Obama Postpones SNL Appearance Due to Hurricane Ike

great decision

He should go on SNL, not as a cameo joke thing he was gonna do. But just to ask for support for victims of Ike.

don’t be obamatized .. he is worried about the “celebrity” label … why is he going to N.H. right in the midst of when the hurricane is supposed to hit? … and then flying back to Chicago?
……… McCain is probably receiving all the same information .. but he doesn’t use it for political gain!!
McCain-Palin ’08
Hillary Clinton 2012!!

Francisco Cardenas:
Please don’t hide behind Hillary’s pantsuit in your support of John McSame. No one who supports Hillary could possibly adopt the politics of Bush/Cheney III and subject this country to four years of McSame/Impalin’.
Enough
Obama/Biden 08

jackt51 … I would rather have 4 years of McCain with the possibility of Hillary being elected in 2012 .. than 4 years of Obama … you may be able to dismiss the fact that he spent 20+ years in an anti-American church where the minister shouted “God da**mn America” and the audience screamed their approval … and then Obama lied about it … 20+ years!! … think about it!!

Obama is an honorable man who respects the struggle of all Americans. His compassion toward those in the path of hurricane destruction, is the same compassion he has toward those in the path of war and economic hardship. That’s why he cancelled his SNL appearance. He is a true leader. You get what you see. No lipstick here.

bob10001 … his history does not recommend him as an honorable man.

I am so tired of McLames lies!!
he says he is a war hero but treated his first wife like a throwaway after she was in a horrible auto accident while he was in vietman.came home and had AFFAIRS and then met Cindy and Asked for a divorce.MORALS??? make sure to see Ross Perots accessment of the wackjob McCain.Perot is the one that paid McCains wifes hospital bills while he was a POW and got him into politics after….chilling!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html

Monitor the storm? That’s what the rest of the country is doing. Not enough viewers left for you on SNL, Obama?

He’s probably been crying and his eyes are all puffy.

Geez, guy can’t win for trying. Go on SNL, he’s a celebrity. Stay home, he’s trying to look good for the media. Why can’t it just be that he cares about what people are going through and chooses to be respectful? He’s not the sort to fiddle while Rome burns (that’s a colloquialism, not an attack, Republicans) — why fault him for that?

Obama should get Michael Phelps (the host of SNL’s season opener) and go to Texas in a boat a la Sean Penn and have Phelps swim out and rescue people ! (I would prefer Mark Spitz.) Don’t tell the press, just do it. J.H.C!! now that would be a maverick. I’d vote for that! But in America, it’s better to just appear to be concerned. btw, Im voting for O but I was an Edwards supporter early on. Obama should put Edwards on the stump to suck all the oxygen away from Palin. The press would explode! For God’s sake, he was the MOST progressive candidate in the top tier. The only economic populist. The only one addressing poverty and corporate power, and the only one who would hold the Bush administration accountable. But don’t hold your breath because the Democrats will never play offense or do something so bold. I have to give it to McCain on that front. Oh, the John Kerry of it all…

What did Rumsfeld say about the republican base? Something about ‘dead-enders’?

I think when they name an aircraft carrier after President Obama they should break with tradition and spell out his middle initial: USS Barack Hussein Obama

God Bless Obama and those that support this fine man – Our next President of the United States! Man that looks good after eight years of American decline!
Message to all conservatives: Greed is the root of all evil.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26682305
GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT MCCAIN AND OBAMA

There isn’t anything this man does not do that isn’t all about him. I don’t think for a minute he gives a fig for Americans the way McCain has/does. He could never earn my vote and he shouldn’t earn the WH…his ego with his 6 million $$ Grecian rock stadium…always grandstanding! He will have a crappy Sat. night when he’s not mugging for the cameras at SNL. This guy loves attention and ego feeding. Never B. Hussein.
Posted by: Debra | Sep 13, 2008 2:22:33 AM
Go back to your cave. You are a worthless human being to say something like that with what’s happening in Texas. Why don’t you go volunteer like Obama has done and suggests we all should too instead of posting hate filled messages and sit on your butt!
God Bless the Ike victims.

Hillary lost the primary for 3 reasons:
1) poor campaign organisation
2) negative ads
3) too much lies
I like Hillary very much, but this is not sexism to say she missed her campaign. The more McCain will go negative and untrue, the more the american people will see the same old samed old republican tactics.
It works 2 times, but it won’t work this time.
The Palin aura will not fade so quickly, but it appears that the tandem Obama/Biden is better balanced that an out-of-touch McCain/versus hockey mom Palin. There is more policy differences between Palin and (the real) Mc Cain, that between McCain and Obama. They differ on abortion, stem cells, climate change, earmarks, energy. Mc Cain took Palin for political reasons and for that, he (and not the MSM or Obama campaign) must be considered as sexist.

Hillary lost the primary for 3 reasons:
1) poor campaign organisation
2) negative ads
3) too much lies
I like Hillary very much, but this is not sexism to say she missed her campaign. The more McCain will go negative and untrue, the more the american people will see the same old samed old republican tactics.
It works 2 times, but it won’t work this time.
The Palin aura will not fade so quickly, but it appears that the tandem Obama/Biden is better balanced that an out-of-touch McCain/versus hockey mom Palin. There is more policy differences between Palin and (the real) Mc Cain, that between McCain and Obama. They differ on abortion, stem cells, climate change, earmarks, energy. Mc Cain took Palin for political reasons and for that, he (and not the MSM or Obama campaign) must be considered as sexist.

What’s the difference between George Bush and Sarah Palin?
Lipstick.

What’s the difference between George Bush and Sarah Palin?
Lipstick.
Posted by: Bad Disney Movie | Sep 13, 2008 5:04:55 AM
Don’t leave Cheney out now :)

People who are attacking Obama for this move don’t have all the facts. During Gustav, Obama used his website, his email and text message networks to get his supporters involved in relief efforts. He didn’t make a big deal out of it and he didn’t use that for political gain. you can call him all the names you want, but he is a good man. He was there in Iowa during the floods earlier this year. He does not grandstand and make a show of his “service” like some candidates who constantly want to tell you how noble they are. He just gets to work – and the reason you don’t know about it is because it’s NOT “political,” just part of his commitment to grassroots change, and all of us coming together to make our country work again.
As someone who has family in this storm, I appreciate the Senator’s choice (though I wouldn’t have blamed him for going on with the appearance). And I *don’t* appreciate people making rude comments here, about this. Just take it to another topic for once. Just for once, okay? Be mean about Obama somewhere else, and all the McCain haters can be mean about him somewhere else. Can’t there just be some times when we’re good to each other? Is that totally too much to ask?

*********BHO, IT IS OVER FOR YOU*******
*****************BUH BYE**************

Good move canceling the SNL performance. Now the Obamessiah can get down to Texas and lower that sea! That would be some change we could believe in!

From:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/hed-rather-win-election-than-tell-truth.html
Friday, September 12, 2008
He’d Rather Win The Election Than Portray The Truth
John McCain ran an honorable campaign in 2000.
He was beaten due to scurrilous dishonesty.
He’s learned the lesson well.
He’s hired those who did this to him.
And now, they are doing it again.
McCain has said that he would rather win the war than win the election.
In fact, as we have seen time after time this week, he would apparently rather win the election than convey the truth.
This approach brought us George W. Bush–and the dissembling, half-truths, omissions and distortions to come. And the tragic consequences that have followed for individuals and families across the nation and the world.
As Americans, we often have short memories and powerful impulses. We tend to act on the latter. This is why history can repeat itself.
Remember. Remember how riled up by emotion many became last time. By impulse. Without thought. Remember the statements that were made. Remember the realities that followed. Remember.
You can feel what you feel now–anger, aggression, glee, without examination of the underlying truth–for a moment.
You will live for the consequences for years, decades–perhaps for the rest of your life.
Remember the thoughts and feelings that preceded these last 8 years.
Remember.
According to the non-partisan FactCheck.org (http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_mccain.html), McCain has strained the truth about health care. About small business. About education. About taxes. About corporate welfare. About energy independence. About free trade.
We’ve seen this before.
We were distracted from the truth in just the same way before.
And we’ve lived the consequences–for the past 8 years.
This is the way we need to change the world: By realizing what is true, rather than realizing what emotes us for the moment.
Think.
Remember.
And act accordingly for our future.
Cite:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/hed-rather-win-election-than-tell-truth.html

Kudos RationalDem. Fabulous post about a very classy human being.
I also heard Mr. Obama say quietly recently that with all the secret service and hoopla that accompanies any kind of appearance now, that he would only be in the way and causing undo stress to those just trying to do their jobs as first responders.
Just to change direction for a moment: Has anyone considered that Hillary Clinton didn’t want the VP nomination?? She has now the most powerful voice in the senate and will get much more accomplished there then in the White House.

Mrs Phoenix = racist idiot
“Obama is the enemy?”
No, actually it’s people like you. You are the one of the biggest problems this nation faces. Stupid ass people who don’t see AMERICA was formed to be a diverse nation. And it is, so grow up and get used to it.
Defeating morons with mentalities like yourself is a key reason people want Obama.
McCain is a bumbling Magoo who sold his “mverick” status to try and get elected. He can’t even stand up to his own party to get the running mate HE wanted. (Liberman) His beauty pagent sidekick proved to know nothing about the things ANY potential Vice President should know when asked very basic question. She’s good a spewing overly rehersed lines though.
One candidate is a Harvard Law school graduate with a concentration on international law and international relations.The other finished in the BOTTOM 1% of his class after his daddy got him into the academy.
One man is self made and has had nothing handed to him. He’s had to work for it. The other had his daddy get him started, the he dumped his wife to marry a younger, rich heiress. A real American “hero” right?
Obama has a plan for his nation that will benefit over 85% of the people. McCain has a replica of the Bush plan which benefits the top 2% of the wealthiest people in America.
Palin tried to get “You can’t blink” to catch on as a slogan. Perhaps for many supporting McCain and Palin, it should be “You can’t think”.

Obama, Uniter of Scum on Earth. Obama and Mrs. Bitter Obama, typical first class affirmative action welfare handouts. Obama and bitter wife Hate America along with his radical African God D*mn America pastor Wright.
McCain, American Hero. Defended America in flesh and blood. The McCain family’s contribution to America goes back to George Washington. Obama scum of Earth.

I wonder how McCain feels about Palin’s status as new celebrity?!
I can see the McCain ad now:
‘After the crowds leave, the same old Sarah (Barracuda Sarah), banning books,
building a bridge to no where, making deals with Washington insiders, talking reform but not doing reform.
Not ready to lead.”

america is not a nation that was formed to be a diverse nation.
it actually is just white people keeping minorities low on the totem pole. women aren’t given a true chance – hillary and now palin are wonderful examples how they are just getting clobbered in the media and people never/aren’t taking them seriously. gays don’t have rights – i don’t care about marriage rights – but they can’t even have a say on how their money or assets are given to when they die (ie, their partners, etc).; and african americans and hispanics are left to keep the country clean and rich white people’s butts clean.
now mind you, i don’t support obama. he is weak. doesn’t have the experience to move this country forward or protect it. i was supporting hillary because she at least would have bill on her side plus she always was able to articulate the issues and how she was going to resolve them.
however, i don’t have that choice anymore. hillary is not on the ballot. i am interested in the safety of this country and experience. i also have confidence with palin on the ticket now, that there will be change forthcoming.
the obama negative ads and every single time i see obama bickering on tv about how mccain said something bad about him, or how mccain didn’t play fair, or how mccain put on some lipstick…it’s just stupid!!!! obama is wasting all his time complaining about mccain rather than teaching me his ideas or describe what change he plans to do and how he is going to do it.
mccain is not a replica of the bush plan.
mccain is not more of the same.
mccain and palin are true agents of change.
mccain and palin will have the experience needed to change things.
how funny that obama says he will use the brightest minds to run the country – why because he doesn’t have one of his own?
at least mccain will know how to run this country. but i am also very pleased to learn that he will have a bipartisan cabinet and bring this country together.
i was willing to have obama in 2012 or 2016 when he got more involved in the senate and did some real work to show off what he could do – but he is just as wet behind the ears as Palin and well, he is the one taking the Presidency. everyone has been so mortified that palin is that close to being president – shoot! has anyone thought that Obama is running for that position??? hello????!!!!!
obama get some real world experience and write some laws that become laws – not just books that propaganda your past and bring nothing to this country other than more money in your pocket.
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yeah obama may use his website to bring attention to these causes and not bother going there – is that the kind of president you want – to run the country through is web site and not even go to the places where tragedy strikes???? do you want a president who will share his latest secret via text message at 3 am? bush may be a lot at his home in texas but i can picture obama being at his home running the country over internet.
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get real.
mccain palin 08

Oh wait, I just spilled my pe e bottle on my couch. I keep it near by so i don’t have to get up, I can keep bloggin all the while I drink whickey and far t. Boy I smell like as-s

Know why I am happy? I have my naked little boys right here in my trailer with me. Loving It!

MRS PHOENIX, YOUR RIGHT ON THE MONEY, OBAMA WOULD WALK RIGHT PASS DROWNING GULF COAST AMERICAN’S TO GET TO SNL IF HE HAD HIS WAY, BACK TO CHICAGO TO CRY OVER MISSING ANOTHER “CELEB” EVENT. MAYBE IF ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT GOES TO HOUSTON HE MIGHT MAKE A CAMEO. YOU DEMS DONT FORGET HILLARY WAS ON SNL A FEW TIMES ALSO, AND LIKE SHE SAID WHY CANT HE CLOSE THE DEAL??????? ANSWER THIS DEMS. WHY IS MCCAIN UP IN POLLS AND LEADING IN SOME? MAYBE HE IS CLOSING THE DEAL!!!

Can someone please tell me what change McCain is going to bring? I’m so tired of the uninform deciding our elections.No wonder everybody outside of the United States hate us because we have too many stupid people.

JAMES, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT CHANGE OBAMA IS GOING TO BRING? WE HEAR ALOT ABOUT IT BUT………. MCCAIN HAS 20 PLUS YEARS TO OBAMA’S 2 YEARS AS A SENATOR.WHILE OBAMA WAS IN CHURCH LISTENING TO GOD D**N AMERICA MCCAIN WAS FIGHTING FOR IT. GET REAL PEOPLE

What exactly is Obama going to do to help in the Hurricane crisis? This is just another way to make Obama look like he is so Great. McCain chooses to not use things like a national crisis to get political gain!

Obama should have taken the opportunity to go on to ask for help for the victims of Ike.
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he has.. in my email from his site this morning.. same with last storm.
He collected millions to help.
Of course you don’t know that since you don’t get his requests.
I wonder what Ms. Palin, the **celebrity**,
is doing to help the victims of Ike?

will Gov. Palin, the celebrity, do anything to help the victims?
Send moose meat perhaps?

I wonder why any politician would not use any free TV coverage.
Why wouldn’t a FREE TV and ADVERTISED FREE appearance be used as a platform to ask Americans to prepare to help fellow Americans in need. Or consider donating blood if might be needed etc etc.
I find this very odd he would cancel also because he is more than capable of saying any message he wants in addition to the ‘comedy’ and I don’t think the shows producers would say no to Sen Obama and a ‘call to help’ fellow Americans. Couldn’t he have said
[after the skit he might be in] thank you making people laugh is a fun but a serious situation is taking place and let me take this opportunity to not only entertain but to ask Americans to aid….
or something like that. {they have professionals Obama should be able to do much better)
Would think that would help too.
Just my two cents

jackt51
You are so funny…
Palin and her husband supported the anti American Alaska Independence party, its goal to seceed from the Union, for a decade or more.
The party’s leader didn’t want to be buried under our ‘damned flag’, which Palin does not mention when she attends their meetings.

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“The party’s leader didn’t want to be buried under our ‘damned flag’, which Palin does not mention when she attends their meetings”
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Do you really want to continue with this rational?
Sen Obama had another type of leader for 20 years that has much worse ideas about America and its people (the Sen from IL himself commented in a negative way about the REV before he ended the relationship)
“Methinks you doth protest too much”

Hey Francisco Cardenas and especially Mrs. Phoenix: I think you guys need to spread your message to the undecided. You need to go post in the independent sites and in all the media blogs of the battleground states. People need to hear what you, as McCain supporters, have to say. I suggest you especially mention the white women having sex with Black men part and the crusty underwear piece. I think we need to associate more people like you with McCain. Thanks for all your help and hard work on our behalf.

.”I find any suggestion that people would joke about people being concern for the devastation that we are experiencing.”
I was not joking and was honestly wondering why he wouldn’t use an opportunity for TV coverage to ask for help
TV is expensive to pay for airtime.
BTW I have a sibling that worked in Houston TX a few years ago after he received his PhD. He lived in Katy TX and I would not diminish the scope of this disaster or make light of it.

Sunlen Miller:
Are you related to the former ABC reporter John Miller who now works for the FBI?
If so, can you please ask him why he reported a truck full of explosives on the George Washington Bridge on the night of 9/11 to Peter Jennings but never mentioned it again?
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/movers-and-shakers/

“Bush’s (and FEMA’s) total mishandling of Katrina and aftermath ( three years of!) will go down in history.”
Lets be complete and honest on ALL that mishandled the situation.
True that the president had blame and FEMA too, but that was the first hurricane that needed so much federal help and never before in history had the feds even helped in such things as evacuation. FEMA at that time only had a handful of employes and wasn’t capable of doing the type of aid required. The was plenty of people to blame. The city and state wasn’t without blame.
The city and state also had a failed to take care of its citizens and do not normaly ask for help from the federal gov beyond loans and emergency funds.
Don’t forget the heroes of the USCG that rescued for days those stuck of roofs and last time I checked the are a part of the US Armed Forces a federal agency.
The levies were destined to fail they were not strong as they should and that was known to many people though many local state and federal administrations.
Decades went by without upgrades and that is what did cause the most damage when they failed. It the local gov to make sure the levy system would hold and they kept putting off upgrading them ‘hoping’ they had another year before a storm of Katrina size would hit. (not like New Orleans hadn’t been hit by hurricanes before)They continues to gamble and they lost.
There were many failures but to level the blame solely on the Bush White house and FEMA is not what history will and does show. I have a neighbor who is a displaced person and his family from New Orleans and he is as mad at the mayor and gov ,of that time, as the BUSH adminisration.

The past dozen or so posts were so hilarious I just had to reply. Are you kidding me, you all actually think Obama was being sincere when he said if there’s anything I can do, just ask, and you can use my website too for Ike victims? LOL Still thinks he’s a superhero or God of some sort.
It’s one hurricane, one, and it takes up his entire attention span to “take a break from the campaign to follow the weather.” Just the tip of the iceberg if you think he’s ready to sit in the WH. “Disasters” happen a hundred times a day and we need a leader who will manage, delegate, deliver and stay focused in the face of disaster not because he “cares” (See: ‘Seeking Political Gain, Act Like You Care’ from the Dem Dictionary of Doublespeak) but because it’s his job and sworn duty to defend America from any threat, natural or manmade.

“The republicans do not care about the middle class or anyone who isn’t either a millionaire or giant corporation.”
Now that is flat out not true. I am a man with a disability and and even though I am more aligned to the Libertarian I am a member of the GOP but I do not just vote along party lines.
I am on social security disability and only get 9000 a year to live on.
That the GOP is only for millionaries is the biggest misconception and lie told about the GOP and frankly just shows how ignorant the average person is when it comes to that accusation.
I believe the govt should help those that need it but not on a welfare socialist state that gives money away.
From personal experence the biggest thing Ive noticed is the left wants to help those under their station but they have a disdain and contempt for them. I am not talking about all those but I have known the concept of you need the govt to tell you whats best for you. BS
BTW as both a man barley above the poverty line and a conservative those of you that bash the right will never win many elections if you stay ignorant whom you are really insulting.
Not some faceless rich white old man.
Did I forget to say every time a left do gooder in my local area messes around with things they know nothing about my life becomes more complicated and I don’t see change as such a good thing but want the damn thing fixed and then leave it the heck alone for a while. I have also not seen my life suffer or improve weather the adminstation is a DEM or REP.

The convention was for the GOP base and if you had a twisted (frankly I find disturbing) reaction to a film about 9/11 based solely on who is viewing it or the context of it being shown then your view about the right is not based in reality and I can a sure you that for you to NOT think ANYTHING that is at a POLITICAL CONVENTION isn’t political (the DEM convention was political after all)
Then your view of the would will not be altered by talking on this site.
Why bother?
Or are you here to just hate and insult people you don’t know and what they believe.

David in WI, you do know that McCain wants to privatize social security, right? Do you really think that is going to make your situation easier or better?
The Republicans don’t believe that there is anything in the public trust. They’ve convinced the American people that Democrats want to run anything, LYING in their claims that the Democrat health care plan will mean a government-run healthcare plan, which every independent group says it won’t. But they don’t care. They just lie. And look at all the people around here who believe it.
The problem is that our nation needs infrastructure, and today’s Republicans ignore the boom of the 50s and 60s that was due in large part to investment in research and infrastructure. They willfully ignore that Dems and Repubs used to agree that America has to have infrastructure and education to grow.
Today, Republicans deny their party’s own greatness and spread cynical “us versus them” messages. When they get in office, they let huge corporations run roughshod, and in their wake have produced the credit crisis, the accounting scandals at Enron and the like, and on and on. Now we are left bailing out Bear Stearns and Freddie Mae and Mac because the Bush administration failed to enforce any regulations.
We are a nation, not a cut throat assemblage of hateful individuals where every person is out to get every other person, and it’s neighbor versus neighbor. But if you read the hate speech on here, which the Republicans have encouraged, you would think that’s what these people want. For us to continue to hate one another, and to believe that just because someone has a funny middle name, he or she is unamerican and a terrorist. It is shameful and certainly won’t restore our country to its former greatness.

It’s kind of difficult to go on and whoop it up so close to such a devastating event as this. Remember McCain’s birthday? Nobody’s ever gonna let him and George forget it.

Way to go obama once again he shows hes an honorable man unlike mcbush lying to the american people, using 911 for political gains, WHY DID MCCAIN NOT WEAR HIS FLAG PIN ON 911 WHAT HE IS ABOVE THAT BECAUSE HE WAS POW OF ALL THE DAYS HE SHOULD OF BEEN WEARING THAT PIN HE IS A BIG HIPPOCRITE!

Mcain is no longer a good brand. He knows it and for that matter He went for a shield: Palin! watch out!

OK for starters I have experienced more that not only supports the view that the Dems will mess things up but have seen first hand the quagmire that gov help entails and how complicated the system becomes. Ever wait inline for something as simple as a ten dollar a month food stamp (forget the name for it now) program.
Its a simple ten dollar commitment to help and going to the DMV is a breeze compaired to that.
As far as social security it can not last at its current state and there is not an unlimited amount of money. The baby boomers are only now just starting to impact the system that is woefully not perfect. A fix is needed before the ss system fails completely.
I would rather just and it would be much cheaper for the govt to just give me the money for health care and let ME decide what company to use. Rememer I am diabled and not someone who can pay for his own.
Giving free health care to all is not the answer. Give it to those in need not those who don’t need it.
YOU all say the rich can afford to pay right??? From my point of view those making far less than What Obama considers the cut off point of taxing is rich. Its all relative.

Those who are suffering with out health care. are not nearly as many as the stats say. Remember many qualify for federal and state aid but don’t know it (I have met people like that)
Many are like my brother in law who IS a rich jerk (does anyone care to guess who he votes for) he does not think he needs to ‘waste money on health insurance I am not sick’ He is counted in that uninsured American and many like him and then there ARE thoes that need insurance and cant buy it and that number IS to big but not as big after you look at the big picure.
Trust me free health care is not going to work other programs will suffer and It WILL be a mess. Think of going to the DMV but MUCH worse. It will only be some other govt program that will be a political foot ball for decades to come.
I have to go but I do know the history of the Republican party and the Democratic party and they both are not perfect.
The dems have good intentions but seem to have a disconnect with what needs fixing and what doesn’t. They seem to want to OVERHAUL instead of fix more times than not. You don’t need to reinvent something to fix it. Dems seem to mess around too much with things they don’t understand.
IE how many nasty comments about hunters, Religion, GOP etc etc have you heard today.

Give an example from the Democratic convention when they showed footage of people dying on screen.
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You want to really talk about the deaths of Americans used for political gains?!?!?!?!!?
NO YOU DON’T
THINK
THINK some MORE about you just asked.
Then if you can not figure out what made me so mad that you think you are on higher ground with using the dead for a political gain then ask again.

Then, David in WI, what do you see in McCain’s plans that will help the uninsured? You continue to compare Obama’s health plan to the DMV, but Obama’s plan does not create government-run healthcare. This has been confirmed time and again by independent research groups.
I didn’t say either party was perfect. What I said was that you are making claims about the Republican ticket that are not true. You say do research, but then don’t point out any facts.
For example, in 2001 McCain said he couldn’t support the Bush tax cuts because they went against his “conscience” and would hurt middle-class voters. He said that such a tax plan would increase the deficit. In 2008, he has made that same tax plan, which he himself voted against, the heart of his tax policy. I’m not saying he’s wrong for changing his position. But I would like to know why he has changed it, and I haven’t heard him discuss it. What does he think has happened in 7 years that make those tax cuts more prudent?

Louise Kelly:
LOL! No problem.. I figured that out after I scrolled up later.
Just a note:
I’m Canadian and can’t vote but watching your election process with much interest and not a small amount of excitement. The last time I was so captured was when I was 14 when John Kennedy was elected. I remember staying up all night with my Dad as it was so close. Kennedy, like Obama was terribly criticised for guess what?
1. Inexperience
2. Young
3. Elitism
4. Charismatic
5. And the worst: being Catholic.
He made history and I truly feel it’s going to happen again.
I’ll be watching intently with crossed fingers and prayers over the next 51 days. And ignoring the hatred spewed out by the sickos. Attitudes like that won’t change overnight and certainly not on these blogs where they feed off each other. Your country needs Barack Obama and Joe Bidden; you haven’t had this kind of hope since Robert Kennedy decided to run.
Canuck4Obama&Bidden!!
P.S. Sorry, lol I tend to go on…..!

David WI
Fema was a very efficient, well run Dept. before the Bush Presidency.
In 1998 the day after the ice storm that crippled Maine, VP AL Gore was here on the ground. Problems were handled quickly and efficiently……..people were reimbursed promptly for their losses. Out of State crews were brought in to restore the downed lines,and it was a MESS. You can still see some birch trees along RT#95, bowed over from the weight of that ice 10 years ago.
The neo-con administration’s biggest success, in the past 8 years, has been to reduce the size of the Government, and by appointing crony directors instead of compatant people, who get things done properly; while ladeling out the koolade to the masses about how BAD BIG GOVERNMENT is for the people, blabbing on about the welfare queens etc………..In reality the “WELFARE QUEENS ” are the corporations they give tax breaks to NOT YOU & ME.
Bush’s tax cuts to the wealthiest people in the country, have brought on this devestated economy we are in now, & going to be worse! There are people on the Forv=bes 400 list that are my former clients…….They are in their 70′s and they are NOT going to take their tax break and start a new business to create American jobs! If any thing they will use that extra money to speculate on the market……ALSO devestating for the rest of us! It gives THEM the CONTROL! Not you & me!
The self made man is no longer a reality, just a myth. Your Grandfather may have been a self made man……you Grandchild WON”T BE, because this rich 1% have changed the rules. They have pulled the rope ladder up into the tree house and NO NEW COMERS welcome!
Mccain/Palin will not only be MORE of the SAME, they will be MUCH WORSE!
ANd about that POW HERO STUFF!
Hear what another Great AMerican Hero, POW, fellow student at the Naval Academy and fellow POW with Mccain only for 8 years not 5 1/2……..has to say about electing John Mccaine for Pres.
Most of us who survived that experience are now in our late 60′s and 70′s. Sadly, we have died and are dying off at a greater rate than our non-POW contemporaries.We experienced injuries and malnutrition that are coming home to roost. So I believe John’s age (73) and survival expectation are not good for being elected to serve as our President for 4 or more years.
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As some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is a man I respect and admire in some ways. But there are a number of reasons why I will not vote for him for President of the United States…………..read the whole story
http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,164859,00.html
it should be known that there were approximately 600 military POW’s in Vietnam. Among all of us, decorations awarded have recently been totaled to the following: Medals of Honor – 8, Service Crosses – 42, Silver Stars – 590, Bronze Stars – 958 and Purple Hearts – 1,249.
I have been paying attention and have heard Barack Obama state exactly his plans as President, and they are very well thought out.
Please listen……………..

independent white woman for Barack&Joe i really wish i didn’t have to clarify that – but mccain has forced it upon me.
The racism on this site and in this country is appalling. When people act in this way it is divisive – our country is once again being thrown into a culture war – for what? An old man’s legacy? A religious zealot? Backward thinkers? So we can install the draft again?
Do you really think your disability soc sec is due to the repubs? Dems tried, during an into the wee hours of the morning fight to save the cost of prescription drugs..if your soc. sec. was privatized, in this market right now, you have nothing.
Our citizens are under attack again for the very reason we fought the civil war.
the draft will be needed becz we have a 3 prong war just starting over the border of Pakistan..we are going into the beehive – if you think this palin thing just happened, think again. The tail wagging the dog approach. distract and attack. voters, citizens,lies, lack of integrity – believe what you want – too bad you can’t believe the truth.

After 18-19 months of being an ardent supporter of Obama now I am changing my mind. Barak appears to be too weak, too intelligent, too soft against the nasty, dirty, shameless opponents and the adequite overwhelming republican media. At this critical times of stormy smear and lothsome agressive McCain compane, when I watch Barak soft .
talking on compane trail and moving slowly with his hands in his pockets as if lecturing in a university auditorium on scientific issues, I realise that he is not a fighter America wants. Now I REGRETT much, that I did not vote for H.Clinton, who could have been tough enough, because she is one of those well-trained Washington all-inclusive professioanls to withstang McCain misery and lies.
Barak is and will be loosing naturally unless he Stops casting pearls before those 2 nasty swines and shows energy and guts. I am deeply sorry for myself and for millions of Americans who put their believes behind Barak and now woach their hopes wanishing.
Please, bring Hillary back!
Henry G

While everyone should of course have their own opinion and thoughts (that was the point of democracy, remember?), I do wonder when it was that it became acceptable to tell people to go back to their, screw themselves, etc. simply because of their political preference.
Maybe the problem isn’t McCain or Obama- perhaps they just have nothing, aka a country full of people with no respect for others, to work with.

Henry G- Check out the new ads…Obama’s recent comments may change your mind…Our Man Obama is going to give McCain a Thrashing so bad for his lies, his 5.5 years is going to seem like a vacation! Obama recently stated that “McCain would rather loose his integrity, than a political race” The lies stop now! & the reason that McCain couldn’t define Honor is because he doesn’t have any! Any Honorable man would not SPREAD the lies that McCain has been spreading! As for the self proclamed “pitbull” why not take off the Muzzle? Perhaps that dog doesn’t fight?

No Ryan- Tacky is when you use Noun, Verb, POW as an excuse for EVERY SLIMY thing you have done…We respect McCains service but their is a difference between Repect for service and respect for Country…Growing up the one thing I was taught by my parents is to NEVER TRUST A LIAR and McCain has proven a LIAR with his recent smear campaign!

You all have it wrong. Obama’s not going on SNL because Tina Fey is going to slam Palin so hilariously that it will make headlines. Obama doesn’t want to be a part of that. Think about it……

Don’t you just love ‘hero’ McCain’s support of his fellow veterans? He may not have abandoned them in Viet Nam but he sure has since he got home.
It only figures that he’ll officially abandon Americans as soon as he gets to the white house.

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