Biden: Powell Endorsement Means ‘No More Questions’ About Obama’s Readiness

OBAMA = LEADER
McCAIN = FAIL

Obama gets cold reception in NC diner
Woman shouts ‘socialist, get out of here’ at Obama
by Christi Parsons
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.–The Crown Coliseum had been full of Barack Obama’s cheering fans.
The after-church lunch crowd at Cape Fear BBQ and Chicken was less hospitable to the Democrat.
According to the pool reporter at the lunch stop, the barbecue joint was filled with dozens of older and mostly white diners.
As Obama walked in, a woman at the other end of the restaurant, a woman began shouting at him.
“Socialist, socialist, socialist!” said Diane Fanning, 54, a Sam’s Club employee. “Get out of here.”
There was a lot of noise and excitement and positive reception as well and it was unclear whether Obama heard her, writes pool reporter Margaret Talev, of McClatchy Newspapers.
But there was no disputing the animosity later, when Obama tried to shake Fanning’s hand. She refused the gesture.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/obamas_a_socialist_woman_shout.html
WEL, WELL BARRY! IT LOOKS LIKE MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE IN NC..HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

What a joke Joe. The credibility of Collin Powell has been lost. Throughout Mr. Powell’s career he espoused Moderate Republican values similar to that of John McCain. I would have voted for Colin Powell had he run for President. To support a man with such inexperience, questionable integrity and above all the most liberal member of congress is eye opening and appalling. It proves that many educated blacks are making race the sole issue in the election. Mr. Powell’s primary reason was McCain’s VP choice and his ability to non supreme count justices. The VP candidate has more executive experience than Mr. Hussein. The court nom would be moderates as that is what McCain is and Mr. Powell has previouslt puported to be. Hussein’s nom would be radical left wing liberals. Mr. Powell’s stance and detest on gays in the military will have to be explained by Obama but he will be able to back track on this issue as on so many others. The Canadians can attest to Obama’s rhetoric regarding NAFTA and his closed door meeting to assure them he would not raise the issue after the election. The gullible American electorate as they are referred to will not bring the issue up as economic issue remains forefront of the election and trying to tie McCain’s policies to Bush. The fact that Bush has turned out to be a liberal democrat when it comes to spending and Obama wants to continue these policies has been deflected. The cause of the economic meltdown was created largely from liberal congress members voting records and

southern hospitality?; sounds more like unspeakable rudeness, both from the woman in the diner for shouting at sen. obama and refusing to shake a hand, and from you, for thinking that it was funny and that it showed obama getting what i suspect you think was his ‘comeuppance’. shame on both of you…

What qualifies Joe Biden to make that statement? Being an alcoholic, and an ignorant gaffe machine. The only reason Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama is because of race and color, not because Obama is qualified and experienced.

No. Not by a longshot Joe the Senator.
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? Many say that what you won’t make the same mistakes that others have because of your sound judgement (ie, your choice of pastor). The only thing, Senator, is that there still remain many mistakes yet to be written into this planet’s history books. You won’t always have the benefit of others experience, you’ll have to leverage your own experience and you have too little on which to base your judgement. 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, Mr. Matthews … 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 morale, skill and competence of our forces after you have insulted them (I have a friend that is an Army Reservist. He is deploying, again, to Iraq. He has a wife, a son and a daughter. He does not serve so that he can kill children and raid villages Senator). 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? Did you at least play with the little green plastic troops when you lived in Hawaii? 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 mentally 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 and learning from one’s mistakes. The surge worked Senator.
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 access to affordable healthcare? Senator Obama what will you say to the still 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 President Obama’s, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid’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 rate applied against his $0.00 income.
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, high cost American jobs would be targeted first, all else equal. When those jobs are cut Sen. Obama, those finding themselves newly 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 your handlers have planted in you, that message you think the voters want to hear. I was laughing a bit, but if I understand you correctly, 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, were actually created or do 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 timeframe passes? Let me point this out to my fellow voters. Senator Obama wants 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 he wants to turnaround and give them a tax credit for jobs they create? Senator, or maybe I should be addressing your advisers, you do realize that the two 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 decrease/increase. If you can convince us that those are winning policies Senator Obama, then I’d suggest you save us all some trouble, sell the American voters a bridge to nowhere and retire, pen some books, give some speeches. Indeed, 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, not by a long shot.
Go back to the Senate and accomplish something Sen. Obama. Your candidacy is an insult to America.
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? Suicide rate? Pick a rate Senator.

No. Not by a longshot.
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? Many say that what you won’t make the same mistakes that others have because of your sound judgement (ie, your choice of pastor). The only thing, Senator, is that there still remain many mistakes yet to be written into this planet’s history books. You won’t always have the benefit of others experience, you’ll have to leverage your own experience and you have too little on which to base your judgement. 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, Mr. Matthews … 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 morale, skill and competence of our forces after you have insulted them (I have a friend that is an Army Reservist. He is deploying, again, to Iraq. He has a wife, a son and a daughter. He does not serve so that he can kill children and raid villages Senator). 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? Did you at least play with the little green plastic troops when you lived in Hawaii? 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 mentally 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 and learning from one’s mistakes. The surge worked Senator.
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 access to affordable healthcare? Senator Obama what will you say to the still 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 President Obama’s, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid’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 rate applied against his $0.00 income.
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, high cost American jobs would be targeted first, all else equal. When those jobs are cut Sen. Obama, those finding themselves newly 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 your handlers have planted in you, that message you think the voters want to hear. I was laughing a bit, but if I understand you correctly, 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, were actually created or do 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 timeframe passes? Let me point this out to my fellow voters. Senator Obama wants 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 he wants to turnaround and give them a tax credit for jobs they create? Senator, or maybe I should be addressing your advisers, you do realize that the two 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 decrease/increase. If you can convince us that those are winning policies Senator Obama, then I’d suggest you save us all some trouble, sell the American voters a bridge to nowhere and retire, pen some books, give some speeches. Indeed, 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, not by a long shot.
Go back to the Senate and accomplish something Sen. Obama. Your candidacy is an insult to America.
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? Suicide rate? Pick a rate Senator.

But it opens questions about his true stance on the war!!!! Obama said he loathed the war…that supporting it shows a lack of judgment. He then picks Biden who voted for the war, and now he is “basking in the glow” of an endorsement from one of the Bush henchmen that sold the war. Anyone remember that Powell report on Saddam getting uranium from another country?
Also – Powell and Sam Nunn colluded to block Clinton’s plan to end the ban on gays and lesbians in the military. Powell was adamant that it should not happen.
OBAMA = more of the same!
Unhappy liberal….

DIANA, IT IS SO CLEAR TO SEE THAT YOU ARE A RACIST MEAN SPIRITED PERSON. I BET YOU ONLY HAVE A GED? OR MAYBE NOT

– the verdict has been in for decades on the effectiveness of spreading the wealth policies. –
Indeed.. we have been redistributing it from the middle class to the wealthy for years now.. to the point where the top 1% controls almost 40% of this nations wealth.
Thanks for pointing that out!

Diana in California;
so I guess by your philosophy, Joe Liberman and Mitt Romney are only supporting McCain because he is white?
People are so stupid, i’ll be so pleased on November 5th when you all can continue to cry; only then it will fall on deaf ears because it will be too late!
O and Joe, Cause Colin Said So!!!

wow! hey zerO, or whatever you’re calling yourself as you ramp up to post again. reposting very lengthy, and even thoughtful essays over and over again, does not make them right. you pretty much lost me when you applauded mccain for continuing to support tax breaks for companies who send jobs
overseas…whatever happened to ‘country first’?

It’s funny that someone said that Colin Powell, an educated black man chose color over “the right choice”. Than why does Obama poll so much better amongst educated WHITE people as well?
I would venture to say that he is far more educated than you, because he thinks this country should come before party, something most Republicans pretend they believe in, and then do the exact opposite.
Reading more of Jamesferrel’s entry just shows the Fox News puppet he really is. In fact it’s hilarious that now he is claiming that Bush is a liberal when it comes to spending!! Amazing. Every single Republican President since 1980 ends with a spending deficit and far more into debt. Only Bill Clinton ended with a surplus and cut our national debt. You’re a tool of fantasy land James. I wonder if you would even know what to talk about if Fox News didn’t feed it to you.

Powell lost all credibility when he lied to the UN. He’s as culpable as Bush and Cheney. did anyone see the look on his face when he was talking about it? He looked like he was going to cry. He didn’t look happy, he almost looked like he was acting.

Didn’t BIDEN a few months ago say Obama was not ready to lead.

Check out the HARDBALL interview with
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (MN)
This woman EXEMPLIFIES why I will not be voting for McCain and Parrot!
I can’t believe the crap spewing from her mouth. She is McCarthy 2.0 fostered by the McPalin campaign. I sent $50 to her opponent El Tinklenberg and I live in VA.
To the Republican leadership, “Freedom” apparently means we’re free to think just like they do.
“Freedom of Religion” now means we’re free to be Methodist, Baptist, or Presbiterians.
We cannot let these facist A-holes take our country!

zerO:
That screen name about sums up your intelligence when you post quite a long post (probably cut and pasted from somewhere) several times under another screen name along with this one.
Maybe you want the Corporations to continue to run America, but you are clearly in the minority on that one.
It’s time for a change and that change is NOT John McSame (a Wolf in Sheep’s clothing is still a Wolf, and John McSame can talk Change and Maverick, but every day he makes it more clear he is a neocon tool.
Obama/Biden 08

How has Powell’s endorsement suddenly given Obama experience. He still served only 143 days in U.S. Senate before deciding he was ready for the presidency, he still has not written a bill on his own, he still has no idea what the difference is between Revenue and Profit, he he still pushing “socialism” with his “spread the wealth” position.
Powells endorsement didn’t wipe away Obama’s friendship with an unrepentent murdering terrorist or a criminal, Rezko. He still sat in a Black Liberation theolgy church with his family listening to Rev Wright spew his hate for whites and America for 20 yrs. Obama’s extensive association with ACORN and the $832,000 he gave them to help when this election is still out there. He’s still part of the failed Democratic Congress and their passion for spending and welfare growth.
Oh and Hamas and Hezbollah and Louis Farakhan are all still endorsing him.
Nope, nothings changed, Obama is still an inexperienced liar.
Maybe if Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi’s endorses him I might reconsider…………Oh wait he did endorse Obama. Nope still not voting for him.

Same old crowd spewing the same old lines.. I would of thought the McCain camp could come up with some fresh new character attacks to distract from their dismal policy stances.. guess not.. is it no wonder the polls continue to dive for McCain.

Hannity has “Obama & Friends: History of Radicalism” on fox news right now. It’s very interesting to listen to the victims of Obama’s friends, Ayers and Doern.

antijake,
I lost you, because you are to stupid to realize that if those tax cuts (tax cuts for all corporations, including those that have, have not, might be considering and might not be considering exporting jobs overseas, in order to remain competitive) were not granted, even MORE jobs would have been exported.
I’ll write it in crayon for you: you have two choices to purchase brain to add to your clear lack thereof. One vendor will charge you $323/ounce another will charge you $134/ounce. From which vendor will you buy your brain? Sorry, $323 is not the right answer. You see you could actually pay less by paying $134.
Businesses would also choose the low cost vendor all else equal. Tax expense is a business cost. If it is worth it (the tax rate differences between the U.S. and another location are great enough) then they may well wish to export their jobs.
antijake, I am sorry you are naive. But when Sen. Osama states that McCain supported tax cuts for corporations that exported jobs overseas, the bill didn’t actually instruct the IRS to give a lower tax rate to corporations that exported the jobs. It intructed the IRS to apply a lower rate to all corporations. So, you see, your messiah is actually distorting a fact to make political hay, with, well, people like you.
I hope that helps you out.

To the Creep with the repeated long posts. Do you really think anyone is going to do anything but scroll past them quickly? I saw your act at another listing today, and I didn’t read those either, but I surely would take the time to report you if they had such a link here!

No. Not by a longshot, not even close.
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? Many say that what you won’t make the same mistakes that others have because of your sound judgement (ie, your choice of pastor). The only thing, Senator, is that there still remain many mistakes yet to be written into this planet’s history books. You won’t always have the benefit of others experience, you’ll have to leverage your own experience and you have too little on which to base your judgement. 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, Mr. Matthews … 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 morale, skill and competence of our forces after you have insulted them (I have a friend that is an Army Reservist. He is deploying, again, to Iraq. He has a wife, a son and a daughter. He does not serve so that he can kill children and raid villages Senator). 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? Did you at least play with the little green plastic troops when you lived in Hawaii? 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 mentally 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 and learning from one’s mistakes. The surge worked Senator.
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 access to affordable healthcare? Senator Obama what will you say to the still 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 President Obama’s, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid’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 rate applied against his $0.00 income.
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, high cost American jobs would be targeted first, all else equal. When those jobs are cut Sen. Obama, those finding themselves newly 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 your handlers have planted in you, that message you think the voters want to hear. I was laughing a bit, but if I understand you correctly, 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, were actually created or do 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 timeframe passes? Let me point this out to my fellow voters. Senator Obama wants 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 he wants to turnaround and give them a tax credit for jobs they create? Senator, or maybe I should be addressing your advisers, you do realize that the two 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 decrease/increase. If you can convince us that those are winning policies Senator Obama, then I’d suggest you save us all some trouble, sell the American voters a bridge to nowhere and retire, pen some books, give some speeches. Indeed, 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, not by a long shot.
Go back to the Senate and accomplish something Sen. Obama. Your candidacy is an insult to America.
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? Suicide rate? Pick a rate Senator.

– I’ll write it in crayon for you –
Apparently crayon is appropriate. Most corporations pay no federal tax anyway, so you can triple or quadruple the corporate tax rate and they will continue using tax code loopholes to pay zero..

Oh and Hamas and Hezbollah and Louis Farakhan are all still endorsing him.
Nope, nothings changed, Obama is still an inexperienced liar.
Maybe if Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi’s endorses him I might reconsider…………Oh wait he did endorse Obama. Nope still not voting for him.
Posted by: Sean A
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Stay tuned…
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – the President of Iran – will be the next one to endorse Obama. And, Obama will return the favor by having tea with Ahmadinejad somewhere downtown Tehran, while watching the “public hangings” of Iranian citizens.

Don’t forget liddy. McCain really is buddies with G. Gordon Liddy… who is a genuine, convicted, american terrorist.

Out of five, McCain and another democrat were found innocent, the other three, all democrats were found guilty. McCain was used by Keating. I’m sure that if McCain knew what Keating was all about he would not have been friends with him. As it was, McCain testified against Keating and helped put him in prison.
Obama was friends with Ayers even knowing that he and his group KILLED a police officer and tried to kill a Supreme Court justice and his family by firebombing their house with children inside.

Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Libyan Leader Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi marking the anniversary of the U.S. air raid on Libya. The address aired on Al-Jazeera TV on June 11, 2008:
Libyan Leader Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi:
“Obama Suffers Inferiority Complex That Might Make Him Behave “Whiter Than the White.” He Should Be Proud of His African, Muslim Identity. Ben-Gurion Gave the Green Light for the Killing of JFK ….”
TEXT (Qadhafi’s Public Address – June 11, 2008)
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1791.htm
VIDEO – Qadhafi: Obama is a Muslim – Qadhafi’s Public Address – June 11, 2008
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/gaddafi-obama-is-a-muslim/2563816338/?icid=VIDURVNWS07

Mr. Biden,
Are you serious? I have always thought you have a much better judgment.
Powell is the most dangerous person in the Bush administration who has done more damage that any other person to this country. It is Powell who rigorously promoted and led the country into a Bush’s war. It is Powell who has destroyed the World trust of the USA, thanks to his relentless propaganda of the Bush’s doctrine of war.
He is either lying or completely incompetent.
Now, his endorsement, being one of the 98%, to his Affirmative Action candidate is a reassurance to the people?
What is your guarantee that he is not making the same boneheaded mistake as he did at the UN?

Obamacrat, are you nuts? did you listen to Powell. He spent ten minutes explaining in minute detail about why he is supporting Obama, the real differences between the two AND the policy differences. Stop crying over this. Get over it. Find someone to endorse your BFF McCain… maybe someone important like… umm… Chuck Norris.

– Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – the President of Iran – will be the next one to endorse Obama –
Wouldn’t that be way cool! Just like Powell said:
“We have managed to convey to the world that we are more unilateral than we really are. The new president is going to have to fix the reputation that we’ve left with the rest of the world … and show that there is a new president, a new administration that is looking forward to working with our friends and allies. And in my judgment, also willing to talk to people who we have not been willing to talk to before. Because this is a time for outreach”.

McCain was found innocent in a court of law. But he was found to have used “extremely poor judgment” by the senate, and he was reprimanded. That is NOT what we need in the white house, someone who has no judgment.
And lets get real. Liddy admitted that plotted to kill people also, and McCain is his buddy.
The Ayers issue is just stupid slime being thrown around because McCain is losing so badly on the real issues.

– Powell is the most dangerous person in the Bush administration who has done more damage that any other person to this country. It is Powell who rigorously promoted and led the country into a Bush’s war –
Don’t look now, but McCain was pushing as hard or harder for the unprovoked invasion into Iraq.. might want to take off them GOP sunglasses, they appear to be interfering with your view on reality.

HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM A SOCIALIST PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA:
With Barack Obama as president, all the wealth in America will be redistributed to those who refuse to work for it.
This, in turn, will destroy America’s productivity – which will mean that there will be less wealth to “spread around”.
Therefore, Barack Obama will find it necessary to increase taxes on those who work. This, again, will destroy America’s productivity.
Business of all sizes will close, more and more people will be out of work, and looking for support from the government.
This will mean a severe shortfall in tax revenue for the Socialist programs that Liberals hold dear.
And again, Barack Obama will raise your taxes. This will make even the wealthiest working Americans destitute and starving.
Then America will be simply overtaken by its enemies.
Sounds good to you?
Go ahead and vote for Obama.

Sean A:
As is usual with you Repugnants, your post isfull of inaccuracies.
Cindy McSame continues to be a business partner with Keating. And Keating is by far not the only questionable association McSame has — there’s G. Gordon Liddy of Watergate fame, who advocates violence bythe ultra-right, and has donated $$ to McSame.
Obama and Ayers are NOT “friends” except maybe in the same sense that McSame calls us all “MY Friends (I’m certainly not one). They served together on a board and their children went to the same school (but probably at different times. There was no association that in any way related to Ayers views from his days as an Anti-War Radical during the Vietnam-Era when Barack Obama was about eight years old.
This line of attack clearly is not working for McSame, so why beat a dead horse.
President Obama — get used to it!
Obama/Biden 08

– HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM A SOCIALIST PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA: –
What are next weeks lotto numbers while you are at it?

– Time to pass the batan… –
Lets just hope Bush doesn’t drop it before Obama get there..

Concerned American,
I’d be concerned about the quality of the information you’re relying on. Indeed most corporations do pay taxes. Do me a favor, find a public company. Go to their website. Click on the link for investors. Click on the link to the 10-K and read it. Do a text search for the following phrases: income taxes, income tax expense, provision for income taxes Read and note the number and, if you care to write fact, alter your posts.
As far as concentrating wealth. The kids at google earned, again, they earned their wealth. Oh, and in the process, they have and still are employing many Americans. If you’re sore that you are not wealthy, then get off your rear and start a business, just don’t make over $250,000!

gmarie,
You are far too nice! The republicans dropped that baton, ran over it and crushed it into the ground, out of sight! We are still searching for the damn thing!

since when has any sense of reality stopped the McCain campaign from stating what it wants?

One_American – are you on CRACK? The Republicans have squandered a huge surplus and left us with a multi-billion dollar deficit. Because McCain’s economic guru pushed deregulation, we are headed for a depression. The corporate-owned Republicans have acted in blatant self-interest in blunder after blunder. You people are amazing!!! Your ability to rationalize the greed and ineptitude of your own party is mind-boggling! And, by the way, I’m proud to be called a liberals. (ooooo, what a put-down – we care for people other than ourselves)

– Indeed most corporations do pay taxes –
Quick link.. I’ll provide more after dinner :)
Cisco Systems, the second-most valuable company in America, paid no federal income taxes for its latest fiscal year thanks to a little-known corporate tax break on employee stock options.
Microsoft, which ranks No. 4 in market value, did not pay any federal taxes either, it seems.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/09/MN3707.DTL
Gotta love them loopholes ;)

Natasha,
But Colin Powell didn’t endorse McCain. That is why YOU are trashing him. Had he endorsed McCain then YOU would be speaking in glowing terms about him!

MORE EVIDENCE OF TYPICAL GOP & SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN HYPOCRISY!!
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Posted by: southern hospitality | Oct 19, 2008 8:15:04 PM
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/obamas_a_socialist_woman_shout.html
by Christi Parsons
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.–
“Socialist, socialist, socialist!” said Diane Fanning, 54, a Sam’s Club employee. “Get out of here.”
But there was no disputing the animosity later, when Obama tried to shake Fanning’s hand. She refused the gesture.
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QUOTE from “Southern Hospitality”:
“WEL, WELL BARRY! IT LOOKS LIKE MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE IN NC..HAHAHAHAHAHA!! ”
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Hi “Southern Hospitality”,
What you failed to include on your comments, is the part where Diane Fanning is a member of a local ‘hypocritical GOD fearing Evangelical, White-Preferred Christian Church’. That Presbyterian Church is known for its rebel-grey, Jesse James confederate support. Church members like Fanning read all of James Dobson’s ‘Focus on the Family’ books, but still practice hate when someone extends a hand of friendship as did Senator Obama.
I disagree with your statement above regarding money buying love in North Carolina. The money Senator Obama’s 3.3-million donors have raise to take the nation back from lobbyist, in support of the middle-class, has no bearing on people like Fanning who is so hateful she is out of the reach of simple reasoning, logic and everyday ‘true southern hospitality’.
It is amazing how these hypocritical Christians like Fanning go to church on Sunday and sing songs about going to Heaven, but won’t shake the hands of their Christian brothers here on earth like Senator Obama.
See paragraphs below as some of the parts that “Southern Hospitality” intentionally left out.
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QUOTE FROM http://WWW.SWAMPPOLITICS.COM – -
“Later, Obama came to the long table where Fanning and other members of a local First Presbyterian church were gathered. He held out his hand to her to shake it and asked, “How are you, ma’am?” but she declined to shake.”
“He spoke at length with many of the others parishioners at the long banquet table, however, and got a much friendlier reception as he spoke about health care, taxes and social security. Fanning told your pooler, “Some of ‘em are just nicer than I am. I know how some of ‘em think.” ”
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GOD Bless the United States of America!
GOD Bless the Obama-Biden Leadership Team!
. . .and FATHER forgive Diane Fanning; for she know not what she do.

As many of my fellow Canadians ,I have been watching the Presidential campaign with great interest. Its been disheartening to see the vicious slimy campaign being waged against the first African American candidate for Presidency. And many of us wonder how it is that such hateful racism is allowed to continue…surely this isnt typical of Amercian politics? Attacking a man’s character rather then his policies is reprehensible. Sen. Obama, to many of us, is the person we see as the man who can be the agent of change needed in this unstable world we now live in..both economically and internationally. Its very difficult for those of us who were not familiar with Sen. McCain prior to this campaign to comprehend how he was considered a man of great honour. A man of honour and strong moral values would not allow this type of dishonorable campaign!! It must be an embarrassment to many Americans to see the type of borderline racial hatred being displayed at the Palin /McCain rallies.As well as the vicious lies being espoused by the McCain Rebublican campaign. I cant imagine how hurtful this rhetoric is to minorities living in the US..especially blacks and Muslims…
Its bewildering to many of us that the type of rhetoric and the antics (like the robocalls)are not more loudly condemned by the media??? There have been mild reprimands to be sure…but it has been mild. Freedom of speech should not mean those who wish to promote hatred and racism be allowed to do so!! Please speak out loudly and clearly that what the Republicans are doing is wrong!! It is unfortunately hurting America’s reputation as a inclusive society..a society that will not tolerate racial divide!!

Deer Concerned,
I’ll help you out. Maybe don’t rely on the Nancy Pelosi Times to get your corporate income tax information. Your article is about the year 2000, which, I think included tax law in effect under the Clinton/Lewinsky Administration. Let me bring you up to date!
Please go here:
http://investor.cisco.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-08-166496
Page 6 of the report. “Provision for income taxes: 2008 = $2.2 billion ; 2007 $2.1 billion
Similarly for Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/aspx/secfilings.aspx
click on the 10-K reports:
page 41
provision for income taxes: 2008 = $6.1 billion ; $6.0 billion ; 2007 $5.6 billion

@Natasha
And so did Ronald Reagan. That is what is so funny about this made-up controversy.
Walter H. Annenberg, the founder of the Annenberg Foundation, was a distinguished diplomat and a close friend of the Reagans. He was the one who introduced President Reagan to Margaret Thatcher, did you know that?

Natasha,
But Colin Powell didn’t endorse McCain. That is why YOU are trashing him. Had he endorsed McCain then YOU would be speaking in glowing terms about him!
Posted by: Donna Hughes
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No my dear, in fact Powell’s endorcemnt would have done more harm that good to McCain for the reasons explained in my comment. I would have preferred Powell to keep quiet – not endorsing any of the two candidates.
It was the other day that feaking CNN had a special report on Powell’s speech at the UN (2003) and balsted him and our Intelligence agencies. Today, CNN is considering Powell’s endorcement of Obama as an endorcement coming form God!
You left-wing-liberals can not have it both ways. Up to now you were trashing Powell because of his UN speech – now he is GOD, hah?
I can tell you one thing for sure…Although I disagree with Powell I still respect him as a person. I have absolutely NO respect for Marxist Barack Obama.

I have a question for everyone that believes in Obama’s “Spreading the Wealth” around as well as anyone or company that is make above $250,000 is rich. Did it occur to anyone of you who will be hurt the most by Obama’s “spread the wealth around” plan? Have you ever thought about the non-profits companies that do not get a single dime from the federal gov’t? I guess you haven’t because these companies rely on Exxon, GE, AT&T, big major coporations that now will see their profits dwindle and will cut back on their donations to non profit organizations. Think about that. Oh yea one other thing, if big major corps. make less profits, what investor will want to invest their monies into major corp. when the profits are only 5% and the investor is only making 2% on the return of their money? I hope you think about this before you vote. think about the single mother with 2 kids that makes $10 an hour and the ex-husband won’t pay child support because he is a dead beat. But Obama is going to fine the single mother for not providing health insurance for her 2 kids.

Well hello redneck Republicans,
Your whole party runs on fear-tactics, that’s the only way you can win elections.
How many of you fools have now mentioned that Colin Powell endorsed Obama because he is black!! That would be like saying General Petreaus endorsed McCain because he is white.
You people are so ignorant it’s amazing. Go back to that Alaskan meth lab and hang out with the hunters and red necks. Let the power-elite and intellectual liberals continue to run the hyper-urban areas, while the Republicans hang out in shacks in places like rural Oklahoma and Alabama, begging for the government to give US (wealthy democrats) more tax breaks. Keep going along that line of logic and you’ll be further impoverished and the chasm between US (wealthy democrats) and the poor (many redneck Republicans) will keep growing.
liberal dominated media
liberal dominated higher education
liberal dominated Hollywood
Redneck Republicans want more tax breaks for the wealthy democrats!, okay — you got it! Hope you enjoy living in squalor.

Powell’s endorsement of Obama does not change my mind … I stand with MCCAIN/PALIN.
Powell endorses Obama because Powell has a bone to pick with the Bush Administration. Powell thinks the Bush administration has not been fair to him and that he was somewhat of a scapegoat for Iraq.
Powell aside, bottom line is: Do we have enough Americans out there, Republicans, Independents, Democrats, black or white, yellow or brown, green or purple for that matter, rich or poor, fat or thin who do not want to see an America run by OBAMA, PELOSI AND REID.
Do we have enough Americans who can see sense and know that we CANNOT have an America in the full hands of OBAMA, PELOSI and REID.
THAT SPELLS ONLY ONE THING – DISASTER FOR THE COUNTRY WE ALL LOVE.
Just look at their records … the most LIBERAL THERE IS … LOOK AT OBAMA’S TIES WITH REZDO, AYERS AND FRAUDULENT ACORN. LOOK AT PELOSI and REID’S inability to lead the last 2 years … Congress’s approval rating under Pelosi is even worst than when it was under the Republicans.
America, use your common sense. We all have that … BALANCE in government PROTECTS US ALL.
THINK HARD WHEN YOU ARE IN THE POLLING BOOTH – AND VOTE FOR COUNTRY FIRST …
GOOD NIGHT …

Enough with this surprise endorsement! What did you expect? Powell to endorse McCain? This is the most racialized election this country has ever seen! Powell was the one who sent us to war but Obama is quite happy with this endorsement and his Vice President who voted for the war also. But he could not bring himself to accept that Hillary Clinton voted along these same lines for the war also, based on bad intelligence.
This election was not only bought by Obama millions–Obama won the nomination of the Democratic party not by a campaign slogan called “change and hope” but in fact a campaign engineered by his strategist David Axelrod who set out to engage in race baiting to the highest level in a familiar style of Chicago politics.
Don’t be fooled; it’s not a “new style of politics” based on hope and change. It’s the race baiting machine at work with Axelrod at the helm. Something he has managed to do successfully in getting many a black politician elected–Harold Washington, Chicago’s first black mayor, Dennis Archer in Detroit, Michael White in Cleveland; Anthony Williams in Washington, D.C.; Lee Brown in Houston; and John Street in Philadelphia.
Tigre Hill’s 2003 documentary, The Shame of the City, explains exactly how Axelrod operates his smear tactics campaign and fan the flames of racial tensions in a behind-the-scenes role.
As a result of such a campaign, not only was a more qualified Senator Hillary Clinton denied her rightful nomination but a true war hero and well-respected Senator whose record proves his commitment to doing what is right, not simply what is politically expedient and who is clearly the best man for the job!

Natasha, from the web site:
FactCheck.org’s staff, not the Annenberg Center, is responsible for this material.
Keep clinging dear.. it is indeed fun to correct your ‘facts’, although you have become quite repetitive lately!

Powell DID NOT want to go to war with Iraq. He told the President not to do it. Vheney and Rumsfeld are the one’s who convinced Bush. This is documented.
McCain was the one, via his vote, that sent Powell to the UN. McCain gave Bush the power to start a war.
And the “intelligence” Powell presented to the UN had intentionally been cherry picked by Cheney and Rumsfeld to justify taking us to war.
When Powell found out about the lack of credibility in the intelligence information, and how it was obtained, he quit.
Pubs can try and discredit him all they want. Independent voters ARE listening to him.
The only question now is will Obama win big or will it be a landslide!

300 retired generals and admirals and 4 secretaries of state have endorsed Mr. Mccain …. secretaries of state that have endorsed mr. mccain are …kissinger/haig/eagleburger/shultz
obama 1 powell.

im an independant, who sadly has to vote for mccain, and i will GUARANTEE you, this election will NOT be a landslide. it will still be a dead heat on election day. mark my words. if we have learned anything in the last year isnt it that we cant trust the media? they are making it seem like the election has already taken place.. lol

8 more year! 8 was not enough! We want MORE! Vote Republican! 8 more years!
Seriously, 8 years of Republicans in the White House was enough . .. its the Democrats’ turn – and by the way the Democrats are not demons despite what the nutjob right might say. Many Republicans will be voting Democrat this time – enough is enough.

Considering the Fact that
Colin Powell was the face of the
Bush Administration from 2001-2005 I fail to see how this late in the game endorsement helps Obama!
Obama’s main claim to fame is that he
opposed the war in Iraq from the
Gitgo!
Powell on the other hand made the Bush
Administrations case on Iraq’s WMD to
the U.N. and the United Nations!
He fully supported the decision to
invade Iraq and to this day has not made any criticism of that decision!
This is akin to President Bush
endorsing Obama!
How do the antiwar Democrats
reconcile this?
Powell offers scant explanations for
his endorsement!
As has been the case for most of the Obama campaign this appears to be
a decision made on race and race alone!
I have lost all of the respect that
I had for Powell as a result of this
ludicrous endorsement!
Shame on you Colin Powell!
It won’t work! Mr redistribution of the
wealth, Barack Obama is going down!

pefros…
usually i might be able to agree with you, but obama, pelosi, and reid as the nations leaders??!!! they ARE the left wing nuts that normal americans refer to in the democratic party. idealists, not leaders.

gmarie: read more carefully–the person who is a pompous ass was attempting to ‘tutor’ me in world economics, and took my name and used it as the first part of his own. oh, and in addition to being a pompous ass and brainwashed by the right wing as to how economies work, he also can’t use the correct form of the homophone ‘to’…

Southern Hospitality–
Why do you think bad manners are a good thing?
I despise W. and think he was the worst president in history. However, I thought it was rude and unacceptable when W.was booed at a ball game.
I hope you teach your children better manners than that.

Powell Endorsement might turn out more harm than good for Obama because Powell also is black. He should keep quiet. Just my thought.

I so look forward to 11/5.
McCain is a tool and Palin is a pile of steaming moose poo.
They cannot exit the stage soon enough.

tim – I think you’re over-complicating the significance of this decision by Powell. He was a Republican secretary of state who endorsed the Democrat nominee.
I believe that’s the first cross-over endorsement from past secretaries of state.
Plus, you can add to that Powell’s stature. He is the guy the Republicans would have loved to run in 1996 or 2000.

“…Oh yea one other thing, if big major corps. make less profits, what investor will want to invest their monies into major corp. when the profits are only 5% and the investor is only making 2% on the return of their money? I hope you think about this before you vote….”
Posted by: 55Mariposa
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2% return and on top of that the racing inflation!
Another thing that the left-wing-liberals are so happy about is that Marxist Obama will impose higher taxes for example on the Oil Companies – Exxon Mobil etc. Well, what the liberal morons do not understand is that Exxon Mobil and the other Oil companies will pass the cost of the higher taxes right back to every single one of us – at the pump!
Or do the liberals think that if Obama starts taxing more the big corporations those companies will not respond with lay-offs or packing theit bags and set up shop in another country?
That is why communism failed -because morons around the world like our left-wing-liberals here worshiped once some other “Messiahs”! When they realized the travesty of communism then it was too late.
Americans- think before you vote. Do NOT let Marxist Obama destroy our country with his… “USA: The New Communist Experiment”

At a time like this – 2 wars, economy in chaos, housing and energy crisis, can we afford an America being in the hands of the EXTREME LEFT ? Can we have an America in the full control of OBAMA, PELOSI AND REID? Can we afford an America with NO CHECKS and BALANCES .. Can we afford an America where the EXTREME LEFT can run with their most EXTREME LEFT AGENDA?
America, We dont care what you are … it does not matter if you are Republican, Democrat, Independent, black, white, brown, yellow, orange, green, bald or a head full of hair, tall or short, educated or not … We need to come together for sake of COUNTRY AND COUNTRY ALONE.
WE CANNOT AFFORD AN AMERICA RUN BY OBAMA, PELOSI AND REID … WE CANNOT AFFORD AN AMERICA WITH OBAMA AS PRESIDENT AND DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE ESPECIALLY WHEN OBAMA IS THE MOST LIBERAL SENATOR WITH SUCH QUESTIONABLE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE REV. WRIGHT, AYERS AND ACORN. THE LIST GOES ON .. AND IF THE LIST IS THAT LONG, IT IS NOT COINCIDENTAL.
AMERICA, WHEN IN DOUBT, VOTE ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION – VOTE COUNTRY FIRST .. VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN. …
THE ALTERNATIVE IS A COUNTRY RUN BY OBAMA, PELOSI AND REID …
THAT IS A COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS NO BALANCE IN GOVERNMENT … THAT IS A COUNTRY THROWN TO THE MOST EXTREME LIBERAL LEFT … THAT IS THE COUNTRY WE ALL CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE.
THANKS … AND PLEASE THINK THROUGH CAREFULLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT IS ALL I ASK.

Hey Paul,
Have you punched any frogs lately to see how far they will jump?

Be Wise America–
Choosing wise is not choosing Palin. She is a total doof and not fit to even visit the white house on a tour.
She drove me to vote for McCain.

Natasha–
Boris is calling for you, time to hunt some moose.

Seriously, 8 years of Republicans in the White House was enough . .. its the Democrats’ turn – and by the way the Democrats are not demons despite what the nutjob right might say. Many Republicans will be voting Democrat this time – enough is enough.
Trying to demonize the Democrats is the last gasp of the nutcases of the right.
It’s the Democrats turn. 8 years of the Republicans was enough.

Reading the posts, you can just sense the desperation of Pub supporters.
McCain and Palin have hit the iceberg and the ship is going down.
Pretty pathetic when McCain won’t even say Palin is qualified. All he can say is “he’s proud of her”.
I was proud of my daughter when she did her first play in 2nd grade. Not the most convincing endorsement for the credibility of your Vice Presidential running mate.
Rather than trying to smear everyone’s character, next time why not just get some decent candidates?
You don’t have to decide right now, you have at least four years to think about it.

@reaganfan:
Ronald Reagan Jr. on his mother, Former First Lady Nancy Reagan:
“I can tell you though that she’s also very impressed with Barack Obama…she’s just impressed by his demeanor, is not just that he’s an eloquent guy and a guy who gives a good speech, a lot of people said that about my father too. But she sees through that. She’s been around a long time and she looks at Barack Obama and she sees the words, hears the words and she perceives character there. She thinks this is a good guy, a guy who means well and is a strong character.”
On McCain’s VP pick:
“Sarah Palin is in no way qualified to be vice president or certainly president. John McCain is a 72 year old cancer survivor, not just any cancer, melanoma. Not just any melanoma, melanoma above the neck. It was his obligation to choose somebody who could realistically step into the big chair and Sarah Palin is not that person.”

Seriously, though, why was Biden in the northwest? Almost makes you think the Obama camp is looking at some slippage in the numbers there.

The Republicans have already been busy redistributing the wealth for the past 8 years.
They’ve been helping redistribute money from the lower and middle income groups to the top 5% of the rich.
8 years of Republicans in the White House and 6 in congress and senate lining their pockets, blowing the budget and generally just making a mess of stuff . . . guess what?

– Page 6 of the report. “Provision for income taxes: 2008 = $2.2 billion ; 2007 $2.1 billion –
Cisco:
Page 8: Actual income taxes: $107,000,000
This on a company whos net income was $10,255,000,000 or about 1% of net income.
Microsoft:
Page 42: Actual income taxes:
$3,248,000,000 on a net income of $17,681,000,000
better, about 18%, but still nowhere near the 35% corporate tax rate as specified by the IRS.

antijake – my sincere apologies. I read too quickly and became hot under the collar with the rude and condescending tone this other person was taking with you! Usually, I have much better manners. =)

If Obama wins Viginia, game over. We will probably know who is president by 9 p.m. Eastern Time.
The networks are already freaking out about how to fill the time.

Neocon=Fascist – okay, and that’s cool. Well, its not completely accurate, as McCain-Palin have had a couple turn-outs larger than 11,000. The crowds were over-estimated by the campaign, but even the fire marshall and local police counts for a couple showed numbers above 11,000.
But still, for a veep candidate by himself, 11,000 is impressive.
But why there? It wouldn’t seem to make sense. If you’re going to fly Biden west, why not send him to Nevada or New Mexico instead, where Obama is leading but it is close enough the think McCain could still potentially win?

Natasha,
For God’s sake go find Bullwinkle, that story is about 8 months old.
You don’t have to put your hand on your heart for the Star Spangled Banner.
Get a life.

Diana in California,
If you’re Hispanic, why do you go with the party, where Tancredo, Romney and Guiliani destroyed each other by trying to prove who hated Mexican immigrants the most?
It’s your choice, but if you’ve read these posts, you might be aware that there are a lot of white supremacists on here. They telegraph their punches. You don’t think they’ll take exception to you at some point?

“…Obama’s national healthcare program is crap. There is not sufficient tax money to pay for most of Obama’s pipe dreams that he calls programs. I guess the government must start printing worthless money again….”
Posted by BlackJack
————————————
BlackJack- Obama’s “Nationalized Medicine” plan is a LEMON!
Obama and those who support his “Nationalized Medicine” plan can get the heck out of the US and move to Cuba or North Korea!
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/gop-senator-sla.html

Natasha—
Go check your e-mail, your talking points are so 5 minutes ago.

– Obama and those who support his “Nationalized Medicine” plan can get the heck out of the US and move to Cuba or North Korea! –
Anyone who calls obamas plan “nationalized medicine” just shows they have no clue.

As as republian I admire Collin Powell. I hate to say it hes right. McCain and Palin are a joke and I will not support this team. I will always be a republican but I will cross party this time and vote for Obama/Biden.

Biden is a joke. He was one who questioned the prophet’s readiness. Now he said people should no longer question whether the empty suit is ready? Is he kidding? Somehow Powell’s endorsement is to silence the rest of Obama’s critic? I wonder if people recognize a pattern here. Shut up, shut up, shut up! Don’t question, listen and obey! Heil Obama!! Is this what we can expect? Fascist socialism from Obama and Biden?

Blackjack/Natasha
I love it when you GOP fascists agree with yourselves to make it seem like there’s more of you than there actually are. At the end of WWII only the Hilter Youth didn’t know that Germany was lost.
So good to see that their spirit for supporting the Fuhrer is alive and well in the one of you.

Paul,
I have thought about that too. I slowly came to the realization that this McCain is the “real” McCain.
Once you hear his entire bio, you can see this is who he has always been.
The article in Rolling Stone was excellent.

Natasha,
For God’s sake go find Bullwinkle, that story is about 8 months old.
You don’t have to put your hand on your heart for the Star Spangled Banner.
Get a life.
Posted by: Facts
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MICKEY MOUSE – STOP WRITING WITH 2 DOZEN DIFFERENT NAMES.
Whether you and That One like it or not, there are LOTS of things that are old but we will KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT. Of course, you do not like it but I say…TOO BAD!
You get it, baby?
Go get a job Marxist Obama Operative.
Again, next time you decide on a diferent name make sure that you also change your IP address, BOZO!

As an OBAMA supporter; I say to the McCain supporters, let’s end this race on a respectful tone. Both sides need to bury the hatchet now. This race is over. No matter which way it goes, at this point, people minds are already made up. We all know who we are voting for. Some folks have already voted. Save your blogging energy for other subject. After 3 debates and endless news coverage, we all have come to closure with our decision. So, for the good of our country, stop acting like immature kids who hasn’t been properly raised and start respecting each other position. We can agree to disagree.

fun how obama is so far ahead that he needs an endorsement from the very guy who got us into Iraq in the first place
powell to get back at Bush falls right in
why does obams need this endorsement now?
to take the focus off his “joe the plumber’ socialistic fau paux
yup, he might as well showed up in a tank like Mike Dukakis
Hard working Americans don’t like government taking more, and they also don’t like a lofty liberal defacing one of their own (Joe the plumber)

Natasha,
For God’s sake go find Bullwinkle, that story is about 8 months old.
You don’t have to put your hand on your heart for the Star Spangled Banner.
Get a life.
Posted by: Facts | Oct 19, 2008 11:09:23 PM
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Natasha is the kind of dope that probably believes Bush and Cheney are patriotic just because they placed their hand over their hearts. However, given their policies a good case could be made that Bush and Cheney are heartless.

Tom,
It is “fun” how Obama is so far ahead.
Good of you to admit it.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,OBAMA/BIDEN 2008,
A clear choice.

I was just going to ask if anyone had read the Rolling Stone article about McCain but saw it was already mentioned! When I read it, I lost the last shred of belief I had in his call to being a “maverick”. His actions have always been self-serving.

jake taylor
it is fun, bad typo, because in reality the polls are way off and Obama knows this
and don’t even fully reflect his post debate / JTP crisis loses
we’ll see nov 4

Paul,
I completely agree. I think Virginia may fall for Obama, but I don’t see any others that were red going that way. I would love to be surprised.
I want Ohio to go blue but I have a pretty queasy feeling. When people in Ohio or hanging Obama in effigy, I question the state will go for him.
The consensus is that Obama is almost guaranteed to win the popular vote but does not have a lock on the electoral college.
The entire west coast will remain blue.

tom: “because in reality the polls are way off…”
I’m not saying they couldn’t be, but I don’t see how you can claim to know what’s really happening in terms of the support each campaign has if not by the polls.

The significance in Powells endorsement is that it shows how, regardless of party affiliation, people are realizing that Obama is the best candidate for turning this country in the right direction, and are willing to break party lines to do what is best for America and it’s citizens.
For an example of how historic this election has become, the Chicago Tribune has officially endorsed Obama. Some may say, “chicago! no wonder”! But consider this, the Chicago Tribune has never, let me repeat that, NEVER in it’s 136 year history endorsed a Democratic presidential candidate. The Tribune’s first great leader, Joseph Medill, was a founder of the GOP. The editorial page has been a proponent of conservative principles. It believes that government has to serve people honestly and efficiently.
Why have they decided to endorse Obama?
“On Nov. 4 we’re going to elect a president to lead us through a perilous time and restore in us a common sense of national purpose.
The strongest candidate to do that is Sen. Barack Obama. The Tribune is proud to endorse him today for president of the United States.”
And they give many, many more rational and considered reasons in their endorsement article. This is truly a historic election, and all should be proud to be able to participate in it.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-chicago-tribune-endorsement,0,1371034.story

Concerned in America–
I am too lazy to post the long ones, thanks for countering Natasha the Dummy

“His actions have always been self-serving.”
What do you expect from the son of an admiral and the grandson of an admiral? His upbringing on naval bases around the world taught him to believe he was better than everyone else! He has been used to unquestioned deference and obedience his entire life! Why do you think he gets so twitchy if anyone DARES question him?
If you had ever served on a military base, you would know that.

do tell why being a republican makes one a KKK member?
who is trying to steal this election?
can you say Acorn boy’s and girls?
show me a qualified canidate
I look at their record, their character and not the color of their skin
so will the average voter
who didn’t drink the koolaid
Not only will Mccain win nearly all the red states, he will take Pennsylvania outright
sorry – hard working people don’t buy the socialist in hiding canidate

NV-Sparkle – McCain does smack of Navy elitism. As a retired Marine officer, I can tell you from what I’ve seen, Navy officers are far more elitist than those from other Services. And McCain strikes me as being a perfect fit in that culture.

Tom–
Acorn was a bunch of lazy minimum wage workers who had quotas to fill and so filled out phony registration forms.
Do you really think Mickey Mouse was going to show up to vote at the polls?
Besides ACORN turned the info in, in the first place.
You can’t have voter fraud when not one of these people voted, cuz they weren’t real.
Acorn is a non-issue.

Tom–
PS…McCain has to win ALL the red states. He can’t lose even ONE.
He won’t win Pennsylvania. Obama is up by 12. Keep on hoping racism will rear its ugly head but it ain’t going to happen.

Voters the Polls Neglected: All Military Branches Strongly Support McCain
http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/081003_ep_2pp.pdf
Posted by: LightSeeker
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This is a must watch for all patriotic -morally sound American fellows.
A USA Military History (Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6370539579217643597&hl=en
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
AMERICA DO NOT VOTE FOR MARXIST OBAMA!
AMERICA SAY NO TO OBAMA’S…
“USA: THE NEW COMMUNIST EXPERIMENT”

I hear that the second investigation is going well for Governor Palin. They still haven’t found out about the Governor’s affair with her female secretary.

McCain will carry nearly all the Bush states, except Iowa (where he talks honestly why Etahnol subsidies are wrong) and possibly Colorado or New Mexico
do the math yourself at Real Clear Politics, he takes Penn it’s over
why will that happen
Hillary Puma’s, racist comments on W. Penn voters, Obama’s guns and religion comment and joe the plumber
you dems can feel smug all you want,
but Obama loses the electorial college
despite all his Acorn efforts

Natasha,
The IVAW did an expose on that poll last week. It was fiction, start to finish.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/obamas_a_socialist_woman_shout.html
WEL, WELL BARRY! IT LOOKS LIKE MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE IN NC..HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Posted by: southern hospitality | Oct 19, 2008 8:15:04 PM
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If you’re looking for a McCain endorsement, get comfy. You’ll be waiting for a while.

Tampa Bay beat the Red Sox- woo hoo.

Tom,
If Obama takes Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado he can afford to lose Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida.
He is not going to lose all three of those.
McCain can’t win.

– who is trying to steal this election?
can you say Acorn boy’s and girls? –
Tom, why do you people INSIST on being obtuse? Voter registration fraud does NOT equal voting fraud!!! Just because some goofy, minimum age-earning employees turned in fictitious cards does NOT mean that those fictitious people are going to show up to vote. The Repubs gripe about this same thing every election WHILE they are out trying to suppress the vote by coming up with inventive ways to keep folks from being able to vote!! Again, you repubs amaze me with your duplicitousness.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!
AMERICA DO NOT VOTE FOR MARXIST OBAMA!
AMERICA SAY NO TO OBAMA’S…
“USA: THE NEW COMMUNIST EXPERIMENT”
Posted by: Natasha | Oct 19, 2008 11:43:51 PM
=================================
THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING!
FEAR FEAR FEAR! FEAAAR THE BOOOOGEY MAN!!!! TERROR! DO YOU FEEL IT? DO YOU????
ARE YOU AFRAID?????
be afraid. be very afraid. McCain/Palin!
Im John McCain and I approve this terrorist message.

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 COMMUNIST 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/

Natasha,
Do you even know anything about Marxism. It would appear not.

– who is trying to steal this election?
can you say Acorn boy’s and girls? –
TOM? are you serious man???
LOL!!!!!! !
dude get some folic acid or somethin man!

– you dems can feel smug all you want,
but Obama loses the electorial college –
Just looking at the strong (poll wise) states, Obama is leading in electorial votes 264 to 137 according to http://www.electoral-vote.com
But it’s never over until the fat lady sings in November.

Electoral college–
I just went in and played with the map, Obama is in some seriously good shape.
McCain MUST WIN every single state Bush did plus, since he is losing Iowa.
If Obama plucks of even ONE state Bush one, McCain has no path to victory.
It can be Virginia, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada or Florida— all of which Obama is currently ahead in.
I smell victory in a big way.

Joe Biden – Go back to the Senate!
If you have the – you know what – be honest with the American people about Barack Obama – a MARXIST, who may end up becoming President of the United States of America.
Shame on you hypocrite Joe Biden!
Oh! I know…you would not know anything about “character” and “judgement” – after all you have already abandoned a Presidential bid because you were caught “plagiarizing”!
Perhaps you can abandon your Vice Presidential bid before the country BOOOOOS you for one more time – after Marxist Obama has destroyed it.
You should wash you mouth before speaking about Senator McCain.
Get lost Marxist DemocRATS!
Posted by: Natasha | Oct 18, 2008 7:39:32 PM
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lol this one goes around posting the same cut n paste lol! she’s such a follower of McCain that she’s doing the same thing he did with his acceptance speech! lol
and Like mccain, I’m sure she’ll find some do do head that’ll say “boy that’s a new stance new stump speech she’s got on today!” lol!

Tom,
You have two weeks to live in your fantasy world.
Obama is seriously going to win. There are a lot of republicans and independents who just can’t bring themselves to vote for Palin.
If Palin was not on the ticket I think McCain would probably have won in the end. Seriously bad judgment on his part.
Spread the wealth is not going to sound like dirty words to a hard working blue collar guy who is about to lose his job. McCain is pro NAFTA, they don’t like that so much. McCain was against passing extended unemployment benefits. McCain is no friend to the working man and the working man isn’t as dumb as you hope he is.

Tom,
“Can’t close the deal” didn’t work for Clinton. It seems to be working less well for McCain. You GOP Wall Street bootlickers are such neophytes.
The problem is that you decided after GWBush that you didn’t have to bring your A-game.
Times have changed, Kiddies!

Tom–
Dude, really “closen the deal.”
Are you really Sarah Palin…hey everyone Sarah Palin is in the house tonight.
Let’s go nucular for her.

– will ask themselves “can I really vote for this guy with no experience, radical ties, socialist programs?” –
Naw, they will ask themselves, can I really vote for an old crank who would be a hair trigger away from the button and wants to continue us down the same rocky path we have been on for the last 8 years.
If Obama looked like JFK, this would not even be a contest. It’s the issues! It’s the economy! those who buy into the fear and ignorance tactics are the ones who got us here with Bush and the other numnut who claims the VP position is not part of the executive branch.

This is terrible.
It looks like the Republicans have lost the will to fight.
Two weeks to go and they have all but given up. Who could blame them, the writing has been on the wall for a long time but I guess with W’s No Child Left Behind none of them could read it.

- Bush, who should have lost in 2004, didn’t, why? -
FEAR, Tom, the politics of FEAR!!! NO MORE! Paul and NV-Sparkle serve our country as does my son. We’re not buying it anymore!

Dear Awwwwww,
Getting them to lose the will to fight is the first goal. The second goal, after their illusion of a white America for whites only has ended, to get these racists to lose the will to LIVE.

GIGI
Oh, SING IT!!
Posted by: Neocon=Fascist | Oct 20, 2008 12:07:22 AM
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gotta love my brit boys
=D
Tom is getting his talking points from Pat Buchannan, a failed Presidential candidate a speechwriter.
Did you decide that Rush and George Will’s talking points weren’t working?
Posted by: Neocon=Fascist | Oct 20, 2008 12:09:41 AM
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or worse, mephistopheles’s waste himself. Mr. Karl Rove.
oy!

Natasha,
So socialism for Wall street = GOOD,
socialism for everyone else = BAD.
Do I have your maxim correct?

I think therefore I am —- voting for Obama.

I think therefore I am —- voting for Obama.
Posted by: Des Cartes | Oct 20, 2008 12:14:37 AM
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if it ain’t my next t-shirt! lol

I’m out… when a smart republican comes around, wake me up…
oh wait, lol!!!!
that was funnY!

The fact that Bush has turned out to be a liberal democrat when it comes to spending and Obama wants to continue these policies has been deflected. The cause of the economic meltdown was created largely from liberal congress members voting records and
Posted by: jamesferrel | Oct 19, 2008 8:18:08 PM
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Oh what a suprise jamesferrel is blaming even bush on the democrats. What’s the matter james couldn’t put this on Clinton? No I am afraid you self-denying losers that call yourself conservatives will have to suck this one up and admit what an incredible disaster the republican brand and your idiot boy bush has been to our great nation. I dare say just because you voted the traitor bush twice and haven’t the sense to change your behavior a third time the rest of this nation will not be so easily deceived.

Tom,
Did you disappear, or are the bathroom prowlers paying you by the word?

Natasha,
The IVAW did an expose on that poll last week. It was fiction, start to finish.
Posted by: Neocon=Fascist | Oct 19, 2008 11:48:48 PM
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Natasha is the kind of dope that believe voters should continue to support republicans even tho they ruined our great nation. She’s obviously comatose, dead from the neck up and so are her comments.

Tom,
So you’re a prophet now?
You know, Mohammed was a Prophet.

– Obama is too Ivory tower to see he has just alienated many hard working middle class workers –
Oh, that is rich! The hard working middle class workers that will receive a larger tax break than they would under McCain.. The hard working middle class workers that will benefit from Obamas health plan instead of most likely losing it under McCain.. the hard working middle class workers who are struggling to pay for gas and higher cost goods because of it, which will see an immediate relief at the pump and market once Obama closes the enron loophole.. McCains vision of the hard working middle class is those who earn more than $100K, since those are the only ones who will get a tax break under his tax plan. Now, tell me again who has alienated the hard working middle class Americans?

The Arabs and muslims have given much of their oil money to ensure an Obama win in this election.
Arabs and muslims or the liberal elite news media don’t influence this election.
Americans determine the outcome of this election and they have made their choice.
John McCain will be the next President.
GOD bless America.
Posted by: Demsnever
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Perhaps this one is also sending LOTS of money to make sure “COMRADE OBAMA” is elected….
Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Libyan Leader Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi marking the anniversary of the U.S. air raid on Libya. The address aired on Al-Jazeera TV on June 11, 2008:
“Libyan Leader Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi: Obama Suffers Inferiority Complex That Might Make Him Behave “Whiter Than the White.” He Should Be Proud of His African, Muslim Identity. Ben-Gurion Gave the Green Light for the Killing of JFK ….”
TEXT (Qadhafi’s Public Address – June 11, 2008)
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1791.htm
VIDEO – Qadhafi: Obama is a Muslim – Qadhafi’s Public Address – June 11, 2008
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/gaddafi-obama-is-a-muslim/2563816338/?icid=VIDURVNWS07

Sydney is a pretty wussy middle name.
I guess that proves McCain wasn’t a war hero. Makes you ponder all the special privileges he got in the Hanoi Hilton. I wonder if he was their little geisha.

Natasha,
As a lifetime Republican, I am on your side. I will not let these infidels speak to you so rudely.

Natasha –
The domestic terrorist Todd Palin could not pass background check.

bomb, bomb, bomb, Bomb Iran…..

I am a Maverick
I disagree with myself every five minutes, only a Maverick would do that.

Reganfan–
I voted for Reagan, and John McCain is no Reagan.

Hey Natasha.. apparently you missed it, but the FBI is already vetting members of the next administration in an effort to make sure that whether John McCain or Barack Obama is the next president, their staffs will be ready to handle any national security threats.
I guess the two candidates background and security clearance checks went just fine if they have now turned their attention to who they may or may not choose for their staff :)
Sorry to burst your bubble.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/19/transition-planning-gets-started-early-candidates-prepared-national-security/

I am the voice of the middle class…I mean I have never been in the middle class, I was the son of wealth and then of course I dumped my disfigured wife to marry the barbie doll drug addict, but she had a lot of money, my friends. I bought my way into Washington and have made many lobbyist friends. Many of whom run my campaign today. I am sure my lobbyist friends will be very helpful in advising me in how to “help” the middle class, which frankly like the economy I know nothing about.

John Sydney McCain,
How can you say these things about yourself!
I require more talking points! I am having another ideological meltdown!Q

John Sydney McCain,
Yes. I am drinking the Kool-Aid! It is working! Your straight-talk expressing is WORKING!!!!!!

I declare this blog exorcised of the Neocon demons

Still haven’t totally forgiven Colin Powell for his role in getting us into the utter failure that is the Iraq War, but he’s done a good little bit to get back in my good favor.

Neocon=Fascist,
HA! Now you see that this blog is NOT exorcised of Neocon demons, as I am still here, and Natasha is still here, spamming like a madwoman, possessed by the demon Pazuzu, SO THERE!

Yes, Liberati, I agree. It is so, because RUSH SAID IT IS SO!! Give the Liberal infidels the business end of the ugly stick. There are fewer and fewer whites–even white Republicans– who endorse McCain. That means that whites are less racist than blacks, right?

liberati,
Fort Dix IS an army base! Or didn’t you know that?

Natasha needs to go meet up with Rocky and Bullwinkle.

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 !!!!!!!!!

Yes, Liberati, I agree. It is so, because RUSH SAID IT IS SO!! Give the Liberal infidels the business end of the ugly stick. There are fewer and fewer whites–even white Republicans– who endorse McCain. That means that whites are less racist than blacks, right?
Posted by: Muslim and Proud | Oct 20, 2008 12:49:34 AM
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In 2000 and 2004 Blacks overwhelming rejected Bush as they are rejecting McCain now. So maybe other voters should follow their lead this time to restore our great nation.

McCain said, “Colin Powell, a man who I admire as much as any man in the world, person in the world…” [NY Times interview with John McCain, 7/13/08]

McCain considered Powell for a running mate. “Retired Gen. Colin Powell is among the potential running mates who have been considered by John McCain, campaign advisers told Politico. Powell was among the possible vice presidential choices the Arizona Republican senator was thinking of when he said he would not rule out a supporter of abortion rights, a key adviser said.” [Politico, 8/23/08]

Powell is just ONE former secretary of state who took SO LONG to decide to back Obama. He just now come out when he thinks Obama is going to win.
MCCAIN has FOUR FOUR FOUR SECRETRAY OF STATES BACKING HIM from Kissinger down .. And they have SUPPORTED MCCAIN from start of campaign.
Where has Powell being thus far .. sitting on the fence to see where the ball falls .. and back what he thinks is the “winning” side?
Good strategy on Powell’s end.
But does not change our minds … MCCAIN/PALIN still is our choice.
WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ACORN – VOTER FRAUD IS NOT OKAY …
WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO CNN, MSNBC AND THE MEDIA – MEDIA BIASENESS IT NOT NEWS AT ALL AND IS NOT OKAY …
WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO OBAMA – PAST ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADICALS AS MANY AS YOU HAVE, IS A PATTERN AND NOT AN COINCIDENCE.

Jwench- I spelled it exactly how I wanted to. Thanks

WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ACORN – VOTER FRAUD IS NOT OKAY …
Tell the GOP that. I see they are up to their antics. John McCain was the keynote speaker at an ACORN rally in 2006. Voter purging is not ok, GOP.
WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO CNN, MSNBC AND THE MEDIA – MEDIA BIASENESS IT NOT NEWS AT ALL AND IS NOT OKAY …
Tell Fox News, Hannity, Rush and the other Republican pukes it’s not Ok to spew lies and hate. If your candidates actually talked about issues instead of bashing they wouldn’t get the negative coverage they do.
WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO OBAMA – PAST ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADICALS AS MANY AS YOU HAVE, IS A PATTERN AND NOT AN COINCIDENCE.
Might I remind you of McCain’s involvement with the US Council for World Freedom, William Timmons and G.Gordon Liddy.
Posted by: NoObamaNoPelosiNoReid COMOBA | Oct 20, 2008

LOL! Laugh and discount Rush all you want, but you can not deny that he has an audience of millions, including many undecideds. now your poor desperate Obama does need every single vote, doesn’t he? Rush has the courage to speak the truth, unlike all these MSM who have derelicted their duty of speaking the truth about Obama.
Isn’t interesting, that you Obama supporters, had attacked Hillary before like crazy, because she voted for the war, and you were all over her as evil for that, even though Biden did too, along with 75% of the Senate. And now Powell, who was the pure symbol of the invasion of Iraq, has endorsed your precious Obama, and now you are just peeing in your pants with glee!
Hypocrites? You called Bush and Powell war mongers before, but, golly gee, he is endorsing precious Obama, so he must be a good guy! so, and now if Bush endorses Obama, Bush will be your new hero now?
LOL! You guys are just so dimwitted it is unbelievable.
Trust me, for the undecided voter, or blue collar mid America, Powell endorsing Obama is SOOOOO obviously racist. YOu can criticize it all you want, but this, along with the 95% black vote for Obama, merely gives permission for voters to vote for McCain , for no other reason than he is white.
Racism is ugly isn’t it ? It works both ways. Either it’s ugly, or it’s not.
Powell has betrayed us and endorsed the enemy.
And once again, President McCain will step in and fight for America again.

How do you people live with yourselves. Do you like anybody? It would be one thing if you posted legitimate stuff, but 90% of the Republican postings are parroting exactly what you hear from Rush, Hannity and the other Republican hate machines.

Not so fast Joe.

“I agree – if so many Americans are giving so much money to Obama – then the economy must be better than we thought.”
Exactly. The guy is spending 29 million a week.

Isn’t it a Republican mantra that we should invest for the future, whether we can afford to on minimum wage or not? Perhaps the Obama supporters are finely following Republican advice! Doesn’t that warm the cockles of your hearts?
I’m still waiting for someone, anyone, to explain what all the shouting’s about.

How about you, Natasha? Care to enlighten me on all the shouting? Or are you still busy with your scissors?

Thank you, STP. Isn’t that interesting? How wonderful that party affiliation doesn’t matter in a General Election! These folks will have plenty of time to get their registrations straightened out before the next Primary season. Nice to know that the Repugs were trying, though. LOL

Too many red flags regarding Barack Hussein Obama’s criminal, terrorist, spiritual associations, but his (Obama’s) cult followers are so eager to turn a blind eye and deaf ear, and entrust him with the most important job in the world. With all his AMERICA HATING ASSOCIATIONS, Barack Obama wouldn’t pass a background investigation to obtain a secret clearance to join the military or be hired as a federal law enforcement officer. If Barack Obama is elected POTUS, what’s the purpose of our military, Homeland Security employees such as Customs and Border Protection officers, Transportation Security officers, and Border Patrol officers risking their lives to protect and secure our country’s borders, seaports and airports from terrorists, criminals, drug traffickers, alien smugglers, and illegal aliens when, if Barack Obama is elected POTUS, he and his wife are going to be having tea and sleeping with our enemies. God bless and help us all.

NV-Sparkle and Jwench, you are absolutely correct. Even though I do NOT agree with what some of the employees of ACORN are doing, I just wanted to highlight what hypocrites the GOPs are. I wonder what justification they will have for this one. Nice talking to the both of you and have a great night!

Posted by: NV-Sparkle | Oct 20, 2008 1:57:46 AM
What gets me is they talk about associations. Fine. But then they need to discuss McCain’s associates as well.
You ask them why they they are voting McCain and they can’t give an answer without bashing Obama.
I get frustrated with people who deliberately lie.

obama and his lemmings have acted for a while now like they should be entitled to the job simply because dubya was the worst president in our nation’s history (which he is), which is ironic considering dubya has long acted, in his adult life, like he is also entitled to the power he has gotten……let us hope obama and his lemmings actually walk the talk of Change and act responsibly and with humility….

Jwench,
These folks will perpetuate the lies at all costs. It’s their ONLY chance to resurrect McCain’s sinking ship. I’m assuming that No Child Left Behind came too late to help them. Otherwise, they could read PolitiFact.com, Snopes.com, or any of the other fine fact-checking sites, and learn that they are perpetuating disproven myths and urban legends. What a pity that there are still so many illiterate people in this great country!

Chris,
“I have voted with President Bush more than 90% of the time. That’s more than most of my Republican colleagues.” – John McCain
Don’t you get it? McCain IS Dubya, and we have finally had enough! Haven’t you?

What’s funny to me is that certain people are scared of Obama. I don’t know why because ever since this country has been ran by certain people, things have been politically and morally wrong. Even the true Americans (Indians) have become almost extinct. (Talk about unpatriotic) Then, you get all of these comments against Obama which are completely malicious, even one on here in which the lady has just about written a whole book , towards a man who is part-white. It would seem that he should be accepted as a American, but you get people, mainly old and white, calling him unpatriotic, going so far as to call him a terrorist. Just low-down and dirty blows, even questioning his intellect. Just goes to show, you got to be of a pure white race for some people to even begin to respect you as a human being, most of these judgemental persons can barely run their own households, let alone carry a college education. Everyone knows that McCain is very near to his death bed and will probably be senile before 4 years run out. Clearly only racist people are supporting McCain. I definitely hope and pray to the ever loving and unbiased God above that Obama win. I am ready for a change!! All Americans of all color are ready for a change from these terrible old ways!!

Jwench,
These folks will perpetuate the lies at all costs. It’s their ONLY chance to resurrect McCain’s sinking ship. I’m assuming that No Child Left Behind came too late to help them. Otherwise, they could read PolitiFact.com, Snopes.com, or any of the other fine fact-checking sites, and learn that they are perpetuating disproven myths and urban legends. What a pity that there are still so many illiterate people in this great country!
Posted by: NV-Sparkle | Oct 20, 2008 2:13:27 AM
I totally agree :)

Obama raised over $150 million in September
“Wow. Do you know what could be done with that 150million. Why not spread the wealth around? I could use a little of that!”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/stephanopoul-13.html?cid=135508891#comment-135508891
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In the mean-time he gives us “pretty speeches” about how much pain he feels for us – poor Americans! That’s is the same “pain” that Lenin, Marx, Stalin, and many other “saviors” felt for their “comrades”.
Yeah, let’s distribute the wealth! Let’s start with Obama’s wealth first.
What the heck is wrong with half of the country? Since when the DemocRATS got so much wealth – enough to spread it to Obama’s campaign so that “Messiah Obama” can promote his “Big Ego” ???!!!

I’d be more impressed w/Powell’s endorsement if it wasn’t juxtaposed with the memory of him in the UN justifying the war in Iraq. His credibility was a large part of many peoples’ support for Bush action — i.e., if Powell says it’s so, it must be so. But it wasn’t then … is it now?

Natasha,
Please tell us in your own words what McCain will do to better this country. NO COPYING AND PASTING ALLOWED.(No Obama smears either).

Alright,you Obama supporters seem so apt to defend him,defend this;how do can you defend that he has conducted his campaign by Saul Alinskys Rules for Radicals?Or how he has used class warfare to try and win votes,or how he voted against banning Partial Birth Abortion,or how he is trying to shove Tax Hikes down our throat while his campaign tells us to be “patriotic” and pony up more money?And how do you defend him saying that Saddam Hussein was not a threat to this country?And I have a word for people who insult me after I log off,afraid to do it while I’m on the page;Cowards.

And how do you defend him saying that Saddam Hussein was not a threat to this country
Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 | Oct 20, 2008 2:58:25 AM
Hussein did not have WMD’s . Tell me what threat he was to the US. He wasn’t involve in 9/11.I a curious as to why you think we attacked Iraq.
I might ask you the same question about this statement from McCain.
“Look, is this guy, Bin Laden, really the bad guy that’s depicted? Most of us have never heard of him before.” McCain in 1998, after Clinton shot missiles at Osama

Dear Obama for Latrine Cleaner,
I’m not at all afraid to answer your questions! Let’s start near the beginning, shall we? I’ll go slow so that you can keep up.
1. Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals has nothing to do with Obama’s campaign. He has addressed the issues. (Something you McCain supporters are still afraid to do.)
2. He has used “class warfare” to oppose the continued robbing of the middle class to support the rich. (Much the same way you McCain supporters keep using your phony Joe the Plumber to scare the middle class into continuing to support the richest in our country.)
3. The vote you reference on Partial Birth Abortion would have created a redundant law in Illinois. There was already a perfectly good law on the books.
4. His tax hikes would only affect those whose income exceeds $250,000. And if you are that well off, you can easily afford to pay your fair share for a change!
5. Saddam Hussein wasn’t a threat to our country. They proved he did not have any WMD’s left. They proved he did not have any missile systems that could reach the USA. And they proved that he was not involved with Osama bin Laden or Al Qaida. Your precious Bush got us into the wrong war, in the wrong place, and lost control of the REAL War on Terrorism.
Now for the last part of your post: If you hadn’t gotten left behind by No Child Left Behind, you could have read all of this elsewhere. It’s been all over the web for a very long time now. Instead of showing you ignorance here, why don’t you try checking out some of the wonderful fact checking sites that are available for FREE!
I’m finished with you now. You may go.

Jwench,
You are fighting a losing battle on this one! Natasha will not be able to answer you if she can’t cut and paste from Karl Rove’s playbook. She can’t think for herself, much less speak for herself! Sorry to have to be the one to answer for her.
Posted by: NV-Sparkle | Oct 20, 2008 2:57:46 AM
I know. I just sprayed a can of RAID (facts) at a bunch on another board spewing lies. Bombard ‘em with facts.

And how do you defend him saying that Saddam Hussein was not a threat to this country?
My problems with the Iraq war are two folds, why are we there in the first place when we have no ‘actual’ and ‘concrete’ proof of WMD and more importantly, we needed most of our military in Afghanistan and not Iraq to finish the job and get rid of Bin Laden.

Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08,
I’ll happily say it as many times as necessary to get it through your thick skull. Saddam Hussein WAS NOT a threat to the United States, no matter what Bush, Cheney, Rove, Limbaugh, et al, might have led (misled) you to believe.
Class dismissed. You may go now.

Hey NV Fizzle,he has based the way he runs his campaign on the book,we are a capitalist nation(wealth redistribution is communism,look it up,smarta–)the tax percintage is the same all the way up what he proposes to do is make the rich pay more taxes,which is punishing hard work(which kills jobs,and may I mention that it doesn’t take too many employees to have 250,000 just in PAYROLL).It’s called a suicide bomber,or have you been under a rock during this whole war?And they have satellite images of suspected WMDs rolling into syria.Sorry to rain on your parrade.

Natasha,
Please note that I was able to answer ALL of Obama for Latrine Cleaner’s questions WITHOUT resorting to cut and paste. It’s not that difficult when you actually READ the articles you prefer to cut and paste from. Try it sometime! You MIGHT learn something!

Didn’t BIDEN a few months ago say Obama was not ready to lead.
Posted by: Officer Vike
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Flip-flopping is the trademark of the DemocRATS!

Ain’t a lady tameka,and it is not bacause he is black that I do not like him(I like Bill Cosbey and he doesn’t like obama.does that make him a rascist too).I do not like him because he is a Communist,socialist,stalinist(pick whichever you like)and because he will ruin this country I want to pass onto future generations.And Fizzle,I have told you that he had WMDs,Nato and UN inspectors said so,so it isn’t just Bush.He said he wanted to destroy this country and had the means to take out some of our cities,AND HE WASN’T A THREA?!?You need to look on ebay and see if they sell common sense,your all out.I believe if someone threatens you with WMDs and has the WMDs to back it up you don’t try “Tough Diplomacy”,you take them out.Whatever means necessary.Again,sorry to burst your bubble.

to Obama for Latrine Cleaner -
You have proved your stupidity! Payroll expenses are a deductible expense, moron! Taxes are paid only on profits, not business expenses. If you were in an income class to be worried about Obama’s tax plan, you would already know that!
And, a gentleman would keep the language CLEAN, there are ladies present, you cretin!

Any news channel that had coverage,I guess you were living under a rock.And Fizzle,you answered none of my questions.And I’m going to throw another one out there,how is the Marxist quote “To each according to his need,from each according to his ability.”any differant from the Obama economic plan?

Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08
Please tell us, and be honest now, how the last 8 years of the Bush/McCain’s trickle down economy has worked out for you and the our country lately? If the top 1% is controlling over 20% of the wealth and the bottom 50% is controlling less than 14% of the wealth in this country then I think it is time for us to do something to change how the wealth are distributed. There is not reason why some CEO’s are making $5 to $10 million per MONTH and even the President of our country is making less than $500k per YEAR!

I was saying that you would have to make a lot of money to pay for a few people making medium wage.Taking words out of context will not help your precious Marxist.I have not seen you telling YOUR side to stop calling US names.And a lot of the women I know have used language a lot stronger than mine to express their dislike of Obama.And call me a cretin again I’ll stick my foot were the sun don’t shine.

Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08
If that is your mentality about WMDs then why don’t we just attack Russia and China as well since they are our enemies also? They are communist countries and I am sure they don’t like us very much.

I am gone, blogging to these people will not solve anything. As long as they keep looking for negativity, they will find it. While they keep talking, I’ll be walking my walk and casting my vote.

Go to Wikipedia and put in VX,and right there it says”UN classifies this as a Weapon of Mass Destruction”,so your side is lieing when it says we found none.And tameka,your side is the one throwing out the KKK and other accusasions.Not ours.

Latrine Cleaner,
The women you know, who have used fouler language than yours, AREN’T ladies. Civilized people can disseminate information without resorting to foul language. Sorry to burst YOUR bubble.

latrine cleaner-
Then stop throwing up that Obama is a radical and a muslim, and non- american, and a terrorist, and a baby killer, and everything else you all have been calling him.
Natasha-
Stop copying and pasting you reTARDican, lol.
Now I’m gone……..

I guess McCain chose Palin because she is a white woman so he can pander to the white women for their votes! How about that! Does that make sense to those of you who suggest that the reason Powell endorsed Obama is because he’s black. What about the past Republican secretaries of state who endorsed McCain..did they endorsed him because he’s white like they are? I am sick of racists(Black and White). Please go away and stop attaching race to everything..Heaven help us all and save us from those Republicans!

Latrine Cleaner -
What’s the matter? Can’t type when your foot is stuck “where the sun don’t shine”?
I called you a cretin because your posts indicate that you ARE a cretin. When you can carry on a civilized conversation, let me know. I’ll be happy to educate you further.
ps – the word you wanted earlier was percentage, not percintage. LOL

Go to Wikipedia and put in VX,and right there it says”UN classifies this as a Weapon of Mass Destruction”,so your side is lieing when it says we found none.And tameka,your side is the one throwing out the KKK and other accusasions.Not ours.
Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 | Oct 20, 2008 4:05:02 AM
It says that but if you read further:
Iraq under Saddam Hussein admitted to UNSCOM that it had researched VX, but had failed to weaponize the agent due to production failure. After U.S. and allied forces had invaded Iraq, no proof of weaponized VX was found.
Subsequent investigation after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq indicates that Iraq had indeed weaponized VX in 1988, and had dropped three VX-filled bombs on Iran

Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08
We don’t want to change your mind to vote for anybody, you are a big enough to vote for whomever you believe in but to come here and compared Obama to communist/terrorist is totally insane, and that is why some people brought up the KKK and the likes. After all, McCain was and still is a good friend of G Gordon Liddy who was a Nazi and Hitler sympathizer during his younger years. So does that make McCain a potential Nazi sympathizer also?
And I doubt that we will ever attack Russia or China because they have WMDs.

Called a typo D U M B A – -,made sure I had pronounciation on that just right for you.And as stated before Stanley,I do not dislike him because of race,I like Bill Cosbey just fine(And I asked this before,is he a rascist for not liking Obama),I dislike him because he wants to ruin this country.Pure and Simple.

Latrine Cleaner,
It doesn’t appear that we have to wait for Obama to “ruin” our country. Dubya and his Right-wing Corporate-socialist friends are doing a fine job of that already. Explain to me how Obama’s plans to redistribute the wealth of this country DOWNWARD is any different from the Neocon’s practice over the past 8 years to redistribute that wealth UPWARD. You rant and rave about all of Obama’s perceived “sins”, but you don’t say anything about why you think McCain would be better.
And, for your information, despite George Bush and Company’s efforts to destroy this once great nation, I have never found it necessary to resort to foul language to express my anger and frustration with them. Any sensible response to that? (I didn’t think so.)

Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08
And yes, I am calling you a ‘dumbass’ in your face right now!!!!

Ayers, Dorn, Cone,Osama Wright,Farracan,Marx, Stalin,Oprah,PalosiJack Cafferty,Sadam Hussein,and Putin also endorses Obama.

Natasha,
Collin Powell’s endorsement for Obama is not going to change the course of this election, but one thing it is saying to (at least a few) people is that Obama is a better leader for both domestic and international issues! Even your McCain said “I respect and continue to respect and admire Secretary Powell.”
Posted by: STP
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Obviously you have not read my previous comments about Collin Powell’s endoresement, earlier on this blog. Had you read them you would know how I feel about Collin Powell. The comment you are referring to was a reply to another blogger who said that Bush lied. Read it again – the point I am making is that if he believes that Bush lied then he has to believe that Powell lied as well.
Personally I do not believe that either Bush or Powell lied. They were given inaccurate information by our Intelligence Agencies, which relied too heavily on the German Intelligence reports.

Michelle,
Please explain how Marx, Stalin and Saddam Hussein have endorsed Obama. The last time I checked, they were all DEAD! Or have you Republicans resurrected them so that they can vote for McCain?

NV-Sparkle,
That’s a good one! Amen!

Oil Slick,you’ll notice that none of us are making a fuss about saying his middle name.Because your side does all of it for us,tell me,if it’s so normal and A-Okay,why do you feel you have to defend it?They didn’t “Redistribute” wealth upward,they cut taxes and the upper class benifitted.What obama plans is Socialism,Communism,Marxism,Liberal Extremism(again pick whichever you like),our country was founded on the principle of hard work.And everyone seems to have forgotten that.If you do not reward hard work then they will not work at all,it is as simple as that.I am DEEPLY sorry if I offended you by being a normal american.Since I know very Gentlemanly and Laylike people who have every now and again uttered an epithet.If you are so troubled by this maybe you would prefer it in a country without free speach?

STP- FYI
(Posted by: Natasha | Oct 19, 2008 10:11:49 PM)…
Reply to Donna Hughes:
No my dear, in fact Powell’s endorsement would have done more harm that good to McCain for the reasons explained in my comment. I would have preferred Powell to keep quiet – not endorsing any of the two candidates.
It was the other day that feaking CNN had a special report on Powell’s speech at the UN (2003) and balsted him and our Intelligence agencies. Today, CNN is considering Powell’s endorcement of Obama as an endorcement coming form God!
You left-wing-liberals can not have it both ways. Up to now you were trashing Powell because of his UN speech – now he is GOD, hah?
I can tell you one thing for sure…Although I disagree with Powell I still respect him as a person. I have absolutely NO respect for Marxist Barack Obama.
Posted by: Natasha | Oct 19, 2008 10:11:49 PM

Although this has been quite an experience, I am tired of trying to educate the deaf, dumb and blind on this site. I, for one, have to work tomorrow. Good night to all.
And a special note to the cretin, Latrine Cleaner: The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech. Common decency calls for self-discipline in exercising that right. Thank you for giving thinking people so much ammunition to use in our war against bigotry and stupidity in our great country. You could serve as the poster child for No Child Left Behind. I hope that you learn to read the printed word soon, and not just what you perceive is written between the lines. They have medications now to treat Paranoia. Please consult your doctor with all haste.

Posted by: NV-Sparkle | Oct 20, 2008 5:01:28 AM
It was indeed a pleasure :)

Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08
You know something, yes we have free speech here and it is a wonderful thing. But also realize that it has its limitations also…
‘The freedom of speech is not absolute. Legal systems, and society at large, recognize limits on the freedom of speech, particularly when freedom of speech conflicts with other values or rights. Exercising freedom of speech always takes place within a context of competing values. Limitations to freedom of speech may follow the “harm principle” or the “offense principle”, for example in the case of pornography or “hate speech”. Limitations to freedom of speech may occure through legal sanction and/or social disapprobation.’
So don’t be yelling ‘FIRE’ in the theater when you are watching “W” this week when there are none, because freedom of speech can’t protect you here.

Jwench,
The pleasure was all mine! I hope to have the pleasure of your company again another time. Keep up the good work! Someday these folks might wake up and face the FACTS. I believe in the power of hope! :)

Well I’m middle class and have been doing fine thank you very much,and would hate obamas redistribution of wealth.IT IS UN-AMERICAN AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!Look up the definition of capitalism and then Communism, Socialism, Marxism, Stalinism and others of that ilk.And ask anyone else on this sight and I think you will find a lot of them think that quote fits fine,besides I asked you how his plan is differant.Not if the quote fit him.And better yet,I’ll ask.How many people reading this think this quote(To each according to his need,from each according to his ability)describes the Obama economics plan?
Posted by: Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08 | Oct 20, 2008 5:03:32 AM
Have you ever heard the expression about cutting your nose off to spite your face?
The quote has nothing to do with his plan. What part of he wants to help the middle class don’t you understand. I gave you the link to compare their plans side by side. Here it is again.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxtopics/election_issues_matrix.cfm
I am sorry but I don’t get the logic of some of you people.

Obama Soviet Anthem: Hilarious
http://www.wikio.com/video/389423

Biden’s comment is not the case. Powell, a “professing” republican appointed by Bush, is now in bed with Obama – Has he done his homework or is he racist? By homework I mean this: Obama will not produce his birth certificate in the Berg vs. Obama lawsuit – proving he is not qualified to become President. He also will not release his college or medical records, that probably have other incriminating evidence against him. He buddies with racist pastors, terrorists, and has a blatant socialist agenda – not what America is all about and what it was founded upon. Obama lies (google 155 Obama lies), has brought NO legislation as Senator, has NOT united republicans and democrats, and is so radical, he would not support assisting babies medically who survive an abortion holocaust. I am perplexed how people are drawn to the man’s fluff and theatrics, but seem to care less about what he is, what he stands for, and what is behind his facade. The new movie: HYPE should be seen by every American before this election.

Obama for Latrine Cleaner ’08
Good night to you also and hope that when you wake up tomorrow all refreshed you will see the light of truth. But hey, this is America, where we can choose whoever we think will best serve this country. Hopefully without resorting to rumors and dirty lies.

Natasha,
we all welcome the investigations, and I hope that all of the parties who are guilty will pay a hefty penalty for it, I don’t care if it is the Democrats or Republicans. How about that for an unbias answer?

Just because somebody give you an endorsement makes a person ready? You have to be kidding me right? Is this the same Liberal party saying Palin is not ready yet she has more executive experiance than Biden and Obama? Now because Powell endorsed Obama he is ready?
is this the same Colin Powell that 8 years ago the African American and Liberals wer calling an “Uncle Tom”? Funny when somebody who 8 years ago you all hated because he did not share your view you considered him a “Uncle Tom”, and now that he is supporting your side he is the greatest thing ever! I am sure Powell’s endorsment will help sure up the African American vote for Obama’s Black From 98% to 98.5.

Natasha,
we all welcome the investigations, and I hope that all of the parties who are guilty will pay a hefty penalty for it, I don’t care if it is the Democrats or Republicans. How about that for an unbias answer?
Posted by: STP | Oct 20, 2008 5:39:13 AM
I agree. Neither one of these two candidates can talk about the other on this one. They are ALL responsible, both Democrat and Republican.

I am out. All you who support Obama, fight the lies and half truths.
The rest of you please reasearch these candidates on unbiased sites and get better informed as to what the truth is.
Just because somebody says something does not make it true. Do your own research.

October 19, 2008
The Last Two Years
By Randall Hoven
The Obama/Biden ticket’s entire campaign theme is based on “the last eight years.” Maybe we should really look at “the last two years,” or the time period when both the House and the Senate were run by Democrats.
In December 2006, after six years of Bush and the last month before the Democrats took over both houses of the national legislature, a snapshot of our economy looked like this.
Unemployment stood at 4.4%.
Real GDP growth over the previous four years (under a Republican President, House and Senate) averaged 3% per year.
A gallon of regular gasoline cost $2.30.
The S&P 500 stock index stood at 1418, or 84% above its post-911 low and more than 7% higher than when Bush took office.
Every year of Bush’s Presidency, real (inflation-adjusted) disposable income per person went up. By the end of 2006, the average person was making 9% more in real terms than before Bush became President .
If you recall, that 2006 election was considered a referendum on Iraq. The people wanted change, so they threw out the Republicans and replaced them with Democrats. Welcome Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
Here is how they handled Iraq once in office: Harry Reid told us that the Iraq war was “lost” and the surge was not “accomplishing anything.” Senator Obama introduced legislation that would have prevented the surge and would have taken all US troops out of Iraq by March 2008 (that would be seven months ago, as you read this) .
Were they right?
Barack Obama now admits that “the surge succeeded.” So much for that change. And as the surge succeeded, Congress’s approval ratings plummeted. The latest CBS/New York Times poll has it at 12%, well less than half of the already low level it stood at when the Republican Congress was being tossed out in 2006.
The Democratic Congress did a great job, if what you’re looking for in a Congress is continual investigation of Republicans. Did the White House out CIA agent Valerie Plame? No, it was the anti-White House Richard Armitage at State, but Congress investigated anyway. Did Alberto Gonzalez, with White House urging, fire nine prosecutors for political reasons? Probably not, and it wouldn’t be a crime anyway, but Congress investigated, and is still investigating. Did the CIA, under orders from the White House, “torture” prisoners? No evidence of that yet, but Congress is on the case.
What Congress would not investigate was anything about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In fact, they fought against such investigations and cast aspersions against anyone who would even doubt the soundness of those institutions. Here is what Barney Frank said:
These two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.
You can also see this (video) how Democrats treated the regulators trying to reign in Fannie and Freddie.
http://vodpod.com/watch/1038839-dems-refuse-to-reform-freddie-fannie-in-2004-video
But now we know what happened. Fannie and Freddie were run corruptly and ineptly and went bankrupt. Their $1.5 trillion portfolios had to be rescued by the government this year. Franklin Raines, the Clinton-appointed CEO of Fannie Mae who was vigorously defended by Congressional Democrats, was sued by government regulators for cooking the books to the tune of $10 billion to increase his own bonuses to the tune of tens of millions. He settled his suit for an estimated $25 million.
On the other hand, here is what the New York Times had to say in 2003 .
The Bush administration is rightly pushing for the Treasury Department to regulate the two giants, along with the network of federal home loan banks. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae provide financing to lenders by creating a secondary market for mortgages. All told, these two institutions’ debt portfolio exceeds more than $1.5 trillion. Their current regulator is ill equipped to keep tabs on Freddie’s and Fannie’s sophisticated hedging strategies and the other financial moves they use to manage their huge investments.
And here is what John McCain said on the Senate floor:
For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.
So on the big things, the surge in Iraq and the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that led to our recent financial mess, the Democrats were wrong. Dead wrong. One hundred eighty degrees out wrong.
On the other hand, who supported the surge? George W. Bush and John McCain.
Who tried to strengthen the oversight and regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? George W. Bush and John McCain.
In the case of the surge, Bush and McCain got their way. The result? Apparent victory in Iraq, a country that is now a democracy, at peace with its neighbors, no longer a WMD threat, no longer a terrorist sanctuary, and no longer filling hundreds of mass graves with hundreds of thousands of its own citizens.
In the case of Fannie and Freddie, Bush and McCain did not get their way – Barney Frank did. The result? The failure of Fannie and Freddie, law suits against their executives and the spark that sent banks failing and stocks falling across the globe to the point of threatening a Great Depression.
Let’s vote for change. Let’s undo what we did in 2006.
American Thinker 2008

mccain-palin supporter, why re u losing? have u asked urself for once? why is everything not working for mccain? money is not on his side, big people are not on his side, middle class are not on his side, age not on his side, his eratic judgement of picking an inexperience vp is not on his side,resources are not on his side. you know why. he is fighting with “THE CHOSEN ONE”

Obama has only been in the senate for three years but he is the second highest receivers or donation from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (See below)
Dodd, Christopher $116,900
Obama, Barack $120,349
McCain, John $21,550
All Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/09/18/all-recipients-of-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-campaign-contributions-1989-2008/

2008 Campaign Contributions from Fannie & Freddie
John McCain- $169,000
Barack Obama- $16,000
Posted by: Jwench
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Hmmmm…it is the other way around, Mickey Mouse…
Here are the facts:
Obama has only been in the senate for three years but he is the second highest receivers or donation from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (See below)
Dodd, Christopher $116,900
Obama, Barack $120,349
McCain, John $21,550
All Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/09/18/all-recipients-of-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-campaign-contributions-1989-2008/

they call it national service, it will be called many things, it will be given different names but the fact is that POWELL and OBAMA agree that a national service is needed,which is just a fancy name for the DRAFT.
so long to ALL 18 year olds for at least 2 years of service, this will happen BEFORE your eligability to US college funds. thats right …you pay with 2 years of military service BEFORE you go off to college…and weather you go to college or not..
YOU WILL SERVE THE MANDATORY 2 YEARS in one form of national service or another

McCAIN / PALIN WILL OFFER WORSE THAN BUSH ADMINISTRATION !

right now of every dollar your earn you bring home around .58 cents,
under mccains program that will increase to around 59. or .60 cents.
under obama’s plan you will bring home.51 to .53 cents on the earned dollar.
WHY !

they were calling Obama a Marxist on the McGlauflin Report last night, even close associates of Obama say he is a Marxist..He will be defeated, he will not get the chance to destroy America
Posted by: common sense
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Yes, indeed! Marxist Obama will destroy America… We will never allow America to become the land of “New Communist Experiment”. American Union (as in Soviet Unison) our land will never be.
Obama can take his “Ayers & Co. community organizing experience” and go to Russia to organize some… Siberian Gulags!
This presentation is a must watch for the left-wing-liberal media clowns and all “morally sound” American fellows.
A VIDEO PORTRAIT OF BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA
http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2036
AMERICA THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE

jackt51, Thats because of all the racists that will not vote for him because hes a ‘socialist’ thats a racist code for ‘n****r’. Just look at all the hate on these blogs. America should be ashamed.

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!
The following video is for the geopolitically savvy and morally sound American patriots – not for the “Obama Communist Youth”!
Video: Sarkozy’s Speech Before Congress
“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.”
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/video_sarkozys_speech_before_congress/

“Every time, whenever an American soldier falls somewhere in the world, I think of what the American Army did for France”*
Nicolas Sarcozy
President of France (2007 – )
*President Sarcozy’s Speech to US Congress (video)
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/video_sarkozys_speech_before_congress/

No. Not by a longshot, not even close.
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? Many say that what you won’t make the same mistakes that others have because of your sound judgement (ie, your choice of pastor). The only thing, Senator, is that there still remain many mistakes yet to be written into this planet’s history books. You won’t always have the benefit of others experience, you’ll have to leverage your own experience and you have too little on which to base your judgement. 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, Mr. Matthews … 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 morale, skill and competence of our forces after you have insulted them (I have a friend that is an Army Reservist. He is deploying, again, to Iraq. He has a wife, a son and a daughter. He does not serve so that he can kill children and raid villages Senator). 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? Did you at least play with the little green plastic troops when you lived in Hawaii? 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 mentally 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 and learning from one’s mistakes. The surge worked Senator.
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 access to affordable healthcare? Senator Obama what will you say to the still 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 President Obama’s, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid’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 rate applied against his $0.00 income.
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, high cost American jobs would be targeted first, all else equal. When those jobs are cut Sen. Obama, those finding themselves newly 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 your handlers have planted in you, that message you think the voters want to hear. I was laughing a bit, but if I understand you correctly, 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, were actually created or do 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 timeframe passes? Let me point this out to my fellow voters. Senator Obama wants 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 he wants to turnaround and give them a tax credit for jobs they create? Senator, or maybe I should be addressing your advisers, you do realize that the two 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 decrease/increase. If you can convince us that those are winning policies Senator Obama, then I’d suggest you save us all some trouble, sell the American voters a bridge to nowhere and retire, pen some books, give some speeches. Indeed, 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, not by a long shot.
Go back to the Senate and accomplish something Sen. Obama. Your candidacy is an insult to America.
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? Suicide rate? Pick a rate Senator.

Obama is laughable not McCain… Obama has not a shred of moral integrity. Like ABC.
ABC, I will give you a bit of advice. You are beginning to look/and sound like a trashy/gossip magazine. You are relentlessly wording your headlines against McCain and for Obama.
You are in the bottom of the barrel in journalism responsibility to report the unbiased news regarding the campaign to the American people.
You should be ashamed

Good for Powell! http://tinyurl.com/5gtlug

neo-con=fascist:
You are a typically dumb liberal
Democrat! Whether Ron Reagan Jr is an
independent or a Democrat, he’s Not
A Republican, Doofus, and he doesn’t
speak for his mother!
Liberal Democrat=A-Hole!

For those of you Obama Groupies who think that Powells endorsement helps
your candidate read this:
Powell: Iraq hiding weapons, aiding terrorists
Annan: War not inevitable
Thursday, February 6, 2003 Posted: 9:05 AM EST (1405 GMT)
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KEY POINTS
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented as evidence against Iraq:
• Recorded conversations, satellite images and information from spies inside Iraq
•Intercept of Iraqi military officers discussing how to hide evidence of banned weapons programs from U.N. weapons inspectors
• An assertion that Saddam Hussein has banned scientists from giving interviews to inspectors
• Drawings and diagrams said to illustrate Iraqi mobile biological labs
• Assertions that Iraqi nerve gas is unaccounted for
• Images said to support the assertion that Iraq continues to pursue nuclear weapons
• Assertions that Baghdad has had high-level, long-standing links to al Qaeda
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Powell: Iraq has given safe haven to al Qaeda terrorists
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U.S. intelligence gathered against Iraq presented by Powell in his address to the U. N.
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• A detailed overview of key points in Colin Powell’s presentation
• Transcript: Powell’s presentation to the U.N.
• Transcript: Iraqi ambassador’s rebuttal
• Bush reaction: Case against Iraq ‘powerful’
• U.S. reactions: Lawmakers hope presentation will sway skeptics
• World reactions: A divided response to Powell’s presentation
• Iraqi reactions: Iraqi MP: Powell evidence ‘lies’
• Indian documents suggest Iraq violated U.N. resolutions
SPECIAL REPORT
• Interactive: Council on Iraq
• Latest: Iraq Tracker
• Explainer: Al Samoud
• Special Report: Showdown Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell used electronic intercepts, satellite photographs and other intelligence sources Wednesday in an effort to convince skeptical members of the U.N. Security Council that Iraq is actively working to deceive U.N. weapons inspectors.
“I cannot tell you everything that we know,” Powell said, with CIA Director George Tenet sitting behind him. “But what I can share with you, when combined with what all of us have learned over the years, is deeply troubling.” (Key points)
While calling Powell’s presentation strong and thorough, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told reporters, “I still believe war is not inevitable.”
But he urged Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi leadership to fully comply with U.N. Resolution 1441 to disarm “for the sake of their own people, for the region and for world order.”
One intercept, Powell said, was between a colonel and brigadier general of Iraq’s elite Republican Guard discussing hiding a vehicle before U.N. inspectors arrived to search a site.
Powell said it indicated the Iraqi officials knew inspectors were coming and what they would be looking for. In the U.S. translation, one official is heard to say, “We have this modified vehicle. What do we say if one of them sees it?” The other official says, “I’ll come to see you in the morning. I’m worried. You all have something left.”
The other official then says, “We evacuated everything. We don’t have anything left.”
Powell called the recordings “part and parcel of a policy of evasion and deception that goes back 12 years.”
Iraqi reaction
Gen. Amir al-Saadi, the Iraqi government’s science adviser, dismissed those recordings as manufactured evidence, saying “any third-rate intelligence outfit could produce such recordings.” (More on Iraqi reaction)
Powell also showed satellite photos that he said indicated the presence of “active chemical munitions bunkers” that had been disguised.
Those were followed with photos he said illustrated the facilities had been “sanitized” before U.N. inspectors arrived.
Al-Saadi said inspectors had the same satellite imagery and performed tests to detect evidence of weapons and found nothing.
Annan said U.N. chief weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei will begin studying the information presented by Powell and will pursue “the leads that they have been given.”
Powell also gave the most detailed explanation yet of possible links between Baghdad and al Qaeda.
He said high-ranking Osama bin Laden lieutenant Abu Musab Zarqawi, who is an expert in chemical and biological weapons, led a terrorist network that had been operating freely in Iraq for more than eight months. (Full story)
Zarqawi has been linked to October’s assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in Jordan and the alleged ricin plot that was broken up in London last month. His current whereabouts are unknown.
U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Saddam had to know what Zarqawi was doing and she accused the Iraqi leader of being responsible for “a network that is spreading poisons throughout Europe.”
“The potential marriage of weapons of mass destruction with terrorism is everyone’s nightmare,” said Rice.
She suggested that the cost of not taking action against Iraq could be another September 11-type attack, but this time with weapons of mass destruction that could kill tens of thousands.
Iraq can do very little now to avoid confrontation, Rice said. Saddam had one final opportunity to “come completely clean” with weapons inspectors, but he wasted it by deceiving them, she said. (Full story)
Meanwhile, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Wednesday they believe there is a heightened threat of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, partly due to concern that somebody may use a potential conflict with Iraq as a pretext. (Full story)
Security Council reacts
Mohammed Aldouri, Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, denied Powell’s allegations, saying they were “utterly unrelated to the truth.” (Transcript of rebuttal)
Aldouri spoke after Powell and the other members of the Security Council. (Interactive: Member nations’ positions on Iraq)
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan called on the United Nations to allow weapons inspectors to complete their job in Iraq.
British Foreign Minister Jack Straw continued Powell’s assertion that Iraq is flagrantly flouting U.N. resolutions. Britain is the key U.S. ally in the drive to force Saddam to disarm. (Full story)
IRAQI RESPONSE
Gen. Amer al-Sa’adi, science adviser to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, said a more detailed response to Powell’s presentation would be delivered at a news conference at 8 p.m. (noon ET) Thursday.
At a lunch that followed Powell’s presentation, diplomats said he responded to the French foreign minister’s concerns about the impact war with Iraq would have on the region by saying, “I wasn’t talking about war, but about strengthening inspections.”
The diplomats said Powell also made clear to Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin that the United States is not ready to go to war immediately, and is interested in hearing France’s proposals to strengthen inspections with the added value of the evidence Powell presented.
These two couldn’t be more polar
opposites on the Iraq War!
Powell even made the case that
Al Queda was in Iraq before the
invasion!
Powell has to this day never admitted
he was wrong in supporting the policy
and he stayed until 2005 without a
peep of dissent!
This endorsement is purely racial
in nature as has been Obama’s
campaign against both Hillary Clinton
and John McCain!
People are elected president of this
country because of their qualifications,
Not Their Race!
Both Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden
said that Obama was Not Qualified to
be president! I believe them, Not
Colin Powell!

AS RUSH LIMBAUGH SAYS: ISRAEL IS NOT GOING TO SEE THIS MAN NOBAMA AS A GOOD THING FOR THEIR SAFETY. THEY ARE GOING TO BECOME MORE DEFENSIVE AND YOU ARE TO SEE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE SKY AINT FALLEN PEOPLE BUT THE BOMBS WILL BE IF NOBAMA GET IN.DON’T LOOK TO NOBAMA TO PROVIDE WORLD SECURITY. HE WILL MAKE A PACT WITH THE DEVIL……OH WAIT I THINK HE ALREADY HAS.

Why I am voting Democrat!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending MY MONEY than I would. I think when you spread the wealth around it is good for everybody! It’s Patriotic!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. All profits are evil and should be confiscated for Government Redistribution.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that MORE Government regulations and higher taxes on Business will stop Business from exporting their jobs to Countries with LESS Government regulations and lower taxes.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe terrorists should be allowed to have trials in American courts. And be able to subpoena top secret documents, soldiers, government officials, etc. to cross examine for their defense. They should have ACLU lawyers who can help intimidate Americans who serve on the juries!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe Gay Marriage should be the law of the land and will probably produce better children.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe English should not be the official language of the United States. I don’t mind pushing one for English when I use the phone.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe partial birth abortion is okay but water boarding a terrorist is disgusting.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe having a domestic terrorist like Bill Ayers as a close friend is a good thing. It allows for great relations with foreign terrorists.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe in a FREE government health care system. I believe doctors, nurses, hospitals, drug companies, etc. will gladly donate their time, products, services, facilities, etc. for FREE and that will be a better system.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe in and support trial lawyers, frivolous lawsuits and outrageous jury verdicts.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe 9/11 was an inside job to con the American people to go to war for oil.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe social security is solvent and that there is a social security lock box and I don’t believe social security is a Ponzi scheme.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe MOST AMERICANS are bitter and cling to their guns and religion. Let’s rid our country of guns and religion!
I’m voting Democrat because I believe illegal aliens deserve all the rights of ordinary Americans plus some additional rights Americans do not have.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe corporations should pay higher taxes! I believe higher taxes on business will make the price of their products and services LESS EXPENSIVE.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe groups like ACORN who register felons, drug addicts, wino’s, homeless drifters, illegal aliens, dead people, children, fictional Disney characters, etc. makes my vote count more.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe celebrating the winter solstice shows compassion for the small minority of people that do not celebrate Christmas.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe hard core criminal murders and rapists deserve life and that the innocent unborn deserve death. It’s a choice I can live with.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe Bush caused Hurricane Katrina and he blew-up the levies in the ninth ward of New Orleans.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe that any one who is not partaking in one of the many wonderful government programs obviously has too much money and should pay higher taxes.
I’m voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq the terrorists will be happy and now think of us as good people.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe our soldiers are AIR RAIDING villages and killing innocent people. We should all wear a bracelet.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe sex in the Oval Office with an intern is a private matter and that everybody lies under oath about sex.
I’m votin Demokrat becuse I wus edumkated at a publick sckrool. I lik da Natsionel Edukatshun Assoseeashun!
I’m voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as it does not offend people. Can’t we all just get along?
I’m voting Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits are wrong. I believe higher taxes on oil companies will produce lower prices at the pump.
I’m voting Democrat because I believe we need to rid ourselves of dependency on foreign oil, BUT I AM AGAINST offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, drilling in Anwar, building nuclear power plants and clean coal technology.
And finally, I’m voting Democrat because I believe Reverend Wright when he said “GODDAMN AMERICA” and “OUR CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST”. Hey let’s make a comfortable nest for those chickens!
Why are you voting Democrat?

Even if I knew nothing about the two candidates, choosing one to support would be easy judging by the type of people on each side. The McCain fans are consistently aggressive, racist, vicious, dishonest and low intelligence.
Obama / Biden ’08 + ’12.

Tameka wrote: “…What religion do you follow? Are you really an american? What college did you attend? Where is your birth certificate?……See how malicious you sound? That is the type of attitude that is corrupting america….blah blah blah”
Posted by: Tameka
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Obama Puppet- Please stop the “melodrama”. Neither you nor I are running to become President of the United States of America – That One is!
Both you and I have the right to post any question we want and expect honest answers by anyone who decides to become President of this great country of ours. Please stop diverting form the real issue, which is Obama’s credentials (experience), character and judgement – not mine or yours (and I repeat – neither you nor I are running for President – Obama is)
So-
I have the fundamental right as you do to ask questions about Obama’s experience, his political ideology, his character and judgement.
You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine. At the same time I have the same fundamental right as you do to freely express my opinion and neither you or anyone else here or elsewhere can take that right away from me or anyone else just because you and your “comrades” want to supress legitimate questions regarding someone who is running to become our Commander in Chief.
Stop the “divertion” tactic to avoid exposing the real Obama.
Btw, why is it that Obama is refusing to release his medical records like McCain has already done? Or did you conveniently missed the “special investigative report” that CNN aired two weeks ago?
Oh! I know…perhaps Obama is hidding some frequent visits to a “psychiatrist” but a possible “mental disorder” is far less important to you and the far-left-wing-liberal media clowns than having “skin cancer”.
What is Obama hidding? Perhaps a mental disorder? Oh! I know… we can not aske the “Chosen One” such questions…
Fellow Americans – keep asking the questions and demand honest answers from Obama – “God’s Gift to America” per Bela Pelosi!
Fellow Americans – demand that Barack Obama releases his MEDICAL records!
Hey BOZO – you mentioned “birth certificate above” as if it is not required from anyone running to become President…Guess what BOZO…it does! Go read our Constitution.

“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”
Carl Marx.
Hmmm, it sounds faniliar…
just like That One!

When Biden says President Kennedy, I think Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis. Young president trying to show the world he has big enough balls makes all of us nuclear fall-out.

What are these things that Biden says Obama is planning on doing that they’re not telling anyone about? “We’re going to have to do things that you think are completely wrong, and go against your gut, but you have to trust us, I mean, don’t question us, just stick with us through this and it is going to be better in the end.”
Posted by SBrady
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SBrady, when did Joe Biden say all this nonsense?
Sorry, I missed the show…ekhm, the “talking parrot” I meant to say….. :-)

If Obama looked like JFK, this would not even be a contest.
Posted by: Concerned American
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Hey Dummie-
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The 10 Biggest Differences Between Obama and McCain That Will Affect Your Daily Life
AlterNet. Posted October 17, 2008.
The next president will influence everything from your Internet access to your ability to pay medical bills.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/103387/the_10_biggest_differences_between_obama_and_mccain_that_will_affect_your_daily_life/

Did you know our economy is doing poorly? Did you know the US has lost respect in the world? Isn’t it getting old?..and..why do some republicans buy into all this fear talk? ..and aren’t ya’all tired of friends/family without jobs or lower wages or foreclosed homes? It really IS pretty bad out there! Ultimately the blame for this rests on the Bush Admin! Psst…McCain agrees with (voted for) Bush 95%! I’ve seen little evidence of the evoltion of McCain..have you? honestly!

call the holy spirit…John McCain…The collapse of the economy
yes john You are the reason collapse of the global economy, not just the U.S. People fear
Of psychological factors creating the negative impact of the crisis To the country and the rest of the world The poor victim Why do the poor of this world The high prices of basic materials diet High oil prices because of the owner of oil But the current crisis now Discover it all mistakes
High oil prices returned to their original owners devastation Necessity is the mother of invention Non-oil dependence the search for alternative …Congratulations Was punishment from God Self-interest and selfishness and spread hatred This is the result john yes Congratulations The fight against terrorism Now planting The seeds of terrorism Tension of living conditions Contribute much to the creation of intellectual extremism and insurgency for the individual Against social entity And expand the circle Social differences And the breakdown in humanity Age era Modern human
Instead of invention and innovation arms against the unknown Earth angry and Angry sky
Nature angry Life angry Human victim of ideas and mistakes But there is a chance to change obama yes obama Both know the story obama Is the president Congratulations, Mr
You are the winner Honesty, love and change And wisdom Is felt by the people to When speaking, when people look to you and Factors helping you succeed Congratulations to you and u.s.a and World……………….
o Lord ask you to change change and victory..
O Lord, ask you to publish love In the sky and the earth In the sea and land In human life To be a panacea for the hearts and minds
The love that fit mistakes Unite the hearts and minds Because the spirit of one And one Lord….amin
holy spirit
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