By Natalie Gewargis

Nov 3, 2008 12:35pm

A Nostalgic Moment for Obama in Jaxville

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA — Standing in Veterans’ Memorial Arena this morning, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., recalled for the crowd of roughly 9,000 a moment from seven weeks ago in this very same place.

In the middle of a riff on how Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., "just doesn’t get it,” Obama said, "remember what he said when he was here in Jacksonville on September 15th?

"That day more than 5,000 jobs were lost and more than 7,000 homes were foreclosed on. The day before, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said we were in a ‘once in a century’ crisis. And yet, despite our economic crisis, John McCain actually came here, to Veterans’ Memorial Arena, and repeated something he’s said at least 16 times on this campaign. He said – and I quote – ‘the fundamentals of our economy are strong.’…

"Florida you and I know that not only was John McCain fundamentally wrong,…the fact that he’s out of touch, this out of touch on-your-own economic philosophy that says you should give $700,000 tax cuts to the average Fortune 500 CEO,  $300 billion to the same Wall Street banks that got us into this mess. A philosophy that says we shouldn’t give a penny of relief to more than 100 million middle-class Americans. It’s a philosophy that will end when I am President of the United States of America."

The day McCain made that remark, September 15, McCain led Obama 47-46 in the Gallup Daily Tracking poll. Today Obama leads 52-41.

A September 9 Quinnipiac poll of Florida voters had McCain leading 50-43. Today’s Quinnipiac poll has Obama up 47-45.

On September 7, an ABC News/Washington Post poll indicated that Obama only had a 5-point lead over McCain on the question of whom voters most trust to handle the economy, 47-42.

Just two weeks later, September 22, Obama led by 14 points in that same poll — 53-39.  Today in the ABC News/Washington Post poll that number stands at about the same, Obama ahead, 54-40

On September 22, asked in the ABC News/Washington Post poll who you think better understands the economic problems people in this country are having, voters chose Obama overwhelmingly — by 24 points, 57-33. The number today is basically the same, 57-38.

Now of course that one moment in and of itself didn’t cause this shift in dynamics. But the Obama campaign strongly believes that it played a significant part.

– Jake Tapper, Sunlen Miller and Gary Langer

User Comments

If the Democrats would leave their redistributive grubby paws out of the economy, we might have a chance to get back on track. This whole fiasco was caused by Barney Frank and other dems wanting to spread my money to a bunch of lazy people with their hand out. It’s gonna be fun to watch the look of dissappointment on the faces of dems when they realize Obama has no clue. Hopefully, the thinkers in this country will show up at the polls and save the dems from themselves, but some of us are actually plotting to watch Obama fall on his face. Remember, Joe warned you.

Posted by: Kitty | November 3, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm

Bankrupting the American coal industry. Obama understands the economic problem of that?

Posted by: geevill | November 3, 2008, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm

bad kitty

Posted by: calico | November 3, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm

GO OBAMA!!!!

Posted by: Ed from MA | November 3, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

you know, if there is one thing I would give McCain a pass on, its that statement about the fundamentals of the economy. I really think that side of him is actually the more honest and truthful one. If the fundamentals of the fundamentals of the economy had not been strong, the country wouldn’t have been functioning quite ok today after the meltdown of last few weeks. So let’s give credit where credit is due. Jake, care to ask Obama why the country is still functioning if the fundamentals of the economy had not been strong?
Having said that, I still think McCain has no plan for the country and is far from competent to lead. Making observations a leader does not make.

Posted by: Question | November 3, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm

John McCain’s Tonya-Harding-style campaign has not worked out for him.
OBAMA WILL MAKE HISTORY
McCAIN WILL BE HISTORY

Posted by: Ed from MA | November 3, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

It did. That was the moment that the American public had to stop and actually consider what was happening to this country and it allowed people the reasoned ability to justify their decision to not allow party affilation to make the decision of who was better equiped to lead this country.
Add in the poor decision to bring the Alaskan mental midget into the mix and he was toast.
Obama/Biden 08

Posted by: Grissom | November 3, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

Obama was referring to a comment made by McCain on September 15, not to poll numbers at the time. I fail to understand the inference that the Obama campaign considered that pivotal in the polls. My own interpretation for the polls being better during that time for McCain was the Palin surge, which ultimately proved to be a serious liability. The Palin phenomenon illustrates how the manipulatively based, short term advantage hurts political careers and parties.

Posted by: kat | November 3, 2008, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm

geevil: McCain made almost identical remarks on the floor of the Senate. Both support a cap and trade system that will force clean coal technology forward. By the way, if auto industry listened to Obama on CAFE standards they wouldn’t be in the dire straights they are today. If republicans weren’t so obsessed with the status quo they would realize that forward looking clean green industries will put USA back in a global leadership position, positioned to export our innovations.

Posted by: geevill | November 3, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

It did. That was the moment that the American public had to stop and actually consider what was happening to this country and it allowed people the reasoned ability to justify their decision to not allow party affilation to make the decision of who was better equiped to lead this country.
Add in the poor decision to bring the Alaskan mental midget into the mix and he was toast.
Obama/Biden 08

Posted by: Grissom | November 3, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

Kitty says:
are actually plotting to watch Obama fall on his face. Remember, Joe warned you.
…and now we know why the stats all point to the uneducated voting for McCain……..

Posted by: Grissom | November 3, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm

Kitty–You amuse me. The Republicans have been in control of this country for most of the past 12 years. The Democrats have had very little say over that period of time, including the past two years when they have had a minimal control (non-veto proof) of Congress. To blame Barney Frank and the Democrats just goes to show how delusional you and your fellow Repubies are about the facts. Your world is coming to a crashing halt. Get used to Democratic rule for the next few years. You’ll probably like it since your taxes will likely go down, assuming you are not in the top 5% of earners. When Warren Buffet gets pi$$ed off that his effective tax rate is less than that of his secretary, you know how things are currently slanted in favor of the wealthy. Obama is simply going to reverse that trend. If you want to call that redistribution, then go right ahead. I prefer that type of redistribution versus the Republican brand of redistribution from the middle class to the wealthy. Get ready for some CHANGE, Kitty!!. Now go back to your litter box and be quiet.

Posted by: Jeff | November 3, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm

Obama and Greenspan should admit they caused the housing and financial meltdown.

Posted by: Shirley, Frekhaug, Norway | November 3, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

Go Sen Obama 08. You will be certainly titled the President elect of the United States of America on Tuesday night.
Cheerfully with the hope and change that will be brought by your administration.
Chris Xaphakdy

Posted by: C | November 3, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm

geevill:
Bankrupting the American coal industry. Obama understands the economic problem of that?
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I must say I will miss you after tomorrow.
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How could taking the coal industry into a new era of clean coal bankrupt them? It would create more jobs. New clean coal plants, more demand for coal…. would create more jobs and bring in more money to coal mines. Common sense!

Posted by: becky | November 3, 2008, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

Kitty and geevil, simple question to you: How many times WBush/Cheney/McSame has cut taxes during the past 7 years? Where is the country’s economy today: in dire straits. WBush/Cheney/McSame’s deregulation brought the US financial sector on its kneews. Joe the plumber has not been paying his taxes, he is very much an unpatriotic guy like all his friends and supporters. God save America from McSame/Sarah the 150 000 wardrobe lady from the cold Alaska.

Posted by: BKMC | November 3, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

This whole fiasco was caused by Barney Frank and other dems wanting to spread my money to a bunch of lazy people with their hand out.
———
When Pres. Obama passes the universal health care plan, I would ask you to please seek professional counseling.

Posted by: FactCheck | November 3, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

Kitty great thinkers like you are what got the US into the mess in the first place. Just hope that you never get into a situation where you have to depend on a hand-out through no fault of your own. As for that Putz Joe the Republicans keep dragging around the country, he is a tax evader and represents and represents a minority that can well afford not to be pampered even more than they have been over the past eight years in America. As it stands your little conspiracy looks likely to be carried away by a major Obama landslide. No one anywhere in the world wants a continutation of the same false wars and failed diplomacy of the Bush era.

Posted by: Kev | November 3, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

go to Drudge Report to see the wonderful video from Jax; As Obama praises McCain, he flips him off.
now that’s class.

Posted by: jack | November 3, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

“lazy people with their hand out” = REPUBS

Posted by: Ed from MA | November 3, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

The problem is that the Republicans have had their GRUBBY PAWS in the economy that has put out country in this shape.
As for Barama falling on his face, I would probably say that it would be McCain falling on his face first. Anyone who gets in office at this time is going to be tested and probably more than once. And with McCain we get Palin who doesn’t even know what the vp does. Real comforting.

Posted by: smt | November 3, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm

Obama’s message discipline certainly helped him drive this point home in a big way. McCain was all over the map, without any real message, no discipline at all.
It’s great to see the right wing freaks scrabble for some sort of political kryptonite – it all just ends up sounding trivial and stupid. Drudge, it seems, has completely lost the ability to drive narrative, and is an irrelevance to all but a narrow clique of haters.

Posted by: Tungsten | November 3, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

Jack–If you want to talk about being classless, look no further than the McCains. Johnny boy cheated on his first wife with Ms. Cindy after his wife waited five years for his return from POW camp and enduring severe injuries in an accident that left her disfigured. The new Ms. McCain (Cindy) illegally obtained prescription drugs to maintain her pill-popping habits. Where in those two scenarios do you find any class? Nuff said!

Posted by: Jeff | November 3, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

In Obama’s own words – he will bankrupt the American coal industry !!!!!
Let me sort of describe my overall policy.
What I’ve said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else’s out there.
I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented, whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted down caps that are being placed, imposed every year.
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.
That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel and other alternative energy approaches.
The only thing I’ve said with respect to coal, I haven’t been some coal booster. What I have said is that for us to take coal off the table as a ideological matter as opposed to saying if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it.
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can.
It’s just that it will bankrupt them.

Posted by: Steave Cuozzo | November 3, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

BARACK OBAMA = MICHAEL PHELPS
JOHN McCAIN = TONYA HARDING

Posted by: Ed from MA | November 3, 2008, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm

Ask the 700,000 who lost their jobs and counting if they are LAZY!!!!!

Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 3, 2008, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm

Becky,
You obviously did not read Senator Obama’s statements, ignored his speeches, or are just an uniformed voter who gets all of her information from word of mouth or Republican operatives. Obama has stated on numerous occasions that he is for clean coal, nuclear power (with the caveat of storing the nuclear waste safely), and for limited offshore drilling with environmental protections. He is also a big proponent of renewables, all of which will generate jobs here in this country that cannot be offshored.

Posted by: TEB | November 3, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

Hello Kitty
so you take political advice from skinhead plumbers who aren’t actually plumbers who aren’t buying the business they said they were…
and who basically have no knowledge of the fact that the father of the progressive income tax was McCain’s hero…Teddy Roosevelt.
And you have the nerve to refer to thinkers?
You are such a card…thanks for the laugh…
and enjoy Home Skool.

Posted by: nano | November 3, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

I wont absolve the Wall Street Banks (which are chock dull of as many Democrats as Republicans, by the way) for their blame in this financial crisis. But neither should we absolve a corrupt Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac. (After Chris Dodd, Obama is the number two Senator in contributions from Freddie and Fanny for the pst 10 years, THIS AFTER BEING IN THE SENATE FOR LESS THAN 4 YEARS.)
Nor should we absolve community groups like ACORN that extorted lenders into making loans to people who could never possibly afford to pay them back. And we all know Obama’s connections to ACORN, as much as the media has downplayed it.

Posted by: topo2005 | November 3, 2008, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm

Blaming Barney Frank and the Democrats who shielded Fannie and Freddie from serious oversight is not delusional, it is factual. McCain proposed legislation that would have brought Freddie and Fannie under control three years ago, but Democrats blocked that legislation. Please don’t be so naive as to think that the Democrats were powerless because they were not in the majority for 6 of the last 8 years. Nothing could be further from the truth, particular in the way the Senate operates. That’s why they are pushing so hard for a 60-seat majority, remember? That’s the number needed to really ram things through.
I never saw the huge problem with McCain’s original remarks, anyway. He was not saying the economy was strong, or that we were not having real problems. He simply said, do not panic, because beneath it all, the foundations of our economy are strong. I saw this as the same basic thing leaders always say in such times– we have the greatest work force in the world, we have a powerful entreupenerial spirit, we have a dedication to capitalism, we have free trade, etc. etc. What’s so terible about saying that we can turn things around because we have the right type of government and economic system? It’s about freedom and opportunity. Sounds okay to me.
Use your brain/Vote Mccain

Posted by: moderate | November 3, 2008, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm

MCCAIN = BACKWARD
OBAMA = FORWARD

Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 3, 2008, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm

moderate They don’t want opportunity they want your money.

Posted by: Retired old guy | November 3, 2008, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm

sisterdearest09 Obama=Karl Marx
John McCain = lessor
of two evils.

Posted by: Retired old guy | November 3, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

In 2006 the far right conservatives refused to vote GOP because of their hatred for moderate republicans, it led to a democrat majority in congress.
That democrat majority destroyed the US economy with corruption and scandal as evidenced by the bailouts. So actually the fault is with the far right conservatives who KNEW dems would ruin my nations economy but put them into office anyway.
Now? we have delusional far right conservative crackpots like Ann Coulter who are virtually silent, she could order her minions to vote for McCain but says she preferred that Hillary would have got the DNC ticket so she, Coulter, could have voted for Hillary.
Then delusional conservative crackpot and Foxnews VP (one of several vp’s) Neil Cavuto is doing his best to mock McCain and destroy the GOP’s chances to win the election tomorrow. Cavuto!? he says McCain is a socialist and a hypocrite for wanting to reduce spending?
Any independent minded folks should know this because it means the far conservative right, that split away from American values years ago has betrayed the Republican party (GOP) and is doing it still to this day. The far conservative right does not belong in power in the white house in 2008, but McCain is the RIGHT pick because the far conservative political right hates him and wants him to lose.
Obama simply has too many ties to extremist radical black racists that remain secret and run from the camera covering their face. Obama also has abc, cbs, nbc, cnn and msnbc running a 100% PRO Obama news program, trying their best to lie to the American people to affect the election, yellow journalism it is called. Let the voters hear both sides.
McCain is moderate and works with democrats and the far right conservatives hate him. McCain is experienced with foreign policy and we need that to keep America safe right now. I want 4 more years of Bush in that America has been kept safe from terrorist attacks.
Voting is secret, Obama wont know if you didnt vote for him, Obama is not safe and has too many secrets in his closet.

Posted by: Bradz1234 | November 3, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm

“McCain proposed legislation that would have brought Freddie and Fannie under control three years ago, but Democrats blocked that legislation”
This lie never gets old for right wingers.
McCain did not propose legislation, he cosponsored S.190 a year after it died in committee.
The GOP controlled Congress but they did not want to fight for the the bill so they let it die in committee after a party line vote.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

Posted by: Ryan C | November 3, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

Retired old guy:
McCain + Bush = DESTRUCTION!!!!
BORDERLINE ON DICTARORSHIP!!!!

Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 3, 2008, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm

Has Palin’s medical information made an appearance yet?

Posted by: TakingPictures | November 3, 2008, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

Polls and the lead?
abc and the other networks are in the box for Obama. The biased pro Obama coverage is SO BAD in 2008 that it will lead to changes in the future.
Knowing that the mainstream media is doing all they can do to elect Obama means your vote is taken away, its stolen. You dont have the sense to vote right, the mainstream media is deciding for you, for the greater good. By claiming to be unbiased, the media is feeding American voters a hard partisan biased leftwing democrat pro Obama stream of misinformation, stealing your vote.
If they were fair? they would show both sides and let you choose. they want Obama to win SO BAD they are telling you they are unbiased but are hard biased for Obama.
Another thing, since they are working to steal votes and mislead voters, they are trying to say the McCain side is losing by double digits so dont even bother to vote, then saying to the Obama folks, hurry and vote early, vote as many times as you can get away with!
Its as if the news companies are lying then saying its okay because its 1st amendment free speech, and lying is protected free speech, even under oath or even when claiming to be unbiased its okay to lie and be biased.
Obama is tied to radical extremists, really, why does the left not understand?
You on the left may want your democrat candidate in power, its probably going to happen in the future, but NOT Obama!
Many of us could have settled with Hillary because we know she was there and we know what she is about, so it will be like the 1990s probably. I want McCain to win but with Hillary it wouldnt be such a scare on the national security side.
Obama said just after 9/11 that if the political climate got negative he would stand with the Muslims! its in one of his books, why hasnt the mainstream media asked him about that comment??
Hillary I could have tolerated, Obama? not a chance. vote McCain for 2008, democrats pick someone better next time.

Posted by: Bradz1234 | November 3, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

I’ve been a Democrat all of my life but not anymore.
I want no part of the new Democratic party led by Obama.
As someone said–this is not my father’s Democratic Party.
It’s no longer “ask what you can do for your country”–it is what will it do for me.
obama is creating a generation that will sit back and let the gov’t and those who make over $150K take care of them.

Posted by: riley | November 3, 2008, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

As I mentioned earlier… The anti-Obama coal smear would be debunked, and it has been debunked.
The quotes are entirely taken out of context. There is no secret plan to bankrupt the coal industry. In fact, Obama’s cap and trade plan is remarkably similar to the one put forward by McCain.
Second smear, Obama gave McCain the middle finger. He scratches his face momentarily, and for a brief second uses his index finger before switching to his middle finger. It is not directed at anybody. It is a video clip of a guy scratching his face, like billions of people do every day.
My only question is this? What’s the next baseless smear going to be?

Posted by: Blip | November 3, 2008, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm

WHERE’S PALIN MEDICAL RECORDS!!!!

Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 3, 2008, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm

ASK THE 700,000 PEOPLE THAT LOST THIER JOBS AND COUNTING, DO THEY WANT SOMEBODY ELSES MONEY JUST TO GET BY?????

Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 3, 2008, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm

Riley…
You picked a bad time to quit the Democratic Party.
I was a Republican until I started paying close attention.
And if you look at the history of Democratic policy, their approach to taxes has been much more conservative under Clinton… and they will be about the same under Obama.
If you were going to switch parties based on taxation and social services, you should have done that years ago. Because their philosophy is really quite a bit more fiscally conservative than it used to be.
However, if you listen to a lot of Republican propaganda about “socialism” and “communism” and “Joe the Plumber”– I can totally understand why you would be scared of Democrats. Unfortunately, the propoganda is a bunch of hogwash.

Posted by: Blip | November 3, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

ASK THE 700,000 PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR JOBS AND COUNTING, DO THEY WANT SOMEBODY ELSES MONEY JUST TO GET BY?????
ASK THE PEOPLE THAT LOST OVER 1TRILLION IN THEIR 401K WHERE DID THEIR MONEY GO??
BUSH + MCCAIN = NEVER MAJOR IN ECONOMICS!!!!

Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 3, 2008, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm

Republicans are quite happy to get by on other people’s money.
That’s why they work in the banking and finance sector.
You push around other people’s money for a fee. You use that fee to buy stocks, which surge in value every time you put an American out of work and hire someone in a third world sweatshop.
If you ask me… the middle class do plenty of hard work. Yet all I hear from Republicans is how they whine too much. And how their whining will scare rich people. And how if they keep scaring rich people, they will be punished.
It’s sad that so many think America is just about money.

Posted by: Blip | November 3, 2008, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm

What a punk, daring to question “the one”! He wouldn’t pull that garbage once Obama’s National Security Force is up and running, I’ll tell you that much.

Posted by: topo2005 | November 3, 2008, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm

Blip you said: “However, if you listen to a lot of Republican propaganda about “socialism” and “communism” and “Joe the Plumber”– I can totally understand why you would be scared of Democrats. Unfortunately, the propoganda is a bunch of hogwash”
NO, youre wrong. The proof is in Obama’s own books and in the fact he attended the Rev Wright church 20 years, these 2 are solid proof and the speculation goes out from there, and then the leftwing media will NOT ask these questions.
Remember Sen. Trent Lott (R) ?
he said at a private birthday party for another senator that senator would have made a great president. the leftwing media went into overdrive saying the now late senator supported segregation back in the 1940s, ergo a total racist pig and Trent Lott said positive comments about him! Lott had to step down from his post in the Senate as leader after weeks of continual bashing by the left over racism.
Yet Obama’s church is millions of times more actively racist and the leftwing media stands silently and nods, where they went ballistic over Trent Lott one of, or perhaps the most unfair political lynching in US history.
Bill Ayers who is solidly linked to Obama? the proof HE is a Marxist is indisputable
Now you lefties may be socialist and be happy with communism and Marxism but tell the truth, dont deny what you really believe, you know Obama is a closeted socialist, Bill Ayers recently said he is an anarchist and Marxist to this day.
Will Bill Ayers get a high visibility post in some (God forbid) Obama cabinet? no, probably not. But the past interaction is there, its proven, if we learned anything from years (decades) of UFO chasing and chasing stories of UFO abductions? its that you follow the story until it ends, does it end with rumor babbling from some wacko? or does it end with legitimate links and proof to events in history?
Obama’s friends Bill Ayers and his wife dedicated their anarchist book to the man who assasinated Robert Kennedy. Its in the book in a list of dedication names. Thats as extreme anti American radical far left violent psychotic murderer as it gets, and thats one of Bill Ayers hero’s, and Bill Ayers hosted Obama’s launching of his political career which Obama denied at the debates with the totally guilty and dishonest body language.
Let Obama take a lie detector test about it? aint gonna happen. Let the media make that into a 24/7 news story until he admits the truth? aint gonna happen.
I find the practice of believing in unfounded rumor to be disgusting, anyone who floats lies about Obama should be called a liar. But Im satisfied there is enough evidence in the overall theme of the claims against Obama and his ties to radicals, to say there is no way Obama could or should be qualified to be President, and the media has disgraced journalism by using their power to hide facts American voters need to know about Obama.
That means voters have to dig and find the facts themselves

Posted by: Bradz1234 | November 3, 2008, 3:29 pm 3:29 pm

Factcheck
Does anyone bother to check out facts or just depend on the last email they got for their information?

Posted by: SUSIE | November 3, 2008, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm

Bradz1234 said:
“Yet Obama’s church is millions of times more actively racist and the leftwing media stands silently and nods, where they went ballistic over Trent Lott one of, or perhaps the most unfair political lynching in US history.”
No, Brad you are WRONG. It’s wrong for anyone who has ONLY LISTENED TO THE SOUND BYTES of Rev. Wright’s sermons to make any judgement about him. Unless you have listened to his sermons in their entirity, you know nothing. I listened to his entire sermons as well as saw him with Bill Moyers on NPR and he was terrific. Rev. Wright not only served his country [America] as a Marine who was highly decorated, but he has also served his community and built his very small church to a large church by his thought-provoking sermons. I have a feeling that most of those who now judge or rag all over him have never done even a tenth of what J. Wright has done in his lifetime for his country or his church. Furthermore, Rev. Wright has a superior intellect, is witty and quite charming, but unfortunately most people will not know that because they refuse to give him a moment of their time as the sound bytes were just too gripping for them to handle. This was WRONG in every concept of the word!
Being as I live in VA, today I awoke to see a new ad being run on tv by the GOP which brings out the J. Wright ‘sound bytes’ to prove that Obama is radical. Well, that is just NOT going to work now or ever. We have made up our minds and I personally find nothing offensive about Rev. Wright, and as a matter of fact, find that he has been very much maligned by all who think they have the right to judge him. They have treated Obama and Rev. Wright terribly.
As for Trent Lott, he is the most disgusting and reprehensible man in the senate and having to resign couldn’t have happened to a more deserving man. Between Lott, DeLay, Gingrich, Stevens and a few others, I have been thrilled to see them have to go. We don’t need these crooks in our public offices.
BTW, you were NOT present at any function for Obama, so until you are or at least a member of his inner circle whom he would confide in, I suspect you ought to look for FACTS [items that leave NO doubt for question] rather than ramble on about things you know nothing of. And tell me please, what good deeds have you done for your country or community today? Besides spreading rumors in blogs, I have a funny feeling, you have done nothing.

Posted by: MadasHelinVA | November 3, 2008, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm

Landslide.
We will stand in line, 1, 2, 3,4, 5,6,7,8 hours. whatever it takes.
Obama/Biden 2008.

Posted by: voter iin PA | November 3, 2008, 4:20 pm 4:20 pm

To any of you and to all of you who want to judge Obama by what Wright said. African-American has dealt with this kind of belittling all our lives and will continue to do so until the Good Lord prickle you all HEARTS. Wright was speaking for themself and he is not running for president, ok , we agree with the rest of the world , that the man is an idiot, get over it ,because if Mccain get to be president we will have a problem bigger than Wright in the white house, there will be TWO DEMONIZE families in charge. And may GOD have mercy on us ALL!!!

Posted by: sharon | November 3, 2008, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm

I don’t know about other people, but I haven’t run across any interviews with economists on what McCain said. But these are two articles that discuss that he was correct: “No, Really, the Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong,” (NY Times) and “The Economy Really Is Fundamentally Strong,” (Time). And the economy is forecasted to improve in late spring. If that Obama had had to talk about the strengths and weaknesses in our economy, and whether or not there was, long-term, a strong foundation, I wonder what he would have said.
And if the media had fairly covered the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crisis, all of the coverage would also have included these angles: “Who Caused the Economic Crisis?” (Factcheck), “Fannie Mae and the Vast Bipartisan Conspiracy,” (Slate), “How Washington Failed to Rein In Fannie, Freddie” (Washington Post),
“Dodd and Frank, step down,” (Providence Journal), “If Not Now, When? (Hartford Courant), and “Senator Dodd’s Notion of Courtesy,” the last two of which discuss how Sen. Dodd has failed as promised to release documents related to loans he got from Countrywide, which was involved in the sub-prime mess. On the whole, the media has failed to inform the public on some parties who were involved in and responsible for this crisis.

Posted by: Erika | November 3, 2008, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm

Madashell in VA you said: “No, Brad you are WRONG. It’s wrong for anyone who has ONLY LISTENED TO THE SOUND BYTES of Rev. Wright’s sermons to make any judgement about him. Unless you have listened to his sermons in their entirity”
Do I have the right to judge others?
Yes, if that person calls themself a Christian and much more so if the person calls himself a Reverend of any Christian church. It is a leap of supposition for you to assume what I have or have not listened to.
Lets look at objective facts we have about Rev Wright: he has made statements that are bigoted, prideful, arrogant and blasphemous. I assert the Rev Wright has LIED (the only way thats not correct is if he is deranged and incoherent). Biblically, all lies come from Satan. And biblically we Christians are to be humble and there is a level of decorum to be maintained in any church that claims to be Christ centered. Violating this means Rev Wright rejects the authority of Christ and curses Christs standing.
Rev Wrights church has given a lifetime acheivement award to the infamous Luis Farrakhan, president of the nation of Islam. Do you NOT have a problem with a so called Christian church giving an honorable award to a bigoted racist pig such as Farrakhan? who said “the white man is the descendent of the Devil”? And in the week of Sept 11, 2001 said he and the nation of Islam stand with the Taliban as one brotherhood, one people and the Taliban are great warriors against the evil United States… If you didnt know, the Taliban claim to be the purest form of Islam. And then there is Father Flager? (sp) who is a textbook example of an apostate, he also endorses Farrakhan as a great leader.
Christians are required to shred the lies of false teachings, Islam itself is a false teaching and exists on the earth as a disease to mankind, if Obama was a Christian? which there is no evidence Ive seen that he is, if Obama was, he would defend the bible and defend Christ and speak the truth about everything including that the teaching of Islam is Satanic, (since from a bible perspective this is an absolute).
So if you want to say you like Rev Wright? thats your choice, but Wright, if he was part of the Christian church should be cast out as a heretic and false teacher (since by this point he has been confronted about his false teaching and not repented).
Sen. Trent Lott? excuse me, but do you even know who this is? People hate Tom DeLay mostly because they hate God and hate what DeLay represents with his Christian faith, especially when it comes to abortion (abortion is the Satanic ritual gruesome murder of children newly born or unborn). But Trent Lott is mild mannered and was argueably too nice in the Senate, I suspect youre thinking of someone else.
What did I do for the community? thats such a canned and presumptive statement, I did something and was not blogging all day, note the post times.

Posted by: Bradz1234 | November 4, 2008, 12:31 am 12:31 am

I’ve never understood this so-called $700K tax cut for the average Fortune 500 CEO. Where does that figure come from? To the best of my knowledge, McCain has never proposed doing anything on personal income taxes other than keeping the current rates in effect. Where does the $700K come from? How is it calculated? Has any member of the press ever asked Sen. Obama to defend this figure? Did he just pull it out of his ass, or is there some sort of data to support his contention? I read pretty extensively, and somehow I have missed this being discussed anywhere. I’d appreciate any information anyone can provide.

Posted by: Lynne | November 4, 2008, 1:32 am 1:32 am

Today is the 4th of Nov. 2008 and it brings with it an opportunity for every american to look beyond race, political affiliations, towards a future which offers hope, peace , success and unity.
Help bring ‘positive change’ to america, vote Barack Obama for president

Posted by: Amanda | November 4, 2008, 10:20 am 10:20 am

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