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  • Posted By: rastevenson1011 @ 03/05/2009 4:22:22 AM

    eddiwhere is an IDOT. You have know idea what you are talking about. The GOP was out smarted by a relatively newcomer, who had no flaws that you could convince others to hold against him. Like McCain stated when all of his supporters dirty tricks failed to stop the "OBAMA wave," The American People have spoke, convincingly. Either get over or it, or admit to sedition. We have a history of smooth transitions of power. You don't like it, EXPATRIATE. You fools who listened to Limbaugh, Hannity, and the rest of those cowards on the GOP have more in common with John Wilkes Booth and Strom Thurman, (George Wallace) and the like. It is done. Either accept it, or go elsewhere. You and your kind no longer have a monopoly on power. Get into Therapy, and gain some valuable insight into your delusions, denials and sociopathic mentality. I am a veteran, and served in NAVy and Marines. I was on a submarine during the cold war. My comrades did not give thier lives for clowns like you.

    Robert from Illinois.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/20/2008 5:39:03 PM

    GOD BLESS IOWA. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIGGERING THE OBAMA SUNAMI. IF HILLARY HAD WON IOWA McCAIN WOULD BE SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HIS 57 MILLION VOTES.


    Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/20/2008 5:18:21 PM
    RICHARDSON FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.

    HE had nothinn to do with CHinese PENETRATION. THAT WOULD BE ON THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

    SECRETARY OF STATE DEALS WITH DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. IF NUKES FLY, IT's ON THE DEFENSE SECRETARY.

    Colin Powell for DEFENSE SECRETARY.

  • Posted By: johnvairo @ 11/12/2008 5:06:29 PM

    OBAMA is not the Economic GOD, we Americans have the to safe this country, we life in the least expensive country in the world, we have the largest manufactures in the world, we have the strongest money in the world, we have technology, we have investors worldwide, great homes, the problem is GOVERNMENT SPENDING, we spent more money on IRAK than fixing the problem home, we killed so many kids with such expensive bombs that we are paying for it, BUSH messed it up, and REAL ESTATE GREED ruined this country, OBAMA is not the solution, we are........... ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country........

  • Posted By: johnvairo @ 11/12/2008 4:59:17 PM

    Americans need to safe money, instead consuming they need safe money, first thing Obama has to do is pass new TAX laws, TAX imports 45% from China, with that 45% subsidize USA manufacturing and exporters, lower energy cost, for example those who own 8 cylinder cars must pay 4 patents per year, those who live in rich neighborhoods pay more for energy, and those who are in poorer neighborhods pay less fpr water, light and natural gas..... I got a list of 3000 changes......

  • Posted By: BlackLikeMe @ 11/07/2008 9:39:21 AM

    Obama didnt have any dumb political plays...thats why he's now our President!..Now McCain on the other hand..........

    • Posted By: Sunshine1957 @ 11/10/2008 8:21:32 PM

      AND HOW MUCH MONEY DID OBAMA NEED TO SPEND TO GET ELECTED????

      • Posted By: icheckfacts @ 11/11/2008 9:28:06 AM

        You must be judgmental and do not like truth.

  • Posted By: Handy @ 11/06/2008 5:08:07 PM

    I have read alot about the past, we are in the furture. Try and focus on that. By the way Oboma is not just black. He is white as well. His mother is white. Stop all of this non sense, and get on cleaning up American.

    • Posted By: Sunshine1957 @ 11/10/2008 8:22:21 PM

      LEARN HOW TO SPELL HANDY

  • Posted By: cafe512 @ 11/08/2008 12:09:05 AM

    Obama is what God wants in the white house and he for the people and for all people alot like Jesus Christ. Ever since Obama won one man ask me while I was driving my car and he in his car are you happy I stated yes and Iam hoping that after eight years Obama service . A spanish person will run , well that what I hope for . and also my sister ask me if Obama was the anti- Christ because in the way he was being Lifted up . I told her no because Obama fear God and service him and he answer to the Call that God place in this heart. because America was going down and God saw that Obama would be the right man for this time. because the world included myself have felted that those in the white house are not taking thier responibilites serious and not knowning that they are there because God has place them there, God is the one that put men in position and also take them out. I pray that Obama remember to let Jesus take the wheel when things get to heavy burden. He has a big burden to carry and all believers should be praying continuely for r him . he has a long road to travel but if he let Jesus take the wheel he will do just fine. cafe502

    • Posted By: Sunshine1957 @ 11/10/2008 8:16:15 PM

      YOU MUST BE BLACK AND ON CRACK!

  • Posted By: cafe512 @ 11/08/2008 12:16:58 AM

    Obama is just part of the dream that Martine L. KIng dream . when he stated I see white and black holding hands etc. that part became true when Obama won. cafe512

  • Posted By: icheckfacts @ 11/07/2008 8:09:11 AM

    Per the speech by Obama, we are not a white America, we are not a Black America, a red America or a blue America, we are the UNITED States of America.

  • Posted By: s8demon @ 11/06/2008 5:36:28 AM

    Obama stated that he was going to raise taxes on those earning more than $250000 per annum, he will then redistribute those taxes to the lazy bums laying around, living of goverment handouts evidently. Unfortunately for the sane, hardworking upper classthe numbers of lazy Americans outnumber them by millions and, all tose bums automatically put their little marks next to the name that promised to reward laziness. He even lied about his illegal aunt, claiming not to know she was living here illegally, thus actually being just another criminal Kenyan. You'll see all his illegal brothers from central Africa crawl out of the rafters now. I t is a case of the American youth being unintelligant, obvlious to news from across the globe and, obviously not having read or herd about the successes of black leaders in Africa, where murder, rape and theft are at the forefront

    • Posted By: icheckfacts @ 11/06/2008 8:41:32 AM

      Oh please, enlighten yourself, check the facts.
      www.FACTCHECK.ORG
      You sound like a racist and you are definitely not a mind reader.

      • Posted By: jannatnht @ 11/06/2008 12:41:00 PM

        factcheck.org runs by liberals and is biased. They should be checked by other factcheckers.

        • Posted By: icheckfacts @ 11/07/2008 7:49:41 AM

          You say "I thought, I think" So you don't KNOW. Go check your facts and you will see what it is. They give you actual speeches, not cherry picking words here and there and then make it up. Maybe if you went to the site and read about them and checked it out. There are a lot of fact checkers when you do a search for that. CNN has one. Point is, check out the facts instead of listening to a politician, ads on TV, someone talking on TV and make an informed decision. Saying somebody is Liberal doesn't make it so. You need to broaden your mind for a change.

        • Posted By: SouthernIL52 @ 11/06/2008 5:49:01 PM

          I thought snopes was the liberal fact checker. Oh, I get it, if it doesn't give you the answer you want then it is LIBERAL...

          • Posted By: jannatnht @ 11/06/2008 7:31:11 PM

            Au contraire, my friend. I like facts to be facts, not spins to give twist to the truth.

    • Posted By: Giansy84 @ 11/06/2008 8:04:32 AM

      Back to s8demon; You ignorant, racist sounding, stereotyping person. My mother makes less than 250,000 and is one of the hardest working people you would ever meet. She works months at a time with no weekends 10 or more hours a day, so for you to generalize people as lazy bums is so far from the truth and you just made yourself sound so dumb.

      • Posted By: jannatnht @ 11/06/2008 12:46:22 PM

        Your Mom is not a lazy bum but if she is expecting a check from others who make more money than her then it is unamerican.

  • Posted By: waittosee @ 11/07/2008 12:58:03 AM

    Rose Colored Glasses

  • Posted By: LTCSTAN @ 11/06/2008 8:02:12 AM

    The media will never challenge obama like they did Bush. No matter what he does. They are cowards. Afraid of his color. The pre election coverage proved it. This also goes for the so called comedians. Let's see what leno and that idiot letterman do now since McCain and Palin are no longer fodder. Will they be as brutal on obama as they were on McCain before the election. Check the percentage of jokes skewing MaCain v. obama. The number won't really surprise you. I see comments that people are willing to give his policies for change a chance no matter how long it takes. The excuse of we need time will soon fade. Bottom line will be his choice of advisors. Odds are the same old Washington crowd. No new faces. Maybe ayers as education secretary and wright as Chaplain of the senate.

    • Posted By: icheckfacts @ 11/06/2008 9:30:17 AM

      When comedians were asked why this was, they replied that look at McCain and Palin, they do stupid things and say stupid things. Obama is intelligent, doesn't not name call and doesn't do stupid things.

      • Posted By: SouthernIL52 @ 11/06/2008 5:47:30 PM

        It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at what has happened in the last 8 years and realize that the Bush presidency was not good for America. So what's your point? Just ignore it?

    • Posted By: outsidethebox101 @ 11/06/2008 8:29:51 AM

      Why should they challenge Obama? He is a very intelligent man. Unlike Bush who is a complete idiot. Can he even give a speech with some kind of compassion? Does he truly care for the troops he is shipping overseas at his own convenience. Doubt it. We are just a number to him.

  • Posted By: Clatech @ 11/06/2008 11:15:24 AM



    Richard Pryor had keen insight when he said "White people are so stupid"

    I???m so fed up with our corrupt political system after breaking my back for years building my business and fighting from going bankrupt, a bunch of naïve Americans elect an even more naïve career politician, president. I and many of my business partners have decided to pack it in, I???m laying off 50 plus workers starting next month and retiring. No way in hell am I going to pay this numskull???s capital gains tax and run my business into the ground before I can cash out!

    • Posted By: lacey123 @ 11/06/2008 11:57:23 AM

      Pinkpanther is right. You are NUTS. I'm getting off this site before my head expoldes from your stupidity!!!!!!!

      • Posted By: SouthernIL52 @ 11/06/2008 5:45:04 PM

        with that attitude your employees are better off wtihout you

    • Posted By: pinkpanther @ 11/06/2008 11:22:49 AM

      You are CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Gail1957 @ 11/06/2008 5:42:03 PM

    Comment: President Obama speaks with no interuptions of discrimination in his speeches. He speaks of high expectations for the world. This he will get, give him a chance. Things can change and let him make that change. I heard him speak and he said with your help it will happen. Yes, it will. If people today do not accept change things will not change. It is like if a light bulb burns out and if we are not willing to change it, we will all sit in the world without change. Accept change and give the man a chance instead of knocking him down. When listening to him he is a smart man and talks of a c oncern for a world in which he will help things change for the better. Anything is possible. Congratulations You will change with others that are willing to accept the change. If they do not they will never beable to change that light bulb. They will sit in the dark the rest of their lives.,

  • Posted By: waltyneg @ 11/06/2008 8:02:23 AM

    For 43 years, we have supported and elected all presidents, finally, Obama, the first elected, Africian-American, has been chosen by the people, and he is already being scrutinized, and criticized. Please America, give him a chance. Some people never voted before, because they said that they did not see anyone, or nothing to vote for. Well, if you allow Mr. Obama (President Elect), to position himself into the position of being your president, then you would see the outcome of your one vote that has allowed you to choose the the first African-American, as your president.

    • Posted By: icheckfacts @ 11/06/2008 9:28:42 AM

      Absolutely! No one could do worse than Bush has. Obama is a smart man and will surround himself with smart people too. He welcomes all ideas. Unlike Bush and McCain who know what they know and no one can change their minds. By the way, I am a Republican, but have become disgusted with our leaders at the top. Republican party needs to do some soul searching and the dirty politics does not work, never has, never will. It makes us mad. Or at least those of us who actually do go and get the facts before believing anything we see on TV until we have checked it out ourselves.

      • Posted By: Gail1957 @ 11/06/2008 5:35:46 PM

        Obama is a very smart man and when he speaks he does not critize. He takes all the people as one. He does not discriminate. Yes, give him a chance. Today people r scared of CHANGE . Lets get on and have change and it is possible. If the light bulb burns out and no one is going to get up and change it we will sit in the dark for the rest of our lives. So be willing to accept change and things will change for the better.

      • Posted By: Jlola @ 11/06/2008 10:34:39 AM

        Thank you for being open minded enough to check the facts and make an informed decision!!! What a refreshing concept. I am the daughter of 2 republicans and I am a democrat. I went into this election with more curiosiity then ever and found myself checking facts daily!! Had everyone done that instead of just listening to what they heard on TV, Radio, and E-mails I think that President Elect Obama would have even taken Texas and AZ!! Thank you for having an open and curious mind.

  • Posted By: specialk917 @ 11/06/2008 1:14:07 PM

    To everyone in the United States! I remember when I was a child, racism was every where! If you seen a black and white couple, it was unbelievable! If you were white and weren't racist you were frowned on. 30 years later, black and white couples are common. No big deal (as it should of always been), if you are a racist you are frowned on by society! My point is it has taken a long time but we have come a long way! Unforunately we do still have elders that are stuck in there ways. And some elders that have bullied into there children that there is no other way! But look at it this way people of America, Those elders are getting old and pretty soon they will pass on. And our younger generation majority of them don't care about the color of your skin. That younger generation that think in the way all Americans should, that is our future!!!!!

  • Posted By: specialk917 @ 11/06/2008 1:13:09 PM

    To everyone in the United States! I remember when I was a child, racism was every where! If you seen a black and white couple, it was unbelievable! If you were white and weren't racist you were frowned on. 30 years later, black and white couples are common. No big deal (as it should of always been), if you are a racist you are frowned on by society! My point is it has taken a long time but we have come a long way! Unforunately we do still have elders that are stuck in there ways. And some elders that have bullied into there children that there is no other way! But look at it this way people of America, Those elders are getting old and pretty soon they will pass on. And our younger generation majority of them don't care about the color of your skin. That younger generation that think in the way all Americans should, that is our future!!!!!

  • Posted By: specialk917 @ 11/06/2008 12:50:59 PM

    To everyone in the United States! I remember when I was a child, racism was every where! If you seen a black and white couple, it was unbelievable! If you were white and weren't racist you were frowned on. 30 years later, black and white couples are common. No big deal (as it should of always been), if you are a racist you are frowned on by society! My point is it has taken a long time but we have come a long way! Unforunately we do still have elders that are stuck in there ways. And some elders that have bullied into there children that there is no other way! But look at it this way people of America, Those elders are getting old and pretty soon they will pass on. And our younger generation majority of them don't care about the color of your skin. That younger generation that think in the way all Americans should, that is our future!!!!!
    Oh and by the way I'm WHITE

  • Posted By: specialk917 @ 11/06/2008 12:50:05 PM

    To everyone in the United States! I remember when I was a child, racism was every where! If you seen a black and white couple, it was unbelievable! If you were white and weren't racist you were frowned on. 30 years later, black and white couples are common. No big deal (as it should of always been), if you are a racist you are frowned on by society! My point is it has taken a long time but we have come a long way! Unforunately we do still have elders that are stuck in there ways. And some elders that have bullied into there children that there is no other way! But look at it this way people of America, Those elders are getting old and pretty soon they will pass on. And our younger generation majority of them don't care about the color of your skin. That younger generation that think in the way all Americans should, that is our future!!!!!

  • Posted By: specialk917 @ 11/06/2008 12:48:54 PM

    To everyone in the United States! I remember when I was a child, racism was every where! If you seen a black and white couple, it was unbelievable! If you were white and weren't racist you were frowned on. 30 years later, black and white couples are common. No big deal (as it should of always been), if you are a racist you are frowned on by society! My point is it has taken a long time but we have come a long way! Unforunately we do still have elders that are stuck in there ways. And some elders that have bullied into there children that there is no other way! But look at it this way people of America, Those elders are getting old and pretty soon they will pass on. And our younger generation majority of them don't care about the color of your skin. That younger generation that think in the way all Americans should, that is our future!!!!!

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