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Scoping Out Obama vs. McCain

The race would pit change vs. experience, fresh vs. tested, green vs. gray.

By Jonathan Alter | NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Feb 25, 2008

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  • Posted By: everitt @ 06/12/2008 2:16:42 PM

    Comment: Believe in Yourself

    Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were
    meant to be there. To serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or
    help figure out who you are or who you want to become.

    You never know who these people may be but when you lock eyes with them, you
    know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.
    And sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible,
    painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming
    those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, will
    power or heart.

    Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of
    good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer
    stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small
    tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.
    Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

    The people you meet affect your life. The successes and downfalls that you
    experience can create who you are, and the bad experiences can be learned
    from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

    If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them because
    they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious
    to whom you open your heart.

    If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they
    love you, but because they are teaching you to love and to open your heart
    and eyes to little things. Make every day count.

    Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can,
    for you may never be able to experience it again.

    Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let
    yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high.

    Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a
    great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in
    yourself, no one else will believe in you. Create your own life and then go
    out and live it.

    "If you take your eyes off your goals, all you see are obstacles."


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    The Impossible Dream

    Lyrics by Joe Darion
    Music by Mitch Leigh

    To dream the impossible dream,
    to fight the unbeatable foe,
    to bear with unbearable sorrow,
    to run where the brave dare not go.

    To right the unrightable wrong,
    to love pure and chaste from afar,
    to try when your arms are too weary,
    to reach the unreachable star.

    This is my quest,
    to follow that star --
    no matter how hopeless,
    no matter how far.

    To fight for the right
    without question or pause,
    to be willing to march into hell for a
    heavenly cause.

    And I know if I'll only be true to this
    glorious quest
    that my heart will be peaceful and calm
    when I'm laid to my rest.

    And the world will be better for this,
    that one man scorned and covered with scars
    still strove with his last ounce of courage.
    To reach the unreachable stars.

  • Posted By: clearpath @ 02/25/2008 5:12:48 PM

    Comment: Liberals have the strength to stop a canidate, they do not have the strength to elect a president, look at past Liberal canidates who have been destroyed on election day. With Nader now runnig the hope of a liberal S far to the left as Obama is total fantsay. Supporting Hillary now can still aasure the democrats the White House. Why do you want Mcain in Office

  • Posted By: PIMPINUGGS @ 02/24/2008 6:10:59 PM

    Comment: I love your opinion on the matter and i enjoyed thinking about how the other will attack the other. I also liked how you didn't make the place sound locked up for Obama. -A young sudent trying to understand

  • Posted By: OHBadgerAMY @ 02/23/2008 10:26:23 AM

    Comment: Jonathan Alter: Thanks for the article. I always appreciate your insight and I think you are very even-handed in your analysis of the political landscape. I only have one question for you: how do you explain the types of posts put on the Newsweek blog.. versus those on, say, the NYTimes.com blog?? I am shocked everytime I read the comments on here, because it seems like the majority of the people say the most ignorant things and are that absolute worst of what America has to offer!! This is not a blog for intelligent, policy debate with other concerned voters... it's a place for voters whose main concerns are religion and race to come and post their bigoted views. Is it as disheartening for you as it is for me??

    - Amy in Ohio.

  • Posted By: princesolomon @ 02/22/2008 3:32:26 AM

    Comment: The Islamic fundamentalists are still been strengthened by current Republican Administration. The rise in oil prices is totally due to Republicans misguided policy of creating fears of Islamic fundamentalists. It has backfired; these oil rich Muslim nations have become obscenely rich and are contributing huge sums to Hezbollah, Palestinians, and Al-Qaida. Iran supply arms to Hezbollah and Saudi Arabia supports Palestinians and Al-Qaida with huge amount of hard currency. Certain favorite trading nation and Russia don???t give hoot to the USA in selling arms to Iran & Saudi for end use by Hezbollah and Al-Qaida. Republicans don???t even know that Al-Qaida movement was started by Wasabi???s in Saudi Arabia to spread WAHHABISM in all Muslim countries.

    So far the junior is senator is concerned, besides he lacks substance, his fake, hollow slogans of change; for some reason his sordid past with Harlem Mafia still remains mystery and not being exposed. Why he is being imposed on the nation, may be Democrats promoting don???t know that Presidency of United States is nothing but Honesty, Morality and absolute Trust in God. Obama still haven???t reconciled to himself who actually he is.

  • Posted By: princesolomon @ 02/22/2008 3:31:46 AM

    Comment: The Islamic fundamentalists are still been strengthened by current Republican Administration. The rise in oil prices is totally due to Republicans misguided policy of creating fears of Islamic fundamentalists. It has backfired; these oil rich Muslim nations have become obscenely rich and are contributing huge sums to Hezbollah, Palestinians, and Al-Qaida. Iran supply arms to Hezbollah and Saudi Arabia supports Palestinians and Al-Qaida with huge amount of hard currency. Certain favorite trading nation and Russia don???t give hoot to the USA in selling arms to Iran & Saudi for end use by Hezbollah and Al-Qaida. Republicans don???t even know that Al-Qaida movement was started by Wasabi???s in Saudi Arabia to spread WAHHABISM in all Muslim countries.

    So far the junior is senator is concerned, besides he lacks substance, his fake, hollow slogans of change; for some reason his sordid past with Harlem Mafia still remains mystery and not being exposed. Why he is being imposed on the nation, may be Democrats promoting don???t know that Presidency of United States is nothing but Honesty, Morality and absolute Trust in God. Obama still haven???t reconciled to himself who actually he is.

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 02/21/2008 11:04:39 PM

    Comment: Is experience the best word to describe McCain? McCain's "experience" includes promoting the disastrous war in Iraq The Islamic fundamentalists, whom McCain targets as public enemy # 1, are gaining ground everywhere in the world thanks laregly to our misguided policies in Iraq. We are trillions of dollars in debt . And although McCain pledges no new taxes, he's gung-ho on new military adventures in Iran - in spite of the reality that such an attack will even generate more terrorists. Is this any one's idea of "experience"? When you pursue the same failed policy over and over again and expect different results, that's not experience - it's insanity. That would be a better word for McCain's so-called experience.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/21/2008 10:58:48 PM

    Comment: NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: Isonomia @ 02/21/2008 9:52:19 PM

    Comment: Where is William Boykin.

  • Posted By: Isonomia @ 02/21/2008 9:51:54 PM

    Comment: A Man and A Woman, what shall they be
    An Artist and An Artist, all that responsibility
    A poet, a philosopher , a diplomat, a muse
    An actress, a musician, an inspiration, to truth

    Dear nature come calling on God???s blessed Earth
    Your children love dearly this place of their birth
    A home eternal for creatures large and small
    World spin the seasons winter, spring, summer and fall

    A web has been built between present and past
    It???s up to mankind to decide if mankind will last
    The future holds promise for all cultures to see
    The cosmos do beckon for the brave and the free

    Democracy???s path protects freedom and rights
    Woe to those who abuse it and challenge it???s light
    Some pretend to believe for power and greed
    Their fate is sealed, their faith failed their need

    The material and the spiritual and all of God???s plan
    This meeting has been building from before the fall of man
    The journey???s been joined by our friends Time and Space
    And of course the Almighty in his infinite grace

    Now on with your hats and on with your boots
    The good and the righteous are forgiven for the fruit
    A Man and A Woman, what shall they be
    To all on all virtues, we???re waiting to see

  • Posted By: Spunky76 @ 02/21/2008 12:58:04 PM

    Comment: This is in response to Hollyroller's comment earlier about today's youth. First, the only thing I agreed with was the part about not paying taxes, as a lot of youth (and by that I'm assuming you mean teenagers) don't have jobs, yet. But not taking risks? Resisting drugs, alcohol, smoking and peer pressure to "fit in" isn't taking risks? Not making hard decisions? Finding the right college and picking your career doesn't count as making a hard decision? When I was in college, I knew many people my age who were very interested in the direction this country is going, because we knew we'll be picking up the pieces when the older gereration is dead and gone. You may want to reconsider your views on this one - because someday those "youth" will be changing your diapers!

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/21/2008 16:26:08

      Comment: You sound good, kinda like a BarakStar. Fact is, however we humans tend to be more or less stupid until we are near or past 30. Heck, I actually voted for Jimmy Carter. Thought he was what the country needed. Thank GOD for the Gipper. Voted for him also. TWICE. NOBAMA!

      • Posted By: Spunky76 @ 02/22/2008 11:44:34

        Comment: I agree that Jimmy Carter wasn't the greatest President we've ever had, but I do think that he is a descent, kind man who truly cares about people. As a Christian, Holyroller, I would expect you to respect that. As for the Gipper, I'll politely agree to disagree with you. And before you write back to further insult me, just for the record, I did not vote for Jimmy Carter and I didn't vote for the Gipper either.

        • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/22/2008 20:12:27

          Comment: I'm sure you didn't vote for Cater or Reagan. Your not old enough. That's my point. As for Carter, he almost destroyed this country. We became the laughingstock of the entire mohammed community. Ronald W Reagan saved our country. He restored pride to America, he intimidated the mohammeds into retreat, he reversed the economic disaster we were in, he won the Cold War, he put GOD back in charge. He was the right man at the right time. Same as McCain. And I don't mean to insult you; just correct you. I hope you grow up to see things realistically not idealistically.

          NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/21/2008 3:25:58 AM

    Comment: HERE'S yOUR pROOF HALLOW. I AM VERy GLAD yOU ASKED THIS QUESTION.
    THIS pROVES THAT OBAMA IS THE REAL DEAL SON.

    Obama proved persuasive enough that the bill passed both houses of the legislature, the Senate by an incredible 35 to 0. Then he talked Blagojevich into signing the bill, making Illinois the first state to require such videotaping.

    Obama didn't stop there. He played a major role in passing many other bills, including the state's first earned-income tax credit to help the working poor and the first ethics and campaign finance law in 25 years (a law a Post story said made Illinois "one of the best in the nation on campaign finance disclosure"). Obama's commitment to ethics continued in the U.S. Senate, where he co-authored the new lobbying reform law that, among its hard-to-sell provisions, requires lawmakers to disclose the names of lobbyists who "bundle" contributions for them.

    Taken together, these accomplishments demonstrate that Obama has what Dillard, the Republican state senator, calls a "unique" ability "to deal with extremely complex issues, to reach across the aisle and to deal with diverse people." In other words, Obama's campaign claim that he can persuade us to rise above what divides us is not just rhetoric.

    Avian flu: Obama was one of the first Senators to speak out on avian flu, back in the spring of 2005, when it was a quintessentially wonky issue, not the subject of breathless news reports. There's a list of Democratic efforts on avian flu here; Obama shows up early and often. He has sponsored legislation, including what I think is the first bill dedicated to pandemic flu preparedness. It's a good bill, providing not just for vaccine research and antiviral stockpiles, but for the kinds of state and local planning and preparedness that will be crucial if a pandemic occurs. (I was also very interested to note that it requires the Secretary of HHS to contract with the Institute of Medicine for a study of "the legal, ethical, and social implications of, with respect to pandemic influenza". This is actually very important, and not everyone would have thought of it.)
    "We recommend that this administration work with Congress, public health officials, the pharmaceutical industry, foreign governments and international organizations to create a permanent framework for curtailing the spread of future infectious diseases.

    There were death penalty abolitionists, some of whom worried that Obama's bill, by preventing the execution of innocents, would deprive them of their best argument. Vigorous opposition came from the police, too many of whom had become accustomed to using muscle to "solve" crimes. And the incoming governor, Rod Blagojevich, announced that he was against it.

    THIS IS A pERFECT EXAMpLE OF WHAT OBAMA CAN DO AND HAS ALREADy DONE, BRING DIFFERENT FACTIONS TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/21/2008 3:25:23 AM

    Comment: Progressive Action Score: 69
    A score of 69 means that Sen. Obama has acted to support 69% of a slate of progressive policies in the 110th Congress. Progressive, forward-looking actions Senator Obama has taken to merit a PAS of 69:

    Senator Obama cast a vote against the ironically named Protect America Act. The Protect America Act is a law now passed by both houses of Congress which replaces judicial warrants with executive prerogative and substitutes blank checks for reasons. The Protect America Act gives the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence the power to spy on your emails, your web surfing, your telephone calls and other electronic communications. All this is carried out without a warrant, which is required by the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

    There is no supervision of the spy programs put in place by the Attorney General and the DNI, except by these two indivivuals themselves. No one has the power to stop them any more. They can search your records, sift through your private messages, watch you go from web page to web page, on the pretext of protecting America from terrorists, all without a search warrant. No one has the power to tell them no.

    the Attorney General and the DNI, both political appointees of the President, have the power under the Protect America Act to order any American to help them conduct their electronic spying against other Americans. Under the new law, if they order you to take part in their spying operations, and you say no, they can throw you in prison. If you do not keep their spying on other Americans a secret, even from your family, they can throw you in prison.

    The Protect America Act institutes Big Brother government in the United States. It betrays American liberty. It is a shame that the Act passed, but thanks are due to Senator Obama for casting a vote against it.

    Right Wing Index Score: 0
    A score of 0 means that Senator Obama has acted to support 0% of a slate of conservative, wrongheaded policies in the 110th Congress.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/21/2008 12:39:31 AM

    Comment: McCAIN"S WIFE CANNOT BE proud with the NEW yORK TIMES?
    IS SHE proud of HER HUSBAND?
    ONE DAy AFTER ATTACKING MICHELLE OBAMA, CINDy McCAIN finds herself in an akward position.
    I am sure MICHELLE WELL NOT STRIKE BACK. McCAIN did a masterful job in taming his wife's new found voice of criticism against Michelle.
    NOW it is her time to answer questions about her husbands affair in two thousand. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED by McCAIN's former aides.
    McCain already has issues with CONSERVATIVES this will not help his CAUSE.
    CAN IT BE THAT HUCKABEE's pRAyers HAVE BEEN ANSWERED

    LET's LOOK AT THE FACTS.
    OBAMA has shown he can organize millions of people into an organized and effetive political force.
    He has made the correct judgements consistently throughout his campaign. AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. AT HARVARD AS WELL.
    HIS TEAM IS A REFLECTION of HIM ORGANIZED HONEST AND HARD WORKING.
    CONSISTENT, GENUINE.

    LET"S LOOK AT HILLARy's campaign.
    A lot of fighting and divisivness.
    A lot of firing's.
    A lot of bad JUDGEMENTS
    CONFUSION AND pANIC as a result of bad judgement and wrong decisions.
    THE BLAME GAME. IT's your fault, no its his fault, that's it you are FIRED.
    LETs GO RACIAL My destiny is more important.
    It is a reflection of her style. BROAD AGENDA's, BIG plans, that are blocked by gridlock, powerful lobbyist and her inablility to unite factions in order to implement a specific agenda. COMBINE THESE FACTS WITH SCANDAL and you are left with no HOpE and a BUSH in the OVAL OFFICE.

    BEING president IS ABOUT UNITING THE COUNTRy. THIS IS WHy, not just anyone can become COMMANDER N CHIEF. BEING president involves making real time decisions very frequently. OBAMA HAS proven time and time again he has a "nack" for making calm, cool, correct decisions in a real time enviornment. BE HONEST LOOK AT THE CONTRAST in CAMpaigns. THE FACTS ARE THERE.

    THE MEDIA NEEDs TO REALIZE THAT THEy are a tool of indoctrination. ANy GOOD politician can manipulate the media in their favor. OBAMA AND BILL ARE VERy good politicians.

    OBAMA STANDS FOR REAL CHANGE. HE IS NOT A DESperate CANDIDATE THAT WILL SAy ANyTHING TO GET ELECTED. BARAKOBAMA is not a fortune teller he cannot have concrete plans ready until he has his complete pRESEDENTIAL team together. THEN HIS pLAN HAS TO pASS BOTH HOUSES. ONE step at a time. TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL is a political trap because things change. OBAMA IS A pro and will not fall into that trap.


    • Posted By: joexpress12 @ 02/21/2008 20:13:56

      Comment: If you can cite the exact words of Michelle Obama's statement and read and understand word per word of what exactly she is saying, then the spoken words are very clear of Michelle's inner thoughts (Oooops, i should not have leak out). I think she holds a Doctorate (PHD) - a well educated individual. Except at that instant of mishap.

  • Posted By: marigale @ 02/20/2008 8:55:51 PM

    Comment: Alter since your from Chicago why don't you ask some of the citizens that live and work in Hyde Park what
    is really with the Obamas. He Church on 95th St teaches nothing but hate for Whites, Jews, and Homosexuals. Has anybody ask Obama if he speaks Arabic or has gone to the Mosque on Stoney Island.
    I lived in Hyde Park and my fathers business was on 95th St . Rev. Wright Jr. has been preaching Hate for
    over 20 years. All you in the Media are going to see Bush is going to look good. Start looking and asking questions, Don't be scard of the truth.

  • Posted By: now7grandkids @ 02/20/2008 2:39:01 PM

    Comment: I just received this email and it frightens me to death. Is it true? and if so why no major media on it.
    Because Barack Obama has nothing to offer a Jew, that's why.

    Go to the web site of trinity united church of Christ, the church he picked 20 years ago and has attended ever since (www.tucc.org). Take a good look at its "about us" section and see that it is both racist and separatist. Then know that its pastor, Jeremiah Wright, is aggressively supportive of palestinian Arabs aggressively anti-Israel (he calls Israel a racist state), and that the church magazine "Trumpet", named career racist/anti-Semite louis farrakhan it's Man Of The Year for 2007.

    Obama calls Jeremiah Wright a "mentor" of his. Is this the kind of man you want mentoring a President of the United States? Is this the kind of outlook you think will be in any way beneficial to Jews in or outside the United States?

    Then read up on the members of his staff, starting with Robert Malley and continuing on. You will find a succession of anti-Israel activists who think it makes sense for Israel go back to the 1948 borders and succumb to the Arab "right of return" --- which would immediately make Israel an Arab state.

    The fact that mainstream media doesn't say a word about any of this is no surprise to me. I don't pretend that they are unbiased. But you can easily check everything I've just said, and I urge you in strongest terms to do so.

    In my opinion, a Jew who supports Barack Obama is a Jew who is unaware of who and what he is.

    and www.americanthinker.com/2008/barack_obama_and _Israel.html

    posterd by now7grandkids@aol.com

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/21/2008 16:32:47

      Comment: I for one appreciate your comment. I posted this same concern in the form of a question several days back. Recieved no answers,just Obama rhetoric. You are right. ANY Jew who votes Obama is an idiot. This goes for Christians also. The man despises Israel and is a closet mohammed. Great post. Thanks.

      NOBAMA!

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/20/2008 5:54:55 AM

    Comment: "YES WE CAN" T SHIRTS WILL SELL LIKE "HOT CAKES"

    BARAK NEEDS A YES WE CAN SLOGAN IN SPANISH.
    THEN MAKE T SHIRTS AND OTHER ATTIRE and HAND THEM OUT IN TEXAS AND OHIO.


    "YES WE CAN" "YES WE CAN" "YES WE CAN" TEXAS AND OHIO.

    IT is TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE AND DELIVER THE KNOCK OUT BLOW.
    TAKING YOUR GLOVES OFF EARLY IS NOT ALWAYS THE WISEST DECISION TO MAKE. SOME MIGHT EVEN CALL IT NAIVE.

    ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OBAMA MADE IN LAST NIGHTS SPEECH WAS THAT THE CHALLENGE of implementing change is JUST BEGINNING> THAT CHANGE IS NOT EASY. AND WILL TAKE A UNITED EFFORT from all not just a few.

    CAN HILLARY MAKE HER LAST STAND IN TEXAS AND OHIO A SUCCESSFUL ONE.

    "OR WILL THIS OBAMA WAVE , POWERED BY A THUNDEROUS MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE, SWALLOW HILLARY AND HER ARMY OF LATINOS" eddiewhere 2008.

    OBAMA GAVE A TREMENDOUS SPEECH IN TEXAS LAST NIGHT.
    THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SPEECH WAS WHEN OBAMA MENTIONED THAT SOME LEADERS SAY THAT I CANNOT ENGAGE OUR ENEMIES IN DISCUSSION. TO THEM I SAY YES I CAN.
    YES WE CAN. YES WE CAN.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/20/2008 08:02:17

      Comment: Only one problem with your idea. In the general election the cry will become-NOBAMA, NO HE CAN'T.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/20/2008 2:19:11 AM

    Comment: EVERY STATISTIC AND POLL HAVE Unanimously INDICATED THAT OBAMA WOULD DEFEAT McCAIN IN A NATIONAL ELECTION. THIS IS THE REASON OBAMA WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.

    McCain WILL BE DEFEATED IN A LAND SLIDE BY OBAMA in A NATIONAL ELECTION.
    THE ECONOMY AND THE WAR are AGAINST McCAIN. HIS ONLY SOLUTION IS TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO"FOR A HUNDRED YEARS". WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. NOT ME, PERHAPS HOLY ROLLER CAN FUND THIS HUNDRED YEAR AGENDA McCAIN HAS READY FOR ALL TAX PAYING AMERICANS.

    HE WANTS TO KEEP THE BUSH TAX CUT'S INTACT. AS KARL ROVE MENTIONED IN HIS MOST RECENT ARTICLE IN NEWS WEEK, the REGAN ERA IS OVER. SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS IS NOT THE ANSWER.

    THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL HAVE TO SUFFER UNDER McCAIN.
    HE BELIEVES THIS AMERICAN SUFFERING IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT A MISGUIDED FOREIGN POLICY WHICH IS BASED ON FEAR AND NOT REALITY. IN FACT McCAIN'S AGENDA IS BADLY OUTDATED AND VERY UNPOPULAR AMONG MANY CONSERVATIVES IN HIS OWN PARTY, manY oF WHOM WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA OR STAY HOME IN NOVEMBER.

    REMEMBER THE PROBLEMS IN IRAQ AND PALESTINE AND THE REST OF THAT REGION ARE
    POLITICAL in NATURE. McCAIN is a great MILITARY MAN. BUT HIS EXPERTISE WAS NEEDED in TWO THOUSAND TWO, not now. WE NEED CHANGE. AND OBAMA WILL BE ABLE TO UNITE FACTIONS IN ORDER TO BRING STABILITY TO THAT REGION.

    I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO OBAMA APPOINTING McCAIN TO BE THE NEXT HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURTIY.

    McCAIN's VIABILITY TO BECOME PRESIDENT EXPIRED FOUR YEARS AGO.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/20/2008 08:03:50

      Comment: eddiewhere-be careful, the mohammeds may try to turn you into a suicide bomber. They are actively recruiting the mentally challenged.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/19/2008 10:42:40 PM

    Comment: Certainly looks like its coming down to the gist of this article. McCain vsObama '08. The BarakStar is without question hotter than a two-dollar pistol. He exudes confidence, and deservedly so.

    Me? I'm considering making some money off this whole thing. Might start a T-Shirt company, market around Republican gatherings and sell them faster than I can make them

    This is my idea. A pretty nice quality shirt to begin with. A well drawn caracature of Sen. Obama, wearing a turban, neru jacket accompanied with some love beads while proudly displaying a pease sign. I'm considering a gold tooth but haven't really decided..Underneath the words.NOBAMA!!!

    Back of the shirt-John McCain Commander-In-Chief '08

    Ya'll think they will sell @ $75 each?

    Pre-orders only$55-order now cause supplies won't last.

  • Posted By: jmsphx @ 02/19/2008 10:13:11 PM

    Comment: Seriously Holy Roller? Ignorant racists should not be allowed to vote. I find particular disgust in your response as you use the word "holy" in your name.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/19/2008 10:00:32 PM

    Comment: OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
    HIS SECURITy NEEDs TO BE INCREASED.

    NUTS LIKE HOLy ROLLER have mental PROBLEMS. THEy are disillusione and live in a world that is not reality. AT FIRST I thought HOLy ROLLER was just angry. HE IS A NUT. WE NEED TO LOOK INTO HIS GUy.

    ANN COULTIER AND RUSH LIMBALS ALSO SUFFER FROM THE SAME DISORDER.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/19/2008 9:46:26 PM

    Comment: NOBAMA!!!

    NO TO MOHAMMED!!!

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/19/2008 9:40:21 PM

    Comment: AMERICAN HERO vs ISLAMIC SYMPATHIZER?? hmm, how to decide?

  • Posted By: Cruzman @ 02/19/2008 6:27:00 PM

    Comment: You get paid for this? Why don't you focus on the issues instead of throwing mud at two good men. Yes, McCain is old and yes he was surrounded by old men. Is there any other kind in Congress? Barak is Black, yes and so are a lot of good men in Government. This is not about Race or Gender, but what is best for America. This election will bring out the worst in people because it is being fomented by the liberal media that can't get over the fact that G.W. Bush was elected president. It's getting old. Bush is not running for re-election.
    McCain is!!!!

  • Posted By: maziar @ 02/19/2008 2:54:50 PM

    Comment: McCain???s Double Talk Express

    In 2000 when John McCain was ridding the "Straight Talk Express" he said:
    "If Gearge W. Bush is a reformer I am an astronaut."
    In 2004, with his eye on the presidency, McCain campaigned on Bush's re-election bus, and repeated his well-rehearsed line:
    ''I believe that the president of the United States has led this nation with great strength and clarity, and I believe that he should be re-elected. He is determined to make this world a better, safer, freer place. He deserves not only our support but our admiration."



    As an anti-establishment candidate John McCain denounced pandering to the religious extremists of his party as:
    "Agents of intolerance;"
    To win this years Republican nomination he embraced them :
    I believe that the Christian Right" has a major role to play in the Republican Party.



    On a woman???s right to choose he said:
    "certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations."
    After meeting with Jerry Falwell he said:
    "its very likely or possible that the Supreme Court should ??? could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then return these decisions to the states, which I support."
    Of tax cuts for the rich in war time John McCain said:
    "I voted against the tax cuts because of the disproportionate amount that went to the wealthy Americans."
    To win the Republican nomination McCain now supports making those tax cuts permanent


    In 2006 McCain opposed the passage of the Intelligence Authorization Conference insisting that waterboarding was torture, cruel treatment prohibited by Common Article 3 and conduct that shocks the conscience. He said that the Bush Administration's legal analysis had been dishonest and flatly wrong.
    To win this nomination this year McCain voted against the law that banned waterboarding as torture.



    In 2005 he introduced the Kennedy-McCain immigration bill, now he says he would not vote for his own bill.

    Somewhere on the road to the Republican nomination John McCain???s Straight talk express lost it wheels and stalled in double talk of the old Washington insiders.

  • Posted By: Ganpat @ 02/19/2008 1:42:44 PM

    Comment: If we - each and every one of us - just stop everything and BELIEVE that OBAMA IS GOD....I AM SURE THE WORLD CAN BE SAVED.

    Alter believes; Finenan believes; Maureen Dowd believes; Teddy Chappaquidick Kennedy believes; Maria Sriver believes;

    Why can't we ALL ?????????

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/19/2008 21:36:21

      Comment: now I believe... thank you. I wonder if we can get a tax exempt status by worshiping Barak?

    • Posted By: emmarcee @ 02/19/2008 13:56:25

      Comment: Hwy Ganpat.. i. , looks like only few are standing up and fighting the antichrist.. .. Should we just leave it for fate.. of America.. may be its all meant to be.. We did n't have problem reelecting Bush..

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/19/2008 21:42:23

        Comment: Nah, he's not the anti-christ,but possibly is the false prophet.

  • Posted By: Ganpat @ 02/19/2008 12:28:37 PM

    Comment:

    If anyone ever says Obama is even one atom less than incredibly perfect and just what the world needs, then they have immediately proved they have no brains.

    They have proved they are boring.

    They have proved they are tuning into fear, not facts.

    Unconditional worship of Obama is what the world needs and if you doubt it, then you are a victim of fear.

    Obama is much greater than a Mahatma, or even a Messiah. Some very convincing girls I spoke to at a recent rally said to me Obama is God.

    I thought it over with all my brains and realised that if I doubted it, I would be succumbing to FEAR, when what the world needs is HOPE.

    I am a sixty-five year old white lady with blue-rinsed hair and a house with seven bathrooms in an upscale New York neighbourhood.

    My husband is amillionaire.

    We are voting Obama because he is God.

    And we want to be hip, not boring.

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    • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 02/21/2008 15:34:47

      Comment: Posted By: Ganpat @ 02/19/2008 12:28:37 PM
      Comment:

      If anyone ever says Obama is even one atom less than incredibly perfect and just what the world needs, then they have immediately proved they have no brains.

      They have proved they are boring.

      They have proved they are tuning into fear, not facts.

      Unconditional worship of Obama is what the world needs and if you doubt it, then you are a victim of fear.

      Obama is much greater than a Mahatma, or even a Messiah. Some very convincing girls I spoke to at a recent rally said to me Obama is God.

      I thought it over with all my brains and realised that if I doubted it, I would be succumbing to FEAR, when what the world needs is HOPE.

      I am a sixty-five year old white lady with blue-rinsed hair and a house with seven bathrooms in an upscale New York neighbourhood.

      My husband is amillionaire.

      We are voting Obama because he is God.

      And we want to be hip, not boring.

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      Granpat: You are scary, hopefully this is just a joke, so now you are trying to turn him into Jim Jones. Please stop this is about who is better for the country not insane ramblings .

  • Posted By: Karenn1 @ 02/19/2008 9:42:44 AM

    Comment:

























    Obama a word twister . Maybe , McCain now thats another thing.There is something he is hiding or he jus t an accident looking for some where to happen. McCain no way jose. This guy wants to prove he is tough and still call vietnamese chinks. Wet start john no way.

  • Posted By: Steelerhawk47 @ 02/18/2008 7:34:51 PM

    Comment: I think that Hillary's problem is she is a great manager...someone who can implement someone else's vision. Sheis not in the least inspirational. Right or wrong, inspiration and hope is what the country is currently looking for from a candidate. McCain has some of the same issues as Hillary. Of course he will be tied to the Bush albatross, again, right or wrong.

  • Posted By: MikeIL @ 02/18/2008 4:34:30 PM

    Comment: Obama is twisting words. What McCain actually said was he did not care if US forces were in Iraq for 100 years, so long as we are not taking casualties.
    Obama is wholey unqualified to be commander-in-chief and his stament only re-inforces that fact.

  • Posted By: Southern Bell @ 02/18/2008 8:47:30 AM

    Comment: What the hell is that supposed to mean "unless of them happens to be a woman"?

    Look, if you in the media want to start examaning Obama's character indepth, do it now, at the same time you're falling all over yourselves praising his virtues.

    Yes, Obama has strengths, but so does Hillary Clinton. But you in the press have only been interested in portraying her in negative tones while at the same time offering love poems to media darlings McCain and Obama.

    I find Newsweeks anti-Clinton bias disgusting.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/18/2008 20:59:14

      Comment: I agree... Hill has the experience to get what needs to be done...done.

  • Posted By: Ganpat @ 02/18/2008 7:40:31 AM

    Comment: Notice how Alter gave himself away by talking of the rcae as between "two decent men - unless one of them happens to be a woman."

    The men are called "decent" but not the woman.

    Is she indecent?

    What a contemptible smearer this Alter is !

  • Posted By: Ganpat @ 02/18/2008 7:38:11 AM

    Comment: THOSFIORE:

    How can one be "racist toward Muslims"?

    Are not Muslims of many many races - including white?

    Is not Islam a RELIGION, not a race?

    And how about Muslim racism?

  • Posted By: Ganpat @ 02/18/2008 7:37:04 AM

    Comment: THOSFIORE:

    How can one be "racist toward Muslims"?

    Are not Muslims of many many races - including white?

    Is not Islam a RELIGION, not a race?

    And how about Muslim racism?

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/17/2008 11:01:44 PM

    Comment: NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: TraceyJ @ 02/17/2008 9:23:39 PM

    Comment: We are in the midst of an Iraq Recession / Malaise, call it what you want. We will not be able to do what needs to be done to rebuild THIS country and OUR economy until we are out of IRAQ!! It is criminal the resources that have been squandered and stolen over in Iraq. McCain wants a pat on the back and credit for supporting a surge in Iraq? Why didn't he support all the generals and Colin Powell when Powell put forth his doctrine of going in with overwhelming force and not going in without an exit strategy. But like all the generals and experts who told the Bushies that we needed more troops, Powell was let go. I didn't hear McCain saying anything then. He comes up with this so-called surge strategy 5 years later afetr thousands of troopsdean and billions of dollars wasted. The Powell strategy warmed over, putting lipstick on the pig. Thanks Se. McCain, 5 yrs too late.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/18/2008 21:04:23

      Comment: So your criticism McCain because he wasn't in charge of the war from the get go? I really don't understand your position. Yes BUSH is at fault. How can you criticize McCain for supporting a WORKING strategy. Yes I was against the war at first and still am...but we are there...we need to get out but we need to get out safely for both US and Iraq. I agree Bush has squandered resources and money for the last 6 years but McCain isn't Bush.

  • Posted By: Peaceful Warrior @ 02/17/2008 5:16:26 PM

    Comment: It's unbelievable that thousands of Americans are standing in line for a candidate that promises to raise taxes and increase government spending to an insurmountable amount that would cripple the United States in the economic world for decades to come. He has even suggested, for you homeowners, that removing the tax deduction for the interest paid on your homes should no longer be an allowable deduction. You know--class warfare where those who don't have homes don't get the break, so those who do have homes, shouldn't get the break either. Neither candidate is to my personal liking, but, I sure don't want to pay higher taxes or start losing some of my personal deductions on my yearly taxes. Further, the health insurance issue is really not as simple as one might think. After researching Canada's health insurance program, it would seem that allowing government to control such an important part of our lives would be dangerous, at best. After all, the government can't fix Social Security, the Postal System, the Education system, the Highway systems, or even the public librarires---so how could we possibly, as a people, be so naive as to think that they could get Health Care correct??? Really think we should be working within the private sector to get the health care problems corrected rather than expecting Big Brother to have that much power over our lives!

  • Posted By: Meridian @ 02/17/2008 5:12:14 PM

    Comment: I agree that an election campaign featuring Obama vs. McCain would be more civil than an election process featuring the bullies otherwise known as the Clintons. There IS a stark contrast between Obama and McCain, and both have different strengths and weaknesses. It would be a crying shame to have an election campaign featuring Hillary and McCain after all this excitement about getting rid of the establishment and the staus quo. The establishment and the status quo landed us squarely where we are today. Enough is enough.

  • Posted By: politically incorrect @ 02/17/2008 2:52:31 PM

    Comment: Sen. Obama may belong to a black nationalist church today, but during his four years in a secular Indonesian school, his religion was listed in the school records as muslim (the religion of his step-father), whether he was actually a muslim or not. People have a right to know these things, especially given the fact that the junior senator from Illinois boasts so often about how his upbringing oversees has had such a profound impact on his foreign policy world-view.

    Is the fact that Sen. Obama grew up with potential suicide bombers one of the reasons he's so disinclined to challenge them militarily overseas? (Isn't it DISGUSTING and HATEFUL when people with common sense put two and two together?)

    • Posted By: thosfiore @ 02/18/2008 01:24:41

      Comment: I guess it's ok in your book to be racist towards Muslims. There are millions of Muslims in the US, many of whom are serving honorably in our armed forces. Senator Obama spend a few years when he was very young in the Indonesia but that does as much to make him a Muslim as the five years that McCain spent in North Vietnam makes him a Communist. What the time he has spent overseas does do for Obama is give him an insight into the rest of the world that may elude folks like you who have spent their time wearing sheets and burning crosses.

      • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/18/2008 21:10:01

        Comment: The Muslim thing is stupid and moot. The fringe that are going to fall for that line should be cleaned from the gene pool anyway. These would be the same people that would attack an Athiest canidate because he has no biblical morals.. guess what the bible doesn't have a patent on everything... what about all the thousands of Christian suicide bomber...(think Ireland and Serbia for a few recent examples).

  • Posted By: hampster @ 02/17/2008 2:00:53 PM

    Comment: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp

  • Posted By: Rapps @ 02/17/2008 9:09:57 AM

    Comment: Jon, the real battle between McCain and Obama will be for the hearts and minds of the great American middle class, the tens of millions of folks who aren't staunch Republicans or staunch Democrats, who distrust both parties, and are looking to vote for the man (or woman) who they believe will be the best leader of the country. Your media colleagues rarely discuss this, because it is boring. It's more exciting to talk about superdelegate fights and Latino voting blocs.
    Both candidates have a strong appeal to the middle. McCain has publicly criticized Bush, which gives him a degree of credibility to most voters. HIs war hero background also makes him appealing, especially given the chickenhawks who have dominated the administration for the past eight years. While most of the country has lost all respect for Bush, and no longer take him seriously, most of the country will take McCain seriously, and do have respect for him. The Republicans don't quite realize this yet, but he may be the strongest candidate they could have put up. Their base will fall behind him, which again will make this election about winning the middle.
    Obama's will easily get most of the democratic base and the Hillary voters, the real challenge, just like McCain, will be winning the middle. Obama has two hurdles - first, convince these voters that he has some "gravitas;" and second, convince these voters that he is not too liberal. Regular folks in the burbs like him, and are intrigued by him, but won't commit to him until he eases those concerns. If he directly addresses these concerns, he will be a formidable candidate, no matter what kind of dirt they throw his way.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/18/2008 21:16:38

      Comment: I agree with you whole heartitly. I think both McCain and Obama will win over some crossovers.. but how many? There are a lot of fiscal conservative Democrats that will move for McCain. Yes McCain is social liberal but will be be as gunho as Bush.. Bush with all his right wing conservative christian base support didn't do a whole lot changing the social spectrum... the Late Term Abortion Ban... big deal. I think McCain will have more to think about than that.
      Obama will win his Obamacans since even they will want some change. But I think the advantage goes to McCain. Like you said its for the MIddle class independants. In a McCain vs Obama race... for me and a lot of those middle class independants... it will go to experience

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 11:45:23 PM

    Comment: Jonathan-has your viewership dropped this much. Loosing your edge, dude.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 11:36:31 PM

    Comment: NO ONE is willing to comment on my previous question? Don't have an answer or afraid to tell the truth?

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 10:02:14 PM

    Comment: Serious electoral question--Many if not most people forsee a McCain/ Obama general election. If this is the case, I have a serious point of discussion. Most American's of Jewish decent vote Democrat. Sen. Joe Lieberman is the most prominent member of this distinct group. He is a STRONG allie of John McCain. Obama has serious issues with his so called mohammed ties. What is the number of the Jewish community that will cross party lines and vote-John McCain Commander-In-Chief of the United States Armed Forces? NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: Skokie Girl @ 02/19/2008 11:59:24

      Comment: My, God, I must be so NAIEVE! I honestly did not know that such BIGOTS as you still existed. What a waste of a human being. You appear to be able to write so try reading. The majority of Jewish people are REPUBLICANS so they won't vote for Obama anyway. Any Jews that do happen to vote for him will be highly educated individuals who are able to comprehend what they read and view. Senator Obama is a Christian. The fact that his father was a Muslim does not make him one automatically. And, even if he was a Muslim, so what? Does that make him a terrorist sympathizer??? Please, think before you write such bigoted, idiotic dribble!

    • Posted By: okie_magic @ 02/17/2008 02:27:27

      Comment: If Jewish folks refuse to vote for an African American, then maybe they need to join the party of old white people, the GOP. I guarantee you that plenty of blacks voted for Lieberman when he was Gore's running mate in 2000.

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/17/2008 09:16:58

        Comment: My question is not about color, but his muslim ties. I don't forsee many Jews voting for him because of this.

        • Posted By: TheMightyThor @ 02/17/2008 12:42:25

          Comment: WHAT MUSLIM TIES???!! Hello, muslims DO NOT HAVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIPS! If you and others who believe as you do are not smart enough to figure out the obvious flaw in that claim, you are doing the rest of us a disservice by voting.

          • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/17/2008 13:03:36

            Comment: You know that was born muslim, eductated muslim, and is revered in the Islamic culture(especially Indonesia) as a sort of muslim savior. All of this information is easy to obtain.

            As for his "church" it is more cultlike than Christian. Members are required to pledge alligience to Africa, his "pastor" is on record as blaming the U.S.A. for 9/11, they recently honored the great Louis Farrakhan for all his mighty achievments, they are ant-Israel, pro-muslim and just plain creepy.

            NOBAMA!!!

            • Posted By: realerthanrealdealholyfield @ 02/17/2008 15:01:57

              Comment: You can't be "born" muslim any more than you can be "born" Christian! He also went to catholic school as a kid, so I guess that makes him catholic too, eh?
              Apparently you were "born" a bigot.

            • Posted By: realerthanrealdealholyfield @ 02/17/2008 15:00:31

              Comment: You are pretty stupid. How are you 'born' muslim? Find a better outlet for your bigoted mind that this

  • Posted By: washington29 @ 02/16/2008 8:45:21 PM

    Comment: "Moving towards improvement means change; change breeds resistance and fear" - by Joseph Juran ( a pioneer thinker and an advocate for quality).

    I will not let fear guide my vote. Bush used fear in order to win a second term. It will not happen again. Go Obama 08'

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 21:30:38

      Comment: I just have one thing to say. NOBAMA

  • Posted By: mike35usmc @ 02/16/2008 8:05:57 PM

    Comment: Hollyroller. Quite contrary to what you may believe, Senator McCain's record is far from being beyond dispute.
    The comments I made about McCain are a matter of public record. And what in the world does Ronald Reagan have to do with this issue anyway?? McCain's military service was anything but, "distinguished."
    His entire reputation is tied to his years as a POW. By the way, perhaps you can name POW 'heroes" of any war our country was invloved in prior to Vietnam. I look forward to your list. The FACT is there aren't ANY.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 20:18:02

      Comment: You should be ashamed of yourself. I don not believe you are a Marine, because you would be in violation of your code of conduct. I come from a long line of military men, several whom are Marines, and they would never try to dishonor a man who has endured what Sen. McCain did. But maybe you are one of Clinton's don't ask, don't tell servicepeople. Nuff said

      • Posted By: mike35usmc @ 02/17/2008 17:01:26

        Comment: HolyRoller. Wow! I should be ashamed of myself? Whatever for?
        Perhaps you come from a "long line" of military men but, I wonder if that long line includes yourself.
        What "code of conduct" are you refering to that does not allow me to speak the truth?? I've never heard of such a "code." I am not "dishonoring" McCain, I'm simply telling the truth!

  • Posted By: lillea @ 02/16/2008 6:16:34 PM

    Comment: I guess my main question for Obama is : Would you please define the word "Change"? Do you want to change the USA from "the land of the free and the home of the brave" to "the land of the mandated and the home of the over taxed and over regulated"? Come on, we need some details.
    He who hides details, has something to hide. (Red flag, red flag!!)

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/18/2008 21:19:13

      Comment: Agreed. A little more substance would go a long way

  • Posted By: mike35usmc @ 02/16/2008 5:36:48 PM

    Comment: Any person running for the office of President (and by extension the position of Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces) should be required, by law, to release all military records relating directly or indirectly to his/her military service. There should be no exception.
    During the last election process, the issue of John Kerry's suitability to be Commander in Chief became an unavoidable issue. Despite repeated promises, by Senator Kerry, to release his entire military record, he never did so. Undoubtedly, Senator Kerry had very good reason to believe that the release of his records would permanently damage, if not destroy, his reputation and personal honor. In the end, Kerry was willing to lose his bid for the White House rather than subject himself to the scrutiny of researches and military historians.
    In the present election cycle, a very similar circumstance has arisen. Another,
    "Hero" of the Vietnam War seeks the White House. The citizens of this country are expected to accept, at face value, the media's version of Senator Mc Cain's
    POW "Hero" status. Anyone who questions the official "history" of Mc Cain's
    "distinguished military service" is branded "unpatriotic", at best. More likely, inquiries, regardless of how justified, are simply ignored.
    As a life long Republican, Marine combat veteran, I want to know the information Senator Mc Cain has so earnestly tried to hide. I want to know what his POW debriefing documents say. In fact, I want to know what is contained in all of the debriefing documents Senator MC Cain had Classified
    and kept out of the public domain.
    John Mc Cain isn't a "nice" guy. In fact, it can hardly be said that he's a "good" guy. He simply isn't. His whole story is convoluted, a piece of unimaginable fiction concocted to prop up a make believe "hero", just to get into the White House. But, what bothers me the most is that, so many people know Mc Cain's story just doesn't hold water. The media, so afraid of attacking a "war hero", has just laid down. It will take the Internet, again, to bring the American public
    the truth they certain have every right to expect.
    My view of politics is myopic. I don't much care which party runs the show. My focus is exclusively on wether the candidate is an honorable person. As far as Senator Mc Cain is concerned, I simply do not see that as being the case.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 17:55:08

      Comment: Trying to distort John McCain's war status. Senator McCain was introduced to the American public by President Ronald Reagan. His record is beyond dispute. As we say in my neck of the woods. That dog won't hunt.

  • Posted By: forthehullofit @ 02/16/2008 4:53:11 PM

    Comment: Obama may be inexperienced, but he sure learns fast! The Clintons have been working on this campaign for over a decade -- yet in a few short months, Obama has created a campaign machine of his own that is barreling through states fast and furiously. Apparently, the junior senator knows how to tap into talent. And that's exactly what a good leader does. Whether in a business or a government, a great leader is one who can inspire people to strive for excellence. Why does he inspire the youth? Like a great teacher who expects the best effort, Obama expects Americans to pull together. It's high time we did just that.

    I'm a youthful 59 year old white woman. The pundits I'm not representative of Obama's "core" supporters. I think they may be wrong again.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 17:12:28

      Comment: You ask "Why does he inspire the youth". I offer a simple explanation. Excessive YouTube along with a hypnotic chant of CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE...., this will most likely lead to bipolor disorder, which will land them in rehab. Then they too are COOL!

      Our youth have never had to take any real risks(except our proud soldiers), pay any taxes, make hard decisions, and look at life through the eyes of reality TV. They just don't know any better.

      John McCain will easily defeat Sen. Obama, but it will not be just because of the Republican vote. John McCain will recieve the most crossover Democrate votes since Reagan-Carter. Many find him quite an attractive Commander-In-Chief candidate. And that is the office that is of utmost importance in this age.

      • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/18/2008 21:25:27

        Comment: I don't agree with you often but I agree with your crossover comment. McCain will win a lot of crossover especially the Hill supporters that have heard to much "Change" but not enough substance or solutions. The Commander question especially will get a lot of support for McCain. It would be like making a cadent fresh out of the academy a 4 star rank and having him run the show... yes the President will have advisors.. but who would you have running the military? I have more military experience playing Call of Duty 4 than Obama has.

  • Posted By: Real Talk @ 02/16/2008 4:20:10 PM

    Comment: Obama belongs to a church that prescribes for its surrounding neighbourhood and for black communities across Ameirca a black liberation theology. It is from all appearances a church in the traditional christian sense of what a church would be like in America, bible based and rooted in the idea that Jesus the Nazerath is the Christ and Savior. It includes into its mandate a black liberation theology designed to attract African Americans, but in no way would discard the membership or attendance of any White American who might want to attend as most people would make the case of saying. His church isn't a cult, it doesn't sacriface humans or animals on the alter or make claims of superiority for blacks.

    Conservatives really need to stop believing in the propaganda that has been spewed out for them to regurgitate...that Obama is a secret Muslim, or that he belongs to a cult like church...if his church be a cult...then alot of black congregation churches in America should all be considered cults. Noon on a sunday is the most segregated hour in America...where races of all colors attend a church of their own cultural persuassion. A phenomenon that doesn't surprise me any more then the theme you'd see in a high school cafeteria, people of similar races group together...nothing weird about that.

    But what Obama is doing is no different from what Dr King wanted to do...Dr King belonged to a black based church...Dr King was an advocate of civil rights, so is Obama to a degree...Dr King openly opposed a war when it was not popular to do so...Obama has done the same...and will hopefully one day soon bring an end to the weeping mothers who worry about their sons and daughters abroad who are being shelled at everyday by Muslim extremists who dont like us there.

    Conservatives better pray that Obama is the frontrunner chosen from out of the democart side...because if Clinton is the one to get nominated...not only would she beat Mccain just as Obama would...but Clinton unlike Obama will not be able to get republican support in the senate. Republicans actually tend to like Obama.

    Wake up America...stop saying Obama doesnt have the experience...when your elected president your given the best panel experts around...all that is required of a president is character and charisma...and a little bit of youth wouldnt hurt either...Mccain looks like he's about to keel over...is that really the best the republicans can do?

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 17:18:25

      Comment: American Hero vs Islamic sympathizer hmm, this is going to be a hard choice.

      • Posted By: crystal1906 @ 02/18/2008 17:39:13

        Comment: HollyRoller I'm sorry but I need to clue you in, all your comments are completely ridiculous and I tried to ignore them but after this one I honestly have to reply. You sound like an extremley racist, and prejudiced person, so I won't waste too much time, because you obviously already have your ideas formed.

        1. Im 17 years old, i live in spain and yeah, im a girl. I believe in obama. NOT because I think he's cool, because I know its time America needs a leader like him.

        Yes Mcain is a hero, and we have tremendous respect him and for what he endured. However much you may be against a war, you should never be against the troops. They are all amazing indivduals.
        But being a war hero doesnt entitle you to the presidency.

        2. When i heard obama speak he really REALLY touched my heart, and he gave me real hope, something i havent had in a long while, and I know hes done the same for so many others.

        3.No one gives any importance to these Muslim rumors anymore.

        and in regards to one of your other comments---where the youth will just chant change change change and be oblivious to all else---the only thing it proves is that you are one synical, angry person. By saying that you are insulting everyone who voted for him. You honeslty believe the youth--and you ONLY excluded the soldiers in your statement--are all "blind to the truth?"

        Every single one of Obamas ideas and statements about change are backed by real believable working plans. He himself even states the reality of it, saying it will be difficult to bring it about. THATS why people are voting for him.

        • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 02/18/2008 21:30:21

          Comment: Point 1... agreed but being a war hero give you an advantage over someone that has never served... especially to the servicemen and woman out there.
          Point 2... Disagree.., I've heard songs that touched my heart but Im not going to vote for person that wrote it.
          Point 3...I would agree but Holy Roller is one of the probably millions of people will which is sad...but true.

  • Posted By: Real Talk @ 02/16/2008 4:19:46 PM

    Comment: Obama belongs to a church that prescribes for its surrounding neighbourhood and for black communities across Ameirca a black liberation theology. It is from all appearances a church in the traditional christian sense of what a church would be like in America, bible based and rooted in the idea that Jesus the Nazerath is the Christ and Savior. It includes into its mandate a black liberation theology designed to attract African Americans, but in no way would discard the membership or attendance of any White American who might want to attend as most people would make the case of saying. His church isn't a cult, it doesn't sacriface humans or animals on the alter or make claims of superiority for blacks.

    Conservatives really need to stop believing in the propaganda that has been spewed out for them to regurgitate...that Obama is a secret Muslim, or that he belongs to a cult like church...if his church be a cult...then alot of black congregation churches in America should all be considered cults. Noon on a sunday is the most segregated hour in America...where races of all colors attend a church of their own cultural persuassion. A phenomenon that doesn't surprise me any more then the theme you'd see in a high school cafeteria, people of similar races group together...nothing weird about that.

    But what Obama is doing is no different from what Dr King wanted to do...Dr King belonged to a black based church...Dr King was an advocate of civil rights, so is Obama to a degree...Dr King openly opposed a war when it was not popular to do so...Obama has done the same...and will hopefully one day soon bring an end to the weeping mothers who worry about their sons and daughters abroad who are being shelled at everyday by Muslim extremists who dont like us there.

    Conservatives better pray that Obama is the frontrunner chosen from out of the democart side...because if Clinton is the one to get nominated...not only would she beat Mccain just as Obama would...but Clinton unlike Obama will not be able to get republican support in the senate. Republicans actually tend to like Obama.

    Wake up America...stop saying Obama doesnt have the experience...when your elected president your given the best panel experts around...all that is required of a president is character and charisma...and a little bit of youth wouldnt hurt either...Mccain looks like he's about to keel over...is that really the best the republicans can do?

  • Posted By: faramade @ 02/16/2008 4:08:59 PM

    Comment: HolyRoller: You know better, this is just meant to scare people, in one paragraph you mentioned that Obama is a Muslim and also a Christian, common you don't think Americans are this dumb, do you?

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 16:51:26

      Comment: I am not trying to scare people. If they do not succumb to the hypnotical CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE, there is nothing to fear. It is my right and duty however, to speak out about the potential for danger. Kinnda like telling your children to not take candy from strangers. Nothing to fear as long as they don't do it, but serious danger if the ignore your warning.

      I in no way called Sen. Obama a christian, I stated he had muslim connections and belonged to a cult like "church". If you don't agree with this analysis that is your right. It is also my right to say what I believe is strong circumstantial evidence to his mohammedness.

  • Posted By: ackeyboard @ 02/16/2008 4:08:01 PM

    Comment: a warmonger vs. achange agent .mccain is runnig his gameplan out of the same playbook as g.w.bush get real america john mccain hsa no chance against senator obama he is the same old tired song that keeps getting played over and over again after awhile it gets scratched.we will not keep letting these rich fat cat republicans send our poor sons and daughters to wars they chhose to ratchet up we know that we have to fight the war on terror so lets put our eye on the real war in afghanistan and pull our sons and daughters out of the civil war in iraq we understand john mccain shed blood for this country but how many other men and women have done the same thing some died they were not as blessed to return to their but that does mean the presidency is owed to anyone whe we join the military we take an oath to serve and protect our country so when we start allowing our sympathy to pick our president something has gone terribly wrong in our country.i also am aware that senator does not have asense of our economy and this is where i am truly about his presidency with the housing market in turmoil gas prices healthcare i have not heard him speak on any of these issues all he talk about is cutting taxes and earmarks but do he understand we need some earmarks in our communities and if thats the case he and senator clinton has been in the senate both 40 years so if he is such a great candidate we need to hear more substance and not the same old smear and fear that the republicans play every election put that tired old playbook in the incenerator and pick a real candidate in 2012 and pleas dont let it be frankenstein mitt the republicans need to pick a woman instead of keep coming up with old tired warmongering aged men then maybe i will change my party and vote for a republican because i think some of your female senators will make better candidates with their issuesto help bring america together we are sick and tired of the republicans making us feel as though we cannot leave our home for fear of being blown apart i want to live iv my country for which we stand home of the free land of the brave so republicans wait your turn 2009 will not be your year.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 02/16/2008 3:32:56 PM

    Comment: Jonathon has written an excellent piece of a closely veiled endorsement of Sen. Obama. I can???t say I blame him. I feel that I am speaking the opinion of, several millions of voters, when I say that it???s a pretty unrealistic description of us, when you say our views make us, ???assorted scum.??? Many of my fellow Americans truly believe this Republic was founded by our GOD. It is our duty to speak out, when we are certain that spiritual enemies are endangering our safety, as