Obama Infomercial a Virtuoso Performance

George Stephanopoulos has their been a day you have not been licking Obama’s NUT sack

It’s good to see a presidential candidate acting presidential. Not small, angry, and divisive.

That was an excellent and sleek production. Creativity unlimited

It sure beats the angry curmudgeon and the whiny beauty contest runner-up that the other side has…

I also wish the LA TIMES would release the video of Obama praising the PLO terrorist as HEROS and calling Israel the TERRORIST

“George Stephanopoulos has their been a day you have not been licking Obama’s NUT sack”
Tabby, you showed the classiness that has been a hallmark of the McCain campaign. Good work.

YEP I am an Obama troll with nothing better to do than prove how much I love Obama by lying for him
BUT I also wish the LA TIMES would release the video of Obama praising the PLO terrorist as HEROS and calling Israel the TERRORIST

Long live Obama the lying piece of trash

Start a petition demanding the RACIST the LA TIMES would release the video of Obama praising the PLO terrorist as HEROS and calling Israel the TERRORIST

I thought that Mr. George Stephanopoulos has always been biased for Mr. Obama. I was proven right. Mr. Obama is a deceptive serial liar. I can’t believe America is being fooled again.

Forgot one: SOUR GRAPES, SORE LOSER-ISM and SOCK-PUPPETRY.
FAKE ED: YOU’RE A LOSER ALREADY, JUST WAIT TILL NEXT TUESDAY – YOU’LL BE A DOUBLE LOSER.
GO OBAMA!!!
BOO McCAIN!!!
YAY PHILS!!!!

jiminy,
While you are making things up about Obama, I am wondering how will we educate our kids so they can compete in the global market, how are we going to fixe our bridges before they fall down, how we are going to switch to renewable, American sources of energy.
That’s what makes me a proud Democrat and American.

I actually liked it! Well done!!!!

I am an independent who has already voted for Obama. I watched the show and just don’t what to think. Will it help Obama or hurt him. The production values were high. I thought that the cut to the live shot was very nicely done. The message was nice, but not really anything we haven’t heard before. I think that his base will like it, but I am not sure about his softer supporters or independents. Did he overdo it? I am almost certain that the repubs will very soon release an ad using some of his quotes and twist them to try to use against him.
My wife made the comment “Aren’t there any commercials during this?” I reminded her that it was a commercial. She said “oh I forgot” and laughed.

Tabby (Jiminy???),
As R A said, your life demands better out of you… Why play this stupid game? Speak about trolls….
Jiminy (the real one), who could care less about that inconsequential LA Times tape.

Obama:
“”Responsibility for our children’s’ success doesn’t start in Washington,” Obama said. “It starts in our homes. No education policy can replace a parent who’s involved in their child’s education from day one, who makes sure their children are in school on time, helps them with their homework, and attends those parent-teacher conferences. No government program can turn off the TV set, or put away the video games, or read to your children.”
Any republicans here who disagree with that? Speak up.

Obama paid a company to make a movie staring Obama.
Now if they could make Obama into a person who does not lie

Gus – you probably live in New Jersey. My family in Philly is voting OBAMA.
PHILLY = WINNERS
OBAMA/BIDEN = WINNERS
McSTOOGE = FAIL

McCain is jealous that he not only can’t afford to do the same ad, but his campaign lacks the vision or message to even conceive it.

Cheers to the Phillies…

I am a black boy working for OBAMA

I think a better info-mercial would be the one where Obama is calling PLO terrorist HEROS while at the same time calling Israel TERRORIST..

Please George, dont destroy your own reputation on this man.
When Obama talked about the courts not doing more for civil rights and not spreading the wealth around … who is he talking about – the BLACKS ..
So who do you think Obama has in mind when he says he wants to SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND … TO WHO?
TO THE POOR BLACKS …
Let’s us just SPIT THE TRUTH OUT …. BECAUSE IT IS THE TRUTH …
OBAMA’S AGENDA IS TO RAISE THE TAX ON ALL WORKING AMERICANS WHO PAY TAX, NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS NOW, AND GIVE THOSE MONEY TO ONLY ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE
THE POOR BLACKS …
THERE YOU GOT IT .. THE UNSPOKEN TRUTH IS OUT

“Has anyone noticed how John McCain doesn’t talk about HIS OWN ideas? He always seems to be talking about Barack Obama.
Obama on the other hand, spent 30 minutes telling people what he believes and what he would like to do.
John McCain has campaigned like George Bush did against McCain in 2000. No class.”
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Again I must have hit a nerve for “Ed from MA”. Otherwise, why stoop to pretending you are me?

Those of you who keep mentioning the LA Times, PLO Terrorist guy…don’t forget to ask about why McCain was head of a Repub committee that gave half a million to the same PLO Terrorist guy…
Typical hypocrisy from desperate, stupid, GOP’ers

If The two associations that the McCain ticket keeps linking Obama to terrorism are college professors at distinguished universities, I would believe our justice system has failed us, not Obama. When you look beyond the attack ads into the truth, it appears Obama is an intelligent man with an open mind and an optimistic view, not a terrorist – a problem solver. I voted for the Bush family four times, but this the Republicans are really starting to turn me off!

‘Please George’ – don’t you know that the whole McStooge ‘redistribution’ meme only works if you don’t say the RACIST part out loud?
HOW STUPID ARE YOU REPUBS?
DUMBER THAN SARAH PALIN?
DUMBER THAN JOE THE PLUMBER’S HELPER?
STUPID RACISTS.
OBAMA = PRESIDENT
McCAIN = TOAST
YAY PHILS!!!

Excellent production.
Obama has run an incredible campaign.
I believe an 8th grader could run a better campaign than McCain. I have come to a point that I cannot stand to look at McCain’s snarling mug… or listen to his negative rants.

And the senile man and his blinded followers continue to attack sistematically Obama, but the American people need real change. Most of us are suffering and struggle to make ends meet. Obama shares many of our values: he owns one car, and one house. I don’t trust a 72 year old who can’t keep track of how many homes he has leading this nation in a time of economic crisis, not to mention a VP who doesn’t know the first thing about foreign policy… wait… I forgot… she does, since she can see Russia from her house,,,,

Had that been McCain, it would have been full of negativity, lies, fear mongering and hate. it was well done, he spoke about all of the issues that concerns Americans. It will be a blessed change to have this country go in a new direction after 8 terrible years under the self righteous, religious Republican hypocrites. This president was the one that said he would unite this country, yet he will leave it more divided than when he took office. He can’t leave too soon.

If Obama is elected President and his economic policies lead to a depression, states like Texas and Alaska will exercise their rights under their state constitutions and leave the United States of America. If Obama is elected, we better pray that his economic policies are not as devestating as the Wall Street Journal predicts or we will be almost 100% dependent on foreign oil. If Obama’s supporters are wrong, it won’t just be the end of America as we know it. It will be the end of the United States of America.

Let’s just post that Arafat and McCain picture of them shaking hands in the 1990s and after 9.11. McCain is a double sworded man. He talks and walks a big stick but he is trying to take the attention off of his inadvertent behaviors with the PLO leader and the Arabs he has graced with dinner. Ask about his night over stays. The man has a trophy family but he may not be the family man he wants all of us to think. He has been married 3 times, and Cindy was his mistress while McCain was married to his second wife who was disabled from a car accident. Is that low or what?

BARACK IS A BS, HE IS MOST LIAR AND LIBERAL POLITICIAN. HE CAN DO ANYTHING TO BE ELECTED. AMERICAN PEOPLE NEVER TRUST THIS GUY.

I am Jwal on this blog, and am an Obama supporter. The Obama infomercial was AWESOME, as I stated before. The idea of the McCain camp continuing to run negative campaigns, trying to dig up any kind of dirt on anyone at this time (6 days before the election), is stretching it, and people are sick and tired of it. The McCain campaign should stop the madness, and try to concentrate on what he can do for this country. That’s what people want to hear, and time is running out.

I loved this infomercial. I have been temping for 2 years. I need a full-time job with benefits. I am one of those people and my husband also who put off going to the doctor. We have exhausted our 401k. We are encouraged and inspired.
I appreciate someone willing and wanting to fight for middle class America. We have not had a voice for Eight years. We have survived. If Obama can deal with the attacks for 6 more days, he can count on me and my families and those with the same story to vote him in the White House. I love this country and I love these people so much, we do have the strength to fight against the attacks and SMEARS for 6 more days.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008 – You ignored us for 8 years. We have suffered more than any Americans since the 1930′s. We will ignore you on November 4th. We deserve a president for all of the people and not just a lying plumber who’s trying to get a book deal.

For the first time in many many years there is a future on Nov 5 that many many of use can finally hope for. Please do your part and get out the vote on Nov 4 and vote for a better future.
Remember the lies that Bush said about Iraq,
Remember the lies about 9/11.
Remember all the lies about implementing the 9/11 commission recommendations. They never implemented any of their recommendations.
Remember the incompetence of Bush in dealing with the economic crisis.
Remember the Bush incompetence in dealing with Katrina.
Remember that McCain is the same as Bush.
Vote for Obama/Biden.

Clifton
I had a white racist, bigoted grandfather that I loved dearly but despised his bigotry and racism.
So your point is? None, because he’s right. Our grandparents could be otherwise wonderful people with horrible thoughts about others that weren’t like them.
Since my grandparents are from the exact same generation as his, the great generation that helped win WWII, I should know. Just because they were heroes in their time, doesn’t mean their thoughts on race and others’ religions were right.
The difference is, I understand that you can revere people for some of their actions and still recognize their flaws. Our Founding Fathers had flaws, too. No man is perfect, but some try harder to get there than others.

In other words, “Pushing Daisies” got creamed, and ABC should have said yes when they had the chance.
Over on FOX, McCain ran ‘Yet’ four minutes later, and all we could do was groan and think ‘McCain still can’t tell us what he would do any better than what we just heard.’ All the republicans in my family are thinking of switching independent if Palin runs in 2012. Not on my side just yet. Give ‘em six days.

i’d like to buy the world a coke….
hum..hum..hum..hum..hum..hummmmmm
we are the world, we are the children, we are the ones that make a brighter day, so let’s start livin…..
everyone raise your lit up cell phones and your glass of kool aid…
come on now…let me hear ya

What amazes me is absolutely everybody is ignoring every inconsistancy and lie Mr Obama has told, and ignored every bit of information that should give us all pause. $650 million in ads vs $85M and he’s only ahead by three? Oprah’s production company supposedly did this infomersial. Bravo on production values, but should it cost a billion dollars to run for president? The only plus I can see, is people have such high hopes for the man, everyone is bound to be disappointed. What will you have then? Will he stand with Nancy and shove leftist crap down our throats, leaving the economy reeling? Will he stand in the middle so he can win a second term? Will Isreal be attacked since Mr Obama so favors the Palastineans? Will europe be happy with a leftist, or just come up with new reasons to hate us? Will Russia invade their satellites with access to the Black Sea? Will China invade Taiwan? We know, with a 25% reduction in the military, we will be impetient to do anything. Will all freetrade cease, further destroying our economy? Will unions make us dramatically less competitive, furthering our economic decline?
Sure looks like it, and none of you want to hear any doubt. It’s like you all drank Jim Jones Kool Aid.

“If Obama is elected President and his economic policies lead to a depression, states like Texas and Alaska will exercise their rights under their state constitutions and leave the United States of America. If Obama is elected, we better pray that his economic policies are not as devestating as the Wall Street Journal predicts or we will be almost 100% dependent on foreign oil. If Obama’s supporters are wrong, it won’t just be the end of America as we know it. It will be the end of the United States of America”
And of course the only option is McBush and the GOP. After all, look how great they have been running the country. It’s good to know that under McBush and the GOP, we aren’t dependent on foreign oil, the Constitution hasn’t been violated and our economy is running smoothly…
Hint to GOP’ers: This is sarcasm

I was so very proud…Now everyone, please go out and cast your vote for the next President of the United States of America-Barak Obama…Tucker Bonds and the McSain’s can go fly a kite.

i am pleased to see that my $35 campaign contribution paid for something so positive. i am hoping that next time around each candidate will stash away enough money to make his/her point during a similar presentation.

mommy who is the crazy old man on TV who keeps trying to scare america. oh that’s just crazy old john mccain. who is he mommy??? NO ONE THAT MATTERS ANYMORE!~ roflol

I was glad Fox showed it after the World Series, so I could see it twice. I am beginning to have hope for our country again. Obama is someone we have not seen for a very long time in our country.
His postive message only seems more amazing in contrast to the negativity of his opponents.
There is a new ABC report of mis-spending by the Justice Dept http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=6142019&page=1 This is one more reason, for the good of our country, we have to elect Obama.
Love to you all, Mom

What petty, mean-spirited remarks released by McCain and Co. saying that the commercial was “feel good” and bought with “broken promises” and “buyer beware.” This is because they have NOTHING to offer the American people. McCain’s disdain of Obama is as clear as day. He’s a spiteful little man he thinks he DESERVES the White House.
Instead of trashing the ad like jr high school kids, why don’t McCain and company offer they’re vision for America? It’s because McCain doesn’t have one.

CAN ANYONE HERE tell me how John McCain’s tax policy is different from George Bush’s?
ANYONE?

Rush Limbaugh admits that he is very conservative biased. Why isn’t George Stephanopoulos honorable enough to admit that he’s the liberal counterpart?

Get real. $5 million isn’t anything compared to what advertising makes on a daily basis. Obviously you don’t understand the cost of much. You must shop at the Five and Dime store. Really. What show do you watch? For the thirty minute sitcom or the one hour drama show, will pay up to $10 million for prime time slots. So don’t go belly aching over a 28 min show that you didn’t like. As a media expert, it was absolutely well made. I agree with George. It was perfect. Obama.Biden with Clinton for change 2008.

Get off your knees and wipe your chin George.

mommy can i go as something really scarey for halloween? sure son what do you want to go as? i want to go as the scariest thing i could think of… president john mccain. LOL (BTW george this article was awesome!!!!)

Your concerns are baseless.He will strengthen our country not by employng solders in the deserts and rain forests..instead he will strengthen defense in our homeland so that nobody will dare to come and attack us.Why do we care about Iran and IRAQ fighting?Let them fight and kill themselves.Do you worry about your country and people or do you worry about extremists killing themselves?

john mccain doesn’t have a TV… he just has a pile of rocks he sits infront of. he thinks the internet is something inside of a net. he thinks a blackberry is a fruit and he thinks a USB port is a place bees go to get their honey. john mccain… a true stone-age american. Time to look to the future and not the past.

McCain/Palin have not done anything but spew hate, anger and lies, devide Americans against each other and call one of it’s own citizens a terrorist, I’ll take my chances with Obama….

Sara, Jimmy , John and Co. ..I would think by now, McCain and Palin would have known that trying to smear Obama as a terrorist, anti-jewish is a waste of time and energy. It won’t for a good reason: He is not a decent American who was raised by a single White mom and a couple of White grandparents in Hawai.
Second, his National Campaign Finance Director is Jewish – the Chairman of Hyatt Hotel Chain, and Obama’s Middle East Policy Advisor is Jewish. They have known Obama for over ten years. If he was anti-jewish, they would not be working to elect him President.
Third, on his trip to Isreal, he was greeted by the president, PM, and Leader of the Opposition. In short, he has been vetted. Give up the LA Times Story.

I’ll wipe it for you George!
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Get off your knees and wipe your chin George.
Posted by: MBNA Joe | Oct 29, 2008 11:06:43 PM

hey mbna joe… if mccain is president u can change his diaper.

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 30 minute piece was very well done. It was totally positive. It did not say anything negative about his opponents. It went over all the policy points again in very clear terms – good to counter all the false information spread by the other camp.
When has the other candidate ever told us about his policies? When has he ever said anything positive? All I hear is a string of very idiotic character assassination attempts and a whole lot of FEAR and WHINING. I am glad McCain did not try a 30 minute slot. I doubt he could say enough to fill the time and what he would say would probably have half the viewers hiding behind the couch in fear and the other half running out with nooses and pitch-forks to lynch some un-American (read:non-white) types.
Best of all: it went by fast. I hate political ads.

I see more Republicans with the lazy kids than I do with Democrats. You must think all Republicans are rich. Do you understand why Bush and Cheney got the tax cuts for the rich and rich corporations. They wanted to make the Republican party rich, but no one else, Communist Republican Right guard. They were jealous of most Democrats who do well because they really do work, care for their families, help others, and go vote. Republicans are the welfare group and skinheads. As a white person with a nice tan, they are so white, I need sunglasses when they pass by. They are scary looking like home grown terrorists like Timothy McVeigh, you know, Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing that kill children who he called as “collateral” a military term in war. Most Republicans have their children so they can kill them later. Dysfunctional and deadly.

Tomorrow…
I will not live in fear any longer.
I will not think less of a person just because he or she thinks differently.
I will understand that we are all Americans, no one more patriotic than the other.
I will not think of what could go wrong, but what we can make right.
I will know that we are a better nation together than we are divided.
I will not look at people from other countries as adversaries, but as neighbors.
I will eat French fries again.
I will say ‘goodbye’ to scare tactics and say ‘hello’ to open dialogue.
I will not listen to sound bites, but I will engage in depth.
I will consider all points of view.
I will see how the American Dream can become the American Reality.
I will realize that the easiest road is not often the right road.
I will not consider ‘shopping’ as a way out of our difficulties.
I will not interpret the central message of the Constitution as “You’re on your own.”
I will realize that the foundation of our nation is based on liberty and justice for all.
I will not believe that there are weapons of mass destruction where there are none.
I will not use force unless every other method of negotiation has been exhausted.
I will finally realize that government is an extension of the will of the people.
I will look to the future with hope.
Because tomorrow… I will vote.

opedenderson… people who usually use the word gay that way are usually having problems with their own sexuality. it is okay if u r gay… in obamas america there is a place for everyone… gay and straight, black and white and yellow and brown and red, people with disabilities…. its everyones america.

Scott G
“….He started the USS Forrestal fire when wet-starting his plane to scare an F-4 Phantom pilot on the deck with him. He has more plane crashes (5) than any other living Naval Pilot who was not an experimental plane pilot. …”
Assuming all that is true, you forgot to mention that the legendary ‘Pappy’ Boyington was shot down a few times too as was Chuck Yeager. You also forgot to mention Obama’s military record. After you look that up you can check Joe Biden’s military record. Let us know what you find. I think they served with Bill Clinton.

The Obama/Biden team will build bridges to our allies instead of burning them like the Republicans do. That is why our friends in France, Britain, Germany, and Spain want Obama/Biden to win, and Al-Quaida wnts McCain/Palin to win.

MBNA Joe – if you’re so proud that you didn’t waste one second watching this program, why are you spending SO MUCH TIME commenting about it???? Just like a republican to run off at the mouth about something they know nothing about (or didn’t even watch) & then try to force others to THINK LIKE THEM.

It was positive and offered a forward-thinking affirmative argument for his candidacy and our joint future. McCain is only offering critiques, smears, lies and attacks. Obama did not mention McCain or Bush once – they are irrelevant at this point. We just need to vote!

A Total Waste Of Perfectly Good Air Time!! Obama will never be president…sorry

hey, mccain= nobama
don’t get your knickers in a wad…the man is being worshipped and if everyone was honest with themselves, they would acknowledge that. what in his record tells you that he is better able to lead this country?

Jon: “I guess I’m not surprised. Stephanopoulos has heaped limitless praise on Obama, ignored all his faults, gaffes, and mistakes,”
Many of us remember Stephanoploulos’s roasting of Obama in the primary debate versus Hillary Clinton – he hit Obama about Ayers in prime time well before McCain did. Yet I’m sure such documented reality millions of Americans saw with there own eyes will do nothing to sway the beliefs of a member of the Republican Party of Ignorance.

Obama’s positive tone defining his intensions….PRESIDENTAL to say the least

Hail to the leader, Obama cannot close the deal not even with the media helping him 24/7. President John McCain.

I’ll bet the Academy is fawning over the idea of how to give Obama an award for starring in his own film.

Obama in the White House!

I really liked how he was able to get his message across without needing to bring down the McCain camp.
I really do think Obama is a decent man, someone with a conscience. And for that reason, I would give him my vote.

If you didn’t watch it then why are you here? To be negative and spew nonsense.
umm… robin… did you even read the actual text that GS posted at the lead of this topic? do you actually listen to obama with an open mind? if you did, you would have heard obama state as much as you just did.
look, if you don’t like obama then that’s your business – vote for mccain – who knows maybe he’ll still win yet. but to come on here and masquerade your cynicism as realism is silly. you only fool yourself.

This is something new and exciting from a candidate. Obama is already shaking things up. He is already starting the change and I love it. This is a smart well educated person who is going to make the United States a great country again.

Well, after the destruction, treason, mass-murder, and theft that lies in the wake of the worst administration in US history, carried out by the a bum and his cronies who were fully supported and loved by the human garbage that is the republican constituency, after the humiliation of having an idiot and fool representing this nation for 8 long years – maybe, just maybe the uneducated masses are waking up, and will vote for a decent candidate. And, should it happen, anyone with more than one functioning neuron will certainly rejoice. Sweep out the trash, the immoral bums, filth, and human garbage – but – don’t let them get away unscathed. The republican filth needs to be held accountable for their massive crimes. We learned after WWII that letting mass murderers off the hook is not exactly the straightest path to a decent world.

robin,
Blah blah blah. Record this, record that. Experience this. experience that. Honey, McCain’s record ain’t so glowing in and of itself. Your argument about experience is the same argument used by people who’ve worked at a company for years and become absolutely ENRAGED when someone younger and brighter comes in and surpasses them as ENTITLED to the next promotion in line. McCain thinks he DESERVES the White House. Obama wants to SERVE in the White House.

I also wish the RACIST LA Post would release the TAPE of Obama and McCain dressed as PLO Terrorists dancing the HULA with ISRAELI HEROS in Hawaii!

Those people in the show were families with real problems, not fake, like Joe the plumber…and riral, go back to school, you’re an idiot…

Well scripted, well delivered. Just had one thing missing. Executive Producer: Aaron Sorkin.
I was undecided until now and have now decided. I am voting McCain. Now before you all go mad and accuse me of being a right wing extremist or just someone messing about. Just hear me out.
I like Obama, I like what he says and I like some of his ideas but lets be realistic. Both Obama and McCain are patriots, they both love the country and they both really want the best for the country. They both truly believe that their vision is the correct one. But the truth is the candidates always promise and say things during campaigns that they usually don’t deliver. Once they get to office they learn things that result in the change of positions. Both Obama and McCain have promised and try to sell things which we all know wont happen. So how do I decide whom to vote for?
I have known McCain for years, his life is an open book and everyone knows everything they need to know about him, his only flaw is that he belongs to the party of our current unpopular president. Obama, well I don’t really know anything about him and I can’t find anyone who does. Now I am not saying that I believe all those stories coming out about him, but there are unanswered questions.
So my choice is this either voting for a candidate who may or may not continue with Bush policies or vote for a candidate who may or may not…. I have no idea. I am voting for the president of the United States, Commander in chief, most powerful person in the world with so many problems in the world today. I am going to play it safe.
Senator Obama, I respect you. As mad as I am at President Bush I am simply not ready to gut off my nose to spite my face and replace one rooky in the white house with another. This time I opt for experience.

i’d like to buy the world a coke….
hum..hum..hum..hum..hum..hummmmmm
Robin said:
“we are the world, we are the children, we are the ones that make a brighter day, so let’s start livin…..
everyone raise your lit up cell phones and your glass of kool aid…
come on now…let me hear ya”
I voted for Obama already but that just made me laugh so hard. Robin you are actually pretty funny.

Phil Gramm is behind all of the negative advertising. He’s the one who said “Americans are Whiners”. He also did his own negative advertising in 1984 in Texas. He didn’t want his Asian wife, Wendy, to show her face in any of the political ads. Since she is Asian, Gramm thought Texans were prejudice against Asians. She went along with it. Shows her character as well, which is very typical of the Communist Republican of the Right Guard.

The infomercial was exactly that: a well-thought-out video excursion of all important points based on slick marketing and surveys, but the presidency is not an infomercial, it is not a forum where you can have all the time in the world to plan and re-plan the plot, the theme, and the story. The presidency is exactly a position of power, but of power that must respond and react to domestic and international challenges in a wise, intelligent but firm manner.
Obama, I truly believe, will not live up to the expectations of his supporters. He moreover will too fail to satisfy those of his race who once seeing him in office will demand greater privileges and greater opportunities. Those who will attack and cause his demise will be the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jackson and even his Reverend Wright who will demand payback for all those years of hardship and bigotry.
In the end, Obama will become the Jimmy Carter of this century; his administration replete with indecisions, wrong moves, ill-fated plans, and fruitless responses to world dilemmas and challenges.
Yes, Obama will ride into Washington like a prince, but he is a prince who never had a father that would take him into the wood shed now and then and who demonstrates a level of immaturity not suited for the White House.
In the end, Obama will realize he bit more than he could chew.

Tonight McCain-Palin spokesman Tucker Bounds released this statement: “As anyone who has bought anything from an infomercial knows, the sales-job is always better than the product. Buyer beware.”
Too true!
The Associated Press did a fact-checking story on Obama’s infomercial tonight that bears reading.

drink the mccain kool-aid…. it has xanax in it…. roflol

Best socialist money can buy.
Yeah, like one guy can make the country better again…..maybe our do-nothing congress will start doing something?

I am horrified when we are currently in such an economic crisis to see any presidential candidate spending that much money on a TV ad.
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Wow! Spending campaign money on a campaign?
How horrible! He obviously should have spent on clothes.
WE sent it to Barack just for that purpose. Send your hard earned money to your weak candidates if you really support them.

LOVE AMERICA – LOVE OBAMA!

Oonogil: And I challenge John McCain to go just one day without uttering the words “My friends” bet he can’t, but he sure can utter the words “My fellow prisoners. PTSD is serious business.

OBAMA for PRESIDENT

How about that oval office set? Right up there with the Greek columns at the convention, his face on money, his presidential seal last summer, and the flyer Obama sent to everyone in KY showing him standing in what appeared to be a church with a huge cross behind him.
Empty promises, smoke and mirrors–not what this country needs in a President.

obama nodrama

Scott: You probably have never even heard of the word socialist or ever mentioned it until Palin the Parrot Puppet and John McCain the puppetmaster said it. I see Palin isn’t the only puppet, obviously their supporters are too.

The voice of reason from the intellect of an American politician? Oh, it has been such a long time!
Thanks, Mr. Obama. Peace and love to us all.
V

Moderaterepublican –
“The only plus I can see, is people have such high hopes for the man, everyone is bound to be disappointed. What will you have then? Will he stand with Nancy and shove leftist crap down our throats, leaving the economy reeling?”
ARE YOU AN IDIOT? WHO HAS LEFT THE ECONOMY REELING? THE REPUBLICANS. WHEN CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE, WE HAD THE BIGGEST SURPLUS IN HISTORY. BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER AND NOW WE HAVE THE BIGGEST DEFICIT IN HISTORY AND THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE DEPRESSION. WHO’S MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE — DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS?
“Will europe be happy with a leftist, or just come up with new reasons to hate us?”
IF EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD HATE US, IT’S BECAUSE OF BUSH. EVERYONE WAS WITH US POST-9/11, AND THEN BUSH ATTACKED IRAQ FOR NO GOOD REASON AND TURNED THE WORLD AGAINST US. OBAMA WILL RESTORE OUR CREDIBILITY WITH OUR ALLIES.
“We know, with a 25% reduction in the military, we will be impetient to do anything.”
WE’RE IMPOTENT BECAUSE BUSH STRETCHED OUR MILITARY THIN BY ATTACKING A COUNTRY THAT WAS NO THREAT TO US. WHILE HE TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL, THE REAL THREATS — NORTH KOREA AND IRAN — ARE GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. DESPITE HIS REPUTATION AS A COWBOY, BUSH IS THE BIGGEST WUSSY ON EARTH — HE DOESN’T FIGHT COUNTRIES WHO CAN FIGHT BACK.

ZakD,
A racist by definition is:
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
So the LA Times could not by definition be racist…
but they could be considered Obamist.
I know this doesn’t help, but I’d hate for you to sound foolish.

Can anyone answer me this one question?
By Obama’s own admission most of the $600 Million he raised came from average Americans the average contribution being $85. If Obama is so concerned about the middle class and so worried whether I can afford a full gallon or half gallon of milk, wouldn’t it be more appropriate if he’d give people back some of his surplus money, rather then spend it on extravagant infomercials?
I was shocked to receive an email from the Obama Campaign today asking me to donate a further $10. This put me off! I am sitting out this election. Looking forward to 2012

Instead of waisting all that money on that ad she should’ve donated to chariity. All he said were promises that we had heard before and no real solutions. McCain is not perfect but for the past week he has elabroted on solutions for the economy. Nov 4 my vote is for McCain

well…it certainly isn’t voting “present” as a way of avoiding tough votes. he warned several years ago the dangers that freddie and fannie were heading for and barney and company ignored him. what was your guy doing? gladly accepting large sums of money from them, second only to dodd. he pushed for the surge when everyone else was opposed to it. unfortunate for your guy, it took away a running point. name me one thing obama has accomplished in his time in senate?

William: Sounds like you are disappointed that Obama occupied your favorite station….Fox. One of the main reasons why people of are sick and tired of the Republican Party and what they stand for..hate and division.
We the real people of America are going to show you guys on Nov. 4th just how sick in tired we are of all the negativity that is constantly spewed from the Republican Party once and for all.

Obama has the poise and leadership of a President.
He has a God given talent to inspire, to offer hope, to raise people up, and a plan to put this country on a positive path. THAT is a true leader.
What have we heard from McCain? Accusations about Obama. Inuendo about Obama. Lies about Obama. And no plan but to stay the course and cater to the wealthy. It takes the leadership of a fifth grader to dwell in name calling.
There is no contest. Obama is the right man for our nation. He is a once in a lifetime candidate.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
BRACK HUSSIEN OBAMA!

I am a vet and I served a tour in Iraq. I voted republican all my life – but this is the 1st time I am voting for a Democrat.
The real maverick I admired in 2000 is gone – replaced with a hateful, fear-mongering politican.
The country is hurting in all areas and needs real answers instead of desperate guilt by association tactics.
But what really made me switch my vote to Obama/Biden is the fact that John McCain and Bush opposed the new GIBill -legislation that had bi-partisan support. If you look at McCains legislative records, you will also see that time after time, he has voted against VA funding.
Like McCain, I too am a Navy officer and I think deep down inside McCain is a decent man – but he’s so desparate to win at any cost. I do not hate McCain but I think he should try to salvage whatever’s left of his dignity.

i donated $150 to the Obama campign and i am PROUD to see that he used that donation on to let America know what his plans and ideas are!!
Obama for President

“sarahs a maverick and im a maverick.” all we need are two crazy people running the country. we had that in the last 8 years and look what that did to us. we need stability. OBAMA!!!!

robin: “well…it certainly isn’t voting “present” as a way of avoiding tough votes. he warned several years ago the dangers that freddie and fannie were heading for and barney and company ignored him. what was your guy doing?”
He voted present 129 times out of over 3,000 votes. Senator McCain simply does not show up to vote, being among the most absent members of Congress. Obama goes on the record as being there but not willing to support the legislation, often because he supports the cause but has technical Constitutional qualms with the implementation.
With 26 years of senority in the Senate, what did McCain actually DO to help avoid the economic meltdown, other than sign on late to some safe criticism of FM?
” name me one thing obama has accomplished in his time in senate?”
The Obama-Lugar nonproliferation initiative which is now law.
I HAVE PROVIDED MANY CONCRETE FACTUAL EXAMPLES OF SENATOR OBAMA’S REAL-WORLD ACHIEVEMENTS. CAN YOU PROVIDE EVEN ONE FACTUAL EXAMPLE OF SENATOR MCCAIN’S “ACHIEVEMENTS”?

I put my COUNTRY FIRST – and voted for Barack Obama. I submitted my vote for him and against california proposition 8 with pride.

Johanna: I guess you forgot that your candidate said that the fundamentals of the economy is strong. He only cares about the wealthy and if you are middle class and believe that you are on the same level as a guy who has 9 homes and 13 cars then I suggest you follow the scarecrow down the yellow brick road to see the Wizard for a brain.

zak D….. that made me laugh. thanks :) GO OBAMA!!!!! now at 286 electoral votes.

I’m Joe the Plumber and I voted for Barack Obama.

Miguy: I don’t understand those who come on here and say that they don’t know anything about who Obama is – don’t you realize that you are advertising your own ignorance?
Well maybe i am ignorant is that a crime? Is there anything wrong in wanting to know who your next president is going to be.
I am all ears. tell me about him. What is he? Where does he come from? He may be a very nice guy but america has 300 Million nice people and many of those who can give nice speeches. does that qulaify them to be president? GIve me something that will make me feel comfertable with a President Obama and he gets my vote. Until then safe it is.

Passin thru: Who are you trying to kid?

I’m a registered Republican from PA and there is no way I am voting for McCain–I did not vote for Bush..I live in Central PA, and there are many Republicans like me who aren’t voting for the McCain/Palin ticket. Obama will take PA.

FYI…
Those McCain Trolls is just ONE GUY posting under different names.
The GOP always sends one guy to every blog and try to fake massive support.
How much is McCain paying you?

Shey: “I am all ears. tell me about him. What is he? Where does he come from”
You can read my posts for a handful of real world facts about Obama’s record that helped me gain a comfort level with him. In terms of impressive achievements, I found McCain’s record far thinner and ultimately I personally now view McCain as the thin-resumed one. He coasted into the Senate on his war hero cred alone and has done little of actual impact since he got in.

Obama has out-strategized, outmaneuvered McCain the military man. Obama has my confidence for Commander-in-Chief.

I am a vet and I served a tour in Iraq. I voted republican all my life – but this is the 1st time I am voting for a Democrat.
The real maverick I admired in 2000 is gone – replaced with a hateful, fear-mongering politican.
The country is hurting in all areas and needs real answers instead of desperate guilt by association tactics.
But what really made me switch my vote to Obama/Biden is the fact that John McCain and Bush opposed the new GIBill -legislation that had bi-partisan support. If you look at McCains legislative records, you will also see that time after time, he has voted against VA funding.
Like McCain, I too am a Navy officer and I think deep down inside McCain is a decent man – but he’s so desparate to win at any cost. I do not hate McCain but I think he should try to salvage whatever’s left of his dignity.

robin: your posts masquerade cynicism. if you don’t like it, stop posting or be more clear. and, apologies for the typo, i meant to say in a huff as you seem peeved and angry about something or everything. otherwise, why would you possibly care about my posts in which i have now said thrice that i don’t care if you vote for obama or not. i am not trying to convince you of anything, yet you insist on trying to convince me of something.
no offense, but lighten up – you are taking umbrage at fairly innocuous comments.

George is very neutral man. He works very bipartisan and is very fair. I have known him since 1982, and he is very good at what he does in the media. I give George a 4.0 GPA or an A+

Oh, you poor foul mouth, foul thinking neocons. See why your party is losing? Your foundation is crumbling and you resort to vulgarity to express yourself. Your soul is tortured and you have lost your self respect.
Bless Barack Obama as he will be our President.

It is a very moving 30 min ad. At certain moment, it made me tearful because the sense of someone who really cares, who is speaking a language that most people can understand, not just by words, but by his sincerity. This is the quality in a person that springs from one’s words and acts.
It is very fortunate that we have Obama at this critical time of America.
God Bless America, and gives us Obama.

barf

SNAKE OIL SALESMAN

Republican’s dirty tactics of dissemination misinformation and lies won’t work anymore in this election. They’re desperate and they know it.

hey republicans… a vote for mccain is like throwing your vote down the toilet and even joe the plumber can’t save your vote.

“I am a vet and I served a tour in Iraq. I voted republican all my life – but this is the 1st time I am voting for a Democrat.
The real maverick I admired in 2000 is gone – replaced with a hateful, fear-mongering politican.
The country is hurting in all areas and needs real answers instead of desperate guilt by association tactics.
But what really made me switch my vote to Obama/Biden is the fact that John McCain and Bush opposed the new GIBill -legislation that had bi-partisan support. If you look at McCains legislative records, you will also see that time after time, he has voted against VA funding.
Like McCain, I too am a Navy officer and I think deep down inside McCain is a decent man – but he’s so desparate to win at any cost. I do not hate McCain but I think he should try to salvage whatever’s left of his dignity”
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I’m a VET and I’m also voting for Obama. Don’t assume that only Republicans support the military. I was also pissed about the fact MCCain didn’t vote for the new Gibill.
That’s horrible

McCain has been putting the snake oil on Sarah P.

Although I like Obama, and his message of finding common ground, a large part of my decision to vote for him is that I would be embarrassed, as an American, to have Sarah Palin as our great country’s president, should something happen to McCain.

Associated Press Obama infomercial fact check:
Obama: “Here’s what I’ll do. Cut taxes for every working family making less than $200,000 a year. Give businesses a tax credit for every new employee that they hire right here in the U.S. over the next two years and eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Help homeowners who are making a good faith effort to pay their mortgages, by freezing foreclosures for 90 days. And just like after 9-11, we’ll provide low-cost loans to help small businesses pay their workers and keep their doors open. ”
THE FACTS: His proposals — the tax cuts, the low-cost loans, the $15 billion a year he promises for alternative energy, and more — cost money, and the country could be facing a record $1 trillion deficit next year. Indeed, Obama recently acknowledged — although not in his commercial — that: “The next president will have to scale back his agenda and some of his proposals.”

shey: i guess i’m at a loss as your post exactly proves my point. seriously, read what you just wrote.
why do i have to prove ANYTHING to you? if you cared to learn about the candidates, then that is your own business. after being bombarded with political nonsense for 21 months, most people would have absorbed the relevant facts by now even unintentially.
so, yes, i stand by my comment that those who proclaim that they don’t know who Obama is are advertising their ignorance. if i didn’t know who he was, i would actually take some effort to learn. then i would come on here and make some sort of rational argument pro or con. but maybe that’s asking too much?

The GOP has imploded, and for the first time in many years they are facing a really good campaign. I liked Obama OK when I first saw him, but honestly I had no idea he was this good until I realized he has been running rings around the GOP buffoons for months, pacing himself, refusing to be suckered into unproductive fights, talking like a grownup, staying on message, refusing to say horrible things and lie like a rug as McCain and Palin do on a daily basis, keeping it classy, and to my delight making absolute mincemeat of the opposition.
It is a thrilling pleasure to watch him kick GOP ass with class.

Judy: “If Obama has so much money, he should spend it to help the poor, the sick, or give it to school. This will be more meaningful. ”
Obama has been so successful raising money to interview for the job of president that he gave the Federal Government $86 million dollars to reduce the deficit. McCain did not give up a dime.
I donate to UNICEF, the Grameen Foundation, OxFam, the local foodbank, BOSS, etc. to support charity. I donated to Obama so he could better get his record out and allow Americans the information necessary to make the best possible choice of leaders. I do not view that money as wasted.

the people who keep arguing that obama is a marxist seem to be using stalinist style attacks on obama. what hypocrites.

I think if Obama goes against his word to accept public funding I wonder what else will he go against, Mankind will tell each of us what we want we want to hear to get our votes. As well if our country had not become an immoral county living for as much as we can get, beyound our means and not so lazy, wanting more then we can afford, we wouldn’t be in this mess we are in our economy. So what will it be, no one can fix years and years of messes in 4 or even 8 so then what are you all going to vote Obama with low ratings, and change for another change when our world is in worse mess then now. Just wait and see, that time is coming, because we in USA only want the easy, quick and what is tickling our ears. I am so dissappointed in this country and where is has come to. however one difference between me and others, I will respect the office of President no matter who is there, hold accountable his pledges and then let you all know “I told you so” when he fails. I see the handwriting on the wall “Daniel, chapter 5″ Old Testament.

Obama: socialist, friend of black racist Rev Wright, friend of terrorist Ayers. This is who liberals want in the White House? You have got to be kidding.
Vote McCain and send the wind sniffer of Obama back to Ayers apartment.

How many times did McCain get shot down?

I love how Bush, Cheney, Rove, Schmidt, Davis, McCain, and the lovely Gov. Palin have made their party totally irrelevant. Tough luck republicans. Enjoy your obscurity, it’ll take years to recover. Ha. Ha.

Robin:
The Mavericks, from whose name the work ‘maverick’ is derived, were always known for their progressive (read LIBERAL) social views and actions. A descendant of the Texan Samuel Maverick did indeed say recently that McCain is not worthy to associate himself with the term:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html?scp=4&sq=Maverick&st=cse

Sheya,
You asked ‘Who is this Barack Obama?’ Well he is smart like Bill Clinton, graduated summa cum laud from Harvard law school and elected president of the Harvard law review.
He has only been married once, no hint of infidelety, obviously loves his wife and two children very much.
He is ambitious, a condition shared with every presidential candidate since 1776. He was in demand as a supreme court type law clerk job but decided to go into public service instead.
He is idealistic without being ideological. His views on the 2nd amendment may have been a surprise to liberal bloggers but it is one he expressed publiclly long before running for president.
And he has this human touch. An understanding of how indecent it is that our current system denies life saving care to people, even children, without insurance. That may have a lot to do with watching his mother fight with the insurance companies over whether her treatment would be covered, as she was dying of ovarian cancer.
Not being ideological allows him to understand what is going on in the economy without the group think impedements of conservatives like McCain.
And if you watched the man’s video, you know something else about him, something different from John McCain. He wants to talk about what he believes and what he wants to do, without tearing down his opponent.
John McCain doesn’t spend much time talking about his own policies — I guess he is too busy slandering innocent Palestinian college professors — but one of them is that he wants insurance companies to be able to reincorporate in any state they want to AND BE REGULATED BY THAT STATE.
Right now, any insurance company that wants to operate in Illinois is subject to Illinois regulation. This gives the people in this state some local control, specifically if insurance companies are abusing their clients, they can be fined or even loose the right to operate in this state.
But if John McCain gets his way, a industry friendly state like Oklahoma could invite all of the insurance companies to move there, in exchange for regulations that give the patient no right to dispute the company’s decision.
Good luck getting Oklahoma to help you out when the insurance company declines your claim! Scram. You don’t vote here.
That’s John McCain for you. If the solution fits his right wing philosophy, it doesn’t matter how many people get hurt.

Obamma/Hilton 2012

McCain and Republicans SUCK!

Tucker whatever-his-name-is is crazy. I bought the Aquaglobes off an infomercial and they work great as long as you don’t let soil clog the water delivery tube.

Unbeivable. Main stream Media is so left leaning democratic that it is shameful junoralisim. I am a liberal independant…not committed…..but I have to say that after watching the media coverage of this “race” I have to say that I have no confidence in main steam coverage of the candiates..especially ABC. Day after day in the am on GMA and at night I am twisted by your polls and “political anyalists”.
Tonight was the breaking point for me when after a 30 min ad promoting himself on 4 or so channels..Obama was Hearld by your channel….Where and whe n has the other channel had the time on air with your channel to counter?
I have been a fan of ABC, up to the point, but this “anaysis” has gone too far….way beyond the couch. Get back to your real base of fans.
I’m sorry that because of your reporting, you and Obama lost my vote both at the booth and at home

What makes my skin crawl is when McCain uses the phrase “my friends.” He doesn’t give on iota about you or me.

It initially started at $300,000, then went to $250,000, now the magic number is down to $200,000, or is it $150,000 like Biden says? He’s doing the income limbo. . . how low will he go?

I heard he was a lousy pilot. Isn’t that what we have running the country into the ground now?

Judy: “If Obama has so much money, he should spend it to help the poor, the sick, or give it to school. This will be more meaningful. ”
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Judy’s money went for dressing up Palin!!!!
$150,000 worth!!!!

Remember when John McCain donated money to the same PLO sympathizers they are attacking Obama for having supposed associations with? Remember McCain donating money to an organization William Ayers was a board member of? Remember when McCain said Gordon Liddy was his dear friend and ally. Remember when McCain was a hypocrite???

speedy_453: ” He thinks he can spring forth an orator,”
You can see my earlier posts for concrete examples of Obama’s experience. Assuming you’re not just robin under a new name, I will go ahead and extend my same question to you: I have given a number of concrete achievements of Senator Obama. Can you provide an equal number of concrete achievements from Senator McCain?

Paris Hilton? Try Roseanne Barr…

Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes of McCain & Palin Mud Slinging.. Sen Obama Our Next President has one again brought Truth and Hope to the American People.
Hey McCain are you buying a place in Alaska to go Moose Hunting with Gov. Palin??? Take Cheney with you, he is good with a gun..Eh???

Who is Robin!!!???!! Is she related to Joe the Plumber or Lenny the Jewish Baker??

Lissen, I am from Greek. Why my cousin no like they mccain? eh? OK! Barrak is a mavros. Gamiseta! OK opos leme stin Greekland, fakem salamobama bits.
p.s. O, McCain gamai to Sara Palin? Can parti mai ouzo?? Oh boy!

jhw539: Obama has done NOTHING for the US. Nothing he has done has helped the country. Obama has given his life for his country.

People seem to be hung up on this tax thing. Like most policiticans, Obama is very careful with his wording. So, for those keeping score at home, he actually has been fairly consistent.
A. You will not pay more in taxes as a family unless you are making over $250,000
B. You will receive a tax cut if your family makes less than $200,000.
How are these statements congruous? Easy – basically, you don’t get a tax cut or tax hike between $200,000 and $250,000.
McCain isn’t immune to this kind of speech either as he neglects to mention that his tax cuts don’t really kick in until you make $100,000 or more.

President Barack Obama! You rock! You stand head and shoulders above the jokers, McCain and Palin.
When the GOP started losing they not only turned on themselves but turned on the news media, print media, tv media, video media and any other kind of media. And the posters on the blog are starting to respond with smut. They are so angry that they cannot see that it is a blessing that they will no longer have the power to continue to destroy the United States of America.

In a week, we will know if there are more common sense, sound minded and non-naive people in America.
If Obama wins, America is a NATION OF PINHEADS …. Only a nation of PINHEADS will vote one such as Obama as their President …
Gives me goosebumps.
A Hillary supporter voting MCCAIN/PALIN

The 30 minute commercial from Senator Barack Obama said nothing new, but it may have reached a new audience. Indeed, this commercial is probably the first time that FOX viewers have seen a Democrat speak for more than two minutes without being shouted down. The commercial probably won’t change how people vote, but if it reduces the xenophobic fear promoted by the McCain-Palin campaign it’s still worth the money.

I loved it. George bush wrecked this country and McCain just do the same. We need a CHANGE we need Barack Obama.

speedy_453: “jhw539: Obama has done NOTHING for the US. Nothing he has done has helped the country.”
This is a lie. Simply read my previous comments on this very page for concrete examples of good laws now on the books that he alone wrote.
McCain will not get elected on just lies, not this time around, and you are offering nothing else. For all McCain’s supposed experience and service you look a little foolish being unable to cite a single accomplishment.

All of my clients make over 200K, I make a little over half that, but how do you think business will be when my clients are paying an additional $10,000-$15,000 in income tax? My employees realize this and are worried about their jobs. . .I don’t blame them. Layoffs around the corner. Maybe some of you should be looking at the big picture. Obama is a job killer, but look on the bright side,. . .we’ll all be paying less income taxes.

I’m notWAHHH Ayers or Wright or any of that other bally hoo…
I’m an average American …mostly liberal in view.
I find it offensive bye the democrats and Obama to pretend to make people think that he won’t raise and tax most Americans in the nest 4 years in the white house. Think about it and reflect on the past democratic officals and then make your final opinion. More taxes and more government mean less in the long run for all..

Funny,
not one mention of impending “Doom” I guess only Republican candidates use this tactic….Fear.
I can only hope in 6 days all the hate, false accusations and smears will end.
I prefer honesty…….
Thanks….Obama 08

Obama is going to be the next persident of the USA. So whatever your concerns are you best get over them and make the best of it. On the up side. Just keep in mind that it is probably DAMN near impossible for him to do as much damage to the working american as G.W. Bush has done in his law braking constitutional ignoring eight years…

Liberals love Obama no matter what. So Obama has been close friends with racist Rev Wright for some 20 years. Who cares, say the liberals. So Obama has been friends with Ayers who bombed US buildings! But liberals say: who cares, we still love Obama. These liberals would vote for Osama if he was running against Bush. Their hate for Bush and conservative values is blinding liberals into selling their country. Wake up. See Obama for what he is. Friend of terrorists and racists. That is the FACT!
No on Obama!

Replublicans having hate in our hearts?
I take offense at that, I have no hate in my heart
Maybe you should look at your Own heart
Sorry

Obama’s ad was a waste of money.

George – You have no credibility whatsoever. You are simply a left-wing hack. How can you give any “unbiased” opinion with a straight face? We all know you were Bill’s flunky. How stupid do you think we are?

Its a shame all you dumb uneducated idiots voting for aracist when he only cares about his self.Spends a hundred thousand dollars and has a brother living in kenya living on a dollar a day in a shack,who he dont help and hes going to help America! get real.In a about a year from now you will all be sorry.Then maybe you can all go to Wrights church with obama and join in on all the blacks that God Dam White Americans you bunch of fools!!!!

How stupid do you think we are? Posted by: Matt — uh, let’s see, stupid enough to vote for Bush twice??? We have a winnar!

Good one, Piglet. Your wit is astonishing. Did I ever say anything about who I did or would vote for? The fact is that George is nothing but a left-wing hack. This is why the media has no credibility. It’s a complete disservice.

Posted by jhw539: “McCain will not get elected on just lies, not this time around, and you are offering nothing else.”
What lies?

Hey,
How about funding some college educations with that money spent on advertising for your campaigne? Say..more than 3 million in a 30 TV AD…what a waste…
some people need to eat…and pay for heating

The fact is that George is nothing but a left-wing hack. Posted by: Matt. — And you’re obviously a right-wing hack. Soon to be an “irrelevant” right-wing hack. Giggle. Snort.

BOB…
Sorry I couldn’t have said it better!
George..you need a to get a new job or a new network…
sorry..I used to be a fan..you are too biased

Obama paid $1million EACH on 7 network to air the 30 minutes infomercial which equate to 7million!!!!!
Far less than Nikes, Heinz, Budweiser, Enterprise and the list goes on!!!!
I say money well spent!!!!!
Obama spent the money on his CAMPAIGN!!!
Republicans spent $150,000 to clothes the PALIN’S FAMILY!!!!
You should DEMAND your MONEY BACK!!!

Obama was preaching to the choir tonight. Obamabots cried and got a chill up their legs. . everyone else yawned as they waited for something that mattered. . .the world series.

Obama’s first mention of this plan, the 300K number was mentioned. His infommercial just now never mentioned $250K, but $200,000, yet all his speeches use the $250,000 number. . .and yes you’re right $150,000 is definitely less than $200,000. . exactly my point. What was yours??
Posted by: Present | Oct 30, 2008 12:40:04 AM
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I never heard or read $300,000 on his tax plan!!!
Only $250,000 for married couples and $200,000 for singles!
THAT’S MY POINT!!!!!

Just watched it on YOU TUBE and it was great. The choice this election could not be starker
Hope and vision vs. fear-mongering and division
Hope wins!
Obama/Biden 08

Every time Obama has brought this up, he says $250,000, but tonight it’s $200,000. Why does Biden say it’s $150,000? What is the real number????

You people are “NOW” voting for Obama because of a commercial? That’s the mentality of an Obama voter.

I am an Independent and the Show made it easy for me to make the decision.
After the show tonight, I finally decided
I am voting for Obama on Tuesday.

Little known fact:
The estimated current cost of the Iraq war — excluding the lifetime care that vets coming back with brain injuries and amputations is going to require — is about $1 TRILLION dollars.
Do you know what could have been done with this money? Fix Social Security, that’s all!
Instead, John McCain proposes allowing workers to divert part of their Social Security taxes to their own private account. That sounds great, but just one thing.
This is the same money currently paying for all those Social Security checks.
If you divert money away from the Social Security trust fund, it MUST go into technical default — the state when the Social Security trust fund has a zero balance — sooner.
Not only that, but when Social Security goes into technical default, by law, the checks are reduced to match the incoming taxes.
If we divert some of the social security taxes away from the trust fund then, by law, the checks will be reduced that much more.

I think that Obama will make a good president. He has expressed the America values, he knows the heart of the americans. He’s knows the whites he knows the blacks. He’s not a racist man, he’s a man that can relate to all people. Is there something wrong with that? Aren’t we sick and tired of white america making decisions for the people. Making themselves rich, raising gas prices and spending a $700billion to bailout banks. Why not bailout the poor and middle class. We’re the ones the stupid ones who have made them rich, whether its the sweat from our back to the taxes taken out of pocket to the high ass gas prices at the tank. It’s about time we get someone in office that cares about the people. Doesn’t our constitution say that the government should be for the people and by the people. If we must have a president or a leader it needs to be someone who is for the people. Since we all haven’t chosen to make God/Jesus the Lord of our lives. Then we must have a man any man white or black rule over us. If you don’t won’t a man to rule over you then I suggest that the american people realize that God is real and He alone should really rule over man physically and spirtually. And more especially spiritually than maybe we wouldn’t have so much crime, racist and hell on earth. No president has ever proposed to put their foot down on crime. If they’re so powerfull than what’s up with that. Its because crime can’t be stopped when you’re doing illegal things yourself. Satan can’t cast out Satan. My vote is for OBAMA. Go head, go head with your bad self.

ALSO…
if you raise taxws companies that support 90% of the jobs in American…how are they going to justify hiring and creating more jobs, when their cost of doing business is more because of their tax burden???

Obamas tax cut: People making over 250K will see get their taxes rolled back to pre-Bush rates. People making between 200K and 250K, taxes will stay the same (no increase). People making less than 200K, taxes will decrease. Biden never said tax cuts would go to people earning less than 150K, that was a misleading statement on McCains part. Biden said that middle class people deserve a tax cut, and then defined middle-class as under 150K. (but Obama will still give tax breaks to upper middle class folks as well).

Alan R -
It is a shame other Republicans are not like you. I fully respect the view you hold and know our nation would be much better off with the differences between us – focused on policies not religion.
I do hope Republicans like you flourish into a new party and the terrifying fanatics who have hijacked not just your politics but our shared moral entitlement, fade away into obscurity.

It’s not welfare to decrease someones taxes. If they don’t pay taxes they don’t get a decrease. Stupid. I don’t care where it comes from, if I get a tax cut that would be great. It’ll make up for all those years when the rich people got tax breaks and the middle class got screwed. The only thing that ever “trickled down” was crap. Damned greedy republicans!

This is really laughable analysis from Obama’s sidekick George Stephanopoulos.
I think the infomercial did’nt work and it backfired on Obama’s campaign, it is a waste of money.

It’s so obvious when you see someone saying something negative about Obama and the ad … they either sound hateful, ignorant and/or full of sour grapes. Even Independents praise the quality of the ad and how presidential Obama was presented. This man is a class act, certainly several galaxies classier than consignment-shop Caribou Barbie. And why is it McCain never says anything about his own vision or plans; all he talks about is Obama. The choice is clear to those who think … vote Obama!

Dave. . people who pay “zero” federal income tax will still get a federal income tax refund under Obama’s plan. Even Obama does not dispute that.

LJC and Others -
People like you will never be happy. Rainbows and virgins could rain down from the sky and you’d claim the rainbows are gay and the virgins are lying.
Like McCain, the only arguments you make are that Obama is too good to be true, that he’s lying.
But imagine for a moment he wasn’t. Imagine he actually does want to make this world a better place. Would that be okay with you?
But you can’t, can you. Someone broke your heart into a thousand little pieces when you were a kid and you’ll never believe in anything again. Will you?
Go call your dad and make up. Maybe that will help.

What a huge waste of money.
I heard thier is video of Obama praising the PLO terrorist as hereos while calling Israel terrorist.
I never remember Israel blowing up passenger trains and planes in europe like the PLO
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Those in glass houses should not throw stones! As it turns out McCain also helped fund this same PLO leader that you all seem to think is a terrorist.

Your $25 dollar donations bought some staffer a hamburger. The majority (85%) of Obama’s donations came from fat cats making huge dollar amount donations. You know. . . . the guys he owes a big favor to after the election is over.

Hitler used to make movies starring himself too……I think they were called propaganda films not commercials like Obama is calling his though.
Heil, Adolf Obama!!

Dave. . .Obama doesn’t need your $300 dollars, he just wasted 7 Mill. Take your $300 and help your sister. You sound like Obama, letting his brother live on a dollar a day while he spends a gazillion dollars on his campaign.

Obama send his kids to expensive PRIVATE schools. That’s how much he supports education.

Gordon -
My earlier comment applies to you, too.

George, you are one sick individual. You have lost all credibility.

George, you have your head so far up Obama’s @ss that you probably not getting enough oxygen to your brains.

Why not just put on 30 min. of a spining spiral “whooouwhoo, whoouwhoo, vote for Obama, whoouwhoo, whoouwhoo we in the Media control your brain, whoouwhoo. We are controling transmission whoouwhoo”.

The Los Angeles Times has a video tape of a 2003 farewell party for Rashid Khalidi, a university professor who was a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Yasser Arafat but they won’t let us see it. Why? What don’t they want us to see?
Attending the event was Barack Obama and that unrepentant terrorist, what’s his name…..you remember that guy Obama doesn’t pal around with? Oh yeah, William Ayers and Ayers’ wife.
So what’s on that tape that The Times doesn’t want us to see? Maybe it’s Obama’s reaction when a young Palestinian read a poem accusing Israel of terrorism and remarks that were critical of the United States for supporting Israel. Maybe Obama applauded or was part of a standing ovation. We may never know.
Or maybe it shows Obama sitting next to Ayers, that guy he hardly even knows, at the dinner table. They wouldn’t want us to see that. Why someone might get the wrong idea and think there was more to that relationship than Obama would like to let on. Maybe they really were “pallin’ around.”
MSM
The LA Times is full of BS. They should know they have an obligation to the American people to let us see that video. What are they hiding??? This is sowing to many doubts in people’s mind. Anyway, whether they show it or not, the voters will probably be turned off by Obama’s radicalism by now.

McCain had to go with public financing because it would have been ILLEGAL for him not to. He borrowed money against public financing last year when his campaign went bankrupt…remember? If he could have, he would have foregone public financing as well. He broke his promise about not going negative, why would he keep any other promise he made. And Obama only agreed to negotiate with the other party about whether to accept public financing or not.

All of Obama’s best pals are muslim radicals. Anyway if the dems have nothing to worry about, please show us the video. The people have a right to know. Why is the liberal media covering up for a muslim radical???

Sally Bully -
You really believe he is a muslim radical? Really?
REALLY?
Wow – sucks to be you.

The only reason McCain is going negative is because it is all that he has left to cling to. He has no money. It is amazing that he is even remotely still in this thing.
Obama supporters should be worried that McCain is rising in recent polls.

Demsnever -
You have been on this forum for almost five hours, saying the same paranoid thing. Wow.
You must be really really scared. Try listening to some soothing music or maybe holding a teddy bear.

Republicans all think they’re so tough but from what I’ve observed here tonight, I think they are a very easily frightened. BOO!

One Vote -
You bet I am scared. I don’t want a muslim radical to be leader of this great nation which I hold so dear. Obama has done nothing and told only lies to get elected.
I also fear for the millions of innocent babies who will be killed if Obama is elected President.

Greg H,
You’re not old fashioned. You’re just beaten down, cynical, and hopeless.
Try believing in something again. It’s refreshing.

Rather you liked the piece or not, deep in your heart you know what Obama proposed is right for the country. MCcain is getting bit by his own Pitt bull, one that can’t even find a news paper. There’s no way one can honestly say MCcpalin’s racist ignorant misleading empty tactics are good for the country-not even the middle class “white blue collard workerS” Bush didn’t give a rats ass about them either, so much for sharing values. Some of America need to stop being afraid of real progress, and realize that white superiority no longer means master of the universe but a foolish and fast way to nowhere! OBAMA/BIDEN NOW GREAT 4 AMERICA…PROGRESS NEW IDEAS THAT WILL WORK!

Sure, show the video. After McCain admits that his organization donated almost half a million dollars to khalids organization.

McCain just concede your defeat and let the nation start working on reshaping the economy. We can’t waste more time and resouces.
We already wasted too much with you….

Demsnever: He isn’t a muslim radical THe only radicals are Right Wing Nut Jobs like you. You’ve done a fine job of destroying the GOP. Pardon the majority of the people of America if we don’t let you go on to completely destroy the country. Thank God for the Dems – and Obama. My vote is cast.

The Obama campaign returned money from unknown sources after the SEC audit.

Who did they return their money to Dave?? Crazy Eight form Swindler Lane??

I don’t know how they returned the money. I just read the news as it’s reported.
Breaking news: Palin faces new ethics complaint over kids travel. Wise decision in picking her, McCain, real wise.

Present/Dave -
Credit card charges can be reversed.

“Crazy Eight” – the last eight people left voting GOP.

I have no iota of doubt that the Honorable Sen. Barack Obama will be one of the greatest president in American history.

“Present/Dave -
Credit card charges can be reversed”
You can’t reverse charges on a storebought anonymous credit card. . . Adolf Hitler paid cash. . .where does it go?

Wrong Dave. . .there is a max on contributions. What if someone, or a corporation, decided to contribute 500 million dollars in $200 anonymous increments?

Most of Obama’s campaign contributions came from Rashid Khalidi and his terrorists friends from Hamas and Hezbollah.

I have a small business which will not survive Obama’s tax increase. Isn’t Obama some sort of communist for saying that he “will spread the wealth”.

Apparently the Fuhrer has fallen for the change and hope slogan cause he’s giving it all to Barry now.

HEY MORTIMER, STICK AROUND FOR AWHILE AND ON TUESDAY YOU WILL GET YOUR BALLS KICKED NICE AND HARD!! HEY, MAYBE MCCAIN WILL COME OVER AND GIVE YOU A NICE BIG KISS TO HELP YOU FEEL BETTER! ENJOY!!!!!!!

One Vote,
I will believe in something that has credibilty.
I am not listening to slick sales tactics, it may work on ignorant, gullible people like you but not on the majority of Americans.
I guess you also believe in the tooth fairy and bargain ocean front properties for sale in Arizona.

If Obama is a socialist, then so is Sarah Palin. In Alaska, every single resident gets a share of the oil windfall profits…that’s real socialism.

SORRY, MORTIMER, THAT POST WAS MEANT FOR TABY!!

The La times is not gonna save you Republicans. It is all in your heads. Keep saying that over and over it is all in my head. All in my head. Obama is a muslim.. All in your head. Obama the socialist all in your head.. Obama the secret terrorist from a tropical paradise Hawaiin island. Again all in your heads. Barry wants to hurt me again all in your heads. Now take your meds and call the clinic to come pick you up to lock you away in the padded cells for being a total loon. If not then just shrink into a ball for falling for that rubbish like a total tool if you believe any of it. Remember it will be OK and it is all in your head you crazies! LOL!

Greg H,
If believing makes me gullible in your eyes – OK. But I think you may be wrong about the majority. We’ll see Tuesday night!
Regardless, thanks for the discussion, Greg.

Jesus was the Real socialist, Dave. I’ve always been surprised that more GOP Fundamentalists don’t vote DEM – I mean, I thought they really liked Jesus. Jesus looked after the rights of all people, especially the poor and down trodden. He didn’t limit his concerns to the foetus in the womb, he got stuck in and helped orphans and poor women and cripples … everyone. Never understood why Fundamentalist GOP don’t get that. D’ya reckon that might be what we would call Hypocrisy? Mmmm. I don’t think Jesus would like that. But he liked Socialism. He loved that.

Jesus wasn’t running a country with a budget Chester

How was Jesus on abortion?

If Jesus ran against the GOP: they would want an investigation into his illegal preaching.

If Jesus ran against the GOP: they would label him as a “kumbaya singing liberal” who is soft on crime.

mortimer snerd,
In the name of unity, I’d be glad to kick you in the balls.

Lets see what is the score on Obama and his associations offhand, and when he was 8 years old, or was accused of by 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon syndrome from the Republicans? Lets count the ways- Terrorist cell, terrorist sympathyser, muslim, studies the quran, hates his black side, hates his white side, hates white grandma he saw before she passed, hates his mother he attributed in his book, wasnt born in the US despite actual photo proof of birth certificate, sworn into congress on quran despite website showing his hand on bible, doesnt wear flagpins even though he does, doesnt have American flags at rallies even though he does, hates America even though 4 years ago he confirmed his love during a speech that started his career, socialist, marxist, communist, gay, illegal alien, antichrist, hope peddler, sexist, liar deciever, actual alien, celebrity, and unpatriotic do gooder of the poor welfare babies. Lets go back and count the attacks and see how many times they tried to make something stick. I forgot the associations so that brings the total to more than 25 different ways to attack a candidate and all have been debunked. You get the tactics America? Who is the liar and deciever? The snake oil sales men who decieves you with so many false stances on his opponent. Even the Devil himself couldnt run his opponent six ways into the ground more than the Republicans have without any evidence for anything above. If you are voting Mc Cain good luck signing that soul away you once had. Stand on morals and not let this happen. If not hope the Devil gave you a good contract and you make 250,000 dollars and above to enjoy the rest of your life. You wont get to take it with you remember?

chester burns ,
Actually it is the Democrats that have abandoned the roots.
Remember Democrats used to be for the hard working man, the blue collar worker who works hard and wants to earn some money.
Under Obama , Democrats turned nasty on someone like Joe the plumber whose privacy details were exposed because he simply asked Obama a question.
Thanks to Obama worship and the hijack of the party to the left, many Americans who used to vote for Democrats are voting for McCain/Palin, they despise what Obama has done to their party.

Forget the crazy attacks and stand with good Americans for your country America. vote Obama/Biden!

I was leaning towards Obama but now am not so sure. I hear there is a video of Obama praising muslim radicals and calling for the destruction of Israel.
It appears that John McCain will be the best choice for President.

Show us the video. We demand to see the video of Obama calling for the destruction of Israel.

Greg h,
Before you can state the difference, you have to actually know what the policy is. Obama doesn’t want “Americans to share their income with others who Obama thinks needs a handout.” He wants Americans to do what they have done for as long as I’ve been alive, and I’m 45 yrs. old. He want’s the people making the most money to pay more in taxes. The same amount they were paying under Bill Clinton, only 3 percent more than they’re paying now. Were you protesting Clinton’s tax policy when he was president? Somehow I doubt it. Considering we had a budget SURPLUS, unemployment was low, people were making more money, the nation wasn’t at war, and America was respected around the world. Now if raising taxes means the difference between 4 more years of Bush, or a revisitation of the Clinton years…congratulations President Obama.

Maybe it’s just that Obama has such nice balls for Stephanopoulos to lick.

I think old George Stephanopoulos is sleeping with Obama. He has been kissing his ass for months now. We should buy him a box of condoms and a hotel room so him and Obama could have a ball. This media coverage is so bias it is absolutely obsene. Obama bought this election and the networks. The amount of money spent is obscene, and He is going to change the country. I hope scumbag Obama does not see day one.

Republicurmudgeons…
:-)

Notsurenow…
Barack has been consistent in saying that your taxes WILL NOT GO UP if you make under $250,000 and they WILL GO DOWN if you make less than $200,000.
Happy?

Happy. . . .not sure.
What happens between $250,000 and $200,000? I don’t find this consistent as in all the debates he used $250,000. I only started hearing $200,000 in the last few days. If he is changing it he should just say he changed it.

The movie was poorly done for an INFOMERCIAL. Like they say how many people actually buy any thing from INFOMERCIALS only to be latter disappointed not only in the deception but in the quality of the product.
Also like any other movie. All fantasy no facts.

Many thanks for showing the 30 minute program showing all the positive goals Obama has for us as a nation. We are so lucky to have such a brillant, thoughtful, compassionate, empathetic and forward thinking man wanting to serve this country and the mess the last 8 years have brought us. I hope that Obama and Biden are our next team to bring hope and pride back to our country.

I nearly cried watching this production. What an amazing intelligence! You know what touches me most? His calm and his sense of humanity. Oh dear, I can now trust him.

I cried and at the same time got a raging HARD ON looking at Obama.
SHIVERS running up my leg also made my anal cavity tighten sexually

The movie was poorly done for an INFOMERCIAL. Like they say how many people actually buy any thing from INFOMERCIALS only to be latter disappointed not only in the deception but in the quality of the product.
Also like any other movie. All fantasy no facts.

Songbird McCain cannot stop whining.

Find a new name buddy. . “present” is taken. . .but I do agree with you, all of my clients are in the above 200-250K range. It will definitely have a negative impact on my business.

The movie was poorly done for an INFOMERCIAL. Like they say how many people actually buy any thing from INFOMERCIALS only to be latter disappointed not only in the deception but in the quality of the product.
Also like any other movie. All fantasy no facts.
Posted by: Voice of reason | Oct 30, 2008 3:49:14 AM
What have we seen from McCain except the fear and smear tactics of old. Maybe if he actually talked about issues instead of slamming Obama he might pick up a few votes.

There’s no doubt, it was very professionally done. What else would we expect. In the end, it was just the same old talking points wrapped in well produced film. Will it sway any new voters? Only if it’s the first time someone’s seen Obama.

I am amazed at the level of ignorance and hate being spewed on this blog. Everyone has their reasons for voting the way they do and we all need to respect that.
But it is clear that the GOP will be going through a tough transition period after this election. They’re going to (and already) have a lot of infighting between the social and intellectual conservatives.
This election cycle, many Republicans have resorted to pandering to the baser instincts of the far-right and this has caused a split in the party. Why else would so many conservatives defect and vote for Obama?
The GOP has strayed far away from being the party of Lincoln. Now they are reaping the fruit of years of voter suppression, lies and fear mongering. Maybe the Republican brand can be restored again. But it is clear that although George W. Bush did not solely cause the diminishing of the GOP, he shoulders most of the blame.
It remains unseen how the Republicans will transition into this new era of politics. Young people are invested in the system and the lies and swift boat tactics will not work on them. With political fact check websites all the lies and misleading info that’s presented will only turn off the electorate.
The Democrats had a relatively smooth transition to this new era during the primaries. Because I believe that what Obama has done is the future of how American politics will be run, in the 21st Century.

Do any of you Kool aid drinking obama fools actually listen to his broken promises and lies, instead of commenting on the “performance” as usual? This guy has already reversed his positions on taxes, NAFTA/free trade, religion, gun control, wire tapping, campaign financing, Iraq. He conceals and refuses to release ANYTHING about his time and education at Columbia and Harvard, even his thesis! Wonder why? This is not just a politician, this guy wants to be president. Does a “virtuoso performance” in an informercial make for a virtuoso president? The media would have ignorant americans think so!

And a clarification on Obama and public finance. The agreement he signed said that the would CONSIDER taking public financing IF he received the nomination.
Not a broken promise and he didn’t waste anymore of our tax dollars.

I am a registered Republican, however, Obama may very well get my vote. Mccain has bashed Obama constantly so what that he got shot down and was a POW yes I feel bad for him but I am not going to base my opinion solely on it. Many Veterans never made it home. Obama is really personable and I feel he will answer to the American People. When I see Mccain talk all I see is a fake smile and I see terror in his face he is scared of something. I suffer from PTSD and I was a police officer for 14 years. I am sure Mccain has some mental issues which doesnt make him a bad man but it does make it hard to make serious and possibly deadly decisions. Obama Is the man for the Job PERIOD!

you can’t ‘act’ authentic. you either are or you are not. whether or not you agree with obama’s policy proposals, any objective, reasoning person cannot deny obama’s authenticity, which jumped through the tv screen right into my living room.
to layer hope and optimism on top of that authenticity, coupled with a very apparent deep understanding of the real issues currently facing most americans, and then seal it with a clear plan to tackle those problems and get this country back on track is an irrefutable package for a great future!
i’m buyin’, you betcha!!!

The typical blog dribble I see on these post wrap ups by the average Joe the plumber shows why we don’t have party unity or respect for the system. Obama is a phenomenon plain and clear. And I am a Southern Baptist, so don’t pigeonhole me. We are blessed. And I have been raising money for Obama for eighteen months and people are willing to cough up whatever it takes to end the status quo elite in America and rise up and become globally relevant instead of the dumb Americans these blogs depict.
Jane H. Masters of Political Science
Cal State Northridge

What do you need to see or understand to help you realize that American is at peril? The reason for the acceptance of Barack Obama by the masses lies in his ability to control his behavior and his activities: he is a professional negotiator. He and the team he has built have truly listened to the problems of majority and have looked at solving the country’s problems.
His otherness upsets many. It is my observation that many project upon Mr. Obama their fears and frustration. This is a terrible energy, and a terrible waste of energy. Nothing is accomplished by such talk. What matters is what are you willing to do and what behavior will you assume to get the job done.
What he is asking for is not radical. It involves bipartisan thinking because the size of the perils facing the US are greater after going so far off track. His efforts are returning politics to the people.
He has respect for his family and for the least amongst us. He carries the hopes of not just the US, but the world on his shoulders.
His is an American story. Study how he does what he does. Study how he thinks. Study how he puts solutions together. If you do that you can not help but respect him. I trust him to be the President of the United States.

Now I can see:
Al Sharpton as Sec of Defense
Jesse Jackson as Sec of State
Louis Farrakhan as CIA chief
Bill Ayers for Education Sec
Rezko for Treasury
Colin Powell as UN Rep again
and of course
Chavez,Castro and Ahmedinizad as drinking buddies in his spare time

I get a raging hard on just like George Staphanopolis when ever i think of Obama.
Sealed with a kiss to Obama’s man C0CK

NEWS FLASH. NEWS FLASH. NEWS FLASH.
TOP STORY. TOP STORY. TOP STORY.
Obama’s SHlT does not stink. George Stephanopolis did a taste and sniff test on it.

I thought it was great…did it sway a voters, i hope so. Never have I thought so much of a politician as I do of Obama. No matter how the other side tries to slander him, he remains steadfast. I love that he loves his beautiful wife, Michelle and that he is a good father to his daughters. I believe him, and I believe in him. I have seen him go against the odds to be at this point and my admiration grows for him with each time I hear him speak. For me, he is a lawyer and this, his closing argument. He is eloquent, diplomatic, thoughtful, and it seems a hard worker. I trust that once elected, he will be a fine President, probably the best we’ve had in a very long time.

I am proud and excited to have voted for Obama. To all the haters from the far right lunatic fringe. You had your chance, and you and your party BLEW IT ! So s*t#f*u and quit crying.
America is about to speak and speak LOUDLY.It’s time for a change…
Obama/Biden 08

I loved the Obama ad. He is a great motivator of people and will make a great president. What does McCain stand for? Negative ads, very scary fake smile, voting with George W. 90% of the time and where did that get us?

Contribution dollars very well spent. I did not feel like I wasted 30 minutes of my life. If I could i’d go vote again.
Obama/Biden 08- The change America needs

I am for anyone who speaks of peace and unity and not division. If Mr. McCain and Mrs. Palin had only spoken of the issues and what needs to be fixed to heal a broken undivided America, then the deal would have been sealed. Politics in my opinion should be about issues not about asassination of one’s character. Mr. Obama I applaud you for chartering the course and for standing up for what you beleive in. Keep on spreading the message of hope, love and unity and many others will join you not only on Tuesday but for many years to come. May lives be transformed, may cold hearts be warmed and may the world see America as that country that everyone used to wait upon.

If you want to bring up Khalidi, look at John McShame’s connection. McCain distributed several grants to the Palestinian research center co-founded by Khalidi, including one worth half a million dollars. So yeah, let’s start talking about connections.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/mccain-funded-work-of-pal_n_138606.html

joe the plumber is a relative of an old ally of charles keating and was a plant by the mcpain campaign.

I just spent the last 10 minutes of my morning reading through each of the posts listed here. One of the most overwhelming things I have noticed is how passionate Americans are regarding this election. I personally thought last nights commercial was well done and well thought out. I am 31 years old and for the first time in my life I am going to vote in the most important election of my lifetime. I am a Obama supporter because I have taken the time to educate myself on both sides of this election and came to the educated conclusion that I supported Obama. I guess my point here is that everyone can slander each side with negative comments and accuse each side of lying or conceling the truth but as Americans it is our responsibility to look at each issue, each policy to see what works best for your family. Every American has something to loose or gain in this election. Regardless if you are blue or red just please vote.

Perhaps George S. has different values; or maybe he was not considering the message only the presentation. The real story of last night was the informercial gave us another look at the heart of Barack Obama, one that embraces Harry Potter literature to the point he read four of these huge witchcraft-sorcerer books to his two very young daughters.
Shall he win the presidency to encourage this sorcerer book enjoyment, continue abortion rights and same gender unions in America and there not be greater holy war against us? (1Samuel 28: King Saul’s kingdom was taken from him and given to David for disobedience and going to a witch. 1 Samuel 15:22…’to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. :23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”)
Revelation 21:7, 8
7 “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
Revelation 22:12-16
12 “And behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without (outside) are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the off-spring of David, and the bright and morning star.”
Barack Obama and the Democratic Party and their excessive requests for money from the public to overspend on advertising do not show an understanding of using money wisely or carefully. His tactic of saying he would use the limited funds until John McCain committed himself to that restriction, then changing to get more money out of “the little people” shows a side of him we usually fight against in our government. Now he has bought a half hour infomercial on major TV networks for Wednesday night 10-29-08. When we see evidences and opportunities before the election, we would be wise to listen and pay close attention or we will NOT be better off in four years.
Senator Obama has mobilized the youth and dazzled them with personality. They have been raised on TV personalities. They must be careful they are not used or that they would blindly follow with out looking at details.
This election is too important to be blinded by personality. All youth are powerful to lead the nation to evil or to God’s ways. God commands us to fight against evil and be blessed. Abortion and same gender unions are against God’s ways. Vote against them. The blessing is holy war against our ungodly ways can turn from violence to discussion. That can only happen voting against abortion etc. Ending the military aspect means our troops and their troops can go home with honor. The money spent on war can then be doing good in our own country. Read Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 and you will know the past, the present and the future and you will make decisions based on God’s will and not personality or race.
We have a chance for real change to “one nation under God” His wisdom, guidance and protection. The other chance is not change, it is a secular nation without speaking of God’s commandments and power, a nation where we talk of religious liberty buy refuse the right to talk of God openly. DO WE REALLY WANT CHANGE? THEN TURN THE PAGE ON THE PAST AND STEP INTO A FUTURE WITH WISDOM to overcome all the world problems we created by ignoring His wisdom. Turn toward God and vote against abortion rights and same gender unions, things God hates and see God do abundantly above what you could say or think. It is His promise. Pray for our nation and the world, for we lead the world.
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So sad to see that in 2008 Racism is Alive in the greatest country in the world.
Where ignorance is a bliss Education is really a miss

Hey Tabby, lick your own nut sack!

Hey racists! what will you do the morning of November 5th ? run to the grocery store and get yourselves some black shoeshine!!!
a white christian from Vermont!

IT WAS STUPID AND THE SAME OLD STUFF. I MEAN ALL HE DOES IS READ THE REPEATED CRAP HE HAS READ OFF OF FOR EVERYONE OF HIS SPEECH’S. HE EVEN CHANGED FROM 250,000 TO 200,000 DOES HE NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT HE WANTS. HE HAS PLAYED ALL YOU FOOLS WHO VOTED FOR HIM. YOU WILL SEE IN THE END IF HE IS ELECTED THAT YOU WOULD WISH YOU VOTED MCCAIN. WHEN YOU START PAYING MORE TAXES AND NOT BRINGING HOME MONEY AND BUSINESS’S GO DOWN HILL. HE WANT CREATE JOBS HE WILL TAKE THEM AWAY. YOU THINK THE MILITARY IS DOWN IN SIZE NOW YOU JUST WAIT WHEN HE IS IN OFFICE. THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO WONT EVEN WANT TO REENLIST UNDER HIM. I WILL NEVER MAKE FRIENDS WITH A TERRIOIST THE VERY ONE WHO TOOK LIVES ON 9-11-2001 OR DID YOU ALL FORGET ABOUT THAT. I FIGHT FOR THAT AND I WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH A PRESIDENT WHO HAS FREINDS WITHIN THIS COUNTRY NOW WHO TRIED TO BLOW UP THE PENTAGON SIT HIS FAKE AND LIEING BUTT IN THE OVAL OFFICE, IT IS AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU AMERICAN AND WE SHOULD KNOW NOW HE ISN’T AMERICAN AT ALL HE IS INDONEISIAN. I WISH I KNEW WHAT HAPPEN TO YOU ALL THAT SUPPORT OBAMA, I MEAN WHAT HAPPEN TO YOU CARING ABOUT THIS NATION AND THOSE WHO DIE TO PROTECT IT. YOU DON’T SUPPORT US IN UNIFORM AS LONG AS YOU VOTE OBAMA, WE IN THE UNIFORM WANT TO FINISH THIS JOB ON FIGHTING THIS WAR ON TERRIORISM WE WILL NOT GO DOWN AS CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST, REMEBER THAT STATEMENT IT CAME FROM OBAMA’S PASTOR AND FREIND FOR 20 YEARS.
IT IS TIME SOME OF YOU WAKE UP AND VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO STANDS FOR EVERYTHING OUR FOUR FATHERS WANTED THIS NATION TO BE. THAT IS JOHN McCAIN!!!

Wow, America scares me. I have never seen more hateful, shallow arguments than those put out by the McCain backers on this site. Education in this country does need improvement, vast improvement, the best evidence is in the comments on this page.

It’s really sad because even if we gave McPalin the money he could not produce such a video since he is vacant when it comes to ideas. Can you immagine his returning to the senate after the election as a so-called reformist who publically stated that he wants his campaign to be honorable.? He has lost his honor by spilling hate,condoning bigotry and taking character assasination to a new level. He has nothing to say otherwise so the best he can do is go on Larry King and spew more. He will spend the rest of his days hiding under his Senate desk.

Your post
Please George, dont destroy your own reputation on this man.
When Obama talked about the courts not doing more for civil rights and not spreading the wealth around … who is he talking about – the BLACKS ..
So who do you think Obama has in mind when he says he wants to SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND … TO WHO?
TO THE POOR BLACKS …
Let’s us just SPIT THE TRUTH OUT …. BECAUSE IT IS THE TRUTH …
OBAMA’S AGENDA IS TO RAISE THE TAX ON ALL WORKING AMERICANS WHO PAY TAX, NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS NOW, AND GIVE THOSE MONEY TO ONLY ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE
THE POOR BLACKS …
THERE YOU GOT IT .. THE UNSPOKEN TRUTH IS OUT
Posted by: Please George | Oct 29, 2008 10:45:22 PM
My Post.
If we (blacks are ) 12% of the U.S. Population, how on earth can we be the poorest group in America. If you broke that 12%, Blacks make up atleast 5.6 pct of the middle class, while on 2.4 are considered poor. The remaining pct are rich or upper income blacks. To me, He giving you white folks more than he is giving so called poor blacks.
I see why Hillary and McCain got so many votes….. b/c they prey on the ignorant and ill-informed which you represent. Its true that more educated voters chose BO and you are exactly the opposite of an educated voter. Finally, your post is racist, but thats okay……..I am one of those blacks in the 2 pct who wont get a BO tax cut, but he’s getting my voting. SUCKA.

Absolutely superb in
Content
Style
Quality
Rendition
Timing
Tactics
Creativity
Purpose

“A Virtuoso Performance. . .”, George?
How would you rate Obama’s flip-flopping skill? As a “masterpiece”?
How would you rate Rev. Wright’s hate-filled “God damn America” sermons? As “inspiring”?
How would you rate Obama’s association with Bill Ayers? As “brilliant”?
How would you rate Obama’s lack of experience? As “rare talent”?
How would you rate Obama’s decision to keep anti-American friends? As “thoughtful”?
If anything, the infomercial only showed me how fake Obama is. As a Hillary supporter, I feel so disgusted by the way you and your likes in the media deprived us off the most competent democratic party candidate.
Therefore, George, you just gave me one more good reason not to vote for Barack Hussein Obama.

Obama’s infomercial was a wonderful. There was no mudslinging, no attacks on his opponent, only facts and future plans that inspire hope. Obama already had my vote but I was proud to see him culminate his campaign with such dignity. Proud to vote Obama!

“George Stephanopoulos has their been a day you have not been licking Obama’s NUT sack”
Umm, yes. It was called the entire primary when he shilled for the Clintons. Or, have you forgotten the entire debate where he peppered Obama with stupid questions about flag pins on lapels, etc…?

This once again showed the difference in class, competence, attitude, judgement and policy weight between the two candidates. Obama has actual, specific ideas, policy positions and plans for America – all McCain has shown is negative and petty attacks – I cannot mention ONE signature position, idea or policy that McCain has consistently stuck to during this campaign

30 minutes of empty promises paid for by broken promises.
George Stephanpolous, Chief Washington Propagandist, ABC NEWS – You are a disgrace to journalism and should be embarassed. A “virtuouso” performance?
How great it will be if this man loses after spending $600M after breaking a promise to use public financing(most of which is untraceable), using groups like ACORN to try to steal the election, and using the media to engage in a relentless propaganda campaign.

Wonderful ad. It was nice to show individuals representing some of the groups who are hurting in this economy. Obama outlined logical steps to improve retirement, education and to increase the number of well-paying jobs.
We simply can’t continue with the failed policies of the last 8 years. I just read a statistic at cnn that 80% of the middle-class only has enough savings to last 3 months if they lose their jobs. This recession could cause a downward spiral of foreclosures and bankruptcies. A vote for McCain is a vote to continue this mess, as his economic policies are the same as Bush’s.
Obama is the intelligent, calm, leader we need at this time. The fact he has consulted both Democratic and Republican economic experts to make sure his policies are correct tells you he will make a terrific president.

Great Article George! It was a very positive presentation from Obama.

I haven’t decided who i will vote for. people are looking for easy street handed to them on a golden platter. the waste in this country is horrible. people stop working so they can claim the unearned income at the end of the year, woman living with their kids fathers so they can rip the system off of whatever they can. taking money the programs give them for school and blow it and stick the colleges with the bill, walk into emergency rooms for a cold because they don’t want to put their priorities in order, its easier to by cigs, sodas, beer, then to hold on to that money for emergencies. the country is not going anywhere till WE THE PEOPLE get a backbone. there is so much waste in this country, nothing will change till its cleaned up, starting at the bottom. the money spend on this election is a sin when there are so many children in the world that are dying every day from a gun shot wound or hunger. even with the high cost of things we still have it easy. think of the great depression, the landlords told my parents they would not rent to anyone with children and suggested to put us in a bag and throw over the bridge. and think about Hooverville in the great depression. Wake up America and take some responsibility, there is no easy street.

Obama Still Leading Nationally
Obama’s national lead obtained by averaging the polls is 6.0%/
- Diegeo (Obama +7)
- Gallup expanded (Obama +7)
- IBD (Obama +3)
- Rasmussen (Obama +5)
- Research 2000 (Obama +5)
- Washington Post/ABC (Obama +8)
- Zogby (Obama +7)

Yep, ABC favors Obama so much they were the one network not to run his 30 minute ad last night.
Desperation… it sounds so very… sad.

ooh I get all tingly just thinking about him talk. I swear he wiggled his ears right at me!!!

This self-flagellating love-fest was a culmination of the millions of fraudulent donor dollars that are rolling into the BHO campaign.
I guess it now costs over $605,000,000 to buy the President’s Office.
If BHO wins, hold onto your wallets.
Pelosi, Reid, Obama=Bad news for America

JROD
McCain’s energy plan: Drill offshore and on land. Utilize nuclear energy, clean coal research, wind, solar and tidal energy and every other source we can find to reduce our dependency on foreign oil.
Obama’s plan: Vote for off shore drilling only after a 50 mile limit is added. (That’s where the oil is.) Oppose nuclear and clean coal power, and ignore friend and mentor Ted Kennedy as he shuts down a wind generation project.
McCain’s stand on gun control: Support the Constitution and the Supreme Court decision.
Obama’s stand: Supported the DC ban while admitting that it was unconstitutional and supports continued circumvention. If he is willing to ignore the Second Amendment, which is next?
McCain’s plan for Iraq: Listen to trained, experienced general officer and support the surge.
Obama’s plan: Ignore the generals, pull out of Iraq while admitting that he will have to send troops in later. Then moving withdrawal date, again.
McCain’s economy plan. Reduce corporate taxes to rates similar to those in other countries to encourage them to stay here instead of moving jobs overseas.
Obama’s plan: Raise taxes on those making more than $250,000 per year, then $200,000 then $150,000. I haven’t heard today’s number.
McCain’s plan for border security: Close the borders before granting amnesty ( I personally don’t like the amnesty part)
Obama’s plan: Nafta, open borders and free (taxpayer) medical aid for illegal aliens who came across yesterday and those making more than $60,000 per year.
McCain’s plan for election: Compare issues and candidate’s integrity and experience
Obama’s plan: Be charismatic and run against Bush.

George was impressed by the Obama show. What a surprise. Instead of questioning and investigating the show’s contents, as a journalist should, he joins the liberal media and press to french-kiss Obama and dance their way back into the White House.

The world laughs at the GOP and it’s sham platform which is connected to the pockets of the major corporations.
Obama is a man of the people.
Go Obama

I suspect that Obama is going to go down in history as one of the Greatest Presidents of all time. As Colin Powell said, this country needs a transformational leader now more than ever after the mess of the bush/cheney years. Obama/Biden 2008!!!
Obama 340 EV mccain 198 EV

I also like how McCain supporters are ignoring the fact that McCain himself was “endorsed” by Al Qaeda supporters. Hmmm…

Given there is no place anymore for a moderate Republican in the Republican Party, I think in 2008 I will be voting for an inspiration, clearly reasonable, righteous if left leaning Democrat.

wow an american thta acuually looks like a president well done obama anyone is better than that muppet bush and the candidate for vietnam Mccain

For all of you Liberals complaining about the Negative campaign and Negative posts by McCain supporters I have one thing to say to you! If the liberal media would stop its Pro-Obama Bias McCain and his supporters would not have to bring these FACTS up. I do not view it as negative because they are fact not slander or made up! Obama has been able to hide his true views and beliefs this entire campaign because the press is either to stupid or biased to report the facts about him. Back in the Primary there were 18 million Clinton supporters that had their votes stolen by the press. You should be outraged that the media will protect a Radical such as Obama and play the race card Against the Clintons! After all they did for the African American community they were labeled as racist. Any attempt by anyone to question Obama on any of his questionable relationships has met the Race card being played by his Campaign. Is this what America is all about If you don’t like what someone has say silence their voice and attack them in the media? And when a news Outlet in Florida had the courage to question Obama’s views and relationships they were denied future interviews and had the Advertising pulled by the Obama campaign. If Obama will go as low as to attack an Individual American for disagreeing with them do they really care about your voice? You people need to wake up and look at the facts about Obama! A good speech does not make a good President. The ignorance of you Obama supporters never ceases to amaze me. You are willing to trample the constitution in order to “share the wealth” but hate Bush for listening in on phone calls of possible terrorist or for detaining possible terrorist in order to obtain information on possible future attacks, and gin information on the leadership structure of terrorist organizations!

Gus,
Apparently your thoughts are so inadequate that you would group a race and make them aggregate racists. When I voted for Bush in the 2004 election I wasn’t a racist then and certainly not now. Its that type of divisive mentality that will propel us to further degredation for an additional 4 years if McCain/Palin were the people’s choice but they aren’t. Why? Because the majority of us love our nation and want to live peaceably with all people.

It is painfully obvious that the statement Obama made about “share the wealth” has got the rich riled up.
In most cases you got rich on the backs of the ordinary people and felt no compunction about stepping on a few along the way.
You are the aristocracy and this election is the equivilent of the French Revolution. The common people are taking back what rightfully belongs to them.
Your greed and elitism is your demise.
The far ride of the GOP will be forced to moderate it’s position.

George S.,
Please, just go ahead and kiss him, a big man kiss right on Obama’s mount. Anyone that looks at this sad, small man, named George should remember this is the tool that covered for Clinton. George sure has creditibility with me, he soooooooo honest in his assesments of people. Fawing is so unbecoming, but no more, George and his MSM friends have taken us to new depths of bias.

Boy sometimes people are mean on the bloggs. The info commercial was very moving and brilliant. He had viewers connect to the souls of people in America who are dealing with the issues of the economic crisis-it was very moving-Obama also gave solutions to these problems as well-
GO VOTE FOR OBAMA, HE HAS REACHED HIS HAND OUT TO US, WILL YOU REACH YOUR HAND OUT TO HIM? IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE-YOU VOTE FOR OBAMA YOU WILL HAVE A VOICE, EMPOWERMENT, CHANGE AND INPUT-
I VOTED EARLY FOR OBAMA- VOTE ON NOV 4TH

I’m a conservative Republican, but after seeing how well produced the Obama show was, I’m changing my vote. I’m just a sucker for great TV.

If you want to know exactly why the mortgage meltdown occurred Investors Business Daily did a DETAILED timeline of how, who and when this all happened. Contrary to what the press will tell you Obama and Acorn are knee deep in the middle of it:
http://www.middleofright.com/2008/10/why-mortgage-crisis-happened-in-detail.html

I haven’t decided who i will vote for. people are looking for easy street handed to them on a golden platter. the waste in this country is horrible. people stop working so they can claim the unearned income at the end of the year, woman living with their kids fathers so they can rip the system off of whatever they can. taking money the programs give them for school and blow it and stick the colleges with the bill, walk into emergency rooms for a cold because they don’t want to put their priorities in order, its easier to by cigs, sodas, beer, then to hold on to that money for emergencies. the country is not going anywhere till WE THE PEOPLE get a backbone. there is so much waste in this country, nothing will change till its cleaned up, starting at the bottom. the money spend on this election is a sin when there are so many children in the world that are dying every day from a gun shot wound or hunger. even with the high cost of things we still have it easy. think of the great depression, the landlords told my parents they would not rent to anyone with children and suggested to put us in a bag and throw over the bridge. and think about Hooverville in the great depression. Wake up America and take some responsibility, there is no easy street.

The truth is that both McCain and Obama are good men, intelligent and knowledgeable. Both want to do what is best for America. They disagree on what that requires, and our job is to vote for the one who most agrees with our own views on what we should be doing.
That is why I am voting for Barack Obama, because I agree with him most of the time, and do not McCain. I am voting for Obama because he is the first candidate in a long time who seems to talk to us like we are intelligent adults. Because every issue I have heard him speak about, I have been impressed with his knowledge of the complexities and balances involved. He is willing to listen to ALL points of view, and then he makes up his own mind.
I am voting for Barack Obama because he has shown an understanding of the need to return fairness and justice to America and the world. We have been waiting for such a candidate for a very long time, and were starting to despair of it. The craving for real change is much deeper than people seem to realize. It will not be denied.

I really think the people who are making such nasty comments about Obama have never heard his plan. He was very clear that he is not intending to give “hand outs” he is saying that the folks who HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE BUSH TAX CUTS won’t anymore (the top 5%) and the folks who have been losing their jobs and homes due to the economic crisis the Bush Administration has caused will NOT GET ANY NEW TAXES. He’s not saying “don’t work and I will give you the money from the rich”. Why are the Republicans twisting his words or flat out lying about what his message is? LISTEN to his message, better yet, HEAR his message. If you need to, close your eyes to listen if the fact that he is black bothers you. I bet if his message was coming from a white Republican, all these Obama critics would be overjoyed with what the message is.

its awesome to see the McCain crowd running around in a panic…all the supporters are trying to come up with GOOD excuses not to vote for Obama…but you can’t LMAO!

Have you noticed that the Republicans always claim that THEY represent the “right” type of Christian? What impresses me with Obama is that he PRACTICES Christianity. The live portion of last night’s presentation said it best… “WE ARE ALL OUR BROTHER’S KEEPERS” This is what he is trying to achieve – we need to take care of each other – just like the Bible says… in fact, I think it was Jesus Christ, who preached that we should love our enemy as we love ourselves and he will know His followers by how we love one another.
Strangely, the Republicans seem to think that “real Christianity” is “I’ve got mine, screw you”. I’m sure Jesus is just so happy with their version of the bible, don’t ya think?

Your a suppressed, controlled people (by big business) and you need to take your country back…..Hitler came to power the same fashion as Obama’s doing it. Rally the people behind you and get yourself elected to power. Hitler was a radical and so is Obama. He just wants control and power and we are dumb enough to give it to him. Obama has not been truthful on several important issues. Believe’s in abortions. Says he’s for 2nd amendment rights, but voted for all anti-gun bills. Is pro-gay. Sought out a church that preaches hate, detest and disgust with our country. Not very Christian to have such hate. He has the same ideology as the people he associates himself (Bill Ayers, now with Rashid Kahalidi, Rev. Wright) with which is people that have total disrespect for our system. He’s no different than Bill Ayers or the rest. Ayers hated so much he blew up buildings and Obama is doing it in a more peaceful means by taking over the political system.

i did not watch it on purpose as i am oppose to big money in campaigns and i think obama is a hyprocrite used car salesman! from some clips i’ve seen, it sounded like a tapestry of regurgitated talking points! i don’t buy knifes or silly gadgets from infomercials and i’m not buying the obama gadget now. what a waste of 5 million dollars, perhaps obama should have giving it to some needy charities and spread the wealth around as he proposed.
I guess spreading the wealth only applies to obama if its other people’s hard earn money. However, when it comes to his own mula…he rather isolate the wealth to himself and to promoting his own political career. Never have i seen such a clear crooked politician! nobama sir!

James
Apparently, many millions of Americans disagree with your assessment of Obama. That’s OK. That’s why we have a democracy.

“Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.” (Acts 4:34-35)

And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. (Acts 2:44-45)

Obama will win. Other than the release of the LA Times documentation which we can only speculate on, Obama has run one of the most professional campaign ever seen in the history of our country.
For a junior Senator to be able to surround himself with advisers who orchestrated such a seemingly impossible task to the fact that he has intelligence and wisdom along with charisma gives us all a great deal of confidence in his potential to be a great president.
McCain showed to much indecisiveness when large problems like the money markets and the economy reared their ugly heads.. .he ran to and thro for a week and left Americans worried about his lack of thinking clearly.
In the last few weeks he has resorted to personal attacks rather than substantive alternatives and answers to problems…. and in time of crisis… we cannot afford to have him as our President.
Lastly although neither are political science majors,and I am not putting down the Military Academy , Obama graduated from Havard and Harvard law school. In normal times his understanding of our world its leaders and just being able to critically access and look at both sides of problems thru a lawyers eyes will stand us in great stead.
I hope that Obama and can still get along after the election as McCain can definitely be a great asset if the world begins to turn upside down, and his military expertise will be needed.

To “MP” — it is obvious that you have never once LISTENED to what Barak is about. You are choosing instead to listen to a skewed version of what the Republicans feed you. If you actually listened for yourself, you would not be making such ridiculous statements.
I have never seen such bigoted, hypocritical venom spewing as this Republican campaign has consistently delivered. They know that they do not have a leg or issue to stand on, so they are creating fallacy in place of reality to make their case.

I have read a number of post here that claim that Obama has has changed his tax plan.Here are the facts.He has not changed.Let me say it slow so that our low brow slow republican friend can understand.If you are individual and you make over 200.000$ your tax will go back to the level they were during the time of President Clinton.If you own a company you will not see a tax increase if you make less 250.000.Our economy is driven by the small business owner.The vast majority of them make less than 250.00.They will under Obama plan see a tax decrease not an increase.The fake Joe the plumber that claims that he is going to buy business that makes over 250.000 will see a tax increase back to the pre Bush error.The real non licensed Joe the plumber would actual received more money under Obama than he would under Sen.McCain tax plan.Unless he gets that record deal he’s angling for,or write the book he wants to write.Just the facts!

You can deny all you want too but the FACT is Obama’s a socialist. Same mantra of the Clintons and most Dems so Cut the BS. He runs with socialists, he searches for a church that has his Ideaolgoy. You can’t change the past. You can deny it but that’s the reality of it or you just can’t accept it.

bo doesnt practice Christianity, he says people of all faiths go to heaven…wow!!!!!buddha,confuscious,mohammed,all are still in their grave ,they couldnt save themselves much less anyone else….he and his pastor are no more Christians than charles Manson!!!!!!!!

Sounds wonderful, aka utopian, but was any specific information given as to how all of Sen Obama’s plans would be paid for? As to Stephanopolous’s analysis, what else would you expect a Democrat to say? Very superficial!

Everybody knows the “Hollywood” bunch are bank rolling him. How are poor people going to send in $85 when they can’t even buy food or pay their house payment. The PLO are probably donating too with no tracking.

Yeah! Why don’t they show the video? Why are they hiding it? You might find out he’s cheering on the PLO.

hey Chad, Hitler was a Christian. Is he in heaven?

Who,,,hold your horses! The bank bail-out was to stem the possibility of a depression because of bank failure.
It had wide bi-partisan support, with many republican vehemtly objection.
Both McCain & Obama supported it, in fact McCain went back to Washington to work on it!
Obama didn’t do anything except “make phone calls!”
One has to wonder if maybe Obama had gone back to Washington, we’d be a week closer to the resolution, and $ 1 billion dollars richer, because the only way the democratically controlled congress was going to pass it, was by adding an additional billion (with a “B”) dollars worth of PORK into it.
Could Obama have influenced his congressional colleagues had he gone back to Washington? “You betcha he could’ve!”
But you know what Barak was doing that week??? Yup,,,,”Making Infomercials!!”

The reality is, if McCain could have done the same thing, he would have. I believe he is simply disgruntled that he and his campaign staff never thought about it.
Campaign money that is raised by the candidates, from their constiuents is for CAMPAINING and that is what Obama did.
I thought it was great, for the audience it was created for, THE UNDECIDED FOLKS.
Good job.
I also think McCain is simply of of his league. He used old campaigning tackics for a new millinium.
I used to lik the mMcain of 2000, to bad he didn’t show up in 2008.

Let’s see: The Republican message on the economy is “let’s lower tax rates for the rich people” – that is NOT socialism. The Democratic message is “let’s lower tax rates on the middle class” and that supposedly IS socialism. You know, who cares what some idiots call Obama now, because come next January we will all be calling him Mr. President.

McCain looks like an angry midget in comparison to the presidential demeanor of Barack Obama. Finally we have the chance to restore leadership to the White House. God save us from the vicious behavior of the Republican party.

Hey Chad… Only God knows who will get into Heaven and who won’t. People can’t tell others that they’ll go to Heaven or Hell. Only God has the right to tell a person that they’re going to Heaven or Hell.

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“blamed our economy on George Bush and capitalism when it all comes down to Democrats socialistic policies”
Like the bush league president couldn’t have done anything in the last eight years? He was the worst president you have ever had and McCain is just the re-incarnation of George.
If you vote McCain .. you get what you deserve

November 5, 2008:
George Banks, the fictitious father in the movie; “Father of the Bride” just announced that, “because of the pending tax burden under President Obama, my small sneaker manufacturing business, which had marginal success prior to the election, will shut down on December 24, 2008!” — That’s right; Christmas Eve.
George later went on to state; “I met a businessman from India at a cocktail party last month, who offered me top dollar for my manufacturing equipment.” — George later stated, “I had to take the gentleman from India’s offer seriously before President Obama took office, because if I sold the equipment after the Obama tax & distribute-wealth plan took affect, the profit from that equipment sale would’ve been taxed at the 50% capital gains as opposed to the 39% I’ll currently get charged with!”
George later apologized to his long term employees for shuttering the plant the day before Christmas, but as he said, “it was an inevitable outcome of the new administration’s policy; purely a business decision; but I’ll use some of the savings from shutting down the plant now, as opposed to later, in order to give a better severance for all my long time, loyal and loving employee! –
George later lamented that he’s very sad for his daughter, his wife, as well as wedding planners; Hank & Frank whom have essentially become part of the family of late.
George later lemented about having to inform the various wedding vendors that their services would not be needed. He sent a letter to:
the florists,
the seamstress,
the musicians in the band,
the caterers,
the interior designers;
the ice sculptor artist,
the “Chake” maker, and the
tent suppliers.
George went on to state that; his daughter’s dream wedding will now be scaled down to a small reception at the local VFW hall with a nice cake from Costco. –
George dejectedly laughed, recalling the funny way Hank pronounced the word “cake” while wiping a tear from his eye.
George stated; “this is a very sad day for my family, but even sadder for America! God bless you all – and; “good luck!”
Hank & Frank were later spotted walking dejectedly hand, in hand from the Bank’s residence, wondering where their next wedding gig would come from?
Hank stated,: “I’d go back to being a florist again, but the new Obama import tax for the flowers from Columbia, make that prospect prohibitively costly.” As they pondered their future Hank stated, “perhaps I’ll sell other Columbian products to get by in the mean time!”

OK…stop quoting that fiction book called the bible.
This is NOT a Christian country. The word God or Jesus is not mentioned ONCE in the Constitution.
I’d sooner believe the stories in the Harry Potter series than the gibberish translated from folk tales over 400 years and finally recorded (and edited by a crooked pope) into that nonsense called the New and Old Testament.
This is the end of the ultra conservatives on Nov. 4th (thank GOD! – if he really exists) and probably the end of the Republican party as we know it.
Now, let’s move into the 21st century (instead of the ramblings of the 1st Century) and heal the problems of this country with a true leader.
Vote Obama EARLY!

Paul_in_vanc- Bush and the Republicans tried.. It’s documented in the article. Why don’t you try reading it.
I’ll post it again in case you can’t find it:
http://epaper.investors.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=SUJELzIwMDgvMTAvMzAjQXIwMDEwMA==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom-ibd

Wow, Planewizard,
You and your Republican party are certainly stuck in a make-believe world, aren’t you?
And just to clarify… on December 24, 2008, your Geroge W. Bush will still be the president of the US.

The only people to which this was impressive were the ones drooling at his feet already. How pathetic!

Paul in Vanc wrote: US is LOWER in the world’s STANDARD OF LIVING than SWEDEN, NORWAY, CANADA, AUSTRIA etc .. all “socialistic” leaning countries
Paul, no offense, but neither of those countries have the population USA has!
Further, with the exception of Canada (to a degree), NONE have a multi-ethnic society we have in the USA. All are pretty much mono-ethnic societies and don’t have to balance the continual “give & take” between the races. None have an Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson continually in the governments face making sure a 15% ethnic minority is receieving what seems to be about, 50% of government resources.
None have to balance the education factor of “teaching to the slowest kid” because that kid may be a minority.
The poor Asian kids in this country are contunually disenfranchaised because they have to be dummy-downed to the white & black kid standards!
All those countries will identify the bright children and send them to American universities, and not force square peg kids into round holes! There is noting wrong with being a mechanic, or heavy equipment operator if your brain is not structured to be a doctor. The problem we have is that all schools act as if every kid is a doctor, or every kid is a truck driver, and teach to that level!
NONE of those country’s mentioned have the socio-economic problems the USA have, and to insinuate otherwise is just plain wrong!
I know many herein will beat me up about these comments, but they’re not racist, nor mean spirited; it’s the facts. We really have to speak more bluntly about these problems and not compare us to others.

” They haven’t done a thing for jobs, so cut all bull crap. All socialists. Not hard to figure it out. You want to trash you country for a”change”. You might not like the “change” you get, but your going to be stuck with it. Obama has already made it know he’s going to push the bill through that’s going to restrict what the news media can say. That’s one of our biggest “rights” that going to be gone, “Freedom of speech.” Your always worried about Bush’s invasion of Your “rights” and then you support a guy that wants to start taking one of our greatest “right” from us…..that is stupid. Your so disillusioned you’d vote for Mickey Mouse for president and that’s about what Obama is.”
A few things, here, Slugger:
1) You didn’t answer my question. You can label Obama a “Socialist” all you want, but you didn’t discuss how McCain’s mortgage-buy proposal and Palin’s windfall-tax-refund-to-all-citizens aren’t the very same thing you’re complaining about. Those are concrete policies/records.
2) Yes, I would gladly take Obama’s “change” over the BS of the last 8 years. I’m supposed to believe that returning the high-end tax rate to what it was under Clinton (you know, longest period of constant economic expansion?) will end this country as we know it? Doesn’t pass the smell test.
3) I would love to see the source from which you got “Obama has already made it know he’s going to push the bill through that’s going to restrict what the news media can say.” If he did in fact say that, wouldn’t the media turn on him? That statement alone would have sunk his campaign. Please, feel free to cite the source of this bombshell.

Planewizard
What is NOT racist about claiming America has a lower standard of living because the black people are dragging us down?

The Republicans have lied to us for so many years..some of you actually believe their lies!! Thank God we’ll finally have another Democrat in the Whitehouse! George Bush destroyed the middle class in 8 years! McCain and Palin are a joke. Obama IS the one ! !
Go Phils ! !

DoogieHowitzer,
Both state legislatures and the US Congress employ paid chaplains to pray at the opening of all sessions.
All military branches of the US government have paid chaplains
The Liberty Bell cites Leviticus 25:10
A portrait of Moses with the Ten Commandments hangs above the Speaker’s chair in the US Congress
The Library of Congress has statues of the apostle Paul and of Moses, and has large inscriptions of Micah 6:8 and Psalm 19:1 prominently displayed.
The Lincoln Memorial has chiseled on it, “Judgements of the Lord are righteous.”
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated to a soldier “Known but to God.”
There is a prayer room in Congress.
The Supreme Court Session with the words, “God save the United States and this honorable court.”
Christmas is a US Government Holiday,
and
The US Constitution states the Constitution was signed in 1787 “in the year of our Lord”.
If you think this country wasn’t founded on God and does not continue to do business with having Him on the government’s side, then you are sorely mistaken.

Whomever is posting information pretending to be someone else needs to stop that (being dishonest). Do not use other senders Name and send ‘Posted by:’ as someone else to try and speak for them. Please keep it honest as to who is sending information. Thank you!
Thats how John McCain operates, he is a cut and paste presidential aspirant

Jock; I’m a bit old (50+). I have a HS education only! I knew at a young age I wasn’t “College Material!” I went to technical school and love what I do!
My point was to show how the internal influence of our homogenous society will shape public policy; sometimes not for the best.
I really, REALLY tried to think of other well know activists in another race other than Jesse & Al, but I couldn’t think of any that would represent the point I was trying to make.
I know I wasn’t politically correct, but I was trying to demonstrate to the person from Vancouver (great city btw), the unique differences between USA and other places.
I am sincerely sorry if I offended anybody, but trust me,,,,I won’t be running for office “ever,”

Planewizard: I absolutely “get it” and love that you see the inevitable…
“January 20, 2009 when Obama ascends to his throne!”
That’s right!~ even you pious, ill-informed Republicans KNOW – Obama will win this election!!!

DoogieHowitzer,
To continue…
Patrick Henry in 1776 wrote, “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom of worship here.”
John Quincy Adams said in 1821, “The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: It connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”

Joe the plumber is now no-show Joe for McCain! Ahh maybe he changed his mind and voted for Obama?

Dear liberaldem… I am a McCain supporter – and I sympathize with your situation – I have family in similar situations and let me tell you. I would much rather see Senator Hillary Clinton or Presdient Bill Clinton in the white house instead of Senator Obama. So do a write in on the ballot for Hillary if that’s who you believe in. Mr. Obama is going to sell our country out to the world. I have no problem with democrats but this man is not a democrat he is a socialist through and through. Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.
Senator Obama’s friends:
Ayers – Domestic terrorist who stomped on American flag on 9/11/01 and said he wished he had set more bombs, Barack penned his book, and launched his career in Ayers living room.
Jeremiah Wright – Obama sat in his pews twice a month for 20 years and never heard ‘god damn america’ spoken??
Rezko – slumlord in Chicago – financed Baracks campaign
Farrakhan – barack attended million man march with louie. Louie was given lifetime achievement award by Barack and Reverend Wrights church.
Khalidi – barack spoke so eloqently about him at a going away dinner – a PLO representative whose wife was Arafat translator. At that same going away dinner others were reciting anti-israeli poetry.
Bernadine Dohrn – wife of Bill Ayers who spent time in the slammer for domestic terrorism – attended the Khalidi going away party with obama.
Frank Marshall Davis – his communist mentor that he sought out in Hawaii – barack wrote about him in Dreams of my father.
Does he have any friends that were friends of america??? If you are willing to accept money from a man who is going to turn our country into a socialist land – then go right ahead. I have more pride than that in America and so do my family members who are working for $9.00 an hour. Best of luck to you. I sincerely mean that.

liberaldem – AMEN, Sister! You & me both! Too bad the 21st Amendment back in 1947 limited a president’s term to 2. I think maybe it should have been worded as “Consecutive” terms, that way we could re-elect Clinton to clean up Bush’s mess.
It’s good to see that Obama considers Bill Clinton as an invaluable resource. Let’s hope he hires Clinton as an advisor when he takes office in January.

Obama spent all that money because he knows what is at stake. He knows the value of the oval office, he knows the value of the American opinion, he understands the value of his message. He understands the value of the media in a democracy. He understands the value of information.
I don’t see the expedience of holding back surplus campaign funds when you have not won the election. Obama will rather be criticized for being flexible than for being a fool.
It is a clear fact that Obama has the leadership qualities to communicate and create cooperation. A president’s job is to be able to lead through enthused communication and to motivate people to be at their best to do the best.
The eloquence of Obama is a national security asset for America. Coupled with a positive message and intelligence I think he has the proclivity to prevent wars, that is the work of a leader – a world leader. Negative, racial and uncharismatic character causes wars.
The work of a leader is to lead in peace and motivate.
The work of a soldier to fight. I know that Obama will be willing to work with McCain should a non-oil and unpreventable war present itself. If Obama wins he can exploit both experience and new ideas. McCain may not be as willing as Obama to try new ideas.
If McCain becomes the next US president the world may become a less safer place to exist.
And America may be on the hit list of every terrorist organization especially if he likes oil drilling as much as he says.
Terrorism is based on ideology, only a man of ideas and dialog can dissolve it.

Dapo Adeyemi – so we shouldn’t drill because we’re afraid of terrorist attacks? I can’t believe what I’m hearing. This is the United States of America. We are not afraid. So much blood has been shed for this country and we are afraid to drill because the Arab nations will not like it? Please.

Isn’t it interesting how things can be going along smoothly, only to be ruined by Tucker Bounds at the end?
Plain and simple, Tucker only comes out to play when Barack has struck a nerve.
Not unlike the debate night games,it’s up to the reader to figure out what Barack Obama said or did to get Bound’s feathers ruffled.
At first glance, it appears it might be money Bounds is upset with. But a deeper look suggests maybe it’s Obama’s ability to connect with Americans that really has him going? Or could it be he knows for a fact, his campaign couldn’t or hasn’t stayed on message for 30 minutes the ENTIRE campaign?
What exactly would a McCain episode look like?

I can’t wait for the thing to be over so Palin can go back to Alaska and “see Russia from her house”.
Sarah, do us all a favor; stay there this time. McCain showed all of us his JUDGEMENT by picking you.
SMART MOVE McCAIN!!! NOT!

DO NOT want to change this into a charged religious area, but cannot let a lie continue…
The Bible is the “inspired” Word of God,
Till you can “Prove” to me it isnt…
Please keep this for our “political” discussions..

I thought it was a great half hour. At the end i was in tears. I believe that Obama needed to do this. McCain is soo jealous. It doesn’t matter that Obama changed his mind about public finance. I believe if you cannot afford to run for President then you should’nt run for it. I believe that P.F should be shut down. Why should i help pay for anyone to run for President.. greg

Geez, such anger and viral hate coming from the McCain/Palin camp . These do not demonstrate Christian values. What is wrong with you folks?

Mamamia
You completely miss the point. Most of the “founding fathers” were indeed very religious. They had nothing against it. In fact, they wanted to see it flourish. That is exactly why they thought the separation of church and state was so essential to a democracy. And they have been proven right. Thanks to them, America has the most diverse and thriving religious consciousness in the world.

RE: Palin, it takes more than years to have “experience”. She shows no depth or breadth on ANY significant issues, whereas Obama has at least spent enough time learning about them to carry on a conversation about them.
I don’t care how long Palin has been governor when she can’t name a single freaking newspaper she reads off the cuff, and doesn’t even know exactly what it is that the VP does.
At least Obama has seen the world outside of Anchorage and Juneau, and can offer substantive dialogue and ideas about the issues that face this nation.

DP: Do you really believe that Palin can’t name a newspaper? Oh, that’s funny. Palin’s answer was in ridicule of Katie Couric’s question. That was obvious. What kind of moronic question was that of Couric. And what about big tooth Biden talking about how the president came on TV in 1929 to discuss the economy? All I’m saying is look in your own back yards at your candidate before you criticize the other side!!

Katerina:
Thank you for your kind words to me. I did vote for Hillary in the primary, you can believe that. Given the chance, I would again. I read your whole note and to tell you the truth, I don’t know if everything you say about Obama is true, or just true to you because you are a Republican? Now don’t get mad.. just listen for a quick minute. I am a hard working Southern girl with a high school diploma and two years of college.. that’s it. I listen to the news every night, I listened to all the debates, even though they seemed redundant and I never heard any of the candidates. It seemed whatever questions were asked..all their answers seemed scripted and did not seem to actually answer the moderator’s questions. I am like much of the country, not well educated and trying hard to understand about the politics of these guys running for office. Well maybe Obama knew Ayers and maybe some of the other things you said might be true or at least have some semblance of truth.. I don’t know. What I do know, is when the Republicans are in office, people like me seem to suffer. When the Democrats are in office, poor folks like myself seem to benefit. That simple. I know I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer…but I know that George Bush has destroyed the middle class over the past eight years. I know that John McCain is George Bush’s man and knowing that…I would vote Democrat this year even if a yellow dog was running for President. That’s why they call us “Yellow Dog Democrats” I reckon. I think Bill Clinton is a brilliant man and would nearly sell my soul to the devil to see him or Hillary in the Whitehouse.. but it isn’t to be. Senator McCain is a great war hero and deserves our utmost respect…but I cannot vote for him. Even if I could somehow muster up and vote for him.. I would have nightmares every night at the thought of Sara Palin as commander in chief if McCain should die in office. Oh my God…no, no, no. She is not qualified in any way, shape or form to be the leader of the free world. I’m sorry…but no. I hope you can understand how I feel. Good luck to you and your family, I mean that.

Liberaldem,
I don’t like Bush either. But you cannot solely pin it on him and the Republican Party. We had a Democratic Congress for those terms Bush was president. Anything that is going to get passed is on approval from Congress, so if Bush wanted to change something, they would have to vote and approve it. It makes both parties, but more so the one that controls Congress at fault for everything that goes on, including taking care of poor folks like us that scrape around to eat.
Bill Clinton had a Republican Congress…

Will any of you be upset if you don’t get the change that you are looking for? What if he doesn’t turn his proposed plans from words into action? I’m sorry I just can’t get myself to believe him. He hasn’t said how he is going to pay for all of this. It sounds like a cure all but I just don’t see it actually happening.

Liberaldem: I do understand that everyone needs to vote according to their beliefs and circumstances and that’s what makes us America. I completely respect your decision because at least you have watched the news and the debates and have made that informed decision. Do not call yourself ‘not educated’. Peter Jennings did not graduate from high school and was brilliant. My dad was an immigrant from Greece without a high school education and worked up to the age of 76 in the restaurant business. I have to be honest and say he didn’t work because he had to but because he wanted to. He enjoyed hard work. He just retired this year thank God. But he believed in hard work and he instilled that in my sister and I. I have two children and work because I want to give them a better future than what I had – although I cannot complain. I believe in hard work as well as I see you do too. I do not begrudge people like you any assistance or help that our government can give. I wish that the tax loopholes that benefit the rich would close. I hope that Obama, if he is elected makes things better for your situation and I pray that the country as we all have loved it remains to exists as we know it. I would feel much better with Senator Clinton at the helm and I mean that. I have the opposite belief of you in that I would rather vote for anyone but Obama because I fear him and I pray that I am wrong for the sake of us all. I agree that George Bush has done a horrible job running this country – but I don’t agree that McCain is like Bush. He is his own man. I think any candidate running in the shadows of Bush is at a disadvantage because of the horrendous job he has done. I worked next to the World Trade Center on 9/11 and I guess I am especially sensitive to remarks of Ayers wishing he had done more when he had the chance. All we can do is pray for the best no matter who wins. I appreciate that we were able to discuss this like human beings and not make crass remarks to each other. Kind Regards and best of luck.

Nothing gets me like a good infommercial. You should see all the useless crap around my house. I was firmly behind McCain unti I saw that last night. How could I not buy into the best infommercial of all time? I’m switching my vote to Obama.

Mamamia:
Okay…so is this right then? It won’t make that much difference either way because the democrats are going to probably be in control of both the house and the senate? Aren’t they?

DP, let’s give Sarah some credit now. She can see Russia from her house. That makes her qualified, doesn’t it?

teesia
Apparently, many millions of Americans disagree with your assessment of Obama. That’s OK. That’s why we have a democracy.

Show some respect for your next president, you losers. Dam the tape and you. Obama is going to win this election and there is not a thing you can do about it. So go ahead and wish for some tape to get released. Go ahead and waste your vote on McCain. Me and the other Obama supports will just celebrate the outcome. HA, HA!

lori
I do not know how much Obama will be able to change. I am just overjoyed we finally have someone willing to TRY.

John McCain’s conscience – what worked before won’t work now. You can’t articulate a position only schoolyard barbs. Edicate yourself, go back to school. Get some diversity training. Learn about the world you live in , not just your block. Dummy.

Mamamia
You cannot “control” the Senate with 51 votes. The reason nothing got done in this Congress is because both parties could block the other. Hence the well-deserved low approval rating, and the will of the electorate to give the Democrats more power.

http://www.heritage.org/research/budget/bg2081.cfm

teesia,
Do you realize you just call half the people in this country FOOLS? Because we are supporting the candidate of our choice makes us all fools? Who do you think you are???

We’re all a little confused why Obama’s been using a $200,000 figure instead of the $250,000 amount that’s on his website. For the last week, he’s said $200,000 several times with no mention of the $250,000 he’s told us about hundreds of times, and Biden has said $150,000. There is no mention of either of these amounts on his website, only $250,000. Where can I find any official information on these $200,000 and $150,000 regarding his plan? It sure sounds to most of us like he’s doing the old bait and switch.

teesia. if all that he’s hiding in his records are bad grades – that’s okay with me. I don’t mind bad grades. Senator McCain did graduate with high grades either. It is the other things I worry about like where he got his funding to go to those schools. Was it with aid to ‘foreign students’? What I don’t understand is why all the secrets – just release everything, records, birth certificates, videos, tapes and end all the questions once and for all. Give us the all the info and be done with it. The Governor of Hawaii, last Sunday, a day after Obama was in Hawaii visiting his ill grandma which I guess now is fine, – the governor of Hawaii sealed his birth records. What does that mean? If someone asked me for my birth record, especially if I was running for the highest office in the WORLD – I would give full unobstructed access to all my records – period. I just don’t like the hiding. For that matter, palin, mccain, biden, and obama’s records should be released on anything. We are trusting this man with our lives and he won’t release his birth record – he just has it sealed one day after visiting Hawaii and we are not supposed to question it? We don’t want another George Bush fiasco – and that is what I fear with obama’s secrecy and obstruction of information.

jock59801 ~ EXACTLY!!! The HOPE that Obama brings to the table is what literally brought my 13 year old daughter to tears last night as we watched Obama. HE CARES!! He wants to do what is right for the ENTIRE COUNTRY. He wants to UNITE the UNITED States of America.
All McCain has become a mean, nasty, vindictive, bitter old man. I have tried to listen to his “plans” to make this country better, but all he offers are insults and innuendo toward Obama. His claims are crazy…”I can find bin Laden – I know how” but gives absolutely no substance. “I can make this economy strong. I know how” – but gives no substance on HOW he plans to.
Obama gives point by point specifics on what needs to be done and how he will do it.

Well done, Team Obama/Biden!! Thank you for keeping your message positive. McCain/Palin does that enough for everyone, “Christians” that they are and all!!

Well done, Team Obama/Biden!! Thank you for keeping your message positive.
CORRECTION: McCain/Palin spreads enough negativity and hate … that seems to be their platform — “Holier-than-though Christians” that they are and all!!

I still haven’t quite decided who I’ll be voting for in a week- I knows it’s bad since it is so last minute but to me, both sides are very persuasive.
I watched Obama’s ad today on-line…and as “hollywood” as it was (as claimed by WOR 710 AM personality John Gambling who I adore), it was compelling. I actually felt the tears swelling in my eyes during certain parts, because in many ways the people within that advertisement were me. Who is going to help us?
Now, even though WOR is a conservative talk radio, I have always felt John Gambling did an excellent job in portraying his views in a non-ignorant and tolerant manner. For that reason I attribute to his diverse audience and why Mayor Bloomberg chose him to sit down with every Friday to address the people. I come from a conservative family with conservative views so what his network portrays relates to me and most middle-class individuals who want to preserve what they have worked so hard for. At the same time though, the middle class is hurting so bad. I can see it with me, my parents, my family and friends. This ad was directed at people like me…and it made me feel empowered.
Obama’s message was clear, forceful and an extremely intelligent move on his part. It was done beautifully and astutely. Bravo- we’ll see if it helps.

Read the following Link about Cindy McCain and then compare it to Michelle Obama who would you rather have as first lady? http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/cindy.asp Also here is the facts about John McCain and his support of lower taxes for the middle class. It also explains his reasoning for lowering taxes on corporations. TRUTH: John McCain has never voted for an increase in tax rates in 25 years in Congress—never – and clearly and consistently supports cutting and simplifying taxes. Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform has acknowledged that even though McCain refuses to take the “no new taxes” pledge he has kept that pledge with his voting record, throughout his service in the Senate and the House. Yes, he did vote against Bush tax cuts – but did so because no cuts in spending accompanied the cuts in taxes. Unlike some of his colleagues, he insists that tax cuts and increased revenues won’t be enough to close the deficit – there must be spending cuts as well. It’s increasingly obvious that he’s right: tax cuts without spending cuts won’t shrink the national debt or trim the size of government. He currently supports making all the Bush tax cuts permanent before their schedule expiration in 2010 to allow individuals and businesses to plan their futures without uncertainty. He also backs an immediate cut in the corporate tax rate from 35% (second highest rate in the world) to 20% (one of the lowest in the world) as a means of stimulating the economy and creating jobs. He also backs instituting new rules requiring a super majority – a three-fifths vote of both houses of Congress– rather than simple majorities, to approve any tax increases. This would make it vastly more difficult for future Congresses (even under Democratic control) to take more money from hard-working Americans. These are the facts and look at this quote by McCain on Iraq, funny Obama never mentions this quote. http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/mccainsons.asp look at the part where he stated this war has been badly handled for a long time.

Give a con-man a good director, a good cameraman, a good script-writer, elegant scenery and inspiring music and foolish people think it’s an accurate portrayal rather than just an act.
That’s why people LOVE certain actors. They see them acting like nice people on tv shows or in the movies and the audience wrongly believes the actors are who they portray.
It’s just another form of pretty packaging for a substandard product.

GOOD A THING WE HAVE OBAMA / BIDEN ! THE WORK AHEAD IS BEYOUND McCAIN´S ABILITY . THE 8 YEARS MESS OF WHICH HE ENGINEERED WITH BUSH REQUIRES A SMART HAND AND NOT ERRATICITY !! I AM AFRAID, McCAIC/PALIN WOULD BE WORSE THAN BUSH!!!

Wow! Amazing how divided this nation is. Yes, I do think it was a waste of money. But let’s all admit, if you were McCain, I am sure he wished he could have done such and addres to the nation without bashing his opponent. We will never in our lifetime see anything like this again. There is a book out there, that is titled “God Don’t Like Ungly”. America, let’s pull together, this is our time!

Boy, the convicted drug addict Limbaugh and the neo-nazi, Hannity, have turned all of their lunatics loose. I tried to call the Lunatic Limbaugh yesterday but wasn’t allowed through when I stated I was a Republican supporting Obama. I wanted to bring the following factual article to his attention debunking the lies now being told about Rashid Khalidi: I’m passing it on so folks will know the truth instead of the McCain lies once again. They’re throwing everything they can at Senator Obama, but thank God, people with common sense aren’t being fooled. Here goes:
The New McCarthyism
By Scott Horton
The last weeks of every presidential campaign I can remember bring out the crazies. Candidates are reviled as “racists,” “Nazis,” “Communists,” and the like. But this year the process has gotten nuttier and more malicious than usual. Perhaps it is a sign of desperation, given that polling does not suggest a close campaign, and a party now long entrenched appears to be poised for a swift kick in the behind—for the second time running.
Still, I was amused at how absurd some of this is. The National Review is worth examining regularly these days–it has turned into something of a circular firing squad. I used to read and love it back in the heyday of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s editorship. It was home base for a certain rigorous, philosophically based conservatism that valued the classics. I search in vain through National Review today for any trace of the erudition and intellectual integrity that Buckley brought to the publication. And I suspect that Buckley himself was unhappy with the magazine’s course in his final years. Two years ago, I spoke at a conservative, religiously affiliated college in the South and discovered that my predecessor at the lectern, just the night before, had been Buckley. When I asked how his talk had gone, my faculty handler told me it had been a surprising experience. Buckley spoke at some length about the mistakes that the Bush Administration had made, starting with the Iraq War. When one student observed that his comments were rather at odds with the views that appeared in National Review, Buckley replied, “Yes. We have grown distant.”
In the current issue of National Review, Andrew McCarthy continues his campaign to link the Democratic nominee to various and sundry Hyde Park radicals. This time it is “PLO advisor turned University of Chicago professor Rashid Khalidi,” who now heads the Middle Eastern Studies Department at Columbia University. Khalidi, we learn, makes a habit of justifying and supporting the work of terrorists and is “a former mouthpiece for master terrorist Yasser Arafat.” And then we learn that this same Khalidi knows Obama and that his children even babysat for Obama’s kids!
This doesn’t sound much like the Rashid Khalidi I know. I’ve followed his career for many years, read his articles and books, listened to his presentations, and engaged him in discussions of politics, the arts, and history. In fact, as McCarthy’s piece ran, I was midway through an advance copy of Khalidi’s new book Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East. (I’ll be reviewing it next month–stay tuned.) Rashid Khalidi is an American academic of extraordinary ability and sharp insights. He is also deeply committed to stemming violence in the Middle East, promoting a culture that embraces human rights as a fundamental notion, and building democratic societies. In a sense, Khalidi’s formula for solving the Middle East crisis has not been radically different from George W. Bush’s: both believe in American values and approaches. However, whereas Bush believes these values can be introduced in the wake of bombs and at the barrel of a gun, Khalidi disagrees. He sees education and civic activism as the path to success, and he argues that pervasive military interventionism has historically undermined the Middle East and will continue to do so. Khalidi has also been one of the most articulate critics of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority—calling them repeatedly on their anti-democratic tendencies and their betrayals of their own principles. Khalidi is also a Palestinian American. There is no doubt in my mind that it is solely that last fact that informs McCarthy’s ignorant and malicious rants.
McCarthy states that Khalidi “founded” the Arab American Action Network (AAAN). In fact, he neither founded it nor has anything to do with it. But AAAN is not, as McCarthy suggests, a political organization. It is a social-services organization, largely funded by the state of Illinois and private foundations, that provides support for English-language training, citizenship classes, after-school and summer programs for schoolchildren, women’s shelters, and child care among Chicago’s sizable Arab community (and for others on the city’s impoverished South Side). Does McCarthy consider this sort of civic activism objectionable? Since it was advocated aggressively by President Bush–this is “compassionate conservativism” in action–such an objection would be interesting. Nor was Khalidi ever a spokesman for the PLO, though that was reported in an erroneous column by the New York Times’s Tom Friedman in 1982. That left me curious about the final and most dramatic accusation laid at Khalidi’s doorstep: that the Khalidis babysat for the Obamas. Was it true? I put the question to Khalidi. “No, it is not true,” came the crisp reply. Somehow that was exactly the answer I expected.
Of course, Khalidi has been involved in Palestinian causes. McCarthy ought to ask John McCain about that, because McCain and Khalidi appear to have some joint interests, and that fact speaks very well of both of them. Indeed, the McCain–Khalidi connections are more substantial than the phony Obama–Khalidi connections McCarthy gussies up for his article. The Republican party’s congressionally funded international-networking organization, the International Republican Institute–long and ably chaired by John McCain and headed by McCain’s close friend, the capable Lorne Craner–has taken an interest in West Bank matters. IRI funded an ambitious project, called the Palestine Center, that Khalidi helped to support. Khalidi served on the Center’s board of directors. The goal of that project, shared by Khalidi and McCain, was the promotion of civic consciousness and engagement and the development of democratic values in the West Bank. Of course, McCarthy is not interested in looking too closely into the facts, because they would not serve his shrill partisan objectives.
I have a suggestion for Andy McCarthy and his Hyde Park project. If he really digs down deep enough, he will come up with a Hyde Park figure who stood in constant close contact with Barack Obama and who, unlike Ayers and Khalidi, really did influence Obama’s thinking about law, government, and policy. He is to my way of thinking a genuine radical. His name is Richard Posner, and he appears to be the most frequently and positively cited judge and legal academic in… National Review.

liberdem:
You keep the faith. Prayer is powerful. I too am happy to have entered into the discussion with you. I hope for your sake that your boss is under the $250K level where Obama might affect his business tax structure. I believe things will get better after the election, no matter who wins. I did live in the NY area from 1997-2005 but am originally from a small town in Johnstown, PA where our own democratic congressman just called us all rednecks and racists – but that’s besides the point. From there I lived in Pittsburgh, then Philly, then Plano, TX, then Los Angeles, then Irvine, then NJ and NY, then Tampa, and now I live in Eastern PA (Pocono area). I have met, worked , and went to church with a lot of people from all walks of life. I actually attended a church where George Stephanopoulos’s father was the priest in Manhattan. Throughout my career I worked with Jewish folks, both Israeli and non, Indians, African-Americans, Germans, Pakistanis, Bangladesh folks, Texans, Californians, Hindu’s, people that have been all over the world, and people that have never left Johnstown, PA and on and on. I’ve loved them all – truly I have. It’s amazing but in NY everyone works and lives together in relative peace and harmony. I certainly don’t care whether the president is White, African-American, Chinese, Indian, whatever religion president – if I wasn’t fearful of the direction he will take our country and if he is honest. I just hope he holds his promises and his ‘tax cut’ promises are not there to lure us into ‘change’ we don’t want. I hope his changes – which I believe he is capable of because he will be backed by a congress that will do anything he wants – I hope his changes are not more than what we bargained for. If he can help people like you without killing the lively hood of the people that employ all of us – then I will be first in line to vote for him in 4 years. According to Obama’s tax plan, I would receive a decent tax cut but I still can’t bring myself to vote for him. I am not a staunch republican – I hope that he leaves all of the people that he has associated with (and he certainly has associated with them and hides it) in his past and doesn’t bring them into our future in America. God Bless You and our country.

Sure moosedog: By all means, simplify and let me finish my return in less than 5 minutes. I’ll have more time to return to work more quickly and I can continue to support all of those that breath and live the life of “you owe me” sense of ENTITLEMENT. What has happened to “do an honest days work-get an honest days pay”. If you don’t work why should you be compensated. If you work hard perhaps one day you will be a millionaire-but by all means WORK TOWARDS THAT GOAL. ONLY IN AMERICA!

Estel long: Sense of entitlement? Let me tell you ma’am I work six days a week and bring home 300.00 a week and I have no sense of entitlement! What’s more I live alone, pay for everything out of my pocket, have no credit cards and no retirement. I am 56 years old and will be working till I die. You can take your entitlement and shove it!

Hey teesia – You are a B i t ch

So, George thought Obama’s informercial was brilliant. Should this be surprising considering the fact that Georgie’s nose was so far up the Clinton’s behinds that if they stopped he would have to have it surgically removed? Obama and his leftist illuminati platform were once again painted as a progressive way to spread the wealth. He could have saved time just admitting that it is Socialism.

If you want to know exactly why the mortgage meltdown occurred Investors Business Daily did a DETAILED timeline of how, who and when this all happened. Contrary to what the press will tell you Obama and Acorn are knee deep in the middle of it:
http://www.middleofright.com/2008/10/why-mortgage-crisis-happened-in-detail.html
May 2006
McCain addresses the Senate: “Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were ‘illusions deliberately and systematically created’ by the company’s senior management.
“Fannie Mae used its political power to lobby Congress in an effort to interfere with the regulator’s examination of the company’s accounting problems. . . . OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay.
“If Congress does not act,” McCain said, “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. I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation.”
April 2007
Sens. Sununu, Hagel, Dole and Mel Martinez, R-Fla., re-introduce legislation to improve GSE oversight.
April 2007
The New York Times writes that the “democratization of credit” is “turning the American dream of homeownership into a nightmare for many borrowers.”
The “newfangled mortgage loans” — called affordability loans — “represent 60% of foreclosures.”
September 2007
President Bush: “These institutions provide liquidity in the mortgage market that benefits millions of homeowners, and it is vital they operate safely and operate soundly. So I’ve called on Congress to pass legislation that strengthens independent regulation of the GSEs. . . . The United States Senate needs to pass this legislation soon.”
2007-08
The housing bubble began to burst, bad mortgages began to default and finally the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac portfolios were revealed to be in collapse. And the testimony is evident as to why. As Wallison put it, “Fannie and Freddie were . . . the poster children for corporate welfare.”
September 2008
Rep. Davis now admits Democrats were in error: “Like a lot of my Democratic colleagues, I was too slow to appreciate the recklessness of Fannie and Freddie. I defended their efforts to encourage affordable homeownership when in retrospect I should have heeded the concerns raised by their regulator in 2004. Frankly, I wish my Democratic colleagues would admit when it comes to Fannie and Freddie: We were wrong.”
Today 2008
The narrative is of another failed socialist experiment, this time a massive federal effort imperiling the whole U.S. banking industry

liberaldem,
yes, sweetie????. thanks.
Also, your answer has given us all some insight into YOUR character (taking advantage of the fact that your boss is out off the office). That will help when we consider your opinions.

liberaldem: I am sorry I offended you. My comment was not directed to someone like you. I do not have a million dollars. I’ve worked all my life and have had to make it pay check to pay check. No one has ever GIVEN ME anything. I have worked for everything that I have. You have got to admit that there are people that meet the Entitlement reference. Some people have no visible means of support, live on food stamps and wear designer Jeans. These are the people I was referring to. liberaldem, I voted for HILLARY IN THE PRIMARIES. Hope your situation gets better.

Hey teesia…moosedog was right.. you ARE a bitch…and just so you’ll know, it’s just the boss and me. He does the jobs..I run the office..and there is no taking advantage of anything going on here. Consider what you like..your opinion means nothing to me.

Wow. There are some seriously nasty, brainwashed racist comments here. This is exactly the kind of attitude and behavior this country can’t afford any more. No one race, age or ethnic group has a monopoly on good ideas, and we’re going to need every single one we can get our hands on in the coming years.
That’s Obama’s message. McCain’s is all about splitting the country further into the very rich (like him) and the poor.
Time for a change.
The good news is that all of these nasty remarks are so similar that it’s probably only one poor lost soul posting over and over and over…

Estel long: You are right and I apologize for flying off the handle. I see some of the people you are talking about all the time in the small, southern town I live in. At the grocery their numerous food stamps buy lots of rib-eye steaks for themselves and hamburger for their dogs..then they drive off in a Caddy to their federally subsidised housing.

Amazing… a friend of mine that supports Senator Obama just received an email from Michelle Obama and the Obama Campaign asking for everyone to donate $5.00 to them in the final stretch. Even my friend who supports him was amazed. Why is his campaign still asking for money from people that can’t afford to give it. He has a ‘surplus’ of donations and just ran a million dollar tv ad last night showing people that can’t afford milk and he’s still asking for money. Folks – this is what my concern is.

“George Stephanopoulos has their been a day you have not been licking Obama’s NUT sack
Posted by: tabby | Oct 29, 2008 10:17:37 PM
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Stephanopoulos was the first major journalist to challenge Obama on William Ayers–in the middle of a debate, no less. I wouldn’t call that a “nut sack licking” moment for Obama.

and please stop attacking liberaldem. she has a right to her opinion without being called names or accused of anything. we can express our points of view without being mean.

Katerina: OMG you are right! My email is full of those same requests for money from Obama’s campaign and have been for two months. Hold on… I think I may be having an epiphany…

i’m holding liberaldem… also, liberaldem.. you said your boss is in the carpet/flooring business. Please suggest to him that he look into an organization where you are located called BNI http://www.bni.com – it is Business Network International. I am involed in it in the Poconos for the line of work I do and we have a gentleman in it that has a carpet/flooring company and he has gotten many referrals for business from other members. That’s the way it works it’s a great referral generating business. There is a fee associated with it – but most people make that back after several months being in the group. It does however, take dedication in that you cannot miss more than 6 weekly meetings a year – but if you can get good referrals – it’s worth it. And if your boss can’t make it one week he could send you as a substitute. Just a suggestion for ya.

I’m a sucker for a good infommercial. . . you should see all the useless crap at my house. . .I’m switching my vote to Obama!!

I thought journalists are supposed to be non bias? George is voting for Obama, we all know it.

Thanks Katerina..I will certainly look into it.

“A Virtuoso Performance” says George. It’s the performance part that concerns me. I wonder if the LA Times tape shows the REAL Obama? We wont know until after the election.

Liberaldem,
I ask a sincere question based on your own comments, and you become defensive and quick with the name-calling. Tsk.
Could it be that you are not as sure of the help Obama may provide to you as you pretend to be?
Here’s a news flash for you and all the other liberal dems who are scraping by: Obama does NOT care about YOU. He is a career politician. He cares about Himself and his radical friends. You will not be benefiting from his programs…..his friends will be benefiting from his programs. In 4 years, if Obama is elected, you will be no better, and probably worse, off. You heard it here first.
Those of us who are not liberal dems but are ALSO just scraping by know that it is up to us to improve our own lives.
We’re not waiting for some politician to magically transform our lives. We know that taking classes, working harder and depending on ourselves is the only way.

I am very pleased that my donation went to shedding light on the middle class and not on a fancy wardrobe from Sax. Well done.

Hmm… Could his initial college records be in the name of Barry Soetoro? There are reasons why these things are being covered – and it isn’t that his grades were bad… like I said before – if that’s all we had to worry about were some bad grades – it would be okay…

McCains running out of time. Maybe W still has those flipflops he handed out at RNC when he fooled everyone not to vote for John Kerry. THe flipflops might work again!

What else has been requested by various agencies and bho has refused to provide them?
▪ Occidental College records – not released.
▪Columbia Thesis paper – not available, locked down by faculty.
▪ Harvard College records – not released, locked down by faculty.
▪ Selective Service Registration – not released.
▪ Medical records – not released (only a one-page report).
▪ Illinois State Senate schedule – ‘not available.’
▪ Law practice client list – not released.
▪ Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth – not released.
▪ Harvard Law Review articles published – None.
▪ University of Chicago scholarly articles – None.
▪ Record of Baptism– Not released or ‘not available.’
▪ Illinois State Senate records–’not available.’
http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/swirsky/2008/10272008.htm
I’m from Chicago, and I approve this message.

Hello,
First, Thorton was a tasteless and nasty comment to make–You must be a republican who cannot stand the fact that the Democrats are about to return to the Whitehouse. You had it for 8 yrs-Damn

Excellent Ad Obama, keep going strong!
The USA has the 4th largest discrepancy in wealth distribution in the world. The Republicon coalition of Fascist jinGOPigs and the wealthy are the only reason why the Republicon Party even exists. 90% of the economic gains in the last eight years have gone to 10% of the people, the power elite wealthy. Another statistic with 90%, 90% of those that vote Republicon vote against their own best interests, and as rabid Fascist jinGOPigs, they remain too stupid to realize this. Even today, Reagan/Bush/McCain economics has diminsihed the USA to a 3rd world country, while the Fascist jinGOPigs continue to vote for more of the same.
Today:
Exxon Mobil: Biggest profit in U.S. history
Largest U.S. oil company surges past analyst estimates to post net income of $14.83 billion for the third quarter:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/news/companies/exxon_earnings/index.htm?cnn=yes
Investments Over Time Comparison Between Democrat and Republican Administrations:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/14/opinion/20081014_OPCHART.html

For 5 million I could look good to! I suppose good acting does deserve some cudo’s but what I saw would have been a half-star rating.
ABC really knows how to hire ‘em’. No wonder the MSM is history and we get our real news from the Daily Kos and the National Enquirer.

Jeez George, get a grip, was YOUR leg all tingly last night? I watched some of it, I wanted to hang myself.
Funny, the woman who had to ration snacks, she seemed to have a nice house. How many TV’s? How many Ipods? How many video games?
Is that poverty in America? Suck it up and get to work, learn a new trade, educate yourself.
This is the Land of Opportunity, not the Land of Nanny for God’s sake!

Jaydee | Oct 30, 2008 4:48:51 PM: You made no sense if you make less than 150,000 you wont see an increase that means by Biden’s understanding if you make more than 150,000 you will see an increase. So Yes the Obama number is getting lower and I doubt it will stop at 150,000. It was 200,000 you would get a tax break that is a 50,000 lowering of his original plan. It cant stay that high! he cant generate the revenue to fund his massive Budget Increase in spending. McCain is the only on who wants to give tax breaks to everyone and limit Federal Spending!

HA–Obamabots–check it out:
TV’S TOP AD STARS PAN BAM
Two leading infomercial stars agree: Barack Obama’s half-hour self-promotion last night was a flop
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10302008/news/politics/tvs_top_ad_stars_pan_bam_135962.htm
AND for another–CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/29/eveningnews/realitycheck/main4557520.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories
Reality Check: The Cost Of Obama’s Pledges
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/29/eveningnews/realitycheck/main4557520.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories
The One is an expert in using rock bands to get the crowds out (most of his rally’s are at par with what Palin is drawing), and he used the world series to draw a crowd. People tuned in to watch the world series , left the channel on and went and made something to eat…
Ha-money down the drain!

Nate | Oct 30, 2008 4:52:13 PM: just thought you would be interested to know! Exxon’s Record $9.32 Billion Q1 Income Taxes in first quarter of 2008. Wow great tax breaks! How much more should they pay? Actually, income taxes of $9.3B are only about 1/3 of Exxon’s total tax liability of $29.3B for the first quarter of 2008, according to this press release (see chart above). Further, Exxon paid close to $3 in taxes ($2.69) for each $1 it earned in profits. Following CNN’s analysis, Exxon paid $1,185 in income taxes every second this quarter, enough to buy 327 gallons of gas. Bottom Line: Although Exxon’s profits in the first quarter didn’t set a record, its quarterly income taxes paid of $9.32 billion did set an all-time record. I predict this will go largely unreported.

Teesia..my dear I don’t ask for handouts from anyone. If I had the time and money to be able to afford to take a class that would help me to improve my situation, I would have done so long before now. As it is, I spend the little free time I have with my 87 year old mother, who is in the last stages of emphysema and needs help in the house every day. I am grateful that I can spend my evenings with her, doing things like cooking her evening meal and cleaning her house. I help her with her bills when I can and it’s time and money well spent. I don’t know that Obama is going to save me, save the country or anything of the kind.. but I do know that John McCain supports the majority of George W. Bush’s policies..disastrous policies. I cannot vote for this man. He says “I can fix that” but give no specifics on how he’d fix anything. All I hear from him is worn out republican rhetoric and a terrible smear campaign against Obama. I believe that he is certainly a war hero and deserves our respect and admiration but that doesn’t mean I think he should be elected leader of the free world. The thought of Sara Palin being a heartbeat away from the presidency..well that’s enough to give me nightmares from now on. I voted for Hillary in the primary. Unfortunately she lost. Texas has early voting and my vote for Obama has already been cast and ready or not..you’d better get used to him because he is going to win. You seem to me to be a terribly “catty” kind of woman. What’s wrong with you anyway? Get over yourself.

It was a brilliant piece of publicity coup,which might be considered as a benchmark for any potential future candidate to copy.

enough with the cindy mccain painkiller crap! barry o was a cokehead, had a regualar dealer he writes about it in his prepresidential biography!!! COCAINE!!! i will take a pain pill popping first lady anyday to that! hell, iconic quarterback brett favre had a painkiller addiction! liberals are so pathetic… who will you activist against when we turn from a fantastic place to live into a welfare state?

Empty promises by an empty suit!

Hey tabby | Oct 29, 2008 10:17:37 PM,
Go watch classless FOX news and enjoy their licking of McCain’s old NUT sack. Why are you wasting your time here?

Hey to all you guys about that LA Times tape. If you would bother reading history, you’d find out that Israel was not a country 100 years ago. It was called Palestine. How did it become one? By Jewish immigrants stealing land, killing people, and waging war. It might not be terrorism, but it’s definitely Imperialism. Not too far from what white Americans did to native Americans and Mexicans with manifest Destiny. And all because they claim to be “God’s Chosen People.” Even Einsten said he found nothing particularly ‘chosen’ about his own people. That being said, it’s understandable why Palestinians are angry, but no justification for blowing up kids on a bus. But to go around pretending that Israel is an innocent victim that has never harmed anybody is just ignorant.

Stephi, Stephi…Stephi….
I have watched you for over 15 years now pontificate pompously repeatedly. It is an old show. Of COURSE it was a slick production – hell, Obama only has $600M+, of which HALF(yep, $300M+) is from ‘donors’ that cannot be be identified, and many (if not most?) from ‘offshore’ sources that go by anonymous, etc – but I digress. Anyhow, with that kind of cash on hand, the ‘Obama-mercial’, broadcast direct from ‘Barack-opolis’, should be a hit with his starry eyed masses of lemmings (er, followers). Just one more indication of his STYLE over real substance. As a Navy veteran, ex-fighter/test pilot, and veteran of both the Cold War and Desert Storm – I have learned a few things in life: Any day, any time, any where – I would take a war-hardened, crisis-proven warrior like McCain whose devotion to duty, his country and all Americans than any slick-marketed, schmoozing, easy smiling sales-pitched Obama. Look straight in the eyes of McCain vs Obama, and you tell me who can handle the REAL heat of battle, and I am not talking ‘campaigning’. Trust me – those hostile dictators are taking the measure of both men, and I guarantee that the Biden-endorsed ‘promise’ of an international crisis that won’t be well received by Americans is NOT measuring up. Fighter pilot saying – ‘You fight like you train’: Tell when – EVER – has Obama dealt with any crisis of any significance ..or … led men? You have your answer.

And a perforance was exactly what it was. What a waste of money and air time. After 30 minutes of “The ONE” did he answer any questions or give us any more detail about what he will do. Did he explain what he means by share the wealth? Is he going confiscate Oprah Winfrey’s hundreds of millions and give a few hundred thousand to the OH lady or her husband still working at Walmart? $4 million is what 30 minutes of blah blah blah cost? Instead of wasting our time why didn’t he just divide it up into $10,000 chunks and give it away. That could have made a difference in a lot of people’s lives. Instead we saw “The Obama’s” favorite passtime…Listening to himself talk. If the polls are right it’s going to be a long long 4 years!

This was one of the finest and timely tv videos I’ve ever seen. Calm, to the point, informative, visually well produced. No screaming and ranting. No sarcasm. No jabs at McCain and his gang. Just a calmness that radiates fortitude.
What saddens me are the semi-literate creeps on this list whose posts sound like the trash talking of middle school hoops players. Thought, fellas: what a concept. This country will not regain its greatness through sophomore humor, the villification of those we disagrees with, or, knee-jerk exchanges of obscenities cutesy-fied with ****s. Grow up folks. This nation isn’t government from a sports bar. Or by Carl Rove, for that matter.

Americans, please vote for Obama. The world is begging you. Europe is begging you.
And don’t start that crap about how we don’t know anything because we started WW2, that was 70 years ago. Everyone here opposed the war in Iraq.
Please. I know that you can be better, I’ve seen you better. Or at least half of you. Don’t be racist, don’t be nationalistic, look from multiple points of view. Everything is not one-sided and if you don’t resolve this financial crysis, the world is going down with you…

Obama rocked it last night!!!!
I chose a candidate who intelligently discusses the issues we are interested in. And provides solutions to these issues. Not a bitter man who only knows how to make attempts of trying to smear Mr.Obama. How is it that you Republicans don’t (or choose not to) recognize that Mccain is desperate and sad. I use to admire this POW, now I just feel sorry for him and his abusive political ways.
GO OBAMA 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Video was depressing and showed the worst of America, a bunch of fat, helpless Democrats too lazy or smart to help themselves…but that’s their base.
Handout, handouts, handouts….
Trickle-Up Poverty does NOT work.
Why wasn’t Jeremiah Wright in the video…?

Truly, McCain has run a very poor campaign. I’m a McCain supporter and it’s just too bad that he couldn’t bring his A-game to the table. Obama’s words sound great, but we’ll all see soon enough that they are just words. When he is elected he will raise taxes on EVERYONE and blame it all on the Bush administration. Every failure that his campaign has will be blamed on Bush and his ambiguous “failed policies” which I have yet to hear a specific policy or act that was done by Bush to cause us all this grief. Tighten up your belts and hold on to your wallets folks, the Obamacoaster is about to begin….

A question of perspective :Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin, what if things were switched around? Think about it. Would the country’s collective point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit?
Ponder the following: What if the Obama’s had paraded five children across the stage, including a three-month-old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter? What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?• What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?• What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?• What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer measured up to his standards?• What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair while he was still married? • What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to painkillers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?• What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?• What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five? (The Keating Five were 5 US Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.)• What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?• What if Obama couldn’t read from a teleprompter?• What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing seven planes?• What if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management problem?• What if Michelle Obama’s family had made their money from beer distribution?• What if the Obama’s had adopted a white child?• You could easily add to this list. If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
EDUCATION BACKGROUND:• Barack Obama: Columbia University – B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. * Harvard – Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude / Joseph Biden: *University of Delaware – B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. *Syracuse University College of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.) vs. • John McCain: *United States Naval Academy – Class rank: 894 of 899 / Sarah Palin: * Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester *North Idaho College – 2 semesters – general study * University of Idaho – 2 semesters – journalism *Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester *University of Idaho – 3 semesters – B.A. in Journalism.
Education isn’t everything, but this is about the two highest offices in the land as well as our standing in the world. You make the call.

@tabby, who wrote “George Stephanopoulos has their been a day you have not been licking Obama’s NUT sack?”
Mr. Stephanopoulos grilled Obama on “gotcha” issues in his hosted debate with Gibson. Your ‘question’ is ill-informed.
Note it also doesn’t address the topic at hand, Obama’s show, simply going after the messenger.

You know I don’t get it. If anyone should have been scared of someone being elected President it was George W. Bush. I knew once he was elected that he was going to do exactly what he has done (i.e screw up the government surplus that Clinton left, and send young men off to die in an unprovoked needles war). John McCain represents the same-thing. He has no plan to bring home the troops, just like George Bush, he wants to continue to spend (10-15) billon dollars a month in Iraq. Have we had enough of these “IDIOTS” in office. Bush graduated from Yale with a “D” Average and John McCain barely graduated The Naval Academy. Something tells me when you vote into Office illerates who barely graduate college and have the “IQ” of a wet rag, then you are going to have unprovoked wars and the Economy in shambles. It’s time we voted someone intelligent like Barack Obama with some common sense and a pedigree of intelligence to back it up. And-by-the way Sarah Palin is another “IDIOT” who is the female version of George W. Bush.
OBAMA/BIDE 08

funny to read some talkbackers saying things like ‘it appeals to 95% of Americans. As I type this Obama has 49% support and the polls are moving in McCains favor. Why?
I went to bed thinking about the 30 minute infomercial that aired across network and cable television last night and woke up believing that I finally understood what Obama really wants.
He doesn’t want to be just another President of the United States and he really does want to bring about enormous changes!
If elected, he would want to reign like Putin!
Very few Americans understand what life under a Putin like regime would be like but members of the “New Party” that helped Obama and others to rise through the political ranks know exactly what it means and they have worked for years to bring about its implementation.
Russia supposedly has Democracy and most Russians will tell you that they have one, but did the power behind the throne change when Dmitry Medvedev was elected last March?
In 1787 a Scottish professor by the name of Alexander Fraser Tyler wrote about the fall of the Athenian Republic which occurred more than 2000 years ago.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.”
“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith
From spiritual faith to great courage
From courage to liberty
From liberty to abundance
From abundance to complacency
From complacency to apathy
From apathy to dependence
From dependence back again into bondage”.
Do his words signal the end of a cycle for America?
Mike
http://obamalikeputin.notlong.com

Really?? Republicans really think that a U.S. presidential candidate is going to refer to terrorists as heroes and Isreal as terrorists? You really think the tape will show that? I thought Palin was a bit light in the brains department but now I realize you chose her because she is the smartest among you.

I was at a community college in Bucks County PA. I live 10 minutes from Philly and we are going to have a very good weekend. I’d like to thank Obama for going to Florida, so he was no where in town trying to draw any more attention from a institutional American tradition for his own gratification.
Can he please just release his budget proposal and birth certificate, now? Or at least his graduate thesis.
Obama is delusional. McCain should hire me. I have converted 8 obamanauts this week alone. Give me a thirty minute commercial. I work with financial analysis in the energy sector. Your power bill and your oil supply are regulated now, America. You are welcome.
A professional couple making 100,000 each with two kids will simply not make as much with both parents working, so one parent will stop. They will make less money, pay less taxes, and be eligible for more of obama’s services.
Illegals and criminals will have more buying power than ever, when we pay all the taxes. what has happened in these cases. Crime goes up, and dealers buy out entire neighborhoods and set up crack homes. if you don’t beleive me, go to Chicago, Oakland, or even (sadly) Philly and Trenton. Their dollar’s buying power will not suffer, so they can outbid honest people. This is how mexico became a hell hole until illegal aliens started coming to America to buy and build good mexican real estate. Soon, that will happen here.
Cause the rich will retire to defer income, and then who will pay your taxes for your Changes? Or will you start taxing people’s estates before they die? Deferred income specialists are getting 40% more business. It is not rocket science to figure out the rich can live off their nest egg; especially when you are just going to tax it out from under them when they die.
Policy, not Party.

Virginian,
It’s too bad you feel that way. You must have trusted G.W. and look at the direction he has taken our great country…….right down the toilet. We will once again have a great economy and live the way the hard working middle-class remembers and deserves (it will take time to un-do eight years of freakin nonsense) but only the only ticket that will make that happen is
Barack Obama.
I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are any McCain dogs barking here. They were barking a lot on the other blog topic but they are calm now.

U mean u think Obama is fooling u like George Bush did? Now I know Americans know better. Give up republicans, you can’t match this much class.

What do you expect from George Steph…..He was spotted last weekend at the Four Seasons in Boston having lunch with John Kerry. Do you know how much lunch at the Four Seasons Boston costs? Talk about limo/liberal. John Kerry, Clinton, Algore…..never worked a day in their lives…and they have the audacity to promote a presidential candidate (who also has never worked a real job) and who spews class warfare. Shamless!

So i see one dog barking here.. good job, keep barking.

jpeezus – It’ll be interesting to see how you react when Obama’s increase in corporate taxes costs you your middle-class job. Or how well you respond when corporations pass along their increased costs by increasing the prices of the goods/services they provide.
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Impressive. Very strong connection to 95% of Americans. In Other Words the “Middle Class”
Obama/Biden
Posted by: jpeezus | Oct 29, 2008 10:24:03 PM

Every time McCain/Palin point a finger they are eyeball deep in the stuff themselves. They are desperate Republicans/GOPs saying anything to instill fear, hate and division amongst Americans undoing 50 years of progress. Shame on them. Shame on us for even listening.

WOOOOO HOOOOOO
GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I was really touched by the infomercial as well. It was incredibly effective and incredibly moving.
Ever notice how McCain supporters literally use the same words OVER AND OVER. “Hussein,” “Obamabots,” “kool-aid,” “socialist,” “terrorist.” Further, if these boards provide any lesson, they must believe that any argument can be made more compelling by a) repeating it over and over, b) writing it IN ALL CAPS and c) projecting an air of idiotic self-assurance and confidence. They seem to have no capacity for independent thinking, just mindless regurgitation of the angriest talking points they encounter. And one wonders why they are getting so crushed?

This election has taught me some things:
1) Don’t trust the media. It’s understandable to have a little bias in the way reporters deliver the news because let’s face it, we’re human and we’re bound to insert our feelings and opinions. However, journalism can be said to be at its worst during this election when the media blatantly crushes McCain just to exalt Obama. Studies show that there has been much more negative coverage on the McCain campaign than on Obama and that’s not even taking into account the omission of some negative news about Obama and his campaign. Has the media forgotten their ethic code? Do they even have one? They should be reminded that their job is to report the news and we, the people, decide what’s relevant and what’s not. They shouldn’t step out of bound and manipulate their audience into thinking their way or in this case, voting their way. If a doctor manipulates his patient into doing a treatment without fully disclosing all the facts, benefits and risks alike, he would be dragged in front of the ethics committee and beaten up with the malpractice suits. I believe the same ethics should apply to the media. Although it may not be a life and death situation, but there are “side effects” if we vote wrong in this election.

I find it interesting that many who comment on Barack Obama refer to how he presents himself now, and how he will actually be in office. Firstly, I would be very happy to continue for 4 or 8 years with the types of positive presentations given to us by the leader of the free world… concise, understandable, reassuring, “English,” which are only a few of the great qualities demonstrated by Obama last night, and have been noticeably absent in the previous 8 years from our president.
Secondly, why do so many who support the other party think they may get a leader that presents himself one way, only to perform their duties another? Perhaps they have unconsciously learned this methodology from George W Bush himself, the self-proclaimed “great uniter,” who’s administration has done more than any other in history in dividing this country in two since the civil war.
Those who spew negativity will continue to only see and respond to negativity. Those who are so cynical to think that Obama paints a make-believe world do not have the vision to see that the world is how we perceive it to be. And in that arena, Obama passes the test of providing all of us a vision of what this great country can be.
I urge those who don’t understand to try and look for those positives in everything you do, including in your choice for president next Tuesday. Thanks.

As for healthcare, he generally stated that he would lower health care costs for a family by $2500 a year. This is far from the truth. He doesn’t plan on lowering premiums by $2500 or any amount. He plans to spend $50 billions in hope of improving access to disease management programs, so that in the end consumers would end up saving money up to $2500. This has not been tested or proven; it’s only an optimistic analysis, which many economists are still skeptical. When he says that he “believes every American has a right to affordable health care”, he doesn’t mean that it’s a guarantee health coverage for all. He has no plans to carry this out, except for offering government-subsidized coverage similar to the programs we already have instated now.

5) Look beyond for what they’re not telling you, after all, they’re politicians. Many seats in Congress and the Senate are up for grabs this year and from the look of it, the Republicans aren’t doing well. I’m a Democrat, so that doesn’t really concern me, right? Wrong. The point of a three-branch government is for check and balances. If you have 2 of those branches in cahoots and they appoint the Supreme Justices for the third branch, where will the checks & balances be? Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid already have a $200 million spending proposal waiting for Obama to approve. Representative Barney Frank has a 25% cut for military funding waiting for Obama to sign off on. Shouldn’t we wait to bring our troops home safely before cutting funding? Wouldn’t that be a responsible thing to do? I guess not.

6) Forget integrity, the ends justifies the means. People may say that Obama can’t be held guilty by association with radicals like Frank Marshall Davis, who was connected to the Communist Party USA and a father figure to Obama when he was growing up in Hawaii as stated in his early editions of his book (stories about Davis was later taken out in his later editions to avoid controversy); William Ayers, a non-repent radical whose organization bombed government buildings, and stated in 2001 “I regret not bombing more” and in 2002 “I’m a Marxist”—Ayers & Obama did more than just serving together on a board of directors which he had led people to believe (in 1995, Ayers hosted a party to launch Obama’s first run for office. In 1997, Obama wrote a blurb praising Ayers’ book. Later Michelle Obama held a panel at the Uni. of Chicago featuring Ayers and Obama); Tony Rezko, a convicted felon on several counts of fraud and bribery who also helped Obama buy his 1.3 million home for $300,000 less than the asking price and Nadhmi Auchi loaned him the money, which was received from Saddam Hussein; Rashid Khalidi, who has ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization and a close friend of Obama as he pointed out during a toast—which the LA Times refuses to release the video; the infamous, Rev. Jeremiah Wright; ACORN, a supposedly non-partisan group which was found to be the one who harassed bank employees at their homes & work places into giving people who didn’t qualify for loans and even illegal immigrants risky loans that contributed to the crash of the housing market today & is currently under investigation for voter fraud in 13 states, declared during its national convention that Obama needs them & while registering people for early voting, they encouraged and even bribed people to vote Obama by offering money. In the past, Obama was ACORN’s advocate & trainer. His campaign gave $800,000 to an umbrella organization that has ACORN on its payroll; John L. McKnight, a “disciple to the socialist agitator Saul ‘The Red’ Alinsky”, helped Obama get into Harvard Law School; and the list goes on. Being around radicals & Marxists, no wonder he adopted the socialist idea of “spreading the wealth around” and stated in a 2001 interview that the court should “venture into the issues of redistribution of wealth and economic justice”. It’s ok to have acquaintances & you can’t be guilty just by association, but when you surround yourself with certain types of character, then this applies: “TELL ME WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE AND I’LL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE.”

Is Obama possibly using hidden techniques in his presentations?
Don’t know, but the 68 page document at obamahypnotism.eoltt.com seems to show some details.

“Change” is already seen in many Obama supporters. They dub all those who hold a different view and vote McCain as racist or stupid or backwards. They refuse to recognize that some people look at things from a different angle or from all angles and take a different stance. But, no matter how you try to explain that your vote really bases on Obama’s character and inexperience, they’re still convinced that your vote is a racist vote. There has been more racism outcry on the Obama side than anybody’s. Their only example of racism is the comment “kill him” that was caught during one of the McCain rally, but they forget to mention that McCain stopped his speech and corrected them. He also corrected someone calling Obama a Muslim and sent his representative to convince a woman who had an Obama effigy to take it down. How come Obama doesn’t do the same when people have a Palin mannequin hanging by a noose or when they make sexist & hurtful comments about Palin and her children? I thought the candidates’ families are left out of the mudslinging or was it just the Obama family because the press sure likes to leave out a lot of Michelle Obama’s un-American things (e.g. her anti-American thesis that she wrote).

I like the ad. John McCain and his camp sit and complain about Obama, with intense jealousy of the things he is able to accomplish. So what, he had the money advantage.. you have negative campaigning . It is boring and childlike. They have yet to tell the american people thier plans. He is a crybaby, a war hero no, a pow yes. There is a difference

I like the ad. John McCain and his camp sit and complain about Obama, with intense jealousy of the things he is able to accomplish. So what, he had the money advantage.. you have negative campaigning . It is boring and childlike. They have yet to tell the american people thier plans. He is a crybaby, a war hero no, a pow yes. There is a difference

The infomercial was way over the top – all flash and flush and no substance, just like Obama. I’m tired of Obama-Biden untruthfulness, hypocrisy, arrogance, far left liberal agenda. I’m also tired of the media campaigning for Obama. It is disgusting and outrageous!

“What you saw here was a highly competent, professional, virtuoso performance.”
It figures that a former campaign and White House staffer would be impressed by a 30-minute campaign commercial. It’s all about style over substance, right, George?
Meanwhile CBS News & AP looked beyond the style to actually analyze the content:
“Reality Check: The Cost Of Obama’s Pledges”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/29/eveningnews/realitycheck/main4557520.shtml
“Obama’s prime-time ad skips over budget realities”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_el_ge/fact_check_obama_ad

I love that I have now heard Obama’s line about parents “turn[ing] off the tv set” three times. All three times I heard it on television. This time, in a 30 minute infomercial. Nice.

I’m not at all surprised to see MAAAAD and ANGRY “middle class” Americans voting for a guy who wants to reach in my pocket. That’s just the spirit of the times….
However, Obama supporters, you WILL witness a well-known phenomenon if/when the Dems and Obama raise taxes on the “rich” — tax revenue will FALL. This has happened time and again….
Why? Well, in my case, my W-2 income will fall dramatically, while profits pile up in the company that supplies my labor to the IT market. It’s offshore, and I own it.
Surprising? I see it as no different than my putting $40 in my pants pocket and stashing $400 in my belt when I’m in a rough country. You get my point…?

What do you expect George Stephanopolis to say? He’s just another of the 90+% of the media that is in the tank for Obama.

I think it’s important–against inevitable GOP cries of presumption–to point out that George errs in saying Obama spoke from a “facsimile” of the Oval Office; it was no such thing, as George well knows, since he’s spent time in the real deal. It was only *reminiscent* of the Oval Office, for two reasons–the flag and, more significantly, the windows behind the desk. It is worth pointing out, though, that in the real Oval Office the windows are supplied by French doors; here, they were a bay window. A minor point, yes, but if the campaign had been looking to provide a “facsimile” of the Oval Office, they would have reproduced it with details such as these the same. Language matters. I wish our public figures would be more precise in their use of it.

jock59801
It’s not an assessment. It’s fact. Of course millions will choose to ignore the facts, be swayed by his smooth speech, and vote for him anyways. After 8 years of Bush, I can understand how smooth speech might sound good, but it’s no reason to vote for Obama.

How can ABC pretend that Bill Clinton’s press secretary is objective? With Democrats controlling the House, Senate and the Media, who will watch Obama? What are his accomplishments? Why won’t the media tell you about his past?What are they hiding? In his autobiography, he says he sought out Marxist professors. We should fear a power hungry man in charge with no checks and balances.

Redistribution is on the way!

About that LA Times tape…they put out a transcript of it a few months ago.
You obviously missed it.
As for the media and Obama…McCain has his own TV network…Faux News.
Get over it already.

The business community knows that the democrats are better for business. Ask the Lehman Brothers and the others who are in the unemployment lines. What home the real estate companies? Sure, McCain is better for business! Go ahead and vote for Palin and the Joke plumber.

I’m voting for McCain. . .
And I thought this was the best piece of promotion of the entire campaign.
And I don’t think Obama likes the PLO.

Doom and gloom, doom and gloom. Just like when Clinton was elected. I remember my neighbor telling me “we’d have double digit inflation in a year”. Never happened – the economy has historically done better under a Dem President.
Obama may not be the Messiah but I’m voting for him to hopefully work the social ideologues out of the Republican Party. Or maybe let them have it – start a better one?????

slick willie returns!! this guy could tell you he is going to come to your house and kill your family and a lot of people would say…”ok, what time will you be over?”
“i’ll make dinner!”

Dan,
You speak of innuendo, not fact. I can only judge a candidate by what he says and does in his public life. And from my vantage point, Obama, while not as experienced as McCain, is highly intelligent, thoughtful, eloquent, and highly accomplished for a relatively young man. I believe he will be the right man for the job, and he will pleasantly surprise a lot of skeptics, like you. Of course none of us can know what any president will do once elected, but we vote with the hope that he, who ever he or she may be, will use the tools, intellect, and judgment, to make choices that serve the interests of this great country. When did caring about the poor and middle class of this country, and having policies that worked for most of middle America become grounds for calling someone a Terrorist, Radical, or Socialist. Its pure idiocy to think that this man will do nothing less than work his tail off to try to solve some really big problems that this country is facing.

Could anyone imagine a legendary Sunday talk show host like Tim Russert or David Brinkley writing a piece like this supporting a presidential candidate? This piece of tripe probably won’t matter much anyway since no one watches “This Week” anymore, especially since Brinkley left.
To use a previous poster’s terminology, go back to licking Barry Obama’s nut sack, Boy George.

JRH
name me ONE accomplishment!
never in the history of the u.s. has a major party candidate for president had such a questionable past. he talks about how he has all of these great ideas, and takes credit for everything he can get away with, yet he has not achieved anything. he is more notorious for his questionable affiliations than he is for his triumphs. please use common sense, not some romantic idea of hope and change that another human being cannot provide for you

Present….AAAAAHHHHHMMMMEEEEEEENNNNN!!!
beware of someone who portends they have all the answers….
he is luring all of you with a big sugar-coated ball of crap. yea, it looks like the most wonderful bon bon you have ever seen, and it has a beautiful bow on top…but when it comes down to it….it’s just a big ball of S..T!

viva obama…obama é o melhor e é bonitão, charmosão, e gostosão. Quero obama para eua e para o mundo todo. todos querem obama…porque obama é o melhor e será o melhor presidente do mundo.
viva!viva!viva!

If I promised to give you a million dollars tomorrow if you give me a $100 today…would you do it?
You would say NO. WHY would you say NO? Because you don’t KNOW ME.
Even if I PROMISED YOU and crossed my heart…you wouldn’t give me your $100. WHY?
Because you DON’T know me and plus I’m “just” using words…ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS…yes?
Then WHY is everyone believing what Obama SAYS? He is JUST USING WORDS. He is just a politician promising you the million dollars that I promised.
AND people DON”T know Obama. LOOK at his record! He says he won’t raise taxes, yet he has voted FOR raising them on the Middle Class. He says he’ll take public financing, then doesn’t. He says he doesn’t associate with this person or that person and then we discover he lied. Why do people believe a POLITICIAN that lies?
http://www.meetbarackobama.com/
Remember, actions speak louder than words.

Let’s get serious and forget all this talk about “socialism.” Obama and McCain are just arguing about progressive income tax rates — neither man is really suggesting that we do away with progressive rates. Also, neither man is really opposed to programs that “redistribute the wealth.” Many of the major laws passed by Congress “redistributed wealth.” They would include the Land Ordinance of the 1700′s, the Homestead Act of the 1800′s, the GI Bill of the 1940′s, the Interstate Highways program of the 1950′s, the federal education programs of the 1960′s, and several Nixon’s programs in the 1970′s. Of course, some GOP programs have very effectively “redistributed wealth” by shifting it from the poor and the middle class to the upper class.

As Americans, we ALL agree that politicians LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL and will do anything to win their next election.
Yet people accept every pledge/speech made by Obama like it is truth and will happen…not that McCain is much better…I mean they are BOTH POLITICIANS.
But when you look at Obama’s record…he has NEVER delivered what he has promised either in the state legislature or the Senate…yet people believe every word. People don’t put faith in a “God”, but they put faith into Obama even though proof of his failures is abundant.
Now, I’m not saying McCain is much better…but the excitement over Obama is so weird because its based off of just some guy who can make a GOOD SPEECH.
I also find it weird when Obama supporters can’t explain Obama’s platform…except the words “change” and “tax cuts”. Why do people vote for a person that they know nothing about??
Obama claims he will give everyone a tax cut…yet in the last year he voted twice to raise taxes.
This example and many others is what I find confusing. Obama talks great things, but when you look at his record…it tells a different story.

The more angry you conservatives get, the more I laugh. I’m actually really starting to enjoy this. You’re as helpless as babies in a crib.

An intelligent president, what a novel idea! Just hope the voters are more intelligent this time around. What a shame if the elctorate takes a pass on Senator Obama.

I watched the infomercial and thought it was great. It was positive, substantive, and indicative of Obama’s vision as a leader. He’ll make a great president!

What pisses me off about McCain’s “paid with broken promises” nonsense is that that is MY money. I am the working American, I am among those millions putting just a little towards the Obama campaign.
McCain glosses over, forgets or perhaps even doesn’t understand the intent of the campaign finance laws. The intent is that big donors won’t have all the power and that all candidates will be heard.
McCain got his public financing, so he’s being heard. Obama went to the people, and I’ll be damned if McCain tells me I can’t put forth $5 or $10 every week or so to Mr. Obama as I have these past couple years.
McCain started this thing with a great deal more name recognition and more time on his hands, remember Obama’s fight with Hillary took a fairly long time. Obama has had the uphill fight. It is McCain’s fault, it is McCain’s mess ups that have led him to where he is.
So please Mr. McCain, don’t insult me, regardless of what the snake you call a potential VP says, I *AM* a real American and *I* paid for this ad.

It was great… Obama was simply Presidential… something we just haven’t seen from McCain.

george steph reminds me of Curious George

Now, let’s see, Georgie fellates Obama on Wednesdays, Chris takes care of Thursdays and Keith does the sucking the rest of the week. I trust there’s plenty of mouthwash available for the loving trio.

yes, grab your neighbor by the hand and run through those fields of clover on your way to the polling place. grab your thermos of koolaid and sing ‘we are the world’ as you skip along your way.

Gosh, some of you McCain supporters, don’t you ever have anything POSITIVE to say?
I thought it was good Obama did not mention McCain or attack him one time during the whole 30 minutes. McCain, however, seems bent on attacking Obama at every move. I thought he said he was for a different kind of politics? McCain’s entire position seems to be on how you can’t trust Obama, not so muhc why we should vote for HIM.
And his running-mate has the nerve to say Obama’s not prepared for national security threats. EXCUSE ME, Sarah, are YOU? You are talking to someone who studied political science in the Ivy League and is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee! You aren’t exactly one to talk, considering your only foreign policy credentials are being able to see the former Soviet Union from your house. At least Obama seems to know the power structure in Iran, although McCain doesn’t.

McCain could have had the MSM on his side if he was the McCain of 2000. Not the constant whining McCain who sold his soul to the devil in this campaign. These days I almost feel sorry for the Old chap when he is visible struggling on the stump.

Another unbiased analysis from a former Democrat insider who masquerades as a unbiased reporter.

I also wish the LA TIMES would release the video of JOHN SIDNEY MCCAIN praising the PLO terrorist as HEROS and calling Israel the TERRORIST

I am an independent voter who already voted early this year, and yes, it was for Obama. But if I hadn’t, I would certainly been swayed by this wonderful video. I openly wept because the message so moved me. It’s nice to cast a vote and feel for at least a moment that there is hope that this country can rise to greatness again.

I thought the piece was as clever as it was moving. I teared up at the sight of “Juanita’s” deformed arthritic fingers.
Sure it was a selling job but it was so effective!

It was truely an awesome 30 minutes; indeed!

Mark…me thinks thou knowest of what thou speaks, eh son? Come out and be proud son.

You are enamored of Obama.
None so blind as those who will not see.
http://townhall.com/Columnists/DianaWest/2008/10/30/medias_o-colored_glasses_blank_out_leftist_truth

As John Stossel of ABC 20/20 stated: Clueless People Shouldn’t Even Vote.
Cluelessness seems to prevail with Obama supporters.

There are many of us who have delved deeply into Obama’s ‘record’ or lack thereof and feel rightfully skeptical of his unfounded promises to save the US, world and universe.
These forums are useless unless they are used to motivate people to take action and get out there and VOTE against the idea that an unqualified candidate can waltz in, make a fancy speech and buy the US presidency with fraudulent monies from Good Will or Doodad.
3/4 of my unpolled family is doing so and it will be my first time voting for a republican for POTUS but having researched both candidates, I like better what I see in McCain. This quote by Michelle Obama kinda says it all (published by MSNBC by the way so you Obamacons cannot dispute it):
“At a town hall in Williamsburg, Iowa, two days ago, Obama said Michelle had told him, “We’re not doing this again.” But he quickly contextualized the comment saying it was a reflection of her belief that they would “have lost a little bit of touch with what ordinary families are going through. We’ll still be good people hopefully but we’ll be in a different orbit, in a different circle” if they were to run four to eight years from now.”
This statement was made because Obama’s book deals launched him out of our orbit. Nice for him. The latte liberals will probably dismiss this but that’s a little hard for those of us who are ‘clinging’ to our 401ks who waited 10 years after marrying to have kids and even buy any furniture.
Yeah.

Yeah, George is pro-Obama. Remember Obama’s momentary slip about being a Muslim? George immediately aided Obama and jumped in to correct him (Katie Couric intentionally crafted her interview to make Sarah Palin look stupid – poor Katie, no one is asking her to run for Vice President)
And as for… “Responsibility for our children’s’ success doesn’t start in Washington, It starts in our homes. No education policy can replace a parent who’s involved in their child’s education from day one, who makes sure their children are in school on time, helps them with their homework…..”
Are you people retarded? This is not a specific democratic point of view, any respectable parent already knows and believes this regardless of party affiliation. This is exactly what I do with my kids everyday, help them with their homework, volunteer at school, take them to museums, etc. But I have an education and I’m street smart and thus, I will vote for McCain even though I’m an African American democrat. I know when I’m being conned.
Gee, thank you Obama for being the one to help me see the light on how to fix education. Save your community organizing sales pitch that you have kept repeating since 2000, 2004, and 2008. Like a well trained salesman, you keep hitting the same lofty talking points that everyone wants to hear. Like your Reverend of 20 years said, you say things on account of electability and polls. Just keep preaching to the ignorant, they love it.
Funny, getting a lecture from you on education… you “goofed” around, smoked pot and snorted cocaine and barely made it through college and Harvard on a token ride.
You are a freshman asking the professors to graduate you on your word and passion. Dude, just go back to class, finish your homework, take your exams until you are a senior and then ask to be graduated. Wy can’t you do what you are supposed to do. You left a mess in Chicago because of your blind arrogant ambition. Just do what you were hired to do and then we’ll see if you get promoted. You go around pointing the finger at Bush about the Iraq war, fueling the fire of discontent but while you have been doing this… more Americans died in Chicago last summer than in all the years of the Iraq war. Umm, Senator, Chicago is your area of responsibility not poor people you can dust off your lapel.
IDIOTS FOR OBAMA 2008!

“Hitler would have been very proud of Obama’s performance tonight—-it sounded just so much like Hitler stated off saying.”
Fascinating thesis, chattyway. I do hope they nominate you for a Fulbright Scholarship and a plethora of Historian Awards. Yes, Hitler frequently spoke about cutting taxes for the middle class, expanding alternative energy and extending health care to the uninsured. I’m also certain that in 1939, Hitler vigorously advocated to German parents to put away video games and attend parent-teacher conferences. Yes, these parallels are certainly striking….

I am taking note and my people are tracking all the ones on this blog who dare to question or criticize me.
Your names will be entered into a massive database and after I am elected, I will have special units to investigate all of your private details and email them to your employer or deny your application for any government job. Let what I already have done to Joe The Plumber serve as a lesson and a harbinger of things to come when I am elected.

So, wait…the government takes care of people now?

This wuz a dope comerciall and makes my choice easy. Obama.

There is a large contrast between McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden. One is super ignorant and run dirty campaign while the other super intelligent with clean campaign focusing on issues. Obama/Biden is definitely the best choice for America.
Reading the comments above, I just would like to add about Palestinian cause. The Palestinian cause is simply creating a viable, independent, and free Palestinian state, side by side with Israel with no illegal settlements and no Israeli forces on or in control of Palestinian land. While I condemn what some did for justice and revenge (suicide bomber/terrorist), we should open our eyes and heart; listen to their plight. Every day, civilians killed. Their lives destroyed. Their movement controlled by the Israelis. I definitely hope for fairness in the issues.
I love watching Obama crowds. White, Black, Brown, all nationalities come together and united as one. It’s a beautiful scene I must say and hopefully Americans united as one come Nov4. God Bless America!

A shameless promise to send everyone a cheque, save their lives through welfare health care, big brother will take care of every problem. These are the very people who he will tax mercilessly, who will pay for those who are not in the video the ghetto dwellers from the Obama’s Chicago. Who else is missing are the taxed to death businessmen and investors who will create new jobs. Nothing about service to country here. Handouts are on the way!! BHO has decided he has won and not only measured the drapes but has moved in. Hubris and handouts equal vote and you get money! Forget America’s foreign policy, forget the oratory.Promise free money…and hide the truth that they will pay for it and socialism never creates jobs or wealth. It was a infomercial for socialism but unlike other infomercials where is the price of this glossy malarky???

If the sales job is better than the product… then would that say about the McCain/Palin ticket?
Hey young people: GET OUT THERE AND VOTE OR WE WILL LOSE!!!!

Start a petition demanding the RACIST the LA TIMES would release the video of Obama praising the PLO terrorist as HEROS and calling Israel the TERRORIST
Posted by: Ed from MA | Oct 29, 2008 10:30:39 PM
Although it would be interesting to see and hear the video, we are a nation of laws and there are laws which prevent the Times from releasing the video without the consent of the owner. What strikes me as even more interesting is that the person at the middle of this made up controversy (Khalidi) got over $448,000 from John Sydney McCain III. Lets hope that the coverage of this man includes who has been financing him, not just what he said.

Ordinary Joe,
Where have you been reading about the public being disgusted with the media fawning… ?
On the contrary, I’ve seen the public express disgust with the smear tactics used by the GOP and with the media coverage they have been given.

I do not care about Khalidi video or Obama being branded a socialist. I was a staunch republican who believed in family values, honesty, trust, a small government and a balanced budget. Republicans blew away all these values in the last eight years of bush administration. Now I call myself an independent. I want a CHANGE in direction. Obama is it. I will vote for him on 4th. He MAY prove to be better for my country than my old buddies. I’ll take my chance.

Yes, I think the infomercial was highly informative. It gave us clear examples of how this re-distribution of wealth will actually be put to use, particularly for the families featured who are extremely economically challenged at this time. You know, the family that can’t afford health care or basic necessities, but yet can afford very expensive European car seats for their children. The family who only have the man of the house working every other week ( wife was laid off earlier this year), but who can somehow still afford to eat out at a local restaurant and finally the family who can’t seem to make ends meet, but who can enroll their kids in soccer ( quite pricey activity) and also enjoy Starbucks coffee while watching from the sidelines.
So with the extra money they will receive as ” spread the wealth” becomes policy, what other of life’s little luxuries will the be able to afford?? New cars, vacations, new homes?? Are you kidding me!! My family considers eating out a rare ” treat” and believe me, if we were in a challenging financial situation, we would be doing something that is more prudent – cooking our own meals and eating at home! This whole concept is sickening and even more so now that we’ve seen, courtesy of Sen. Obama’s multi million $$ infomercial, who will be the beneficiaries of our hard earned cash and better still what they will do with it. There’s really only one difference between what Obama is selling us on his infomercial than any other and that is that his doesn’t come with a ” no questions asked, money back guarantee”.
And by the way people, he is allowing the Bush tax breaks to expire in 2010 ( while McCain wants to make permanent), so get ready to pay more taxes, regardless. Also, the threshold for his ” tax break” seems to be a moving target. It dropped from $300K earlier in the campaign, to no “increase” at $250K to, in his own words during this infomercial, ” families who make less than $200k per year”.
Yep, he’s pretty amazing alright and his infomercial was indeed very enlightening…That is if you are receptive to the truth.

I loved the ad – all my family has early voted for Obama.
Have you seen the videos of the people coming out of the MaCain/Palin rallies when a Obama sign is posted on the videographer? They yell racial slurs and hate about Obama. These are now the majority of people that constitute the Republican party ? Glad I’m a democrat

Oh, the irony. I meant ‘off’, of course.

jpeezus, that video you are so interested in seeing, the one the LA Times supposedly has…be careful how brightly you shine that light! That Khalidi guy…yeah him, Obama went to a dinner, McCain gave him $500K, Hmmmm why do you think McCain isn’t talking about it!!! Hilarious! The only real ties to Khalidi and the PLO are McCain’s. Nice try though.

TC
If you don’t believe Obama, maybe you should listen to John McCain’s own words when asked about Wright last March: “But I do know Senator Obama, and he does not share those views.”
John’s a nice guy. Though I do not believe Obama believes his pastor’s extreme views I do question how one can sit there and take this venom and yet be so close as to call his pator his spiritual mentor. I believe Obama has been influenced by his fraternity of friends and doubts the integrity and foundation of our western civilization principles and Constitution. He will undermine these principles by demonizing capitalism, increasing dependency on government and therefore erode individual liberties and self-initiative. Government will become our saviour – sad, very sad. We have come full cirle since 1776.
In response to this I want you to think whether or not it is sensible to assume a position on Rev. Jeremiah Wright based on a part of one or two sermons. This type of condemnation based on very little evidence does not suggest intelligent analysis.
If he preached once per Sunday over the twenty years that would 1040 sermons or somewhere there. You heard parts of one or two and somehow has arrived at a judgment of him? What if someone heard you said something at one point in your life and used that to decide your character and who you are.
We need to look beyond soundbites.

Considering you (George Stephanopoulos) were very much a major part of Bill Clinton’s brilliant 1992 campaign, you know better than most anyone at how to run a good one.
So to read your remarks here, is quite a testament to the superb campaign that Barack Obama has run.
Prior to Obama, Clinton’s ’92 campaign was by far the best I’d ever witnessed.

Oh NO JOKER – he lets all his associates do talk the $hiT~!
Do some reserach on the pending lawsuit against Obama for not being a natural born citizen. Why is Obama not producting documents? Why does Obama not want to divulde or release info about this college years? Might be because that is when he went farther radical!

I loved the infomercial. Really moved me. I truly don’t think I’d be as impressed by McCain if he did do one. And Palin is definitely not ready to be president, I’d be fine with Biden (if something happens to President). As to comments I’ve read here about blacks voting for Obama, SEVERAL I know still haven’t made up their minds, they vote for who they think will be the best President. Hopefully everyone is choosing that way. Also I’m a bit…innocent? here as I wonder why everyone refers to Obama as “black” when mom was white? I think of him as biracial. Actually I don’t think of color at all, but wonder why he’s always referred to as black?

Oh I bet some people loved every minute of the brainwashing. What does the man you might vote for really believe in? There is evidence but you choose to turn your shoulder to any evidence of it!!! Wake up America!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you robing thank you Present!! I would never vote for this man if he gave me 5 millions dollars!
RIGHT IS MIGHT VOTE MCCAIN PALIN! Don’t vote till you do your homework!!!!! I have!!!

Mclaine,
“Would you vote for Santa Claus because he spoke sweet? How about the easter bunny? Well this Easter Barackobunny has a way of thinking that you might not like.. do some research! Don’t be blind!”
I would vote for a president who speaks sweetly (not sweet, which is poor English). I would do so because I would want him to be able to have constructive dialogs with friends and foe.
Nikita Khrouchtchev got attention by taking his shoe off and banging on the table, but he didn’t make any friends and his system ultimately failed.

Why the infomercial? To avoid questions that might bring out truth. Thirty minutes to talk unchallenged giving no one an opportunity to challenge him on any point. Great performance calculated to hood-wink even more American voters. Ask him a tough question and you are banished.

I have figured out McCains and Palin,s platform:
McCain’s platform is to sit there and grin like an idiot and Palin’s is to wink at the people as neither one has a real platform except to dish out BS.
I have not as yet heard either on of them directly answer a question presented to them.
This is what you want to be the next president???
I feel for you.
I’M practicing my McBush grin!

Change is coming! Just a couple more hours!