Obama ‘More Renewal Than Departure’ Says GOPer

mccain’s chickens are coming home to ….. (you know the rest)
LOLOLOLOL

Old McNasty is toast.
More right thinking Republicans are starting to jump the sinking McWar ship.

Paul,
Start weeping now because barack Obama will be POTUS.

The Repugs are toast.
Electoral College and Senate/House Snapshot today 08/12
PRESIDENT
Obama 289
McCain 249
SENATE
Dems 56
Repugs 44
HOUSE
Dems 241
Repugs 194

Angie – I don’t think it will happen. I like Hagel a lot, but Obama would have a lot of problems with Hagel on the ticket.
Outside of Iraq and standing up to neo-con stupidity with regard to foreign affairs, Hagel is from the other party for a reason. He differs from Obama on a number of issues.
McCain will have the same problems if he picks Lieberman, who despite basically being a neo-con, was a Democrat for a reason. But then Lieberman can change and McCain/Lieberman could market itself as the all flip flops all the time ticket.

Jake,
The title of this story hides the fact that “Republicans are jumping ship”.
Why dont’t you just title it “Republicans for Obama”.
I am amazed at how much you will do to be biased in favor of your media darling McSame.
I am sure if it were against Obama or Clinton, the headline would be screaming.
Talk about fairness and objectivity.
Jake are you still writing from the Kremblin?

Paul
Hagel is more in sync with obama i think that would make a great ticket hagel brings foreign policy experience besides he is one of the good repubs so to say as far as liberman he would be good for mccain everyone knows hes out to destoy the dems he was never a democrat more like a repub spy

Yeah, but Jo, your candidate is nuts.
He gave away the Iraq attack plans in October 2001, on the David Letterman show no less. And he also gave away that the neo-cons were likely to generate an artificial rationale for invading Iraq. The one McCain floated was that Iraq may have been behind the anthrax attacks.
The only thing was, no one listened to McCain back then. Now, when he may be an election day away from the Oval Office, people are starting to wonder who this guy really is.
And what they’re finding is pretty eye-opening.

The NEOCONSERVATIVE AGENDA is a fundamental departure of the values that our country is based upon. Proponents, defenders and enablers of this warped philosophy drape themselves in the American flag while casting aspersions on those who dare critique their Faux Patriotism and the belligerent destruction of the cohesion of the World community. One need only look at the history of the 3rd Reich for evidence of similar mindset.

Unbelievable. Come on, Jim, WHAT are you thinking???? If you’re even thinking at all!!! Undefined “change” is NOT a good thing. Calls for “unity” can disguise supression of individual viewpoints for the sake of “the party” or “the nation” or “the vision.”
What makes anyone think bringing the Chicago machine to DC is a good idea?

By the way, the McCain campaign can’t even follow Cliff Notes very well.
When it plagiarized Wikipedia to sound authoritative about Georgia, it summarized a couple paragraphs (others it took word for word) and introduced a couple historical mistakes.
McCain said Georgia was an ancient country. It isn’t.
McCain said Georgia was one of the first countries to adopt Christianity as an official religion. It wasn’t.
What Wikipedia clearly says, though seemingly beyond the comprehension abilities of the McCain campaign, is that Georgia was formed from the lands of several ancient tribal nations, one of which – Iberia – was among the first to adopt Christianity as an official religion.
John McCain – the best foreign policy experience that can be read from Wikipedia… well, almost.

A very few weak ‘Republicans’ are jumping ship – however, how ‘Republican’ were they ever. Really when push comes to shove turning themselves into Demobamabots just makes it ‘legal’ as they say.

Jo,
McCain’s endorsement by Lieberman is one of the best things that can happen to Obama. Whiney Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham have their heads so far up McCain that the old man doesn’t need to have a colonoscopy.
Bush/Cheney/McCain – NO MORE YEARS!!!!

Examining Obama’s reaction and comments to the Russian incursion and comparing them to McCain’s comments and actions, it is clearly obvious that Senator Obama is totally unprepared for serious and dangerous world events like the situation in Georgia. And on national TV just this morning, when confronted with Obama’s totally inadequate response, one of Obama’s main supporters chided the commentator and stated that foreign policy should not be used as a political point. What exactly has Mr Obama been doing all this time regarding Iraq and Afghanistan if not using foreign policy as a political point? Obama simply can’t have it both ways. Obama is simply un prepared to lead the free world in foreign policy. Obama is inexperiencd, clear and simple! Obama has clearly demonstrated that he is totally unprepared for the complex world of foreign policy! Russia’s Putin to Obama – “NO YOU CAN’T!”
Visit this website and take a careful look and see more clear proof, in Obama’s own words, that Obama is not ready for Prime Time dangerous Foreign Policy. http://www.harvybing.com The world is simply too dangerous to vote according to what’s chic at the momemet. It may be considered to be “In Vogue” and “Fashionable” to be an Obama supporter, but unfortunately the dangerous people in this world aren’t swayed by fashion statements.
Marie Antionette was unprepared to address the severe economic situation facing her countrymen. When confronted by mass starvation she said, “Let Them Eat Cake”. In like fashion Obama, when confronted by his countrymen, who are suffering under high gas prices and who now can’t afford to feed and house and educate their children indicated, “Let Them Inflate Their Tires” as a solution to High Gas Prices and the US dependency upon foreign oil. Obama is out of touch pure and simple. He is an elitist who has no common man experience.
Unfortunately the dangerous situation of world politics won’t allow the American People to enjoy “On The Job Training” for our next president. On The Job Training Doesn’t work for Presidential employees. It simply doesn’t work in a dangerous world like we face today.
To hear even more serious Obama mis statements in Obama’s own words regarding the security of the United States, visit http://www.harvybing.com

Quick -who was the only Republican Congressperson to vote against Bush tax cuts? Mr. global citizen Leach.

“John McCain gets his foreign policy experience from WIKIPEDIA ? I didn’t know that”
Obama supporters claimed McCain doesn’t know how to access the internet. Another flip -flop by the Obamabots?

“It’s difficult to walk away from your nominee but you have to put your country first,” said Hauser.
This does not put the country first unless selling it out is what is ‘first’.

McCain keeps bragging that he knows how to win wars. He only fought in one, and by his own words he,”was tied up”. So how does he know how to fight wars.

Obama shows his usual intelligence and inexperience in his talk about Georgia and Russia. ” I think we need to get the UN involved”. Wow what a brilliant mind. Then as usual after his advisors tell him what he should of said, then he changes his tune again. Can this idiot ever think for himself? What a scarry thought, this moron running our country. Everybody knows the Democratic party has been hi-jacked by the far left and Obama is as far left as you can get, even though he is trying to lie to Americans that he isn’t. Just look at his pathetic record in the Senate. He did nothing but try to pass an inhumane law to kill alive new born babies. Obama , crawl pack under the slimey rock you came from and take Nancy Pelosi with you. Read the new book ” The Obama Nation” to find out all the real truths about him and you will cringe.

I am very disappointed in Jim Leach. He has become was he warned about in his youth when he was in his third term as an Iowa Congressman: Washington insiders do not listen to the people and are the problem. This is what Jim Leach has become after 30 years of politics. He has lost his base and his foundation of what made him so beloved and successful as a Congressman representing Iowa. His endorsement of Obama shows that he is more into pleasing his new audience at Harvard and the Ivy League liberal elites, than he is remembering the working people of Iowa.

Gerald-D,
We live in such a dangerous world? Are you worried about Georgia expanding its borders even more and colonizing the U.S.? And what did your “Fearless Leader” do about the situation over there, oh , yeah that’s right, he cheered on Michael Phelps in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay. You listen to too much Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly. Loser.

geeevil
Get your facts straight mccain even admitted he doesnt know how to use a computer

Well lets see. Until this year the economy has been relatively good. Oh that’s right during the spring of the last presidential election cycle it got bad until elections were over too.
So (barring anomalies with the economy that occur during election years and magically fix themselves afterwards) we recovered pretty well and have had a good economy since the market crashes and economic issues of 2000 and 2001.
Class warfare aside I think that the tax cuts did stimulate the economy.

“Anyone that leaves for Obama was never truly a Repub.
Nobody can go from being pro-life to supporting a candidate that fully supports partial birth abortion…”
I would disagree with this for some people since abortion is more of a wedge issue.
I would assert that mostly only neo-con republicans could go to supporting a democratic candidate. Basic conservative principles like small government, low taxes and low spending (neo-cons are masquerading as conservatives they are not conservatives) could not in their right mind vote for Obama who supports big government, high taxes and high spending.

It’s just the “OP” these days, nothing “Grand” about it.
I happen to be a proud independent. That means I think for myself, and I’m not afraid to say so.

Leach and Chafee voted against the tax cuts. Nothing more than opportunist RINOs like Huffington.

…… What a scarry thought, this moron running our country ……
Posted by: julie holycross | Aug 12, 2008 1:59:00 PM
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Poor Julie.
FYI, we already have a MORON running our country. His name is George W. Bush. He is supported by the oxymoron Cheney.
We don’t need another moron John McCain to take over.
It is time to get some smarts back into the While House. Where is Bill Clinton for crying out loud.
Well, Barack Obama will do it.
I can’t wait for the inauguration in Jan ’09.

“It must have been a difficult decision to cross party lines and endorse Senator Obama. Our country has been torn apart by wedge politics as well as the vitriolic drumbeat of lies and distortion pounded by hate radio and the Fox comedy channel. I hope this effort by this small number of Republicans to reach across the divide can turn into a movement where politicians think of themselves as Americans first and members of their parties second.
Yes. That is why million sof us CLinton voters are crossing party lines to vote McCain in November.

You are dreaming if you think Repub. are going to desert their party for Obama. It is the other way around. Many , many Dems are backing Mccain for all the obvious reasons. You have to be an American first before a certain party. Most Dems realize that Obama is a complete joke. And as for the Senate , Congress and House don’t count on the Dems winning there either. Americans want American oil not foriegn oil. Obama and Pelosi think they have this worked out telling their people with seats open this nov. to say they want drilling just to get re-elected again. They have no intention of EVER allowing drilling off our land. They want to keep us dependent on foriegn oil. So all the Dems up for election have to go, so we can become energy independent and also remove Pelosi . That witch needs to GO. America , don’t fall for their lies!!!

All the Obama naysayers will be jumping on the bandwagon in 2012. Obama is going to do a great job… and nobody is going to even remember voting for McCain.

To JT: Some people actually vote the BIG PICTURE and not simply one issue. No one is ever going to find a candidate with whom they agree 100%. And not every Repug is against abortion. So you object to abortion but have no compunction about allowing McSame continue the war in Iraq that has killed thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, including women and children. Or is that okay because they aren’t American children?
Besides, if you are a male (which I suspect) you should have no say in this matter. Women’s reproductive rights are the purvey of women, not men who use them as method to control women.

45 out of the 57 states will vote for Obama.

I am a Republican. I will be voting for a Democrat for the first time in my life and you know what? I am proud to do so. I am ashamed of my party.

Jim Leach’s district in Iowa consisted mostly of Johnson County which by all accounts is the most (Latte) Liberal county in all of Iowa, if not the country. I should know since I was a student at the University of Iowa for 4 years and walked past his office quite frequently. Leach is basically a Democrat in Republican clothing. It doesn’t surprise me one bit he would support Obama.

give it up martine polls have shown obama leading very heavily with woman voters as well as having 85 percent of hillary woman supporters as well as most if not all of the hispanic support can you say PRESIDENT OBAMA!!! and i cant belive some woman hillary supporters would vote for a man that laughed when someone called hillary the b word and a man that joked about her daughter being ugly real respect for hillary and her daughter those supporters have!!

Guessing none of the McCain supporters will want to discuss this, though.

Apostasyusa…Obama’s interview with CNN: Ending Bush’s tax cut, raising FICA tax cap, middle income to receive tax rebates( what is middle-income hasn’t said yet) and low-income tax payers to pay no taxes (42,000. that’s not low-income, that’s poverty) increase the 15% capital gains tax rate to 25% that a 60% increase you think employment levels are bad now wait until business gets hit harder with increase tax rates; raise the dividends tax, there goes the stock market, pension funds and anyone who supplements their income, such as retirees, with their stock holdings; wind fall profit tax on oil companies, anyone with good sense knows that this increase will be passed on to consumers at the pumps..tax tax tax…..those are just some of the taxes you can expect to see increase…Me I don’t care,I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I am expecting Obama to win therefore I am rearranging my personal assets; such as, selling what stock I do own, lowering my working hours/overtime to get under that “higher income cut-off.” The funny part about it is…Dems think Repubs will be paying for all these taxes and social programs, don’t bet on it..On that faithful day when the White House changes hands you will hear a loud suction sound coming from Wall Street that will be sell-offs and pension funds sinking even further…Those are the facts

As a former Republican voter, I think it’s important for self-identifying Republicans everywhere to really evaluate both the candidates and their party’s actions in the past several years to see if the Republican party has left them behind.
Obama’s proposals are much more mature and well-thought out than his opponent. The Republican party has lost its way, and I, for one, am turning to the only party that has a way to move forward.
Doesn’t mean we all have to change our registrations though!

Can Obama be that stupid about foreign policy? Obama has called for the UN Security Council to pass a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Georgia. Is Obama ignorant of the fact that Russia has veto power on the UN Security Council and would thus veto any resolution condemning itself. Obama is so stupid about foreign policy that one wonders how in the h## the Democrats nominated Obama in the first place. Dumb and dumber would best describe the people in the the Democratic Party who voted for Obama. Just hope when it comes to the Presidential election people are not dumb enough to vote for probably one of the most stupid Presidential candidates ever in the history of the US.

ApostasyUSA you are being as partisan as the next person so I don’t see how you would expect anyone else to be non-partisan. Lead by example.
Obama is playing the classic class warfare and greedy “me” politics to try to buy votes. Perfect example is the latest seniors proposal which economists see as a bad idea.
The primary benficiaries of plans like Obamas are people not working or working dead end jobs with no education. They are not contributing much worth to the economy so why should we take from everyone else to give more and more to them?
The continued trend of making middle class jobs more worthless as the poor make more money overall with subsidizies and credits will stifle innovation and hard work.
If someone can work a mindless cashier job and live the same lifestyle as someone working a difficult technical job why should someone bother to go through the education and then the high stress for working a difficult job? I wouldn’t and don’t imagine a lot of other people would so that type of policy will drive america further and further down until we’re just a 3rd world country.

I just say let the people vote for Obambi, and then when he runs this country into the ground they can play the blame game, that is what is going to happen, he talks a good talk, but that is about it.
I am so undecided with this election, I am just going to sit it out and deal with whatever happens, the media has chosen their POTUS and it is not McCain..

Historic progression:
First comes economic meltdown…
Then, comes the promises of redistribution of wealth from leftist Marxists and Socialists…
Then, when the economy plunges over the cliff because of liberal expansion, enter the Nationalists…

Obama is the right choice for many Americans who believe in American ideals spoken through an articulate, educated and moral man.
Not a big surprise after the last 7 years.

“”American ideals spoken through an articulate, educated and moral man.”
Right, the man who wouldn’t debate Clinton or attend town hall meetings”"
Funny, I saw about 20 debates with Clinton and Obama. She still ran a lousy campaign and lost.

“”McCain:“We should move ahead with the resolution despite Russian veto threats, and submit Russia to the court of world public opinion,”. Obama made no such statement in his call for a UN Security resolution condemning Russia thus showing his ignorance. I rest my case.”"
McCain stated the obvious. Obviously some folks need to be spoon-fed.

Lee-Usa – “McCain stated the obvious. Obviously some folks need to be spoon-fed.”
I guess he read that on Wikipedia too, lol.

All the second guessing is to display disbelief/disrespect at Barack’s victory over the Clinton machine.
It is so hard for some of these people to appreciate that as a highly intelligent, highly educated and highly committed Community Organizer that Barack Obama has superior hands-on political experience.
One of the biggest mistake some politicians can make is to believe the abundant amount of bull that comes from talking heads who never canvass with voters.
The Clintons are in a way OVERRATED; because they lack on-the-ground campaign, where candidates rub shoulders with real voters.
Obama has been doing that for decades. The Clintons have not!

JOSH
Hillary voted yes for the war in iraq
hillary went along with mccain on the gas tax holiday(WHEREIS IT) SUMMER ALMOST DONE
Hillary threatend retalition (bombing iran) Oh and by the way hillary ran her campaign the same way mccain is running his negetive and a joke!!!!

Jeff,
My family income is below $250K so no matter how much Obama increases taxes for the rich I will never be touched.
BTW, if I were making that much I will not mind paying a few extra bucks for the poor Jane Doe making $17K in Wall Mart.
If I made $100K in capital gains, I will not mind paying an extra $1K in taxes.
Let us all stop this greed.

Mar – McCain just announced that he told the Georgian president today “I know I speak for every American when I say to him, ‘Today we are all Georgians.’”
So if you’re voting for McCain because you feel you know where he stands on this issue, I’ll agree its pretty clear where he stands – for war with Russia.
I’m betting Bush publicly disavows McCain’s words as being reckless.

Paul
He will find out whether he speaks for all Americans in November.

ApostasyUSA, Obama’s support for public funding for low housing projects that went to Tony Rezko and other slumlords, is on the record in the Illinois legislature. Go look it up.

ApostasyUSA,
Can you say “Checkmate”?….Very Good!!!

Pat,
As a society we must think about the have-nots and that is what gov’t is also there for.
That is why the wealthy pay higher taxes than the poor.
Not only can the wealth afford the higher taxes, they help society to make sure that a child will not die in Camdem NJ becausde the teenage mother cannot afford healthcare, the argument about the teenage mother getting the baby in the first place not withstanding.
The rich pay higher taxes so that the aftermath of Katrina should never once again be repeated, the incompetence of the Bush Administration not withstanding.
Hope you get my drift.

Stop with the moral equivalency BS that “all sides are at fault” McCain’s words in support of Georgia is not a call for “war with Russia”. Again, are you against saying anything in support of the Georgian people, our allies, and thus against holding Russia accountable in the world of public opinion for her unjustified invasion of a sovereign Nation? Should the US just roll over and play dead and let Russia get her way without any consequences, even verbal? If that is the case, than expect Russia to flex their muscles even further and perhaps even go so far as to invade Ukraine followed next by the rest of eastern Europe. That’s what your hero Obama would do.

THIRD REQUEST
“ApostasyUSA said:|
“Pat, Al Johnson and Tammy didn’t present facts.”"
Hey Cowboy, what do you refer to? Come on…. Let’s go here……

Much ado about nothing. If we’re going to look at members of the same party backing the “opposition,” let’s look at the multitude of Democrats who are backing McCain and who have changed their party affiliation because they will not stand by and be part of Obama American Idol.

“As a society we must think about the have-nots and that is what gov’t is also there for.”
Society has become that way and I agree with it for a certain degree but that was not the role of the government as originally intended.
A concept I think has been lost is that with freedom comes responsibility. People want the freedom to make bad choices and want the freedom to escape the consequences of that choice. When you overburden someone for others mistakes you take away their freedom in return for the “freedom” of someone else’s bad choices.
Why should someone work hard and have the majority of their work taken away from them (remember money is intended as a barter system to represent work or value) because someone else is irresponsible? I don’t call that freedom I call that slavery.

It just goes to show that Americans are fed up with bush policies and economics and they know that McSame will just be more of the same.

This is a lot of blather, Chafee and some other fool I hadn’t heard of?
Sounds more like a couple of twits who have had their feelings hurt and want some pay back.

For those who might find this site interesting and a good learning tool.
The three Republicans — former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach (who formally endorsed Obama today), former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, and former White House intelligence advisor Rita E. Hauser — announced the formation of “Republicans for Obama,” which will launch a Web site in the coming days that will be a clearinghouse of information for Republicans who want to learn more about the Illinois Democrat. The site will highlight the differences between Obama and McCain on the issues and let them know where they can go to see the candidate and how they can help in his election effort.
“From my perspective, this is simply not a time for politics as usual,” said Leach, arguing that the portfolio of issues that will be passed on to the next president would be as daunting as any since World War II and would therefore require “inspiring, new, political leadership” and the kind of change he believes Obama’s platform offers.

GREAT now maybe Cheney will endorse and we can look forward to the next 8 years. Whooho Repubs for Obama, heck they took care of us the last 8 lets keep them for 8 more. Barak does not have judgement enough or the courage to say NO. NO THANKS . What is next the rich for Obama, like that will not smack of corruption, BOO BOO Barak for being a sell out. SELL OUT

Jim Leach and Lincoln Chafee are no more Republicans than Hillary Clinton. It’s bad enough how they were when they were in Congress, always voting as liberals, and now they don’t see that Barack Obama is not WRIGHT for America?! (Hat tip: http://www.notwrightforamerica.com).
Besides, McCain will get more Demcorats than this because many Dems will be turned off by Obama’s far left-wing politics.

ApostasyUSA:
“You still aren’t saying anything,”
I did too say some.. however I haven’t yet learned to talk without saying anything at all like that Obama dude.

Did you notice the words “EX” or “FORMER” Leach and Chafee, they are just mad because the Rep. in there states didn’t elect them. No big deal, they are losers, How many dems. are going to vote for McCain!!! Now that is a story.

“LJ Redstate:
then why not have your freedom in South Africa Black man? You are free to exit the US.
Posted by: shalom”
Sometimes it takes antagonizing to get the true racist feelings out of Obama supporters I guess. Nice reference specifically to South Africa as I’m sure that was intentional.

LJ Redstate:
do your parents know that you are on the computer? You remind me of a 4th grader…..

I’m not worried about it I was just making an example. Imagine if a “conservative” made that same statement the fervor it would create. It might have been meant innocently but PC has gotten everyone so sensitive.
I think that the majority of people are intelligent enough not to judge individuals by something as simple as race or nationality. The ones that are I consider more and more irrelevant which is why I get irritated at race being injected into the election so often.
Hopefully McCain meeting the race card issue straight up will keep that nonsense out of the rest of the election.

Cryos:
John McCain would be wise to persuade Condi Rice to be his running mate….plain and simple…
Unfortunately, race plays a lot into this….and you either know this or you are trying to suggest America has arrived…
Condi Rice would spark more excitement on the ticket than anyone I can think of at this juncture for McCain…..
Why? because we are tired of seeing the same ol cooky cutter type of folks leading this country….

“No African American female governors or US senators…..America: you got a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go before this country can suggest that it’s fair to all Americans…..”
I feel this is an ignorant statement and it appears your basis for Obama is that he is black. Voting for someone because they are black is as ignorant and misguided as not voting for someone because they are black (or any race).
The “long way to go” is when we can stop judging everything by race, gender, etc and judge people for their qualities as a person.
For example Nancy Pelosi was historic as the first female speaker of the house but she is a disaster and it has nothing to do with her gender. It’s too bad so many people can’t see how she is one contributing to our economic problems by “trying to save the world”. And that issue is just the icing on the cake. If Obama can start by getting people like Pelosi in his own party to act bipartisan maybe I’ll believe it is more than just words.

The Democrat controlled congress and senate have not been doing their jobs. The Democrat controlled Senate voted for the Iraq war yet refuse to accept responsibility to stop the war – just words without action. Time for Dems to make the switch to Republican for less government.

One Senate bill proposal that the DNC favorite-son has signed onto is to give the United Nations the power to create a military and to give a boost to countries who have a lower minimum wage than the US. It will become more important to stop the Iraq war because this bill will need to redirect the current Iraq funding into the UN’s funds accounts, for distribution to other countries. The balance of trade will become much worse and instead of funding the US military salaries, the UN military salaries will be funded by US taxpayers. Instead of helping our poorest US citizens and healthcare, taxes will go to the UN to be sent to the same countries that are now getting our jobs. The beacon of light will shine on the outflow of money to the UN. Think before you vote in 2008. You will race to the polls to vote GOP when you know the facts and know the real deal.

The Republicans for Obama are either lying or bewilderingly confused and ignoratn.
There is not a single issue that Obama has a conservative bone on.
*Regarded as the most liberal Senator.
*Supports infant-cide
*Supports Affirmative Action
*Supports Unions
*Supports dining with terrorists.
*Has not reached across the aisle, once, not even once.
*Racist.
*Pimps Christianity.
*In Bed with Bush on support of appeasing Russia.
The list goes on..
McCain/Palin 08!

Gina what about women voting for Hillary solely because she is a women. Same thing right.
And Paul there are republicans that will vote for Obama because they can’t stand McCain. Afterall, there are democrats voting for McCain for the same reason.

An election, if you can get past emotional code words and manipulation that other posters plant on these boards, an election is really a referendum. If you like how the republicans ran the country, which was totally under their one-party control for 6 years, then vote for them. If you don’t, vote for someone else. That’s the point of voting. Now propagandists come here and they start using emotional code words designed specifically to manipulate your brain, I implore you to ignore these evil muckrakers, they are scum. Look at this logically instead. Debt: has gone up 2 1/2 trillion dollars since Bush took office even though the stock market rallied, it had not to do with the stock market. Spending: Republicans spent more in their first term than Clinton did in all 8 years of his presidency. War: Invading Iraq was not ratified by the UN, effectively cutting the heart out of that organzition, the same organization we so nobly used as justification for kicking Iraq out of Kuwait. Iraq was not “pre-emptive” because Iraq was not a danger to the US, was not threatening the US, had no WMD’s left and had no ties to AlQueda. In other words Iraq was a completely false war, a red herring, a goose chase. Health Care: 48 million Americans still have no health insurance and many more are “underinsurned” meaning that they pay so much for their healthcare they are effectivly the same as not being insured. 72 million men women and children in those categories. The US Constitution: to many this is our most sacred document, yet Bush refused to enforce many of congresses laws with so-called “signing statements”. His job is to ENFORCE THE LAW. He flat out broke the law with illegal wire tapping even though there was a legal system in place already. He embarrased the US with the torture of prisoners, holding them indefinately without trial, and a lack of oversite in Iraq that led to many bad decisions including Abu Gharib. No matter how much you don’t like Muslims, these actions hurt our world image and created unnecessary terriorism and distrust of America. Environment: Bush right at the beginning of his presidency broke out of a treaty that would’ve slowed global warming down. It wasn’t until last year that Bush even acknowleged it’s science. Now it’s obvious that the ice caps are melting FAST. Bush lost us time to combat it and now there is real possibilty of the world itself changing to an inhospitable environment, and frankly Bush doesn’t seem to give a damn. And McCain who didn’t support offshore drilling for all of his senate history, now thinks that offshore drilling should be our new 10 year plan, instead of listening to T Boone Pickens and Al Gore and focusing on getting off oil completely….So I ask Americans everywhere, throw the code words our the door…Britney Spears is completely irrellevant…is the answer now to to vote in favor of the same party with same kind of leader who wants to do the same kind of things with the same tactics that got us into this mess? Are you voting FOR that?

so u wanna talk global warming… there is still lots of debate over it. they aren’t even sure if it’s carbon dioxide that’s causing it (if it even exists). i think that if it does exist, mother nature has more control than man does (man knows too much for his own good). i was watching “nova” on pbs one night last week. it was talking about global dimming. what i got out of it is this (if everything they said is true): global warming is going to happen no matter what. if it weren’t for the greenhouse cause emissions, then global warming would occur much faster. therfore, (again if this is all true) global warming is NATURAL cuz it would be inevitable even without greenhouse gases (which oil may be renewable). at one time, the earth had an ice age. iowa (my state) was once an ocean. greenland (omg it’s melting!!!) is called “greenland” for a reason; it was GREEN when it was first discovered. so as i said… i truly believe it is a natural process, if it is acutally occuring. i think it was around easter (might be wrong, but i know it was months ago) when the “today show” showed a video of antarctica (showing the effects of “global warming”) and the sun was out, but the thing about that is the fact that during the time of year that they had it on tv, antarctica is actually dark (no sun). (another reason ALL the media is so messed up!) i would like to say this… it’s funny how nobody really thought much about global warming until al gore came out with his lil movie. (i don’t trust that man any farther than i can throw him, and bush didn’t steal that election. they’ve recounted the votes MANY times and bush still comes out with even MORE votes; just wanted to throw that out there.)

McCain 08!

I voted for Bush in 2000 and will never vote for another Republican again for as long as I live. They are the worst people on the planet. The hell with Bush, McSame and the GOP.

LOL McCain is in big trouble. The old guy has no shot.

It’s sad how many media sheep there are out there who blame republicans for all the problems. It just goes to show the do nothing congress spending time political posturing instead of trying to legislate and solve problems was successful. Most people don’t even have the intelligence to see through the shallow sham. I bet IQ has dropped in this country by 10-15 points the last 20 years.

More Republicans will vote for Obama than Dems will vote for McSame. PUMA is a joke.

Conservatism is a failed ideology. Time for real change and real progress. Enough with Republican failure.

The media wants this race to appear like it’s close, but I smell a landslide for Obama. Obama 2008!!!

Gina: I agree with your previous statement about blacks voting for obama just cuz he’s black. think about this: oprah built houses for victims of katrina. all but one or two of the families were black. now, she’s NOT considered a racist. however, if it would have been a white person that did just the opposite (build houses for mostly white), then that person would be considered racist (even if they aren’t really racist). also, it’s interesting how it’s “politically incorrect” to refer to black ppl as “niggers,” but i sure do hear a lot of black ppl using that term on tv. (just another observation) i only know/am friends with 2 people that aren’t 100% white (one is black and one is half arabic), but r ppl gonna call me racist even though i’m not? i understand why many ppl r racist against blacks. many tend to be more lazy and many live off the gov’t (white ppl too moreso with blacks). however, look at the history of african americans. this country set them up from failure once slavery ended. they were given 40 acres & a mule and were supported by the gov’t. again, i’m not racist, nor am i trying to be. i’m simply trying to explain why some ppl think the way they do. ppl r so hypocritical!!!

…and people have been calling bush the antichrist. so… i wouldn’t be making any judgements. a couple of things about the antichrist: muslim decent (obama), everybody has a number (holocaust jews, national id that is trying to be passed)