Axelrod on Ayers, Keating, and John McCain: ‘The Bigger the Challenges We Face, the Smaller Their Campaign Gets’

So we are supposed to believe that Obama didnt know who Ayers was when he went to his house to start his political career?

Stop avoiding and just answer the questions already.

Obama did not know Ayres history, just like Obama did not know what Wright was saying for 20 years in his church. Are you kidding me? Common Jake, man-up and challenge these people!
The truth is Obama knowingly associated with America haters and terrorists to further his political career.
Who is going to be in his administration? Are we going to have old Weather Underground and SDS types trapsing through the Whitehouse? Very convenient for them if they decide they want to commit a little mayhem.

Does anyone take David Asselrod seriously?
This guy is the author of two questionable figures (Duval Patrick and “The One”), lives in Hyde Park along with Obama’s other neighbors, Louis Farrakhan, Billy Ayers, etc.
Oh, yea, the Obama campaign wants to talk about the economy. Ignore suspect character and background, and ignore Billy Ayers, The Chicago Way, Rev. Wright, etc.
McCain-Palin are addressing the economy, will continue to do so, but when the opposition says, “the American people want…” it really means “stop before you overtake our campaign.”

“Who is going to be in his administration? Are we going to have old Weather Underground and SDS types trapsing through the Whitehouse? Very convenient for them if they decide they want to commit a little mayhem.”
I’m sure that he will appoint these radicals to high level cabinet positions. Who is going to stop him?

Quick Timeline–
Obama started working with Ayers on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge in March 1995.
The meeting at Ayers’s house was in late 1995.
The two men had already met several times before Ayres had the political gathering for Obama.

Who will mccain appoint in his cabinet his mafia friends his lobbysits buddies better yet maybe mccain will appoint sara and first dudes ANTI-american FRIENDS from alaska or maybe sara will just call her witch pastor and clean up washington who knows anything is possible with these two!

“… wrote in to complainant Carl Spackler that due to his complaint, …”
Carl Spackler? He’s come a long way from:
“Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac… It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!”

And the Saul Alinsky indoctrination graduates are making their presence felt everywhere else.

Mccain claims hes not raising taxes HES LYING hes being sneaky about it HE WILL TAX YOU ON YOUR HEALTHCARE so if you get healthcare from your employer he will tax that as if its income. so for those of you who think mccain aint gonna raise taxes LAY OFF THE KOOL-AID he will but in a sneaky way!

Now that tax attorneys have had a chance to review Gov. Sarah Palin’s tax returns, which were released late last week, a new round of questions are being raised on tax-related websites.
One big issue that tax attorneys are pointing to is the fact that the Palins did not report as income the $43,490 that the state gave the family to cover travel expenses for Mr. Palin and the Palin children. Had the Palins reported these payments as income, the couple would have had to pay taxes on it.
These tax attorneys note that neither Mr. Palin nor the children were employees of the state. Nor were they traveling on behalf of the state. There was some discussion that perhaps some portion of Mr. Palin’s travel expenses might be excludable as income if there was a bona-fide business reason for his presence and if he assisted Mrs. Palin in her official duties.
But there was also uniform agreement that it would be hard to make a case for the not reporting the payments to the children as income.
“The children’s travel payments are clearly taxable income,’’ said Jack Bogdanski, a tax professor at the Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland and a former advisor to the Internal Revenue Service. “The money paid for Todd Palin’s travel might possibly turn out to be tax-free, but it would be quite a stretch.”

McCAIN CAN HOFF AND PUFF AND BLOW
His LOOKING ANYTHING OTHER THAN A BUM
WHEN HE PULLS OFF THE GLOVES…
and starts calling names ETC.
WHAT NO ANSWERS TO THE US. economic
failure … health care in a Bankrupt
US. trillions for the war in Iraq..
The Real Need to Take out the Planners
of 9/11 other than meet them at the gates of Hell … like that helps…
No its over for the old man …
he should just shut down his campaign
once again and give the money to
the United states treasury.. to help
out the country as his final task
In Government…… IN DOING SO
WE SALUTE YOU… ONE LAST TIME…

Palin has turned to McCarthyist tactics. I’m disgusted by the mob mentality of her supporters. OK, I’m disgusted by her supporters in general, but the mob mentality really shows what this is about.
And yet they claim to be Uniters.

Let’s not forget that little report that comes out Friday, from the Alaskan special investigator.
Troopergate. enough said.

“Early in his career, Obama worked as an organizer for Project Vote, an ACORN offshoot, and represented ACORN in legal actions, according to various published reports, including Associated Press articles. ACORN’s political action committee endorsed Obama in the primary. “

ah yes, take it from David Axelrod, the Karl Rove of the Left.
Have you seen the 10/7 Hotline FD poll? John McCain has closed a 5-point gap in 5 days on who would handle the economy better. John McCain doesn’t have to, and he won’t, go small or go negative to beat Barack Obama. He just needs to make his case to the American people, what in Barack Obama’s background makes him better at handling the economy? for those who don’t earn enough to write a check to Uncle Sam, Uncle Sam writes him a check? regulate commercial banks but let government banks like Fannie and Freddie run wild? Americans want change, but it hasn’t all of the sudden gone socialist. We didn’t like the last 8 years, but we don’t want another 4 years of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid’s last 2 years.

“Have you seen the 10/7 Hotline FD poll? John McCain has closed a 5-point gap in 5 days on who would handle the economy better.”
Ever heard of an outlier?
Gallup: Obama +9
Rasmussen: Obama +8
I imagine tomorrow Hotline will be back to 5+ for Obama.

Palin has KKK rally’s and call it AMERICAN??? IT IS NOT! McCain insinuates that there is something terrorist about Obama in order to get himself elected? And McCain calls himself a HERO??? HE IS NOT! He is inciting HATE against another AMERICAN!
I am enraged by their blatant racism!
They are UNAMERICAN!

McCain should exlain this is not a failure of capitalism it is a failure of socialism of obama, Barney Frank and the ACORNS

“Corsi and deport him from Kenya to prevent him from investigating Obama.”
He arrived on a tourist visa and sought to do business.
Apparently the law should not apply to right wingers.

McCain can also press Obama that he can not govern well, he only makes promises, he will be Carter 2nd.

Please read The Case Against Barack Obama by David Freddoso. Mr. Freddoso offers 35 pages of documentation in the back of the book to support the case he makes against Obama. In other words, he supports the charges he makes with real facts. This is important reading for voters interested in the issues. The book will not likely be appreciated by Obama’s supporters, who have committed to an Obama presidency and don’t want to be confused by the facts.

Carl Spackler – oh so the Bill Murray character from CaddyShack was there? Was Carl one the ACORN registered voters too?

“The reporter quoted him as saying “I don’t regret setting bombs” and “I feel we didn’t do enough”, and, when asked if he would “do it all again” as saying “I don’t want to discount the possibility” – Bill Ayers, Obama’s friend from the neighborhood. With a friend like Obama, no need to set any more bombs.

Ayers is my hero. Only in America can a white man attempt to attack the Federal Government and end up being one of the top professors in the country on Education. To top it off, his former and current students LOVE HIM! Not one has a bad thing to say about him, and you know the neanderthals have been digging for over a year and a half! PICTURE THAT!
Like Don King says……ONLY IN AMERICA.
Ayers is a true American hero.
From so-called terrorist to Top Teacher.
POTUS OBAMA – IT’S A LOCK

Remember when McCain is bomb, bomb, bombing Iran that they will be returning fire with weapons sold to them by a supportive Mccain

Another Sarah, do you believe all the books written about George W Bush. Those apparently are factual too.

I have gay friends. It does not mean I am gay, nor indicates my sexuality. Obama and McCain being friends with Ayers and Keating do not make them responsible for what Ayers and Keating did. For the sake of America, let’s talk about issues when the country is in crisis.
I used to think McCain is an honorable man who promised to run a clean campaign. However, the way McCain campaign is going, I think less of him now.

Ayers is my hero. Only in America can a white man attempt to attack the Federal Government and end up being one of the top professors in the country on Education. To top it off, his former and current students LOVE HIM! Not one has a bad thing to say about him, and you know the neanderthals have been digging for over a year and a half! PICTURE THAT!
Like Don King says……ONLY IN AMERICA.
Ayers is a true American hero.
From so-called terrorist to Top Teacher. The bottom line is THE Neanderthalic Repugs have nothing! Never have!
GET READY FOR A LANDSLIDE!
POTUS OBAMA – IT’S A LOCK

2 trillion dollars lost in pensions in the last 15 months. Now what does McCain think the public wants to talk about? Tonite which McCain will show up?

“O Force One”!! Give me a break!

While all you “deep” thinking neo-cons worry about Ayers, don’t forget McCain and “The U.S. Council for World Freedom”‘ Which was part of an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America.
Obama was 8 years old when Ayers was being a so called “terrorist”, McCain was a grown man and senator during his involvement with the council. I say McCain wins in subversion.

Axelrod does not want anything coming up about Ayers, Acorn, CAC, Universtiy of chicago or University Hospital.
He has his hands in it all also. Of Course he wants it all buried fast. Staying on the topic of the Economy with the gloom and doom, is irresponsible, that is part of the reason the economy is the way it is. Obama’s campaign is partially based on how bad everyone has it. That was started the first weeks of his campaign. Starting the instilling of fear and gloom and slowing down spending. setting it all up (we were doing good back then compare to now)
The cost of the war is the reason you are hurting, blame bush, blame the Government. over and over the more he mentioned it, the more the economy dropped. Maybe those poor people should of used their money for their mortages, to pay their bills and spend and save instead of donation it to Obama to put on big shows and spend all that money on marketing selling him off as The super star. The More Obama talks about the economy it seems the more it drops. His strategy paying off for him.
The Democrats have taken their stragteg
way to far. Win at all cost is has shown how far they will take it. With thier wealthy friends helping out in the back ground playing the market and assisting them in putting the squeeze on the people and the country.
They think by making the people hurt and the country in crisis, they will blame bush and try to pass that off as their excuse. Any one with common sense knows bush is a lame duck president and his hands are tied, and he had nothing to gain by it. Only the democrats do. You notice how excited they got with the bail out, giving obama credit for it. They were excited they recoup their friends money, and got another business into nationalization. Now they want the Economy in your face. For votes. They are banking on the fact if they make the people hurt the people will jump at them to save them.
They exploited and used and abused the people and made them suffer. That is unforgiven. Obama’s new economy plan was taken from the post war Germany History book. It will not work because the circumstances are different. The democratic play book is not done, They will continue to keep the nation in crisis, Until they have the election won. Or right before the election have Obama come out with a cure all and fix the economy cinching the election. It will not be anything sensational Since they know that if the stop playing the economy it will straighten right out, He knows exactly what they are playing with.
When that happens you will see this has all been staged and the people set up. Obama is a man, who came from now where fast, with nothing to back him. He can give a speech and has had one bill pass. Take away the hollywood hoopla and stagged shows and maketing and PR you have a man and a speech. His communist pals, and dearest friends have invested much into him, time, money and a lot of work, over 20 years. Thomas Ayers
William Ayers in SDS and a Communist terroist
Wright Anti American, anti white who has worked with Ayers and Obama in other boards. Dohrn who declared war on America with her husband and friends.
Axelrod whos mother was communist
That close family in south side of chicago, hyde Park, University of chicago & Hospital, who traveled in the came close circle. Played together, worked together, socialized together, who were on board after board for and with each other. vacationed together.
Shared Ideas and thoughts and lives for over 20 years and influenced each others lives. The family they are. Wake up America Tell Obama and the Democratic party Enough of this crap.

Palin has another interview coming up with Bund leader Sean Hannity.
This time she is bringing McCain with her.

Doesn’t god also know Ayers? Doesn’t that make god equally suspect in this whole fake issue?

In an effort to end racial profiling by law enforcement officials, Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D-13th) and two civil rights groups Monday announced he’s introducing a bill to conduct a study of these traffic stops minorities say are bias.
Obama is introducing his Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act on Jan. 12, 2000.
A professor at the University of Chicago School of Law, Obama said: “It is extraordinarily hard to justify systematic racial profiling.”
Obama made his remarks during a press conference held at the James R. Thompson Center where he joined by American Civil Liberties Union legal director Harvey Grossman and attorney Michael Rodriguez …
Obama and the ACLU perfect together

Becky: Don’t be drawn in on these non-issues. The focus must remain on the issues that are important to the people, like the economy. That said, the good news is that this election is OVER!!! Your next President is Barack Hussein Obama. And there’s no smearing or misdirection that will change that.

“Obama and the ACLU perfect together”
For once I agree with geevil.
Obama has a stellar record on civil rights.

I see they are using the same play book used in the primary’s the polls are lies
people are turning to McCain Just like in the primary’s the last minute voters will go to JM

Jake,
If you and the media are going to continue to discuss these ridiculous guilt-by-association issues, I think it only fair to discuss some of the consequences this rhetoric has had over the last few days.
–Sarah Palin mentioned Obama at a rally yesterday, and one of her supporters yelled “kill him.” The crowd clapped, and although she clearly heard him, Palin said nothing.
–At a McCain rally yesterday, as McCain mentioned Obama’s name, someone yelled “muslim.” McCain looked at him, smirked, and just went right on with his speech. A few moments later, McCain asked, “Who is the real Obama,” to which a man clearly yelled “terrorist.” The crowd laughed and laughed, and McCain smirked slightly and carried on.
–A man in London was shot 3 times for wearing an Obama t-shirt yesterday. As he was shot, the assailant yelled ethnic slurs.
–A bald-headed Sheriff introduced Palin at a Florida rally by using Obama’s middle name of Hussein. This was previously a no-no with the McCain camp, but now it seems to be perfectly fine with them to play a blatant race card.
Point is, we do not have the right to hate. McCain’s increased rhetoric has clearly increased racial and cultural tensions to a boiling point with the GOP, yet the MSM chooses to do NOTHING in response. Even more disgusting, the McCain campaign chooses to do nothing in response. They have yet to address any of the resulting hate their increased rhetoric/smear has caused. They will likely say that they never heard “Hussein,” “kill him,” “Muslim,” or “terrorist” at the rallies yesterday, but even a cursory review of the footage makes it apparent that they at least heard 50% of these statements very clearly and knowingly did nothing to tamp down threats of racial violence. Get on it ABC. God forbid anything happen to any of the candidates in this race, but when anything happens that seems to encourage violence, it must be addressed fairly by the MSM before it reaches a crisis point. Violence may make for great ratings, but it also makes for a weak America.
P.S. Though the mainstream media hasn’t addressed the issues mentioned here, many blog sites and startup news oranizations are addressing this, so again, don’t tell me the McCain came is unaware of what their rhetoric is doing

Joe: Ayers is a Professor of Education at the University of Illinois. He’s an expert on educational issues. Do you have any idea how many people know him?
Hint: it’s a lot.
Are you really, honestly, saying that every single one of those thousands of people who have met him, worked with him, studied under him, in that capacity, all have terrible judgement and are of poor character? Seriously?

In this article we hear that allegedly Obama wants to talk about economics and McCain is hindering this effort by focusing on Obama’s associations, as though this is damaging to our country. Frankly, discussing associations and the candidates’ record is so much more important then listening to rhetoric. One can say anything to please the audience as Obama has done, promising the world. However, as the saying goes: ”tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are” are not empty words but wisdom from our past.
The left of which Aeyrs is an extremist member wants to slow down the US economy. Rev. Wright wants to re-distribute the wealth of the middle class. Thus, we should not be surprised and take seriously Obama’s criticism of America for using too much energy; his support in a rise in fuel costs and giving a nod and wink to reparations. By knowing whom his political bedfellows are, his radical core views become more relevant to the economic debate then the empty promises of middle class prosperity he parrots on prime time.

New sflash:
Nevada raid Acorn’s offices. Takes out boxes of documents pertaining to voter fraud. Investigation began two months ago

Yes.Let’s discuss why the markets are tanking since Obama has been annointed a lock.

New sflash:
Nevada raid Acorn’s offices. Takes out boxes of documents pertaining to voter fraud. Investigation began two months ago
Posted by: HP Boston | Oct 7, 2008 4:33:52 PM
This is GREAT! Along with the fact that Rezko is about to spill the beans on Obama to get leniency, is GREAT news! I can’t wait to see Obama be brought down!

The differences between Gov. Palin and Senator Obama are as follows: She has a history of protecting American Citizens from corporations, from unethical politicians including Republicans, and–both as a mayor and a governor–she has a PROVEN track record of keeping her word. Her friends, family and mentors are not racists, misogynists, or terrorists, and she appears to be firmly grounded as a loving, spiritual mother, elected politician, American citizen. When Gov. Palin speaks she speaks to me, about me, and on behalf of me in clear, succinct, precise statements specially addressing what she will do to help me, my family, my community, my America. Lower taxes, get rid of waste both internally and externally, balance the budget, tighten borders–get this country back to what it was and should be. She clearly loves me and this country, and in return she will get my vote.
The man you think you are assisting by demeaning Gov. Palin has a track record worthy of a mid-level crook, he has done nothing for his constituents but misuse their trust and their money, and his friends, mentors, and religious leaders are all racists, misogynists, or terrorists. When he speaks he demeans me, this country, and our history. His hatred is clear, and his agenda is not. But even though I am just a girl, I can put two and two together and his type of ‘change’ would have to represent his family, his church, and his hate-filled words and that type of change almost brought down a country (Germany) and the world. Thanks, but no thanks I don’t need that type of change.
Finally, remember that every time you demean a woman your mother’s face, your sister’s face, your wife’s face, or your daughter’s face should be staring back at you. And always remember that the person you truly diminish is yourself.

And so go the last heaves of the rotting corpse that is the McCain campaign. This is OVER. We have a winner: President Barack Hussein Obama!!

“Obama and McCain being friends with Ayers and Keating do not make them responsible for what Ayers and Keating did.”
I just love this false moral equivalency trick the Democrats always attempt. It doesn’t sound like you believe it yourself, so why should I?

Palin is a tax cheat who has lied about her experience, her campaign’s platform and her political opponent.
My sister told me that today.

Ryan C:
So if Palin is guilty in troopergate, Obama is guilty too? Fine, let’s assume both have done wrong.

what mccain has the answers for you if you are suffering—FIND A RICH ON DRUGS–AND MARRY HER—TO HELL WITH YOUR FAMILY –THROW THEM UNDER THE BUS MCCAIN WILL SHOW YOU HOW—HE IS THE EXPERT.

Can someone ask McCain what happened to his first wife? Where is she? What role did Cindy play to make McCain leave his first wife. Oops, he doesn’t remember.

The debate should be about the issues. Then again it seems the republicans are clueless in that regards instead choosing to have a “mud-slinging fest”
McCain and Palin think they can make the people forget what is important to them by engaging in character assassinations. Well they are WRONG.
It is clear now more than ever that McCain/Palin represent the same Bush/ Karl Rove style of politics.
Obama/Biden 08

I bet when McCain saw Cindy, he had one song in his head. Money, money, money by ABBA

“So if Palin is guilty in troopergate, Obama is guilty too? Fine, let’s assume both have done wrong.”
By the standard that if one hires a lawyer than one is guilty, I would say yes.
But that is the un-American standard proffered by right wingers.
I believe in the American standard of innocent until proven guilty.
Right wingers don’t like that standard.

It is a Pandora’s Box If they start attacking Obama. What about Cindy McCain’s past drug use, what about Cindy flirting with McCain when he was still married to his first wife. What about Charlie Black? What about Keating five? What about McCain association with Phil Gramm?
McCain has a lot to answer for and the gloves are off now. Read about Phil Gramm’s involvement in the current mortgage crisis and you’ll be sick.

Dodging the question…
Now you are saying Palin isn’t guilty, right?

Point is, it ain’t the “pals,” it’s what the adult candidate does, or has done. McCain isn’t a bad guy because he hung around with Keating — and it was a lot more than a meet-the-candidates coffee or sitting on a board together — the problem is McCain accepted a lot of money and perks, then thwarted legislation and the investigation surrounding Keating’s behavior.
This is so relevant to the current financial crisis as a continuing pattern for McCain of hands-off policies, i.e. deregulation. Folks just aren’t buying McCain’s Saul-Paul conversion of two weeks ago.

Does anyone know of Sarah Palin’s association with radical elements in Alaska asking for independence from the US. The party has lobbied since the 1970s for the right to hold a referendum on whether Alaska should secede from the United States. Its motto, “Alaska First”, contrasts sharply with the John McCain campaign slogan: “Country First.”
It seeks “the complete repatriation of the public lands, held by the federal government, to the state and people of Alaska” and aims to be “self-sufficient” by using profits from Alaskan oil and gas resources. It clWhile it is thought that Mrs Palin officially left the party to become a Republican in 1996, she recorded an address for its convention earlier this year in which she said: “I share your party’s vision of upholding the constitution of our great state” and told members to “keep up the good work”. So much for “country first”.

This is our reality today -
The favorite in the Presidential race has amitted to being “friendly” with a man who admitted bombing American Institutions and Obama’s spokesman will not tell the voters about the facts?
Say it ain’t so!

Reverend Muthee’s own words,
Jesus into all aspects of society for the transformation. Said that we need true believers in the bsns. World. Said God wants true believers, Christians, in the political world so they can “change the laws of the land”. Said we need true believers who can “take over” our school system—-the need for the 10 Commandments to be part of our educ. system. Then children will not be taught about other religions which poison their minds.
Said Christian true believers need to invade the media and Hollywood.
Said we need born again Christians like Sarah in government and in other high positions such as Sec. of State and we need to pray for Sarah to ascend.
He asked that all pray for Sarah to rid the world of witchcraft and to turn the nation around, in the name of Jesus, Hallelujah.
Guys, I have seen a lot of strange videos of Sarah Palin & her African pastor. These are truly strange videos in every sense of the word. They give us more background on “rev” Muthee, the Witch Hunter whom Sarah Palin credits with praying her to power. The church has a mission which involves all of us, and we thought our days of burning witches were shamefully behind us.

Axelrod is a piece of work, like his pal Gibbs. This is making me crazy. Love that spin about the campaign contributions. If someone or many someones are funneling thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars to the Obama campaign illegally, under the guise of small donations, that is a major scandal. This give Obama a financial advantage that unfairly affects the presidential race. McCain’s campaign financing was completely transparent– he reported info on all his donors, including those giving less than 200 dollars. Obama has not done the same. And when he used “I have built a network of small donors” as his excuse for opting out of the government campaign financing that he had promised he would not opt out of, this was based on the false premise that those thousands of small donors were actual human beings, each a discrete individual giving under appropriate rules. That has not proven to be true. And Axelrod wants to pretend that they are doing their best to keep things honest and above board with their contributions? Yeah, and I believed ACORN when they swore they would never try to manipulate the voter registration process. This is the campaign that is small– they will do or say anything to get elected. So much for new politics.

BECAUSE OF HIS ACTS WHEN IN NAM –YOU MUST WONDER HOW MANY LIVES HE COST.

Since Obama wasn’t member of Trinity church, what church he belongs now… is he turn to be atheis like his mom?

“Tell me what Obama has actually done that shows he shares Ayer’s radical beliefs. Come on. Specific things Obama has personally done. Let’s hear it.”
1. Obama says he supports redistribution of income that overwhelmingly favor minorities to make up for all of America’s misdeeds.
2. Obama ran the Woods foundation for education and spread about $100 million not according to test scores, but political activism. By his own evaluation, it did not improve education 1 bit.
3. Voted against a bill that would give rights to babies born alive after botched abortions.
4. Obama said American soldiers were “just air raiding villages and killing civilians” in Afghanistan.
5. Obama’s wife said America is “down right mean” and his candidacy was the “first time in her adult life” that she’s been proud of this country.
6. Obama’s a big supporter of ACORN, which has been a target across the country for voter fraud.
and so on, and so on

I almost wish B.Hussien would win so you all could get your wish of more government intrusion in your lifes, more taxes, no social medicine because there IS NO MONEY, Communism, ect. You all can abolish everything that doesn’t tout your radicalism and goose stepping. Yep, your children can turn you in to Big Brother for lighting up a “FATTY”. You almost deserve what you wish for but I’m hoping the the “CHANGE” America goes for is that the blinders come off and the Dems are exposed in the full glaring light that all vampires dread and fear!

I don’t see what is the big deal. Obama has explained that it was 40 years ago when William Ayers bombed the Pentagon and Capital and attacked America.
I mean, heck, 40 years from now it will be no big deal if our presidential nominee is “friendly” with Osama Bin Laden. Right?

John McCain has shown through his past actions that he has absolutely no concern whatsoever for the wellbeing of middle-class Americans. When taking that into consideration, just how do you think he will handle the current financial disaster our economically battered nation is in today? For an answer to that question, one must look to the past, specifically McCain’s disgraceful involvement in the Keating Five savings-and-loan scandal that decimated our economy, not to mention millions of hard working American’s life savings, in the late 1980’s.
Even though he was absolutely disgraced publicly and the Senate Ethics Committee admonished him for his deplorable actions, John McCain still continued his fervor for rampant deregulation that caused the cascading savings-and-loan collapses in the late 1980’s and the current credit crisis destroying our economy today.
Millions of honest, hard working Americans had their life savings wiped out when one savings-and-loan after another went down because of the criminality of repugnant swindlers such as Charles Keating. Charles Keating is a convicted felon who greedily defrauded millions out their life savings, while at the same time he donated more money to John McCain’s campaign than any other contributor in the nation. And what did John McCain do when he learned of Keating’s arrest? He illegally tried to use his power and influence to keep his good friend and single largest campaign contributor out of jail.
McCain’s involvement as the key figure in the Keating Five scandal is a window into his past, present, and future disregard for middle-class Americans.

I didn’t think it possible but McCain/Palin have made me give some respect to the Bushes. When dirty work needed to get done, the Bushes at least handed it off to surrogates and pretended to be above it all.
McCain/Palin seem happiest and most fully engaged while they’re personally rolling around in the hog wallow.
This stuff may get the base all riled up but it doesn’t appeal to independents in swing states. As a Democrat, I hope they keep it up. The uglier they go, the better Barack’s numbers get.

Watch the kool-aid, kids….you spill it and there goes the finish on the floor!

“According to Alinsky, the organizer — especially a paid organizer from outside — must first overcome suspicion and establish credibility. Next the organizer must begin the task of agitating: rubbing resentments, fanning hostilities, and searching out controversy. This is necessary to get people to participate”
Hmmm….remind you of anyone that you think you know?

WHAT PUNISHMENT WOULD WE RECIEVE IF WE BEHAVED LIKE MCCAIN AND SPOUTED PEOPAGANDA AGAINST THE US TROOPS AND THE USA—–

AnnaBfrom63: You mean like telling the truth? Yes by all means let’s get it out there on nightly news. It’s only been all year that the truth about Obama has not been told. To say that McCain has brought racial tensions is insane. I think I remember when Obama pulled the race card on Clinton, there were threats of riots and car burnings if he did not win. Maybe what you’re seeing now is a result of that forced feeding of Obama on everyone. Maybe it’s a result of things like the “truth squad” well known in these parts as a KGB tactic. Communism, anyone? See what Ayers and Dorhn had to say in their SDS reunion last November. Look up Rashid Khalidi, his other professor friend. Real Scary. These people are a cancer that has been silently spreading. These people have been organizing for over 40 years. To have Obama come this far in this short of a period of time, with the kind of people he has relationships with and such a lack of experience and the media not only doesn’t question it, but covers up proven facts, and if anyone else questions it they are called racist, if this doesn’t make anyone at least stop and think-then they deserve what they get. If the media would have done their jobs, Clinton would have been the Democratic nominee. As far as right now, Obama would not be ahead had not the Wall Street crisis happened. People want someone to blame because it takes less effort than to find out the REAL reasons it happened.

JUST REMEMBER THE FORESTAL

“Dow’s down another 400 points today.”
The stock market reads the polls too. They know right now Obama is leading. They also know his economic plans are a recipe for an economic catastrophe.
So they are selling as simple act of self-preservation in the face of a predator.
That’s a free market voting with its feet.

“The stock market reads the polls too. They know right now Obama is leading. They also know his economic plans are a recipe for an economic catastrophe.”
len gets an A for made up reason to vote against Obama.
len what did you think of someone yelling out “Kill him” at a Palin rally.
Ready to blame that on Obama?

I’m sorry, but Obama was on a couple boards with Ayers that pushed educational reform. Those boards were full of Republicans, Democrats and people of every political persuasion. I suppose it’s possible that McCain supporters have never volunteered or served on a board. I guess it’s possible they’ve never come together with people from different backgrounds to improve their community. I suppose they’re merely ignorant that grown ups have to work with people they disagree with, even dislike, in order to make things better. I suppose…but what I think is more likely that you’re all smarter than that. I think you know that Obama’s not “palling around with terrorists” but you don’t care that he’s being smeared. You don’t care that McCain is lying about him. You don’t care about the real problems in this country. You just want to get your guy elected, and the ends justifies the means. And you have no problem pretending you’re merely stupid by supporting McCain’s desperation.

Rich N.: Let’s see.
1. Untrue.
2. Subjective, based on your definition of ‘political activism’. Does not show Obama shares Ayer’s radical beliefs.
3. You don’t address the reason for opposition to the bill. Does not show Obama shares Ayer’s radical beliefs.
4. A distortion. What Obama actually said was that we need enough troops in Afghanistan so that we’re not forced to rely on airstrikes which inevitably result in civilian casualties. This is a valid point, supported by the facts. This does not show Obama shares Ayer’s radical beliefs.
5. These are quotes from Michelle Obama, not Obama himself, taken out of context. However, even if you take them on face value (which you shouldn’t), thinking America is downright mean, and only recently becoming proud of it, does not show that Obama shares Ayer’s radical beliefs.
6. ACORN has over 350,000 members, in around 850 neighbourhood groups. Do you really think they’re all involved in voter fraud? Support (note: you don’t specify the nature of said support) for ACORN does not prove any ill intent on the part of the supporter. Nor does it show that Obama shares Ayer’s radical beliefs.
So that’s zero out of six. You get an F.

The Secret Service is following up on media reports today that someone in the crowd at a McCain/Palin event suggested killing Barack Obama, according to Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley. The shout of “kill him” followed a Sarah Palin rant on Obama’s relationship with radical Chicagoan Bill Ayers.
Wiley says the Secret Service did not begin looking into the matter until press reports, namely Dana Milbank’s article in the Washington Post, surfaced today, because no agents at the event heard anything. “The Secret Service did not hear any threatening statements directed at targets under its protection and no threatening statements were reported to us by law enforcement or citizens at the event,” Wiley told Radar. Also unclear: whether the remark was directed at Obama or Ayers if the words were actually “kill” and “him.”
Wiley said that the Secret Service had tried to get in touch with Milbank to get his account of the event but was unsuccessful. Were the they able to confirm the remark they’d “be looking to talk to that person,” Wiley said. “We investigate everything because we take all threats seriously.”

But it’s not the first time ACORN’s been under investigation for registration irregularities. The raid is the latest of at least nine investigations into possible fraudulent voter registration forms submitted by ACORN — the probes have involved ACORN workers in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Indiana and other states.
In 2006, ACORN also committed what Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed called the “worse case of election fraud” in the state’s history.
In the case, ACORN submitted just over 1,800 new voter registration forms, and all but six of the 1,800 names were fake.
More recently, 27,000 registrations handled by the group from January to July 2008 “went into limbo because they were incomplete, inaccurate, or fraudulent,” said James Terry, chief public advocate at the Consumers Rights League.

Obama is up in the polls. The Dow keeps dropping faster. Coincidence? Do you think those tax and wealth redistribution proposals make the markets want to celebrate?
“len what did you think of someone yelling out “Kill him” at a Palin rally”
Every party’s got a pooper, Ryan.
“Ready to blame that on Obama?”
No. He has enough hate mongering to account for. He doesn’t need any help.

“Obama is up in the polls. The Dow keeps dropping faster. Coincidence? Do you think those tax and wealth redistribution proposals make the markets want to celebrate?”
As pure an example of specious reasoning if there ever was one.

Top Dems behind this timing of the economic crisis….plays right into B. Hussein’s hands, as some Americans are too stupid to see his economic plan is not the way to go….AND FOR ALL YOU WELFARE RECIPIANTS AND OTHERS WITH YOUR HANDS OUT….THERE IS NOTHING MORE YOU ARE GOING TO GET.
OBAMA SAYS 95% OF AMERICANS WON’T HAVE THEIR TAXES RAISED…..WHEN 35% DON’T PAY TAXES NOW!!!! The lower income families are not paying now and we’re paying their share….folks there is only monopoly money Obama is going to give you.

Ryan, seriously you are the only one with a crush on Todd Palin.
There is nothing you can hook on him as most Americans like the guy….he’s done nothing wrong….not like he’s said “For the first time, I’m proud of my country because my wife is running”, or “America is a mean place”…..that would be the lovely Michelle.
Campaign has her tied up again, as she has always been a detriment.

“There is nothing you can hook on him as most Americans like the guy….he’s done nothing wrong….”
He’s apparently cheated on his taxes in addition to being a member a secessionist party. And it remains to be seen if he inappropriately wielding the power of the governor’s office (we find out Oct 10th)
“Campaign has her tied up again, as she has always been a detriment.”
Michele has been out on the trail, campaigning for Obama, she will be in MN this week.
She will be appearing on the Daily Show and Larry King.
First Dude is sweating whether he will get a call from the IRS or the Alaskan legislature and Cindy is wondering if she can top spending $300K she spent for the RNC on an outfit for election day.

Personally, I’m against any one, group, political party, or other organization, that undermines democratic principles, like, ummm counting votes, or pressuing the winning candidate out of a political race.
Democrats have been feeding us their line for decades… we were willing to buy it because they were the lesser of two evils. Then the ######, ( including the patriarchal handmaids) showed us their true colors…
the depth of their sexist bs, their willingness to allow it without so much as a peep from their quarter, the vile rulings in this last cycle of primary elections (I won’t begin the litany of violations and manipulations), etc. Don’t get me started on your boy’s racist crap either.
Don’t come in here and try to pretend that the Republicans are the exclusive party of sexism… we know better.
Where their are unenlightened boys, there is sexism, right wing, left wing, doesnt matter. Take a look at some of the blogs… and then try to convince us that the Republicans have the corner on sexism.
Where there are no fair elections, where votes aren’t counted, and elections are rigged, political positions matter not one iota.

This post is correct about one thing.
Obama and Axelrod both are setting the bar very low for Obama in this debate. Both saying that the “town hall” is McCain’s best format, etc. etc.
This is exactly what they did last week as well, before Biden debated Palin. They stated that she was one of the best debaters in American Politics, or something of that nature.
Of course, if Obama had acquiesced to any of those town hall debates that McCain had proposed months ago, he might have more of a leg up going into this one.

Post a shorter cut & paste without links.
Cut & paste with imbedded links tend to get removed.

Aengil
Thank God Obama left Project Vote 2 years before ACORN took it over.

‘Cut and Paste’: You might as well ask Obama why he works in the senate with people he disagrees with. The answer is self-evident – the work is the issue, not who else is part of the organization.
If you quit something every time you find yourself working with someone you disagree with on something unrelated to the work, you’d quit pretty much everything.
Also, it’s a distortion to say that Ayers recruited Obama. His appointment was suggested by Deborah Leff, one of the working group of five who assembled the initial board that appointed Obama. Similarly for the Woods Fund. As politifact states, ‘Neither chose the other to work with either group.’

John McCain’s lead has been cut by over half in Alaska, but he still leads Barack Obama by 15 points, 55% to 40%, in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state.
A month ago, in the first poll since McCain named Alaska’s highly popular governor, Sarah Palin, as his running mate, the Republican led Obama 64% to 33%. In the two months prior to that, he was ahead by just five.

Vogler’s greatest moment of glory was to be his 1993 appearance before the United Nations to denounce United States “tyranny” before the entire world and to demand Alaska’s freedom. The Alaska secessionist had persuaded the government of Iran to sponsor his anti-American harangue.
That’s right … Iran. The Islamic dictatorship. The taker of American hostages. The rogue nation that McCain and Palin have excoriated Obama for suggesting we diplomatically engage. That Iran.
AIP leaders allege that Vogler, who was murdered that year by a fellow secessionist, was taken out by powerful forces in the U.S. before he could reach his U.N. platform. “The United States government would have been deeply embarrassed,” by Vogler’s U.N. speech, darkly suggests Clark. “And we can’t have that, can we?”

The campaign realizes that nipping these McCain attacks in the bud does two things…
It reassures antsy Dems and unconvinced swing voters that Obama will defend himself against these “outrageous lies.”
It also manages to keep the McCain talking points off the air and out of the campaign dialogue. How can the attacks stay in the headlines if Obama keeps rebutting them with harsh jabs of his own?

Palin today: “Obama said, too, that our troops in Afghanistan are ‘air raiding villages and killing civilians,’” Palin said, mischaracterizing a 2007 remark by Obama. “I hope Americans know that is not what our brave men and women in uniform are doing in Afghanistan. The U.S. military is fighting terrorism and protecting us and protecting our freedom.” Shortly afterward, a male member of the crowd in Jacksonville, Florida, yelled “treason!” loudly enough to be picked up by television microphones.
Palin and McCain can’t be held responsible for the fact that racists are part of their base, but now she has people thinking Barack Obama is a traitor purely because she’s misleading them into thinking that he is. This is on her.
Matthew

Sarah Palin said Obama should be “disqualified” for his remark about Afghanistan. Naturally, she will hold her running mate to the same standard.

Here is how dumb Axelrod and co. think we are:
Wow. He didn’t know…
Hey, Barack, want to go to a fundraiser for you down the street?
Sure, who is hosting it? Bill Ayers and his wife Bernadine Dohrn.
Who are they?
Education professor, great guy. Used to be a fugitive-Weather Underground…ever hear of them? She is a law professor too…you ever run into her? She was a BIG radical–WU too. Blew stuff up, almost killed people but never quite hit anyone. You never heard of the WU, huh?
No, sorry.
What? I thought you went Columbia and Harvard and Yale? You surely took some classes on the sixties, since you were into community organizing. Better get your money back. I know guys in community college with a better understanding of history than that..oh well…
This is now more than being about Ayers’s past…it is not about Obama’s blatant dishonesty in distancing himself from Ayers.

McCain really doesn’t get it.
It’s going downhill with the elections and I’m a amazed he just keeps making the wrong decisions and then blames it on Obama.
Keep on making these raging attacks …
it only will turn undecided voters away. The attack on the media and the anti-Obama hysteria and hatred just scare them away.
Latest poll 9 points ahead..

Mesquito,
I think the more appropriate question is why is McCain best buds with Liddy, Singlaub and why did he choose a veep with a terrorist affiliation? Didn’t he vet her?
Obama/Biden all the way!

Tony Rezko was scheduled to be sentenced October 28th. Mysteriously that has now been delayed indefinitely. Now how is it Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who has been hell bent to get the Governor through Rezko, all of a sudden called off the sentencing that was to happen right before the election? Tony’s been talking to the Feds. Word in Chicago and Springfield is the Obama campaign is resting a little easier.

RL in Illinois
Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has already stated there is no alegation or evidence of any wrong doing on Barack Obama’s part!
So who care when he is sentenced ?

Aussie: Not exactly true. Tony Rezko was a chief fundraiser for Obama. His campaign is breathing a sigh of relief. It’s just amazing that after all this time, the sentencing is suddenly delayed “indefinately.” Why it’s almost like an Obama miracle!

Once upon a time I met someone who would later become a friend. At the time of meeting him, he seemed well spoken, had made great strides in his community. He supported acts to reform domestic violence, assisted the elderly, worked in soup kitchens from time to time.
He was quite a wonderful being. Turns out however, when I was young, I was naive and trusting. I let the man into my home, and while he has done nothing out of the ordinary, I found he his past was murky. He had done things he wasn’t so proud of.
My friends and colleagues now condemn me, even though many differing books on religion point to a level of “understanding” and fairness. My life is now shattered because of his actions, when I wholeheartedly knew nothing of his past.
Irrespective of his current progress in life, reforming himself, he should forever be condemned for his actions 20 years ago. In fact he should face the death penalty. There is no reform, once a bad person, always a bad person period. We need the punishing laws of the US where if someone gets a parking ticket, it will forever remain on their record.
Job Interview: “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?” xYes No
Off with their head. We don’t need a society who is forgiving of the past. We need a society that cries over the milk we spilled last week. What else is there to focus on in this economy. Politics?

I seem to recall that Mr McCain was reprimanded for his bad decision for supporting Mr Keating. Bad decision, does anyone hear that? Mr Mcain has been supporting a losing agenda, one bad decision by this president over and over again. How many bad decisions does he get to make and keep supporting as president? I don’t want to watch that or pay that price again. The war, taking away our freedoms in a bill pushed through fearmongering, the economy, the disgraceful response after Hurricane Katrina, the deregulation of companies that needed to be regulated, wasteful spending of money meant to protect us in our communities become payday earmarks, electing people with no real experience but to expand the good ole boy network, and on and on and on. Stop the hemorrage, change the bandage! Get on board with Obama are you nuts or just stubborn?

By the reasoning of the republicans, McCain cannot be President because he “pals” around with Obama (in the Senate). Hell, McCain shook Obama’s hand at the debate.
Obama/Biden 08!

Barack Obama Should Withdraw As The Democratic Nominee:
Yesterday, the Las Vegas offices of the Association of Community Organizations (ACORN) was raided by Nevada State Agents.
ACORN is an organization that works to get low income people to vote. The Nevada Secretary of State’s office said that the investigators were looking for evidence of voter fraud. ACORN Has Been Implicated In Similar Schemes In 14 Other States – Including Ohio, Where A Worker Traded Crack Cocaine For Fraudulent Registrations.”
So, what does this have to do with Barack Obama and his possible withdrawal as the Standard Bearer of his Party? To find out the answer to that we have to go back to the 1990′s and to William Ayers. Mr. Obama’s past activities in ACORN could be the very thing that will ultimately cause him to withdraw-or certainly he will be forced to withdraw if the allegations against him prove to be true, and it looks like there is cause for serious concern.
Some Facts:
Senator Obama was the first Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which was a Division, or Project, of the Annenberg Foundation. William Ayers, the notorious Unrepentant Weather Underground Terrorist, a friend of the Obamas, was key in founding the Challenge, largely due to his connections to Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago. Noteworthy is the fact that Ayers father, Thomas Ayers, former CEO of ComED which was owned by Exelon, was a close friend of Daley’s father, who had also been Mayor of Chicago (the current CEO of ComEd, Frank M. Clark, is a major money handler for the Obama campaign).
The MSM or Main Stream Media has been purposely shelving this story for a long time, but as the old saying goes..”The truth ultimately prevails”. It looks as if the truth of the extent of Obama’s relationship with William Ayers is not the truth as presented by Barack Obama. When Obama made his first run for political office, articles in both the Chicago Defender and the Hyde Park Herald featured among his qualifications his position as chairman of the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a foundation where Ayers was not only a founder but influential with key Chicago officials.
During Obama’s tenure as Annenberg board chairman, Ayers’s personal education projects received substantial funding. During its first year, the CAC struggled with serious concerns about possible conflicts of interest. With a writ to aid Chicago’s public schools, the Annenberg challenge played a deeply political role in Chicago’s education skirmishes and as Annenberg board chairman, Obama clearly aligned himself with Ayers’s radical views on education issues. With Obama heading up the board and Ayers heading up the other key operating body of the Annenberg Challenge, the two had a close working relationship for years (“exchanging ideas on a regular basis”).
Therefore, when Ayers and Dorhn hosted that kickoff for the first Obama campaign, it was not random at all, but rather, further evidence of a close and ongoing political partnership. This relationship clearly contradicts Obama’s dismissal of the significance of his relationship with Ayers. Obviously Bill Ayers was not just “a guy who lives in my neighborhood” as Obama stated ever so casually as the extent of their relationship. The relationship was much more intimate than he led the American people to believe. In short, he lied to the American people.
Obama’s service at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge not only raises serious questions about the truthfulness of his account of his relationship with Ayers but other questions as to possible voter fraud and what really happened during the Democratic primaries.
ACORN has received payments of nearly a million dollars from the Barack Obama Campaign in 2008. Apparently the payments were funneled through Citizens Services Inc., and may have been falsely reported to the FEC. Other grantees during their tenure included PLO employee Rashid Khalidi and the Obamas’ church, Trinity United. Access to the CAC records promises to provide a treasure of documentary evidence which is now just beginning to come out, from Obama’s policy views, to his political-ideological views, and a plethora of other information concerning him and his connection with William Ayers.
The intended use of the money, which was to educate children in a wholesome and traditional manner was not done at all. Obama instead, personally taught Radicalism to young students. Various proposals from groups focused on math/science achievement for example were all turned down. Instead CAC distributed money through far-left community organizers, such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (or ACORN) which again, is under investigation for Fraud.
Obama’s Radical Activities:
Obama’s radical activities are well noted during this period. Obama actively sought and received the stamp of approval of a Marxist third party that operated briefly in Chicago between 1992 and 1998. The New Party was a Marxist political coalition whose objective was to endorse and elect leftist public officials -most often Democrats. The New Party’s short-term objective was to move the Democratic Party leftward, thereby setting the stage for the eventual rise of new Marxist third party.
Most New Party members hailed from the Democratic Socialists of America and the militant organization ACORN. The party’s Chicago chapter also included a large contingent from the Committees of Correspondence, a Marxist coalition of former Maoists, Trotskyists, and Communist Party USA members.
Obviously there will be more revelations to come in the following days. In my view, Barack Obama should consider withdrawing as the Democratic Nominee. The investigation will almost certainly result in very serious charges such as voter fraud, malfeasance, and misappropriation of funds to name just a few. Surely that is not what the Democratic Party nor the country needs, especially when America is in a terrible crisis, both with the economy and war.

“[Obama] didn’t reveal that he endorsed Bill Ayers book and helped launch it at a forum at the University of Illinois (Chicago) arranged by Michelle Obama. Oh – he also wrote a blurb in the front of it! Also, Michelle Obama worked with Bill Ayer’s wife, Bernadine Dorne, at the same law firm for 3 years … Now, ask yourself, why was Obama trying to hide his association with Ayers?”

“When did the Annenberg Foundation, founded by a Reagan Republican, realize that Bill Ayers was a domestic terrorist and why did they give him $50 million to improve education in Chicago?”