A Personality Referendum

Like Obama, I had a father who deserted me at aged 2. I first saw him again (briefly) when I was 17. How do you think he/his views/religion/politics impacted me? Not at all! Again, like Obama, I was raised by my Mother's people and my views and values came from them. How is this so hard for people to understand unless they just don't want to accept the truth. Obama was raised - like most Americans - by a white Christian middle classed family.

For any blogger interested in Obama's record on the Born Alive Act, please click the link below. It includes transcripts of Obama's verbal opposition to this Act.

http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/02/links_to_barack.html

What is so heroic about dropping napalm?

When a guy has to write a 40-page point-by-point essay to counter ONE BOOK there must be something wrong with the guy! And if the author is such a discredited garbage fly, why does Obama devote a moment of time to it?
This is not how the President will have to contend with all the worlds' bad guys! Counter-pointing the likes of Bin Laden?
That's appeasement!
Now Obama! Compose a rebutal to my post here, Because you are setting the president of HAVING TO for your stupid college-educated sheltered self!
There are more books coming out! There always are!

THERE IS A REASON WHY BUSH AND MCCAIN SOUND MORE DEFINITE THAN OBAMA IN THEIR ANSWERS. IT'S CALLED A LACK OF INTELLECT.

OBAMA , BILL CLINTONAND KERRY ARE BOTH ATTORNEYS. IN LAW SCHOOL THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO SEE BOTH SIDES OF AN ISSUE SO TO BE PREPARED FOR YOUR OPPONENT. IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO EXPRESS YOURSELF INTELLIGENTLY AND ARTICULATELY

ON THE OTHER HAND
MCCAIN AND BUSH ARE "D-" AND "C" STUDENT WHO ARE NOT ATTORNEYS. PEOPLE LIKE THAT HAVE LIMITED INTELLECTUAL PROWESS. THEREFORE THEY SEE LESS NUANCES AND COMPLEXITIES AND THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES AS SUCH.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS THE MOST COMPLEXED AND NUANCED JOB ON THE PLANET. JUST LOOK AT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. WHEN YOU ARE LIMITED LIKE BUSH AND MCCAIN YOU END UP IN THINGS SUCH AS ..........................WARS WITH NO REASON THAT ARE CHARGED BY ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE. THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THE THEORY WE WOULD BE TREATED AS "LIBERATORS" WHEN EVERY SCHOLAR WAS SCREAMIN WE WOULD BE SEEN AS "INVADERS" AND THEREFORE OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN SUFFERED.

Eleanor,
Are you actually attempting to make me believe that George McGovern lost the 1972 Presidential election by a electoral count of 510 to 13 because the Republican attack machine misrepresented his beliefs?

Your comments show a breathtaking lack of even the slightest desire to tell the truth. If the different outcome you desire continues to elude you here how about you move to the workers utopia in say.....Cuba.

One for sirhc. One of the main problems in America is that there appears to be people that actually believe that Lawyers somehow possess superior intellectual capabilities. This may be true in some extremely limited numbers however, the rank and life trained lawyers are not expansive thinkers, they are work a day Johnnies that sell their time for a pittance and produce very little if anything that improves the quality of life in America. Oh ,in addition to that you are an idiot.

What I don't understand is how Corsi managed to write this book and get it published with the 700 or so (according to him) footnotes in the couple of months since Obama won the nomination. How did Corsi actually do this in the time available? Or did he start this book and one on Hillary many months ago so he could go with whoever won? Regardless, this is the way the Republicans run for President so Obama better hit back and hit back hard. God only knows, there's enough stuff to brand Grandpa McCain with.

Barack has nothing to fight back with and the voters will soon see even more under minded developments of Obama. I call him the Harvey Dent of Washington because he plays both sides of the coin. I strongly feel that all of our political leaders will say whatever it takes to win, but only a handful generally care about the people they want to serve and McCain is one of them. Our friend (Harvey Obama Dent) has nothing too offer but, false promises and a lack of inexperience that a kid in middle school can see. In our best interest as Americans ( because we are all Americans even Obama) is to elect McCain in office and put him on notice. Force McCain to do what he says and act on what needs to be acted on, because if we turn the country over to Harvey then we are in for a nightmare of higher taxes, lost in translation when it comes to foreign policy's, and very unguarded with a president who has no experience. I have always said that Barack if Black on Sunday, White on Tuesday, and Confuse on Wednesday through Saturday and we can afford this man to be our leader. President Bush is the most hated man in our country, maybe even on the international scene as well, but he as kept us safe and for that I give him much respect. Say what you want Bush he has no identity, problem like Obama and he has made the tough decisions which something Obama will never do. America has itself to blame when it comes to respect because we have not shown our current leader the respect he deserves and voting for Harvey our of revenge will not be a smart move. Barack can't and doesn't have anything to fight back with because there is nothing and we need to come the that reality and move on.

Mrs. Clift hits the proverbial nail on the head. It seems to me that what the Obama campaign's definition of "aggressiveness" is not aggressive enough. It is not enough just to reply to McCain, THEY HAVE TO ATTACK HIM. The Obama campaign is aware of this since every Democratic pundit worth its salt has been saying this for weeks. Thing is they seem a little hesitant on the take. With all the money they have raised, I'm just not seeing enough commercials attacking McCain's record, if anything, I'm seeing more McCain commercials attacking Obama. Not surprisingly, McCain is closing the gap a bit. I wasn't crazy about Hillary Clinton, but I supported her because I knew she'd throw the kitchen sink at McCain.

As Paul Begala said, if the Obama campaign allows the McCain campaign to make this election about Obama, then Obama is in serious trouble. So far, it looks like he is allowing that to happen.

Barack Obama, prove me wrong. Please.

McCain, as did Hillary, complains that Obama gets so much more media attention yet doesn???t it seem that Obama is actually held to stricter scrutiny? I mean no one expects McCain to be perfect as everyone knows he isn't but isn't that exactly what they look for in Obama as they criticize everything, fault any supposed flaw and creatively attack him on everything? The Republicans have instigated a constant and highly critical observation of him that exceeds what his opponents are subjected to and anything noted other than perfection brings suggested rejection. Of course that is totally unfair as no one is really perfect and the only real valid question should be whether he is better than his opponent, not super human needing to be without any fault but rather just measurably better. There are those that would like the voters to base their decision solely on whether Obama is without blemish, while knowing no one is, and when finding him with imperfection then voting for McCain. The problem with that is it is over looking the many flaws and imperfections in McCain and not really considering who will actually do the better job. It would seem that the voters really need to be more critical of the critics.

Corsi is a nut case, and everyone knows that after reading the things he has said. Corsi cares about one thing, enriching his pocketbook and the more free press he gets, like with MSM, the more he makes.

Maybe we should all not worry about him and demand answers to questions more important to most people. Who is going to give us the leadership to help solve our economic problems, quagmire, be reasonable raising taxes because it is going to happen no matter who you support. Who is going to lead in helping solving our energy issues, the economy, etc, etc., etc. Corsi's book doesn't help me with those issues that are important to me.

The problem with attack campaigning is simple, combating it is anything but.
Far too many voters go to the polls and vote based on some emotional response rather than voting for what is best for America or even what is best for them.
They get focused on some tiny and unimportant emotional point, we see it here in these comments much more often than any reasonable argument as to why one candidate is better for American versus the other.

We see anti Obama Hillary supporters for instance, or closet racists,

This campaign should be a no brainer it's clear what the republican party has to offer and what they have done to America and to think about continuing in the direction, Nixon, Reagan and both Bush's have taken us is ludicrous.

None the less some will indeed vote for more of the same to get even with Obama because he prevailed in the primary or because they think Obama is a closet Muslim or because they are indeed racist some will vote who have no clue what so ever as to what the candidates promise and how it might affect their lives.
Someone pointed out the lack of sufficient grey matter to discern the facts as they apply to the important issues facing us all is evident in these people and that is the problem, I have to agree with him.
Because emotions have no brains, but emotions did get Nixon elected and reelected, it got Reagan elected and reelected, and it got Bush elected and reelected and America spirals deeper and deeper into oblivion.

It was the middle class that made America great and a beacon in the world, not these presidents who view the middle class as the enemy.

O has much bigger worries than this book ... he better get his butt back here and get to work! I keep asking myself ... is there something I'm missing, are they going to do a big switcharoo at the convention or something, what the hell are the dems doing, because it looks to me like he is trying to lose. I hope he has something magnificant planned, because he has never looked weaker.

The Republicans are doing a masterful job of defining Barack Obama? God i cant wait until the dirt about McCain starts coming out and the GOP starts screaming foul. I think what i mind more than anything else is this assclown who has written these books making millions doing so. I'm not sure he even believes what he writes; i think he may just see the audiences propensity to buy any piece of libelous crap that is produced about Democratic candidates. He is the worst kind of human, the kind that will put the quest for a buck ahead of his countries best intrest. I hope karma brings down some serious hurt on him.