Are You Experienced?

State Legislator isn't really experience for much of anything. We don't have a lot of people leap from statehouse to the Presidency. And two years in the Senate ( most of which were spent campaigning for the Presidency ) don't say much either. So you need to listen to what the candidate is saying. There's enough there already to use to make a judgement.

I found this article rather deceitful and definitely not informative. The truth is, Obama's resume can be written in a single 8.5"x11" sheet, and using 14pt fonts at that! The most important line item in his resume is his election to the Senate in an election year in which it was all but impossible for the Democratic candidate in the IL ballot to lose.

This is fatuous Obama cheerleading - even by Newsweek standards. C'mon guys! You've really gone a bridge too far here suggesting that Obama's 8 years as a state senator are comparable to McCain's 20 plus years in the senate - the last 10 as a significant national political figure. Leaving aside the fact that you gloss over McCain's bona fides as a military officer and 8 years in the House your argument is laughable on its face. You criticize senators for being tangentially aware of a broad array of issues, adhering to rigorous schedules on 3X5s and depending on a large support staff. While I share your obvious disregard for the Senate (and I am no huge McCain fan either), this sounds alot closer to the Presidency than voting "present" in the Illinois state senate in between poker games. OMG, I'm sure I'll still be laughing at this tomorrow. Thanks guys!

Comment: Idiots! I don't think you should talk about yourself like that! You are supporting/defedning a man who has no record and no real accomplishment. PLENTY of anti American associates including his wife---Sat up there in a separatist church for 20 years who outright lied and flip flopped on that issue and who will outright lie, flip flop and stretch the truth whenever it is politically convenient yet you have the audacity to refer to someone else as an idiot!

Perhaps you should look in the mirror!


I agree. It is a liberalist agenda to pull the wool over the American people. The media has bought into the hoopla and so called journalists like this. Someone should strip this guys credentials. Obama will go down in November. By then the truth will be exposed.

Comment: Let me see...
...black people are bad and you are smart. Hmm
Doesn't quite ring true.

How about, your mother was so dumb she fails taste tests.
That would account for your bigotry and hate of self. Your a nasty person. I bet when you go swimming, they sandbag the beach for oil spills.

Did you actually write black people are bad AND say they vote by skin color? Kinda says you vote by skin color doesn't it? Not too smart of you old wise one. Kinda stupid actually.

Happy trailering!


Actually I'm Black. If Obama and his wife can talk cr'ap about America, then why can't I say the same about my own people. Get off the bandwagon Obama lover! He's filth and it is true that blacks are voting for history and not for the right reasons.

I'm donating to Obama today.
A lot of money. So are my friends.
June 26th everybody !!!!

I have a question. When someone says a man is 'on the low', what does that mean? Mafia? Thanks.

Obama has 20 years of experience in praying under Wright. How can he demonstrate that this bad experience has been washed off and there is not a latent Wright virus tangled in his genome? In case the Wright experience is embedded in Obama's DNA, this nation will be buried under his leadership in no time.

.....and not just an ordinary state legislator, but one who managed to vote present 136 times. Now there is experience you can believe in. It appears more and more that 5/8 of the globe is covered by water and the other 3/8 by infantile and sycophantic media shills who will brave all ridicule in the interests of the Greater Obama

Comment: Wow..I'm not trying to change my image. I am who I am and I will be who I've always been.

Now you sound like Popeye. Strong to the dinish while I eats me spinach.

He flip flopped about public financing and although it paints a picture of him, I understand because once he is officially named the nominee, several groups are going to come after him left and right! Unfortuantely, this election is not going to be about the issues, it is going to be about the person, their past and character.

Holy Roller, you are a good researcher---------do you have any info about this issue?.

The only people that are able to get the word out on the true OBAMA is us. I have talked to friends that once supported OBAMA and let them know the bad about him and they are now voting for McCain. We need to protect our country, not expose it to liberal filth and terrorists. Something that OBAMA will surely enforce!

As for your other posts, only black people that YOU know are voting for him based on his race. I could care less what his color is. I'm black too but I'm voting for him because of his stance on the issues that matter to me, period. I guess you could call me one of those educated (MBA), latte sipping people (but I don't do Star Bucks, too expensive so I make my own in my espresso machine at home) who are voting for him.


CLAP CLAP...(Sacastically).

Barack Hussein Obama's Political Views

Unsuccessfully sponsored measure to expunge some criminal records and create an employment grant program for ex-criminals. (2002)




Voted against making gang members eligible for the death penalty if they kill someone to help their gang. (2001)



Voted against letting people argue self-defense in court if charged with violating local weapons bans by using a gun in their home. (2004)



Voted against restrictions on public funding of abortion. (2000)



Being gay or lesbian is not a choice. (Nov 2007)



Ok to expose 6-year-olds to gay couples; they know already. (Sep 2007)



Legal rights for gays are conferred by state, not by church. (Aug 2007)



Gay marriage is less important that equal gay rights. (Aug 2007)



Gay rights movement is somewhat like civil rights movement. (Aug 2007)



Let each denominations decide on recognizing gay marriage. (Jul 2007)



Supports health benefits for gay civil partners. (Oct 2006)

Opposes gay marriage; supports civil union & gay equality. (Oct 2006)



Extend welfare and Medicaid to immigrants. (Jul 1998)

Support granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. (Nov 2007)



Forthright on racial issues and on his civil rights history. (Jul 2004)



Supports affirmative action in colleges and government. (Jul 1998)



Include sexual orientation in anti-discrimination laws. (Jul 1998)



Miscegenation a felony in 1960 when Obama's practiced it. (Aug 1996)



Voted NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration. (Jun 2006)



Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)



Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)



Need justice that is not just us, but is everybody. (Jun 2007)



Videotape all capital punishment interrogations. (Oct 2006)



Battles legislatively against the death penalty. (Jul 2004)



Supports alternative sentencing and rehabilitation. (Jul 1998)



Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)



Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)

The problems in Washington always seem to be on the mind of the "outsiders"- be they Bush coming from Texas, Clinton from Arkansas, or the new Congressmen and Senators; all coming to bring change in the way Washington does business. The problem is none of them have the experience to know what actually works well in Washington to utilize to change what doesn't work well.
I'm a democrat and believe we need a democrat in the White House, but I can't deny that McCain's experience in making Washington work doesn't give him a leg up.
I think he is wrong on our economy, on energy, and on taxes, but I think his experience in working effectively and independently with people on both sides of the isle shows real expertise that is needed that Obama doesn't possess.
We don't have to deny the reality of McCain skills to win the White House. We can admit we can learn a lot from him. Her is an honorable man, his stand on Veterans benefits isn't one I agree with but I do see the merit in his position that those who continually put themselves in harms way to protect and stay in the military should have even greater benefits, and with the difficulty we have in retention because so few people are willing to put themselves in harms way - we should honor those who do.
If we are going to actually change our political system we have to get away from the polarization and strong tendency to demonize those we face in contested elections.
I didn't like the way Hillary Clinton was treated by my fellow democrats who were so willing to demonize her and anything Clinton and I wouldn't vote for anyone who would say they want to bring change in the polarization and then they run campaigns based in polarizing our politics just so they can win.

There is more at stake than just winning, and that is what people in political parties, the media, and in our society seem to have forgotten. There is something called the common good that should come first.