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  • Posted By: lowen @ 10/25/2008 9:28:43 PM

    A quote from Barack Obama - "America is no longer a Christian nation". Oh, really? Speak for yourself Mr. Obama, but "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord". You might also take note that "In God We Trust" still appears on our currency and, in fact, America was founded upon the God of the Bible and the principles recorded in Exodus Chapter 20. It is only a departure from that God and those principles that has gotten our nation into the mess that it's in.

    • Posted By: Nins @ 10/25/2008 11:31:58 PM

      Lowen, you will have to provide a link to a video of Obama actually saying this, so we can see whether or not you are quoting him correctly, or if you are taking him out of context. Or if you are simply making it up.

      • Posted By: kakaka408 @ 10/29/2008 12:36:48 PM

        America was founded upon the God of the Bible and the principles recorded in Exodus Chapter 20

        Where did you get this from?

  • Posted By: JJMizzou @ 10/29/2008 12:34:31 PM

    HaHa! Newsweek admits they are sending reporters to Saks 5th Ave. I'm not sure what is more funny, you're absurd bias as a "news" outlet, or your stupidity as one. I have a suggestion for the two reporters, SEND THEM TO CHICAGO NEXT! It shouldn't be hard finding something newsworthy that readers will even be interested in. You guys make South Park look credible. Keep it up, we'll be bailing you guys out next.

  • Posted By: baker6173 @ 10/29/2008 12:11:18 PM

    I was all set to vote for McCain until he picked Pallin. There is no way in God's green earth I am going to vote for him now. The very thought of her as President or being that close to the Presidency scare the (as my grandmother used to say) bejesus out of me. He really made a BIG mistake! ! ! ! !

    • Posted By: 1voice @ 10/29/2008 12:25:13 PM

      I can understand you opinion of not wanting to vote for someone (Sen.Palin) most people never heard of before a few months ago (see Obama/Biden where were they 6 mnths ago?), but logically she has dealt with the "hot topics" of this election. Albeit in ALaska. She deals with national security b/c of the proximity to Russia, and she obviously has dealt with the energy issue in the frozen north. I actually thought she handled that question very well in the VP debate (even thought the debates, in my opinion, are meaningless). Not trying to stir you up but just a different perspective maybe...

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/27/2008 8:39:21 AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck

    2001 Chicago Public Citizen Radio Interview criticizing the Warren Court as not radical enough for not pursuing redistribution of wealth.

    Says that community organizing is for the purpose of assembling the political power to force redistribution of wealth.

    • Posted By: dsqard @ 10/27/2008 10:41:54 AM

      And that has what to do with the republicans spreading the wealth of their donors to the tune of $150000 for her and her family's wardrobe? Like Michael Moore said last Friday on Larry King. Republicans are only against welfare if it is not for them.

      • Posted By: schneider115tr @ 10/29/2008 12:22:30 PM

        All this concern about redistribution of wealth - the BIG BAILOUT, the war to steal Iraq's oil, Blackwater's private army paid for with public funds, and on and one - is all about treating Americans like peons on the hacienda - we do the work, pay the taxes and have to clean up the mess that the lazy louts up at the Big White Plantation House make - we are forced to pony up for their wasteful, useless, immoral lives., as if we were just milk cows for their use. And all these silly right wingers tell us to be scared of socialism - well, the rich are already practicing socialist economics- national socialism, aka nazism. We better stop believing in all these scary bogies under the bed the repubs talk about and start actually thinking for ourselves.

      • Posted By: pgadia @ 10/29/2008 4:35:23 AM

        150,000 just a drop from the 280 million Mr Obama's spending this election, check your source properly who spend more money and I thought he's fighting for the poor causes, I guess your poor... get a job, earn money the right way and not alms from Mr Obama's way of communism. I know this for sure he won't get a dime from the rich cause they knows all the places where to hide their money... offshore accounts, loopholes, tax shelters, soon he'll be taking your money and spend it to his liken. wake-up and stop dreaming for your prince saviour, it only happens in fairy tales.

  • Posted By: baker6173 @ 10/29/2008 12:08:59 PM

    I was set to vote for McCain until he picked Pallin......not there is no way in God's green earth I'd vote for him. The thought of her every becoming President scares the dickens out of me. Boy....did he make a BIG mistake!

  • Posted By: Poatess @ 10/29/2008 12:01:33 PM

    What do you mean??? If John kicks the bucket, she is the President!! Yes we have too many guns!! Look at our crime rate!! Send all the illegals back and I want to see you picking blueberries in 100* heat to earn a living!! Make it easier to become a citizen so they can pay taxes like everyone else EXCEPT the rich folk!! Maybe Cindy should have just lent her some stuff!! I'm sure she has plenty!!

  • Posted By: kameshe @ 10/29/2008 11:31:06 AM

    First of all, Sarah Palin is not the one running for President, John McCain is. And at least she doesn't want to disarm America, kill little babies (abortion), give driver's license, free medical care, soc sec benefits to illegal aliens, give $80 billion dollars of our hard earned money to overseas, hang around with terriorists, like Obama wants to do.

  • Posted By: bikerchix @ 10/29/2008 11:17:46 AM

    I have no problem with RNC letting Sarah Palin spend money to make your wardrobe 'campaign friendly'. She came from Alaka where most of her clothes were probably for cold weather. You can't campaign in Florida with mukluks on. At least she is not spending $3 million for an info-mercial.

  • Posted By: Alfredo1 @ 10/29/2008 11:10:43 AM

    There is a Stepford wives quality about Sarah Palin. I find her scary and erie. Now with the contribution money used to doll her up, she has the scariest and most expensive Halloween costumes ever.

  • Posted By: mommyhavingithard @ 10/29/2008 10:48:07 AM

    Palin and the people who support her act as if she is in a beauty contest rather than running a campaign to be the 2nd top officer in the land. You do not need a wardrobe from Saks and Neiman Marcus. When she was being fitted for those expensive clothes (she had to know their cost) she should have made a responsible stance and asked to purchase upgrades from somewhere else rather than spend the hardworking folks money who gave to the RNC to be on the campaign trail fighting and discussing the REAL issues that americans are facing everyday. We do not need someone in office who spends others money so careless at a time when we are all struggling. I bet Hillary Clinton did not spend in her 12 months of campaigning what Sarah Palin spent in her 2 and half months with her makeup artist and stylus. Why are the RNC treating her like a rock star. and celebrity. Such Hypocrits. IF her values are small town then she should have approached her buying in a conservative small time way-what was wrong with suggesting MACY's. Barack deserves to spend money to throw a victory party if he wins..he has had so many everyday supporters on the ground that I know he will try to include and invite them to participate in the celebration where McCain would only have the elitist crowd who will be wearing their $300,000 dollar dresses and Neiman Marcus attire. Barack's event would serve many while McCains would serve few.

  • Posted By: coprking @ 10/29/2008 10:45:37 AM

    Come on Newsweek...get your act together. There are more things to talk about than Sarah's clothes. Give us all a break and go to the polls and vote Republican. The RNC and Palin have already discussed this topic and we have accepted it.

  • Posted By: mommyhavingithard @ 10/29/2008 10:32:12 AM

    Palin is not running for a beauty pagent but as the second in charge. She went to get fitted for those outfits and had to have an idea of their cost. If she is concerned about the economy and finances she would have made other suggestions rather than use the Republicans money for such a wardrope and makeup artist. Ridiculous..if she is doing this now, just image how much she will want them to cater to her if she is in office. I bet Hillary in her 12 months of campaigning did not spend what Palin spent on 2 months on the campaign trail. It just goes back to remind the voters that Republicans will spend any ones money without any accountability or conscious. I hope they will never get a chance to continue to act so selfish and reckless with the real people's money and get their greedy jerks out of office. Barack has a large following so he deserves to throw a large party after being on the campaign trail for all of the months he has campaigned..and he will surely include and invite way more people at his event that supported him than the RNC who will only have the elitest participate who were $300,000 outfits like Mrs.McCain or Sarah Palins Neiman Marcus..

  • Posted By: asheepdog @ 10/29/2008 9:40:50 AM

    I'm not sure how the Dems can make such a big deal out of the GOP spending $150,000 on a wardrobe for Governor Palin and her family but no one is mentioning the $2 million Senator Obama is spending on his victory party. This has been the most obscenely expensive campaign in US history and the Dems and MSM are making a big deal out of $150,000 for clothes and makeup but ignoring $2 million for a party? Talk about partisan and petty!

  • Posted By: njc17 @ 10/29/2008 9:21:34 AM

    But, why castigate the lady for wearing them? only because she dares opposes Obama?
    And in this day in age $150,000 for clothes really is not all that expensive at that elevation of society. Goodness I'll bet Obama spends that much on his designer suits.
    MssPalin spends pennies on the dollar at her second hand shops.

  • Posted By: bnt @ 10/29/2008 9:07:17 AM

    Actually, I am a mother who works hard to figure out how to cloth my kids in a increasingly tighter budget. I care very much how much the GOP spends on a candidate's clothing attire. I am registered republican with second thoughts about what the heck we are doing as a party. I don't think my difficulties economically are as much at the forefront as is the parties concerns they may lose prestige on the good ol' boy level.

  • Posted By: icadesignguy @ 10/29/2008 9:05:29 AM

    It's pretty sad when this is the kind of dirt that anyone digs up on somebody and tries to make it newsworthy. What is newsworthy is a candidates personal affiliations with people who hate the United States. That is important! What is newsworthy is how much experience a person has and what accomplishments have been made. To the intelligent person, it's not what a person sees on the outside, it's what is on the inside. Voting for a person because they have a "rockstar" look and talk the talk but not walk the walk. I feel sorry for us as a nation because we cannot see what is happening to us as a "united" states. We need to change our name to Divided States of America and the world would not look at us like hypocrites.

  • Posted By: njc17 @ 10/29/2008 8:48:21 AM

    Based on the comments here; somebody rabbit tracked off the base subject of Mss Palin and her clothes. Which actually is a non issue. Who gives a flying flip what Mss Palin wears ,or where it comes from? First it was bought by the RNC and has been for the most part discarded, or set out for auction. Mss Palin did NOT order this stuff so where is the problem [ except in the minds of the Palin detractor bandwagon. ie: News media]
    As for the immediate comments; This American economy is so entangled that nobody understands it and for the most part Barney Frank and company helped to screw it up.
    Does McCain/Palin understand the economy? yes , as well as anybody else does and certainly better that the "spread the Wealth" Obama does.

  • Posted By: Vote Now @ 10/29/2008 7:09:15 AM

    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 @ 10/29/2008 7:09:06 AM

    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 @ 10/29/2008 7:08:57 AM

    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

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