Today on the presidential campaign trail

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• Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 07/04/2008 10:33:22 AM

  Comment: WELL ITS THE FORTH OF JULY AND I'M GOING TO THE LAKE WITH MY FAMILY AND MY MARINE CORP BUDDIES WE ARE GOING TO PARTY !!! I'VE GOT MY TRUNKS AND THE SUN SCREEN FOR THE KIDS AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO WEAR OUR NEW OBAMA SLIPPERS ! (THEY ARE FORMERLY KNOWN AS FLIP FLOPS ) THATS WHAT WE ARE CALLING THEM! NOW OBAMA SLIPPERS ALL MY FREINDS SAY THAT IT FITS PERFECTLY... SO LOOK OUT AMERICA BECAUSE OBAMA SLIPPERS ARE COMMING TO A STORE NEAR YOU !!
  

• Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 07/04/2008 9:30:26 AM

  Comment: From Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'
  From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
  From Dreams of My Father: 'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
  From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
  From Dreams of My Father: 'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
  
  And FINALLY the Most Damming one of ALL of them!!!
  
  From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
  

• Posted By: Kboogie @ 07/03/2008 12:22:57 PM

  Comment: Mc-Insain seems to be showing the full-blown effects of Alzheimer's:
  
  Sen. John McCain has long presented himself as that rare bird in politics: an inveterate straight-shooter. But does campaign strain have McCain's Straight Talk Express veering off course?
  
  A string of incidents stemming from the senator's two presidential runs suggests he's no less fallible than any other candidate, and just as capable of adjusting facts to suit his purpose.
  
  1. Confederate Flag Over South Carolina Capitol, April 19, 2000
  During the run-up to the South Carolina Republican primary in February 2000, McCain was asked whether he felt the Confederate flag should be removed from atop the statehouse.
  
  Non-truth: McCain stated publicly that it was up to South Carolinians to decide.
  
  Truth: Two months later McCain said he believed "the flag should be removed from the Capitol". "I feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win the South Carolina primary. So I chose to compromise my principles," he said. "I broke my promise to always tell the truth."
  
  Source: "Excerpts from McCain's Remarks on Confederate Flag," New York Times, April 20, 2000.
  
  2. Economics Expertise, Jan. 27, 2008
  Non-truth: When confronted with his own remarks about his economic prowess during a Republican primary debate, McCain said, "I don't know where you got that quote from. I'm very well versed in economics." In a later interview on NBC, McCain added that he's "very strong on the economy."
  
  Truth: McCain was asked about a quote he gave The Wall Street Journal in a November 2005 interview in which he admitted he lacked expertise on economic issues. The quote read: "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues." I still need to be educated."
  
  McCain told reporters in December 2007, "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should."
  
  Sources: "Reform. Reform. Reform." " John McCain Explains His Eclectic and Troubling Economic Philosophy, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 26, 2005; NBC GOP presidential debate exchange, Jan. 24, 2008; "Meet the Press," NBC, Jan. 27, 2008.
  
  Senility, Alzheimer's, or just a plain ol' LIAR.......................?