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The Story Of His Life

No adviser is closer to John McCain than Mark Salter, whose prose has shaped how we see the senator. How will the climactic chapter read?

By Howard Fineman | NEWSWEEK
Published Jul 19, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Jul 28, 2008

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  • Posted By: Driver of wagons @ 08/08/2008 9:45:17 PM

    Comment:

    This is interesting: A good government group is set to ask the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into the two big McCain stories of recent days -- the bundled contributions from Hess executives, and the bundling by Harry Sargeant, the guy who raised cash for McCain from a host of unlikely donors.

    The request, which will be made on Monday by Campaign Money Watch, which first flagged the Hess story to us, raises at least the possibility that such a probe could be initiated during the campaign. Barring that, it could keep the stories going in the press a bit.

    David Donnelly of Campaign Money Watch confirms to me that they'll make the formal request on Monday, and also is request for a Federal probe in an email that just went out to supporters. Donnelly says that his group's request is being triggered by McCain's letter to the donors whose contributions had been bundled by Sargeant.

    Donnelly said that the letter, which advised the donors of the legal ins-and-outs of such contributions, didn't go far enough in trying to determine what had happened.

    "What he didn't say was, 'Tell us who was responsible for giving you money to give to me, and we'll urge the authorities to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law," " Donnelly said. "The letter raises the question, 'Is the McCain campaign covering for his bundlers?"
    Asked why Sargeant, whose company holds a huge contract to deliver fuel to military bases in Iraq, merited an investigation, Donnelly said: "An executive from a company that has a billion dollar contract to deliver oil to U.S. bases in Iraq possibly violated election law to funnel contributions to McCain. We think that warrants an investigation."

    And on the Hess matter, Donnelly said: "An office manager for an oil company that stands to gain millions in profits from offshore drilling makes donations for the first time this cycle to McCain, and did it at the same time nine other Hess donors do. That's worth an investigation."

    "Drill here drill there drill everywhere" McCain said:

    Extend your oil boring PAIN with your vote for McCain


  • Posted By: Davole @ 08/01/2008 12:04:19 PM

    Comment: Obama ???Biggest Celebrity in the World,??? but ...
    New McCain television ad questions whether Obama is ready to lead

    Tribune???s Washington Bureau - The Swamp Jul. 30. 2008
    by Jill Zuckman

    Sen. John McCain's campaign is offering voters a new way of looking at the Democratic nominee, calling Sen. Barack Obama "the biggest celebrity in the world" in a television ad being released later today on national cable networks and local television markets in key states.

    The ad pivots quickly, however, from its not-so-complimentary compliment to question what policies Obama has to offer and whether he is prepared to be commander-in-chief.

    "But, is he ready to lead?

    With gas prices soaring, Barack Obama says no to offshore drilling.
    And, says he'll raise taxes on electricity.
    Higher taxes, more foreign oil, that's the real Obama."

    As Obama seems to be preparing to become president following his whirlwind trip to the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign is stepping up its criticisms with an aggressive new communications strategy.

    McCain, himself, has suggested that Obama would prefer to lose the Iraq war in order to win the election.

    He has run a television ad blaming Obama for high gas prices, and has criticized him for skipping a meeting with injured U.S. troops in Germany because he couldn't bring television cameras along. All are charges that the Obama campaign vehemently disputes and are disputable.

    But McCain advisers say that Obama's hyper-charged celebrity is one thing not open for debate, noting that no one else could just show up in Berlin to find 200,000 Germans screaming his name.

    "There are some things about this race that cannot be changed. The fact that Barack Obama is the biggest celebrity in the world is a fundamental truth in the eyes of most Americans and people around the world," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. "We cannot argue against what is true. What we can make a case for is that despite his enormous celebrity status, his policies and his positions are not what the American people want in a president because he's inexperienced and his policies underscore a lack of judgment that Americans will not vote for in November."

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/31/2008 8:07:58 AM

    Comment: Davole- Thank you for featuring me once again in your posts. To what do I owe this attention to? Certainly not my intelligence because according to you, I haven't any. Here is a suggestion- chill. If you don't, I am just going to ignore you.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 07/31/2008 10:40:28 AM

      Comment: Pia1981 -

      Actually, I generally direct replies to you, as opposed to featuring you by a topic comment or post.
      There is a difference, which you tend to ignore.

      In response to your question regarding to what do you owe that attention - it's simple - I like you - you're spunky!

      And it looks as though I am disagreeing with you yet again - when and where have I ever stated that I do not believe that you have any intelligence? Previously you also alluded to your belief that I had actually said that you were being bad. Neither of those perceptions of yours are true.I believe that blatant misrepresentations of that kind merit correction. And that is a prime example of why I have suggested to you that you pay attention to detail, and avoid taking offense when no offense is given nor intended.

      Pia1981, I noticed that Skypoint, in a previous address to you about a week ago, had asked in French what is the significance of the "1981" in your screen name, and you provided an explanation.

      Hopefully you will manage to effectively "get past" that unfortunate debilitating event and reaction.
      And I do mean that sincerely, without any intention or attempt to offend.

      Ciao for now!

  • Posted By: Davole @ 07/30/2008 10:09:50 PM

    Comment: Democratic Party maybe presumes too much - about women
    Robin Lakoff San Francisco Chronicle - Open Forum
    Tuesday, July 29, 2008

    It may seem as though the Democratic Party can give a sigh of relief: Women have returned to the fold, and will support Barack Obama for president - and presumably his party - after all. But not so fast.
    While I and many other women in my demographic (older, professional, liberal) are likely to vote for Obama in November, our feelings about his party (and ours) are not so clear. We remember the perpetual misogyny and sexism of the media during the primary campaign - misogyny aimed less at Hillary Rodham Clinton herself than at "uppity women" (like ourselves) in general. And many of us feel that the Democratic Party is even more to blame than the media.

    Let me mention a couple of reasons why I am thinking this way:

    First, of course, is the failure of the party leaders to comment on the sexism rampant in the media, especially the liberal media, for months on end.

    Second - and this factor bothers me, and no doubt others, perhaps the most: Why did the superdelegates move in such numbers to support Obama? Why did this occur, especially after Clinton victories? For example, I am thinking here of Robert Byrd. After Clinton's impressive victory in West Virginia, the senator and elder statesman representing that state came out in support of Obama. Because the superdelegates were created to ensure that the Democratic candidate be a centrist, why did so many superdelegates - including liberals and many women - support Obama? Two arguments were made: They wished to follow the will of the people in their district; and they believed that Obama was more electable. But as the Byrd case shows, the first claim was often false; and no one has any idea which of the two, Clinton or Obama, would be more electable in November. It seemed to me that the term was more often used as a kind of excuse, "I'm voting for Obama, but I can't really tell you why," than a reasoned argument.

  • Posted By: Davole @ 07/30/2008 10:08:02 PM

    Comment: Continued - Democratic Party maybe presumes too much - about women

    So many women feel that the election was somehow stolen, and by their own party, to boot. They thus feel much the way many Democrats feel about the 2000 election: bitter. When one side feels that they lost an election fairly, any bitterness recedes early on (think of the 2004 election, by comparison). But when the adjective "stolen" leaps to mind, bitterness is apt to prevail, vanquishing any desire for reconciliation and cooperation. That is what many former Clinton supporters are feeling now.

    We are disgusted with the party we have long trusted to represent our interests. We are disgusted with ourselves for being snookered - again. We assess the party leaders' rejection of Clinton as a cynical strategy. If Clinton had ended up as the candidate, the Democrats stood to lose the votes of many African Americans, who then might not vote at all. But if they made Obama the candidate? Well, then (the reasoning seems to have gone), the women always vote, and they will come around. Women always come around, no matter how badly they're mistreated.

    I am reminded of a particularly chilling passage in Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita." Humbert Humbert, after raping the 12-year-old, is pondering why she has come back to his bed. "You see," Humbert tells the reader, "she had absolutely nowhere else to go."

    That's just how I feel. And they want my enthusiastic support? The Democratic Party can fend for itself.

    Robin Lakoff is a professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. She is the author of "The Language War," "Talking Power" and "Language and Woman's Place."

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 8:40:29 AM

    Comment: Someone, anyone, please explain to me how any blogger who is supposedly undecided, yet spends a considerable amount of time 'researching' what they say is factual based info to smear only one candidate, can somehow support that candidate at a later date? I don't understand it.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 08/01/2008 11:54:31 AM

      Comment: Pia1981 -

      Maybe you have convinced them with the logic of your arguments. (LOTFL).

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 8:18:30 AM

    Comment: Good morning.

    To those of you who repeatedly post Obama's 57 state joke which you insist was a 'gaffe', you are ridiculous desperate and lame. The man is a Harvard graduate, an attorney, a senator, and most importantly, Obama is the nominee for the Democratic party for the presidential election of 2008. If you think he believes there are 57 states in our country, then you are a joke.

  • Posted By: Davole @ 07/30/2008 3:13:54 AM

    Comment: Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
    Monday, July 28, 2008

    The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that Barack Obama???s Berlin bounce is fading.

    Obama now attracts 45% of the vote while John McCain earns 42%. When "leaners" are included, it???s Obama 48% and McCain 45%. Both Obama and McCain are viewed favorably by 56% of voters. Tracking Polls are released at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time each day.

    Tracking results are based upon nightly telephone interviews with 1,000 Likely Voters and reported on a three-day rolling average basis.

    Following his speech in Berlin, Obama enjoyed two very strong nights of polling on Thursday and Friday. His lead grew to six-points for results released on Saturday (see recent daily results).

    However, polling on Saturday and Sunday showed the candidates much closer with single-day results similar to polling from before the Berlin speech.

    Obama earns the vote from 77% of Democrats, McCain is supported by 82% of Republicans. Unaffiliated voters are evenly divided.

  • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 12:31:43 AM

    Comment: Pia Z... Meet me here when you can!!

    BTW, the other site's almost dead, (IMO) ma c'è un post o due dove avevamo interrotto.

    Bonne nuit, doux Pia Z -- Sky

    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 7:47:07 AM

      Comment: Bonjour, Sky. Comment vas tu?

      I did get this link last night but I wasn't able to get into the site.

      Yes, I agree, the other site is dead. I will go read those posts now, thanks.

      Doux bisous ...

      • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 9:15:31 AM

        Comment: Bonjour, Pia Z!

        Yep, I couldn't get in later last night either. Thank you for your comment at the other board. I felt badly that he was offended. You were dead-on, though.... I didn't intend for that in any way. I left a post for him. I hope you will read it.

        Merci de votre doux baisers! Right back atcha!

        • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 9:24:34 AM

          Comment: Hiya Sky!

          You're welcome regarding D. I did read your post to him a few minutes ago. You explained yourself perfectly! I neglected to include my posts to you overcrowding the article. Thanks for doing that.

          So, Cielo, as you asked Cloud the other day, what's shakin? Not working too hard I hope.

          PS I checked out the Republica song. Very cool! It's clean and it's good dancing music. Whatever happened to her? The singer is Saffron, correct?

          PPS I like that you 'sign' your name at the bottom of your posts. I'm impressed.

          • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 10:10:07 AM

            Comment: Hey there... Headed out for a heavy day work-wise here in big D.

            Glad you liked Republica, they're one of my favorites. After they broke up, Saffron spent a few years singing and skating in the Starlight Express play in London, and now fronts a new band somewhere in Euro. I don't think they've come out with anything new yet. Great talent and beautiful voice though.

            Try not to be too hard on us conservs with the 57 thing... we gotta have a little fun with you all, don't we? ; )

            I'll be out all day and nowhere near a PC. Maybe not a bad thing? Catch you later on tonight.

            Thanks again for your kind words this a.m. Significa piu di che conosci.

            -Ciel Azzurro

            • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 10:36:35 AM

              Comment: Sky, I'm sorry you have a heavy work day ahead of you. I had mine yesterday. Not today though. Who will I post with if you're not here? Darn. Io ti manchero. Really.

              I do like Republica and will play more of the band when I get home this evening. Thanks for reminding me about them.

              About the 57 post above, I did not blame the Reps. I'm sorry, I should have been specific. The bloggers doing it are the Hillary supporters who blame Obama for Hillary's loss. I think you and I know who they are.
              Oh, I saw your reply to me about the 57 on the Sober Mood. Sky, I hope you don't think I was upset with you. I was not and am not. I only wanted to post a comment of political interest so no one can accuse me of using the site for social purposes only. I have told you before you are the most balanced poster here. You keep to the middle.

              No PC today for you is a bad thing... per la piccola blogger! Have a good day, stay cool, it will get hot today I'm sure.

              You're welcome regarding my post to D.

              • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 8:55:59 PM

                Comment: Hi Pia Z! Io sono seduto qui a guardare la più bella estate pioggia! Ho avuto una buona giornata, e tu?

                Io ti manchero ? You are so funny! I got your post about the Heinz 57 thing! I know what you were doing! Hellllo!!! Remember, I'm Mr. Perception here! Ma so, dobbiamo mantenere le apparenze, mio caro! LOL I knew you weren't upset.

                And thank you for the compliment of being balanced... it's those darn Libra scales!

                J'ai manqué le tir la brise avec vous aujourd'hui! J'ai vraiment fait.

                -Cielo, con tanto necessari pioggia!

                • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 9:33:31 PM

                  Comment: Buona sera signore Cielo! I'm glad you finally got the rain, enjoy.... Sounds very refreshing. I love the fresh earth scent after the rain. Later go out and take a whiff...

                  My day was fine, a bit slow though as I am ahead in meeting my deadlines for the end of the month.

                  Si, dobbiamo mantenero le apparenze. Btw, speaking of that, please go to the dead OB article and check out D's posts to us from earlier today. Very interesting. Esp. the one for me.

                  You're welcomed for the compliment. Those scales are not darned, sono perfetti come lei.

                  Your French is impeccable as always and the comments are very 'zucchero.' Ditto for me.

                  Sky, enjoy the rain tonight...... I love the sound of it, very comforting...what else will you be doing besides watching the rain fall?


                  • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 10:06:57 PM

                    Comment: Hi dolce Pia! I just saw your post over at the other site, and I did read the comments. I appreciated his reply. And yes, your's was interesting... Time to move on, si?

                    Glad you're ahead of the game at work. Wish I could say the same! Actually, I'll be caught up by Friday. Another busy day tomorrow though. The rain here has stopped, and I miss the sound already.

                    I'll probably cruise a few of the sites, but the truth be known, I actually have little to say as I have commented on most of it, some a nauseating amount of times. I'll continue to post on new entries that I won't be repeating myself so much with. I've done enough of that, and butting heads with them won't change a thing. In realtà, ho goduto di parlare con te più di ogni altra cosa, e vorrebbe continuare a farlo lontano da qui, se volete. It really isn't the best place for at least some of our posts.

                    Let me know what you think. -ciel

                    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 10:14:17 PM

                      Comment: Dolce- nice. Ditto on the rest.

                      I hope it won't be too warm for you and your workers tomorrow. Did the rain cool the air?

                      I think ditto on everything.

                      • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 10:28:32 PM

                        Comment: Yes, the rain cooled things down big time, and really clears and freshens the air. We haven't had a good down pour like that in a couple of months.

                        Blog wise - The only other place I spend any time at is the Fox Sports boards. I was over there a little while ago defending my Cowboys. Geeezzz, talk about some HATERS! Lol... other fans really come after us, and I go at it with them big time! We have a lot of female CB fans there, and they can get it on with the best of 'em! (just like you!) Actually, we get along pretty well, as deep down, we know it's just a game. Lots of good natured ribbing!

                        I'm trying to figure a way to send you my webmail address.... -c

                        • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 11:04:43 PM

                          Comment: Good the rain cooled things. Two months without rain? Sounds bad.

                          Fox- I used to post there last winter until I came upon newsweek. I have not been there in months.

                          Cowboys- I knew you would be, you're in D. They are good! I like the Giants of course. I even like the Philly Eagles.

                          Last but not least- Julia Reed who writes for Vogue, has some good 'dessert' recipes on this site. You told me your fave after I told you I like tiramisu. Do a search.

                          PS No IM. I never thought getting that. Perhaps I will one of these days.
                          out. Search.

                          • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 11:15:07 PM

                            Comment: I usually don't spend a lot of time there either, only when I see an article on the MSN home page that looks interesting. I liked the G's this year. Gave us a real spankin' in the playoffs. I was really pulling for them in the SB. It's why they won, you know! ; ) I look up Julia Reed...thx

                            out.search?

                            • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 11:25:32 PM

                              Comment: IM... easy install and private. and it is instant! You can admit or lock out whoever.

                              • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 11:36:34 PM

                                Comment: Sky, do you remember you telling me your fave sweet?

                              • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 11:30:08 PM

                                Comment: Okay, I will look into it but I'm a duh when it comes to electronics.

                            • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 11:23:20 PM

                              Comment: Yes, Out. Search. Lol! I have no idea what happened, it just showed up on my post.

                              I checked out JR and her recipe and commented. Don't post your add. there yet. Incontra mi la. My Italian is just awful! My parents would be disappointed if they knew.

                        • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/30/2008 10:35:53 PM

                          Comment: I forgot to ask, do you have IM?

                          • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 11:13:48 PM

                            Comment: Sky, no. Oops, I forgot I already posted that above. Disregard that out Search as well. Don't know what happened there.

  • Posted By: Jack999 @ 07/28/2008 5:08:16 AM

    Comment: Republican Propa Ganda B.S
    On the Surge
    The success of the surge......began before the surge....... In other words is isn't from what John MCain said by the American Troops, before the troops was there the surge already been going on many months much earlier in IraQ. John McCain it seems doesnt know the difference with regards the Sunni and Shiite.

    One of the top commanders in Iraq indicated it was not the surge per se and that it was the political compromises and agreements among the Iraqis. The fact that the "Sunni Awakening" or "Anbar Awakening" switched them from supporting Al Qaeda to fighting them began BEFORE the surge (contrary to McCain's false claims) also backs this up.

    And the big one of course, the Sunnis ended their boycott of the Malaki govt. and have now teamed up with the Shiite in governing. Very little of this was achieved militarily as McCain and Bush would have you believe.

    Just to be clear: Obama visited wounded troops

    I can't stress this point enough: during the portion of his trip that was official Senate business -- the portion in Iraq and Afghanistan and Kuwait -- Barack Obama visited with wounded troops, and he did so without any fanfare.

    Nonetheless, John McCain is criticizing Barack Obama for not seeing wounded troops at Landstuhl, even though during McCain's most recent Europe trip, he didn't visit them either, despite being just a short drive away.

    The funny part is that McCain' trip to Europe was official Senate business, funded by taxpayers. Barack Obama' trip was under political, NOT as Official Senator Visit mean as Government Employee and his trip was funded by the campaign therefore not ALLOWED . Now, I would never suggest in a million years that John McCain whose several decades of service I can deeply honor he doesn't care about the troops. But it's simply remarkable that he sees fit to make such an attack on Barack Obama.

    John McCain is a dedicated impulsive hard-core gambler who enjoys few things more than a 14 hour session at the craps table, he more than capable of SELLING COUNTRY SOULS to recover his personal Loses

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/26/2008 6:06:15 PM

    Comment:
    Below is a link to a video recently released that is VERY entertaining for those who have not seen it yet.

    HE VENTURED FORTH TO BRING LIGHT TO THE WORLD
    The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers. . . .

    VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFvlybQYso



    The Times Online article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece




    • Posted By: Skypoint @ 07/26/2008 8:49:20 PM

      Comment: Sharenews - Five loaves and a couple of frankfurters... and Mt. Sarkozy! Absolutely brilliant, and you're right... very entertaining. Thanks for posting it.

      -Skypoint

  • Posted By: rocketman3.5 @ 07/26/2008 2:01:17 PM

    Comment: this guy is an idiot, i think he works for obama on the sly. mccain's so called campaign is non existant. the people that work for him are mental cripples. what do they do now? bring out the dogs and ponies? over 300 million people in america, and the only thing we can come up with is a big mouth nobody, and a man that doesn't know what day it is. my god the end is near, we deserve the idiot government we have. drooling pigs in suits that run our country, with not enough sense to wipe their butt. and they have their finger on the red button. the only thing that i can think of is revolution. the red coats are coming and they are ours. t jefferson was right , only not just lawyers but all the misbegotten so called leaders of our beleagured unit states of america should be taken out and hung, so that we can try to start over again. come on america , put down that big mac and take your butt to the polls and vote for revolution in a real way, america get off your ass and open your media blurred eyes

  • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 07/24/2008 11:45:55 PM

    Comment: All i can say is, hat's off to poor Mark Salter, who has an uphill battle this season.

    A candidate with early altzheimer's who tools around with Bush Sr. in a golf cart, thinking it a great statement and photo op, and who is possibly an even worse speaker than either of the Bushes... now that's hard to beat!

    Good luck, Mark. I can't wait to see the Obamas in the White House this Winter.

    And McCains should be retired back in Arizona, taking life easy and recouping from the ordeal of political campaigns. My heart goes out to them - they are going to lose and it will be okay for them and for us all.

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 9:55:05 PM

    Comment:

    OBAMA Takes Credit for passing a new bill and referring to the committee that passed it ( Senate Banking Committee) as HIS committee

    OBAMA was not in any part a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (which he called HIS committee) when speaking to people on his Rock Tour. Talk about audacity. He has a record in the Senate for taking credit for other legislators work. This blatantly proves that case:

    Oops, NoBoma:
    http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Information.Membership

    Oops, another NoBama:
    http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Information.Subcommittees

    VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzb61wfyN0

    AUDIO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWNKO982ZEc


    The closest he can claim anything about this new bill passed last week is that it included some provisions that he and 2 other senators in the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007. That is it. Talk about being bombastic. It is amazing the levels he will go and tactics he will use for political expediency.



    • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 07/24/2008 11:47:27 PM

      Comment: And you should know about being "bombastic," that much is for sure.

  • Posted By: dasox1 @ 07/24/2008 1:51:13 PM

    Comment: "McCain has a core of authenticity the other guy lacks." If this is how they intend to go after Obama, McCain will lose badly. Obama's got a compelling personal story too. McCain needs to focus on domestic policy, and stop attacking Obama at every turn. One of McCain's problems is that people think he's too old and angry (lacks the demeanor) to be an effective national leader. McCain's attacks sound angry. For goodness sake, yesterday McCain attacked Obama for decrying the Holocaust with the words "never again."

    • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 07/24/2008 11:50:45 PM

      Comment: Yeah, they already used that line for Bush Sr. and Bush Jr.

      The funny thing is, the true elitists are the GOP candidates - Bushes and McCains. They are also stodgy old farts whose ideas have long since made us all bored.

      I'm so tired of the same old rhetoric from the neoCons,the same old charges of "communism" and "socialism" that paralyse the country from getting anything substantive accomplished with our health care overhaul, the same old ranting against the Europeans, the Iraqis, the Arabs, etc. It's just too tired, old and dried up.

      Just like the GOP. We need some NEW THINKING and that is why the MSM and everybody is so excited about Obama. He's like Reagan or JFK - a fabulous commuincator, an intelligent and articulate leader...

      So get over yourselves, bigots, irnoramouses and other naysayers... Obama is the New President!

  • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 07/24/2008 1:19:21 AM

    Comment: Lets take a quick look at McCain's "qualifications, k ;)

    Believes in 15yrs gone countries still existing
    Thinks Iraq borders Pakistan
    Until three weeks ago did NOT know what a KURD was (has since forgotten)
    Does not know the difference between sunni and shiite (shia)
    had 20hrs of combat "experience" in which time he crashed 5 fighter jets, and then was shot down.
    did 32 propaganda films for the VC
    Lied to Amerixcas POWs about remaining prisoners in VN.
    LIED to POWs when he swore to NEVER use his "status" for political gain.
    Does NOT support US TROOPS or THIER FAMILIES, as shown by his NO VOTE on the NEW GI BILL.

    could go on but even half of what I listed makes my point ;)

    Drillin and Killin 08..McCain/Bush slogan ;)

  • Posted By: bin4 @ 07/23/2008 4:14:14 PM

    Comment: ew she ugly.

  • Posted By: bin4 @ 07/23/2008 4:13:53 PM

    Comment: ew she ugly...

  • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/23/2008 2:53:01 PM

    Comment: YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!!!!!

    Vanity Fair satirizes McCain/New Yorker!!!
    http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/vanity_fair_satirizes_mccainne.html

    The magazine posted a cartoon on its website featuring John McCain holding a walker with one hand and giving the fist bump to a pill-popping (well pill-holding) Cindy McCain. The Constitution burns in the fireplace of the Oval Office while a painting of George W. Bush hangs on the wall.
    -----------------------------------

    The funny thing is, Obama's cover was a depiction of silly rumors. The McCain cover illustrates factual events.

    HILARIOUS!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/23/2008 2:39:05 PM

    Comment: BREAKING NEWS!!!!!

    McCain Gets History Of The Surge Wrong, CBS Doesn't Air Footage!!!!!
    July 22, 2008 11:43 PM
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/mccain-gets-history-of-th_n_114419.html

    During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made a stone cold error on a subject about which he claims expert knowledge: the "surge" strategy in Iraq. In an interview with anchor Katie Couric, the Arizona Republican said, inaccurately, that the surge strategy was responsible for the much-touted "Anbar Awakening," in which Sunni sheiks turned against Al Qaeda, helping in turn to reduce violence in the country.

    Katie Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. And says that there might have been improved security even without the surge. What's your response to that?

    McCain: I don't know how you respond to something that is as-- such a false depiction of what actually happened. Colonel MacFarland was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that's just a matter of history.

    In fact, as Spencer Ackerman and Ilan Goldenberg have reported, the record firmly establishes the opposite: instead of being caused by the surge, the key signs of the Anbar Awakening occurred not only before that strategy was implemented, but before it was ever conceived.

    Yet McCain's error was not seen by any CBS Evening News viewers. As MSNBC's Keith Olbermann noted (video below), "CBS curiously, to say the least, left it on the edit room floor. It aired Katie Couric's question, but in response, it aired part of McCain's answer to the other question instead." (Ironically, this edit came on the same day that McCain's campaign released a video mocking the media's "love affair" with Obama.)

    ----------------------------------

    McCain is a liar and a puppet for the ready-made "Bush and Neo-Con Agenda".

    The GOP could've at least chosen a candidate who's not suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's.

  • Posted By: leighjamesleigh @ 07/23/2008 8:24:11 AM

    Comment: It's a shame that in American politics and in the most important position in U.S. politics, the presidency, that these men cannot just be themselves and speak about who they are, what they believe and what direction they want to take the country in. Every word they say is contrived by a public relations guy. We're all being sold on a product that is shaped and developed by salesmen. Salter and these advisors are all just salesmen and they're selling us a candidate. Iraq and Afghanistan conflict will never end, Iran will be next. Mark my words, within the next 10 years, wealthy and educated Americans will be leaving the country as we continue on a downward spiral.

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/23/2008 2:40:16 AM

    Comment: John McCain's friend: Phil Gramm (Enron/Mortgage crisis)

    But first, Gramm returned to the Senate, where he was lobbied intensely by one of his major campaign contributors, Enron. Enron enjoyed easy access to Gramm's office; the senator's wife served on Enron's board of directors and Ken Lay was his 1992 campaign co-chair. Gramm rewarded his financial angels in 2000, slipping the "Commodity Futures Modernization Act" into a omnibus spending bill just as Congress headed off for summer vacation. His amendment instantly enabled the creation of a shadow banking system -- "weapons of financial destruction" in the words of Warren Buffet -- that directly contributed to the current mortgage foreclosure crisis. Millions of Americans have suffered as a result of Gramm's machinations.
    While the destruction Gramm has caused is felt across the country, little is known about the seedy business schemes that preceded his political career. Before Gramm joined the Christian Coalition's Ralph Reed to call for the defunding of the NEA, before he attacked an opponent for taking money from a gay rights group, and before he was interviewed by the white supremacist Southern Partisan magazine, Gramm was an avidly active investor in soft-core pornography movies.

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/23/2008 2:35:48 AM

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

    This is not the character of a leader. We've just had 8 years of the most disastrous U.S. presidency in our history. We can not afford 4 more years of the same with John McCain. He does not have America's interest at heart. He's interested in making his corporate buddies very rich.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 07/23/2008 9:25:18 AM

      Comment: mj it -

      Those accusations have been made several times over the past 2 years.

      If one of the mainstream commentators takes the time to pose that topic to John McCain, then I believe that we all would know the true, and not rumoured innuendo, answer to those questions.

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/22/2008 11:27:02 PM

    Comment: Huffington Post
    Obama Shuns Foreign Press
    Posted July 17, 2008 | 04:59 PM (EST)
    By Jacob Heilbrunn


    SEN. BARACK OBAMA HAS MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT OUTREACH TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. He is right. Americas reputation abroad is not in trouble; it is in tatters. But, as I am hearing from foreign correspondents, HE IS NOT PRACTICING WHAT HE PREACHES. Rather, Obama has apparently given NO INTERVIEWS TO FOREIGN REPORTERS. Furthermore, he is not taking anyone from the European press along his journey, which begins tomorrow. Not the BBC, not the Financial Times, not the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. YOU GET THE PICTURE.

    Many foreign news outlets havent even gotten a response to their request to accompany Obama. Instead, it appears Obamas plane will be filled solely with American reporters (cuz they dont ask the hard questions like the Foreign Press would ask, LOL).

    As Steve Clemons of the indispensable WASHINGTON NOTE observes today in OBAMAs BLIND SPOT, Obama is not even visiting the real capitol of Europe - Brussels - and his advisors do not seem to have a good handle on the continent. In addition, Obamas attention to European affairs in the Senate, where he belonged to the European subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, was at best skimpy. Obama's shunning of the foreign press is cause for alarm.

    SOURCE for Above: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-heilbrunn/obama-shuns-foreign-press_b_113415.html



    RELATED ARTICLE:

    Huffington Post
    Obamas European problem
    The senator may have traveled widely, but the CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SUBCOMMITEE ON EUROPE has languished.
    Salon.com
    By Joe Conason

    Full article: http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/29/obama_europe/index.html

    • Posted By: no bigots here @ 07/23/2008 10:15:34 AM

      Comment: That article is sixdays old share and in politics things change in a matter of minutes, not neecessarily days. Do you have anything that still says that is happening? The way you make it sound as if it is happening this moment.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 07/23/2008 9:55:43 AM

      Comment: Share -

      You have raised some excellent pertinent suspicions here concerning what appears to be a concerted strategy of the Barack Obama campaign to shield their candidate from public scrutiny and to deliberately protect him from having to answer any possibly embarassing questions.

      Is the Obama campaign overly worried that the idolized messiah would unravel like a cheap roll of toilet paper if the supporters did not set up a protective cocoon around that empty suit?

      This strategy reminds me of the 127 times that Barack Obama responded to an Illinois senate vote call by muttering "present" instead of "yea" or nay".

      That immaturity definitely isn't very presidential!

      And it leads me to wonder, if Obama were ever to succeed in stealing this election, would he also mumble "present" to a crisis phone call at 3:00 a.m., and then just go back to bed, or continue partying?

      Maybe, to his limited credit, he might just decide to redirect the phone call to any one of his supposedly 300 person foreign policy advisory team.

      • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 10:09:28 PM

        Comment: Thanks Davole. Funny analogies, unraveling like a cheap roll of toilet paper and his 3 oclock phone call where he mutters present. I have to remember them. You mentioned his voting record. I heard it was 130. Plus don???t forget the 6 times he went OOPs, and hit the wrong voting button . But this is the same guy who thinks there are 57 states in the US. : - D

        • Posted By: Davole @ 07/25/2008 6:28:23 AM

          Comment: Share -

          Why did Obama say that there are 57 states in the US?
          Probably because he is mathematically-challenged!

          I'm waiting for this incompetent empty suit to tell the taxpayers how much all of his promised programs will bankrupt the nation.

          • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 07/30/2008 8:29:18 AM

            Comment: Davole, I see you as a very intelligent man, so why do you post this 57 state nonsense? You know Obama doesn't believe that, so why would someone of your caliber even bother wasting time with this? Hummm?
            IMO, you have let smearnews rub off on you a little too much. What a waste of a brain.

            • Posted By: Davole @ 07/31/2008 6:39:37 AM

              Comment: Pia1981 -

              Thanks for the compliment.

              I probably posted the 57 state factual reference for the same reason that Skypoint has done.

              What's "with" the Hummm - is that a mosquito buzzing in the background?

              I have searched for the blogger who you allege uses the screen name smearnews, but no results!
              Are you sure that you have spelled that individual's name correctly?

              Pia1981, you're not being catty, jealous, or naughty now, are you?

              As an aside, I do really appreciate the informative, well-researched, and comical posts that sharenews contributes. She's definitely "my kind of woman" - intelligent, self-assured, inquisitive, pensive, feminine, willing to actually back up her posts with substantive facts, passionate but reasonable, forgiving, and tolerant. There aren't many gals who possess those attributes in such abundance.
              She's definitely "one in a trillion."

              Oh, by the way, has your friend in Israel recently decided whether or not she'll be joining this website? Since you mentioned her, I would definitely look forward to any and all of her posts.

              Another blogger who I really appreciate on this site is Lori. She's also quite intelligent, open-minded, tolerant, and able to differentiate fact from fiction. Just a reminder - she's currently away on holidays for this week and possibly into next, so you will not see any of her informative posts during that timeframe.

              Oh, I forgot - you mentioned previously that you don't appreciate receiving detailed replies from me - so, may I suggest, you might prefer instead to only read a few lines of this reply?

              Ciao for now!

        • Posted By: Davole @ 07/25/2008 6:19:59 AM

          Comment: Share -

          You're a gal who is true to her word - thanks for your reply!

          • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/25/2008 4:47:39 PM

            Comment: Hi Davole. I try. Sometimes its hard to keep up with the posts. : - D

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/22/2008 9:31:41 PM

    Comment: PART 1 - BARACK OBAMAs FRIEND: Rashid Khalidi (Palestinian Activist)

    Obamas relationship with Rashid Khalidi goes beyond conversation. Khalidis ties to Obama were first exposed by WND in February in a widely cited article.

    According to a professor at the University of Chicago who said he has known Obama for 12 years, the Democratic presidential hopeful befriended Khalidi when the two worked together at the University. The professor spoke on condition of anonymity. Khalidi lectured at the University of Chicago until 2003 while Obama taught law there from 1993 until his election to the Senate in 2004.

    Sources at the university told World Net Daily (WND) that Khalidi and Obama lived in nearby faculty residential zones and that the two families dined together a number of times. The sources said the Obamas even babysat the Khalidi children.

    Khalidi in 2000 held what was described as a successful Fundraiser for Obamas failed bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, a fact not denied by Khalidi, who spoke to WND in February.

    As WND reported, an ANTI-ISRAEL Arab group run by Khalidi's wife, Mona, received crucial funding from a Chicago nonprofit, the Woods Fund, for which Obama served as a board member with William Ayers (the notorious terrorist from infamous Weather Underground (VIDEO).
    .
    In 2001, the Woods Fund, which describes itself as a group helping the disadvantaged, provided a $40,000 grant to Khalidis Arab American Action Network, or AAAN. The fund provided a second grant to the AAAN for $35,000 in 2002.

    Speakers at AAAN dinners and events routinely have taken an ANTI-ISRAEL line.
    The group co-sponsored a Palestinian art exhibit, titled, The Subject of Palestine, that featured works related to what some Palestinians call the Nakba or catastrophe of Israels founding in 1948.

    When Khalidi departed the University of Chicago in 2003, Obama delivered an in-person testimonial at a farewell ceremony reminiscing about conversations over meals prepared by Mona Khalidi.

    According to a Los Angeles Times account, Obama said his talks with the Khalidis served as consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases. It is for that reason that I am hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation ??? a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashids dinner table, but around THIS ENTIRE WORLD.

    (Continued from another of my Posts below)

  • Posted By: contaxs @ 07/22/2008 9:31:34 PM

    Comment: If Mark Salter is so smart, why did he have McCain admitting that he ALLOWED himself to get shot down over Hanoi???? It was completely HIS decision to make. Consider this direct quote from page 188 in the paperback version of his book, Faith of My Fathers:

    ???I recognized the target sitting next to the small lake and dived in on it, just as the tone went off signaling that a SAM was flying towards me.
    ???I knew I should roll out and fly evasive maneuvers, "jinking" in flyers' parlance, when I heard the tone. The A-4 is a small, fast highly maneuverable aircraft, a lot of fun to fly, and it can take a beating. Many an A-4 returned safely to its carrier after being badly shot up by enemy fire. An A-4 can outmaneuver a tracking SAM, pulling more G???s than the missile can take. But I was just about to release my bombs when the tone sounded, and had I started jinking, I would never have had the time, nor probably the nerve, to go back in once I had lost the SAM.
    ???So at about 3,500 feet, I released my bombs, then pulled back the stick to begin a steep climb to a safer altitude. In the instant before the plane reacted, a SAM blew my right wing off.???
    So he ???knew??? he ???should have??? outmaneuvered the SAM, but chose not to, in effect becoming a Kamikaze pilot. McCain had already in the book stated how accurate the SAM???s were, once they had locked on to a plane. So, why keep going in the face of an almost certain hit? McCain was not on some solo night mission to knock out a key bridge before a commando attack. It was a regular bombing mission, from which the Navy hoped to get as many of their pilots and planes back as possible - especially considering the severe losses McCain said the SAMs were causing. So, why didn???t McCain evade the SAM?
    Jeff Pemberton
    Bethel, CT

    • Posted By: Davole @ 07/23/2008 10:45:09 AM

      Comment: contaxs -

      Welcome to this political website.

      After reading your blog, I suspect that you are probably quite young and inexperienced (no derogatory intent on my part).

      You question ???If Mark Salter is so smart, why did he have McCain admitting that he ALLOWED himself to get shot down over Hanoi???????

      I believe that Mark Salter is an honest advisor, and that he had no issue with the wording of the book ???Faith of my Fathers???.

      But I do disagree with what may be a naive interpretation on your part regarding your conclusion that John McCain ???ALLOWED himself to get shot down over Hanoi???.

      Jeff, have you ever served in a military during wartime?
      I doubt it. And I believe that is why you might have come to a faulty conclusion in this regard.

      As a navy pilot, John McCain had a specific objective to fulfill - to bomb the target.
      He had already begun to dive to achieve that task.
      Would you have any idea regarding the speed of descent of McCain???s plane?
      And then he heard the tone warning that a missile had been fired at his craft.
      Would you have any idea regarding the speed of ascent of the SAM?
      Also, would you have any idea regarding the low elevation at which the plane was descending?
      Those are not unimportant considerations - they are matters of life and death.
      In a split second decision, John McCain assessed those variables, and valiantly chose to complete his mission.

      Have you ever heard of any soldier purposely falling on a grenade in order to shield his fellow soldiers from harm, so that their mission could be completed successfully?

      Granted, in this instance, there were no other pilots around, but there definitely was a mission to complete successfully, and if John McCain chose instead to try to evade the missile, the VC would be expecting him to return again (if the evasive manoeuver were successful) at a very low altitude. Then he would have probably been ???a sitting duck???.

      And you seem to think that John McCain purposely chose to ALLOW his plane to ???take a hit.???
      I???m sure that even a person with no military experience would realize that doing so would be a very critical and possibly life costing decision.

      I doubt that John McCain was intending to commit suicide.
      I respect him for having the integrity and valour to live or die based on that decision which he willingly made, and even recorded in his book.

      Has that changed your opinion in this regard? I invite your response.

      • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 07/24/2008 1:13:25 AM

        Comment: John McCain was not planing suicide...lol He just SUCKED AS A PILOT!, crashing 5 fighters in his feeble 20hrs of "combat" (not face to face on the ground, like a man, but burning ants with a magnifyingglass)the VN did not even have air craft to counter with. He sucked as a pilot and got shot down for that. You might say his finishing 894th out of 899 caught up to him.

        There is a lot more to it, most of that RECENTLY sealed in his military file, what he's hiding I can't imagine ;)

        • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 10:34:20 PM

          Comment: Maybe the McCain military file is buried out in a field with Michelle's whitey tape. Hmmm : - D

        • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 10:14:35 PM

          Comment: That remindds me about Michelle Obama. Why is her Thesis sealed (not available to public) until after the election?

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/22/2008 9:31:21 PM

    Comment: (Continued from another of my Posts above)

    PART 2 - BARACK OBAMAs Friend Rashid Khalidi (Palestinian Activist)

    Khalidis farewell dinner was replete with ANTI-ISRAEL speakers. One, a young Palestinian American, recited a poem in Obamas presence that accused the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticized U.S. support of Israel, the Times reported: Another speaker, who reportedly talked while Obama was present, compared ZIONIST SETTLERS ON THE WEST BANK to Osama bin Laden.
    ISRAEL A CONSTANT SORE.

    Just last week, WND noted Obama termed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a "constant sore" in an interview just five days after Khalidi wrote an opinion piece in the Nation magazine in which he called the Palestinian question a RUNNING SORE.

    In his piece, Palestine: Liberation Deferred, Khalidi suggests Israel carried out ETHNIC CLEANSING of Palestinians; writes Western powers backed Israels establishment due to guilt of the Holocaust; laments the Palestinian Authoritys stated acceptance of a Palestinian state ONLY in the WEST BANK, GAZA STRIP and EASTERN SECTIONS OF JERUSALEM; and argues ISRAEL SHOULD BE DISSOLVED and instead a bi-national, cantonal system should be set up in which Jews and Arabs reside.

    During documented speeches and public events, Khalidi has called Israel an apartheid system in creation and a destructive RACIST state. He has multiple times implied support for Palestinian TERROR, calling SUICIDE BOMBINGS A RESPONSE TO ISRAELI AGGRESSION. He dedicated his 1986 book, Under Siege, to those who gave their lives in defense of the cause of Palestine and independence of Lebanon.

    Critics assailed the book as excusing Palestinian terrorism and claim the dedication is in reference to the Palestine Liberation Organization, which at that time committed scores of anti-Western attacks and was labeled by the U.S. as a terrorist group SYMPATHY FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE.

    Speaking in a joint interview with WND and WABC radio, Khalidi was asked about his 2000 fundraiser for Obama. I was just doing my duties as a Chicago resident to help my local politician, Khalidi stated.

    Khalidi said he supports OBAMA for president, because he is the only candidate who has EXPRESSED SYMPATHY FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE.

    Khalidi also LAUDED OBAMA FOR SAYING HE SUPPORTS TALKS WITH IRAN. If the U.S. can talk with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, there is no reason it cannot talk with the Iranians. Asked about Obamas role funding the AAAN, Khalidi claimed he had never heard of the Woods Fund until it popped up on a bunch of blogs a few months ago.
    He terminated the call when petitioned further about his links with Obama. (WONDER WHY?). SOURCE: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=65108

    • Posted By: no bigots here @ 07/23/2008 10:16:58 AM

      Comment: This article is two months old and ancient. Come on share, I have seen you post better than this...

      • Posted By: Davole @ 07/23/2008 10:50:33 AM

        Comment: bigot -

        The article may be 2 months old, but those facts are eternal!
        Are you able to competently dispute any of them?

        • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 10:17:01 PM

          Comment: Thank you Davole, that is exactly why I posted it. Facts are facts. : ) This guy has never been fully vetted so I am vetting him on my own here and other places.

        • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 07/24/2008 1:17:36 AM

          Comment: DaHole, McCain's issues are old and new, sure you want to go there...lol McCain does not have skeletons in a closet, he's got a fricken warehouse. If we're gonna dig then let it all out, have McCain open his miliitary records, I call into question the FACTS of his experience as I do NOT and for good reason trust his memory ;) Nor do teh POWs or Vets of this country.

          • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 10:24:19 PM

            Comment: McCain has lived in this world alot longer than OGREENA. . I dont know what you say is true but given he has a robust account of accomplishments and experience over the years, With that, getting to be accomplished people learn and grow and do make mistakes along the way. Obama is 46 with plenty of time to get some experience under his belt and in doing so I dont want it to happen on the job at the White House. BTW, why are you so obsessed with McCains war record / hero status? Just curious .

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/22/2008 9:29:45 PM

    Comment: PART 1 - BARACK OBAMAS FRIENDS : William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn (Admitted Terrorists of the Weather Underground)

    Obamas Relationships Stemming from his Directorship of the WOODS FUND

    * Obamas Problematic Directorship at Woods Fund with WILLIAM AYERS

    Barack Obama was a director of the Woods Fund board from 1999 to Dec. 11, 2002, according to the Funds website.

    While the Chicago Sun Times provides a laundry list of Obamas problematic relationships (Rezko, Farrakhan, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Austan Goolsbee, list goes on), none may prove more ultimately controversial than fellow Woods Fund Directors William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn.

    As others have mentioned, WILLIAM (BILL) AYERS and wife BERNADINE DOHRN were once notorious members of the Weather Underground, TERRORIST BOMBERS who attempted to overthrow the United State Government. http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/2008/02/obamas-bill-ayers-problem.html
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=BpDUU3Z7dm4&feature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMOtNHyejrU

    Bill Ayers was Obamas (radical) mentor whom he has known since 1995. The Ayers were principals in Baracks first run for the State Senate. The Ayers hosted a Meet the Candidate dinner/meeting at the Ayers home. Not an attractive character for a President to hang out with and to not answer to what he learned from Ayers after all those years.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV_h-XwchkY

    William Ayers, quoted on Sept. 11, 2001: Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon.

    [Ayers and Dohrn] disappeared in 1970, after a bomb, designed to kill army officers in New Jersey, accidentally destroyed a Greenwich Village townhouse, and turned themselves into authorities in 1980. They were never prosecuted for their involvement with the 25 bombings the Weather Underground claimed; charges were dropped because of improper FBI surveillance.

    I DO NOT REGRET SETTING BOMBS. I feel we did not do enough, AYERS TOLD the New York Times in 2001. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/

    Ayers was a terrorist. His wife Bernardine Dohrn was a terrorist. (She knows and worked in the same law firm with Michelle Obama). Ayers has never offered one word of apology. He glories in it, thinks it is terrific. And that to me is not what I would call acceptable or mainstream behavior, said Dan Polsby, a former law professor at Northwestern who is now Dean of George Mason University Law School. If Obama takes a different view on that - well, OK, that is data about Obama.
    SOURCE: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/03/obamas-problematic-directorship-woods.html

    (Continued in another of my posts below)

  • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/22/2008 9:27:55 PM

    Comment: (Continued from another of my Posts above)

    PART 2 Woods Funds Investments (association with Radical Groups):

    Setting aside Obamas relationship with William Ayers, the Board on which they served together deserves additional scrutiny. And, in fact, the Woods Funds INVESTMENTS appear to be quite problematic for Obama.

    * Arab American Action Network (AAAN): Supports expanded rights for illegal aliens and was founded by anti-Israel professor Rashid Khalidi, former director of the PLO press agency and onetime moderator of PLO advisory committee.

    AAAN views the United States as a nation wherein ARAB CITIZENS are routinely MALTREATED. To remedy this perceived societal injustice, the organization aims to challenge government policies that violate the civil, political and human rights OF THE ARAB American and ARAB immigrant community. Among these policies are DETENTIONS, DEPORTATIONS and OTHER ATTACKS on immigrants that result from Homeland Security measures!

    AAANs hostile view of the JEWISH state is further manifest in the organizations reference to Israels creation in 1948 as Al Nakba ( The Catastrophe ).

    Among the current luminaries of AAANs staff are (a) Vice President Ali Abunimah, who maintains the website ElectroicIntifada.com and is a Board member of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, and (b) Executive Director Hatem Abudayyeh, who has condemned the Israeli government and its military killing machine.

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Radical Quaker organization that supports Americas unilateral disarmament (and that backed) the Vietnamese Communists, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro, and the PLO.

    In fact, AFSC recently formed a partnership with MEChA. MEChA is one of several groups that intend to reclaim Aztlán (the southwestern portion of the United States):
    The AFSC is a Chicana and Chicano student movement directly linked to Aztlán. As Chicanas and Chicanos of Aztlán, they say they are a nationalist movement of Indigenous Gente that LAY CLAIM TO THE LAND THAT IS OURS BY BIRTHRIGHT. As a nationalist movement we seek to free our people from the exploitation of an oppressive society that occupies our land. Put simply, MEChA's mission is straightforward. To overthrow the United States Government and establish a new form of government.

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    SUMMARY

    Put very simply, Obama must explain not only his relationship to Ayers and Dohrn, but also his SUPPORT OF RADICAL GROUPS that support the overthrow of the United States Government. The MainStreamMedia is doing us a huge disservice not focusing more on his past and fully vetting him.
    SOURCE: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=65108

    • Posted By: Davole @ 07/23/2008 11:05:57 AM

      Comment: Share -

      Congratulations - you have presented a very intensive well-researched post regarding Barack Obama's propensity to associate with individuals who do not have America's best interests at heart.

      Hopefully at least one member of the mainstream media will have the competence and integrity to pose unambiguous direct questions in this regard to the phantom radical liberal candidate.

      And it's quite commical to see that the obamabots just want to "sweep this issue under the rug of ignorance" in this campaign.

      These issues will arise regularly until they are competently and honestly addressed, if that should ever happen.

      COD

      • Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 10:40:19 PM

        Comment: Thank you Davole. There is such a compelling need to find out more about OB and the media is doing us such a diservice as citizens. So, yeah, you are right about the research. I know some of the tainted sites that are purely anti obama which I stay away from cuz a good many are too much. Well, working on my next set of friends of Obamas now. Stay tuned this week. Hhahahaha.

        • Posted By: Davole @ 07/25/2008 6:36:38 AM

          Comment: Share - for you, I'm sitting on the edge of my chair in anticipation.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/22/2008 7:12:01 PM

    Comment:
    That referred to an ABCNews.com posting asserting that McCain appeared to confuse Iraq and Afghanistan in a Good Morning America interview with ABC???s Diane Sawyer, who asked whether the "the situation in Afghanistan is precarious and urgent.

    McCain responded: I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border," McCain said. The ABC posting added: Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border. Afghanistan and Pakistan do.

    Unfortunately for McCain, that wasn't an isolated slip. Among the other lapses:

    Somalia for Sudan: As recounted in a reporters pool report from McCains Straight Talk Express bus on June 30, the senator said while discussing Darfur, a region of Sudan: "How can we bring pressure on the government of Somalia "

    Senior adviser Mark Salter corrected him: Sudan.

    Germany for Russia: A YouTube clip from last year memorializes McCain referring to Vladimir Putin of Russia following a trip to Germany as President Putin of Germany.

    This spring, McCain said troops in Iraq were down to pre-surge levels when in fact there were 20,000 more troops than when the surge policy began.

    Also this spring, McCain twice appeared to mistake Sunnis and Shiites, two branches of Islam that split violently.

    In Phoenix earlier this month, McCain referred to Czechoslovakia, which has been divided since Jan. 1, 1993, into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He also referred to Czechoslovakia during a debate in November and a radio show in April.

    In perhaps the most curious incident, McCain said earlier this month that as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he had tried to confuse his captors by giving the names of Pittsburgh Steelers starting players when asked to identify his squadron mates. McCain has told the story many times over the years but always correctly referred to the names he gave as members of the Green Bay Packers.

  • Posted By: speckelbelly @ 07/22/2008 1:40:16 PM

    Comment: WELL THIS OBAMABOT THINKS McCAIN SUCKS BUT HIS WIFE IS FINE LOOKING! YOU REPUBLICANS THINK YOUR TOO GOOD. WELL YOU HAVE PUT ALL OF US IN THE WORLD TOILET! SO GET OVER YOURSELVES!ANY POSITIVE CHANGE IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW! GW BUSH SHOULD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF LAW FOR LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! JUST BECAUSE YOURE REPUBLICAN DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR McCAIN!

    • Posted By: Davole @ 07/23/2008 11:25:45 AM

      Comment: speckelbelly -

      You claim that you are in the world toilet - I agree - you are showing definite signs of being "flushed."

      Calm down - stop SHOU