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Sep 11, 2008 | Updated: 9:51  a.m. ET Sep 11, 2008

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  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/17/2008 7:51:00 AM

    i remember when hilary tried everything to knock obama down even the kitchen sink and it did not work! now the obama camp is trying everything including the kitchen sink on palin and its not working ! she gets bigger crowds at her rallies and he gets small ones his ego is crushed and he is worried that he will lose the white house ! and he should be ! McCAIN / PALIN 08 ! >>>>>>>>>> OBAMA / BIDEN BACK TO THE SENATE !
    as history suggests issues of policy will ultimately trump the politics of identity. obama is all about who he is and nothing about what he has done ! McCain is all about what he has done not who he is ! the choice is clear !

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/16/2008 7:44:56 AM

    BREAKING NEWS ............Obama taps Barbra Streisand

  • Posted By: bad2thebone @ 09/15/2008 7:34:17 PM

    My prediction is that McCain will become President, then die in office (sorry for my dismal prediction) and Palin will take over. What then?

  • Posted By: cobmawin @ 09/12/2008 7:19:32 AM

    Watching morning joe this morning and you guys make me sick. Why do you keep blaming 9/11 on Iraq. Unless the American population is that stupid to think we can win this UNDECLARED WAR, I just wonder where you get off saying the majority of Americans want to stay there until we win. A real win is bringing our troops home and not giving up one more life. Don't forget Iraq should never have been invaded and this was not a humanitarian act or we would have gone to the Suddan. Big fiasco and I hope the majority of Americans know it. McCain needs to be accountable, and tell us his plan, if he even has one. I say Obama/Biden 08 is our only savior.

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 7:05:00 AM

      McCAIN HAS BEEN RUNNING ON CHANGE FOR 30 YRS.. HE HAS GONE ACROSS PARTY LINES TO GET THINGS DONE (IE;CHANGE!) HE HAS WAITED A LONG TIME TO HAVE THIS CHANCE TO MAKE REAL CHANGE IN WASHINGTON! IF ELECTED HE WILL HAVE A CABINET OF DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDANTS AND REPUBLICANS THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST 30 YRS! HE KNOWS THOSE IN WASHINGTON THAT WANT CHANGE BUT WERE TO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP FOR FEAR OF THIER PARTIES REPRISAL.. SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE APPOINTED TO HIS CABINET ! NOW A QESTION FOR YOU WHO WILL OBAMA PUT IN HIS CABINET ? WHO HAS HE WORKED WITH IN HIS SHORT TIME AS A U.S. SENATOR? AND WHO DOES HE KNOW IN WASHINGTON THAT WANTS REAL CHANGE ( NOT THE LIBERAL VERSION OF IT ) WHO ? IF YOU WANT A NSWER TO THIS YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS (1) GO TO MOVE ON .ORG AND SEE WHO IS PAYING HS WAY INTO THE WHITE HOUSE ! OR (2) LOOK AT THE COMPANY HE HAS KEPT FOR THE LAST 20YRS ! THAT???S WHO HE WILL APPOINT TO HIS CABINET MAYBE NOT THOSE FOLKS .. BUT ONES EXACTLY LIKE THEM !

  • Posted By: NonPart @ 09/12/2008 9:31:59 AM

    Biden should withdraw. Obama should reconvene convention and pick Hillary.

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 7:04:31 AM

      THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN EVEN IF IT DID WHO THEN WOULD VOTE FOR HIM AND HIS SECOND CHOICE ! P.S. YOU CAN'T HAVE A RE-DO WHILE IN THE WHITE HOUSE YOUR CHOICE HAS TO BE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME............................. MORON !

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 6:57:13 AM

    It is difficult to understand Obama???s claim to ???good judgment.??? When has any modern major party presidential nominee so frequently changed his positions on so many important issues or blamed his staff for so many problems? If Obama can???t consistently hold positions on important issues, how can he claim that he has such good judgment? Possibly Obama can come up with some other way of showing "good judgment," but so far he hasn't succeeded using the standards that he wants to be judged by.


  • Posted By: NothingForNobody.com @ 09/14/2008 8:34:21 PM

    "Makes no difference who you vote for, Government always gets in."
    Democrats and Republicans are different sides on the same coin. The REAL PROBLEM is the size of government. There are over 25 million bureaucrats and other government employees at all levels. There are over 80,000 government entities in the USA alone.
    We pay for all this. We pay salaries, benefits, retirement, perks, overhead and more.
    Then these fools have the nerve to tell the rest of us, private citizens, what we can and cannot do.
    This is NOT Freedom, this is insanity!

  • Posted By: bobalu49 @ 09/12/2008 10:51:17 AM

    I am one of those people who claim to get their news from The Daily Show but fall into the description of "better informed about the world around them than the general population". What I appreciate is their ability to do the research that the mainstream media don't do and juxtapose news clips to reveal truth and provoke laughter. Don't believe everybody that says he gets his news from Jon Stewart.- just the news and a good laugh..

  • Posted By: NonPart @ 09/12/2008 9:31:06 AM

    Biden should withdraw. Obama should reconvene the convention and pick Hillary as VP.

  • Posted By: glimps @ 09/12/2008 2:25:43 AM

    14 characteristics that are nation is becomming Fasicist (by Dr. Lawrence Britt political scientist)
    1. Powerful and Continuing nationalism
    2. Disdain for the recognition of human rights
    3.Identification of enemies/scapegoates as a unifying Cause
    4.Supremacy of the Military
    5. Rampant Sexism
    6. Controlled Mass Media
    7. Obessission with National Security
    8. Religion and government are interwined
    9. Corporate power is procted
    10. Labor power is Suppressed
    11. Disdain for Intellectuals and Arts
    12.Obession with Crime and Punishment
    13. Ramant Cronyism and Corruption
    14. Fraudulent Elections

    this was wrote by Dr. Britt, political scientist, about "Fascism" ( 2003 pg.20) incase some bloggers want to look it up...

    McCain /Palin is Danger...... no party is perfect but this is the wrong ticket.

  • Posted By: lordmi @ 09/11/2008 2:32:07 PM

    Reps do not have substance.
    And they do not need to: at this time they are oriented on people, who do NOT read newspapers or political web sites, on less educated people, who do not care much about politics.
    Look, what a hell is a sense, that Candidate is like me? Should I become a Candidate next time as I am just like him?
    But McWar's campaign is hunting exactly those people.
    They even developed that "education approcash" NOT to develope nation enough for understanding - the more Idiots, better for them.
    Now McWar & Pit Bull are running for Idiots, just for them. That is why all false is working.
    That is why they do not care, what media will say.
    They are The Ticket for idiots.
    This Nation is in Danger!

  • Posted By: Old Joe @ 09/11/2008 2:22:38 PM

    Speaking of Twain quotes, how 'bout "The finest Congress money can buy"? (What's new, folks?)

  • Posted By: disgustedpatriot @ 09/11/2008 1:54:21 PM

    In case we have forgotten what this election is about, here's a sobering reminder....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnyUPktNIP0

  • Posted By: mart7lin @ 09/11/2008 1:31:57 PM

    Colbert and Jon Stewart might be funny, but I for one would like to hear substance on what the republicans actually plan to do about health care, education, Iraq, unemployment, foreclosures, bank failures, etc. The landscape out here ain't funny.

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