He wants to change the culture there. But it's hard to fix a place you've never really known.
Comment: Arrogant, Elitist, Obama embarrassed of America:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7I3mwrC9M4
Comment: Know why McCain wants to distance himself from former Senator Phil Gramm? It's not because of Gramm's obnoxious remarks calling Americans "a nation of whiners" who are in "a mental recession." Those remarks were so ascerbic that they may've been made just to give McCain an excuse to distance himself from Gramm. This issue is a lot deeper than it looks on the surface.
When Gramm was a Senator he was Chairman of the Banking Committee. He pushed through the legislation known as the "Enron Loophole." This loophole allowed US investment banks to bypass Federal regulations governing futures trading, and is the reason why investment banks were able to falsely inflate the prices of oil, wheat, corn and other commodities through massive futures trading, causing your costs of gas, heating oil and food to go through the roof.
Gramm also created the Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, which got rid of the laws that seperate banking, insurance and brokerage activities in America. The Gramm Act was touted as a new way to protect consumer privacy, but the real meat on the Act's bones was banking deregulation. Essentially, this Act did away with laws written after the Great Depression to protect us from another Wall Street/Banking Industry collapse. That's right, Gramm stripped the system of it's safe guards nine years ago, and guess what? The value of the dollar has nose-dived, four major economic institutions have failed, Wall Street is unstable, and we are in a worsening recession.
Notably, the US investment banks that gained the most from the Enron Loophole and from the Gramm Act contributed more than a million dollars to Gramm's campaign.
Currently Gramm is Vice Chairman of UBS, the Swiss Bank that came up with the idea of "death bonds." Worse, though, UBS is involved in a scam where they sold auction rate securities to American customers. Auction rate securities are supposed to be as safe as cash, but the way UBS did it, the fees garnished by their in-house investment bankers were intentionally higher than the return on the securities, ripping off their American customers. The Massachusetts Attorney General has already filed charges against UBS, and private brokers world-wide have dropped UBS stock. UBS is forecasted to lose 82.91% of it's value in 2008. We are talking about the corporate bank where Gramm is Vice Chairman. Looking at his track record there and at the havoc he has wrought on the US economy through the Senate Banking Committee, it's clear that either Gramm is a criminal or grossly incompetent.
Now McCain wants nothing to do with Gramm, wants us to forget Gramm has been a key player on McCain's team. Gramm was McCain's campaign CO-CHAIR and LEADING ECONOMIC ADVISOR. Previously, McCain had said that he planned to appoint Gramm as SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
With Gramm as McCain's leading economic advisor, now you know why economists and analysts say that McCain's economic policy plans are untenable.
Comment: THERE ISN´T MUCH DIFFICULTY IN KNOWING HOW WASHINGTON IS RUN BEFORE YOU DESIDE TO CHANGE IT! IT IS NONESENSE TO MAKE SUCH SUGGESTIONS.IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN RISIDING IN AMERICA AND ARE SMART ENOUGH,YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO VISION THE TERRACE AND TOPOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON.WHEN THAT IS CLEAR YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY FINDING THE RIGHT CONTOUR LINES OF REPAIR!
OBAMA IS ENERGETIC AND SMART ENOUGH TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGES OF CHANGE WITH HIS POSSIBLE CABINET AND ADVISERS.BECAUSE HE HAS OFTEN DISPLAYED A GREAT DEAL OF GOOD JUDGEMENTS IN THE MAJOR ISSUES,THERE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE NO CAUSE FOR ALARM BUT FOR AN AGING AND FORGETFUL McCAIN,WHO DIRECTLY IS INVOLVED IN THE PLOT THAT LED TO THE WAR DRAGING AMERICANS KNEES ON THE GROUND ECONOMICALLY AND WEAKENING OUR SECURITY AS A RESULT.McCAIN HAS MAITAINED AMERICA IS BETTER OF,HIS PHIL GRAMM SAYS AMERICANS ARE COMPLAINING TO MUCH AND WHYNNING,SUGGEST McCAIN REMAINS INCORRIGIBLY OUT OF TOUCH.A TRUE CONFIRMATION OF HIS ZERO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ECONOMY.HE SAYS HE NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED ON ECONOMY BUT AMERICA CAN´T WAIT FOR HIS AGING BRAIN TO FIRST GET IT.NO NOT AT THIS VERY FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW!!I AM CONFIDENT THAT EVEN THE LEAST EDUCATED AMERICAN WOULD MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE THIS TIME!WE CAN´T COMPLAIN ABOUT BUCH,YET CONSIDER A WORSE CANDIDATE THAN BUSH IN ALL FASHION.
Comment: Can't wait until he is in office
Comment: Jimmy Carter.
Comment: TO ALL HILLARY SUPPORTERS Q; HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT OBAMA IS MORE OR LESS PIMPIMG OUT HILLARY AFTER ALL HE'S DONE TO THE WOMAN NOW HE'S HAVING HER WORK FOR HIS BENIFIT I'M VERY SURE SHE NONE TO HAPPY ABOUT IT BUT BECAUSE OF THE DEBT SHE INCURRED TRING TO DEFEAT THE DIRTY TRICKS HE PULLED ON HER SHE IS MORE OR LESSED FORCED TO DO THE WORK FOR HIM ITS A DAMN SHAME WE ARE LETTING THIS BOZO GET AWAY WITH THIS IN THIS DAY AND AGE HE SAYS HE'S FOR FAIRNESS IN THE WORK PLACE BUT LOOK HE'S GETTING HER TO FOR SOMETHING SHE JUST DON'T BELIEVE IN I'LL BE FRANK WITH YOU ALL I'M A NUTTY REPUBLICAN BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE THE MAX AMOUNT TO GET THIS FORMER FIRST LADY OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF THIS DIRTY POLITICAN BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA I CAN SAY THIS TOO I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE TWO EXPERIANCED SENATORS GO FOR THE WHITE HOUSE RATHER THAN THIS IDIOT NO EXPERIANCE OBAMA GET IN AT LEAST IF EITHER HILLARY WON OR McCAIN THE COUNTRY WOULD STILL STAY THE COUNTRY WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE BUT IF THAT IDIOT GETS IN ( OBAMA ) WELL WE CAN KISS IT GOOD BYE !
Comment: As projected by the increasingly leftwinged,increasingly dishonest AP at any rate.[a full summary of their journalistic departures from facts,which are becoming alarmingly legion,[and patently partisan,which is not their damned business], may be viewed at the libertarian www.instapundit.com]. ''Change'',obviously,does not tilt always into ''good''territory,for social issues,the economy,energy or foreign policy. Indeed,things,as bad as they may be [energy] or appear [Iraq],have the capability to become much worse. The problem is that while leftwingers[being of a strident political wing]are easy to sell down the river,governance by a liberal ideology is as intractable as anything we have seen between 2001-2006,when the GOP had undisputed control of the three government branches.
No longer. A Congress that promised us a ''drained swamp'',run by liberal governance has shown complete inertia on the days major issues. And when it is not static,it is corrupt,as any of the recently observed pay-to-play schemes involving Democrats illuminate.[a real mess involving a federal investigation of House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers[Mich] wife is now brewing in Detroit. What role Conyers may have played is still unknown,and of course the firesale deal on mortgage rates offered majority -Democrats who sit on banking committees by the disgraced COUNTRYWIDE Loans is still on the front burner].Senate Majority Leader Reids stock is in freefall in his native Nevada,with voters seeing him as a person who is not a clear thinker,as his ''energy is making us sick''speech demonstrated. Obama,as president,with what he has to work with in Congress,has the capacity to create ''change''that will create negative impacts for this country,barring a ''throw the bums out''coup by American voters THIS IS BARROWED FROM LEE HOLMES
Comment:
We could wait a lifetime for a skeleton key presidential nominee to come along who flawlessly interfaces with each of our pet issues, and, consequently, we'd probably die a politically disappointed and overly cynical death.
What attracted me to Senator Obama's candidacy wasn't that he was going to evolve into some kind of liberal messiah who I would agree with all the time. He never really made any promises of that sort, and it was clear -- especially to Kucinich and Edwards supporters -- that Senator Obama wasn't entirely in line with what are generally considered to be netroots or progressive causes. Rather, he's always been the pragmatic liberal whose every slogan and statement -- often employing the collective pronoun "we" -- seeks common ground between deep blue and blood red. He's the liberal who this week, while simultaneously reaching out to evangelical voters, issued an unequivocal statement of opposition against any constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. That's textbook Obama.
After I read the letter of support he sent to the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, I remembered why I chose to support the senator's campaign -- and why it evolved into an enthusiasm for a politician that I've never quite experienced in my adult life. So why then...? In the simplest terms possible, choosing to support Senator Obama has never been about issues, but rather, it's always been about, 1) electing a thoughtful, smart president we can reference with pride -- a president who won't flatly embarrass us every damn day, and 2) electing a president who can inspire and negotiate the necessary support he'll need to roll back the darkness of the Bush years.
Continued below:
Comment:
Continued From Above:
To that effect, and even though there are many who come close, I can't name another presidential-quality politician who's shown himself to be better suited to achieve these broad goals. Despite how we feel about individual issues like FISA or NAFTA, I think most of us with liberal or progressive tendencies can agree that we have a candidate here who is going to succeed on these challenges, while potentially forming a long-range coalition of support that could one day result in a purely progressive netroots candidate.
Those of us who have been strapped into this dark ride -- arms and legs locked into the tram, following these crimes and scandals and unconstitutional measures for too long... we've been damaged a little. We've been round-house kicked in the throat once too often. Sometimes by members of our own party. So it makes sense when some of us express shock or disillusionment at the actions of a politician regardless of their party affiliation. Besides, there's nothing wrong with criticizing the friendlies (though we're told that, politically, it might be wiser to keep our powder dry until after Senator McBush is soundly defeated). But what has served to keep me sane during these last weeks -- or saner -- has been the broad-stroke recollection of why, irrespective of the finer points, I decided to back this guy named Barack Obama for president in the first place.
If we're able to deliver the mandate he'll require in November -- which means a solid electoral college victory and expectations-defying down-ballot victories -- Senator Obama will help to vindicate our long-suffering, dark ride generation and, thusly, our time in American history -- a time that seems to be so perfectly summarized in thumbnail-form by this current Summer of Awful. If we can keep our attention focused on the big ideas that attracted us to the senator in the first place, he will make us proud.
Comment: Posted By: RetiredMarine @ 06/25/2008 10:12:56 AM
Comment: Id like to see a candidate address and try to fix this:
How many zeros in a billion? This is too true to be funny.
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain... let's take a look at New Orleans .. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number... what does it mean?
Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.
Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
Or... if you are a family of four... your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D. C???. HELLO! Are all your calculators broken??
Accounts Receivable Tax, Building Permit Tax, CDL License Tax, Cigarette Tax, Corporate Income Tax, Dog License Tax, Federal Income Tax, Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA), Fishing License Tax, Food License Tax, Fuel Permit Tax, Gasoline Tax, Hunting License Tax, Inheritance Tax, Inventory Tax, IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax), IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax), Liquor Tax, Luxury Tax, Marriage License Tax, Medicare Tax, Property Tax, Real Estate Tax, Service charge taxes, Social Security Tax, Road Usage Tax (Truckers), Sales Taxes, Recreational Vehicle Tax, School Tax, State Income Tax, State Unemployment Tax (SUTA), Telephone Federal Excise Tax, Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax, Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax, Telephone Minimum Usage, Surcharge Tax, Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax, Telephone State and Local Tax, Telephone Usage Charge Tax, Utility Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax, Vehicle Sales Tax, Watercraft Registration Tax, Well Permit Tax., Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt... We had the largest middle class in the world... and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'POLITICIANS!'
And I still have to press '1' for English.
What the heck happened?????
Comment: This section of DiscoverTheNetworks examines Barack Obama's connections to a number of key individuals and organizations. In some cases, these affiliates are notable for the leftist views and objectives they share with Obama. In other cases, they are notable for their collaboration with Obama in controversial or unethical activities. In all cases, they offer a window into Barack Obama's values and priorities. Taken as a whole, they verify Thomas Sowell's observation that Obama has "spent decades aiding and abetting people who hate America."
Radical and Socialist Influences:
Saul Alinsky
Bill Ayers
Carl Davidson
Frank Marshall Davis
Democratic Socialists of America
Bernardine Dohrn
Gamaliel Foundation
New Party
Socialist Scholars Conference
Political Allies and Advisors:
Ali Abunimah
Mohamed Salim Al-Churbaji
David Axelrod
Gregg Craig
Jim Johnson
Marilyn Katz
Anthony Lake
Robert Malley
Alice Palmer
Eli Pariser
George Soros
Cass Sunstein
Dorothy Tillman
Joyce Wheeler
Tim Wheeler
Religious Affiliations:
Louis Farrakan
Rev. Joseph Lowery
James Meeks
Rev. Otis Moss
Rev. Michael Pfleger
Rev. Al Sharpton
Jim Wallis
Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Organizational Affiliations:
ACORN
Arab American Action Network
Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.
International Crisis Group
MoveOn
National Council of La Raza
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Project Vote
Sojourners
Academic Affiliations:
Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said
Cornel West
Foundations:
Joyce Foundation
Woods Fund of Chicago
Money Scandals:
Nadhmi Auchi
Robert Blackwell, Jr.
Tony Rezko
Family:
Michelle Obama
Raila Odinga
Comment: so here he is, will not vote a marine who is not a marine he is a grunt who sounds like a peron from trailer trash in the US take your pathetic behind, and go back to your trailer. your 30 seconds of fame is over. you are a scum bag, and have a mouth that your mama need sto wash out with soap. your lucky this country allows freedom of speech, goodbye and good luck. go to fox and do your postings there jerk somebody needs to call you out on your dung
Comment: you got a lotta nerve you jerk to come here and trya nd attack me you have not read some of the crap that these liberal *** have posted aboutthis country and yet you come after me well mr. big mouth be careful what you wish for because it might come true and as far as what i say in my posts thats my opinion and too *** bad if you don't like it you got that punk i'm 63 yrs old and i'm not afraid of you or anyone like you i fear noman so try your little bull *** i'm not hard to find i retired from the marine corp 04/19/ 1994 out of camp lejeune nc if you in the corp find me i'm one of 14 that got out that day
Comment: You have the cahoones as a marine to act like a bigot, racist, narrominded fool. Congrats on making it to your 64th, before you post your rants and raves bigshot, why don't you use your feeble brain and realize that you don't own this blog, or any other blog at newsweek. People have the right to their opinion. As long as you put on caps, as long as you belittle people in what they post, I will be right there behind them. Do you understand me grunt! Good now that I made myself clear, keep your rants and raves toned down to a reasonable level. Your like the bully on the playground, well time is up bully boy.
Comment: and so do i and i will post what i want and not have any fear of your rebuttle AND IF ITS IN CAPS IT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO HIT THE DAMN BUTTON AGAIN ! so that being said you stick to the issues too okay and we'll get along fine but know this pal i'll not take you bullshit either you need to check thier posts as well if your goning to be the bloggers principal here on the web !!!! and you better stop trying to undermind my rights or as a marine i have earned respect from very many and as a good marine i do lose control when someone with no respect steps on my boots !!!
Comment: pound salt up your ass your the jerk you go and try and mess with me and you will be sorry you liberal punk
Comment: If you were in the corp jerk, Who is your CO? and I bet your wondering what a CO is too. What does article one state in the umc? what is the umc? cat got your tongue? prove it marine that your a marine!
Comment: so grunt, how does it feel to be caught in a lie? go ahead everytime you post now, I will be right behind you...your a marine, my a--. You are dispicable, narrowminded, feebleminded twit, who belongs on Sinclair blog. Your a marine, your pathetic for someone who allegedly is in the corps. If you were in my unit buddy boy, you would be protecting more than your cahoones. Take your remarks, go up north with your racist buddies, and get the hell out of dodge. Your not a marine, your full of sht.
Comment: truth be told if i were in your unit you would be following my orders whaile on the clock !
Comment: WELL ITS THE FORTH OF JULY AND I'M GOING TO THE LAKE WITH MY FAMILY AND MY MARINE CORP BUDDIES WE ARE GOING TO PARTY !!! I'VE GOT MY TRUNKS AND THE SUN SCREEN FOR THE KIDS AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO WEAR OUR NEW OBAMA SLIPPERS ! (THEY ARE FORMERLY KNOWN AS FLIP FLOPS ) THATS WHAT WE ARE CALLING THEM! NOW OBAMA SLIPPERS ALL MY FREINDS SAY THAT IT FITS PERFECTLY... SO LOOK OUT AMERICA BECAUSE OBAMA SLIPPERS ARE COMMING TO A STORE NEAR YOU !!
Comment: If you were in the corp jerk, you wouldn't need to scream about it in caps, what a pathetic liar. Who is your CO? what does article one state in the umc? what is the umc? cat got your tongue? prove it marine that your a marine?
Comment: From Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'
From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
And FINALLY the Most Damming one of ALL of them!!!
From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
Comment:
This is also Rich:
Johnnie Midnight is at it again
There's a myth out there that the McCain campaign and the media have cooperated to create. It says that John McCain is reluctant to exploit his Vietnam POW story for political advantage, so modest and full of integrity is he. We've seen this repeated again and again, not just by McCain and his supporters but by reporters who ought to know better.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
From the first time he ran for Congress in 1982 up to the present day, McCain has made his POW story the centerpiece of his entire political career. The key moment of that 1982 campaign was when he responded to his opponent's (absolutely true) accusation that McCain was a carpetbagger by saying, "As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi." At every point since, it has been the deft use of this tool that has brought McCain renewed attention or won him a key victory.
McCain has every right to talk about Vietnam all he wants -- it's his story, and no serious person has ever disputed the details that are available. But don't tell us he's reluctant to use it, because he isn't. He talks about it to voters, he talks about it to contributors, he talks about it to reporters, he talks about it with seriousness, he jokes about it, and his campaign makes every attempt it can to remind people of what happened to him in Vietnam.
But what happened with Gen. Clark reveals the McCain Rules, as he and the press would have us understand them. Here's how things are supposed to work: It's fine for the McCain campaign to run ads touting his time as a POW, create web videos touting his time as a POW, have him mention his time as a POW in speeches, and have him bring it up in debates (remember "I was tied up at the time"?). In other words, it's fine to have John McCain's entire presidential run be presented through the filter of his POW experience. Should, however, someone even ask the question of whether the fact that McCain was a POW really qualifies him to be president, that would be a deeply offensive affront to all that is right and good, and must not be tolerated. Talk about having it both ways.
As assuredly as the last 7 + years in the States has been unbelievably lame it will, even more assuredly continue with your vote for McCain
Comment: Wesley Clark, what's really scary is this guy was the general at NATO. He ran NATO. Wesley Clark has had over a week now to get himself properly informed on this issue and has not done so. He's either unable to, or is unwilling to, or doesn't care about the truth. When he was running NATO, there was an accident -- you people may not remember this, but, of course, my memory extends way, way back. You may remember that in the early days of the mad bomber of Bosnia's campaign, somebody misaimed, misfired on his orders, probably, and hit the Chinese embassy. It almost became an international incident. Meanwhile, he stands by as 800,000 Rwandans are being slaughtered, his quote, yeah, it happened so fast, it just slipped by, but he ends up misfiring at the Chinese embassy, mistargeting. They said he had an old map. bet these people would love to see that petition wesley clark is a moron !!!
Comment:
Man, This is Rich
Johnnie Midnight Strikes Again
Let's keep in mind that no one seems to have argued with Clark on the merits of his claim. No one responded by saying, "General Clark is wrong -- in fact, McCain's POW experience does qualify him to be president." I suppose one could make that argument, but I haven't seen anyone actually make it. Instead, what they have said is that Clark was out of bounds to even raise the issue. To even assert that McCain's Vietnam experience isn't in and of itself a qualification for the Oval Office is such an unforgivable transgression that its merits don't need to be addressed.
There is, however, one person who wouldn't disagree with Clark's statement that being a POW doesn't qualify you for the presidency. When asked by the National Journal in 2003, "Do you think that military service inherently makes somebody better equipped to be commander-in-chief?" this politician answered, "ABSOLUTELY NOT". History shows that some of our greatest leaders have had little or no military experience. ... When one advises [a presidential candidate] that they should be very careful about how much you talk about that, because you don't want it to sound self-serving." The politician who said "ABSOLUTELY NOT" was John McCain, and the presidential candidate he was talking about was John Kerry.
Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ho He He He
"McCain't and isn't able to Govern" is a mere mirage of himself
extend your inevitable PAIN with your vote for McCain
Comment: Wesley Clark, what's really scary is this guy was the general at NATO. He ran NATO. Wesley Clark has had over a week now to get himself properly informed on this issue and has not done so. He's either unable to, or is unwilling to, or doesn't care about the truth. When he was running NATO, there was an accident -- you people may not remember this, but, of course, my memory extends way, way back. You may remember that in the early days of the mad bomber of Bosnia's campaign, somebody misaimed, misfired on his orders, probably, and hit the Chinese embassy. It almost became an international incident. Meanwhile, he stands by as 800,000 Rwandans are being slaughtered, his quote, yeah, it happened so fast, it just slipped by, but he ends up misfiring at the Chinese embassy, mistargeting. They said he had an old map. bet these people would love to see that petition wesley clark is a moron !!!
Comment: the kool-aid recipe is the reason you should not vote for him it sums up his reasons for running and if you think he's qualified to be president then you have been slipped a micky so to speak someone slipped you some obama kool-aid check his record his votes but most important check his agenda and ask your self is this who i want to run the country ! think about his tax plan think about his willing to give free health care to 15 million illeagles think about his forgien policy or lack there of think about all his plans and if you feel like he's the one take some ipecac syrup because you've ingested his kool-aid then go vote for someone who will get this country back on track i prefer the John McCain/ Mitt Romney ticket hopfully thats who will win the election in november if Obama gets it we are gonna have a hard row to hoe !!
Comment:
UPDATE: Since a lot of you are sending words of support on here for General Clark, VoteVets.org started a petition......... (http://ga3.org/campaign/petitionclark)........ where you can sign to thank him, and tell him to keep it up. VoteVets.org will take the petition to General Clark, personally. Also, it's important to sign, so we can show the media that we've got his back.
Comment: Wesley Clark, what's really scary is this guy was the general at NATO. He ran NATO. Wesley Clark has had over a week now to get himself properly informed on this issue and has not done so. He's either unable to, or is unwilling to, or doesn't care about the truth. When he was running NATO, there was an accident -- you people may not remember this, but, of course, my memory extends way, way back. You may remember that in the early days of the mad bomber of Bosnia's campaign, somebody misaimed, misfired on his orders, probably, and hit the Chinese embassy. It almost became an international incident. Meanwhile, he stands by as 800,000 Rwandans are being slaughtered, his quote, yeah, it happened so fast, it just slipped by, but he ends up misfiring at the Chinese embassy, mistargeting. They said he had an old map. bet these people would love to see that petition wesley clark is a moron !!!
Comment:
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Because in the matters of national security policy making, it's a matter of understanding risk. It's a matter of gauging your opponents, and it's a matter of being held accountable. John McCain's never done any of that in his official positions. I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in Armed Forces as a prisoner of war. He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn't held executive responsibility. That large squadron in Air- in the Navy that he commanded, it wasn't a wartime squadron. He hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn't seen what it's like when diplomats come in and say, 'I don't know whether we're going to be able to get this point through or not. Do you want to take the risk? What about your reputation? How do we handle it-?'
-it's publicly.' He hasn't made those calls.
So, in short, General Clark respects John McCain's service, calls him a hero to millions, but notes that experience doesn't make him qualified to be Commander in Chief.
General Clark called McCain a hero to millions for his sacrifice. And, that's a pretty big statement coming from a man who, himself, left Vietnam on a stretcher. But, facts are facts:
* Senator McCain's service and experience, both as a POW and as a Senator apparently hasn't infused him with a dose of good judgment.
* Senator McCain's experience hasn't led him to realize that the war in Iraq and it's continuance has empowered and emboldened Iran, and destabilized the region.
* Senator McCain's experience hasn't caused him to recognize that we're losing ground in Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden is still out there, plotting.
* Senator McCain's experience didn't lead him to support the 21st Century GI Bill -- he opposed it. It didn't even make him feel the need to get back to Washington to vote on this -- one of the most important veterans' bills this Congress. He twice skipped votes on the GI Bill, to fundraise.
* Senator McCain's experience didn't help him empathize with troops are overstretched and overdeployed, when he voted against the bipartisan Webb-Hagel "Dwell Time Amendment," which would have given troops as much time at home as in the field.
Senator McCain is running on his experience, saying it makes him ready to lead right away. By doing so, he is asking people to look at what that experience taught him. By looking at Senator McCain's positions and votes (or lack of them), it seems that experience has not given him the right judgment on important issues of our time. And, while we should all honor Senator McCain's service, that doesn't mean we should necessarily honor it by putting him in the White House to take up George W. Bush's third term.
So, General Clark is 100 percent absolutely right, and he should not back down, These are important times, and deserve a blunt and honest debat
Comment: Wesley Clark, what's really scary is this guy was the general at NATO. He ran NATO. Wesley Clark has had over a week now to get himself properly informed on this issue and has not done so. He's either unable to, or is unwilling to, or doesn't care about the truth. When he was running NATO, there was an accident -- you people may not remember this, but, of course, my memory extends way, way back. You may remember that in the early days of the mad bomber of Bosnia's campaign, somebody misaimed, misfired on his orders, probably, and hit the Chinese embassy. It almost became an international incident. Meanwhile, he stands by as 800,000 Rwandans are being slaughtered, his quote, yeah, it happened so fast, it just slipped by, but he ends up misfiring at the Chinese embassy, mistargeting. They said he had an old map.
Comment: KOOL-AID??????..From the kitchen of the obama sheeple!! take one heaping spoonful of an inexperienced elitist white male seeking self validation through exploitation of his african-american genetics. Combine two parts black liberation theology clerics spewing intolerance! With two parts of unrepentant intellectuals committed to the destruction of America. Stir in one cup of militant black wife harboring the overwhelming desire to stick it to whitey and one spoonful of typical white person grandmother mix well. Pour a gallon of anti-patriotism into tall glasses and sprinkle with naïve foreign policy ideations. Serve on a platter of meaningless oratorical hyperbole with a generous dollop of wealth re-distribution. Sprinkle liberally with zest of white guilt flip it and flop it till it tastes right. Serve large portions to the undiscerning and spellbound masses convinced that the Second Coming is upon America and now you have a complete recipe for disaster!
Comment: It's a fairy tale anyway, so what difference does it make.
Comment: That is why Obama is the best person to fix Washington because he is not stewed in the ways of Washington. His political behavior pattern in Washingto would be different from McCain the McSame!
Comment: If anybody, including political candidates, does not change his/her mind on an issue from time to time, I would strongly wonder if he/she uses his mnd at all.. Give me a leader who researches and discusses with others before making a decision, even though he may have thought differently at one time. THAT is NOT flip-flopping....that is thinking. We have had 8 years of someone who quite obviously does not use that precious gray matter. It is there to be activated...not just to fill space between two appendages that are underused in too many instances.
Comment: So you're really saying Bush flopped when he should have flipped.
Comment: Um, so how much does a former governor know about the DC scene? Stop manufacturing issues in articles like this.
Also, do you not get that younger boomers, Xers, and older Yers together render older boomers and greatest gen folks completely irrelevant? We don't care how it used to be done. It's not going to be done that way any more. We all want sanity in our lives... balance.
And, um, doesn't the current prez take way more vacations than anyone on the planet? How can we complain about Obama wanting to erect healthy boundaries?
Comment: Great post
Comment: When George W. Bush told the American people, the world and the congress that there was justification for attacking Iraq, he lied. Today the American people realize that, just as the world has all along. When he said that American drugs brought back into the U.S. would be unsafe, he lied to support his position, as he did when he said Global Warming wasn???t a real problem. He lied, as did many others in his administration, when he said his administration had nothing to do with releasing the CIA agent???s identity and again when he stated that squelching the wiretapping story during an election year was done for national security reasons and not just for political reasons. When he offered that Afghanistan was relatively secure, the War on Terror was succeeding and it wasn???t a problem to focus instead on Iraq and then frequently again throughout the Iraq campaign he used ???rational lies??? in reporting status. On and on, private accounts for Social Security, Tax Cuts for the wealthy, trade agreements resulting in exported American jobs and taxes, the humongous deficit isn???t a problem,,, George W. Bush and his staff have freely reverted to exaggerations, rationalizations, intentional deceptions,, simply lies while they pursued their own private agenda and now today everyone understands that to be the reality ??? but how often have we actually heard it said? When have you ever heard a reporter say, ???Well the president (or his staff) has told another whopper today???? Not the media, not the Democrats, not any whistle blower with merit, not any responsible Republican with a conscience, not even any Christian or community leader, not anyone with credibility has ever come out and exposed or condemned the flagrant and arrogant lying that the Bush administration has so consistently indulged in. Why? Is there that much power behind them, to control the media and put fear in everyone else? And if that is true, where does that leave us? One by one, separately the individual lies can be taken and rationalized, covered over and explained using more lies but together they tell the real story ??? we are simply being taken for granted and repeatedly lied to. Maybe it is felt that calling them on their lies or disrespectfully calling the President a liar would serve no purpose and might even be counter-productive but, as we have drastically seen, that then only condones and encourages more of the same. It is well past time for change! We desperately need change from the Bush-Cheney abuse and private use of our government and we really need change from Washington as usual!
Comment:
Don't like liberals?
Fine, then give them back...
Our clean air and water standards, workers safety protections, the 40 hour work week, the soicial security program, the civil rights movement, the equal rights movement, the free speech movement, discrimination protections, the school lunch program, birth control, rural electrification, organized labor, child labor laws, the minimum wage, employee health care benefits, public assistance, Americans with disabilitiesAct, fair housing legislation, The Freedom of Information Act, The voting Rights Act, food and drug safety regulations, Federally subsidized student loans, collective bargaining...
and everything else they have done to put power back in the hands of the individual, and out of the hands of the conservative ruling and corporate elite.
Comment: It is hard to elect a candidate we have never really known. Obama has the responsibility to show that there is not a latent Wright virus tangled in his genome. Why is his long-term association with radical groups not a nonverbal cue as to who he is and what he values?
Comment: At the point in time that I realized that not one President has had his character judged based on his pastor.
At the point in time that I realized that not one President has had his pastor investigated.
At the point in time that I realized that all our pastors must challenge our thinking.
At the point in time that I realized it didn't matter what the facts were because people were making half of the stuff up anyway.
At the point in time that I realized that the same people who accused him of being in Wrights church for 20 years were calling Obama a Muslim.
At that point in time I realized the answer to your question:
Because its idiotic!
Comment: Are you still living in the dark ages? Do you read? Like his books? Do you watch television news programs? Do you listen to discusions? Do you exercise common sense? Get off the supposed radicalism and the Wright stuff. It is lie mongering. If you don't agree with Obama's positions on political issues...fine. That is your constitutional right. But character assasination and spreading lies are not..
Comment: Obama all CHANGE all the time:
CHANGE ... what you'll have left after I raise taxes.
CHANGE ... your gas prices upwards, but gradually
CHANGE ... my hat size because every day my head gets bigger
CHANGE ... the national motto to: In Obama We Trust.
CHANGE ... what I do to my story depending upon whom I'm talking to.
CHANGE ... what I do every day to my foreign policy
CHANGE ... what I do to my trade policy depending upon whom I'm talking to
CHANGE ... your lifestyle because the rest of the world doesn't like you
CHANGE ... my friends when they turn out NOT to be "The person I knew"
CHANGE ... what my radical left-wing ideologue handlers have in store for you
CHANGE ... what I do to facts to suit my needs.
CHANGE ... my pastor's screed is OK, yours isn't
CHANGE ... FISA line that we crossed but I have now moved back
CHANGE ... from public to private campaign financing because I can raise more money
CHANGE ... I'll debate John McCain anytime, anywhere; except when and where he asks me.
CHANGE ... the words of others and claim they're mine, because words count.
CHANGE ... the meaning of Bible verses to meet my own liberal world view
CHANGE ... more of you into victims of something and build government programs to take care of you
CHANGE ... you into a ward of the state so that I OWN you and your vote
CHANGE ... your mind and believe in me for I am the Obamessiah come to save you
CHANGE ... into giggling sycophants; liberal mainstream media do under the spell of the Obamessiah
CHANGE ... the chant I use to control the weak-minded Obamanized masses
CHANGE ... into an Obamatron; join the cult, repeat the chant: CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE ...
CHANGE ... what I plan to do to America because it's the greatest country on the planet.
CHANGE ... the national anthems of all the nations of the world to Kumbaya using my messianic foreign policy skills
CHANGE ... into mumble-mouthed idiot when I don't have prepared speech to read.
CHANGE ... historical facts to agree with my life story
CHANGE ... I said the DC gun ban was constitutional, but now I agree with Supreme Court ruling it unconstituional.
CHANGE ... what I said because my rhetoric was overheated and amplified
CHANGE ... but not for us, not the left-wing liberal elite, CHANGE is for YOU.
CHANGE ... anything and everything I've said or done in my life if it will help me win
CHANGE ... the definition of change to: What I say, when I say it, to whom I say it.
CHANGE ... I can CHANGE when it suits me
CHANGE ... you can believe in for a day or two
CHANGE ... you can't keep up with
CHANGE ... your underwear because you'll defecate in your pants when you wake up to find out what the left-wing liberal ideologues have done after gaining complete control of government.
CHANGE ... YOU better freaking BELIEVE IN because it will WORK YOU over.
Obama: the AUDACITY to count on you and I being DOPEs
Comment: Republicans all FEAR all the time, or the Politics of FEAR:
FEAR - that I may have to pay as much as everybody else, percentage wise, in taxes.
FEAR - that gas prices will drop and our Exxon shares will lose value
FEAR - that other people might be just as good as we are even if they seem different.
FEAR - is what I put in my story no matter whom I'm talking to.
FEAR - is my foreign policy.
FEAR - free trade agreements that include fair trade protections.
FEAR - drives me because I'm convinced the rest of the world is out to get me.
FEAR - my friends when they turn out to have a conscience.
FEAR - what I do to facts because I might see I was wrong or worse yet, somebody else might see I was wrong.
FEAR - is my pastor's creed, And everyone else is just wrong.
FEAR - even investigating FISA abuses or holding companies accountable, because they may find my party stomped on the Constitution.
FEAR - financing that might hold people and candidates accountable for the accuracy of what they say.
FEAR - any debate with Obama that isn't moderated by conservative hit squads, and especially if it follows any accepted debate format.
FEAR - the words of others and distort them if they don't support my cause.
FEAR - that I may have misinterpreted the Bible and that threatens my own preconceived view of the world.
FEAR - any government programs.
FEAR - Obama because he's building an army of people that will actually help him CHANGE things.
FEAR - that the media may report the truth, so I just call them biased.
FEAR - the chant I use to control the weak-minded Republican lackies
FEAR - CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE!
FEAR - America because it's the greatest country on the planet, and if it changes anything well I just don't know what that would do.
FEAR - the nations of the world that we don't control because they are out to get me
FEAR - turns me into a babling idiot whether I have prepared speech or not because I have no concept of modern day economics or the consequences of my actions.
FEAR - that I don't even know what Obama said about gun control laws because I've distorted it so many different ways that I forgot, so I'll just call him a "flip-flopper" and call it good..
FEAR - that my rhetoric was not exaggerated and distorted enough.
FEAR - that people may find out the truth.
FEAR - Obama, so I just distort half what he says, call him a "flip-flopper", and say, "We don't really know anything about him", so BE VERY AFRAID. .
FEAR - of CHANGE, so present the same old policies, relabel them new, and hope that no one will notice.
FEAR - you'll defecate in your pants when you wake up to find out what somebody else will have done after gaining complete control of government and actually solving some of the problems.
McCain: the AUDACITY to take other people???s ideas belittle them, make fun of them, and so WE DON???T HAVE TO THINK!
Comment: idiot
Comment: I'd like to introduce you to HolyRoller and maybe you two could just exchange addresses and privately communicate. Or maybe you already know each other very well, it would seem like it.
Comment: Here is an interesting article arguing against McCain not being Bush III
STUMPER
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 6:40 PM
Why McCain Wouldn't Be Bush III (Sorry, Barack)
Andrew Romano
EXCERPT:
Yes, McCain is a Republican. Yes, he--like Bush--has Republican positions. And yes, you should vote against him if you disagree with the Republican Party on the issues. My only point here is that McCain, based on his bipartisan past, is probably one of the Republicans least likely to govern like Bush--and thus least deserving of the inevitable "Bush III" label. None of this is to say that McCain would be a perfect president, or even a good one. I'll let the voters decide that. Maybe you think he's too old. Maybe you think he's too conservative. Maybe you think he's squandered his honor for political gain. Maybe you just like Obama better. Any reason is fine, as long, that is, as the crucial comparison is between Obama and McCain--their policies, their personalities and the problems they'll face as president--and not between Obama and Bush. Because even though 43 has done some preposterous things during his time in the White House, he's not defying the Twenty-Second Amendment to run for a third term--despite what Obama says.
Here is the full story: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/06/16/sorry-barack-mccain-won-t-deliver-a-third-bush-term.aspx
Comment: The problem is:
Bush could not possibly have carried off all of the garbage without help.
He did not lie about all of that stuff on his own.
It took many in the Republican party.
Karl Rove is as corrupt as they come.
Cheney and Rumsfeld were planning the Iraq war before 9/'11 even happened.
The corruption is beyond just bush. It is a whole group of people.
The idea that you can put McCain in and not get the same corruption, is naive in light of McCain's past behavior, and current stances.
Comment:
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." - Sinclair Lewis
The Repugnant Party has arrived and it is wrapped in the flag and it is carrying the cross
And It Is A Cross I Do Not Wish To Bear And I Wish For Them To Quit Desecrating My Beloved Flag And Country
1.) Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2.) Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights: Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3.) Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause: The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals: communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4.) Supremacy of the Military: Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5.) Rampant Sexism: The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
6.) Controlled Mass Media: Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7.) Obsession with National Security: Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses
8.) Religion and Government are Intertwined: Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
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Comment:
Continued from above:
9.) Corporate Power is Protected: The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10.) Labor Power is Suppressed: Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11.) Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts: Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
12.) Obsession with Crime and Punishment: Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations
13.) Rampant Cronyism and Corruption: Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14.) Fraudulent Elections: Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
Comment:
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2008
NY Daily News revealed that some of the 66 lobbyists driving the Double Talk Express have made close to a million dollars lobbying for a notorious predatory lender, Ameriquest, which lured people into unsustainable mortgages. McCain doesn't blame Ameriquest or his lobbyist pals-- one his chief liaison to Congress (John Green) and the other is his national finance co-chairman (Wayne Berman). Instead he blames the victims, calling them irresponsible and trying to paint them as somehow morally deficient and undeserving of society's help as they lose their homes. Of course, McCain himself has voted for every single piece of legislation that has wrecked a regulatory system that could have and should have prevented the business practices that led to this-- and those votes are paying off big time as scores of lobbyists he has helped flock to his campaign.
When Sen. John McCain addressed the nation's burgeoning mortgage mess last week, he insisted it was time for a little "straight talk."
"I will not play election-year politics with the housing crisis," the GOP presidential hopeful insisted while unveiling his plan, which many have since described as friendlier to the mortgage industry than the Democrats' proposals.
What McCain did not say-- which some believe smacks of politics-- is that two of his top advisers were recently lobbyists for a notorious lender in the mortgage meltdown.
McCain's lobbyist brigade were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars before Ameriquest went belly-up-- but not before thousands and thousands of their victims lost their homes. The company was forced to settle suits in 49 states and pay $325 million in liabilities. "They would be defined as the most blatant and aggressive predatory lenders out of everybody," said Bruce Marks, head of the nonprofit Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America.
McCain claims he kept Green and Berman out of the process when he decided to come down on the side of the predatory lenders and against the consumers and, in truth, that's the way his voting record shows he's always been. One of his p.r hacks, Tucker Bonds, blatantly lied to a press ever eager to believe every word: "Sen. McCain has never done anything that would violate the public trust and he has never done favors for special interests or lobbyists." I guess no one remembers McCain's close relationship with crooked Arizona banker Charles Keating, who admits he got what he expected from McCain for showering him with tens of thousands of dollars in expensive gifts and services-- while ripping off millions of dollars for Savings and Loans depositors.
Comment: Wagon driver you never cease to amaze me with your bullshit and warped twisting of the truth. You support a candidate who has clearly expressed a socialist/marxist/facist point of vie in all of his politics. He wants large government to make decisions and control the masses. Everything he stands for reaks of communism. yet here you are again, making a feable attempt to use "fear" to persuade others to come around and willingly vote away their freedoms. Please get off the crazy pills and stop gulping the koolaid.
Comment: MY FELLOW AMERICANS AGAINST OBAMA I HAVE SOME MORE AMMO FOR YOU TO POST GO TO http://www.obama-wire.com/
Comment: to my fellow Americans, I am Muslim, I am proud to vote Obama for next president.
Comment: that is expected
Comment: Obama-the Flip Flopper
What is amazing about Obama is that he will flip flop over the course of consecutive days--as he did with the "without preconditions" argument. Or whether or not Iran is a threat. One day, it was a "small" threat. The very next day, Obama said that he had always recognized Iran as a "grave" threat.
Then his campaign will tell us what Obama really meant, which usually involves a lot of doublespeak, and vocabularly manipulation. Who knew that preconditions and preparations, for instance, mean entirely different things, but neither Obama nor his campaign can actually pinpoint the difference?
And then there's the old standby that Obama was speaking "metaphorically."
Next, the campaign will scrub the Obama website of any reference to Obama's "old" stance.
But my favorite recent Obama flip flop has to be when he said that two men heading a VP search committee for Obama did not "work for (Obama)".
But then at least one resigned the very next day. He had to resign from something--perhaps his job with the Obama campaign?
Comment: What kind of change?
All the Obamabots that flood these comment posts, I hope you go to vote in Nov. And please be civilized if your candidate loses.
This is an opinion piece, not news. If you don't agree with it, offer your argument to the contrary. No need to call something you disagree with garbage, such term, with its "useless" connotation, might be better applied to describe Obama's false promises and empty, boastful rhetoric.
As for change, McCain has been the REAL FIGHTER FOR CHANGE all his public life... at least, for the last 25 yrs. THe record is there. He has bucked the political establishment on most of the most important and controversial issues of our time. What has Obama done, beside "SACRIFICING" one year of his youth life as a street organizer in Chicago? ALthough that was smartly planned out and he has long reaped the fruits of such an investment.
Obama = Radical Change to the extreme left.
IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN.
Comment: CHANGE WE CAN BELEIVE IN................... WOW CHECK OUT THIS CHANGE !!!http://www.wherethemoneygoes.com/newSearch.php?SearchString=Obama&Submit=Search+WTMG YEP NO CHANGE JUST POLITICS
Comment: change to muslim you will feel better
Comment:
Johnnie Midnight is at it again
Several of Congress' most prominent Jewish members are set to go after John McCain on an issue of perceived strength: his proclaimed "toughness" in dealing with Iran.
On Thursday, Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Ben Cardin, alongside more than half-a-dozen members of the House of Representatives and the National Jewish Democratic Council, will host a press conference highlighting a vote McCain made that helped corporations like Halliburton continue doing business with sanctioned countries like Iran.
The vote, McCain's critics argue, demonstrates a strand of political hypocrisy -- on the campaign trail, the Senator has repeatedly called for divestment from Iran -- and pokes holes in his attacks on Barack Obama.
"John McCain has been arguing that he is Mr. Tough Guy on Iran," said Ira Forman, Executive Director of the NJDC. "At the AIPAC conference he talked about how he would introduce stronger sanctions and boycott measures. He's also saying Obama is naïve and can't be trusted to deal with the Iranians. But when it came to deciding to be tough on Iran or supporting Halliburton, he stuck with Halliburton. It is easy to talk the talk but it is not so easy to walk the walk."
In July 2005, Sen. Lautenberg introduced an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would have closed a loophole allowing U.S. corporations to do business with terrorist-sponsoring nations by setting up foreign shell companies. The measure had broad support as it became evident that several major companies, including Halliburton, had taken advantage of the system. Frank Gaffney, the neoconservative columnist, opined that the situation was an "affront to the letter and spirit of the law."
But when the provision came to the floor, the vote split almost entirely down party line. Only two GOP Senators supported the amendment and neither had the last name McCain.
Comment:
Senator Obama just took another giant step toward winning the presidency. Actually, someone who considers himself a sworn enemy of Senator Obama took the step for him. Dr. Dobson of the Focus On the Family radio program (and evangelical media empire) has aired a program in which he attacks Senator Obama, the Senator's theology and his credentials as a Christian. With enemies like this Senator Obama doesn't need friends.
No, I'm not talking about Dobson energizing liberal Democrats. I'm talking about Dobson energizing his fellow evangelicals to vote for Senator Obama.
If you're one of many Americans who thinks that the war in Iraq was a mistake or believe that the Republicans have run the economy into the ground or think that perhaps the chaos George Bush unleashed in our foreign affairs has something to do with the price of gas at the pump... then you have Dr. Dobson to thank -- personally. No one worked harder to get Bush elected then reelected. Dobson delivered his millions of dupes. But now many of them see through him and like most Americans, are appalled by Bush.
The new generation of evangelicals is sick of being labeled as backward rednecks because of their association with fossils like Dobson. There are many evangelicals like Cizik too who are not all about homophobia, nationalism, war-without-end and American exceptionalism or the Republican Party. Like Cizik they believe that the America has a responsibility to do something about global warming, poverty, AIDS, human trafficking and other issues. They see through Dobson and the other so-called pro-life leaders, who have actually done nothing to reduce abortion. In fact Dobson has increased abortions because of his "abstinence only" crusade.
As a result of his power grabs and bullying of other evangelicals, not to mention his telling people how to vote and pointing them to the failed W, Dobson & Co. have zero credibility with a growing number of otherwise conservative evangelicals who happen--this year--to be looking favorably at Senator Obama's holistic Christian-based world view. Unlike Dobson they like Obama's theology just fine.
All that was missing to put the frosting on the Obama cake was for Dobson to attack him. For Obama to win all he needs to do is peel off a chunk of heretofore solid evangelical Republican votes. Dobson just handed Obama those votes.
Comment: NOW, THIS IS INTERESTING....................
According to RealClearPolitics, Obama is leading by 7pts in the National Poll, 70pts in the Electoral College, and leading in 5 out of the 7 "battleground" states".
RasmussenPoll is holding steady w/ Obama leading by 5pts. The Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator shows Obama leading in states with 200 Electoral College votes while McCain leads in states with 174 votes. When leaners are included, it's Obama 284, McCain 240.
The Gallup Poll is showing a national tie. But what's interesting is that Obama is no longer showing weakness w/ Catholics, Jews, or Hispanics:
"Among major U.S. religious groups, Catholic voters are most closely divided in their presidential voting preferences, with Barack Obama holding a narrow 47% to 43% advantage over John McCain. McCain leads Obama among Protestants (48% to 41%) and Mormons (70% to 23%) while Obama holds the upper hand among Jewish voters (62% to 29%) and those with no religious affiliation (65% to 25%)."
"Catholics have traditionally been a key swing-voter group, and the 2008 election is proving to be no exception. Obama's appeal to minority voters -- including Hispanics -- helps to push him ahead of McCain among Catholics. In these data, roughly one in seven Catholic registered voters report being of Hispanic ethnicity, and they prefer Obama by a 66% to 25% margin."
Whether you count the Newsweek, LA TIMES, or Bloomburg Polls, (or not), the end result remains the same - If the election were today, McCain would be TOAST!!!!!
Actually, Obama has been the front-runner since he defeated HRC, officially.
Almost forgot.............OH HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!!!
Comment: guess Barack is shaken by all the bloggers and websites floating the Net because he has formed a "dream team" to help fight us! Senator Obama has formed a team to battle his negative image on the Internet. Why would he be concerned about articles that he claims are lies and misconceptions? Do you think that maybe a good percentage of those articles may speak the truth?
Is it coincidence that Obama graduated from Harvard, a school with one of the largest Muslim organizations (HIS - Harvard Islamic Society) located on campus since 1955.
Is it coincidence that Barack was repulsed by a very successful Republican President Ronald Reagan and is enamored by one of our worst Presidents in history Jimmy Carter?
Is it coincidence that Larry Sinclair is getting death threats after stating he had a drug encounter and two gay sex encounters with Obama about 8 years ago?
Is it coincidence that Obama had absolutely NO PROBLEM with his church or pastor until the year that he ran for President and then he amazingly saw the light?
Is it coincidence that Barack received donations from, visited the home of and is friends with Pentagon and Police Headquarters Bomber William Ayres? Is that Liberal enough for you?
Is it coincidence that 16 times convicted felon Tony Rezko donated thousands to Obama's campaign in Illinois, basically buying him the election, than receiving millions in Illinois contracts for himself and associates?
Is it coincidental that Obama has all these questionable ties and with little to no political experience has received over $264 Million in campaign contributions?
Is it going to be coincidence when Democratic opponents John Edwards receives an Attorney General's position and Hillary Clinton will get a Supreme Court nomination for their quick change in support FOR Barack Hussein Obama should he be victorious in November?
Who is controlling this puppet. We may find out soon enough. I guess this article and others will put us on the Internet dream team's radar. Bring it on Obama Sheeple, you can't handle the truth!
Comment: Dear WillNotVote,
Considering that the GOP and Karl Rove are making up lies and deceptions about Obama every day, and considering the fact that people like you are willing to spread this manure on the Internet for Rove & Company, I think that it is normal for Obama to have a website that disputes these rumors.
Harvard's Islamic Society was founded in 1955, considerably before radical Islam began inflicting terror on the Western world. In case you didn't know it, Harvard is one of the greatest universities in the world, and students from many different countries go there to study. The HIS is a prayer group, not a political organization or a terrorist group. The first words on their website are "Peace be upon you." Harvard also has a Catholic society, a Buddhist society, and I will bet even an atheist society. This matters because?
Obama praises Reagan to the skies in his book Audacity of Hope, even though he also gives a fair critique of what Reagan did not do well. Ditto for Carter. And the WORST President in history is Dubya Bush, a far bigger stinker than Carter.
Larry Sinclair is a convicted felon who has spent most of the last 26 years in jail. Considering that he has been found guilty of theft, forgery, perjury and extortion, I would say that NOTHING this man says is credible. End of story.
How do you know how Obama felt about his Reverend? Rev. Wright, like most people, is made up of good and bad qualities. He has ample good qualities, despite how he was presented in perjorative sound bytes.
Ayers is NOT friends with Obama. They were both members of the same charity board, with about 30 other people. And Ayers was NEVER convicted of anything illegal. He showed an idiot's bad judgement, as did McCain during the Keating 5 scandal. (Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.) Ayers contributed $200 to Obama's campaign. Big deal.
All of the money donated by Rezko was given to charity by Obama. Even though those funds were raised legally, Obama decided he did not want that money in his campaign.
The reason Obama has received so much money in contributions is that Americans WANT CHANGE in Washington, so they have been donating to the candidate who they see as the agent of change. McCain is more Bush war, more Bush depressed economy, more Bush failed foreign policy, more $10 a gallon gasoline.
I doubt that Edwards would become Attorney General. He doesn't have the relevant experience, nor the tough as nails dispostion. And I think it would be WONDERFUL if Obama appointed Clinton as a Supreme Court Justice. What a great idea! Thanks for that.
Comment: hey ninny....you say, Hussein's limo lovin' partner is..."end of story." Sorry, IT IS THE BEGINNING OF STORY. Got another one for you. Seems mama Ann, baby boy Hussein Jr., and birth certificate/pregnancy are starting to raise serious questions. Could it be possible Hussein is NOT AMERICAN? hmmm. I'll let you know what comes up. Illegal adoption anyone? Hawaii certificate is not standard. Individuals with access are questioning its authenticity. More wait and see. Boy, this character is shady in all aspects.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: I am proud Muslim, YESOBAMA!!!!!!!!! Jerk you Holly Roller should go to Mecca and respect Muslims
Comment: Obama supporters, please refresh my memory as to why I would want to vote for Obama. Thanks.
McCain supporters, no interfering in this, thanks.
Comment: to all obama supporters answer this what and how will he change the way the u.s is being run please be specific !!!
Comment: you see thats our whole problem we keep posting about him being black or a muslium or about rev wright/pheagler we need to start to address his positions on the issues then the american people will see he don't have a plan of action he won't do town halls with mcCain or debate him in open fourm because with out the telepromter he has no answers to the american people's questions he is weak and hopefully we will be able to expose him to the american voters !!! so lets ask the right questions to his bloggers the first one i'd like is how come he won't meet with mcCain to do town hall meetings!!!
Comment: Obama is busy campaigning... Also, McCain did not negotiate the terms in good faith. Obama is not going to let McCain choose all the participants.
Comment: Obama is not jaded like McCain.
Comment: Oh Happy Days!!!!!!!!!!
Obama leading in ALL polls, including Electoral College Map...............Gallup, Rasmussen, AP, Newsweek, LA Times........
Oh, nevermind..............you get the point...... LMAO!!!!!
Comment: Id like to see a candidate address and try to fix this:
How many zeros in a billion? This is too true to be funny.
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain... let's take a look at New Orleans .. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number... what does it mean?
Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.
Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
Or... if you are
