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  • Posted By: JON BROOKS @ 10/22/2008 1:22:50 PM

    Go Neocon..you have them foaming at the mouth:)

  • Posted By: kirsch1 @ 10/22/2008 12:55:11 PM

    What would Obama do if bin Laden is captured before Election Day?

    • Posted By: JON BROOKS @ 10/22/2008 1:07:40 PM

      Continue to back Odinga in Kenya?

  • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/21/2008 6:05:47 PM

    Retired Generals Support Obama for President

    link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NttDOQcO2bM

    • Posted By: billtheoutsider @ 10/21/2008 6:13:55 PM

      You are so not a credit to your own kind! John Mccain will probably out live many of us
      incl me lol but you are just like so many little people in our country! How in the world did you ever get to be a General? in this country 83% are follower's and 17% are leaders! you are a follower! get off your duff and support a real leader John Mccain!!!

      • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 12:55:54 PM

        First Who Are My Kind? Secondly, you are any angry little person aren't you? Why are McCain supporters so angry and violent? Slashing tires at Obama Rallies, is it rally envy? it is isn't it? You are angry because under no circumstances can McCain and his sidekick attract any where near the numbers of Obama and Biden. Then there is the physical attacking of Obama supporters, It's the Poll numbers right, it is isn't it? Yep you betcha you are angry because fortunately the majority of Americans do not think that everyone who does not believe as you do, think as you do, love as you do are not worthy of notice or concern.

        But that's ok, fortunately for the rest of the world your breed is quickly dying out! You have a very very nice day and do not forget to check the poll numbers oh better not remember that anger problem. You can attend anger management classes with McCain I am sure that they give discounts for couples!

  • Posted By: gibsmeadollah @ 10/21/2008 8:30:22 PM

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

    has the best n i g g e r jokes on the net !

    • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 12:49:18 PM

      I would pay to see you slither out of your Klan Kave and make such a statement in "Normal" society!

    • Posted By: sickofredbs @ 10/22/2008 12:02:42 AM

      Go earn your own dolla, so you can get your white robe and hood cleaned. You are gonna be one unhappy racist bastard on Nov. 6th!

      • Posted By: liddykitty @ 10/22/2008 11:02:21 AM

        Is that to say that you will be a happy one?

        • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 12:48:32 PM

          So you agree with gibsmeadollah? Your reply says alot about you and your up bringing!

  • Posted By: JON BROOKS @ 10/22/2008 12:47:29 PM

    I dont think there will be an october suprise osama video tape because....he thinks we're to crazy now. If I were osama reading the below posts I would see either...1) Republicans and Democrats arguing over who is going to kill me better 2) Republicans and Democrats trying to destroy each other better than I ever could
    {at least verbally) and would conclude it would be to dangerous to put my people in their during their impending civil war.

    Actually if I was osama i would want obama to win but not for the reasons you may at first think. Actually being president you don't really plan and layout campaigns, generals etc. do that, then give you the best choices etc. No I would hate obama (if i were osama) because he supports killing babies, which is anthema to a muslim. I would hate obama (if I were osama) because by reason of birth (not his choice) he forsook being raised muslim and converted to Christianity, thus he is an apostate in my eyes (if i were osama). I would hate obama (if I were osama) due to his partys support of decadent lifestyles. No if I were osama I would 'want" obama to win so I could defeat him (if I were osama). If I were osama just looking at pelosi or reid would be enough to get my blood boiling (if I were osama) to attack and obama would just be the icing on the cake (if i were osama). if I were osama I would hate all of you because you were Americans and dared earlier to defy my ambitions for a global caliphate, so now my name won't go down in history next to mohamed. I would hate you (if I were osama) for making me lie around in this dank cave spitting out rock dust every time you drop a GBU 88 on my mountain, I would hate you every time you forced me to look at these ugly pakastani women, I would hate you for caring more about the threat of global warming than my threat, i would hate you for making me satisfy my most innermost desires with the local taliban commander
    since there aren't any saudi women around anymore, I would hate you for the global economic meltdown that now drives the price of ammunition sky high, i would hate you for cutting me off from AT&T and now the only calls i get are from bill collectors ..tell ya what...why dont i just fill you in more on my next tape...

  • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 10/22/2008 10:31:01 AM

    You people are so ridiculous! The money Sen. Obama raised has come from a lot of us young people who believe in change. I have at least 75 friends who monthly send money to his campaign. This "out of country" issue is so lame...find another smear tactic. Now as far as security, Colin Powell will manage that, along with Buffett for the economy, and possibly Hillarty as Secretary of State. He has already started to surround himself with talent and credibility. How much experience does John McCain have when he was being beaten and tortured for five years? I don't want to disrespect his service for the country, it is appreciated. But really, If I were captured and beaten for two weeks, my head would be screwed up...much less five years. And another thing, many who were captured with him did not come out alive...let's not forget them.

    • Posted By: chucha @ 10/22/2008 11:34:33 AM

      After this election is over, we are going to find out that a great deal of the money that has been raised by Obama's campaign has come from terrorist groups that are aching to have Obama in the White House. The US will become a SOCIALIST country if he is elected. His views are socialist - take for instance his comments aboout "spreading the wealth" - that is socialism. You may think you are a democratic copuntry and will still be so with Obama elected, but in any other country, those views are pure socialism. You've all drunk the koolaid and are backing a smooth talking, charismatic snake oil salesman. Obama is where he is right now because so many americans are voting for him, not because he is the best candidate, but because he is black. If you asked many of the blacks who are voting for him, just exactly what Obama stands for, they could not tell you. Make no mistake, this election is about race. I'm a Canadian who is deeply concerned as to where your country is headed.

      • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 10/22/2008 12:14:42 PM

        You say you are a concerned Canadian, but obviously you are not well informed. You need to understand the facts before posting. I am caucasian who makes more than $350k a year, but I pay less taxes than most workers because of the loopholes and deductions. I am not crazy about Sen. Obamas intent, but I understand why. If the tax tables are fair, I don't mind, as long as it is fair. This is America, not Canada, we always believe in fairness and justice, though not always practiced. Your "koolaid" comment is also unfair, and denotes a tint of racism. The United States is the greatest country in the world for a reason, learn from us. Socialism is neither embraced nor encouraged here. Pay attention.

    • Posted By: Dencal26 @ 10/22/2008 10:48:41 AM

      Colin Powell was a failed Secretary of State. He had no major accomplishments to note. He doesn't sit at the same table as Albright, Kissinger or James Baker and Warren Christopher.

      • Posted By: BobbyNY @ 10/22/2008 11:43:20 AM

        Which one of these was a General who orchestrated a military victory and delivered to his president what he said he would? These people were all single-faceted. None has the complex accomplishments of Colin Powell. Do the research, not just read blogs.

  • Posted By: emmarcee @ 10/21/2008 9:53:30 PM

    Osama bin Laden
    Osama Bi- den
    Obama Biden

    what coincidence!

    • Posted By: blueblue @ 10/21/2008 10:49:17 PM

      oh look everyone - genius. Don't stare.

      • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 12:06:45 PM

        Cute LOL! Fortunately people such as these are a dying breed! One day this country will be free of this type of thinking.

  • Posted By: redeemedone @ 10/22/2008 12:06:41 PM

    I pray, forst of all that no terrorist attacks are forthcoming. I also pray that the American people will have themental clearity to not be drawn into John McCain's statements that Barask Obama is not ready to lead this nation. He, McCain, has had toe nerve to say that he has already been tested and Barak has not. Well, please tell me where has he been tested. He has never set in the Oval Soffice. If he is counting his experience as a war time vearen, so am I, however I don't feel that experience, though honorable makes me ready to lead this country
    Now igf we want to use military experience as a yardstick, a man such has retired general Colin Powell is one I can point to as a man I would have completely confidence. in. But not John McCain. He has shown his lack of clear judgement in several ways, not to mention the glaring example of picking Sarah Palin as a running mate. Talk about a women unfit to lead, my golden retreaver is as qualified as she is.

  • Posted By: taxpayer1954 @ 10/21/2008 11:56:13 PM

    Biden said hisself Obama was unqualified to be president. Now he warned of a crisis in the first 6 months.
    I expect it will be green tea OB and bin Laden will drink at the set peace meeting in a cave of bin Laden's choice.

    • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 12:04:17 PM

      Sen. Biden (hisself????) did not make that statement. Please go back and review his speech then post!

  • Posted By: kangarookisses84 @ 10/22/2008 10:12:12 AM

    Do people realize that by letting Osama Bin Laden and any other terroist regime be a deciding factor in an American election, we are giving them more power? Of course it is an issue that we should not ignore, a terroist attack is possible and we should be prepared. We should not, however, let terroist rule and ruin or lives and rob us of our free choice and free will. Choosing a candidate based off of hatred and anger is wrong. Bin Laden played off our hatred for him in '04 and lead us down the path that would make us weaker as a country. Lets not let hatred, anger, and ignorance make us blind this year.

    • Posted By: cmrozoff @ 10/22/2008 11:59:21 AM

      Amen! Why can't your voice of reason be heard by more people?

  • Posted By: Vote Now @ 10/22/2008 7:08:21 AM

    THE GREAT BUSH DEPRESSION
    I follow an economist named Bob Proctor. He has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly.
    He perfectly predicted the current meltdown and the picture he paints about what will happen next
    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 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 seen in generations
    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 how its been broken.
    It is no surprise that he doesn't. The people that make up these securities use quantum 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 was the last to know somthing 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 budget 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
    Stand up and hold them accountable
    Bush isn't on the ballot this year but his policies are
    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: liddykitty @ 10/22/2008 10:11:37 AM

      Well I keep hearing the Obama campaign is big on the net and I have a feeling I am reading from one of his offices right now. You mention smear campaign but isn't that what you are doing when you pretend that McCain is Bush? At least the McCain campaign doesn't pretend Obama is Rev. Wright and the LENGTHY association is there. How many years did Obama listen to Wright? I doubt Wright changed over night so now that Obama is in a campaign it is an issue. That bothers me, greatly. Perhaps if Obama had more experience then the McCain campaign could take issue with his history. For now I feel like the Republican campaign gave up when they chose Palin. So now I have no one to vote for. Great!

      • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 11:53:32 AM

        Ok Ms Kitty, this has been explained many many times. NO! McCain is not Bush but McCain HAS admitted to voting with Bush at least 90% of the times. This is from his mouth!

  • Posted By: cmrozoff @ 10/22/2008 11:52:32 AM

    Or what if Bin Laden is captured/killed before Nov. 4th?

  • Posted By: nallen72 @ 10/22/2008 7:40:00 AM

    You people who are still on this "pals around with terroists" kick have got to get a grip. Ignorance will do NOTHING NOTHING NO THING for us now. Support McCain/Palin if you must but don't complain to us Obama/Biden supporters when this country keeps going down in a spiral motion.
    IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!

    • Posted By: mcdeere72 @ 10/22/2008 8:10:12 AM

      Why is it that when Obama supporters get on these boards they always want to put in insults with the posts?

      • Posted By: summer4077 @ 10/22/2008 8:45:22 AM

        Obviously you've never read any of loriw, holyroller, careerdaytrader, or Jim Johnson's posts. Very republican and very nasty. Anyway, there weren't any insults in there. The last line is a widely used line of Clinton's 1992 campaign.

        • Posted By: mcdeere72 @ 10/22/2008 10:38:32 AM

          IT"S THE ECONOMY STUPID???? "The last line is a widely used line of Clinton's 1992 campaign."
          Honestly I wasn't into the politics of '92, that would come as a surprise if that actually was the line. I've been watching this thread for a couple days and looking farther down KBoogie has really been spewing it makes me very tired of actual debate because no facts are stated.

          • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 11:51:19 AM

            Summer is correct it was a tag line used by Clinton. It is easily found on "the Google" LOL!

  • Posted By: Wilsonreed @ 10/22/2008 10:06:03 AM

    The McCain/Pain hatred Political tools against Obama,is not good for our America.Our Nation is known to go for the Best as far as choices go:It leads on All worthy Causes.An isolated America is a problem to ALL.
    Hatred on the compaign trails shall not decide this election.New faces,New ideas and ideals Shall win. Its a judgement call to all Patriots:Let us have the best for America on Nov 4th/2008,let us have a New Leadership for America and for Americans.Wilson Reed

    • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 11:36:35 AM

      This is a great post Wilson,

      Thank you

  • Posted By: SexiGelRox @ 10/22/2008 10:54:08 AM

    I don't believe Obama would do anything to try and capture Osama. It's not an issue for him, he doesn't feel it's as important as our educational system. Personally I think this country's security and safety is of upmost importance, but that would also be the reason I'm McCain all the way! FYI: There were other people in history who spoke very elloquently and everyone thought they'd change that country. Those countries have made history but not in the best way possible, think Cuba, Germany...

    • Posted By: forte88 @ 10/22/2008 11:32:43 AM

      Oh, you must be talking about Adolph Hitler who thought groups of people that didn't think like him were second class citizens such as the Jews. Yes, that does sound familiar. Like Republicans (Michelle Bachman) who have been all over the airways saying that Democrats are "anti-american", or that gays should not have normal citizen rights, or that any muslim is a threat. How bout that woman at a McCain rally accusing Obama of being an Arab and cannot be trusted. Yes,, it all sounds so familiar!

  • Posted By: DATONE @ 10/22/2008 10:22:04 AM

    do we as americans really think that all this money obama has "RAISED" has actually come from us--NO__it has come from non christians around the world!!!!!!

    • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/22/2008 11:32:13 AM

      NEWS FLASH Christianity is NOT the only religion and does NOT represent the religious beliefs of ALL American Citizens. I understand that anyone who does not looke or believe as you do should not matter.

      YOU ARE WRONG! THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU ARE LOSING!

  • Posted By: Dencal26 @ 10/22/2008 11:01:03 AM

    Anyone who has followed the events of the past 7 years know fully that democrats have fought tooth and nail against every effort to fight terrorism. They oppose everything from Wiretaps to Financial Tracking. From the Patriot Act to Profiling. On one hand they claim terrorism is a police issue then in the same breath want to send cops to Afghanistan or more soldiers? They say whatever sounds Anti Bush on any particular day regardless of consistency. Of course a BinLaden tape would remind Americans of the left wing weakness on the issue.

  • Posted By: mission accomplished my friends @ 10/22/2008 3:11:02 AM

    Deal with it. Obama is our next president no matter how many scenerios you come up with. To all of the morons that voted for Bush the last two elections, you're the reason we're in this mess. Eight years of decay and now you want four more! Eight years to catch bin Laden. Don't worry, we will bail you out again just like we did with Clinton.

    • Posted By: mcdeere72 @ 10/22/2008 10:47:41 AM

      Yeah, Clinton had more than one chance to catch Osama Bin Landen and did NOTHING. If Bin Laden has fled to Pakistan, it's kindda hard to march into an ally's country and tear up the coutryside looking for him.

    • Posted By: mcdeere72 @ 10/22/2008 10:45:57 AM

      Eight years to catch Osama? Maybe you should look at Clinton and when he had the ability to prevent this all. He had the chance to catch this guy more than once and did what? NOTHING

  • Posted By: Dencal26 @ 10/22/2008 10:46:03 AM

    Actually the terrorist issue is important. Dems have spend more time fighting Bush than helping in the War on terrorism. They launched full frontal attacks on everything from Color Coded Alerts to Wiretaps and Financial Tracking . From profiling to capturing terrorists and holding them on foriegn soil. Democrats have spent more time fighting for the rights of terrorists than fighting for the rights of those who will be victims of terrorism. FDR sent 100,000 Japanese Americans to interment camps when he saw a threat. Todays Libs whine about a handful of terrorists in GITMO. No this is not my Fathers Dem Party. McCain 2008

  • Posted By: DATONE @ 10/22/2008 10:46:02 AM

    It's amazing how many young people and others who actually believe that Obama has more experiance than Mccain, I just can't imagine haveing a smooth talker running our country--but than if he's elected we probably won't survive very long anyway--we'll have all the cronies "LEFT BEHIND" while we look down upon his "IMPIRE"

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