the courage to name what she was actually seeing happen: Obama faking even being interviewed by the press.”

I LOVE OBAMA!!!!!!!!! HE IS GOING TO WIN AND IM GONNA LAUGH AT ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just Me – Wrong. Obama is not a Marxist, no matter how many times you repeat this BS it’s still untrue. Go look up what Marxism actually is and get back to us.

Obama is not even the nominee of his party yet – the media had to pull a fast one counting superdelegates to convince us that he “clinched” the nomination – when in fact no candidate did.
All this “emperor of the world” with the media in tow is embarrassing. What I want to know – did he give ou nicknames yet and which do you like best – his, or Bush’s?

There’s something indescribably cheap about this privileged hothouse flower, coming straight from his mob-bought mansion, calling for “sustained sacrifice”.

“All this “emperor of the world” with the media in tow is embarrassing.”

“Let’s tamp down expectations here,” Obama said. “If we get a few tens of thousands…”
“”"”blink, blink”"”"”
so is that like 40K, 60k, 70k…and what will draw them? the ROCK BANDS playing there as fronts for him or his fluff…in addition to the fliers announcing the second coming, will his camp also distribute translated versions of his fluff…

Obama On Tonight’s Berlin Speech: “A Crapshoot”
yep, that’s what the Democratic PRESUMPTIVE nominee is, a crapshoot: something that has an unpredictable outcome (webster’s). A gamble.

obama himself is the one who called the speech a crapshoot. the article says this.
he, himself, knows this type of activity in a foreign country is a gamble. it can have either a positive or negative impact with the American people…the people that will vote for or against him.
interesting…

There is no way in he&l that I am voting for Obama. And there are many like me… he’s not a sure thing liberals!

what will you do after you finish laughing? probably serve me the fries i ordered.

Seriously, thank you Jake for sharing a well balanced blog taking directly from Obama himself.
Obama is really proving to the world that he is indeed a class act through and through. And he’s a good example of what America represents.
This makes little man Napolian McCain look like a school kid.

“Obama has 143 days in the senate. That’s his experience. That’s it (unless you want to count “community organizer”. This guy wants to lead the free world and yet he’s never led anything. No track record. Nothing to say that he has leadership qualities. Good speaker? So what. He couldn’t get beyond an entry level job – if he could get hired for a job at all. Core values are unclear. He can’t command the trust that the President job requires.”
Obama has no clue when it comes to the economy. Ben Stein was on Kimmel las 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 supporters believe he has it all worked out, and he carries on like he does. But it is just like his health care plan. He gave a speech in Raliegh yesterday, pulled Elizabeth Edwards up on stage and told the audience that he was going to contact her at sometime in the future and the two of them were going to sit down and figure this health care policy thing out. He has been running for President for a year and a half now he claims and he doesn’t even know what his health care plan is? Apparently he thinks if he says health care for everyone, that it wioll just happen. And what qualifies Elizabeth Edwards to develop this policy? Maybe she, or Caroline Kennedy, when she’s not writing a cookbook or picking vp candidates, can help him out with his economic policies too. All through the primaries, I kept asking Obama supporters exactly what his polciies are and none of them could tell me. The reason why is he doesn’t know himself.
Obama has the worst track record of all 3 candidates when it comes to getting back to the Senate to vote – he’s missed more votes than either McCain or Hillary. Kind of makes you think he only wanted that Senate seat as a stepping stone to the presidency.

The spectacle of the obuma rally is that a community leader/activist is a frontrunner for Our President’s seat.
It is an embarrassment to our country.
Who does this obuma really think he is……
to keep all his promises during the campaign—he will be raising taxes, and lowering our National security and promising Billions of aid to Africa and every other 3rd world counties….
it’s like voting in a boyscout leader as a General to our Armed Forces.

Case and point:
Imagine you are in high school. (From the looks of things in here, it shouldn’t be hard for many of you)
Would you vote a Freshman into the Senior Class President position simply because a Senior wrote him a good speech?
Case and Point.

CFB-Tell you what. You keep Bush and his 6 years experience as TX Governor. I’ll take, Obama’s 2 years in the Senate, (and Lincoln’s 2 years in the House).

So wait Max–how does the claim that this nation is in horrible economic condition make a 1.5 year US Senator qualified to be president? Riiiiight.

Would Barack Obama have gone to Berlin to give the speech he gave today if he had not defeated Senator Hillary Clinton—-the answer is clearly no. Obama says he came as a citizen and not as a candidate for the Presidency yet he gives a “campaign speech”. His speech was nothing special, just big words and actually not well put. “I know that I don’t look like the Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city” obviously referring to the “race issue”. “The journey that led me here is improbable”, is what he is saying unlikely and unbelievable because I am from America where they have racism there. Is he telling the people of Berlin and the world if I do not win the Election it is because there is racism in America? Is that the message that he is sending to the world, not that he is inexperienced, young, with an ego the size of Mount Olympics. “That is why America cannot turn inward. That is why Europe cannot turn inward. America has no better partner than Europe.” Well America has many Allies that have stood and fought with us for freedom, giving the nod to Europe as the best is offensive to the other countries that maybe aren’t as big as Europe, but gave sacrifices and stood by America. Very disappointed in what I see and hear from a candidate that has not been elected by the people, and for the people—meaning he shouldn’t be representing America’s interests to all of these people with first being Elected by America.

RC ATL: I just don’t understand how anybody who voted for John Kerry could consider it a pleasant possibility that Obama loses. There is no question that someone with Obama’s ideals and John Kerry’s experience would be a great president. But you have a simple choice between two options, and I can’t see that “simply measured experience” is the prevailing factor. The policies of these two candidates couldn’t be further apart. And McCain’s policies are an economic and foreign policy disaster (i.e. one that has proven itself disastrous over 8 years), while Obama’s policies promise a fresh approach to responsibility, government, and equality in this country.
What 4th amendment issue are you blaming him for, warrant-less wire taps? Guantanamo?

The fact is Obama is intelligent and has run a stellar campaign. He’s worked the system to his advantage and in ways no one has ever seen. He’s innovative and knows how to run his business.
McCain has no idea what a Sunni is, he doesn’t know which country’s border Iraq and yesterday talked about a Sunni sheik who was protected by the ‘surge’ and helped lead the Anbar Awakening that was actually assassinated by al-Qaeda in midst of the fighting.
I don’t want another ill informed, idiotic man in office again after that useless disaster Bush finally leaves office.

I cannot help but get emotional every time I read about, hear or see this guy.
Are we being fully aware that we are touching history?
A B-L-A-C-K man representing USA, and being idolatred by the way, at Germany?
Obama is such a fresh breath of air that gives me the chill. I never saw him altered in any way, or out of control, or answering unthoughtfully.
Of course this is shallow anecdotical, what is important is his policies, so I say, OMG, what a turn of events!
America, the mythical Phoenix of great beauty, to burn itself on an interminable funeral Bushian-pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years, an emblem of immortality, of reborn idealism and hope!

Why would Obama be campaigning in Europe? When was the last time that a European leader felt the need to win over a non-electorate in a presidential race?
And for all of you out there who think that Obama is so eloquent – have you not heard the Obama-isms? Bush is bad, for sure. Take Obama away from his teleprompter, and see what you’re left with. Ask for a specific answer to a specific question, and it’s even worse!
I’m no McCain fan, either, so I’m feeling rather disheartened by all of this. I just don’t care what the Germans think, when it comes to sovereignly electing our own leaders.

A BUNCH OF WINERS, THATS WHAT MOST OF YOU COME ACROSS AS….. MCCAIN HAS NO CHANCE TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY BECAUSE BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SCREWED IT UP SO MUCH….IT’S TIME TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY, TAKE BACK OUR CIVIL RIGHTS..

Iamforthiscountry wrote:
Also – the “worship” level of Obama support has gotten a little frightening. Now he’s going to lower the gas prices (how, exactly?), get all the unemployed people their jobs back (how, exactly?), and zing the economy back into full swing (how, exactly?). And, in the absence of telling us how exactly he’ll do this, we’re just supposed to melt trustingly into his baritone voice and the very idea of Barack Obama.
Um, can you tell me what McLame will do with these same questions? You all ask how will Obama do it but NEVER say what McCain will do better and how.

wow a crowd of 200,000
mccain hasn’t got that much people together in every event in both 2000 and 2008 campaigns and maybe even senate rallies combined. And this was in a foreign country to boot.
Just give up mccain save your wife’s money

He is so full of himself it is making nauseas.

I am a white 76 year old with a master’s degree in history from Indiana University. Barack appeals to the higher educated & intellectual voters.The reason for his poll ratings is that he does not appeal to the poor who loathe the idea of an African American running their country. Instead, they will vote for a fraud who tries to impress upon us that he’s a war hero because he refused early release from prison – if he had accepted it, he’d have been court martialed & his family would be disgraced even more due to his arrogance & astounding ignorance while at the naval academy. He NEVER would have been admitted if his daddy hadn’t been an admiral.

Ich bin ein Beginner – NOBAMA NO WAY

“My German is not real good,” he said. “I can speak Bahasi Indonesian but I don’t think…there would be a lot of appeal to that.”
In his speech to LaRaza, he said he was embarassed that he did not learn any languages when he was growing up.
Which is it?

m e brooks:
I agree with you. However, I also believe that this plan has been in the works for a long time. Americans are kept fat, dumb and happy by our Government beginning with our schools. Our Constitution guarantees a Republican form of government; yet our schools for a long time have been spreading the lie that we are a Democracy and majority rules. I was taught this and believed it until recently, when I read our Constitution. Even our President is spreading Democracy around the world. We need a President who will restore our Republic and our sovereignty.

The spectacle of the obuma rally is that a community leader/activist is a frontrunner for Our President’s seat.
It is an embarrassment to our country.
Who does this obuma really think he is……
to keep all his promises during the campaign—he will be raising taxes, and lowering our National security and promising Billions of aid to Africa and every other 3rd world counties….
it’s like voting in a boyscout leader as a General to our Armed Forces.
Posted by: carpenter.nyc | Jul 24, 2008 2:42:28 PM
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Love your post…I find Obuma to be sly like a fox and as stupid as a rock!

Obama has missed his calling. He should go to HOllywood because he is a bigger actor than Ronald Reagan. He is a big theatrical bag of nonsense and full of fluff. I am voting for McCain in November!

Sounds like what Hitler said. Are you into all this new Nazi stuff?