Obama to Pre-emptively Attack McCain

McGerotol/Pitbull has NO AGENDA FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!! NO CONCRETE PLAN FOR AMERICA PEOPLE!!! Continue the BUSH/CHENEY PLAN OF LIES = McGEROTOL/PITBULL PLAN OF LIES!!! DISTORT, LIE & COVER UP THE TRUTH!!
OBAMA/BIDEN08

This will backfire big time , i hope they keep it up . After this came out Barack went from 7 point up to 8 .
The citizens are not fool , everyone knows when you are staying away from pressing ISSUES and going out to SMEAR with LIES . YOU are more of the SAME and have NO SOLUTION.
BYE BYE GRANPA Simson and Igloo barbie… 4 weeks left and you will BE VOTED OFF the ISLAND , We can’t say it was nice KNOWING YOU.

McGerotol/Pitbull = No Agenda! No Real Plan! Grasping at Lipstick!!!

McSAME-McPALIN—Same b.s. No solutions to AMERICA problems, so attack,attack,attack with fear tactics. Not this time REPUBLICIANS.Lets talk about the issues and not smear campaigning. But I forgot [thats all the REPUBLICIANS know how to do with their ROVE tactics}.LETS TALKS ABOUT KEATING 5—TROOPERGATE—SMALL TOWN 20 MILLION IN DEBT FROM MISMANAGEMENT. MAVERICKS THEY NOT!

So is this terrorist pal of Barack in jail, or is he on the FBI list? are they watching him closely? is this going to be the way McCain wants to win this election? calling people terrorists, scare the voters? forget the fact that for the last year joe-six pack has been losing jobs, and for the past eight years this country has been spinning it’s wheels in the mud, the republicans have no other card to play but the scare card, come November, I will NOT be voting republican, they had their chance….

Great strategy by the McCain camp to energize Obama’s larger base against his smaller base. Plus I am sure Independents will be impressed with a man who looks like an old pathetic back stabbing, bitter and desperate loser. To have your unqualified running mate basically call a fellow United State Senator a terrorist is crossing the line.

This is all going to backfire. Professor Ayers never killed an innocent person. The same cannot be said about McCain.
“Terrorism is wrong, whether committed by an individual fanatic or by a government” = Bill Ayers

McCain wants a witch hunt. Hes old enough to remember them. Ayers may have been a radical in his day, but he apparently has tried to change his ways. Hes more educated than Mcsame thats for sure. I dont think Mcsame has a doctorate. Lets leave this guy alone, especially considering there is no evidence whatsoever that Obama and him have spoken more than a few times.

Mike, you hit the nail on the head.
McWar will kill at least another 4,180 Americans. If they bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran as McCain wants to, the nukular war his starts could kill millions of Americans.
Terrifying? Terrorist? John McCain.
Even more terrifying? His successor in 2009, Sarah Palin.

maybe obama should bring up –treasones mccain –refer to when he broadcast propaganda against the usa—–you know the north vietnamese–the guys he is so friendly with today—what a vile scumbag.

Its so sad to see McCain this way stoop to this level, he is going against everything he said leading into this race about being civil and sticking to the issues .And NOW he is in line to lose whatever self respect he has left.
john McCain wants to be president so bad he put the country at risk and pick palin, that all you need to know to sum up his desperation.
he does have to return to congress and it can be a lonely place when you step out of line, no wonder he can’t cant even look at Barack in the face.this is some nasty stuff they are pulling.

McCain has nothing, NOTHING, and nothing else left than this old-new gamble: frontal attack on Obama. Obama should focus on Americans’ challenges. He has also to response by bringing up Charles Keating scandal.

everyone who has posted above and written basically garbage should be ashamed of themselves.. whatever happened to debating respectfully? contrary views and ideas…
as for the current state of the race. we have been on such a roller coaster ride that to predict anything 4 weeks before the election is mad, and reminds me of the belmont stakes … a sure winner , and the sure thing lost….
personally – obama for me does not have the experience.. it should have been hillary who i would have voted for. as such i have to vote for the lesser of two evils in my eyes and that is mccain..

Go see new Obama ad “This Year” — very good!
Three quarters of a million jobs lost this year. Our financial system in turmoil.
And John McCain? Erratic in a crisis. Out of touch on the economy.
No wonder his campaign’s announced a plan to “turn a page on the financial crisis”…distract with dishonest, dishonorable “assaults” against Barack Obama.
Struggling families can’t turn the page on this economy…and we can’t afford another President who’s this out of touch.

More than half of the whopping $426.9 million Barack Obama has raised has come from small donors whose names the Obama campaign won’t disclose.
And questions have arisen about millions more in foreign donations the Obama campaign has received that apparently have not been vetted as legitimate.
Federal law does not require the campaigns to identify donors who give less than $200 during the election cycle. However, it does require that campaigns calculate running totals for each donor and report them once they go beyond the $200 mark.
Surprisingly, the great majority of Obama donors never break the $200 threshold.
“Contributions that come under $200 aggregated per person are not listed,” said Bob Biersack, a spokesman for the FEC. “They don’t appear anywhere, so there’s no way of knowing who they are.”
The FEC breakdown of the Obama campaign has identified a staggering $222.7 million as coming from contributions of $200 or less. Only $39.6 million of that amount comes from donors the Obama campaign has identified.
In a letter dated June 25, 2008, the FEC asked the Obama campaign to verify a series of $25 donations from a contributor identified as “Will, Good” from Austin, Texas.
Mr. Good Will listed his employer as “Loving” and his profession as “You.”
A Newsmax analysis of the 1.4 million individual contributions in the latest master file for the Obama campaign discovered 1,000 separate entries for Mr. Good Will, most of them for $25.
In total, Mr. Good Will gave $17,375.
Following this and subsequent FEC requests, campaign records show that 330 contributions from Mr. Good Will were credited back to a credit card. But the most recent report, filed on Sept. 20, showed a net cumulative balance of $8,950 — still well over the $4,600 limit.
There can be no doubt that the Obama campaign noticed these contributions, since Obama’s Sept. 20 report specified that Good Will’s cumulative contributions since the beginning of the campaign were $9,375.
Similarly, a donor identified as “Pro, Doodad,” from “Nando, NY,” gave $19,500 in 786 separate donations, most of them for $25. For most of these donations, Mr. Doodad Pro listed his employer as “Loving” and his profession as “You,” just as Good Will had done.
But in some of them, he didn’t even go this far, apparently picking letters at random to fill in the blanks on the credit card donation form. In these cases, he said he was employed by “VCX” and that his profession was “VCVC.”
And then there are the overseas donations — at least, the ones that we know about.

I’m supposed to be scared of an elderly hippie, but not the religious fanatic sociopath trying to take over my country through the VP seat? If that fake-accented walking sound bite gets in, she’ll be in the Oval Office faster than you can look up “melanoma” on Wikipedia.
And a Palin Administration would be exactly like the Bush Administration, minus any decency, honesty and self-restraint.
Thanks, but no thanks. Not Palin, not Mccain, no way.

SOKADIJA: Obama doesn’t have the experience but palin does? Because if you vote for mccain, you’re getting palin. statistically, it’s quite likely.

“Several months ago, a claim was made by former Manhattan Borough president Percy Sutton (An African-American) that Obama had been funded through Harvard law school by Khalid Al-Mansour, a ‘mentor’ to the founders of the Black Panther party and adviser to ‘one of the world’s richest men,’ Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal. It was Prince Alwaleed whose $10 million check to help rebuild Manhattan after 9/11 was refused by New York mayor Rudy Guiliani because the Saudi prince hinted publicly that America’s pro-Israel policies were to blame for the attacks.
According to this story by Kenneth Timmerman, Camp Obama denied this claim — and referred to a story on Politico.com in which reporter Ben Smith wrote that ‘a spokesman for Sutton’s family, Kevin Wardally’ said that Sutton had been mistaken when he made those comments. But when contacted, Sutton’s family not only denied that Sutton had misspoken but also said they had never even heard of Kevin Wardally – who appears to work for a Harlem political consulting firm.
So the claim that Obama was funded through Harvard by a radical Black Muslim activist with ties to the Saudis remains on the table”

I am surprised to see Palin herself make these claims. Usually accusations as outrageous as this is are relegated to the 527 groups.
This is opening Pandora’s box, and Palin has demons aplenty of her own that will need to be confronted now.
Palin’s husband was a member of a society which advocated Alaska’s secession from the United States of America. Does that mean she was aiding and abetting this group?
Does that make her an associate of someone who advocated treason?
Before she wanted to be vice president of the United States, Palin wanted to be president of Alaska.

Democrats No More should be named “Democrats Never Was” because all your reading material comes from far-right websites, as do your arguments. Yet you come on here and try to pretend you would have voted for Hillary, but now NOW you’re voting McCain.
there are several Limbaugh zombies / ditto heads on these comment strings who do that.

mccain new add —we are all north vietnamese today—freaking traitor

i’m voting for president… and as for palin – she is a governor, mayor etc… don;t knock her.. that i find to be sexist… i bet if it had been palwenty for MN and a man u would not be hearing this “experience” for VP… please
we all make our decisons. and i have made mine just like u have made yours
so please stop trying to prove i am “dumb” u have no clue what my educational background is nor do i know yours
i simplu ask you to respect my opinion which is extremly lacking in this election cycle – we can agree to disagree

i also like split government – the old addage.. the fox in the hen house.. this way you have a check on one party
Posted by: sokadija | Oct 5, 2008 8:47:39 AM
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WE do have that in CONGRESS right now and thats CALL:
NOTHING EVER GETS DONE, AND MORE PROBLEMS ARISE FROM DOING NOTHING.
all at the tax payers frustration and expense.

This woman is really stupid, i dont know what skills does she have to be selected for vp.
In france we had Segolene Royale, but she’s a very smart woman, graduted from the havard equivalent here.
It will be really amazing if she become one day a president.

i disagree on the split govt – look at the econoimic recovery bill – the original had no oversight etc…. and now we do plus unfortunalty all that pork
if it had been one party – paulson we would be God with no independent oversight…
and look at the 6 yrs when it was all republican… was that a good thing?
and now we want to give it all to the democrats.. that will not be a good thing either..
absolute power/corrupts absolutely
split govt
and i am also gfor term limits for congress to force the bumbs out into the real world
i do not buy that sitting in congress for 25+ yrsa is a good thing
look at what we have gotten ourselves into with all these life termers

mccain policy——100 year war—-nafta is good for our economy—–bomb bomb iran—-we are all georgians today—-we won the war 3 years later the surge the surge,more bs we are still getting killed there and china gets the oil—-the fundamentals of our economy are sound ,all this while wall st collapses—he should have stayed in nam permanently and stuck to his propaganda broadcasts.

Dems No More (i.e. Ditto Head), there you go again, goshdarnit! a World Net Daily article… far right.

Posted by: Democrats No More | Oct 5, 2008 8:53:55 AM
The Daily Telegraph said Ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald sent a letter to Brown
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Who cares!! that clown will be looking for work soon .SO he is talking crap on his way out. his opinion is no different than what we may think of P-diddy.
At least P diddy is AMERICAN who actually vote.
BTW.. you need to hop on your little red bike and catch up, stop posting old news.
Obama / Biden 08 the kitchen table matters.

Sarah Palin welcomed this group in 2008 saying “good luck on a successful and inspiring convention, keep up the good work” Her husband was a member for years. She also says she “shares their vision for Alaska”
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT ALASKAN INDEPENDENCE
Q: What is the Alaskan Independence Party?
A: An Alaskan political party whose members advocate a range of solutions to the conflicts between federal and local authority; from advocacy for state’s rights, through a return to territorial status, all the way to complete independence and nationhood status for Alaska.
Q: Aren’t most Alaskan Independence Party members a bunch of radicals and Kooks?
A: The party has its share of individualists, in the grand Alaskan tradition. No longer a fringe party, the A.I.P. is a viable third party with a serious mission and qualified candidates for elected offices.
Q: If Alaska became independent, wouldn’t we lose a lot of federal money?
A: No. If Alaska returned to territorial status, most federal money would still be available. If Alaska were to attain complete independence, its revenues from oil and other natural resources would far exceed the amounts currently received from the federal government, at our current level of resource utilization.
Q: If Alaska were independent, what would happen to my social security check, federal pension, or military retirement?
A: People receive these checks around the world, regardless of their place of residence. In most cases eligibility for such checks would not be affected by Alaskan independence.
Q: If Alaska became independent, would U.S. military bases leave?
A: The strategic location of Alaska would indicate that it would serve U.S. interests to maintain a presence in Alaska. The military are good neighbors. There would be no compelling reason for the military to leave Alaska.
Q: Didn’t we vote for statehood already?
A: The vote for statehood was invalid because the people were not presented with the range of options available to them. Further, the federal government has since breached the contract for statehood on numerous occasions in over a dozen serious and substantial instances.
Q: Under independence, what would happen to all the federal controls and regulations?
A: We believe that controls should be exerted by the lowest possible governmental unit. The people of Alaska can better decide what controls need to be in place than can bureaucrats in Washington. Specific local regulation might be either more or less restrictive than current federal regulation. The point is that it will be our regulation, not Washington’s.
Q: Would I lose my U.S. citizenship?
A: Depending on the form of independence, several forms of citizenship would be possible, including the retention of U.S. citizenship or dual citizenship. However, considering the moral, educational, and economic decay of the U.S., Alaskans’ who hold themselves to a higher standard might very well decide to at least maintain an arm’s length distance from a country in decline.
Q: What will happen to major U.S. stores such as Sears, Safeway, and McDonald’s?
A: Any company which found it profitable to sell in Alaska would remain. Without the constraints of the deteriorating U.S. economy, and with the enormous wealth of Alaska, international as well as local companies will prosper.

OBAMA HAS A VERY BAD POLITICAL
RESUME………..
OBAMA’S CONNECTIONS WITH ANTI-AMERICANS
SUCH AS PASTOR WRIGHT,WILLIAMS AYERS AND
CONVICTED FELON TONY REZKO,MAKES HIM
UN-FIT FOR COMMANDER IN CHIEF…….
I’M AN EX-DEMOCRAT VOTING REPUBLICAN
BECAUSE I DON’T TRUST OBAMA TO RUN
THE U.S.A……..
McCAIN/PALIN ’08

A cult of personality is excessive adulation, admiration and exaltation of a charismatic leader, often with unproven merits or achievements. It is similar to hero worship except that it is created specifically for political leaders.
An unequivocal expression of delusional grandiosity
Posted by: Democrats No More | Oct 5, 2008 9:07:04 AM
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yes! like Limbaugh zombies, dittoheads!

nice try – but i saw her answer that question – i did not see “cheney” as u did i saw “al gore” – clinton started this give more responsibility to the VP position, before bill they basically were traveling the world and breaking a tie in the senate..

Obama talks Heath Care, McCain talks distractions and associations.
I want a president who talks more about the issues and less about his opponents character.

I would have voted for McCain in 2000. I did not get the chance to. He lost the Republican primary because he ran a relatively clean campaign that, in my opinion, was substantively stronger than either Bush or Gore.
I will not vote for McCain in 2008. This so-called “Maverick” has sold out to the same Bush/Cheney/Rove machine beat him and the American people down with its campaign of fear, misinformation and lies. This latest attach on Obama is demonstrates that his campaign team (actually the latet verion of the Bush/Cheney/Rove machine)now uses the sames strategy of fear, misinformation and lies against Obama that Bush used against McCain in 2000.

I am suggesting changing the colors of the electoral map .From Red and Blue, to Black and White. Also I suggest Spanish language to be taught to kinder gardens with American / English like second choice. Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez like guests of Honor at the day when Obama sworn President.
That is no bad idea, is far better from have another 4 years of Bush administration with the puppet of the far right McCain as President .And then after he pass away have the Pit-bull with lipstick bombing Russia .
Why McCain can’t put together two sentences and Sarah Plain give only scripted interviews?
I don’t have any problem in characterizing McCain or Sarah Plain! .They is the Republican nominees! John McCain according to his own campaign believes Republicans are corrupt and incompetent.
Obviously he has inside information

In a lawsuit filed in Alaska Superior Court, a Republican activist seeks to force Gov. Sarah Palin to produce copies of official correspondence she sent and received on private e-mail accounts
Palin did not use her state e-mail
account throughout her 2 year tenure
as Governor for official business.

John McCain = Erratic Liar

At war the first casualty is the truth. At this electoral race the truth has been killed by McCain and the Rebublicants !

Sarah Palin’s un-American actions in supporting a secessionist Alaskan group in 2008 are hardly ever mentioned.
Unlike Obama, her association is not just a casual acquaintance, she’s married to one of their members. Todd Palin was a member for years. She says she “shares their vision for Alaska”

Josh Marshall:
If Palin is going to [attack Obama's patriotism], it is now perfectly legitimate to point out that she repeatedly courted a secessionist group founded by someone who openly professed hatred of the American government, cursed our flag, and wanted to secede from the Union. Sarah’s husband, Todd Palin, was a member of this group, which continues to venerate that founder to this day, for years.
As you already know, the group is the Alaska Independence Party, which sees as its ultimate goal seceding from the union. Todd was a member, with a brief exception, from 1995 until 2002, according to the Division of Elections in Alaska.
And though Sarah Palin herself was apparently not a member of this group, there’s no doubt that she repeatedly courted this secessionist organization over the years. In 1994, Palin attended the group’s annual convention, according to witnesses who spoke to ABC News’ Jake Tapper. The McCain campaign has confirmed she visited the group’s 2000 convention, and she addressed its convention this year, as an incumbent governor whose oath of office includes upholding the Constitution of the United States…
McCain apologists will argue that Sarah Palin was not a member of this group. But Obama wasn’t a member of any Ayers anti-American group, either. And again, Palin repeatedly courted the AIP, and her husband was a member for years.
The main takeaway from today’s Times story is that Obama’s ties to Ayers are, if anything, less substantial than commonly alleged. So if the Ayers association means Obama “palled around” with “terrorists,” as Palin put it today, surely Palin can be said to have “palled around” with a secessionist party whose founder openly professed hatred of America.

Rolling Stone has a pretty exhaustive analysis of McCain’s military and political careers. It’s well worth a look. He has never been the “country first” hero that the MSM has helped him pretend to be.
He and Bush share more than ideological dogmatism and a blind faith in the wisdom of their “guts.” Neither one of them would have gotten anywhere had their daddys not been in positions to pull strings for them and constantly bail them out of trouble.
The descriptions of his temper tantrums by fellow Repubican Senators are particularly disturbing. Some of them have big problems with the idea of him being anywhere near nuclear launch codes. We should, too.

So Palin joins McCain’s tour of Lies. The Times article she alludes to concludes “….the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers.”
While we’re talking about pals, and digging ourselves out of this economic disaster, how about McCain’s pal Donald Diamond? McCain is up to his neck in poisonous relationships where he has clearly exceeded the moral and legislative limits of his senator-ship. The New York Times article was published several months ago, but maybe it’s time to bring it up again
For as Palin has admitted,’he New York Times is hardly ever wrong’.

Yes, Brooklyn Democrat, that Rolling Stone article can be googled and read under it’s title “Make Believe Maverick”
very detailed and revealing info!

as for new ideas – Obama has none – none of the candidates do… and that is the irony of the thing…
LOL
as my dad says – they are all the same… nothing will change.. and the economic recovery act made sure of that – WE HAVE NO MONEY
maybe Iran will get nukes – that’s about all that will change and the iranian president may get a photo opt at the white house.. now that is change we can beleive in
LOL

should have read:
maccain/palin for poor and working people?
what a jip.

Funny that the attacks are coming from the ONLY CANDIDATE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ABUSE OF POWER seems to be a Republican credo these days and Palin fits right in.
Innocent people don’t DUCK SUBPOENAS. They want the truth come out. But Palin is trying to hamper the investigation?
A bi-partisan committee asked for the investigation and Palin thinks she is above the law.
The folksy wink-wink routine isn’t going to get her any further credibility.
Meet the Press is playing last night’s SNL today. And they aren’t buying the Palin act.

Mark Shields made an important comment on The News Hour not too long ago, stating that if McCain wins on the basis of negative ads, that there will be NO reaching across the isle in Congress…”It will be ashes. It will be ashes.”
I hope the American people are above McCain’s attempt at winning by false accusations. Haven’t we had enough of this?

“I cannot in good conscience vote for the Bush tax cuts”
Senator McCain
“I think tax cuts for the mega-rich a great idea and should be permanent”
Candidate McCain
Only a real “maverick” takes on himself.

mccain colobarated with thge north vietnamese—AND THAT IS A FACT—-and his propaganda broadcasts are real–why are his true military records sealed.
and dont tell me about google bs.

McCain debate Obama .Yes! He was POW and we should respect that.
But he lack on personality, vision and judgment. This guy is rigid living in the past.
H e doesn’t see the disaster of Iraq coming when he vote in favor of War .He support deregulations and then argue about the circus of Wall Street .A person who talk against the Government but he favors the government interference .A person who pick the Vice-president nominee only after one meeting !
What you can say about his judgment? Oh just a minute he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong .Probably he was thinking about the family Business.
Was hilarious to watch Cindy McCain, when Senator McCain on his speech talks about the big salaries of the CEO’s, and how greedy they are.

yeahbaby, the fact is that Gov. Palin has never been a member of AIP…
Posted by: James Danley | Oct 5, 2008 9:38:45 AM
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And though Sarah Palin herself was apparently not a member of this group, there’s no doubt that she repeatedly courted this secessionist organization over the years. In 1994, Palin attended the group’s annual convention, according to witnesses who spoke to ABC News’ Jake Tapper. The McCain campaign has confirmed she visited the group’s 2000 convention, and she addressed its convention this year, as an incumbent governor whose oath of office includes upholding the Constitution of the United States…
McCain apologists will argue that Sarah Palin was not a member of this group. But Obama wasn’t a member of any Ayers anti-American group, either. And again, Palin repeatedly courted the AIP, and her husband was a member for years.
The main takeaway from today’s Times story is that Obama’s ties to Ayers are, if anything, less substantial than commonly alleged. So if the Ayers association means Obama “palled around” with “terrorists,” as Palin put it today, surely Palin can be said to have “palled around” with a secessionist party whose founder openly professed hatred of America.

Posted by: sokadija | Oct 5, 2008 9:28:34 AM
and u think sitting in office for 25+ yrs brings u new ideas?
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Like palin you are not following , that where Barack comes in.. he sets the VISION and delegate the the experts to that field carry it out. and the people who have been in congress for many years in the Dem party, no doubt will carry it out and even add their 2 cents.
ANY NEW IDEA/POLICY NEEDS a START and others jump in to fine tune things.
if the congress is split in party lines, then you have stalemate like you have now.

Rachel Maddow: There isn’t much left in the McCain / Palin arsenal. If you can’t win on the facts, or expertise, or on personally connecting with voters, how do you win?
McCain/Palin have NOTHING but character smears left.

McCain still has not learned that people are tired of the same all politics and attacks to get into office. Americans are much smarter than he thinks.

Spin away, I notice that you didn’t address Sen. Obama’s mentors, Frank Marshall Davis and the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. How can someone be mentored for 5 years by a recruiter of the CPUSA and not come away with some of their principles? How can someone sit in a church listening to a Black Liberation theologist for 20 years and not come away with some of their principles?

As a flag wavin Americaun, I don’t want no smart guy runnin my country. Give me good ol regular folk like we have with George W.
I don’t care if they ain’t smart. “W” and POW John McCain are heroes. We can put a wavin flag behind them and tell war stories. They lead from the gut and not from the brain. They’re my kind of Americun!

Read Between The Lines: This is a sign that the Obama camapign is on defens about this and knows that they are going to get rocked by the exposure of Obama’s radical friends and relationships and policy.
McCain is going to hurt Obama BIG TIME by exposing the truth about Obama. The response from the Obama camapign is hilarious. The Obama camapign is now doing a collective circle jerk about the economy and wishing for economy failure. Obama wants the economy to tumble. He just phoned it in, remember, “Just call me.”
Obama is a follower. He is not a leader. He is weak.
Obama’s lame response is proof that he is running from his past and does not want to be exposed.
The McCain campaign will keep hitting Obama straight in the mouth with the truth and knock him out with it.
Palin rocked Obama yesterday and look what Obama is doing now: crying and running. Obama is a coward.
Obama is weak. Won’t be long until the Obamalamadingdong campaign and the Obamabots start playing the race card again. That’s all they know how to do.
Obama has no record of helping America.
He is all talk and no walk.
Obama never met a terrorist he didn’t like.
Obama’s values are unamerican. Obama hopes America fails and is running only for himself. He is looking backwards and has no rel plan for the future.
Hit Obama hard and hit him often. He’s an empty suit and is vulnerable to the truth.
We have only begun to fight and look how scared Obama is now! LOL! His camapign handlers must be crapping in their drawers now. They are running like little cockroaches when you flip on the light.
Obama’s chickens are coming home…to roost!!
McCain-Palin ’08
Hillary 2012

McCain is the most absent Senator in Congress. Maybe McCain should have been involved more in the Senate in the last two years rather than campaigning, because he sure hasn’t done anything for anyone in the last year. .
John McCain missed 430 votes since April that is 187 more than Obama what was he doing during that time he couldn’t even vote on the veteran’s bill .

Spin away, I notice that you didn’t address Sen. Obama’s mentors… Posted by: James Danley | Oct 5, 2008 9:47:45 AM
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that’s your response to my point that palin wasn’t a member of AIP (anti American group) but attended their meetings, and her husband “First Dude” was actually a REGISTERED member for several years?

John McCain is about to expose the greatest bait-and-switch scheme in the history of America.
All of you Obamabots have sang your songs regurgitated your rhetoric while the media has turned the other way.
They have sent more people to a tiny island in Alaska to see if Sarah Palin could really see Russian than they have to look into who Barak Obama has really associated himself with – and what he *really* accomplished or failed at prior to moving into politics.
Well others have been performing the job of the media, and you’re about to see the results. Hang on tight, Obamabots, the truth will set you free.

PALINS MINISTER REALLY TRUMPS REV WRIGHT.HE IS WHAT PALIN IS ABOUT—-(WITCHES).

HOW COULD ANYONE VOTE FOR A TRAITOR THAT SPOUTED VILE PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE USA.

Obama up ANOTHER point in the polls. Ras has him leading by 7. The RCP average has also moved to a full 6 point lead.
John Kerry was down by 2 at this point in 2004. Very close to the final result.

voting
you have that right—when people have little they turn to boose—mccain claim to fame.

“Eerily missing at the Democratic convention this year were people of stature who were seriously involved at some point in Obama’s life standing up to say: I know Barack Obama. I’ve been with Barack Obama. We’ve toiled/endured together. You can trust him. I do.” This is an excerpt from Charles Krauthammer’s article in the Wash. Post, “A Perfect Stranger”. I hope people will not let their hatred of Bush blind them from the truth of Obama.

I kinda hope Palin wins and the country becomes a dogmatic religious sect with zero awareness of moral diversity and science. Kinda like the Mormons. The currency will weaken, more extremists will be in power, and the economy will be so deep in the toilet that I can afford an American nanny.

I’m not sure which is more disgusting, Palin’s outrageous comments, or Americans that are motivated by this lowest-common-denominator propaganda. This party will stop at NOTHING to keep their power. They are perfectly willing to throw American values and morals under the bus to attain their goals. I am constantly amazed at the Republican Evangelicals who are supposedly morally superior, that support these tactics. We are a deteriorating nation and it is time to kick the Republicans to the curb. Time for something new folks. Either that or kiss your son’s and daughter’s futures goodbye.

here is your choice —-obama –a very intelligent young man+biden a very educated and involved middle aged man——-then we have mccain a treasonus vile old geser that constantly lies about anything + the alaskan uneducated dipsy twit-who may be impeached .
that is choice we can believe in.

In the last 30 days of the election I say lets get all of this out in the open.Lets take a look at Obama’s friends and associates and McCain’s, the press has certainly tried its best to avoid any responsible journalism. I cain’t tell you how relieved I was to see that report on CNN from that island in the Alaska rather than ACCORN’s efforts to induce voter fraud in Ohio, “way to go” Campbell Brown …always on top of the important issues. So lets get get our hands a little dirty here in the the last thirty days. As a blue collar Small Buisness owner/operater, I am not afraid.

I’m really sorry but some far right fanatics are in urgent need of psychiatric evaluation and help. They are the main reason for the election of Bush to White House, and for consequence they are responsible for his failure and the suffering of the American people! Now they are trying again to do the same, with Johnny Macaroni and Sarah Plain.!

McCain is seeing the race slip away and so he has made it personal. Well, bring it on. Obama has the wind at his back and is well able to defend these baseless attacks.

Palin’s character is showing. She’s more than willing to stand up for a man and do nothing but his dirty work. She looked for a sleazy one … and found it. She’s an act. The name of her act: LIAR.

Terry -
If you want to talk radical associations, I’ll see you Ayers and raise you Todd Palin’s association with the Alaskan Independence Party. His ties with that scary organization are much more solid than anything between Ayers and Obama.
And guess what? We also found out yesterday what Palin reads! Newsflash! It’s the quotes on her Starbucks cup. She mentioned Madeline Albright’s quote that, “There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t support other women.”
Actually, the quote is “help other women,” but in either case it’s offensive to me because I don’t want to be told by Sarah Palin that I have to vote for her because she’s a woman. I don’t have to and I won’t.

There is nothing “dirty” about exposing what Obama and the media SHOULD have made public by now.
And the info about Ayers is just the first of Obama’s secret associations you will be shocked to discover in the next 30 days.
It is about time that Obama is made to come clean.
If he can explain these shadowy relationships, good.
If not then he doesn’t deserve our vote!
McCain has ALWAYS loved America and put America FIRST.
Let’s make him #1!

He hangs out with terrorists. The latest “friend” of Obama to be mentioned is Rashid Khalidi. Obama attended a church for TWENTY YEARS led by a racist bigot who hates America. Michele Obama can barely mask her hatred of America. Won’t she be a fine first lady! Who paid for Obama’s Harvard education? Google it. For those who are afraid that McCain will take you deeper into war…Don’t worry. You won’t have to leave home for the war that Obama will bring to you.

In these difficult times the people long for answers, not for campaign tactics.
The republican campaign is in the hands of Karl Grove spin doctors. It’s sad that McCain don’t see they don’t offer any new idea’s or leadership, they only offer some soundbites, some winks in the camera’s.

So – my fellow Americans let me help you out with a bit of advice – commonly known words of wisdom. If you keep doing what you have been doing for the past 8 years you WILL get the same results. I’m not the first to put that statement in a post and let me be clear that in this instance the statement is aimed primarily at Republican party supporters!
T he idea of voting for the BEST man for the job sometimes has to be a little bit unselfish. The fact of the matter is that Obama’s ideas are clearly much better for the country – and a country is its people. There are too many “I’m alright Jacks” in America and these are people who say “so what if my neighbor or other peoples children who go to school with my children simply cannot afford good medical healthcare – not my problem” they say. Do you have any idea at all what level of medical care (and for how many years) could have been given to people of our country with the money we are spending in Iraq – on the wrong war??!!! How many more Barak Obama’s or Warren Buffetts for that matter, we could create through our education systems (how much better we could have educated Sarah Palin even) with the billions and billions of dollars we are spending in this folly!?
I just heard on TV that one of the bankers received an over $200 million dollar golden parachute for leaving a bank that was failing – Merrill Lynch. $200+ million! Here’s what you do – find out where he lives and go and ask him to feed the hungry families that live in your neighborhood for one year – one year. It would cost him a mere fraction of what he has in his bank account. Or ask him to build shelters for the homeless in your hometown again at a cost of a fraction of what he has. $18 million to another banker, $40 million to another. Unlikely. More power to them but what’s wrong with sharing the wealth? Which Obama’s plan would go a small way towards achieving.
Our democracy is still fairly young and perhaps we do need to tweak it a bit and truly become a government by the people and FOR the people. Call it socialism if you like but that person who is dying or watching a family member dying because they cannot afford to pay ANYONE to help them – they couldn’t care less what you called it. To them in these instances your so-called socialism is simply the help they prayed for that would give their loved ones life back to them. You get it?
And with the right leadership we can afford it. We are the greatest country in the world and can afford to provide the best medical care in the world to ALL of our people with the right strategies in place as well as the best education for more of us. It’s well known fact that whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve and Barak believes in his plans.
John McCain is always harping on about his war history – but when have you ever heard him preach about how much it hurts him to see our veterans (coming home from those wars he is so fond of boasting that he would continue) receiving the disgraceful treatment they are getting when they get back home, from the government that sent them to defend our freedom. Where is his outrage? Where is his promise to get them off the homeless streets, some of them, proper medical care, education? Or simply just a show of real gratitude for doing what they could when they had no choice?
Obama has stated clearly that he IS outraged by the treatment our veterans have received by the Bush administration that McCain supports and whose policies he would perpetuate, and Obama has promised to do something about it. McCain hasn’t even thought about it! McCain has voted against nearly every bill that’s come before him that would improve the benefits of veterans! VOTED AGAINST THEM!
He would however ask for even more money to send more of our military into harms way, but CLEARLY he is not known for preaching for there decent respect after they have served their purpose. Hypocritical and selfish, perhaps? Disgraceful and shameful as well in my view! Foreign policy expertise my ass! He needs to shut up about it!
If John McCain, George Bush and all of his crooked cronies REALLY cared about Americans they would have chased Bin Laden into the cave where he lives and would have trampled over anyone who got in our way! They didn’t. What was their real motive for going into Iraq? Profits for themselves and be damned to the lives it cost.
We could our people much better with all of the wasteful spending and unfair programs perpetuated by the current administration so that we would all understand the issues well enough to realize that they we someone who is a bit more up-to-date so find better solutions to the problems that exist in America today. We are a great young country we infinite amounts of creative possibilities but we’ve got to be brave enough to move forward. Obama and Biden are a great move forward. Say what you like about Joe Biden sometimes putting his foot in his mouth – a thing that a lot of people find a part of his charm. But there is probably one thing few people would argue with – if I were trapped down a dark alley it would be Joe Biden that I would be glad to have by me side!! I have absolutely no doubt about that! Joe Biden will be a great vice president and together they will be one of the greatest teams we’ve ever had in the White House. We will love them even more once they show us that they meant every word and so will people in other countries around the world.
One final point – what is being reported in the press today, on the web, and on the news channels is that the Republican are abandoning their party, John McCain and Sarah Palin in droves. They are more than likely the better-educated people in the Republican Party.

Obama has a lot to be worried about, as evidenced by the obvious discomfort of his supporters here. The truth is coming folks. Despite the best efforts of your good friends in the despicable mainstream media (including ABC News) to suppress it. Obama’s attempt to “tack to the center” is a ridiculous charade being played on the voters (voters who actually care about such things as character – not the Obamatons who would elect a crack addict if that’s what it took to regain the White House)and he’s about to be exposed as the fraud he truly is. All the Soros money in the world won’t save him once the voters know his true nature and motivations. Too bad, so sad. Poor old Dems pick a loser again.

McCain can’t even get his facts straight on the issues in Iraq and THIS is a president we can trust to keep us safe? Whew! We’re in serious trouble if he winds up in the White House. Obama, while not perfect, is a really smart guy who is calm, measured, and THINKS. I don’t care about his religion or what church he went to or what his pastor said. I don’t care if he wears the flag on his jacket. Hey, Bush and Cheney wear the pin flag and they are really close to destroying this country with their so-called brand of “patriotism.” My concerns are my paycheck, gas prices, paying my mortgage, bringing our kids home from Iraq in one piece, and being able to pay my medical bills and I honestly don’t give two hoots about anybody’s religion or the so-called patriotic ornaments they have on their clothing. Obama will make a truly great president if we give him the chance to prove it. Let’s try to keep the garbage issues where garbage belongs – in the trash bin.
I am amused that people are surprised about McCain’s mumblings and inarticulate utterance on foreign affairs and the economy. McCain has reached the age of dementia – when memories go haywire and the brain sleeps while an individual thinks he/she is making sense. This is what is going on with Sen. McCain. This is natural and not his fault, but we are not going to be emotional and give him the presidency of this great nation to completely destroy what is left after Bush’s mess Period.

I’m not sure I’ve been so appalled by four words in my life. Recently Sarah Palin accused Senator Obama of “palling around with terrorists”. Palling around with terrorists. Spend a few moments with that image in your mind. That is a vivid, evocative, and deeply concerning statement that is utterly incorrect and reflect more upon Sarah Palin’s reckless, dangerous, and deeply disturbing character and personality. These are the kind of word bombs that, if lobbed at the wrong person, can ignite if not a word war, an all-out world war.
Can you imagine this woman spouting reckless comments on the world stage about Ahmadinejad, Hamas, Putin or God knows who else? If elected, this woman would become an official representative of the United States and step onto the world stage with her careless, impetuous, ignorant word bombs with absolutely no regard for the consequences. It is her unthinking boldness and her smug ignorance that, if elected, have the grave potential to careen this country toward total collapse.
Please, please, please send this to ten of your friends and encourage them to send it to ten of their friends and so on. We need a voter turnout against this woman that is so strong, so passionate and so determined to ensure Sarah Palin is not one tenuous heart beat from the Presidency.
Regarding Senator Obama “palling around” with William Ayers who was a leader in a radical and violent anti-Vietnam group from the 60s: The facts are a $200 contribution by Ayers to an Obama re-election fund, and their joint membership on the Woods Fund Board, an anti-poverty funding program. Ayers is now a distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois and a former aide to Mayor Richard M. Daley. A statement from the Obama campaign pretty much sums it up: “Senator Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence. But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous.”
Ridiculous, yes, but also dangerous, reckless, misleading and spoken by an inexperienced, careless woman who has no regard for facts or decorum.

My own view on McCain’s desire to be President of the United States – it’s is selfish to the core of his being, and if I may expound on this just a bit – his manic desire to overcome his extreme sense of inferiority when measured against the success of his ancestry. Many men in his family gained great achievement while serving our country by becoming Admirals and holding other top ranks in our military. John McCain did not.
He was most probably chided and even derided for his lack of achievement and desire to be a goof-off and leader of the “pack”. His friends hung out with him because he was able to persuade the girls to join them in their partying and let’s face it he hasn’t done too badly in that department – winding up with a wealthy women for his wife. Well done.
However as far as his still being a bit of a babe magnet is concerned – John let’s face it, you are a bit past it and I don’t think trying to PIMP Sarah Palin out there (who stupidly and gleefully has been fooled into believing she has what it takes!) is going to get you enough what you want. The supports of enough women to make a difference in helping you achieve your aims. Well, perhaps a few of the most stupid and less educated of them will vote for you.
John McCain has nothing more than the most selfish reasons for wanting to be President – to prove his family wrong and to “put them in their place”! When he decided to select Sarah Palin as his VP choice, what was reported was that he proclaimed, “She is exactly what I NEED – exactly what the American people need”. Clearly putting himself first and that was not a Freudian slip, it was from the core of his being. Ruthless, but stupid in the sense that he is clearly demonstrating that he has absolutely no respect for the intelligence of the American people – which in my view will be the ultimate legacy of his campaign.
John McCain – leader of the pack – of wolves. Easily. President of the United States of America…. not a hope in hell.

The same people who call Muslims religious fanatics are Ok with Palin’s extreme religious views, like her exorcism( see You Tube).They can criticize Obama’s character , but say anything about McCain and Palin and that is unpatriotic and sexist.

New taxes to pay for socialized medicine
> so we can receive the same
> level of medical care as other
> third-world countries!!!
Posted by: Jim WYO | Oct 5, 2008 10:25:57 AM
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All right-wing propaganda. None of it is true!! What do you think now, Jim?

“Poor old Dems pick a loser again.”
RFLOL…
McCain losing his marbles or Palin who can’t name any papers she claims to read.
Yeah, we are scared…..

WAKEUP
WOULD MORE PER PERSON HELP YOU A BIT–OR IS THAT TOO DEEP

We all know the truth is only some where near what the press presents. We know that Obama is not completely liberation theology, Rev. Wright or Bill Ayers radical. We know that Obama did legal work the the ACORN organization – which has some corruption in it – probably less than we see in congress – Ted Stevens comes to mind.
The issue is whewre is the truth. We know that these bits of data out line the truth. Some where in the middle of all that is the true Obama.
The question is does that Obama look like the neighborhood we want for America.

I see the Obama freaks are up in arms over the fact that the McCain campaign has finally decided to do the vetting job that the MSM should have conducted months ago.
All McCain has to do is bring up the many facets of Obama’s questionable past during the next debate, and the MSM, in their endless “Fact Checking” after the debate, will be forced to actually do some digging into the Obama stories they have avoided for over a year.
They will either have to do that or allow McCain’s claims to stand as fact.
I remember how angry and frustrated Obama became when Ayers, Rezko and Wright were brought up during his final debate with Hillary, and how he tried to change the subject to “issues”. It will be interesting to watch him try to restain himself when these topics are brought up again, and try to change the subject again.

Lets see if I got this right, Sarah Palin has claimed an 8 year old child who lived in the same city as a protestor of the Vietnam War 40 years ago, is “palling with terrorists”. Palin should stand down immediately for her despicable lies & slander. Its no wonder that the Republicans are always at war when they think like Sarah Palin. Obama is lucky he did not live near Alcatraz or Palin would accuse him of helping Al Capone with tax evasion. Do Americans really want to elect someone so desperate as Palin?

Remember to watch Hannity’s America tonight on Fox everybody…Posted by: Right Wing Express | Oct 5, 2008 10:39:11 AM
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yes, time to receive more subconscious programming from Fox “News” zombies.

watch fox freaks and friends and get a real laugh—-however saturday nite live has it down right–see the real palin—-yikes

“this cannot be mocked enough” you have to realize that your own perception is colored by your beliefs. I would imagine that you are left leaning as many of us are.
Many independents liked Palin’s style and substance. She has an 83% approval rating in Alaska. I know there are more than 17% democrats in that state.
A question I ask myself is why was Couric so after Palin on the day that Palin packed up and sent her son off to Iraq. We know now that quite unlike the interviews that we saw, Palin can more than take care of herself in an argument. Why hit her with unanswwerable questions on day that is trying for any family.
We also did not see one minute of Couric saying anything about Palin preparing her family and her son for this very tough period of her son going out to do what they think is right for America and the American people.

Arizona has the least amount of pork per capita thanks in part to John Mccain who refuses to participate in pork barrel politics. Alaska has a tenth of the population of Arizona and has the highest per capita, again based on population, pork barrel spending thanks to Sen. Ted Stevens who is hopefully on his way out. Ted Stevens is an icon in Washington and he needs to go! He has proven himself to be corrupt. You cannot blame what he does in Washington on what Palin does, has done or possibly will do in Alaska. She has only had a couple of years at the helm and she has already made tremendous strides in fighting waste and corruption in Alaska. Imagine what she can do for the nation! Thanks for bringing it up Rodney!

mccain could never get a woman with some dignity to spew the lieing crap she is telling—an old lieing geser and a dipsy twit that dont have a clue.

Why is there no reporting of Palin’s approval rating in Alaska, now that people have gotten to know her?

We also did not see one minute of Couric saying anything about Palin preparing her family and her son for this very tough period of her son going out to do what they think is right for America and the American people.
Posted by: today | Oct 5, 2008 10:46:13 AM
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was it supposed to be an interview on why she is prepared to be the potential next vp of our nation, or a ‘lifestyle’ interview? maybe we should have also gotten a tour of her home, see how she decorates?
on the other hand, Biden just sent his son off to Iraq also–I don’t hear you wanting to hear more about that. and did you see the ice-princess’s reaction to Biden talking about the death of his wife and baby daughter, leaving his sons in critical condition? she’s a robot! “we are a team of mavericks!” she exclaimed, right away.

This is what we can expect from a McCain/Palin administration, I see. Dirty tactics are fine, it’s the end result that matters. Character assassination is fine too.
Whatever happened to “I will not take the low road to the highest office”?
They are exploiting the ridiculous guilty by association thing. Obama was EIGHT YEARS OLD and living in Hawaii when Ayers was pulling his acts of violence. Obama has never been close to Ayers, and has always condemned his acts.
McCain/Palin, DON’T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT POLICIES?
MaverickPOWMaverickHockeyMumCountryFirstUSASHakethingsupinWashingtonMaverickMaverick
Can I have some specifics please? I think it is shameful they have said that they are trying to change the subject. OH, so they don’t think the economy is important? Why don’t they lay out an economic plan and let voters decide?

palin stated at first that we have no effect on the enviroment global warming—–now she claims different—–whoops another lie

Does anyone know of Sarah Palin’s association with radical elements in Alaska asking for independence from the US. The party has lobbied since the 1970s for the right to hold a referendum on whether Alaska should secede from the United States. Its motto, “Alaska First”, contrasts sharply with the John McCain campaign slogan: “Country First.”
It seeks “the complete repatriation of the public lands, held by the federal government, to the state and people of Alaska” and aims to be “self-sufficient” by using profits from Alaskan oil and gas resources. It claims that the vote held in 1958 which led to Alaska becoming the 49th state of the US was corrupt and did not offer a proper choice.
While it is thought that Mrs Palin officially left the party to become a Republican in 1996, she recorded an address for its convention earlier this year in which she said: “I share your party’s vision of upholding the constitution of our great state” and told members to “keep up the good work”. So much for “country first”.

Barack Obama has exploited on every cataclysmic event that have befallen Americans. He wants to ride the mantra that he’s the chosen one. I’m sure he would have also bragged that the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs being the playoffs is another sign of his anointment. Well the Cubs were swept and the Chicago White Sox are on the verge of being swept. This might be a sign that his star will eventually fall on November 4.

Rodney,
Palin is being investigated for alledgedly requesting a state trooper to be fired. The trooper is her ex-brother-in-law who on camera admits he tazered his 11 yr old stepson. He is still a trooper. The real crime is that he still has a job in Alaska. With all the inadvertant deaths caused by tazers in the news lately, the real crime is that this trooper was not fired. The person that should be investigated is the guy who refused to fire the trooper. Should have been instant grounds for dismissal.
As for Arizona being a big desert…Uh yeah…with lots and lots of people. Don’t get out much do you?

HOW can anyone vote for relic McCain when neither he or Palin can string together an intelligible sentence? The ONLY weapon in their arsenal is character assassination and an angry, mean-spirited old man. How can ANYONE fall for their lies and traitorous beliefs? I am from the “60′s” and that era at least had passion, community involvement, and fresh ideas…compared to the stale bread crumbs that McCain is throwing out to once again mislead our nation. Well, shucks, we certainly wouldn’t want an intelligent, well-reasoned, thoughtful elitist to be our president, would we? Maybe we could earn back some respect from the rest of the world but maybe we just like to bluster how “everyone hates us.! This country is already on it’s knees but we can still go face down. After all, read Bin Laden’s tapes about how he would bankrupt America. Mission Accomplished!Yes, we can be as stupid and stubborn as we like by following in George’s footsteps: Will the London Times once again declare us the Stupidest nation on earth the day after this election? OMG!

rodney – you are celebrating SNL as your source for unbiased news. This is the organization who put out that the Palin daughter’s pregnancy was due to incest.
This is the sort of hate speech that should be pointed out for what it is. We are Americans. We are not going to go to the dark side to win an election – no matter how cute Tina Fey is.

Wakeup!!!!!!!!! ,
The issue is not so much about the trooper, but that she fired the OFFICER IN CHARGE for refusing to fire the trooper. This officer did not taser anyone.

Barack Obama has exploited on every cataclysmic event that have befallen Americans. He wants to ride the mantra that he’s the chosen one. I’m sure he would have also bragged that the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs being the playoffs is another sign of his anointment. Well the Cubs were swept and the Chicago White Sox are on the verge of being swept. This might be a sign that his star will eventually fall on November 4.
You’re right on zoilodel. It’s as if he’s trying to portray himself as some type of religious figure and some people buy it hook, line and sinker. We can see by his many associations with leftist radical characters and organizations that he’s nothing more than guy who wants power and will do and say anything to get it. Likewise his supporters will say and do anything to cover his tracks, just look at the media.

saturday nite live has palin down EXACTLY-WHAT A TWIT
HAVE TO GO
GOODBYE

FACT: Obama tells through his books that his mentors growing up were Communists. Fact: Obama DOES has a close association with Bill Ayers the unrepentant domestic terrorist bomber/murderer as Obamas very first fund raiser was sponsored by Ayres.
FACT: Obamas “neighborhood organizer” days were with a group known as ACORN. A group steeped in VOTER FRAUD. FACT: Obamas official website first added, then removed, endorsements by Terrorist Organizations that are enemies of our country. FACT: Obama obviously lied about his relationship with his RACIST CHURCH. He was not only a donating member but also donated money to another church, (Catholic), that was run by another one of his rascist buddies.
FACT: Obama is not only pro-abortion, but endorses a far left “right” of infanticide.
One has to wonder what kind of person would actually endorse a person like Obama.

Palin is likeable?
Not to me from how she is engaging in character assassination.
McCain’s advisor said a terrorist attack would be good to help him win the election. Wow.

Wakeup!!!!!!!!!,
The officer in charge apparently wanted proper records and documents to legitimately fire the officer, but was pressured by Palin.

James Danley,
I was talking about the officer fired by Palin. He was fired for not immediately firing the guy who tasered his son.

oh dear
If you reflect the intelligence of Europe. Oh dear, God help those in Europe.

Look,
If the trooper really did engage in such acts of violence, Palin should have issued an executive order and brought it up. Of course I do not think someone who has done such things should be allowed to continue. But she should not have abused her power and fired the commanding officer. It tells me there’s something going on when a panel made up of both Republican and Democratic Senators all voted 12-0, in favour of opening an investigation.
If she did not do anything wrong, why are her staff ignoring subpoenas and why has she hired legislators to stall the investigation? That’s what smells fishy.

For those of you who think Obama associates himself with terrorists:
This has been proven by the facts to be false so the question is. Are you just too stupid to know better or are you a liar? Which is it? Those are your only two choices.

On trooper gate, those of us who have had a rogue cop or other person threaten them realize that it is very difficult to prove. In the case of this bad cop who taisered his own step son, he was alleged to threaten people verbal. There is no record of that. One proves this by the accumulation of evidence. These character faults do do occur in a vacuum. If they do one bad thing, they tend to do other bad things – like drink on the job.
Now if you are being threatened by a guy carrying a gun, believe me you will do anything in your power to get it to stop. We democrats know that there are some bad cops.

Stick a fork in McCain. He done.

The Republicans are growing DESPERATE !
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Why would America REWARD complete Republican failure ?
We wont.

From Thatcher To Palin
Andrew Sullivan:
A reader chimes in:
I just want to ask: can anyone, anyone, imagine Condoleeza Rice or Margaret Thatcher or even Hillary Clinton for God’s sake, winking at the nation and/or being coquettish in any national format?
Yeah. Just checking.
The damage John McCain’s baldfaced sexism and Sarah Palin’s cocktail waitress act have done to American feminism has yet to be fully assessed. Palin has actually forced me to realize that, however much I despise Hillary Clinton, I have never doubted her professionalism and capacity to fight and win on her own terms in a male-dominated world by meeting and exceeding the standards of any male counterpart. (It was not her fault she ran against the political genius of his generation.) I cannot even imagine her winking and flirting on stage…
Thatcher remains the standard. She was not above using feminine wiles in charming individuals; but in public, in debate, in the Commons, she beat men at their own game, using nothing but knowledge, forensics, expertise, argument and courage.
From Thatcher to Palin is not a slide downwards for conservative women. It’s a free-fall. And McCain did it.

sp: Reagan and Bill Clinton often winked and gestured in ways that America appreciated. If you have a problem with women, that is another issue.

Look who has been for deregulation.
The one who shredded the regulations was not the democrats. And back then in 2003, didn’t the Republicans have a majority? With a Republican executive, it would have been easier to push bills through, no?
But even all of that aside, Obama’s tax plans and foreign policy make sense to me while McCain’s doesn’t. McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq, nice, but where is he going to get the money from? The trickle-down thing is not going to work with the economy in pieces like this. Do you know the bill we owe China (who is picking up part of the tab for the Iraq war) has about twelve zeroes behind right now? And don’t forget to add the interest.
McCain doesn’t want to talk the rogue governments. How is he going to engage them then? He wants all the preconditions thing-when it is so unrealistic to ask them to do something before you start talking to them with the purpose of persuading them to do something. He will just alienate the world. Bomb bomb bomb Iran. Nice McCain, Iran is not exactly a democracy and the normal Iranian people can’t control their president even if they wanted to.

I find it laughable that the GOP seems to find it very patriotic to pay taxes to pay for a trillion dollar war, but somehow unpatriotic to have used that same money to have paid for universal health care coverage, infrastructure here at home that could have put hundreds of thousands to work, and investment into alternative energy that would get us off fossil fuels, all of which could have been done under this administration with hat level of spending. Such programs would have been cost neutral by the end of 8 years based solely on our ability to use existing and proved technology to reduce foreign oil purchases by 50%. So when you want to associate a candidate with terrorists: associate Bush, McCain and the GOP. Thanks to them, and the war they declared that had nothing to do with terrorism, the Constitution is in shambles, our economy is near bankrupt, our moral standing worldwide devastated, and our domestic policies draconian. Thank you Bush/McCain and GOP, the terrorists have won the only way they could, they got America to destroy itself.
Mission Accomplished.

So when you want to associate a candidate with terrorists: associate Bush, McCain and the GOP.
They’re trying to fight terrorists, Obama is trying to get indorsements and campaign money from them. A big difference.

Unfortunately, and I have said this no matter who the president is, Congress is the controlling body for the economy, voting to go to war, etc. The president islittle more than a figurehead anymore. In fact, Congress has never granted authority to the president to “Contol the Economy”.

I think we should be in Darfur to stop the genocide there. I also think we should in Arabian peninsula to push for equal rights for women and stop genocide there. Iraq is part of that area. The war there stopped a tyrant. The war was poorly managed – no disagreement there.

Though, Bush was the one who espoused the idea of jumping into Iraq.
It will make a lot of difference if we have a president that is not a war, but president who is interested in talking to the enemy. Constructive engagement. If you just ignore them, they’re just oging to continue spouting their vitriol. Unless you decide to declare war on them.
Look, the human toll on American soldiers, is it worth it? We do NOT need another war. The American economy is already in pieces. If America is weak economically, it won’t be long before the military strength follows suit.

Any small business owner who thinks McCain’s health insurance plan is anything other that nonsense should be aware of some details most people ignore. You YILL BE PAYING more taxes. Any health insurance of employees that you pay for now will be added to the employee’s payroll. That’s a fact. Maybe for the employee the additional taxes he/she will have to pay for that additional income will be offset by a tax credit BUT you will still have to pay payroll taxes on that amount. That means if you are now paying $10,000 a year for someone’s insurance you will now have to pay FICA tax, unemployment taxes, and worker’s comp. That will easily exceed 10% or more. How much do you pay for health insurance for all of your employees? Because under the McCain plan you will be paying AT LEAST 10% more for the same amount of health insurance. Good Luck with that! If your health insurance costs are $100,000, you will be required to pay over $10,000 in additional payroll taxes. Will you be even able to afford to continue to pay for their insurance? Eventually you will not be able to afford to reimburse employees for their health insurance and then the employee will have to pay for insurance out his or her own pocket. Some of them will not be able to afford insurance. Now we will have more people out of insurance. Who is going to pay for those costs? This will end up being another bail out and cost the taxpayers more money, unless everyone is willing to let those without insurance to go without health care. Thank of what that will do for your employees? Think about how that will affect your business.

“Mike A” – I agree corruption in congress and all parts of American life is our most pressing internal problem. There was undeniably terrible corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Those loans ruined people’s lives and our economy. Wall Street is also culpable.
McCain has been an interesting character in this arena. We was touched by corruption in the Keating 5 scandal. He has since that time been a crusader against corrupt practices. His anti-earmark stance has been righ ton the money – probably a bad term.
Obama has bene touched by corruption himself – the Rezko and ACORN deals are troubling.
Most of all I want someone who is for America and Americans. Hard to believe that is even an issue. America has become so polarized.

NO NEED TO LIE about Barack Hussein Obama. His closest friends, mentors, and advisors are: The racist, America hating Jeremiah Wright whom we all saw on TV. Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, unrepentant Communist terrorists who attempted to murder Americans with bombings. Tony Rezko, jailed crook who had realestate dealings with B.O.
Obama had decades long relationships with these scoundrels which either means he agrees with them or that his judgement is so lacking that he didn’t know enough to divorce himself from them. In either case, he has disqualified himself for consideration for the Presidency.

To Unshrub (posted 11:22)
Thank you for an articulate and well considered post, rather than the blind ranting of the tribal party followers.

For ALL people to PONDER on this blog:
1. If there was a video of a BLACK Pastor praying on Obama to protect him from Witchcraft, what would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over.
2. If Obama paraded a pregnant teenaged daughter with her BLACK lover on stage at the Democratic National Convention. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
3. If Obama had chosen Sarah Palin if she were a democrat, and then everything happened showing her gross deficiencies.What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
4. If Obama was a part of Keating 5. What would happen?Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
5. If Obama had committed adultery and then divorced his crippled wife who stood by him while he was a POW and married a rich heiress, now has 9 homes and 13 cars. What would happen?Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
6. If Obama had been running the swift boat adds and politics like McCain with outright 100% lies disproved by factcheck.org. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
7. If Obama had made 1/4 of the gaffes and lies that Mccain has made including the fundamentals of our economy are good. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
8. If Obama’s daughter went on National tv and said that Obama dated a stripper and was wild in his younger years. If Obama was anywhere close to McCains moral failings in his life. What would happen? Answer: Obama’s presidential bid would be over
9. If Obama had verbally abused and berated the media for bias and sexism the way Mccain and Palin have done. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
10. If Obama had removed his VP from scrutiny by the press and did exactly what Mccain did with Palin. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
11. If Obama has been anywhere close to Mccain in the conduct of his campaign. What would happen?Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
I could go on and on.. but my point is… the hypocrisy of the republicans and so many in this country is on such a low shameful and painful level that I cannot find an adjective to describe it. These people have ZERO objectivity and ZERO conscience… Obama is held to a much higher standard because of ONE reason only… the color of his skin… The racists out there reading and screaming don’t know this point and remember it always…
“who God blesses NO MAN CAN CURSE” I hope Obama wins for the sake of this country… The republicans are praying and hoping that the idiots and uneducated racists and bigots will return their failed party to power… Their support is critical and so the only way to appeal to hate is to manufacture lies and innuendo, reapeat it enough times that the “heartland of America” would vote “white”. Sad, because 4 more years of Bush won’t help them anymore than the last 8 years did… Am just soo tired of all the hate and racism I read on the blog sites… people pretending to debate facts when instead they are debating their hate, racism and bigotry… all because they cannot stand the thought of a man with black skin in the white house… never mind the way this country has gone down the crapper and the fact that the two women who raised Obama are as white as they come… There is only one choice in this election, anyone with common sense knows Obama is that choice… but then… reading the posts on the internet blog sites… common sense is NOT so common… oh well… God help us… My last question: why is the media allowing all of this to occur?

JB “There is only one choice in this election, anyone with common sense knows Obama is that choice… but then… reading the posts on the internet blog sites… common sense is NOT so common..”
Comments like these don’t help undecided voters like me. They just make me run the other way from Obama. I wish Obama people would stop insulting undecided voters.

jb: you do go on and on. Obama gets no negative press as the mainstream media is currently controlled by geezer who came up during the 60s when it wash chic to be radical.
The issues in this campaign are corruption and what it is to be an American. Look at the immigration issue – we can now look at that with some objectivity. I think McCain failed that test.

What particularly disturbs me is that McCain’s response to a crisis- sliding poll numbers and a Wall Street Meltdown-offers a foreshadowing of how he would run his administration.
Can you imagine? Let’s say he screws something really bad up in Iraq. People are getting very angry with him and affecting his re-election chances. What is he going to do, distract, change the subject, instead of confronting and addressing his mistake head on-and do the same thing he is doing now?

As an educated female, it is beyond me how ANYONE can believe that Palin is qualified to be a mayor, govenor, let alone vice president of the United States. Her cutie-pie winks at all of the “JOE 6-Packs” panders to the non-thinking male. She does diligently work to turn-on people with her good looks and sex appeal. But, “Gosh, darn,” God save us from this woman. She does not have the wisdom of other “down home” political commentators like Will Rogers or John Henry Faulk, Jr. Palin is all cutsie sarcasm and lies. Please get her off the political stage. Her canidacy is insulting to all women of intelligence. Men, please, quit thinking with your sticks.

Terresa, I like Sarah Palin and I feel she is qualified to be Mayor and Governor. Your criticisms are over the top and just as bad as people who claim that Obama is a Muslim. So the trouble with undecided voters like me. That is why we look to the debates. There were some Obama canvassers at my door last week and neither could tell me why I should vote for him except that he was for change. That is not enough for me.

TODAY..
Obama gets no negative press…are you kidding me… What Planet are you on??? or is your memory short… Rezco has been beaten to death, Rev Wright has been beaten to death… has anyone talked about Keating Five, you know Palins husband belonged to that radical group… The media spent weeks on negative press for Obama… what are you talking about…

Well, maybe Palin is qualified to be Mayor or Governor, but VPOTUS? That’s a huge leap.
Considering McCain’s old age and history of cancer, and Palin’s considerable lack of foreign policy experience (Obama was pretty knowledgeable about it at the first debate, he’s no lightweight on that), she’s not qualified to be VPOTUS or POTUS.
There’s a huge leap between being a Governor to the Vice or President of the United States who has to deal with many countries and fix the broken economy.

Obama has less foreign policy experience, yes, but unlike Palin he has shown he understands the nuances of it, and is pretty informed about foreign policy. He studied political science, after all.
Palin has been a governor for around less then two years, before that she was mayor of Wasilla. Obama, however, spent eight years in the Illinois Senate representing a Congressional District that had more people then the whole state of Alaska, taught Constitutional Law, before moving up to the US Senate.

AMIDST THE NOISE, AMERICA IS ABOUT TO MAKE A HISTORICAL DECISION THAT MAY CHANGE ITS WAY OF LIFE
Numerous forces are at work, pressuring American voters into a decision during a time of extreme stress.
This is not a time for knee-jerk or emotional reactions. Cool heads should prevail.

According to Fox, Acorn is the bad guy because they help people register to vote. Republicans claim that there is no way there are two people in the same country with the name John Smith, so that constitutes voter fraud. It is a ridiculous ploy! The real question is why don’t republicans want most Americans to vote?
Obama/Biden 08!

I like McCain’s idea of giving everyone $5000 so they can choose.
Obama would rather force you to have it… at least force it on you if you’re a cute kid, otherwise, if you’re an adult, no help for you.
Obama, don’t even go there. Your crony Democrat friends are the reason Fannie/Freddie took on loans they knew were crap, which killed the financial system. You took more money from them but the Democrat heading the committee in charge of them.

Terresa,
I agree. Palin is an insult to every woman in America with her flirting and air-headed slogans. What ever happened to beauty AND brains?!
Obama/Biden 08!

Rick Davis – John McCains own campaign manager – was paid 2million dollars By Fannie and Freddie to make sure the regulation on them is REDUCED.
Fannie and Freddie wanted Rick Davis SPECIFICALLY because he was close to the great deregulator Rick Davis.
Today’s housing crisis primarily came because of RICH speculators who bought houses taking loans betting the value of those houses will rise. This resulted in bubble. This is what will happen if you let the ultra Rich people get more tax cuts – as Bush did.

I like McCain’s idea of giving everyone $5000 so they can choose.
Obama would rather force you to have it… at least force it on you if you’re a cute kid, otherwise, if you’re an adult, no help for you.
Posted by: John | Oct 5, 2008 12:30:31 PM
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Obama would ‘force’ you? Who said that? Children would be covered, but adults could choose the same coverage available to govt workers (including those in Congress). do some research! jebus.
and McCain’s little $5,000 trick? It’s paid for with the tax he would impose on employers who provide health care coverage to their employees–many of which would drop this benefit because of the tax. so there you are with $5,000 and an average family plan costs $12,000. That should work out well!
McCain: I don’t understand the economy, but vote for me anyway ’08

Meant my comment for Mike A. Sorry.

“the reason Fannie/Freddie took on loans they knew were crap, which killed the financial system.”
I know this is a favorite excuse from the republicans, except it’s not the truth.
The financial system was killed by deregulation. You used to take a mortgage and payed back the mortgage to the same bank the next 20-30 years.
Wallstreet then came up with ‘innovative’ investments where they traded packs of mortgages with each other. As long as the house prices keep rising there was no problems, but it was a bubble waiting to burst.
Warren Buffet already warned us against this in 2003.

Putting my outrage at gutter politics aside, here’s the deal IMO.
The numbers are just awful for McCain. At this point they have to sweep the table and take all contested states to win. Almost impossible.
This is all about utter desperation. They have to decapitate Obama to win at this point and they’ve proven that utterly desperate measures are needed and just fine with the MAVERICK team. lol

I think it’s disgusting that we have a candidate that associated with somebody that planned murders and firebombings – someone that even went as far as to call for the assassination of a President.
I’m talking, of course, about John McCain and his longtime supporter G. Gordon Liddy. If John wants to play the guilt by association game, then let’s look at his friends too. BTW – Sarah Palin’s husband has ties to Alaska secessionists…by her own logic she must also hate America.

Thanks every one for letting me sit in and watch this. As with most blogs there is nothing going on but smearing, and more so from the Obama supporters. I am still undecided and like I have said I will look to the debates.
Bye I am going someplace to find more intellectual conversation.

We are looking forward
to turning a page
on this financial
crisis and getting back
to Mr. Obama’s
liberal record….
Well In the Last 8 years
the United States.
was attracted by
cavemen and Mr. Bush
and Mcbush have NO answers
The United States is
very close to another
Great Depression
The 700 Billion bailout
may prove to be a drop
in the bucket ..
what happens when other
countries say we are
just printing money
that is not worth
the paper it is printed
on…Mean while Mcbush
fresh from restarting his campaign
and seeing what his party has done
to the once Great United States
has in his Wisdom decided to just put
the old Bad Mouth on his opponent…
Yes Leadership you can predict
all the way to the POOR HOUSE !!!!!!
♠

Hey Palin – It’s the ECONOMY Stupid !
—————————————————
Why would America REWARD complete Republican failure ?
We wont.

Guilt by association eh?
Obama has never even had dinner with Ayers.
McCain was a close personal friend and confidant and implied in the savings and loan scandle. McCain was one of the Keating 5 gosh darn it. It not only cost the taxpayer 1.3 trillion dollars (we are still paying) it also cost over 20,000 mostly senior citizens to lose everything they had as the Lincoln group used extreme predator tactics to bilk them out of every dime so they could invest the money in junk.
It was a nasty and gross episond of our nations history and McCain was amongst Keatings most personal friends and again, McCain WAS one of the Keating 5.
So who hung out with the biggest terrorist?
Obama who never personaly knew Ayers or hung out with him.
Or McCain, who was implied with Keating in the largest bailout in the nations history. One that cost us 1.3 trillion dollars and DESTROYED the lives of 20,000 mostly seniors as they took every peny from them KNOWINGLY with the intent to BILK them.
McCain should have great shame for trying to play the association game.
I forgive Pain, she knows not what she does.

Thinking,
Your comment about the “witch doctor” is amusing. The man was a visiting pastor from Africa practising his cultural rite of blessing. There was no exorcism. Just a simple, cultural blessing. Had he visited Obama’s church and been labeled a “witch doctor” we would all be lambasted for being culturally insensitive, racist bigots.
I also find it amusing that anyone in the Democratic party would bring up adultery. There is a huge difference between hanging your head and saying I am sorry and looking into the camera and saying “I did not have sex with that woman!” Democrats will never be able to take the moral high ground on the infidelity issue.
Obama’s past matters. Look at what is going on in Ohio. obama has a strong history with Acorn. Acorn does register people to vote. One of those voters was named Turkey, Jive. Is this the integrity we want in a president? And if it is all so great, why not go on to military posts and allow soldiers and their families to register and vote on the same day? We could be bipartisan just like the smiling woman on camera this morning saying “Oh yeah, I give them a ride to the polls and I tell them, VOTE FOR OBAMA”. Are you kidding me?

For ALL people to PONDER on this blog:
1. If there was a video of a BLACK Pastor praying on Obama to protect him from Witchcraft, what would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over.
2. If Obama paraded a pregnant teenaged daughter with her BLACK lover on stage at the Democratic National Convention. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
3. If Obama had chosen Sarah Palin if she were a democrat, and then everything happened showing her gross deficiencies.What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
4. If Obama was a part of Keating 5. What would happen?Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
5. If Obama had committed adultery and then divorced his crippled wife who stood by him while he was a POW and married a rich adultering heiress, now has 9 homes and 13 cars. What would happen?Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
6. If Obama had been running the swift boat adds and politics like McCain with outright 100% lies disproved by factcheck.org. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
7. If Obama had made 1/4 of the gaffes and lies that Mccain has made including the fundamentals of our economy are good. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
8. If Obama’s daughter went on National tv and said that Obama dated a stripper and was wild in his younger years. If Obama was anywhere close to McCains moral failings in his life. What would happen? Answer: Obama’s presidential bid would be over
9. If Obama had verbally abused and berated the media for bias and sexism the way Mccain and Palin have done. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
10. If Obama had removed his VP from scrutiny by the press and did exactly what Mccain did with Palin. What would happen? Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
11. If Obama has been anywhere close to Mccain in the conduct of his campaign. What would happen?Answer:Obama’s presidential bid would be over
12. If Obamas spouse was a member of AIP like first dude Palin, would the media have handed a pass to Obama as they have been forced to do my the Mccain campaign. What would have happened? Answer: Obama’s presidential bib would be over.
I could go on and on.. but my point is… the hypocrisy of the republicans and so many in this country is on such a low shameful and painful level that I cannot find an adjective to describe it. These people have ZERO objectivity and ZERO conscience… Obama is held to a much higher standard because of ONE reason only… the color of his skin… The racists out there reading and screaming don’t know this point and remember it always…
“who God blesses NO MAN CAN CURSE” I hope Obama wins for the sake of this country… The republicans are praying and hoping that the idiots will return their failed party to power… Their support is critical and so the only way to appeal to hate is to manufacture lies and innuendo, reapeat it enough times that the “heartland of America” would vote “white”. Sad, because 4 more years of Bush won’t help them anymore than the last 8 years did… Am just soo tired of all the hate and racism I read on the blog sites… people pretending to debate facts when instead they are debating their hate, racism and bigotry… all because they cannot stand the thought of a man with black skin in the white house… never mind the way this country has gone down the crapper and the fact that the two women who raised Obama are as white as a l… There is only one choice in this election, anyone with common sense knows Obama is that choice… but then… reading the posts on the internet blog sites… common sense is NOT so common… oh well… God help us… My last question: why is the media allowing all of this to occur?

Old stale tried and failed dirty politics of McCain-Palin has reared it’s ugly head again. No worries the American people will surely reject them once again. It’s ALL about the economy stupid !
Everyone who has half a brain already know that this kind of nasty tactic of McCain-Palin is a LIE and has been debunked many times. But I guess if one has an evil heart, if one is unqualified to be VP and president, and whose campaign is in the toilet; then I guess it’s the only thing one can try to dig up and make every effort to try to turn the page on the economy.
So if they want to focus their attention and energy in this direction, then I hope ALL of the American people will completely reject them.
I am glad Obama is revealing truths and staying focused on what the American people need !
The America people will definitely have a real clear choice – to vote for a campaign [ Bush-McCain-Palin ] that focuses on LIES, rather that putting forth an economic plan that will benefit the lives of the America people, and put the country on a better path. Or vote for the ticket [ Obama-Biden ] that has manintained focused on an economic plan and vision to bring prosperity and justice to ALL of the American people and NOT just the wealthy and well connected.
It’s time for the American people to get it right and NOT vote for McCain-Palin, instead vote for change. It’s time for this country to turn the page and seek a new and better future for ourselves and our children.It’s time for REAL change in Washington, it’s time to elect Barack Obama for president !
Obama-Biden are the wiser and stronger team to solve the crucial challenges we have in this nation and abroad !

Doesn’t look good for McCain. He may want me to think about something besides the economy, but sorry, won’t work with me. ECONOMY.
BUSH=McCain.
KEATING 5.
Troopergate.
McCain’s got plenty problems already.
aloha.

Dear “Barack Obama IS Our 44th president !” – you should refrain from calling anyone stupid in this blog. We are spending the time to talk with you.

CLabs, watch Burning Down the House.
Mortgage-backed securities existed before Bush.
Had Fannie/Freddie not gone wild nad had not backed the crap loans, this mess, if it were to happen today, would have been much more minimized.
Alan Greenspan in 2005
“yet in 2005 Alan Greenspan told Congress how urgent it was for it to act in the clearest possible terms: If Fannie and Freddie “continue to grow, continue to have the low capital that they have, continue to engage in the dynamic hedging of their portfolios, which they need to do for interest rate risk aversion, they potentially create ever-growing potential systemic risk down the road,” he said. “We are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk.””
Again, who’s social agenda was it to push innovative subprime loans towards people that couldn’t afford it?
Watch the SNL Bush/Pelosi/Frank skit while you’re watching Burning Down the House too please.

Inoculation is the bet remedy for the Rovian virus from the planet Bush. The innoculation is simple – mix some thoughtfulness, some charm, sold values, and strong integrity and you will experience much more than morning sickness. ………….

SEE YA, BARRY! YOU ARE ABOUT TO RUN INTO THE REPUBLICAN ATTACK MACHINE. BETTER HAVE SOMEONE KEEPING THAT SENATE SEAT WARM FOR YOU. MAYBE PELOSI WILL DO THAT FOR YOU…..

Dear “… Tone” – inoculation that is cute. You made a freudian slip and said “sold values” rather than “solid values”. I think the “sold” values is to the point about corruption. We have let corruption invade our financial and political systems. Worse yet, we have let it invade us.
The pandering that passes as politics is a corruption we all seem to e eager to hear and be apart of. When Obama says that 95% of the American workers will not be taxed, that is clearly pandering of a quality we only expect form the likes of Hugo Chavez and 60′s communist radicals.

McCain “irratic in a crisis”? At least McCain voluntarily showed up to roll up his sleeves and get to work on the economic crisis. Obama came only when summoned, preferring to lay low, let others do the heavy lifting, and avoid taking a firm stance in order to remain politically unharmed.

marylou -
McCain showing up to help with the bill was nothing but a political stunt. He wanted to grab the headlines. He wanted to appear more presidential. It didn’t work. The reports said he basically sat there and added nothing to the discussion. So what was the actual point of him being there when he didn’t even contribute to the discussion?
As I said, he just wanted to grab the headlines and to give his campaign time to respond to something they didn’t know how to respond to. It backfired badly.

Grey Matter, let’s see! $10 Billion per month is just $120 Billion. But that is already borrowed money. So are you suggesting that we borrow $120 Billion per year? But even that plus the $75 Billion from the raised taxes on the top 2% of the nation’s wage earners and even maybe another $100 Billion by cutting and trimming wasteful spending on inefficient programs (although don’t hold your breath on that, as the Democrats rarely cut spending programs–even when the programs are inefficient), that would total just $295 Billion. That is still about $705 Billion short!!!!

What a desperate lowlife, white trash, loser Palin is. I can’t believe that Mr. “I won’t run that kind of campaign” McCain is allowing his running mate to resort to such mindless, cheap rhetoric. America is in peril after what the Republicans and Bush have done to us! We need to know what these politicians are going to do to fix the mess, not about smear and gossip from 40 years ago! Obama is an upstanding guy, and Palin is showing us all what trailer trash she truly is. No how, no way, no McCain, No Palin.

McNoShame and failing Palin are two desperate candidates. They will not stick to the issues because they cannot offer anything for the American people instead they will resort to character assasination which the republican are good at. During the candidacy of Bush they did this also so look at what happened to us for the last 8 years. American we should learn from our mistakes and do not believe the liars. By the way failing Palin congratulations you are really really good in memorizing.

With the economic crisis we now have: the candidates of “change” vs.
the candidates of
“change the subject” (and make it snappy)

keating 5
keating 5
keating 5

jB and others: I thank God that George W. Bush has been our president these past 7 2/3 years.
1. It was President Bush’s 2001 tax cuts that greatly limited the effects of the 2000-01 recession. Unfortunately just as the economy was rebounding al Qaeda attacked us on 9/11/2001.
2. When al Qaeda attacked us on 9/11/2001, President Bush understand that we were at war with the Islamic extremists and acted decisively by leading a coalition in an air and ground assault on the Taliban and al Qaeda. Unlike his Democratic predecessor who treated them as common criminals when they bombed the World Trade Center in 1993. Unlike when his Democratic predecessor’s retaliation for al Qaeda’s attack of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 by bombing a pharmaceutica plant in the Sudan. Unlike when his Democratic predecessor did absolutely nothing when al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole in 2000.
3. President Bush decided 12 years of diplomatically trying to persuade Saddam Hussein to comply with the conditions of the 1991 Gulf War cease fire was long enough. During those twelve years there were hundreds of thousands of Iraqis tortured, murdered and raped. In addition, Saddam Hussein reaped billions of dollars through his oil-for-food scheme, which left millions of Iraqis poor and starving. So President Bush rescinded the cease fire and lead a coalition to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein.
4. It was President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that turned our economy around following the attacks and the corporate scandals of 2002. Not only did we have 54 consecutive months of job growth from September 2003 through December 2007 (5 million jobs created), but we actually had two quarters of more tax revenue coming in than what was spent.
5. President Bush, members of his Administration and several GOP senators tried to reign in the abuses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2003, 2005 and 2006. They warned Congress that strict oversight was necessary. Unfortunately the Democrats in both the House and the Senate took offense to the warnings and declared that there were no problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–in spite of the hundreds of millions of dollars being looted by former Clinton Administration officials during that time. And the Senate Democrats blocked every attempt to get the full Senate to vote on the bills which would have implemented strict oversight.
6. Even with the early effects of the triple whammy (housing market downturn; early subprime mortgage crisis; and the skyrocketing of energy prices) that hit our economy in 2006 and 2007, our economy was still growing. In fact, GDP grew 0.9% in the first quarter and 2.8% in the second quarter of 2008.
UNFORTUNATELY the Democratic controlled Congress did absolutely nothing regarding oversight of the financial institutions since taking office on January 3, 2007. Instead they continued to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and banks to push home mortgages to low income individuals that could not afford to pay back the loans EVEN as the housing market began its downturn.
So now you want the same inept Democrats to have larger majorities of both Houses and to take control of the White House. These are the same politicians who would treat al Qaeda as common criminals. These are the same politicians who have an utter disdain for Corporate America. These are the same politicians who want to decimate capitalism with governmental regulations. These are the same politicians who want to redistribute the wealth and destroy the American Dream.
So yes, I do thank God that President Bush has gotten us through the major hits that our economy has taken during his two terms. Unlike his predecessor who did absolutely nothing when the dot com bubble burst because it was an election year, President Bush pushed to rescue the economy with his $700 Billion rescue plan. At least this once, the Democrats in Congress finally decided to act.

Boy oh boy, are you Reps. really as dumb as you sound and look. If Mcplain ran out on his first wife for money, picked a fool for running mate, botched the bailout deal merely by his presence, making wild accusations, looking more desperate and foolish by the minuet, showing everyone he is not only a poor leader,a low person,a poor mate, was a poor student,an un-sympathetic husband and one word away from senility. you guys are either blind, drunk or crazy, or all of the above

John,
“Watch the SNL Bush/Pelosi/Frank skit while you’re watching Burning Down the House too please.”
Watched the Burning Down the House, also watched some video that debunked the same message.
The video can be debunked by one simple fact, the trading with mortage packs between banks stared after 2000. It was something new, it didn’t happened before.
It was made possible because deregulation and all the banks started to behave like investment banks.
The fact that most of the congress (republicans and democrats) where in the pocket of these financial banks didn’t helped a lot.
McCain is no saint, he supported the deregulation that unleashed the wolves.

GIVE ME A BREAK! Americans have listen to the Liberal Media trash Sarah Palin for 5 weeks now and try to dig up anything they can on her- even attacking her children!
It’s time Americans were given the TRUTH about Obama’s Criminal Associates/Friends/Mentors! I’m from Chicago and I can tell you all the radical illegal ACORN tactics Obama used as the “Community Organizer right here in my city! Please research Obama before you vote!
Start with the Breaking News FBI files on “Frank” Marshall Davis – who Obama calls his mentor in his book Dreams of my Father! He has admitted this guy “Frank is this Man!
I can’t believe McCain has not brought this up weeks and months before! I can’t believe a Radical like Obama has come this close to the White house!

Every Republican here is right. Obama’s associations should be followed and reviewed…keep beatin at a dead horse guys.
The fact is Ayers is a professor and met Obama as a university professor and doing charity contributions. that’s a damn good thing i would say.
Rezko is a convicted felon but every single investigation has proved other than buy a house together, they had nothing to do with each other.
Sounds to me that Obama knew bad guys, he worked with them to get some good stuff accomplished and that’s it. You Republicans are foaming at the mouth angry that Obama has no personal scandals. He has friends who have committed scandals but no personal scandals. And as for Reverend Wright and his racism. Give me a break. McCain is a 72 year old white man. If you think McCain has no racist friends you’re an idiot. That doesn’t make him racist…well he is racist, but it’s not cuz of his friends.
Let’s now analyze the Republican ticket.
Palin – Wants to break the constitution and change the powers of the vice-presidency, used taxpayer money to help pay her mortgage, hired friends and high school basketball teamates for government positions. Is involved in a blatant breach of power but won’t cooperate with the investigation. (A Vice presidential nominee who thinks he doesn’t have to cooperate with investigations…seem familiar)?
McCain – The last time we had a huge banking failure, John McCain was involved in a huge scandal (Keating 5). He called Bush’s tax cuts “Immoral and downright thievery” and now he supports them to cave into the conservative backers. He got a COMPLETELY unqualified retard who he didn’t know and only met once as a VP for pure political reasons. He wrote in a book “I wanted to become president because it had become my ambition to become president. I was 62 at the time and felt it was my last shot at the prize”…Any man who views the presidency as a prize doesn’t deserve consideration. Two of his “spiritual and moral leaders” are Chuck Hagee and Rob Parsley. Hagee believes that Catholicism is the great whore religion. He is against the constitution because it allows the right to assembly and believes that God Sends Hurricanes like Katrina to claim thousands of innocent lives and cause trillions in property damage because “America was going to allow a homosexual parade”. Pastor Rob Parsley believes it is America’s duty and quest to destroy Islam and every able bodied American should fulfill our quest by joining the military and destroying Islam
Barack Obama knows corrupt people. John McCain and Sarah Palin ARE corrupt people
That’s your difference.

Oh Im not done.
McCain also cheated on his first wife who was recovering from a car accident. McCain also was involved with Gordon Liddy a terrorist, McCain also said he is unclear whether or not the prime minister of spain is an ally to us, McCain also got into a fistfight with another senator, McCain also voted against funding the troops 3 times last year because it included a time table, McCain also voted to raise taxes 477 times while in Congress, McCain also wanted to privatize social security 3 years ago, that would have led to a near complete collapse of it through this stock market crisis, McCain’s tax plan will save his wife an estimated 762,000 a year while providing only a 19 dollar tax cut to those making under 20K a month, McCain also NEVER MENTIONED EXCESSIVE CEO GREED in any stump speech prior to the market crash on Sep 15th, McCain also blocked the Veterans Committee from investigating into the POW files in Vietnam (because he was hiding being known as “songbird mccain” for telling the Vietnamese our secrets), McCain also spearheaded a tactic to try to disenfranchise 250,000 Michigan voters if they were foreclosed upon, McCain also lied about Obama’s education, tax, association record, McCain also complains about our largest national debt in history but voted with 80% of President Bush’s budget and spending bills
McCain is a horrible man. Obama knows horrible men, take your pick.

Kristne,
The media obviously has done a pretty good job checking out Obama for 19 months, hence the Ayers, Wright, Rezno stories, smears and lies that the Republican Party is apparently going to base their last desperate attempt at winning this election on. The problem you see, is that there just isn’t much there. The Republicans never say anything new about those associations…just that they’re associations. If you really want to know all about Obama, then go to factcheck.org. They’ve gone over ALL the accusations, lies, truths, half-truths, and smears with a fine tooth comb. But like most Republicans, I suspect you don’t have much use for the truth if it doesn’t coincide with your vision of what the truth is. As for Hillary, I’ll say just this…she’s got a closet full of skeletons all her own. So if you think this general elction would have been a cake walk for her guess again. The Republicans would have pulled out every one, and where they couldn’t find one, they would have made one up.

No amount of cane-riding wizardry by Sarah Barracuda Palin is going to transform a dim-witted Wasilla High potsmoker turned Alaskan secessionist turned Republican VP nominee into a credible VP candidate.

Jane Sixpack….Gov. Palin didn’t do pot and I’ll take her anyday as VP than a Prez who has no experience and did “blow” as he refers to it in his book and is STILL SMOKING! No strength of character to quit, no strength of character to leave his radical hateful racist church like Oprah did AFTER A YEAR!
OBAMA NOT FIT!!!!!!
McCAIN/PALIN ALL AMERICAN ALL THE WAY!

Whats all of this fuss about Obama wanting to talk to the leaders of countries that refuse to do what we want them to do. If our leaders are to stupid to talk to the leaders of Iran, Cuba, etc, you can be assured that the leaders of Russia will gladly talk to the leaders of these countrys. When Russia arm these countrys with Nuclear bombs, Americans are gonna wish that we had talked to the people. Russia is allready giving missiles to Hugo Chavez, I predict that it wont be much longer before Russia place neclear weapons in Cuba again. Dont talk America but dont complain when the Russians do.

I think both candidates should concentrate on the issues of today, not mud-sling. The country needs help.

Maybe everyone in Washington NEEDS to start smoking weed. They’re obviously inept while sober.

McCain-Palin is the ticket to the future.
Sarah Palin can help the country smooth out its slide down the toilet and into the sewers by calming everyone with Bible readings.
At the same time, McCain can encourage the populous by starting a war with Iran and lowering the financing cost of Harleys so everyone can rejoice in the sounds of freedom.
McCain-Palin give the American People an opportunity to demonstrate the unique strength of their critical thinking abilities and overall intelligence by once again electing to office a team as brilliant and as enlightened as Bush-Cheney.

It seems even the media is starting to second-guess themselves with their ‘golden boy’ they propped up early in the game…

John McCain, who took money from Charles Keating shouldn’t let his running mate throw stones.

My apologies for the typo in my previous post.
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By being so DIVISIVE (not decisive).
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Sorry ’bout that.

McCain Fraud in Keatin-5 and Palin with husband on the run from the law! None of them know anything about financial matters so not surprisingly they use SCARE TACTICS & LIES! One could say it’s their TRADEMARK(TM). It shows how they intend to run the Country should they (God forbid) get elected.

I am hoping Obama will not stoop to McCain’s level of lies.

McCain can win on policies and taxes. The problem is that the Obama campaign is benefitting from the financial crisis merely because Bush is in the WH and Obama is very successful at blaming everything on him. The other problem is that the media bias is so pro-Obama it is difficult for McCain to get through to most Americans. I don’t think McCain has much choice but to “sensationalize” Obama in order to get some traction. I’m surprised Obama hasn’t said he is going to make another one of his “major” speeches so all the news media will give him free air time at the same moment. That usually works for Obama.

Obama is a liar, a tax monger and probably a criminal.