As Ike Bears Down on Texas, Obama Bears Down on McCain
ABC News’ John Berman, Sunlen Miller, and Ursula Fahy report:
At the top of a rally in front of 8 thousand supporters in Manchester, NH, Barack Obama made a brief nod to those bearing the brunt of Hurricane Ike. "We are enjoying a beautiful day in New Hampshire," he told the crowd, "But it is appropriate for us to begin by thinking about those families that are having their lives upended as a consequence of hurricane Ike in the Gulf…I think it’s important for us to make sure we are keeping them in our thoughts and prayers today."
Senator Obama went on to say his supporters should be willing to help those in need.
But Obama then transitioned to a political stump speech using the weather-inspired segue, "a lot of people are going through their own trials and tribulations, there are a lot of quiet storms taking place across America."
Obama continued what is a new campaign effort to sharpen attacks on John McCain, saying, "he is out of touch with the American people." Obama said the McCain team is trying to divert focus from the economic difficulties facing Americans
"They don’t want to debate on the issues," he said. "They are running on 8 more years of what we have seen."
Obama also made reference to some of the media-frenzies of the past weeks and months.
"They are going to spend the next 7-8 weeks trying to distract you, they’re going to talk about pigs, they’re going to talk about lipstick, and they’re going to talk about Paris Hilton, and they’re going to talk about Brittney Spears." But he promised, "I believe we will not be distracted this time, we will not be diverted."
At the very moment that Obama was promising to keep the focus on the issues, his campaign announced the release of a new campaign ad attacking John McCain’s ties to lobbyists. "His campaign manager lobbies for corporations outsourcing American jobs," the ad says, "the campaign chairman he picked last year…a bank lobbyist." The campaign says the ad will air nationally on cable and in "key" states.
The tenor from the Obama campaign in the wake of Hurricane Ike was vastly different than their tone when Gustav hit less than 2 weeks ago. Then, Obama delivered short speeches at giant rallies largely devoid of politics. But now, with his standing in the polls having slipped, perhaps he cannot afford to be so charitable.
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Keeping hit the liars for what they are Obama….lies lies and more lies. They can’t run on the issues because they’re Bushs. Not this time…..never again….
Posted by: linda n carolina | September 13, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm
Speaking of Paris Hilton….
givemeamillionparishilton.com
Posted by: A. Nobody | September 13, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm
He’s a loser. He doesn’t give a crap about anyone but himself. That bag he is married didn’t even care about the memorial for 9/11. She wasn’t in New York. She was in Ohio campaigning event. Telling people she is Christian. LOL! They are disgusting! NOBAMA!
Posted by: rockthebleachers | September 13, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
I like Obama alot. He has class and dignity. He will make a great President. President Obama, kinda has a magical ring to it. Say it often enough and you will believe too! Peace and love to all! Obama/Biden Time!
Posted by: Bobba | September 13, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm
Larry blows BO
Posted by: ooooo | September 13, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm
The depth to which McCain’s campaign has fallen is breathtaking, even more disgusting than Bush’s ’00 and ’04 campaigns. And to think John McCain once wore his honor on his sleeve, like a badge of courage. No more.
Posted by: Steve Kusheloff | September 13, 2008, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
Kind of a cynical report.
Gee it is just a day off for John Palin, oops I mean McCain.
Posted by: Thinking | September 13, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
I am afraid by McCain and continue to choose more of the same
Waaberi
Posted by: Waaberi | September 13, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
Yeah, all McCain wears on his sleeve now is a POW button.
Posted by: Jo | September 13, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
The Republicans remimds me of the bible phrase “wolves in sheep clothing”
Posted by: Robert Boyd | September 13, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
Its not just Obama and McCain scaling back today. Its everyone.
Obama scales back campaign events in Ike’s wake from The Associated Press – 20 minutes ago.
This is for everyone affected by Ike. Hang in there …
Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the LORD
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as EAGLES
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint”
Posted by: Cooday | September 13, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm
I’m sure Sarah ‘the celebrity’ is busy raising money for the victims of this storm. Perhaps she’ll call her friend Paris for money raising advice.
Or, Ms. Palin is busy looking up the meaning of hubris in the dictionary.
Posted by: Gus | September 13, 2008, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
Obama negatives…
The short list:
Inexperience
Drug abuse
Involvement with slumlord Rezko
Support from and involvement with bomber and anarchist Bill Ayers
Failure to take a stance on a 130 issues by voting present
Association with Black Separatists
Adoration of political mentor/Sprirtual Adviser, Racist Jeremiah Wright, Jr., for over 20 years
Affiliation with Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam Leader
Denial of his family background and deep Muslim roots
Racist remarks about Jews referencing “Himeytown”
Views 2nd ammendment and religious rights as bitter–clinging to guns and religion
Deception – Pretending not to support the war but actually voting to fund the war
The short list…
Anybody But Obama…
Posted by: Jayhawk | September 13, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm
Mcain is a bold faced liar he sat there on the view and lied with a straight face how sad and just to think people want this mcbush for president sad sad sad!
Posted by: angie | September 13, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm
Yeah, I voted for McCain in the primary! What a mistake!!!! He’s clearly showing the TRUE McCain these days. A very DIShororable man with ZERO intergrity. He disgusts me. And I used to think he was the greatest. Sad.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 13, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
Love you Hillary.
From this day forward, you are the only democrat I will EVER vote for.
This party shamed us all with its favoritism and it ugly attacks on you.
We will not give in.
Greetings, John McCain. I can survive 4 more years.
Dems…. learn from this. NO unity by cheating, hating, attacking, denigrating and corruption.
Posted by: eddie | September 13, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
Angie, Yes it is a sad thing for America, and the world if Mcsame is elected. He isnt the only liar on the ticket either. Sarah has lied to us, and this is disturbing, considering we are depending upon her to be truthful to us to prove her worth. I just think I can trust the democrats more this time, the republicans are up to dirt..
Posted by: Jo | September 13, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
Now it seems that Sarah did know that the little village she ran was charging for rape kits when she was Mayor. She approved the idea.
How many more lies is the woman going to tell? I suspect after Fox News she won’t give another interview.
Posted by: Keith | September 13, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm
I wish the Republicans here would stop pretending to be Hillary supporters. No one buys it.
Posted by: Keith | September 13, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
Thank G-d you’ve awoken and “seen the light!” It’s time to stand up to McCain for what he is: a hypocrite and far from being a straight-shooter with the American people. Stay focused on the issues and you and Biden will, most assuredly, win this election on November 4th! Howard Gallas, Reno, NV.
Posted by: Howard Gallas | September 13, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
McCain/Palin: What a catastrophic combination! We have to rally around the smart, decent, accomplished, caring, honest Barack Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden. We MUST stand up to these others that are hell bent on ruining this country! I sure hope we pull this off now … it would truly be tragic if we were derailed in any way!
Posted by: Lila Mach | September 13, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
I’m Glad Obama is attacking McCain on the fact that hes has a bunch of lobbyist and Bush workers running his campaign.
Not sure if anybody noticed how much McCain and Palin have been getting called liars to their faces lately. Their ads are full of lies people can easily debunk by spending 20 minutes on a computer.
Long live the control free internet.
Posted by: sense | September 13, 2008, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm
Hillary said, No McCain, Noway, No how. That pretty much sums it up people. If you support Hillary then you should support her candidate. McCain represent more of what is wrong with our country, cant you see?
Posted by: Jo | September 13, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
Lies on her resume, lies in her speeches and lies in her interviews. What a maverick. Nice values, too.
Posted by: doug | September 13, 2008, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm
Obama – Illegitimate child
Illegitimate candidate
Posted by: rodney | September 13, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm
Why is Obama lies each time he speaks? I think because most Americans are still not able to see through our Obama. “They don’t want to debate on the issues”. It was Obama who refuses to debate the issues with Hillary and now with McCain.
Posted by: young voter | September 13, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm
McCain’s campaign aides sure are plastering the site actively today.
Posted by: NOPLANTS | September 13, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm
Ms Chatty Cathey Palin…more baggage than LAX. First Dude subpoenaed yesterday on Troopergate…Government e-mails with CC to Todd Palin. Charging rape victims for their own rape kit. 22 million debt left on the books in her town.The gift that keeps on giving..can’t wait for the nest lie.
Posted by: linda n carolina | September 13, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm
Obama is such a hypocrite, he is running an ad that is making fun of John McCain’s age and his injuries from being a POW. How is that relevant to to problems of the country?
Obama scares me!
Posted by: Eva | September 13, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm
Mc-Cain and Palin are war-monger-duo [WMD]. This WMD ticket if wins the election, it will bring down double disaster on economy and world peace for the USA and the World.
Bush war has already shattered the economy and world trust. Mc-Cain and Palin think the war was divine dictation and turned this personal war to a holy war which is dangerous connotation for the humanity at large.
Posted by: abuusa | September 13, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm
Obama
Illegitimate child
Illegitimate candidate
Posted by: rodney | September 13, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm
New campaign strategy for McCain since the lies are front page news now:
Infiltrate comment boards and presume more made up crap will fly with the folks involved enough to read at least SOME news?!
Hold on, I spilled my coffee laughing.
Posted by: NOPLANTS | September 13, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
Dont worry Eva, youll learn to like and trust our next president. President Obama will lead us into a bright future, unlike the trash heap that the present Republican administration seems to be steering towards. he is intelligent and caring, you have nothing to fear from him. McCain on the other hand has been known to use fear as his ruler. He has shown bouts of rage and a poor temperament. He even has threatened violence against fellow lawmakers while on duty for his constituents. Hes a scary guy for sure, if your the kind thats scared of these people.
Posted by: Jo | September 13, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm
NOPLANTS
Clearly a sexist plant
Posted by: rodney | September 13, 2008, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
jo…
why do you, and soooo many other americans, actually think that the republicans are the only liars?!! are you seriously that brainwashed into partisan politics where you think democrats dont lie and only republicans do? listen, i can understand having your opinions on whether you support a democrat or a republican. there are vast differences, but those should be based more on YOUR beliefs. conservative versus liberal values. there are way to many people that are so brainwashed into sticking up for “their” team, its sickening and quite frankly, scary. its scary that so many american people actually think their team arent liars and thieves. no matter the side of the aisle, THEY ARE POLITICIANS.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
It’s too bad that Obama didn’t bear down on Jeremiah Wright when he spat out anti-America and anti-white venom prior to Obama running for president.
Of course, Obama’s actions speak louder than his words.
The reason Obama didn’t is because he secretly agrees with Jeremiah Wright.
Posted by: USmarine0331 | September 13, 2008, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
and jo, do you actually think hillary likes obama?! the clinton machine HATES obama!!!!!!!! she has a political career to worry about. plain and simple. dont fall for everything that they say, again THEY ARE POLITICIANS.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
USmarine0331, semper fi! your dissin a fellow jarhead there. Thats against the leatherneck rules, major violation brotha. OOOrah! Just lettin ya know, bro.
Posted by: mitch | September 13, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
Jo
Get your education from the National Enquirer, do you?
Posted by: rodney | September 13, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
McCain has proven he’s untrustworthy with his dishonest and dishonorable campaign.
McCAIN = FAKE TALK EXPRESS
Posted by: Ed from MA | September 13, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
I cannot believe some of the spaced-out, idiotic comments regarding Obama being aired on the web by people with sub-normal IQ’s. And McCain with his half truths and outright lies is just slightly better. These people deserve to live with another 4 years of Bushisms, but I for one prefer truth and good judgment to hypocrisy.
Posted by: Richard H. | September 13, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm
Eva,
Obama terrifies me too. His racist, corrupt, and terrorist ties could lead America to look like Obama’s Chicago district.
That last Obama ad was absolutely stomach turning.
Democrat for Palin/McCain
Posted by: steve | September 13, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm
How is questioning McCain’s ties to lobbyists a non-issue. I am so sick of the spineless media in this country. Why are they so afraid of the right? rednecks really. So what if Michelle Obama didn’t go to the 9/11 memorial? So now she’s not Christian and American? How narrow-minded a view is that? If you want more superficial ideological leadership then lets vote Palin/McCain and watch the country lose its economic and political standing in the world. But hey as long as we’re killing the terrorists right! YEE HAW!!!
Posted by: Micheal Richardson | September 13, 2008, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
Steve, Its McCain/ Palin, you are confused it seems, but thats only natural because you clearly have no judgement whatsoever.
Posted by: mitch | September 13, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
Why is the MSM so liberal?
Well, for starters, they majored in liberal arts. Any wonder they have so many problems dealing with things like statistics and other common facts.
Posted by: rodney | September 13, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
michael richardson…
you actually think the media is on the side of the right??!! where do you get your news?! theres only one mainstream news outlet (on tv) that leans to the right, and thats fox news. and they dont even compare to those that flat out fall to the left. and thats not to mention newspapers and magazines nationwide that are overwhelmingly on the left. so again i have to ask, where do you get your news?!
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm
McCain isnt Palin so much, hes just more pasty.
Posted by: JJ | September 13, 2008, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm
McCain will bring no change. More of the same. He’s a lying liar.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_09/014700.php
Posted by: QG | September 13, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm
then why are those on the left making it seem as if it were palin/mccain? just curious….
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm
I’m so impressed that Obama’s skill of USING people.
McCain said put country first during Gustav, he united people from two parties to work together; but Obama USED Ike to gather people to listen to him attacking opponent.
Becareful if Obama loses, he will be the most wasteful president candidate in the history. How much money he spent on ADs??
Posted by: golfgirlusa | September 13, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
Have you ever seen Obama’s district in Chicago? If you have you would never vote for him. He can’t even make any positive changes to his district he has never made any changes to the government at all.
Obama will turn America into a 3rd world country and have his corrupt friends in office with him.
Obama is beyond terrifying.
Posted by: WilliamIII | September 13, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
Funny how the cheerleading for Sarah Palin has suddenly gone quiet after her embarrassing performance with Charlie Gibson.
She’s so obviously UNQUALIFIED to everyone, Repubs included, that they’ve slipped into shamed silence.
CHALK IT UP AS ANOTHER McCAIN LIE.
McCAIN RISKS AMERICA’S FUTURE WITH HIS SHALLOW INCOMPETENT VP PICK.
McCAIN DISHONORS AMERICA BY PUTTING PERSONAL AMBITION AHEAD OF AMERICA’S SECURITY.
McCAIN PROVES HIMSELF UNTRUSTWORTHY BY TELLING PROVEN LIES AGAIN AND AGAIN.
McCAIN IS UNTRUSTWORTHY.
Posted by: Ed from MA | September 13, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
John McCain is a liar.
Now that’s straight talk you can believe in.
Posted by: jay | September 13, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
RCP has McCain up 10 electoral votes today. Obama, sinking into the porcelain fixture more every day!
Posted by: rodney | September 13, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
golfgirl…
absolutely right. obama is slipping in the polls and the left is extremely scared of sarah palins addition to the ticket. they have officially started panic mode. thus all the smearing by the media and the change of tacti of obama. and if he dosent come up with something else (which he has none of) the numbers will continue to decline all the way till election day. pretty much how i predicted it 3 months ago.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm
I don’t like the messages from either party; both seem to be forgetting about the largest voting block in this election. When will they talk about the real issues?
Posted by: registered independent | September 13, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
McCain Flies His Campaign Past Obama
Saturday, September 13, 2008
John McCain was trained as a fighter pilot. In his selection of Sarah Palin, and in his convention and campaigning since, he has shown that he learned an important lesson from his fighter pilot days: He has gotten inside Barack Obama’s OODA loop.
That term was the invention of the great fighter pilot and military strategist John Boyd. It’s an acronym for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.
“The key to victory is operating at a faster tempo than the enemy,” Boyd’s biographer Robert Coram writes. “The key thing to understand about Boyd’s version is not the mechanical cycle itself, but rather the need to execute the cycle in such a fashion as to get inside the mind and decision cycle of the adversary.”
For a fighter pilot, that means honing in above and behind the adversary so you can shoot him out of the sky. For a political candidate, it means acting in such a way that the opponent’s responses again and again reinforce the points you are trying to make and undermine his own position.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
That’s what American needs. A country run by liars, elected by idiots.
No loose nukes in the Whitehouse!
Vote Obama/Biden 08
Posted by: xi | September 13, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
You keep on believing that Tim, and when Obama is sworn in as POTUS you and your racist friends can just not believe he is the president and keep your t.v. turned off, and maybe you can live in your delusional state peacefully.
Posted by: JJ | September 13, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
just out of curiosity, what issues are there out there that we dont know where they stand on them? i mean, i dont like the attack game either, but what do the american people need to hear that we havent heard from them?
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
Where was McCain and Bush during Katrinia? Having a birthday party. Left to “Brownie” to handle. Well we know what a good job he did.
Posted by: linda n carolina | September 13, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
In this article you say “At the very moment that Obama was promising to keep the focus on the issues, his campaign announced the release of a new campaign ad attacking John McCain’s ties to lobbyists.”
Are you implying that this is not an issue? This is a very important issue. The fact that 7 of McCain’s top advisors are lobbyists is at the heart of the argument that his plan for the future is driven by the very people he claims he will drive out of Washington.
This is hipocracy of the greatest degree! Mr. McCain has no honor.
Posted by: AnnapolisMD | September 13, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
JJ…
lol wow. i make a prediction and all of a sudden im a racist?! thanks for letting everyone on here know you are an idiot… lol
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
Barack Obama,
Please talk more about issues of concern to women. Talk about Lilly Ledbetter and how McCain supported the filibuster of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Talk about McCain’s plan to allow all health insurance companies to be regulated by a the state with the lowest consumer protections.
Talk about what happens to someone who gets a serious illness like cancer, or who has a family member who has a serious illness, when they don’t have insurance. It is indecent.
And talk about what is happening to middle class wages in this country. Middle class wages went up during the Clinton years and went down during the Bush years. Let us choose the economic policies that brought an increase in wages in this country!
Posted by: John McCain's conscience | September 13, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
I was at the rally today. It was great. Thousands of people…a very diverse audience. Everyone was fired up. Obama has such integrity. He slammed McCain on the issues, no personal attacks. And I’m pretty sure his entire speech could be factchecked and found to be entirely true. Now that’s change I can believe in!
Posted by: Marion | September 13, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
Anyone who claims Michele Obama was campaigning on 9/11 is a lying piece of garbage. She was with her child during the first week of school. You know, family values?
Conservatives are trash.
Posted by: Truthteller | September 13, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
How many planes did McCain crash? 1, 2 ???? maybe 5?
Posted by: linda n carolina | September 13, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
It appears that McCain/Palin are continuing to increase in the polls, especially the battleground states, and Obama continues to decline. I think the Obamabots need to start practicing saying, “Welcome, President John McCain and Vice President Sarah Palin!”
McCain/Palin 08!
“Country First!”
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm
ahhh some days, these blogs are the best source of humor in the world… lol
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
Obama is a serial liar. He keeps telling us that we need a fiscally responsible government. But just look at what he has spent on this compaign so ar. It’s mind boggling. Just look at the millions he has spent in Pensylvannia alone to try to cripple Hillary on her run. Just look at his Obama pre-presidential seal.
Posted by: young_voter | September 13, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
linda..
can i ask what crashing a plane has to do with anything at all? i only ask because you leftist are hilarious, i can only imagine the answer… lol
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
Dear ObamasNemesis Sep 13, 2008 1:05:02 PM,
Most good fighter pilots don’t get shot down! That is because they think before they act.
Ms. Palin was not Mr. McCain’s choice (he wanted his friend Joe Lieberman), she was Karl Rove’s & Steve Schmidt’s. He just went along because they told him it was the only way he could win over the religious right.
Mr. McCain has no honor.
Posted by: AnnapolisMD | September 13, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
In Nevada, McCain Up By Three Points
Saturday, September 13, 2008
In Nevada, John McCain continues to hold a very slight advantage over Barack Obama.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows McCain attracting 49% of the vote while Obama earns 46%.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
Truthteller: They don’t care that it’s a lie.They don’t have anything to stand on…We’ll just lie and smear our way through after all they bought Bush for 8 years…Rove…we led them to the slaughter before we can again..
Posted by: linda n carolina | September 13, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
wow, why all the references to mccains fighter pilot days from the liberals?! you guys are more scared than i thought… this is great… lol
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm
McCain Pummels Obama in Idaho 68% to 29%
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Don’t expect to see Barack Obama spending much time in the Republican stronghold of Idaho this fall. The Democratic presidential nominee trails John McCain by a staggering 68% to 29% in the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Idaho voters.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
McCain and Palin are depending on the vast majority of idiots in this country to send them through- so sure they are that there are enough ignorant people to believe the crap they peddle. It’s disgusting.
Posted by: Sarah | September 13, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
linda…
you’re not gettng off without a reply.. why would you feel the need to comein here and talk about how many “planes mccain has crashed”?!
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
What’s interesting is…both the MSM and cable channels are still operating in the “Old Ages” when it comes to polls and results. Unfortunately, however, making pronouncements of “slippage” or “being behind” become part of the storymaking, which is about “perception,” which can impact results.
So here’s a new one: Folks, it’s not about polls, it’s about VOTES and the ELECTORAL COLLEGE. And guess what? The Obama campaign is miles ahead when it comes to voter registration and tracking new voters. And an FYI: New registrants aren’t ever included in these polls.
Additionally, national poll averages going up or down have little to do with garnering electoral college votes. So, for example, if a preference “surge” is recorded for a candidate, but the bulk of that surge is from a particular geographic area that was already in the tank for that candidate, it doesn’t matter one bit, though it might look like a substantial shift when presented in traditional, i.e., “Old Ages” poll results terms.
Finally, these polls are not guaranteed to reflect TODAY’S registered voters and the breakdown of what % are Repubs and what % are Dems or Indies.
Bottom line: These much behind-the-time polls keep the excitement going, the interest going…which makes for nice revenues for the media. But accurate? Or relevant?
Just wait until November 4.
Posted by: Barbyrah | September 13, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
why do you say that sarah?
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
Tim; If you read the post from Obamanemisis you would know what I was talking about. it was only in reference to his post…otherwise your right it has nothing to do with anything.
Posted by: Tim: If you read the post from | September 13, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
South Dakota: McCain by 17
Saturday, September 13, 2008
In South Dakota, John McCain has opened a seventeen point lead over Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds McCain with 54% of the vote and Obama with 37%
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
63% Say McCain Likely to Reach Across the Aisle, 51% Say Obama Will
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
ok… just never understood why people come in here and talk about such non issues.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
McCain Takes Lead in North Dakota
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Like neighboring Montana, North Dakota has become a lot friendlier to John McCain in the first polling conducted since Sarah Palin was nominated to be the Republican Vice Presidential nominee.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of North Dakota voters shows McCain with a 14-percentage point lead over Barack Obama, 55% to 41%.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
where is the proof has ever reached across the aisle? he hasnt. i know he dosent have much of a history, but he has no history of working across the aisle. i wouldlove for someone to prove me wrong. socialists dont reach across the aisle.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
i was referring to obama above of course
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm
ObamasNemisis,
In presenting all these facts to us about poll numbers you prove yourself worthier of the presidency than your esteemed leader: he wouldn’t know a fact if it came up and kicked him in the a_s_s.
Posted by: Reggie | September 13, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
tim | Sep 13, 2008 1:14:20 PM,
You are kidding right? McPalin mentions his fighter pilot/POW days every time he opens his mouth.
And what’s with the decision to have him go everywhere with Palin at his side now? Was this decision made because of the fact that on his own he can’t draw a crowd large enough to fill a park bench?
During the Palin rallies, he looks like a proud grandfather waiting to be introduced by his granddaughter. He stands next to, and slightly behind here grinning like an idiot, and basking in the reflected addoration the crowd of republicans is spewing upon Ms Palin.
McCain has no honor.
Posted by: AnnapolisMD | September 13, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
Tim; please take the time to read Obamas voting record…it’s all there.
Posted by: Tim: If you read the post from | September 13, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
I can’t believe McCain is close to Obama..even close. Americans are just gluttons for abuse. It’s the agenda for me, and the republicans have NONE..especially in the health care. I would never again serve in the military..to defend WHAT? To protect who.. a pack of wolves?
Posted by: david | September 13, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
How nice of the Messiah to continue on his campaign while Ike rampages. What a low life thug. But then again, his continued desperate verbalization should help him even more in the polls.
I’m wondering how long it will be before the man-child tries to blame Bush and McCain for Ike?
Posted by: TxBoB | September 13, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
2 weeks ago Obama was delivering short speeches at giant rallies? That’s certainly not the coverage I saw and read. Obama was actually stumping to far smaller crowds with his sleeves rolled up. This particular website’s reporting is the most geared to low information voters, with the exception of FOX.
Posted by: kat | September 13, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
Sarah…you make me laugh! Face it, “sweetie”, McCain is leading in all the polls, is only down 1 pt in projected electoral votes, and your “boy” NoBama can’t do a damn thing about it…why? Because America is not buying his lies anymore. He has proven that he is an “empty suit with no substance!” So, suck it up, “sweetie”, the Republicans will continue to be in office come January. Your “boy” will be back in Chicago doing community service work with his ugly wife, Michelle!
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
Tim sorry can’t seem to get that off my “posted by”
Posted by: linda n carolina | September 13, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
What a dip-stick, using A disaster to trash an opponent. Palin scared the man to death.
Posted by: Ancient Texan | September 13, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
Well we all know where McCain is. It’s Saturday…he’s home resting.
Posted by: linda n carolina | September 13, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm
Gallup Daily: McCain 47%, Obama 45%
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm
McCain Takes Lead in North Dakota
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Like neighboring Montana, North Dakota has become a lot friendlier to John McCain in the first polling conducted since Sarah Palin was nominated to be the Republican Vice Presidential nominee.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of North Dakota voters shows McCain with a 14-percentage point lead over Barack Obama, 55% to 41%.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm
Truthteller
Come on – Obama was afraid she’d open her mouth so she kept her indoors.
Michelle Obama – Barack’s worst nightmare!
Posted by: rodney | September 13, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm
‘McCain comes under fire for untrue attack ads’
‘CAMPAIGN CLAIMS DRAWING CRITICISM’
By Michael Cooper and Jim Rutenberg
New York Times
September 12, 2008
‘McCain wrong on Palin earmarks’
By Tom Hamburger and Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
September 13, 2008
Honor
When John McCain refused to define honor in a recent interview, and told the interviewer to go look it up in his book, I was saddened. As a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, I know for a fact that while John McCain was a middie at the US Naval Academy, he was bound by an honor code which defined much of what he was on a day to day basis, and much of what he would become after graduation. The code is simple and easy to remember. “A midshipman will lot lie, cheat, or steal.” These are words that, presumably, midshipman John McCain lived by for four years at the USNA.
The honor code at the US Naval Academy (and West Point and the US Air Force Academy) is not in place to simply ‘shame’ middies and cadets into not cheating on exams. They are meant to instill in the young men a lasting code to live by when they graduate and go on to lead men in the military and in civilian life.
I am left to wonder why Mr. McCain could not have simply explained this to the interviewer, but rather chose a rather dishonorable response. I also wonder, even though it has been many years since Mr. McCain was midshipman McCain, how a man who talks so grandly about honor can abide by a campaign based on lies.
John McCain has no honor
Posted by: AnnapolisMD | September 13, 2008, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm
annapolis…
he talks about it from time to time because it is a remarkable story!!!! and it shows honor, service, dedication to his country and alot about his character. this isnt a made up story, it was a big part of his life. you think that he wouldnt want voters to know this story as it was a pivotal part of what drove him to be the man he is?! why do people on the left act like its a bad thing? and as far as drawing a crowd, look at it like this… conservatives dont tend to fall for the “show” as much as liberals do! this isnt breaking news.. lol we dont fall for the rock show, celebrity status. we dont tend so plaster bumper stickers and signs everywhere as much as the left does. this isnt anything new. im not saying all conservatives, but the majority will just listen, and go vote. but yet somehow we are slightly ahead in the polls.. hmmm, so apparently “filling the stadium” dosent mean much huh? just a thought…
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm
McCain Gains Ground in New Mexico
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
For the first time all year, John McCain has topped Barack Obama in a New Mexico poll. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows McCain attracting 49% of the vote while Obama earns 47%.
LOL! All that work stupid Bill Richardson did for his boyfriend, NoBama, and now President McCain is leading in New Mexico! I love it!
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm
linda…
i have looked at obamas voting record!!! numerous times, thats why i said HE HAS NO HISTORY OF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE!!!! if im missing something please post it for me.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:34 pm 1:34 pm
The fact that Obama:
-wears a suit qualifies him to be master tailor.
-travels on planes qualifies him to be a top gun fighter ace.
-can speak qualifies him to be a philologist.
-watches movies qualifies him to be a top Hollywood director.
-can walk qualifies him to be a world renowned physiotherapist.
Wait, hang on, this is Republico-Palin logic isn’t? Nevermind, let’s put this sort of magical thinking into the Whitehouse.
Posted by: Jaffie | September 13, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm
linda…
i have looked at obamas voting record!!! numerous times, thats why i said HE HAS NO HISTORY OF REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE!!!! if im missing something please post it for me.
Posted by: tim | Sep 13, 2008 1:34:00 PM
Tim,
You’re right. NoBama has NEVER reached across the aisle. This election, in his eyes, is all about NoBama…not America, not issues, not bipartisanship, but about him…being the first “black” man, “half=white” oreo to become President. This is why America is turning her back on him….he’s a liar and a fake. Each and everyday, NoBama is losing more and more ground in the polls and projected electoral votes.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
The Old maverick John McCain has died since he became the Republican nominee.
Posted by: Fred | September 13, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
obamasnemesis…
well, i dont know about a liar. well, i mean he is a liar because EVERY politician has to lie or “stretch the truth”, and i dont even really know if i think he is a fake! i mean, he says EXACTLY what he wants to do to this country! if you just listen to him speak, thats all you have to do. he wants socialism. he says this everythime he speaks on the issues. he knows, of corse, that this isnt popular and americans dont want this, so he masks it very well. but ultimately, he wants government oversight and control on just about everything. he dosnt hide this. he just is so “darn likeable” that it sounds good. and there is an increasing number of americans who are uninformed on what the role of government should be and was designed to do by our founding fathers. thats why we are here. im not saying mccain or the republicans how they are today is the answer, but barack obama?! not a chance.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm
How can republicans who have voted twice for the disastrous George Bush can come here and insulting Obama ? Oh. Sorry, 65% of the Republicans thinks Bush did a great job. Time to open your eyes. Obama is running for the american people, not for the Saudis or the lobbiest.
Posted by: Fred | September 13, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
Tim & ObamasNemisis,
Go ask D_i_c_k Lugar about Obama reaching over the aisle.
Posted by: _ | September 13, 2008, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
lol if you’re in politics, you have to work with EVERYONE. dont make it seem like because he has talked or associated with republicans that he reaches across the aisle.. lol you cant argue the fact that he dosent have a history of reaching across the aisle. look at his entire time in state legislature to his brief time in washington. ITS NOT THERE. but like i said, socialists tend to stick with their ideas and feel its the only way.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm
HEY TRUTHTELLER…
Explain how Michelle O could be in Chicago on 9/11 for the kids first day/week of school when Chicago schools started a week early on Sept 2nd. Unfortunately you and all the other dem believe anything the campaign tells you…!
Posted by: PaulCT | September 13, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm
tim | Sep 13, 2008 1:32:10 PM
“…conservatives dont tend to fall for the “show” as much as liberals do! this isnt breaking news.. lol we dont fall for the rock show, celebrity status. ”
Tim,
Then what is up with the McPalin ad that states that Sen. Obama used to be the big start, but implies that the newest rock star is Ms. Palin?
You can’t have it both ways.
Posted by: AnnapolisMD | September 13, 2008, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm
The following are facts:
1. Palin used bad judgement getting on a plane 8 months pregnant.
2. She used worse judgement getting on another plane after her water broke.
3. She lied about being against the Bridge to NoWhere
4. She lied about her position on earmarks.
5. Her position on abortion has changed. Now it is only when the mother’s life is in danger, not when the mother’s health is in danger. (Explain that one.
her position on global warming has changed.
6. Her unmarried underage daughter is impregnated by a self described red-neck.
7. Her son had to to spend his senior year away from home.
All the above are indisputable facts. In my opinion if the Republicans held Palin to the same standard they held Kerry, Palin would not even be considered for any office. I find her to be the Christian equivalent of a Jihadist, and that scares the heck out of me. She needs to stay away from the people’s White House.
Posted by: keith Newman | September 13, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm
fred…
i voted for bush twice and i dont believe he did a great job. and where did you get 65 percent of repubs think he did a “great” job?! anyways, its about values. anyone that voted for george bush is probabaly a conservative right? well, just because the country is at a very crucial time right now (not all because of george bush) why do you think we would abandon our ideals and vote for a die hard, big government, socialist?? what is so hard to understand about this??
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
You fools spouting about Reverend Wright’s hateful talk, did you ever listen to the whole speach or just the little sound bite that was put out by the the Rove Republicans? The man actually gave a great sermon, and I am in no way religious, and what he said, when taken in context, was not bad. You people really need to make an effort to inform yourselves..dig a little deeper. Don’tjust believe what the media wants you to believe.
Posted by: galiano | September 13, 2008, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm
anaapolis…
i cant comment on that ad because i have not seen it yet. does it actually say rock star in the ad or are those just your words? either way, t dosent matter because i cant comment on something i havent seen yet so there is no “having it both ways”.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm
“Shortly after Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in an Illinois landslide in November 2004, he picked up a ringing phone and heard the voice of Senate Foreign Relations Chairman D_i_c_k Lugar.
“I called him,” Lugar said Tuesday. “I always intend to recruit the strongest candidates to the Foreign Relations Committee on both sides. He said he was interested, but he wasn’t sure he could get a seat.”
When Sen. Jon Corzine left the Senate for the New Jersey governorship, there were 10 Republicans and 8 Democrats. Sen. Obama got the 8th Democratic position and the opportunity to study under the Republican Lugar, one of the truly legendary Congressional figures on the world scene.
“I was impressed by his diligence and the quality of his questions,” Lugar said of the freshman Democrat. He posses a “broad scope.”
“This [Lugar and Obama's trip to Russia in 2005 to survey weapons of mass destruction] was the forerunner to the Lugar-Obama Act that dealt with weapons of all sorts,” Lugar said. “It passed on the final day of the 109th Congress.”
For the idiots:
LUGAR = REPUBLICAN
OBAMA = DEMOCRAT
Posted by: _ | September 13, 2008, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
keith newman…
just hilarious, thank you!! that was funny… lol
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
hmmmm, isnt that more of a republican reaching out to a democrat?! good try though… lol
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm
Perhaps Obama must attack Mcain/Palin because HE cannot stand on the issues. change change change… blah blah blah. HOW is he gonna do that again? By being present and writing memoirs? He has no plan and if you follow his cult of personality, then you are a lemming.
Posted by: urmama | September 13, 2008, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm
some people are just so in the tank (brainwashed) for their canidate.. just scary
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm
I agree, Tim…Obama Bin Lyin is a socialist, who is trying to shove socialism down America’s throat. He wants to increase the Cap Gains tax to 28%, have a higher tax bracket for people who make more money. The problem with this is, the country is in recession. Investments are the best way to bring a country out of recession. Who are the investors? People with money. So, if you raise thier taxes, they will quit investing and then, the country will stay in recession, and eventually, under NoBama’s plan, the regular folks, will end up with higher taxes. Obama Bin Lyin is an idiot. His economic plan will NEVER work!
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | September 13, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
some people are just so in the tank (brainwashed) for their canidate.. just scary.
Couldn’t agree more!
Obama/Biden 08
Posted by: _ | September 13, 2008, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm
yep. he feels it is a taxing issue, rather than a spending issue. but with that said, where do you get all the money for the things he wants to do?! the taxpayers!!!!! but, i dont want to burden the “little guys”, ya know the poor (because they just dont have anything to take besides taking there government checks back) and the middle class (the largest economic voting block) shouldnt have anymore taken from them, so lets take it from the rich!!!! rich people, and big business. after all, they are the source of the problem right?! you know “dirty capitalists”… and the left loves it because it dosent affect them. he is for the “average” american. what happens to all the average americans when the unemplyoment rate SOARS because he has punished the job creators? (thats the rich people for those that dont know) corporate taxes soar and jobs REALLY start going away. maybe he should learn from jimmy carter what can happen with these sort of ideas.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm
listen, i was just mking a point. you can support obama all you want. thats your opinion and your right. but to come in here and defend him on the issue of reaching across the aisle and then bring up his work with richard lugar (after he was asked to join the commitee) is no defense. why cat those on the left just say “ya now, you’re right. he dosent have a history of reaching across the aisle, but it dosent bother me”? or “i think he will as president”? just something instead of trying to act like he isnt guilty of this or any other number of issues. im voting for mccain because he is the closest thing to a conservative that has a chance to win at this oint. but i will tell anyone his weaknesses just as quick as i will about obama. people on the left just cant admit their cnidates faults. brainwashed.
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm
god bless everyone….
Posted by: tim | September 13, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
tim | Sep 13, 2008 1:55:46 PM,
Ok, you haven’t seen the ad (you must not watch news much). If you’ve seen any coverage of McPalin at all, you’ve heard the talking heads discussing the size of the crowds compared to the the pre-McPalin era. And how McPalin has become the media darling of late.
Just a prediction, she is a shooting star. All flash and very little substance that will burn out by mid October when the report from the trooper-gate issue becomes public.
By the way, it is Annapolis with two ‘n’s and one ‘a’ in the middle. The same city where the Naval Academy is located.
Posted by: AnnapolisMD | September 13, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm
McCain is proposing to give tax breaks to corporations irrespective of whether they create jobs in America or in some other country. Big business will get their pound of flesh even though many of them will use that money to underwrite enterprises and jobs in cheap labour markets and not in America. McCain’s tax policy does NOT secure American jobs.
Posted by: Jenn | September 13, 2008, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm
Okay Tim, if we’re talkiing about ‘reaching’ across the aisle, No, if we’re talking about ‘working’ across the aisle, Yes.
Posted by: _ | September 13, 2008, 2:22 pm 2:22 pm
Yes the economy is hurting. It’s been hurting for 8 years and it is true McCain will follow Bush’s policies. The definition of insane is to keep doing the same thing and expect a different results.
So are the Republicans on this board bashing Obama for wanting to lower the taxes of the Middle Class insane, or just ill informed?
Now it turns out Bush is not only following Obama’s plan in Iraq, but Afghanistan as well. So if Obama is right in foreign policy, he’s right on economic policy, and he is most definitely correct on energy policy, why is it the Republicans won’t support him?
Posted by: keith Newman | September 13, 2008, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm
Not This Time.
Posted by: Leonard Peltier | September 13, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm
It’s shocking to see the lows McCain will go to. Lying, distortion. He is not presidential timbre. He is the next Bush. Our greatest president was HONEST Abe. It’s the most important character trait of a president. McCain does not have it.
They run from the issues and their record. Vote Reputridcan only if you want to continue their policies.
Posted by: JTS | September 13, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm
A little trivia about what a wonderful person John McCain is:
John McCain’s first wife, Carol was a beautiful swimsuit model. She stood by John and raised his children while he was a POW. During this time, Carol was in a severe car accident and was permanently disabled. When John returned from Vietnam Carol was no longer pretty enough for him so he spent a number of years cheating on her with numerous women until he met Cindy, there was speculation that John was having an affair with Cindy while still married to Carol, oh gosh, surely not, not John, in any event he applied for a marriage license 90 days before his divorce was final with Carol, should suggest something was amiss.
Cindy is 18 years younger than John and has a very nice large “piggy bank”. I am sure John could care less if it was wearing lipstick, after all, it was what that was inside that piggy bank that interested John.
If we take into consideration John’s infidelity record, he has most likely had lipstick smeared all over him during his numerous affairs, I can think of no better example than that of “Lipstick on a Pig”!!
Posted by: LANNY EDWARDS | September 13, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm
Typical trash, showing their childishness and inexperience of being a human being. Way to go Obama supporters. Sounds like some one from Chicago.
Posted by: dadminnesota | September 13, 2008, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm
BARAK HUSSEN OBAMA is a big fat liar
and has no qualification to lead. His
association with shady people scares
the hell of everybody. How would
you like to see his friends like rev.J.
wright, luis Farahkhan,william AYERS,
father Flagett Soros, disgraced RAZKO
and Maybell Obama in and out of WHITE
HOUSE. She did not have enough stomach
to share American peoples sadness for
9/11 and face distinguish Cindy McCain
and was husstling in Chicgo for Hussein
OBAMA. Shame on her, VOTE FOR OUR
REAL AMWRICANS> JOHN MCCAIN & SERAH
PALEN>
Posted by: soraya | September 13, 2008, 5:50 pm 5:50 pm
Obama supporters do not realize the grief of working for the mob. They will of OB is put in.
Posted by: dadminnesota | September 13, 2008, 5:58 pm 5:58 pm
You are all that you wiling to be bankrupt, to have another war, to see this country be in debt just to wait for Hillary. My, God- how stupid are you people?
Posted by: donis georgiou | September 13, 2008, 8:14 pm 8:14 pm
Let me get this straight. The ones that posted these blogs were the young voters.Lets see what you know about Obama? His Mentor, Wright hates whites and Obama stayed with him for 20 years???? Obama has a brother(Maybe) that lives in a shack in Africa (help him Oprah) and Obama hasn’t helped him and you think he is going to help you? Nobody knows what he plans to do or how much it will cost you if you have a job?
Do you understand his health program? Government can’t afford it. Duh!
He says everything you want to hear and you are falling right into the dumb trap. What scares me is that you blogers are one day going to run this country if it lasts that long. Do you realize Countries hate us Russia, Iran, Syria, Palestine,most of the middle East. Sad.
jeannieva
Posted by: jeannieva | September 13, 2008, 8:56 pm 8:56 pm
Countries hate us… because?
Oh yes, because we invaded a sovereign nation without support of any of the rest of the world except a few lapdogs. The Bush doctrine has made the world a very unsafe place. We had so much good will around the world and it has been completely squandered. McCain is right on board with the Bush policies. Use our military as much as possible. Sounds great — but we better get used to being trounced. China is growing at a startling rate. They own all of our money too because the Bush/McCain economic plan has driven us into the dumps. Yes, for now we are the only superpower.. but we better start playing smart because pretty soon we are going to have company.
Posted by: jeannieva-is-a-moron | September 13, 2008, 9:07 pm 9:07 pm
By the way your ad-hominem attacks against Obama are about 5th grade level. Try arguing policy. What policy do you support?
The entire McCain campaign is about avoiding talking about policy. It is all about name calling. There are real policy differences here… Obama’s makes sense. McCain’s is more of the Bush disaster. There is NO difference between McCain and Bush on any policy.
Posted by: jeannieva-is-a-moron | September 13, 2008, 9:10 pm 9:10 pm
Soraya : if you are going to rant about how much you hate Obama, please at least write proper sentences so we know what you are saying. You sound like you have the education of a fifth grader.
Posted by: soraya-is-illiterate | September 13, 2008, 9:12 pm 9:12 pm
Do you know why Russia, Iran, Syria, Palestine hate us? It is our policy that we impose to them. Get that through your head, jeannieva!
Posted by: donis georgiou | September 13, 2008, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm
Do you know why Russia, Iran, Syria, Palestine hate us? It is our policy that we impose to them. Get that through your head, jeannieva!
Posted by: donis georgiou | September 13, 2008, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm
The following are facts:
1. Obama used bad judgement listening to RevWright for 20 years and then lying about it!
2. He used worse judgement using drugs and having a gay relationship!
3. He lied about Rezko and their financial dealings.
4. He lied about the earmarks to his wife’s employer where she got a fat payraise!
5. His brother lives in a hut in Africa.
6. His wife is only just now proud of this country (explain that one)
7. He believes all Americans are like some of Oprah’s and Jerry Springer’s guests.
All the above are indisputable facts. In my opinion if the Democrats had any sense they could have come up with a decent candidate besises this America hating scum bag! I find him to be the Muslim equivalent of a Jihadist, and that scares the heck out of me. He and that b@#$%h Michelle need to stay away from the people’s White House.
Posted by: Ed | September 13, 2008, 10:45 pm 10:45 pm
Yes the economy is hurting. It’s been hurting for 8 years and it is true McCain will follow Bush’s policies. The definition of insane is to keep doing the same thing and expect a different results.
Even Greenspan admits McCain’s economic policies will not work.
So are the Republicans on this board bashing Obama for wanting to lower the taxes of the Middle Class insane, or just ill informed?
Now it turns out Bush is not only following Obama’s plan in Iraq, but Afghanistan as well. So if Obama is right in foreign policy, he’s right on economic policy, and he is most definitely correct on energy policy, why is it the Republicans won’t support him?
Since I posted this ten hours ago and no one has responded I’ll give you my opinion why the Republicans support McCain. Without a doubt this was not a contest until he picked Palin as his running mate. What she has brought to the table is the one issue voter, abortion. She has lied about the bridge to nowhere, she has flip flopped on global warming, she’s ready for war with Russia, but on abortion she remains committed to no abortions except when the mother’s life is in danger, and even that is a recent compromise.
If Republicans could think past their reproductive organs this would not be a contest.
Posted by: keith Newman | September 13, 2008, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm
Ed, You just touched on very few of the reasons Obama should not be our leader. I want a leader that has had a life of American loving upbringing and a leader that knows how to make decisions that are educated and has my best interests first. Not a leader that is government illiterate and has a “God damn America” bouncing around in his head. The excuses were it was taken out of context, if so, why has Obama not stood up and defended it if the remarks were not met to be wrong and anti American
Posted by: dadminnesota | September 13, 2008, 11:43 pm 11:43 pm
In response to Donis:
1. I agree Obama should have bailed on Rev. Wright sooner, just as McCain should have bailed on Hagy sooner.
2. Are you talking about George Bush?
3. Is Rezko related to that Keating Five Scandel McCain was involved in?
4 & 5 irrelevant
6. We should all be proud the Democrats supported civil rights. We’re talking current events here not history. I am proud of my country for establishing a country based on equality, yet the 3/5 amendment proved equality was a privilege.
I am proud of my country for maturing and overcoming our past mistakes which is what I believe she meant. I can understand that. I had relatives who escaped to come here in 1938 only to be sent back to Europe and be killed in Hitler’s Gas Chambers. Am I proud of America for that action? No, but I can forgive and move on.
7. Your ignorance is on display for all to see.
Posted by: keith Newman | September 13, 2008, 11:46 pm 11:46 pm
oh by the way, Rev. Wright was an American hero in the armed services. He also served President Johnson. None the less, he did not grow as a person equally to how our country has matured. Shame on Reverend Wright, but be proud of America and all her people.
Posted by: keith Newman | September 13, 2008, 11:49 pm 11:49 pm
Wright knew how to succeed in America he defended. Con the people to donate money and has the freedom to preach to condemn America and become extremely rich.
Posted by: dadminnesota | September 14, 2008, 12:09 am 12:09 am
Just when you thought Obama’s surrogates had finally scraped the bottom of the Palin Smear barrel, they lower in Verne Troyer with a chisel and chip out this nugget.
Randi Rhodes of Air America says,
“Palin’s friends with all the teenage boys. You have to say no when your kids say, ‘can we sleep over at the Palin’s? No! NO!’”
This from the b*tch who claims that “John McCain was well treated actually [by the North Vietnamese]. And he was well treated because he traded these propaganda interviews for good treatment.”
And now the Obama camp releases an ad which mocks a war veteran for the injuries he received while a POW. McCain cannot use a keyboard because of torture and injury.
You stay classy, Democrats.
Posted by: carl | September 14, 2008, 12:38 am 12:38 am
MORE McCAIN LIES ABOUT PALIN!!
CNN – Sarah Palin did not visit troops in Iraq, a spokesperson for the Republican vice presidential nominee confirmed Saturday, as new details emerged about the extent of the Alaska governor’s foreign travel.
Remember? For two weeks the McSenile campaign has been lying about this one. Plus the “bridge to nowhere”, the earmarks, etc. etc!!!!
McPalin and McBush are LIARS!!!!
Everything they say is a LIE!!!!
Wake up people, we can’t have this same BS again!!!!
Vote for TRUTH! Obama/Biden 2008!!!
Posted by: Davis | September 14, 2008, 12:44 am 12:44 am
Obama’s campaign just gets lower and lower. Insult the American Veteran’s physical results from injuries defending your rights. Be ashamed, very ashamed.
Posted by: dadminnesota | September 14, 2008, 1:02 am 1:02 am
B. Hussain Obama is the sleaziest and least honorable presidential candidate throughout US presidential campaign history. If American people are fooled to elect Obama, the color of our country and our ways of life will be CHANGED.
Obama, wrong on national security, wrong on tax and economy, wrong on family values, and wrong on sexual education.
Posted by: Joseph | September 14, 2008, 1:45 am 1:45 am
Obama’s blogs are even filtering the posts. I have had two that were submitted and they said it is being cached. Never showed up. MSNBC Obama blog.
Posted by: dadminnesota | September 14, 2008, 1:52 am 1:52 am
Dear rockthebleachers….”the bag” (and who is the sexist party rearing their ugly head once more), Michelle, was taking care of her kids and sending them off to school; living family values and not just talking about them. Furthermore, the repubs are great at campaigning and pathetic at leading; distract people from the realities of today (forclosures on homes and banks, people losing their jobs, people not being able to go to college, etc.) because it highlights their incompetance, scream from the mountain tops about family values and middle american values even though both people on the repub ticket are a family value-joke/train recks (one is an adulterer who divorced his first wife to marry money and the other is a dreadful mother…focus on your kids first then, we’ll talk about glorifying your career). If these candidates replaced the “r” with a “d” by their names, the gop would have a field day crucifying them! Again, vote for candidates that live these values and don’t just talk about them!
Posted by: Charlotte | September 14, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am
The McCain campaign is desperate to change the subject. False controversy takes the emphasis away from a candidate who was so uninspiring that only 20% of his supporters were enthusiastic about him. Tiny crowds of bored people were the norm for McCain. Palin was selected by the same folks who brought us a “compassionate conservative” from Texas, who, like Palin, has turned out to be anything but what they sold.
She brought home more earmarks per person than any other state, 10 times higher rate than Illinois.
Meanwhile, hard working Americans are slipping into the mud in this economy. Our real incomes have dropped while everything costs more. Can you tell me one thing McCain has done to help uninsured Americans get health care? Can you tell me what McCain has done over the last 26 years that will help us transition to a renewable energy economy? McCain agrees that global warming is influenced by the burning of fossil fuels. But you know what his solution is, you heard it at the convention: Drill, Baby, Drill.
Drilling. That was the answer in the 1970′s, 1980′s, 1990′s and most of the first decade of the new century. Don’t you think it’s time we actually did something different?
Barack Obama authorized incentives for renewable, green energy in this country. Barack Obama authorized a program to help 150,000 people in Illinois get access to affordable healthcare, and he voted to cover uninsured children in the CHIP program. Barack Obama will cut taxes for 95% of American working families, and everyone making less than $250,00 will see large decreases in the taxes they pay across the board: Payroll, income, capital gains taxes, etc. will decrease for hard working people and we will be able to begin to get ahead once more.
McCain voted against healthcare for children. McCain voted against renewable energy. But McCain emphatically supports tax cuts- the biggest rate cut going to those who make over 2.5 million dollars a year.
Barack Obama will lower taxes for those making less than $250,000 per year to the lowest levels in 50 years. Those making more will be taxed at the same rate they enjoyed in the Reagan years. Senior citizens making less than $50,000 will pay NO TAXES under Barack Obama.
Barack Obama: Lowest tax rates for working families in the last 50 years, affordable healthcare for the uninsured, clean renewable domestic energy.
McCain wants to continue the Bush policies in each of these areas.
And I still haven’t heard anyone ask McCain how he plans to pay for continuing Bush’s failed policies. Perhaps China still has some money to lend…..
Posted by: OkieMom | September 14, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am