USA Today/Gallup Poll: Debate Boosted Obama, Not McCain

That can’t be. I heard Sarah Palin yesterday saying McCain had won.

President Obama, has a nice ring to it.
Get used to it repubs, your party is over!

That’s an interesting poll. I would agree.
Unfortunately McCain and Palin are at a hateful extreme.
Most Americans are rational, kind and, quite frankly, positive people.
McCain and Pain are very dark.
We had 8 years of fear driven politics already.

and the day after he goes out on a personal attack tour of him
you know couldn’t make eye contact the first debate…
couldn’t address accusations to his face in the second…
ugh
yeah noble…not.
throw these 9th year lying bums out.

Obama won his congressional and senate seat in Chicago by using voter fraud, and now he’s trying to do it on a national level. This guy will not stop, will lie, cheat, and steal if it means the presidency. He’s the idiot among ALL idiots!
Obama, read my lips: America DOES NOT WANT YOU! GO HOME!!!

JO
Everyone who has a brain and doesnt watch fox news knows BUSH STOLE THE ELECTION FROM GORE THERE WAS SOME SERIOUS FRAUD THERE!

angie, the idiot is posting…what a joke!

Why was the poll conducted more than a day after the debate? So that the mainstream media would have time to influence the poll by telling everyone that Obama won.

Jo
Gore and Kerry weren’t in as good of shape as Obama is now.
a month out and Gore and Kerry were not looking at a potential landslide in their favor …
Obama is.
even if it’s close get your accuracy honed a little better.

Why was the poll conducted more than a day after the debate? So that the mainstream media would have time to influence the poll by telling everyone that Obama won.
Posted by: tina | Oct 9, 2008 1:01:07 PM
Thats how the DemWits operate….LOSERS!

Turn out the lights far right. I’m so proud that Obama is going to win and theat he kept his dignitiy in tackt the entire time.

Paul, my friend: Do you really believe what Sarah Palin said?

I happen to think that what hurt McCain is the nastiness from his campaign. I do not agree with the man but until recently I did respect him for his level of integrity. That started to errode when Palin came on board and has completely disappeared since then. I am so disappointed in this man. I should have known he would let me down cause he also walked out on his first family for Cindy Lou Beer Bucks.

Obama endorsed by Esquire magazine.

Who gives a DAMN either way the President is a figurehead and spokesman for the bankers and Wall St. No wonder they used taxpayer dollars to bailout their benefactors on Wall St. Has Obama or McCain done ANYTHING for YOU… Hell NO! The only “change” is what is being sucked out of your pockets and retirement accounts. And BOTH of these fools gave those who stole from you a 700 BILLION bonus on top of what they ALREADY took from you. I’ll vote for euthanasia before I vote for either of these two TRAITORS! Enjoy your servitude to the servants of the multinational bankers. Remember YOU “voted” for it. So STOP whining!!!

“Yeah, yeah, whatever. 735 people versus millions of Americans supporting McCain! Obammy continues to be the IDIOT!
Obama’s Legislation=Voter fraud in swing states…what a wimp…..Obammy and Michelle need to go back to Africa!”
Uhhh.. it’s not “Obammy” that is the idiot here.. it’s your ignorant self that is doing a wonderful job of being ignorant.
Millions of people may vote for McCain.. but *gasp* millions more will probably vote for Obama.
So chew on that for a little bit.. you racist scum.

I’m never surprised any more by all the racial remarks about Obama and his wife. But I have found over the last 60 years that those racists are generally ones without much education, most with below average IQ’s and in general just plain losers. Now for the poster who said that Obama and his wife should go back to Africa will also have to go back to where his ancestors came from. I mean, lets be fair here.
I for one will be very proud to cast my vote for the next President of the United States, President Obama.

OBAMA/BIDEN LOSERS
Typical republican you are! no Intelligent talk Just mame calling speaking of Idiots I belive your Canidates Mccain/Palin is being thought of that right now by their own party Palin being called Cancer to the Gop by the Gop,Mccain has caused cardiac arrest among the Gop with his socialist bailout plan the republicans are even saying he has ran the most horrible campaign in history!FORGET ABOUT AMERICA NOT WANTING HIM AND HER THEIR OWN PARTY DONT WANT THEM NOW THATS FUNNY LOL!

“That’s funny Zogby says don’t bet on it, perhaps ABC should read the story. All polls are still within the margin of error. The ONLY poll I believe is happens on election day.”
Zogby is the worst poller out there.. he had Obama up double digits in the California primary when it was actually the opposite. He had Kerry up past the margin of error going into Election Day 2004..
Basically… whatever figure Zogby gives you.. is completely wrong. So when he says Obama and McCain are neck and neck, it actually confirms 95% of the other polls that have Obama well out in front.

All this doesn’t matter. Gore was way ahead of Bush and Kerry was way ahead of Bush.
___________________________________________________
No they were not. Nice try though. At this point in 2000, Bush had a 7 point lead on Gore in the Daily tracking polls and even greater in 2004.
I know, I know – the truth hurts.

OBAMA/BIDEN LOSERS
Posted by: angie | Oct 9, 2008 1:12:07 PM
angie, I’m glad you agree with me!

Barack Obama has run a great campaign. John McCain has not. McCain can say “steady at the tiller”, but he’s been anything but steady. From his VP pick, to his campaign “suspension”, to his recent mortgage proposal, this guy has been rolling the dice and not thinking things through.
A Maverick in the White House… I can’t think of a bigger Maverick than George Bush saying things like “Axis of Evil” and “we will hunt you down.” No thanks to the Mavericks. Yes, to the steady leadership of Barack Obama.

My friends,
Although “That One” has his Presidential Transition team preparing for his move into the White House, my transition, errrrr, relocation team for Cindy and I have been busy trying to find a quiet, deep rock for us to hide under after the schlacking we’ll be personally getting from “That One”.
Friends, the electoral numbers look like this so far. I’ll be lucky to get 180 of them if you continue to believe in me.
That One: 363
McChicken: 174
LANDSLIDE? You Betcha! (Wink/Wink)

Hell ya he won! just read all the GOP Chickenhawks whining about it!!

I’m an Obama supporter, but I would have to admit that I previously respected and admired McCain for his individualism and integrity. It seems like it’s all gone out the window with his choice of Palin. And, his campaign is being run very, very poorly. They have not served him well at all. The quality of his economic advisor team frankly stinks. Gramm, Fiorina, and company don’t seem to have a clue and have promulgated ideas that are frankly ridiculous, given the present circumstances. There’s no comparison between them and Volker, Summers, Buffett, etc. That’s the difference.

“Obama= Biden = winners”
Obama supporters haven’t been led to the slaughter since all of us were in 200 and 2004… and all the years in between
you know when these same tactics you all used got us the last 8 years of the same lying spinning covering up and distracting tactics.
the lambs are revolting.
same team
same tactics
9th year
throw these bums out!

CFMA
the guy who wrote that deregulating enron loophole
is the same guy who just wrote McCain’s plans for our economic future.
ugh
same team
same morons
same millionaires screwing everyone else
same tactics
same fear mongering
same destruction of our standing in the world
same destruction of our children’s futures
same destruction of the REAL values that made our forefathers genius’
same
same
same
9th year
and after the past couple of days and palin’s behavior specifically… we as Americans who lived through this same disgusting behavior for 8 years…
well
It’s time to get angry.
throw these bums out.

Sam…: “All polls are still within the margin of error.”
No they’re not.
If you’re talking nationally, only a couple are, and most show a slight Obama lead outside the margin of error.
If you’re talking state by state, the only states polling consistently within the margin of error are Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri and Florida. Well, and maybe Virginia, too, though I’ve seen a couple showing an Obama lead just outside the margin there.
Colorado and Nevada had been consistently within the margin of error, but Obama seems to have pulled just above it lately.
Indiana might be falling into the margin of error.
But you’re point that it only counts on election day is a good one.

Desperacion never did look good on anyone.
It’s such a shame to see what’s left of what once was CONSIDERED an “american Hero”
Truly an embarrasment.

Heil McCain!
Heil Palin!
Sieg Heil!

Enough of the racist attitudes and smearing of candidates…..Americans are losing everything! And all McCain/Palin offering us in this most serious time is a smear campaign….WAKE UP “my fellow Americans” McCain/Palin can’t stay on point. They’re like a hooked fish flopping in mid air trying to keep what little air they have left to stay alive.
The world is in a crisis and currently, McCain is showing America just how he reacts during this crisis. He resorting to old tricks and calling Americans prisoners and offers no real solutions. Thus, HE AND PALIN are showing us a lack of ethics and no leadership. Just lip service on how Americans are first!
It is extremely clear that McCain and Palin do not offer change….just more of the same….same old desperate measures used in a losing battle…..Wake up America…. Obama/ Biden are the true leaders we need in this time of crisis and for the next eight years.

I feel a landslide coming.

None of the polls include first time voters and younger voters who use cell phones only. Obama IS up by 20. This election will have a huge turnout.
P.S. Palin is a tramp. McLame is an old geezer. Cindy is hot.

Aren’t cynics hilarious??
When the polls showed McCain up in West Virginia, they were chanting on their ouji boards HALLELEUAH!
Now those same polls that they invested little Opy’s Boy Scout uniform money on is looking like fake shrimp soup, they know have their doubts. Typical neanderthals.
THIS WILL BE A LANDSLIDE. McChicken himself knows and is s******* his pants every time “THE ONE” is within his vicinity.
Cynics, how does it feel to see your Great White NOPE be reduced to Bozo the Clown meets Palin the Parrot?
POTUS OBAMA – IT’S A LOCK!!

trettione
what are you talking about they tok a slight breath down from obama trashing mcCain and now they are back up…
this is a jjoke
same team
same lies
same tactics same spin same distraction 9th year
and America is getting angrier at these tactics by the day.
throw these lying bums out.

Polls don’t take into account that people have a split mind when judging someone like Obama. Although most people who watch him will agree he is more “presidential” than McCain, their judgment on election day is dominated by emotions, not reason. The most powerful emotion here results from the idea that a black man will be their boss and a black family will represent their country.
The Stanford-Yahoo study shows that Obama has at least a 6% handicap for being black. This means his standing in the polls must then by at least 6% above McCain’s just for Obama to break even. This startling fact, which is based on the only scientific analysis of the Bradley effect, is ignored by polls and those who analyze them.
Unless things change dramatically in Obama’s favor to give him the buffer he needs – very unlikely at this state – McCain is headed for victory.

Did anyone see McCain’s clown version of a mortgage plan that he had to AGAIN change due to rushing without thinking?
Can someone please get gramps a warm buttermilk and his rocker.
It’s time for bed “My Fellow Prisoners”
POTUS OBAMA – IT’S A LOCK
(Just look at the competition)

Yes, Americans love negativity.
Americans don’t want answers, direction, or leadership, they want smears and accusations. That will win the election. Keep it up!
Survey showed last week Obama ran 36% negative ads, McCain 100% !!!!
Certainly Americans want a grumpy old man and a sarcastic parrot running our country right?

I Just hope people realize McCain is a Bush puppet,a follower not a leader.That Bush lied his way into the Iraq war. McCain is another one

Repugs are counting on the racist element in us to ignore the polls.
I agree it is there but predominantly among old geezers.
The younger voters who are not considered in these polls will provide s counter balance to the racist old geezer effect.
Angry Old McNasty is toast.

McCain = Republican Economics + Angry Persona + Bush + Ignorant&racist Supporters = LOSER
IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE>>> ST*P*D
“My fellow prisoners…” is the guy having brain f*rts… LOL

The poise and calm of Obama outshined the eratic demeanor of McCain.
Face it. McCain is a grumpy old man with a bad temper. Not good qualities for a President.
And caribou barbie has only shown she can read sarcastic insults. That’s all she’s done.
The Republicans have picked a loser who picked an even bigger loser.

All you morons that are defending McCain/Palin are the ones they are calling “joe Six Pack” meaning they think the votes they will win are from you dumbass drunk christians who drink BUD everyday(bet you think the McCains are giving it out free if he gets elected), then spend sunday at church “acting christian” and spew hate, racism, sexism and promote war the rest of the week! You poor dumb bastards think McCain is for you! McCain owns 9 houses, 13 cars and his wife makes 8 million a year off of you drunk SOBS and you think he is gonna help you? McCain considers you the drunk white trash vote and they are trying to get your vote by pandering to your ingnorate, racist, six pack swigin uneducated mindset. They throw Palin out in front of you like a piece of meat, with her guns and killing animals to turn you on and she spews the whities theory at her KKK-campaign rallies and you dumb shits go wild! If elected McCain will “play president with your $, outsource all you jobs and continue with the Million dollar feeding he has had on Cindy McCains daddy’s hardwork! You morons will self-destruct and then it will be back to business! If you are so stupid not to save yourself based on someones race, then go screw yourself and vote for McCain.

The organizations sponsoring these
polls like Usa Today, NBC News,
CBS/NYT, Marist, Pew etc all tilt their
polls to favor the Dems and Obama in
particular! The only poll that counts
is on election and these organizations
and the Dems will be crying in their
beers again!
President McCain has a nice ring to it!

If you want to mention Gore and Kerry’s leads one month before Nov. 4 to reason why John McCain can still win, did Bush start withdrawing his campaign from battle-ground states like Michigan? And falter 4 points behind the democrat in a ‘red’ state like Virginia? Gore and Kerry were stiffs. Obama’s the real deal. Get used to it, he’s going to be around for 8 years.

I am an independent voter and before this economic fall out, I was leaning towards Mr. McCain but after watching the two debates and watching how McCain camp desperately is trying to close the gap by bringing up unimportant issues. Obama was eight years old when Ayers did all those things. And please talk about the Economy not something that happened 40 yrs ago. If it was that important how come neither McCain or Palin brought this issue up in their debates. AND WHY NOT BRING THIS ISSUE UP DURING THE DEBATES? IF THEY HAD THE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS ISSUE MATTERS?? BETWEEN 60-70 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED EACH DEBATE. DON’T THEY WANT MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE? Mr. McCain has lost his credibility in my opinion and also this Election. PLEASE FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY BECAUSE THATS WHAT MATTERS NOT WHAT BILL AYERS DID 40 YRS AGO.

Yep, the Republican “base” is truly a collective group of stupid, rural, old people with little education. McCain and the majority of the actual GOP poltical base sits back and laughs that all they have to do is keep your rednecks in line with a few issues to stoke your bible thumping mindset– abortion, gay rights, stem cell, be afraid of the black guy etc..diverting your attention from the fact that you are being used and raped financially. This is why you’re a bunch of poor, rural white trash morons. The GOP needs you people to remain ignorant and uneducated. You people are our version of the people living on the outskirts of North Korea, who have been brainwashed and led to believe that they are flourishing, and that Kim Jong Il cares about their interests.

Here here, KP, you are absolutely right! Not one question during during the last debate was about past associations – Obama’s or McCain’s either one. I can hardly sleep at night for worrying about my 65-year old dad’s fast-vanishing retirement savings, and how I’m going to pay my own bills. In harping on Ayers and Obama’s middle name, McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” has taken an Exit Ramp to Nowhere.

You know that riot threat was used even when BO was running against Hillary. Sounds to me as if the BO camp is worried.
I noticed also that Zogby has said to ignore the current polls claiming BO will win by a landslide.
I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket will win — because I don’t think BO & cronies can continue to suppress the facts.

The Bible calls everyone, especially Christians to be conservitive and vote what is morally right by God’s standards.
I hate to think of Obama becomeing the next President, He doesn’t support Biblical views, He doesn’t support democracy and American’s are not ready for Socialism!
I have covering McCain and Palin in prayer and asking for God to give wisdom and place his hand over America that they might make the correct choice. McCain/Palin 08

I love people who talk about[their] bible and then say that obama doesn’t support it.exactly what bible is it that you are addressing, for there are more then one. only ignorant and people with blinders on[fulltime] would say “THE BIBLE”, it flaunts lack of free will, the exercise of an open mind and to quote GEORGE ORWELL, orthodoxy is slavery. If you really are a good christian then remember that there are numerous religeons and numerous bibles out there, all to be respected. by the way your bible thumping g. bush did a great job[the economy, the war etc] and he said that he spoke to god and prayed to him, is that the GOD we need to address?

That IS a great article in Rolling Stone Magazine, “Make Believe Maverick”.
Interesting that some of the most damning comments about McCain come from his fellow military men and Republicans, the guys that really KNOW him.
McCain is a womanizing, ill-tempered lout.

Wait a minute!! Joe Sixpack drinks BUDWEISER? That’s a foreign-sounding name. In fact, it’s German. Anyone who drinks Budweiser must be a Nazi.
Anybody whose name is Bill must be a terrorist, too.
Thank you.
Mavis Hussein Darling, esq.

Why would America REWARD complete Republican failure ?
We wont.

Uh oh. It’s Racist Mariann Pepitone.
No need to believe a word this woman says. She is borderline illiterate and 100% racist. Clueless as they come… the perfect victim for McCain and Sarah Palin.
Not to mention she is delusional. Keeps talking to herself.

ahamilton: Are you trying to tell us that Obama is a christian? Where have you been. Obama doesn’t go to church. The only church he ever went to was Pastor Wright’s anti-american, white hating, racist church because he was a racist himself at any early age. Obama did not like white people or this country when he was young. Get a copy of his BIO in the NYT and read it. McCain is the true American not Obama. A true American never starts their life out being anti-american and racist. And I believe he doesn’t really like America now he is in this race to make history for himself. He spent too much time reading books on MLK and wants to walk in his shoes. The difference is MLK used his intelligence.

mavisdarling: I’m not smoking Obama’s cocaine like you are. And as far as race is concerned maybe your black. Mavis sounds like a black name. Well, that’s too bad. Join the ranks of Obama. He’s half black. And if he wasn’t half white he would look like his father who was homely. Better still, you should take a trip to the southside of Chicago. You would feel right at home there. Make sure you don’t walk over the dirt.

God help America!!!
If Real Americans don’t stand up and Vote the right way our nation will never be the same. And the majority of the voters that are voting Obama will be the ones that complain the most when his whole “change plea” goes belly up and we learn about the “Real Obama”.
I hope you all know what you are doing and I hope that you are prepared for the consequences of your actions. Because I know that people are voting not thinking of the consequences.

Mariann Pepitone: Did you notice what happened to the Stock Market today? This is what will decide the election. Ayers and Wright ring hollow when people see their retirement savings evaporate.

This election is different.
It’s not about Republicans vs Democrats
Obama is an extremist with a Socialist agenda. NEVER in this great nation have we been so close to Socialism.
Sorry Dems, but Country before party…
Democrat Voting McCain/ Palin

Mariann Pepitone, with your kind of mindset the next 4 years will be really painful for you, with at least a 50% chance. You are making your religion look really ugly …

Mariann Pepitone: You’re talking about a very large majority of voters.

Miriann
I’m glad you mentioned the stock market.
I think we all know what keeps the market going… Stock purchases. Most of these purchases come from the rich, we all love to hate and large multi billion dollar corporations.
What do you think will happen when Obama is elected and he charges doubles the capital gains tax on the above mentioned?
The market is going to TANK. They’re going to sell off before they get hit with it.
And if you haven’t put 2 and 2 together… what do you think will happen to your 401Ks and other retirement plans that depend on the market, that depend on the rich and large corporations..

Mariann Pepitone: The point is that the voters are angry, and that the incumbent party loses during tough economic times. Today’s Stock Market news is extremely bad for McCain, and probably assures an easy victory for Obama.

Odinga’s supporters went on a rampage—burning Kikuyu homes and businesses, (“Ethnic Cleansing in Luoland” The Economist 2/7/2008) raping Kikuyu women, and murdering everyoOne in their path—including at least 50 Christian Kikuyu woman & children who had sought refuge in a church. They burned them alive. (“Mob Burns Kenyans Seeking Refuge In Church” CNN 1/10/2008)
“We have evidence that ODM [Odinga’s party] politicians and local leaders actively fomented some post-election violence,” Georgette Gagnon, acting Africa director for the New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW), said on Thursday.” (Violence We Fled was Planned, Say Kenyan Refugees” Ibid)
So: who is Raila Odinga that Senator Obama would expend his political capital and risk the goodwill of half the population of Kenya?
Their relationship is unclear. The BBC initially reported that Obama and Odinga were first cousins.(“Odinga Says Obama is His Cousin” 1/8/2008) The Obama campaign has since denied a familial relationship. Raila Odinga’s father Oginga Odinga was leader of the “Kenya People’s Union” and perceived as a “committed socialist” (“Oginga Odinga: Kenya’s Most Persecuted Politician” Kenya: Key Issues 8/21.2002). Odinga Sr. was also the political ally of fellow Luo; Barack Obama Sr.(The Risks of Knowledge (Ohio University Press, 2004) p. 182)
What we do know about Odinga is not good. A former Minister of Energy, Odinga is reported to have been set up in the oil business by the al Bakri Group and Muammar Quaddafi (“How Rich is Raila-The ODM Kenya Presidential Aspirant?” African Press 4/26/2007) Abdel Qader Bakri (or- Abdulkader al Bakri) was listed on the infamous “Golden Chain”–an internal Al-Queda list of wealthy Saudi financial sponsors seized by Bosnian police in a Islamic “charity” raid in 2001. (“Terrorist Financing Staff Monograph 9/11 Commission and “The Golden Chain”) According to his website, Odinga was educated in Communist East Germany, (Herder Institute, Leipzig & Otto von Guericke Tech. Institute, Magdeburg) (http://www.raila07.com) Odinga’s eldest son is named “Fidel” (http://www.raila07.com)
Perhaps most troubling is Odinga’s links to Islamic extremists in Kenya. According to Voice of America and the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, on 8/29/07, Odinga signed a secret agreement (exposed 11/27) with Sheikh Abdullah Abdi of the National Muslim
Leaders Forum (NAMLEF) in which he agreed to institute Islamic law in exchange for Abdi’s support (eakenya.org)–thereby potentially disenfranchising and curtailing the liberties of millions of Christian Kenyan women. Further, he promised that Muslims suspected of terrorism would be safe from extradition—thereby establishing a ‘safe haven’ for terrorists in Kenya.
After the public outcry, Odinga denied signing a secret agreement. Angry at Odinga’s apparent repudiation, a member of NAMLEF subsequently released the agreement to the press. Odinga then claimed the document was a forgery, but acknowledged a secret agreement had been signed in exchange for Muslim support. Finally, under constant pressure, Odinga released what he claimed was the actual document (“Real” MOU) a considerably watered down version of the original; but still anathema to many Christian groups. “In response to the revelations, The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya released a statement in which church leaders said Raila, in both MOUs, ‘comes across as a presumptive Muslim president bent on forcing Islamic law, religion and culture down the throats of the Kenyan people in total disregard of the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of freedom of worship and equal protection of the law’” (“Concerns Raised Over Alleged Vow To Enforce Islamic Law in Kenya” Christian Post 12/18/2007) To many westerners, the idea of imposing Sharia in a predominantly Christian country may have seemed fanciful. However, Kenya has had Sharia courts for family law (not criminal law)—called Khadi courts—since 1963.

Truth!:
Can you say President Obama? And that’s the truth!

Replying to Mariann Pepitone, who said “The only one that made a pact with the devil is Obama and he went to the devil’s church for 20 years.” Perhaps you mistakenly believe that his membership in a church by itself means he agrees with everything the Rev. Wright says. That is not true.
I happen to have grown up in the United Church of Christ, the same church that Obama attended with Rev. Jeremiah Wright as pastor. The UCC champions religious freedom and, above all, TOLERANCE. Growing up, my minister (a wonderful public speaker) felt his primary responsibility was to make us think for ourselves. If our interpretations of the scripture in one of his sermons was different than his, that was fine as long as we had made a serious effort to think it through. The cardinal sin was not thinking, because then our beliefs would never be strong, personal beliefs. In an effort to teach us tolerance, our youth group attended Jewish seder services and Eastern Orthodox masses, and we held retreats with Roman Catholic youth groups. We learned to respect the views of others, while strengthening our own beliefs.
From what I have read, I have no doubt that Rev. Wright was an inspirational speaker that made Obama think about things, and he was attracted to this challenge. I don’t for a minute think Obama agreed with everything Rev. Wright said. That is my tradition, too, and I have often challenged and debated a UCC minister on his beliefs/opinions.
This is anathema to many on the extreme religious right. Theirs is the only “correct” way to interpret the Bible. Our founding fathers, as religious as they truly were, recognized the danger in this, which is why they tried to establish a separation between church and state. God help us if the religious right extremists ever succeed in dismantling this important tradition.

Am I the only one that remembers that America was founded on one belief (freedom). We have fought so many wars and so many Americans have died for freedom, and yet you democrats are all voting for a man that wants to control our lives. He wants to regulate the stock market, he wants to control insurance, and fine us if don’t do it his way, he believes he knows more about the military than our generals that have been in the field there whole lives. You know that kind of belief shore does remind me of something “hum” I wonder what that could be, oh wait I remember its Communism.

corruption = Acorn
Acorn = Obama
Obama = socialism dictatorship
Obama socialism dictatorship = Ayers,
Odinga,
Farrakhan,
Rashid Khalidi,
Rev. Wright,
Father Flager,
Rezko,
Black Panthers,
weather underground,
Chavez,
Castro,
Ahmadinejad etc…

Curiously, it has been the Kenyan press (almost alone) who have realized the potential implications: “… this is what may be the most memorable effect of the ODM’s [Odinga’s party] post-election campaign for State House. The longer their protests last, and the less disciplined they are – or the more atrocities like Eldoret [church massacre] are conducted in the party’s name- the more likely Kenya is to be stuck on the front pages of the world’s media and the more embarrassment it will bring to the Senator.” (“The Kiss of Death, How Kenya Could Spoil It For Obama” KenyaImagine 1/13/2008

Elaine: They will fail and like I said I don’t have stock. People that buy stock have to worry about that. I purchased stock in United Air Lines at a low price and then later they went bankrupt.I didn’t buy any more stock after that and that was several years ago. So the people that invest thousands of dollars in the market is at the loss if the stock market crashes. Its better to buy into bonds than stock.

So, how much of a national security concern is this? Well, actually: huge “…proximity to the volatile states…including Somalia and Sudan have made Kenya especially vulnerable, in the views of counterterrorism experts, to the call for jihad. Since the early 1990s, the mosques of Mombasa and other towns have resonated with militant Islamic rhetoric. Radical imams have preached violence against Westerners, attacked the Kenyan government as the lackey of the United States and Israel and called for the implementation of Shariah. Members of the Qaeda cells that blew up the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania…were recruited in mosques near the Indian Ocean beaches [in Kenya]“ (“The African Front” , ibid)

Clearly, Obama campaigned for someone who is corrupt, ruthless and has financial ties to terrorists. More importantly, Obama campaigned for a candidate who had the stated objective of dismantling US & Kenyan government efforts to root out Al Queda and other terrorist organizations. Organizations that had already caused the deaths of hundreds of Americans and Africans in embassy bombings. Senator Obama’s actions—intentional or not—were in direct conflict with the efforts and interests of US national security. I think this raises serious questions about the judgment, maturity and readiness of Senator Obama.

independentrealist: It may have a nice ring to it but the only problem the door to the white house won’t open. Now Obama admits to making payments to Acorn. What else does he have ties to. I hope they close all Acorn offices. And a DNC is trying to make an excuse for Obama. Ayers is also tied to Acorn buth that hasn’t come out yet. It was stated on Fox that Acorn and the Democrats are the reason for this financial mess.

Hey, Jo, we all know how Bush won the election. can you say butterfly ballots and the supreme court? That’how. This time, all eyes are on the Republicans.

This election is going to be a blowout. McCain is going down like a sinking ship.

Obama is going to go higher when McCain talks about Ayers next debate.
America is sick of the sleazy republicans pulling this crap every election year.
October suprise will be blowback from the crap they threw in the fan – all over their face
how pathetic. republicans
dow is freefalling and we need to join together to handle this problem and the republican is driving america apart……
Obama is an American ……. treat him as such

Obama will lead this country for at least the next four years….
COUNTRY FIRST
TRUE!!!!!

You’re an idiot, your comments and feelings don’t mean crap! You’re just a judgemental pest. Try this on for poll size! 2000 election at this exact time, Gore 51% to Bush 40%, LOL! Polls don’t elect Presidents, American voters do, period! That’s exactly why it takes liberals to comment voter fraud! If you idiot’s think Obama is unstoppable, why do you have to cheat! Obama will lose, and then you will see the true American Spirit of it’s people, voting for the TRUTH!
McCain/Palin 2008 Country First!!!

Obama has lied about his “coming out party” at the home of William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn in 1995. Obama has said that Alice Palmer arranged the fundraiser and the venue, but Griffin spoke to two people who attended the event, who claim Obama lied. Palmer had nothing to do with that event outside of being invited to it. Obama and Ayers planned the event themselves.
Obama has lied repeatedly about his relationship with the unrepentant domestic terrorist. He spent years working for Ayers, promoting Ayers’ causes. Even CNN won’t buy the Obama line any longer.

Sorry truth, but at this point in 2000 bush held a 3% lead in the polls.
Try harder.

Somebody posted the link to Michelle Obama’s interview on Larry King and I thought she did an amazing job. Like Barack, she is very well educated, sharp as a tack and has a wonderful intellect. She’ll be a great first lady.

Whether Obama wins or not, I am amazed and disgusted by the blatant racism I read in this and other on-line reaction to the candidacy of Barack Obama. Obammy??? Please!!! Grow up. The audience that attend Palin rallies might as well have on hoods and burn crosses. America is not ready for anyone but a white man in the white houseno matter who wins.

Ok then, Here is a link where you will see that all the major polls, with the exception of CBS shows Bush in the lead. Enjoy and share it with others so that they, too, can learn.
http://www.multied.com/elections/Polls.html

BIASED!

Just calling it as I see it Truth. You didn’t say I was wrong.

well……it’s truly amazing the anger Americans are showing! Support the man that voted 95% of the time with BUSH? And our country IS being taken over, by our OWN GOVERNMENT. They are buying the banks that own our homes? Is anyone awake out there that is voting for McCain???? BLIND!!!!!

Josie,
You are mistaken. ACORN hasn’t committed any voter fraud. Duplicate and fraudelent REGISTRATIONS pop up in every election, and are weeded out before November.
Nice smear, though.

If Obama has such a big lead why
are his lackeys at ACORN trying to
Steal the Election for him by
registering the “Dallas Cowboys”
in Nevada and committing voter fraud
in many swing states like Ohio?
Understand this Obamanots this election
will not be stolen by anyone,
including you!

If you watch the debate, you got an Idea of both candidates. McCain is a traditional old guy that believes in the class system. He feels based on his political, economic, and social standing he is the only choice. He’s done his time and sucked up properly with Bush over these past eight years. He and his wife are doing very well and associate with all the “right” people. So it’s only logical they be the next King and Queen of America.
It was apparent in the last debate how little McCain respects what Obama has achieved in such a short period of time. He views Obama as this uppity second class citizen trying to take his seat on the presentational bus. McCain feels Obama should be bowing down to his wife and him. Anything less from Obama means he’s being disrespectful to the upper class. Pointing to Obama and calling him “That one” proved this point to America. In McCain’s eyes people like Obama do not deserve the respect to be called out by name or title by him. But these same people must call him out by name and title, or they are label disrespectful. Again, this is the old world and military protocol thinking. A General can belittle the rank, but the rank can not belittle the General.
McCain’s thinking will set this country back further. He will continue with policies that fortify and enrich the upper class and weaken the middle/lower class. He offers up this so called tax break to the lower class (saying we should raise the dependant child rate from $3.500 to $7,000), basically to keep America barefoot and pregnant. Do we really want to promote America to get knocked up to reduce our taxation? This must be music to the Pro-lifer’s ears. Don’t get that abortion; you’ll loose that annual $7,000 deduction!
On Obama, I think what we learned here is he doesn’t have all the answers. He will surround himself with people that will jointly figure it out. I think he understands what non-business and the poor American is feeling right now. I think he also gets that 95 percent of us will never be on the other side of that scale. We will never be a country where everyone is a millionaire. The backbone of this country is the working class. So, if you look at it from a fair share citizen perspective, why not ask the folks making a little more to pay a little more in taxes. For example a family of 4 with an income of $250,000 can afford to pay $75,000 in taxes, and still have $43,750 for each household member. Whereas, a family of 4 with an income of $90,000 pays $13,500 in taxes, and has only 19,125 for each household member. While one can say this boarder on socialism, we should also consider the fact the family that earns $250,000 can afford to obtain a mortgage for a two to three million dollar home and deduct all the mortgage interest, whereas the $90,000 can not realized this same deduction. The rich have also been given loop-holes to sock away more for their retirement. The families living on $90,000 can’t sock it away because they need it to get by. This is what Obama gets, that McCain seems to ignore.
Obama gets that we’re not on track and “we all” as a country need to set higher standards and goals to get us back on track. Like, setting the goal “In tens years fully eliminate our dependency on foreign oil or better yet fossil fuel altogether”. Whereas, McCain sez, drill, baby, drill without setting any milestones of change. Obama, gets that we’re playing with our future generation’s environment and will need to be mindful of this verse continue our wasteful ways.
I found myself listening to Obama talk. Obama made me feel as if I really do play a role in our country’s future. For the past eight years we’ve been doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Obama is telling us “we” need to change how we go about fixing our problems or we’re going to end up staying where we are today. I get that. McCain is telling us, his mere existence (with Palin) in Washington will be catalyst to promote the change? McCain is saying the government’s the only problem. I agree with Obama, we “all” contributed to our current state. We have failed to realize how important each and every one of us is in getting our country moving forward again.
All in all, I thought which of two I would find myself tuning in for “State of the Union” and other as needed “call to action” talks to America. Thinking back, I listened intently to Reagan and Clinton’s “State of Unions”. I dreaded the Bush’s… both of them, father and son. I’m not connecting with McCain, but I am with Obama. In listening to McCain, I don’t feel that I’m his type of American citizen. I’m not “his friend”. I don’t feel I’m wanted in his version of America. With Obama, I sense that I am thread in the fabric of America.
Growing up left handed, I had a grade school teacher that would strike my left hand with a ruler when I tried to write with it. One day, I came home from school and my mother saw a bruise on my left hand and she asked me what happened. I cried, and told her that I was writing with the hand of the devil and Mrs. Xxxx, is only trying to help me stop. My mother did not say much, except that there is nothing wrong with my being left handed. The next day my mother marched into school with me and told Mrs. Xxxx never strike my left hand again. She explained her position on this subject. While listening to her talk with my teacher, I learned then and there that there was nothing wrong or sinful about being left handed. I learned that sometimes those you look up (like Mrs. Xxxx) don’t always get it right.
When I listen to McCain and Palin, I am reminded of my grade school teacher, someone who is superior to others and has the right to direct the weaker on how to act and feel. When I listen to Obama I am reminded of my parent, someone that encourages us to be better, supports being different, and to gets past conflict though talk over violence.
I hope Obama wins so he can continue to inspire us as individuals and as a country.

Wow. There is a whole lot of hate here. Republicans are SCARY. Seriously, which party is supposedly more religious? I seriously doubt Jesus would go around treating people like enemies and calling them dumb.

you redneck IDIOT. OBAMA AND HIS WIFE ARE GOING TO THE “WHITE HOUSE”. you go back to where you came from. The trash can.

November 4: Neuter Your Bulldog Day!…

WHO IS REAL SEN JOHN MCCAIN?
Here is real Sen John McCain. Our hero and our American dream
Sen John McCain should be rewarded with the Oval Office for all his unparallel work in Vietnam.
Here are the reasons:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/schanberg
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/
http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1794

Obama is a deceptive liar. LETS HEAR ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ACORN, ABC..
HOW ABOUT IT??
Question that I would like to be answered. ABC – Political Radar: Please tell us why are you not reporting on the ACORN voter fraud issue that is popping up all over this country?? And the fact that Obama is front and center? I find it interesting that you are ignoring this. You are working for the American people. Do your job for god’s sake.
At least some of the media tells it like it is…I found this article…
For starters, Obama paid ACORN, which has endorsed him for president, $800,000 to register new voters, payments his campaign failed to accurately report. (They were disguised in his FEC disclosure as payments to a front group called Citizen Services Inc. for “advance work.”)
What’s more, Obama worked as executive director of ACORN’s voter-registration arm, Project Vote, in 1992.

this is to OBAMA+BIDEN=LOSERS-
YOUR OBVIOUSLY ANGRY THAT OBAMA IS WINNING THIS ELECTION. I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOU- BUT IT’S THE DEMS TIME NOW. YOU SILLY REPUBLICANS HAVE SINGLE HANDIDLY DRIVEN AMERICA INTO THE DIRT. AND AS A DEM I KIND OF LIKE MCCAIN BUT HE’S IN THE WRONG ELECTION WITH THE WRONG RUNNINGMATE. THINK ABOUT IT MY FRIEND, 8 YEARS OF A REPUBLICAN GOV AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE. AND I WON’T EVEN BEGIN ON SARAH(NO BRAINS)PALIN. _

Tony Rezko pimped out Barack Obama to impress Nadhmi Auchi, a bad operator who found the political culture in Chicago and Illinois amenable to his kind of investment acumen. The only problem was that Rezko’s deal was in trouble, and Rezko himself was caught up in, among other scandals, a minority-contracting scam with the Dalely administration. At the same time, Rezko was wheeling and dealing with the Blagojevich administration and everyone in the political universe knew he was under federal investigation for it but Obama asked for his help buying a $1.6 million mansion and appeared at a couple of events to help Rezko impress Auchi and others.
Now Obama’s memory is faulty because there’s that pesky question of judgement, as well as the stain on his meticulously burnished image as a beacon of hope and reform because his relationship with both Rezko and the Machine and politics-as-usual is deeper than he’s ever cared to admit. Have I missed anything? Does that make sense now? Do you get the feeling there’s still more to the

We’ve seen the destructive power of words. Remember when right-wing elements of the Grand Old Party stoked anti-government paranoia with talk of black helicopters enforcing Washington regulations? The party’s blind-eye assent to this ended on April 19, 1995, when Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols blew up Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring more than 800 others. According to a New York Times article that year: “Three specific events confirmed Mr. McVeigh’s view of a runaway government out to take his guns: the Ruby Ridge raid (Aug. 22, 1992); Waco (April 19, 1993), and the passage of the Brady Bill in November 1993, mandating a five-day waiting period for the purchase of guns.”
Now, I’m not saying that it’s wrong to ask questions about Obama’s relationship, such as it was, with Bill Ayers. Or with Tony Rezko or with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Just as it wouldn’t be inappropriate to raise questions about McCain’s association with G. Gordon Liddy, the convicted Watergate burglar whose colorful history includes telling listeners to his radio show in 1994 to shoot federal agents in the head. When McCain went on Liddy’s radio show in November 2007, he told Liddy, “I’m proud of you, I’m proud of your family… It’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.”
The candidates’ associations with these people, and their responses to questions about them, give you a view into their judgment. But at a time of great economic uncertainty — so uncertain that the smartest people in the world are scratching their heads about what to do — whipping up anger rather than reaching for solutions is not what’s needed.
In his column today, my colleague Charles Krauthammer writes that Obama’s character “remains highly suspect.” And he ends by saying, “There is a difference between temperament and character.” This past week, by ginning up an anger and resentment on the campaign trail that should leave all with a cold chill running through their bodies, McCain has shown neither presidential temperament nor character.
The New York Daily News reported this week that a “top McCain strategist” said, “It’s a dangerous road, but we have no choice. If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we’re going to lose.”
If they keep doing what they’re doing, they’ll deserve to lose.

the “that one” comment was more scary than insulting.
I think McCain is going down fast mentally, and
just could not remember Obama’s name. It really
scares me that McCain is so close the the White
House, and so far gone mentally.

Barack Obama won all the debates. Mccain looks agitated and ready for a straight jacket.His disdain for Obama is evident. When this is over…the GOP will throw Sarah Palin under the bus like they did Katherine Harris.
I would like to sit down and actually talk with one of those 20% that still think Bush is doing a great job. That should be really enlightening.The Republicans had total control for 6 years and the juice to fix anything and everything. Sadly, they screwed the pooch big time and now they will pay for it. Personally, I think some people forgot why they weren’t in power for such a long time…they remember now.

I’m a little frightened by all of the anger on this board. I would like to believe that voters carefully consider the issues and vote based on who they believe to be the best leader. Instead, there are juvenile name-calls and ridiculous insults. I’m disappointed in my fellow citizens.
Seriously, what is the point of calling someone “Repug” or “DemWit,” like a first-grader calling someone a “stupid-head?” Does it explain any better why one or the other would make better choices and pass better laws?
I hope you calm down and think carefully before you vote on Election Day.
God Bless America.
Ginger
PS: It seems a little odd that you all know each other’s previous posts, so you must be on here a lot. Do you really think you’re going to convince each other? Why continue to try? And if you have all this time on your hands, why not come up with a few good paragraphs that accurately explain what you believe, so you wouldn’t have to rely on insults and tripe?