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1. David Thomson:

The sad fact of life is that John McCain’s campaign must relentlessly point out Barack “Barry” Obama’s inconsistencies. The MSM will do everything to look the other way. Also, perhaps a solid forty percent of the electorate could care less about the faults of their Anointed One. We can only hope that minimally these seemingly never ending new revelations disturb a slight majority. It is increasingly becoming more obvious that Obama is a mediocre leader. His skills are limited to the ability to give a rousing speech. He obviously has no idea what to do after that.

I am not at all thrilled that the voters are forced to choose between two U.S. senators. This is not a good thing. We normally prefer governors because they must actually do something in office. Senators, for the most part, just shoot their mouths off. But that’s water over the bridge. The American people are forced to pick the lesser of evils. In this case, it is Senator McCain. If nothing else, he has the far better resume.

Jun 11, 2008 - 3:02 am 2. flandazzle:

“His skills are limited to the ability to give a rousing speech.”

If he has a teleprompter. Otherwise, no.

Jun 11, 2008 - 3:38 am 3. Broadsword:

McCain ought to have said something like this: “Psst… keep this quiet. Johnson is working for me. Don’t tell Barry.”

Jun 11, 2008 - 3:40 am 4. Ed Wallis:

Bravo, Ms. Rubin.

Yet, I do not find Obama’s action here “simply bizarre,” rather simply Democratic – please note big “D.” This is the stock-and-trade of the contemporary “do as I say and not as I do” leftist hypocrite Party.

As well articulated here as well (http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/obama_and_his_next_goal.html), Americans would be well to inform themselves – not the least from the active efforts of the McCain team in the upcoming months – of the disqualifying aspects of Obama’s dismal record.

Jun 11, 2008 - 3:44 am 5. David Thomson:

“If he has a teleprompter. Otherwise, no.”

Yup, I stand corrected. “Barry” Obama does indeed require a teleprompter. He truly is that shallow.

Jun 11, 2008 - 4:03 am 6. Suzanne Pomeranz:

Mr. Wallis – you are right, except for this – it should be “simply Democrat” as that’s the actual name of the party which is certainly NOT democratic.

As far as “disqualifying aspects of Obama…”, has anyone actually looked into his PLACE OF BIRTH??? I understand that he refuses to post a birth certificate on his web site nor discuss it. Could it be that he was born, NOT in Hawaii but in Kenya, making him a “naturalized” American (if at all) and thus, NOT qualified for this job????? Just a thought.

Could someone at PJM please get on that at once?????

suzanne

Jun 11, 2008 - 4:25 am 7. Moultrie:

This BHO=Messiah blowup is going to be painful for the far left and their Media Moron enablers…could not have happened to a more arrogant, corrupt and no-good org than the new Democrat Party. If BHO crashes and burns can we replace McCain with a better candidate also?

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Jun 11, 2008 - 4:45 am 9. politicalreacharound:

Suzanne Pomeranz:
Actually he was born in Hawaii and McCain was born in Panama. Do you really need to go that route? This is another reason why your side is going to lose, this constant search for another fake, bs story to try to get some media run because your candidate can’t make news himself. Try and deny it all you want but your man Barry is heading to the White House, bet on it.

Jun 11, 2008 - 5:44 am 10. Sandra M:

This morning while reading comments on Thomas Sowell’s column on Obama’s “Cocky Arrogance.” The subject of “Obama in Bristol, VA came up several times , so I went to YouTube and found the relevant videos. My God, no wonder he doesn’t want to do town hall meetings with John McCain. Without a written speech and a teleprompter, he is a world class blitherer.

Please, please, if you’re a 527 with some money make a TV ad and expose this dangerous fraud.

Dangerous because of Obama’s ties to Abongo Obama, his half brother and Raila Odinga, his cousin, who are stirring up mass violence in Kenya having lost the election last year, an election in which Odinga wanted to institute Muslim Sharia Law. When Odinga lost theelections, his followers burned Christians’ homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga. And look up Obama’s lies. in PJM , Rick Moran, Obama-McCain: The Gloves come off” 28 were posted by Dean fourth comment) 5:26 am. Elsewhere, someone listed 48 more.

Jun 11, 2008 - 6:59 am 11. Ed Wallis:

STORY: Obama clinging 20 years to racism in books and church. fake/BS? NO
STORY: Obama mingling decades with domestic terrorists. fake/BS? NO
STORY: Obama saying his judgement makes up for his lack of experience, but his judgement on business associates and mentors is atrocious. fake/BS? NO
STORY: Obama an American citizen? fake/BS? To be determined

If anything reeks of fake/BS, then look no further than Obama’s MESSIAH rhetoric (with more than a little Marxism in the mix…).

“PoliticalScratchMyB*tt” please note: The People’s Daily Kossack awaits you.

Jun 11, 2008 - 7:03 am 12. Big City Boy:

I agree with you, politicalreacharound. Obama’s passport is a non-story. The kind of political crapola practiced by both parties feom time immemorial.

Obama’s problem is MUCH GREATER. He is running on all entitlement and no experience. There is absolutely nothing to base his candidacy on other than windy pronouncements… oh, unless you consider listening to Rev. Wright’s racist bilge for twenty years ithout protesting experience. As an ex-Democrat, I’m appalled.

Jun 11, 2008 - 7:13 am 13. AJ:

“The MSM will do everything to look the other way.”

Precisely. That’s why we need blogs. Obama’s campaign, aside from being shallow and naive, is totally hypocritical and has been from day one. I don’t know a single person whose views and intelligent I respect that is voting for the Empty Suit.

Politicalreacharound, why is this a NON story? Do you know how many “non” stories the losers at MSNBC drool over each day? But the best point was made by “Big City Boy” who is, like many of us, an ex-Democrat, who shot you down with this comment:

“Obama’s problem is MUCH GREATER. He is running on all entitlement and no experience. There is absolutely nothing to base his candidacy on other than windy pronouncements… oh, unless you consider listening to Rev. Wright’s racist bilge for twenty years ithout protesting experience. As an ex-Democrat, I’m appalled.”

Well said. This party has left any semblance of reality as it is controlled by America’s enemies: Soros, Hollywood, the media, Howard Dean, Carter, Obama, etc.

Jun 11, 2008 - 7:42 am 14. Dave II:

“the, the, I mean”…”
“It becomes sort of a, um, I mean…”
“you know”
“I mean, at some point, you know…”
“So this – you know…”
“you know”
“you know”
“you know”

Gawd!! “Tortured explanation” is right!! Can someone just attach a teleprompter to his chest??? This is just sad….not to mention how sad Barry’s LACK of judgement is for those he associates himself with.

But then, we already knew that, right?

Jun 11, 2008 - 8:31 am 15. » Obama’s Double Standard:

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Jun 11, 2008 - 8:35 am 16. Pat:

Obama is where he is because everyone is sick of the Clintons. And McCain is a decent man, but I don’t think his decency will be able to surpass Obama’s “glamor” esp with the press in the tank for him.

God help us. This guy is exactly the fairy tale Bill Clinton called him.

Jun 11, 2008 - 8:47 am 17. Believer:

Once again, terrific work done here.

“The media reaction can best be described as stunned.”

Well. I guess it’s now Meet Your Candidate, fools of the liberal press.

You of the tingling thigh.

These guys looked great to him. Remember his standards aren’t that high.

Jun 11, 2008 - 9:10 am 18. Dave II:

Politicalreacher-
Well, since you (and Suzanne) brought it up…yes, let’s go there for a moment! John McCain WAS born in Panama, and the whole legal issue of a “natural born citizen” is still a bit murky, but McCain WAS born to TWO U.S. Citizens on military assignment, and declared a “natural-born citizen” by a special Senate Resolution on April 30, 2008, voted in favor by both Clinton and Obama. Case closed.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/citizen_mccain.html

Not so for Obama! His father was NOT a citizen, and his mother was only 18. It’s true, Hawaii was a state at the time (1961), but the law at the time was that BOTH parents had to be citizens!

Barack Obama is not legally a U.S. Natural-born citizen according to the law on the books at the time of his birth, which falls between “December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986? . Presidential office requires a natural-born citizen if the child was not born to two U.S. Citizen parents, which of course is what exempts John McCain though he was born in the Panama Canal. US Law very clearly stipulates: “…If only one parent was a U.S. Citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16.” Barack Obama’s father was not a U.S. Citizen and Obama’s mother was only 18 when Obama was born, which means though she had been a U.S. Citizen for 10 years, (or citizen perhaps because of Hawai’i being a territory) the mother fails the test for being so for at least 5 years **prior to** Barack Obama’s birth, but *after* age 16. It doesn’t matter *after* . In essence, she was not old enough to qualify her son for automatic U.S. Citizenship. At most, there were only 2 years elapsed since his mother turned 16 at the time of Barack Obama’s birth when she was 18 in Hawai’i. His mother would have needed to have been 16+5= 21 years old, at the time of Barack Obama’s birth for him to have been a natural-born citizen. As aformentioned, she was a young college student at the time and was not. Barack Obama was already 3 years old at that time his mother would have needed to have waited to have him as the only U.S. Cizen parent. Obama instead should have been naturalized, but even then, that would still disqualify him from holding the office.

*** Naturalized citizens are ineligible to hold the office of President. *** Though Barack Obama was sent back to Hawaii at age 10, all the other info does not matter because his mother is the one who needed to have been a U.S. Citzen for 10 years prior to his birth on August 4, 1961, with 5 of those years being after age 16. Further, Obama may have had to have remained in the country for some time to protect any citizenship he would have had, rather than living in Indonesia. Now you can see why Obama’s aides stopped his speech about how we technically have more than 50 states, because it would have led to this discovery. This is very clear cut and a blaring violation of U.S. Election law.
http://word.truthintheword.org/archives/1430
http://minx.cc/?post=266330

Of course, Obama could stop all these “scurrilious rumors” by just releasing his birth certificate…but he hasn’t (and probably won’t)! So the question is:

WHAT IS HE HIDING?????????????????

This is not the last of this issue…BY FAR!

Jun 11, 2008 - 9:22 am 19. John:

Ed Wallis

“STORY: Obama an American citizen? fake/BS? To be determined”

Obama was born in 1961, Hawaii became a state in August,1959. He is a native born American. Citizenship is not an issue.

Jun 11, 2008 - 9:26 am 20. Dave II:

Of course…his “missing” birth certificate is only the tip of the iceberg:

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/11/memo-to-obama-missing-documents/#more-3040

And…interesting assertion there in the comments section of the “natural-born” issue link, is in particular about that “passport-gate” break in that so quickly disappeared from view. What’s up here???

“It came fully to their attention during Passportgate. Please make a huge note of this – that’s where the kernel lies, to be sprouted.

To preempt this, the Obama team, via the guy in charge of the contractors involved in Passportgate, went into the records at the State Department. The boss, the guy in charge, is also an adviser to Obama. They wanted to retrieve the records so as to never have to risk them seeing the light.

However, the three who did the dirty work were caught. The chief had no idea that the department had a backup and cross-check system in place, which caught them.

If you recall, two were fired immediately, and the third, who’s cooperating with the investigation, was retained by the State Dapartment until the investigation is over.

If you also recall, when Passportgate first broke, Obama yelled the ‘loudest’ on how careless the Bush Admin. is with the records. Please recall that by breaking into the dossiers they wanted to retrieve Obamas, but got a hold also of Hillary’s and Mr. Cheney’s, I believe (I’m sure about Obama and Hillary, but there was a 3rd one, and I think it was Mr. Cheney’s).

Anyway, it was a cover on the part of Obama to yell so loud, because the break-in was done by his side. Immediately as they were trapped, Condoleezza Rice put the kabash on it, the lid on it, and after that complete SILENCE.

Then there was the faux McCain citizenship rah, rah, and recall the no other than Obama expressed support for it first, and then co-authored the totally unnecessary bill in the Senate to “make McCain” legitimate. This was all huwey.

What the media, and us, need to vigorously pursue is the results of Passportgate, number one, not only getting a copy of the birth certificate, but what the findings are of the break in.”

Jun 11, 2008 - 9:55 am 21. Dave II:

John-
The law between 1952 andn 1986 was different than it is today. He WOULD be a citizen under TODAY’s laws, no question. If this is a “non-issue”, why doesn’t Obama just release his birth certificate?

Does it mention his name as “Barry Dunham”?

Does it mention his “religion” as Muslim???

Does it even state his father’s name???

Or….worst of all, was he actually born in KENYA, as some assert????

So many questions…so few answers! (Actually NONE!)

Jun 11, 2008 - 10:02 am 22. John:

@DaveII,

I think your response was awaiting moderation while I was typing,,, however, there were/have been many test cases involving citizenship for children born of a single USC parent with a non-citizen, i.e., US Servicemen serving overseas in Germany and Japan. As far as I know those kids were considered citizens from birth.

I doubt the case for Obama would survive a court test.

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Jun 11, 2008 - 10:36 am 24. Ed Wallis:

John writes, “I doubt the case for Obama would survive a court test.”

But most certainly not the stink test.

Jun 11, 2008 - 11:04 am 25. Believer:

Worry no more, folks.

Jimmy just dove under the bus.

Jun 11, 2008 - 11:42 am 26. REB SHLOMO:

Are you going to be as critical when Obama becomes president?

Jun 11, 2008 - 12:30 pm 27. John:

“But most certainly not the stink test.”

Certainly there is enough stink to go around here. There is enough ammunition out there on Obama to do him in if rational, thinking, persons are astute enough to read the handwriting on the wall for themselves and decide on their own best candidate of choice. My fear is that there is enough race bait, and white guilt, and general dissatisfaction with the current administration to carry a totally unqualified man into the Oval Office in November.

Personally, (and this is just my opinion), I think G.W. has done a reasonable job of keeping the ship-of-state afloat during a really bad period. Lord only knows how a Clinton or a Kerry would have handled an event such as 9-11-01. They’d have prolly responded with a few cruise missiles launched at another aspirin factory and called it a win. Are we really ready for another anti-war administration? Don’t they “get it”? The Islamonuts are trying to kill us~!

Jim Johnson has stepped down from the veep selection squad only because Obama is now aware of how badly the public views the elite Washington insiders, along with the other east coast snobs. He’ll just find someone a little less objectionable to fill the slot.

Jun 11, 2008 - 12:50 pm 28. Dave II:

John- a “USC” parent? Would that make the father a “Trojan”??? (insert condom joke here)

Seriously, though, I doubt it would survive a court case either. My suspicion is there are OTHER reasons Obama doesn’t want to release his birth certificate (or his passport records)…. He WILL have to answer these questions eventually.

Jun 11, 2008 - 12:51 pm 29. always right:

My fear is that there is enough race bait, and white guilt, and general dissatisfaction with the current administration to carry a totally unqualified man into the Oval Office in November.

Never fear, Dems usually enlist the dead (or caroon characters) to get them over the margin. Now that they have had the 2000 and 2004 experience (or in-experience). Consider those ‘dry runs’. This time Soro’s money is definitely buying the ‘goods’.

The counting of votes this Nov is a mere formality.

Jun 11, 2008 - 1:08 pm 30. Believer:

Dave II – good stuff – had forgotten Passportgate. The 3rd file was McCain’s, I’m pretty sure.

And if I read you right, Obama probably co-authored the bill to “approve” Mac’s citizenship so the same favor might be returned in case the truth is discovered about his…

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Jun 11, 2008 - 1:28 pm 32. Believer:

Well, yes, I’m sure O. doesn’t want us all to know the countries he’s made visits to – and on what dates – and how often.

I don’t want this guy anywhere near our most sensitive secrets. I’m not even comfortable with his being a Senator at this point. Too much information given Senators on Committees.

Jun 11, 2008 - 1:35 pm 33. jsokol:

This story has no traction. The McCain camp is grasping at straws, and sucking wind. Their story has this written all over it … “I’m very well paid to say bad things about Obama and make the spin as bad as it can possibly be … ” Very few people are going to buy this stuff, perhaps a few disgruntled Hillary supporters might, I dunno.

This is a nothing story. Jim Johnson, a vp vetter got a good deal on a mortgage. So he recused himself, or Barak did. OK damage control in effect done.

Then the McCain camp puts this horrible spin on it. Spin that defies any logic. What does that say about the McCain camp? Nothing good.

If I was McCain I would fire those yokels.

Jun 11, 2008 - 2:04 pm 34. Misanthropicus:

Johnson was forced to step down a couple of hours ago – Jennifer, you were right on!

Jun 11, 2008 - 5:35 pm 35. Jenny:

What is bizarre is that anyone is worried about this stuff. So Johnson had a mortgage with countrywide and now he has left the VP vetting thing? Next …

Sure we want our president to be squeaky clean, but you can get silly about what that means. A guy doing the research on who would make the best running mate and VP shouldn’t have a conflict of interest, but who he has a standard mortgage with — particualrly when it was one of the big companies is irrelevant. That you republicans are getting yourself into a lather over this simply shows how poor your political position is.

The fact is that the country is heading for a serious recession, has no means of disentangling itself from a war that is costing $USD10 billion and 50-60 US dead per month and encouraging most of the planet to hate us. We are going massively into debt. We are helpless against oil price shock inflation and unemployment is rising. And you republicans are talking about whether Hawaii was part of the US when Obama was born or who is vetting his VP?

You may not get onto the wrong end of a landslide, but you sure deserve to. You lot need a serious period away from the beltway to get back into touch with reality.

Obama 2008!!

Jun 11, 2008 - 6:27 pm 36. always right:

What is bizarre is that anyone is worried about this stuff.

Go beyond the halo effect. Use your own brains and eyes a bit, wil ya?

How are we ‘helpless’? Tough actions need to be taken, but this gutless ‘do nothing’ congress will only squabble the trivial stuff. Each individual needs to take up his own responsibility, but they were taught it was not their fault but to rely on the ‘government’.

And newsflash for you, it was not as if the world LOVE us before 2000. I know because I travelled a bit.

Jun 12, 2008 - 8:50 am 37. Believer:

Well, you ain’t seen debt like the debt Obama will put us into if he’s elected.

His Global Poverty Act? Billions will be given out of our treasury – annually and without end – to an international body that will, I’m sure, be certain they get to those in need. Not to mention our very sovereignty might be at issue. Thankfully, this was killed in committee.

His pulling our troops out of Iraq prematurely will only require far greater costs to us soon after. Not just monetary – but the lives of soldiers and civilians as well.

I believe I heard the number of almost a trillion dollars associated with the ideas/promises he’s made on the campaign trail alone.

This man has accomplished nothing more than make frighteningly poor judgments regarding friends and associates. This panel of advisors is but one example. These are bad enough, but we know of far worse.

I just heard something that reiterated what I’d read early last year – Obama took a trip to Libya with Farrakhan. And it must have been on another thread that I linked to Gateway Pundit where someone said Qaddafi had given a billion dollars to Farrakhan for “votes,” etc. I’d like to know if these things are true.

Obama is a man completely unqualified to be President. But, incredibly, he thinks he is. Check out how he’s jumped from one political office to the next higher – almost as soon as he assumes one, he’s off to the next. His accomplishments are nil.

He cozied up to Ill. state senate leader Emil Jones and got him to put his name on bills that others had been working years on – making more than a few enemies along the way. The man is not shy when it comes to his ambition. He walked into Jones’ office and told him he could make himself a U.S. Senator. Jones asked, “Who you got in mind?” “Me,” was Obama’s reply.

I just read on a black man’s blog that he’d run into O. at a restaurant, and was told by him that he was going to go after the U.S. Senate seat after failing in his attempt at the U.S. Rep. seat. It floored the man. But he mentioned remembering Obama many years earlier had told him he wanted to run for Mayor. His point was that, at the time of the writing, it didn’t surprise him Obama would have the nerve to run for President so soon.

What he didn’t say was that he is breathtakingly unqualified.

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Jun 13, 2008 - 1:09 am 39. Occam:

Obama campaign slogans:

CHANGE … what you’ll have left after I raise taxes.
CHANGE … your gas prices upwards, but gradually
CHANGE … my hat size because every day my head gets bigger
CHANGE … what I do to my story depending upon whom I’m talking to.
CHANGE … what I do every day to my foreign policy
CHANGE … your lifestyle because the rest of the world doesn’t like you
CHANGE … my friends when they turn out NOT to be “The person I knew”
CHANGE … what my radical left-wing ideologue handlers have in store for you
CHANGE … what I do to facts to suit my needs.
CHANGE … more of you into victims of something and build government programs to take care of you
CHANGE … you into a ward of the state so that I OWN you and your vote
CHANGE … your mind and believe in me for I am the Obamessiah come to save you
CHANGE … into sycophants; what the liberal mainstream media do under the spell of the Obamessiah
CHANGE … the chant I use to control the weak-minded Obamanized masses
CHANGE … into an Obamatron; join the cult, repeat the chant: CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE …
CHANGE … what I plan to do to America because it’s the greatest country on the planet.
CHANGE … the national anthems of all the nations of the world to Kumbaya using my messianic skills
CHANGE … your underwear because you’ll defecate in your pants when you wake up to find out what the left-wing liberal ideologues have done after gaining complete control of government.

CHANGE … you better freaking BELIEVE in because it will WORK you over.
Obama: the AUDACITY to count on you and I being DOPEs

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