Obama Does Hollywood

“We’ve still got enormous work to do because of the enormous resistance out there – resistance because people have been fed cynicism for a long time,” Mr. Obama said.
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This only adds to reason for me not to support Obama. I always find this man to be very divisive. Say you are an independent like my husband who is leaning McCain. Language like the above is not going to make him vote for Obama because basically Obama just used words such as “resistance” and “fed cynacism”.
My family has genuine concerns about this man’s ability to lead our country. Words like this sound really “Stalin-ish” to me. Fall in line or you are resisting. What the heck is that?On the stump he just criticizes others and seems to just make up the policies and rules as he goes along.
I do see a very clear media bias towards him and now everyone is sniffing all ouve Palin’s family- yet where is Michelle Obama? She just disappeared.

It’s time for Obama to bring out his big weapon and give John McCain the bird. If that fails how about a really really big speech about nothing. Noboby, no nobody is going to rain on Michelle’s parade.

Obama has class and intelligence. Im proud of him as an american. He is representative of the american dream. Long from now they will speak of these days as one of the most integral points of american history. Know people that YOU are experiencing true history. This is the time to stand up for the oppressed and make a stand against the tyranny.

We experience TRUE History every day.

Truth Hurts
and that is exactly why there are voters out there called undecided. Using SNL skits as talking points are not going to keep me from voting for or against anyone. The point is Obama has done nothing to convince us that we should vote for him. We took a hard look at his record (or lack thereof) in Illinois. We were not impressed. We are not manipulated into anything. We see beyond these speeches. I actually knew what Mccain meant by fundamentals and I was not swayed by the Obama camp taking the sound bite and using it to their advantage. Nor was I swayed by the lipstick on a pig remark either. I give each candidate equal weight. I also look at character. For now Mccain is on top for us.

I just watched McCain on GMA. It is amazing how he seems to have no understanding of complex issues. His answer for everything is “I won’t raise taxes” and “the fundamentals are the workers”. He clearly is only a puppet for the conservative right wingers that he’s now embracing. He scares me.

Marika, Wait, I thought his answer to everything is “POW”.

It is amazing how he (McCain)seems to have no understanding of complex issues.
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Again statement like this do not do anything for me.
I would be hard pressed to say that either of these men cannot understand complex issues. A acquaintance an Obama supporter gets very emotional around my family because she knows we may vote for McCain. She is actually quite frightening sends me emails that i don’t want and constantly is asking my daughter does she care about America. She tell my daughter that we are capitalist swine if we vote for McCain. McCain is brain dead and so and and my 19 year old daughter who was going to vote for Obama changed her mind after meeting some McCain canvassers and watching briefs of both candidates. i asked her what changed her mind and she said that Obama supporters were scary and that they never concede anything. They believe that this man has 100% of the right answers and she found that in her own words “lame”. When she told friends she was changing her mind she said she felt threatened because they kept calling her stupid and a wannabe rich person, a racist. I told her to never feel coerced into voting for ANYONE. That it is her decision to make all on her own.
We have never voted GOP before. We supported Clinton but this time I think we are going Mccain

‘Emily Posted’: Actually, the Bush Doctrine is referred to as such and the term was used earlier this year. Gibson hosted the Republican and Democratic primary debates in New Hampshire back in January, and asked questions about the Bush Doctrine then. No-one had any problem answering.
I don’t think it’s a problem for the average man-in-the-street to not know what it is, but it does concern me if a potential VP doesn’t – it indicates they haven’t shown any interest in US foreign policy at all up to this point.

Media is only hurting itself further by trying to put Big O in the whitehouse,,, Its so obvious that they create the news instead of report it,,,, Will any dem admit to this… The laptop is its biggest enemy not McCain

Obama thinks he IS Hollywood. His ego will take anywhere there are cameras, money, and the spotlight.
This election is all about HIM as a black man wanting to make history. He could care less about struggling Americans, unless of course, they want to take his picture.

I think it’s interesting how the McCain supporters are so quick to criticize the Hollywood crowd. You might want to check how much money these people actually give to charity. They are some of the most generous people in the world, often giving money anonymously. With the amount of money they make they should all be Republicans because economically they would be better off voting with that party. Think about it.

You have issues with Obama, so dont vote for the guy. Not voting for him, isnt necessarily a vote for the Repub. There are others, or simply stay home. Continually posting negative posts about him, trying to convince others how to vote, isnt vetting, but says you are in the tank for Mcshame.

I do not believe Barack Obama is only out for fame. He only attracts the cameras because he has a vision, and people are finally starting to wake up and view the facts. Everyone who stands up to make a change does naturally attract publicity. His ego is not involved here; he’s not calling on to me as very cocky. Sen. Obama is a very respectful, well-put-together man. Personally, John McCain is scared of the international publicity he has, because he is getting his words believed!

‘I’ve looked at John McCain, I’ve looked at Sarah Palin, I’ve looked at their agenda, and they don’t have one.”
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Again this is why Obama is not selling my family on his goods. Everyone has an agenda, everyone has a vision. Obama besides criticizing your opponents and flip flopping can you tell me excatly what your plan is? Can you tell me this without using the word Change as a mantra? Can you tell me what you will do rather than tell me what you think I need? Can you put more meat on the sandwich for me?

For all those would-be McCain supporters, look at the old guy’s record. Please. Yes he was a POW -should that go on his CV for President of the USA? Did you know he had the option to leave, as his Admiral Father came to visit him, lighting a cigarette? His choice of VP should say a heck of a lot about him: abuse of power is common place & out of touch is a reality. She can, however, see Russia from her house…

In Hollywood electing an inner city Marxist and product of Chicgo’s political machine — is the change we need! So what if those in the heartland don’t want their communities to look like the urban areas we’ve created. They are, after all, ignorant racists and religious fanatics. I heard Palin was actually praying for our troops and God’s guidance! Can you believe that! We need to stand up to those evil corporations and businesses that create jobs. Class warfare preached by Obama to Middle America might be our best hope.

Emily…apparently you have never listened to an Obama speech, gone to his website or read any of his books. If you had you would know exactly what he stands for. I’m an Independent, now an Obama supporter and I know his stand (in detail) about almost every issue. I also know John McCain’s stand on those same issues. I decided to educate myself before I made my decision about who to vote for. I would suggest you do the same before you throw out criticism.

CannonRay: you’d better stop lying about Obama’s “Marxism”, or people are going to start talking about McCain’s stupidity record, extramarital affairs, giving information to the enemy, and why he had to be airlifted out of the carrier that had the ”accident” to protect him from the wrath of the surviving crewmen.

Graniteman..but it’s OK for the CEO of Walmart to write a check to John McCain, a company that treats it’s employees worse than they are treated in some third world countries?

Marty,
You miss my point. Barbara Streisand and Sean Penn are free to write checks if they like. So is the CEO of WalMart. My point is that the support of Hollywood ultraliberals won’t buy a lot of votes in Missouri, Ohio, New Hampshire, etc.

A pop political celebrity among pop Hollywood celebrities.
How autographs did Obama sign?
How many rich, Hollywood celebrities said “Thank you, Obama, for wanting to raise my taxes and take 50% of my income?

Graniteman..it’s funny you should say that…I’m from NH. Just went to the Obama rally last Saturday. My entire family is voting Obama.

Did you know he had the option to leave, as his Admiral Father came to visit him, lighting a cigarette?
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can you tell me more about this?

And Obama has the gall to say that McCain is out of touch? McCain is accused of not feeling America’s pain for accurately stating that we are in a very perilous time, the bottom has not fallen out. Inflation and unemployment is still on the (historically) low side and the GDP was 3% last quarter. Obama is the one taking the low road. Totally bad-mouthing the economy may have short-term political gain, but it also risks worsening the economy since confidence plays such a strong role in the stock market and consumer spending. The country is going through a spasm from the latest bubble bursting and there is unquestionably need for more re-regulation. Both candidates are for this. The challenge is to find the right balance of re-regulation to make the financial markets more stable without stifling growth. Neither candidate has fully addressed this question, but one thing can be said which is Obama is willing to risk to economy to win an election.

“Tanya”
Now there is some real intelligence spoken by a liberal,
McCain/Palin all the way

I don’t know if it’s just me but the timing and hype of this event just does not look good. I understand he has to raise money but a low key event would have been better and everyone knows Streisand doesn’t do low key.

Graniteman who do you feel will carry NH? I used to live in Lebanon so I am just curious about what the Hillary supporters are doing there.
I am in Pennsylvania now.

And there are those who still believe Obama is not an elitist? He is entitled how? I am satisfied to be poor why? Give me a break! His words: “This campaign “is about those who will never see the inside of a building like this and don’t resent the success that’s represented in this room, but just want the simple chance to be able to find a job that pays a living wage.” This from the man who has never worked a real day in his life!

Tanya: You have a problem with age-appropriate sex education?

beth, there is a newsite out there that is reporting abc’s investigations of the candidates, apparently there are 24 for Sarah Palin, 2 for John McCain, 1 for Joe Biden, and 0 for Obama. Obama gets a free pass, always has, because there are all these threats out there if anyone looks into anything he has done, he will send his minions after you. They will call and email and threaten sponsors, and if that doesn’t work, he threats with law suits and the DOJ. I guess either reporters are afraid or they forgot the basics of journalism 101.

BETH: Sorry I called you ‘Barb’ by accident. You just seemed so sharp!

“McCain represents typical Washington – hey guys, let’s set up a commission to study why the economy is tanking! Dude, look at the deregulation and economic policies you and the Republicans have been pushing for years and you have your answer right there. ”
Dude (lol), look at the reforms the Bush administration have tried to implement since 2002, look at the quote from Barney Frank in 2002 saying that there’s nothing wrong with Fannie and Freddie, look at John McCain’s stand on the same matter in 2006, and look how the Dems ignored what everyone else seemed to know six years ago. The ‘it’s the Republicans’ line is getting a little old. There’s a paper trail showing who was concerned and who blew this off. Check it out…

Top Recipients of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008 Name Office State Party Grand Total
Dodd, Christopher S CT D $165,400
Obama, Barack S IL D $126,349 ($6000 came from the PAC)
Kerry, John S MA D $111,000
Oh yeah, and who tabbed the former head of Fannie Mae to head up his Vice Presidential search team? OBAMA, that’s who. Back in May Barack turned to Jim Johnson, former CEO of Fannie Mae.
Johnson served as Fannie Mae CEO from 1991 to 1998 and has a long history in both Washington politics and business. He served on the boards of numerous companies, including The Goldman Sachs Group, KB Home, and Target Corporation, and has been Vice Chairman of Perseus LLC. He also was a corporate finance managing director for Lehman Brothers. He was an executive assistant for Vice President Walter Mondale (1977-1981) and a U.S. Senate staff member. Johnson also helped screen running mates for Democratic presidential nominees Walter Mondale in 1984 and John Kerry in 2004.

“You give more to the most…” What a telling piece of verbal acrobatics. How about the truth – you allow the people who made the income to keep more of it. So, if Obama is elected we will usher in “trickle up” economics? What a joke.

The Gibson Doctrine

Defining the Bush Doctrine: Not as Simple as it Sounds Gibson’s Face Reeked with Contempt: Dennis Prager on The Gibson Doctrine Bush Derangement DoctrineIt turns out, of course, that the Bush Doctrine question is a trick question. There is no

Donna Brazile:
If Obama loses it isn’t because of him, it will be because the country wasn’t ready.
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Yes, Donna we are all stupid and “resistant” to his message because we are spoon fed cynicism. Bleech!

I was wondering the same thing, Beth, and have been for 3 days.
The big news is Palin’s tanning bed, not Obama’s treason……….

Harry one candidate fought to protect you with regulation reform from those buig companies.
One candidate fought to give them no oversight…and hired the guy who got them that freedom to trash your economic safety… to write his economic platform
this is a joke
Mccain cares about the wealthy first.
Obama cares about the rest of America first.

On a day when problems on Wall Street dominate the headlines Mr. Hopenchange runs to Hollywood to hang out with his wealthy celebrity friends. The guy is a joke…he’s no more in touch with ordinary Americans than any of those actors he was rubbing elbows with.

Key Passages from today’s AP Story on McCain’s Two Faces:
“John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song. Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowledge of the capital city. Draw out and he casts himself a reformer bent on changing its ways.”
“This time around, though, McCain is projecting a dual image: the outside insider. A 25-year veteran of the House and Senate, a white man like all the rest of the country’s presidents to date, McCain is trying to fend off a 44-year-old, first-term senator angling to become the first black to reach the Oval Office.”
“Squeeze in, and he’s the new capital tour guide for his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. ‘I can’t wait to introduce her to Washington, D.C. I can’t wait,’ he said to cheers Monday in Jacksonville. Draw out, and he’s never set foot in the city himself. ‘The word’s going out, my friends: The old-boy network, the pork-barrelers, the earmarkers, my friends, the word is, ‘Change is coming,’ McCain said. ‘There’s two mavericks coming to Washington, and we’re going to shake it up.’”
“Squeeze in, and he’s got the Washington skill set needed to right the country’s Wall Street woes….Draw out, and he distances himself from the administration of the Republican president who has endorsed him.”
Finally, people start seeing McCain for what he is. The biggest flip-flopper in Washington politics, the greatest opportunist who has been running for President in decades.

John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song.
Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowledge of the capital city. Draw out and he casts himself a reformer bent on changing its ways.
It’s a remarkable dichotomy echoed throughout the Republican establishment, as a party that’s held the White House for the past eight years tries to retain its grip in what has shaped up as a change election.
None other than the current president’s brother has shown the GOP’s willingness to deny the past as it looks to the future.
“Reform becomes contagious,” former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said at a McCain town hall meeting this week in Orlando. “If you start to dream bigger dreams and you start challenging the basic assumptions, you can change how things work, and we’ve done it in Florida, and the Good Lord knows we need to do it in Washington, D.C., and John McCain is the right guy at the right time to make that happen.”
The Good Lord knows we need reform in Washington?
Did George W. Bush disown his younger brother after that close call with the hanging chads in 2000? Is Jeb harboring a grudge after those stories about how the Bush family expected him — not George — to follow their father as president? Did the Democrats control the White House for the past eight years, or both chambers of Congress for the first six of them?
No, Republicans did.
McCain has long considered himself a political maverick, and there’s no doubt that the Arizona senator has bucked the system — especially later in his career.
A guy who was so close to the establishment that he once had his own number in the Keating Five scandal over time has challenged the institutions of Congress with campaign finance legislation and other reform measures.
A character so prominent in his party he could credibly run for its 2000 presidential nomination was enough of a bipartisan figure that Democrat John Kerry considered McCain as a running mate during the 2004 election.
This time around, though, McCain is projecting a dual image: the outside insider. A 25-year veteran of the House and Senate, a white man like all the rest of the country’s presidents to date, McCain is trying to fend off a 44-year-old, first-term senator angling to become the first black to reach the Oval Office.
It’s prompted almost melodic speechmaking and statements.
Squeeze in, and he’s the new capital tour guide for his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
“I can’t wait to introduce her to Washington, D.C. I can’t wait,” he said to cheers Monday in Jacksonville.
Draw out, and he’s never set foot in the city himself.
“The word’s going out, my friends: The old-boy network, the pork-barrelers, the earmarkers, my friends, the word is, `Change is coming,’” McCain said. “There’s two mavericks coming to Washington, and we’re going to shake it up.”
Squeeze in, and he’s got the Washington skill set needed to right the country’s Wall Street woes.
“I was the chairman on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation for six years,” he told reporters aboard his “Straight Talk Express” campaign bus amid Monday’s market meltdown. “That’s the committee that oversights our economy — transportation, science, telecommunications, airlines — all of the factors that drive our economy.”
Draw out, and he distances himself from the administration of the Republican president who has endorsed him.
“Too many firms on Wall Street have been able to count on casual oversight by regulatory agencies in Washington. And there are so many of those regulators that the responsibility for oversight is scattered, unfocused and ineffective,” he told a rally crowd Tuesday in Tampa, Fla.
There are even times when McCain does both — squeeze in and draw out — in the same thought.
It sounds the note he hopes voters will hear on Election Day, that of the experienced newcomer.
“I know how to fix it. I know how to fix the corruption,” he said of the nation’s economic problems during an appearance Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show. “I’ve been fighting it the whole time I’ve been in Congress.”

I feel like Barack and I have so much in common.
What a great idea as people are losing there 401k’s?
Who is running his campaign … Elmer Fudd!
Happy days are hear again … c’mon everyone sing …

McCain/Palin are now traveling on the “SNOW JOB EXPRESS” the wheels fell of the straight talk bus due to all the lying.

Elitism isn’t limited to the rich. It is also the belief or attitude that certain individuals are entitled to more because of their outstanding personal abilities, intellect, experience, or other distinctive attributes and that their views are correct and should be taken more seriously or carry the most weight. There is no finer example than the Hollywood crowd most of whom were once poor and most were high school drop outs. Obama fits right in with their elitist superior attitude a poor black man with a Harvard education. Bravo! Does that give him the experience to be Commander in Chief of the United States of America? With his black racist affiliations, as far as I’m concerned we have already rewarding him to much by making him a Senator

I can just see Obama dragging his teleprompter along to a face-off with Putin…
A ridiculous image but far better for the American people than if he tries to speak unchecked.

Bob, Pittsburgh
you obviously have never seen both the candidates speak up close and personal
mccain’s great with the pre memorized 30 second soundbite…and one follow up
Obama does well with three or four…a discussion have you…because he “gets it” in detail.
Mccain on a second follow up …does the same thing every single time
Makes a joke
gets pissed at the questioner…
or talks about his POW status.
that’s not spin that is the truth.
He doesn’t get it in detail…as his “back up can’t seem to get past one controlled interview with single pre taught 30 second sound bites…
Obama…this time …America picks the smart guy…not the slimey guy.

isn’t it funny
all these comments…the same slander that has been proven not true…
but they just keep lying
like the last 8 years…covering up the truth and throwing the country under the bus for power
we see Mccain and the supporters on here continue that tradition of their team…
how about the fact that the guy who wrote his economic policy is the same guy who got paid 750,000 dollars just last year to deregulate these corporations whose CEO’s got huge payouts and we now are paying 85 billion to bail out (and that is also because of Gramm and the ACT he passed in 99 that opened companies to get this big and greedy and now we can’t let fail because of all of that)
Like you all need to realize
same team
same tactics
same outcome
9th year
throw these bums out.

Obama, no doubt, felt comfortable with the Hollywood elite. The only fundamental shift he’s really thinking about is the shift of power into the Obama’s hands. Then follows the money. It’s Obama’s turn to get paid.

We need a new celebrity ad! This is perfect!
Democrat for Palin/McCain

As a Hispanic U.S. Marine and a dedicated Hillary supporter, I, too, will be voting for John McCain on November 4. Better to have a tested, trustworthy, experienced war hero as a president than someone like Barack Obama whose positions either we do not know or constantly shift. McCain 2008. Hillary 2012.

dl (the real one) – It is interesting how everyone is blaming the republicans. Here is why:
1. The top three U.S. senators getting big Fannie and Freddie political bucks were Democrats.
2. Top of the list was Chris Dodd, who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
3. Second on the list was Barack Obama.
4. Franklin Raines ran Fannie and collected $50 million (former Clinton administration’s White House Budget Director)
5. Jamie Gorelick collected $26 million (Clinton Justice Department official)
6. Jim Johnson Fannie Mae CEO was recently on Obama’s VP search committee.
7. The Clinton administration lifted the bans on sub-prime lending to allow people who could not afford housing to buy their first home.
Even Juan Williams of National Public Radio (and liberal) admitted the democrats were protecting Freddie and Fannie

I don’t dee you right wingers putting up polls today. LMAO!!

Ok Obama made $9 million dollars, so did he give any to Ike victims? None? Why did he do this fundraiser at this time during Wall Street and Ike crisis? This guy has no respect for the people who are in hardship.

Said McCain: “He talks about siding with the people just before he flew off for a fundraiser in Hollywood with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends… Let me tell you, my friends, there’s no place I’d rather be than right here with the working men and women of Ohio.”
However, McCain spent the previous night at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami at a $50,000 per person Republican party fundraiser that raised over $5 million.

Listen to the celebrities they know what is best for our country. They set good examples for us with no drug abuse, alcoholism, numerous marriages and divorces, scrapes with the law, and perfect temperment. Make Mitchelle and Hollywood proud of their country for the first time – Vote Obama for uncertain change!

Obama and his Hollywood friends live in a different world than regular Americans.
Obama’s stump speech on gun control does not match up with his voting record. He has proven to be the most anti-gun candidate in History, voting consistently for strict gun control.
If you want to purchase a gun do it before Jan 20th. With Obama. Pelosi, Reid in control you may have a hard time getting one.

So much for Change. Obama=McCain=Obama=McCain:
They are both Chumps!

Said McCain: “He talks about siding with the people just before he flew off for a fundraiser in Hollywood with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends… Let me tell you, my friends, there’s no place I’d rather be than right here with the working men and women of Ohio.”
However, McCain spent the previous night at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami at a $50,000 per person Republican party fundraiser that raised over $5 million.

Yes, it takes a lot of money to defeat those who don’t want to see their free ride end – And by that I mean the lobbyists and millionaires that are supporting John McCain. Mind you, John can’t raise much money on his own, not if you’ve looked at the reports. All of his funds, and he’s getting a ton, are from the Republican Party, with added support from 527s that don’t have to tell you where they got the money. That means McCain is completely beholding to what others tell him to do. Obama has raised his own money. A great deal from small donors who have never given before. Talk about representing the people!!
I expected we’d hear a lot of Hollywood criticism today. I also expected we’d hear nothing in these reports about McCain’s fundraisers, let alone his yacht trips and millionaire club friends. I also expect more of the same when Rothschild endorses McCain later today. Just keep in mind while complaining about Hollywood “elite,” that this is yet another millionaire for McCain, who splits her time living in London and New York and is married to a royalty class international banker. And they say Obama can’t relate to them? Maybe because they’re too far up in the tax brackets to relate to any of us.

$28,500 per plate? I hope they didn’t skimp on the Hamburger Helper.

Not buying the Barbra hatin’ from you Jake.

Obama fits into this group very well. They and Obame pretend to be what they are not. Their incomes depend on these people who are suffering from the bad economy. They take ungodly sums from them and then give a small sum of it to him who will use the money to keep these same people dependent on ghe government by contributing $28,500 plus $2500 per person to the Democratic national committee/Obama for America joint Victory Fund.
Obama says he is the change candidate yet he and his top committy men were the top 3 recipinet of Fanny/Friede May.

Has it occured to anyone that these fund raising events are just a way to circumvent election law by allowing individuals to buy dinners at some real ugly price. Also, dinner cost more than many Americans earn in a year. I am pleased by the media’s naming event attendees, makes it easier for me to avoid them. Making a list and checking it twice.

Tell me something. I read a report a couple days ago about where Obama was getting some of his online donations from.He was getting donations from other country’s and was excepting them.Obama said he didn’t know but the report said he did.It’s against the rule to except donations from other country’s when you are running for Office in the United States from what I read. Why is this just being dropped and not looked into more. They have the proof of the donations. I guess from what I read Obama said he would give it to charity. How would we know he really did or is it just talk?. I guess we will never really know.

I’ve lived in Texas all my life. I like fishing, drinking beer, and Jesus. I don’t dislike Palin, but I don’t think I want her to be my President.

The big zero fits in well with the Hollywood crowd as they are all playing roles; they are all acting. Obama is acting as if he could be President when we ALL know he is not ready, and the rest us know what a bunch of phoneys and losers and charlatans the rest of that Hollywood crowd is. Makes you squirm as a normal American that the zero fits in so well there. Just goes to show you what a fake he really is.

Kay,
I don’t understand why you think being elite leads to elitism. I want my president and all his advisers to be elite. I want them to be the smartest, most well read, most well traveled, most most-est people we can find.
What is argument for a less elite president? Should be find the most average among us and put them in charge of the most complicated government in the world?
I understand your dislike for elitism. Believing you deserve more, without working for it, because you are smarter than everyone else is definitely elitist. And it is certainly true that being elitist does not require you to be elite: you can be a dumb elitist too.
But undeserved gains are not the same thing as deserving more because you worked for it, or because you worked for it smarter than everyone else. That simply means you are a being rewarded for your efforts. As capitalists, we should applaud when people reap the just rewards of their efforts.
There is another part of elitism too. The part where you know what’s better for someone because you think you are smarter than they are. Nobody likes being told what’s good for them.
But how do you even govern if you don’t have opinions about what is good and bad? Don’t you end up calling every politician an elitist or not, depending on whether you agree with their opinions or not?
So, if you want to make an argument that one politician or the other is elitist, you need to show that their gains were not from their efforts. We already know that you won’t agree with the opinions from half the candidates.
Personally, I don’t think any of the presidential or vice presidential candidates got some where with out working for it. I think some have had an easier road than other, but I think that is fate and age, rather than elitism.
And I think discussing elitism distracts us from discussing the policies we disagree with.
Todd

More “good for me but not for thee” from the Double Talk Express.
It’s elitist for Obama to have Barbra Streisand perform at a $28,500 per person fundraiser in LA. McCain, on the other hand, is a genuine “man of the people” while he’s at a $50,000 per person fund raiser in Miami.
What crap. Are there any real issues that Rethuglicans can campaign on instead of spending their time generating this kind of creepily hypocritical nonsense?

What’s the fuzz. Both parties are fund raising but Obama is a better fund raiser. So stop whining.

Truther – “NY POST opinion” as fact? Thanks, but no thanks.

OBAMA/BIDEN08

Truther – Here is some “real” truth: Amir Taheri is a notorious fraudster. He was once powerful under the Shah’s regime but now is an Iranian exile and neocon shill. Taheri has been exposed repeatedly for simply making things up to fit his political agenda. For example, in May 2006 he published a report in the National Post (Canada) falsely stating that a new Iranian law required Jews to wear special clothing and yellow patches to identify themselves in public. The paper had to retract the story, blaming Taheri, and apologize for it. Taheri’s reputation, already extremely low in 2006, has been in the dirt ever since. – unbossed

Paige,
I dont care if charles manson wrote the piece, its backed up by FACTS if charles manson said 2+2=4 and obama said 2+2=5, you dont choose obamas explanation when you know manson got the facts right.

Truther says “I dont care if charles manson wrote the piece”
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Your post says it all. Have a nice day.

You may not like felons, rehabilitated or otherwise, but voting is a right of a citizen, just like free speech and owning a gun, and I don’t think you can pick and choose which parts of the Constitution to obey.
Like it or not, felons who have not had their voting rights stripped, or who have had their voting right reinstated are allowed to vote.
I’m sure the ex-CEO of Enron, Jeff Skilling, will get his vote back once he is rehabilitated, just as Hippy McPotSmoker will once he is no longer a threat to society.
Todd

Obama is wasting his time and money putting ads that he’s the one to solve the economic mess. He started as a celebrity with meassianic speeches, then opted out of public financing, and then he mingles with Hollywwod celebrities for $$$ fundraisers while the rest are suffering. Sorry he cannot feel our pain.

Lets be honest. most of america isn’t ready for a black president yet. Some of us are. And some of us aren’t. We will see what happens
McCain 08
and
Obama 08
By the way, I’m black!

Chrissy
I am not that disappointed wit the last 8 years, but I am with the last 2 years under a democrat controlled congress. I’m sorry what is their approval rating again? Less than Bush? This tieing McCain to Bush, and the current economy is totally weak, and will not work. I have no doubt that McCain, and Palin are far more likely to bring POSITIVE change, than the most liberal senator in the senate with his 97% left voting record would bring. No big government, no tax and spend liberals, No Way Nobama

Mack,
I think the whole discussion of felons is completely off the mark. Isn’t it a reincarnation of Willie Horton? Isn’t that form of discussion about as useful as “Big Oil for McCain”?
Who cares where a candidate goes to get votes? Let’s concentrate on what a candidates policies will do for and to America once they take the reins.
Todd

Badger,
Could you give us some examples of the action or inaction you have seen in the last two years, and how those decisions affected you?
Todd

Arch,
He can’t stop. And, you really don’t know what he has done on a personal basis. Why, he may have made a donation, but that’s not something that he would and should make public. WHY? YOU ASK. Because then you would say that he’s doing to gain votes. So the bigger question Arch, is, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

For most of you who put comments here, at least have the respect and call him SENATOR OBAMA, you call SENATOR MCAIN by that.
AND YOU WILL SEE, HE WILL WIN
OBAMA/BIDEN 08

You mean Junior Senator Obama.
McCain earned the title SENATOR, by his,
you know, experience.

ABC is biased toward O Hussein Obama and is slick to pick out and cut out parts of posts they don’t like.
He is a bumbling, stumbling speaker that is now traveling with his teleprompter and professionally written speeches.
Palin has more/better experience and this has thrown him off.
He has been a Senator a short time but has spent only a fews on the job, collected his huge salary, health benefits, etc. at our expense.

People, please check factcheck.org out, mccain has told so many lies it sickening, anything to get the sheep to vote for him, for him to say he is now for regulations on these banks, when he consistantly said he was against regulations in the past is a joke. My whole family is voting for Obama 08…its time for change NOW…not 4 more years of the same…or worse

McCain was a victim not a Hero, it was a long time ago, he is no more of a hero then the actors on “SURVIVOR” he needs to get over himself and his trophy wifes! dont elect a keating five, polar bear hatin, end of the World lovin, flipflopping old man!

we have met the enemy and they are us.”McCain Attacks Washington, Republicans, Old White Men with White HairMost Ironic Speech to Date, Experts SayIn what some political observers are calling his most ironic speech of the 2008 campaign, GOP presidential nominee John McCain today lashed out at Washington, the Republican Party and a group of insiders he called “old white men with white hair.”"It’s time to take our country back,” Sen. McCain told his audience in Dayton, Ohio. “It’s time to send a message to those in power – those Republicans in Washington, those old white men with their combed-over white hair.”Sen. McCain went on to attack the power elite on Wall Street, calling them “wealthy plutocrats with private jets and too many houses to keep track of.”"The time has come to say enough is enough to those rich old white men,” he said. “And the same goes to their zombie-like trophy wives who plaster their makeup on like trollops.”Responding to the nation’s economic turmoil, Sen. McCain said that as President he would create millions of jobs “by putting Americans to work making negative ads.”"We no longer lead the world in manufacturing cars, steel, or computers,” Sen. McCain said. “But our negative ad industry is second to none.”In other economic news, President Bush announced another massive bailout today, saying that he had completed a deal for China to buy the United States in its entirety.”This was a difficult deal to pull off,” Mr. Bush acknowledged. “The hard part was identifying the parts of the U.S. that China didn’t already own.”

OBAMA is nothing more than HOLLYWOOD ENDROSEMENT!
OBAMA=HOLLYWOOD ENDROSEMENT

He is hanging with Celebs, how is that seeing eye to eye with the middle class! Change, BS, More like that is what will be left of your paychecks.

Is it all about, Hollywood, celebrity and money, or Washington DC, presidency and a dangerous world? Look at who is supporting whom, his or her own values, not just fame and wealth, and maybe we can tell the character of a candidate.

My fellow americans….what’s the big deal of Senator Obama raising money in Hollywood for his campaign? Everyone knows he refuse to accept loan money from the demoncratic party….so he is getting his campaign funds else where and so is Senator McCain….Senator McCain was in Florida last week doing his fundraising and not a mumbling word was said……Everyone should go ahead and admit they are racist and Senator Obama no matter how hard he is trying to bring all americans together as one american will be damn if he do and damn if he don’t.

Over the course of the last 19 months I have evolved to the point I am at today. That is… I automatically do not believe one word Obama says! It has happened so slowly but my mind has processed all that I have read (his books), all that I have heard (his speeches and his political ads, etc) and all that I have watched (his intermingling with crowds, other candidates and journalists) and I feel that he offers…. NOTHING! Absolutely nothing to help this country. In fact, I am truly afraid that he may do real damage to this country by bringing back racial divide to make matters even worse than they are. His religious beliefs are frightening. I don’t believe that alot of his campaign promises (you know, the ones he changes daily) will be kept. I just do not see one reason to vote for Obama. McCain & Palin are much more the party with change we can believe in. I am so glad he chose Sarah Palin. My only other choice was to not vote since Obama was never an option.

“What makes this young starlett, and I do use that term with extreme prejudice, suddenly think that she is an expert in world politics”
Most of them haven’t graduated from High School, let alone College. Only a dimwit would be influenced by the likes of Lohan, Matt Damon and Chevy Chase.

What’s the fuzz. Both parties are raising funds but Obama does it better. So stop whining.

So what the Sen. Obama had a fundraiser, so did Sen. McCain. Obama when to Hollywood and McCain when to Florida.. Obama had a great meal and McCain had what food.. Don’t blame Obama because he when to Hollywood to get his money.. McCain took money from us to ran his campaign… McCain needs to stay on the issues at hand oppose to running negative ads on TV. Don’t blame the chaos on Obama, but blame if on Father Bush. So Sen/President Obama keep doign what you are doing… CHANGE is at Hand.. And Stand UP for ALL People, like I know that you will…

“I dare you Obama supporters to take a trip to his district at night. Check out what type of change Obama has in store for you.”
Exactly. He has done absolutely nothing there. What has he done there that you can say has made a difference? It’s more dangerous than Iraq. If he can’t get anything accomplished on a smaller scale how in the world is he gong to do it on a country wide scale. All talk, no action.

obama = people’s champ

Obama had a fundraiser in California that netted him 9 million. McCain had one in Miami with big wigs that netted him 5 million. McCain’s fundraiser was with those who could very likely influence policy. Obama’s not. Also, Palin had a 1 million fundraiser with some CEO in Ohio who laid off all his employees and shipped the jobs overseas. Gee, think I’ll stand with Obama on this one. And repubs, why so down on Hollywood types…you seem to have forgotten Reagan, Arnold and Thompson.

I find it odd the media doesn’t cover McCain’s $50,000 a plate event in Florida, where firefighters and police were in attendance. They must pay them pretty well in Florida for them to afford $50,000 a plate dinner.

Meanwhile, Sarah Palin hid from reporters (and their pesky questions) in a deep underground bunker.

Unfortunately the DEMS got it wrong,
they should have nominated Hillary Clinton. Obama knows that, that is why he snubbed her for VP. And now he is paying dearly for that inexperienced decision he made. Don’t let him make the same inexperienced decisions as President.

So Obama’s biggest donors are Hollywood, Merill Lynch, Lehman Bros, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? He keeps good company.

Nullandvoid…then check out the totals Obama has raised from the various industries.
Banking and lawyers, Obama is their number one guy.
Really it is so easy to check up on these claims why do you guys accept Obama lying to you so often?
He even claimed he was on the banking committee a short time ago. He really isn’t…but once again was taking credit for work he didn’t do. I bet he doesn’t claim that committee now.
Oh and ask yourself why did McCain speak out against Freddie and Fannie in 2005? While Obama is number 2 on their list of fully bought and paid for politicians?

From what I pick up in the above lines is racism deep down in some people, it is so bad that people should be like this, please people let go, times have changed and will continue to change. When a blackman works hard, goes to the best schools and becomes productive in the society, he is “Elitist”. When he promises to bring about change they want to sideline him, they say he is someone they do not know yet they talk about em ..whats her name .. Palin! for cry out loud do you know who Palin is? Because of all the unfairness as an independent candidate i will vote for Obama, he is the only one the spells out the true change.

Plunkett, anyone who votes for Obama just because he is black, is racist.
Get it?

Barack Obama backed out of campaign reform for this very reason. He thinks he can buy the presidency. Campaign reform was supposed to help eliminate the possibility of that. John McCain kept his promise. Which candidate can you trust to keep the rest of their promises? Lies become habit, broken promises are going to be painful for middle Americans, not Hollywood types. Barack Obama should go into acting or speech writing, not politics. He fails every time except for putting on a good show.

As far as big companies being in the tank for Obama, for those of you who have never donated to a campaign and dont’s understand. Whether you donate a $1,00 or $1,000 you have to list who your employer is. So it’s the employees of these companies donating. But the lobbist from Lehman’s,Merril Lynch,Fannie and Freddie etc are running McCain’s campaign. Something the media hasn’t covered much is the Military is donating to Obama by a 6 to 1 margin. Do some research and look up Keating 5,the S&L scandal, you’ll see just how dirty McCain’s hands are in deregulating the banking industry.

So America suffers while Obama rakes it in. Didn’t his campaign say that the reason he reversed himself on capaign financing was that he has already achieved equalness that his donors were just in $100 increments. Looks like he still has to stop campaigning to shop for his big hollywood donors. So much for his new politics, seams like the same old thing to me.

Deb.
Apparently you haven’t checked out WHO donated at those large corps, and it is obvious that you’ve never worked in corporate America.
Here is how it goes. The President of the company donates, so does his wife, of age children, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, etc. The Board of Directors also gets their families to donate. All of the upper level executives and management and their families donate the $2300 limit.
The company wide memo is sent to gently suggest that the other employees also donate stating reasons why the company supports the candidate.
Making clear that donating isn’t required since that would make it illegal.
However, usually the donation is collected at work somehow and isn’t mailed from your living room. So the employees know that it will look good if they donate the same way the President of the company, the Board of Directors, the Executive and Management staff have. And make that donation from their desks.
Hope that helps to explain if you see $300,000 from a company. How that trickle down thing works as well as what that memo inspires.
Not everyone who donated would be registered as working with that company since they are relatives, working elsewhere.
Funding the Convention and donations to the DNC or RNC are much higher limits.
The cycle can start all over again.

Hollywood is America. The Hollywood Elite would not be where they are at without superior intellegence. Change in 08.

This post probably will be moderated out or severely edited, but why do you people think JT wrote it in the style he did? How many anti-Obama comments would he have gotten if the headline read: “Obama Collects Money from Rich People who Would Pay More Taxes Under His Economic Plan”? Aside from being too wordy, you can’t encourage a political “horserace” with honest reporting. The so-called “liberal media” are doing exactly what their corporate owners want them to by offering skewed reports that clearly are designed to ellicit some of the anti-Obama posts on this blog. Don’t forget this is the same “liberal” media that helped the current Republican president lie us into Iraq. Maybe we should take these articles with a grain of salt. Is the public that dumb? That easily led — again?? Well, apparently so.

Women4Palin,
I think some women hate Governor Palin because she has a Barbie Doll quality about her. That is not generally a reason to hate a person, but I think it gets combined with a feeling that it has all come too easy for her; a feeling that she hasn’t paid her dues.
Combining beauty and easy success gives Governor Palin an elitist aura which clashes with her “homier”-then-thou persona in a way that leaves a hypocritical taste in the mouth.
Todd

So John McCain having a Hollywood fundraiser on Monday with Patricia Heaton and Robert Duvall that brings in 4.7 Million is NOT news-worthy but the fact that “elitist” Barack Obama has one that pulls in 9 million is subject to defamation and ridicule. I just don’t get you Republicans and you’re I can do it but no one else can attitude. But I suppose if I were stuck with EXACTLY the same kind of candidates that brought us the last 8 years, I’d chew on any little bit of meat I could find. And now with the cover-up with the Trooper scandal…well its brought to you by the same folks that brought us the AG scandal and the Iraq war. What do we expect?!!?!?

Emilly -
Michelle Obama isn’t running for office.

Why does Obama continually use the phrase “Economic Justice.” I just looked into it and found a book online called “Economic Justice: The Market Socialist Vision” by James Yunker. Basically the book states that the concept of Economic Justice is a tool that can be used to slowly change a capitalist country into a socialist country. The author takes the view that, because socialism has become a dirty word in most prosperous capitalist countries, direct cries for socialism won’t work. You have to first posit it as a market based economic strategy so that people can see how they will profit from it (i.e.,when the government takes from others to give to them). Then, once people see how they profit from it, it will be easier to implement a more traditional socialist economy. This is what Obama was talking about when he said middle Americans don’t know what is best for them. I am sure Obama has studied the above book in detail, because most of his economic policies (the few we have seen) come straight out of this book. It’s an eye opener.

Obama said. “And this [campaign] should be hard, because what we’re asking of the American people is a fundamental shift away from an economic theory that has dominated over the last eight years, that says, ‘You give more to the most and hope that it trickles down for everybody else.’” “You” give more to the most. Who is you??? I always thought people earned their money directly from their business or employer. I didn’t know that we only get money because the government let’s us have it. I also didn’t know that the government can just decide that we shouldn’t get as much anymore and that some of our earnings have to go to somebody else. Somehow I don’t think this is what the founding father’s contemplated for the US. I thought it was all about liberty and freedom from the abuses of government.

You people are stuck in a passing time. How sad! McCain voted the same as Bush. Therefore its safe to say that if McCain was president for the last 8 years we would be in the same condition.

I honestly feel sad for McCain. He is starting to look 82 instead of 72.. He knows he has no chance in hell of beating Barack!

The filthy rich Hollywood crowd that threw this fundraiser can’t be bothered to give a dime to help the thousands of Americans displaced by Hurricane Ike. Just shows where their priorities are.

traci’s commentary on celebs that endorse Obama is hilarious. What’s Matt Damon done? Tell us about those celebs that endorse McCain…Patricia Heaton…Ray Romano’s tv wife. Chuck Norris? Wow. Jon Voigt…he did donate sperm to make Angelina Jolie, which men everywhere appreciate. The truth is, everybody is behind a candidate. Some are smarter than others and support the guy who isn’t going to keep our country on a path down the toilet.
Obama! O-8! Oh yeah!

I remembered Babs Streisand courageously honoring her promise to leave the U.S. if George Bush was elected in 2000.
Oh wait, she didn’t move after all. She must have been on the same private jet that never left the runway as Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin

concerned Mom in Michigan,
I apologize. Your reasons were much more thought out than mine were. Although I think my reasons were also valid, I can see how your reasons reflect an emphasis on things that are much more important.
Todd

I remembered Babs Streisand courageously honoring her promise to leave the U.S. if George Bush was elected in 2000.
Oh wait, she didn’t move after all. She must have been on the same private jet that never left the runway as Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin
Great Post by Beth!
If I may add..Alec Baldwin did in fact get on a plane after the election..but it wasn’t to leave the country. Baldwin accepted the role of a Great American Hero by the name of General Jimmy Doolittle. The movie’s name was “Pear Harbor” (2001). General Jimmy Doolittle (Then, Lt. Colonel Doolittle) was awarded the Congressonal Medal of Honor for the daring bombing raid over Tokyo in 1942.
Doolittle a Great American and great Republican was promoted to full general and his 4th Star pinned in a White House ceremony by President Ronald Reagan and Senator Barry Goldwater later in the General’s life.
There you have it. When it comes to “principals” the Hollywod big mouths are all Phonies where the Big Bucks will take precedence over principle any day of the week. Sounds to me like Obama fits in very well with these types.

Patty – Dr. Martin Luther King’s words about the “…content of their character” sums up why I won’t vote for Obama. He has demonstrated no real achivements. He is a socialist. He has associated with leftist radicals throughout his career. He doesn’t have enough of an actual record to know where he stands on issues (other than, of course, his two autobiographies). The color of his skin has nothing to do with it. It’s his big-government, high-tax, weak-defense approach that will be very damaging to this country … and that’s why I won’t vote for him.
It’s obvious you hate McCain/Palin. But, pray tell, what exactly do you like about Obama? Is it his “community activism”? Is it his Harvard law degree (which can be debated as positive or negative)? Exactly how is he more qualified than McCain or Palin? Seriously, details please.

Why does the Obama compaign not seized on the fact that his campaign has not taken a single dime from taxpayer, while half of McCain money are subsidize by the tax payer close to $100 million of tax payers money is wasted on Lies, Deception and Selfish ambition. McCain is not for Country First, he is for McCain first. Who is really for changes, not McCain. In regard to ear mark that funds go to schools, hospitals and special social projects. What is wrong with that. Who is on the look out for the tax payer, not McCain, its Obama. The Republican use everything they have against Obama, yet I have no idea why Obama does not use this against the Rebublican. Maybe its a trump card to be used later, but I highly suggest Obama make this known to people as many do not know this.

Oh well, Obama’s party is just getting ready to start. In case you have heard, McLiar’s convention poll bounce has disappeared even with Palin.

How is it that is O’Babble is sooo smart, so many stupid people are backing him ? Do smart people pay $30,000 to hear Barbara Streisand “sing” ?

Main St. in trouble, Joe Hollywood is filling his pockets. What a surprise.

Just another case of Nobama selling out to the Hollywack fringe.

“The reason I’m calm, is I have confidence in the American people.” said Obama at the Hollywood fundraiser. Which American people? The socialists in tinseltown?
Calm? Bet Obama was calm..he smokes like a chimney despite his protestations to the contrary. So much for a “healthy” president if he were elected. I wonder who his Surgeon General would be if elected President..Jocelyn Elders again with “safe cigarettes” as in “safe bullets”? Maybe the cigarettes calmed him..hope it was only cigarettes.
Old habits are hard to get rid of and since Obama admitted in the past that he has not been totally honest with the American People about his cigarette habit, why should anyone believe anything he says? So much for credibility as far as Mr. Obama is concerned..at least from my perspective.