Obama Plays Down Significance of Foreign Trip

Obama is now going to be talking about the economy every day from now until the election.
He is meeting with economic gurus tomorrow including William Buffet to discuse how to improve the economy in the short-term.
Then Obama will be going on a bus tour in Ohio and then Iowa to discuss “It’s the economy, stupid” with voters.
Enough about the surge, time horizons, and Berlin. It’s time for the ECONOMY!!

Tamrya,
That’s right, let’s shift attention away from Iraq as it is clear that Obama called it wrong.
And I think you meant WARREN BUFFETT. Hopefully Buffett will talk some sense into Obama and tell him you don’t double capital gains during a recession!

Mary, Let’s look at the two most blatant lies in your post:
Lie #1: “a waste of taxpayers dollars for political purposes”
Truth: The days spent in Iraq and Afghanistan were part of his job and no more than McCain and dozens of other Senators not running have done. The days spent in Israel and Europe were entirely paid for by the Obama campaign, not the taxpayer.
Lie #2: “He was too selfish to even visit wounded American troops.” It has been pretty clearly hashed out in the media that the Pentagon threw up blocks to his visit to the wounded troops in Germany. If it was a matter of selfishness, he would have never put it on the schedule to start with nor would he have spent as much time visiting active troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

ja: Why do people have to lie to attack Obama? He has NEVER proposed doubling the capital gains tax. He is on record as stating: “I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton, which was the 28 percent. I would — and my guess would be it would be significantly lower than that.”
When you throw out easily disproven lies it taints your actual arguments.

Yeah, the decision not to visit the wounded troops has been thoroughly analyzed. He was told he could come, but without his entourage. Now come on, you don’t expect Rock Star Obama to give up some time to visit the wouunded troops when he had reporters and crowds of Europeans waiting to touch the hem of his garments, do ya????

I donno if you don’t like other people actually LIKING America, but I thought his speech was awesome and made me feel really good about being American and having him represent us

jhw539, Senator Obama’s Most Excellent
Adventure was a campaign event … from start to finish. You can’t spend a few hours in Afghanistan and then “know it all”. It was a media blitz trip … and a most excellent taxpayer funded adventure.

It’s amazing that people are even talking about this trip in a negative way. As far as I’m concerned, McCain made an issue about it because he has nothing else to talk about. Sadly, McCain is acting like a loser. Also, Americans should be happy that Europe gave Obama so much press. Frankly, we need to realize we need Europe more than we do any other single country. America we are not the only people in the world. Therefore, stop making an issue about a non issue.

Curious: For the trip made by Senator Obama the taxpayers did not pay for three TV news anchors and a plane load of campaign staff. They flew on a plane chartered by his campaign (or maybe the anchors were sent by their networks – not sure on that). That the taxpayer paid for any of that is a lie.
The issue of the visit in Germany has been well publicized, there is no point arguing it with partisans here. It should be emphasized that Obama NEVER wanted to take cameras or media with him on the visit – he is a Senator who has visited wounded trips before, with no media or pictures, and he is flat opposed to using wounded vets for campaign purposes. The Pentagon clearly stated that his visit would be viewed as a campaign stop and he doesn’t make vets campaign props, so he scrapped it.

FACT: McCain supported this war from the beginning. No?
FACT: McCain opposed veteran benefits increase. No?
FACT: The instructor that completed McCain’s training called him one of the worst students he’s ever had (look it up) and called him a clown. No? Just read this:
“”http://www.freedomunderground.org/view.php?v=3&t=3&aid=25070″”
McCain = scary clown.

Obama wants camera everywhere he goes to follow him, even basketball court.

Question for you: Repeating the lie isn’t going to get people to believe you, it is just going to make you look like a liar. Senator Obama’s trips to Israel and Europe was fully funded by his campaign. That was the entire basis of the Germany hospital brouhaha – his travel was paid for exclusively by his campaign.
Do note that the trip to Afghanistan and Iraq was taken without the media or his campaign staff. It was taken with a small congressional delegation and – as Senator McCain took great pains to point out – was an expected part of Obama’s job in the Senate.

The McBush campaign is PATHETIC!!!!

It’s just the green-eyed monster coming from McSame! Will he be claiming next that he was really the one responsible for “freeing” Bettancourt from FARC?? Why did he have the “audacity” to even raise ht issue of NAFTA with Colombia? After all, McSame is only a senator, so why did he have to travel to foreign countries to enhance his foreign experience. Now that Obama has shown that he is much more successful on the world stage, the jealousy is rearing its head. McSame should be ashamed of himself and he is showing all his bitterness and vindictiveness even as he proclaims that he is just the sort of leader that America does not need.

Mccain thought it was a matter of HOW LONG. Obama taught him a lesson that it was not how long but HOW WELL.

Proof why we need to elect the Messiah in November. May the Obamessiah bless us all.

Folks love to attack success especially when it is not their own success. McCain is an honorable man as is Obama. Both are due respect and worth listening too. Right now I think Senator Obama has the issues, priorities and solutions right. We are many months away and much can still change. Why don’t we listen and ask questions, instead of attacking? We would all learn a lot and serve our democracy well.

Folks love to attack success especially when it is not their own success. McCain is an honorable man as is Obama. Both are due respect and worth listening too. Right now I think Senator Obama has the issues, priorities and solutions right. We are many months away and much can still change. Why don’t we listen and ask questions, instead of attacking? We would all learn a lot and serve our democracy well.

Folks love to attack success especially when it is not their own success. McCain is an honorable man as is Obama. Both are due respect and worth listening too. Right now I think Senator Obama has the issues, priorities and solutions right. We are many months away and much can still change. Why don’t we listen and ask questions, instead of attacking? We would all learn a lot and serve our democracy well.

A citizen of the World? Well, hell, then, Mr. Teflon, I guess I can’t vote for you….I am only a citizen of one country called the United States of America…….stages big rallies like a Socialist…..thinks like a Socialist…talks like a Socialist…gotta be a Socialist.
Obama’s Internet Working Group: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY WITH ONE OF YOUR RATHER OBVIOUS RETORTS….DON’T WANNA B SHIPPED OFF TO SIBERIA, DO YOU?

The Republicans have squandered all their credibility by wholeheartedly endorsing the administration’s policy to invade Iraq. Even after it became clear that there were no WMDs to be found in Iraq not a single Republican leader (except for a handful of honest souls) voiced their opposition to the war and continued occupation. McCain’s policy of continuing until victory adds insult to injury and takes all for fools. What foreign policy expertise can they claim after having botched up Iraq and making the biggest blunder in recent history? It is time we overhaul our government and send all new faces up to Washington. Even people with zero experience cannot do more harm to our country than what has been done in the last few years.

Did anybody watch Obama when he didn’t have a teleprompter last week?? He stutters more than anybody. He must know that his disciples in the media don’t show all of his mistakes. He’s an embarassment to this country.

Sen. Obama definitely looked more presidential that McCain and he had something of substance to say as well. As a vet of over 21 years admittedly, I was disappointed that he didn’t visit the wounded troops while in Germany, but some of my buddies still on active duty over there were so impressed and pleased with his stops to see them and spend time talking to them in Iraq and Afghanistan. If you have been keeping your ears open you realize that Sen. Obama has already visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed. If a person is going to weigh the entire presidential campaign and Sen. Obama’s ability to lead because of this one event, then obviously those are individual who like McCain are just desperate to fine something- ANYTHING to attack him with. If that is the most they can do then that clearly tells me that they (McCain) has nothing of substance to say against him really. Remember, it was McCain who threw out the gauntlet by attacking him for not having made the trip, well now that he’s made it he’s attacking him for going. What kind of sense does that make? What does that tell you about McCain? The fact is most foreign nations see McCain as just more of BUSH, the man who has done more to hurt America’s standing in the world than any other president in history. I would have had more respect for McCain if he had at any point been honest and been congratulatory with respect to Obama’s trip. But I forgot we are talking about a politician who is sticking with the OLD FASHIONED form of politics, which is focus on everything but the real issues. Play on the emotions of the people and make that the real campaign issue.

You liberals make me sick. You’ve all been brainwashed. They mix up that kool-aid for you yet? In a perfect world you’d all be face down in the dirt.
McCain ’08

JustJoe – The phrase “citizens of the world” was also used by both Presidents Kennedy and Reagan in their speeches given in Berlin.
Tawny

One-in-three Muslim students, privileged enough and bright enough to attend some of the United Kingdom’s best universities endorse killing in the name of Islam.
http://www.muslimsforobama.com
They support Obama. Should you?
One-in-three Muslim students, privileged enough and bright enough to attend some of the United Kingdom’s best universities endorse killing in the name of Islam.
http://www.muslimsforobama.com
They support Obama. Should you?

A word of caution–when quoting articles, etc to back up your views, ALWAYS CONSIDER THE SOURCE.
Just my thoughts
catydorr2242
http://www.freedomunderground.org/view.php?v=3&t=3&aid=25070

I love how the media failed to tell everybody that there was a big ass free concert before his speech in Berlin.

Go drink your kool-aid AMERICAN PATRIOT. You’re a joke.

same 3 g.o.p lies repeated over and over and over……what?…… talking points from o’rielly havent arrived yet?

Now we are going into Obama Circus Act 2. He has spoken about investing billions in programs related to alternative source of energy to limit and eventually end our dependance on foreign oil. The problem is, O refuses to explain how will he fund this dream. I am all for ending this vicious cycle of oil dependence, but want an energy policy that will makes things better in the long term, not just pretty talk. Bottom line is, seems like the messiah is just a regular politician while claiming he is all about change. What a travesty.

neither do you ryan.

Mary,
“Waste of taxpayer dollars”? You must be slow…

A lot of the critics styling Obama as ‘inexperienced’ are obviously victims of America’s low standard of education.
1. A Lawyer of the top University is going to be a QUICK STUDY.
2. Lawyer of the top University (who spent quality time modeling the world with his above average intellect) should not need 20 years in Washington to figure it out.
3. All McCain’t years of Washington experience did not prevent him from blundering into the UNPROVOKED and costly Iraq bush war, which mass murdered hundreds of thousands of INNOCENT Iraqis and Americans.
4. A lot of Washington experience coupled with lack of VISION, lack of good JUDGMENT and lack of good DECISION MAKING have converge in McCain substandard intellect to cause:
a) Being asleep in the months prior to 911, even with adequate warnings.
b) Taking the eye off on the maniac muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan
c) Starting an UNPROVOKED and costly Iraq bush war, which HAS NOT benefited Americans.
d) Run up the national debt — like Reaganomics
e) Tanking the US economy.
f) Creating a debacle in the interest rates and housing market — like Reaganomics
5. McCainomics = Bushonomics = Reaganoics = Debt to American economy!

I love the trip.. I thought it showed how desperate the World is to see America take a new direction… They seem to embrace Obama, meanwhile McCain took the same trip and recieved no wheres near the same respect…
Personally I’d trust our Allies perception over blind mice republicans
McCain is a senile old coot who will do nothing to better this country. Anyone who actually believes McCain has somethng positive to bring is fool.

PhillyPaul: Please elaborate on “the insinuation that racism” has been made anywhere other than by you. Provide a single fact supporting that naked slander.
When Obama refers to the success of the trip, he was referring to having no gaffes in front of the media, a group Senator McCain is quoted as calling “my base” while talking with Newsweek Magazine’s Evan Thomas in 2005. (Oops – sorry, I know that you guys don’t like facts.)

american patriot
we don’t worship Obama…
we are enthusiastic and empowered because we hate the policies that got us here…Obama actually will change those policies and get us at least heading back to being the country we were…
and if we could we would tell McCain with all his threats to overseas like Cheney…to SHUT UP.
Just as we see the light at the end of the tunnel McCain wants to inflame a bad situation worse and blow the end of the tunnel up. ugh

How am I an inbred TRUTHISHERE?? You probably don’t even know what I’m talking about when I say “kool-aid” I guess only inbreds went to history class. Idiot.

INBREDS SHOULD STOP REPRODUCING…. GO BACK TO THE BOONIES ANDDIE OFF ALREADY… SHEESH.
OBAMA 08′

ryan AND THAT BIG ASS CONCERT WAS THE CELEBRATION FOR HIM BEING THERE SO WHY DID THEY STAY AND WAVE FLAGS?? WHY DIDNT THEY LEAVE??? THATS FOX NEWS TALK!!!!

Sorry AMERICAN PATRIOT, you’d be surprised what I’ve seen some Obama supporters say. They really do think he’s perfect.
McCain ’08

McCain is an absolute EMBARASSMENT. He is inarticulate, inept, forgetful, whiny, condescending and an absolute jerk. Jis envy, jealousy and petty behaviour are all too consuming.

Shyla Swamy – Wow…you really don’t like McCain!!!
What’s your opinion on Obama’s policies? Do you think he is perfect? Are you a follower of the Obamessiah?

Obama is only downplaying the trip because it went so poorly with the American people. The Obama camp and the media can glorify the whole experience as much as they want, but it came off as an egocentric tour. The whole rock tour had Obama’s arrogance on centerstage.

Ryan
yuo don’t want to talk about pissed off candidates there is one candidate who has shown time and time again…
he handles one question well …ask him to explain an inane answer…and you’ll see those edges…
the same ones he’s famous for.
Obama is the most level-headed politician we have seen in a long long time. Mccain thinks it’s okay to joke about bombing other countries…yeah … the frat boy cowboy bologne…”look cold military political Daddy I became President” …candidacies…
we just went through that after we picked the funny tough guy…who just kept talking touch and pointing the finger at the other candidate saying “look he’ll raise your taxes…and he’s arrogant!”
enough…
fool America once shame on you
fool America twice shame on us
fool America a third time and get us to go to war…shame on an eventual approximate 750,000 lives gone.
fool America a fourth time …
not going to happen.
throw the bums out.

TIME FOR THE REPUBLICAN WARMONGERS TO GET OUT OF THE WHIT HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HOPE ANN COLTURE GETS ABROOM SHOVED UP HER VA-JAYJAY-TODAY. SHE SHOULD NOT PRODUCE OFFSPRING EITHER!

Ryan
you don’t want to talk about pissed off candidates there is one candidate who has shown time and time again…
he handles one question well …ask him to explain an inane answer…and you’ll see those edges…
the same ones he’s famous for.
Obama is the most level-headed politician we have seen in a long long time. Mccain thinks it’s okay to joke about bombing other countries…yeah … the frat boy cowboy bologne…”look cold military political Daddy I became President” …candidacies…
we just went through that after we picked the funny tough guy…who just kept talking tough and pointing the finger at the other candidate saying “look he’ll raise your taxes…and he’s arrogant!”
enough…
fool America once shame on you
fool America twice shame on us
fool America a third time and get us to go to war…shame on the fact (I should’ve said) an eventual approximate 750,000 lives gone.
fool America a fourth time …
not going to happen.
throw the bums out.

“To “JHW” You are pretty much wrong when you say that Sen. Barack Obama never claimed that he was planning on doubling the capital gains tax. He plans to, except for 2 minor % points.”
Yes, rather than increasing it by 100%, (you offer the unsubstantiated claim that) he is proposing increasing it by *up to* 66%. !00%… 66%… I guess that is a minor difference in Republican Math.
“It now stands at 15%. Barack plans to raise it to 25% to 28%. His own words.”
A more recent cite I found that was his “own words” gave the range of 20-25%. That was in the March 28th NY Post. Is his more recent proposal to put it up to 25-28% quoted?
“Do your research before you decide to defend the indefensible. Barack hasn’t a clue what to do as President.”
The range of 20-25% has the support of Warren Buffet. It is also lower than during many economically successful periods in the past (how conservative of him – proposing policy that has been proven to work). When it comes to defending economic policy, I trust Warren Buffet and historical fact just a hair more in these matters than PhillyPaul. Sorry.

Jim wrote, “You are all hypnotized by the media spin. McCain’s phrase “audacity of hopelessness” was about Obama getting the surge wrong. It worked. Without it, American would still be in deep waters in Iraq.” ++++ Jim, the “surge” did NOT work. “The Awakening” where we armed and pay Sunni Sheiks $300/month per man greatly reduced deaths months before we increased troops and the agreement Iran arranged with al-Sadr’s men for a cease-fire worked first. Finally, please don’t fall for the idea the a temporary decrease in deaths is the measure of the surge working. The “surge” is shorthand for Gen. Keane’s “Clear, Hold, Build” strategy. The measure of working is supposed to be the re-BUILDing of the economy. So the surge has NOT worked.

TIME FOR THE REPUBLICAN WARMONGERS TO GET OUT OF THE WHIT HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah! And lets elect Obama so he can invade Pakistan and start a nuclear war! If you haven’t noticed your peace loving savior has turned quite hawkish. Anything for a vote.

Angie – what other wars did we start? Some history:
Afghanistan – get rid of a terrorist goverment that tortured and killed women (like yourself) and to capture and kill Al Qaeda.
Iraq – Depose of a brutal, genocidial maniac who used CHEMICAL WEAPONS on his own people. Give iraqis the opportunity for freedom.
What other wars did we start?

ryan listen up fox news lover that is their BIG SLOGAN KOOLAID PLEASE ANYBODY WHO WATCHES THE FAKE NEWS IS JUST AS TWISTED AND SICK MINDED AS THE PEOPLE AT FOX DID anyone here the new one out of scott mccellan and how fox news and the bush admin tied together and how bush used fox news to report his lies so goes to tell you what fox news is about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mack: Don’t lie. Obama has stated how he will fund his dream – a partial return to the slightly higher upper tax brackets used with such success during the Clinton/Gingrich (Congress are the guys who set taxes, so they should get a hair of credit) era. Senator Obama has and is taking flak for having the honestly to lay out in pretty detailed policy papers on his website not only the goodies he is promising, but how he would actually pay for them.
McCain on the other hand has not stated how he would fund his massive dream – extending the Bush tax cuts that were made to expire because if they were permanent the absurd level of projected debt they would result in made them laughable. After big-government Bush with his all-Republican Congress accomplices, I find it amazing that actual conservatives are letting McCain get away with this hollow ‘put tax cuts on the credit card’ campaign line.

Fellow republicans, lets put the country before party and vote for obama. We have seen what our party has done for the last seven years with a president who had the help of a republican Congress and the Senate.

TRUTHISHERE – I HOPE ANN COLTURE GETS ABROOM SHOVED UP HER VA-JAYJAY-TODAY. SHE SHOULD NOT PRODUCE OFFSPRING EITHER!
Wow! So you want Ann Coulter to be raped? You want physical harm to happen to people you don’t agree with? I can’t believe you support rape of a person who has different viewpoints than you. Wow.

As a Republicain, Obama did a great job and should be congratulated, as a true American. let’s unite and stop the fight!

TRUTHISHERE, stop talking trash and answer a damn question. Obama supporters are the most cowardly immature group of punks you’ll ever see. You can make no points. Just jokes, just like your “Golden Child”

“Jim, the “surge” did NOT work.”
The surge didn’t work because Barry says it didn’t. He only sees what he wants to see. Kind of like his mentor of 20 years.

Fellow republicans, lets put the country before party and vote for obama. We have seen what our party has done for the last seven years with a president who had the help of a republican Congress and the Senate.

Obama has already tried to raised everyone making over $32,000 an year taxes. Is it really any wonder how any of his new programs will be funded? How many of us are going to pay more in taxes under Obama? Try just about everyone. Kool-aid drinkers for Obama, everyone else that can actually think vote for anyone but Obama.

Senator Obama’s entourage to Iraq and Afghanistan was indeed a waste of taxpayer’s dollars because he had come out with his policy statement about these two countries before his trip. He should have waited to make his policy
decisions.
It is a shame that Obama supporters are not more informed about facts.

AMERICAN PATRIOT anyone who agreed to the war in iraq killing innocent people including our brave men and woman and innocent iraqi civilians KNOWING IT WAS A LIE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO STILL SUPPORT IT LIKE YOUR CRAZY OLD CANIDATE THAT WANTS TO STAY 100 YEARS YES THEY ARE WARMONGERS AND WITH MCCAINS BOMB BOMB IRAN WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT????????????????

@ AMERICUS PATRIOTUS:
WOW…IVE SEEN IT ALL…. A CONSERVATIVE PATRIOT WHO DOESN’T WANT TO HARM OTHERS BASED ON THERE BELIEFS???? DO TELL! (SMH)

Mary, Obama supporters refuse to educate themselves. The truth doesn’t agree with them. I’ve asked almost a dozen Obama supporters to explain (or lookup) where the whole “kool-aid” phrase originated from. They refuse to look it up. History scares them.

PhillyPaul: “Simple “JHW” – Barack states himself that he is “Puzzled” at the criticism leveled at him, simply because Sen. John McCain made the same trip”. His owns words. In fact, Sen. John McCain was criticized at various times during his overseas trips, by reporters and Barack alike.”
Really? He was criticized *for the mere act of taking the trip* as a campaign gesture – the VERY VERY specifically defined issue Senator Obama was referring to in you quote? Cite please.
“So, not only is Barack wrong, but he throws out a falsehood with his expected answer being, “Sen. John McCain is not being criticized because he is older and white”. Barack is adept at planting the racism seed and hoping Americans will be too stupid to notice exactly what he is doing. ”
I’m letting that stand alone. It’s breathtaking to suggest that any time Senator Obama points out unequal treatment (being attacked for merely making the trip, not for any errors or mistakes made on the trip) he is accusing people of racism. I suppose McCain is accusing the press of ageism with his much louder accusations of the press being in love with Obama? Or perhaps he’s accusing the press of ‘hating whitie’? That must be it, the subtext is OBVIOUS to me now. It’s not an attempt to make a factual arguement, it’s playing the race card.
I see no point arguing with such a powerful self-persecution complex as that.

It’s pretty sad that Obama had to call him on this instead of the media who spread McCains vitriol.

Obama is just so arrogant. To paraphrase I remember John Kennedy and He’s no John Kennedy. So now he’s on to the economy and you are all “over” Iraq but what he’s not expounding on and you’re not listening to are his plans long term for Iraq or for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. He will have his own wars all the time telling us how he is doing it better. He wants to be president but says his job is to hire good people to advise him on what to do. This is what happens when people get in over their heads, they make bad decisions and you can’t change their minds. Just ask George Bush. He surrounded himself with “good” people who told him what to do and look where we are. Wether you want to see them or not there many similarities between Bush and Obama right down to if your not with us your against us and if your not with us your a racist. Every time an Obama supporter writes that he loses voters, you might want to keep that in mind.

–PhillyPaul–How right you are. Obama seems confused without his pre-written script and teleprompter. Or maybe he needed some beauty-sleep.

“To “JHW” only a true knee-jerk liberal Barack “follower” could conclude that a 20-25% capital gains tax is better than a 15% capital gains tax. You are grasping at straws, trying in vain to defend the indefensible.”
Yup, me and that ignorant liberal Warren Buffet. And the historical performance of the economy during periods with a higher capital gains tax rate (and the correspondingly lower national debt, lower interest burden and stronger dollar). It’s such a knee jerk response to listen to successful experts in such matters and consider facts and recorded history.

Well at least Mccain wont raise taxes as much as Obama will. Go hide your wallet because Obama is coming for it baby!!!!!!!!

TRUTHISHERE, you’re a common disciple of Obama. You make no points, you just talk trash. I’ve asked you several questions and you refuse to answer them.

come on! how can anybody with half a brain not see how this country is slipping fast into economic disaster..and you all keep nagging about really silly stuff..those who are card carrying kkks cant be turned anyway..they dont represent any majority anywhere exept in podunk

ryan can you explain just what we are winning in iraq dont you think its time to give that country back to them WE CANNOT STAY FOREVER!!!!!!!!

It is important that we thank Obama for a new positive image for America in the world, an image that can better stick with Obama as president. The chemistry of foreign affairs has never worked for Mccain because he is not smart!The french leader held a press conference with Obama.A reception usually meant for world leaders,he also made it clear like the other leaders that he will better work with Obama.
On the other hand Bush and the GOPs tried to screw Obama´s trip but without success!First Bush instructed all embassies not to offer sen.Obama any assistant in the trip! Secondly,they used the pentagon to prevent an Obama´s visit to marines in hospital in Germany,telling him it will be deemed political! Since Mccain has no solution to any issue and all he does is attack Obama here and there without substance. Obama was right not to make that visit but defer it to the future!
Mccain should stop being anti women and go to school of elementary economics if his old brain can absorb anything at all.He said he needs education on economy, and can´t operate personal computers to write common emails.If there is no roboters like liebermann clse to whisper to him, he can never be able to address any amount of people.Shame!That shows Mccain is not ready for this job! White collar workers are whiners,Americans are complainers etc. Mccain is clearly out of touch,his wife said she only flys on private jet because “there are no roads in Arizona”.Spends about 800,000.00 monthly on privacies alone! No wonder Mccain is out of touch!

Obama supporters are the dumbest people I’ve ever seen. I shouldn’t expect much from them though. Just look at their “Messiah” No experience, No morals, No policies and no spine.
McCain/Guiliani ’08

Why is someone using my name posting bullshit!! Dont fight it McCain “O8″!!

Mary, Obama’s campaign was not a “waste of taxpayer money” as you put it because it was not funded by the taxpayers. It was funded by his campaign which in turn is funded by personal donations, many in small dollar amounts, NOT taxpayer money. Please stop saying that, is it is fundamentally, categorically, and substantively a LIE. Thx.

American Patriot: Please understand the issues before posting something so completely irrational. We are not claiming that Obama is the messiah. It is the deluded Republicam supporters of McBush who say that because you have no proper arguement to offer. So, you do what an ignorant bully does: Just indulge in gratuitous name calling. McBush has not one single coherent thought in his brain. He doesn’t know the difference between Shia and Sunni, thinks Iraq and Pakistan share a border and thinks Czekhoslavakia is still a country. Read the artice by Horovitz from the Jerusalem Post and he has described McCain as a lightweight and Obama as thoughtful. And Foriegn Policy is supposed to be McCain’s strong suit. If he is so inept in an area he claims expertise in can you imagine him on the economy.

dl I know these poor mccain supporters so desperate and scared they have resorted to stealing user names the poor things!!!

Love child and mistress claims hit Edwards!! This loser has a wife with cancer and is busted cheating on his wife!!

SEN.OBAMA 2008!

John Edwards Meets Mistress and Love Child in Hotel: Hides in hotel bathroom!! LMFAO!!

dl
there getting sadder and sadder i kinda feel for them

Challenges await Barack Obama at home!
ya think?

mccain supporters mainly argue like little ryan here..thats a great consiliation for me..i truly believe in the visdom of the people and ryan is NOT a represetative figure of the people..more a fringe figure highschool dropout

ryan probaly is not even old enough to vote yet!!!!

So what is the problem with criticizing Mr Barack? He refused to visit th eveterans becuase no cameras were allowed. BARACK insulting the troups again! we are tired of this antiamerican rethoric of this idiot who
knows nothing about nothing and is the sweetheart of the chicago machine=mafia
I am no McCain fan but I relay dislike this crook barack obama.

When Obama gets done patting himself on the back, maybe he`ll explain how his trip went “really well”
As a politician, he new in advance exactly what to say at each stop and said it. Big deal.
Apparently though, he is a fast learner. He noted in his interview with Tom Brokaw on Meet the Press this morning that he was pleased to see how well Angela Merkel of Germany understood the situation in Afghanistan. One trip and already he`s the expert and she`s …..?
Still curious as why the press hasn`t asked him how he came up with a 16 mo. timetable for withdrawal at the same time, 18 mo.`s ago, that he said the surge would make things in Iraq worse! Didnt he also say in the primarie`s debates that he could not gurantee that all the troops would be out by 2013?

((((ATTENTION)))))
((((((ALERT)))))))
RYAN: IVE DEBATED ON THIS SITE FAR TOO MANY TIMES WITH NEO-CON THINKERS SUCH AS YOURSELF. 90% OF YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM IS BASED ON LIES ANDDISTORTION OF TRUTHS… YOUR ARGUMENTS REPRESENT HALF-TRUTHS DISGUISED AS SIMPLEINQUIRIES… I MERELY SKIM THE BLOGGS AND “CRACK JOKES” ON THOSE I SEE FIT.
HINT: IF YOU ASK A QUESTION THAT DESERVES AN HONEST RESPONSE… PERHAPS YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE AND I WILL EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH TO ENTERTAIN YOUR TWISTED ,HALF-BIGGOTED, HALF-IGNORANT THOUGHTS… BUT UNTIL THEN…
OBAMA 08′ —-OWNED! ; )

Hey Ryan im just another fruit cake in the tank for Obama. I know my post look silly as i think the same. Im just having fun post bullsh!t.

get over this like..dislike thing…do you think mccain LIKE you?
the question is..who can fix this mess?
the mr moreofthesame ..think not…obama is your only other option

RYAN
I belive it was some kind of evil drink way back when and if you drank it you would die am i correct???

What is outrageous is that JOHN McCAIN voted TO GO to war in Iraq, but when it came down to voting for the SOLDIERS TO GET THE PROPER EQUIPMENT THEY NEEDED TO STAY SAFE ON THE BATTLEFIELD, JOHN McCAIN HAS VOTED “AGAINST” DOING THAT.
HERE ARE HE FACTS: AS THEY APPEAR IN “TIME MAGAZINE”
*McCain Voted “AGAINST” providing $360 Million for Armored Vehicles for Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. OBAMA VOTED “FOR” PROVIDING SOLDIERS WITH ARMORED VEHICLES.
*In 2005, McCain voted “AGAINST” providing $360.8 million for armored tactical wheeled vehicles for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. OBAMA VOTED “FOR” PROVIDING ARMORED TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES FOR UNITS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN.
*In 2005, McCain voted “AGAINST” providing $5 million dollars to establish ballistics engineering research centers to advance knowledge and application to improve the safety of Land-Based Military Vehicles.
OBAMA VOTED “FOR” PROVIDING MONEY FOR RESEARCH WHICH WOULD MAKE LAND BASED MILITARY VEHICLE SAFER FOR SOLDIERS.
*McCain Voted TWICE “FOR” Keeping Capital Gains Tax Cuts, Rather Than Using the Savings to Replace or Repair Equipment for Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. OBAMA VOTED TO END CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUTS AND USE THE SAVINGS TO REPAIR AND REPLACE EQUIPMENT FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN.
— THE FACT IS JOHN McCAIN SEEMS TO HAVE NO PROBLEMS AT ALL SENDING OUR TROOPS INTO WAR (EVEN SAID HE WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, EVEN KNOWING THAT THE IRAQ WAR WAS ASED ON FALSE, AND FAULTY INFORMATION), IF THAT WAS NOT TRAGIC ENOUGH, ADD TO THAT THE FACT THAT JOHN McCAIN HAS VOTED “AGAINST” GIVING THESE SOLDIERS THE PROPER EQUIPMENT THEY NEED TO STAY
SAFE ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

Ryan… Did you actually say morals? Ask Senator McCain about his morals when it comes to his vows in marriage. And since you honestly believe Senator McCain has this enormous amount of experience, experience doing what? He retired from the Navy as a Captain, commanding a flight training command? That’s a lot of experience leading troops into combat. Answer this question; why did it take the GOP nearly 3 decades to consider McCain presidential?

Thi was a one week photo-op, smile and say “cheese”. What a fake…

Looks like the TRUTH IS HERE.
Has Obama weened himself of his cigarette/nicotine (subsitute for crack smoking) addiction?

Looking at the page, Ryan’s first two posts:
“Did anybody watch Obama when he didn’t have a teleprompter last week?? He stutters more than anybody. He must know that his disciples in the media don’t show all of his mistakes. He’s an embarassment to this country.”
“You liberals make me sick. You’ve all been brainwashed. They mix up that kool-aid for you yet? In a perfect world you’d all be face down in the dirt. ”
He is a troll folks, a kid talking trash to see how many people he can get to reply. No questions, no facts, no point. Ignore him and he’ll go away – it’s not like his vapid taunts will impact anyone’s opinion.

P.S. HOW IS 1 BRAINWASHED BY A PRESIDENT WHOCOULDNT SPELL ELECTION, IF YOU SPOTTED HIM THE E…L….E…C….T…..I…& THE O????
AT LEAST I AM BEING BRAINWASHED BY 1 WHO GRADUATED FROM HARVARD 1 OF THEW TOP LAW SCHOOLS IN THE NATION….WHICH MEANS I WILL KNOW WHAT HE KNOWS.
OBAMA 08′

Mcbush and Carl Rove have nothing left to do but try and smear Obama. For the last 8 years this country has been robbed with billions disappearing in Iraq. We again were robbed with billions disappearing in the housing market. We again were robbed with billions disappearing in overseas jobs. We again were robbed with billions disappearing into the pockets of the oil corporations. The republican leadership could not even find in their greed little hearts to help the distressed in this country with their overcharged heating bills. If you would like to continue this trend simply vote for Mcbush. I am very tired of this and I am ready for a change. He may not be perfect but at least he is a change for the better. I am voting for Obama.

daggul – Right. So if McCain were in the same spot at the same time instead of Obama there still would have been 200,000 people there? And actually cheering him? Please. You’re on crack if you believe that. Obama is the best option for America and the whole world realizes it. Something like 80% of people in Europe prefer Obama to McCain. And as far as the troop visit goes? Gimme a break. The pentagon c*ck blocked him from going. And anyway, at least he voted for the G.I. Bill in the Senate, which McCain dubbed “too generous.” Stingy old bastard.

THAT’S RIGHT NECON MORONS. IF OBAMA TELLS US TO SMOKE CRACK WE WILL!!! WE WILL FOLLOW HIM TO THE GATES OF HELL WITH PIPES IN HAND IF HE ASKS US!

Will Obama be using Hillary’s economy plan? He doesn’t have an original idea to his name.

All that Mcbush and Carl Rove have left is to try and smear Obama. This country has been robbed with billions disappearing in Iraq. We again were robbed with billions disappearing in the housing market. We again were robbed with billions disappearing in overseas jobs. We again were robbed with billions disappearing into the pockets of the oil corporations. The republican leadership can’t even find it in their greedy little hearts to help distressed Americans with their over charged heating bills. If you would like to continue this trend simply vote for Mcbush. I am very tired of this and I am ready for a change. He may not be perfect but at least he is a change for the better. I am voting for Obama.

US CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE IN CONSERVING CONDOMS… SO WE ENGAGE IN ANAL SEX WITH
WARMONGERS AND CONQUER FAROFF LANDS TO SEE HOW MUCH MORE ANAL PILAGING WE CAN MANIFEST!!!!! WHOS WITH ME!!!!!!
(CRICKETS) CRICKETS)

caliguy55 – I don’t even think McCain will come within 100 electoral votes of Obama.

July 27, 2008
Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, McCain 40%
Third day with Obama holding a significant lead over McCain
• USA
• Election 2008
• Gallup Daily
• Americas
• Northern America
PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama now leads John McCain among national registered voters by a 49% to 40% margin in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 24-26.
__________________________________________________________
July 26, 2008
Gallup Daily: Obama Retains Lead, 48% to 41%
Second day with Obama holding a significant lead over McCain
• USA
• Election 2008
• Gallup Daily
• Americas
• Northern America
PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama has stretched his lead over John McCain among national registered voters to seven percentage points, 48% to 41%, in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 23-25.
__________________________________________________________
This is why McSame is becoming such a pathetic figure. Obama will beat him into the ground come November. And, McSame knows there isn’t anything he can do to stop it. McSame’s attacks will become even more negative as the election approaches. But, these attacks will only prove that McSame is devoid of any ideas as to how to clean up the mess left by the Bush/Cheney Administration. Obama 08!!!

Oren G: If Obama does not have an original idea to his name, who did he steal the idea of video taping interrogations and confessions in serious crimes from? That idea originated with him and, although initially everyone from the Police Officers Union to the Governor opposed it, he addressed concerns, built a consensus agreement and passed it so successfully that the Governor reversed course and went ahead and signed it into law. That was an original idea and an amazing show of bipartisan lawmaking to address a real need, long before he had any sort of media spotlight.
If you want to know about either candidate, you have to look far beyond the commercials and soundbites. At least read each of their websites to get a bit of real info.

I vote for policy, not personality. America has suffered much because too many of us vote as if we were selecting a Sunday School teacher. I don’t give a frick about looks, gender, race or age. I do watch out for religious freaks trying to gain office. Bush and the Whore of Babylon have run our nation for the last 8 years.
I swear, if Satan were on stage with McCain and Obama, he’d be the one to say Jesus the most and you’d hear those good Christians say, “I’m voting for the guy with the red horns, he says Jesus the most.”

Former Iraqi prime minister: “We have failed”
Fri, 07/25/2008 – 2:02pm
Appearing today at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former Iraqi Prime Minister and serving parliamentarian Ayad Allawi stressed that the security gains of the “surge” are only temporary. The surge “did succeed from a military point of view,” he told a small group of reporters before the event, but he emphasized that its gains could evaporate unless political reconciliation follows. “The first issue is reconciliation,” he said in the public session. But sitting down with his “friends” such as current President Jalal Talabani won’t do the trick. “We need to sit with those people who have been disenfranchised,” he said. “Except for terrorists.”
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9357

Ok the surge work! Lets move on already. McCain sounds like he started a forest fire and finally put it out after millions of acres are burnt….then pat himself on the back and loose the bigger picture. The war in Iraq was wrong from day one.

Obama did more to create good will with other leaders than Bush did in almost 8 years. McCain should stop crying and whining and start doing or he will be forgotten.

Jesse in Florida-
Great Post, don’t tell Obama, but there is no presidnt of Europe. Obma can run his mouth in Europe and give a break.

Hello All,
It’s sad to see that the Political discource in America has become so hostile.
The bottom line is this…..any working person who is not independently wealthy who votes Republican….is NOT voting his / her pocket book. Period. They have become skilled at getting you to believe that “big taxes and big government are the liberal way”….however, look at the Reagan years….and the Bush years…big and bigger taxes and government….and the average working American is in the tank. So if you believe their propaganda…..shame on you!
Obama ’08

caliguy55: If Obama’s trip was such a success and “Obama will beat ‘McSame’ into the ground come November”, then the Resmussen poll, along with the Gallup poll would show Obama ahead by at least 17 points wouldn’t they? Instead the Rasmussen poll shows the polls tightening. Obama only leads McCain by about 2% now.
At the very least, McCain did not get a German audience cheering by apologizing for America.
When McCain visited wounded soldiers he did so to console them, not make it into a political media spectacle the way Obama was planning. Obama cancelled when he found out he wasn’t ALLOWED to bring the press with him and turn it into a political media spectacle.

caliguy55: If Obama’s trip was such a success and “Obama will beat ‘McSame’ into the ground come November”, then the Resmussen poll, along with the Gallup poll would show Obama ahead by at least 17 points wouldn’t they? Instead the Rasmussen poll shows the polls tightening. Obama only leads McCain by about 2% now.
At the very least, McCain did not get a German audience cheering by apologizing for America.
When McCain visited wounded soldiers he did so to console them, not make it into a political media spectacle the way Obama was planning. Obama cancelled when he found out he wasn’t ALLOWED to bring the press with him and turn it into a political media spectacle.

I like that “president of europe”, Obama has the gift of eternal talk. The big problem, he doesn’t have a clue.

You may not remember, but German citizens do. They remember Murat Kurnaz, a young man detained and tortured at Guantanamo for 5 years, even though he did NOT have terrorist connections and was released in 2006. And they also remember Khalid el-Masri, a German citizen who was part of an “unfortunate mix-up” when US intelligence kidnapped him and flew him to a Black Site in Afghanistan where he also was tortured. Europe sees McCain as a continuation of Bush’s neo-con “Cowboy” policies. They are offended at McCain’s dismissal of Obama’s speech in Berlin, mocking them as “throngs of fawning Germans”.

Thank you lizzy, uk residant.

ivan123: The Gallup poll has Obama up by 9% – not the 2% you claim. For goodness sake, it only took typing in gallup.com to find you’re lying. Rasmussen has him up by 6%. Both of them are over a tripling of the results prior to his trip.
This is what passes as “debate”? A bunch of bored teenagers spouting insults and making up random lies? I may as well be listening to talk radio.

got quiet

It is amazing. Obama has come up with ideas to make our country a better place to live. He spoke against a war that had no justification for it. He is coming up with ways to help everybody to be able to afford health care, to get a good education, break down the walls of racism, and countless numbers of other economic woes. What he get in response, pure hatred and discuss from some people who need him the most. That is simply amazing! People, all the things we have seen and gone through since 2000, it seems like there is an angry God looking upon America. All this division and anger will not help our situation. No matter who becomes president, a nation divided will not stand. That means race gender, or any other form. God smile on those who have changed their hearts, but those hearts that won’t change let us pray for.

Yo Mary,
Obama’s trip to Germany was paid for by campaign funds, not taxpayer dollars. Stop the BS, bias, and jealousy, and open your eyes to a real leader….for a change!

OMG!!!!! a lot of you people against Obama, REMOVE THE BLINDERS FROM YOUR EYES and the was from your ears. all the lies george W. n them have told and you can see before your eyes, you still choose to believe,,,,,come on, get past this man’s color issue and get ready to embrace him as the president come November. ya know people who lie tend to believe lies, so the truth is not in you, so you’ll never believe in Obama. Why continue to look for something unapproving and embrace CHANGE because it’s gonna come!!!!!!HA

AFTER a huge FREE ROCK CONCERT and then they can report that there was a “SEA of PEOPLE there. “Posted by: jimbo | Jul 27, 2008 3:51:28 PM
You Mayor McCheese supporters used the same excuse when 80,000 showed up to support Obama in Oregon. The concert in Oregon was a band called the “Decemberest.” The biggest crowed they ever played for was a few hundred. You’re telling me 80,000 just showed up all of the sudden for a band nobody has heard of? More Neocon lies and spin. Germany, Free food and beer for 215,000 people? Another rock concert? I don’t think so. Why was there no stage for a band? What’s going to be your excuse when 80,000 show up in Mile High Stadium with another 100,000 people in the parking lot for Obamas acceptance speech at the convention? Let me guess, their all waiting for the next Bronco’s game!

o-blame-o wwhat the heck ever—— how about mccain he left his ex-wife so he could marry a rich women so he could get ahead in politics also he was a memeber of the keating 5.. so i say mccain isnt fit and is not moral.

ms. kash says
“you poor uneducated fool…take some time stop going to your kkk meatings and put aside your evil republican platform and realize mccain is toast.”
The next most popular comment in NOV asside from “i’m moving to canada” is going to be… queue the drum roll “americans are racist, that’s why he lost”

“Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month — three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban (on offshore drilling) — compared with $116,000 in March”
Here’s McCain Straight Talk for ya.

Has everybody noticed Obama talks about the issues. McFlip-Flop talks about Obama. McFlopper admitted to Wolf Blitzer on CNN Friday that, Obama’s 16 month withdraw is a good time line.
Obama=Leader.
McToast=Follower, Whiner, Loser!

ltjdangle——–what will you be saying or doing when obama wins this fall because he will i bet you racists will try to do what you did to john kennedy and mlk… you republicans only know hate violence and racism… welcome to the new world “potus obama” get use to it david dukes.

Bush, Rove and Cheney got elected on lies, invaded Iraq on lies and McSame and company are telling lies about Obama.
Problem is … nobody believes it anymore …
Frankly, McSame challenged Obama to travel overseas hoping Obama would stumble. Obama went overseas and hit a home run. The Iraq govt turned on Buch/McSame on the 16 month time table issue. The right wing French President all but endorsed Obama. And the Berlin speech was both massive and historic. McCain just got bitch flapped on foreign policy, ouch.
And just when it looked like McSame had an issue with Obama dissing the troops; turns out it was Bush’s Pentagon who stopped it. Ouch bitch slapped again.
McSame can’t draw 2 reporters to New Hampshire let alone 200,000 people to Berlin. When is McSame going to have a large rally?
It is only July and McSame and his team are disillusioned, unmotivated, bitter and desparate. It is going to be a long slow death March to November.
This is going to be a landslide, perhaps the largest in America history … Arizona might not even vote for him …

I find most of the anti-Obama posts on these talkbacks quite entertaining. Apparently, the buzz words replacing ‘flip-flop’ from 2004 is ‘kool-aid’ in 2008. How I love the linguistic tricks of the neo-cons! Maybe there should be a ‘Kool-Aid veterans for truth’? I understand your strategy of repeating a lie with the hope that at least some uninformed people will be fooled. We’ve seen this Rove-ian scam for years. We know how you operate. Unfortunately for you, the American people have wizened up to your brand of politics. Let’s see how your plan of a permanent Republican majority works out this fall. Now repeat after me…
“W.M.D., W.M.D., W.M.D.”
“Saddam-9/11, Saddam-9/11, Saddam-9/11.”
“Obama-Muslim, Obama-Muslim, Obama-Muslim.”

Two hundred thousand Germans and a whole bunch of French celebrating the presence of Obama. This is really something. Wouldn’t it be great if the fabulous Germans and French would line the Ku’damm (Kurfurstendamm)and and/or the Champs-Elysees in support of a German-Jewish candidate running for the Chancelor of Germany or a French-Algerian candidadte running for president of France. Obama, to the Europeans, is an abstraction; not the neighbor next dooor, the person sitting next to the German or French on the U-Bahn or the subway. And, it is so easy to accept abstractions; afterall, they are really not real.

Tom says:
“you republicans only know hate violence and racism… welcome to the new world “potus obama” get use to it david dukes.”
Read a history book sometime, Republicans ended slavery. There was this war called the civil war, where the democrats from the south fought against the republicans from the north. In the end, the north won which lead to the end of slavery. Political parties aren’t racists, only people like you are.

elizabeth—so you like mccain are just jealous that people can acually stand listening to obama. were as mccain is just a old man spewing the same hate and fear and violence that bush ahs for 7 years…no one wants to hear it anymore we know it is all lies taht come from teh republican camp.

–jhw539– Did Obamna keep his pants zipped when we was with Larry Sinclair? If you can’t answer this, don’t criticize Bill or anyone else because you do not know the answer. Your post shows your unintelligence.

ltjdangle——were you always for mccain or did you like another republican candidate or are you a former hillary supporter. oh and i am far from racist my son married a black woman and my daughter married a asian man and i love them both….now tell me are you one of those pissed off hillary supporters.

To JHW529
The current capital gains tax is 15%. Obama proposes 28%. Ok Ok that is ALMOST double…..

Mike every time McCain’s eyes blink, hes lying.

McCain states that ‘he knows how to win wars’ was he a high commander in the war? did he design war tactics? What does he mean when he make this comment? Help me understand.

Why not one word about the two rock bands, free beer, pizza and brats? Is the reputation of ABC news really worth being admitted to the Obama plane? Do you not want to get the door slammed like the poor New Yorker reporter? He no different than George W. Bush!

Obama has just completed a deftly executed visit to the hot spots of the world. War zones and heads of state are visited with ease and grace. Information is gathered and connections are made with generals and kings. At the same time, McCain and his staff are spending their time pouring over the micro-details of Obama’s trip looking for the tiniest slip-up to complain about. They can’t find much, but complain anyway. How do these two events deserve equal coverage in the news? I wish the press would stop being afraid of the Rove-style attack machine’s claims of bias toward Obama and just report what’s real news.

not at all Tom, i support mccain because he has the experiance to realize we needed more troops to win and end this war. We need someone runnning this country who knows how to win wars, while we are at war and a world full of terrorism and suicide bombers. Blindly pulling out of the war leaving an unstable iraq will only have us back there to do it all over again in a few years. Obamma would be a great president if we were living in a more stable time.

I just heard a pundit on CNN of all places and she described BHO’s Berlin speech in terms of “ignorance and hubris”. Perhaps the liberal media are starting to ‘get it’.

If we Americans really want a better nation then we must purge the influence of special interest out of our government.  President Bush, with the blessing of Sen. McCain, sacrifice the lives of so many innocent initiated a war based on lies. Sen. Obama’s Middle Eastern and European trip demonstrates that he is well studied about national and international issues.  It is apparent from reading many of the postings that many Americans enjoy the status quo and are afraid of change.  I believe Sen. McCain, a good man, if elected to the presidency will lead our nation to perdition.

“I agree when mccain went to mexico,canada,colombia there was no fuss” McCain didn’t give a speech at a German rock concert. McCain didn’t try to give a speech at the same place where Presidents Kennedy and Reagan gave speeches in Germany. McCain didn’t snub the wounded soldiers at the hospital near Berlin.

Obama only had that many people there because before he spoke, four of Germany’s top rock bands were giving a free concert. The people weren’t there to hear Obama, even though thats what his campaign wants us to believe.

get over it all you conservtives, you no longer rule this country. The young generation is finally on fire and they are taking over.
Posted by: love obama | Jul 27, 2008 7:04:02 PM
******************
“Typical” Obamabot thats about to be thrown under the bus! Obama is an idiot and America does not want him! However, your post did make me laugh !

Hey Will put a sock in your republican lying mouth.

If McCain wins this election, then I will conclude that the majority in our electorates are MORONS but if Obama wins then we have learnt our lessons from the disastrous 8 years of Bush.
No intelligent person can objectively say that McCain will be a better president than Obama. He keeps saying that Obama does not understand what is at stake in Iraq but McCain refuses to tell us what exactly is at stake???
Whereas, Obama paints the bigger picture by intelligently and strategically connecting the senseless war in Iraq to our faltering economy here at home. Obama sees the bigger picture while McCain is so obsessed about the surge.

One thing strikes me in all the blogs.
Most people are either voting FOR or AGAINST Obama. No one is voting for Mccain in particular. He only seems to be benefitting from people who are against Obama.
Very interesting!!!

audacity of lies go back to sleep or do some research. Your immaturity is showoing.

Wow Obama claims he did it well???? I am amazed at all the distorted perception going on and the line of the gulliable followers which the media feeds off of for ratings. He never visited the wounded soldiers because he didn’t want to envolve them in the campaign??? He claimed the Pentagon advised against it??? Since when does the Pentagon make that calling??? These soldiers shed their BLOOD for Mr. Obama and this country. They are the backbone of this country. Without them he would not be where he is today. He uses the wall in Berlin for a back drop for his gain??? A speech for change and no real experience or substance???? A large portion of his campaign funding come from OPRAH>???? His father was black and a muslim he chooses to claim to be black his grandma was a typical white woman he claims??? What is typical??? He attended his church for 20 years and his pastor comes underfire affecting his campaign, he suddenly shifts and drops his faith of 20 years???? Faith is the very inner core of the person. Think about that. And what were Jesse Jacksons real thoughts??? He claims to be Christian and his prayer is revealed and ends in just a period??? He poses with Overseas leaders for s snapshot??? Not even Jesus Christ could conquer this world yet some think OBAMA can??? give me a break. Oh and he has spent millions to run lots of campaign adds during the Olympics, he has more funding than sense.

Thats no true. There were some Music Acts (for example Reggae Singer Patrice) but it was no concert. The people were there because of Obama. Whats also interesting, there were no major demonstrations against Obama. Not like when Bush visits Germany and the police has a hard job pushing back left activitst.

Holland…Sure Obama sees a New World Order. Watch his speech in Berlin on You Tube. Then look up NWO and get the full picture. Obama wants Nation Police force too! Read about all of that. Come back and tell us about that.

If our country votes for McCain we might as surrender to the terrorists. We’ll prove that we’re ruled by brainwashers and fear-mongerers and we too hate the world.

will
I know a lot of people in Europe and all over the world who want to see obama give a speech. they were there to hear him speak, why else would the German people have an American flag with them in a rock concert.
it is so funny how people will come up with so many funny stories about obama. McCain gets in office you better be realy for war with Iran, then we will see what will happen.
Obama 08, i can’t wait until he is in office and we start to see some changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can’t wait for Obama to win so we can surrender to IRAN

IT WOULD NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENTS WHAT OBAMA WOULD HAVE DONE MCCAIN WOULD HAVE SAID THE SAME ITS TO BAD I SEE LOTS OF BAD TALK FROM MCCAIN AND NO REAL GOOD IDEA’S AND NO WAR WE DIDNT NEED TO GO TO IRAQ THERE ARE LOTS OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE KILLING PEOPLE AND WITH NO OIL WE DID NOTHING BUSH CHENEY WANTED OIL NOT TO HELP GET REAL THE FEW REP WHO THINK BUSH CHENEY CARE ABOUT ANYTHING GET A LIFE

Angie – what other wars did we start? Some history:
Afghanistan – get rid of a terrorist goverment that tortured and killed women (like yourself) and to capture and kill Al Qaeda.
Iraq – Depose of a brutal, genocidial maniac who used CHEMICAL WEAPONS on his own people. Give iraqis the opportunity for freedom.
What other wars did we start?
American patriot
The problem is both are going into five years and neither are a heading to a conclusion.
The Iraq was started on a lied and don’t give me this crap it was to take down a dictator(We are not the World police!!).
Afghanistan was aim at bin ladin capture. Not to take down the Taliban(Hell! Bush could care less about the Afghanistans)

Yes Obama blaming the worlds problems on America to the rest of the world is so right
Vote for Obama because its so COOL

Why is no one here at ABC reporting that there were two rock bands, free beer, pizza and brautwursts, t-shirts distributed to children to atract crowds? When do you quit acting like Obama cheerleaders and DO YOUR JOURNALISTIC jobs?
Just a thought ….
Posted by: beebop | Jul 27, 2008 6:49:32 PM
Here’s a thought….
You Mayor McCheese supporters used the same excuse when 80,000 showed up to support Obama in Oregon. The concert in Oregon was a band called the “Decemberest.” The biggest crowed they ever played for was a few hundred. You’re telling me 80,000 just showed up all of the sudden for a band nobody has heard of? More Neocon lies and spin. Germany, Free food and beer for 215,000 people? Another rock concert? I don’t think so. Why was there no stage for a band? What’s going to be your excuse when 80,000 show up in Mile High Stadium with another 100,000 people in the parking lot for Obamas acceptance speech at the convention? Let me guess, their all waiting for the next Bronco’s game!

rat face McCain won’t remember what he said tomorrow with his crs condition.

Barack Obama had scheduled a visit with wounded American troops who have served with honor and distinction in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he broke that commitment, instead flitting from one European capital to the next

Ryan you don’t like Obama because you my dear are an idiot and are easily brain washed. I bet you voted for little bushy even the second time around.
Ryan pull your head out.

Obama shoot basketball with the troops. Can McCain even think about doing that?

Oh yes Kathy, respond to solid points by calling people idiots. A lot of you punk liberals do that. Stop talking trash and make some points. You’re all a bunch of children, when somebody nails you on something you just point at them and call them names. You’re a disgrace.
McCain ’08

BARACKSTAR, Scott wasn’t talking about Oregon he was talking about Germany. Stop changing the subject and taking the attention away from this blatently biased media. You’re a damned joke.
Posted by: Ryan | Jul 27, 2008 7:48:57 PM
If you could read, you would see I talked about Germany too. The truth hurts.
As for the press….
Let’s see, do we cover Obama giving a speech about the world coming together to fight terrorism to 200,000 people, Or McToast in a Sausage house talking about cream puffs to 25 people, half of whom fell a sleep while he was talking?
The only joke here is McFlip-Flopper and the desperation of his campaign staff and supporters.

Obama: “My trip was not audacious”
McCain: “SUUUURGE!!!”
Obama: “We need to focus on the economy and other issues”
McCain: “SUUUURRRGE!!!”
Obama: “I stand by my decisions about the war”
McCain: “SUUUUURRRRGGGGE!!!”

??? If Obama traveled on a campaign chartered aircraft … why did the news reels show him coming off of an Air Force transport???
Isn’t that just a little bit on the fishy side?
Sort of fits in with his claim of being a dedicated American that sat for years, listening to his pastor spew hate for the USA.
Something just does not fit into place with this Christian/Muslim Obama guy!!!

Ryan-
Kind of like conservatives line up to kiss the posterior of a deceased Ronald Reagan? You’re just making yourself look all kinds of ridiculous, aren’t you?

Thanks patricia mo for all the info that all have heard before.
Go Barack Go!
Yes We Will!!

Ryan *********************************
Go back to kindergarten!!! You sound too immature to be on this blog.

HENDERSON, what are you talking about. You make no sense. Are you trying to compare Reagan to JFK?? That’d be foolish on your part. Talk about looking stupid. You guys really are unbelievable, what’s really sad is you think you’re smart. Pathetic.

kool-aid: LOL! But I like kool-aid…
Ryan: You are nothing but a Sean Hannity wannabe. You insult people while offering up NOTHING of substance, let alone facts! Obama has been wrong on things, but so has McCain. Seriously, it’s a preference, nothing more. Painting broad generalizations just makes you look like an idiot.
Dismissed.

Posted by: Henderson | Jul 27, 2008 8:03:47 PM
Bro, come on, do you think they have the intelligence to do any research on their own? If Bill-O, Rush and Sean Waaaaaaaaaaaaanity said it, must be the truth. LOL!!

LOTTO, YOU DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE. YOU’RE TALKING GIBBERISH. I know nothing of my own family history???? WHAT??? Like I said go look up the Kennedy family and their patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy. You’re a joke.

Hey Madonna had a crowd of 500,000 thousand people when she visited Tokyo. Lets elect her president

So Henderson, exactly what “Facts” did you present?? You make me f**king sick. I wouldn’t be pissed if you weren’t such a damned elitist saying “Dismissed” You f**king punk. Hide behind that computer screen. Pray to god that s**t doesn’t hit the fan because you coward liberals would get blown the f**k away.

RYAN, RYAN, RYAN !!!!!!!!!!
I am shocked by the sheer ignorance of your post. This is a prime example as to why reading is important, and it “must” start at a very young age.

Were drinking the Kool-Aid.
The difference is….
Obama supporters are drinking the “Blue” Kool-Aid.
McToast supporters are drinking the
“Red” Kool-Aid.
Guess what color the Kool-Aid was the Jim Jones gave to his cult members?

Senator Barack Obama was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation two weeks ago in upstate NewYork . HE spoke for almost an hour on HIS future plans for increasing every Native American’s present standard of living, should HE one day become the President. He referred to his career as a Senator, how he had signed `YES` for every Indian issue that came to his desk for approval. Although the Senator was vague on the details of his plan, he seemed most enthusiastic about his future ideas for helping his “red sisters and brothers.” At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented the Senator with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name – Walking Eagle. The proud Senator then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds. A news reporter later asked the group of chiefs of how they came to select the new name they had given to the Senator. They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of $hit it can no longer fly.

Oh damn LOTTO, look at all those points you just got on me. Well, JFK did lose his head…or just the right side if you’d like to be technical and Carter was a coward. Anybody that was around for him will agree with me. Exactly what was the point of your last message?

The Neocons are just like McToast and his campaign staff, Stuck on Stupid!

rhbate – Dude McCain was held from ’67-’73, Sen Obama was born in ’61. Before

McSlick McFlopper is a total waste of a man. So he should be president because he was captured in vietnam? OK, by that logic, your local police hero should be mayor too. Geesh, people think globally for once. McCain’s stay the course isn’t going to fly with people anymore.

Ok Henderson, I read your posts a few times always to make sure I respond correctly. I must’ve taken what you said wrong.

The reason Sen Obama had crowds of 200,000 people-this is history in the making. Sen Obama is a young brilliant African American male with a viable chance to make it as President; regardless of the outcome, he will be in the history books.
Sen McCain- No one wants to hear an old man with PTSD who can only focus on the surge and has to have a teleprompter to speak. He I am waiting for him to blow a gasket one day on national tv.
Was Sen Obama wrong about the surge in Iraq? No.
The surge should have occurred when the Iraqi war started. Don’t forget, the Iraqi war occurred because of lying republicans to include the president. It is common knowledge that they sent untrained reservists and inadequate numbers of ill equiped US military.
Afghanistan:
Taliban is stronger, they are back
Not enough troops to support the real reason for being in the middle east-911.
Where is Osama Bin Laden?

Why do the lib’s keep saying that McCain is running on his time in ‘Nam??? I always thought he was running on his 25 YEARS in Congress. Of course that just doesn’t stack up to Obama’s 3.
McCain ’08

It’s pretty sad that the Far Right cannot come up with a valid issue against Obama, so they resort to slanderous jokes to paint him as “worse than their candidate” It is many of these brilliant minds, that scream about how bad our system is,….but will vote to keep up the same BS.
We have rebuilt Iraq with tax dollars we can’t afford…let them HIRE us if they wish further assistance. Will they help us rebuild our infrastructure? (after Hell freezes over) The terrorists that nailed us on 9/11 are still plotting against us … somewhere in Afganistan!
We must force our industries to commit to alternative energy sources, or they will continue on continuing! By all means, grab the oil we can from our own resources…(cleanly, if possible)…but we had better start turning loose the the ideas and patents on existing technologies soon. Jihad is banking on us NOT doing that! So are those who profit from oil revenues. I personally don’t care if the polar bears have to walk on a pipeline in Alaska…and probably would enjoy a caribou dinner…if there truly is enough oil up there to offset the prices… until we develop independence from foreign oil. Same with offshore drilling…when’s the last time you had to endure the eyesore of an oil rig in the ocean? I never have. It would be nice if we don’t turn the oceans into toilets in the process. Offshore drilling equals new tax breaks…go figure. We have the technology to create economical, alternative energy….until we demand it, they won’t give it up!
Obama might not be our Knight in shinning armor….but at least he is screaming for change….not another repeat of the last dud.
You idiots better do a little honest research on where these candidates stand on important issues…before you get booted out of your trailers!

Obama is NOT African American. I wish people would get it correct. He is Arab White. He has only a very tiny bit of african american. He embraces AA because it gets him so many easy votes. His mother was white. His father was Arab with only a tiny part African. He was listed as Arab in Kenya.
Barack decided to throw his whiteness under the bus at age 12 and embrace being African American. It went well with his learning to hate America and Americans and embrace the Muslim culture he went to early school in Indonesia.
Nothing wrong with being Arab or Muslim or Black African. It is just that it is healthy to be who you really are and be proud of that. Obama is not proud to be White or to be Arab. He is psychologically dysfunctional and dangerous because of his twisted psyche.

Senator Barack Obama was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation two weeks ago in upstate NewYork . HE spoke for almost an hour on HIS future plans for increasing every Native American’s present standard of living, should HE one day become the President. He referred to his career as a Senator, how he had signed `YES` for every Indian issue that came to his desk for approval. Although the Senator was vague on the details of his plan, he seemed most enthusiastic about his future ideas for helping his “red sisters and brothers.” At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented the Senator with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name – Walking Eagle. The proud Senator then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds. A news reporter later asked the group of chiefs of how they came to select the new name they had given to the Senator. They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of $hit it can no longer fly.

The arrogance of this man never stops, and never ceases to amaze me!
“I think I’ve established relationships and a certain bond of trust with key leaders around the world who have taken measure of my positions and how I operate and I think can come away with some confidence that this is somebody I can deal with.”
Of you did and think you can, as you want our Wonderful country, The USA, to forget all about our values and want the values of shove down our throats!
The like you because you do and want to!
Go live over there Obama!

ou liberals make me sick. You’ve all been brainwashed. They mix up that kool-aid for you yet? In a perfect world you’d all be face down in the dirt.
McCain ’08
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It looks like you need kool-aid,
where’s Jim Jones!

JHW539, The pentagon stated Obama was all for the visit until they told him that his “political adviser” was not allowed to go with him. Then he backed out. It’s tough to tell what really happened but I can only think that Obama backed out because he was afraid of saying (or doing) something stupid. That’s what his handlers are there for after all.

McCain’s new “ad” accusing Obama of refusing to meet troops includes a clip of Obama playing basketball with…troops. Send in the Clowns!!!! McCain’s campaign staff is full of them!

JHW, You’re an idiot. You just screwed yourself. Obama proposes 20-25 with a max of 28???? That would make it 20-28!! What an idiot. I also read ABC quote him as 25-28%

Sen. John McCain made clear during his ABC interview that when it comes to fixing Social Security, ‘everything is on the table,’ including a possible tax increase. ‘Seems to me I remember McCain saying, “NO NEW TAXES!”

Kathy, you don’t even know what we mean when we say “drinking the kool-aid” You’re a regular ol’ uneducated liberal. Go look it up c**t.

Of course Obama’s trip was a success, he is a genuine diplomat with sound judgement.
By the way, the “surge” only appears to be working because we are giving money and arms to the Sunnis, who until recently were placing IEDS and shooting at U.S. soldiers. Arming your enemies and paying them a salary never works unless you plan on doing those for 100+ years like McCain wants to. Once we stop giving the Sunnis money, they will go right back to being insurgents against us, the Shias and anyone else. Wake up people, the Iraq fair is a colossal blunder that had no military relevancy and has only fanned the flames of the already existing civil war. We should never have been involved.McCain divorced his first wife on her proverbial sickbed (a la the GOP’s Hypocrite in Chief, the despicable Newt Gingrich). What kind of man divorces the woman who waited for him to return from the war, and concealed her own life-threatening car crash injuries for his benefit? McCain married his current millionaire heiress beer-distributor wife, 17 years his junior, one month after dumping Carol Shepp McCain, who, as Sen. McCain so gallantly put it, “was on crutches and had gained quite a bit of weight.”
http://www.usvetdsp.com/mcaindiv.htm
I don’t know how any person could vote for this befuddled fearmongering fool and still look in the mirror every morning.

The McCain camp will try its darndest to paint Obama’s foreign trip as a blunder. It is obvious that McCain’s team is desperate for better poll numbers and will stop at nothing — even lies — to get on top. But, it’s not going to happen, poor old John. HAPPY 72ND BIRTHDAY, JOHN!!!

Drudgereport.com has nice pic of Obama with big headline:
“GALLUP: 9-POINT LEAD AFTER WORLD TOUR”
That should make the Repubs squirm. Especially considering Drudge is the fav website.

Ryan: You’re a dull troll. Go home already.

rhbhate:
Either post something with some substance or p*ss off. You’re doing nothing but using the standard Republican talking point style response, which makes you look like a complete tool. Now, go ahead, flame away with NO facts and NOTHING with any weight….fackin’ pitiful. . .

There is a bounce. National polls taken within the past few days:
Rasmussen: Obama +5
Gallup: Obama +9
Research 2000: Obama +12
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McCain whines the polls are biased.

American Indian blessing for Barack “Black Eagle” Obama:
DENVER (AP) – Native American tribes from Colorado have performed a blessing outside the Pepsi Center, the site of next month’s Democratic National Convention. Members of the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribes burned sage, chanted, sang and said prayers Friday, a month before the start of the convention. The DNC committee said a feather was used to “smudge” smoke around the site. Tribe members also prayed for delegates and people around the country whose lives will be affected by the work done at the convention.
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Nice. Meanwhile McCain’s convention center in Minneapolis gets the blessing of corporate sponsors and lobbyists.

200,000 people showed up to get free food, beer and the free concert not to see that clown Obama
Posted by: Scott, | Jul 27, 2008 7:39:44 PM
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Funny, nobody left when the band stopped playing.

He can try to play it down, but I think it was a very successful trip. It would appear that Europeans have high hopes with the prospect of Obama in the Oval Office. It seems that David Hasselhoff isn’t the only one nowadays that can get hundreds of thousands of Germans in one place. Sarkozy and the French also like him. Maybe Obama is the answer to mending the fences so to speak. I think Ron Paul could have also accomplished such cooperation. McCain, I believe will bring divisiveness once again. His comment about keeping Russia out of the G8 is just a start for more crapola.

@barackstar: “Please dont be a dummie and put a nigg in office!” Thank you for elevating the discussion here. Again, is there a moderator anywhere?

The rest of the world looks on in wonder and disbelief as the U.S. struggles to decide whether to vote for a highly intelligent, well-informed and lucid candidate, or a confused, ill-tempered old man who demonstrates his ignorance every time he opens his mouth.

Ernie-
LOL@you! You’re basically accusing me of being an “internet tough guy”, but the problem is that you’re acting the same way while you do it. I have just ONE word for you…..DIS-F*CKING-MISSED! If you are the comparison, I will GLADLY wear the title of “elitist”.
P.S. Which facts would you like, moron? Give me a topic, and let’s debate. But this time, leave the dominant gorilla attitude somewhere else…

He can try to play it down, but I think it was a very successful trip. It would appear that Europeans have high hopes with the prospect of Obama in the Oval Office. It seems that David Hasselhoff isn’t the only one nowadays that can get hundreds of thousands of Germans in one place. Sarkozy and the French also like him. Maybe Obama is the answer to mending the fences so to speak. I think Ron Paul could have also accomplished such cooperation. McCain, I believe will bring divisiveness once again. His comment about keeping Russia out of the G8 is just a start for more crapola.

John Weaver, for many years McCain’s top political strategist, said it was a big mistake for McCain to dare Obama to go to Iraq, only to have the country’s Prime Minister endorse Obama’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops in 2010. “This trip was a huge gamble for Obama, but he pulled it off flawlessly. He may not have any executive experience in government, but his political instincts exhibit perfect pitch”.

its funny to see how jealous the mcsame supporters are of obama… jealous because he is well liked (they maliciously call him the messiah)… as if it’s a crime to be liked and supported by SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE… go figure… but those of you who hate him, just go right on ahead and vote for senator mcsame, because it won’t matter… there are so few of you and obama is going to CREAM mccain come november… goodbye old school bully republican haters, time for the rest of us to move on with important matters

Senator Obama spoke to a quarter of a million Germans. McCain ate knockwurst. Paraphrasing Tucker Bounds, “… to compare them on the substance, we think, is really incomparable.” No S**T!

The growing Obama clout is derived not from national polls where he now holds a 9-point lead. Nor is it a gift from the press, which still gives free passes to its old bus mate John McCain. It was laughable to watch journalists stamp their feet last week to try to push Mr. Obama into saying he was “wrong” about the surge. More than five years and 4,100 American fatalities later, they’re still NOT demanding that McCain admit he was wrong when he assured us that our adventure in Iraq would be fast, produce little American “bloodletting” and “be paid for by the Iraqis.”

“Trip-bounce” confirmed by latest Gallup:
Gallup (July 27, 2008) — Barack Obama now leads John McCain among national registered voters by a 49% to 40% margin in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 24-26. This represents a continuation of Obama’s front-runner position evident in the last three Gallup Poll Daily tracking updates. The margin, coincident with the extensive U.S. news coverage of Obama’s foreign tour, is the largest for Obama over McCain measured since Gallup began tracking the general election horserace in March.
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Well done Barack! Keep up the good work!

obamas efforts to visit the troops were thwarted by george bush

McCain will be 72 on Aug. 29. That the average age of most retirement communities in the US. You have to ask yourself is this guy up to the task especially considering all the gaffes and confused comments he has been making lately.

Obama’s stand on immigration;

Obama spends his time telling Europeans how he’s going to change America, his home state Chicago, Illinois has changed alright….into a killing zone worse than Iraq. So far this weekend, eleven people have been shot with three dead. He made “good” changes in his own state; let’s give him the Nation to work on next.

9 percent up in the latest gallop polls is hardly a dead heat… but the polls mean little to me, even though obama is ahead, because the real surge that is working is the one to replace all the republican bullies and haters who are destroying our country… and mcsame is one of the top problems of this country, someone who has made mistake after mistake the past few months citing incorrect facts over and over… and this is just the beginning… the republicans are SO jealous of obama because he is ALREADY leading in a presidential way, and has generated MILLIONS of new voters who will be going to the polls this november … that is, if the karl rove machine hasn’t destroyed the one person, one vote system that used to record everyones vote

BUSH AND OBAMA IN THE TANK TOGETHER!!!!!
Sorry but the story about McLame calling his wife a c-nt is quite true and common knowledge – as is the joke he told about the woman being raped by a gorilla and loving it. I’m sure all those Hillary hags love that stuff.

If I were Obama, I would have done the Iraq/Afhanistan/Israel/Palestinian portion of the trip, but skipped the rest. It was too much meeting the European leaders also. And the speech in Berlin addressing “People of the World, this is your moment” was way, way over the top. It had the feel of a rock star’s concert tour. That was creepy and I think will come back to bite him.

Ryan – of course it never occured to you that people do have lives other than sitting on a blog.

OH.. and why is the title of this article that Obama ‘downplayed’ his trip… he didn’t downplay anything… in fact, he up-played it to be just as significant as any other senators trips abroad… the same people who critcized him for not going to iraq are criticizing him for going to iraq!… and the same people who make comments like “throw all the bums out” are the same ones who dis obama because he is ‘newer blood’… you can’t have it both ways, but then again, republicans are synonymous with hypocricy and are good at double talk… but their days are numbered… obama will win in november PLUS he will help take more republican seats in the house and senate

Ryan – having a problem dealing with the truth I see but then dealing with the truth has never been your strong point!

During the course of his campaign, McCain turned from an respectable, independent-minded senator into a hypocritical, flip-flopping, lying Republican tool.

Obama spoke this morning. The savior now stated outright,unmistakeably,”All immigration is good.” And how do you like the potential $3 trillion contribution to the national debt this bill for bailing out Fannie and Freddie gives us. Thanks again for your giving, Democratic congress. Are you trying for a single digit approval rating. Do you think maybe a lot of the Germans that showed up to see him did so out of curiousity, thinking, “Who is this guy? Then, this must have been the way it was back when Hitler was rising.” They couldn’t understand what he was saying. He was in a foreign country so who do you think he was really speaking to? It was a message to the folks at home with an international backdrop. Made him look important.

Obama’s faith.
Do Christians light up or what? How do you spot one?

mmonroeliveson, imagine America without an immigrant.

I find it funny that when there was a two point difference between Obama and McCain, that the Obama supporters stated that polls don’t matter. Now, with a 9 point lead by Obama, polls make a whole lot of sense. I have posted many, many posts in support of Senator Obama, but now, here tonight, I’m changing my support!!!!! I want to support President John McCain and I invite all my Obama friends to do the same thing. Obama IS an idiot and McCain IS the best man for POTUS!!! I delcare it, here and now!!!
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Funny if it was not so sick – happens all the tme on ABC blogs – the neocons who cannot defend thier own points of view have to resort to name strealing.

Its Kool-Aid Times Kids!! – name stealing is about as infantile as neocons get. STRONG Obama supporter here so do not lick your chops. McCain’s campaign is in a shambles – and the most damaging information against him comes from his own mouth!

Yes Sandy, your right. Obama and McCain are very different. But which one is better. You never know intill YOU look up the facts. I’ve looked up my facts and I say Obama08!!!

It’s all bull ….. All of the trips to other countries by our government officials. the other countries only want more money from the tax payers. The war is eating us up. Foreign give aways our our money. troops all around the world??? more money. But yet we have jobless and hungry and homeless people in our country. we are deeper in debt with China than we ever have been with any other country. What happens when they say pay our debt. War again
??? it’s still Bull ….+
C.L.S

And the “surge” only appears to be working because we are giving money and arms to the Sunnis, who until recently were placing IEDS and shooting at U.S. soldiers. Arming your enemies and paying them a salary never works unless you plan on doing those for 100+ years like McCain wants to. Once we stop giving the Sunnis money, they will go right back to being insurgents against us, the Shias and anyone else. Wake up people, the Iraq fair is a colossal blunder that had no military relevancy and has only fanned the flames of the already existing civil war. We should never have been involved.McCain divorced his first wife on her proverbial sickbed (a la the GOP’s Hypocrite in Chief, the despicable Newt Gingrich). What kind of supposed war hero divorces the woman who waited for him to return from the war, and concealed her own life-threatening car crash injuries for his benefit? McCain married his current millionaire heiress beer-distributor wife, 17 years his junior, one month after dumping Carol Shepp McCain, who, as Sen. McCain so gallantly put it, “was on crutches and had gained quite a bit of weight.” While Executive Officer and later as Squadron Commander McCain used his authority to arrange frequent flights that allowed him to carouse with subordinates and “engage in extra-marital affairs.” Such behavior was a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice rules against adultery and fraternization with subordinatesYou can read the whole sad story here. http://www.usvetdsp.com/mcaindiv.htm I don’t know how any person could vote for this befuddled fearmongering fool and still look in the mirror every morning.

I told you Bush and Obama are in the tank together. Read the whole L.A Times article and tell me who’s in the tank together!
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-mead272008jul27,0,2856113.story
I agree! Formerly Obama supporter, now John McCain ALL THE WAY!
^^^
neocons not able to defend themselvs so this is what they do….some sick neocons out there – cannot put up a valid fight so hide behind a computer – and are too much of a coward to debate. So sad.

Ryan – I would have enjoyed debating with you this evening – however, I am not sure what you are posting is actually being done by you. Sorry that cowards who hide behind a computer can affect a true debate.

No, Ryan, you pretty well stand your ground – I do not think you would resort to anything so cowardly

Ryan and KOOL-AID, this is my invitation to the both of you to celebrate with me in November at Barack’s victory party.
What a ball it will be, when McSame tucks his old feeble tail between his wobbly legs and slithers away in shame.
What a joyous day that will be.
Ah what a franctic and puzzling look the old geezer had on his face when the reporter posed the viagra question to him. He did’nt know whether to $hit or get off the pot.
Want to catch John off guard, just pose a viagra question to him.

presbo12009 – give it a rest already

Ryan, McCain has no substance. Thats why he is always talking about a surge.

Ryan:”JHW, don’t think I forgot your lie about Obama saying the capital gains tax was going to be 20-25% with a max of 28% It wouldn’t shock me if he did say that. But I’m pretty sure you just made that crap up.”
Amazing. I provided my cite – first hit on Google (a search engine at google.com – you may have heard of it). It’s still displayed on this page, as are all your silly rants and distortions.
“I love how the media failed to tell everybody that there was a big ass free concert before his speech in Berlin.”
But you can’t name the band that drew 200,000 people.
“You ignore the fact that he has no policies besides “Tax and Spend”"
And you ignore the hundreds of pages of detailed policy description laid out in .pdfs on his website (http://www.barackobama.com/ since we’ve already established you’re not so good with the Googling).
“…in congress. He’s been there for 25 years now. Compare that to Obama’s massive 3.”
Ignoring Obama’s seven years in the Illinois state congress, which is modeled after the federal system and where he has well-documented legislative successes. Cute.
” the UN is a joke. It needs to be abolished. They have no power.”
If they have no power, why do you care a rat’s ass about them? And even the most cursory read of their charter shows they were never intended to have any power, but merely be a means of communications.
Goodnight troll.

I brought up the UN? Where? All my posts are still shown on the page you know.

Presbo…I just spout this crap to get a rise from some douche bag!!Guess what????Congratulations!!!! You are it!!!

Zing…..cha-ching!!!!

I thought McCain was the media’s darling. What he needs a little attention now. The old man needs someone to rub some ben gay on his back. Get real….first he claims the media is his base. Now, he can’t get any coverage. FLIP-FLOPPER….what about the surge? Honey, I can’t understand why they don’t just admit that the Surge worked…I mean it’s all about the surge right, dear? Sure Johnny, here take your meds…1 for you, 3 for me….2 for you, 5 for me….

Ryan: your stereotyping bigotry is showing.
Most republicans leave critical-thinking, reason-minded people sick! Unfortunately you not only make us ill, but your enabling of the most corrupt administration in the history of this great nation has left this whole country gravely stricken with an illness we may not recover from.

Did McCain said that Obama did not have foreign policy experience? And that he should go over seas to see first hand before he makes policy statements? Now, the trip was about those two advises. Then McCain began to be jealous about the attention, public display of every foreign leader’s solidarity, Obama received. McCain did not get such and is jealous. Obama will bring the World knocking at America’s Door again. Right McCain?

Typo corrected:
My hat is off the Obama, Hagel and Reed for improving our image around the globe.
McShame is so overwhelmed by the reception that Obama received in every country they visited and the international interest that people from around the world have towards Obama, all McSame can try to do at this point is try to bash him and or continue spreading how “inexperienced” and or how “Senator Obama doesn’t understand” things.
That notion is so lacking in truth and validity that McShame is creating a negative image of himself around the world. I don’t think any country will trust McSame like they will Obama.
He is losing credibility from other nations without a doubt and it is important for our allies to respect our commander-in-chief.
Thank God for Obama, Hagel and Reed for taking the healing mission to start repairing our image with other nations.
There is NO doubt in my mind nor should htere be any doubt in the minds of any reasonable Americas=n as to Obama’s qualifications to be President of the USA. The world arena will embrace him, like we Americans should support him.
Republicans have too many nasty attack dogs that are not talking the truth. I respect Senator Hagel for standing up for the truth. If Obama wins the election I hope that Senator Hagel is part of his administration.

Texas Lil: “He’s done nothing in the past!”
That is a lie. I was particularly impressed by his legislation making Illinois the first state to mandate videotaping of homicide interrogations. He took it from an idea no-one liked and the governor said he’d veto to a realized law that protects innocent suspects rights (no manipulated confessions) and strengthened the hand of prosecutors (damning video testimony allowed in court). That legislation he wrote and worked through ultimately passed unanimously and was signed by the governor into state law.
There is more than bumperstickers to this election, you really don’t have to lie to make a distinction between McCain and Obama on policy. For example, you could now give an example of a law McCain passed (such as the campaign finance law he is currently skirting by using the RNC to collect his money from lobbiests – $1.1 million from oil executives since he flipped to supporting offshore drilling in the last month alone).

Obama traveled overseas for himself, to put on a show. To Draw attention to himself. It was a statement “Look
world, Look at me” for obama.
He failed miserably at the reasoning for the trip, or the good that could of came out of it. He made sure it was Known, That everything is all about him.
Many comments he made as a visiting US Sentor to foreign lands, He should be ashamed of saying.

I’m trying to remember what Germany did for us in the aftermath of 9/11? Just a polite “wie geht’s?” followed by “bis spater?” Neither do I know the exact number of troops they contributed to the U.N forces in Afghanistan (except that it is small). Wouldn’t it be nice if Obama, the great orator, would come home and surprise us with wonderful news that he had persuaded them to increase their help.
The fact is that, unlike the U.K., Germany and France are our fair weather allies.
Obama’s trip to Europe was a carefully choreographed publicity event to show
him off. His campaign knows that Obama’s preference for goat cheese, wine, as well as his elitism (unlike the majority of us ugly Americans) will get a good reception there.
Doesn’t matter to them that old Europe has become irrelevant in the arena of world politics. China, India, Japan, and Vietnam are now the major players with the U.S. and they prefer to deal with McCain’s experience.

I think the American concept of a world leader and how that leader conducts himself in foreign matters must change. OUr government, for its on survival, will need to understand that our leaders will need to be more respectful and respected, be intelligent and show great grace and tolerance when it comes to world diplomacy. If nothing else comes out of Obama’s trip, the world has been given the opportunity to see a man display all of the above characteristics. I have never seen it done before.

I think the comparison of Obama to Hitler is remarkably close. People literally adored Hitler and loved him. Turned out in large numbers to see him.
After he brainwashed him, he had them and then turned his back on them. This is especially scary with Obama, who, once a muslim is ALWAYS a muslim. Added to this fact, he is friends with the Prez of Iran, endorsed by the Hamas, and has an anti semitic, George Soros funding his campaign. As one reporter for CNN stated tonite, it seems as if Obama has a hidden agenda. I wonder what that is? Obama is dangerous, and if it means people are voting for McCain just to keep Obama out of office, so be it. That WOULD be the best choice! Not everyone is drinking the Obama Koolaid, and it looks as if many people are turning against him now…this is good. I don’t particularly like McCain, but I can’t stand to see America brought to her knees with Obama’s lies and self-indulgence!
Posted by: Janet in Chicago | Jul 27, 2008 8:22:00 PM
Good Post!

Mccain is accusing Obama for something he himself has done. He made his first foreign trip in march and followed later in July. I SUGGEST THAT MCCAIN HAS NOTHING TO OFFER. THERE IS NO LOGIC IN THIS ACCUSATION.

Obama’s trip abroad was sheer genius…brillant..more than the surface photo opps.
A huge block of Ex Pats in Europe will vote for him. Undecided voters in America who communicate with relatives abroad will receive calls from their overseas family members urging them to vote for Change.
In past US presidential elections the Ex-Patriot votes generally went to the Republican candidate…NOT THIS TIME, NOT IN THE POST BUSH ERA.
The world has a vested interest in an well received, likeable, wise beyond his years, young man, becoming the 44th president of these United States. The globe is engaged in the race.

I also like the headline – “Obama plays down significance of foreign policy trip.” This would seem to conflict with the overriding purpose of it. Do I detect failure??? ;-)

Has anyone else noticed that the only people who refer to Obama as the messiah, or any derivation thereof, dislike him?
I try to put myself in their shoes to understand how they can hate so blindly and believe their host of blatant lies so readily.
Obama is no messiah. He is a man, and a politician at that. But at least he is a considerate and wholly collected individual. On top of this he has charisma, charm and intelligence.
Is he cocky? Sure, self-assurance can go too far, but is fundamentally essential in a leader.
Inexperienced? More like less experienced.
Ambivalent? I understand how this perception has been manufactured, but understanding nuance is a mark of intelligence and the ability to make sound judgments. The world, despite the analogies, is not a chessboard.
Racist? Come on.
Despite his common frailties, despite the fact that he is less than divine he is a far better candidate than his opponent.
The question though is to what level has a campaign and its constituency stooped that they accuse their contender of being the Antichrist? It’s starting to seem like McCain is conducting a witch hunt. God save us from the hatred and prejudices of small minds or we’ll wind up back in the dark ages.

Think about the following next time you sit down to enjoy BO’s incessant blathering in search of sound bites, on PBS’ On Line Newshour Gail Peters of Cinncinati, OH queried… “Is it better for a speech to be long or short? Why?” Ted Sorensen, speech writer for President Kennedy once noted… “A short speech is more easily understood and remembered, more likely to be carefully and concisely written, and less likely to contain unnecessary points or verbiage.” That was followed by President Nixon speech writer Ray Price’s similar response… “Within reason, at least, short is better than long. Short takes a lot more discipline than long; it’s a lot easier to write long, but it’s more of a service to the audience to eliminate what’s unnecessary, and generally more effective to distill the argument to its essence.”

hi everyone…
jiminey craps….we just cannot under any circumstance bring another republican in office for another 4 years. i think if that would be the case, we will all be standing in the damn bread lines….

Will there be NO DEBATE for this campaign???!!!

Obama made a good point regarding McCain’s trip early this year. No one crit McCain when he went on his trip, so why was McCain and his supporters doing so against Obama? I see this as nothing but hyprocritism on McCain and his supporters. He looks like a bully and idiot for his constant attacks on Obama throughout the week, and I don’t want such a jerk in the WH. It’s simple to see that McCain feels like he needs to downplay Obama since it appears Obama’s trip was a success in showing people in other countries like Obama over McCain.
So in the end, it really does not matter who is in the WH, as long as the person is friendly toward American allies compared to how Bush did. I think the American people shouldn’t bother with looking at foreign experience to make the decision who should be in the WH and focus on the domestic issues from here up to Election Day.

Obama continues to be double-standard. He will not be elected.
McCain 08!

Mccain didn’t go to a foreign country and claimed he was a Citizen of the World AND Mccain never apologized for America—-who the (bleep) does the obama think he is to APOLOGIZE to the Germans plus–the way he suckedup to the French—the French should be sucking up to us—or they would be speaking German now.

carpenter.nyc—-we saving the french in ww2 was pay back for them saving us against the english during the revoulution. so france owes us nothing.

Obama is running an ad in Ohio that proudly proclaims that he “…passed a bill keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists”.
Boy, what a legislative coup that must have been. I be he could reach across the aisle and pass a bill to have the sun come up in the east every morning. Yep, he has the experience I am looking for!

I can understand the Mccain camp.
Obama’s trip was so successful that it ripped their hearts out. They are looking more helpless with every attack on obama.
Someone who oppposed the war from the start definitely has better judgement than someone who supported the surge only after taking part in creating the mess.

Amen Commonsense!

Sen John McCain looks like the village idiot…For weeks Sen McBush had been taunting Sen Obama for not going to Iraq, well he goes the trip is a major success and not he want to criticize him. Sorry Sen McSame, you can’t have it both ways…Sen Obama got tons of positive media coverage while Sen McCan’t was left with the JV squad. The coverage of Johnny in the supermarket was classic :-) One more thing about Johnny, he’s had way tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many Senior Moments…

Can McCain do anything except complain about Obama? Now he should be building his own support. Then in October go on the offensive. His constant complaining is getting tiring and I initially liked McCain.

Mary said that the result of Obama’s international trip “He certainly lost respect from American voters.” Says who? You can say he lost your respect, but you don’t speak for me or most of my friends. I think he gained respect. Then again, there are those in the world who are so negative that if the man walked on water, they would find a way to criticize it. Unfortunately, those same people whill put We in front of their negativity in order to make them and their position sound more important than they really are.

Every one here is either FOR Obama or AGAINST him.
No one is really for Mccain. He’s just benefitting from people’s hate for Obama.
However, I do not think that will change anything.

Tom…dream on my friend, dream on.
The likes of Obama won’t be happy until all the wealth is distributed evenly…lets get rid of anyone’s motivaton to get ahead, start businesses, invent, etc. Do you really think he can stop the rich from getting richer and the poor from getting poorer? Exactly how is he going to do that? Oh yeh, no one knows..he has no plans, just a teleprompter.Don’t worry, you have HOPE and CHANGE. Change in your pocket is all you will have after your HOPE is gone.
I am not a fan of McCain (believe it or not I AM a democrat) but at least he has the stones to take a beating in Town Hall Meetings. You know damn well Obama could never handle that. I can’t wait for the debates..Obama will CHOKE.

The focus should be on what these candidates do when the media cameras ARE NOT watching, not what they do when the media IS watching. Of course, when a media crew is following someone, they’re going to make an extra effort to complete a task flawlessly, and Obama doesn’t disappoint in this regard. It’s what he does, says, or doesn’t do when the cameras aren’t there that is most telling as to his character. He did not visit military troops in Germany because the media could not follow him past the airport.

McCain hounded Obama endlessly for not having gone to Iraq sooner and then when he did go McCain and his supporters complain about it being a waste of taxpayer money? You can’t have it both ways and McCain is acting like a spoiled brat who is throwning a fit because he can’t.

“Now, I admit we did it really well.”
Now he can’t get enough people to pat himself on the back, he has to do it himself. What an ego he has! He will never be satisfied with President–he probably wants to be king of thw world!
Of course that may not be big enough for his ego!

Ha ha ha ha!!!! Now this jerk can tell the whole world with confident “I have experience on foreign policy. I took 8 days trip to Europe, Middle East, and blah blah blah, vote for me please…Ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
CNN, MSMBC has promoted you in thousand ways but millions of Hillary supporters like me will not be fooled because we are not stupid!

Some people had raised the question of whether McCain knew where he was when he was in all those foreign countries. Judging from his criticism of Obama I think the answer is clearly no McCain didn’t have a clue where he was. He also apparently doesn’t remember critisizing Obama for not going to Iraq. How many “senior moments” can we allow a presidential candidate.

The funny thing is, if it wasn’t for McCain’s folks making a big deal out of it, I never would have known that Obama made the trip. The press didn’t say much about it until the personal attacks started.
It’s the same mistake that John Kerry made against Bush. Every time Bush would talk, the press would ignore it. But then Kerry would refute whatever Bush said, leading to a ton of press coverage focusing on Bush’s stance.
Unless you can get the press talking negatively about your opponent, it’s best to avoid talking about him/her. All your complaing does is keep the laser of media coverage exactly where you don’t want it to be; following your opponent, giving them free press and sound bites.

Israel told him to GO HOME and not use their country as a photo-op backdrop, the photos do not display the boos the Israelis gave him. Obama spent all of 1 hour at Bagram Afghanistan where he blew off the troops and didn’t say thank-you let alone hello, all for a PR staged photo-op hoop shoot. A Command Sergent Major in Germany told him he’d let his troops use him as live fire exercise if he dissed them one more time. Obama was told by the Pentagon he could not take pictures while visiting the wounded troops, so he had a temper tantrum and went shopping in Berlin. If you can’t see how he’s PLAYING the American public as FOOLS, they you ARE a fool! He’s a “phony” as a soldier at Bagram called him because he strutted past a line of soldiers waiting to shake his hand.

Mike – I was pointing out an Obama quote where he said it is “embarrassing” that when Americans travel abroad, they seldom speak the native tongue when on foreign soil, yet he chose to speak English when giving a speech to 200,000 Germans – I find that a bit ironic, as he ended up doing exactly what he criticized others for doing (speaking English rather than the native language). As for the other half of the quote, Obama did tell a Hispanic group that Americans need to learn Spanish. Of course, anyone who wants to learn a foreign language should by all means learn it. If people want to learn Spanish – great, no one should stop them. My issue is with making it a requirement. My own kids are studying a foreign language (French and Latin) as I did when I was young – that’s completely different than REQUIRING Americans to learn a specific language.

Mike “Going by the way you’ve rationalized this language issue, Is it safe to conclude then that we need to eliminate the REQUIREMENT that foreign born Americans or foreigners in general should speak or learn English when they are in town?” — Again, I commented on Obama’s criticism of other Americans – he pointed out that when Americans visit other countries they often do not speak their language – yet he did exactly what he criticized others for doing – He spoke English to a German-speaking crowd. It does make you wonder how many in the crowd actually understood what he was saying. — As for language requirements – English is the only language that is REQUIRED in this country and that’s the way it should be … if anyone wants to learn other languages, of course, they should, by all means. But people who immigrate to an English speaking country or visit an English speaking country should not expect all Americans to speak Spanish. That’s what I said. Obama’s quote suggests that while Americans visit other countries, they should speak that language, but when people from Spanish-speaking countries immigrate to the US, they should be able to find Spanish-speaking Americans to accommodate them. Those are Obama’s words, not mine. I was simply commenting on his hypocrisy, which obviously does not bother you.

Those criticizing this trip of Obama’s have no leg to stand on – sorry – all your nasty comments sound really sad! He visited a lot of countries, and did a good job, made a good impression – which we need after the Dumb and Dumber administration has spent 8 years alienating and berating every other country except England and Saudi Arabia (for which they have unlimited fondness). And – …. oh! What ever happened to that guy that mastermineded 9/11 ? You know.. whatshisname???? Osama Bin Laden? Did we ‘hunt him down?” or “Smoke him out?” Nah. He’s our friends’ (the Saudi Royal Family) black sheep relative! We’ll just throw blame all around and forget this huge, huge issue. We don’t want to get the Saudi’s ANGRY with us! Let’s just talk about Obama! And it’s such a non-partisan thing to ‘forbid’ State Department Employees in Germany from going to his speech. Thank God there were 200,000 Germans just hanging around so he didn’t have to talk to himself!

Mccain is just upset cause he didn’t get any attention when he went. The old man can’t draw a crowd now he is player hateing. I think the repubs are going to nominate someone else during there convention.

The surge was pointless just like this war and Bush should be convicted of war crimes!

This is a letter I received from a friend. I hope everyone reads this and DOES NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA. IF THE MAN CANNOT SHAKE HANDS WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT HIM AND HIS FAMILY, RESPECT THEM, DO NOT ASK FOR RESPECT FROM ANY AMERICAN! MR. OBAMA, YOU ARE A POOR EXCUSE FOR AN AMERICAN. PLEASE WITHDRAW FROM THE RACE NOW. YOU MAKE ME SICK!
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:51:54 -0600
This is a guy that use to be in my ward – so someone I know personally. He is
the father of six and currently serving in Afghanistan . This is his take of
Senator Obama visit to “the troops”. Kind of a different take that what you
will see on the news. Make of it what you will. ~ Sheri
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Hello everyone,
As you know 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 Cheerleaders 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 S. Porter
Battle Captain

AnotherLaura Are you actually saying that reggae artist Patrice and rock band Reamonn DID NOT entertain crowds in Germany just prior to Obama speaking??? You truly believe that the media outlets that are reporting this are lying because according to you it “did not happen.” You really believe that when the Portland Tribute printed local rock group “The Decemberists warmed up the crowd prior to Obama’s speech” they were lying???

Are there as many political foibles for Republicans which McCain caused compared
to Baroque’s never opening his mouth exept maybe to change feet?
These are just a few of them: “The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg, and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil.” These remarks to not sound like solidarity we want to espouse to any nation.
“And on the twenty-fourth of June, 1948,
the communist chose to blockade the western part of the city. They cut off food and supplies to more than two million Germans in an effort to extinguish the last flame of freedom in Berlin.” Uncle Joe did not do it all by his little lonesome, FDR and Chruhill
also were present when they decided what nations would fall to the communist
and which ones would be prodemocratic.
Berlin and Dresden went with Uncle Joe.
Though Germany’s Hitler worked with Uncle Joe when he sent 50,000 nazi officers, as Uncle Joe liquidated 50,000
communist officers. It seems Baroque overlooked historical facts which can easily be learned in junior high school.

McCain does not have anything to talk about,he does not espire anyone he doesn’t the energize that Obama have.his too old to be predident.and he has a lot of Health Issue.

I think the point of “audacity” is being raised because this was more than a trip overseas, which he could have made at anytime without all the media hoopla.
While Obama did meet with leaders, it was done with all the bells and whistles that usually follow a rock star’s entourage. This was a media event, pure and simple, and as such his supporters are delighted that he looked and sounded so good, while others are still wondering what has he done to warrant that level of attention and adulation.
The overseas junket is over and done with. Now let’s see how well he does going back to the grind of getting elected. He’ll probably be scheduling lots of thinking time to prepare for the inspiring orations that he does so well and that inspire his followers to rise up and vow to follow him anywhere.

Cancel The Coronation!
National USA Today/Gallup Obama 45, McCain 49 McCain +4.0.
This one is going down to the wire!

Lie #2: “He was too selfish to even visit wounded American troops.” It has been pretty clearly hashed out in the media that the Pentagon threw up blocks to his visit to the wounded troops in Germany. If it was a matter of selfishness, he would have never put it on the schedule to start with nor would he have spent as much time visiting active troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted by: jhw539 | Jul 27, 2008 3:17:15 PM———————————- The Pentagon says they didn’t deny him the visit, they only said in a senator status he could only bring his senate staff not the media in with him. Therefore he chose not to go because no photo op.

if you’re good ole Bucky boy gets elected, i’m moving to Canada or Mexico.