Journalist of the Year

I thought this was a very good article. I was also impressed with how Letterman handled McCain. What an interview! I hope it will make some people think twice before they vote.
Obama/Biden 08

Jim, as usual you are trying to twist a fact to make it mean something different.

Your quotes from Obama's books are more or less accurate, but they are taken completely out of context. In Dreams from my Father, Obama writes at length about how he went through an adolescent period of rebellion and identity crisis. He spent some time identifying with his black heritage and feeling how victimized blacks have been. If you read the whole book, you will see how he realized that it was immature for him to stay stuck in these feelings. He realized that he needed to do something constructive, rather than complain about other people being destructive. And he needed to see both sides of the story, both black and white, since he is both black and white. Actually, Jim, you could take a lesson from that and learn how to be more objective.

You quote from Audacity of Hope is taken from a speech Obama gave after 9/11. He said that if the US government starts rounding up Muslims without cause and without giving them due process of law, that he would stand up for the Muslims rather than just watch our government put them in prison camps like we did to the Japanese Americans in WWII. In fact, the Bush administration created it's own internment camp and called it Guantanamo Bay. While there are certainly many guilty terrorists held in Guantanamo, there are also many innocent American citizens who have been held illegally for years without even being charged with any crime. They have been tortured by our government. Some of them have died.

Recently the Supreme Court ruled against the Bush administration in the matter of Guantanamo Bay. The Supreme Court Justices were NOT on the side of the terrorists. They were on the side of the Geneva Convention, that says you can not torture POWs, and on the side of US laws that state you can not imprison a person without charging them with a crime and bringing them to trial. I'm sure that like most Americans, the Justices who voted against the illegal, immoral doings at Guantanamo did not feel sympathy for the terrorists. They felt sympathy for the laws of AMERICA, the land of the FREE, where even rat finks get a fair trial.

One of the things that makes America GREAT is Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press. Your blog implies that if McCain wins the Presidency, Obama's books will be banned from public libraries. Heaven helps us! If this is true, it would be one heck of a reason to vote against McCain. Come to think of it, Sarah Palin tried to ban books from the Wasilla Public Library, and fired the Head Librarian when she refused to comply. Maybe it is true.

God save us from small minded people like you, Jim Johnson.

Attention hard workers of America struggling to save for a future for our children. STOP WORKING SO YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM THE OBAMA AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PT 2 PLAN. REWARDS ARE NOT MEANT FOR THE HARD WORKERS, THEY ARE FOR THE LAZY, AND THE USELESS.

Capitalism is great properly regulated. Unfortunately that did not occur and greed took over,. Bankers, mortgage brokers and flippers all contributed. I fail how to see how the just the Democrats were to blame when we Republicans had control of the Presidency, regulators, House and the Senate in 2003 and 2005?

Dave doesn't mess around....when somebody is so clearly full of it...he calls them on it. I wish the mainstream media had the journalistic integrity of Letterman. Sounds crazy to say that...but it's true....where are the questions about Sarah Palins ties to the AIP and McCains ties to Gordon Liddy and his Keating 5 scandal??? So much for the false accusations of there being a "liberal media" lol...what a joke

Dave doesn't mess around....when somebody is so clearly full of it...he calls them on it. I wish the mainstream media had the journalistic integrity of Letterman. Sounds crazy to say that...but it's true....where are the questions about Sarah Palins ties to the AIP and McCains ties to Gordon Liddy and his Keating 5 scandal??? So much for the false accusations of there being a "liberal media"

Letterman did a great job of trying to get McCain to repudiate his assertion that Obama "pals around with terrorists" - but to no avail. Yet the guy has the temerity to get all puffed up over comments by John Lewis! That takes the cake! McCain is a prevaricator of the first degree. I am embarrassed and disgusted by him, and I have been a Republican for over 30 years - but McCain lost me when he chose Palin & resorted to lies.

McCain has basically lost control of the Republican Party. The Republican Party has become a stark raving mob under the McCain, Palin???s leadership. Now he is trying to conduct damage control and the mob is resisting his efforts. We are Americans. We need a leader that can stay on course with a steady hand. We need a leader who can motivate us in positive way. We need a leader to unite this nation, to solve our economic issues, and to lead us in a positive way. We definitely don???t need a Vice president that condones and tolerate a radical group that wants to withdraw the State of Alaska from the United States. I am amazed that Senator McCain would choose a running mate who has such disregard to ethics and Patriotism and condones hate, racism and the destruction of endangered species due to greed.
Senator McCain has fallen off the path of leadership and honor.

So McKlan is not going to raise taxes? Then how is he going to fund his own war that he is expected to start if he is in power? Why do you think he is palling with Joe Lieberman? These two mentally retarded nuts already choose their target and it is IRAN. Just like the neocons planned the Iraq war much before 911. It will repeat all over again if McKlan comes to power. Bush can afford lowering taxes with two wars because Bill Clinton left the treasury with a surplus. It is very realistic to say that if McKlan comes to power, he will be on TV some time by the end of 2009 gleefully announcing a new war and asking the citizens to be little patriotic (taxes) and fund his experiment. Only a fool will think McCain will not raise taxes in this environment. We are a semi-socialist country already and let's not pretend Republicans are any different from Democcrats now.

Beanhead54: Your Lame Ass already live in a [Socialist Government]

YOU ARE TRULY A [BEAN HEAD] !!! LITERALLY

A [MIlitary Run , Capitalist, Socialist Society]

A Glorified Police State....

I have no Problems with it, I cannot change it, so I Accept it.

Socialist Government..

1. Social Security System: A Self Sufficient Government, would not have such an Organization...Period.

2. Unemployment Insurance: In a Independent, Self Sufficient Government [Country] You have only what you've Earned.

3. Medicaid-Medicare: Again, In a Self Sufficient and independent Government-Nation, it would not EXIST.

4. Welfare & Food Stamps: again, it would'nt... Exist

5. Federal, State, County & City Government Taxes would be one, not Seperate, though it should be [One]

6. Governement & CEO Bailouts resulting in CEO's keeping their Millions and Leaving the Tax Payer and his children to pay for the Debts incurred by Corporate execuives and then for the Governemnt to have Ownership in the Banking Institutions is [Socialism]

7. Social Programs, Not for Profit Organizations, Various Government Handouts and Scholarships, grants that don't Require Repayment, all of this is [Socialism]

But this country would be a Big 3rd world Without implementing various Forms of [Socialism] or Derivatives of [Socialism]

I have no problem with it, because the governemnt can do as it pleases and those that control Finance have the Power to do so.


YOU CAN STOP THE [SOCIALISM] SCARE TACTICS NOW...IT WILL NOT WORK..OK

Jim Johnson, no matter how many times people tell you that Obama is against socialism, you keep posting these blogs that accuse Obama of socialism and communism. It is not true and you know it. You are just trying to smear Obama and make people afraid.

In his book Audacity of Hope, Obama writes at length about the FAILURE of SOCIALISM and the failure of communism. He enthusiastically states that American democracy is the greatest political system on earth. Obama is not a socialist, and he does not admire socialism.

To you, Jim, and to all of the conservatives out there who think that Obama is a flaming liberal, I would like to remind you of what he did when he was elected President of the Harvard Law Review. The Law Review President gets to name ten individuals to write articles for the Review, and these ten people also get to control the content of the publication. All of the minorities and the liberals thought they finally had it made, that Obama would appoint ten left wing editors. Instead, Obama appointed three conservatives, three liberals and four moderates. That year the Law Review was critically acclaimed as the best run and best written Harvard publication in decades.

So when he wins in November, conservatives don't have to freak out. Obama is a centrist and will appoint a balanced cabinet full of active people who will really get things done. Kind of like the way our multi-cultural society is supposed to be. And exactly what we need in this time of economic crisis.

What Dave letterman didnt sat to McCain...
Picking a VP for the most important job in the nation is a major test for each candidate!
It???s a telling task that characterizes what each nominee offers to a nation that has gone from a wealthy great union to a broken divisive ghost in just eight years!


Mccain choose vanity over substance???
Mcain choose novelty over experience???
There are least 50 ???80 more acceptable and viable conservatives available for the job!

The nation needs intelligence, experience and people with the wisdom to select the best advisors and cabinet available! The GOP had its chances and they showed their hand- monoplies and deregulation have paved the way to the current crisis!

The ???Saving and Loan??? scandal, the ???Suprime, mortgage and banking industry meltdown??? have GOP/John McCcain written all over this financial crisis.
It is the job of the federal government to provide oversight to protect its citizens from corruption, greed and inadequacy. This are crucial issues that the GOP and John McCain have never grasped!
Dave was nice to the Senator- I wish i could say the same about Mccain as to reagrding his duty for the citizens of our nation! Uneeded war based on subversion and duplicity and his historical lack of financial oversight and regulation have put our nation into a deep hole! The guy needs way more scrutiny then what Letterman provided!