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  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/13/2008 3:36:34 PM

    John Mccain: Whore Monger, War Hero Fraud & SEnile Old Fool !!

    Make it law, that the Legal ages to run for President of the USA, be 45-59, Nothing Older than (59)

    This Week, Mccain said during his Townhall Meetings, that he remembered the names of the Pittsburg Steelers Team, when he wrote in his book and the TV Movie, in fact it was the Green Bay Packers.

    The Man is either the Biggest LIAR or he's SEMI-SENILE !!!

    A Constant Philanderer: Left his 1st Wife for his now Rich Wife.

    Integrity: War Heroe ?? You must save Lives, During a War, in order to be Branded or Awarded Heroes Status, McCain does not fit that Mold at all.

    Fact: McCain gave up Classified Information. John Mccain Graduated Last in his Class at the Naval Academy. John McCain Crashed (6 Planes) John Mccain is a Poor Calculating Political Oppourtunist.

    George W. Bush Never Served in Battle, he in fact Dodged Viet Nam via Affluence of his Father and Served in the National Gaurd, Draft Dodger as well as D!ck Cheney.. Bush nor Cheney have any Combat or Heroic Records and you Lame Brains Voted their A## 's as President & Vice President.... TWICE !!!!


    Bill Clinton has no Military Record at all and you Voted his A## President ...TWICE !!

    Thats with all of Clinton's Philandering History, which was Well Documented Before, During & After his Presidency.

    Goerge W. Bush Sr. had the CIA Experience, the 2 Terms as Vice President under (Mr.666 Himself) Ron-ald Wil-son Rea-gan and his A## only lasted 1 term as President of the USA.

    Bush Sr. left the Oval Office with Very Low Public Ratings, with all his Prior Military & CIA & VP Presidential "Experience"

    Just think, his Son George W. Bush Jr. has out Done him

    His Son Buh Jr. had only 1 term as Governor (State-Regiona Experience)

    Governors: Bill Clinton & Jimmy Carter had only State -Regional Experience as well, Not National or International "Experience"

    Sorry

    So much for "Experience"


    • Posted By: Galasso @ 07/13/2008 3:42:08 PM

      Did a sailor beat you up or swoop your girlfriend or something? This manure you're spreading looks a lot like it's personal.

  • Posted By: profound37 @ 07/13/2008 1:08:28 PM

    Unless I missed it, they never mentioned that Obama was a Muslim. The article stated many people think he was brought up Muslim. Well he was, please do not belive me research it. His mama's lover was from Kenya and a Muslim, and his other mama's lover was from Indonesia, where he attended an Islamic school. Do any of you know a Christian that has a Muslim name? You want the real truth about his past, do your homework, because I did.

    • Posted By: mahada @ 07/13/2008 1:12:38 PM

      Who cares if he had Muslim influences when he was a child. Muslims teach a great many positive things very similar to Christianity. And, anyway, shouldn't it matter what a man chooses to do when he is an adult more then what he was exposed to when it was out of his control when he was a child?

      • Posted By: bluegirl @ 07/13/2008 1:21:03 PM

        What does anybody at all remenber 9/11. What is happening with us? Are we lossing our minds here?

        • Posted By: raddave @ 07/13/2008 3:41:05 PM

          What does 9/11 have to do with whether Obama is a Christian or not?

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/13/2008 1:16:51 PM

        Islam is a death cult. Nothing more.

        NOBAMA!!!

        • Posted By: raddave @ 07/13/2008 1:47:17 PM

          You are a closed minded, ignorant fool.

    • Posted By: MaryanneAZ @ 07/13/2008 3:22:37 PM

      You seriously skimmed this long article if you did not find the answers to your questions in it. They do offer night courses for the illiterate. I'm not being smart. Seriously, how could you have missed the entire message of the article which clearly spelled out Obama's heritage and personal religious journey. His father was an Atheist, his mother unaffiiliated with formal religion, Obama wandered, read, explored and found Christian faith and salvation through Jesus Christ. This information is available in many other places as well.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 07/13/2008 1:45:12 PM

      As a matter of fact I do know a Christian with a "Muslim" name. Durning the time of the Ottoman Empire, they would often force Christian families to change their family name to an Islamic name. His father and his step-father were not "his mama's lovers," they were her husbands. You try to imply Obama is a bastard. Obama did not go to an Islamic school, he went to a public school and a Catholic school. You should stop doing your "homework" on right-wing smear sites and check out reliable sources.

    • Posted By: lee226 @ 07/13/2008 1:26:10 PM

      I am so sick of people who refuse to accept the truth even when it is proven and shoved in front of their faces. There is a book written by him 20 year ago about his life ..go read it and stop lying for the sake of getting attention.

    • Posted By: skywalker77 @ 07/13/2008 1:17:09 PM

      Newsweek is a typical liberal, self-serving, big business-ally rag who is working overtime like 90% of the media in this country to sell Obama to white America. MSN.com is doing the same thing concerning illegal immigration. Middle class America pays the bills for big businesses illegal alien workforce while they reap all of the benefits... Then they declare themselves a "global entity" in an attempt to get out of paying taxes in America.

  • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 07/12/2008 4:51:58 PM

    Obama believes in Americans Suck First with other Liberals. That the discrimiantion campaign against Americans who are achievers, law enforcement professionals, Christians, gun owners, and Military Experts is completely justified in every case!
    And as a eliberal he is totally above these scummy people in evey case! They are why Americans Suck First! All liberals agree!

    • Posted By: bdhotwheel @ 07/13/2008 3:40:23 PM

      And as a eliberal he is totally above these scummy people in evey case! They are why Americans Suck First! All liberals agree!


      We should stick the liberals in Iraq and trade places with the Iraqi or Iranian people and then come back and say something about your liberal order. You are the reason why this country has changed for the worst with your worldly compromising ways and nothing buy interpreting laws to make them convenient to your lifestyle. When it comes to war, you are a bunch of p'uss'ies.

  • Posted By: StoptheHate @ 07/13/2008 1:32:01 PM

    Islam is no more a death cult than your purported Christianity (though how anyone considering themselves Christian could have such a lack of humility and love for all gods children is beyond me and an affront to God whom you apparently have professed your faith) , might I remind you that the Islamic holy text contains within it both the Old Testament and the New Testament therefore any attack on Islam is also an attack on Judaism and Christianity. Therefore HolyRoller, take your lack of religious understanding and crawl back under the rock from which you came. Furthermore, your lack of respect for religion is abhorrent might I remind you that in the United States we have constitutionally guaranteed and protected freedom of religion. If you wanted to be a crusader, unfortunately you were born a few hundred years too late. HolyRoller your ignorance and utter lack of tolerance, compassion and ineptness at understanding that though others may be different from you THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE! ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE EQUAL VALUE AND YOUR PERPETUATION OF OUTRIGHT IGNORANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Alas HolyRoller you are no Christian as your statement is contrary to EVERY teaching attributed to Jesus. HolyRoller your time is coming and no one will be sorry to see individuals with your views marginalized to the point of utter unimportance. I see long days and nights of screaming statements to yourself as others continually and increasingly ostracizing individuals with views equivalent to yours. Enjoy your unimportance which you have created for yourself.

    • Posted By: GreatDane @ 07/13/2008 3:38:05 PM

      Islamic holy text does not contain within it the Old Testament and New Testament. Islamic holy text has as one of its specific purposes to remove authority from both Old Testaement and New Testament texts.

    • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/13/2008 1:37:41 PM

      So I got your burqa in a wad, huh. Islam is the only major religion, in history, to have no redeeming qualities. Mohammed was a pedophile. Allah is based on a moon goddess. Ishmael was cast from the camp. Issac is the chosen one of God. Islam embraces death and rewards violence. Women are property. All things non-Islamic are reviled. Islam destroyed one of the most advanced cultures, in history. The entire religion is a lie.

      NOBAMA!!!

      • Posted By: Nor-Cal for Obama @ 07/13/2008 2:16:28 PM

        HollyRoller, with responses like this, I can tell now that you simply are uneducated to your core due to the fact that you are so offensive, you likely were removed from what ever education facility you did get a chance to visit.. (for a day). As an agnostic, i see clearly what StoptheHate is saying. Perhaps you should take your hate cap off for a sec, and take a look at the core message. You know, it does not have to be you vs them all the time.

        • Posted By: RO in Reno @ 07/13/2008 2:49:22 PM

          Actually Islam is based on the teachings of Christ, Mohamad was a follower of Christ and wrote the Koran based on christianity some 900 years after Christ.

          There are significant similarities between the Bible the Koran and the Torah, among them the 10 commandments which is found in all three books,
          One of which is "thou shalt not bear false witness" A commandment I see broken every time some of these so called ""Christians" open their mouths.

          • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/13/2008 3:18:33 PM

            Islam is a perversion of Judaism.

            NOBAMA!!!

            • Posted By: raddave @ 07/13/2008 3:36:46 PM

              You are a perversion of a Christian

      • Posted By: raddave @ 07/13/2008 2:40:40 PM

        Allah was not based on a moon goddess. Allah was based on the God of Abraham. Muslims believe that Ishmael was chosen by God and not Issac. Islam doesn't embrace death and violence any more than Christianity or Judaism. Islam does not relive all things not Islamic, the consider Christians and Jews to be "People of the Book" Yes, some people have bastardized Islam to promote hate and violence, just like some so-called "Christians" and "Jews" have done.

        • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/13/2008 3:04:42 PM

          Was Allah The Moon God of Ancient Arab Pagan?
          By Syed Kamran Mirza
          Historical evidences, impartial logic, well versed references and all available circumstantial judgments can very well prove that???(a) Allah name of deity was pre-existed much before the arrival of Islam, (b) Pre-Islamic Pagan peoples worshipped Allah as their supreme deity (moon-god). Allah???s name existed in pre-Islamic Arab. In ancient Arab the Allah was considered to be the supreme God/deity (as Moon-God) and Arab Pagans worshipped Allah before Islam arrived.

          SO THERE....and there are dozens and dozens of other evidence. Try google for a change.

          NOBAMA!!!

          • Posted By: raddave @ 07/13/2008 3:32:32 PM

            Allah is the Arabic word for God. Arab Christians use the word Allah as well. It would be like saying the Chritian God is based on one of the Roman gods because they use the same word for the name.

  • Posted By: GreatDane @ 07/13/2008 3:30:47 PM

    As usual, the article's headline advertises content that never occurs. The article describes relationships and talks about what other people do; it talks about what Obama has done. It never specifies what he believes about anything. And the line that says, "...the cross under which he eventually went to Jesus".....is a hoot! Even if you know almost nothing about Christianity, you know that, for sure, you don't get to "choose the cross under which" you do anything! There is only one cross. One Jesus. I Corinthians 1.

    I didn't care if Mitt Romney worshipped purple rocks, and I don't care if BO worships his pastor. I do care that public figures (1) lie about their religious identity (as both of this men obviously do) and in so doing, (2) demonstrate that they feel absolutely compelled to be perceived of as Christians. Why don't they go pick on something else? Why can't they pursue a course of trying to persuade people that they are Muslims or Buddhists? Believe me, neither of them is Christian. On a personal level, that truly is fine with me. We DO have freedom of religion. It is not fine with me that they keep lying and manipulating and that any of us who point out that they are lying and manipulating are presumed to be hateful. Pathetic. Just pathetic.

    • Posted By: eternity875 @ 07/13/2008 3:36:52 PM

      Great post, Great Dane...very well said.

  • Posted By: Be the difference @ 07/13/2008 3:31:10 PM

    Obama is not only running for President, but he's running from Christ too and now is trying to use Jesus Christ to be the King of all Kings...

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/13/2008 3:29:56 PM

    John Mccain: Whore Monger, War Hero Fraud & SEnile Old Fool !!

    Make it law, that the Legal ages to run for President of the USA, be

    This Week, Mccain said during his Townhall Meetings, that he remembered the names of the Pittsburg Steelers Team, when he wrote in his book and the TV Movie, in fact it was the Green Bay Packers.

    The Man is either the Biggest LIAR or he's SEMI-SENILE !!!

    A Constant Philanderer: Left his 1st Wife for his now Rich Wife.

    Integrity: War Heroe ?? You must save Lives, During a War, in order to be Branded or Awarded Heroes Status, McCain does not fit that Mold at all.

    Fact: McCain gave up Classified Information. John Mccain Graduated Last in his Class at the Naval Academy. John McCain Crashed (6 Planes) John Mccain is a Poor Calculating Political Oppourtunist.

    George W. Bush Never Served in Battle, he in fact Dodged Viet Nam via Affluence of his Father and Served in the National Gaurd, Draft Dodger as well as D!ck Cheney.. Bush nor Cheney have any Combat or Heroic Records and you Lame Brains Voted their A## 's as President & Vice President.... TWICE !!!!


    Bill Clinton has no Military Record at all and you Voted his A## President ...TWICE !!

    Thats with all of Clinton's Philandering History, which was Well Documented Before, During & After his Presidency.

    Goerge W. Bush Sr. had the CIA Experience, the 2 Terms as Vice President under (Mr.666 Himself) Ron-ald Wil-son Rea-gan and his A## only lasted 1 term as President of the USA.

    Bush Sr. left the Oval Office with Very Low Public Ratings, with all his Prior Military & CIA & VP Presidential "Experience"

    Just think, his Son George W. Bush Jr. has out Done him

    His Son Buh Jr. had only 1 term as Governor (State-Regiona Experience)

    Governors: Bill Clinton & Jimmy Carter had only State -Regional Experience as well, Not National or International "Experience"

    Sorry

    So much for "Experience"

  • Posted By: YESHUAZ GIRL @ 07/13/2008 3:29:16 PM

    PRESIDENTS DONT MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER. WHO SAID THEY DID?
    YOU CHOOSE THE THINGS YOU CHOSE IN LIFE. WHO SAID YOU WERE PUT HERE TO HAVE THIS AWESOME LIFE ANYWAY.YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL YOU HAVE A LIFE (BREATHE EACH MORNING.)I GUESS YOU THANK YOURSELF FOR THAT TOO, OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO THANK THE PRESIDENT.
    TRUST IN GOD AND HE WILL ALLOW YOUR LIFE TO HAVE PEACE WITHIN.
    BY ALL MEANS IT IS CRUCIAL ABOUT THE BELIEFS OF A PERSON RUNNING OUR COUNTRY. ARE YOU KIDDING. WELL MAYBE YOU WOULD PREFER HITLER OR MANSON TO RUN YOUR COUNTRY OR DOESNT IT MATTER WHAT THEY BELIEVE? DONT KNOW BOUT YOU BUT I PAST DOWN MORALS, MANNERS AND WHATS RIGHT AND JUST TO MY CHILDREN. WOULDNT YOU WANT A PRESIDENT TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO YOUR OFFSPRING. MAYBE YOU WILL PREFER CHAOS RUNNING AMUCK IN THE WHITEHOUSE AND CONGRESS.
    WHERE HAS THE MORALISTIC BACKBONE OF OUR COUNTRY GONE?
    IT IS GOING TO BE HARD FOR ANY PRESIDENT TO RUN A COUNTRY OF PEOPLE WHO ACT LIKE THIS COUNTRY DO.
    YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE AND NO BELIEFS OR THEIR BELIEFS AND YOU ARE JUST LIKE THOSE YOU TALK ABOUT....TSK TSK.
    GOD PLEASE COME AND HELP THIS PEOPLE..OH HAVE MERCY
    NO ONE EVER SAID OUR LIVES WOULD BE

  • Posted By: davlawjr @ 07/13/2008 3:29:12 PM

    Is a mans religion really that important, especially when we in this country do mightitly profess to "Freedom of Religion" I believe that what ever your spirituality is it should be your own choice as long as it harbors no harm to others and your country or nationality. We in this country deplore Muslims and Islamists simply because we have been brainwashed to believe that they are out to destroy this country. Well I hate to point it out but, all Muslims donot adhere to the tenents or act out in the doctrines of the Islamic Religion, however, neither do all people who say or believe that they are Christians. Who are we to judge what is in a man/womans heart. We are always trying to insure that others adhere to human rights, however, are we too hypicrital that we just pretent that we are carrying them out or do we really believe in them. On the other hand do we just believe in them when the majority says that this one is OK , and that one is not., We developed this fear of Islamics and Muslims do to sterotypes handed down from generation to generation so safisfy our need to feel secure. Isn't about time we used some intelligence and see things for exactly what they are. Do we need change, you bet we do, Roosevelt ran on a platform of change, few believed that he could accomplich it with the entrenched powers in congress, but, he brought it about. Did he say what changes he would make before he was elected. Why the different standanr or belief now. Change has always been difficlt to accept, and those who have prospered the most from the old ways are most reluctant to change.
    Larry Davis

  • Posted By: dumpthedems @ 07/13/2008 12:30:48 PM

    If it weren't for heroes like John McCain we would all still be loyal Brittish subjects, and you leftwingnuts would be sipping tea instead of kool-aid. Vote for a proven leader. McCain 08.

    • Posted By: MaryanneAZ @ 07/13/2008 3:29:05 PM

      John McCain was not a hero. He was a hostage. Big difference. And he's a has been at this point politically. He's a mess. Obama '08

    • Posted By: lee226 @ 07/13/2008 1:35:40 PM

      you mean the guy that was 894 out of a class of 899 in his naval academy graduation?
      McCain has no loyalty, not to the party, not to his first wife, not the people.He is just trying to proove he can be elected but as far as being president...vote for him if you like more taxes cuts for rich people, over 200k, someone who refused to vote for the new GI bill, been in congress 26 years and did spit for the energy crisis and someone who's econmic adviser caused this foreclosure crisis by pushing and voting for deregulation of banks.
      We need education people and an exam before we give the masses of idiots ou there the right to vote.
      This are the same people who elected Bush !!!!

  • Posted By: Kwami @ 07/13/2008 3:23:40 PM

    I don't care about Obama's religious beliefs. I do care that for many years his pastor and mentor was someone who can only be described as a racist nut, that Obama stuck by that person until it became politically expedient to disown him, and that Obama tried to explain his years of devotion to that person by saying he didn't hear every single sermon. That tells me all I need to know about Obama in the area of religious beliefs.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/13/2008 3:21:48 PM

    Brand new website............. http://formerobamasupporters.com .........................................

    Very first video, is Hussein advocating sex ed, FOR KINDERGARTEN. The fool is a, uh, well ....FOOL.

    NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: mark phillips @ 07/13/2008 3:21:44 PM

    Obama is no more a Christian than Hitler. There is no way to get to heaven except through Jesus Christ. If his mom never knew Jesus as her savior she is suffering in Hell. Obama wants everyone to think he is a Christian just so he can be President. If Obama becomes President; welcome to Jimmy Carters second term. We will see taxes go up, didn't work in the 70's. Every thing Jimmy did Barrack will do, Welcome back the misery index! Black unemployment after Jimmy, 21%, after Barack at least 20%. Abortion after all but the head is born, go ahead and vote for "christian" Obama. Barack in 2008 means Newt, or some conservative, in 2012!

  • Posted By: dumpthedems @ 07/13/2008 3:20:13 PM

    Omaar, You really need to chill. I'll just tell you what makes McCain a war hero. It's the same fact that makes anyone who puts his country before him/herself. So people like you can speak your mind no matter how stupid your words are. Maybe if you had spent over 5 years in the Hanoi Hilton you might understand but I doubt it. Now roll yourself another one, fire it up and give us a break.

  • Posted By: gods worrior @ 07/13/2008 2:06:56 PM

    why if he is a christian should he worry about what people think. if you give your life to god, jesus christ and the holy ghost and you believe this these are the only ones you should care about. quit trying to be politicaly correct

    • Posted By: O Man @ 07/13/2008 3:15:45 PM

      Did you mean "gods warrior", or "gods worrier" ?:O)

  • Posted By: stoniern @ 07/13/2008 3:14:25 PM

    although i can not bring myself to read this new age mumbo jumbo about obama discovery of his inner self and his searc for God, i feel i must comment that not once have i read that he has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus, God's only son , who died on the cross for our transgressions, was raised from the dead, and reigns in heaven at the right hand of God, IS the only way to obtain everlasting life, and is the corner stone of any church that proclaims Christianity. when mr. obama confesses Jesus as his Lord and personel Savior, write another column. phyllis potts mississippi

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/13/2008 2:06:57 PM

    Is Hussein Obama a "Messiah". His followers seem to think so................This is bigger than Kennedy. . . . This is the New Testament." | "I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often. No, seriously. It's a dramatic event."
    -- Chris Matthews

    "[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time."
    -- Toni Morrison

    "Obama's finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They don't even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh . . . Obama is, at his best, able to call us back to our highest selves."
    -- Ezra Klein

    "Obama has the capacity to summon heroic forces from the spiritual depths of ordinary citizens and to unleash therefrom a symphonic chorus of unique creative acts whose common purpose is to tame the soul and alleviate the great challenges facing mankind."
    -- Gerald Campbell

    "We're here to evolve to a higher plane . . . he is an evolved leader . . . [he] has an ear for eloquence and a Tongue dipped in the Unvarnished Truth."
    -- Oprah Winfrey

    ???I would characterize the Senate race as being a race where Obama was, let???s say, blessed and highly favored. That???s not routine. There???s something else going on. I think that Obama, his election to the Senate, was divinely ordered. . . . I know that that was God???s plan."
    -- Bill Rush

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: mishkamouse1963 @ 07/13/2008 2:35:14 PM

      The bible talks about a man that the world will look at as a GOD. Everyone will yell peace and then the end will come.

      • Posted By: O Man @ 07/13/2008 3:14:14 PM

        Jesus says the end will come only after the Gospel of the Kingdom of God (as He preached it) is preached in all nations.
        Unfortunately, His version of the Gospel is not what is being preached in most churches today.
        Christianity is a Liberation Theology no matter what the color of your skin.
        It is intended to free "whomsoever will" from the slavery of sin, and make the world a better place in this present day.
        I sincerely encourage anyone who reads this to study the teachings of Jesus for yourself.
        That way you won't have to take anyone else's word for it.
        Education is a wonderful defense against ignorance and bigotry !

  • Posted By: Committed Christian @ 07/13/2008 3:08:13 PM

    Several things about Senator Obama's story on his faith disturbed me and spoke to the character flawsi see inherent in him which make him unfitfor the presidency. He spoke of how after the kids came along the didn't go to church that often because it was just to hard with little kids. in my church we have atleast3 families with 6 kids and they are in church every Sunday with their parents. Yes kids misbehave, but itis a learning process and to not have them with you or touse thatasan excuseto not attend shows a man whoisn't committedtohis families relegious education.A true Christian husband does the right thing even if it inconviences him. While his decision not to have his kids attend the Sunday school says he probably isn't committed about his faith as he says. His friendshipand dinners with his radical Pastor leaves me wondering what his true beliefs are. Too many refrences to islam andi t's traditions. It seems like he wants to be Islamic and Christian. I will not elect a man who is so confused aboutlifes basic questions.

    • Posted By: eternity875 @ 07/13/2008 3:11:33 PM

      Well said, committed. I agree with your post.

  • Posted By: ruha @ 07/13/2008 3:10:26 PM

    organised religins are a tranmissble,transportable,lethal infectious diseases,which cause man to kill maim and be proud of and wait for their. promised prizes in paradise or heavens.believers believe in after life yet no body lines up to go there and meet their creator in a hurry, every believer likes to live the lifes of heathens ,pagans and kafirs,why?

  • Posted By: Nins @ 07/12/2008 10:59:46 PM

    Know why McCain wants to distance himself from former Senator Phil Gramm? It's not because of Gramm's obnoxious remarks calling Americans "a nation of whiners" who are in "a mental recession." Those remarks were so ascerbic that they may've been made just to give McCain an excuse to distance himself from Gramm. This issue is a lot deeper than it looks on the surface.

    When Gramm was a Senator he was Chairman of the Banking Committee. He pushed through the legislation known as the "Enron Loophole." This loophole allowed US investment banks to bypass Federal regulations governing futures trading, and is the reason why investment banks were able to falsely inflate the prices of oil, wheat, corn and other commodities through massive futures trading, causing your costs of gas, heating oil and food to go through the roof.

    Gramm also created the Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, which got rid of the laws that seperate banking, insurance and brokerage activities in America. The Gramm Act was touted as a new way to protect consumer privacy, but the real meat on the Act's bones was banking deregulation. Essentially, this Act did away with laws written after the Great Depression to protect us from another Wall Street/Banking Industry collapse. That's right, Gramm stripped the system of it's safe guards nine years ago, and guess what? The value of the dollar has nose-dived, four major economic institutions have failed, Wall Street is unstable, and we are in a worsening recession.

    Notably, the US investment banks that gained the most from the Enron Loophole and from the Gramm Act contributed more than a million dollars to Gramm's campaign.

    Currently Gramm is Vice Chairman of UBS, the Swiss Bank that came up with the idea of "death bonds." Worse, though, UBS is involved in a scam where they sold auction rate securities to American customers. Auction rate securities are supposed to be as safe as cash, but the way UBS did it, the fees garnished by their in-house investment bankers were intentionally higher than the return on the securities, ripping off their American customers. The Massachusetts Attorney General has already filed charges against UBS, and private brokers world-wide have dropped UBS stock. UBS is forecasted to lose 82.91% of it's value in 2008. We are talking about the corporate bank where Gramm is Vice Chairman. Looking at his track record there and at the havoc he has wrought on the US economy through the Senate Banking Committee, it's clear that either Gramm is a criminal or grossly incompetent.

    Now McCain wants nothing to do with Gramm, wants us to forget Gramm has been a key player on McCain's team. Gramm was McCain's campaign CO-CHAIR and LEADING ECONOMIC ADVISOR. Previously, McCain had said that he planned to appoint Gramm as SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

    With Gramm as McCain's leading economic advisor, now you know why economists and analysts say that McCain's economic policy plans are untenable.

    • Posted By: TheVigil @ 07/12/2008 11:13:47 PM

      Nins, you gots to stop spamming. You're not necessarily wrong, but it's really obscuring the genuine comments...

      • Posted By: Nins @ 07/12/2008 11:35:57 PM

        Sorry, Vigil, but I don't think that I am spamming. Yes, I post the same blog on several articles over a 1-3 day period. Then I write another blog, and do the same.

        In general, my blogs are carefully researched and well written, containing verifiable facts. Usually I post links to some of my sources, so people can check them for themselves and draw their own conclusions. On this blog about Phil Gramm, there was not enough room to add the links, but whenever anyone asks me for information or to name my sources I am always happy to oblige.

        I am a well informed and responsible blogger. I post blogs about current events, giving my own take on the issues of the day. Being a business woman, I constantly assess lots of economic and regulatory data. I go out of my way to know what is going on. I share this information with other readers, as well as my opinions.

        It is a shame that you and I don't see eye to eye, but I really can't take it seriously when you call my postings "spam." Tonight, Holy Roller is on a roll with his "messiah" trip, posting his blog over and over, much more frequently than I have posted mine. Are you telling him that he is spamming? I thought not.

        • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 07/13/2008 12:27:58 AM

          Not only are you spamming, but you are spamming nonsense over and over again, attached to stories that have nothing whatsoever to do with your preachy rant.

          Regarding Holyroller, at least he has the good sense to not repeat himself endlessly, and his posts are far more concise than your endless drivel.

          Lastly, I don't believe for one second that you are a business woman or a Republican. All of your endless rants are from an extreme left-wing tilt, and are curiously similar in tone to what one would see on moveon.org or the Huffington Post. Doesn't sound like any Republican I ever hear of, ever. And in earlier posts you have claimed to be a physician. Well, which is it, or are you now claiming to be both?

          • Posted By: RO in Reno @ 07/13/2008 3:08:54 PM

            Hang in there nins one thing these posts need is intelligent posters, something that is clearly in short supply

          • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/13/2008 2:34:48 AM

            Nins has informed us regular bloggers (that go back to the primaries with Obama against Hillary) that she is a doctor and owns 2 businesses. I have no reason to doubt her. But then, I do understand your curiosity cuz Obama has hired professional bloggers to respond to post and respond to posts on all of the top news reporting site. If she is a doctor or business owner of 2 businesses really shouldnt be our focus. Our focus should be on what she says in response to our replies. But if question fall within the medical arena or business arena which she has offered freely to us bloggers to digest, it would seem fair to factor in her background given she offered it to us in her blogs.

            • Posted By: Galasso @ 07/13/2008 9:00:25 AM

              I don't think Nins is a Doctor. The medical people I know don't have this much free time on their hands to write this nonsense - and they certainly aren't supporting the insanity of socialized medicine.

        • Posted By: TheVigil @ 07/13/2008 12:28:23 PM

          Generally I do see eye to eye with you. I think you're generally one of the more educated posters who comes to these threads...it's just that the Phil Gramm thing is starting to wear. It obscures the more ontopic discussions - I for one am fairly well aware generally that McCain's economic bonafides are suspect already, and I have every faith that the big-money deregulation is going to escalate if McCain gets elected and turn things into even more of a sharkpool than they already are.

          But, hey, I've decided not to feed the trolls on here anymore (you are not included under "trolls", so please don't be offended), so I really won't be posting on the comments sections except for extremely infrequently. So knock yourself out, I guess.

        • Posted By: Galasso @ 07/13/2008 7:39:53 AM

          Not sure if it qualifies as spamming - but you have taken every opportunity to post rather lenghty responses that have absolutely nothing to do with the Newsweek article being discussed.

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