Obama: McCain’s Campaign Like an ‘SNL’ Routine

Obama has hit a new low.

And Obama’s campaign is more like one from “MAD tv?” What ever happened to sticking to the issues and making logical arguments to convince voters? It seems that the more the campaigns emphasize “change,” the less real “change” we see.

Yes, and obama is much lamer than SNL.

Obama is right. We don’t need another “commission”. We need a balanced budget.
If America was not $1 Trillion in debt, the dollar would not be so severly devalued and the economy would have had the strength to weather this lending cycle.
Obama’s been pushing for a balanced budget ever since he first entered the national stage. McCain has never even mentioned the words “balanced budget”. He just says “borrow, borrow, borrow, and then we’ll appoint a commission”.
America can not afford to elect another president who is content for this country to live high on the hog of national debt.

I miss the REAL Michelle and now I have to say I miss the REAL Obama. Why is he using a telepromptor on the stump? What happened to the good ole days of um, ah, um, I, dah!

I’m sure the country’s dying to hand the reins of the economy over to someone who’s most significant financial transaction was an illegal insider deal with convicted felon Rezko. Wouldn’t want him to go all “bone headed” on the economy. Yeah, give me some more of that Chicago style go-along, get-along corruption–that’ll be great for the country. That Obama, such a reformer . . . .

McCain just seems to be very confused about things. McCain just called Spain’s Prime Minister an enemy of the United States.
That’s right. Spain. In Europe. South of France.
Sigh.

I can’t tell you how many references I have seen to Obama “mocking” his opponents. It’s not just McCain, before that it was his democratic opponents. Obama is an arrogant a**. His promise to deliver a new sort of politics that is about lifting this country up as opposed to tearing each other down is a complete farce.
After watching him renege on one promise after another during this campaign (another example==revoking his promise to take public financing), why would anyone think he would bring any principles (other than self-promotion) to the task of governing?

Illegal and unethical are two different things. Obama’s home purchase without a doubt was unethical.

Obama served eight years in Springfield, and has been in Washington nearly four so far. In the Illinois state Senate, he authored about a half-dozen “major laws” on issues ranging from ethics to education.
The best example of his leadership style was bipartisan legislation to require the videotaping of police interrogations, which is now a national model. Obama brought together police, prosecutors and the ACLU on a win-win bill that simultaneously increased conviction rates and all but ended jailhouse beatings.
In Washington he has his name on three important laws: the first major ethics reform since Watergate; a much-needed cleanup of conventional weapons in the former Soviet Union, and the “Google for Government” bill, an accountability tool that requires notice of all federal contracts to be posted online. Besides that, Obama hasn’t been around long enough to get much done.
McCain served four years in the House and has been in the Senate almost 22 so far. But he, too, has authored fewer than a half-dozen major laws.

McCain’s problems start and end with the Palin pick – he chose a new path too late in the campaign and is now forced to run against everything he has said before.

Lisa, could it be we are both Obama supporters?

The senior pastor of Sarah Palin’s church, in sermons that circulated online before they were taken down last week, preaches hell for anyone who isn’t saved by Jesus.
America does not know enough yet about what Palin personally believes, but her church background—she now worships at a nondenominational Bible church—puts her squarely in the tradition of the old-school religious right.
It’s a scary prospect to have a religious fanatic like Palin in the White House. America would lose everything that is left of its international standing.

Uhhh, no Lisa…I’ve been the same ole me, not someone else.
I’m a veteran in Indiana. I’ve seen Ryan’s comments, but I’m me, not Ryan.

Obama said today that McCain was a good “old boy”. Does that make Obama a good young boy? Obama sure is against politics as usual and is interested in talking about the issues, ain’t he?

WestCoast, Obama’s point was that McCain’s campaign is run by lobbyists for special interests and they are writing his policies.
You don’t think that’s an issue?

Is there any doubt that Sarah Palin believes that Jews, Hindus, Muslims and agnostics are all going to hell?
It’d surprise me if she didn’t believe Catholics and Mormons were going to hell too.
Pentecostals believe that everyone has to have a “new birth” in order to go to Heaven and some believe that you have to have been baptized and then had the Holy Ghost infused in you (evidenced by you speaking in tongues).

1percenter, I put far more burden upon the lenders than the borrowers. Why? Because when the lender tells you over and over again that you can afford a loan and then hands someone with no financial background an 85 page contract, it is predatory.
I mean, if you make poison lollipops and hand then to a toddler, is it the child’s fault for sucking on it? And yes, I am comparing borrowers to toddlers because compared to the lenders, they knew almost nothing about what they were getting themselves into. In fact, many no doubt believed that if they were unable to pay for the mortgage, the lender would never have offered them the money in the first place, which 15 years ago, was not a bad assumption.

obama – once again responds to this crisis with “Present” – he has to wait for his campaign to give him the “Politically Correct” answer.
Obama is a FRAUD!
He has zero judgment – will NOT take a firm stand on any issue – how can he lead this country.
McCain/Palin

Go ahead and elect a kid who is still wet behind the ears. What did he offer the people in Vegas to come out to his traveling horse and pony show? Is he ever going to tell us one thing that he could really accomplished vs telling you fairy tales. Again I end with the fact I voted for Clinton.

The more sarcastic and nasty the suit gets, the more desperate he looks. Politics as usual….no change, no hope, no nothing. Please Obama keep up the nasty attacks, McCain has withstood more and he will be our next President.

john: I’m looking at your post and thinking about the ‘toddlers’ comment – which is unfortunately apt. And yes, part of the problem (and I am unsure of the degree) were fraudulent loans that then became CDOs that were gimmicky stuff used to fatten the wallets of these boneheads.
Unfortunately, however, in this world we must expect personal accountability. Even of the toddlers. People are so ready to go for the easy buck, the easy road and don’t want to think that maybe it’s a bit ‘too easy’ to get the money. So, while people are complaining about the CEOs – what about the folks who overbought their McMansion and big-screen TV and then just drop the keys in the mailbox and default on their loan. Aren’t they failing their obligation?

Obama would’t let the press in for his $1,000 a minute Bab’s concert last night where he hauled in 11 million. I heard he needs at least $40 million to just campaign in Florida where he is outspending 3 to 1, as in all the other battleground states. How did that work for him against Hillary in Ohio and PA…..not so good.
Hill supporter for McCain!

CNN has started to say that there state polls include not only votes but how much the candidate is spending in advertising. WTF! Does anyone know why this is?

The Washington Post today:
“Are there any corners left for McCain? Is there any reason to trust that a man running this campaign would go on to be an honest president?”
Uh, no. None.

If you were duped into voting for Bush, maybe you will think again about voting for McCain. Chances are Palin would end up finishing his term and could imagine listining to that nag every day.

And the laughs just keep on coming:
In an interview with Spanish radio today, McCain was either unaware of who Prime Minister Zapatero is or unwilling to rule out that Spain is an enemy.
You can’t make this stuff up.
NEWS FLASH:
GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO IS STILL DEAD.
LOL!!!

No, whats low is having Obama respond to the LIES that McCain/Palin are putting out instead of the real issues, then claiming hes off message from running a clean camp. The things the McCain camp are pulling on a constanct basis is even beneath McCain. Some Americans think for themselves w/o purchasing.

Obama has a huge payroll with 300 advisors…must have needed that cash from Streisand concert. BO would be THE MOST ADVISOR DRIVEN PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME, paid for by you and me. Same for Secret Service, triple what’s normal, our taxpayer $$$$.

Very Presidential Mr Obama. Keep those hilarious jabs coming. Keeping to the issues just as you promised. That’s the kind of change we can believe in…oh yah change went out the window when Biden was added to the ticket.

Illegal and unethical are two different things. Obama’s home purchase without a doubt was unethical.
Posted by: Lisa
****************************************** How was it unethical? The sellers of the house said that the offer from Obama was the highest offer they had gotten for the house. Obama used a down payment from his personal funds and a standard mortgage.
Rezco is a developer and Obama did have him come and eyeball the house for him before putting the offer in.
The questionable deal was the sellers didn’t want to sell the house without selling the adjoining parcel of land. Rezco’s wife bought the land and later sold a strip of it to the Obamas. This part of it was the issue.
You don’t have to like it, but it really isn’t a good excuse not to vote for somebody, especially when the other team treats us like a bunch of suckers as they tell us lie after lie even after they have been debunked and proven false.

McCain = DISHONORABLE

Sarah Palin told Sean Hannity today that she saw Tina Fey portraying her on SNL last Saturday, but had the sound turned all the way down! LOL
She said Tina Fey’s portrayal of her was hilarious!
posted by Tom
****************************************** They were on her plane when it was on and the press told her about it. She came back and watched it with them (the sound was on), the reporter wrote that he loved it but was surprised that Sarah laughed as well.
The next day the Mccain campaign sent out their surrogates saying it was sexist, (so they can continue to portray Sarah as the victim of sexism)
so now Sarah has to lie and say she didn’t hear it.
I guess tomorrow those reporters who watched it with her are going to have to tell us the truth.
And Sarah’s pretty nose just keeps growing……………….

Dave in lv, I also don’t think we should forget that it was Senator McCain who championed the war in Iraq in the first place – even before Bush himself. He was literally bouncing off the wall with anticipation for the war.
McCain has a serious problem with thinking things through before he acts. He tends to lead with his gut and unfortunately, it cost us 4,000 lives and $1.5 trillion in taxpayer money.

Dave in lv sez:
(regarding the Iraq invasion)
Hindsight is soooo much better.
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Indeed, apparently a lot better than the intelligence community that gets a sizable chunk of my paycheck.
A lot cheaper as well.

1post3
If you actually are as smart as you claim you are you would also know that Obama introduced a bill on better bank regualations TWO years ago, but since he was new they kicked it out. Over the past 25 years it has been republicans who have fought for deregulation. Maybe some might think you have a real brain if you could come up with some other name that has not been used to death.

Unshrub,
If you think that election day in America is going to produce an act of God that puts us all back in the ’50s…
Well, maybe I can use some of what is in Your cup.

Oh please, PaulR. Are you so naive as to think that Obama can win an election where half of the country supports the candidate who represents a continuation of the same status quo that they oppose by a 4 to 1 ratio WITHOUT being tough and playing the game? If so, get over it.
McCain is a liar and a fraud and the only reason this election is close is that McCain has spent the last 2 months lying about Obama. This country is too stupid to analyze the issues and vote on the facts. They need to be spoonfed this stuff, and attacks and jokes are the way to communicate with the sheep

JV: If I wasn’t married, I might be in love. Thank you for your comment and for saying exactly what I have been thinking!!! How can the right even claim to be social conservatives after the past 8 years of record spending, deficits, corruption and extremism? I was a Republican, too. I grew up in Atlanta. The Republican party has lost it’s way and McCain is not the Maverick he once was and Palin is more extreme right than any pick I can imagine.

After tonight’s joint town hall meeting with McCain and Palin if that’s all of the two of them have to offer, the debates are going to be horrible for them.

John McCain should forget about presidency and go and pick up that his 1982 glasses he was using when he got to Washington then, perhaps he can start buying newspaper to read in his 7 houses since he can’t use the internet.
Cindy at a fundraising last week was running her mouth “my husband is leading in all polls” she wanna become first lady, no wonder she looks like a toy.

If companies are going out of business the Obama plan is to tax all of them a lot more.
How will this encourage them to hire more people? How will this help them survive?
Obama claims the business slump we are in are a direct result of free market capitalism. What is he suggesting we replace it with?

So, Obama’s a comedian now?
Why can’t this guy just talk about issues instead of mocking his opponents? Is this how he’ll conduct foreign affairs if we’re at war?
Obama is pitiful.

Now, if we could ever fully explain Rev Wright’s preaching of Black Seperation Theology we may be able to figure out the frozen angry-face of Michelle.

Didn’t Obama in front of two Dem audiences declare he is not afraid of JM and would debate him anytime, anywhere?
Applause, applause, applause.
Since then he has refused all but two last minute debates. He was asked to attend 10 additional debates and declined them all.
Was he afraid JM would make him look silly?
Or was he afraid he couldn’t answer unscripted questions?

Obama’s throwing the zingers out there now! Funny how the republicans can dish it but boy they sure can’t take it!

Black Liberation Theology is actually a good thing. It teaches self-reliance. It teaches responsibility for ones actions. It teaches taking care of the elderly. It teaches to stop looking for handouts.It encourages men to be husbands before becoming fathers. You need to read it and stop listen to closet dweller Hannity.

OMG! What was I thinking? I can’t cast my vote and endanger my country. I really would like to see a women in the White House but, not this women. I’m embarrassed saying I’m republican. We can do much better than this. The media has to report on the McCain/Palin lies and her inexperience. Might not have to since the McCain campaign is doing a good job in shooting themselves in the foot and looking like idiots on this economy mess.

If companies are going out of business the Obama plan is to tax all of them a lot more.
How will this encourage them to hire more people? How will this help them survive?
Obama claims the business slump we are in are a direct result of free market capitalism. What is he suggesting we replace it with?
Posted by: Dave in lv | Sep 18, 2008 12:17:07 AM
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And McCain’s plan is to continue doing the same things that created the crisis. No thanks, it’s time to stop the republican’s theft of our treasury.

McCain/Palin are offering to share high ranking positions with Dems in a bipartisan approach to solving problems.
The Dems approach: Stomp them all into the ground after humiliating them as much as possible.
Which group is filled with hate? Just look at the posts below.

The U.S. lost about a trillion dollars in the last two days. So you’re better off being concerned about the angry frozen faces of Americans being screwed by republican trickled down fiscal policies. Voting republican only continues the pain of the financial drain. Vote democrat if you want your wallet and country back.

re: Post by: truthout | Sep 18, 2008 12:46:05 AM
I am not aware of any Republican congress that had a veto proof majority, certainly none during Bush’s term.
They often had a one vote majority, yet this is the first Congress unable to pass a budget.
Evidently Reps can work with Dems and get a compromised budget. When Dems were in charge, no compromise and no budget.
Wasn’t the last election where the Dems were saying we NEED checks and balances and not have Congress and the President be of the same party?

Dems use corporations and oversight committees as their own playthings and look where it’s got us.
Don’t you wonder why after the US shells out 1 trillion dollars the Dems won’t hold any hearings on who was responsible for this?
Let’s have some hearings and fully prosecute those responsible, whether they are Republican or Democrat.

Dave in Iv
re: ‘ this is the first Congress unable to pass a budget.”
The 1995 shutdown of the United States federal government was a major political crisis in which the U.S. federal government, as a result of a failure to pass a budget bill…. The major players were Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. The shutdown, however, was generally considered to have resulted in a victory for President Clinton. During the shutdown, Gingrich’s complaint that he had been ignored by Clinton on a flight back from the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin was widely reported, resulting in the perception that Gingrich was acting in a petty, egotistical manner. Later polling suggested that the event badly damaged Gingrich politically.
re:
“Stomp them all into the ground after humiliating them as much as possible.”
Where have you been for the last 8 years? That is the best summery of republicanism that I’ve seen recently..
Palin doesn’t even understand that using secure email is a good thing when doing government business

There is a kind of amnesia-like insanity in a lot of McCain supporters.
A poster above me said “Obama has hit a new low.” But there is zero doubt in any independent critique, that McCain’s campaign has been “lower” and less honest. As a matter of fact that has been true about Republican campaigns for years.
As for the economy, the problems have largely had to do with deregulation and the republican pitch that government has to “get out of the way of business”. Yes, Bush is one of the worse presidents in American history, but he also represents one of the few times the Republican policy was allowed to be enacted unhindered, in part because of his popularity after 9/11, in part because Bush/Cheney set about to achieve their goals no matter how slimy they had to be, and in part because the Republicans have controlled congress for most of this time and have a too weak Democratic majority to stop them. In terms of Economics, What McCain believes is 90% the same of what Bush/Cheney believe, and we really don’t want that again.

Republicans don’t believe in the federal gov’t. Reagan said it *was* the problem. How can you expect a party to run a gov’t effectively when it doesn’t believe it can be run effectively?
The last 28 years shows this. Rs claim they will control spending, but ironically — they have been the absolute worst spenders when in control.
Now, they’re trying to fool America into thinking that only THEY can fix this mess… this mess which they actually created.
It is insanity to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results (Einstein). It is insanity to think that voting for the same Republican party that put us in this mess will be the solution to get us out.

“… and i can see russia from my house!”

John McCain is the Elmer Fudd of politics, he just keeps bumbling and stumbling his way through this election. The only reason why this race is ‘supposedly’ close is all down to the majority of obvious right wing media Ace’s. The media has tried and so far failed in it’s attempts to elect the imbecile McCain and neocon Bill Kristol’s protege Sarah Palin. If these 2 people get in the White House, America will become like a third world country. McCain would cripple our economy further by his uncontrollable thirst for war. This is serious times and so needs serious leaders, with solutions and foresight into the problems facing us tomorrow. If we are not careful, America could be replaced in the G7 by Brazil, yeah sounds funny..
So if you want to see the decline of the western world in your lifetime, vote Palin/McCain.. Remember, when crap hits the fan, please stand up and let the rest of America see the types of idiots we have amongst us.

To Dave in Iv:
“I am not aware of any Republican congress that had a veto proof majority, certainly none during Bush’s term.”
Why would Republicans need a veto proof majority with a Republican president? Have you thought this through?
“They often had a one vote majority, yet this is the first Congress unable to pass a budget.”
Actually, it hasn’t happened since… the Congress just before this one. Way back in 2006, when the Republicans had both houses of congress and the presidency, they passed only 2 ofthe 11 required spending bills.

“Why can’t this guy just talk about issues instead of mocking his opponents? Is this how he’ll conduct foreign affairs if we’re at war?”
Michelle, were you asleep or out of the country all summer? It’s the McCain campaign that has declared publicly that this election will not be about issues. Did you miss the McCain ads comparing Obama to Britney and Paris? Did you miss the constant mocking references to Obama’s celebrity status (ironic, coming from the original political celebrity who has his own page on imdb.com)? Did you miss the mocking of Obama’s “grand” lifestyle when he went to Hawaii, where he was raised, to visit his grandmother, who raised him? (Again, ironic coming from the man who doesn’t know how many houses he has.)
And Obama has spent plenty of time talking about issues. That’s why he hasn’t been doing the big rallies. Even a big chunk of the convention speech was on policy specifics.
Your foreign affairs comment doesn’t quite follow, but I’d rather have Obama’s cool hand dealing with a crisis than Mr. Hothead, whose first response is to send in the 82nd Airborne. Are you ready to go to war with Russia over Georgia? We’d be there already if McCain had his way.
McCain-Palin ’08: Because two wars are not enough!

re: post by: Jazzman | Sep 18, 2008 12:59:54 AM
1. Most history books look at the 1995 budget impasse where a Rep Congress tried to implement it’s “Contract with America” and push through a large tax cut. Clinton was against it and won. Even so, a budget to Clinton’s liking was signed before the year was out.
They did not go out the year without the next year’s budget determined.
Classic case of Dem legislation when there is overwhelming support to drill for offshore oil:
1. Only allow drilling 50 miles or more offshore although 80% of the oil is closer to shore and thus offlimits.
2. Require states approve the drilling
3. Do NOT allow ANY revenue sharing with the states, thus giving them no incentive to approve anything.
Dems thus want oil companies to drill only where there isn’t any oil.
Re: emails: Only Dems would think hacking into personal emails and posting them on the net is the right thing to do.
Isn’t this another example of Dem dirty tricks?
And some are proud of it?

Most appropriate SNL routine:
McCain as the Pathological Liar.
“It’s just a … mental recession … yeah, that’s it … a mental recession … yeah”
TOO FUNNY.

I thought McCain wanted to inject humor in to politics. Now it’s not so funny when truthful statements are hilarious to simply calling Obama a celebrity.
And the rest of America needs to come out of your denial about McCain and the Republican’s. Its becoming clinical.

lISA AND pAULr. Where are you from? If you were really for Obama from the beginning, you’d know him like we do. He’s hitting back where he has to. He’s the most authentic candidate I’ve seen in years and I’ve been around since JFK was assasinated. Don’t give us this mock surprise that Obama has gone dirty. He’s fighting fire with fire as he should. Not his choice… but McCains
Posted by: Nancy | Sep 18, 2008 1:42:15 AM
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McCain supporters are upset because they thought Obama was a wuss that would’nt or could’nt fight back. Surprise, they are getting pummeled by Obama’s jujitsu. Brilliant ha ha.

I see Camp Mac more like caricatures.
Their campaigns is reminiscent of an old grainy black and white cartoon with those stipped lines rolling through the screen.
It would be nice if it was silent cartoon, for McCain’s sake.
It’s refreshing to see Obama using humor
as a method of getting tough. It works because with all that has gone wrong with our country we have to either laugh or cry. He understands our emotions and knows brutal attacks will only add salt to America’s economic and societal wounds.

re: Post by: andie | Sep 18, 2008 1:39:49 AM
I find it amazing that McCain isn’r getting slammed for his involvement in The Keating Five scandal. I also am amazed that no one is talking about McCain’s desire to privatize Social Security. Surely both of these issues speak directly to the electorate about his lack of honor and his disregard for seniors on a fixed income.
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Perhaps the Keating 5 scandal is a non-issue because the lead prosecutor who is also a Dem said and is currently saying JM is innocent of all charges.
Given Social Security is going broke what is the Dem solution? Ostrich time!!
Keep everything as is and seniors get wiped out.
When Dems were asked to join a bipartisan committee to come up with a solution they boycotted and refused to come up with any plan at all.
Other countries have solved their social security system problem by privatizing and they were successful. Chile is one example where it worked well.
Who has the lack of honor? A person recommending a solution or those that don’t?

I see Obama as a catfish. Time for him to get fat since everything is dropping to the bottom.

USVet – It is over for the McSame/Palin ticket. Wake up and smell the coffey. You right wing nuts are getting a taste of your on medicine and it feels good to have some like Obama hit you right wing nuts back harder and harder right up to the elections. You right wing nuts will no keep the American people down this time around.
Well Lisa, McShame have hit a new low mmonths ago and I didn’t hear you complianing then so don’t complain now that Obama is hitting you right wing nuts back with a two by four.

Dave in iV
Re: “emails: Only Dems would think hacking into personal emails and posting them on the net is the right thing to do. Isn’t this another example of Dem dirty tricks? ”
Only a Republican would not admit that using unsecured Yahoo email for state biz is dumb… and then further try to imply that Dems think it’s the right thing to do when no one has said that… more lies.
You keep saying that republicans do no wrong, and fault lies with everyone else..
You will lose because Republicans can’t run away from their record for the last 8 years. They can hide from the name ‘republican’, but their policies and judgments can be checked out for accuracy and effect…… and it has!
Bush & Cheney were running the show..
McCain a marginal player but supporting the party platform he is also responsible.
facts continue to be stubborn things

re:post by: tnobamagirl | Sep 18, 2008 2:06:30 AM
Don’t worry about any draft. The only ones actually proposing it are Dems.

When there’s no prompter, look for an micro earphone – albeit a bit hard to see with his huge ears. The um ah sounds you hear is the delay waiting for cues over the air waves.

Alic – If you actually look at the text of the “Sex Ed” bill, it’s primary purpose was to amend existing legislation to clarify/insure that courses included medically accurate information. And, to include info on requiring HIV/AIDS information be included in all classes and that abstinence be included. The bill also amended the existing legislation to refer to K-12 rather than 6-12.
The one bit in the actual legislation re: “protecting children” was one paragraph, applicable to all K-12 students, with no special language for kindergarteners. In fact, nothing in the bill limits the information provided to Ks, with the exception of it being age-appropriate and medically accurate, as decided on by school officials on a locality by locality basis.
End result – if bill had been passed – each district would be able to decide what type of sex education class/information to share with Ks.
Might not have been Obama’s intent, but it was the language of the bill.

gl – You aren’t talking to me, I’m an Obama canvasser.

I cannot believe the lies the McCain campaign is spreading. I am no McCain supporter, but come on, you don’t have to lie like small things:
- McCain and Blackberry
- How Sarah Palin accepted the nomination (in one interview, she says – she did not blink and her family did not know until later ABC; in another – she said she took a vote of her daughters before accepting FOX. What is it?)

RyanD. | Sep – Sorry no I am not talking to you only the McShame supporters.

When I finally stop being scared of this couple: Bush + bad temper and Bush + lipstick + even more extremism?
The son of a president was terrible enough, but now these republicans got something even scarier!
Obama/Biden 2008

Tony – That what I am saying this lady just lie for no reason and think the American people are so stupid and will not caught her lies, but we did and i am trying of her lies. We don’t even know this woman and she just keep lieing the American people like we are just to dump to relize all her lies she have been telling the American people. We all ready have someone that have lied to the American people for 8 years. Wake up American people and get out any vote for Obama and put an end to all these liars that have been running this country to the ground.

Wait…… Bush controls the executive branch of our government, and Obama is blocking the investigation. Do you know how stupid that sounds? McSame is blocking the investigation up in Alaska, Bush is blocking the invetigation of the DOJ firings, too many to go on. Now freddie and fannie go under 8 years into a republican administration and you still reach back to the 90′s to pull in a democrat. How silly can one be?

Obama is telling the truth! The Republicans started calling him sexist (because he talked about lipstick), then a pervert (because he wants to teach children to protect themselves from predators), then an appeaser(because he wants dialog instead of going to war with the risk of killing innocent people), and on, and on..etc.. The truth hurts but it is the truth, in the end the choice Americans make will be felt in own flesh and blood and Americans do not want any more wars, or people in the White House who have no idea about the average American’s needs!

I am so disgusted with those of you who are still resorting ridiculous personal and character talking points WHEN OUR ECONOMY IS IN A ONCE IN A CENTURY CRISIS. This is really really serious crisis – could be worst than the great depression. Those stupid Americans who elected a dumb and incompetent George W Bush better WAKE UP and please please don’t make the same mistake with McCain and Palin.

If the Dems were so serious about fixing the economy, they would put HC at the top. Going for a trainee is no way to tell people about our current crisis. We are the glue that holds the global economy together. Likely protective policies from Obama will worsen the crisis.

I can not believe what I have read here. The nation is fall apart and we get Rep’s in here that will not hold their party accountable for any of there actions. We Dem’s hold our party accountable for their action why can’t the Rep’s.
It’s time to put all the bull a side and start working togethter. Rep’s wanting to Drill, Dem’s give them that in return for accountable for OIl companies to return the tax payers money back to the People and Rep’s refused the deal. Rep’s say the Oil companies shouldn’t have to pay back the money they get once they find oil. Now that is just bull.
Go Obama. One thing Rep’s don’t see is that this is a people movement not a party movement and the Rep’s fear that they will lose the power to control Washington. Well this Independent hopss they do. Eight years is enough. NO more Rep ideology.

Dave IV:
Please don’t run a McCain/Palin campaign of lies and misinformation here. Under Clinton, unemployment 4%, budget surplus $200B+, foreign debt $4 trillion. NOW, unemployment 6.1% (and growing FAST!!!), budget DEFICIT $450B+ and foreign debt $8 trillion!!!!! AND, MCCAIN STILL WANTS TO SPEND $12B A MONTH IN IRAQ, GIVE $1B TO GEORGIA AND GIVE BILLIONS IN TAX CUT TO EXXON MOBILE!!! NOW, THESE ARE THE FACTS AND STUPID LYING!!!

To Dave in lv:
First, The Democrats recognize that we’re headed down that path, just because it isn’t as bad as the great depression yet doesn’t mean we can’t change course and prevent it before the last eight years of dysmal failure becomes twelve or worse. Secondly, You can’t link Obama to Fannie and Freddie without mentioning that McCain’s largest campaign donors were from the now free falling Merrill Lynch. It doesn’t mean anything unless you can find something on Obama’s Senate record that you can say ‘aha this shows lobbying influence’ which you didn’t.
To Obama-Yah-Wright:
And this is coming from a supporter of a guy who says the fundamentals of the economy is strong. Not even Bush will go that far these days! No, theres no reason why Obama can’t handle the economy when he’s got a policy already drawn up and ready to go. The idea is to put a Democrat in the Oval Office with majorities in the house and senate… Then we could really turn over a new leaf in Washington. sorry but your predictions are as valid as a magic 8-ball.

It’s amazing how happy a number of Dems can be when things go bad for the US. It seems to make some almost giddy with joy to see a rise in unemployment or a major drop in the stock market.
I hope all of us give a little of our own personal money to relief efforts to the victims of hurricane Ike.

For all those concerned with deficits and total debt, Obama’s LATEST economic plan is to give everyone a $1k check and hold off any and all tax increases until we are out of this recession.
He will also implement his other spending programs as well such as free pre-school for everyone, increasing teachers salaries, reduce world wide poverty by 25%, invest in autos and new energy technologies, etc, etc,.

Davis either doesn’t know or forgot JM proposed reducing the size of Fannie and Freddie and reducing their expansion into riskier loans 2-3 years ago.
His proposals were rejected by Barney Franks (Dem) and Chris Dodd (Dem) on the oversight committees.

McCain did not distance himself from Gramm, they are very close friends, and have been for years; Gramm is McCain’s mentor. The author of this blog surely knows this?
Gramm, the man who brought us all deregulation of financial markets in 1999, is the author of McCain’s economic policy.
It is insulting that McCain would offer Americans four more years of the failed policy that brought us predatory lending and eradication of the middle class. Republicans have got to go, it’s time for democracy again.

Gus
you obamabots should be worried…Obama should be way ahead bu hes not he will not win the election

Obama just lost all the “girls”. Now he’s freaking out with Palin on McCain’s side.
Obama will have a difficult time regaining any momentum, now that the new girl in town, Sarah Palin has spoken. Obama and his clan of far left radicals may have lost his minimal lead permanently.
Palin’s convention speech was tremendous. Hillary’s speech was terrific. We have seen two women with ambition and love for our country demonstrate to the world a vitality that will not be forgotten.
With Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama could have made history – but instead, Obama chose not to do so. Now McCain and his VP pick are doing just that.
Obama hogged history. So Hillary’s 18 million voters watching her speech will likely produce no gain for Obama. Instead, it will lay the basis for a lasting resentment at Obama’s failure to select her as VP. Palin’s presence was the icing on the cake.
Obama can’t win the votes of women, especially older women.
The combination of Hillary’s speech the other night and Sarah Palin’s speech, made Obama’s chance of winning those women voters a lot harder, if not impossible.

Obama is not what this country needs. All he does is point fingers. McCain actually voice concern a few years back that Fannie and Freddie were going to break down. No one would listen. The Democrats were too busy basking in the glory of their “success” of the equal housing for all instituted under Clinton. You remember, the bill that said we should make mortgages more readily available to low income families. This economic crisis is to blame on Congress, but you wont see them pointing their fingers their way anytime soon. It is an election year and they want Bush out. McCain has a strong sense of leadership and integrity. Obama is all talk (and most recently inappropriate talk). Go to the New York Post and read the headline that is being overshadowed by the economy. The one about Obama straight up lying about conversations with Iraq’s PM and Gen Pietraus. Obama tried to convince Iraq to hold off on negotiations to end the war until he took office. How slimy. How dishonest. How unamerican. Some might call it treasoneous. Oh and by the way, a note on the economy. Obama said he developed the economic stimulus package this past year yet he wasn’t around Congress when the president’s package was brought to a vote. So much for looking out for me.

Charles,
Not too many people profited from 9/11 or from our war against Al Qaida. Like many people the major goal after 9/11 was to do what we could to not get hit on US soil again and to minimize any loss of civilian lives. Knock on wood, we have been successful so far.
The facts are Halliburton did not profit, oil companies did not profit, Cheney did not profit nor Bush. A few defense contractors did. Diane Feinstein made millions by giving no bid contracts to her husband for Iraq reconstruction.
The disruption of liberties during this war have been far less than WW1, WW2 or the Civil War.
We have had some successes and some failures. With luck and help from others we will prevail over time.
Best wishes.

I find it interesting as I read most of the comments listed. Those in favor of Republicans tend to show facts and numbers – concrete evidence of their point. In contrast, the Democrates comment tend to just be emotional and use loud words to get your attention. Why is that? (By the way,I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat – I am for a leader who will work to be honest, keep my family safe and regulate where regulation is needed. I work, struggle with debt like most and am doing what I can to raise a family).
Lastly, the economy is strong. If you look at the numbers, we are still over 10,000. That is huge. Our market has just been so over inflated that any decrease is seen as catastrophic. Don’t get me wrong, I see the recent fall outs as an issue, but it is an issue that needs to be addressed in the business community not in the govt. I don’t feel I should bail out people who took a risk. No one is bailing me out of bad choices I may or may not have made. Think about this – if you buy a used car and don’t inspect it first, you are taking a risk and if that car breaks down within a short period of time, who is blame? It’s you!!! These businesses took a risk and gambled. The mortgage brokers should have reviewed more closely what they were buying. If they did, they might not have gambled so much. When you go to a casino or invest in the stock market, you take a risk too. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. And when you lose, you can’t ask the pit boss or the brokers for your money back just because the dice weren’t in your favor. Why should we be responsible for someone else’s recklessness. I can’t afford to take care of my family and bail out someone else. I knew my limits.

In Israel Tzipi Livni has won the primaries and is the first woman who aspires to be prime minister. Democrats don´t believe in equal rights for women, they talk a lot of about it but don´t put it into practice. The leftish discredited Hillary and now try to do the same with Palin.
Have a look around. Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel, Indira Gandhi, Tzipi Livni, etc.

When the tax reductions were passed giving the fat cats big tax reductions I was promised that it would be great for me, millions of new jobs, great for the economy, etc.
Well it was all a bunch of lies, now I want the dam money back.

Dave,
I would like to take issue with the following.
The facts are Halliburton did not profit, oil companies did not profit, Cheney did not profit nor Bush. A few defense contractors did. Diane Feinstein made millions by giving no bid contracts to her husband for Iraq reconstruction.
Halliburton got a no-bid cost plus contract. In other words they had to get a profit.
It is well documented that they did everything they could to rachet up costs. Some of the better examples. Wrong part sent, destroy it, not send it back, not save it so you have the part on hand when it could be used. After you destroy the part order the correct one and if you get the wrong one again, destroy it. Leasing SUVs for employees in the green zone. Now these employees had no place to drive them (they could not leave the green zone and live a 100 yards from where they were working). On top of that the leases (over $100K a year) were for more than the SUV was worth in the first place. Before the green zone was made, put employees up in the most expensive hotels they could find. The theory, the faster you spend the money the quicker you make the profit.
Hmmm Cheney has or at least had 40,000 stock options in Haliburton, well assuming he did not use them for a good profit. I do think Cheney did profit from these. But since we have no idea how mnay of the stock options he used when Haliburton was riding high, we will never know.

More lipstick, anyone? Anyone?

Finally, Obama is telling it like it is. Hit McCain again. And again, and again and again! Such an easy target. McCain and the Repubs are trying to lie their way into another four years of rule. The country couldn’t survive another four years of what we’ve had the last eight years. The chickens are coming home to roost now. Throw the bums out!

McCain like an ‘SNL’ routine? He must be talking about a Michael Phelps ‘SNL’ routine because we all know how bad that went…
VOTE THIRD PARTY ’08!

Really…looking forward to that interview by Katie Couric!
This is going to be not only good but “great”!
Momma’s4Obama/Biden08!

I see some republicans around me, and I think they represent many republicans in this country, also their candidates, McPain. I think they are really dumb. They cannot think logically, and still think they are smart. They complained about things happened to them, high cost insurance, less money, more crimes, difficult economy, etc..etc, and they still want to elect Bush 44.
Hi republicans/independents all over America, use your brain before you elect McPain in Nov 4.

HAHA.
This is getting better everyday.
If you are interested in watching the whole video you will see all the proposals he has. Tax breaks, infastructure projects, balanced budgets.
And of course, nothing is better than the polls going our way now….

Great story….go Obama!! You’re the one to
help us out of this mess!!
Obama/Biden

obama rules!!!

“Negative, negative, negative.
Everything about Obama and the people around him and his supporters and his cohorts in the press are just negative, sliming, mud-slinging personal attacks.
Obama will only bring more division in the country; whether it be his sexist barbs, his ageist smears, or his racist untruths or his inciting class warfar
Obama has become the poster child of what is wrong with Washington politicians.
Why is it that everyone supporting the Obama crusade is so negative and vile?
And now Joe Biden says it is our patriotic duty to pay higher taxes!”
Dear Zank,
So criticizing McCain’s own statements and recommendations is considered “personal attacks?” Really?
Could you please cite specific examples, actual quotes, of Obama using sexist barbs, ageist smears & racists untruths?
And please don’t use one of the oldest lies about “class warfare.” Since Bush passed tax cuts that put 10s of $1,000 in the pockets of the richest people in America my middle class household saw VERY little reduction in our federal tax burden our property taxes have INCREASED at least 50% since 2000, and that is under our wonderful “no new taxes” Republican govenor.
Thanks George Bush and John McCain!

“Its all so negative!” is just a less aggressive way of saying, “You’re all a bunch of whiners.” You should have Phil Gramm over for dinner and serve up some pork!
The media and congress are flabbergasted at the new lows presented by this presidential campaign. There is a ridiculous amount of negativity and smearing! Its horrific!
Of course, its McCain’s tactics their talking about.
As for Obama mocking him–McCain wants to be president of the United States, and he goes in front of people and says, “The fundamentals of our economy are strong.” That deserves mocking.
Oh, he was talking about the American people? He was talking about our capitalistic society? Well, duh. We all support capitalism. So if your not voting for McCain, you’re voting against capitalism and the American worker? That needs to be mocked, too. He’s a simple-minded man. He’d be the first simple-minded man to be POTUS since…George W Bush. He is not presidential.

The McCain campaign reminds me of an abuser who says “You made me do this to you.” John McCain keeps saying things wouldn’t have been negative if Barack Obama had just done what he asked and participated in town hall meetings. Isn’t that something like a guy named Guido saying “I wouldn’t have broken your legs if you’d just paid the money?” Now his merry band is pointing the finger at Barack Obama for speaking out–which his also typical of abusive personalities. If the victim fights back, it’s the victim who is portrayed as the abuser–not the abused. As for the economy, for those who want to rattle off numbers (and you cite that as the strength of the McCain backers), tell me why I’m having to take more food to the local food bank. They say they’ve never seen it this bad. Is it that your own economy is okay, so you’re fine? Numbers don’t help when you can’t feed your kids.

Why does Obama preface so many of his statements with “I’m not makin’ this stuff up”?
Does this mean he makes a lot of stuff up at times and he has to let us know what isn’t “made up”?

What is the big deal with Bill Ayers? He was an activist 30 years ago and now he is a professor.
What is more important to ask is do you know how many people in political, judicial, legislative spheres were and are terrorists, racists, and the likes who used their powers to oppress, murder, and abuse others based on ethnicity?
Does Rev Wright bear more guilt for exposing and talking about such issues vs the American government that did horrible things to people here and around the globe?
Hello, People, we live in America, not a utopia. I am surprised that there wasn’t more violence against the injustices in the 60s when Bill Ayers was an activist. Does anyone read up on American history? Recent American history? I love my country, but I am not blinded by my adoration [yes, I usually get more sensitive if a foreign national talks about us verses one of my fellow patriots) but I understand that it has done some perverse-sick things to its citizens and others.
Wake up, America!
Senator McCain, the new one, scares the hell out of me. Gov. Palin scares the hell out of me as well — neither one of these are fit to POTUS.

Town Halls:
Palin still can’t answer a question, even at a select republican ‘town hall’…about her credentials and experience.
“stump the candidate”.. indeed…….
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:
Governor Palin, there has been quite a bit of discussion about your perceived lack of foreign policy experience. And I want to give you your chance. If you could please respond to that criticism and give us specific skills that you think you have to bring to the White House to rebut that or mitigate that concern.
PALIN: Well, I think because I’m a Washington outsider that opponents are going to be looking for a whole lot of things that they can criticize and they can kind of try to beat the candidates here, who chose me as his partner, to kind of tear down the ticket. But as for foreign policy, you know, I think that I am prepared and I know that on January 20th, if we are so blessed as to be sworn into office as your president and vice president, certainly we’ll be ready. I’ll be ready. I have that confidence. I have that readiness.
“And if you want specifics with specific policy or countries, go ahead and you can ask me. You can even play stump the candidate if you want to. But we are ready to serve.”

ABC NEWS gets it right ..
from a DAVID WRIGHT interview:
John McCain was against the government bailout of AIG, before he was reluctantly for it.
In the mid 1990s, he supported a measure to ban all new government regulations. McCain supported legislation a decade ago that broke down the firewalls between commercial and investment banks and insurance companies — the very rules companies like AIG exploited to get in the current mess. And as recently as March of this year, after the collapse of Bear Stearns, McCain was all for deregulating Wall Street.
and:
GEORGE WILL: When the deregulation was the wave through Washington, he surfed that wave. Now it’s not, and the populist inside John McCain is out.
WRIGHT: Today, the Wall Street Journal accused McCain of selling out his free market ideals. Said today’s top editorial — “denouncing greed and Wall Street, isn’t a growth agenda,”

and:
not so amazing:
John McCain was interviewed on the Florida affiliate of Spanish radio network Union Radio. And in the interview McCain appeared not to know who the Prime Minister of Spain was and assumed he was some anti-American leftist leader from South America.

I rather have someone in office that knows what this country needs. Someone that doesnt beat around the bush like McCain/Palin. I dont like liars (who does?) I dont think we need another liar in office. We need someone with goals and insight on the future. i want somebody i trust, not somebody who lied to get there.

I love the new Obama, just make fun of McCain and he will blow up.
Lets face it, I’d rather have McCain make fun of Obama’s comments then lie.

Phil Gramm, John McCain, George Bush………all come full circle in the disaster that is gripping our economy right this very second.
Just wait…..it’s hitting my neighbors right now. Most have a lot of money invested, or are in banking and financial planning…….THEY ARE ALL REPUBLICANS, AND VERY, VERY UNHAPPY.
Chris Mathews had a meltdown last night, and freaked out, yelling, “WHERE’S BUSH?” Speaking the truth……i.e. DOING YOUR JOB, is a beautiful thing.
TODAY; bush shows up and mutters something.
IN CLOSING………TOTALLY DISAGRE WITH OBAMA……….IT’S A HORROR SHOW, NOT A COMEDY.

Oh my! Below I meant “scewering the other guys’ positions” not “screwing”. Sorry!

Jazzman, All I ever read from you are accusations, conclusions and name calling without any facts to support you.
Other than anecdotal stories and possible forecasts, the overall economy as of June 30, 2008 showed an economy growing at 3.3% as compared to the contraction Dems have been saying for the last 3 years.
Are there problems with housing and unemployment rising? Yes, and they may effect the overall economy in the next quarter. But ONE or TWO quarters of negative economic growth does not make “the end of the free market” or “worse than the Depression” that some chicken littles are yelling.
So Jazzman do you have any facts to support your emotional conclusions?

Bush inherited 3 quarters of actual NEGATIVE economic activity.
If you think break even or small growth is pathetic then what is the best way to describe when the economy actually contracts?
Answer: A recession.
And to date we haven’t had one.

“Very good bussness people” LMAO!!!! They are all a bunch of wall street crooks who didn’t care people were losing their homes untill it hit them in the wallet. If you think we have “very good bussiness people” in this country right now you are more out of touch than Mclame. Or are really rich and just want to keep gouging the middle class.

“…”You all remember Phil Gramm,” Obama said, once again bringing up the former Texas senator and McCain friend whom McCain distanced himself from several months ago.”
Phil Gramm made his comment on July 9th. That’s just a little bit over 2 months ago. Hardly the several months you as you state.
And Just last week Phil Gramm was calling Ron Paul asking him to support McCain. Ron Paul said no.
So regardless of McCain’s distancing from Gramm, indeed in spite of his misleading indications which Ron Paul has contradicted, Obama’s reference to Gramm is apparently as timely as it is germaine.

Rex, Yes the economy is bad today. How bad is it? We won’t know until some data comes in. That is unless you are either all knowing or just emotional.
What we do know is the data indicates the economy as of June 30, 08 was expanding.
We also know for the last 3 years both the Dems and the MSM have been forecasting a recession that hasn’t happened.
We also know much of the housing bubble was due to a push to get everyone into owning a house, whether they could afford it or not. Both Reps and Dems were pushing this.
We also know Fannie and Freddie were run by Dems into the ground, paid Barney Franks and Chris Dodd a ton of money and not only blocked proposals to reduce their exposure but expanded their capabilities to go into riskier loans. We know one CEO received over $100mil and both Ceo’s are now advising Obama.
We also have statements from Obama he will implement his spending programs immediately but hold off on any tax increases until after the “recession” is over.
What effect will that have on our debt? Have you ever let go of a balloon filled with helium?

All Obama continues to do is focus on McCain. When is he going to talk about himself and stop the snide remarks and the whining?

And anyone who doesn’t think we are in a recession obviously is living in Martha Vineyard or Mclean/Great Falls, VA because it’s obvious everywhere else, especially in inner cities, and rural small towns. Anyone who thinks that all is well, i’d like to invite them to visit Anacostia, South East Washington D.C. and tell me about the great education and job oppurtunities to be had there, if there are any.

It’s about time Obama got tougher. Good for him. He’s certainly taken more that his share of crap from McCain’s official slander machine.
Issues are important, but let’s face it, American are as intelligent as gnats, with half the attention span. People tune out 4 words into a policy statement and switch to NASCAR on ESPN.