The Case for Barack Obama

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  • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/21/2008 6:53:52 AM

    Vote for a guy under racist premises is as bad voting against under racist premises, Omar is more secure under Obama government is racist, Obama become in an almost winner candidate under non same race presidents, your academy is lost when you arise the issue and when your judgement is biased and then you intend to bias every one... is unethical try to change people's opinion from your journalist work!!! sahme oin you!!! THE WHITES ARE LESS RACIST THAN THE COLOURED!!!!!

    • Posted By: Slapshot @ 10/22/2008 12:44:27 AM

      Hey Dominican ... Ya wanna try that again in another language? ... English perhaps!

      • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/25/2008 3:18:23 PM

        I will try idiotland, your country.....

      • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/25/2008 3:01:14 PM

        I wish you long life!!!!

    • Posted By: firetheprincipal @ 10/22/2008 12:18:51 AM

      my college degree is not helping me understand what you are saying. Please try again in simple phrases.

      • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/25/2008 3:17:34 PM

        Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...... L.....

    • Posted By: Dadedi @ 10/21/2008 11:30:48 AM

      Go to school and learn some English. While you are there it may help if you took some spelling lessons too, you dirty small town man.

      • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/25/2008 3:16:53 PM

        Excuse me Mr Right!! Mr. Clean!!! and thanks for reading my 6 year old boy typing....... By the way OBAMA is the MESIAH we need to make all americans white, with beautiful skin, blond hair and blue eyes.... Sorry to hurt your feelings.... As#$%@le!!!!

  • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/20/2008 8:06:15 PM

    Now Obama is the mesiah, now is elevated as Jesus, then will be repudiated for his mistakes on government in case he is elected... Obama will make us as rich as Donald Trump, Obama will make us bullet proof to diseases, Obama will make us smarters, Obama will make us immortals, Obama will convert all arab nations to catholic, he will erase prostitution from the erath face.... OBAMA OUR SAVIOR OUR LORD, WE MUST GIVE ALL OUR WOMEN TO OBAMA TO START THE SUPERACE DREAMED BY HITLER!!!!!

    • Posted By: Unbridled Truth @ 10/20/2008 11:15:25 PM

      Your an ignorant ass. Go back to the rock you crawled out from under.

      • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/21/2008 6:57:55 AM

        Cursing! that is the change your mesiah's proposal, insulting others is the way you will handle economy, health? Why you only state your position whitout the insults, you Phd? CURSING, INSULTING, THAT'S THE CHANGE AMERICA!!!!

        • Posted By: Unbridled Truth @ 10/21/2008 8:11:31 PM

          From Merriam-Webster's Dictionary:

          ass (noun)

          1: any of several hardy gregarious African or Asian perissodactyl mammals (genus Equus) smaller than the horse and having long ears ; especially : an African mammal (East asinus) that is the ancestor of the donkey

          2: sometimes vulgar : a stupid, obstinate, or perverse person <made an ass of himself> ???often compounded with a preceding adjective

          I'll tell you what is vulgar: your racist tirades on this blog. America does not need to be divided over race. United we Stand, Divided we Fall. The way I see it, the shoe not only fits, but you are wearing it. Judging by other replies to your comments, I'm not the only one who finds your remarks offensive.

          You can dish it out pretty good by attacking people because of their skin color, but you can't take it when someone calls you stupid, obstinate or perverse for your remarks. Maybe you should stop dishing it out.

          At least you know intelligence when you see it.

          • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/25/2008 3:06:31 PM

            Hey take it easy!! if people are real smart will ignore my remarks, by the way I am a black person Ok.

    • Posted By: crave @ 10/21/2008 2:11:29 PM

      You are really sick. What goes around comes around, you rasis

  • Posted By: good conscience @ 10/21/2008 12:23:36 PM

    The fact that 80% -- EIGHTY PERCENT! -- of the rest of the world want Obama to get elected as president, is very telling. For those narrow-thinking repub friends of mine who always try the flimsy argument "We don't care, he's not running for president of the world, he's running for president of our country!", think again. The whole world is watching, and looking to the USA, perhaps for one of the last times, to really show some of that old leadership we once enjoyed by being inclusive of other nations, other societies. It's critically important that that many people favor one candidate over the other.
    By the way, thank heaven and earth that Lieberman was NOT on the McBush ticket. Palin is no prize whatsoever, but Lieberman??!! Holy moly........!

    • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/25/2008 2:56:54 PM

      Ey!! Einstein!! remember most of the rest of the world want to see USA on his knees! you Genius!!!!

  • Posted By: katbunny @ 10/21/2008 2:20:36 PM

    Barack Obama is what this country needs right now - for a president.
    I am excited!

    • Posted By: The Dominican @ 10/25/2008 2:55:15 PM

      If you are excited go jerkoff yourself, ahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

  • Posted By: ddensel @ 10/25/2008 12:49:07 PM

    Palin's wardrobe is worth more than Joe the Plumber's house. Regular Joe-Six-Pack indeed!!

    The people are wide awake and are voting for change this Nov. 4th.

  • Posted By: leestauf @ 10/25/2008 11:07:09 AM

    Wake up people. You are witnessing a bloodless cue in the United States of America by the left! They have dumbed down a sufficient portion of the electorate by taking over education years ago, used class warfare to get the poor and minorities on board, created acorn, created the financial disaster we are experiencing through their no income home loan rules that they forced on lenders, markets are now receiving mysterious last minute trades that continue the sell offs (Soros), they have a far left senator running to the right to con the unsuspecting gullible middle class and their left wing news media co-conspirators run reports on Palin's clothes! If someone had told you of the things happening today 5 years ago you would have laughed at them!

  • Posted By: cferns1530 @ 10/25/2008 10:54:37 AM

    McCain's judgement is choosing Palin refreshed the party for the 1st month at most. But just based on her interviews, its clear she has been infromed on what she has to say. McCain did'nt announce his running mate until Obama selected his, and since it was'nt Hillary, John went for the '18 million cracks' that Palin mentioned as soon as she was nominated.

    John McCain calls himself a maverick, which unfortunately goes both ways. He is not the same McCain of 2000.

  • Posted By: Change_Is_Good @ 10/24/2008 7:52:20 PM

    I think posters need to be limited to only those people with a college education.... or at least only to those folks with an IQ over 85.

  • Posted By: iseechangeacoming @ 10/25/2008 3:22:54 AM

    Hey "no bigots here," why don't you start packing your bags now, that way you'll make out of here by NOV 4th. The way the economy's going I'm sure you guys can get a decent deal on your plane tickets. Not only that, I'm POSITIVE Iceland is besides itself with anticipation of your arrival. BON VOYAGE!

  • Posted By: mjamaa @ 10/25/2008 3:22:02 AM

    It is high time the Democratic should win an American election and if I feel the majority may choose the new leader.....that is none other than Barrack Obama.Let the Bushies rest till 2012.

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/24/2008 11:22:54 PM

    A former Newsweek reporter admitted in an article this week that he has no objectivity and imagined disabling Rudy Giuliani so he wouldn't run in the presidential primary race last year.
    Michael Hastings wrote in GQ magazine that he had a "recurring fantasy" that he could somehow stop the former New York City mayor in his tracks.
    "I quickly realized Rudy was a maniac. I had a recurring fantasy in which I took him out during a press conference (it was nonlethal, just something that put him out of commission for a year or so), saving America from the horror of a President Giuliani. If that sounds like I had some trouble being 'objective,' I did. Objectivity is a fallacy," he said.

    http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_7484&pageNum=2

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/55_say_media_bias_bigger_problem_than_campaign_cash

    55% Say Media Bias Bigger Problem Than Campaign Cash

    http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2008/cyb20080819.asp

    Media Credibility Plummets, Just 30% Believe 'Most Trusted' CNN

    • Posted By: no bigots here @ 10/25/2008 2:38:13 AM

      Nowformore truth nothing but the truth, your putting me to sleep too along with the fire principal dude' bs.

  • Posted By: ddensel @ 10/24/2008 10:53:55 PM

    Terrorists don't just appear out of thin air, they are the result of 100 years of stubborn, biased, support for evil regimes like like the Saudis, the Palavis, Musharrif and yes even HUSSEIN at one point. If we gave a damn about REAL democracy and stopped supporting repressive regimes and supported a FREE, INDEPENDENT PALESTINE, Muslims might actually support us.

  • Posted By: mrjungles @ 10/23/2008 8:15:58 PM

    Hey Now For The Truth and Americana, why don't you go back to the phones there at McCain headquarters, where you obviously both work, and quit spamming the Newsweek message boards in your desperate hope that one of your reactionary, fabricated right-wing 'entertainments' you keep posting links to might resonate with some poor sap. NONE OF US CARE about your whiny character attacks. If you really want to sway some people (which you obviously do since you post the same spam 18 times on every article) then give us something specific that YOUR CANDIDATE WILL DO to help us if he wins. anything? anything at all? (sigh) didn't think so.

    • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/24/2008 12:49:50 AM

      It is not a character attack to point out that Obama's economic thought is, in his own words, that which got us into this mess in the first place.

      • Posted By: firetheprincipal @ 10/24/2008 8:44:50 PM

        and here is some truth for you, it is tiresome to see you cut and paste the same things all the time.

      • Posted By: Hannah B @ 10/24/2008 7:38:04 PM

        Hate filled, dirty fighting wingnuts got us into ALL of these messes!Enter Your Comment

  • Posted By: Independant Voter @ 10/24/2008 5:10:08 PM

    It's time to stop the ugly campaign with the misleading and untruthful words - and focus on the economy and what matters to our nation.

    We need a leader who is calm and confident - and that is clearly who Barack Obama is. Let's forget the Red States - the Blue States - and go back to being the UNITED STATES.

  • Posted By: Concerned Canadian @ 10/20/2008 4:21:18 PM

    If McCain becomes President he will make sure Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, the two Democrats embroiled with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac scandal , will go to jail. If Obama gets elected , all three of these guys will continue getting their $250,000.00 bribes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....in other words ..John McCain is America's only real choice for President.
    Barack Hussein Obama got his million dollar house for next to nothing because of his deal with a criminal like Tony Rezko but he has the " audacity " to attack McCain for having 7 homes that he bought with his own money !! Obama is arrogant , immature and simply too inexperienced to be elected President.

    • Posted By: jwild @ 10/24/2008 11:25:00 AM

      I'm Canadian and I see it totally different. The last 8 years have been hell. Do you live in Canada or the US? I live here in the US and have had my wages frozen for 8 years and have watched this country go to hell in a hand basket.. so if you do not live here and have suffered, then I suggest you keep your comments to yourself. 90% of the people in America are feeling right know. like they are going down the crapper here..Try electing a majority government if you can in Canada. Your conservative leader Harper is having a hell of time even getting a majority in parliment. Try getting rid of the Bloc party who runs a provincal election and you might see something get down in Canada and just pray that McCain does not get in...

  • Posted By: jenny25000 @ 10/23/2008 9:33:42 AM

    I SEE ALOT OF PEOPLE VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA... ILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MY POINT OF VIEW.. MY BACKROUND IS CUBAN.. WHEN FIDEL CASTRO BECAME PRESIDENT OF CUBA HE PROMISED CHANGE FOR THE CUBANS HE SAID HE WILL TAKE AWAY FROM RICH AND GIVE TO POOR. HE WOULD PROVIDE INSURANCE HE WOULD HELP BETTER THE SCHOOLS AND LOWER TAXES.. AND LOOK WAT HAPPEN AFTER PEOPLE VOTED FOR HIM. COMMUNISM AND POVERTY... LOOK GUYS I KNOW US THE AMERICANS ARE DESPRET FOR THE CRISIS NOW. BUT PLEASE TAKE TIME TO THINK AND SAY TO YOURSELF. IN REALITY OBAMA WAS BORN HERE BUT HIS BACKROUND IS REFLECTED FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. YOU SAY TO YOURSELF WELL THAT'S NOTHING. WELL IT IS. I WAS BORN HERE AND MY BACKROUND IS CUBAN.. EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GURL I WOULD DREAM TO BE RICH AND HELP MY COUNTRY... SAME WITH HIM.. IF HE WAS A GOOD GUY AT HEART HE WOULDNT BE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY IN A CAMPAIGN AND HIS FAMILY GOING THREW NECESSITY. BUT IN HIS MIND BECOME PRESIDENT AND HELP THEM... BUT THATS OK I DONT' SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT DONT COME INTO THE PRESIDENSY TO HAVE MONEY.. DO IT TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE HERE LIKE YOU SAY AND ADVERTISE.. HE IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING BUT PAINT THE WHITE HOUSE PURPLE! YOU WANT OBAMA YOU GOT HIM.. I RATHER STAY WITH MCCAIN GOOD OR BAD HE IS AMERICAN... TRULY AND WILL DEFEND THIS COUNTRY NOT ANY OTHER... DON'T EAT ANYTHING HUSSIEN IS SAYING. ITS ALL A LIE.. HE PROMISES TO CUT TAXES AND DO MIRACLE IN THIS COUNTRY AT THE SAME TIME.... HOW CAN YOU DO WITH OUT RAISING TAXES. REMEMBER BEFORE YOU VOTE.

    • Posted By: Johnsonium @ 10/23/2008 4:33:43 PM

      Maybe you should learn to use paragraphs and find the caps-lock key.

      • Posted By: jwild @ 10/24/2008 11:17:50 AM

        Sorry we are not Cuben and I think it is time to normalize our relationship with Cuba. We have done so with China, and are in the process of repairing relations with Russia and have done so with North Vietnam.

  • Posted By: jwild @ 10/24/2008 11:10:43 AM

    I too have a bi-racial child and find that these children are very capable of bringing people together because they have had to live in both worlds. Obama will be a uniter not like his predicessor who said he was one and acted just the opposite. I think for once, if God is willing, we might be able to have peace in this world. My only concern is for Obama's safety.

  • Posted By: mrdee_65 @ 10/24/2008 9:59:04 AM

    Dear Mr.Zakaria
    I share your feelings. My son is 2 years old and he is of mixed race. And when I see Obama I see my son. I feel he can grow to be anything he wants to be, but like you I'm even more optimistic about his future if a man name Barack who looks like him reaches the highest office in da land. Loved your article keep up the good work.

  • Posted By: mrdee_65 @ 10/24/2008 9:56:34 AM

    Dear Zakaria,
    I share your feelings about Barack Obama as well. I have a son who is black and hispanic and when I look at Obama I see my 2 year old son. And I have more optimism with the bright future he has ahead. Well written piece, its obvious it was written by loving father. I'm one as well.

  • Posted By: Concerned Canadian @ 10/22/2008 8:30:04 PM

    BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WILL SUFFER FROM THE "NOBAMA EFFECT???...TOO BAD...HE WILL LOSE!!

    TODAY, AT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S DAMAGE CONTROL PRESS CONFERENCE ATTRIBUTED TO
    JOE BIDEN'S "FLIRTATEOUS RHETORIC" RELATING TO OBAMA NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THE PENDING CRISIS IF HE WERE ELECTED. BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA GOES ON TO PROMOTE HIS ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY OF "SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND" SO THAT HE CAN CREATE AN AMERICAN SOCIETY WHERE ALL CITIZENS ARE AS EQUALS AND ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN ORDER TO PURSUE PERSONAL PROSPERITY. WELL, IN OTHER WORDS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS TELLING TO EVERY AMERICAN'S FACE THAT HE WILL BE "DICTATING" YOUR PERSONAL FINANCES. AND ALL YOU GUYS ARE EATING IT ALL UP.

    THIS POLITICAL DOCTRINE THAT OBAMA WILL IMPLEMENT IS KNOWN AS SOCIALISM, MARXISM, COMMUNISM, OR WHATEVER TERM ONE WANTS TO USE...BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS IS AN AFFRONT
    TO THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA...CAPITALISM.

    TO IMPOSE THESE DRACONIAN MEASURES SUCH AS RAISING TAXES TO SUPPORT THOSE IN SOCIETY WHO DO NOT EVEN WANT TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES BUT OBAMA DECLARES "SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND" WILL LEAD TO AN ECONOMIC ABYSS.

    IS THIS THE IDEOLOGY OBAMA ADOPTED FROM HIS CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM AYERS WHO ALSO IS A BIG PROPONENT OF MARXISM?

    AMERICANS, IF INDICATIONS ARE CORRECT AND OBAMA GETS ELECTED, IT WILL PROVE TO BE THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW THAT AMERICA REGRETS WHO THEY ELECTED AS PRESIDENT.

    AN OLD WISE MAN ONCE SAID ..." BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR ...."

    • Posted By: Johnsonium @ 10/23/2008 4:36:44 PM

      Looks like McCain has the vote of the people who don't know what the caps-lock key is. Luckily, they are a small minority.

      • Posted By: mrjungles @ 10/23/2008 9:19:59 PM

        LOL- Hate to have to say it, but I think Concerned Canadian and Jenny 25000 are the same person. either way, they both believe we need to vote out of fear and ignorance rather than actually listening to/reading what the candidates are saying... always a terrific idea!

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