CAMPAIGN 2008

Finding His Faith

So much has been made about Barack Obama's religion. But what does he believe, and how did he arrive at those beliefs?

By Lisa Miller and Richard Wolffe | NEWSWEEK
Published Jul 12, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Jul 21, 2008

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  • Posted By: Displaced Cannuck @ 11/09/2008 6:01:08 AM

    Comment: The only thing that matters in Mr. Obama's "Christian" life is who does he say Jesus Christ is? The Son of God and Saviour of mankind or just another good pilgrim on the road to eternity.

  • Posted By: sherikam @ 11/06/2008 5:41:18 PM

    Comment: One of the ideas this country is founded on is Freedom of Religion. Hello? This is NOT the Curch of USA! Each person is in charge of their own sprituality. I am so very greatful for a Predident who has the mind to think and to search! Praise who/what you praise!

  • Posted By: raerenee3 @ 11/05/2008 3:25:25 PM

    Comment: In regards to these comments: 1) Life issue--- both agree to Pro-life
    2.)Traditional marriage-- both will not steal the copyright from the Creatorby choosing same gender
    marriage and call it 'free-thinking'. Free thinking will never cancel the Creator's first choice, and though God is precious and merciful, I cringe to go to my pillow knowing that we would support someone who will give the State the chief justices for their own power in this matter.
    3.) Decisions on most economic issues are Christian based, though they contest unwittingly in this contest.

    i believe that the laws should not be based off any specific religion. this is a country that accepts people from many different cultures which makes us a country of many religions. therefore, all u.s. citizens should not have to follow any single group's religious beliefs. for example on your beliefs on pro-life, roe v. wade allows EVERYONE to make their own decision, including you. You can keep your baby, while somebody else that may not have the same faith may choose to have an abortion. It's not hurting you, they made the choice for themselves and their own faith whatever that may be. they have a right just like you have a right to choose to be prolife.

  • Posted By: brenda_dupont21 @ 11/05/2008 2:47:00 PM

    Comment: i think that u should not have one because we should be doing what our lord god in heaven would want and mccain would have done that for us no im not predgudece and i congradulate u for winning but please pray ask for forgivness of your sins and see what the lord would have you do please our world is messed up enough please fix it for us im a 24 year old single mother of 2 and i pray to our father in heaven that he will help you and do what he would have for u to do in our world good luck in the years to come and i wish u the bext god bless you your sister in christ

  • Posted By: DianneBee @ 11/02/2008 2:12:25 PM

    Comment: never made a nose nor created an orderly universe so there is no longer a reason to believe there is no God. If we get up in the morning it is because we were GIVEN a morning to do something fruitful, so that strikes out faithlessness. I say this with kindness.

    *Grant it, I do not like the contesting and discrediting platforms to win votes. It embarrasses our society and each of us personally.*

    Those of us who are decision makers usually have someone to hold us accountable. Therefore, by moral issue on the biblical world view, I have no choice but to choose someone who is claiming the truths of Jesus Christ and that of creation's purposes.
    McCain/Palin
    1) Life issue--- both agree to Pro-life
    2.)Traditional marriage-- both will not steal the copyright from the Creatorby choosing same gender
    marriage and call it 'free-thinking'. Free thinking will never cancel the Creator's first choice, and though God is precious and merciful, I cringe to go to my pillow knowing that we would support someone who will give the State the chief justices for their own power in this matter.
    3.) Decisions on most economic issues are Christian based, though they contest unwittingly in this contest.

  • Posted By: DianneBee @ 11/02/2008 2:11:42 PM

    Comment: I never made a nose nor created an orderly universe so there is no longer a reason to believe there is no God. If we get up in the morning it is because we were GIVEN a morning to do something fruitful, so that strikes out faithlessness. I say this with kindness.

    *Grant it, I do not like the contesting and discrediting platforms to win votes. It embarrasses our society and each of us personally.*

    Those of us who are decision makers usually have someone to hold us accountable. Therefore, by moral issue on the biblical world view, I have no choice but to choose someone who is claiming the truths of Jesus Christ and that of creation's purposes.
    McCain/Palin
    1) Life issue--- both agree to Pro-life
    2.)Traditional marriage-- both will not steal the copyright from the Creatorby choosing same gender
    marriage and call it 'free-thinking'. Free thinking will never cancel the Creator's first choice, and though God is precious and merciful, I cringe to go to my pillow knowing that we would support someone who will give the State the chief justices for their own power in this matter.
    3.) Decisions are Christian based, though they contest unwittingly in this contest.

  • Posted By: bakerle @ 11/01/2008 5:33:48 AM

    Comment: To Obama beliefs i have also struggled with religion and I defenitly understand his struggles. Church & Religion was hard to obtain but I am a believer in Jesus Christ and know instead of Baptist I am none denomintial.I know a lot of people that are voting for Mccain just because he states hes a Christian . Which I would have done when I was inmature in the Lord now that I have understanding , I now know that we are accountable for ourselves and our morals start at home. That we cant base our lives on how our neighbors or co-workers or family members decided to live there life. Gays,abortions doesnt change my life. War, white collar crooks, energy prices going higher,food prices going up My son being sent to a war that has a hidden agenda never catching the people that attacked us during 911 DOES . I see why Obama doesnt speak on his religion that much because your faith doesnt make you qualified to be a president look at Busch.

  • Posted By: Sara Sota @ 10/28/2008 10:03:10 PM

    Comment: A wonderful article. I owuld say Obama is very clever, though I find it easy to be extremely honest as well when hashing out all faiths and all religions. But the one peculiar thing about this article is how Obama constantly is humbly admitting his flaws and failures and I have to say that is the reason that Jesus Christ and the salvation by grace thorugh faith is th eonly true way. He admits that he does not belive in hell, that is a typical concern for seekers and the lost and the "kind" and "spiritual" crowd. You see there is no risk in floowing Christ when you never take a side. No hell would mean no consequence to sin, you see he admits all along that he is broken and imperfect that is the main essential thing that sets Christ apart, and why many evangelicals know Jesus is the Way, the Truth and The light. No one comes to the Father except through ME.

  • Posted By: texas78 @ 10/22/2008 10:42:10 PM

    Comment: I am 30 years old and I have to say that voting was never a big importance to me until now. I have a child that thinks that Obama is the antichrist and the world is going to end. I have ppl in my family that think he is Muslim. How awful are people??? My daughter is scared that she is going to die if he is elected. I had to tell her that God will have a hand is whomever is elected. What are parents putting into their children nowadays? We are damned to hell if Obama is elected? When it affects my kid, I get mad. I hope that people realize that how he was raised with whatever religion was not necessarily Obamas decision. He is a Christian.

    • Posted By: aimdesign @ 10/25/2008 3:24:38 PM

      Comment: Just a funny note. you describe your own children having poor beliefs, and then you ask the question, "what are parents putting in their children's heads?"
      Aren't you that parent?

  • Posted By: texas78 @ 10/22/2008 10:35:54 PM

    Comment: I am so confused. Huh?????? What is he? I understand someone trying to search for the truth and what the meaning of life is. I get that. I get that his mother might have wanted him to experience every religion in every aspect.

  • Posted By: Ikew @ 10/22/2008 6:24:44 AM

    Comment: I have been praying for guidance as I make my decision of who will lead our Country in the will of our Lord Jesus Christ. Public service is about helping people, honesty and true compassion. Thank you for this article it answers many questions for me.

  • Posted By: cbvet @ 10/21/2008 12:21:28 AM

    Comment: LIES, LIES, LIES! That is all this article is. Someone has not been paying attention. Did you not see the interviews or debates?? I am not even going to try to unweave this bunch of lies you have written in this poorly written article. It is so over the top, you must of tried real hard with this one! Ignorance is Bliss!!

  • Posted By: cbvet @ 10/21/2008 12:17:27 AM

    Comment: LIES, LIES, LIES, PEOPLE! Where have you been people, have you not seen any interviews or debates??
    Ignorance is bliss, I am not even going to try to unweave the lies in this article. Shame on YOU!!!

  • Posted By: Rocky2001 @ 10/16/2008 3:51:18 PM

    Comment: LMFAO!!! Barry a Christian??

  • Posted By: Nins @ 10/15/2008 3:48:34 PM

    Comment: Vinmano, I am sorry to say that just about everything you have written is false. Maybe you absorb too much right wing media, and actually believe these lies? In any case, here are the facts:

    You say "The issue is not whether he's a Muslim, the issue is whether or not he's a socialist, and that he has not denied." Facts: In his book Audacity of Hope, Obama writes at length about the FAILURE of SOCIALISM and communism. He enthusiastically states that American democracy is the greatest political system on earth. Obama is not a socialist, and he does not admire socialism.

    You say "Obama is not a Christian, he's Catholic." Facts: Firstly, Catholics are Christians. Secondly, Obama is not Catholic, although he is a Christian. He belongs to the United Church of Christ, an Evangelical and Reformed Church. UCC's membership is overwhelmingly white, by the way. Their website is http://www.ucc.org in case any reader would like to find out more about Obama's church.

    You say "According to the Koran, a Muslim is allowed to tell a lie to further the cause of Islam. Tell us again Obama that you are not a Muslim." Of all you comments, this is the nuttiest. Firstly, in your other post you claim Obama is a Catholic. Now you claim he is a Muslim. Make up your mind. Secondly, I would like to see a chapter and verse citation referencing where the Koran says it is okay to lie. I'm sure you can't provide that. Thirdly, your premise is all wet. In old Salem an accused witch was dunked underwater. If they came up for air, this was seen as proving they were a witch. If they stayed under and drowned, it proved their innocence. Obviously this test only separated those who could swim from those who could not.

    You say: "What about women who are raped, why don't we abort the rapist and not the baby? Oh I forgot the left wing loonies are against capital punishment." Aside from the obvious logical inconsistencies of this statement, you seem not to know that Obama is IN FAVOR of capital punishment.

    Vinmano, your blogs are remarkably ignorant. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you just don't know the truth. But you need to get your facts straight before you continue blogging. If you continue to post this nonsense then we will all have to assume that you are just another Karl Rove operative trying to spread lies as part of a smear campaign. Good luck with that on November 4th. America is tired of lies and deceit.

    Obama 2008

    • Posted By: Sara Sota @ 10/28/2008 11:35:53 PM

      Comment: The only real church is the Body of Christ, salvation thorugh Christ . There is no other way, politcs can appease is all, that is all Vinn is saying though he has some false ideas attached untto his faith. But that is just the thing, we are that depraved and flawed , even Obama accepts that in this article. So if he is a borna gain Christian or a saved one or both however you want ot define it, then he should say so. There is no religon in salvation really unless you actually "follow' Christ which would ,mean you would dig deeper and all, and attend services. But the reall message i thnk Vin is trying to convey is that you need saved, and the fact Obama says he is imperfect and broken and all admits he needs saved, if Christ is the way to salvation then he is the ONe Way to The Father. Period. Catholics are considered Chrisitians as with many traditional churches but salvation is the only way , the only reall church are the people who accept Christ, without ritual, without pre requisites and admit they are sinners and need Him . No one is righteous , we need saved. That is the Body of Christ. ( read The bIble, the guy next to Jesus on the cross that knew who he was, that is all you need to go to paradise, the rest of religon and especially Christian antics in America is add on)

  • Posted By: vinmano @ 10/15/2008 10:26:11 AM

    Comment: The issue is not weather he's a musim or not. the issue is he o socilist, and that he has not denied

  • Posted By: vinmano @ 10/15/2008 10:23:56 AM

    Comment: according to the koran a muslim "is allowed to tell a lie in order to further the cause of islam!
    tell us again Obama that your not a muslim

  • Posted By: vinmano @ 10/15/2008 10:16:12 AM

    Comment: I can't believe the people who say Obama is a Christian.. he's not a christian, he's catholic

  • Posted By: vinmano @ 10/15/2008 10:14:41 AM

    Comment: what about women who are raped, why dont we abort the rapist not the baby? oh I forgot the left wing loonies are against capital punishment..unless their babies

  • Posted By: vinmano @ 10/15/2008 10:12:04 AM

    Comment: I see newsweek, you only post the pro Obama views, why not post the truth. For the person who incorrectly states God or his son never merited their attention about abortion, iwould ask , what about thou shall not kill, by the way the hebrew word for kill was inocent life,,thou shall not kill inocent life

  • Posted By: vinmano @ 10/15/2008 10:05:51 AM

    Comment: The man Barack Obama cannot be a Christian, He say's Jesus is not the only way to heaven,so concidering what Jesus said "I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE>>NO ONE GOES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME" means either jesus is wrong or Obama is wrong

  • Posted By: drewand @ 10/15/2008 9:17:23 AM

    Comment: For all of you imbiciles out there who still believe that Obama is an Islamic terrorist or a Muslem plant, let me pose this question, are you telling me that some how there is a small segment of our population that actually have real proof of this? If so don't you think it might have come out by now? do you think that the Republican National party, with all of the investigations it has done on Obama some how missed this juicy tidbit? What a bunch of ignorant, racist jerks you people are!! Grow up!!

  • Posted By: drewand @ 10/15/2008 9:03:43 AM

    Comment: The important thing here is that Obama doesn't wear his faith on his lapel. Religious beliefs should be a private matter and religion has no reasonable place in politics. Toassume that all Americans are Christian is not a reasonable asumption.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 10/14/2008 11:40:44 AM

    Comment: Obama is 1. [ African Descent] 2. [Caucasian Descent]

    Alicia Keys is Half Italian American & Black American, I guess, if she were running for President, she'd be an [ Arab] too

    Also Derek Jeter Half Irish & Black American, Halle Berr y who is Half White & Black American & Prince, who is also Half Italian American & Half Black American....


    I Guess they would be Classified as [Arab] Too

    In all my Life an in African History, I have Never Ever heard anyone claim [Kenya] as a Arab Nation or race, when we all know Full well, that [Kenya] is an [Black African Nation] that Practises many Different Religions, both Indigenous and Foreign, Islam & Christianity being major players, as well as the Indigenous Religions, practised in [Kenya]
    -------------------------------------------

    If that Equals Kenyan's being [Arab] to Any Person with a Brain Stem as [Arab Descent] than you need your Head Examined !!!

    The only reason Obama is a Arab to some of You, is the same reason why some you hate Mongers call Obama a [Socialist-Communist] because you are Grasping, just like Mccain-Palin, at Anything, you can, in Hopes that it will Work, when it Will Not !!!!
    -----------------------------------


    [34] of Your Presidents are Blood Related...Fact


    Sen. Obama is Blood Related to the Following....

    1. President Bush: 11th Cousin

    2. President Bush Sr: 10 th Cousin

    3. Vice Pres. Dick Cheney: 8Th Cousin

    4. Harry S. Truman

    5. Lyndon B. Johnson

    6. Gerald Ford

    7. British Prime Minister: Winston Churchill

    8. Confederate General: Robert E. Lee

    And

    Actor: Brad Pitt , Obama's [8th Cousin]

    Note: John McCain is Blood Related to Laura Bush, George Bush's Wife.

    John Kerry is also a Blood Related Cousin to President Bush...Fact


    George W. Bush Sr. is Married to his Blood Relative [Barabara]...Fact

    34 Presidents are in Fact [Blood Related]..Fact

    • Posted By: Skallywag @ 10/14/2008 12:43:06 PM

      Comment: I'll take useless Political Genealogical Spew for $200 Alex...

  • Posted By: CaseyMcGrady @ 10/13/2008 11:57:15 PM

    Comment: Amazing, but I believe Obama's spiritual journey has blessed him with wisdom beyond his years. He's the right man at the right time.

  • Posted By: OneRace @ 10/09/2008 10:20:49 AM

    Comment: I see it this way; Here's a man, born to a "black "father, a "white" mother, with a "muslim" name,a "indonesian "stepfather,and raised by his "white" grandparents. I believe he was called by God "for such a time as this". To be a bridge and unite all of Abrahams children (chrisitans, jews, and muslims) to bring peace to one race; " THE HUMAN RACE"!!!!

  • Posted By: c-beck @ 10/05/2008 7:31:04 PM

    Comment: i think that obama does not love our country enough to do anything about the problems in our nation because he will not salute to our flag that shows how much we have worked to have a free nation , and i do not think obama gets that

  • Posted By: c-beck @ 10/05/2008 7:17:40 PM

    Comment: Obama makes me sick!!! I am a christain and I pray that americans will see through all his lies and go vote for the only man right for this country McCain!

  • Posted By: c-beck @ 10/05/2008 7:13:48 PM

    Comment: He makes me sick!!! As a christian I pray Americans see through all his lies and vote for the right person for this country which is McCain 100%

  • Posted By: jnnilynn @ 09/26/2008 1:34:05 AM

    Comment: quote*** Comment: Obama is not a christain ,nor does the b------love americia he only wants a muslin to become president Why dont some of you muslin lovers ask him why he wont salute the flag of the country he says he loves????? ****quote



    I do not know what a "muslin lover" is, but I don't think anyone wants cheesecloth for president. I also am sure Obama loves America...and knows how to spell it.

  • Posted By: Law of the Bad Premise @ 09/12/2008 6:46:34 PM

    Comment: Newsweek is not ABC I realize. It is nevertheless disconcerting to see Gibson condescend to Palin about prayer and war as if she were a 10 year old still believing in Santa Claus. Obama, on the other hand , comes to Christ as his Savior like a modern Augustine. He is tortured and wracked with spiritual angst as he under goes a journey which touches all the great philosophical and religious themes of history. Like Gibson, however, I am curious whether he will pray, and exhort Americans to pray, when he sends more troops to Afghanistan to get bin laden out of his foxhole. I await your headline article on his answers. Perhaps you can get Charlie to ask as well, I hope he keeps his his reading glasses, unlike his last Obama interview.

  • Posted By: Law of the Bad Premise @ 09/12/2008 6:31:31 PM

    Comment: Newsweek is not ABC I know. ABC's Gibson asks Palin condescending questions about prayer as if she were a 2 year old he was weaning her off Santa Claus. Newsweek, on the other hand, presents Obama as a tortured genius . It conjures images of St. Augustine and a painful journey toward Christ as his savior. I look forward to when Gibson harasses Obama on prayer when Barack decides we need to up the ante in Afghanistan

  • Posted By: kb9rbt @ 09/10/2008 6:32:17 PM

    Comment: Obama is not a christain ,nor does the b------love americia he only wants a muslin to become president Why dont some of you muslin lovers ask him why he wont salute the flag of the country he says he loves?????

  • Posted By: kb9rbt @ 09/10/2008 6:28:45 PM

    Comment: Liar Obama says he loves americia ,he says he stays away the cult churchb he adored for over 20 years why dont someone ask the b------ why he wont salute the american , flag ,he will lie and say any thing ot get a muslin elected for our president

  • Posted By: God's love @ 09/10/2008 2:42:56 PM

    Comment: As for Obama being a true Christian--is not for me to Judge--only Jesus Christ knows the heart of Obama. But reading this write up about his Faith--one thing that bothers me is the fact that he is not Pro-life- God gives us all life-and Man doesn't have the right to take a baby and destroy it in aboration. It saddens me to think that him and other people that say they are Christians and serving the Lord can even approve of killing an unborn child. That is a real live baby inside the womb and is the moment he or she is concieved. I also have doubts about him as far as being a Muslim--Once of Muslem faith--always a Muslem. This makes me very uneasy with the fact that Obama could run this great and free country of ours that God has Blessed us with. Someone had told me that we shouldn't judge him by the color of his skin--well the color of his skin has nothing to do with why I won't vote for him.It doesn't matter the color of ones skin --its what they believe in.May God's will be done in this upcoming election. Candy

    • Posted By: JC0101 @ 10/10/2008 6:33:01 PM

      Comment: Are you suggesting that a Muslim is never able to leave their faith? I used to know a Muslim who converted to Christianity. Are you saying that he is not a real Christian? Who exactly are you to say he isn't? Why do Christian missionaries go to Muslim countries then? If the Muslims they convert are still Christian, what is the point? You sound a bit arrogant and judgmental. And for the abortion issue, it was never mentioned in the Bible. You would think if God considered this to be important he would have mentioned it. You have no way of knowing how God feels about this issue. Again, you are arrogant to pretend you do.

      • Posted By: Vivi @ 10/14/2008 4:46:46 PM

        Comment: Yes, forget loving thy neighbor, the idea most often referenced in the Bible. Instead, lets talk about abortion, a subject that neither God nor his Son felt merited their attention. Before you get worked up, you may be interested to learn that there was a herb in the mid-east that every midwife knew would cause a woman to miscarry. This plant was extremely popular throughout Biblical times. It was the earliest known means of abortion, used SO FREQUENTLY in fact, that it became extinct. You can't possibly believe that abortion concerned God or Jesus when it was more common then than now, yet neither had anything to say on the matter.

  • Posted By: Freeborn54 @ 09/07/2008 3:37:20 PM

    Comment: Obama is not a Christian in the sense of relying on Jesus and all men are equal. He believes in Black Theology which says that whites are the cause of the problems. How about the blacks who sold their own into the slave trade? How about the I am victum attitude and I am owed repayment for everything that happened 100 years ago. How about the fact that black on black crime is the cause that most of the ones in prison are in prison. 75% are born out of wedlock? Fathers are not there for their kids. Why do we hear that we are the problem and not the behavior that they choose to participate in eveyday. Al Sharpton and Jessey Jackson are users of their own people. I am a big believer in taking charge of your own life and future. I make no apologies for being a white man, and being a Christian. I have met many who are not victums because they are self motivated and hard working. Getto? How about get to work and be faithful to your children and stay with a woman when you father a child. If this makes me a racist then so be it as I am only responsible for the truth...others are responsible for their own actions.

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 08/27/2008 12:19:09 PM

    Comment: ??? If you think about it John McCain plan for forty-five new nuclear power plants is reasonable, needed and attainable. Our current 108 nuclear power plants supply twenty (20) percent of our electricity requirements. This is amazing considering that it has been thirty years since there has been new construction on new nuclear power plants anywhere in the United States. Construction on new nuclear power plants has occurred throughout the world but not in the United States thanks to Democratic leadership. In France, nuclear power supplies 80 percent of their electricity needs. Because 108 nuclear power plants are generating twenty percent of our needs, an additional 45 nuclear power plants will only increase the percentage of nuclear power to roughly 28 percent of our needs well short of French eighty percent nuclear power generation of electricity. John McCain proposals are reasonable and will help lead us to energy independence. Democrats under the leadership of Barack Obama want to study the issue for another 30 years. By that time the only remaining United States builder of nuclear power plants General Electric will have gone the way of Westinghouse and sold its nuclear construction division to a foreign owned company Toshiba Corporation of Japan. Given the Democratic led hostile business environment for nuclear power in the United States, we will have no United States owned companies capable of building nuclear power plants.

    The reality is that a few nuclear power plants will have a greater contribution to our energy independence than all the contributions of solar, wind, and thermal energy. Only the proposals of John McCain on nuclear power, offshore drilling, wind, and solar energy will make the idea of United States energy independence a reality.

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 08/27/2008 12:18:06 PM

    Comment: Does the Democratic leadership under Barack Obama expect current electric power plants to provide all the huge electricity requirements to recharge and power all the new hybrid and electric cars will be coming on line. There will have to be new power plants built and these must be nuclear plants. If Democrats think that wind or solar will recharge all of these new cars, they have to be joking because the wind does not blow all the time. The new sources of additional electricity to charge up all these cars will have to come from nuclear energy.
    Why is there such an ingrained irrational paranoia about nuclear energy and waste disposal among some Americans especially the Democratic leadership under the direction of Barack Obama. Importantly also why is it somehow okay for hundreds of thousands of Navy sailors to have served for nearly thirty-five years aboard nuclear power American aircraft carriers and nuclear powered submarines and air force personnel to handle nuclear bombs but Democratic leadership under Barack Obama will not consider to even remotely assume any risks involved with nuclear power. Is it okay for our servicemen to be exposed to alleged risks but not the Democratic leadership who oppose nuclear power. This paranoia is particular evident with the Democrats acceptance of risks that are associated with other aspects of modern American living. Forty thousand people die every year in the United States in auto accidents but there is no outcry to ban all automobiles in the United States. Bridges have collapsed recently in Minnesota and tunnels ceilings in Boston have fallen but there is no consensus on eliminating bridges or tunnels. There have been airplane crashes that have also involved injuries on the ground but there is no outcry to ban air travel. There have been repeated rail and ship accidents but no outcry to ban railroads or ship travel. The irrational fear involving nuclear power and waste disposal has no justification. American people undergo multiple medical and dental xrays and CT scans yearly and have no fear. TSA airport screeners and medical staff work daily around xray equipment, fluoroscopes, and CT machines and do not experience adverse health consequences as a result of their work exposure. There were no documented adverse health events associated with the Three Mile Island release of minor radiation in the 1970s and no payments for health losses were ever made involving lawsuits related to that accident. The containment vessel held at Three Mile Island. In light of most Americans acceptance of risks associated with automobiles, trains, planes, and ships, the fear on the part of the Democratic leadership of nuclear power can not be viewed as rational. John McCain's proposals to build 45 new nuclear power plants along with his other energy proposals on conservation and renewable energy will help America achieve relative energy independence in the near term and long term.

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 08/27/2008 12:17:05 PM

    Comment: On the day of the announcement of his selection to be the Democratic nominee for vice-President, Joe Biden was quick to go on attack and use the Bush clone metaphor in describing John McCain. Cloning of course involves copying genes. Issues involving clones, copying and plagiarism seem to be recurrent themes in the life of Joe Biden. It has been reported that Joe Biden withdrew from his 1987 Presidential primary race against George Dukakis and Dick Gephardt due to reports of plagiarism of a speech by Neil Kinnock a former British Labor Party leader. More damaging are reports that during his first year at Syracuse University Law School, Joe Biden lifted five pages of material out of a total fifteen page legal research and writing class memo from a Fordham Law Review article. Joe Biden received a grade of F in the legal research and writing course and had to repeat it the following semester. Copying and mimicking behavior is sometimes said to be the sincerest form of flattery but plagiarism falls into a special category of a backhanded compliment because it implies a disdain for the original author and your audience. Did Joe Biden believe that none of his professors would take the time to look up his citations or have read or be familiar with the Fordham law review article on his topic product liability. Many Catholics would be offended that a fellow Irish Catholic like Joe Biden would use Fordham Law Review an academic product of his own faith to commit plagiarism.

  • Posted By: DanielSi @ 08/25/2008 6:47:10 PM

    Comment: Obama delivers speeches better than most - almost as good as Reagan. But when he speaks extemporareously, from the heart, on the fly - he is clueless. His response to the Russian invasion of Georgia was just one example - that's the guy we want answering the White House phone at 3AM (like the Clinton ads used to proclaim). Scary. Hid religion has nothing to do with his lack of qualifications to be running our country. His race has nothing to do with this contest - at least it should not have anything to do with it. A qualified black like Colin Powell, Connie Rice - they get my vote in a heartbeat. Obama needs to grow up first, mature, then try some other time. He is just not ready.

  • Posted By: LEOSANCHEZ @ 08/16/2008 11:59:24 PM

    Comment: WHAT WOULD JESUS DO ? IS WHAT ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS BELIVE IN AS THEY FOLLOW THE CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE SET BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AS GIVEN TO US IN THE HOLY BIBLE. MR. OBAMA SEEMS TO CHOOSE AND PICK WHATEVER PART OF THE SCRIPTURE FITS HIM ON A PARTICULAR DAY , THIS MAN CANNOT TRULEY BELIVE HE IS BORN AGAIN AND A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AS IT IS CONVIENIENT TO HIM ...PLEASE PRAY THAT HE WOULD COME TO JESUS WHOLE HEARTEDLY AND BECOME A TRUE CHRISTIAN ...A TRUE CHRISTIAN DOES NOT CRITIQUE ANOTHER BUT PRAYS FOR THAT OTHER PERSONS SOUL .....GOD BLESS ALL AMERICANS!!!

  • Posted By: bergas @ 08/13/2008 3:34:39 PM

    Comment: Obamas preacher for 20 years. He sat through this for 20 years.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4WMqlfiQKo

    • Posted By: DanielSi @ 08/25/2008 6:37:41 PM

      Comment: You can truly tell a lot about a person's character, true character, by the company he keeps. Who he surrounds himslef with intentionally. says a lot about the person.

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/24/2008 8:11:59 PM

    Comment: On what Christian path was McCain taking when he abandoned his disabled wife and 3 kids for a younger, richer beer heiress only to then abandon her after her stroke - to learn to walk on her own?

    • Posted By: Floridave @ 07/24/2008 9:10:03 PM

      Comment: Their split was mutual and she still respects him. She even keeps his bumper sticker on her car. Does that sound like abandonment to you? Typical revisionist.

  • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 07/23/2008 10:59:20 PM

    Comment: I guess the pro-Obama people wanted to bury all the discussion of Obama's failure to adhere to the tenets of Christian faith. Those who want to read should scroll down to the posts several days ago.

  • Posted By: edinthemiddle @ 07/22/2008 1:22:49 PM

    Comment: I wonder if the media can be any more bias toward Barak Obama without wearing his campaign buttons and raising money on his behalf. I think the American public is smart enough to recognize a media fix. When I watched the Keith Olbermann video on Obama I was reminded what a good sportscaster he was and what a poor and biased far left liberal commentator he really is. Thanks for helping me decide my vote Keith. McCain 2008!

    • Posted By: Floridave @ 07/23/2008 9:33:58 PM

      Comment: Why hasn't Obama used that Wesley Snipes clip where Wesley says to "always bet on black?" Wouldn't that be great AND classy in an ad? If I was a black guy running for president I would go to Florida and get a lot of black celebrities that have been in jail, are in jail, or are going to jail to get the ever- important felon vote.

      Who among us does not wonder who Mike Tyson is voting for? Who's gotten the nod from Michael Jackson? Michael Vick... who's your man? How about O.J. on TV saying: "Don't lose your head, Vote for Obama" then he could draw his finger across his throat and give you that million dollar OJ grin! This stuff is GOLD!

      Maybe R. Kelly could tell us how America under Obama would be better for our children, then he could wink at the camera. How about Nicole Richie....wait, is she black?... I forget. Fifty Cent (fitty) could say something like "I might not support my own children, but I know Obama will." Huh? What do you think? Diddy could call Obama "Daddy". I haven't figured out yet what Kobe Bryant or Snoop Dog could do, but if I can get them on board I think it would be great. Just great.

      I was going to talk to Estelle Getty to do some press for McCain..... but she quit returning my calls. Does anyone know if Bert Mustin is still working? I think he roomed with McCain at school. Let me know.....

  • Posted By: Floridave @ 07/20/2008 6:14:45 PM

    Comment: McCain will win and here is why. As the election grows closer, so will the statistical difference between Obama and McCain. They will probably end up within about 3 points of each other, but at least 4% will go to alternative candidates, mainly Ralph Nader. Since those votes will be for "change," Nader votes will be votes that would have gone to Obama, not McCain.

    So in about 4 months, democrats need to brace themselves for the same feeling republicans had when Perot bumped Clinton into the white house.... twice. History repeats itself, but at the same time the pendulum always swings back.

    Obama will probably be president some day, but that day is 8 to 12 years away.

    That's the way it is. Don't shoot the messenger, I am just here to report the truth.

    • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/21/2008 5:21:49 PM

      Comment: FloridaDave: McCain cannot win this election. I don't care if Jesus Christ was his running mate, the election is lost for the Republicans. Bush screwed up THAT BAD.

      I hear the sound of bursting bubbles. Sorry.

      • Posted By: Floridave @ 07/21/2008 7:00:12 PM

        Comment: If Jesus were McCains running mate, the democratic run congress would figure out some way to legally crucify him again. McCain will win with who ever he chooses not through clever campaigning, but because he is laying low waiting for Obama to talk himself into a corner. America is already getting tired of Obama. He's not new or fun anymore. Go look at the polls. McCain isn't so much gaining... Obama is slipping.

        • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/22/2008 2:50:23 PM

          Comment: Time will tell. My bet is on the young non-warmonger.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 07/20/2008 11:25:18 PM

      Comment: You seem to forget that Bob Barr, a libertarian and former republican, is also running for President, who will take votes away from McCain. Anyway, National Polls, do not necessarily reflect how the Presidential election will turn out. The Presidential election is not decided on the national polular vote. If so, Gore would have been President.

      • Posted By: Newvoter101 @ 08/18/2008 1:42:22 AM

        Comment: Had Gore been President we would all be riding our bycyles to minimum wage jobs whild he (Al Gore) would be flying around the planet still warning people of the hoax that is Global warming!LOL

      • Posted By: Floridave @ 07/21/2008 12:38:35 AM

        Comment: Pretty much all votes for anyone besides Obama, are for change... meaning they are helping McCain. Ron Paul, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, Pat Paulsen... you name it; they are all votes that don't want Bush III to happen.
        McCain wins.

  • Posted By: Floridave @ 07/20/2008 6:13:58 PM

    Comment: McCain will win and here is why. As the election grows closer, so will the statistical difference between Obama and McCain. They will probably end up within about 3 points of each other, but at least 4% will go to alternative candidates, mainly Ralph Nader. Since those votes will be for "change," Nader votes will be votes that would have gone to Obama, not McCain.

    So in about 4 months, democrats need to brace themselves for the same feeling republicans had when Perot bumped Clinton into the white house.... twice. History repeats itself, but at the same time the pendulum always swings back.

    Obama will probably be president some day, but that day is 8 to 12 years away.

    That's the way it is. Don't shoot the messenger, I am just here to report the truth.

  • Posted By: isobolewski @ 07/20/2008 1:24:19 AM

    Comment: Mr. Obama said he reads the Bible, so, what part of "Thou shall not kill" he doesn't understand? He says he is a Christian and then he says he is pro choice, there is no such thing as a pro choice follower of Christ. If he has no respect for the sanctity of the human life, he is not a Christian and he contradicts himself.
    You are either pro life or pro death and if he has no respect of the life of the unborn, he doesn't have my vote. I vote pro life

    • Posted By: thrasher32 @ 07/21/2008 5:23:46 PM

      Comment: What part of "Thou Shalt Not Kill" doesn't George Bush understand. Oh, wait, it's ok to kill people as long as they're out of the womb, just not before, is that your point????????

      Look up the word "Hypocrite" in the dictionary.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 07/20/2008 11:16:58 PM

      Comment: As far as I know, Mr. Obama hasn't killed anyone. Since he is a man, he has never had an abortion. Since he is not a doctor, he has not performed any abortions. He is not a Supreme court Justice, so he did not decide to make abortion legal. Sen. McCain, on the otherhand has dropped bombs in combat, so he has killed.

    • Posted By: bwlear @ 07/20/2008 10:53:12 AM

      Comment: Funny how the concern for life end after birth with Conservatives? Once you are out of the womb, I guess you are on your own.
      So I guess that anyone who serves in this nations armed forces and kills is also not a Christian in your opinion. You hyave a right to have your opinion, but if you are the judge of who is and isnt a Christion, then we are all in trouble.

  • Posted By: dpfiumara @ 07/19/2008 5:46:26 PM

    Comment: While Barack Obama???s story about his spiritual journey is enlightening and inspiring from a personal point of view, it is also symptomatic of a pervasive problem in our political process???the need to lay open one???s religious or spiritual affiliation or rooting in order to appeal to a segment of the population that really believes that this is an issue of overriding importance. Over the last several election cycles, perhaps even going as far back as the Carter campaign, there has been a growing demand for this type of ???confession??? or testimony. What has happened to the notion that what we really need to know about our potential leaders is that they are good and true? It does not really matter one iota what their religious rooting is; what is important is what motivates them to want to take on the responsibilities inherent in presiding over this nation. Do they take the Constitution seriously? That is more important than their religious affiliation. Will they choose the best advisors and officials who have the welfare of the people foremost in their consciousness rather than the interests of the powerful few? As a Deist and rationalist I could care less what a man or woman???s religious background is. I want them to demonstrate beyond the shadow of a doubt the sincerity of their words and ideas. I want them to convince me that they have my and the nation???s welfare as their prime concern and that they will do everything necessary to achieve amity and balance on the world scene. Above all else I do not want them to try to convince me of their religious commitment and then turn around and conduct themselves in such a way that while they are spitting on our collective backs they will try to convince us that it is really only raining.

    Dominic Fiumara, Wilmington, MA

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 4:45:15 PM

    Comment:
    NEW YORK TIMES
    Obama Won t Commit to Event at Military Base (Still no commitment)
    New York Times | Kate Zernike | July 12, 2008 12:39 PM

    A coalition of military groups is planning a nationally televised town-hall-style meeting with the presidential candidates near Fort Hood, Tex., the largest active-duty military installation in the country. But so far, only Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee, has agreed to attend.

    CBS has agreed to broadcast the meeting live from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Aug. 11. The candidates would face questions directly from an audience of 6,000 people, made up of veterans, service members and military families from the base.



    Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/us/politics/12obama.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

    • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 4:57:57 PM

      Comment: Scheduling conflict, maybe? Let's hear what the Obama camp has to say. That's fair, right, share?

  • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 4:12:11 PM

    Comment: INTERESTING STORY!!!!!

    "OBAMA Trip Could Push Rock-Star Persona To New Heights"

    by FOXNEWS.com

    Barack Obama???s advisers insist his coming trip abroad is not a campaign swing. Even so, the high-profile journey has all the trappings of a rock-star tour.

    The Illinois senator???s trip to Europe and the Middle East has generated so much interest that all three TV network news anchors are planning to accompany the candidate.

    Foreign media have reported daily on the impending visit. And the campaign revealed Friday that Obama intends to meet with top U.S. allies.

    When John McCain made a similar trip overseas in March, he was accompanied by a few dozen members of the U.S. media. No network anchors made the journey. Granted, it was his eighth visit to Iraq, but it was his first since clinching the GOP nomination, which he had done just days earlier.

    This time, the traveling press could dwarf McCain???s entourage. In terms of media frenzies, it???s the difference between a flea circus and the Big Top.

    Great comparison!!! It's great that an American candidate can ignite global interest the way Obama does.

    • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 4:13:59 PM

      Comment: Oops, forgot the source:

      http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/18/obama-trip-could-push-rock-star-persona-to-new-heights/

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 3:18:02 PM

    Comment: HILLARY SUPPORTERS: KBOOGIE hates Hillary so dont bother clicking on the video links in his post below cuz I can just imagine what they reflect about her. Now with that, here is some real pro-Hillary info:

    • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 3:41:08 PM

      Comment: Wow!!! Hate is a very strong word, share. I don't hate anyone. Actually, HRC was my second choice. BUT, after that video(which is based on fact....video and audio), I'm absolutely ecstatic that I don't have to make that decision.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw
      Hillary Exposed - The case of Paul vs Clinton

      It's especially scary b/c it represents the lengths she'll got to, and the laws she'll break (she's an attorney, BTW), in order to perpetuate the political ambissions of the "Clinton Machine". Her donors are clearly at risk.

      Peter Paul donated millions to the Clintons. She denied even knowing the man, and had him hunted down internationally.

      HRC has done some wonderful things, and has championed numerous efforts that benefit our country. but it should not act as "the wool" that covers our eyes in the voting booth. I think this, and America's knowledge of similar, FACTUAL financial/political dealings was the anvil that sank her ship.

      Her constant attacks on Obama shed light on her own skeletons.

      Google: "Hillary's ties w/ terrorist organizations"
      "Clinton and FALN terrorist"
      "Clinton's terrorist donations"
      "Hillary's indictment - campaign funding"

      I don't hate HRC. But CORRUPTION is her middle name.



      • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 4:03:59 PM

        Comment: OK, HILLARY SUPPORTERS: Dont bother with Kboogies links below referencing Hillary as s/he strongly dislikes Hillary Clinton (better?). LMAO : - )

        • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 4:06:37 PM

          Comment: ....actually dont reference the links he reposted ABOVE . He has them in another post below a bit. : - )

          • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 4:22:58 PM

            Comment: Censorship is a new one for you, share. Actually, discouraging those thirsty for knowledge of all kinds. Talk about "drinking the KOOL-AID". At least most cults give you a choice. What are you afraid of? I research all of the allegations, and accusations that you post about Obama. I never find ANY factual basis to it, but I still give you the benefit of the doubt.

            The only difference w/ the "Peter Paul vs HRC case" is that they have her on tape. Proof of her perjury is documented.

            It must be good to be a "Clinton". She can(and has) thrown her debtors, and contributors in jail.

            • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 4:53:58 PM

              Comment: Most cults give you a choice? Not the case with a good many Obama supporters of his cult that label you a bigot / racist if you dont support and/or vote for Obama.

              • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 5:06:06 PM

                Comment: Supporters? Those are the last folks I'm thinking about in the voting booth. I'm focusing on what the candidates have done, and what their campaigns promote.

                Regardless of what "supporters" call you, you still have the choice. You're actually discouraging the curiosity. For shame......

            • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 4:50:26 PM

              Comment: I of course cannot censor Hillary Supporters. LOL. I dont have THAT much power. Just trying to let Hillary supporters to not waste their time.

              • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 5:10:41 PM

                Comment: Waste there time? What's wasteful about the truth?

                "Peter Paul vs Hillary" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw

                Is a factual account of her illegal campaign funding, and her perjury.

                Dost thou protest too much!

    • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 3:21:11 PM

      Comment: Hillary Supporters . .

      The Deceitful Negligent Committee (DNC) should not have messed around with the democratic process and shove Obama down our throats by fixing the outcome to turn out the way it did. It will be a pity if a white female or black male Democrat is not the next President, but we can all thank the DNC and the Mainstream Media (MSM) for their bias towards Obama ensuring that (come H*ll or high water), this man was going to be the democratic nominee to run against McCain.

      Given that, Hillary supporters will not let the DNC shove their type of anti-McCain thinking (e.g. their push about McBush and old man) down our throats either as we consider whether to support John McCain (should Hillary not be on the ballot, which PUMA and hundreds of other organizations are pushing to make happen and it is starting to look like that might actually happen).

      http://www.youtube.com/user/ShutTheFreudUp Media/DNC

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1whezcwSrQE DNC

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcdnlNZg2iM Mean-Spirited-Media


      Hillary Supporters Unite:
      www.together4us.com
      http://blog.pumapac.org/

  • Posted By: diane_4414 @ 07/19/2008 3:15:00 PM

    Comment: Why do u protect Obama? If anyone says he is a muslin or a phony the post disappears why? is this not america?

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 3:12:36 PM

    Comment: NEWS FLASH

    ABC NEWS

    OBAMA 8 Min VIDEO: Montage of Contradictory Statements on IRAQ

    Subliminal Messaging, or Over-Active Imaginations?
    July 18, 2008 5:54 PM
    By Rick Klein


    EXCERPT:

    There is a longtime tradition in political advertising to look beyond the message to the subtext -- and even to the subliminal.

    In that spirit, a veteran Democratic operative offers an interesting observation of the newly released anti-Obama Web video produced by the McCain campaign. The VIDEO is an EIGHT-MINUTE montage of sometimes CONTRADICTORY statements about the Iraq war made by Sen. Barack Obama. (Continued in full article link below).


    Warning: Make sure you are sitting down before you watch this video. . .you may become dizzy.

    SEE 8 MINUTE VIDEO: Newly released as Obamas makes his trip overseas.
    http://www.johnmccain.com/videolanding/documentary.htm



    SEE FULL ARTICLE: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/subliminal-mess.html


  • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 2:50:46 PM

    Comment: BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!

    McCain Leaks Details Of Obama's Iraq Trip

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/18/mccain-leaks-details-of-o_n_113682.html

    "Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend."

    "The Obama campaign has tried to cloak the Illinois senator's trip in some measure of secrecy for security reasons. The White House, State Department and Pentagon do not announce senior officials' visits to Iraq in advance."

    Whether this was puposely done, or a flash of senility, McCain is not fit, emotionally or mentally, to run this nation. It doesn't take a genius to understand that revealing the nature of a candidate's international itinerary is a threat to national security. The fact that our highest security organizations do not announce the visitation plans of candidates, is an obvious sign of protection.

    For a man who touts his political experience, McCain is truly a disappointment.


    • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 3:24:00 PM

      Comment: You are kidding arent you? I even knew that Obama was going oversea this weekend. Geesh. : - ) The media is out of control.

      • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 4:03:33 PM

        Comment: This might get pretty big, Share.

        Daily News
        "Obama's aides furious at McCain for blabbing about Dem's Mideast trip"

        For weeks now, Barack Obama has closely guarded the details of his planned fact-finding trips to Afghanistan and Iraq, citing security concerns.

        But Friday, the Democratic presidential hopeful's Republican rival, John McCain, may have let the secret out of the bag - infuriating some Obama supporters and putting Camp McCain on the defensive.

        Former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam vet, said he was "surprised" by McCain's apparent breach of protocol.

        I hope McCain's camp can put this to rest. As a war vet, I would think he would lose some support.

      • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 3:47:09 PM

        Comment: Just sharing an interesting article. Don't kill the messenger. :)

        • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 4:21:36 PM

          Comment: Well I heard that he was going oversea on one news outlet, cant remember which. But I didnt know which area he was hitting first, which we now keep hearing over and over and over on cable that he is specifically in Afghanistan. That is all I am seeing on the news right this very second. I cant believe it. Now he saying on CNN we will WIN the war on Iraq. Is that insinuating that he will do whatever the troops say? Unreal.

  • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/19/2008 2:33:41 PM

    Comment: Those still mourning HRC's demise should investigate this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8aopATYyw&NR=1
    The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See!

    Hillary Exposed!! The case of Paul vs Hillary

    The video is is 2 parts...a little lengthy, but factual and w/o bias. Only those w/ a truly open mind should watch. Also, if you're one of her financial contributors- please, you might want to watch this before you write another check.



    • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 3:27:47 PM

      Comment:
      HILLARY SUPPORTERS: KBOOGIE hates Hillary so dont bother clicking on the video links in his post below cuz I can just imagine what they reflect about her. Here is something you might want to read and view in videos. : - D

      The Deceitful Negligent Committee (DNC) should not have messed around with the democratic process and shove Obama down our throats by fixing the outcome to turn out the way it did. It will be a pity if a white female or black male Democrat is not the next President, but we can all thank the DNC and the Mainstream Media (MSM) for their bias towards Obama ensuring that (come H*ll or high water), this man was going to be the democratic nominee to run against McCain.

      Given that, Hillary supporters will not let the DNC shove their type of anti-McCain thinking (e.g. their push about McBush and old man) down our throats either as we consider whether to support John McCain (should Hillary not be on the ballot, which PUMA and hundreds of other organizations are pushing to make happen and it is starting to look like that might actually happen).

      http://www.youtube.com/user/ShutTheFreudUp Media/DNC

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1whezcwSrQE DNC

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcdnlNZg2iM Mean-Spirited-Media


      Hillary Supporters Unite:
      www.together4us.com
      http://blog.pumapac.org/







  • Posted By: Pay_Attention @ 07/19/2008 2:25:26 PM

    Comment: McCain???s funny joke??? And I quote??????Did you here the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her Doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, where is that marvelous ape???? Sources: Tucson Citizen, Oct. 27, 1986 and Countdown with Keith Olbermann, 07/17/08.
    McCain???s spokesman Brian Rogers???s response:
    He???s long said that he???s done things in the past that he regrets???.you???ve just got to move on and be yourself- That???s what people want. They want someone who is authentic, and this kind of stuff is a good example of McCain being McCain.

  • Posted By: diane_4414 @ 07/19/2008 1:19:15 PM

    Comment: Obama is the manchurian candidate and we all should be very very worried.
    This man is a setup and will destroy us. He is a fake and a fraud.
    He is not a rock star and he will will ploy us under. 1928 Adolf Hitler ran for office in Germany he 2 had a big mouth and sounded like he could bring change, and Obama seems to be a lot like him.
    Is he a Muslin ? He scary and why are so many people being stupid?

  • Posted By: diane_4414 @ 07/19/2008 1:13:34 PM

    Comment: Obama I believe should fess up that he is a muslin, Tell me how is it he was raised by a muslin stepfather, and born of a muslin father and claims he was a agnostic till mid 20,00 and found the christ church its B.S.
    He was advised that if he wanted to get anywhere in Chicago politics he should join that church because Oprah Winfre was a member. His wife Michelle was best friends with Jesse Jackson's daughter. Smells bad


    phoney

  • Posted By: diane_4414 @ 07/19/2008 1:09:03 PM

    Comment: If you believe this Obama is anything but a fake or a phony your a moron.
    He is nothing more then a creation of the black elite.
    List of the black elite. Oprah WInfrey,Bill,Cosby, and that group.
    Jesse Jackson and Jesse Jackson jr, and sister no idea how to spell her name.




    Wh

  • Posted By: radiantenergies @ 07/19/2008 4:21:25 AM

    Comment: All mankind has a divine right to place God first and God is within all of us equally, including all of nature.
    Those who obey this 1st Commandment are untrainable for military purposes, which trains to kill others.
    Believing the name given is who you are at age 2, is the false identity or lower self, and it dominates and hides the real true self, or higher self, or God within, which I know as Intelligence, beyond space and time, and yet all of nature is dependent upon It for life. To ignore this means ignorance.

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 3:45:34 AM

    Comment:
    The name-calling technique links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol. The propagandist who uses this technique hopes that the audience will reject the person or the idea on the basis of the negative symbol, instead of looking at the available evidence.

    The most obvious type of name calling involves bad names. For example, consider the following:
    Commie
    Fascist
    Racist / Bigot
    Pig
    Yuppie
    Bum
    Queer
    Terrorist
    A more subtle form of name-calling involves words or phrases that are selected because they possess a negative emotional charge. Those who oppose budget cuts may characterize fiscally conservative politicians as "stingy." Supporters might prefer to describe them as "thrifty." Both words refer to the same behavior, but they have very different connotations. Other examples of negatively charged words include:
    social engineering
    radical
    cowardly
    counter-culture
    The name-calling technique was first identified by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA) in 1938. According to the IPA, we should ask ourselves the following questions when we spot an example of name-calling.
    What does the name mean?
    Does the idea in question have a legitimate connection with the real meaning of the name?
    Is an idea that serves my best interests being dismissed through giving it a name I don't like?
    Leaving the name out of consideration, what are the merits of the idea itself?

    Source: Propaganda Critic

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 3:09:36 AM

    Comment: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

    American Renaissance
    June 2001
    TOPIC: Name-Calling

    When one is called a Racist, a Bigot, a White Supremacist, the arguer is not simply trying to define a persons position but is trying to define a person. When in the course of debate, one is called by someone a racist, et al, that person is not trying to clarify an argument but to end one. Racist is not an argument, it is a pejorative. Let's allow Jared Taylor of the New Century Foundation explain:

    If someone calls you a RACIST s/he has completely shifted his ground and is not dealing with facts or logic anymore. He is saying You are bad!, which is PURE EMOTION. Prof. Michael Levin, author of Why Race Matters, says this kind of CHILDISH OUTBURST makes no more sense than calling someone a poopoo-head . Grownups do it only because it works, and it works only because so many whites are invertebrates.

    The silliness of the RACISM charge is especially clear if you are talking about racial differences in IQ. Just point out that the only legitimate issue is how to interpret the evidence. Your conclusions are either right or wrong. If someone stops trying to explain why you are wrong and instead starts calling you names, it is a sure sign he cannot explain why you are wrong is because you are right!

    • Posted By: RO in Reno @ 07/19/2008 10:42:09 AM

      Comment: So let me get this straight, if you make racist comments and some one concludes you are a racist and points that out, the fact they pointed it out makes your racist comments.... Truth??
      interesting concept ......wierd but interesting

  • Posted By: 3:10toBoston @ 07/19/2008 2:40:10 AM

    Comment: The reason people wonder so much about Obama's religion is that he claims Christianity, but doesn;t seem to have any form of solid theology. He does not believe in salvation through grace (based on interview), he's pro-abortion (despite many Bible verses that speak of God knowing the human in the womb), and of course there's the issue with his pastor...

    Obama behaves as though he is only as Christian as will get him votes.

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/19/2008 1:29:38 AM

    Comment: NEWS FLASH

    ABC NEWS

    8 Min Video: Montage of Contradictory Statements by OBAMA on IRAQ

    Subliminal Messaging, or Over-Active Imaginations?
    July 18, 2008 5:54 PM
    By Rick Klein


    EXCERPT:

    There is a longtime tradition in political advertising to look beyond the message to the subtext -- and even to the subliminal.

    In that spirit, a veteran Democratic operative offers an interesting observation of the newly released anti-Obama Web video produced by the McCain campaign. The VIDEO is an EIGHT-MINUTE montage of sometimes CONTRADICTORY statements about the Iraq war made by Sen. Barack Obama.


    SEE FULL ARTICLE: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/subliminal-mess.html

    Warning: Make sure you are sitting down before you watch this video. . .you may become dizzy.

    SEE 8 MINUTE VIDEO: Being released right in time prior to Obamas trip overseas.
    http://www.johnmccain.com/videolanding/documentary.htm








  • Posted By: Lonesome @ 07/18/2008 9:51:22 PM

    Comment: Does the decision to split with Rev. Wright challenge the very fundamentals of what Obama claims his faith represent ? Namely forgiving others.