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  • Posted By: martin_gray @ 06/26/2008 9:40:52 PM

    I envision the quest for viable alternative energy sources requiring a government commitment similar to President Kennedy's goal to put man on the moon by the end of the decade.

    Too much governmental interference into a free economy is bad but there are times when it is necessary. I think our energy problem is quickly going to become too serious to leave up to the free market for a solution.

    I propose a NASA agency charged with developing a viable alternative for fossil fuel within ten years. It may require additional taxation but look at the amount that we are spending now just to subsidize ethanol production.

    We could explore new battery technology or the liquification of coal or whatever but I am sure that there is freedom from the middle-east oil sheiks. It would almost be worth it to just be in a position to tell OPEC to stuff it knowing that we no longer needed to rely on any foreign power for our sources of energy.

    Pollyanna thinking? Perhaps but I do think there is a solution and that the technology lies within the boundaries of the United States and that a government/ private industry partnership can find it within ten years.

    • Posted By: metzlerd @ 06/27/2008 9:29:16 AM

      I remember hearing a comment similar back in the 70's. Back then most Republicans were saying that we didn't have an energy problem, that we just needed to drill for more oil, and the whole idea of running out of oil was rediculous. Global warming was a crack pot theory.

      30 years later... same problems... same solutions from the Republicans.
      You'd think that 30 years later, we'd be wanting to SOLVE the problem, but still Republicans want to "just drill for more oil".

    • Posted By: whala @ 06/27/2008 12:05:24 AM

      Did you read my post? My proposal would have us off of foriegn oil within 10 years, would have viable alternatives developed within 10 years, would provide ALL US oil consumption after 10 years during the phase in period of the alternatives, and would be entirely funded by revenue from selling oil from our strategic reserves. What more can we ask for?

  • Posted By: dking312 @ 06/27/2008 1:46:17 AM

    Mccain is on the ropes! First round, this guy is trying to at least make it to the bell!

  • Posted By: gcomeau @ 06/26/2008 9:18:39 PM

    The YouTube comments for this ad are hilarious. Half the respondents think it's a GREAT ad... for Obama. The first two things it does is repeat Obama's entirely legitimate criticisms of McCain's gas tax and offshore drilling pandering nonsense. Then to top it off, all the visuals make Obama look... *good*. The Obama campaign should be sending these guys payment for their work.

    Then there's the other people who just think "Dr. NO? Wasn't that like... four and a half DECADES ago? How old *is* this guy?" The majority of the people who are going to see this on YouTube weren't even born when that movie came out. Brilliant move McCain crew. Just pure genius.

    • Posted By: dking312 @ 06/27/2008 1:39:14 AM

      Oh, this is hilarious! I'm broke and discontent but I've never been into politics more.

      Mccain & Co. are really trying ANYTHING.

      They can't even make up there own campaign slogan. They keep using Obama's words.

      Pitiful. This guy is talking about what he's going to reform even though he agrees with our current gov'ts ideas. All he wants to do is cut money for anything that isn't big business, which is why the levees are in the condition they are in right now.

  • Posted By: martin_gray @ 06/26/2008 9:49:04 PM

    Haven't we all heard enough use of 'Flipp Flopper'? I heard it so often during the last two elections that it makes me want to *uke everytime someone uses that inane comment. Are we so bereft of imagination to use a different term?

    Please, reinvent or wordsmith that cliche so I stay long enough to read your comments.

    • Posted By: dking312 @ 06/27/2008 1:32:30 AM

      Indian-Thinker.
      Cootie - Head.
      WHatever the puppeteer says, I'm with that.
      Uh,Uh...I didn't take my pills this morning I forgot.....

      I got a few more....

  • Posted By: Just.thomas @ 06/26/2008 11:41:44 PM

    People. If you dont like Obama, Please vote fore Sen. MaCain so that we will have continuious tax cut and benefits to the rich, make you avarage to work sooo hard and squeeze all tax from you. MaCCain Promised, that he will bring troops from Iraq. That is true. But he did not tell you that he will send your children back to middle east to fight against Iran which is ten times or more militarily as well as weapon, powerful than Iraq, while your kids fighting in war, He will make sure that all the kids of the congress men, senators and kids of super rich will be serving in Harvard, Yale and Oxford.

  • Posted By: whala @ 06/26/2008 8:51:39 PM

    John McCain does seem to be one to extrapolate interesting interpretations (aka gross exaggerations) out of the comments of others. He torpedoed Romney in the primaries with that tactic, and I thought it was pretty tacky.

    On the other hand, Obama's guarded "I would not rule out Nuclear" comment is not what I am looking for in a leader. It shows a lack of commitment and decisiveness. He seems to want us to wait until he is in office before he makes any real commitment on what he will do. Obama's plan to fund alternative energy research from decreased war spending, or by raising taxes on gasoline (indirectly through higher taxes on oil companies) doesn't make much sense to me. Once we do get out of Iraq, that money needs to go into reducing the debt we incurred as a result of the War.

    Of the two, McCain seems much more decisive on energy policy, and his plan better thought out, although the tax holiday is a pretty ridiculous idea.

    If one of these guys would come up with a plan to use energy revenue to develop future technology without costing the people more money, they would have my attention. Here's the plan to do just that. We can immediately begin releasing 2 million barrels of oil per day from our reserves, and use the income from that oil to fund our push for alternative energy. This will also relieve the current price pressure we are seeing at the pump. We could release oil at that rate for 10 years, and still maintain enough in reserve to replace our imports for 3 years at current import rates. During those 10 years, we move to eliminate foriegn dependence by drilling for our own oil. That way, we are off of foriegn oil in 10 years, and will have put hundreds of billions of dollars towards the development of cleaner and safer energy technology. We will once again lead the world in energy development. With such an effort, I am confident that by the end of the initial 10 years, we will have found ways to make alternative energy cost effective, and will be in a position to begin the very lengthy process of converting our society to the new energy sources.

  • Posted By: 23bigdon1 @ 06/26/2008 7:59:36 PM

    This is the old sailor who posted the comment about John McCain that Willnotvote,etc, has asked to identify myself so that "we" can make sure that I am not some dupe that the Obamaites are using to spread lies about his hero. I know you are a fool, but do you really think that I am? By the way, why are you hiding behind a screen name and not telling "us" who YOU really are? Are you just an innocent young idiot being used by a neferious group of Liberals just to shame the Republicans with your totally inane posts? Please. please come clean so "we" can be sure that you are not really the nutjob you seerm to be. And as far as my credentials, I don't need to justify my service to my country to someone as idiologically biased as you.

    • Posted By: 23bigdon1 @ 06/26/2008 8:30:07 PM

      From old sailor to willnotvote: I apologise, I have fallen into an old trap. As a wise man once said, "Never wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty, but the pig enjoys it".I am sorry that you don't think that a man in his 70's has a mind and can express himself. Someday, if you don't get run over by an "Obama For President "bus, you might even make it to your "golden years". I hope you gain some wisdom in your struggle in life, because you really sound like a troubled soul.

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 8:36:42 PM

        THANKS KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS YOUR RIGHT I AM TROUBLED MAINLY BY THIS ELECTION AND THE TWO IDIOTS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT !!!!

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 8:06:52 PM

      YOU EXPECT ME TO BELEIVE THAT A MAN THE AGE BTW 68 AND 82 ARE ON BLOGS POSTING I SAT ITS BULL CHIT NICE TRY THO LEFTY LIBERAL !!!!

      • Posted By: rapidron @ 06/26/2008 8:14:34 PM

        Lol, you make the point for people stay away from your views better than anyone can.

        • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 8:19:37 PM

          AHHH BUT YOU READ IT DIDN'T YOU !!

  • Posted By: VAChris@FC @ 06/26/2008 1:46:42 PM

    This piece along with some others only serve to prove that the Mccain campaign is simply scrambling to find something, whatever it could, to latch onto for a meaningful attack. Having floundered on Substantive issues, with poll numbers, though not decisive, favoring the Obama campaign, Mccain has gone straight for the play book of the same tired old politics we need deliverance from. If he continues down this slippery slope path he'll keep losing even the small number of supporters that still side him, because more and more they'll see through the emptiness of his campaign on Substantive issues, and that will only help bring about the CHANGE that works for everyone, even Mccain himself! Yes we can!!!

    • Posted By: bdhotwheel @ 06/26/2008 5:03:59 PM

      God forbid there be another 911. let's see what your "change" superhero does then. Maybe he'll try to negotiate a deal with Iran. Yeah right! This guy is feeble!

      • Posted By: Javalation @ 06/26/2008 7:15:48 PM

        Wow. You imagine that Iran was behind 9/11??? Or that Iraq was? Hopefully Obama is smarter than Bush, or you, to figure out who the enemy is before throwing BS, bombs or invading somebody.

        • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:26:35 PM

          WE SHOULD HAVE BLANKET BOMBED THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST (SAVE ISRAEL ) THEN WE WOULD HAVE A NICE RESORT GOING UP RIGHT NOW !!

          • Posted By: j.n @ 06/26/2008 8:12:30 PM

            Yes we could have carpet bombed the middle and spared Israel so they could have bombed us while we were on the beach just like they did the USS Liberty when they killed one hundred thirty four sailors and wounded one hundred seventy four.

            As much spying as Israel has done in the US, if they are our allies we would be in real trouble if we had enemies,

      • Posted By: rapidron @ 06/26/2008 8:12:04 PM

        Wow bdhotwheel, trying to predict the future to make a point is an act of sad desperation.

        Go back to playing with little toy cars like a good ignorant little boy.

      • Posted By: j.n @ 06/26/2008 7:34:45 PM

        There will be another 9/11 only this time it will not carried out by Bush and thugs.
        All of those little kids that have been hidding under the sink in Iraq watching American soldiers kill their farthers and brothers and then rape and murder their sisters and mothers are not going to forget that just like most Americans would not forget it if the Iraqis had done it in America.There will be another version of 9/11 just like world war 2 was caused by the actions of world war 1.

  • Posted By: TerryONolley @ 06/26/2008 1:55:14 PM

    Hilarious. Where are all the articles about how Hussein Obama distorting McCain's record? Oh, that's right. Obama is the first candidate in history that has not done that.

    He wants change? Heres 25 cents - now you can buy a soul Obama.

    • Posted By: dan989 @ 06/26/2008 4:09:39 PM

      Grow up, would you please? This is a country that was founded on the basis that it was a melting pot for every race religion, color, and country of national origin. Your reference to Obama's middle name demonstrates you to be nothing more than an ignorant bigot.

      • Posted By: bdhotwheel @ 06/26/2008 5:02:31 PM

        Actually it's Barak Hussein Obama. Kinda makes me feel like I'm in Pakistan or Iran. And you want this guy running our country?

        • Posted By: rapidron @ 06/26/2008 8:10:03 PM

          I'm sure if Mike Smith, a crack addict, ran, you would be supporting him. Ignorance is the plague of the great United States.

          Other countries are laughing at us because we are so f-ing stupid.

        • Posted By: Javalation @ 06/26/2008 7:11:38 PM

          Ever hear that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet? I know it's tough for you, but think about the meaning of that.

    • Posted By: rapidron @ 06/26/2008 8:08:12 PM

      Where is the substance in your post? For example, the substance in my post is to say that through your post, I can see you have not read up on any of this, and probably not this Newsweek article we are posting on.

  • Posted By: arcanum202 @ 06/26/2008 2:05:25 PM

    I think the country needs more of what we are getting. I don't care if gas goes to $5 or $6 dollars a gallon, I don't have kids, so I don't care if people can't feed them or get them to soccer practice. I don't care if people don't have health care, I do, and that is all I care about. I think that the economy going the way it is, will force people to go green by not having more children, and eating less. Most Americans are too fat anyway, and if money gets tighter, then they will stop eating so much. I don't care if they can't eat either, I am vegan. If Obama wins, that will mean people may do better and go back to their old greedy consumer ways. We cannot have that. I say we need a full fledged depression to teach these arrogant Americans to be more appreciative. Go McCain! (I am also an avid, rabid Christian, and I know McCain is the only one that can get us closer to Rapture...Oh! How glorious the day when this world is destroyed! Praise Jesus!)

    • Posted By: summer1216 @ 06/26/2008 2:57:06 PM

      Woah.

      • Posted By: donnaspeaks @ 06/26/2008 3:32:45 PM

        I think this poster is writing in jest, pointing up the folly of continuing in our current path and the ultimate outcome of me-thinking politics.

        • Posted By: rapidron @ 06/26/2008 8:05:23 PM

          Notice the idiot that does not get the concept of sarcasm.

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:24:32 PM

      QUICK SOMEBODY GET THIS ONE SOME PROZAC OR GET HIM/HER ELECTED !!!!

  • Posted By: rapidron @ 06/26/2008 8:00:08 PM

    I'm on neither side of the fence for Obama nor McCain, as I want to see how the campaigns go.

    However, on this board, the McCain supporters do come across as increasingly aggressive and simple.

  • Posted By: martin_gray @ 06/26/2008 7:42:42 PM

    will not vote,

    tell your Zionist friend, Senator Lieberman, that there can be no peace in the middle east without peace in Palestine. There can be no peace in Palestine until Israel stops treating Palestinian's as second class citizens. Put the Zionism to bed, give back the land that doesn't belong to you, pull your settlements out of Arab lands and actually try to be a friendly neighbor instead of the Zionist bully that you have become.

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:50:41 PM

      IF YOU LOVE PALISTINE SO MUCH GO OVER THERE I HERE THEY ARE RECRUTING FOR THE DEPLEATED ARMY ISRAEL BEEN WIPING OUT I DON'T THINK THERE WILL EVER BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUE THEY'RE ALL NUTS !!!

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 3:31:59 PM

    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?

    • Posted By: IDTT @ 06/26/2008 4:10:49 PM

      I thought he said Iran was a "tiny" threat in comparison to the nuclear arsenal the Soviets had and we gave them too much power by treating them the same way. As for the rest, he's definitely changed positions (I don't like saying flip flop) on issues, but you have to give him credit for not doubling down on a mistake........right?

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:19:04 PM

        HE SAID IRAN WAS A SMALL COUNTRY AND NO THREAT TO THE U.S. THEN THE NEXT DAY HE SAID THAT THEY ARE A HUGE TREAT TO THE U.S. OK NO FLIP FLOP HE JUST CHANGED HIS POSITION !! AFTER ALL HE IS RUNNING ON THE CHANGE PLATFORM RIGHT ? BUT LETS THINK ABOUT THAT CHANGE THING FOR A MOMENT ....... IF HE DOES IT NOW THEN HE WILL DO IT IF HE'S ELECTED RIGHT ???

      • Posted By: bdhotwheel @ 06/26/2008 5:11:20 PM

        Russia and Iran are not enemies, they're allies. They both hate the US. Iran is not a "tiny" threat. Don't you read the paper or watch the news? Geeesh!

        • Posted By: IDTT @ 06/26/2008 5:41:55 PM

          Ummm...I read the papers, but I don't think you read my post.

    • Posted By: tired of the BS @ 06/26/2008 3:54:16 PM

      Obama=flip-flopper .... now isn't that the cat calling the kettle black...lol....he is straight and narrow compared to McShame...who has been in the senate longer than I've been alive and has flipped on so many issues that he could be in a circus...I find it funny how you all never comment on the issues he's flipped on thus far. What I did find interesting is how FOX news has never reported on the fact that your beloved war veteran has made statements more than once on how he did not "always" love his country and how now "he's beginning to fall in love" with his country...you all are a bunch of scared hippocrits...

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 6:59:05 PM

        JUST TODAY YOUR BELOVED OSAMA FLIPED ON THE D.C GUN LAW

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 3:32:18 PM

    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.

    • Posted By: Shad @ 06/26/2008 4:08:29 PM

      willnotvoteobama
      "This is an opinion piece, not news. "

      When a candidate for President of the United States tells outright lies it is major news, not opinion. If McCain continuously lies to the voters to get elected,, how could be ever trust or believe him to run our country?

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:14:29 PM

        HE'S A HINT IF THEY ARE POLITICANS THEY ARE ALL LIARS!! DID YOU JUST GET OFF THE BOAT OR WHAT !!!! JUST PICK THE ONE WHO'S LIES WON'T EFFECT YOU TOO MUCH !!!

    • Posted By: Jack999 @ 06/26/2008 3:59:33 PM

      Excuse me are you BLIND or JUST Mentallly HANDICAPPED to see what's Lies

  • Posted By: cowen123456 @ 06/26/2008 3:59:22 PM

    How much money have we pump into governement run research and development on new vaccines and drugs to cure illnesses? How many discoveries has been made thru government run research and development programs? ZERO! All new life saving drugs and vacines has been developed thru private development enterprises! Take your ignorant to an Obama rally where you can drink some more koolaid and leave the serious stuff to those of us who actually read once in a while!

    • Posted By: Nins @ 06/26/2008 7:08:41 PM

      As usual, Cowen, you are completely wrong. Most pharmaceutical research is done my Universities and medical schools and is funded by government grants.

      The pharmaceutical company's excessive greed is one of the major drains on health care in America.

    • Posted By: djheru @ 06/26/2008 5:39:17 PM

      Your comment reveals PROFOUND ignorance. Most pharmaceutical research IS done by publicly funded Universities and the NIH. In fact, without government funding, patent giveaways and subsidies, the pharmaceutical industry would not be anywhere near as profitable as it is now (#2 right behind oil IIRC).

      You are the one that has no idea what they are talking about

      • Posted By: j.n @ 06/26/2008 6:37:53 PM

        djheru; It is nice to read comments from people like you that have done the research about a topic and come up with the facts,I think some people,they know who they are,are just trying to spread propaganda.

        It is very easy for anyone with a brain,which some people do not have,to do a little research and see that the government have paid for the research of the cures that the drug companys now have patents on and making millions.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:02:12 PM

    The Many Lies of Barack
    1.) Selma Got Me Born - Lie, you were born in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.
    2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - Lie, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.
    3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - Lie, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had
    4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - Lie, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in many years.
    5.) My Name is African Swahili - Lie, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
    6.) I Never Practiced Islam - Lie, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
    7.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - Lie, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
    8.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - Lie, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
    9.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - Lie, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
    10.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - Lie, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.
    11.) An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - Lie, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
    12.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - Lie, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
    13.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - Lie, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
    14.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - Lie, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 PRESENT VOTES.
    15.) Oops, I Misvoted - Lie, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.
    16.) I Was A Professor Of Law - Lie, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
    17.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - Lie, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
    18.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - Lie, you didn't write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.
    19.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - Lie, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
    20.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - Lie, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:02:57 PM

      21.) I Have Released My State Records - Lie, as of May, 1 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
      22.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - Lie, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
      23.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - Lie, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
      24.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - Lie, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
      25.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - Lie, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
      26.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - Lie, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.
      27.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - Lie, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.
      28.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - Lie, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.
      29.) I Didn't Run Ads In Florida - Lie, you ran ads ONLY along the florida border as well as national ads in an attempt to reach Florida voters 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.
      30.) I Won Michigan - Lie, no you didn't.
      31.) I won Nevada - Lie, no you did not.
      32.) I Want All Votes To Count - Lie, you said let the delegates decide, and you have fought not to have another primary in Michigan or Florida.
      33.) I Want Americans To Decide - Lie, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
      34.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - Lie, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.
      35.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - Lie, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has finally stopped saying this.
      36.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - Lie, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer (a fellow democrat that wanted you to replace her in the next term) from running against you by challenging ALL of her signatures and thus running unopposed.
      37.) I Don't Take PAC Money - Lie, you take loads of it. The Obama PAC is the largest PAC in the US Senate. I dare Obama supporters to go look this up.

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:03:38 PM

        38.) I don't Have Lobbyists - Lie, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
        39.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - Lie, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.
        40.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - Lie, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this to MySpace clients.
        41.) I Inspire People With My Words - Lie, you inspire people with other people's words.
        42.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - Lie, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.
        43.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - Lie, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date in Iraq - AGAIN.
        44.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - Lie, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.
        45.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - Lie, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this conflict have no records of any such letters ever being created or sent.
        46.) My Wife Didn't Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - Lie, your wife's words follow lock-step in the vein of Wright and Farrakhan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.
        47.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn't Support - Lie, your wife has received nearly a quarter of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to Wal-Mart.
        48.) Treehouse Is A Small Company - Lie, the CEO of Treehouse last year, made more than the CEO of Wal-Mart, according to public records.
        49.) University Of Chicago Hospital Pay Is Fair - Lie, your wife's pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated rate (going from $120K to $320K weeks after you got into the US Senate and tried to get a $1 million pork project for the very same hospital) and the hospital is a Non-Profit Hospital, which made $100,000,000 in the last 3 years. They overcharge blacks VS whites for services, and overcharge everyone in general by 538%!
        50.) I Barely Know Rezko - Only 5 Billed Hours - Lie, you have known him for 17 years, and decided to do a real estate deal with him during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite this, you divided your property and had them take off $300K before the mortgage problems started. Then Rezko's wife buys the lot beside it that you can't afford, saving you $625,000.

        • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:05:26 PM

          57.) Rev. Meeks has nothing to do with my campaigning - Lie. Rev. Meeks appeared in ads for your Senate Campaign, donated to you, and helped raise money, then AND NOW. He also seems to despise America as much as Rev. Wright.
          58.) My wife didn't mean America is ignorant, she was just using a phrase - Lie. Again, MicHELLe's comments are perfectly in sync with Wright's, Meeks', and Farrakhan's, both in language, anger, and direction.
          59.) I am very Anti-Terror - Lie. One of your good pals is long time radical and terrorist William Ayers, with whom you have been seen in the last 12 months and who has helped the now jailed Khalidi, Professor at Columbia who invited Ahmadinejad to the University, to raise money for Palestinian terrorism attacks against Israel. PS - Your church published a pro Hamas Manifesto - guess you weren't there on THAT Sunday either? How lucky for you.
          60.) I have the best plan to cure the Mortgage Crisis - Lie. You and your campaign buddy Penny 'Sub Prime Bank Collapse' Prizker have had your little fingers full of subprime cash - Obama has taken $1,180,103 from the top issuers of subprime loans: Obama received $266,907 from Lehman, $5395 from GMAC, $150,850 from Credit Suisse First Boston, $11,250 from Countrywide, $9052 from Washington Mutual, $161,850 from Citigroup, $4600 from CBASS, $170,050 from Morgan Stanley, $1150 from Centex, and last but certainly NOT LEAST - Obama received $351,900 from Goldman Sachs. I am sure that cash all came from folks who knew the subprime loan they had was a dream, eh?
          61.) I played a greater role in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion - Lie - It was found that Obama -- the day after sitting for the interview -- filed an amended version of the questionnaire, which appears to contain Obama's own handwritten notes added to one answer. Read Obama had greater role on liberal survey. html version
          We already know Barack Hussein Obama has no experience and no plan, but boy does he give great speeches.... or does he?

        • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 06/26/2008 7:04:49 PM

          51.) My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly - Lie, you only gave back Hsu ($72K [Yes, the same Hsu, Obama supporters try to tie Clinton to]) and Rezko (first $66K, then when caught lying $86K, then when caught lying again $150K and now caught lying YET AGAIN, it's $250k) their money when publically called on their involvement in your campaigns.
          52.) My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church - Lie, your church is so extreme, the pastor who married you, Rev. Wright, just got done blaming the US for 9/11 and named Louis Farrakhan their person of the year.
          53.) I Disagree With My Church All The Time - Lie, you only recently repudiated Wright, who married you and your wife, and you still donate large sums of money to assist the church in furthering its message - hatred and revenge. You donated in 2006 alone, $22,500 to the church that you so terribly disagree with. That is nearly $500 PER WEEK - that sure is disagreement, Senator Obama.
          54.) I Have Clean Connections Despite Rezko - Lie, you are not only connected to Exelon and Rezko, you are also connected to Hillary PAC supporter Mr. Hsu, AND an Iraqi Billionaire of ill repute, Nadhmi Auchi, who ripped off people in the Food For Oil, Iraqi deal. Mr. Auchi was also found guilt in another political corruption scandal (largest in France since WWII). And this is one of Obamas' good supporters that paid millions into the Obama campaign.
          55.) I never heard sermons like Rev. Wright's, that have been in videos on You Tube all day - Lie! 3 days later during your Mea Culpa speech you said "Did I hear controversial statements while I sat in that church? Yes I did." FLIP-FLOPPER
          56.) The Passport Invasion is a conspiracy to find dirt on me! - Lie. Your own Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor is the CEO of the company that looked into your records. Could it be that you had them look into yours to hide the fact you looked into Clinton's and McCain's more than a year before!

  • Posted By: Kboogie @ 06/26/2008 6:43:08 PM

    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!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: vyb052856@aol.com @ 06/26/2008 3:02:35 PM

    What else is new, McCain has been able to get away with saying and doing anything without having the media on his back for weeks. Obama is always being put in a trick bag by GOP, racist and religious groups, he cannot do for one without the other trying to say something negative. Treat McCain the same way.

    • Posted By: bdhotwheel @ 06/26/2008 5:08:27 PM

      That's BS, the media is trying to glorify OBAMA for his "accomplishments". The media actually did him a favor by reporting negatively on how Clinton should drop out for the "better of the party". Well, now its time for Obama to step up with the big boys. It's the Big Show now. Let the truth come out and explain what types of "change": he has in store for us. We are all dying and waiting to hear his answers. McCain 08.

  • Posted By: Chloe123 @ 06/26/2008 1:56:40 PM

    JUST SAY NO TO OBAMA! He may have been working on things 'for years' BUT he hasn't DONE anything about it- ALL TALK NO ACTION- Just like the dumb liberals that always pointing the finger. MCCAIN 2008

    • Posted By: unrepentant @ 06/26/2008 2:56:35 PM

      For someone who is all talk and no action he has done a remarkable job in putting together a team of top notch people to take the Democratic nomination. If you are incapable of understanding how difficult and impressive this accomplishment is then you are just exhibiting your ignorance for all to see.

      • Posted By: bdhotwheel @ 06/26/2008 5:01:15 PM

        They're all puppets that he's put together. Ask Obama, what have you done for me lately?

  • Posted By: cnn357 @ 06/26/2008 1:57:08 PM

    Independants like me are using stuff like this to figure out how full of it each candidate it
    While im leaning democrat because I cant trust republicans right now, If Obama seems untrustworthy
    ill stay home

    I know John Mccain is aware of the Innernets, but is he aware of factcheck.org
    Someone tell him to dial it up on the google

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