Aug 22, 2008 6:10pm
Hunting for Veepy Clues
EmailOn the evening of June 5, 2004, an airplane mechanic named Bryan Smith ducked into a Pittsburgh airplane hangar and noticed that the campaign plane of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was being painted.
And Sen. John Edwards’s name was being added to the logo.
Smith went home and blogged about it at the USAviation Web site.
"John Kerry"s 757 was in hgr 4 pit tonight John Edwards vp decals were being put on engine cowlings and upper fuselage," he wrote.
We checked out Obama’s plane at Midway today.
No painting.
No decals.
Just sitting there safe and sound, Holy "O" sitting solo on the tail wing.
No "K"s or "B"s added.
- jpt
Sen. DeMint: GOP Race Could Go Until Convention 
Obama Avoids Questions on Contraception Rule
On the other hand, Ambinder reports an odd charter flight going from Chicago to Newcastle DE which is unusual at the very least.
Posted by: Benjamin | August 22, 2008, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm
HAAA This is so funny. The supporters will know before the media. I find that so ironic, since the media lampooned Obama to stardom. CNN is the funniest. Their so afraid it will be Hillary and they’ll have to swallow their backhanded comments. Go Obama….At least he has a sense of humor! Obama/Hillary 08
Posted by: Bea | August 22, 2008, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm
Even CNN just said the tease is going on too long, but it’s not surprising given the egomaniac we’re referring to…just loves the idea everyone is waiting for him to announce “to the world” were his exact words.
McCain would NEVER say that.
Go away citizen of the world….I can’t stand the thought of you in my White House.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm
McCains buindler behind Obama Ayers Ad,
The spokesman for the American Issues Project, the independent group whose ad is the most negative of the cycle and links Obama to terrorism, says the group just filed a report naming its sole donor.
The donor, spokesman Christian Pinkston said, is Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons, who made his first fortune in chain pharmacies and is now listed as the 73rd richest person in the world, with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $2.1 billion.
Simmons, a major Republican donor, gave maximum $2,300 contributions to Senator John McCain last year, as well as to former Governor Mitt Romney and to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
He’s listed as a bundler for the McCain campaign on McCain’s website, which says he’s raised between $50,000 and $100,000 for the Republican candidate.
He’s also contributed to Rep. Chet Edwards, the Texas Democrat who has been mentioned as a possible Obama running mate.
Simmons was reportedly a major donor to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004.
He’s also a backer of a controversial plan to store nuclear waste in West Texas, which his waste management company would administer.
Posted by: Thinking | August 22, 2008, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm
Debra, evidently you’re one of the people waiting for the announcement because you’re posting stuff on this thread. If you weren’t interested you wouldn’t even be posting here.
The media are the ones who have been playing the speculation game. Obama was always going to announce it at this time. Just because the media is trying to pry it out of him doesn’t mean Obama’s waiting just to mess with us. Obama’s smart to get so much coverage out of the pure speculation of the pick.
The media will hound McCain soon enough. I hope he picks Lieberman, therefore handing the election to Obama!
Posted by: Topher | August 22, 2008, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm
obama should have been an actor. he would have been really good on “the days of our lives”, or “the young and the restless”. ya know, being that he likes to create his own soap operas. ooooooh the anticipation is killing me!!!! you dont think he is doing this all on perpose so the media just keeps focus on him do ya?? i dont think he’s that type of guy…. what an idiot…. lol
Posted by: tim | August 22, 2008, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
wow. you’re telling me there are some out there who actually still think hillary will be chosen as his running mate?! do you people not follow the situation or what?! jeez…
Posted by: tim | August 22, 2008, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm
tim
Of course he is doing it to keep the media focused on him. And it worked!
Posted by: jock59801 | August 22, 2008, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
Did anyone else see the piece on Obama’s brother leaving in a slum in Kenya on CNN. He lives on a dollar a month, and he is still proud of his rich brother! Very, Very sad. I am even less impressed with his rich brother now.
Posted by: Jim | August 22, 2008, 6:59 pm 6:59 pm
Go away citizen of the world….I can’t stand the thought of you in my White House.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN
Posted by: Debra | Aug 22, 2008 6:29:53 PM
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Hang in there Debra. We will win in 2012
Posted by: DemocratNoMore2 | August 22, 2008, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
jock…
its all part of his rock show… and the liberal media just tears it up.
Posted by: tim | August 22, 2008, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
As team Obama fuels hype about his VP selection, I am reminded why I find him so repugnant. He is all hype. So while the media are all atingle, ordinary Americans would like some substance for a change. Much ado about nothing.
Get serious. NObama.
Posted by: Nancy | August 22, 2008, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
well said nancy. obama is smart in a sly way though. i mean, he is charasmatic and reads a teleprompter really well. he KNOWS he’s not president worthy!!! he KNOWS he dosnt have any experience whatsoever that qualifies him for the job. but he DOES know there are ALOT of mindless americans out there who will fall for charisma and some key words. (thus the hope and change B.S.) so there you have it. this is modern day america. 50 years ago, if the situation were identical, a canidate like obama would have never even been considered. i mean, not by anyone. so what does that tell you about what this country has become? i dont have the answer, but i wish someone could explain it to me, because im at a total loss at what has happened to our common sense as a nation.
Posted by: tim | August 22, 2008, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm
im 57 and have never before seen this kind of circus for an important national event: show your cards and be aboveboard…or is this a preview of coming attractions…
Posted by: ron | August 22, 2008, 7:09 pm 7:09 pm
I am sure Obama gets a kick out of this.
Posted by: rachel | August 22, 2008, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm
i couldnt agree more ron. i mean, im not blaming obama for all of it because the media is a complete joke too, but the whole text messaging thing?! is he serious with this? this isnt american idol or ring tones here, just come out and tell the american people. this just makes him look even more ridiculous in my opinion, but then again thats a “change” for ya. text messaging a select few american people a possible next vice president? god, please tell me this is just a bad dream.
Posted by: tim | August 22, 2008, 7:16 pm 7:16 pm
This hype and frenzy over nothing is exactly the Obama celebrity angle. It is the American Idol Ryan Seacrest who’s it going to be, don’t you wish you knew, stay tuned. Instead of coming up with concrete policy, or real solutions to national issues, Obama plays the media like a fiddle – just as he did through the primary to distract the vetting process until it was too late for him to lose. Hundreds of news stories have been written about the fact that Obama has not chosen his VP. This is not news. It is hype and of no substance, just like the candidate himself.
Posted by: HawkTheSlayer | August 22, 2008, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm
“I think we suffered a big blow today to the hard-liners,” Carville said. “I don’t think he’s spoken to Senator Clinton about the vice presidency or even sought her council.”
“We may be surprised if he picks her, but after that, it was pretty clear that not only were they not interested in had having her, they were not interested in her opinion,” he added.
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The other side of a phony “uniter”.
Posted by: fact check | August 22, 2008, 7:19 pm 7:19 pm
Obama’s first suit
Today Judge Surrick DENIED Berg’s request for a temporary restraining order at an emergency hearing.
He acknowledged that some issues in his background could sever to hinder credibility, and promised to address those issues soon.
Posted by: Mike | August 22, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm
perfectly said hawk. just perfect,
Posted by: tim | August 22, 2008, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm
What a celebrity! Here’s Hollywood! I guess BO is trying to savour being the Only One to the last drop. He really does hate sharing the limelight! LOL!
Posted by: Beckie | August 22, 2008, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm
Raises the whole issue of – can you even TRUST NObama ?? !!!
Posted by: LBP | August 22, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
Boy some of you people who have no intention on voting for Obama certainly are getting upset that he hasn’t informed you.
Got to remember it has been the press who has been pushing the imminent announcement.
Posted by: Thinking | August 22, 2008, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm
You know how on the final minutes of the final American Idol, Ryan Seacrest just prolongs the winner annoucement, adding more commercials, and just pausing before he says it? That’s what Obama is doing right now. Just to get attention. Then there’s a lot of hoopla, then nobody cares.
do you realize that more than twice as many people watched the final American Idol, then voted for Obama? I can’t even remember who won Idol this last time. And you say that this is a “movement” that has changed America?
LOL! No movement. Barely a blip on the radar. He will go down in history as the worst Presidential candidate ever.
Posted by: decentAmerican | August 22, 2008, 7:43 pm 7:43 pm
SUCKER!!!!! That is what the obama gang is saying. All the drama – all the free press – all for a rock star – or – is this a Presidential Election?
Obama is an Arrogant, Radical FRAUD -
who cares who he picks – he will never be elected – he is NOT qualified to lead our country.
Posted by: Molly | August 22, 2008, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm
The Media has been had!
All perfectly staged – again by the Chicago corrupt obama gang.
Obama is a FRAUD – lied – again – never even considered Hillary Clinton as VP -
well – I never considered obama as President of the USA – he is a FRAUD.
Posted by: Abby | August 22, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
Despite “The ONE’s” NObama’s HOLLYWOOD HYPE – another NObama MYTH destoryed!
Looks like McCAIN and Hillary are the RIGHT and INTELLIGENT ONES after all !!
Never NObama – No TRUST!!
Posted by: LBP | August 22, 2008, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm
BO’s arrogance will back-fire! A lot is coming to light because of his theatrics! Why does he want controversy a couple of days before the convention? Bad judgement! I hope it sinks him!
Posted by: Beckie | August 22, 2008, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
This veep obsession is silly and tiresome. How about some real news?
Posted by: rafraf | August 22, 2008, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
I careless about Obama’s VP…….
I voted for Hillary on primaries but
i will vote for McCain in november…
Posted by: ROBERT | August 22, 2008, 7:57 pm 7:57 pm
In the same CNN report…
Not only did “THE ONE” NObama not even consider Hillary (as THE ONE NObama had PROMISED THE ONE would),
but THE ONE NObama did not even ASK Hillary’s opinion / perspective (reportedly, that is certain)…
What a UNIFIER !! – NO TRUST!!
Never NObama!!!
McCAIN is looking better and better all the time- TRUST – and is even PROVEN to reach across PARTY LINES !!
NO WONDER the RACE is TIGHTENING !!
Posted by: LBP | August 22, 2008, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm
Did you know McCain already used the POW card when he was implated in the Keating Five Scandal?
He did. That’s why he got away with just a slap on the wrist.
Earlier, calling on a Senate ethics panel to quickly issue a decision involving McCain’s case, supporter Bob Dole said, “He has been held hostage before under very difficult circumstances. So let us not keep him hostage here in the Senate,” according to the New York Times on October 23, 1990.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | August 22, 2008, 8:02 pm 8:02 pm
Judge Surrick denied the injunction against Barack Obama but said there were issues that he would look at soon. MY GOODNESS. I’ve read the injunction and it appears CLEAR that if any of the issues are correct then Mr. Obama is clearly deceiving the American Public.
Posted by: Ann | August 22, 2008, 8:13 pm 8:13 pm
Why is Obama so fake?
Posted by: young_voter | August 22, 2008, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm
It’s so amusing seeing the caricature Republicans have of Senator Clinton supporters. No, they don’t care about saving a Supreme court that supports Roe v Wade, or defends women from pay discrimination, or a president who won’t veto Senator Clinton’s upcoming legacy healthcare work, or supports child care, or supports protection for working women – no of course not. When they’re pretending to be ‘Hillary supporters for McCain’ they pretend to be stupid high school girls scorned. Always good for a laugh.
Posted by: jhw539 | August 22, 2008, 8:20 pm 8:20 pm
Obama is like a high schooler planning a surprise party and spending his day on the phone trying to figure out how his VP can sneak out to the airport and make a getaway….wow this is too much.
HE’S DRAGGING IT OUT SO THE PRESS CAN MAKE THE MOST OF McCAIN’S HOUSES.
WHO CARES, McCAIN’S NEXT HOUSE IS THE WHITE HOUSE.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN!
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm
Wow, a private plane just landed in Biden town (from Chicago)….FOX Alert….WHO CARES….Time to watch Olympics.
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 8:24 pm 8:24 pm
Willem — what are you talking about? There is no “pow card”. That is reality, McCain, in service to his country, had to lose 5 years of his life, as part of defending our freedom and liberties, so you can run your big mouth in freedom criticizing him. You need to be forever grateful to him and all our servicemen.
Obama, meanwhile, has done nothing, absolutely nothing, nothing, nothing, for the service of this country. And that is fact. We owe him nothing. And he has used up all his victim and race cards, so the fun begins now…the GOP has tons of goodies all waiting to emerge!
tootles! LOL!
Posted by: decentAmerican | August 22, 2008, 8:25 pm 8:25 pm
decentAmerican: “Obama, meanwhile, has done nothing, absolutely nothing, nothing, nothing, for the service of this country.”
So nice to see how little you think of the work the state legislators do (yes, he wrote from scratch and got passed into law useful legislation). Or the charity work he did year ago.
When you state such completely overboard partisan rhetoric you just end up looking ignorant.
Posted by: jhw539 | August 22, 2008, 8:31 pm 8:31 pm
Re: “so what does that tell you about what this country has become? i dont have the answer, but i wish someone could explain it to me, because im at a total loss at what has happened to our common sense as a nation.”
Our standards got lowered with REAGAN, a dumb actor who did nothing but read a script. They were lowered more with QUAYLE, a rich kid who couldn’t spell potato. And they went into the tank with DUI DUBYA, somebody who can’t even speak properly, but because our country is so dumb, he was able to lie us into a war.
Republicans have lowered our standards and put our country trillions of dollars in debt. Obama isn’t perfect, but he is smarter than Dubya, Quayle, Reagan and Mr. Keating 5 combined.
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 8:35 pm 8:35 pm
Hillary wasn’t even being vetted all this time and I knew it. She has been giving Obama support with clenched teeth, which is more than I would do.
Obama sucks for not even seriously considering Hillary and he WILL BE SORRY. Twenty five percent of her supporters are now WITH McCAIN, AND 11% is undecided. Her heart is not in it to support this wind bag, and neither are millions of her supporters.
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm
Big deal! Who cares who he picks for his VP? He sealed his fate when he treated all women in a sexist manner when he bashed Hillary! He wouldn’t get out votes not if Jesus came down and walked on the water for him! I know one thing for certain. It will not be Hillary because she is a person who has a brain in her head and can think for herself and he only wants people to tag along behind him blindly like his supporters. He doesn’t want anyone who might say, “Perhaps that wouldn’t be such a good idea to do this or that.” He only wants yes people in his campaign. His ego is as long as he is tall.And, he can’t hold a candle to Hillary Clinton. We have been telling her and Bill Clinton to do NOTHING for that elitist, sexist pg!!!!! And even if he picked Hillary he would still not get our votes. I think the Dems and Obama really underestimated how fed up the babyboomer women were with the way the party was treating us. And, how long we would remain furious about this. I’d like to see Obama and say to him, “You were wrong, the women DIDN’T GET OVER IT!!”" Right now 1 in every 5 of Hillary’s supporters are saying they will vote for John McCain and that number is expected to increase. Maybe next time he’ll learn to have some manners and keep a civil tongue in his mouth! Good riddance! I hope he picks another Kerryite because that would really seal his fate and his campaign. I’d be thrilled! The more he aligns himself with Kerry and those types the angrier people are getting with him. He claimed he doesn’t want politics to be more of the same and that is exactly what the little hypocrite is doing. I will dance in the streets when he gets defeated in November!!!
Posted by: Mary Anne | August 22, 2008, 8:38 pm 8:38 pm
BAYH AND KAINE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THEY ARE NOT THE PICK….IT’S BIDEN….
PER MSNBE.
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 8:39 pm 8:39 pm
Obama announces at 10:00 AM tomorrow.
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 8:40 pm 8:40 pm
Mary Anne: Another “democrat” for McCain. Just for the fun of calling you on your lies, could you give a single cite of Senator Obama treating Senator Clinton with sexism? Just. One. (And “You’re likeable enough” is hardly sexism, that’s standard competitor snark on par with “he’s not a muslim… as far as I know.”)
“Maybe next time he’ll learn to have some manners and keep a civil tongue in his mouth!” I think you’re overplaying it just a touch…
Posted by: jhw539 | August 22, 2008, 8:46 pm 8:46 pm
Dear Bloggers,
The important ting for all of you to pray hard about tonight is that McCain
does not choose Romney as his VP. Don’t know about your ecopnomy but mine is worried enough about how we will pay for all the services to John’s multiple houses for secret service etc. plus Mits 6 or more. Doesn’t matter that he’s not in them, if the kids are they still have to cover them. That debt could easily be comparable to the Iraq war debt. Don’t know how we could do that without adding to the deficit which you younger people are going to inherit.
Posted by: aw | August 22, 2008, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm
jhw — hmmm, are you referring to the more than 100 “present” votes Obama dropped in the Illinois senate? That was useful to Illionis? Or how about the bills that Obama authored in the US Senate, that became law? One was naming a post office, the other was supporting democracy in the Congo. Yep, lots of service to his country there.
In regards to charity, according to Forbes, and based on available tax records for the most recent years, the Obama have donated no more than 6% of their income to charity. The McCains, meanwhile, have donated about 28% during the same time period.
And many Chicagoans will tell you that Obama had done diddly squat for their state as well.
Yep, that’s service to you? LOLOLOLOL!
I actually pity the poor sucker that Obama ropes into the campaign with him, as they will see their career sink along with Obama’s campaign.
Posted by: decentAmerican | August 22, 2008, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm
Vanessa — you are clearly confusing wealthy and successful with elitist, and that is ridiculous. Elitist refers to one’s attitude, not one’s pocketbook. It is what one does with that wealth and success.
Shall we discuss a few things? Michelle was on the board of the U of Chicago hospitals, making 6 digits, in this non profit hospital that made hundreds of millions of dollars, while thousands in her husbands district went without healtcare, and an important healthcare bill folded in the senate, while Obama did NOTHING.
john McCain, growing up, had never owned a home, as he was always moving around with his military father. While he could have lived a lazy life of “luxury”, he instead chose to go into the military, and risk his life, for YOU. John McCain’s son, despite the family wealth, also could have a Paris Hilton existence, living off his trust fund, but instead, the same….he enters the military, risks his life, for this country, for YOU.
Now……who is the elitist?
Deeds, not words. Americans know the truth.
Posted by: decentAmerican | August 22, 2008, 8:55 pm 8:55 pm
Why did Obama pull ads in several red states today? Figured out he can’t win them over, I guess.
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 8:56 pm 8:56 pm
I’m a Hillary supporter who would be VERY happy with Biden.
Obama/Biden 08!
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 8:56 pm 8:56 pm
decentAmerican: No, I was clearly referring to the laws he wrote in Illinois, such as the requirement that interrogations and confessions in serious crimes be video recorded. Orginally opposed by both Democrats and Republicans and promised a veto, it ultimately passed easily and was signed into law. Because it was a good law and Senator Obama did good consensus building.
If you quit being such a partisan hack and spewing lies and you might realize that Senator Obama has done more than “nothing, absolutely nothing, nothing, nothing…” There are plenty of reasons to support McCain – you want to see abortion outlawed, several forms of birth control banned (the only moral action if life begins at conception), tax cuts biased to the top 5% of income earners, and a hard push to extend the primacy of oil as America’s largest energy source. Complaining about Senator Obama’s “Present” votes just shows a profound lack of comprehension of the Illinois legislative process. (As a side snark, do you know when Obama was rated the “most liberal” senator for one year McCain wasn’t even in the rankings – he didn’t make enough votes to qualify for ranking.)
Posted by: jhw539 | August 22, 2008, 8:58 pm 8:58 pm
Biden/Hillary…..NEVER OBAMA, EVEN IF HE RESURRECTED JFK AS HIS RUNNING MATE, NEVER Obama
Posted by: Debra | August 22, 2008, 9:00 pm 9:00 pm
Someone please tell Father Time to get his ancient rear in gear, I am so sick of hearing all this bickering! Come on NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Joan | August 22, 2008, 9:05 pm 9:05 pm
OBAMA IS STUPID IDIOT WHO PRETENDS THAT HE KNOWS THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. HE’S A PLAGIARIST AND A CHEAT THAT’S WHY HIS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN HARDVARD IS DUBIOUS AND A BIG QUESTION MARK. HE COULDN’T GET THROUGH THE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL THAT’S WHY HE WENT INTO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE (OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE) TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCEPTED TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WHICH HE DID. BUT HE DID POORLY IN COLUMBIA BUT HOW DID HE GET INTO HARVARD AT AN OLD AGE OF 31 YRS COMPETING WITH COLLEGE KIDS AND WHERE DURING THIS GRADUATION 91% OF HIS BATCH RECEIVED CUM LAUDE, MAGNA CUMLAUDE AND SUMMA CUM LAUDE AWARDS.
Posted by: neil1785 | August 22, 2008, 9:06 pm 9:06 pm
Never Mccain, Never McCain. I don’t want gas that costs 10.00 a gallon!
I will never forget the Keating 5 Scandal.
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:09 pm 9:09 pm
Mike, you are full of it. Obama was born in Hawaii and that makes him a US citizen.
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:11 pm 9:11 pm
To Neil: Occidental College is not a community college. Occidental is a well ranked school.
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:15 pm 9:15 pm
Biden would be a great pick for VP imo, his story is touching on how he lost his wife in a terrible car accident just as he was to beome the youngest senator everelected at I think 28 if memory serve, and how he had to raise his two children, how hi sister moved into the house as soon as she heard the news of her sistr-in-laws death.
He comes from a long line of “you do what has to be done” He is older than Barack and his experience is well respected.
Most older female supporters for Hillary would approve of Joe.
It’s a quarter to 3 …there’s no one in the place except you and me….So set ‘em up Joe I got a little story…I want you to know…
Posted by: i am so I can!!!! | August 22, 2008, 9:15 pm 9:15 pm
Owning 11 homes, driving a cadillac and a wife who also drives a lexus while wearing $3,000 suits is a symbol of how “out of touch” the McCains are with the average American. No wonder he adopted the Bush tax cuts for the rich.
McCain services are not qualifications for presidency. It’s a demonstration of patriotism but not leadership.
Posted by: Vanessa | August 22, 2008, 9:21 pm 9:21 pm
Karen….KEEP LYING TO YOURSELF….HE NEVER WON ANY SINGLE DEBATE WITH EITHER MCCAIN AND HILLARY….HIS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS ARE DUBIOUS….EVERYONE KNOWS HIS SKELETONS IN HIS CLOSET….EVERYONE KNOW HOW SERIOUS HIS SCNDALS ARE….HE HAS A LOT MORE BAGGAGE THAN MCCAIN OR HILLARY…..
Posted by: neil1785 | August 22, 2008, 9:29 pm 9:29 pm
jhw…it’s rather interesting that you are defending Obama’s “present” votes, as that has been roundly criticized by numerous newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, along with numerous senators, including Edwards and Clinton in one of the debates. I guess all these journalists and lawmakers don’t have as much knowledge as you, oh great anonymous blogger!
Stop posting lies about McCain. It is Obama who wants to raise taxed, not McCAin. He has already indicated he wants to keep taxes low for everyone. Obama’s policies shifts depends on who he talks to, and who he wants vote from that day. he has flipped on privacy monitoring, oil drilling, “Iran is not a threat”, to a few days later “Iran is a threat”.
Obama will destroy this country, and more and more Americans are seeing the truth about this horrible man.
Why do you suppose he is doing so horribly in the polls, in this the most Democratic of election years in decades? This should be a landslide by now! LOL!
Posted by: decentAmerican | August 22, 2008, 9:29 pm 9:29 pm
Karen,
… OBAMA IS A TOAST IN NOVEMBER….AMERICA DOES NOT WANT A CHEAT AND A PRETENDER….
Posted by: neil1785 | August 22, 2008, 9:31 pm 9:31 pm
Neil: I will never vote for McCain or any other Republican because of what the Republican Party has become.
I remember the old Republican Party and that party is gone. Now they are just crooks.
Obama, even with his thin resume, is better for America than any Republican.
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:34 pm 9:34 pm
Yawn, is it over yet?
Posted by: Brad | August 22, 2008, 9:35 pm 9:35 pm
Seriously Vanessa? So, praytell, but DO kindly tell me what Obama has accomplished as your “demonstration” of his Leadership????
The Obama’s live in a mansion. BHO mother married an oil executive after splitting from first husband, and then was raised by his grandparents, and went to the most exclusive school in Hawaii. He has had a completely privleged childhood, and has been completely out of touch with the average American.
Did you see polls from today that he is losing by over 23 points in Kansas and Tennessee? That’s the heartland of America, that’s the average American, that’s the heart and soul of this country. Obama has no idea what they go through with his arugala, and comments about “bitterness”. My goodness, Obama is not even winning his home state by that wide a margin!
McCain has spent years in service and leadership to his state and country. Obama has spent years serving himself.
Obama….elitist, arrogant, completely out of touch with America.
Posted by: decentAmerican | August 22, 2008, 9:35 pm 9:35 pm
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE IS A NEVER HEARD SCHOOL.
You’ve never heard of it, but it’s a good school.
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:36 pm 9:36 pm
Karen,
WHAT WE NEED NOW IS THE BEST CANDIDATE…AND NOT THE BEST PARTY… OBAMA IS NOT THE BEST FOR SURE…HE’S NOT EVEN BETTER… THINGS WILL JUST GET WORSE WITH HIM AS A JOB TRAINEE IN A PRESIDENTIAL SEAT….WHAT WE NEED IS ANOTHER CLINTON TO CLEAN THE MESS FROM THE SECOND BUSH BECAUSE THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN CLEANING UP THE FIRST BUSH MESS…..
Posted by: neil1785 | August 22, 2008, 9:37 pm 9:37 pm
Neil: WHAT WE NEED NOW IS THE BEST CANDIDATE…AND NOT THE BEST PARTY…
That’s what the Republicans always do. They make it seem like Dubya is the problem. The problem is the whole Republican Party. McCain will continue Dubya’s failed policies. He will probably choose Romeny as his running mate because that’s who Cheney’s daughter endorsed. Then they can keep looting the American people through bogus wars.
GOP=Bad Economy!!
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:43 pm 9:43 pm
CLINTON IS THE BEST…MCCAIN IS BETTER…OBAMA IS WORST OF ALL…. MCCAIN HAS BEEN IN SENATE AND CONGRESS FOR DECADES NOW AFTER HIS MILITARY CAREER… LONG EXPERIENCE IN HIGH OFFICE AND DISPLAY OF LEADERSHIP FOR YEARS ARE WANT WE NEED RIGHT NOW AND NOT CRASH COURSES WHICH OBAMA TOOK FOR BARELY FEW YEARS….145 DAYS OF ACTUAL SENATE EXPERIENCE….GEEEZZZZ….YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME….YOU ARE QUESTIONING MCCAIN’S CHARACTER WHEN OBAMA HAS THE WORST CHARACTER AND ASSOCIATIONS OF ALL….THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT OBAMA IS GETTING WORSE — HIS AFFILIATIONS WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF USA WHICH WAS INTENTIONALLY OVERSHADOWED BY JOHN EDWRADS’ EXTRA MARITAL AFFAIR….PEOPLE ARE NOT THET STUPID NOT TO KNOW AND REALIZE THAT OBAMA IS NOT FIT OR QUALIFIED AS POTUS
Posted by: neil1785 | August 22, 2008, 9:43 pm 9:43 pm
You forgot to mention Obama attended these schools through schlorships. Meaning he’s SMART.
Unlike a certain individual whose also running for the presidency who graduated at the very very VERY bottom of his class.
I forgot to mention McCain also wear $500 shoes.
Posted by: Vanessa | August 22, 2008, 9:47 pm 9:47 pm
Re: …Kansas and Tennessee? That’s the heartland of America, that’s the average American, that’s the heart and soul of this country.”
Oh bull. I’m tired of the media making it seem like the midwest and south are the heart and soul of America. That’s baloney. People there are not more American than people in other parts of the country. There are hardworking people ALL over America.
The midwest and south voted for Dubya and his failed policies. Not too bright!
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:48 pm 9:48 pm
REALITY CHECK…….
====================
There’s a group of democrats,who
they will NOT vote for Obama
regardless who’s the VP…….
The media plays the propaganda card
BUT it doesn’t work for Obama…..
2008 is the year for the democrats
to win very easy BUT the polls are
EVEN……What’s going on???????
The problem is Obama…….
Posted by: ROBERT | August 22, 2008, 9:48 pm 9:48 pm
If McCain wins, gas wil be $10.00 a gallon. No thanks!
Obama/Biden 08!
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm
Biden on the death of his first wife and daughter…
the accident that killed Neilia and Amy
: “I got elected when I was 29, and
I got elected November the 7th.
And on Dec. 18 of that year,
my wife and three kids were Christmas shopping for a Christmas tree.
A tractor-trailer, a guy who allegedly
—- and I never pursued it —-
drank his lunch instead of eating his lunch,
broadsided my family
and killed my wife instantly,
and killed my daughter instantly,
and hospitalized my two sons,
with what were thought to be at the time
permanent, fundamental injuries …
They’re both, thank God, healthy and well.”
Source: Elisabeth Bumiller, “Biden Campaigning With Ease After Hardships”, NYT.com, 12/14/2007
Posted by: i am so I can!!!! | August 22, 2008, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm
ROBERT, I couldn’t agree more, buddy. Obama’s polls are getting slimmer and he’s circling the drain….at a train station, obama employee is asking for voter’s registration…they are that desparate….
Posted by: neil1785 | August 22, 2008, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm
There’s a group of democrats,who
they will NOT vote for Obama
regardless who’s the VP.
______________________________
I used to be in that group, until I heard that Bayh and Kaine were not the picks. That leaves either Biden or Hillary, both of whom are great choices. That’s why I’m now on board.
Posted by: Karen | August 22, 2008, 10:01 pm 10:01 pm
So there is and “O” and nothing else..
They need to keep it empty for his VP pick. So lets go through the cast of “usual suspects” to see what else will be painted on the plane…
1)”UF-O” for Dennis Kucinich
2)”O-thank God he’s not driving” for Ted Kennedy
3)”carb-On footprint 1″ for Al Gore
4)”Say it isn’t s-O” for Hillary Clinton
5)”O-h not again” for Bill Clinton
Posted by: noleftturnz | August 22, 2008, 10:24 pm 10:24 pm
If anyone is still around and wants to know the truth about those 129 present votes (out of the about 4000 he cast), I recommend a simple google for “obama Illinois present vote.” The first few links have good reviews of the issue (for example, 50 appeared part of a party strategy). But don’t bother looking if you’re just waving a partisan foam finger and don’t care about reality.
Posted by: jhw539 | August 22, 2008, 10:32 pm 10:32 pm
you forgot “O” for Oprah
Posted by: trustthesky | August 22, 2008, 10:35 pm 10:35 pm
If its Biden, then McCain should pick Sara Palin as his VP. She is smart, honest, and good Gov. as far as I can tell. She can also hold her own in the “boys” club, she defeated a sitting Gov., she would be real change…. just my opinion.
Posted by: Jim | August 22, 2008, 11:01 pm 11:01 pm
Obama won Scholarships?
When is Affirmitive action a Scholarship?
His years prior to college were private schools paid for by his grand parents.
Posted by: seah | August 22, 2008, 11:40 pm 11:40 pm
According to NBC, FOX, etc
IT’s OFFICIAL…
***** IT’S BIDEN (NOT Hillary) !!! ***
ANOTHER NObama FLIP FLOP !!
Hillary (and her 18 million was TOTALLY DISRESPECTED !!
WHO could vote for NObama – SO DISHONEST
FILP-FLOP, in essence, means LYING
NObama: NO Judgement / NO TRUST to LEAD – esp. as USA President
McCLAIN in ’08 – HONESTY AND INTEGRITY !!
Posted by: LBP | August 23, 2008, 2:02 am 2:02 am
BIDEN !!! GREAT
EXCELLENT !! – There goes NObama’s ONLY claim to good “Judgement” !!
BIDEN was FOR the initial INVASION of IRAQ to remove Saddam !!!
Gee – NObama – NO TRUST
McCAIN in ’08 – HONESTY and Judgement
Posted by: CJB in CA | August 23, 2008, 2:09 am 2:09 am
How can you say “same old Washington politics” “change” and pick someone who has been in the Senate since the 70′s. I don’t konw who Obama is or what he really stands for other that he wants to be President bad. My guess is he is a hard working white guy who can do Obama’s dirty work.
I like Biden and would have considered voting for him.
Hope McCain doesn’t pick Pawlenty (bland) or Romney (phony)
Posted by: jeff | August 23, 2008, 4:41 am 4:41 am