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  • Posted By: kleart21 @ 10/23/2008 5:12:37 PM

    hatU

    You've had the Republicans in total control for most of the 8 years, you should be scared of that because look what it got us. 2 wars that I don't think we should be fighting in Wall street crumbling. Yet you would rather try to continue the same. I guess it must be working out for you!!!!

    • Posted By: Flashsback1 @ 10/23/2008 9:17:44 PM

      kleart21 Look at all the good things democrats have done for New York? One of the highest, if not the highest, taxed states in the Country; Long Island in a shambles--small businesses closing left and right,, very little big business left, people leaving the state because they can't afford to live here, and.....Nassau County had an 114% increase in foreclosures. Want to tell me how I'm supposed to believe Obama is the cure all?

  • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 9:13:10 PM

    "What you won't hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon -- that sees our opponents not as competitors to challenge, but enemies to demonize." Barack Obama, June 3,

  • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 10/23/2008 9:13:08 PM

    Oh-OHHHHH, it's the OBAMA SHOW!
    Perhaps things are not going so good for The One? And he's working on some TV talking head entertainment auditioning here?
    He'll say " I WAS ONLY YEARS OLD WHEN" again ignoring that he is not 8 years old today,and Bill Ayres, the radicle/subversive who needs a President in the White House sympathetic to his own goals is swinging Obama around by the chain!
    If Obama can't explain this by now, he never will! Obama is costing news media groups a lot of credibility by the news media's own choice... and the question is will the lost credibility to GET Obama in the White House leave enough to KEEP him there?
    He may be the first President elect facing impeachment proceedings!

  • Posted By: TerriT @ 10/23/2008 9:09:42 PM

    Worth repeating:

    Comment: Thank you. McCain scares me because of the lack of judgment throughout this campaign and his temperament. Watching him in the debates and interviews and his rallies, his temper is apparent. He cannot mask his contempt or anger, no matter how hard he tries. The stories of him calling people names and swearing in debates on the floor do not endear him to me. If you cannot manage your temper, how are you to manage being president? If you cannot engage someone who disagrees with you in a respectful manner, how are you going to engage a world leader who disagrees with you? McCain has run a schizophrenic campaign at best. Is this campaign a symbol of his leadership? Is this campaign a symbol of the kind of advisors he would put in place? If he doesn't like the direction of the campaign, why is he continung to run it this way? Is careening from one stance to another to another during the economic crisis a symbol of his leadership? Every campaign is about your strengths and your opponent's weaknesses ...I know that. But McCain has taken his to new lows - unprecedented lows. He, and his running mate, have embarked on a campaign of fear and dividing America into "real" Americans and "them." That does not show unity to me and they are promoting American divisiveness. THAT is what scares me about McCain. Obama has been able to reach young/old, black/white, rich/poor. THAT shows me that he can indeed "reach across the aisle" and that he will do so.

  • Posted By: Destiny1028 @ 10/23/2008 4:45:22 PM

    Obama has tons of support from military men and wives/families. They want the war to end. Americans and America has paid a very high price for this war. I'm scared for our future if this war don't end. I agree Obama when he says that we should be spending the money to built America.

    • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:00:05 PM

      You do realize that anyone in the military chose to be there don't you? That said, they just want the funds to do their job. The Republicans have traditionally been the party to do that. As a Marine wife I can tell you that anyone who is crying about wanting to get transferred from where ever they are ARE NOT respected. If you really care about those in the military give them the funds to do their job. Vote McCain!

      • Posted By: max in fl @ 10/23/2008 8:56:31 PM

        hatU

        I care about VETERANS also, so I'll vote for Barack. I'll give credit to McCain AND Obama for caring for the military but Obama edges out McCain AFTER they have served their country. As long as your husband stays in you're safe.

        PHOENIX -- Though polls show that Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, enjoys solid support from veterans, some vet organizations are sharply critical of the Arizona senator's legislative voting record on issues important to them. They have lambasted him for voting against the 21st Century G.I. bill; against providing more money for veterans' health care, and for a proposal that many regard as an effort to privatize their care.

        The 21st Century G.I. bill overwhelmingly passed the Senate last May and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on June 30. The legislation, which Sen. Barack Obama supported, increases educational benefits for post 9/11 veterans who serve a minimum of three years. But McCain opposed the measure, citing as a problem its bestowal of full education benefits to members of the military after just one stint in the armed services.

        McCain???s opposition to the G.I. bill was the reason that former Marine Sgt. Adam Kokesh cq, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, says he staged a protest on the convention floor during McCain???s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Kokesh, 26, demanded an examination of McCain???s voting record on vet issues as he was dragged out by security personnel.

        Meanwhile, Paul Riekhoff, director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said in a Sept. 8 interview on MSNBC that vet groups would continue to pounce on McCain for his opposition to the bill. ???We told America that if Sen. McCain was on the wrong side of the G.I. bill, it would hang around his neck for the election,??? Riekhoff told Rachel Maddow. ???That???s exactly what???s happening now.???

        This is not the first time that McCain???s voting record on veterans??? issues has been criticized ??? particularly on health care. According to an AFL-CIO TV ad, broadcast in six battleground states in late July and early August, McCain talks a lot about supporting veterans but repeatedly votes against their interests. McCain, claims the ad, ???took Bush???s side against increasing health-care benefits for veterans.???

        http://washingtonindependent.com/6533/veterans-groups-question-mccain-voting-record

    • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 4:57:03 PM

      Comment: http://race42008.com/2008/10/05/poll-watch-military-times-2008-election/

      Go to The Military Times Newspaper Poll
      68% for McCain

      • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:04:49 PM

        Boy, are you gullible. Comes from watching Fox i suppose.

        Here is the rest of the story. And i am quoting from your article.

        The results of the Military Times 2008 Election Poll are NOT representative of the opinions of the military as a whole. The group surveyed is older, more senior in rank and less ethnically diverse than the overall armed services.

        And it further states that the survey (not a poll) was voluntary and unscientific. Therefore it has a smuch validity as one of those post-debate FOX phone in surveys that show McCain winning by 86%. LOL!

        Try to do the basic research before you post silly stuff like this and you won't loojk so foolish. And i did say gullible giving you the benefit of the doubt. I hope it wasn't deliberate deceit...

        • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:14:43 PM

          neos.... I am a Marine wife of 20 years..... safe to say I know the political climate on base. Military have traditionally been Republican, they know who butters their bread!

          • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:17:12 PM

            And I am a retired Army vet of 24 years. Yeah we know who is on our side. The Democrats.

            And stop pushing fake polls. Be honest.

            • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:28:38 PM

              neos.... What counts RIGHT NOW is what the ACTIVE DUTY think it will be THEIR BOSS!

              • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:41:08 PM

                Yes, and Nov 5th is obviously going to be quite a shock for you.

                • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:46:58 PM

                  neos, I never said that SOME military didn't support Obama. It said 28% were black or women. Then it hit me, your Army so I totally believe you. I realize it's not your fault you were in the Army, it's test scores are the lowest. Not everyone can be a Marine! Semper Fi! ta ta :)

                  • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:50:55 PM

                    Yeah, jarheads are famous for their towering intellect.....LOL

                    Disclaimer. To my fellow vets who are Marines , sorry for the low blow here, but you see what i am up against..LOL

            • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:32:34 PM

              neos, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that your military AND Democrat. I got to thinking that since you're Army, that chances are you demographically came from an area that would make you a Dem. We all know the Army is the easiest to get into, we all do what we have to! Based on the 23% number in the poll, that makes you either a women or a black. I'll concede... there are some military Dems.

              • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:40:26 PM

                Again for the sake of you who are on the drug Palin, this is by its own admission NOT a scientific poll. No wonder you are a republican. You probably believe the fundamentals of the economy are strong, too.

                • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:43:09 PM

                  And when you say that I 'demographically came from an area that would make you a Dem.' What you wanted to say was the non pro-American part, didn'tya?

            • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:26:16 PM

              Do you remember the Clinton years.... we watched a lot of good Marines forced out due to cut backs. Then when there weren't enough squadrons to rotate properly though out the many overseas locations they are expected to be at. That's where a bunch of money went when Bush got in, trying to build the military back up from the state Clinton left it in. You must be VERY old if THAT didn't affect you. Whacccounts right

              • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:30:33 PM

                Yes, I was there for the drawdown and it made good sense to trim the fighting force as the cold war ended. It also helped give us the Clinton surpluses. The increased op tempo now can not be laid at Clinton's door, it has everything to do with Bush's foolish and tragic misadventure in iraq.

        • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:16:27 PM

          neos, did you read any of their comments below the article?

          Trackback URL for this post:
          http://race42008.com/2008/10/05/poll-watch-military-times-2008-election/trackback/

          29 Responses to ???Poll Watch: Military Times 2008 Election???

          1. Doug Forrester Says:
          October 5th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

          Of course. Our soldiers know who supports them and who doesn???t.
          2. Chip Says:
          October 5th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

          Wow. I was expecting a nice 15-20 point lead but 45 points!
          3. rnst_p Says:
          October 5th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

          Yeah, it???s pretty overwhelming for McCain among whites??? but not so much among racial minorities. But if (when?) Obama wins there will be a big retention issue??? I know I???m not reenlisting if he???s going to be commander in chief.
          4. Jonathan Says:
          October 5th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

          Heh, the Obama campaign was proclaiming that they had more donations from the military. Votes count more then $ any day
          5. Eric in Savannah Says:
          October 5th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

          Me either rnst_p
          6. JA Pruce Says:
          October 5th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

          An interesting ad would be to have active military state that they will not reenlist if Obama is elected.
          7. MVRed.com Says:
          October 5th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

          McCain up 3 in Intrade today
          Obama down 2 in Intrade today

          • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:24:06 PM

            Oh, gee. And these comments from a rightwing repub site??? Gee whiz, then they must all be scientific answers , too.

            Please, your embarrassing the corps, lady.

    • Posted By: 4astrongamerica @ 10/23/2008 5:39:21 PM

      I'm afraid for this country if we don't start educating our children better. It is obvious from your post that some English teachers failed to do their job. With Obama's plan, unfortunately, they will continue to do a mediocre job at teaching our children and parents will have no choice but to accept it. I'm sure your parents wish they had better options.

    • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:09:10 PM

      You do realize that anyone in the military chose to be there don't you? That said, they just want the funds to do their job. The Republicans have traditionally been the party to do that. As a Marine wife I can tell you that anyone who is crying about wanting to get transferred from where ever they are ARE NOT respected. If you really care about those in the military give them the funds to do their job. Vote McCain!

      • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:13:48 PM

        hatU,
        Here is the original article and not the edited ('cooked') version you bought hook, line and sinker from the repub site. Try not to be so gullile in the future. See comment below on your goofy 'poll '

        www.militarytimes.com/news/2008/10/military_poll_100508w

  • Posted By: kleart21 @ 10/23/2008 4:43:10 PM

    I read some of these posting and I'm not shocked. I don't believe he is being cocky he knows that he has to fight to the bitter end. This race is in no way wrap up and he knows that. I guess I'm just surprise to see that after all these months people have still not changed. You can't use the arguement that you don't know him because you do. We know both candidates and to me the choice is simple. I know that Obama is going to raise taxes on those that make more than $250,000. a year and for those of us that don't will finally get a break. Sorry guys the tickle down effect has not worked we have tried that for 8 years and I'm still waiting for it to trickle down.

    Sorry I hope and pray that the party is over for the Reblicans. We need our country to rebound and it can't if we keep doing the same thing.

    • Posted By: Thisisajoke @ 10/23/2008 4:52:03 PM

      If you are getting a break it will mean you already don't pay taxes and you will be getting a check.

      • Posted By: Hannah B @ 10/23/2008 5:21:34 PM

        If you'd listen to someone other that Fixed Noise, you'd know that the tax breaks only go to those that PAY taxes. There will not be any checks going out to people who DON''T PAY TAXES!!!!!!! That is just another distortion (downright LIE) from the McCain slime machine. It would really be a refreshing change if the right wingnuts could actually think for themselves instead of just repeating the "talking points" over, and over, and over again ad nauseam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • Posted By: 4astrongamerica @ 10/23/2008 6:12:42 PM

          You need to check your facts. These people already receive checks (up to $4,716), they are just set to increase under Obama's tax plan. Check it out!

          • Posted By: ly81 @ 10/23/2008 8:10:37 PM

            Wow, I wish everyone would just get informed. Obama's tax plan (breaks, cuts, etc.) apply to WORKING Americans who file taxes - is that clear enough?? If you make less than $200,000 (indiv.) or $250,000 (family), your taxes will not increase (and will likely get cut). Go to the candidate's website's to get accurate information - don't rely on the media! Also, check information on factcheck.org if still unsure. Get informed!

    • Posted By: 4astrongamerica @ 10/23/2008 4:58:00 PM

      You're right about needing change so since George Bush is out, let's get rid of Congress too.

      • Posted By: Hannah B @ 10/23/2008 5:31:52 PM

        They DID, in 2006! Now all we need is to send Dubya packing (the new congress' roadblock to progress) and with a bigger Dem majority, maybe we can do something other than making things worse! After all it was to get the wingnuts in Congress to vote for the rescue package that the bonuses for wooden toy arrow manufacturers, etc. were added.
        I wish we they poll about congress' approval rating, they would actually break it down between Rep approval and Dem approval. I'd be willing to bet the former # would be a lot lower that the latter.

        • Posted By: 4astrongamerica @ 10/23/2008 6:02:27 PM

          And look at how much worse things have become in just two years of a Democraticly controlled congress. Ask yourself, "Am I better off today than I was two years ago?" ...My point exactly. With 286 Democrats and 1 Republican President, I should blame who?

  • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 4:38:11 PM

    I hate to burst YOUR bubble. Go to The Military Times Poll online at
    http://race42008.com/2008/10/05/poll-watch-military-times-2008-election/

    68% for McCain

    • Posted By: max in fl @ 10/23/2008 4:58:25 PM

      hatU

      Bubble intact...

      The results of the Military Times 2008 Election Poll are not representative of the opinions of the military as a whole. The group surveyed is older, more senior in rank and less ethnically diverse than the overall armed services.

      About 69 percent of respondents said they voted for Bush in 2004, while about 16 percent voted for the Democratic nominee, Sen. John Kerry.


      http://race42008.com/2008/10/05/poll-watch-military-times-2008-election/

      • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:19:37 PM

        Thanks max for keeping it real..

        • Posted By: max in fl @ 10/23/2008 8:07:20 PM

          In November 1843, the Gettysburg newspaper The Republican Compiler read

          "Soldiers - tomorrow morning we will go forth to battle ... your unworthy minister will march with you, invoking God's aid in the fight ... need I exhort you to fight the good fight for your homesteads, and for your wives and children!"

          You are holding true to your motto "this we'll defend"

      • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 5:05:42 PM

        Max you every served or a part of the military community? Any idea of the political climate on bases? It's always been Republican.... military knows who butters their bread!

        • Posted By: max in fl @ 10/23/2008 7:52:01 PM

          Yes I served in the Navy, so I'm not impressed when someone SAYS they will take care of me, SHOW ME. Nothing gets me hotter than someone playing with the GI Bill. Every little thing helps when you are in college.

          To be a POW, and belittle someone because they are concerned about their brother who has not returned from Vietnam is disgraceful. Had that been you, trying to concerned that a family member is STILL missing in Vietnam and McCain publically berated you on the Senate floor, I'm sure you would not be a McCain fan right now.

          On November 11, 1992, Dolores Alfond, sister of missing airman Capt. Victor Apodaca and chair of the National Alliance of Families, an organization of relatives of POW/MIAs, testified at one of the Senate committee's public hearings. She asked for information about data the government had gathered from electronic devices used in a classified program known as PAVE SPIKE.

          McCain, whose POW status made him the committee's most powerful member, attended that hearing specifically to confront Alfond because of her criticism of the panel's work. He bellowed and berated her for quite a while. His face turning anger-pink, he accused her of "denigrating" his "patriotism." The bullying had its effect--she began to cry.

          http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/schanberg

          Don't tell me that the military (meaning all) votes Republican because THEY DON'T. You do and that's great, I agree to disagree.

        • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:56:22 PM

          The political climate on base is by law non-existent.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 10/23/2008 7:38:17 PM

    Lawsuits Starting Across the Nation Proceeding to Avert Potential Constitutional Crisis, Possible Civil Unrest, and Confidence in Elections; Lawsuits are being filed in Eight States Seeking to Require Barack Obama to Provide Certification of Birth in U.S. Or Be Removed as Presidential Candidate on State Ballots.

    Philip Berg???s months-long lawsuit in Federal Court in Philadelphia reached a dramatic plateau yesterday as Mr. Obama and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) failed to respond to the court that Mr. Obama is not a natural born U.S. Citizen and therefore not qualified to run for office of President of the U.S. They admitted to Obama???s non-qualification by their failure to respond to a 30-day court ordered discovery in which Obama and the DNC were ordered to answer a petition by Berg. Berg is a lifelong Democrat in the Pennsylvania Democratic Party who has sought to ratchet up the legal pressure as Obama and the DNC has continually delayed providing certifying documentation of Obama???s birth, which he claims to have been in Hawaii.

    Berg was interviewed live by G. Gordon Liddy yesterday, and story was mentioned by Limbaugh today. Judge Surrick is expected to make ruling this week......Coincidence Barry is in Hawaii???? Full story on www.obamacrimes.com

    Allah Akbar Comrades......Fo shizzle...

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: mrjungles @ 10/23/2008 7:55:02 PM

      wow, that is some fantastic regurgitation there friend... Tell us, do you ever say anything that you didn't hear on Rush Limbaugh or Gordon "did time for illegal activities" Liddy's shows? -I didn't think so. By the way, the god I believe in INCLUDES people rather than EXCLUDING them.. guess that makes me an infidel in your book huh?

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/23/2008 7:45:48 PM

    Obama in this video, addressing his work with ACORN litigation relating to the community reinvestment act and the failure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as they relate to the current real estate and financial crisis, states that, and I quote:

    "Subprime lending started out as a good idea, helping Americans buy homes who previously could not afford to. Financial institutions created new financial instruments that could securitize these loans, slice them into finer and finer risk categories, and spread them out among investors and around the country, as well as around the world. In theory, this should have allowed mortgage lending to be less risky, and more diversified."

    He further states:

    "The original idea was a good one, which was, lets see if we can distribute risk more broadly, and make it easier to provide loans to people who otherwise might not be able to get one."

    Listen for yourself. You cannot dispute the mans on words recorded live:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314&feature=related

    Obama in this second video is campaigning at a convention of Acorn and I believe two other "Community Activist" organizations. Ask if he will be their ally if he becomes President, Obama says, quote:

    "Yes, but let me say that before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda. We're going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America."

    See and hear it for yourself. Obama promised that Acorn and other groups like it will setting his agenda if elected:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU
    See also: http://www.newsweek.com/id/164972
    Stating that Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act wasn't what caused the meltdown, and noting that "economists on both sides of the political spectrum have suggested that the act has probably made the crisis less severe than it might otherwise have been."
    See also:
    http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?threadid=808692&boardsparam=Page%3d2

    Below is a link to C-SPAN video clips of the Congressional hearings at roughly the time McCains attempt at S.190. to fix Fannie and Freddie. See for yourself who said what.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
    See also
    http://www.newsweek.com/id/164732 from this web site. (oops!) stating that Freddie Mac was spending tax payer money to target Republicans in 2005 who were trying to regulate Fannie and Freddies fraud. Democrats were not targeted, as the were all in the tank with Fannie and Freddie to kill the regulations. Hear that, the article admits that Republicans were trying to regulate Freddie and Fannie, and Democrats were trying to stop it from happening as a means to facilitate the Community Reinvestment Act.

  • Posted By: TerriT @ 10/23/2008 7:17:15 PM

    And this is what is wrong with this election. The Bush legacy is a nation divided. We have become a nation of "us" and "them." If you disagree with your government, you are not patriotic. If you are against the war, you are not supporting the troops. There is the "real" America and there's the rest of us. Don't you people realize how dangerous this is to us? This will do more than anything else to destroy this country.

    We all have questions. The answers to those questions may be very different, but what is important is that we ask the questions. Debate is essential in democratic politics, which requires a public space in which individuals can argue, exercise critical judgment, and explore options. "The politics of lying and creating fear at the current historical moment offers up the specter of totalitarianism as it seeks to eliminate intelligent deliberation, informed public discussions, engaged criticism, and the very possibility of freedom and a vital democratic politics. The spirit of critique must be supplemented with public debate, and a positive sense of individual and social agency capable of becoming both a witness to injustice and a force for transforming those conditions that impose silence and perpetuate human suffering." (Henry A. Giroux)

    Even McCain said it at a rally getting out of hand: Barak Obama is not Muslim. He is a good, decent family man, a Christian man. There is nothing to fear from an Obama presidency.



    • Posted By: AskPlus @ 10/23/2008 7:29:23 PM

      What a nice post.

      • Posted By: TerriT @ 10/23/2008 7:38:27 PM

        Thank you. McCain scares me because of the lack of judgment throughout this campaign and his temperament. Watching him in the debates and interviews and his rallies, his temper is apparent. He cannot mask his contempt or anger, no matter how hard he tries. The stories of him calling people names and swearing in debates on the floor do not endear him to me. If you cannot manage your temper, how are you to manage being president? If you cannot engage someone who disagrees with you in a respectful manner, how are you going to engage a world leader who disagrees with you? McCain has run a schizophrenic campaign at best. Is this campaign a symbol of his leadership? Is this campaign a symbol of the kind of advisors he would put in place? If he doesn't like the direction of the campaign, why is he continung to run it this way? Is careening from one stance to another to another during the economic crisis a symbol of his leadership? Every campaign is about your strengths and your opponent's weaknesses ...I know that. But McCain has taken his to new lows - unprecedented lows. He, and his running mate, have embarked on a campaign of fear and dividing America into "real" Americans and "them." That does not show unity to me and they are promoting American divisiveness. THAT is what scares me about McCain. Obama has been able to reach young/old, black/white, rich/poor. THAT shows me that he can indeed "reach across the aisle" and that he will do so.

  • Posted By: Vote Now @ 10/23/2008 7:32:44 PM


    Comment: 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: Vote Now @ 10/23/2008 7:31:12 PM


    Comment: 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: Vote Now @ 10/23/2008 7:31:02 PM


    Comment: 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: whiterock @ 10/23/2008 7:28:57 PM

    Obama: Most Secretive Democratic Presidential Candidate Ever (exerpt)
    October 22, 2008 By: David A. Patten http://www.newsmax.com
    Obama???s campaign says his campaign will bring a new level of honesty and transparency to the White House. During the primary, Obama complained of the Bush White House being ???one of the most secretive administrations in our history??? and chided Clinton for not releasing her White House schedules. Ironically, Obama continues to stonewall a chorus of information requests for documents about his background. The press, usually banging at the door for candidates to make ???full disclosure??? is strangely quiet.

    1. Obama has released just one brief document detailing his personal health. McCain, on the other hands, released a medical file totaling more than 1500 pages. After criticism, the Obama campaign also released some routine lab-test results and electrocardiograms.
    2. Obama has refused to offer his official papers as a state legislator in IL, and has been unable to produce correspondence, such as letters from lobbyists and other correspondence from the IL state senate. Also, no appointment calendars available of his official activities. ???It could have been thrown out,??? Obama said.
    3. Obama has not released his client list as an attorney or his billing records. Obama has maintained that he only performed a few hours of legal work for a nonprofit organization with ties to Tony Rezko, the Chicago businessman convicted of fraud in June. But he has not released billing records that would prove this assertion.
    4. Obama won???t release his college records from Occidental College where he studied for two years before transferring to Columbia.
    5. Obama???s campaign refuses to give Columbia University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in political science, permission to release his transcripts.
    6. Obama???s college dissertation has simply disappeared from Columbia University archives.
    7. The senator has not agreed to the release of his application to the IL state bar, which would clear up intermittent allegations that his application to the bar may have been inaccurate.
    8. Geraghty of the National Review has written extensively about Obama???s unwillingness to release records related to clients he represented while he was an attorney with the Chicago law firm. Obama was required to list his clients during his years in the IL senate. ???Obama listed every client of the firm,??? Geraghty reported, making it impossible to discern which clients he represented.
    9. Obama has never released records from his time at Harvard Law School.
    10. Obama also has not disclosed the names of small donors giving $200 or less to his campaign. An exception to the finance-reporting laws exempts the campaign from reporting those who donate less than $200, but that law never envisioned the more than $300 million that has been raised by Obama in small amounts. The RNC has released its small donors, and McCain???s, on a public

  • Posted By: cardinal33 @ 10/23/2008 5:00:47 PM

    Obama or the DNC boght a WHOLE 30 minutes of air time ??? !!! Why don't the 2 candidated combine the monies they spend and do some good in the world. We already know what will happen here ...Spent over 600 mollion so far !!!

    • Posted By: TruthForward @ 10/23/2008 5:50:53 PM

      Combine the money. Are you kidding? It's you fault that your candidate has no funds. lol

      • Posted By: Flashsback1 @ 10/23/2008 7:24:50 PM

        It just shows you how egotistical and full of himself Nobama is that he needs to spend 8x as much as McCain and.....needs to gag us with 1/2 hr. on tv? Who is going to watch it?????? Those that "think he looks good in a suit?" Sorry but I don't buy his razzle dazzle/

  • Posted By: carlyd @ 10/23/2008 5:54:06 PM

    One thing I don't understand. If all of you are so sure Obama has this election in the bag, why is he spending so much money on television time? Why don't all of you ask him to spread the millions around among his less fortunate followers? He has amassed a fortune and not one of you are wondering what he will do with the money if he doesn't spend it all on the campaign. Will he follow the rules or come up with new ones?Strange that none of his followers ask questions, just follow the summary given to them on our most liberal television networks.

    • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 6:12:23 PM

      Or, he could spend all his money on fancy clothes from Sak 5th Avenue and Bloomingdales. Oh wait that' illegal..

      • Posted By: carlyd @ 10/23/2008 6:40:15 PM

        When did he start worrying about illegal.......Ayers bombing the capital........Wright hollering God Da** America? He would be a better candidate for me if he was not hiding so much.

        • Posted By: AskPlus @ 10/23/2008 6:47:11 PM

          That was off the Rep 3 x 5 smear card.

          • Posted By: Talons24 @ 10/23/2008 7:24:33 PM

            Just admit it, Obama supporters "Blindly Follw, REGARDLESS of facts" Obama couldnt qualify to become a member of the FBI or CIA due to his associations with KNOWN terrorists. In essence, if he wins, he wouldnt even be qualified to be his own security staff. Now THAT is the definition of an Obama supporter, No record, no experience, no problem.

          • Posted By: carlyd @ 10/23/2008 6:57:21 PM

            Two comments, no answer to the question. Is the problem that Obama hasn't held a class on the subject yet so you could memorize your lines? The typical Dem rant but no substance. Waste of time.

            • Posted By: AskPlus @ 10/23/2008 7:08:34 PM

              Fact-check and ALL the media's answered those questions 100 times. You don't like the answers and want to bully someone into saying Obama hates puppies or something. But, you're losing and I get it. You want to lie and hope it comes true. It's okay. Maybe you can rent a witch hunter cheap on Nov. 5th. Betcha know where you can get one. You betcha.

              • Posted By: carlyd @ 10/23/2008 7:16:08 PM

                Wow! I bet you're impressed with your rant. Have a nice evening all by yourself with your thoughts.

  • Posted By: RiversideWarrior @ 10/23/2008 7:24:23 PM

    So what date/time is this show supposed to run?

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/23/2008 7:10:07 PM

    Obama in this video, addressing his work with ACORN litigation relating to the community reinvestment act and the failure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as they relate to the current real estate and financial crisis, states that, and I quote:

    "Subprime lending started out as a good idea, helping Americans buy homes who previously could not afford to. Financial institutions created new financial instruments that could securitize these loans, slice them into finer and finer risk categories, and spread them out among investors and around the country, as well as around the world. In theory, this should have allowed mortgage lending to be less risky, and more diversified."

    He further states:

    ???"The original idea was a good one, which was, lets see if we can distribute risk more broadly, and make it easier to provide loans to people who otherwise might not be able to get one."

    Listen for yourself. You cannot dispute the mans on words recorded live:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314&feature=related

    Obama in this second video is campaigning at a convention of Acorn and I believe two other "Community Activist" organizations. Ask if he will be their ally if he becomes President, Obama says, quote:

    ???Yes, but let me say that before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda. We???re going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America.

    See and hear it for yourself. Obama promised that Acorn and other groups like it will setting his agenda if elected:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU
    See also: http://www.newsweek.com/id/164972
    Stating that Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act wasn't what caused the meltdown, and noting that "economists on both sides of the political spectrum have suggested that the act has probably made the crisis less severe than it might otherwise have been."
    See also:
    http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?threadid=808692&boardsparam=Page%3d2

    Below is a link to C-SPAN video clips of the Congressional hearings at roughly the time McCains attempt at S.190. to fix Fannie and Freddie. See for yourself who said what.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
    See also
    http://www.newsweek.com/id/164732 from this web site. (oops!) stating that Freddie Mac was spending tax payer money to target Republicans in 2005 who were trying to regulate Fannie and Freddies fraud. Democrats were not targeted, as the were all in the tank with Fannie and Freddie to kill the regulations. Hear that, the article admits that Republicans were trying to regulate Freddie and Fannie, and Democrats were trying to stop it from happening as a means to facilitate the Community Reinvestment Act.

    • Posted By: AskPlus @ 10/23/2008 7:14:51 PM

      Now for the DOOF.

      • Posted By: Hannah B @ 10/23/2008 7:23:15 PM

        Nowforthetruth's mind is a terrible thing to waste ...

      • Posted By: mrjungles @ 10/23/2008 7:22:46 PM

        SPAM. This should be removed, it's not even an actual comment.

  • Posted By: minneapolitan @ 10/23/2008 4:35:21 PM

    I suspect there are a lot of troops and their families that will be voting for Obama in hopes that we will start withdrawing soon from another war providing situations (road side bombs, suicide bombers) we are ill equipped to deal with and are spending massive amounts of money to fight, but not nearly so much to take care of our vets. Chew on that a little. Being a POW in and of itself does not make a president.

    • Posted By: Thisisajoke @ 10/23/2008 4:37:00 PM

      Have you read the polls how the military is voting, I guess not or you would not have did this post.

      • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 4:46:19 PM

        You do realize that anyone in the military chose to be there don't you? That said, they just want the funds to do their job. The Republicans have traditionally been the party to do that. As a Marine wife I can tell you that anyone who is crying about wanting to get transferred from where ever they are ARE NOT respected. If you really care about those in the military give them the funds to do their job. Vote McCain! corrected.....VOTRREPUBLICANREPUBLICAN

        • Posted By: YankeeExpat @ 10/23/2008 7:18:11 PM

          If the Republicans have traditionally given the funding for the troops to do their jobs, why were the troops sent over to Iraq with insufficient protection? From what I remember, there were vehicles that did not have proper armor plating and troops with out kevlar vests. The troops only started to receive this much needed equipment once it made the news.

        • Posted By: klicker @ 10/23/2008 4:55:58 PM

          Amen! My sentiments exactly. This was not a draft. I take great pride in our troops knowing they did just that, signed themselves up. How many of them signed up knowing they would be sent away, yet we have these same people who would still vote for McCain and not Obama. What does that tell you? They are the ones who are out there risking their own lives and see what is going on in these countries. They see what changes are being made. Do you think the press will tell you all this, no way. They knip and tuck and decide what they will put out there. God bless our troops.

      • Posted By: hatU @ 10/23/2008 4:41:52 PM

        http://race42008.com/2008/10/05/poll-watch-military-times-2008-election/

        Go to The Military Times Newspaper Poll
        68% for McCain

        • Posted By: neos @ 10/23/2008 5:24:50 PM

          Candidates are rated by veterans.

          Disabled Veterans of America (DAV)
          Obama 80%
          McCain 20%

          Iraq and Afghan Vets of America (IAVA)
          Obama B+
          McCain D

          This is why McCain was almost pleading to vets at the end of the second debate. He knows what the score is, and so do we. Actions ,not words, Senator.

          This vet is voting for Obama/Biden.

          http://www.iava.org/full-ratings-list
          http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=3483

  • Posted By: klicker @ 10/23/2008 4:22:03 PM

    Just another tactic by Obama and his hollywood buddies. Looks like someone's a little nervous as election day comes closer. Trying to get as much publicity as he can. Looks to me like the actions of someone who is starting to 2nd guess himself. He's having to turn to desperate measures. I wonder how far he would have gotten without all his rich buddies taking care of him and was forced to handle this all on his own. No too well, I must say.

    • Posted By: ly81 @ 10/23/2008 4:27:59 PM

      If you knew anything about this tv spot, you would know it was planned weeks ago. There's only one desperate candidate at this point, and it's sure not Obama!

      • Posted By: keegan @ 10/23/2008 4:47:56 PM

        Tactics by the Obama campaign seem to be working. He's running for President...Publicity might be good. Where do you get nervousness and second quessing out a campaign that has the money to buy ad time on tv for the front runner? How is running a television ad a desperate measure? He may have rich buddies, but it was the thousands and thousands of regular Americans who donated to Obama's campaign that gave him the advantage in money. Who in today's politics runs any campaign on their own. What are you talking about?

        • Posted By: klicker @ 10/23/2008 5:06:49 PM

          Do you honestly believe that a majority of $150,000,000 in one month alone is from hundreds of thousands of people donating $200 each? That would mean that atleast 600,000 "regular" Americans donated in the month of September. I thought all these normal Americans were the ones that were hurting so badly, and the ones that he had to save. His numbers don't seem to be jiving then.

          • Posted By: YankeeExpat @ 10/23/2008 7:11:37 PM

            Actually, your numbers don't seem to be "jiving". Using your numbers, 750,000 "regular" Americans would have donated in the month of September. By my count that is only 0.25% of the US population. That seems pretty plausible to me.

      • Posted By: klicker @ 10/23/2008 4:32:27 PM

        What difference does it make when it was planned? Sorry, you're going to have to come up with something better than that.

        • Posted By: ly81 @ 10/23/2008 4:39:39 PM

          Shows it's no 'desperation move' as you put it. Luckily, polls show I don't need to come up with anything better. Obama is leading all over.

          • Posted By: klicker @ 10/23/2008 5:02:37 PM

            If he's leading all over, then why does he need a 30 minute TV spot? He's got it in the bag, as you say.

            • Posted By: ly81 @ 10/23/2008 5:32:58 PM

              Because he's smart enough to know that you never let your guard down. And in a Presidential Election as important as this one, you keep going until the end. It's simple... you keep getting your message out.

      • Posted By: keegan @ 10/23/2008 4:55:25 PM

        Tactics by the Obama campaign seem to be working. He's running for President...Publicity might be good. Where do you get nervousness and second quessing out a campaign that has the money to buy ad time on tv for the front runner? How is running a television ad a desperate measure? He may have rich buddies, but it was the thousands and thousands of regular Americans who donated to Obama's campaign that gave him the advantage in money. Who in today's politics runs any campaign on their own. What are you talking about?

    • Posted By: pitzold @ 10/23/2008 5:13:14 PM

      I guess you believe that only Obama has Hollywood buddies. Check out your girl Palin..she has invited air head Elizabeth from the "View" to campaign with her. This party is sure to lose now, both women are brain dead.

    • Posted By: jnakhoul @ 10/23/2008 4:43:21 PM

      yeah 11 percent in the polls im sure his shaking in his boots, mccain just waiting for his new robocalls to annoy voters to his side

    • Posted By: pitzold @ 10/23/2008 4:34:27 PM

      His hollywood buddies? Do you think that McCain/Palin don't have hollywood buddies also? Then why did Palin ask that crazy Elizabeth from the "View" to campaign with her? They are both air heads!

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