Biden: McCain ‘Used to Be a Close Friend’

Uh, well, when asked during the debate what the VP did, the 6 term senator, like got it wrong….
I am voting for McCain, but I have always respected Biden. If he could just get the mouth in sync with the brain….
He has great foreign relations experience but I will say, if not for Sara Palin, the media would be all over his verbal gaffes…

kp
If one is voting for McCain they should not talk about some one elses brain.

ABC
Nub-Tail’s free political ad should not be allowed to be posted on your blog.

At a time that Europe is awakening up – turning to the “right” after years of “failed socialism” it would be a crime to elect Marxist Obama as the next President of the United States of America.
Even France learned the lessons of its “failed socialism” and elected conservative Nicholas Sarkozy – a staunch friend of the United States. And here we are – Americans are about to let our country destroyed by MARXIST BARACK OBAMA!
Video: Sarkozy’s Speech Before Congress
The following video is for the geopolitically savvy and morally sound American patriots – not for the “Obama Communust Youth”!
France’s new leader Nicolas Sarkozy gave a speech before Congress that was, dare I say, almost…Reaganesque. He called America “the greatest nation,” among other platitudes.
You can view the whole thing here, and I really think you should all watch it.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/video_sarkozys_speech_before_congress/
He speaks of America in such glowing terms that you almost wonder if he isn’t, in some ways, more American than certain Democrats I could think of.
What’s particularly interesting is that, years ago when the Bush presidency was new and Iraq was a fresh issue, the left told us constantly that George Bush was making America less popular in the world. Yet during the President’s term in office three of our traditional allies (Canada, Germany and now France) elected leaders that displaced virulently anti-Bush and anti-American leaders with people more of Sarkozy’s temperament (Stephen Harper in Canada and Angela Merkel in Germany).
Sort of almost seems like…that whole “less popular America” thing just isn’t true.
Video: Sarkozy’s Speech Before Congress
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/video_sarkozys_speech_before_congress/

Joe the Plumber’s Revenge: Martin Nesbitt, Treasurer of Obama’s Campaign, Has Several Tax Liens
http://webofdeception.com/nesbitt.html

The socialist programs that Obama suggests are the same type of socialist programs that brought about the economic crisis – one and the same.
Joe the Plumber brought the economic crisis into focus by pointing out that the Obama tax plan to redistribute wealth is the same sort of flawed thinking that brought about the collapse to the loan industry and rolled into Wall Street.

I can’t believe Mr. Biden anymore. I used to admire Mr. Biden. But he’s starting to lie like Mr. Obama.

republicans follow the bush mantra -
“if your not with us your against us!”
If you speak of the faults of America – your against America.
If you speak against the GOP party – your a liberal.
If you like Obama – you must be a muslim- terr0rist.

Biden is a fool. At least you know what a vice president does.
His supporter was referring to Palin.
Biden is the most overrated poltician in america. He is a dunce who is looked at as some great savior.

Biden is the most overrated poltician in america. He is a dunce who is looked at as some great savior.
Posted by: Dan | Oct 18, 2008 8:01:53 PM
I guess you think Palin the Parrot is a maverick too…lol

This shows how clueless and dense Biden is.
Posted by: Dan | Oct 18, 2008 8:03:12 PM
If you want to talk clueless and dense look no further than the Republican ticket.

There is no way in hell Obama is qualified to be President.
- paraphrasing Joe Biden, a few months ago.

McCain is mentally unstable, erratic, his medical records tell a lot about it. America remember that Bush is a morron, but he is not crazzy, McCain is from any psychiatric assessment a patient who needs a mental hospice. God save America from McSame and Palin. God bless America and God bless OBAMA/Biden

SOCIALISM WILL BE THE FALL OF AMERICA
Your response is a terrific example of ‘moral relativism’ where by the consequences of ‘your beliefs’ conflict with that of ‘someone else’, me. The ‘right’ to health care, you believe exists, in reality, does not.
As so many other perceived rights bandied about, your affirmation, ‘I believe is a right’, describes your personal desires. The subject “is” of a “moral nature” that has ignited, once again, conflict.
The consequences of the, yours vs. mine, morality argument is “very real” and “costly” for many people of the opposing view. What must follow always results in “mandates”, “controls”, and “taking more taxes”.
“My” freedom of choice now diminished and “my” paycheck smaller. I now have to “obey” what I previously did not have to. I am now worse off than before.
I learned in college economics this one axiom; Wants and desires are never ending. This “human trait” is why our founders demanded a “limited government” as “originally intended” and enumerated in our rule book, the Constitution.
Why elections matter so much:
Alexander Fraser Tyler, Cycle of Democracy (1770)
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.
From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
The average of the world’s great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to Complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage.”

Patrick:
If you havent noticed, The Fall of America has already begun. If anything, Obama will break the fall.
The system as it is, doesnt work.
You are blind.

Obama took his kids to a hear hate for years.
Obama is erratic to the tenth degree.
Obama is filled with rage.
Obama lets a fly bother him in an interview a fly didn’t bother mccain.
Obama being CIC is a joke he never served in his life and has no right to be CIC.
Obama said our military was only air raiding villages and killing civilians.
Our military needs to treat Obama like the joke he is and look out for themselves and treat Obama like the joke he is.
Obama blamed Clinton for Bhutto’s death talk about erratic.
Obama said Hillary’s claws were coming out.
Not likable enough with that smirk.
Obama said Hillary visiting 80 countries amounted to her having tea.

Posted by: Patrick | Oct 18, 2008 8:28:41 PM
Instead of copying and pasting crappola from right wing websites, let’s hear an original thought from one of you parrots.

patrick…
very intersting read. i too believe, sadly, america is on its way out. im 30 years old, semi “schooled” on history of civilizations and their eventual downfall, and i couldnt agree more. FULL BLOWN SOCIALISM IS THE NEXT STEP IN COMPLETE FAILURE OF OUR NATION. and the worst part of it is, that you dont even have to be a scholar in history to know this just dosent feel right. thats why i cant vote for barack obama. his supporters say “well we already have socialim in america”, or “you just dont care about the poor” or a whole other list of things regarding the socialism question. call it whatever you want, with obama, we will have more government handouts. there is absolutely no disputing this. you can argue whether it is right or wrong, but there is no argument that it will be this way. as karl marx said “socialism is the next step before communism”. it may take awhile, but i believe this to be true.

The only reason Republicans keep bringing up Socialism is because the right wing websites are covered with that nonsense. Did it also tell you that Obama is the boogey man?
Can’t you people come up with an original thought and not what somebody told you to parrot.
Most of what is posted on here is taken right from those websites. I just happened to follow a few links last night and I thought I was reading these blogs…lol

jwench…
if you’re referring to me, let me say that i am NOT republican. i dont affiliate with any party. i happen to be conservative, versus liberal. thats the only thing that really matters. i dont like either one of these canidates. i just happen to think obama is a WHOLE lot worse. much to your surprise, socialism is an actual word, with an actual meaning, and actually exists!!! honestly, if you do some research, you’ll find there are quite a few socialist goverments on this earth. and if you think that it cant happen here, or wont happen here, think again. look at the history of civilizations and how they evolve. we are no different than any other great empire in history that has gone through this “evolution”. please stop saying that every “republican” just throws that word out there because they jumped on the bandwagon. you can learn alot from opening a history book.

It is sad and weird to see all the fear, paranoia and just plain old ignorance coming out now. Senator Obama is neither a “socialist” or a “Marxist.” Calm down, angry people. He will be an excellent President – really. He actually wants to make life better for all Americans, even you!

It is disgusting how these politicians say anything to get elected..as if the American people are dumb enough to believe all the lies and contradictions. Very discouraging.

greendale…
what is a “socialist”?

SMC: I hear you but I disaree with one thing. It doesn’t matter who wins because they’ll have no money. The federal reserve can print all the money in the world….out of thin air. Dictators arise out of unhappy people. Post war Germany was broke prior to WW2…it didn’t stop them. People who disconnect from real history always repeat it.

kennedy…
but this is part of our current problem. the government is printing new money at a records pace. thats one of the main reasons the dollar is going down the toilet. because our precious government wants to please everyone, they have been spending what we dont have. so, it gets to the point where you can print all the money in the world, but it means nothing. it may as well be monopoly money, because it will have no value. the fall of capitalism.

yeah, just to make a comment on the “soap opera” of a presidential race we have, it is a little funny that a year ago, joe biden said he would “be honored to serve with john mccain”. now he is down playing their friendship. at that same time he said “barack obama is not qualified to be president of the united states”. ahhhh, amazing what a year on the campaign trail can do huh??!!

biden is a moron, the fact that he is a draft dodger bothers me and always will.

Posted by: tim | Oct 18, 2008 8:55:19 PM
If I were referring to you, and I was not, I would mention you by name. Aren’t you the same tim that said they couldn’t vote?

jwench…
lol no, im not the same tim. i can, and do vote. but you ARE the one who made the post about republicans throwing out the word socialism like its not a real thing. so, obviously you read my reply. care to comment?

Nice going Joe! McCain is not the same man he once was. He has sold his soul to the dark side. It’s sad..
Democracy works only if citizens are informed with truthful information and use critical thinking skills to choose. I read very thoughtful discussions with valid opinions. I also noticed some posts are spreading hatred and toxic misleading information. If we let the toxic poison seep into our society unchecked, it can destroy the health of what America stand for. We would be better served to focus our energy on meaningful discussions on which candidate’s plan is better for America.
A word of caution for the people repeatedly spreading hatred and toxic misleading claims. Not only they are doing a disservice to the nation, the likelihood for the poison affecting their own blood stream is very high. Once that happens and unbeknown to them, they will lose their sense of right from wrong, lose their ability to relate to people and work, lose their capacity to love and appreciate goodness and beauty in life.
For their own sake and the people around them, I hope they will stop before it is too late. Go get some help if needed..

kennedy…
again, well said. i totally agree. could you imagine if our constitution wasnt as well written as it is?! i can guarantee you, we wouldnt have lasted this long. but we have been around just long enough for greed, and corruption to really start taking its toll. another HUGE part of this race that isnt getting as much attention as it should, is the fact that the next president may be able to appoint up to 3 new supreme court justices. that is absolutely huge. and with a guy as liberal as obama, you can guarantee judges that want to legislate from the bench versus interpret the constitution. just plain scary.

socialism, muslim, un-american, he’s an arab …this is incredible! if any of the mccain supporters are able to conceive an independent thought then they would realize mccain’s entire platform is built on a bed of falsehoods and they have absolutely nothing new to bring to the table. if john mccain was really “country first” then he would have never selected sarah palin. she brings nothing but butchered english diction and liabilities to the campaign. speaking of campaign, can we agree that mccain’s campaign has no substance so they resort to making up “important” topics like:
-joe the plumber
-joe six pack
-hockey moms
-lipstick on pigs
-mccain’s “suspend the campaign” stunt
-the dangers of william ayers & co.
-lies about obama’s tax plan
-lies about obama’s voting record in IL & the U.S. Senate
-lies about the obama’s earmarks
-ACORN
-”who is barrack obama”
they are robo calling people in swing states to tell them obama & ayers are terrorist buddies. they are yelling “kill him, treason, terrorist, communist, socialist at palin/mccain rally’s. when was the last time you heard a presidential candidate linked to terrorist? and throughout everything i mentioned, none of mccain’s tactics are aimed at informing you on how his presidency will benefit us as a whole. he’s washed up and needs to retire from the senate and enjoy the life that he has left. he’s a hero and we respect his contributions & service but he does not have any real solutions to help the american people. mccain’s campaign has done nothing but divide us. take your blind folders off. we are drowning economically and as long as someone has a life jacket, it should not matter what color they are. yes, i’m sure you don’t think you are a racist but you might not even realize you harbor these deeply embedded thoughts. mccain’s campaign is using every code word, adjective to tear him down without saying “don’t vote for barrack obama because he’s black”.
-eh

sheri…
what does that say for mccain? because he has been re elected a bunch of times, he too is not a liar?! you’re post has no truth behind it. politicians are liars. and some, happen to be better than others or dont get caught lying. simple as that.

The campaign has taken its toll on Joe. He is a sick man.

You people make me sick. All there is in most of you is HATE,,,Tail nice piece how much did Mc Bush pay you to write this ??????

10 years from now Our children will read how a Marxist obama adminisation came into power and destroyed America. and the fault will lie with the media

Well, Joe perhaps the hairplug has sprung a leak?

Sheri,
I know Joe has done good things for Delaware….I lived in the town of Claymont which Joe talks about. (it’s not heaven) I’ll say it again…he is as anti second amendment as you can get….his record supports this.
If there is a run on the banks (you’ll need lots of protection when food disappears) and George makes himself king then you will thank God above for the amendment.
A SIMILAR AND TERRIBLE FINANCIAL MELTDOWN HAPPENED IN A SOUTH AMERICA COUNTRY IN 2001.
THE COUNTRY HAD TOO MUCH DEBT. TOO MUCH TRADE DECIFIT. TOO MUCH FISCAL DEFICIT. THE
PERFECT FORMULA FOR A FINANCIAL MELTDOWN.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:
1) SMART MONEY START TO TAKE DEBT IN LOCAL CURRENCY FIRST. AND BUY FOREING ASSETS.
2) A “BILL” WAS APPROVED TO GUARANTEE THE DEPOSITS OF THE PEOPLE. ( LIKE NOW
WITH THE FDIC NEW LIMITS)
3) LATER, FOREIGN INVESTORS AND BANKS TAKE THEIR MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY
4) A “BANK HOLIDAY” WAS ESTABLISHED. PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ACCESS THEIR
SAVINGS. ACCOUNTS WITH FOREIGN CURRENCIES WERE “STOLEN” AND CONVERTED TO LOCAL
CURRENCY.
AT THE SAME TIME LOCAL CURRENCY VALUE START PLUMMETING 200%.
5) PEOPLE GOT FINANCIALLY TRAPPED
6) DEBTORS IN FOREIGN NOMINATED DEBT GOT BUSTED.
7) CREDITORS OF LOCAL NOMINATED DEBT GOT BUSTED
8) FEW PEOPLE GOT REALLY RICH
9) BANKS FELL DOWN.
10) FOOD SHORTAGE
11) GROUPS OF PEOPLE START ATTACKING MALLS AND GRABBED ALL THE FOOD . FOOD SHORTAGE TOOK
PLACE. POLICE DID NOTHING. THEY WERE OUTNUMBERED.
12) ACCOUNT HOLDERS STARTS PROTESTING IN THE STREET.
13) A KIND OF “MARTIAL LAW” WAS DECREETED. USE OF FORCE WAS ORDERED TO
ESTABLISH ORDER. LOTS OF ARRESTS. SOME PEOPLE GET KILLED
14) THE PRESIDENT IN A NATIONAL SPEECH SAID THAT ALL THE ACCOUNT HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE
THEIR MONEY. THEN HE ADMITTED HE WAS WRONG. THERE WAS NO MONEY LEFT.
15) Lots of provinces were melting down together. Excessive debt.
16) Poor people started to block the roads and demand food. That brought FOOD SHORTAGE
for main cities. Food prices soared quickly.
EVERYTHING IS SOOOOOOO SIMILAR FOR ME.
17) Judicial orders were created to recover the money.
18) Some banks closed the doors even for judicial officials.
19) GDP WENT DOWN -30% IN A SINGLE YEAR.
20) CRIME LEVEL SOARED.

If you want an administration that wants 5% of the population to get a tax break while 95% can’t pay for gas, vote for McCain/Palin.
If you make less than $250,000 a yr your taxes will go down, more and they go up under Obama/Biden. Poor and middle class getting a small break so they can pay a mortgage. Even a small one. If that is you then vote for Obama/Biden.
I am.

Obama does not want you to own any guns.
The reason is very simple.
Remember his “National Civilian Security Forces” proposal.
If we own guns his socialist way of control us will not work and face opposition.
Keep up the good work Nub-Tail!
I am goin to buy MORE guns in the next couple of months. Just tomake sure!

“I’m a small business owner. Nearly 50-cents out of every dollar I earn goes to state and federal taxes. Sorry, but I can’t afford to pay any more.
If my personal taxes and the taxes on my business increase after this election I’m going to be left with little choice: I’m going to downsize. The best way to maintain a decent percent of my current income is to reverse the growth of my company.”
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You are right Al, if McCain is elected, you won’t have to cut back on your home maintenance, your dining out, or your landscaping, because all those small businesses will be history anyway because in a Bush/McCain world, only the corporate super wealthy are going to be given a break.

Captain: I will say, I’ve never had one of those guys on the street, holding a sign that says, “Jesus loves you, need food”, say, “by the way, thanks for the .50 cents, I’d like to give you a job in my company since your such a kind person.” The truth is in the middle. They both are wrong for the country, at this moment. They both supported the rape of America by 700 billion.

To “nub-tail”: Nobody thinks gun owners or hunters are inherently stupid or low-class or anything else. That is a myth perpetrated by the GOP to get working class people to vote against their own self-interests and it has, unfortunately, worked in one election after another. The GOP paints itself as an advocate of working class people by playing up its NRA affiliations and then gets elected and does everything it can to stick it to the very people who voted it in. No matter what your particular issue is, be it guns, abortion or whatever, basing your vote on ONE issue and one alone is, I’m sorry, not very smart. There are so many important challenges facing this country. Nobody is going to take your hunting guns away and nobody has ever said they would. If you don’t want to be viewed as stupid, then don’t act the part. At least Obama had the courage to make his “bitter” comment out loud and in public. The GOP does it in back-room “strategy sessions.”
And the gun lovers take the bait every time.

al…
you dont get it. obama supporters dont seem to realize, the “rich” are the ones who creat jobs. whether small business owners or big business. so, seeing that they already pay the most taxes (by a huge margin) lets increase that. hell they got all the money right??!! not to mention, that america has one of the higest corporate taxes IN THE WORLD. but you know what, i(who make 40,000 a year) need a “tax break”. how am i going t ever buy a home if the government dosent help me out???!! im sure with obamas plan, i will save AT LEAS 300 dollars a year right? not to mention the 40 percent he will “help” tha dont even pay taxes. what a fricken joke people!!!! you dont have to be “rich” to know this isnt the way it should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Nub-tail” = Republican troll.

al…
you dont get it. obama supporters dont seem to realize, the “rich” are the ones who creat jobs. whether small business owners or big business. so, seeing that they already pay the most taxes (by a huge margin) lets increase that. hell they got all the money right??!! not to mention, that america has one of the higest corporate taxes IN THE WORLD. but you know what, i(who make 40,000 a year) need a “tax break”. how am i going t ever buy a home if the government dosent help me out???!! im sure with obamas plan, i will save AT LEAS 300 dollars a year right? not to mention the 40 percent he will “help” tha dont even pay taxes. what a fricken joke people!!!! you dont have to be “rich” to know this isnt the way it should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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tim: thanks for recognizing my sarcasm. i’m with you brother. i’m with you.
for the record. i consider the people that work for me to be my friends, not employees. i don’t look forward to what might come. here’s the kicker: virtually all of them are voting for obama.
cheers!

The Republicans have been busy helping to redistribute the wealth for the past 8 years.
They’ve been redistributing the wealth from the lower and middle income groups and making sure it goes to the top 5% rich people.
That seems fair heh? 8 more years! 8 more years!

Don’t forget Biden screwed over the “Average Joe” when he sided with the GOP and the credit card companies when he not only voted for, but ferociously supported, the bankruptcy reform act.

It amazes me that people are still babbling about “Marxism” in 2008. Obama wants to give a waitress a big tip and he is somehow a Marxist? Where I’m from that makes him a “nice guy.” The guy who is rich and gives a waitress a lousy tip isn’t some sort of “conservative.” He is what we call a “cheap son of a b****.” What confuses me even more is that the very same “conservatives” who rail against “Marxism” also swear they love their country so much. If that is indeed true you should be happy to give as much money as you can to make the USA a better place. Pay your taxes and stop whining about it. If giving up a little more of your cash helps the country, why is that so awful?

Dumb people talking about socialism. Let the truth be told, whenever a republican is in office our country gives out the biggest of handouts. It’s not to our citizens but to the big corporations. It’s not to the poor but to the rich.
The wealth is not spreaded around but is confiscated by the few (5%). And all is well to the ones that have do-do for brains. When they open their mouths nothing comes out but the same do-do that they have been programed to say.
It is true they are nothing but parrots and liars. If they had any sense they could see how they have been lied to by every republican president in recent history.
Joe the plumber is not a licensed plumber. He was lying about buying a business. He’s not even thinking about buying a business. He’s not even thinking about “trying” to buy a business. He’s a true republican. He’s Only thought about, how to lie about, thinking about, trying to buy a business.
Just using simple math we could have used just have of the 700 billion ti “bail” out our economy instead of the whole 700 billion to pad the big boys pockets. Our population is about 350 billion Americans. I propose that instead if giving to the few 700 billion dollars that we give to the many (every single American) a billion dollars and our economy will be stimulated for sure.

It’s Obama’s “Pay or Play” health care plan that will hurt small businesses. Never mind this “Joe the Plumber” 250K stuff. When small companies who cannot afford to give their employees health insurance are forced to by Obama’s “Pay or Play” plan…alot are simply going to layoff employees, ship even more jobs off shore or go out of business because of the huge costs.

Sen. Obama is going to write checks to people who don’t pay taxes. That is welfare.
Posted by: Obamacrat for McCain
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Obama gets his ideas from Carl Marx. If elected, he would be the first Marxist President of the “American Union” (like in Soviet Union).
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!

Biden is the ultimate Washington insider. He stands up to nobody, reforms nothing, and is always dealing. Sure he knows a bit about foreign policy and has used this knowledge for no useful purposes. It’s McCain, it’s McCain-Palin time.

“Christopher Buckley, author and son of late conservative icon William F. Buckley, last week surprised readers of the magazine his father founded, the National Review: “Sorry, Dad, I’m voting for Obama” was the headline on The Daily Beast blog.”

drath: Can you show me the passages of the Constitution that back up your rant? I’d like to see them. I’m struggling to find the section that talks about how your family is supposed to help you out until you get back on your feet. And the part that talks about individual responsibility seems to be missing as well. (Would that mean abortion is an individual choice, too? Seems most “conservatives” would disagree with you.) Why have a government at all? We can all just take responsibility for ourselves, right? Get a grip.

Hey Kennedy: Are you still doing those P.B. commercials? Man, do I relate!!!

I work for a small business that technically has less than 500 employees. I’ve watched my raises steadily decrease from 2002-2005. From 2006-2007, I got cost of living increases. In 2008, I got zilch. In a quarterly meeting, this year, our Chief Financial Officer announced this was our most profitable fiscal year by far. I wonder why the money didn’t trickle down since I got an outstanding evaluation. Why pay employees what they work hard to earn since they got to work anyway, eh?

Obama a Marxist? You gotta be kidding! Clearly you haven’t read his books, where he disavows extremism from both the right and the left with detailed, well-reasoned arguments.
Redistribution of wealth is not at all what he profers, although it’s a neat conservative catch-phrase against Democrats from many decades ago. (McCain’s showing his age again,)
Rather, we are the great country we are because our infrastructure has been unmatched in the world–for example: Schools open to everyone, and free thru even the PhD for those with good-enough grades. (Costs money, though.)
Under Bush’s mindless tax cuts, that infrastructure has been in decline. To fix it, who’s going to pay? With McCain’s furthering of the Bush tax cuts, the well-off (and I guess I’m one of them) are not paying their fair share, and so you should expect further decline in infrastructure, heading toward a 3rd-world country.
I don’t want to live in a 3rd world country, so I am willing to see my taxes go up while the taxes of the middle class and below go down. Plus it’s morally right.

The Obama I know sees you, the law abiding gun owner, as nothing but a low-class lummox who is easily swayed by the flash of a smile and a ration of rosy rhetoric Posted by nubtail………..
NuTBail, THE OBAMA I KNOW DOESN’T LOOK AT ANYBODY AS LOW CLASS, ACTUALLY GIVES MOST PEOPLE MORE CREDIT THAN THEY ARE DUE.
EVEN THE DERANGED, UNHINGED, FRINGE OF SOCIETY SUCH AS YOURSELF..

Nice bedime story though Uncle Drath!

…And oh, those people here who are mindlessly repeating what the McCain campaign is feeding them about Obama being a Marxist:
The definition is “The political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of CLASS STRUGGLE plays a central role in understanding society’s allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society.”
It’s the Republicans who have been inadvertently sponsoring “class struggle,” not the Democrats!
For example, during Bush’s 1st term, the buying power of the highest-income people like me INCREASED 2%, but the lowest echelon of taxpayers saw their buying power DECLINE 3%. (See review of the book “Unequal Democracy,” as reviewed and summarized in the Washington Post, Book World, 15 June 2008.)
That is trending toward a 3rd-world country without the stabilizing power of the middle class, and I don’t want to live in one of those.

Biden is all about himself. Talk about out of touch. Does he always have to put the word “man” in every sentence. He’s such a boring person.

“… its a 3% increase. If you net more than $250 K, and you have you lay off employees because of a frikkin %3 increase, I’m sorry something doesnt add up.”
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Captain: Thanks a ton for the math lesson. 3% of $10,000,000 only adds up to $300,000.
I thought I was going to have to purge my staff. I’ll only have to get rid of about half-a-dozen mid-level employees. Cool.
Cheers!

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Biden’s comments just show how shallow and senile he is and has always been when he wasn’t plagiarizing someone else’s words and works.

“government can’t work”
I’d say the evidence is pretty conclusive.
I just read in a pro-left blog that the government rules have to be changed[1] so the government’s favorite “bailout-the-banker’s-beemer” thing and even be made to look like it works.
(Looks like the same kind ofm rules change that got us into that particular cesspit.)
[1] I don’t remember the name — in the “C” group of blogs I check regularly — “Calculated Risk”, maybe. If it is important, email me (my name, cleaned up, at Cox’s tube collection).

Obama’s “Not Exactlys”
1.) Selma Got Me Born . . .
NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 – Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.
(Google ‘Obama Selma’ for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)
2.) My Father Was A Goat Herder . . .
NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.
3.) My Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter . . .
NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom . . .
NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Oba ma, is Odinga’s follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that and for more.
Obama’s cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia Muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers burned Christians’ homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took refuge. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started.
Google “Obama and Odinga” and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.
5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian . . .
NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5 AM according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
6.) My Name is African Swahili . . .
NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama is NOT half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother’s side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father’s side. While Barack Hussein Obama’s father was from Kenya, his father’s family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein Obama’s father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father’s birth certificate even states he’s Arab, not African Negro). From….and for more….go to…..
http://www.arcadeathome.com/newsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_only_6.25%25_African
7.) I Never Practiced Islam . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
4-3-08 Article ‘Obama was ‘quite religious in Islam”
#HYPERLINK “http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559″http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559
8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces.
(check your own book).
February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago: Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as ‘one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.’ This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says ‘Obama’s narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.’
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian . . .
NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn? How to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs . . .
NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify – your classmates said you were just fine.
13.) An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office . . .
NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life . . .
NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.
15.) I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ’08 . . .
NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16.) Voting ‘Present’ is Common In Illinois Senate . . .
NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.
17.) Oops, I Miss Voted . . .
NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your missvote.
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you didn’t write it, introduce it, change it, or create it.
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass . . .
NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill . . .
NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation — mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23.) I Have Released My State Records . . .
NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America . . .
NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois . . .
NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year . . .
NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA . . .
NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction off Israel.
30.) I Want All Votes To Count . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide.
31.) I Want Americans To Decide . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.
33.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
34.) I Don’t Take PAC Money . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.
35.) I don’t Have Lobbyists . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
36.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad
NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
37.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq . . .
NOT EXACTLY, you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.
38.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care . . .
NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don’t have to!

I find it very interesting that the only thing trolls seem to do is copy and paste ignorant comments. Look McCain’s ‘what to post’ blog speaking points are there for you to use as an example not to repeatedly copy and paste. Use your imagination, that’s what we are giving you points to get that TV, T-Shirts, stickers, and coffee mugs. But don’t worry when you get us in, we will be taking the expense for those tiny items you got for free from the Republican Party out of your homes and lively hood through the heavy taxes… Oh you think the GOP and McCain won’t tax you? Are you rich? No? Oh then yes yes we are going to tax the crap out of you.

I’ve always wondered why a normal law-abiding citizen would need to buy assault weapons more than once a month. Isn’t an arsenal of a dozen weapons a year more than enough to abide by the law?

Jim, I find it ironic that you post about McCain with no facts. Typical of cowardly liberals. Obama and Biden wouldn’t have made it at a military academy, they only graduate those who earn it not because of their color or connections. Lets’ look at Obama’s accomplishments – oh yeah, there are none. Let’s look at his economic plan, over and increase of $1 trillion in taxes and if you think it’s coming from the rich you are really stupid. Let’s look at his voting record – in Illinois mostly present in Congress with his party 100% of the time because he can’t think on his own. His own connections, Rezko, Wright, Ayers and Frank the Communist have always told him what to say and think. Without his teleprompter he is far more a bumbling fool than Bush jr. ever was. Proof “That’s above my paygrade.” You have to be an idiot to come up with that. Your candidate has nothing and is nothing. ShadK your lies deceive no one and you address no facts and have no proof so take you r lies back to you koolaid drinking buddies and get ready to cry in it when Obama loses.

Someone like “NATASHA” is calling all Democrats “Marxist”? With a Russian name like that, it’s no wonder Natasha is stuck on the nasty “M” word. By the way, “Natasha,” if you’re so against socialism, I hope you will refuse to take any social security or medicare money when you’re eligible. After all, those are basically socialistic in nature. (Sometimes, in a regulated, limited form, socialism can sometimes be a good thing, you know. And almost every country has some socialist programs.)

McCain’s Questionable Ties
Jim Hensley, Convicted Felon
A WWII bombadier, Hensley returned to the United States with an injury sustained while flying over Europe. While recovering, he met Margueritte Smith and left his wife and two-year old daughter for Smith whom he married in 1945. That same year, he and his brother Eugene began working for Kemper Marley, owner of United Sales Company in Phoenix and United Distributors in Tucson, and purported mafia boss. In a 1953 New Mexico State Police report, Kemper Marley, “is reputed to be the financial backer for the bookies” and “owned a wire service formerly operated in connection with bookmaking of the Al Capone gang.” And though never charged, Marley is suspected of ordering the car bomb assassination of journalist Ken Bolles in 1976. In 1948, Jim and Eugene Hensley were indicted for falsifying liquor records to conceal illegal distribution of whiskey against post-war rationing regulations. Both men were convicted in U.S. District Court on federal charges of conspiracy and Jim Hensley was also convicted on seven counts of filing false liquor records. In 1953 Jim Hensley and Kemper Marley were again charged with falsifying liquor records. This time Jim was defended by future Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist. Both men were acquitted. In spite of being a convicted felon, Jim Hensley was somehow granted a state liquor license in 1955 (and later a federal liquor license) to found a beer distributorship. Hensley later switched to distributing exclusively Anheuser-Busch beer, and by 1980 Hensley & Co. Distributors and Hensley & Co. Wholesale had made Jim Hensley a multi-millionaire. Read more about McCain and Hensley in the article Haunted By Spirits by John Doughtery and Amy Silverman.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: Hensley was Cindy McCain’s father, John McCain worked for Hensley as Vice President of Public Relations for Hensley & Co. when he and Cindy first married, and Hensley used his money and influence to launch John McCain’s political career.
G. Gordon Liddy, Convicted Felon
Liddy served four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction for his role as mastermind of the Watergate break-in and the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers. Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in “if necessary”; plotting to murder journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a “gangland figure” to murder Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and plotting to kidnap “leftist guerillas” at the 1972 Republican National Convention — a plan he outlined to the Nixon administration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis. (The murder, firebombing, and kidnapping plots were never carried out; the break-ins were.) During the 1990s, Liddy reportedly instructed his radio audience on multiple occasions on how to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents — telling listeners, “Go for a head shot; they’re going to be wearing bulletproof vests” — and also reportedly said he had named his shooting targets after Bill and Hillary Clinton. Liddy has donated $5,000 to McCain’s campaigns since 1998, including $1,000 in February 2008. In addition, McCain has appeared on Liddy’s radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May. An online video labeled John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07 includes an audio discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an “old friend.” During the segment, McCain praised Liddy’s “adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great,” said he was “proud” of Liddy, and said that “it’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program.” Liddy called for the murder of federal agents, served time in jail, plotted murder – and after that, John McCain applauded him and took his money
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: In 1998 Liddy hosted a campaign fundraiser for McCain and McCain has accepted campaign donations from Liddy over the last a decade, most recently in February 2008. McCain has appeared as a guest on Liddy’s radio show multiple times, most recently in November 2007 during the presidential campign when Liddy greeted McCain as “an old friend.” During the interview, Mccain stated he was “proud” of Liddy and praised Liddy for his “adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.”
Charles Keating, Convicted Felon
Charles H. Keating, Jr., is the former chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association. The “Keating Five” were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. McCain and four other senators were accused of improperly aiding Keating., chairman of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target of an investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB). McCain received $112,000 by 1987 from Keating and Keating’s relatives and employees to McCain’s Senate campaign, more than any of the other Senators. In addition to campaign contributions, McCain’s wife and her father had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators. It was also found that the McCains, sometimes accompanied by their daughter and baby-sitter, had made at least nine trips at Keating’s expense, sometimes aboard the American Continental Corporation (parent of Lincoln) jet. Three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating’s opulent Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay. McCain also did not pay Keating for some of the trips until years after they were taken, after he learned that Keating was in trouble over Lincoln. The Lincoln Savings and Loan’s collapse cost taxpayers $3.4 billion After a lengthy investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee criticized McCain for “questionable conduct,” and did not mete harsher punishment because of McCain’s future presidential ambitions.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: John McCain was a close personal friend of Charles Keating, McCain and his family vacationed at Keating’s Bahamas mansion, Cindy McCain had investments with Keating.
Raffaello Follieri, Convicted Felon
In late August, 2006, McCain celebrated his 70th birthday aboard a yacht, the Celine Ashley, rented by Raffaello Follieri and his then-movie star girlfriend Anne Hathaway. Follieri, who posed as Vatican chief financial officer in order to win friends and investments, pleaded guilty in a Manhattan district court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, eight counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. As part of the plea, Follieri admitted to misappropriating at least $2.4 million of investor money and redirecting it to foreign personal bank accounts that were disguised as business accounts.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: McCain spent his 70th birthday aboard Follieri’s yacht in August 2006.
Rep. Rick Renzi, Under Indictment
Renzi, Arizona Congressman 2002-2008, is currently under indictment for conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, concealment of money laundering, transactions with criminally derived funds, extortion, insurance fraud and criminal forfeiture. In robocalls to assist Renzi in his re-election bid in October 2006, McCain stated, “Rick has represented the first district of Arizona with tenacity, honesty and integrity beyond reproach.” The indictment also names business associate James Sandlin, and Maryland attorney Andrew Beardall. The indictment also refers to two companies involved in the transactions, Company A and Investment Group B. Prosecutors allege Renzi criminally concealed information about land deals to both Company A and Investment Group B, and used his seat on the House Natural Resources Committee to try to force their hand. The indictment says Renzi was trying to help his business associate, Sandlin, finish paying off an $800,000 loan Sandlin owed to Renzi. Renzi was in financial straits and needed the money and also states Renzi also never claimed the $733,000 in his 2006 House financial disclosure statements.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: Until February 2008, Renzi was co-chair of McCain’s Arizona 2008 presidential campaign, member of McCain’s 2008 National Leadership Team, and a personal friend. In October 2006, McCain stated, “Rick has represented the first district of Arizona with tenacity, honesty and integrity beyond reproach.”
Rick Davis, McCain Campaign Manager & Freddie Mac Lobbyist
Davis is currently John McCain’s campaign manager in his bid for the U.S. presidency. Davis’ lobbying firm — Davis Manafort — received payments of $15,000 a month between 2006 and August 2008 from Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage giant that was recently placed under federal conservatorship. As the mortgage crisis has escalated, almost any association with Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae has become politically toxic. But the payments to Davis’s firm, Davis Manafort, are especially problematic because he requested the consulting retainer in 2006 — and then did barely any work for the fees, according to two sources familiar with the arrangement who asked not to be identified discussing Freddie Mac business. Aside from attending a few breakfasts and a political-action-committee meeting with Democratic strategist Paul Begala (another Freddie consultant), Davis did “zero” for the housing firm, one of the sources said. Freddie Mac also had no dealings with the lobbying firm beyond paying monthly invoices — but it agreed to the arrangement because of Davis’s close relationship with McCain, the source said, which led top executives to conclude “you couldn’t say no.” Freddie Mac’s roughly $500,000 in payments to Davis & Manafort began immediately after Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in late 2005 disbanded an advocacy coalition that they had set up and hired Mr. Davis to run. From 2000 to the end of 2005, Davis received nearly $2 million as president of the coalition, the Homeownership Alliance, which the companies created to help them oppose new regulations and protect their status as federally chartered companies with implicit government backing. That status let them borrow cheaply, helping to fuel rapid growth but also their increased purchases of the risky mortgage securities that were their downfall.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: Davis is currently John McCain’s presidential campaign director, and McCain told Newsweek in 2007 “Rick is a friend, and I trust him.”
Charles Black, Jr., Senior Advisor To McCain Campaign & Lobbyist For Dictators
Currently a chief strategist and senior adviser for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, in June 2008, Charlie Black stated in an interview with Fortune magazine that another terrorist attack on the United States would “Certainly it would be a big advantage to him.” Black is a registered as a lobbyist and is chairman of one of Washington’s lobbying powerhouses, BKSH and Associates. His clients have included right-wing guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi of Angola and such dictators as Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines and Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, as well as Nigerian General Ibrahim Babangida, Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the countries of Kenya and Equatorial Guinea, among others. As of February 2008, Black said he is still being paid by his firm and does work for clients in his “spare time,” recusing himself from lobbying McCain: “I not only do not lobby him [McCain], but if an issue comes up that I have a client on, I will tell him that and stay out of the discussion.” Though McCain often portrays himself as an anti-lobbyist politician, his senior advisor has earned more than $57 million dollars since 1998 as a Washington lobbyist. Some of his other clients include: Alcoa – $100,000; Amerada Hess Corp. – $80,000; American Financial Group – $80,000; Asoex Chilean Exporters Assn. – $40,000; AT&T – $1,185,000; AT&T Inc – $720,000; Bristol-Myers Squibb – $690,000; ChevronTexaco – $140,000; Chilean Salmon Farmers Assn. – $100,000; Colombian Textile & Apparel Industry – $80,000; Comasa, de la Optica – $80,000; Contran Corp. – $505,000; Freddie Mac – $820,000; Glaxo Wellcome Inc – $40,000; GlaxoSmithKline – $590,000; Global Strategies Group – $180,000; Honeywell International – $220,000; Importers Service Corp. – $540,000; International Franchise Assn. – $290,000; JP Morgan & Co – $140,000; JP Morgan Chase & Co – $724,000; Lockheed Martin – $487,500; Mortgage Bankers Assn. of America – $140,000; National Assn. of Mortgage Brokers – $60,000; National Foreign Trade Council – $40,000; Occidental Petroleum – $1,650,000; Occidental Petroleum – $1,650,000; Philip Morris – $1,292,500; Tobacco Quota Warehouse Alliance – $120,000; Yukos Oil – $155,000;
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: Charles Black is McCain’s current chief strategist and a senior advisor to his 2008 presidential campaign. Black said he is still being paid by his firm and does work for clients in his “spare time”.
Richard Quinn, White Supremist
Beginning in 1981, Richard Quinn became the Executive Editor in Chief of the racist Southern Partisan Quarterly Review and as was still listed as the owner of the magazine as recently as 2005. Like McCain did originally, Quinn opposed the Martin Luther King holiday, writing it “should have been rejected because its purpose is vitriolic and profane.” In 2000, People For American Way called on McCain to fire Quinn, listing his disparaging of Nelson Mandela as a “terrorist,” his promotion of David Duke (“What better way to reject politics as usual than to elect a maverick like David Duke?”) and his selling of t-shirts praising Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. McCain wouldn’t fire him. He rejected the guilt-by-association charge, defending the man and disavowing the publication.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: The Washington Post this month described Quinn as the “longtime adviser [who] directed the senator to a crucial victory in the Palmetto State.” Politico reported that McCain paid Quinn’s firms $184,000. An article that was posted on McCain’s website in 2008 — that is no longer available — described Quinn as “a senior political consultant to the McCain campaign.”
Pastor John Hagee
In a 2006 address, Hagee stated, “The United States must join Israel in a pre-emptive military strike against Iran to fulfill God’s plan for both Israel and the West… a biblically prophesied end-time confrontation with Iran, which will lead to the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second Coming of Christ.” Over the years, Hagee the right-wing pastor has waged “an unrelenting war against the Catholic Church” by “calling it ‘The Great Whore,’ an ‘apostate church,’ the ‘anti-Christ,’ and a ‘false cult system.’” During an interview with National Public Radio, Hagee also blamed Hurricane Katrina on gays, saying the devastating storm “was, in fact, the judgment of God against … New Orleans.” The city, he continued, “had a level of sin that was offensive to God” because “there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came.”
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: Despite McCain’s statement in 2000 that “Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right,” McCain spent more than a year actively seeking Hagee’s endorsement. In February 2008, McCain stated, “I’m very honored by Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement today.” Only after public outcry did McCain repudiate Hagee.
Pastor Rod Parsley
Parsley has stated that “Islam is an anti-Christ religion that intends through violence to conquer the world.” Parsley has further stated that “The fact is that America was founded — I’m gonna stagger you right now — America was founded in part with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed.” He also said that Mohammed received revelations from demon spirits.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: McCain actively sought Parsley’s support to get evangelical votes. In February 2008, McCain stated, “I’m truly honored today to have one of one of the truly great leaders in America, a moral compass, a spiritual guide — Pastor Rod Parsley.” View Video. Again, after public outrage over Parsley, McCain was forced to repudiate him.
Todd Palin
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd, twice registered as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a fierce states’ rights group whose primary goal is for the state of Alaska to secede from the United States. Sarah Palin herself was never a member of the party, according to state officials. Founded in 1973 by Joe Vogler, Vogler stated, “I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions.” “Keep up the good work,” Sarah Palin told members of the Alaskan Independence Party in a videotaped speech to their 2008 convention six months ago in Fairbanks. She wished the party luck on what she called its “inspiring convention.”
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: Todd Palin is the husband of McCain’s vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin has attended their conventions and Sarah Palin herself sent them a videotaped address for their 2008 convention, telling them to “keep up the good work.”
Andrew McCain
Andrew K. McCain, sat on the boards of Silver State Bank and of its parent, Silver State Bancorp, both in Nevada, but resigned in July citing “personal reasons,” corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show. Andrew McCain also was a member of the bank’s audit committee, responsible for oversight of the company’s accounting. Regulators on Friday, September 5, shut down Silver State Bank, saying the Nevada bank failed because of losses on soured loans, mainly in commercial real estate and land development.
HOW CLOSELY IS McCAIN TIED TO HIM: Andrew McCain is John McCain’s son from his first marriage to Carol Shepp, the wife John McCain cheated on and left behind for Cindy Hensley.

Some of these remarks made here are just what Biden said about the dumbing down of America, there is not one thing we have now that anyone will take away, we will have more, less guns in the inner cities while protecting gun ownership every where else, less taxes, more jobs, still have women’s rights . I guess it is the dumbing down that keeps people from reading the issues or listening to Obama,these are the people that will listen and read what McCain and Palin spread, hate and violence, that is not what America is about, listen to what Colin Powell said on Meet the Press, that is what America is about,please vote for freedom.Obama /Biden
If you want to hate and like violence then vote Mccain/Palin

Natasha, do you even know what a Marxist is? Or as Inigno Montoya might say, “You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.”

Lot of hatred here. So if McCain is so good, why did he admit to voting with Bush 90% of the time? Why are we after 8 years of Bush/McCain scraping to get food on the table? Vote for McCain. But don’t come back here and say, “Sorry, I made a mistake” Socialism is McCain’s talking point right now, so I would assume you are part of his campaign. WV supporters for Obama said “I would rather have a black man for a friend and not a white man for an enemy.” I think that is what you will get with McCain

Do the wackos on the left know who Obama is, where he is from, what he stands for, and who his friends are? They do? and they don’t care? We do know that one of his friends is Biden who apparenlty watched FDR on television in 1929. If BO wins it will be fun to say, “I told you so,” when he and the idiot leaders of congress have
their way.

It is really, really funny to see everyone who’s posting about “Marxist” Obama…..I suppose it’s too much to expect that any of you have every read Marx? Pop Quiz for all those who like to throw around the M-word….can any of you…..and I do open this up to the whole group…any of you tell me:
A. What defines a Marxist
B. Specifically, which policies of Obama’s fall into that category
You see, those who throw around “Socialist”, “Marxist”, “Communist”, etc. are, by my experience, those least likely to have actually read and / or understood the philosophies behind these schools of political thought.
Here’s another school of political thought that I think you might need a refresher on, it’s call Democracy.

A story titled “Why Don’t I Know Jack About Joe” can be found on Ourecho.com as a current post. It was written by a fellow Delaware lawyer.

Joe ‘the Senator’, I’ll be voting for your former friend. America, Obama has one thing right, we don’t need another 8 years of an inexperienced Commander in Chief.
Sen. Obama, experience matters. I have made many mistakes in my short life. It is true, when I think about it, that each of those mistakes are among my greatest assets with respect to decision making, each and every one of them. This is because we all learn from our mistakes. At all times, I believe the best of my judgment is anchored in the cement that is my experience. I believe firmly that the longer I live, the more I will have experienced, and the better my judgment will be, on the balance. Sen. Obama, do you really believe that you have made enough mistakes to be the next President of the United States? I respect your ambition. I respect your charisma. I embrace your place in history, but I do not believe you have sufficient experience to lead this planet, not even close.
America, since the mainstream media has failed to examine Sen. Obama’s experience and lack of experience, you will have to determine for yourselves what exactly is Sen. Obama’s experience? What did he accomplish in the Illinois legislature? He was only there for a handful of years. What did he promise he would accomplish? What did he accomplish in the U.S. Senate? He has only been on the job as a U.S. Senator for 1xx days. What did he promise he would accomplish? What has he changed in this world? This country? The Presidency of the United States is an executive position Sen. Obama. Do you have any executive experience? Have you created a budget, negotiated a budget, revised a budget or managed adherence to a budget?
Sen. Obama insists on presenting Sen. McCain’s experience as being only an puppet of the Bush administration. I saw Senator McCain stand up to President Bush’s Defense Secretary. He stood in a manner that no other did. He changed the course of the war in Iraq. What percentage of all GOP legislative votes sided with President Bush’s? What percentage of all Democrat legislative votes sided with Presidents Clinton, Carter and Johnson’s policies? I have no idea, but I’d venture to guess that, had the media presented that information to the American public, we’d find rank and file partisanship throughout our recent history. How many Americans would be surprise by that?
Well Senator Obama, you might be able to claim that you did not support the Iraq war resolution, but what can you offer as proof that it was the right decision at that moment in our history? You were after all in the small minority. Our country was after all reeling from the worst terror attack in our nation’s history. How would history have judged President Bush had he not led our troops into Iraq and then, a massive terror attack occurred yesterday, perpetrated by terrorists that lived and trained in Iraq over the past few years, with or without knowledge of Saddam Hussein? I think about it this way: history failed to present enough evidence to push the World to coalesce and intervene in 1930s Europe. But modern history is 100% clear on that point, it would have been the correct decision. History might well judge the Iraq war to be not a right decision. History will judge the Bush administration on many points. One of those may even record it, in part, as a series of lapses in the judgment of a young President, swayed by the belief and conviction of an older, seasoned Vice President and the overwhelming circumstances of a world that had changed dramatically, in an instant. I agree with you Sen. Obama that we don’t need another eight years of the Bush Administration, we dont need another eight years of an inexperienced President.
Mr. Gibson, Ms. Couric, Ms. Behar, Ms. Mitchell … you do not get to dismantle the American vote. You and your colleagues might think you have the power to micro-filter democracy’s messages to your liking, but you do not get to dismantle the American vote. You might think you have the power to subtly, and not so subtly promote and gather others to blindly promote one candidacy, while casting another in the least flattering manner possible, but you do not get to dismantle the American vote. You do not get to dismantle America’s vote. The mainstream media bias in this election is at best described as repugnant and at worst, a slap to the face of democracy; an assault on the moral and righteous ideal that all American voters should be free to construct their vote on the basis of readily available, factually complete, accurate, relevant and unbiased fact. It is my opinion that, during this election cycle more than any other I have witnessed, the mainstream media has failed millions of American’s who rely on them, as a basis for constructing their vote. Am I wrong? I might be wrong, but I’ll ask you, the American voters to decide that for yourself, by asking yourself some questions. Questions such as why was so much time spent this election cycle mining for dirt in Alaska, why was so little time was spent tracking laundry in Illinois? Why has the mainstream media spent so little time illuminating the razor thin experience that the junior Senator from Illinois maintains as his credentials? Indeed, if the media was prepared to be fair and honest, they would have been able to report, with incontrovertible confidence, that they were reporting fact, that the candidate having the most experience directly relevant to the position of the Presidency of the United States is actually the candidate that has been relentlessly attacked by the media, both personally and professionally. The mainstream media owes an apology to American Democracy for its treatment of Gov. Palin. Why is it, that after finally deciding to give minimal airtime to the ACORN voter registration fraud issue, was it not mentioned that Sen. Obama’s campaign funded ACORN? Sen. Obama, in my mind, there is no distinction between committing voter registration fraud, serving as impetus to commit voter registration fraud or funding those serving as impetus to commit voter registration fraud. During the last debate, you did a fine job of distancing yourself from ACORN, but you failed to directly confront and condemn those that perpetrate or encourage voter registration fraud. You had a nationwide audience, and you chose not to act.
The President is the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces. That is a serious responsibility. I question how you can expect us to believe that you will effectively maintain the moral, skill and competence of our forces after you have insulted them. What will serve as your experiential basis for leading the U.S. Military? Do you have any military experience at all? Have you ever served in ROTC? Do you know firsthand the horrors of war? I believe that firsthand knowledge and experience is the most critical element one can use in formulating decisions, including the determination of when to and when not to deploy U.S. Military forces. Sen. McCain has that experience. That I know. That he has shown. The media can’t take that away from him.
With regard to foreign policy experience, do you think you are qualified to navigate the most powerful democracy the world knows during a time when the fundamentals of democracy are very much under attack? Are you ready to face Mr. Putin? Mr. Chavez? Kim Jung Ill? China? Iran? Are you ready to answer the 03:00 phone call? What experience do you have that I should judge gives you readiness? What is that experience? What foreign leaders have you negotiated with directly? What treaties have you signed? The media has presented none and neither have you. I have a good number of stamps in my passport Sen. Obama. I lived and worked in Germany for a brief period. Sen. Obama, I am not qualified by a longshot to make United States foreign policy, and you may only be marginally more qualified than I.
The oratorical is no substitute for judgment or experience Senator Obama. I do not believe that you have the experience to be President of our country. Experience matters Sen. Obama, and you are not ready, you have not made enough mistakes. But most glaring to me, Senator Obama is the one mistake that you seem willing to make over and over and it is the worst mistake one can make. That mistake is the action of not owning one’s mistakes.
Sen. Obama, you claim that you will cut taxes on 95% of all Americans. Is that true? Or let me rephrase, how can that be true? You told the voters of Illinois that you would cut taxes, but you have failed to do so in the U.S. Senate. Did you even try? Did you present a bill? Were it a committee issue did you encourage your peers to present one? Have you ever voted for a tax cut? What did you mean Senator Obama when you told Plumber Joe that you wanted to spread the wealth? Do you mean that you want to take money from Joe and give it to those with less money? Your running mate, Sen. Biden has commented that you would not be taxing additionaly those making under $250,000 a year. Sen. Biden commented that he knows no plumbers that make over $250,000 a year. I think that those who claim your tax policies embody class warfare are wrong. Wrong, because the policies are class warfare policies, but they are not directed against the haves, they are directed against the have-nots. Senator Biden, you may well be correct that few plumbers earn over $250,000 a year, but some that own plumbing contracting businesses probably do. What do those that spin your message have planned to say to that one plumber out of maybe six or seven that was employed by a plumbing company, but was laid off, because business is slow, new homes weren’t being built and President Obama’s tax increase forced the owner of the plumbing business to lay her off? The owner tried every angle possible, but was forced to make a tough decision. They were faced with the prospect of either making a tough decision or risk running the entire operation into financial distress and end up having to close operations and fire all workers? I guess you’d have Mr. Burton tell her that, even though she has no job, she does at least still have affordable healthcare? Senator Obama what will you say to the unemployed plumber in Ohio, father of two, that nearly had a job secured, the owner had just signed a good contract for a small building and he was ready to hire that plumber, but learned from his accountant, that Senator Obama’s tax increase has made it not possible to hire another employee? I guess you’d have Mr. Burton tell that plumber, that even though he still has no job, he does have a lower tax burden
Sen. Obama, you have stated over and over that Sen. McCain supports tax breaks for corporations that send their jobs overseas. The media has not reported on this one way or another, but if you are correct, then I commend Sen. McCain for doing so. What you don’t get, Sen. Obama, or perhaps don’t want the American public to get, is that income taxes, to a for profit enterprise are expenses not much different from the costs of raw materials and salary expenses for purposes of this discussion. All else equal, ladies and gentleman, a corporation will locate itself, and its jobs, or begin to locate itself and its jobs, in areas where it is least penalized in terms of taxes. This is how for profit American corporations behave and this is how they must behave. Their competitors are operating in that manner, continually scouring expenses to search for reduction opportunities. They have to. If they do not, they will be at a cost disadvantage and if their tactical errors are sustained, they may well go out of business in which case, even those jobs which remain in the United States, could also disappear. Even if the company does not fail entirely, some jobs may be eliminated, and chances are great that the highest cost jobs would be targeted first. Sen. Obama, America is not a low cost country, in these circumstances, they would be targeted first, all else equal. When those jobs are cut Sen. Obama, those new unemployed will not have money to support the ‘under $250k’ crowd…they won’t have money to support small businesses…is it sinking in at all?
Your position of not supporting tax breaks for corporations that export jobs overseas, indeed, only encourages them, at the margin, to further export jobs, or slow their job creation in the United States or end their job creation in the United States. This is global economic reality. The media can not distort this fact for you. At the final debate, I heard you add a carrot to your plans. You pulled that same tax string attached to the back of your head and out came the message you think the voters want to hear. If I got it correct, you’ll give tax credits to corporations that create jobs in America. In case you don’t know Senator Obama, this already happens today at the state and local level all across America. Have you thought about how much additionaly, it will cost the U.S. Treasury to employ workers, in an audit fashion, in order to verify which of all the xx million jobs that corporations claim they created actually exist? What are the time constraints? How long must they keep the job filled in order to receive the credit? What would happen when that time passes? Let me get this correct, you want to first keep tax rates on corporations high or raise them – thereby encouraging employers large and small to export their operations and jobs – and then at the same time you want to turnaround and give them a tax credit? You do realize that they are policy opposites don’t you? It looks to me that you might be trying to convince us that it would be a good idea to spend more on government for an unknown expected net job increase. If you can convince us of that Senator Obama, I’d suggest you also try to sell us a bridge to nowhere. Your tax policy is bigger government, bigger IRS, more regulatory burden on American Corporations and more administrative overhead makes them less competitive in the global market and less likely to employ. It is not the right policy Senator Obama.
Go back to the Senate and accomplish something Sen. Obama. Your candidacy is an insult to America.
oh and ps, the verdict has been in for decades on the effectiveness of spreading the wealth policies. Go visit an American Indian Reservation Sen. Obama. The only thing that has changed for the past several decades is the faces of the Washington politicians that have redistributed wealth to us. Do you have any clue what the average unemployment rate is in Indian Country Sen.Obama? Illicit drug use rate? Teen pregnancy rate? Pick a rate
Senator.

Dear 0accomplishments (and I assume that’s how many you have)
I’m just wondering how much the McCain campaign is paying you to post this swill?
Perhaps you forget that your employer caused the fire aboard the USS Forrestall by playing (what he thought) was a practical joke and dumping excess fuel into his jet engine which produced a flame directed at the plane behind him igniting one of the missiles on that plane. McCain’s practical joke cost the lives of 140 US sailors. As punishment his Admiral daddy flew little Johnny off to Saigon for some much needed R&R.
In addition, you can take your capitalist cool aid and shove it. It was this unbalanced and unregulated capitalism that has brought us to within an inch of our financial survival as a nation.
Since your so worried about billionaires paying more taxes you obviously are in favor of continuing to borrow money from China. That’s a typical republican position just borrow and spend, a real winner for America.
Obama HAS NEVER EVER said he would infringe on peoples right to bear arms. But then I guess your Republican handlers ordered you to post this anyway. Lets face it, if you want to win an election and have no positive program to present whatsoever you just make crap up about your opponent and mindlessly attack him with it. This, of course is another typical republican strategy. Let face it, their other choice is to tell the truth about what they really intend to do and you want to know what that is just look at the last 7 1/2 years of disasterous decisions made by McCains mentor.
Unless your on the board of Haliburton, Becthtel or any of the republicans other buddy corporations or if you just want this country and everything good it has ever stood for just flushed down the drain THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON (NONE) FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT VOTING FOR McCAIN.

To “kp”, who posted at 7:28:36 PM, on Oct 18, 2008:
Thou doth protest too much “my friend”, besides your single issue has absolutely no resonance as we thinking voters wrestle with the mess that Dumbya has left behind.
Keep your precious weapons; I care not. Vote for your already secure right; I care not.
Whine, type your fingerprints off; I care not.
I, and my fabulous club of intellectuals will install our “elitist”, our “that one”, our “friend of terrorists”, our “tax raiser, socialist, Muslim”, into the Oval office in two short weeks.
Cry. Gnash your teeth. Begin your eight year effort to impeach him; I care not.
Long love the U.S.A. Long live democracy. Long live Barack Obama, the fresh breath our nation needs.
Oh, “kp”? Have a nice day.

Captain: Thanks a ton for the math lesson. 3% of $10,000,000 only adds up to $300,000.
I thought I was going to have to purge my staff. I’ll only have to get rid of about half-a-dozen mid-level employees. Cool.
Cheers!
I suggest you look upon someone more qualified than myself for some math lessons, Al. You originally said you are paying 50% of your income in taxes and you can’t afford another increase..The corporate tax rate is roughly 35% for a corporation earning $10 M…OOOPS!!
Remember now?? Grandpa McCain mentioned it in the last debate…He tried to make it seem like businesses paying 35% in taxes are getting ripped off because they only pay 11% in Ireland..Of course what he didn’t mention was that Ireland isn’t trying to fund an idiotic $10 billion a month war.

Biden.
Please SHUT UP already with this McCain admiration and love and crap.
DO YOUR JOB RIGHT!

The Republicans are trying to cash in on the fear and myopia of the American public. It’s not that the Democrats wouldn’t do the same if they were down this much in the polls, it’s just interesting that the rightwing army is so willing to go to bat for this nonsense.
A 3% increase on the top Federal Tax Bracket = Socialism? Really? That’s all you’ve got?

OS – 08,
Spam much?

MCCAIN used to be a maverick until he became a BUSHIE sidekick with brown on his nose. He has voted 90% of the time with Bush policy and now look where our country is today! VOTE BIDEN if you can’t bring yourself to VOTE OBAMA

Huh – “A 3% increase on the top Federal Tax Bracket = Socialism?”
No, but a 3% increase on only one tax bracket in order to pay for cuts to other tax brackets and credits to people who don’t even pay income tax is forced wealth redistribution.

Reply to Doug – I am English and now live in France, my work means I travel extensively. In reply to Doug’s comments that Europe is now turning to the right, as Mr Sarkozy would say, my first point is: The UMP, Mr Sarkozy’s party is technically right but as in most European nations, right parties are somewhere to the left of the american Democrats. Angela Merkel is also of the centre right which means left of the American Democrats. With regard to how Bush and America are viewed by the populations of Europe – they are NOT liked! Here is an example of how America is NOT liked because of the Bush policies – whenever I meet new people and we as a group are trying to find things in common to form a basis of concensus we talk about America – it is NOT positive talk. If Mcain were fighting Obama in any European country Obama would win every time becuase he is ‘demoncratic’ becuase of his economic policies becuase of his foreign policies and absolutely because of his health policies.

Hey gun nut Nub-Tail, spare us your hate towards Obama. Gun nuts like you are responsible for the thousands of firearm homicides in our country. You want to give even criminals guns because you think they have the right to have one.
And you alleged freedom lovers don’t hesitate to support wannabe commies like Bush who hate our Constitution and flushed it down the toilet.
Your hypocrisy is really disgusting.

More lies about Democrats and guns.
I have been a gun owner and hunter for 30 years, I own a dozen handguns and six rifles.
The charges that Democrats will “Take away your guns” is absolutely FALSE!
I am so disgusted with the way McCain is running his campaign.
When you have NO agenda to run on you resort to Terrorism!
You constantly decry terrorist when what you are doing is TERRORIZING AMERICANS!
You all should be locked up for terrorism in Guantanamo Bay.
You are no better than the terrorist who attacked us on 9/11.
You can’t win an election with your ideas and policies so you have to resort to terrorizing the public.
You are despicable and scum of the earth!

McCain of all people should believe in unlimited stem cell research, after all, he still might be saved of all of the ravages of Alzheimers!

McCains choice of Palin as his VP says everything about the man-He’s more than just “erratic” he’s demented too.

What are you censoring the post…..

And when did the great GOP decide that Obama was a socialist? When they got a talking point, a sound bite from an off the cuff remark? This is when the GOP REALIZED for the first time that Obama was a socialist? One week ago? WOW! That’s a really sneaky guy, that OBAMA! Talking about his plans for two years and in debate after debate in the primaries and the Presidental election and if NOT FOR JOE THE PLUMBER – NO ONE would have realized it.
What a happy day for John McCain, that instead of the absolute drivel about Ayers, color and terrorists, he could have found a statement “sharing the wealth” that would actually give his campaign, in its dying moments, SOMETHING TO SAY….WOW. Thank YOU< Joe the Plumber for actually finding out where Barack Stands on the matter of taxes – we gonna tax the rich and give tax credits to the poor- what a SAVAGE!

If you listen to Joe Biden, you believe that we will be broke in a matter of weeks. He knows nothing about economics. Has he never heard of Kaynes? Does he appreciate that when you have a financial situation as we have at the moment, you reduce interest rates and keep taxes down. Do not increase taxes. Do not increase taxes. He does not understand the first point about Economics. How can he be a future Vice President?