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  • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/23/2008 2:14:36 PM

    Holy Rollers???????????? I know you're not our own CornHoly! He's going to have the big one when he sees your penname. I love it!

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 07/23/2008 6:25:28 PM

      He could always try BASS PROS
      Another example of change we can believe in huh?

    • Posted By: olderwiser @ 07/23/2008 2:49:44 PM

      Hey Bass, how's that dog Isabella? Good to see you. Notice someone has taken the plural of our distinguished blogger Holy Roller (or Rollette). Gonna get confusing, as they seem to take opposite sides.

      • Posted By: Bass Pro @ 07/23/2008 3:09:06 PM

        olderwiser, isabela is doing great. Holyrollers and cornholyroller, a match made in heaven. I hope we see them together soon. How are you doing/ I'm heading up to lake istokpoga this weekend for 5 or 6 days. It's not easy being me.

        • Posted By: olderwiser @ 07/23/2008 3:24:32 PM

          Sounds like a good time in the making. Fish fry on the way. Boat, bait, beverage. What more can life provide? Good luck, in addition to that which you already have, just being there with life's best equipment.

  • Posted By: HolyRollers @ 07/23/2008 1:31:50 PM

    John McCain made a mistake Tuesday evening, which as far as I'm concerned, disqualifies him from being president. It is so appalling and factually wrong that I'm actually sitting here wondering who McCain's advisers are. It's a real misunderstanding of what has happened in Iraq over the past year. If we are going to have an Iraq-centric war on terror policy, he should at least understand what he is talking about.

  • Posted By: HolyRollers @ 07/23/2008 1:31:40 PM

    John McCain made a mistake Tuesday evening, which as far as I'm concerned, disqualifies him from being president. It is so appalling and factually wrong that I'm actually sitting here wondering who McCain's advisers are. It's a real misunderstanding of what has happened in Iraq over the past year. If we are going to have an Iraq-centric war on terror policy, he should at least understand what he is talking about.

  • Posted By: HolyRollers @ 07/23/2008 1:30:38 PM

    John McCain made a mistake Tuesday evening, which as far as I'm concerned, disqualifies him from being president. It is so appalling and factually wrong that I'm actually sitting here wondering who McCain's advisers are. It's a real misunderstanding of what has happened in Iraq over the past year. If we are going to have an Iraq-centric war on terror policy, he should at least understand what he is talking about.

    OBAMA 08

  • Posted By: varacefan @ 07/23/2008 8:09:44 AM

    Oh my god, no easy questions. What is the world coming to?

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 07/23/2008 12:38:03 PM

      What were they thinking? To DARE to ask Barack Miley cyrus Obama a question? These people must be out of their minds. I mean, what do they want? He gave a speech that didnt answer any of the hot topic questions didnt he? And what in the world were they thinking when they dared to ask about Isreal? Last time I saw someone dance around a question that well I believe it was, well, it was Obama. Wonder if he's every considered dancing witht he stars? He could dance to Mc Hammers "Cant touch this" but throw in a "or your a racist" in the lyrics.

  • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 07/23/2008 12:32:04 PM

    So I hear Obama will make a huge speech to follow in the footsteps of MLK.
    However, the speech will not be called "I HAVE A DREAM"
    Obama's speech will be called "I HAVE A SPEECH"

  • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 07/23/2008 12:28:56 PM

    I thought Obama wanted to head to the middle east to actually see first hand what he was talking about. Yet you read the article and find out he was just trying to better his postion in the campaign. Change we can believe in is taking on a whole new meaning these days.....
    What a joke

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/23/2008 1:23:30 AM

    so here's a question: Why do you think that McCain wants to keep us in Iraq? Even now that the Iraqi's want us to leave?

    Becaiuse John McCain is in bed with Haliburton (who moved their headquarters offshore)
    KBR - who depends on Iraq for profit
    Big Oil - hello Iraq
    and the other private contractors in Iraq.

    McCain is their guy - the same guy who abandoned his disabled wife and 3 kids for a younger, richer beer heiress - is the same guy who left his values behind to trade up...

    The can trust him because he is used to being a "kept man."

    • Posted By: SPORTLOCK09 @ 07/23/2008 12:25:12 PM

      I suppose their is never a grounds for divorce on the planet your from? I 'd suggest you do a little bit of research on the divorce rate in America before you try and make it seem like McCains was unpresidented. You Obama sheep are getting very deserate and it shows. Must be the news of McCains 46% to 40% lead in a KEY swing state like OHIO.
      And the sheep goes baaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

    • Posted By: varacefan @ 07/23/2008 8:12:29 AM

      Did you mean to post this here? It seems better suited for www.bullshit.com.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 07/23/2008 10:39:55 AM

    What's up with this???? Must be a bunch of, bitter, uneducated, clinging to their guns and bibles, racists, moving to Ohio. OR...could it be.....people are starting to realize, that...
    .............Hussein Obama is a crook and a fraud............................

    Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Email to a Friend
    John McCain has opened a modest lead over Barack Obama in the key swing state of Ohio. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Buckeye State shows McCain attracting 46% of the vote while Obama earns 40%. Last month and the month before McCain held a insignificant one-point lead over Obama.

    NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/22/2008 9:01:27 PM

    Hey Evax - you seem like a good Christian. I have a question:

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

    • Posted By: Evax @ 07/23/2008 9:58:25 AM

      mj it: Outsiders do not understand the relationship between husband and wife. A Christian may still love his divorced wife as much as his neighbor. It would be in vein to analyze a candidate's psycology. Let's focus on his policy.

    • Posted By: tiredofobama @ 07/22/2008 11:29:59 PM

      What about Otaxma attending a "church" for 20 years where ignorant bigotry is the sermons of the day. Then 20 years and Otaxma has a sudden revelation (maybe a Joan of Arc vision). The Rev Wright isn't the same man that I knew 20 years ago. I also know that Hillary is catching back up with me. So that means I throw the Rev Wright under the bus.

  • Posted By: Evax @ 07/22/2008 7:18:36 PM

    Based on the Muslim traditiion in Obama's family history, it is conceivable that Obama will be more friendly to Muslims than McCain. This is time for voters to make a decision whether we should keep fighting Muslims or live with them in harmony.

    • Posted By: ICYEYES800 @ 07/22/2008 10:44:07 PM

      DUDE, where were you on 9/11????? Short memory or just lost interest??? You can NOT live in harmony with people who want to kill US...that's me, you , every American baby, old person, anybody who worship Allah....they are not peace loving people...Maybe you'll remember if somebody you loves is MURDERED by the IDIOTS

      • Posted By: TheVigil @ 07/23/2008 3:09:10 AM

        Most Muslims don't want to kill us.

        Who's the bigger idiot, the man who preaches understanding of his enemy before making decisions of war, or the man who blindly strides forward and assumes that all should be blamed for the actions of a chosen few?

        I devoutly hope that you can someday understand the situation in terms more complex than just "us" versus "them", because you don't even understand the rudiments of who "they" - the actual terrorists, not just random Muslims - really are.

        The actual terrorists want you to think every Muslim is against you, and they want to incite all of them against you, but so far they have met with little success. But if you go around in your *** stupidity and start screaming and blaming innocent people who had nothing to do with the terror strike, all you're going to do is *make* more enemies for America.

  • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 07/22/2008 4:38:43 PM

    A Senate "fact finding" tour? Does that mean the taxpayer paid for this campaign junket?

    Obama sure knows how to spend taxpayer money.

    • Posted By: loriw @ 07/23/2008 12:57:34 AM

      did you have any doubt?

  • Posted By: ICYEYES800 @ 07/22/2008 10:35:13 PM

    Wow, that's NEWSWORTHY..when he's in the USA, he's got ALL the answers...over there,he seems to be clueless, typical Obama...the puppet,"I'll say whatever you want to hear..I just want to be the FIRST black President of the US". He is clueless about national security, balancing the budget, and DEFINITELY about what the middle class Americans want....NO MORE TAXES,period! He is leading the lambs to slaughter, by proising to tax the top 10%, when in ALL honesty, he'll be taxing working people, anyone with a 401K, anyone who owns a home..the ONLY people who will benefit will be the people who dont want to work, never have the hope to own anything..and depend on the government for EVERYTHING.....he's every slackers' dream come true...JUST SAY NO TO OBAMA!!!!!!

    • Posted By: tiredofobama @ 07/22/2008 11:23:20 PM

      Otaxma also has no energy plan. None. McCain is for short run plans: drilling, clean coal, nuclear power. He is also for developing long term greener solutions: wind and solar power. All Otaxma does is utter that McCain's plans won't work. Then Otaxma hollers "CHANGE" The only change that Otaxma is for is to get into your wallets

      • Posted By: loriw @ 07/23/2008 12:52:03 AM

        He seems long on things that need CHANGE and promises much but seems short on the "how to's".
        We need solutions that contain the actual plan and the price tag. There are no clear price tags. I was always taught that if you have to ask the price...you probably can't afford it.

  • Posted By: MartinCarmel @ 07/22/2008 11:03:37 PM

    A portion of this nation has clearly lost its mind. Wake up! Obama is a scam artist who has no business being where he is. Give us a black President, no problem, but not this man. Here is the reality: Obama had a "close, personal, 20 year relationship" with a biggot named Reverand Wright......who is close friends with one of America's BIGGEST racists, Louis "I hate Jews and White Devils" Farakhan. This is the conversation at the water coolers of the nation, folks. Most Jews and many Hillary fans will NOT vote for Obama and the polls are showing it.
    The Obama Fever is wearing thin. Gallop now shows a 6 point lead. Remember, John Kerry had a 6 point lead over George Bush in 2004.....and he lost in November. Same with Dukakis and Bush 1 in 1988....a double digit lead in July. And he got smoked in November.
    This is the SAME nation that re-elected an unpopular President Bush during an unpopular war just 3 1/2 years ago. Translation? Watch it unfold and watch the accusations of racial bias when Obama loses. So predictable.- McCain will win in November.

    • Posted By: tiredofobama @ 07/22/2008 11:18:47 PM

      Martin. Very insightful. It is truly scary that Americans are even listening to Otaxma the snake oil saleman,

      • Posted By: loriw @ 07/23/2008 12:47:50 AM

        They, the American public, are buying into the media's love song to him. What we have to remember is that the media is just a bunch of people who go to work just like all of us, they don't have special untuitive powers but they are told what to write- articles to sell the magazine or paper. And how do magazines and papers support themselves besides selling copies? They sell ADVERTISING! And has anyone noticed how many Obama ads are on this site? Do you really think Newsweek will write anything that is unflattering about Obama when he is dumping so much cash into their advertising department?

  • Posted By: loriw @ 07/23/2008 12:40:02 AM

    "photo ops on a helicopter...eating alongside the troops....to use in combating...criticisms...that he lacks foreign policy experience"
    I had lunch with the mayor's wife recently so I think that gives me complete understanding of how my city's government works.
    Meeting with Petraeus is a start but hardly make him an expert.

  • Posted By: tiredofobama @ 07/22/2008 11:55:07 PM

    I wonder if Otaxma will continue to tax big tobacco? This is a legitimate question since he smokes. Incidentally, Obamists love to paint McCain as senile. As much as Otaxma has smoked should be wondering about his health? Also, Otaxma is releasing green house gases whenever he blows out CO from his cigs as well as tar and nicotene. Maybe instead of being embarassed because all we can say to the French is MERCI BOCOUPS. perhaps he neede to deal with his own vices and quit lecturing the rest of us. Ooops, I'm sorry because a team of Obamists will assail me with a barrage of insults because I was sacreligious about there CHOSEN ONE.

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/22/2008 8:59:02 PM

    McCain doesn't look very presidential as a whiner regarding Obama's trip to the Middle East - but then again what is Haliburton, KBR, and Big Oil going to do if we leave Iraq? Wouldn't be good for business. And McCain is depending on the big Corporation's backing.

    • Posted By: tiredofobama @ 07/22/2008 11:25:32 PM

      Yes and Otaxma is depending on George Soros's backing.

  • Posted By: Galasso @ 07/22/2008 6:53:09 PM

    Mr. Wolffe: You wrote "Obama got some priceless photo ops-alongside Gen. David Petraeus on a helicopter tour of Iraq, and eating alongside the troops in the Middle East. Those images give Obama ammunition to use in combating one of John McCain's major criticisms of the Democratic contender-that he lacks the foreign policy experience necessary for success in the White House. "

    How can a helicopter ride and a few power point briefing, lunch in the messhall, and photo ops with the troops give Obama "foreign policy experience and ammunition to use against McCain?"

    I have over 30 months on the ground in Iraq - and this article is patently absurd. .

    • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 07/22/2008 9:19:53 PM

      It is equally absurd as most of Newsweak's non-stop Obama worship. They ceased being a credible news organization a long time ago. Now they are on the same sad level as the New York Times...a fading liberal rag sheet.

      • Posted By: Galasso @ 07/22/2008 10:27:08 PM

        Well, Wolffe is also a regular on Countdown. Nuff said.

  • Posted By: mj it @ 07/22/2008 10:05:12 PM

    Jimbo - you sound like you're whining, too. Just one of the American whiners - according to McCain's economic adviser, Phil Gramm (Enron, mortgage crisis)

  • Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 07/22/2008 7:17:55 PM

    Lame,Wolffe. Even coming from you. [The Richard Wolffe Memorial Chair can be viewed at the studios of Keith Olbermans COUNTDOWN at MSNBC,which merely displays another facet of Dicks alleged ''journalistic impartiality'']. The Photo-Op As Seasoned Foreign Policy Credential is another in a long line of why NEWSWEAK remains the target of sarcastic slings and arrows sent by those who are not blinded by the Obama light. I dub thee,''The Stepford Scribblers''.

    Oh and Wolffe. Tell your pal Obama that it's OK to wear the color green in Jordan and Israel.

    www.politico.com July 22,2008:''Obama Campaign Tells Reporters To Cover Up''.

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