Two former Bush Advisers Now Advising Obama, Will Appear at Economic Meeting Today

Obama steals Bush’s energy plan, foreign policy, and now his economic advisers. Nice.

So Obama is actually a Republican plant?
So first he was a lightworker and messiah. Next the Obama camp will announce he is the advance man for disclosure of the alien civilization that has been working for over 50 years to bring their secret pizza sauce recipes to dominate Earth. That explains the ears.
Can this election get weirder? Apparently, yes.

lol
you republicans are silly, say anything do anything, praise mcsame, bash obama
mccain is the worst candidate i have ever seen, how in the world could you or anyone ever vote for this senile old man

Obama has had not ONE original policy idea in this entire campaign. He stole Hillary Clinton’s economic plan and parts of her health care plan
Obama is the one running for Bush’s third term. This is how dictators get elected.

Hello
some people on here need to wake up to what the post is…
America is moving on to a better chapter.
Keep (wrongly I may add) arguing over the last chapter…
Moving on with both sides coming to the table to solve this bologne that Bush McCain policies left us with…

Kurt: WHAT??? You better get your facts straight before you start making false comments. Hillary, and now Bush, both have taken what Obama has been saying from day one and using his policies outlines. (And, yes, I have followed all of them from day one). To bad Obama has not been president this past 8 years we would all be in a better place.

I am so proud of Obama and how he is not viewing anyone as a Republican or Democrat, that what he is doing is whoever has a great idea and can help us out as a nation please come to my table, please help build us up as a country.
We need to come together as a whole, no more red states, no more blue states, no more black, no more white, no more tan… NO MORE. or we will be finished as a great Union.

bhrandon ponders how anybody could vote for McCain. We should not attack McCain too harshly before the Republican convention. They might wake up and replace him with a viable candidate.

What? Bush people joining Obama? I thought that Obama and the Democrats were saying that Bush, his people and his policies were evil. Even if O’Neill wrote a book and had differences with Bush, isn’t Obama afraid of being tainted by the residual evil?

“Obama has had not ONE original policy idea in this entire campaign. He stole Hillary Clinton’s economic plan and parts of her health care plan
Obama is the one running for Bush’s third term. This is how dictators get elected.
Posted by: Kurt | Jul 28, 2008 10:48:44 AM”
Your comment may not be far off. On Wed. Obama was talking about being president and dealing with foreign leaders for the next 10 years. Presidential terms are only 4 years–wake up people.

Obama has never had an original thought. NEVER!

It’s good to hear that Senator Obama is creating a diverse group of advisers. It’s great to see these advisers rising above the divided politics of the extreme GOP people. It’s so sad that all John McCain does – is attack, attack, attack. He’s so negative and divisive. We need a president who is more positive and can bring different-minded people together. That’s why I’m voting for Senator Obama. He’s run a great campaign, and he works across the aisle in politics. In contrast, McCain is just too negative and divisive. I’m tired of McCain’s divide-and-conquer mentality. We need change in this great country of ours. We need new approaches because McCain is just following in Bush’s footsteps. McCain & Bush are both too negative and they’re war-mongers.

RIDDLE ME THIS: What candidate needs 300 foreign policy advisers to tell him what he thinks?

My word processor is whacked today sorry:
I hope that democrats do not drop the ball or go to sleep at the wheel and forget to vote in November. It will take more then polls to secure the presidency for Obama. We as American voters need to turn out in record numbers to support Barack Obama to become the next president of the USA.
I am so tired of McShame and the RNC attacks against another American with the patrotism rhetoric.
I hope and pray that Americans realize just how negative the RNC’s campaign has been during this campaign. Make them pay across the board and vote democratic in every state election this year. A democratic Congress would turn our economy around pronto.
Now that is CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN. As ordinary Americans together
YES WE CAN!!!

So, Obama wants to be a ‘good republican’ as opposed to ‘bad republican’ Bush. Nice.
It is clear now why Mr. O’ admires Saint Ronnie Reagan so much.
And this is what they call ‘bipartisanship’.
“-Shut up, people, He knows what He’s doing!”
At least real Democrats like PUMAs and the Denver Group are seen this for what it is, a Big Scam, and fighting back.

Obama: nominated by the DNC and supers who ignored the masses. Now, the worm is turning!

All he needs now is make McClellan his Press Secretary.

Hagel as VP?

Obama is going to use great advice from Bush people, well his supporters should be proud. Obama sucks.

Go Obama

It’s going to be Biden as VP and
and Romney or Pawlenty… but Mccain will wait to announce…
the announcement/release of statistics on infrastructure and bridge deterioration will not be a good time to announce Pawlenty (Mr. cut taxes -like the gas tax – and watch your infrastructure fall into disrepair and your bridges crumble…)
or Romney…(Mr. worry about your upcoming Presidential run while people die in the big dig and leave your state transportation and roads in a big black hole)
so McCain will wait…
and Obama is picking Biden.

I know more about the economy than McCain thats why i lost my shirt investing in the stock market

I never lost my shirt but I do know more than McCain on the economy.
and I am not suited to run my town board never mind run for President…
and yes Mccain know s less than I do on the economy..
I have seen him talk about (barely) at four different junctures in person.
He was right…he’s not an economist.

soetoro no
I can answer that… Obama.
I like the guy who consults with a team of 300.
Better than a guy who listens to nobody and makes our foreign policy WORSE!
sound familiar?

Obama will be the best President we have seen in 30 years. We will be proud of our Country once again, finally!

Maverickity says that the two former Bush economic advisors are “scums that almost destroyed the economy and were fired.” Isn’t it ironic that the person most responsible for the housing downfall and the Enron debacle is McCain’s economic kingpin. Some people are so filled with hate that they can’t see the brick wall when it’s pounding their nose to a pulp. MCCain himself said he knows very little about the economy. The difference between McCain and Obama, is Obama is not to old to learn or so narrow minded that he will not listen to other opinions.
Remember, getting a plane shot down from under you and being a POW does not mean you’d make a good, or even mediocre President.

Hey Luke
I also am … as you say
“Not surprised that Obama would seek out Bush advisors seing as how Mccain is a clone of the Bush candidate; thin on judgement, threatening pie in the sky, aggresive (though Bush waited to show his smirk until after he was elected) and prone to an adolescents changing the subject and going off on poor me tangents when he gets busted with the truth.
and or just plain not being able to answer…
Neither should we be surprised that with all his talk of judgement and experience, he actually still gets along with Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor.
Also like Bush, all Mccain seems to do “really well” is let his campaign scaring and smeering firm help him win elections.

p0s3r – The only energy plan that Bush and Cheney envisioned is the one playing itself out now as we get bent over at the gas pump on a daily basis while their oil buddies enrich themselves at our expense. As for Bush’s foreign policy, their was none except for “have big gun – fear me” Geez, look around at the reality of our situation and quit having your beliefs handed to you by Fox fake news…

O’Neill and Donaldson are people with integrity who got driven out of the Bush circle. Very positive to draw all the principled, knowledgeable folk on both sides together to fix the economy. This I like. Those “Obama Uber Alles” speeches to “The People of the World” I can very much do without. The Ba-Rock Star needs to come down to earth and engage and solve the crushing problems facing average Americans.

Kurt — Your post indicates that Obama “stole” Hillary’s ecomonic plan. FYI — All presidential candidates had to submit their policy proposals. Obama submitted his economic proposal in the spring of 2007. Hillary submitted hers in the fall of 2007…after “making needed updates”.
Do the math.

SickofObama,
You are taking a 30 second sound bite from Rev Wright and turning into an issue? That church did not preach hate, no matter what you have heard on Fox News or read in your e-mail box. Do some research for yourself. Low info voters got us Boosh and Iraq. Educate and think for yourself.

Can’t Obama ever think of anything by himself? What decisions can he make on his own? Too many cooks spoil the stew.

6. The way he claims credit for taking this heroic stand against the Iraq war, when in reality at the time he was a measly state senator from a liberal district so it entailed no political risk
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Have you ever READ the speech? Read it. Really makes sense today. Especially the part about Exxon Mobil. The guy had it right in 2002. Spot on!

I am so cool to work for Obama, For the first time in my life i am proud to be an American

Things I do not like about Obama
16. The way he called working class folks bitter and said that they cling to guns and religion
17. The fact that he is a first term junior Senator and yet is somehow magically qualified to be President
18. His messianic tone during his speeches and encouragement of a cult of personality. Included in this item are his disturbingly aggressive marketing activities, including urging kids to join the Obama bandwagon and requiring that ticketholders at Invesco stadium during the convention go out and register voters (as if having 75000 people in stadium to hear you speak isn’t enough)
19. His incredibly weak work record, including the strangely vague “community activist” job, which appears to amount to little more than a get-out-the-vote effort for himself
20. His association with Rezko, a slumlord who benefitted from the exploitation of poor folks Obama is supposedly dedicated to protecting.

I really thought Obama was going to be a breath of fresh air to Washington. But after he dissed American Soldiers, Played dirty politics with the Clintons. I have no choice but to vote for PRESIDENT MCCAIN

Steve…you’d better step back and look at Obama’s platform. He is 360 degrees from Bush. These advisors were fired from the Bush admin. because they tried to encourage Bush to change his policies long ago. He just wouldn’t do it…look at us now.

Obama is a know nothing do nothing senator.
I see the obama camp on here will protect him no matter what HE DOES. bush like 1/3 of the nation loves bush NO MATTER what.
it is a cult of personality
obama spent 1.5 years attacking hillary’s plan on iraq and healthcare only to adopt her subtle views on iraq. and her progressive views on healthcare.
“To note, this is an adoption of a part of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s health care plan — and one that Obama gave Clinton direct credit for during his announcement.
“Today, I’m announcing an aspect to my plan to provide real relief for small business owners who are crushed by rising costs, an idea championed by my friend Hillary Clinton, who’s been leading the way in our battle to insure every American,” Obama said. “It’s a plan that would help more employers provide health benefits for their workers — instead of making it harder for them, as Senator [John] McCain would do.”
On a conference call earlier in the day the Obama campaign danced around the issue of giving credit solely to Clinton for the development of his health care plan…

I can see Obama seeking the best there is for the job. Even if that means hiring from Bush. It sort of shows that even if Obama claims the Bush administration was rotten to the core he is admitting that the Bush staff is not as bad as he and the liberals claim. Because he needs them.

Things I do not like about Obama
21. His pandering flip-flop on Jerusalem, wherein he stated in the space of days that it must remain undivided, and then that its status must be negotiated
22. His notorious comments about his grandmother (you know what I am talking about)
23. His campaign’s resorting to low tactics in South Carolina, including disturbing comments about Hillary Clinton’s claim that LBJ and MLK had to work together to get the Civil Rights Act passed
24. His well-reported failure to meet the troops recently
25. “You’re likeable enough, Hillary”

I never seen a person divide the country as much as Obama. He is more of a divider than a uniter. And his supporters are the most hateful in the world

Obama: There’s nothing he won’t plagiarize!

“McCain is running such a lousy, disorganized campaign.”

Senator Obama is all talk and no substance and adding 300 oh-so-smart advisers will not make me vote for a dud. I know of no one in my family or group of friends who believe the empty suit. He has flip-flopped on nearly every important issue to date. His throwing our wounded under the bus is just an indication of this man values and character. NO WAY, OBAMA. Go home and write your next book, “The Audacity of Hype”. You are a showman and a fake, not a honorable statesman.

Things I do not like about Obama
26. His unwillingness to stand up for the voters of Michigan and Florida, and indeed democratic principles. Allowing his surrogates essentially to sandbag any possibility of a democratic re-vote in those states.
27. The fact that, even as our national debt is crushing the United States, he has made no commitment to balance the federal budget.
28. His numerous “present votes”
29. His failure to endorse true universal healthcare in order to pander to a certain subsegment of young voters
30. His narcissistic and condescending speechifying — “just words.”

Obama just went to Europe to throw America under the BUS

The only order in Washington is the drinking and whining . How come Obama never explains the type of change that HIS people will inflict upon the American people if he got elected. can any liberal tell anyone what that will be? What no answer? Why do you libs avoid talking about what kind of change he is talking about with out being so vague no one knows what was said.

It is so nice to see so many Americans finally seeing that Obama is not qualified to be president. He is just like the cell phone the razor. It is the same as every other cell phone but it has been so overly marketed that people think they have to have it. Come on America we can deal with McCain for 4 years instead of the grossly under-qualified Obama for 8 years. You are too smart to vote for someone like Obama that thinks himself so high and mighty that he has to talk down to the rest of the country.
I love all my fellow anti-Obama bloggers!

“Belle Star – yeah, good luck with that crackpot scenario. You wingnuts really are desperate.”

leo the greek
Yeah – sure.

Maybe Obama’s “need” for hundreds of advisors has more to do with getting all prominent voices on his side than it has to do with getting advice.

I’m a flaming liberal, and I can tell you that Paul O’Neill is a good guy. He was appointed by Bush to be his treasury secretary but left because he found Bush and boys wanted to cut taxes which O’Neill projected would cause a $500 billion deficit (Sound familiar? The prez just said he expects the deficit to be $490 billion.). He also wanted to investigate al Qaeda funding by US allies and was nixed. O’Neill was one of the saner guys in the Bush administration.
Another thing — Abraham Lincoln. Remember him? He appointed his political enemies to his cabinet to keep them in line. Historians say it worked. Why not try it again???

I am increasingly concerned about McCain who does not know the difference between Shia and Sunni. He confused Iraq borders with Pakistan, is this age think or Is it what he claims to have “Foreign Relation experience” . I would rather see him as himself, Maverick than pleasing the right wing; as I am independent voter.

Hey Barack Obama is going to be your PRESIDENT …Get used to it.
John McSurge- Game over.

Maybe McCain should appoint the Clinton’s and Obama to his staff to keep and eye on them?

Kurt,
the democretic primary and caucus system you STILL cry about is a system Bill & Hillary put together while being leaders of the party for over 16 years. they if anyone should be masters of the democratic primary system. no Obama mastered the system in less than a year. Hillary dosen’t need your pity baggage…let’s move on

“In a year of terrible economy, high gas prices, very unpopular war, very unpopular incumbent, and Obama is almost tied in polls with a republican! Tell me about a weak candidate” posted by doughboy. This is so true it’s scary. I hope Hillary is hanging tough, because he will bow out before this whole thing is through, he doesn’t have the strength or stamina. He doesn’t have a clue on how to manage a $400 billion dollar deficit. He just wants to be a rockstar!!

“So what do you Obama fans think about Obama’s speech writer being a 26 year old?”
I think it’s awesome.

sayuncle: At this point, all I can say is that if obama gets elected, then, “For the first time in my life I will Not be proud of America”
now you know how the majority of the country felt when Bush took office

I think its funny that all the little o has done in the past 6 months is bash Bush’s policies. Then he hires Bush’s advisors…..ROFL

I have to say that the McCain campaign is the worst I have evert seen. Who thought that going to a German restaurant was a counterpoint to Obama speaking in front of 200,000 in Berlin? Why was nobody fired for making McCain look like he should be retired?

fyi, O’Neill was the subject of Suskind’s book not a coauthor (as your wording would seem to claim).

The hand writing is on the wall. McSame is going down the toilet where he belongs. Sen. Obama is proving to us that he is truly willing to work across the isle to tackle the significant issues confronting our country today. Sen. Obama is exactly the leader we need at this point in time. Obama 08!!!

TW…Wrong! If he were white, the second anything even close to the rev. Wright rant (not to mention his other racist ties) came out then the white obama would be drummed out of this country.

Bush is notorious for dancing to his own drum….You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
Obama on the other hand, realize their potential and is willing to utilize their expertise.

“Sen. Obama is proving to us that he is truly willing to work across the isle to tackle the significant issues confronting our country today.”
He has absolutely no record of working across the aisle. McCain does. Check your facts. He makes speeches about unity, because it makes people feel good. He talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. Poser.

Speaking of advisers, I wonder just who advised McCain’s recent decision to reportedly release his VP announcement August 29, one day after Senator Obama accepts the Democratic nomination. Aug. 29 also happens to be McCain’s birthday. I wonder which event will grab the most headlines, the birthday, or VP announcement?

DoughBoy – Obama is not “almost tied” with anybody. He is substantially ahead in both national and swing-state polls, and seems to be gaining.

Mack – bla, bla, bla. I don’t care. He’s making the right moves now and that’s what counts. I’m voting for Obama because the alternative is so very much worse. McCain has nothing to offer but war, war and more war. No thanks.

hes not tied, he leads mcsame by almost 10pts in the latest polls, and the leaad is getting wider, get your facts straight and stop posting lies.

Mack – Obama has sponsored a number of bills with Republican colleagues. “Check your facts,” indeed.

His lead is irrelevant Nationally, he needs a 9 point lead in all the right states…remember, Gore won the popular vote. He has to win in places where he is unlikely to win. Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas…

Let me get this right. First Obama slams President Bush on his failed economic polices, now has two of Bush’s advisers join him as advisers. So I must ask, so according to Obama’s actions was President Bush’s economic polices good or bad?

“experienced businessman (unlike Bush),”
That is the biggest joke of all. The great pretender. He’s not a presidential candidate, he just plays one on TV.

Obama came from a welfare mom and is worth millions. Without the benefit of marrying into the money or inheriting it, how else did he earn it other than by being an experienced businessman?

Dan Reese – actually, according to no less an electoral authority than Karl Rove, Obama can probably win even if he loses all the swing states: The consulting firm headed by Karl Rove is out with the latest in its series of Electoral College maps, and this one (available in PDF form here) shows Barack Obama coasting to a win over John McCain. This newest map, which is put together based on averages of state-by-state polling, differs sharply from other maps that the firm produced in May. Those had shown Hillary Clinton beating McCain but Obama trailing. Now, Rove’s firm sees Obama winning 22 states, plus the District of Columbia, for a total of 272 Electoral College votes — two more than the 270 needed for victory. McCain has 21 states and 183 Electoral College votes in his column, and seven states, which combine for a total of 83 Electoral College votes, are considered tossups. There’s some very good news in here for Obama. NBC’s First Read blog observes that “per this map — right now — Obama could lose every toss-up state (Ohio, New Hampshire, Florida, Nevada) and still win the presidential election.” As First Read also notes, though, the recent polling from Quinnipiac that showed Obama trending down in four potentially key states — Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin — was not taken into account. (The map shows Obama winning all four states.) A graph of the trend in polling that accompanies the map is also interesting; it shows Obama way up overall — and McCain way down — since early June.

Who is leading the campaign? McCain is and has been, and will continue to be, in a place of reacting to Obama, the LEADER!

“Mr. McCain is running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life. His campaign is just heartbreakingly pathetic. He is a very impressive guy. He is a brave guy, but he is running the most lackluster campaign I have ever seen in my entire life. I would have thought Bob Dole’s campaign would have set a record for poor campaigns, but this one is even worse. I mean it is shocking.”
– Republican Ben Stein
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The Republicans are getting very very nervous.

Mack – and McSame has his sights set on Iran. The only difference is that the guy who actually attacked us on 9/11 is probably hiding in Pakistan. Obama is right again. DUH!

What role did these advisors have in putting us $9.5 trillion in to debt? Given the size of the national debt — are they the best people to be advising anybody?
Their exit may not necessarily be a bad thing at this point in time. Now the question is — did they exit or where they asked to leave?

Does anyone know if McCain or Obama have Greek lineage? Just wondering…

“The only difference is that the guy who actually attacked us on 9/11 is probably hiding in Pakistan. Obama is right again. DUH!”
Invading a country with nuclear weapons in search of a ghost is not too smart. Duh.

“Why do Republicans who voted for Bush complain now that Obama is actually speaking with some of Bush’s economic advisors”
Must be painful having to continually make excuses for Barry’s flip-flopls.

A “prominent Republican strategist” blasts the McCain camp’s Rovian turn toward partisan attacks:
“Insane. The GOP base vote is not in play. That’s why we call it the base. has it all; it is a generic vote and not candidate driven. Show me a Prez election where the key outcome driver was partisan base intensity. It is a myth. The winning vs. losing outcome is whether he can get the others he needs to win; and a pure partisan approach — let alone a nagging and off-putting tone — is exactly the way not to get them. They have the strategy of a Congressional candidate running in a base suburb, and barely even that.”
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The Repubs are turning on the war hero.

I hate to say it but even Bush is better than McCain, but with Bush leaving a $490 BILLION dollar deficit, yikes. Good job republicans!

“The only difference is that the guy who actually attacked us on 9/11 is probably hiding in Pakistan.”

Mack: Here are your facts: Just what do you call these: “The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act”, introduced by Senator’s Obama and McCain. “The Secure Fence Act”, Introduced by Republican Peter T. King, supported by Senator Obama and others. “The Lugar-Obama Threat Reduction Act,” introduced by Republicans Lugar, Coburn and Democrat Obama. “The Coburn-Obama Transparency Act,” signed into public law. “The Obama-McCain Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bill.” I could go on, but I won’t.

McSame’s flipflops by category, part 2:
Foreign Policy
7. McCain was for kicking Russia out of the G8 before he was against it.
8. McCain supported moving “towards normalization of relations” with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite.
9. McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Hamas. Now he believes the opposite.
10. McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite.
11. McCain is both for and against a “rogue state rollback” as a focus of his foreign policy vision.
12. McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty’s behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it.
13. McCain was against divestment from South Africa before he was for it.

Becareful what you wish for…..Obama is not the person he pretends to be.

HONESTABE GET OVER THE RACE THING ITS GETTING OLD.
Posted by: natale from mass.
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Dear Natale from Mass, You are confused. The poster’s name is listed below the post.

Obama: The lemming’s favorite candidate!

Why do Obama followers re-hash the same old things time after time after time?

McCain had over a week to focus on the economy while Obama was out of the country on his trip. So what does Senator McLoser do? First he rides around in golf cart with Bush 41; then he wanders around a grocery store and inspects the cheese case; then he goes to a restaurant and eats sausages and fudge; then he cancels press events and complains Obama is getting too much press coverage; then he meets with the Dalai Lama to receive enlightenment.
What an absurd campaign strategy! McCain is completely hopeless. Daffy Duck (D) could beat him in November.

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.

Racists will find another reason not to vote for Obama. “no I’m not a racist, i don’t agree with his _____”.

“len – maybe for some people, but you can’t deny that there ALOT of anti-Obama racists out there, too. Just look at some of the more unhinged posts on these very boards…”
Yanno, I haven’t met one person who gives that as their reason. Also, remember that many of the posts on these boards are trolls posting inflammatory messages to start fights, distract and justify exactly what you say.
I’m sure that race is a factor for some but is the Race Card his ONLY card?
I don’t think race is the only reason people vote against him. I do think in many cases it is a reason some vote for him. I think some blacks are voting their pride. Is that racism? I don’t think it is. It’s pride. Is that a good enough reason? I can’t say it isn’t. Should all women have voted for Hillary? It meant real change but they don’t take pride in being women or if they do, she wasn’t emblematic.
Too bad, really. She is the best the field had to offer this season.
Obama hasn’t given me valid reasons to vote for him. He has given me lots of reasons to be wary of him. The way Hillary was pilloried while he said nothing is enough to convince me he has little character but plenty of excessive ambition. That was the stuff George W. Wallace was made of. Giving credit where credit is due, he and Lurleen did the state a lot of good. So ambition isn’t the only issue. The lack of any substantial achievements legislatively is a valid issue. The man never stopped running for office.
Obama is claiming victories for other people’s work. That tells me he has none of his own to claim.
No sale.

McCain will be 72 on Aug. 29. That’s 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 goofy gaffes and confused comments he has been making lately.

It is apparent to me that Obama has accomplished more positive as a candidate than Bush has accomplished in eight years as our President.
Many in America now feel that there is hope for a different direction in policies that are important to the family. Obama will lower middle income taxes – end the war in Iraq – redirect the war efforts to the true “Ground Zero” – consider the world as a place for all to live with America reinstated into its true position at this time in history as a “World Leader” not the “Destroyer”.
Even the Bush administration is now willing to do what the shallow-minded do not want to admit is right by talking to Iran. Even the Pope stated months ago that talking with Iran was the prudent course to take to resolve the concerns of the world community.
Iraq has admitted that it wants America to establish a timetable to leave and allow it to handle its own internal affairs. (Both McCain and Bush have now begin to get on that bandwagon)
As a candidate, Senator Obama is already directing policy and acting as real world leader, one who will lead with strength and compassion, one who will implement a policy of trust but verify in dealing with the “Rogue” nations of the world.
Being an individual who has always loved and believed that America was the greatest nation in the world; with faith in the principles of this great nation, even I am realistic enough to admit that we have made many mistakes. Missteps made in our dealings with both foreign and domestic issues. However, I am comforted to know that we have the possibility of electing a great man to lead this country in the right direction.
As the leaders of the free world meet and develop a level of respect for Senator Obama; a level of respect that has been absent for many years, I feel that our military will once again be given the respect that it deserves. They will not be used to promote agendas which may not necessarily be in the best interest of our country, but as a source of power which will truly protect the interest of this country.
The medical profession will now be enabled to do what they do well by providing health care to all Americans, regardless of their social stature. The insurance companies will be held to do what is right by enforcing the policies that they sold to their clients without the hidden loopholes and double talk typically found when time to take care of the needs of their clients.
America has the “Best” manufacturing infrastructure in the world with the brightest minds developing the most innovative solutions for the needs of the world. Senator Obama will work with individuals of all gender, parties, races, creeds and social status, as he has already demonstrated by the list of advisors currently on board with his campaign, to bring America back to its position as the most fair and productive society the world has ever known.
Many in the manufacturing arena remember that manufacturing companies abroad made purchases of their equipment and technology simply to reverse engineer it so as to produce their products in their country at a lower cost. This was the beginning of the destruction of the manufacturing industry in America. Stolen patents and a whole host of violation followed with the retail industry finally purchasing their products from outside the country. (Another Book)
In the 40′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s, most individuals in America could save a little money and have something substantial left over at the end of the year.
In the 80′s and 90′s, at the end of the year if most were lucky, at the end of the month they would break even.
Now in the 21′s century, when we were supposed to have such a promising future, our elderly are filing for bankruptcy and losing their homes at an alarming rate. The biggest growth industry in the country is the “Title Loan and PayDay Loan” industry. This is because now Americans can not live financially from month to month with the wages that they make. This is absolutely shameful. Many in this country say that it is a result of their laziness, that they are trifling individuals, but in reality most are victims of some facet of this country and its leaders that have let them down by failed policies and education.
New Orleans is a prime example of the intentional failure of the education system in this country. The school system was designed to produce general labor workers in the geographical region. The labor force needed in New Orleans consisted of people to work in the hotel and restaurant industry as maids and fry cooks – so the education system was designed to produce just that – low end labor with little opportunity to escape. Certainly their are examples of those that made it out, but more often than not, it was due to the class of the individual, not the opportunity presented to all.
At one time, when looking for a new Superintendent for the New Orleans School system, a Military Corneal was selected over individuals with experience in the education community. This was largely in part implemented due to the desire to enforce discipline and keep their children under control in the substandard system; thus forcing them to accept the pathetic education they were receiving. This approach was desired by the powers that be verses making a change to the status quo by bringing in someone to make improvements to the education system thus giving the children of New Orleans a fair opportunity to break the mold and better their lives. Why do we think that many families with children in the education system that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina refused to move back to New Orleans when given the opportunity. They would rather walk away from their previous lives to give their children a chance to make it in the new schools that they has discovered by displacement than to reintroduce them to the trap of failure.
There is also a reason that a substantial percentage of people in the New Orleans community lived in public housing. A book could be written on the massive design to keep the individuals in that environment – Coming Soon.
Senator Obama has demonstrated to me that he wishes to level the playing field by providing “ALL AMERICANS” with the opportunity to receive a quality education, work a productive job, earn a decent wage and to be the most productive Citizen possible. I understand why many fear him. It should be very clear to most individuals as to why the controllers and deciders wish for him to be defeated.
Senator McCain is a good man that I respect very much. It is just that the failed policies of the current administration appear to be what he has settled for as the direction that he wishes America to remain on the current course which I do not feel is successful.
Senator Obama is a good man and I trust that his heart is in the right place and that he is doing the will of God by helping all mankind to live better and more productive lives.

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Some of us have not been privileged to have lived during the JFK days but from what I’ve heard and what I’ve read and seen, Barack Obama represents the future of American politics that JFK envisioned. Unfortunately people like JFK, Rev. Martin Luther King, and yes even Malcom X were taken away from us by the same hateful mentality that threatens to keep us divided now. Barck Obama is a brilliant man capable of bringing the American people together and people all over the world if we so chose to do so. That is why you racist are so mad, a black man is gonna do something no American president has been able to do, and that is bridge that racial divide between white, black and brown that has separated us for so long. You self hating brown and black people and white racist seem to love to use the excuse, that the reason you will not vote for Sen.Obama is because he does not have enough experience or he hasn’t been in the Senate long enough or the really tired excuses you white racist Pumas and self hating brown and black Pumas love to use is that Barack Obama, and the DNC stole the Primary Election from little miss poor Hillary Clinton. The real reason is that Sen Obama is a black man, that showed the intelligence and intellect that it takes to govern this great country we call America. As far as Hillary, she may be a racist she may not be, I don’t know. What I can say is that with certainty is that Hillary and Bill tried to exploit white people and black people with the race card in order to get votes and win the Primaries. How sad! Maybe Obama used race to his advantage too, if he did, which I don’t think he did, then he did a good job hiding it but Hillary Clinton made it clear to the ear in Pennsylvania, and West Virgina that she had no problem using race to win the primary against Sen Barack Obama. Talk about your Karol Rove tactics!

Giant throbbing bad news for you. I am not a little kid and happen to be some what educated. Making a comment does not mean I have to satisfy your particular way of thinking and expression. So happens this kid VOTES and guess who will not get my vote. You pay taxes? Pay more with Obama and his not told to you how he is paying for it policies and want list. Get Hillary as VP and watch the pocekt book and by the way’ the interns!!

NOW HE HAS HIS ECONOMIC ADVISERS, IS HE GOING TO BE WEARING BUSHES UNDERWEAR NEXT?

Since these advisors were more or less urged out by the current administration, they have valuable experience and viewpoints that Mr. Obama could take advantage of, and benefit from! While Complain McCain campaign seems to be suffering from a case of major brain drain!

That’s not necessarily a good thing. Bush’s advisor’s haven’t all done a good job. In fact most haven’t done a good or any job this past few years…

“Mack – wow. So now Obama is responsible for all poverty in his district? ”
The point is that they were owned by his buddy Rezko. Obviously he looked the other way. You have to pay to play with Barry.

What!?! What kind of CHANGE is that? Adopting two Bush advisors! The Democrats are warning of 4 more years of Bush…they better take a look at their candidate! Talk about status quo!

You losers (or whiners in Phil Gramm’s opinion) are so pathetic. Anything Obama does you spin to your own perverted sense of what you want to believe. He’s winning on his own merits. He hasn’t “stolen” anyone else’s ideas. Perhaps some of his ideas were the same as Hillary’s, but that just makes them the “same” – not “stolen”. And if he chooses to select some of the better advisors that Bush ONCE had, but left Bush’s sorry side because of how corrupt it was, then live with it. Obama just knows how to choose quality people from both sides of the aisle. Unlike Bush who only chooses his side who agrees with him on everything and never criticizes or complains. A smart person listens to all opinions, not just the ones he wants to hear. That’s your problem – you only listen to what YOU WANT to hear and disregard the rest. Obama spoke very authoritatively yesterday before the Unity Convention – a group of 6,000 minority journalists and media personnel, people from the Native American community, asian, latino, black media outlets and publications. He wasn’t speaking from a teleprompter either and was not aware of what questions he would be asked. He fielded all of the questions quite well. McCain was invited to the same event and declined to appear – and you people criticize Obama for not doing “town hall” debates with McCain? Wait until after the conventions when the real debates begin on network t.v. You are going to be so embarrassed by McCain’s performance, you will wish there was a hole in the floor of the room so he could just drop right through it and spare himself the shame.

How so many of you who’ve posted regarding the 2 Bush advisors who’ve joined the Obama campaign have gone off half-cocked, making comments without having read the article? Had you read the article you’d have known that both of these individuals had left the Bush administration in disgust, and that they bring a wealth of economic know-how to the Obama campaign that can only help him not hinder. As far as McCain is concerned, he’s not keeping his hand on the joy stick and his eyes on the horizon as a good pilot should. Instead, he’s allowing his surrogates to stick his foot in his mouth (though he’s doing a pretty good job of that all by himself.) He certainly is NOT demonstrating leadership.

First off all, I don’t go around attacking one on these boards personally. However, when its about a politician, I think its fair game.
No one said that Obama is responsible for all poverty, however, when you make a promise, at least make some kind of attempt to keep it” I mean some of these children are also relatives of Obama. All his supporters that cry racism just don’t get it. Stop the insults. If you read below you would understand that Obama is full of talk and false promises. Obama is not the breath of fresh air many of you claim to be.
“After addressing the pupils, a third of whom are orphans, and dancing with them as they sang songs in his honour, he was shown a school with four dilapidated classrooms that lacked even basic resources such as water, sanitation and electricity.
He told the assembled press, local politicians (who included current Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga), and students: “Hopefully I can provide some assistance in the future to this school and all that it can be.” He then turned to the school’s principal, Yuanita Obiero, and assured her and her teachers: “I know you are working very hard and struggling to bring up this school, but I have said I will assist the school and I will do so.”
Obiero says that although Obama did not explicitly use the word “financial” to qualify the nature of the assistance he was offering, “there was no doubt among us [teachers] that is what he meant. We interpreted his words as meaning he would help fund the school, either personally or by raising sponsors or both, in order to give our school desperately-needed modern facilities and a facelift”. She added that 10 of the school’s 144 pupils are Obama’s relatives. Obiero was not the only one to think that the US Senator from Illinois, who had recently acquired a $1.65 million house in Chicago, would cough up. Obama’s own grandmother Sarah confidently told reporters before his visit: “When he comes down here, he will change the face of the school and, believe me, our poverty in Kogelo will be a thing of the past.”
But the Evening Standard has heard that the promises he made to help the school as well as a local orphanage appear to have been empty”

Obama is grasping for ideas. It’s obvious! His whole candidancy was based on being “new blood.” Now, that is in question. He is repackaging old ideas from folks that have been associated with failed administration. Out of 300 million folks in the US, these are the only 2 folks available for economic advicement?

They’re just having a meeting. Sheesh you guys are a bunch of pirahnas. And if you read the whole article, it’s more than apparent these guys are not Bush’s buddies. Must be a slow news day again.

stan – you got it 100% backwards. McSame is the dude with no new ideas – that’s why he keeps stealing Obamas.

“That is why Sen. Obama stayed at his church. He is not God, it is not his job to condemn Rev. Wright for his views but to try to lead him and others that are still stuck in the past of hate by leading by example.”
What example? Not a peep out of him for 20 years. He sat there in silet protest. Give me a break. We all know that he attended that church for political reasons, although that doesn’t absolve him.

“Mack-
You know, for a FACT, that Sen. Obama attended that church for purely political reasons? That’s a pretty tough sell….”
Well if he didn’t then that means that he must have agreed with his mentor’s hate sermons, which puts him in an even lower light.

Mack, Do you have any proof that, that is why Sen Obama attended that church was for political reasons our is that what Karol Rove and his followers are telling you? Maybe Obama attended that church because he felt he could make a difference in the lives of people struggling in Chicago to put food on the table. Maybe it’s just that simple. What have you done for poor people lately?

“eviee – stop whining. Obama never made a promise he said “hopefully”
So this is what “whining” has become to you, a spin of words with regard to children?
“Hope” along with “Change”(supported by action) is the platform Obama has been running on. They understood this as a promise and Obama knew that. They are still waiting.
This does not just apply to Obama, but if a politician can’t keep his/her promises about small things, even children, how will you keep the greater promises for our country?

I have to admire the integrety of that Hagel fellow – the backstabbers poster boy. then again, You’d think McCain would be ready for his own tricks being used against him.
These DC professional political whores just gravitate to where the power is moving – like rats to a carcass.

Now for you people that say Obama used race, please post the link so that myself and others can see it. I bet you racist are sitting their saying to yourselves how dare that n!gger! Just Who does Barrack Hussein Obama think he is? Cry me a river! Just the very thought of Obama being PUTUS probably keeps you people up at night in a cold sweat! I think what you racist and you self hating brown and black people really would love to say but are to coward to say it to all of us white, brown, and black fair minded Americans and people all over the world, is that you would never vote for a peron of color, A. Because I am a white racist and B. Because I am a self hating brown or black person. No matter how qualified or how much white blood Sen Obama has in him you will not vote for Obama. RIGHT! See, most of you racist are cowards. I’m sorry, correction I’ve given you folks way to much credit, all of you racist are cowards. Some of you people really don’t think your racist at all because you have bought into yours and others bull$hit. You can’t even post honest blogs and be honest with the American people and the many people around the world that post here because you people are pathetic human beings and lets not forget cowards. You racist are like Camillions hiding in your trailer parks and your middle and upper class homes and neighborhoods behind your computers and your ridiculous bullshit excuses and pitiful lives. Get used to saying President Obama!

“Maybe Obama attended that church because he felt he could make a difference in the lives of people struggling in Chicago to put food on the table. Maybe it’s just that simple”
Everything that Obama has done has been politically motivated and calculated to get him to the next level. If you can’t see that, then I don’t know what to tell you. Take off the rose-colored glasses and see him for who he truly is, not who you would like him to be.

WOW, “USA Today/Gallop Poll” is showing McCain 4pts ahead of Obama. The average of all polls is just over 3pts. The graph is showing McCain surging.

O’Neill quit because he didn’t agree with Bush’s tax cuts. Donaldson tried to cross the aisle and was met with the “us or them” mentality of your current president.
Or didn’t you people quite get past the headline?

Henderson,
That is a non-movable sticking point for me. The irony of running on a unity platform and then having attended that kind of church for so many years is more than I can stand. The message is not lost on anyone, it’s just that he hasn’t done anything in his past that is in synch with his message. He’s an intelligent, calculating politician and that’s all.

That’s ok they will stick around until Obama gets the USA stuck in a quagmire in Afghanistan then they will abandon ship. They are white collar peaceniks.

Mack-
Thanks for the response. Good to know that you have those convictions….we need more voters who actually look at campaign and character issues, and not just the talking points. While I still support Obama, it’s nice to hear some intelligence and not a bunch of ranting. Good stuff.

McCain continues to run around crying about the surge this and the surge that. I mean who gives a darn anyway about these semantics from failed war that should have never been started??
The American people want this stupid Bush/McBush war finished and thereby stopping the cash hemorrhage down this rat hole Bush and McBush have created, that’s all…
Last week we saw McCain screaming ME TOO, ME TOO! On Obama’s 16 month timetable position, and whining about press coverage and other made up stuff like this troop visit in Germany (because they have nothing else to talk about)!
So now this week Obama is getting down to business on what really matters to Americans, the ECONOMY STUPID!
Let’s all just watch as Obama again sets the pace and how McBush comes running from behind screaming ME TOO, ME TOO, on this one as well….
How pathetic is this old fool McCain anyway???
Obama ’08!!!!

I hate to say it but even Bush is better than McCain, but with Bush leaving a $490 BILLION dollar deficit, yikes. Good job republicans!

Uh oh. This isn’t change I can believe in. Whatever. Keep thy enemies closer right? And besides. These former aides of Bush are probably some of the ones he ignored.

This is Change? Just as I thought — we are going nowhere fast in this country — except to hell in a handbasket I mean. Change? Paul O’Neill? Puleeeze people

“Ever been judged on your past mistakes?”
He’d still be making the same mistake if he wasn’t outed and forced to throw his mentor and church under the bus.

Great, first he’s blasting the Bush administration for their economic policy and now he’s seeking their advice on the economy!

O’NEIL SAID BUSH WAS TOTALLY OUT OF TOUCH AND A MORON …
‘BUSH WAS ‘LIKE A BLIND MAN IN A DARK ROOM, LOOKING FOR A BKLACK HAT’

“I hate to say it but even Bush is better than McCain, but with Bush leaving a $490 BILLION dollar deficit, yikes. Good job republicans!’
Posted by: Adam L | Jul 28, 2008 5:16:03 PM
And watch Obama make it GRW!
Change we can believe in!

The speech in Berlin was billed a a rock concert….3 bands before Obama spoke…
The 200,000 were NOT there to see OBAMA…once a gain, the press hides the facts

As I am reading your blogs I am realizing something…I think we’ve gotten so tainted by the current political process that we can’t see with clarity the Obama strategy. We also have been brainwashed to believe that strategy and planning, being steadfast and purposeful are negative things. So often we hear politicians making claims about this issue or that issue and they stand out front as if they are the subject matter expert and tell their stories. The truth is the presidency and for that matter any position in which you are leading a company, organization, etc. should have the leader surrounding themselves with not yes men and women but people who are the true subject matter experts. And a great leader will place themselves in a position to listen and determine the right path for the country, company or organization. Political appointments and alignment to a particular party should not be the most important thing in choosing a board of directors nor should it be for the advisors to a presidential candidate or the president himself as if back in college surrounded by the sacred brotherhood of fraternities. No other candidate in our history (Y gener here) has done this. Obama has been out there in the open, conversing with people of various backgrounds and knowledge bases trying to determine, in this time of economic struggle, religious contempt, foreign policy blunders, etc. what the best path is for America. He even has the foresight to include Bush advisors whom are probably talented and who both left the Bush Administration because he wouldn’t listen, he couldn’t see past his own agenda to appreciate that they possibly knew what they were talking about. The truth is the media will ask the millions of questions it needs to ask to make sure they seem on top of things when the truth is, I don’t expect a politician to know down to the last cent how the social security payouts will be affected a year from now, but I expect them to surround themselves with people of integrity and knowledge who can advise as to these affects. And I expect them to know what issues they will focus on first and foremost when entering office. What will be their platform…McCain has reached out himself meeting with religious leaders trying to court that vote however I have yet to see him hold a round table of economic strategists to help him make sense of a topic that he himself finds confusing and is over his head. Let’s be honest, think about what we are arguing. Why we call Obama names and disrespect him as a person when he is far more accomplished than many of us will ever be (by choice of course) and why we question McCain’s sanity as an older gentleman when he has lived such a long, fulfilling, challenging life defined by public service. What gives us the right? Most of us wouldn’t stop to help a woman being mugged if it happened in front of our face and yet we find fault in the personalities and characteristics of these gentlemen who have dedicated their entire lives to public service no matter how difficult this path tends to be. The white house doesn’t command a paycheck that would hold a candle to what Obama could be making on Wall Street many have mentioned and it is quite true. He is a Harvard law grad as is his wife. McCain had a long career in the military protecting our country and yet some of us would blast him personally and never think twice about signing up to fight as he did. What I am reading here is children who have grown up repeating the mistakes of their parents, fighting battles that don’t need to be fought. These men are great in and of themselves. Who are we to question their patriotism and their personal paths to obtaining enlightenment on the issues that we say are so important. Let’s argue the facts. Remember that? What will hold true after January 2009…McCain’s absent mindedness or Obama’s jump shot. Cindy McCain’s hairstyle or Michelle Obama’s passion. No, we are electing people to run our country, not a prom king…let’s move towards the issues and show them that we don’t need this race to be another tabloid brawl. Or better yet, we can just see if Bush can come back for a third term and continue his divisive tactics and further separate us as Americans, make decisions without listening to advisors and further affect our standing in the world.

My apologies, DISENCHANTED for the misspelling. I was so excited to hear another sober voice of reason and moved by your eloquence. Your point was so on point. Here! Here!

O’Neill took a principled stand and Bush fired him as a result. Obama’s talked about bipartisanship, and this shows that he really means what he says.