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		<title>By: Born American ProAmerican</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/10/the-note-mcc-10/#comment-887647</link>
		<dc:creator>Born American ProAmerican</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our United States Would not have been attacked on 9-11-2001 if The liberal Democrat Voters did not
vote Slick Willy/The Clintons into a Trust worthy Highest Respected Office, of Presidency, period.
Now Because he wasn&#039;t doing his job, to watch and to protect the Country.
Osama BinLaden terrorist leader, was within this Country planning another previous Attack again after
Destroying the parking Garage beneath, the World Trade Centers Building, with horrible carnage, mass
destruction, and injuring others. Today 2008, We all, still suffer the effects of the attacks on the world
trade centers. Another reason why the Economy, Wall Street, every towns Main Street, is still effected.
He was impeached, on SEVEN COUNTS OF IMPEACHMENT! Disrespectful, lying, felony, Womanizer,
Clown. But, was not removed from office. Shame. Even Joe Biden voted for impeachment.
Honorable Joe Lieberman, did the Right thing! Voted for Clintons Impeachment! He didn&#039;t leave the
Democrat party. The party left Him. He voted Bipartisan. The honorable thing.
B. Clinton, should have been removed form Office, and not portrayed as a Hero. He pardoned over 200
criminals including drug dealers, in his last days of presidency. What a shame. What a sham.
Voting for &quot;Barrack Hussein Obama&quot; Will Bring and almost Guarantees more of the Same.
The Alleged A.C.O.R.N. group is under Investigation. They promote Voter fraud, the immediate Media
is a cover up of the Democrat Cheat to win. Their agenda is get all Democrats elected any way, any how!
If Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, would like to keep and protect an accurate Election.
With no Improper Election fraud. Within our State, The right and proper thing to do is.
Insure that all eligible voters when handed a ballot, even an absentee ballot, to apply their legal social security number attached written on the ballot to be recorded and verified, with the new computer read scanner, voting machines.
Then and there, nationally if voter fraud, excessive voting and accuracy can be verified, instantaiously.
When voter verification is recorded.
One Vote, One Voter!
No more dead gold fish voters, deceased voters, multiple illegal voters.
With mandating the Voter apply his/her, Legal social security number be written on the ballot, for the vote scanner this should be mandated though out our Country at all the polls and insure voter accuracy, and legimaticy.
With strong severe Federal election law penalties, of severe fines and imprisonment.
Along with the eradication of our Rights , liberties, Pursuit of Happiness, and Security!
I personally do not believe he was born within the United States or is a Citizen! That disqualifies his
presidency. The Media including the Hartford Courant, The Journal Inquirer. Have been Bias
supporting, campaigning for Obama Democrats. Allowing,Terrible cartoon characters, pictures, untrue
mockery and ridicule of the Republican candidates.
John McCain and Sarah Palin have an economic plan that celebrates the American dream of opportunity,
not government give aways. In this country, we believe in spreading opportunity, for those who need
jobs and those who create them. That&#039;s why their economic plan - Jobs for America - is so
important for the American people in this time of economic crisis. While Barack Obama is ready to
&quot;spread the wealth around,&quot; John McCain has a plan to get our economy moving so everyone has
access to good jobs, a quality education and the opportunity to succeed.
Honorable John McCain and Sarah Palin offer Honesty, Fresh recovery, no tax increases, strength
prosperity, stability, and Security, for our country .
Vote good Hon. John McCain and Sarah Palin for the Best of our Country. The United States of
America.!! God Bless America if U don&#039;t ! Thank You
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our United States Would not have been attacked on 9-11-2001 if The liberal Democrat Voters did not<br />
vote Slick Willy/The Clintons into a Trust worthy Highest Respected Office, of Presidency, period.<br />
Now Because he wasn&#8217;t doing his job, to watch and to protect the Country.<br />
Osama BinLaden terrorist leader, was within this Country planning another previous Attack again after<br />
Destroying the parking Garage beneath, the World Trade Centers Building, with horrible carnage, mass<br />
destruction, and injuring others. Today 2008, We all, still suffer the effects of the attacks on the world<br />
trade centers. Another reason why the Economy, Wall Street, every towns Main Street, is still effected.<br />
He was impeached, on SEVEN COUNTS OF IMPEACHMENT! Disrespectful, lying, felony, Womanizer,<br />
Clown. But, was not removed from office. Shame. Even Joe Biden voted for impeachment.<br />
Honorable Joe Lieberman, did the Right thing! Voted for Clintons Impeachment! He didn&#8217;t leave the<br />
Democrat party. The party left Him. He voted Bipartisan. The honorable thing.<br />
B. Clinton, should have been removed form Office, and not portrayed as a Hero. He pardoned over 200<br />
criminals including drug dealers, in his last days of presidency. What a shame. What a sham.<br />
Voting for &#8220;Barrack Hussein Obama&#8221; Will Bring and almost Guarantees more of the Same.<br />
The Alleged A.C.O.R.N. group is under Investigation. They promote Voter fraud, the immediate Media<br />
is a cover up of the Democrat Cheat to win. Their agenda is get all Democrats elected any way, any how!<br />
If Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, would like to keep and protect an accurate Election.<br />
With no Improper Election fraud. Within our State, The right and proper thing to do is.<br />
Insure that all eligible voters when handed a ballot, even an absentee ballot, to apply their legal social security number attached written on the ballot to be recorded and verified, with the new computer read scanner, voting machines.<br />
Then and there, nationally if voter fraud, excessive voting and accuracy can be verified, instantaiously.<br />
When voter verification is recorded.<br />
One Vote, One Voter!<br />
No more dead gold fish voters, deceased voters, multiple illegal voters.<br />
With mandating the Voter apply his/her, Legal social security number be written on the ballot, for the vote scanner this should be mandated though out our Country at all the polls and insure voter accuracy, and legimaticy.<br />
With strong severe Federal election law penalties, of severe fines and imprisonment.<br />
Along with the eradication of our Rights , liberties, Pursuit of Happiness, and Security!<br />
I personally do not believe he was born within the United States or is a Citizen! That disqualifies his<br />
presidency. The Media including the Hartford Courant, The Journal Inquirer. Have been Bias<br />
supporting, campaigning for Obama Democrats. Allowing,Terrible cartoon characters, pictures, untrue<br />
mockery and ridicule of the Republican candidates.<br />
John McCain and Sarah Palin have an economic plan that celebrates the American dream of opportunity,<br />
not government give aways. In this country, we believe in spreading opportunity, for those who need<br />
jobs and those who create them. That&#8217;s why their economic plan &#8211; Jobs for America &#8211; is so<br />
important for the American people in this time of economic crisis. While Barack Obama is ready to<br />
&#8220;spread the wealth around,&#8221; John McCain has a plan to get our economy moving so everyone has<br />
access to good jobs, a quality education and the opportunity to succeed.<br />
Honorable John McCain and Sarah Palin offer Honesty, Fresh recovery, no tax increases, strength<br />
prosperity, stability, and Security, for our country .<br />
Vote good Hon. John McCain and Sarah Palin for the Best of our Country. The United States of<br />
America.!! God Bless America if U don&#8217;t ! Thank You</p>
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		<title>By: usa all the way</title>
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		<dc:creator>usa all the way</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ded in iowa
did you get your GED yet.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ded in iowa<br />
did you get your GED yet.</p>
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		<title>By: USAfirst</title>
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		<dc:creator>USAfirst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well ABC, NCB, MSNBC and a few of the leading newspapers are spokesmen for Sen. Obama, maybe they need to back back and look up journalism.(but maybe the never tokk journalism in school) Then come back and tell everyone to vote for Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain. The media has long ago elected Sen. Obama but forgot to tell the rest of America.
Onesided broadcasting has nothing to do with the issues.
Think for yourself before you cast your vote, and not let anyone tell you how to vote or for whom.
Vote, Vote, Vote
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well ABC, NCB, MSNBC and a few of the leading newspapers are spokesmen for Sen. Obama, maybe they need to back back and look up journalism.(but maybe the never tokk journalism in school) Then come back and tell everyone to vote for Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain. The media has long ago elected Sen. Obama but forgot to tell the rest of America.<br />
Onesided broadcasting has nothing to do with the issues.<br />
Think for yourself before you cast your vote, and not let anyone tell you how to vote or for whom.<br />
Vote, Vote, Vote</p>
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		<title>By: reddog0216</title>
		<link>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/10/the-note-mcc-10/#comment-887632</link>
		<dc:creator>reddog0216</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bridget McCain, who was taken to America from a Bangladeshi orphanage by Mr McCain&#039;s wife Cindy in 1991, was introduced to delegates in Minneapolis in her first appearance of the presidential campaign.
Wes Gullett, a former aide to Mr McCain, told the audience that Mrs McCain had spotted Bridget and another child among 160 abandoned babies at a centre run by the late Mother Teresa in Dhaka.
Bridget had suffered a cleft palate so severe that she could not be fed, while the other had a serious heart condition.
Fearing both would die without medical attention, Mrs McCain demanded that she be allowed to take the children back to the US, and applied for visas. She argued furiously with Bangladeshi officials until they were signed. &quot;I don&#039;t know where I got the nerve,&quot; Mrs McCain said later.
The first Mr McCain knew of Bridget, Mr Gullett told the convention, was when he met his wife at the airport in Arizona. He asked: &quot;Where is she going?&quot; to which she replied: &quot;To our house.&quot;
He said: &quot;I remember John&#039;s face. That day he was not the tough war hero senator. He was like every other new father, full of love and emotion.&quot;
Mr Gullett and his wife Deborah adopted the other baby and called her Nikki.
Gee does this compare with a 100 gift???
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bridget McCain, who was taken to America from a Bangladeshi orphanage by Mr McCain&#8217;s wife Cindy in 1991, was introduced to delegates in Minneapolis in her first appearance of the presidential campaign.<br />
Wes Gullett, a former aide to Mr McCain, told the audience that Mrs McCain had spotted Bridget and another child among 160 abandoned babies at a centre run by the late Mother Teresa in Dhaka.<br />
Bridget had suffered a cleft palate so severe that she could not be fed, while the other had a serious heart condition.<br />
Fearing both would die without medical attention, Mrs McCain demanded that she be allowed to take the children back to the US, and applied for visas. She argued furiously with Bangladeshi officials until they were signed. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know where I got the nerve,&#8221; Mrs McCain said later.<br />
The first Mr McCain knew of Bridget, Mr Gullett told the convention, was when he met his wife at the airport in Arizona. He asked: &#8220;Where is she going?&#8221; to which she replied: &#8220;To our house.&#8221;<br />
He said: &#8220;I remember John&#8217;s face. That day he was not the tough war hero senator. He was like every other new father, full of love and emotion.&#8221;<br />
Mr Gullett and his wife Deborah adopted the other baby and called her Nikki.<br />
Gee does this compare with a 100 gift???</p>
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		<title>By: Messenger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Messenger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mary Mary Mary
quite contrary
why do you believe the lies?
THERE WERE NO LUGGAGE SURCHRGES IN
1988.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mary Mary Mary<br />
quite contrary<br />
why do you believe the lies?<br />
THERE WERE NO LUGGAGE SURCHRGES IN<br />
1988.</p>
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		<title>By: d0</title>
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		<dc:creator>d0</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mary Sue,
It would have allowed 0bama&#039;s brother to live happily for 8 and a half years without the need to even get his butt up with that $103.
0bama did nothing to help his brother.
Did you know 0bama also has an aunt, his father&#039;s sister, homeless on the street in Boston.  She was vividly described in his Audacity - only No Hope.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mary Sue,<br />
It would have allowed 0bama&#8217;s brother to live happily for 8 and a half years without the need to even get his butt up with that $103.<br />
0bama did nothing to help his brother.<br />
Did you know 0bama also has an aunt, his father&#8217;s sister, homeless on the street in Boston.  She was vividly described in his Audacity &#8211; only No Hope.</p>
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		<title>By: d0</title>
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		<dc:creator>d0</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you have any doubt what phony, hypocrisy is, you simply just look at 0bama.
On one hand, he lectures his subsidiaries selfishness, charity, contribution to the common good of the society.
On the other hand, he panders his blind followers by bribery, cash giveaways, $1000 if you vote for him.
He promises to take care of you, giving you opportunities to get into the middle class; yet, he leaves his own brother in poverty at $1 per month in his homeland, his aunt on the streets of Boston.
Mr. Bush answers the call of a Higher Father and you know what he has done in the past 8 years.
Mr. 0bama has his own Higher Father, and he is Karl Marx.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have any doubt what phony, hypocrisy is, you simply just look at 0bama.<br />
On one hand, he lectures his subsidiaries selfishness, charity, contribution to the common good of the society.<br />
On the other hand, he panders his blind followers by bribery, cash giveaways, $1000 if you vote for him.<br />
He promises to take care of you, giving you opportunities to get into the middle class; yet, he leaves his own brother in poverty at $1 per month in his homeland, his aunt on the streets of Boston.<br />
Mr. Bush answers the call of a Higher Father and you know what he has done in the past 8 years.<br />
Mr. 0bama has his own Higher Father, and he is Karl Marx.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mary Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported a truly amazing story about a newly-wed trying to get to Norway to be with her husband, and the stranger who helped pay an unexpected luggage surcharge. The blog &quot;Leisha&#039;s Random Thoughts&quot; has translated the story.
It was 1988, and Mary Andersen was at the Miami airport checking in for a long flight to Norway to be with her husband when the airline representative informed her that she wouldn&#039;t be able to check her luggage without paying a 100 surcharge:
When it was finally Mary’s turn, she got the message that would crush her bubbling feeling of happiness.
-You’ll have to pay a 103 dollar surcharge if you want to bring both those suitcases to Norway, the man behind the counter said.
Mary had no money. Her new husband had travelled ahead of her to Norway, and she had no one else to call.
-I was completely desperate and tried to think which of my things I could manage without. But I had already made such a careful selection of my most prized possessions, says Mary.
As tears streamed down her face, she heard a &quot;gentle and friendly voice&quot; behind her saying, &quot;That&#039;s okay, I&#039;ll pay for her.&quot;
Mary turned around to see a tall man whom she had never seen before.
-He had a gentle and kind voice that was still firm and decisive. The first thing I thought was, Who is this man?
Although this happened 20 years ago, Mary still remembers the authority that radiated from the man.
-He was nicely dressed, fashionably dressed with brown leather shoes, a cotton shirt open at the throat and khaki pants, says Mary.
She was thrilled to be able to bring both her suitcases to Norway and assured the stranger that he would get his money back. The man wrote his name and address on a piece of paper that he gave to Mary. She thanked him repeatedly. When she finally walked off towards the security checkpoint, he waved goodbye to her.
Who was the man?
Barack Obama.
Twenty years later, she is thrilled that the friendly stranger at the airport may be the next President and has voted for him already and donated 100 dollars to his campaign:
-He was my knight in shining armor, says Mary, smiling.
She paid the 103 dollars back to Obama the day after she arrived in Norway. At that time he had just finished his job as a poorly paid community worker* in Chicago, and had started his law studies at prestigious Harvard university.
Mary even convinced her parents to vote for him:
In the spring of 2006 Mary’s parents had heard that Obama was considering a run for president, but that he had still not decided. They chose to write a letter in which they told him that he would receive their votes. At the same time, they thanked Obama for helping their daughter 18 years earlier.
And Obama replied:
In a letter to Mary’s parents dated May 4th, 2006 and stamped ‘United States Senate, Washington DC’, Barack Obama writes:
‘I want to thank you for the lovely things you wrote about me and for reminding me of what happened at Miami airport. I’m happy I could help back then, and I’m delighted to hear that your daughter is happy in Norway. Please send her my best wishes. Sincerely, Barack Obama, United States Senator’.
The parents sent the letter on to Mary.
Mary says that when her friends and associates talk about the election, especially when race relations is the heated subject, she relates the story of the kind man who helped out a stranger-in-need over twenty years ago, years before he had even thought about running for high office.
Truly a wonderful story, and something that needs to be passed along in the maelstorm of fear-and-smear politics we are being subjected to right now.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported a truly amazing story about a newly-wed trying to get to Norway to be with her husband, and the stranger who helped pay an unexpected luggage surcharge. The blog &#8220;Leisha&#8217;s Random Thoughts&#8221; has translated the story.<br />
It was 1988, and Mary Andersen was at the Miami airport checking in for a long flight to Norway to be with her husband when the airline representative informed her that she wouldn&#8217;t be able to check her luggage without paying a 100 surcharge:<br />
When it was finally Mary’s turn, she got the message that would crush her bubbling feeling of happiness.<br />
-You’ll have to pay a 103 dollar surcharge if you want to bring both those suitcases to Norway, the man behind the counter said.<br />
Mary had no money. Her new husband had travelled ahead of her to Norway, and she had no one else to call.<br />
-I was completely desperate and tried to think which of my things I could manage without. But I had already made such a careful selection of my most prized possessions, says Mary.<br />
As tears streamed down her face, she heard a &#8220;gentle and friendly voice&#8221; behind her saying, &#8220;That&#8217;s okay, I&#8217;ll pay for her.&#8221;<br />
Mary turned around to see a tall man whom she had never seen before.<br />
-He had a gentle and kind voice that was still firm and decisive. The first thing I thought was, Who is this man?<br />
Although this happened 20 years ago, Mary still remembers the authority that radiated from the man.<br />
-He was nicely dressed, fashionably dressed with brown leather shoes, a cotton shirt open at the throat and khaki pants, says Mary.<br />
She was thrilled to be able to bring both her suitcases to Norway and assured the stranger that he would get his money back. The man wrote his name and address on a piece of paper that he gave to Mary. She thanked him repeatedly. When she finally walked off towards the security checkpoint, he waved goodbye to her.<br />
Who was the man?<br />
Barack Obama.<br />
Twenty years later, she is thrilled that the friendly stranger at the airport may be the next President and has voted for him already and donated 100 dollars to his campaign:<br />
-He was my knight in shining armor, says Mary, smiling.<br />
She paid the 103 dollars back to Obama the day after she arrived in Norway. At that time he had just finished his job as a poorly paid community worker* in Chicago, and had started his law studies at prestigious Harvard university.<br />
Mary even convinced her parents to vote for him:<br />
In the spring of 2006 Mary’s parents had heard that Obama was considering a run for president, but that he had still not decided. They chose to write a letter in which they told him that he would receive their votes. At the same time, they thanked Obama for helping their daughter 18 years earlier.<br />
And Obama replied:<br />
In a letter to Mary’s parents dated May 4th, 2006 and stamped ‘United States Senate, Washington DC’, Barack Obama writes:<br />
‘I want to thank you for the lovely things you wrote about me and for reminding me of what happened at Miami airport. I’m happy I could help back then, and I’m delighted to hear that your daughter is happy in Norway. Please send her my best wishes. Sincerely, Barack Obama, United States Senator’.<br />
The parents sent the letter on to Mary.<br />
Mary says that when her friends and associates talk about the election, especially when race relations is the heated subject, she relates the story of the kind man who helped out a stranger-in-need over twenty years ago, years before he had even thought about running for high office.<br />
Truly a wonderful story, and something that needs to be passed along in the maelstorm of fear-and-smear politics we are being subjected to right now.</p>
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		<title>By: Messenger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Messenger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>from me to you:
Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.
After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain for President with my vote.
I have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone because some political party was telling me who I should vote for.
We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words &#039;money&#039; and&#039; special interests&#039; come to mind, among many others.
Here&#039;s the way I see it:
Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely liberal Senator from the State of Illinois , which has a long and rich history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are indeed a child of that system.
You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter of fact, it would be fine to finally have an African-American for President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on earth!
But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the man for this job !
Barack, baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of your own pastor, the Right Reverend &#039;God Damn America &#039; Jeremiah Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and that your children were baptized there.
The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people. We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by now.    And you have publicly stated that this man IS your &#039;spiritual mentor.&#039;
BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me the most. And please don&#039;t tell me you attended church there and never once heard a &#039;discouraging word&#039; in the 20 years you attended there. Don&#039;t tell me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in the audience in t he background of his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and walked out on your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still she did the right thing.
Now you look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such language in all the years you attended there! This is like me telling you that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once heard the &#039;N&#039; word.
Yep. And Bill Clinton &#039;did not inhale&#039;.
Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I  am just stupid enough to believe you.
THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you.
I regret deeply, that in a country teeming with enormously talented African Americans who would make a good President, that the political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid you ever get near the Oval Office.
Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.
John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit looney, and you have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the nuclear button.
Think about it.
We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to be really ticked off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.
John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of these &#039;world leaders&#039; to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing with the United States of America .
I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran , Russia , China , Venezuela , Cuba , Libya , Syria , Pakistan , and those other dopes in the sheets, the Saudis.
On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do something.
You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket.
The liberals are ticked at him and the conservatives are ticked at him. Just my kinda guy.
One heartbeat from the Oval Office.
Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for their love of America . When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what he did was &#039;nothing special. &#039; Even more incredibly, he states that ANY American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real point is that John McCain believes that about the &#039;average American,&#039; and that, dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot for on election day for John McCain --
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from me to you:<br />
Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.<br />
After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain for President with my vote.<br />
I have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone because some political party was telling me who I should vote for.<br />
We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words &#8216;money&#8217; and&#8217; special interests&#8217; come to mind, among many others.<br />
Here&#8217;s the way I see it:<br />
Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely liberal Senator from the State of Illinois , which has a long and rich history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are indeed a child of that system.<br />
You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter of fact, it would be fine to finally have an African-American for President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on earth!<br />
But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the man for this job !<br />
Barack, baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of your own pastor, the Right Reverend &#8216;God Damn America &#8216; Jeremiah Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and that your children were baptized there.<br />
The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people. We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by now.    And you have publicly stated that this man IS your &#8216;spiritual mentor.&#8217;<br />
BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me the most. And please don&#8217;t tell me you attended church there and never once heard a &#8216;discouraging word&#8217; in the 20 years you attended there. Don&#8217;t tell me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in the audience in t he background of his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and walked out on your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still she did the right thing.<br />
Now you look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such language in all the years you attended there! This is like me telling you that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once heard the &#8216;N&#8217; word.<br />
Yep. And Bill Clinton &#8216;did not inhale&#8217;.<br />
Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I  am just stupid enough to believe you.<br />
THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you.<br />
I regret deeply, that in a country teeming with enormously talented African Americans who would make a good President, that the political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid you ever get near the Oval Office.<br />
Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.<br />
John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit looney, and you have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the nuclear button.<br />
Think about it.<br />
We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to be really ticked off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.<br />
John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of these &#8216;world leaders&#8217; to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing with the United States of America .<br />
I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran , Russia , China , Venezuela , Cuba , Libya , Syria , Pakistan , and those other dopes in the sheets, the Saudis.<br />
On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do something.<br />
You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket.<br />
The liberals are ticked at him and the conservatives are ticked at him. Just my kinda guy.<br />
One heartbeat from the Oval Office.<br />
Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for their love of America . When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what he did was &#8216;nothing special. &#8216; Even more incredibly, he states that ANY American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real point is that John McCain believes that about the &#8216;average American,&#8217; and that, dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot for on election day for John McCain &#8211;</p>
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		<title>By: Praise be to Obama, and his Prophet Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Praise be to Obama, and his Prophet Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president!
The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move out by Sunday to make room for network bigwigs — and possibly for the inclusion of reporters from two black magazines, ESSENCE and JET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Some told the DRUDGE REPORT that the reporters are being ousted to bring on documentary film-makers to record the final days; others expect to see on board more sympathetic members of the media, including the NY TIMES’ Maureen Dowd, who once complained that she was barred from McCain’s Straight Talk Express airplane.
This seems like a strange time to upset the applecart.  Why not do this a month ago?  Anyone could have predicted that the Post and the Times would endorse McCain, and the Morning News was not much of a surprise, either.
Had they acted a few weeks ago, they could have made it look like Team Obama wanted to give secondary media outlets a chance.  Now it just looks like vindictiveness, and perhaps even worse.  Obama and his supporters have gotten vicious with reporters who ask questions and do research that put Obama in a bad light, and this adds to the general pattern we’ve seen since the primaries.
It also looks a little self-indulgent.  Obama’s clearing room on the plane for — what?  Documentarians who will produce hagiographies about his historic importance.  That fits into another pattern we’ve seen for months, one marked with fake presidential seals, The Barackopolis, and infomercials.  In the coming Age of Obama, only the worshipers will get front-row seats to history.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president!<br />
The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move out by Sunday to make room for network bigwigs — and possibly for the inclusion of reporters from two black magazines, ESSENCE and JET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.<br />
Some told the DRUDGE REPORT that the reporters are being ousted to bring on documentary film-makers to record the final days; others expect to see on board more sympathetic members of the media, including the NY TIMES’ Maureen Dowd, who once complained that she was barred from McCain’s Straight Talk Express airplane.<br />
This seems like a strange time to upset the applecart.  Why not do this a month ago?  Anyone could have predicted that the Post and the Times would endorse McCain, and the Morning News was not much of a surprise, either.<br />
Had they acted a few weeks ago, they could have made it look like Team Obama wanted to give secondary media outlets a chance.  Now it just looks like vindictiveness, and perhaps even worse.  Obama and his supporters have gotten vicious with reporters who ask questions and do research that put Obama in a bad light, and this adds to the general pattern we’ve seen since the primaries.<br />
It also looks a little self-indulgent.  Obama’s clearing room on the plane for — what?  Documentarians who will produce hagiographies about his historic importance.  That fits into another pattern we’ve seen for months, one marked with fake presidential seals, The Barackopolis, and infomercials.  In the coming Age of Obama, only the worshipers will get front-row seats to history.</p>
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