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The Whoppers of 2008

Where McCain and Obama have misled voters. A partial tally.

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  • Posted By: rowdy @ 10/16/2008 3:50:04 PM

    RECEIVED AN E-MAIL ABOUT BARACK OBAMA. IT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT BORN IN THE U.S.A., BUT IN AFRICA! THEREFORE. NOT ABLE TO RUN AS PRESIDENT OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY! TRUE OR FALSE? ALSO, THAT HE REFUSES TO SHOW HIS BIRTH CERT.! ANYWAY, I AM 87 1/2 YEARS YOUNG AND HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR OBAMA ON EARLY BALLET! DID NOT FOREARD THIS TRASH! F.M. OLSEN (NESLOFM1@COX.NET)

  • Posted By: newage_lightbulb @ 09/25/2008 9:04:16 PM

    After watching an interview on CBS I have concluded what I think most Americans will soon realize, JOE BIDEN IS A JOKE! It was literally stomach-turning to think of that moron at the helm of anything at all, specially our future and that of our country. The Biden choice-joke has to be the year's biggest whopper ... perhaps the biggest whopper ever! I just hope Democrats wake up and realize the lies they're being sold by a smooth-talking nobody and his moronic sidekick, who represent a party that has voted in line with Bush more times than McCain! Now I'm off to watch that great Roosevelt TV address from the 30's about the Great Depression.

    No way, no how, NO OBAMA.

    • Posted By: MERCY43 @ 10/15/2008 12:36:54 PM

      WHAT ABOUT PALINS INTERVIEW WITH KATIE ON CBS

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/03/2008 3:36:23 PM

    EVEN MORE ON THE VOTER FRAUD THAT IS GOING ON IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES!:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3129737&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/
    DON'T SAY THAT I NEVER WARNED OF OBAMA'S NEFARIOUS CAMPAIGN!

    • Posted By: MERCY43 @ 10/15/2008 12:28:50 PM

      THERES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VOTER FRAUD AND VOTERS REGISTRATIONS FRAUD,VOTERS FRAUD IS WHEN THEY TRY TO PREVENT VOTERS FROM VOTES OR ADD OR TAKE AWAY VOTE THAT NOT VALID.VOTER REGISTRATION IS JUST PUTTING BOGUS NAME ON FORMS THEYRE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP ANYWAY.THINK ABOUT 2004 BUSH WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT.

  • Posted By: agateway @ 10/06/2008 6:30:25 PM

    I think America must wake up before its too late...if we vote for Obama Osama whatever, will we be sleeping with the enemy? I think we better take a closer look at his radical associations and not let our economic crisis cause us to put this on the back burner, we deserve answers now !

    • Posted By: MERCY43 @ 10/15/2008 12:22:41 PM

      IF YOU VOTE FOR MCCAIN AND PALIN YOU HAVE ALASKA AS YOUR CAPTIAL.ARENT THEY DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH AIP?

    • Posted By: faceoctober @ 10/09/2008 11:36:05 AM

      Agateway, No one will ever respect your opinion if you use your dumb unresearched unfounded uneducated rhetoric as a reason to not vote for Barrack. Im white and basing my desicion on who is best for our greatest challenges. Your desicion seems to be based on fear and lies. If you disagree with Obamas policies then say so, but don't be a fearmongering fool! I promise you he has been vetted thouroughly or he would not be were he is right now- IN THE LEAD!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: DUMPLIN @ 10/14/2008 3:14:10 PM

    THE BIGGEST WHOPPERS OF THIS CAMPAIGN INVOLVE OBAMA AND HIS ASSOCIATIONS WITH JEREMIAH WRIGHT (HIS SUPPORT OF WRIGHT'S IDEOLOGY), WITH AYERS (AN UNREPETANT TERRORIST WHO SUPPORTS THE OVERTURN OF THIS COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT)? THE BIGGEST WHOPPER IS OBAMA SAYING HE HAS NO TIES TO ACORN WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED THAT HE WORKED FOR ACORN, HIS CAMPAIGN GAVE ACORN $800,000 TO CARRY ON THE VOTER FRAUD WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT CONDUCTING IN MANY OF THE SO-CALLED SWING STATES. WHY DOES THE LIBERAL PRESS LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHEN THESE ISSUES ARE STARING THEM IN THE FACE. YOUR MARXIST AGENDA IS SHOWING, AND I BELIEVE THAT AMERICANS ARE FED UP AND ARE READY TO STAND UP AND TAKE THEIR COUNTRY BACK. TO PURGE OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THOSE (DEMOCRATS) WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP OBAMA AND HIS THUGS TO FURTHER THEIR MARXIST AGENDA. DON'T THINK FOR ONE MINUTE THAT MICHELLE WILL WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND SAY "I DIDN'T KNOW" SHE IS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM AND HIS, SAT RIGHT NEXT TO HIM IN THE PEWS OF WRIGHT'S CHURCH AND EMBRACED HIS HATE FOR (WHITE) AMERICA.

    • Posted By: MERCY43 @ 10/15/2008 12:19:26 PM

      PLEASE EXPLAIN AIP AND SARAH PALIN AND TODD PALIN

  • Posted By: DUMPLIN @ 10/14/2008 3:18:50 PM

    AMERICANS NEED TO BRACE THEMSELVES, WHEN OBAMA ENDS UP BEING DEFEATED HIS SUPPORTERS WILL RIOT, AND DECLARE WITH THE VENOM ONLY DEMOCRATS CAN MUSTER HOW THEY WERE CHEATED. NEVER MIND THAT THEY ARE AND HAVE BEEN DOING THE CHEATING FOR YEARS. THEY HAVE TO CHEAT, THEY CANNOT WIN WITHOUT HIDING WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE AND THEY KNOW THEY CAN BECAUSE THE LIBERAL PRESS HELPS THEM WHENEVER THEY CAN.

    • Posted By: MERCY43 @ 10/15/2008 12:16:59 PM

      YOU MEAN LIKE BUSH DID IN 2004???ISNT HE REPUBLICAN???

  • Posted By: Utruth.com @ 10/13/2008 11:49:33 AM

    why no Tony Resko and Obama stories?

    • Posted By: Utruth.com @ 10/13/2008 11:52:18 AM

      Obama???. Why Blacks Should Hate Him!

      People watching the McCain Palin campaign are perplexed about the recent attacks on his character regarding his links to Bill Ayers sighting his bombing of the Capitol and other federal targets. Stating that he feels Ayers has changed because he has not killed anyone in over 30 years. Obama???s failure to admit Ayers anti-American activities and close relations with our adversaries is pale in comparison to his even closer relationship with now convicted Chicago criminal who financed his campaign.

      Obama, the ???Community Organizer??? who supposedly helped multitudes get fed and find acceptable housing is trying to distance himself in all literature and bury all web information about his involvement with:

      ??? Getting 43 million dollars ($43,000,000,.00) for Renovating Tony Rezko Properties!
      ??? Obama got a $250,000.00 ???kick back??? from his former law firm in Chicago!
      ??? The Loan was guaranteed by Obama friends at ???Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac??? !
      ??? Rezko filed bankruptcy after receiving our taxpayer money!
      ??? Black and underprivileged tenants were left in ???squalid living conditions??? and the Crack Cocaine houses moved in as their new neighbors!
      ??? Obama got a $1,500,000.00 ???kick back??? from Fannie Mae for his reward.
      ??? Obama the ???Community Organizer??? keeps throwing his arm out of joint while patting himself on the back!

      Ever wonder why Obama???s background is so sketchy? Well when you omit the true history of his activities

      As a minister of the True Gospel I have never used the race card or chosen a man by the color of his skin. However, by their deeds shall you know them and although I am not black I am my brothers keeper!

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rezko

      • Posted By: MERCY43 @ 10/15/2008 12:14:18 PM

        AS A MEMBER OF THE (TRUE GOSPEL)YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGE AT SARAH PALIN AND AIP.WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP THIS COUNTRY EXCEPT KILL SOMEONE CHARACTER.THATS NOT CHRIST LIKE.AND YOURE ENCOURAGING THE HATE AND ANGER THAT AT THE MCCAIN AND PALIN RALLYS.JESUS IS LOVE AND PEACE AND HE SAID I WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST AND PUT IT IN THE SEA OF FORGIVENESS.PRACTICE THAT.

  • Posted By: tboysaw @ 10/15/2008 11:06:51 AM

    Honestly, I am getting sick and tired of all this B**S***. I feel like McCain has thrown gasoline on an already smoldering racial fire!! Is this the kind of President that we want??? Is this the America that we are all supposed to be proud of??? Frankly, it makes me sick!!! Stick to the issues and find out a way to fix the mess that George W. Bonehead has gotten this country in!!!

  • Posted By: tillerman3 @ 10/15/2008 10:09:06 AM

    Voter fraud because of ACORN is on a national scale and the worst political scandal since Watergate. It was not until recent raids on ACORN by FBI agents that we saw the extent of this voter fraud.

    No one is asking ???when??? this obvious voter fraud started and how much damage has it already caused. I believe it had already committed fraud in the Democratic primary vote! Questionable voting practices were seen when polling sites were open 2 hours longer in poor black areas than middle class white areas. Voter applications in Ohio are accepted with temporary residence address. Someone can register to vote in one county and then continue on to other counties and vote. Some counties reported more voter registrations than residents. Voter fraud was exposed with a number in the thousands of false registrations.

    How do we find out what damage has already been done? All the democratic primary registrations associated with ACORN must be audited and verified.

    Our president is about to be chosen with a voting system that is corrupt with massive fraud controlled by ACORN. I believe Hillary was the real people???s choice and Obama was elected by voter fraud! Were the Democratic primaries audited for authenticity?

  • Posted By: tillerman3 @ 10/15/2008 10:08:44 AM

    Voter fraud because of ACORN is on a national scale and the worst political scandal since Watergate. It was not until recent raids on ACORN by FBI agents that we saw the extent of this voter fraud.

    No one is asking ???when??? this obvious voter fraud started and how much damage has it already caused. I believe it had already committed fraud in the Democratic primary vote! Questionable voting practices were seen when polling sites were open 2 hours longer in poor black areas than middle class white areas. Voter applications in Ohio are accepted with temporary residence address. Someone can register to vote in one county and then continue on to other counties and vote. Some counties reported more voter registrations than residents. Voter fraud was exposed with a number in the thousands of false registrations.

    How do we find out what damage has already been done? All the democratic primary registrations associated with ACORN must be audited and verified.

    Our president is about to be chosen with a voting system that is corrupt with massive fraud controlled by ACORN. I believe Hillary was the real people???s choice and Obama was elected by voter fraud! Were the Democratic primaries audited for authenticity?

  • Posted By: common sense 4 u @ 09/25/2008 9:13:08 PM

    wow, really sad to see these right wing posts. i can almost picture them sitting there at their pc ... typing away...angry as hell....veins popping in their neck.....spewing hate comments. i guess that is the result of getting all their info from fox news or right wing radio. closed minds cannot think for themselves.

    • Posted By: Voting for Mickey Mouse @ 10/14/2008 6:30:07 PM

      Wow, next I expect to hear, 'You know why I hate all Christian's? Because they are so judgemental." And you wouldn't even see the irony. I find it hilarious that we are arguing about which candidate lied the MOST. A liar is a liar. Party lines nonwithstanding, we americans have been swallowing these lies for a long time. Remember, "I am not a criminal!" or how about, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

    • Posted By: Voting for Mickey Mouse @ 10/14/2008 6:22:04 PM

      Wow, next I expect a comment such as, "You know what I hate about Christian's? They are so judgemental!' and not see the irony. Does it bother anyone else that we are being lied to by both candidates? A liar is a lair and here we are counting lies and supporting the candidate that lies the least. Dishonesty does not respect party lines. Remember, "I am not a criminal." or "I never had sex with that woman>"

  • Posted By: Utruth.com @ 10/13/2008 11:50:57 AM

    Obama???. Why Blacks Should Hate Him!

    People watching the McCain Palin campaign are perplexed about the recent attacks on his character regarding his links to Bill Ayers sighting his bombing of the Capitol and other federal targets. Stating that he feels Ayers has changed because he has not killed anyone in over 30 years. Obama???s failure to admit Ayers anti-American activities and close relations with our adversaries is pale in comparison to his even closer relationship with now convicted Chicago criminal who financed his campaign.

    Obama, the ???Community Organizer??? who supposedly helped multitudes get fed and find acceptable housing is trying to distance himself in all literature and bury all web information about his involvement with:

    ??? Getting 43 million dollars ($43,000,000,.00) for Renovating Tony Rezko Properties!
    ??? Obama got a $250,000.00 ???kick back??? from his former law firm in Chicago!
    ??? The Loan was guaranteed by Obama friends at ???Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac??? !
    ??? Rezko filed bankruptcy after receiving our taxpayer money!
    ??? Black and underprivileged tenants were left in ???squalid living conditions??? and the Crack Cocaine houses moved in as their new neighbors!
    ??? Obama got a $1,500,000.00 ???kick back??? from Fannie Mae for his reward.
    ??? Obama the ???Community Organizer??? keeps throwing his arm out of joint while patting himself on the back!

    Ever wonder why Obama???s background is so sketchy? Well when you omit the true history of his activities

    As a minister of the True Gospel I have never used the race card or chosen a man by the color of his skin. However, by their deeds shall you know them and although I am not black I am my brothers keeper!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rezko

  • Posted By: Utruth.com @ 10/13/2008 11:48:48 AM

    Why do we noy see anything about Tony Rezko and Obama connection?

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/09/2008 7:58:41 PM

    They harassed her until she registered to vote six times!:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3145562&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/

  • Posted By: didimau @ 09/25/2008 5:54:44 PM

    Obama is a slimmy, lying, hypocritical politician, so says Rev. Manning and we all agree up here in Michigan.
    www.ATLAH.org/broadcast/ndnr09-19-08.html Says it all in a 9 minute video.

    • Posted By: chris s. @ 09/28/2008 8:43:23 PM

      Amazing that you and Rev. Manning can speak for EVERYBODY in Michigan! i Think maybe you forgot to say BLACK in your vent.

      • Posted By: faceoctober @ 10/09/2008 11:53:19 AM

        If you all argee then why did McCain run away! Because he will lose Michigan, THATS WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Marquette70 @ 09/28/2008 9:00:19 PM

    How can Obama have a tax plan that will lower the taxes on 95% of the people when not that many pay any taxes?

    • Posted By: faceoctober @ 10/09/2008 11:48:26 AM

      They get a 1200+ tax credit! Look it up!

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/03/2008 9:19:42 PM

    Day 5 of stealing Ohio's election!:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3130656&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/

    • Posted By: faceoctober @ 10/09/2008 11:46:47 AM

      When your source is Fox news or should I say Fixed news it means nothing. Hannity is a jew hater and their claims about voter fruad is sketchy and unreported by the major networks like CNN, ABC, and MSNBC. Why do you think Fox is the least watched newsnetwork! Grasping at staws because of desperation is the theme of Fake News. Tell Coward Palin to do an interview with CNN!

  • Posted By: faceoctober @ 10/09/2008 11:27:14 AM

    So by estimates from reading this article is that McCain had lied a lot more than Obama and he does'nt have any answers for the problems we will face except offshore drilling and falsely attacking Barrack Obama.

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/09/2008 12:07:27 AM

    "Not all Democrats agree with Mr. Frank that such policies are off-limits to criticism. Last week Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama said in a statement: 'Like a lot of my Democratic colleagues I was too slow to appreciate the recklessness of Fannie and Freddie. I defended their efforts to encourage affordable homeownership, when in retrospect, I should have heeded the concerns raised by their regulator in 2004. Frankly, I wish my Democratic colleagues would admit when it comes to Fannie and Freddie, we were wrong.'

    "Mr. Davis is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus."

    'Rank snobbery'

    Camille Paglia, who supports Sen. Barack Obama, has nothing but scorn for the way the media has treated Sarah Palin.

    "The mountain of rubbish poured out about Palin over the past month would rival Everest. What a disgrace for our jabbering army of liberal journalists and commentators, too many of whom behaved like snippy jackasses," Miss Paglia writes at www.salon.com.

    "The bourgeois conventionalism and rank snobbery of these alleged humanitarians stank up the place. As for Palin's brutally edited interviews with Charlie Gibson and that viper, Katie Couric, don't we all know that the best bits ended up on the cutting-room floor? Something has gone seriously wrong with Democratic ideology, which seems to have become a candied set of holier-than-thou bromides attached like tutti-frutti to a quivering green Jell-O mold of adolescent sentimentality."

  • Posted By: mkmmkm @ 09/25/2008 8:43:58 PM

    After watching an interview on CBS I have concluded what I think most Americans will soon realize, SARAH PALIN IS A JOKE! It was literally stomach-turning to think of her at the helm of anything at all, specially our future and that of our country. The Palin choice-joke has to be the year's biggest whopper... perhaps the biggest whopper ever! I just hope others like me, who at first was taken by her, wake up on time to save us from McNuts.

    • Posted By: BillL @ 10/08/2008 8:45:22 PM

      Enter Your CommentI
      I agree. What was McCain thinking? Abourt the country, or his election?

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