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  • Posted By: Omaar @ 08/20/2008 8:10:05 AM

    There should be a Federal Age Limit...

    Youngest Age: 45

    Oldest Age: 57

    To Run for the Presidency of the USA.

    People are Not Enthusiatic about John McCain, theres a Certain Element that are Desperate & Dire to Keep Business as Usual. McCain is Too Damn Old...

    I said and it an I meant it !!

    1. Russia's New President is (42) Years Old.

    2. John F. Kennedy was (43) Yrs of Age, when He became President of the USA.

    3. Barack is (47) and in Excellent Health. The European Allies Recieve him well. Obama would be the Far Better Statesman Direct Diplomacy has been used, Twice.

    We all must Admit, as Pat Buchanan pointed out, that had Bush-McCain, Scheunemen and Lieberman, had it their way and had Georgia NATO Membership Confirmed, we'd be Looking at Nuclear World War 1...

    That (Rep. Of Georgia) that E. European Rag Tag Bunch are not Worth the Destruction of One State in this Great Union or the Lives of it's people.

    I'd Fight for the USA and the South East State of (Georgia) if someone Envaded that State...

    But not the (Republic of Georgia) in E. Europe.

    Obama was Right an the Bush Administration did in fact use (Direct Diplomacy) on the Russia-Georgia Conflict & Iran Conflict, which has gotten Less Mas Media Coverage, because, it will be Duly Noted in Any Debates, I can Assure you all of that...

    As well as Highlighting, The Oil and NATO Connection Between Bush, McCain, Scheunemen and Lieberman, regarding The E. European Republic Of Georgia.

    I can't wait to Hear and See this Exposed to the Media.

    The Rep. Of Georgia Started that Conflict...Period

    PS: Hu Jin Tao will Soundoff on this Conflict, Not a War, But a Conflict, after the Olympics and it will not be in America's or Georgia's Favor, I can Assure you of that.

    Hu Jin Tao, is in Major Communication, with Moscow...Rest Assured.

    We Depend Heavily on China's Money, Cheap Labor and Manufacturing as well as Russia's Gas and Oil and Neither Country Likes us very much, especially after this Conflict, that Appears to be Ill Advised & Badly Orchestrated...

    McCain looks like a Fool Supporting that Country (Rep. Of Georgia), but it also Looks as if, Saashkavilli did this in order to get in NATO and Help John McCain Win the Election and it Back Fired...Miserably !!!

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/20/2008 1:34:12 AM

    Carly Fiorina Slips Up on McCain's Record

    McCain adviser brings up insurance coverage for birth control, even though he voted against such coverage


  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/20/2008 1:33:17 AM

    Voted against a measure to increase funding for law enforcement programs, including the Office of Violence Against Women programs and the Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
    Opposed grant programs to aid children who have witnessed domestic violence

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/20/2008 1:31:49 AM

    McCain voted to terminate the Title X family planning program, which provides millions of women with health care services ranging from birth control to breast & cervical cancer screenings.

    McCain voted to de???fund the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an organization that provides family planning services - not abortion - for the world's poorest women

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/20/2008 1:31:09 AM

    McCain has never cosponsored or supported legislation that would reduce the need for abortion by preventing unintended pregnancy [Source]
    McCain voted against requiring insurance companies that pay for prescription drugs (like Viagra) to pay equally for women's prescription birth control [Source]
    McCain voted for the domestic & global gag rules, which prohibit federally funded family-planning clinics from giving women full information about their reproductive health options

  • Posted By: Haha2 @ 08/20/2008 1:10:24 AM

    You're a very faithful minion of Obama the One.

  • Posted By: topcat2001 @ 08/20/2008 12:40:04 AM

    The high anxiety level is among most ordinary Americans I talk to because of the ruin this country is in right now. The country has been whored to the Chinese, Arabs and Russians for oil and money by the Republicans. Another Republican in the office might make the money launderers on Wall St happy with government bailouts for CEOs but the manufacturing base of this country is already in tatters, technology jobs will all be shipped overseas and the ordinary American will be going around with a begging bowl.

    • Posted By: cencarnacion @ 08/20/2008 12:49:48 AM

      I am with you. Darn that Bush. Don't worry McCain will come to the rescue.

      • Posted By: raddave @ 08/20/2008 12:56:22 AM

        How, considering McCain has vowed to continue the same failed policies of Bush

        • Posted By: cencarnacion @ 08/20/2008 1:04:41 AM

          raddave, I enjoyed the discussion with you. I admire your energy. We are all Americans after all. Gotta go the orderly has my Prozac ready.

  • Posted By: cooper1249 @ 08/20/2008 12:29:45 AM

    Pbama friedly nedia my ASS. Get your points yet you panzy

    • Posted By: cencarnacion @ 08/20/2008 12:47:47 AM

      Dude,

      I am concerned for you. Please read your post. You are losing it. I think your fingers are going into spasms. I recommend Prozac for extreme anxiety attacks. Seriously, relax it's just an election

  • Posted By: cooper1249 @ 08/20/2008 12:34:02 AM

    Dude, have you gotten your points for the day.

  • Posted By: RO in Reno @ 08/20/2008 12:33:40 AM

    The negative ad that is likely to do the most damage is the McCain ad claiming Obama is going to raise tax''s on everyone.
    Anyone who has paid attention know this is not true, but the sorry fact is the vast majority of voters are just plain dumb and or too lazy to dig for the facts.
    You might take offence calling the average voter dumb but the fact is if they weren't then negative ads would not work and be recognized for what they are, lies.
    The most definitive poll number favoring Obama by 57% to 36% are those with post graduate degrees or the most intelligent among us.

  • Posted By: cooper1249 @ 08/20/2008 12:28:05 AM

    McCain is against womens right's, he's scores a "D" with the vets, he has voted time and time again against renewable energy etc.. He constanly lies about his record and you the MSM just look the other way.
    Cover the canidates BOTH please, they're two people running if you haven't noticed. Maybe Fox News has some openings.

  • Posted By: cooper1249 @ 08/20/2008 12:18:28 AM

    Why don't you, the MSM tell the American people how McCain really feels about our Vets. His record sucks but god forbid you challenge the POW. You people are pathetic. McCain and his buddies keep questioning Obama's patriotism but you cowards wont even ask McCain about it. You sugar coat and cover for him all the time. I can't say it enough, the MSM well most of you are PATHETIC.

  • Posted By: ontheblvd @ 08/19/2008 2:01:17 PM

    Oh please, stop this. Obama attacked Hillary on character and called her husband a racist. He is the biggest, most delicate little flower I have ever seen and do not want this man as commander in chief. Go McCain...eat him alive.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 08/19/2008 11:54:40 PM

      He didn't have to attack Clinton's character, she showed her character all to well in the primary. Obama never called Bill a racist. His campaign rightly accused Bill of playing the race card when he compared Obama's campaign to that of Jesse Jackson and suggesting that Obama would only do well in states that had high black residents.

  • Posted By: mccain @ 08/19/2008 9:33:07 PM

    It is the race for the presidency, are you kidding me? Too far? You are a complete joke, the democrats can say/do whatever they please and you (the media) is fine with it, but when McCain attacks back, it is all of a sudden too far, give me a break. Just because the democratic party, in particular obama, is soft is not our problem. They are in the race that they cannot handle and this is there way of crying about it.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 08/19/2008 11:34:55 PM

      Democrats have not said anything about the patriotism of McCain, have not questioned his religion, etc.. They have attacked the issues, not the candidate.

  • Posted By: Steve007 @ 08/19/2008 10:04:57 PM

    It is well known that Newsweek is totally in the tank for Obama. Man, I can remember when they were a respectable news magazine! I actually subscribed for years.That was before they became the media wing of the Democrat party.

    • Posted By: raddave @ 08/19/2008 11:33:23 PM

      Its funny that whenever a media outlet criticizes the republican candidate they are in the tank for the dems, but when a media outlet criticizes the democratic candidate, they are called fair and ballanced.

    • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 08/19/2008 10:20:06 PM

      Sounds like Newsweek wised up. What about you?

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 08/19/2008 4:53:09 PM

    sharenews: (Continued from above - Obama Blocked Born Alive Infant Protection Act )

    Have your Lame Ass SEEN a BABY that has SURVIVED A PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION !!!

    It would do those of You MORALIST a SERVICE to SEE what that LOOKS LIKE 1ST HAND AN SEE THE DAMAGE DONE in order to UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

    OBAMA DID NOT MAKE THESE LAWS....

    THESE LAWS & MEDICAL PRACTICES HAVE BEEN LEGALIZED FOR DECADES AND BUSH IN HIS (8 YEARS) WAS A PRO-CHOICE PRESIDENT AND DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, TO RID THE USA OF THESE LEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICES AND NIETHER JOHN MCCAIN...

    DURING HIS 25 YEARS AS A SENATOR, WHAT DID JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS MORAL PRESNCE DO, TO CHANGE OR ERADICATE THESE LAWS AND LEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICES....

    ANS: NOT A DAMN THING, THAT MEANS MCCAIN, HIS SO CALLED CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT BUSH JR, A PRO-CHOICE PRESIDENT AT THAT, HIS MAJORITY MORAL MAJORITY, RIGHT WING SENATE & CONGRESS, DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ERADICATE THESE LAWS, DURING A TIME THAT THEY IN FACT HAD CONTROL...

    AS WELL AS RONALD REAGAN AND BUSH SR....NOTHING AT ALL

    THE SO CALLED RIGHT WINGERS DID NOTHING, THAT MEANS THEY AGREED WITH THE LAW OF THE LAND AND ROE VS. WADE...SIMPLE AN PLAIN, WITH NOWHERE TO RUN AND HIDE AND NO EXCUSES....PERIOD

    GOTCHA !!!

    • Posted By: sharenews @ 08/19/2008 9:15:01 PM


      What is it with you Obamabots always resorting to name-calling when you dont like what Obama really is all about. Very immature and cowardly.

      • Posted By: elizabethpaige @ 08/19/2008 11:20:40 PM

        'Obamabots' isn't name-calling?

    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 08/19/2008 6:01:10 PM

      Thank you Omaar!

  • Posted By: mistermcfrugal @ 08/19/2008 12:07:21 PM

    Why not rename the magazine "ObamaWeek" in honor of the ass kissing of all the reporters on staff?

    • Posted By: Jurr @ 08/19/2008 12:30:40 PM

      Imus' 'Nappy Headed *****' somehow made into every news broadcast, internet, radio, magazines, newspapers for weeks, yet McCain, a presidential candidate, makes jokes about rape gets a free pass from the same people who crucified Obama because he used the words 'typical' & 'bitter'. McCain would be done if he was under the same media microscope that Obama has endured.

      It's good to see that Newsweek is not afraid of McCain like most of the rest of the main stream media.

      • Posted By: elizabethpaige @ 08/19/2008 11:03:12 PM

        McCain has openly said: "i hate the gooks and I'll hate them till the day I die." His Vietnam demons are an integral part of his dangerous character. He could have saved himself five years imprisonment if he'd have had the judgment of those who said: "Hell No We Won't Go." McCain's 'judgment' is still lacking.
        He's trying to sell staying in Iraq 'however long it takes to win over there." John, stay till the 12th of Never, it won't be a 'win.' Dangerous dude, old John.

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/19/2008 10:49:56 PM

    John McCain admits in 2000 he'd be too old to run in 2008

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/19/2008 10:48:07 PM

    John McCain Admits Ambition Made Him Support Rebel Flag in 2000

  • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/19/2008 10:18:55 PM

    When McCain was running against Bush, Bush said when he say's my friend, you better run.

    • Posted By: notroubleatall1963 @ 08/19/2008 10:27:12 PM

      Yeah, and you can ALWAYS trust a Bush at his word. They never ever lie to get ahead. Not those Bushes.

      • Posted By: chindognyc @ 08/19/2008 10:43:26 PM

        Hahahaha. So true. It's sad that two fake are saying negative things about each other.

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