CAMPAIGN 2008

Obama’s ‘Good Will’ Hunting

By Michael Isikoff | NEWSWEEK
Published Oct 4, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Oct 13, 2008

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  • Posted By: roguerr @ 11/18/2008 3:30:07 PM

    Comment: This is a very sobering indictment especially since most ecommerce software has several checks (such as Billing ZIP check and CVV check) turned ON by default when solutions are newly installed. Web site/revenue managers would have to make a conscious decision that they want these checks turned off and would have to change software settings (pretty easy) to do so.

    For 15 years, I have developed secure card processing software for a major shopping cart processor. Since we offer a free secure shopping cart, we have a lot of experience with new and inexperienced merchants processing credit cards for the first time. I can tell you this: it???s not a case of ignorance or naïveté, especially since this credit card security issue has been so widely discussed online, and we have many proofs that this administration is highly aware of critical discussions taking place in the blogosphere.

    Doing what we???ve observed does not require a special arrangement or a conspiracy with the credit card companies: any tiny merchant on the internet could do the same, even with Paypal. After 60 or 90 days, the credit card company would want to have a ???serious??? conversation with you, but all you would have to do is promise remedial action and you can continue merrily on your way without getting serious about remediation.

    The more serious issue is compliance with FEC regulations and federal campaign law ??? it???s very obvious that the campaign was actively trying to solicit foreign contributions (illegal) when you visit pages like: my.barackobama.com/page/group/LesParisiensavecleSenateurOBAMA where the activist controls on the site even report to everyone how much foreign activist fundraising has taken place in the Paris group. Since most of the page is in French, I seriously doubt that all of the $39,000+ was raised by citizen expatriates in Paris. The common billing address check and a simple SQL query would have prevented so many foreign contributions.

    My exit question is this: if this activity is what we observed prior to the election, if this candidate was so careless with common checks that most merchants use, what kind of care and diligence can we expect when this guy has his hands on the US budget?

    Ron Robinson

  • Posted By: tj46405 @ 10/26/2008 2:34:07 PM

    Comment: part of his money is being provided by the Nation of Islam and the New Black Panther Party who use fake names so it can't be traced therefore keeping it out of the press.

  • Posted By: aryam079 @ 10/26/2008 1:40:12 PM

    Comment: I understand how Obama has raised so much money. I have always voted since the age of 18, yet I had never donated to any campaign. But this year I felt different, I gave two donations one was $10 and the other one $15. Little by little we are all making a difference. Expressing the same sentiment as others, I just cannot afford to have McCain and Palin in the White House. I have already lost enough.

  • Posted By: KatyLied @ 10/24/2008 1:55:19 PM

    Comment: This makes me sick to my stomach. The fact that Obama declined to cooperate with the Center for Responsive Politics and had to be counseled by the FEC to return the fraudulent donations when it would have taken an entry level IT person 30 seconds to query the donation database for the illegal transactions.says it all. He even brags about all his small donors; he forgot to mention that they boil down to a couple of people named 'Good Will' or whatever. It would be funny if not so horrifying corrupt. How many times are people willing to let Obama play the wide-eyed innocent? Unbelievable!

    • Posted By: RachCY @ 10/25/2008 6:16:19 AM

      Comment: Obama is getting a lot of money from millions of Americans in small donations over the Internet through credit cards (where they can get ID). I gave $35 and I look forward to giving more. My family cannot afford to have McCain/Palin in the White House. McCain is getting his money from oil company executives.

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601891.html

      If McCain gets in we can expect higher gas prices again.

  • Posted By: belladonata @ 10/22/2008 5:41:57 PM

    Comment: What is the most disturbing of this by far is the fact that so many have focused on ruining the McCain/Palin image that they have forgotten to look at the facts of the Obama/Biden team. Sure, Obama's team may have raised a whole lot more than McCain's but do some research into how he got those funds. Newsweek has reported a number of cases in which donors used phony names to make repeated small donations. One of the people who donated named themselves as "Good Will" and listed their employer as "Loving" and his occupation as "You". The donor gave more than $11,000 and well as "Doodad Pro" who gave $17,130-both in excess of the $2,300 per person Federal limit. In addition, the Obama Campaign originally accepted $33,000 from two Palestinians in the Gaza strip and was forced to return the funds. In an excerpt from Newsweek, "This summer, watchdog groups asked both campaigns to share more information about its small donors. The McCain campaign agreed; the Obama campaign did not. "They could've done themselves a service" by heeding the suggestions, said Massie Ritsch of the Center for Responsive Politics."
    I have not seen the media portay this one bit and it is because they are all rooting for Obama. The unfortunate thing is that this is such a disservice to the people of the United States. We deserve to hear about all of these things and because of the biased opinions, Obama is getting away with too much. If you think that a man who can't even raise campaign money legally, what makes you think he can run this country?

  • Posted By: belladonata @ 10/22/2008 5:40:37 PM

    Comment: Jazboe: Excellent portrayal of this saddening thing.

    Kate224: This isn't a "brand vision" that a network is adhering to. If you looked further, the FEC has been called to investigate this and has found these very questionable things. Better check yourself and quickly. Ill informed people like you are what is running this country into the ground.

    What is the most disturbing of this by far is the fact that so many have focused on ruining the McCain/Palin image that they have forgotten to look at the facts of the Obama/Biden team. Sure, Obama's team may have raised a whole lot more than McCain's but do some research into how he got those funds. Newsweek has reported a number of cases in which donors used phony names to make repeated small donations. One of the people who donated named themselves as "Good Will" and listed their employer as "Loving" and his occupation as "You". The donor gave more than $11,000 and well as "Doodad Pro" who gave $17,130-both in excess of the $2,300 per person Federal limit. In addition, the Obama Campaign originally accepted $33,000 from two Palestinians in the Gaza strip and was forced to return the funds. In an excerpt from Newsweek, "This summer, watchdog groups asked both campaigns to share more information about its small donors. The McCain campaign agreed; the Obama campaign did not. "They could've done themselves a service" by heeding the suggestions, said Massie Ritsch of the Center for Responsive Politics."
    I have not seen the media portay this one bit and it is because they are all rooting for Obama. The unfortunate thing is that this is such a disservice to the people of the United States. We deserve to hear about all of these things and because of the biased opinions, Obama is getting away with too much. If you think that a man who can't even raise campaign money legally, what makes you think he can run this country?

  • Posted By: Jazboe @ 10/20/2008 4:55:17 PM

    Comment: There's enough beef in Obama and his questionable ties that the mainstream media could and should be feeding on this like ants at a picnic......yet it's just a whisper. This should be plastered all over the news yet nearly nothing. The idea that someone with questionable ties might be holding the highest office in the country when our country is in financial crisis and our security is at risk is an outrage!! The press is silent by THEIR choice right now, but if this continues it may not be their choice that this silence occurs, but someone elses. This is not freedom, this is manipulation and it's dangerous.

  • Posted By: Kate224 @ 10/15/2008 11:32:22 AM

    Comment: Btw, Kudos to Newsweek for finally reporting something negative about Obama! I have been suggesting you simply change your name to The Obama Weekly however perhaps there's hope for you! PLEASE keep up the unbiased journalism!

  • Posted By: Kate224 @ 10/15/2008 11:30:52 AM

    Comment: These donations are probably coming from special interest groups who expect to reap the benefits from the various entitlement programs an Obama presidency would bring. They could also be from terrorist cells who know that an Obama presidency will mean reduced security and a lack of military diplomatic expertise or even other countries who know that an Obama presidency will bring an enormous increase in foreign aid (Obama wants to double it) and a huge decrease in expertise in matters relating to both the military and foreign affairs. Regardless, this is simply one more piece of a puzzle that should concern the American people. Barack Obama clearly lacks integrity and is setting himself up to be a president who cannot make decisions that will benefit the country - he will instead need to focus on paying back all the people who made donations and supported. I believe Obama to be the worst kind of politician and I hope loses in November.

  • Posted By: 2008 @ 10/12/2008 4:21:56 PM

    Comment: Follow the money trail. Should we be in awe at the Obama Campaign for raising over $460+ million. Or should we be asking; "Where is the "record breaking" contributions coming from?" Are we expected to believe that proverty stricken Americans, the suffering middle class Americans (those that have their home in foreclosure), the average struggling American and struggling small business owners are giving (what spare money they do not have) to the Obama Campaign when we are currently in a economic crisis? Are expected not to believe that special interest groups, lobbyist, extremist, and/or foreign interest groups are not slipping in multiple or huge donations exceeding the maxium of $2300 for an individual donation.Hummm, obiviously it has been in the Obama Campaign's best interest to go for private campaign funding. Then again whose interest is in mind. Should Obama make it to the White House we certainly will expect (as with any politician) that many of the major contributors to his campaign will be asking for their invested interest. Will this be in our (Americans) best interest? Perhaps the Obama Campaign will donate their contributions to bail out Wall Street. Perhaps the next attempt at campaign reform will suggest a tax on a Campaign's net contributions exceeding $85 million so that the goverment can benefit and we the people somehow find that we are vindicated for the year long rhetoric we endure. It is impressive that Obama has risen to the top in an extradinary short period of time.It is said that his community service in Chicago was outstanding; however, what significant impact has he had while serving the State of Illinois? The votes for present do not count. The bills voted on or co-authored that passed or did not pass were not neccesarily beneficial to all those residing in the State of Illnois. Being a motivational speaker or delivering an eloqent speech does not bring stability, energy independence, growth or prosperity to the people of our country. Slightly changing the words of an original proposal regarding taxes for small business, capital gains, incomes exceeding $250k and fines/fees for employors not providing healthcare is similar to One-giveth & One-Taketh-Away.It is walking-talking contradiction. Either way some how some way we will all pay in the end, again. You betcha.

  • Posted By: 2008 @ 10/12/2008 4:21:40 PM

    Comment: Follow the money trail. Should we be in awe at the Obama Campaign for raising over $460+ million. Or should we be asking; "Where is the "record breaking" contributions coming from?" Are we expected to believe that proverty stricken Americans, the suffering middle class Americans (those that have their home in foreclosure), the average struggling American and struggling small business owners are giving (what spare money they do not have) to the Obama Campaign when we are currently in a economic crisis? Are expected not to believe that special interest groups, lobbyist, extremist, and/or foreign interest groups are not slipping in multiple or huge donations exceeding the maxium of $2300 for an individual donation.Hummm, obiviously it has been in the Obama Campaign's best interest to go for private campaign funding. Then again whose interest is in mind. Should Obama make it to the White House we certainly will expect (as with any politician) that many of the major contributors to his campaign will be asking for their invested interest. Will this be in our (Americans) best interest? Perhaps the Obama Campaign will donate their contributions to bail out Wall Street. Perhaps the next attempt at campaign reform will suggest a tax on a Campaign's net contributions exceeding $85 million so that the goverment can benefit and we the people somehow find that we are vindicated for the year long rhetoric we endure. It is impressive that Obama has risen to the top in an extradinary short period of time.It is said that his community service in Chicago was outstanding; however, what significant impact has he had while serving the State of Illinois? The votes for present do not count. The bills voted on or co-authored that passed or did not pass were not neccesarily beneficial to all those residing in the State of Illnois. Being a motivational speaker or delivering an eloqent speech does not bring stability, energy independence, growth or prosperity to the people of our country. Slightly changing the words of an original proposal regarding taxes for small business, capital gains, incomes exceeding $250k and fines/fees for employors not providing healthcare is similar to One-giveth & One-Taketh-Away.It is walking-talking contradiction. Either way some how some way we will all pay in the end, again. You betcha.

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/11/2008 8:07:19 PM

    Comment: Lou Dobbs reports on ACORN corruption and ties to Obama, including Obama Campaign paying ACORN $800,000 for voter registration activities.

    http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/10/09/ldt.tucker.acorn.under.fire.cnn

    The link below describes how some in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN, a group Obama has a long association with. See: Wall Street Journal

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122247015469280723.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

  • Posted By: jroosevelt @ 10/11/2008 5:35:54 PM

    Comment: What is the deal with you guys campaigning for Obama and trying to make McCain and Palin sound like the devil. We expect better from you. You are journalists; act like it. You are what is wrong with out country; liberals with no standards whose only goal in life is to destroy everything we hold sacred. Shame on you.

  • Posted By: emmarcee @ 10/11/2008 5:04:35 PM

    Comment: Who played the financial markets to crash down for Obama's favor? THE TIMING WAS VERY CRITICAL. Right when Mccain was in the lead. How many "international " investors were involved? who is bent to make Barack Husein Obama the POTUS? fIRST THEY PLAYED THE energy crisis. WE beat them. Then they withdrew their holdings and support for our fianancial system. "AMERICA had it coming". WE entertained all these back stabbers who were more than ready to pull the money away from wall street market. All so legally. Govt had to step in to stop the short sale of uSA. YOu liberals who play with antiamerican terrorist coutries, we will let you know you also hold the other end of this stick.

  • Posted By: NelsonRA @ 10/11/2008 12:05:03 PM

    Comment: George Sorros has helped to bring down governments thru currency and financial market manipulation... leading too hyper-inflation and the collapse of national economies.

    George Sorros has used hedge funds, derivatives and his enormus wealth too collapse the currency of Malaisia, and Argentina... Thereby, destabilizing their governments, too bring about political changes favorable to his socialist agenda.

    Men like Mr Sorros will stop at nothing, believing the ends, justify the means... any means. His nortorious use of hedge funds and other speculative forms of currency and market manipulation is well known. He is adept at using speculative capitol instruments to destabilize economies, on a national scale. It would not surprise me if he and a few other hyper-rich have engineered the present crisis in America's economy, for political gain.

    The wise, would be prudent too follow the money invloved, too find the source of the current crisis. Global scales of economies are now centralized in the hands of a very few... Men, who with adept application of their economic power can bring down national economies by the fraudulent manipulation of currencies and markets.

    RA NELSON

  • Posted By: NelsonRA @ 10/11/2008 11:25:55 AM

    Comment: The financing of American Politics has become so corrupt that one can not be certain who is contributing. The use of the internet to accept donations opens a whole host of possible abuses. It is essentially impossible to verify the source for every contribution made over the internet. Hence, one can donate in the name of others or simply manufacture ficticious individuals by the millions.

    The love of money is the root of all evil and politics certainly loves money. It is past time for real campaign reform. We need to limit the time for campaigns to 90days and to fund campaigns using the public trust... Free air time (TV & Radio) for debates; limited (regulated amounts) of direct mail, paid thru by francking prievleges and strick limits placed on the amounts of private money spent for campaigning.

    It is obsurd to think that corruption is not breed in a system that requires hundred of millions to run political campaigns. Polictical cronyism, the unrestrained enfluence of the rich and insider elitists, currently control our two party system. The result has been rule by fiat... The lack of real choice and governance of the people, by the people... and for the people.

    Currently, the party elitist control those who are nominated as candidates for office... Hence, they limit the people's choices for who governs. A system of elitist who govern according too the will of a select few, has created a political system governed by fiat... the dictates of political party hacks.

    It is past time that the People... reassert their control over their government. This can only be done thru real reform of the political process. Reform, that limits terms and creates ligitimate access for all... to the ballolt boxes of America. It is time to return the power of choice at the ballot to America... let us demand real reform and end the rule of governance by party fiat.

    RA NELSON

    Finally, voter fraud is rapent in America. Late returns are not uncommon in many precints where the polls are controled by political hacks who are willing too hold the ballot box hostage until... every vote is counted and counted and counted and counted until they get the outcome they need to win. It was Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union who once said words of this effect... He who counts the votes, wins. This strategy seems to have become the mantra of certain... party elites.

    RA Nelson

  • Posted By: Servant 43 @ 10/11/2008 10:56:27 AM

    Comment: This November I will be doing what every Christian should be doing including Obama, Biden, McCain and Palin. We should all look to our Lord Jesus for our vote selection. Which candidate will allow Jesus to bless our country during the next four years. Jesus is strongly against abortion, gay-rights and terrorism. The democrats have historically been for these things. Yes, even terrorism as they have never stopped being against the Iraq war. Due to our efforts in Iraq terrorists are now forced into the mountains of Pakistan - basically cornered between a rock and a hard place. If we as Christians turn our backs on Jesus, will He turn His back on us?

  • Posted By: pjoe @ 10/11/2008 9:22:34 AM

    Comment: BTW ... excellent article Mr Isikoff and thank you Newsweek for not squashing it.

  • Posted By: VoteBloomberg @ 10/11/2008 8:55:17 AM

    Comment: I find it hypocritical to blame the Republicans for the credit crisis on one hand and accept credit card donations with the other. Considering Mr. Obama has raised such an incredible amount of money for both himself and the credit card companies, perhaps his campaign should contribute to easing the crisis.
    A democrat voting independent.

  • Posted By: too_eazy @ 10/11/2008 8:28:25 AM

    Comment: Why is it that being a dirty democrat is sexy, but being a dirty republican is scary? Morally it doesn't make sense. I don't like Obama because he hasn't done ANYTHING. Ask Chicago what he's accomplished. Ask Illiinois what he's accomplished. Being black doesn't mean you're socially entitled - as a freebie payback because of your race. EARN the presidency with your word and your backbone. You can't vote for Obama because you seriously think he has a history of Change. He hasn't changed anything.

  • Posted By: emmarcee @ 10/11/2008 6:34:49 AM

    Comment: Who played the financial markets to crash down for Obama's favor? THE TIMING WAS VERY CRITICAL. Right when Mccain was in the lead. How many "international " investors were involved? who is bent to make Barack Husein Obama the POTUS? fIRST THEY PLAYED THE energy crisis. WE beat them. Then they withdrew their holdings and support for our fianancial system. "AMERICA had it coming". WE entertained all these back stabbers who were more than ready to pull the money away from wall street market. All so legally. Govt had to step in to stop the short sale of uSA. YOu liberals who play with antiamerican terrorist coutries, we will let you know you also hold the other end of this stick.

    • Posted By: NelsonRA @ 10/11/2008 11:49:18 AM

      Comment: George Sorros helped bring down governments thru currency and manipulation... leading too hyper-inflation. George Sorros used hedge funds and his wealth too collapse of the currency of Malaisia, and Argentina... Destabilizing their governments too bring about political changes favorable to his socialist agenda.

      Men like Mr Sorros will stop at nothing... believing the ends justify the means... any means. His nortorious use of hedge funds and other speculative forms of currency and market manipulation is well known. He is well adept in using speculative capitol instruments to destabilize economies on a national scale. It would not surprise me if he and a few other hyper-rich have engineered the present crisis for political gain.

      The wise... would be prudent too follow the money envloved, too the source. Global scales of economies are now centralized in the hands of a few... who, with adept application of their economic power can bring down national economies thru fraudulent market manipulation.

      RA NELSON

  • Posted By: 1Love @ 10/11/2008 4:18:02 AM

    Comment: PJOE - you're just a sheep like the rest of the hate-filled bigoted new breed or right wingers. Now THAT is something to get scared about. Try getting an education and opening your narrow mind. It'll feel good to get a brain. I seriously doubt you make enough money to want McCain in office anyhow.

    btw...howz ur 401 K doin? ;)

  • Posted By: MissVerstanden @ 10/11/2008 12:43:13 AM

    Comment: Hate. That''s all you know. Tell me, what's more frightening: Realising the separatist game of white against black is a ploy that's been used to distract you from the reality of your stalemated social economic status or that you blindly follow your authoritarian conservative leaders without question because you lack the ability to think rationally or in any form for yourself? Theorectically they both suck and are sad statements of existence but they are really the only options...for you anyway.

  • Posted By: MissVerstanden @ 10/11/2008 12:42:47 AM

    Comment: Hate. That''s all you know. Tell me, what's more frightening: Realising the separatist game of white against black is a ploy that's been used to distract you from the reality of your stalemated social economic status or that you blindly follow your authoritarian conservative leaders without question because you lack the ability to think rationally or in any form for yourself? Theorectically they both suck and are sad statements of existence but they are really the only options...for you anyway.

  • Posted By: pjoe @ 10/11/2008 12:25:46 AM

    Comment: After the Al Gore - Buddhist's nuns scandal,
    after the Acorn "voter registration" scheme,
    after the Democrat's effort to keep military votes out of the 2000 election,
    after the Democrat's effort to keep convicted felon votes in the 2000 election,
    after the hate-America speeches of Obama's various supporters, friends, mentors, and relatives,
    after the tar-and-feathering of Sarah Palin by Obama's supporters (MSNBC, CNN, etc),
    after Obama's support of socialist-party nominee for senate,
    after the communist-party's support of Obama,
    after Hamas support of Obama,
    after the Nation of Islam's support for Obama,
    ... yeah ... I guess I am starting to get a little paranoid.

  • Posted By: ritz17 @ 10/10/2008 9:48:34 PM

    Comment: I'm just really tired of the Obama bashing and fear-mongering, when in fact it's the Mac-Palins who need to be investigated in every aspect and on every level. Why do the Pubs always get a free ride? I do not understand the double standard and frankly, it's is time for c-h-a-n-g-e.

    • Posted By: ruthy5599 @ 10/11/2008 12:06:41 AM

      Comment: i like to know when they are going to investigate obama from top to bottom, inside and out, up and under? obama sure don't want the truth to come out about him! he knows it will be all over! all he can say is, "thats when i was eight years old" boy he sure has been eight years old for a long, long time! but then that is how an eight year old lies!

  • Posted By: PBOHIO @ 10/10/2008 8:19:46 PM

    Comment: I am so sick of seeing all these FALSE e-mails. If you don't have the intelligence to go to SNOPES.com or FACTCHECK.org and get the TRUTH, you should not be posting. All it does is show YOUR ignorance along with whoever wrote the e-mail in the first place.

  • Posted By: Irishmom2eb @ 10/10/2008 6:56:55 PM

    Comment: If this guy is elected it will be an through that kind of fraud... He is a crook and a liar.. I will never consider that inexperienced creep my president.. and I blame the media for his rise he could not even shine John McCain's shoes...

  • Posted By: Irishmom2eb @ 10/10/2008 6:53:34 PM

    Comment: This guy is worse than any crook in jail and he is going to be our president... NOT MINE

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/10/2008 4:34:31 PM

    Comment: CNN Reports Acorn Faking Voter Registrations:

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/acorn.fraud.claims/index.html?iref=newssearch

  • Posted By: Barbie123 @ 10/10/2008 2:33:37 PM

    Comment: Yes, Mrs. Pretty face (NOT) is as good a liar as her hubby Johnny McBush.

    Do you really want 4 more years of the same......vote Obama and not McS(h)ame 08

  • Posted By: cleocat @ 10/10/2008 12:58:07 PM

    Comment: I think it is so funny how this story hardly gets any play.
    I can't stand either of these two.
    Write in HILLARY!

    • Posted By: ritz17 @ 10/10/2008 9:54:38 PM

      Comment: Hillary supports Barack. Or haven't you heard? Vote for Barack Obama. He has the right kind of leadership and sensibility, to help set this country in a more positive direction. The past eight years have made Americans become overly paranoid and aren't we all tired of living like that? Let's get back some common sense and move forward and work together. Thank God for Barack Obama at this time when we need him the most. And thank you Clintons for pitching in your full support!

      • Posted By: Kate224 @ 10/15/2008 11:35:45 AM

        Comment: Are you really that naive? Hillary and Bill do not want Obama to win! They have always had concerns about his level of experience and that hasn't changed. They are simply playing politics. They know that Hillary can't run in 2012 if Obama wins now and they want her to have another shot. Get a clue!

  • Posted By: befair @ 10/10/2008 12:05:40 PM

    Comment: Obama's campaign raising is no different than any other candidates. Those who have not does as well at raising money are a bit green with envy I think. If you scrutinize McCain's donations you will find all the same kinds of problems. It is unfair to do what you are trying to do to Obama. You know better.

    • Posted By: IamNotWearingAVeil @ 10/14/2008 7:06:37 AM

      Comment: haha do some research, obama has received millions from foreigners overseas. It's not about jealousy. It's about Federal Law says foreigners may not donate or vote. Why because if it was legal, Foreigners would flood this country with donations until they found the right democrat to put in their pocket.

      Research: there are more rich democrats in government office then rich republicans.
      Research: Democrats have had control of the senate house and congress for the last 4 years. They pass legislation and bills. Who do think allowed all the mortgage fraud. Republicans had no control over the housing situtations Democrats were the deciding votes. Democrats = housing crisis

      You can bet your butt no Democrat will be foreclosed on.

  • Posted By: obgyn @ 10/10/2008 11:19:18 AM

    Comment: Did any of these people telling lies on Mr. Obama bother to research the truth.
    He NEVER went to a muslim school. It was Catholic.

    • Posted By: Irishmom2eb @ 10/10/2008 6:59:37 PM

      Comment: No you are wrong he never went to a Catholic school,, Get your facts right

  • Posted By: FATruca @ 10/10/2008 11:00:26 AM

    Comment: Cant decide if this Obama bashers name is some misspelled form of "mechanic" or some sort of "McCain-iac" type genius, either way, both options are ridiculous.
    Why don't you focus on the political facts as opposed to how sad you are that Barack doesnt sing the praises of "white side of the family." the republicans are the ones talking about staying out of family business since McBush and Palin are so *** up with their no-sex education and the whole leaving disfigured wife for skanky heiress thing. let it go, you lose with the personal attacks, you and the rest of us need to focus on what they are going to do in office, not who their families (no matter how *** up in your candidates case) are. Everyone has heard that *** for far too long and guess what, no one is buying it. Go back to your dimly lit apartment and continue to scan the internet for more smear. The intelligent people are on the right track, too bad there are soo many of you pathetic excuses for voters that have nothing constructive to say and continue to just ditto all the "facts" that have been explained away and accepted long ago. You're all so "mavericky" come up with something new.

  • Posted By: Macanic @ 10/10/2008 10:37:45 AM

    Comment: LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT?

    HIS FATHER WAS A BLACK AFRICAN MUSLIM FROM KENYA

    WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF HIS AFRICAN FAMILY.

    HIS MOTHER WAS A WHITE AMERICAN ATHEIST FROM KANSAS

    WHERE ARE THE PICTURES OF HIS AMERICAN FAMILY?

    HIS FATHER DESERTED HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND WENT BACK TO AFRICA BY WAY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY . HOW? WAS HIS FATHER WEALTHY?

    HIS MOTHER MARRIED AN INDONESIAN MUSLIM AND THEN MOVED TO JAKARTA WHERE HE WAS ENROLLED IN A MUSLIM SCHOOL .

    WHEN HE REACHED HIGH SCHOOL AGE HIS MOTHER SENT HIM TO HAWAII TO BE WITH HIS WHITE GRANDPARENTS AND HE WAS PUT INTO AN EXPENSIVE PRIVATE SCHOOL. HE LATER WENT TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY . HOW? WERE HIS GRANDPARENTS RICH?

    HE LIVES IN A $1.4 MILLION HOUSE OBTAINED THROUGH A DEAL WITH A WEALTHY FUNDRAISER. HOW?

    HE 'WORKED' AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO . HE HAS NEVER HELD A PRODUCTIVE JOB OR RECEIVED A PAY CHECK THAT WAS NOT GOVERNMENT-FUNDED AND/OR TAXPAYER SUPPORTED.

    THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS POSITION, NOR IS IT SUBJECT TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SET ASIDES; ON-THE-JOB TRAINING WON'T CUT IT.

    HE ENTERED POLITICS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE HE HAS MINIMAL EXPERIENCE.

    HE IS PROUD OF HIS 'AFRICAN HERITAGE' (A FATHER WHO GOT A WHITE GIRL PREGNANT AND DESERTED HER).

    WHERE IS THE PRIDE IN HIS 'WHITE HERITAGE'? (A MOTHER WHO FLAUNTED CONVENTION AND DID NOT BELIEVE IN GOD).

    SOME MIGHT THINK THERE WAS NOT MUCH TO BE PROUD OF EITHER WAY.

    HE BELONGS, AND HAS BELONGED FOR OVER 20 YEARS, TO AN 'AFRO-CENTRIC' CHURCH IN CHICAGO THAT HATES WHITES, HATES JEWS, AND BLAMES AMERICA FOR ALL THE WORLD'S PERCEIVED FAULTS. (INCLUDING CREATING THE AIDs VIRUS IN ORDER TO INFLICT IT ON AFRICANS).(watch the video)

    HE REPEATEDLY WHITEWASHES THE PASTOR, HIS CHURCH AND THE MEMBERS WHO CHEERED AFTER HEARING VITRIOLIC TIRADES AGAINST AMERICA .

    HE COULD NOT CONFRONT HIS PASTOR BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE HE CAN CONFRONT NORTH KOREA AND IRAN ? YEAH RIGHT ! !

    DURING HIS VERY BRIEF TIME IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE HE HAS MANAGED TO AMASS THE NUMBER ONE ULTRA LIBERAL VOTING RECORD OUT OF THE ONE HUNDRED MEMBERS.

    HE HAS VOTED CONSISTENTLY FOR BIGGER GOVERNMENT AND HIGHER TAXES. HE HAS VOTED FOR BIG ENTITLEMENTS AND LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SEVERELY CURTAIL AMERICA'S ABILITY TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS AND OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD.

    BUT, HE IS A GOOD ORATOR. ISN'T THAT A COMFORT?

    YEAH, I THINK I SEE HOW WELL HE COULD UNITE THE COUNTRY.

    I THINK THE TRUTH IS THAT HE HOPES NO ONE WILL PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.

    BARACK OBAMA


    • Posted By: Kate224 @ 10/15/2008 11:38:01 AM

      Comment: If only the media would report on all of this! WELL DONE!!!!


    • Posted By: Pandora'sBox @ 10/10/2008 6:06:13 PM

      Comment: This is well written, to the point and doesnt fall into bashing and swearing . whether rep.or dem. It is refreshing to see just the facts ma'am without having to call somebody you dont know something degrading

      • Posted By: Irishmom2eb @ 10/10/2008 7:03:18 PM

        Comment: Very well written..

  • Posted By: obgyn @ 10/10/2008 8:29:48 AM

    Comment: The people on this board are not perfect, Obama is not perfect, and much to my mother's belief that all Jewish people are perfect, we are not,
    but we support, Mr. Obama.

    Mr.Obama. he will break his neck to do a good job in that White House, and because of his skin color, he will run an open honest government because more people will watch over his shoulder than they would any other President, and they will hold his feet to the fire on everything.

    Obama would never have been able to get away with lying to the American people and sending husbands, son's, father's, daughter's and wives to war over a lie.

    Mr. Obama would never have been able to run a secret government as Bush and Cheney has done, he would never have been allowed to give away big money contracts to companies where he sits on the board, or to fatten the pockets of cronies and not answer to the American people, as Bush and Cheney has done, and John McCain will.

    People will not question, scrutinize, look over the shoulder, or hold John McCain's feet to the fire. McCain will run the same kind of Government that Bush and Cheney have run, and McCain will be a war monger just as Bush and Cheney.

    • Posted By: Kate224 @ 10/15/2008 11:41:06 AM

      Comment: Obama plans to redistribute the wealth so if you have money then you'd better get ready to lose it! Obama wants to nearly double capital gains and start more entitlement programs. Obama has had questionable donations, voter registrations and personal affiliations - how can you possibly believe he will be a credible president when the man clearly lacks integrity? You want to lower your standard of living then fine - vote Obama. Me, I'll vote McCain and then simply pick and charities I want to contribute to.

    • Posted By: rosey2 @ 10/10/2008 1:30:11 PM

      Comment: So true of this bloggers comments. No one is perfect. But you can bet that Mr. Obama will go out on a limb to do what's right compared to Mc Cain-Palin. Did you see the look on Mrs. Mc Cain's face when the three of them was trying to bash on Barack? She was really mean and desperate looking. Listen up folks, let Senator Mc Cain go home and retir, have a relaxing rest of his life with his family. Go with the new ship ready to sail. Storms may come, but with all the young talent surrounding him, Obama will lead safely. ac

      • Posted By: Vypurr @ 10/10/2008 6:07:43 PM

        Comment: Yeah Rosey, do you love the way Mr."go out on a limb" Obama, has gone out on a limb for his own brother, whom he allows to live in a cardboard shack for 12 dollars a year? I really like how he "went out on a limb" with an admitted terrorist, too!

        Yes, Obama will lead us..... right into socialism.

  • Posted By: quasqueton @ 10/10/2008 2:42:25 AM

    Comment: Excuse me "bluepeas". Whatever that means.

  • Posted By: quasqueton @ 10/10/2008 2:41:03 AM

    Comment: Good heavens, you are right pees! Obama is the Messiah we have been waiting for! Perfect character, no flaws. Rev. Wright was his mentor. How can we go wrong?

  • Posted By: quasqueton @ 10/10/2008 2:36:16 AM

    Comment: My God, excuse me, Obama is "God" according to you. Grow up.

  • Posted By: bluepeas @ 10/09/2008 11:35:47 PM

    Comment: For those of you who question Obama's character or doubt his experience & missed the amazing biography of Barack Obama on cable, The Biography Channel, I STRONGLY advise you to watch it (link below), before deciding your vote. This man has a story to tell & a destiny to fulfill, if only we, the American ppl let him.His parents instilled in he & his sister an outstanding sense of justice, compassion, motivation & a love for all ppl, which sums up greatness in leadership. His excellent choice of Senator Biden was not one for himself, but one for the American ppl, a man with a distinguished record, a man with fundamental decency & a leader that could help make Washington work for the us.The Republican's campaign wasted no time in trying to turn the choice against Obama, blasting out an ad featuring Biden's previous dismissive criticism of Obama, which is what Palin was referring to in the VP debate. Democrats said the GOP was quick to get that ad out because they fear Sen. Biden, a man w/ powerful ties & tremendous experience in Washington, deep foreign-policy experience, and a veteran of 35 years in the Senate. It back fired on McCain's party, proving through Obama's choice in mentor that his heart & mind is set on restoring the great reputation of America & bring about positive change much needed for the American ppl, not petty bickering & negativity. People may change their minds about McCain if they knew HIS past history. When he finally got back to the states he was committing adultery while he was still married to his first wife who stuck by him while he was a prisoner of war. McCain does not deny this. There are many other instances where he excelled in poor judgement. Gov. Palin is a perfect example. http://www.biography.com/video.do?name=barackobama (Sen. Barack Obama) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26276165/displaymode/1107/s/2/ (Sen. Joe Biden)

    • Posted By: Kate224 @ 10/15/2008 11:42:46 AM

      Comment: Are you serious? You're basing your vote on the Obama TV Movie of the Week that was played on a network owned by a conglomerate that has a brand vision (including newscasts) to adhere to? Want to buy a bridge?

    • Posted By: Pandora'sBox @ 10/10/2008 6:19:13 PM

      Comment: question.. how did his parents instill anything in him . I thought he was abandoned by his father and given away by his mother to his ultra wealthy grandparents who raised him in tropical luxury and sent him to college.

      • Posted By: Vypurr @ 10/10/2008 8:48:52 PM

        Comment: Yeah.... they instilled in him his "we are our brother's keeper" mantra. We all know how Hussein Obama treats his own brother!

        I also like the values they instilled in him regarding his friends, terrorist Ayers, racist Wright and corrupt Rezko.

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 10/09/2008 9:27:57 PM

    Comment: Hi, Im Bawney Fwank, And I appwove of Obama...Just like My appwoval of Fannie and Fweddies business pwatices in the 90's, I will fight for Obamas wight to take over, err I mean to serve his fellow Amewicans..My decisions should be taken sewiously because I knew what I was talking about with Fweddie/Fannie, and the housing mawkets shady cwedit pwactices fow the disadvantaged...Nevew mind it cost biweeions in youw dollaws to bail dem out, just listen to me and vote for Bawack Obama....I was wight with Fweddie and Fannie, and Im wight about Bawack Obama..Thank you fow youw time, youw money and Good night my fellow Americans...

    • Posted By: Kate224 @ 10/15/2008 11:43:40 AM

      Comment: How will you be able to support Obama? Won't you be too busy off hunting wabbits?

    • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 10/09/2008 10:28:10 PM

      Comment: The Frank 'N Schumer Monster! They want the news media to help them blame Republicans and Bush.The news media is right in step, of course.
      Anyone in the news industry want to look up CHGO. P. D. IR246022 26 SEP 69..? it won't be a racist thing to do because the suspect is a white lady! In fact, a lawyer! A friend of Bill Ayres!
      I wonder how good the Frank 'n Shumer Monster was to her over the last few years? Is there a Bernardine Dohrn and Machelle Obama connection?


  • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 10/09/2008 8:27:04 PM

    Comment: Obama may have gotten a tip that through next debate the issue of gun rights, boarder security. illegal immigration, Americans drug problems may be coming up, so he has to go buy 30 minutes of 'I-MEANT-TO-SAY" To try to countermand the stammering and stupidity he can anticipate on the last debate!
    And McCain will name names and be specific about Obama shady deals and creepy friends and partners!
    This time, you are not blowing anyone off the ticket ,Obama. You've never won an election with a standing opponent.
    McCain has always won his fights as an underdog...coming up from behind! And past!
    A question,Obama? Was Ayres a pedophile when you met him? You were 8 years old when
    Ayres was bombing to bring all the worlds violence to the American streets (yyess?) and then....?
    Ayres and the Weathermen indulged in sexual deviance as a group when you were 8 years old... and then?

    • Posted By: coldsilverain @ 10/10/2008 9:17:08 AM

      Comment: In case you didn't notice, Obama answered the questions and made much more sense. He, like most people, like to think about what they are going to say before they make a idiot out of themselves like Palin has so many times, so what if he stammers. McCain just covers up his verbal flaws by repeating the "my friends" comments and "maverick". Don't get me started on Palin because McCain has trained her to talk around the question the same way he does.

      • Posted By: coldsilverain @ 10/10/2008 9:23:38 AM

        Comment: The pedophile comments you made were just sickening. Do you really believe this drivel or are you just an ignorant @$$? Come back when you have a logical reasoning for your hate other than..."Uh, he's black, name is Hussein, and McCain/Palin said he's a terrorist." Hello, do you really think he would be in the Presidential Race if that were true? Morons on this board just baffle me. Vote Obama 08 to get this country back on the right track. Stop the hate, here and overseas. God bless our Military and keep them safe.

        • Posted By: Vypurr @ 10/10/2008 8:52:03 PM

          Comment: Stop the hate? LMAO! Have you not read any of the left wing hate-filled things posted here about McCain and especially Palin? I think what you really mean by that is "agree with me and let's become a socialist country". No thank you!

        • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 10/10/2008 2:21:15 PM

          Comment: I don't believe you're as concerned about our military as you pretend to be. Ayres is a terrorist and the organizational goal was to bring all the violence around the world onto the streets of America. Obama's campaign is a version of the DNC's hate campaign against christians, achievers, police, military profrssionals and gun owners.
          He, like Ayres, is a hatefull fraud. And they are attacking our election process indifferent ways. And if he had any concern about our troops he would not openly announce withdraw plans or where we need to attack next...because he's giving intelegence material to the enemy... who he insists he will negotiate with.
          Now something attracted Ayres to Obama and Obama to Ayres. The Weathermen did made a point to participate in groups sexual perversions! Sex was part of their recruitment gimmick.
          Palin is hated by Democrats because she is a woman who does not talk in the discrimination campaign language against the Americans who make this country work. And Obama dodges questions! A mouth full of hot air!

  • Posted By: robbings4545 @ 10/09/2008 8:15:36 PM

    Comment: free N l G G E R jokes at

    C H I M P O U T . C O M

    • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 10/09/2008 8:44:40 PM

      Comment: Robbings...you're a liberal and left winger who suports Obama! the ploy is to try to impersonate a conservitive---your warped view of one!
      Gotcha!
      Now be a good little boy and go urinate on the aids quilt, and try to blame Bush or Mccain!.

      • Posted By: Vypurr @ 10/10/2008 6:10:46 PM

        Comment: This idiot is cut from the same, sick Acorn family cloth.... They simply cannot win without sh!t like this.

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/09/2008 7:34:57 PM

    Comment: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/09/2008 7:24:38 PM

    Comment: From: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/rnc-obama--acorn-fact/story.aspx?guid=%7B29569FA1-136D-4B95-9D51-4EF9E87ED547%7D&dist=hppr

    Obama's Campaign Paid Over $800,000 To ACORN For Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts, But "Mistakenly Misrepresented" Their Work To The FEC:

    Obama's Campaign "Paid More Than $800,000" To ACORN For Get-Out-The Vote Efforts; The Campaign Originally "Misrepresented" The Group's Work To The FEC. "U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat's campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports. An Obama spokesman said Federal Election Commission reports would be amended to show Citizens Services Inc. -- a subsidiary of ACORN -- worked in 'get-out-the-vote' projects, instead of activities such as polling, advance work and staging major events as stated in FEC finance reports filed during the primary." (David M. Brown, "Obama To Amend Report On $800,000 In Spending," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 8/22/08)

    The link below describes how some in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN, a group Obama has a long association with. See:

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122247015469280723.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/09/2008 6:49:48 PM

    Comment: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/09/2008 6:49:37 PM

    Comment: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: quasqueton @ 10/09/2008 5:30:55 PM

    Comment: Perhaps I did know a Holly Crap in high school.

  • Posted By: quasqueton @ 10/09/2008 5:30:05 PM

    Comment: It is "Holey crap, Batman!" Not have a Holly Jolly Christmas, idiot.

  • Posted By: quasqueton @ 10/09/2008 5:27:08 PM

    Comment: Hey Harley! Is that a Christmas greeting?

  • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 10/09/2008 5:01:13 PM

    Comment: HOLLY CRAP!

    Obama has thrown down the gauntlet...when asked about mccain FAILING to mention Ayers in the Town Hall debate, yet continuing to bring it up on the trail....Obama said "SAY IT TO MY FACE." it's all on John now, or will he keep letting Sarah fight his battles.....D@MN! "SAY IT TO MY FACE"....my man ;)

    • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 10/09/2008 5:20:26 PM

      Comment: There is coming a third debate! Obama may get his wish! it's too late to bring hillary out now! things are going to get a little bit tough here, now.

  • Posted By: J.R. Seus @ 10/09/2008 3:24:49 PM

    Comment: A Cemetery in the Closet
    Inspired by Dr. Seuss???s Green Eggs and Ham

    Barack and Biden

    Biden and Barack

    That Barack-and- Biden!
    That Barack-and- Biden!
    I do not like that Barack-and-Biden!

    ???Do you like
    closets to hide in????

    I do not like them, Barack-and-Biden.
    I do not like
    Closets to hide in.

    ???Would you trust us
    here or there????

    I would not trust you
    here or there.
    I would not trust you anywhere.
    I do not like
    closets to hide in.
    I do not like them, Barack-and-Biden.

    ???Would you like a racist preacher?
    Or a terrorist for teacher????

    I would not like
    a racist preacher
    or a terrorist
    for teacher.
    I do not trust you
    here or there.
    I do not trust you
    anywhere.
    I do not like
    closets to hide in.
    I do not like them,
    Barack-and-Biden.

    ???Would you let us
    steal and lie?
    Let Fannie Mae
    dip in your pie????

    Not with a lie.
    Not in my pie.
    Not racist preacher.
    Not terrorist teacher.
    I would not trust you
    here or there.
    I would not trust you anywhere.
    With all the closets you two hide in,
    I would not vote Barack-and ???Biden.


    • Posted By: coldsilverain @ 10/10/2008 9:31:22 AM

      Comment: Grow up. If he was part of a terrorist group why wouldn't the secret service or military intelligence or our president have exposed him? He is running for PRESIDENT! They kinda screen these people you know. Wow. Just goes to show what a disgusting campaign McCain/Palin are running. And if you want to question someone about their past associating with radicals maybe your candidates have a few things to answer to...try doin your research people.

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/09/2008 1:11:45 PM

    Comment: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/09/2008 1:10:51 PM

    Comment: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/09/2008 1:10:41 PM

    Comment: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

  • Posted By: cani77 @ 10/09/2008 1:10:26 PM

    Comment: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future.
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    Also, he perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years
    is terrifying.He thinks it will be worse then the great depression.
    The banks in the U.S. are going under one after the other. Countrywide ,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch , Fanny and Freddy Mae ,AIG
    The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Even with the goverment nationalizing hundreds of billions of dollars in debt the stock market is crashing
    the credit markets are frozen and all of us may suffer beyond anything in the last 80 years.
    McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".
    That not just my opinion its his own words. Not only does he not understand how to fix it but he does not understand exactly what is broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use complex mathematical models very few people understand.
    Bush and McCain both can take the credit for this mess since they helped deregulate the laws that were protecting us.
    Bush's economic advisor Phil Graham wrote the deregulation bill that allowed banks to take huge risks with all of our future.
    Now, Phil Graham is the head of McCain's economic policy.He is also McCain's choice for the next secretary of the treasury.
    No one in this country can afford for that to happen. The last time Bush met with his economic advisors was in March. He didnt realize that anything was wrong. Phil Graham had the guts to say that we are in a mental recession after he helped create the worst economy meltdown in our lifetime. Check out this link to the truth http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo
    It will take the best and brightest minds in the world to get us out of this nightmare. As bad as Bush has done, McCain would be
    even more destructive because things are in much worse shape. The next president will not inherit a surplus like Bush did but a crashing economy and a 11,600,000,000,000 (trillion) dollars deficit. Most of it Bush created and it will take decades to pay it back.
    If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got.
    When it comes to policy Bush and McCain are the same 90 percent of the time.
    So why are the polls even close then ?
    Mccains team just said they no longer want to talk about the economy.Instead they would like to spend time talking about obama
    which means running the biggest smear campaign in history.
    They think they can just tell you lies and you wont be smart enough to see through it
    Let's teach him we are smarter than that .
    Elect Obama Biden 2008


    Check out this video of sarah palins interview and ask your self if she understands what she is talking about.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36Xc0GG4iQ

    • Posted By: Vyp