POTOMAC PRIMARY

Perfect Game

Obama's 8-0 since Feb. 5, and positioned to rack up two more wins next Tuesday. Meanwhile, McCain bats away Huckabee scare in Virginia.

By Arian Campo-Flores | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Feb 13, 2008 | Updated: 12:01  a.m. ET Feb 13, 2008

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  • Posted By: Lisa P @ 11/12/2008 4:05:18 AM

    These were the underlying great problems that will be faced by our countrymen a narrow economic analysis of the ongoing severe economic financial crisis that is ravaging the US and hitting the international community on all continents. My friends, my countrymen, Americans, hear me out for a minute or two. I hope you all thought long and hard about whom to cast your vote for on Election Day. I???d sure love to think everyone did, but I???m not so sure anymore. Most people think harder about whether or not they have to take out a payday advance. Case in point is this audio excerpt from the ???Howard Stern Show,??? reposted by BPM DJ???s in Pittsburgh, PA. Roving Reporter Sal went out to gather man-on-the-street interviews to see how many people supported Obama or McCain. The underlying motive was to see if they supported Obama simply because he is black. The comedia magnae is that his polling point was Harlem, NYC. His trick is even more telling ??? he reverses the candidates??? positions, so that it would seem that Obama???s policies were actually McCain???s, and McCain???s Obama???s. The people he spoke to preferred the actual platform of John McCain, and the policies that he attributed to McCain (which are actually Obama???s) were the ones nobody wanted anything to do with. I hope you all thought long and hard before voting. I sincerely hope, my fellow Americans that you did not just jump on the bandwagon.
    Read more on this topic: http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/a-fast-cash-payday-advance-saved-my-wifes-stupid-cats/

  • Posted By: GTX13 @ 02/16/2008 9:42:43 AM

    OHIO, PENSYLVANIA and TEXAS will vote for Hillary ! We don't care about others' states voting style in majority for Obama. It's their problem ! We have to respect all diversity of all points of view .We have to be concerned with their political and cultural level. But we don't allow you to setup for us your stupid standard. All times in the history the propaganda intoxication got more ground over the poor people and not strong enough like personality. But here we are more liberals and the people don't like to be manipulated by some stupid and "no brains" phraseology....CHANGE...CHANGE...CHANGE...What change ?!...
    Maybe the Obama's naive and in-cult PARROTS asking to change ...Shoes or T-shirts ...!! Why you have to put pressure over other's people conscience and to be reversed the election outcome ?!...Do it for yourself !!
    WE have to vote for Hillary, because she has great projects, including universal health care for all Americans, like other civilized countries as France , Great Britain ... and even poor Cuba.
    VOTE FOR HILLARY !! Let's bring DOWN all impostors and hypocrites !!! GTX13/ Ohio

    • Posted By: OHBadgerAMY @ 02/16/2008 10:50:16 AM

      I'm from Ohio, I'm college-educated, I'm a women, I'm active in my civil responsibilities...

      and I'm voting for Obama. Please don't speak for me or for the hundreds of friends and family members i know in Ohio who are also planning on supporting Obama.

      YES WE CAN!

      • Posted By: dobber @ 02/25/2008 6:44:39 PM

        I take offense to your statement that you are educated insinuating that others are not. I do not have a degree but can tell you that I can run with you any day. Obama is a very pleasant man, gives wonderful speeches and will probably be a great leader someday--but not today. He is not ready. What will he have left to give after your "oh what a feeling" is gone?? Experience, experience is key and he needs more of it. Everyone who supports him is only hanging on words. And yes they are just words. We all have dreams and hopes but that isn't enough. I am considered, according to you, as uneducated because I am voting for Hillary--well, let me tell you something your degree has nothing to do with it. I have a lifetime of education, knowledge and ability to see what is lasting and not "oh, what a feeling he gives me!" If he becomes the president I will be anxious to hear how good you feel down the road. Good luck.

      • Posted By: bonsmi @ 02/20/2008 7:10:59 PM

        What does college educated has to do with anything. Please, common sense will get you by much faster than that piece of crap education that you have.

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 11:28:48 AM

        So the Hussein Obama camp is now for supressing the Constitutional Right of Free Speech? His heritage and upbringing are not allowed to be discussed? What's next? Take away the guns? Take away hard earned assetts for redistribution? Take away the right to assemble? Hussein Obama Is an ISLAMIC SYMPATHIZER at best. Possibly much worse. There is ample documentation available to logically come to this conclusion. But you only hear CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE...

  • Posted By: PLTN2089 @ 02/15/2008 11:16:48 AM

    THIS IS WHY AMERICANS ARE VOTING FOR SEN. OBAMA, AND NOT SEN. CLINTON. SOME PEOPLE ARE COMMENTING THAT SEN. OBAMA DOESN'T HAVE EXPERIENCE, AND THAT HE HASN'T DONE HIS JOB IN CONGRESS, WELL HERE ARE THE FACTS.

    -Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term - 6yrs. - and another year campaigning, has managed to author and pass into law - 20 - twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years.

    These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress www.thomas.loc.gov, but to save you trouble, I'll post them here for you.

    1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.

    2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.

    3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

    4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.

    5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.

    6. Name post office after Jonn A. O'Shea.

    7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.

    8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.

    9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.

    10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.

    11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.

    12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.

    13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.

    14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death.

    15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty. Only five of Clinton's bills are, more substantive. 16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11.

    17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11 18. Assist landmine victims in other countries.

    19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.

    20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.



    There you have it, the fact's straight from the Senate Record.


    Sen. Obama's Record- During the first (8)eight years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced...

    233 regarding healthcare reform,

    125 on poverty and public assistance,

    112 crime fighting bills,

    97 economic bills,

    60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,

    21 ethics reform bills,

    15 gun control,

    6 veterans affairs and many others.
    all, since entering the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096.

    An impressive record, for someone who supposedly has no record according to some who would prefer that this comparison not be made public.

    He's not just a talker.

    He's a doer.



    Pass it on....It's impressive

    • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 5:15:40 PM

      Gun control alone makes him an enemy in my book. What's next... Knife control, baseball bat control...... Anything can be used as a weapon. The weopon doesn't kill people, people kill people. Until the bleeding hearts understand this, crime will continue. Instead of banning a gun, why not bring justice to the person committing the crime? Oh thats right, the same bleeding hearts go soft on the criminal.....

      • Posted By: bonsmi @ 02/20/2008 7:19:39 PM

        Have those little changes that Obama made as a part of his job made a difference for you and your family or the American public as a whole. Get real people. If you have to pick out things that he did as his job description to say he has experience with health, international policies, the economy, safety, etc., then that is downright stupid. I am glad that you are not running for President. I pray that Obama wins because it is the poorer class like you that will suffer.

    • Posted By: emmarcee @ 02/15/2008 11:29:34 AM

      Most of them "present"?

      • Posted By: AmySusan22 @ 02/16/2008 10:42:58 AM

        Wow I am shocked and disappointed by the racism and bigotry I am seeing in these posts. It is despicable and it literally saddens me.

        However, to those of you who are voting based on PRINCIPLE and what is best for America, I have a bit of information that might help you in your decision-making.

        Regarding Obama's "present" votes in the Illinois state legislature: the Illinois constitution requires that for a bill to pass, you need a MAJORITY of the votes to be in favor of the bill. I.e.: if there are 100 people voting, the bill must have 51 "yes" votes. This is in direct contrast to how the US Senate and most other state legislatures work. In these bodies, you only need a plurality (ie: you need more yes's than no's)

        Thus, in Illinois a present vote is in fact a vote against the bill. However, it is different than just voting no because you show the bill's authors that you aren't against the principle of the legislation, just some of the specifics.

        I hope that people will educate themselves on their government instead of throwing out phony accusations that a "present" vote is ducking responsibility. It is simply untrue.

      • Posted By: AmySusan22 @ 02/16/2008 10:41:27 AM

        Wow I am shocked and disappointed by the racism and bigotry I am seeing in these posts. It is despicable and it literally saddens me.

        However, to those of you who are voting based on PRINCIPLE and what is best for America, I have a bit of information that might help you in your decision-making.

        Regarding Obama's "present" votes in the Illinois state legislature: the Illinois constitution requires that for a bill to pass, you need a MAJORITY of the votes to be in favor of the bill. I.e.: if there are 100 people voting, the bill must have 51 "yes" votes. This is in direct contrast to how the US Senate and most other state legislatures work. In these bodies, you only need a plurality (ie: you need more yes's than no's)

        Thus, in Illinois a present vote is in fact a vote against the bill. However, it is different than just voting no because you show the bill's authors that you aren't against the principle of the legislation, just some of the specifics.

        I hope that people will educate themselves on their government instead of throwing out phony accusations that a "present" vote is ducking responsibility. It is simply untrue.

    • Posted By: emmarcee @ 02/15/2008 11:31:06 AM

      He must have been introducing one bill a day.

      • Posted By: lamm01 @ 02/15/2008 1:56:19 PM

        What's impressive. That he spends all his time naming buildings and days after dead people? If that's what you call qualifications, you must be pretty simple minded.

        • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 2:11:35 PM

          You all forget his main qualification-CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE

  • Posted By: tansam446 @ 02/13/2008 4:58:46 PM

    People need to stop bashing Hillary. She is the best opponent in my book for President. Everyone is wanting Obama because he is BLACK. I'm black too - get over it! This man came from nowhere and now everyone want a black president. Is he really going to do something for black folks? I cannot see a whole lot. I love the Clintons! I hope Hillary fight to the end - DON'T GIVE UP HILLARY!

    • Posted By: Nadie @ 02/19/2008 1:39:08 PM

      If you notice the states Obama has won are prodominately white states therefore, leading me to believe the support is NOT because he is African American. People are tired of the same old non-sense that has been going on in Washington for years. Hillary is a decent candidate and IF she wins I will suppport her. However, Senator Obama does not represent the traditional establishment and if "good ole" tradition is what you want with Hillary that is what you are going to get and Bill. Obama has the necessary experience, qualifications and yes motivation for what it takes to run this country. His campaign has been organized extremely well and I believe he has a heart for Everyone, black, white, asian, hispanic etc. I also believe in many cases, not all, it's not Hillary people want in the whitehouse it's Bill and unfortunately by his recent actions and comments during this campaign it's Bill we may get not Hillary. No it's not a RACE thing it's a let's get this county back together thing. This starts first in how we believe in ourselves and in our county. What Senator Obama is trying to do is get us back to believing in a country that has lost hope. Thousands of innocent men and boys are being killed with many more returning from war to a war of red tape and policies just to get benefits. There are not just Black men and women, there weren't just Black men and women in the World Trade Center, there aren't just Black men and women in the unemploment line and Senator Obama is not just going to serve Black men and women. No it's not race it's hope that all of us can have the promises this country has made to each of us through the constitution. Past experience has gotten us into wars that we have no business in, debt that we fight with each administration, health care that is substandard not only for the poor but also working class america. We've tried Everything and thus far nothing has worked. I vote for Obama because what we have experienced in past administrations has NOT worked and it's time for someone as intelligent as Mr. Obama to bring new ideas and new leadership and healing to a sick United States. As for the question what will he do for Blacks, my question as a Black women is when is the heck are we going to stop saying what is someone going to do for us and do for ourselves. He's not going to knock on your door, complete a job application for you or college application, or tutor you so you can qualify yourself for a better life, that's not his job it's yours. No one owes you, me or anyone else anything. Therefore, it's not what he's going to do for Black people it's what he's going to do for American people.

    • Posted By: dallas3 @ 02/13/2008 5:30:43 PM

      Why is this a racial issue? People aren't voting for Obama because he's black. Don't forget what country you live in. This is America! Racism still exists. Just recently, we've had to endure Jena 6 down in Louisiana. We still, in 2008, have people with the audacity to hang nooses from trees. How disgusting is that. So don't dare believe that people, especially whites, are voting for Obama because he's black. NOT TRUE!! Please don't be so naive. Obama has support because he denounces everything that has allowed this country to be in the position it has been put in. Now, 8 years ago, you people voted George Bush in office. After the first 4 years of his bloopers and blunders you voted him in again for another 4 years. So you'd rather have some blundering, criminal minded idiot in the white house as opposed to someone who stands for the right things? Wow, it's amazing how people would rather continue to suffer as a nation than to see a black person gain just a little bit of power. Things MUST change! Things WILL change!

  • Posted By: SaveThe MiddleClass @ 02/15/2008 9:29:18 AM

    The reason Obama does well among the young and educated is that when you are young and educated , you dont have a care in the world.
    The rest of the country is trying to put food on the table.

    • Posted By: Cliff n WA @ 02/15/2008 11:32:43 AM

      Health care is a good example - The young and educated are part of the demographic of those with six figure incomes or other reasons not to worry about universal health care. It is hard for people to get behind something which does not immediately and personally affect them. What they do not see is that this health care crisis will eventually bankrupt our country. It is tough to convince people to give up their short term economic self interest for the good of the country even if they know deep down what is good for America will benefit them in the long run. I paraphrase Bill Clinton when I say survival of the fittest may be a biological fact but should not be a political philosophy and policy (referring to republicans). We can be better.

      • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 4:10:48 PM

        and its a good idea to give me a bigger house, a new truck, a big screen tv, a large RV, a boat, etc..... because I just can't afford it on my own, so why can't the government take away from those making 6 figures and give it to me....... makes about as much sense as the health care doesn't it.....

        • Posted By: OHBadgerAMY @ 02/16/2008 10:47:49 AM

          How can you honestly compare healthcare to a big screen TV? A woman dying of cancer because she can't afford healthcare to get yearly mamograms is VERY different than you and your new "pick-up truck."

          Please people, let's have some compassion for our fellow Americans. We're supposed to be in this together.

          • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/16/2008 11:38:14 AM

            as for the truck... I live in an area where the roads are dangerous and sometimes closed during the winter. So if I don't get a new truck, I won't be able to get to work. This means my family will go hungry, we will lose our home, etc... Now will your bleeding hearts provide me a truck?

          • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/16/2008 11:35:39 AM

            Compassion is where our families, churches and our contributions to charity come in to play. Having the government tell me where my hard earned money goes is not compassion... it is servitude.

          • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/16/2008 11:33:15 AM

            because the point behind the whoe sarcastic post is this: ONCE THE GOVERNMENT STARTS TAKING FROM ONE GROUP TO GIVE TO ANOTHER, IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WE ARE COMPLETE SLAVES TO THE SYSTEM. Look beyond the one issue and on to the overall picture. The government was never meant to take care of us. We are to look after ourselves. If your children end up taking care of you, at least you are still free of the government control. Why should I and every other citizen be forced to take care of you? The way you liberals think, we may as well just go back to having a King, where everything is his and nothing is ours..... We will live at his command and mercy

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 2:02:08 PM

      No it is not. It is because he hypnotizes your mushy brains . Just listen carefully-CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE-you are getting sleepy, at the count of 3 you will kiss my ass if I ask. CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE. Oh, I forgot another valuable Obama quote-PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT-that one works almost as well. IDIOTS!!!

      • Posted By: OHBadgerAMY @ 02/16/2008 10:45:51 AM

        Wow I am shocked and disappointed by the racism and bigotry I am seeing in these posts. It is despicable and it literally saddens me.

        However, to those of you who are voting based on PRINCIPLE and what is best for America, I have a bit of information that might help you in your decision-making.

        Regarding Obama's "present" votes in the Illinois state legislature: the Illinois constitution requires that for a bill to pass, you need a MAJORITY of the votes to be in favor of the bill. I.e.: if there are 100 people voting, the bill must have 51 "yes" votes. This is in direct contrast to how the US Senate and most other state legislatures work. In these bodies, you only need a plurality (ie: you need more yes's than no's)

        Thus, in Illinois a present vote is in fact a vote against the bill. However, it is different than just voting no because you show the bill's authors that you aren't against the principle of the legislation, just some of the specifics.

        I hope that people will educate themselves on their government instead of throwing out phony accusations that a "present" vote is ducking responsibility. It is simply untrue.

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 2:25:46 PM

        p,s. It works better if you snort a few lines before you chant.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 4:05:27 PM

    Lew Alcindor-Kareem Abdul Jabbar
    Cassius Clay-Mohammed Ali
    Cat Stevens-Yusef YabbaDabbaDoo

    Muslim converts change their "christian" name to identify with their new mohammedness.

    Barak Hussein Obama-Barak Hussein Obama HE ALREDY IDENTIFIED.

    • Posted By: OHBadgerAMY @ 02/16/2008 10:58:22 AM

      Can someone at Newsweek please forbid HolyRoller from spreading her lies and bigotry?? I've read about enough of it.

      A blog is for educated, reasoned debate. Not some anti-Muslim propoganda.

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 11:15:18 AM

        So the Hussein Obama camp is now for supressing the Constitutional Right of Free Speech? His heritage and upbringing are not allowed to be discussed? What's next? Take away the guns? Take away hard earned assetts for redistribution? Take away the right to assemble? Hussein Obama Is an ISLAMIC SYMPATHIZER at best. Possibly much worse. There is ample documentation available to logically come to this conclusion. But you only hear CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE...

  • Posted By: Far Away @ 02/16/2008 5:01:05 AM

    HolyRoller; It is sensible to ignore BIGOTS like you. I can't. The trouble with people like you and the Clintons is that you THOUGHT Senator Barack Obama would be a pushover. You have to be smarking from the lashes, licks and blows that the sensible people in America are dealing. The one and only reason the Senator Obama does not become the Democratic Presidential Nominee would be because of racists like you, who thank like you and expect, like you that the only thing a black man is capable of being and doing is to say "Yes Suh"

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 8:55:43 AM

      You are so adapt a trying to make this racial. Well the Obama camp is the one that counts so important the "race" vote. My problem is not with skin color, but with the mohammed connection.
      If Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Michael Steele, or several other African-Americans, I would readily cast my vote for them.
      My problem with Senator Hussein Obama, from the grear muslim nation of Indonesia, is the fact that he is an Islamic sympathizer at best, and possibly much worse. So get off your race card. Call me a bigot if you like, but be accurate. I am predjudiced against demons who wish us dead. And they come in all colors.

      • Posted By: OHBadgerAMY @ 02/16/2008 10:56:10 AM

        HolyRidder, you really sadden me. It is because of people like you that Americans have such a terrible reputation in the world. They see us and think that we're bigots, that we don't care about the plights of people who aren't American, that we're capable of being discriminatory against an entire RELIGION.

        Well I'm very American, very patriotric and I happen to have many friends who are Muslims. It is VERY dangerous for you to confuse Muslims and Muslim EXTREMISTS. It is a very very very small faction of radical Muslims who actually believe in the "jihad" holy wars. Please.. the sooner you understand this, the safer America will be.

        Secondly, even though it shouldn't even be an issue, Barack Obama is not Muslim. He is Christian. He never went to a Muslim school, he never practice Islam and he has been on the record criticizing Louis Farakhan.

        You'd have a lot more sway in persuading people to your cause if you actually knew what you were talking about... but, luckily, most people know better than to believe these bigoted lies.

        • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 11:10:44 AM

          It is very obvious that you do not know very much about your candidate of choice. His mother re-married another more devout muslim, and young Obama attended a muslim public school in Indonesia. He was indoctrinated into muslim ideology and study of the Quaran. He later "converted" to Christianity and joined a vocallu anti-American "church" with pro-muslim views. His "church" is more cult like than Christian.

          As for his conversion-this should have resulted in his being declared apostate and an infidel worthy of execution. Has this happened? No, quite the opposite. He is revered in Indonesia as a muslim savior not the infidel that both you and I are. WAKE UP!!!

  • Posted By: hope-3 @ 02/16/2008 11:06:07 AM

    This is about uniting the democratic party?Try not to take it personally my friend.

  • Posted By: hope-3 @ 02/16/2008 10:31:21 AM

    Name calling does not help your case.It is becoming increasing clear that if obama wins wisconsin and hawaii it's pretty much over for hillary no matter what she does in ohio,penn and texas.Even john mccain has begun his attacks on obama because he sees him as his next opponent.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 10:46:57 AM

      You are quite mistaken. If Sen. Clinton earn large percentage of votes in OHIO, PENN., and TEXAS she will be ahead in both delegates and popular vote. Regardless of Hawaii and Wisconsin. What will the Obama camp do then. Clinton will get the Superdelegate majority and thereby the Nomination. Obama's "liberal" followers will destroy the convention hall. IT'S COMING and I can't wait to see his true "colors" come out.

  • Posted By: geniepocket2 @ 02/14/2008 6:24:43 PM

    Retired Marine: Who do you support?

    • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 11:54:51 PM

      continued... these elected officials are NOT the ALL KNOWING GENIUSES... they need advisors. A smart leader surrounds himself with people more knowledgeable than him and seeks their counsel. McCain was not exactly my first choice, but I feel now that he is the best choice for what we have left. As for Hucklbee, he lost my respect when his campaign was nothing more than to bash another mans religion. I have no tolerance for that whether the person believes in God, Jesus, the holy mother Mary, Mohammed, Buddah, etc... The country was founded on religious freedom and everyone should be allowed to worship as they believe and desire. Any biggotry therein just takes us backwards in time, not forward.

      • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 11:57:48 PM

        I will get alot of flak for this because there is a whole lot of religious biggotry out here but, I am LDS. Yes a Mormon. I served a two year mission, returned and served over 20 years as a Marine Infantryman. Retired and went back to Iraq as a contractor (personal protective specialist). Yes I have met many Iraqi's, have been at many Iraqi government buildings, been in the prime ministers and the Iraqi president's home. Have talked to several Iraqi guards. (pretty much what the media calls a mercenary- but what they fail to mention is that every one of us was prior military combat service veterans, trained by US State Department Diplomatic Security to augment their efforts). I was there for the elections, there for Saddams trial, etc... Have seen how much good has come from this "most serious mistake in US history" and have great objection to how people who have never seen these things claim to be experts. So here you have a Mormon and a Marine willing to fight for our freedoms all rolled into one.

    • Posted By: sjbrock80 @ 02/14/2008 6:49:01 PM

      He should support Bill Parsons.

  • Posted By: geniepocket2 @ 02/14/2008 6:33:47 PM

    Ah, now you lost me Retired marine. Separation of church and state is essential, however, every candidate still mentions their religion, again, and again, and again. I am very religious, yet I vote on who can make life better in this world, now and in the future. not on their beliefs in the next world after their deaths. God is subjective, and we all believe in a different one, according to our natures, even if we all think we believe in the same God if you are the same religion. I feel God is mentioned way too much by every candidate, it's like they are athletes or something!

    • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 11:49:17 PM

      Well geniepocket2, I am not sure where I lost you as your post wasn't attached to any other. Yes separation of church and state is essential, but even in the beginning the founding fathers found it appropriate to pray before meetings. Just because people are of different faiths don't mean they can't get along. Religion should not be the driving factor behind any candidate. Perhaps they do mention their religion too much, but at least if he/she has faith in something, they probably try to live well and make good decisions. Voting or not voting based on someone's particular religion is biggoted and stupid and does no one any good. Look at the flack JFK took - at that time it was... we can never elect a catholic. Look this year at Romney, hell look at some of the posts in here (many from holyroller amoung others). It is a sad state of affairs when we are more worried about what faith a person believes in instead of how good will that person be for the country. I am with you, I vote on whom I believe will attempt to make this a better place, who has American interests and preserving American Freedom in his/her heart.

      • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 11:50:53 PM

        As for elections, I think for myself. I don't give a rats ass what party a person belongs to, what their gender or race may be (as Marines there are no differences in color... we are simply GREEN). I didn't like what the Clintons did to our country, but as the elected president he was the commander in Chief. I didn't agree with everything Bush said or did, but overall if you look objectively, I believe he did what he thought was best. What I do respect from Bush is that he did what he said and stood up for his decision regardless of outside pressure. I have met both Hillary and McCain while protecting them in Iraq. Hillary won't give you the time of day but McCain was down to earth and seemed good to go. My only MAJOR beef with him is his his subscribing to global warming to the point that he has gone out of his mind to suggest that we allow the UN do make decisions for the US, esp if we allow them to tax us. This is a big sovereignty issue in my book. To answer your other question as to who I support. Unfortunately we are at a crossroads of eating a pretty big *** sandwich. Two of the prime candidates on the democrat side this year would cut and run, give in to terrorism, and make government even bigger than it is now. I do not beleive that the government should run our lives, that leads to socialism, communism and in my book "slavery". On the republican side we have someone who will strive to continue to protect the nation from terrorism (I'd rather fight overseas than have the war brought to our shores). BUT he lacks the economic skills and will need someone bright as an advisor for this. What we the people often forget is that

  • Posted By: peterluo @ 02/15/2008 5:31:11 PM

    I think that the Democrats will win. Who says so?

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 4:52:51 PM

    HUSSEIN OBAMA is a very real threat to each and every Americans well being. He wants to throw away hard fought victories in Iraq, he want to negotiate with terrorist states, he wants full blown civil war in nuclear Pakistan, he wants reparations for blacks, his own children present awards to Louis Farakkan, etc. etc. Where is his retoric on Christians being slaughtered? NONE. That doesn't fit his Islamic agenda. No its not funny. Its outright foolish. At least I know that Sen. Clinton loves her country. We can't be sure with Hussein Obama.

  • Posted By: Cliff n WA @ 02/15/2008 9:00:02 AM

    See the YouTube video for Hillary by Alicia Keys, it is simply awesome.
    A classy singer and classy video in support of a classy lady which should be president.

    I am waiting for people to start thinking about what they want for our country, take a step back and see this blanket protest movement is the worst of politics. Obama has had it both ways, able to be negative/personal and cry foul about politics when the legitimate issues of ability, experience and presidential gravitas are raised.
    You can't sling mud and stay clean for long.

    • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 4:14:17 PM

      He isn't clean, but your comment sounds more like you should be addressing Hillary. Fits her to a tee...

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 2:16:47 PM

      He is not clean. Hillary is about to let loose on him, and I am one Republican that would rather take the chance of her being elected(at least she loves her country) than sending a message to the mohammeds that a large portion of our country is willing to make one of them the Commander-In-Chief of our Armed Forces. I find this shameful. Talking about embolding the enemy.

  • Posted By: Cliff n WA @ 02/15/2008 9:41:41 AM

    I guess I am going to fall for the old political trick of having to address erroneous statements one at a time even though anyone who pays attention should know Sen. Clinton is not and has never been in favor of the occupation in Iraq. She will get us out just as fast with a lot more US credibility in the end.
    Clinton was the one, the only one, suggesting extending unemployment benefits in her economic stimulus package.
    Health care; forget health care reform without Clinton, she is the only one who can drive it through. Obama has already compromised the idea of it being universal.
    The idea that Obama can unite democrats and republicans is as big a fairy tale as Hillary was for the war.
    Where have you been the last 25 years if you think republicans will not oppose the far left wing Obama represents. We will have to fight tooth and nail to get anything done.
    BTW - You can't have it both ways, be negative and personal and cry about politics when someone brings up the legitimate issues of qualifications, experience and presidential gravitas Obama simply does not have.
    You can not sling mud and expect to stay clean.

    • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 4:04:46 PM

      doing this one at a time like you say.....

      1. Name Hillary's qualifications...... (not any of substance out there)
      2. Universal Health care... if that flies, I want to be able to have the government buy me a new truck since I cant afford is and should be entitled to one, oh and a bigger house, oh and a bigger TV.....
      3. There is no way she could get the troops out and maintain credibility, esp after the country goes into civil war.
      4. I think I've wasted my time on someone brainwashed by the Clintons anyway that can never see the truth........

    • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 3:59:44 PM

      Hillary never supported war in Iraq? You are living in a dream world. Have you just now been following her? She is on record as supporting the invasion in Iraq (written and voice recordings). You must be smoking and inhaling.....

  • Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 02/15/2008 3:03:20 PM

    Cliff n WA states that the "Health care crisis" will bankrupt the economy? The only way this issue will bankrupt the economy is if the government gets involved and forces their policies on us. As it stands now, health care insurance is privatized, they compete for their customers. This is the same as saying that because I can't afford a Lexus, Lexus is going to bannkrupt the economy. Or perhaps because I can't get season tickets to the NY Yankees, baseball is going to bankrupt the country. Should the government see to it that I have everything that people richer than me have? If Universal Health care is the answer, why not everything else? I want I want I want.... It makes me ashamed to be a Babyboomer. This generation started the I want thing.... This claim that "it is tough to convince people to give up their short term economic self interest for the good of the country" is a crock. What people like this are really saying is... "hey, I spent my money foolishly and didn't save up, so you not taking care of me is downright selfish on your part". I spent 20+ years being paid way less than the general population, am still having a hard time making ends meet, but I'll be damned if I want the government to take away from my neighbor so they can give to me. It is time to grow up and be responsible for ourselves. Taking pot shots ar republicans because they don't want to have government take care of you further demonstrates your "me me" attitude. Lets instead follow Ronald Reagans philosophy of getting government out of our business. Maybe if we took care of our own (family help if necessary) the government could get smaller and we would actually have more money by not have to spend so much in taxes

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 2:23:14 PM

    CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE,vote for me, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, vote for me, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, vote for me....

    WOW, After typing this it makes me want to convert to mohammed. NOT!!! Our country is full of weak minded, childlike people. Ya'll need to CHANGE.

  • Posted By: GTX13 @ 02/15/2008 2:11:54 PM

    Obama's supporters have fabricated a lot of hipotetical nice stories and they make a huge effort to show something doesn't exist at all. It is just a pure fantasy, speculation and intoxication. This is an attempt to make a big manipulation of some naives from young generation and to make a political revers of the election outcome. This pure propaganda just reminds me some years ago a communist ideology, fighting to keep the people into obscurity and ignorance. Obama doesn't care how much is spending for his degenerated and out of control propaganda, because he never got such of money from his pocket. He just received these money from some big companies interested in their self protection against the law. The main goal is a full sabotage of the
    public administration which must be equal for all Americans. Example,they don't like the universal coverage for everybody ! They want
    to keep a full control over politicians and to make the prevail their own laws. For achieving this goal, all times they are choosing the weaker and vulnerable Pearson. For now this "peon" is just ...Mr.Obama, "ease moving". .. He never will be a strong and credible personality. But people has to realize who is Him ?! ...Obama is an... "absentee champion" of Illinois Representative and US Senate. He is financial backed by the big lobby corporations. Mrs. Oprah, a dear sister and media thaicoon, pumping big additional "ease" money for this notorious intoxication, but she doesn't care about others people in needs. She wands to have an own President. In this so called free society, she reserve the full right to be satisfied her caprice. No problem ! She has got a lot of money from a crazy and degenerated media TV... Good luck !!! But American people is not just a stupid crowd as you considered !!!

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/15/2008 1:57:00 PM

    It appears that Hillary's obituary may hav been written prematurely. Ohio, Penn, and Texas appear to be pro-American and not just for CHANGE. CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE. If he is not a mohammed, why did he not CHANGE his muslim name? I'll tell you why, because he wants all his mohammed brothers to know what he really is. This is why there is not a fatah announced for his death. Any mohammed who rejects their religion is considered apostate and condemed to be killed. He is a HERO in Indonesia, not an infidel like you and me.

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