Obama the Unruffled

anna put down the pom poms and do your job... be a journalist,, research and ask some real questions instead of swooning like a tart.... the media rips apart a guy because he asks questions that BO, no teleprompter, shows his hand for once. but heaven forbid you actually you show some integrity and take a true, honest look at BO's past and ask some real ?'s... Just more Fluff, fluff, fluff...sad

anna put down the pom poms and do your job... be a journalist,, research and ask some real questions instead of swooning like a tart.... the media rips apart a guy because he asks questions that BO, no teleprompter, shows his hand for once. but heaven forbid you actually you show some integrity and take a true, honest look at BO's past and ask some real ?'s... Just more Fluff, fluff, fluff...sad
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Obama, the excuses are wearing thin. what excuse do you have for this one?:
http://www.againstobama.com/2008/10/obama-praised-searing-and-timely-book-by-ayers/

The GOP is grasping at straws. They have nothing substantive against Obama, but boy are they good at making up lies. He's a socialist, he's a terrorist, he's a Muslim! This is the leading Karl Rove tactic for years, and if America falls for this again we should be ashamed of ourselves. Not to mention the obvious fact that this is all a smokescreen to keep the focus off of the economy, anf off the fact that Palin has been found guilty of abusing the power of her office, and that she is in contempt of court for obstruction of justice. After Nixon and Clinton, Americans are to some extent jaded, but really, would you want a VP who refuses to attend hearings in her own defense, and instructs her employees not to testify?

This year, the GOP offers you an angry old man and a woman who, while personable, is desperately uniformed on national and international issues. Both of them are far right politically. McCain used to be a maverick, but since 2004 he's voted 90% with Bush. McCain's policies are not original or reformist, despite how he's tried to co-opt Obama's popular message of change. Please go to the websites of both of the candidates and read their platforms. Obama's Blueprint for Change has more good ideas than McCain's plan. Compare them yourself. Obama's basic premise is that tax dollars should be spent to make America stronger and to improve the lives and well being of our people. For example, he uses education programs to train a new technology workforce, contributing to energy independence, creating jobs and improving the economy. When you read McCain's plan you will find no over-arching design to get America back on track. Instead you'll find more tax cuts for the wealthy, de-regulation of the health care industry, and a stated intent to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I'm a Republican. Although I embrace some forward-thinking social values, in the past I've rarely voted Democrat. My thinking was that since Republicans grow robust economies, by voting Republican I endorsed a plan that would grow wealth for our nation, and then we'd be able to afford social programs. It was a good strategy for a couple decades, but I have to say that the tenure of W. Bush has changed my mind. Not only is there nothing fiscally responsible about today's GOP, the insidious alignment of the party with religious intolerance has really turned me off.

On the other hand, the intelligent luminous thought of Barack Obama has ignited my patriotism. I want a President who puts America first and can get the economy back on track. In my mind, values voting takes a back burner when we are faced with a meltdown of the economy. It is time for a change, a real change. The Republicans have controlled the Presidency for 28 of the past 40 years, but they have fallen down on the job. The Democrats have a stellar candidate this year, and I am voting for Obama.

Here we go again Mcshame character the straight shooter ...What a joke!!!!! . Hes small brain doesn't allow him to see beyond hes nose. The selection of Sara Paling make any person wonder about hes ability to lead. Sara paling attended 6 colleges to obtain a degree. (Colleges) the place yo go to learn how to put a sentence together... yes "that one" god help us all if she is elected

Having a slavish Ask No Questions Press on your side helps. [It helps more when they engage in routine lies about the other side,now distressingly routine,as evidenced by the Secret Service rebuttal [the second time in one week], of a claim the Washington Posts Dana Milbank[ Obamaite],made yesterday when he stated that the Secret Service ''kicks reporters out of McCain/Palin events'',yet another media-manufactured lie exposed this morning,neccecitating a retraction in tomorrows WaPo].
ABCS former news chief Mark Halperin ,in an unusual mea culpa,discusses the medias ''self-inflicted damage''and its ''loss of credibility'' in going overboard for The Messiah,while appearing on CNN this weekend.

What remains is how the press will act under the expected Obama mess,screwup,flaw,scandal or other that will rock his presidency. The disservice of the press in this election is possibly the worst ever committed as we are in a 24-hour cycle,yet all is disseminated through a singular partisan lens that filters out anything deemed unhelpful to Obamas chances,even at a periphery. [Take congressional scandal. NEWSWEAK has eight articles in six weeks on Republican Ted Stevens corruption trial. It has Zero on the corruption investigation by the feds and the House Ethics Committee on Democrat Chuck Rangel,chairman of one of the Congresses most powerful committees, [Ways and Means] and thus a newsworthy specimen]. It glibly acccepted the lies peddled by other media outlets [the now debunked ''Kill Him'' shout at a Pennsylvania Palin rally as reported by a scribbler for a Scranton newspaper],and Joe The Plumbers private life becomes more important than a future presidents economic policies.

When you have a press that is this much in the tank for you [yes,including the hack Quindlen], and will not provide anything meddlesome to muck things up,you can afford to be ''cool''.

That's why I think it is a joke that Obama is getting a boost from this whole economic crisis. This guy is more slippery than Teflon Don! Nothing sticks! When you have unlimited resources from multi Billionaires like George soros that can buy the media for you, you can get away with murder because nobody will ever know about it! George Soros finally found a candidate that could be bought. A guy with no qualifications but with an excessive ego who actually thinks it's all about him when he is only a pawn in Soro's game to play God with the whole world and shape it to his whim! Do you know how the Obama camp is going to get more votes on election day? His task force is going to go into poor neighborhoods offering cigarettes, money and maybe even drugs to street thugs in exchange for their votes. Colin Powell is talking about his endorsement of Obama because of his "steadiness". When you are confident that the election is bought and payed for of course you are going to be "steady", whatever that means. He does not have to prove himself or do much work like he demonstrated in the last debate!

How about that Frank Davis who Obama elludes to as "frank" in his book the communist pedophile who he "sipped whiskey with at the age of ten" The TRUTH will come out!!!! But look for it as Newswek probably won't report it.

Character is cliche. All judgments about a person should proceed by the most recent stand they have taken on any given issue.

Yes. Great article. Just as I see it. And to your question - "As a parent I would love to understand how instead he became someone conspicuously secure.". The simple answer is that he was loved by those around him. And his Daddy, while absent, was not completely missing - he wrote. And his family, his mom, his Grampa and Gramma, all talked about the good things in his Daddy. So, in his formative years, he was well loved and he thought well of his Daddy and looked up to him. This gave him room to grow. He was able to have the space to work through his issues. He had to come up with an answer to why am I here and what do I do in a way that many others do not. And he had what he needed in him and around him to get to a good answer. He had to grow up at an early age. He had to tear himself down to his core, and then build himself up again. The foundation for his character is his positive view of things. His perspective. He learned early that he needed to see things in perspective, like his Dad. Like his Mom, who also left him early, in part to go to other parts of the world and in the end through cancer. This perspective is what makes him strong today. The other thing he did, was to take his perspective and action it - by going to school, by exploring his roots, by seeking to serve and seeking to live the American Dream. I believe he will serve America well. He will be one of the most outstanding Presidents. In part because of who he is, and in part, because America needs him and will mandate him to make the changes she needs.

Very well put. It will be such a positive commentary on this nation when, with these ideals, we elect Barack Obama President. It will show that, even with the dangerous fringe currently on display, we are able to use our brains and weigh out the more important characteristics necessary for a leader--and then follow through and vote for him. Too bad it has taken really hard times to bring use to our senses.

Mostly importantly, it will show us that perhaps we have grown up a bit, put the survival of our nation before our incessant need to be emotionally stimulated by some tough talking "bubba" who will "kick ass" for the good old boys. That concept should never have worked and I am glad to see it put it rest.

OBAMA BIDEN 08...!!!@@@

OBAMA BIDEN 08...!!!@@@

I left this country and moved to Sweden for 20 years of self-imposed exile because of racism. As a black man in Europe I was looked upon as an American. Didn't my passport say so? I returned a few years ago because my Swedish wife always knew that it was in America where I could do my best, and I have succeeded in a profession that I would not wish on most people--a sculptor and a writer. Obama could never reach this professional level in Sweden--rappers be gone.
Jerry Harris
Chico, California