Pundits Begin to Worry About Obama
Former cheerleaders express concern over who the "man behind the curtain" really is.
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In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s overseas trip, the liberal punditocracy has begun to fret. Certainly there is reason for concern. Obama’s poll numbers are within the margin of error in a year in which a generic Democrat would be beating a generic Republican by double digits. And the storylines which dominated the news since the trip have been ones unfavorable to their chosen candidate: his ego, the snub of wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany, a potential flip-flop on offshore drilling and a poorly received attempt to play the race card.
Richard Cohen was one liberal pundit who emerged from the fog of Obama-mania. Cohen threw cold water on the notion that a liberal Senate candidate from Hyde Park showed political courage by opposing the Iraq war, and then recited chapter and verse on the flip-flop orgy:
He has been for and against gun control, against and for the recent domestic surveillance legislation and, in almost a single day, for a united Jerusalem under Israeli control and then, when apprised of U.S. policy and Palestinian chagrin, against it. He is an accomplished pol — a statement of both admiration and a bit of regret.
But what really irked Cohen was Obama’s “tissue thin” record and the nagging sense that despite Obama’s attractive packaging Cohen was “still not sure, though, what’s in it.”
But Cohen wasn’t alone. Ruth Marcus, no conservative cheerleader either, also was not pleased. For her, the issue was one that Obama critics had long dwelled on: what’s he done?
After reviewing the New York Times’ examination of Obama’s career as a law lecturer, Marcus mused that it was “a reminder of Obama’s essential elusiveness, and how little we understand about how the candidate himself would resolve these thorny problems.” What nagged her was the sense that “in the hardest cases, I’m not always sure where Professor Obama, or President Obama for that matter, comes down.”
Over at Huffington Post a prominent liberal voice fretted that maybe the Left’s faith in Obama was overblown and as misplaced as the belief (before the blue dress) that Bill Clinton had not had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
And of course all this followed the rage from the Left over the appalling (to them) reversal on FISA and the disgust over Obama’s decision to renege on his public financing pledge (which was then followed by his ludicrous effort to blame the Republicans for his mendacity).
But Dana Millbank really opened the floodgates with a devastating column on Obama’s enormous ego and arrogance. Dubbing Obama the “presumptuous nominee,” Millbank described Obama’s visit to Capitol Hill:
Along the way, he traveled in a bubble more insulating than the actual president’s. Traffic was shut down for him as he zoomed about town in a long, presidential-style motorcade, while the public and most of the press were kept in the dark about his activities, which included a fundraiser at the Mayflower where donors paid $10,000 or more to have photos taken with him. . . Some say the supremely confident Obama — nearly 100 days from the election, he pronounces that “the odds of us winning are very good” — has become a president-in-waiting. But in truth, he doesn’t need to wait: He has already amassed the trappings of the office, without those pesky decisions. . . “I think this can be an incredible election,” Obama said later. “I look forward to collaborating with everybody here to win the election.” Win the election? Didn’t he do that already?
For those who had been following Obama’s arrogant utterances and embarrassing show of presumptuousness this was nothing new. But coming from the pen of the acerbic columnist (whose vitriol is usually reserved for conservatives), Millbank’s column was a shocker.
Jennifer Rubin is PJM's Washington, D.C. editor. She also blogs at Commentary’s Contentions.
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RE:Zero-experience Obama is where he is today only because of these same uncritical journalists jumping on bandwagons.
This further highlights the media’s own irresponsibility and unprofessionalism. They are doing harm to society with their adolescent lack of objectivity. They created the monster they are now having second thoughts about.
Aug 6, 2008 - 3:16 am Tony:The number of voters who intend to plump for McCain in November is probably pretty much set already.
The only way that McCain can get elected is by the Obama numbers dropping - and that was always likely to happen once the drones who fell for the “change” bullshit realised that he’s just another scheming politician. Watch them toddle back to their default position of not being interested enough in real politics to bother voting.
I remember living in England when Princess Diana died and about year after her death a lot of people were very embarrassed at the ridiculously unnatural outpouring of media driven “national grief” that followed her death. I suspect that a lot of people in the US are going to feel the same way in a year or so when they look back at how taken in they were by the Obama celebrity bandwagon.
Aug 6, 2008 - 3:37 am Terry Gain:“wounded German soldiers”! German? Please Jennifer.
At a time when it was obvious that significant progress was being made in Iraq Barack Obama did everything in his power to have the United States concede oil rich Iraq to America’s enemies - al Qaeda and Iran.
All else is trivia.
When the Surge was announced he claimed no military expert he had spoken to thought it would work. Apparently it never occurred to him before “forming his judgment” to speak to America’s pre-eminent counterinsurgency expert.
He’s incredibly unfit to be CIC. It’s not even close
Aug 6, 2008 - 4:26 am Yael:This is a great piece of work and much appreciated, but that would be wounded AMERICAN soldiers, not German.
(Ed. note: Correction has been made. Thanks for pointing it out.)
Aug 6, 2008 - 4:34 am Mladen:Well, most of his problems were obvious since Rev Wright problem erupted. I mean, he replied first with “We are all racists, including my granny” just to dump him after honest “He is politician” comment. Yet, party dons decided to pick him over Hilary Clinton. And it was obvious that Clinton’s position (leftist on social policies and centrist on foreign policy) was more attractive for working classes then opposite, which Obama championed. Since then, by moving to centre, he lost love of party’s left wing without gaining love of party’s right wing. And by rapid shifting position he lost lots of respect among both sides.
Now, as every cloud have silver lining, there is one for Democrats. McCain is not some unbearable ogre, comparing to Bush. And with Republican as president, Democrats in Senate and Congress majority can easily shift blame to him. And in case that President was Democrat, there would be serious losses in elections two years from now…
Aug 6, 2008 - 4:44 am SAF:Obama is no Bill Clinton. It is surprising that buyer’s remorse has set in so soon. It isn’t that Obama is any different today than he was at the start of the campaign it is that, apparently, some of his ardent supporters have asked the obvious question “Yes we can what?”
Apparently they have found out what many of us have known for a while, there is little behind the curtain.
Aug 6, 2008 - 4:51 am Mike:To cherry pick an Obama quote:” I look forward to collaborating “. This perfectly sums up his forgein policy as much as I can decipher it, collaboration. With terrorists and extreme muslims. This will disgust older Americans that remember the term collaboration as cooperation with the enemy. He is so uneducated, I truly believe he doesn’t even get the connection. But my old mother fell off her chair when she saw it in print.
Aug 6, 2008 - 5:06 am ~Paules:What’s that sound I hear coming from the Obama bandwagon? Gee, it sounds like a bad wheel bearing. Nah, it couldn’t be.
Aug 6, 2008 - 5:15 am Lisa:Obama has stolen pieces of Clinton’s campaign platform…. for example, early childhood ed (he had NOTHING on his site about that last winter, she was all over it) and some of his green policies.
To hear a Democrat begging for votes by promising another Bush rebate check that we can’t afford just makes me ill.
Obnoxious is the word alright.
Aug 6, 2008 - 6:10 am WR Jonas:He has never said a single word which would convince anyone to vote for him. His words are just noise to appease an emotionally expectant crowd. Words are practically useless. In fact consider these words. What good are his words today if they are different than the words he spoke yesterday? Doesn’t that render the words meaningless? What has importance is Truth. That requires action and a demonstration of your words supporting your action. Sort of the thing one must live by, not make flowery empty meaningless speeches.
Aug 6, 2008 - 6:34 am misanthropicus:To the Man behind the counter: Andrew Soros, is that you?
Eventually it’s happening. While I’m not into conspiracy speculations, Glibama’s ascension was nothing short of an Al Dumas novel, with so many twisted threads positively converging for him that many a good people coudn’t help perceiving him other than a savior (my take is an operator) - but when I take into account media’s completely abandoning its duty of critical scrutiny, I gleefully go for sinister conspiracy.
Aug 6, 2008 - 6:44 am Sarah Rolph:So, now the townfolks have eventually came out from slumber and march towards the evil castle, torches, pitchforks and boards yanked from fences - woe to miscreants!
I will not be surprised if the Democrats end up nominating Hillary. The Anchoress is the one who first got me thinking this way, when she predicted (correctly) that Hillary would suspend, not terminate, her campaign. Now that the Obama backlash is well under way, I am really curious to see what will happen.
Of course, Theory B also makes sense, that Hillary spotted Obama for a loser and plans to run against McCain in 2012.
Aug 6, 2008 - 6:54 am The Wizard:Obama, The One. An empty suit with no idea of what it takes to be president of this great country. His naivety and ignorance of our government policies, procedures, and political system would be funny if not so many individuals were drinking the “kool-aid”. Hubris, audacious, racist and disgusting - that’s how I describe “The One”. I do not understand the appeal, but is scares the bloody hell out of me that this man might be elected. He will destroy our country and our economy.
Aug 6, 2008 - 7:16 am rocketeer:In a perfect world, the media would be telling the truth about Obama and his ratings would be about where congress’s ratings are. It really wouldn’t take much to pull back the curtain to show the completely unimpressive huckster that he is. We’re all being sold a bill of goods by these con-artists.
Aug 6, 2008 - 7:31 am jerry:And yes, this race really is about Obama vs. Obama. McCain’s campaign so far has been fairly tepid. Although the tire-pressure gauges and some of his recent commercials have been pretty funny.
Sarah:
Hillary has given up on 2008. She is smart enough to know that to pull the rug out from Obama now means that the black vote won’t turn out, the nutroots and the youth will lose interest and forget to vote.
I agree that Hillary waiting for 2012 is her new strategy but I don’t think she will get the nomination. The Clinton franchise is over and she is old news. Besides the way business cycles work it is likely that the economy willbe expanding at a good clip four years from now virtually assuring a Republican victory regardless of who runs.
Aug 6, 2008 - 7:44 am dan:“The number of voters who intend to plump for McCain in November is probably pretty much set already.”
Why? I haven’t seen poll numbers that place decided voters much above 90%, in total, and with the margin of error +/- 3% that leaves a statistically decisive number of voters undecided thus far. If, for example, it’s currently 46% McCain, 47% Obama, that leaves 7% undecided according to that poll’s own terms.
Fool. How do these goddamn propositions come to dominate a meritocracy - superior cunning, or seductive stupidity?
Aug 6, 2008 - 7:47 am Rose:“man behind the curtain”? Why it’s George Soros of course. When will a courageous journalist do the investigating necessary to expose what’s really going on?
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:00 am Mladen:I do not think Hillary is going to run in 2012. Giving her (quite safe) Senate seat for long shot run on presidency? And by that time she could be next Ted Kennedy. Not going to happen…
In 2012 people to watch would be Rendell and Strickland (and possibly Bayh) With Clinton support, of course…
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:11 am CyaNeos:You guys are talking like your candidate is ahead. Sorry to burst your bubble but he is not. Once 5′5″ old geezer Johnny McCain gets help stepping up to the debate podium I have a feeling that many voters will ask themselves if they want their grumpy grandpa as president. And please, if you commenters think you are so clever try to come up with some better phrases than drinking the Kool-aid and all the other worn out conservative (blech) slang that make the John Stewart crowd think you are a bunch of slimy, ignorant, morons.
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:39 am Dave II:You can “game” a caucus system, a proportional delegate awarding system, a superdelegate voting system by buying off their votes (which Obama has documentedly done!), and even “game” a biased liberal-leaning MSM and blogoshere pundits that are easily swayed by ANYTHING shiney, new, and anti-Bush…
But once the “game” has been discovered, and you are left feeling used and taken for a fool…your eyes are opened and and a gnawing doubt begins to take hold.
We are looking at the classic FIVE STAGES of depression here:
1. Denial 2. Anger. 3. Bargaining. 4. Depression.
and finally, 5. Acceptance …
We are only now entering the second stage…bargaining and later depression will come AFTER the convention!
Acceptance will come on November 4th!
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:44 am Mabel:The Democrats were deeply divided over the nomination. They were victims of their own PC values. The first black president trumped the first woman president, despite Obama’s lack of achievements. Geraldine Ferraro was right and will be the second to tell them “I told you so” after the election (Hillary will be the first).
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:48 am E:Obama is a demogoge(sp?)pure and simple.
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:54 am Bob Thompson:The scary thing is if he manages to get elected.
McCain is no great prize but he had better get on the ball and fast.
he should hire Dick Morris as an advisor, at least talk to him, he has the key to a victory it seems…
And it’s not likely that Obama can undo this realization that he is an empty suit since he does not have a record on which to build a recovery story. Although he has had some varied experiences while growing up, I get no sense that any of that represented anything approaching what one might call a trial.
McCain is not an intellectual, not a member of the elite, looks more like a Harry Truman than any of our recent presidential candidates. He certainly has had life experiences that enable him to relate to the average American. And, this is big, he has proven he is willing to defend what he believes this country stands for. We may not agree with what he thinks this is, but we can easily reach agreement on who our enemies are.
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:02 am ~Paules:@CyaNeos,
Your insightful (yet compassionate) critique of McCain left out the fact that he’s also physically impaired. So McCain is unqualified because he’s A) short, B) old, and C) disabled. Thanks for clearing that up.
Dude, may I personally invite you attend the Republican Convention? I’ll teach you how to shoot pigeons off the roof of the convention center with a .410 shotgun. We’ll have an ole time revival in the parking lot, and maybe even do a little snake-handling. Maybe I’ll let grandma out of the basement to entertain us with her drooling act. You can tell my kin; they’re the ones with six fingers on each hand. Yup, you really got us pegged, buddy. You must got some sort of college ejumacation.
/snark off
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:19 am Sandra M:Rose asked: When will a courageous journalist do the investigating necessary to expose what’s really going on?
I just got Jerome Corsi’s book THE OBAMA NATION, a meticulously researched book which strips the veil from Obama’s past and shady connections including the scariest story of all. Obama campaigned for his cousin Raila Odinga in Kenya 2 years ago. Odinga was educated in Soviet East Germany and is no friend of the U.S. Odinga made an agreement with the Islamicists to introduce Sharia Law to mostly Christian Kenya. Odinga lost the election and instituted mass violence including herding 50 Christians of the Kikuyu tribe into a Pentecostal church and setting it on fire. I had found all this material on Google. What I didn’t know was that Obama persuaded Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice to force “power sharing” with the pro-American Kenya government and Odinga is now “Prime Minister”.
Read Corsi’s book or Freddoso’s book before voting, please.
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:26 am CyaNeos:~Paules
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:43 am Mwalimu Daudi:I would go but I am afraid I would get molested by one of the many GOP sex predators
It is starting to occur to the MSM and the leftist blogsphere that dragging the Messiah across the finish line in November might not be an easy task after all.
I think that the entire Democrat strategy this year was based upon the belief that the GOP would implode by convention time (Watergate-style) and Democrats would cruise to an easy victory. That has not happened. Indeed - it is the Democrat Party has stated to spring a few leaks instead.
Given GOP cowardice, pure momentum will probably be enough to carry Democrats to victory this year. But crunch time will come in January 2009 when the Messiah starts His meltdown in earnest. Don’t be surprised if by Summer 2009 Democrats and their Chosen One are as popular as the HIV virus.
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:52 am Trouble:Look at it this way:
On one side, we have a talky lawyer married to a talky lawyer.
On the other, we have a genuine war hero married to a blonde who has a beer company and very nice, um, assets.
So, with whom would YOU rather trade places? The decision should be obvious.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:03 am bio mom:The presidency is NOT an Affirmative Action position. Vote McCaon!!
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:10 am Robbins Mitchell:Baroque Obozo can be punked with a little ingenuity….he is slowly morphing into the ‘Seinfeld candidate’…a campaign sitcom about nothing….not that there’s anything wrong with THAT!
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:14 am rrr:Oooh, just what we want, to be part of the Jon Stewart crowd!
Sorry. I prefer to be a grown-up. Go back to your play-pen.
Jeez, if your going to criticize us for not being cool, at least learn to spell your idol’s name.
So, is Stewart the prophet for the Obamessiah?
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:15 am Major:… and the walls came tumbling down.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:16 am Boolie:CyaNeos:
~Paules
I would go but I am afraid I would get molested by one of the many GOP sex predators
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:43 am
Wow, I didn’t know Bill Clinton, Barney Frank or Mel Reynolds had jumped political parties!
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:17 am John the Libertarian:If my not wanting an inexperienced, naive and arrogant socialist to run this country makes me racist, then sign me up.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:23 am David:I think there is the strong possibility that the Berlin speech will be looked at as the tipping point of the Obama campaign. The perfect storm of arrogance, meaningless rhetoric, and post-Americanism.
I don’t think it will happen, but some of the Dem super-delegates have to be wishing they could get away with switching to Hillary right now.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:23 am Yawn:CyaNeos, if am reading the polling data correctly it seems that some are saying McCain leads, some are saying Obama and just about all of them have both within the margin of error. So it is looking to me that no one is in the “lead” for whatever its worth. And the point of the article does hit on a key point: Obama should be so far ahead of any Republican that it isn’t even funny and he isn’t. He is within margin of error. Wow, what a solid candidate. With all of the ammo that the GOP has handed the democrats after these last eight years (and some of it is even true), he can’t even pull out a lead over the margin of error (or at all depending on the poll)? Obama isn’t a very solid candidate and his weaknesses are showing up. I don’t know that McCain is going to pull it out (margin of error or not he is still trailing in most polls), but I certainly can’t say Obama is a shoo-in. And right now, I don’t think anyone really can either.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:26 am dualdiagnosis:~CyaNeos
Don’t worry, something tells me John Edwards has prior plans.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:26 am clazy:and i thought “drinking the kool-ade” was a tiresome lefty expression! apparently everyone needs to drop the cliches, and while you’re at it, see if you can disagree without resorting to insults.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:31 am Letalis Maximus, Esq.:Oh yeah, you can bet Hillary is planning on running against McCain in 2008. President McCain, that is. Which is why, in my view, she and Bill will do everything in their power behind the scenes to see that Obama, if nominated (and it ain’t over ’til its over), is not elected.
If they could tank Kerry, they can tank this guy.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:32 am Libertyman13:Ah yes, of course, some more “liberal media” stuff. Unfortunately, it is McCain who has been benefitting from a media bias.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-onthemedia27-2008jul27,0,1029224,full.story
Does anybody know that McCain doesn’t know why he opposed contraceptives being required for health insurance? That he doesn’t know whether condoms prevent the spread of venereal disease? That he cannot recall his positions on these issues? What about McCain’s associations with crazy right-wing pastors? Where is the coverage of McCain’s flip-flops (i.e. every one of his positions)? Nowhere to be seen. But conservatives keep screaming about liberal media bias, and it’s probably a good plan, because it makes conservative-skewed coverage seem skewed to the liberal, thus making people think that the conservative viewpoint must be even better than it is. But just because it might work doesn’t make it true.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:32 am ic:They are building an “unbiased” facade to make their subsequent endorsement of the One more “credible”. Yeah, despite his short comings, he is still the One. So, no cheers for McCain.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:35 am JAL:Has anyone else notice how often Barack Obama says he “consistently” has said this or that ? Or “as I have said many times…” (or words to that effect)?
Drives me crazy.
I thought it would be worthwhile to see how many times he has used either of those phrases in the last 6 months. But on the other hand, maybe not, since I don;t have access to Lexis-Nexis, or that many hours in a day.
The point being he is self-deluded — not a good qualification for USA CIC and /or President of the World. Or he thinks that by *saying* something (anything!) with conviction, that people will go “Oh. Yeah. That’s right. Obama has always said [fill in the blank].” That’s weird and rather unsettling too, since he doesn’t seem to care what he says as long as he gets to fulfill The Prophecy.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:36 am dan:And Yawn wins the thread!
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:44 am WPZ:While it pains me to say so, I’d suggest that counting out Hillary Clinton is premature.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:46 am M. Simon:Without question, she’s the toughest, most determined candidate out there. The level of toughness alone boggles the mind- staying connected to Bill Clinton is a sign of staggering motivation and durability.
There are lots of Clintonites, mainly old line feminists, I’d call them, still lurking, still waiting, and still steaming.
The delegates haven’t voted yet. There’s still dry powder there.
So, does McCain beat Clinton?
One more observation: Obama still has yet to win a contested general election; he’s only two out of three, and those two were both fixed. He barely garnered two-thirds of the vote of one of the most Democratic states running virtually unopposed (Keyes quit his second day in town when he saw what really was happening).
Besides, Ayers, Wright, Soros, Pfleger, his wife, all of them don’t add up to Daley.
When the word finally penetrates that Obama’s Daley’s guy, even the New York Times may stop a press or two, if they have any left.
Jon Stewart makes fun of Obama’s race card.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:47 am midwest mama:Barack Obama’s putative nomination is the ultimate example of affirmative action. He was chosen BECAUSE HE IS BLACK. Nothing else mattered until his ignorance, lack of experience and unreal ego began to be noticed by the left, which is now experiencing buyer’s remorse. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the nomination pulled out from under him at the convention, frankly.
Aug 6, 2008 - 10:47 am JohnMc:The irony is palpable. The only reason that Obama could have become the nominee was because Hillary was such a bad candidate to begin with. Once people got a real close look at her, they didn’t like what they saw. But it’s very likely that HRC was the only one in that field of Dem. candidates who would have beaten McCain in a national election. As it is NOW, the only way that the Democrats could possibly lose this election is if they nominated someone like BHO. Why? This environment is tailor made for a democrat landslide. He should be up by 20 points or more right now. His numbers will continue to shrink as people get a closer look at what exactly he’s saying, and they realize that he’s the lightweight that everyone said he was when he made the moronic comment in an early primary debate about meeting Ahmadinejad and others without preconditions.
This is the most fascinating election I’ve seen in my lifetime.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:10 am Greg:I say it’s just a “mild bout of remorse for its own excesses”.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:21 am E:@Paules
Whenever I see someone using “dude” as a salutation I instantly realize:
1. They just put down their water bong to type.
2. They have not unwrapperd their mail order diploma yet.
3. They consider Jon Stewart an intellectual.
But “Snark Off?
They really think that is a servicable substitute for the “F” word…
Welcome to Obamamania 2008…
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:24 am Sandy Salt:Wow, I must say I see some of the same old faces pushing the same old crap here. There is a lot to be scared of when it comes to putting someone with so little experience and backbone into the White House. Obama has neither the qualifications or the fortitude to lead this country. His bumbling world tour shows this time and time again. You can fool some of the people…but not all the people. Wake up and smell the stench of un-Americanism that surrounds him and his storied career. Who are his friends and supporters? We need to stop this train wreck before it gets started.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:27 am Neo:And something sorta new .. Overexposure ..
I’ve been warning about this since the last election cycle when the House race in my district (PA-6), which was fairly close, caused the Democrat challenger to pour on the TV and radio ads until it became sickening. She eventually lost (for the second time). I hope she doesn’t run again this year because I’m still sick to death of her.
Yes Virginia, there is a limit to what money can do for you in an election.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:31 am ~Paules:@E
Allow me to clarify: The comment wuz writ entirely sarkastik, dude.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:33 am corey:YES- BUSH was completely qualified to be CIC bc of his air national guard experience where he barely showed up
so experience= CIC qualifications
thats a leap in thinking you dolts
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:37 am Brian G.:Obama is going to lose. I read the election projections all the time and they gave Obama states like Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, and Georgia, states that he has NO SHOT of ever winning.
No matter how much the liberals of this country wish it to be so, Obama cannot beat the electoral math. Plus, his alleged overwhelming Hispanic support is another joke. Hispanics are in deep competition with blacks for racial preferences and will not support Obamacome November lest they fall behind in the preference handout line. In my life experience, the biggest racial divide in this country is between blacks and Hispanics.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:41 am megapotamus:McCain married himself to Iraq long ago. As she prospers, so will he; as she falters, likewise. Barry had married himself to defeat in the primaries but it looks like it was a civil union; anulled now, he supports the only sensible course, which is the Bush/McCain course, of course; The Surge. McCain told Detroit that auto jobs lost were lost for good. McCain told Iowa that ethanol subsidies and other agri-pork would have to go. McCain has never asked for an earmark, nor received one and has always denounced the practice. McCain relishes going into enemy teritory to make his case… into the lion’s den. Why? Probably because he knows what REAL enemy territory looks like and finds fear of political talkery laughable. If Barry got a serious hangnail he would be curled up crying on his throne for a week. Even if you think Barry is some kind of super-genius lightworker and are signed on for yet another Glorious Revolution you have to admit, compared to McCain, he is a pussy. Compared to your gran, he is a pussy.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:53 am exhelodrvr:The more I see/read of Obama in this campaign, the more I think that the original intention was NOT for him to be the nominee. I think the thought was that the 2008 campaign would get him some good campaigning experience, a lot of name recognition, possibly VP nominee with Hillary as the Pres. nominee. If they win, he is the nominee in 8 years. If they lose, he goes back to the Senate, does a lot of high-profile stuff, beefs up his knowledge on the issues, starting his 2012 campaign in 2009. That would take away most of the bite of the “no experience” issue, Iraq will almost certainly not be an issue in 2012, and Iran will either be taken care of or pretty well-defined.
But Hillary’s campaign blew it, and now Obama is the nominee and isn’t ready for it.
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:03 pm bc:It’s hard to build a reputation on what you plan to do.
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:03 pm unclebiffy:Folks please don’t believe that this is a turning point in media coverage of Obama. Over the last few presidential election cylces the same pattern occurs.
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:32 pm midwest mama:During the dog days of August when the fewest people are paying attention the media produces a few less than enthusiastic or even mildly critacal stories about the Democrat candidate. After Labor Day the MSM returns to their pattern of over the top positive coverage for the Democrat and negative coverage for their opponent. If anyone brings up media bias the MSM will point to these few stories that were released when they would have the least impact and to refute the claim.
corey–
Who is arguing that Bush’s Air National Guard experience fit him for the presidency?(You’re misrepresenting his attendance record, by the way. You really ought to read something besides the NYT.)
The problem with Barack Obama is not that he doesn’t have military experience; he lacks any kind of really meaningful experience, period. Military experience might have given him a good understanding of what it’s like serving in that capacity, but he also lacks foreign policy experience and economic savvy, he’s never actually been in charge of running anything, and his policies are left of left. Its only his overweening ego that has him blinded to his own lack of relevant experience, or else he’s convinced that he’s so wonderful (messianic) that his inexperience doesn’t matter. The presidency is not an entry level job in the best of times, which this is not. Electing BHO now would be incredible folly on the part of the voters. I hope we’re not that stupid.
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:34 pm ~Paules:It’s fortunate for the unbelievers and haters that The One is all-merciful and compassionate. When He reveals Himself in His full glory, you will be absolved of your sins. Doubt will be lifted from your addled minds and faith will descend upon your brow as a dove from the heavens. **Sound of a bic lighter followed by cavitation** Atlantis shall rise again from the sea and the Holy Grail will be restored to the Temple of Solomon. The calendar will be rewritten with a month of Sundays. The lame shall walk and the blind will see; beggars will drive Priuses. Fairies, wood sprites and hobbits will emerge from their long hibernation. Ooh, ooh, ooh, gotta go. The rush is coming.
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:37 pm Diane:With all the anguish over the supposed racism of America, I actually think race is the least of Obama’s problems. A thought exercise: Ask yourself if Colin Powell would act like Obama. Of course not, and even on things where you didn’t agree with him, you could see he had arrived at his view through experience.
Would he ever act in this silly rock star way, doing photo ops for the European press? Sending his kids on TV and then regretting it? Doesn’t it make you cringe? Would he provide people with an opportunity to ridicule him for being pretentious? No. He spent 35 years in the military, becoming a 4-star general and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, before being secretary of state. That is, he had a real life of service to the US. No Harvard Law degree: geology at CCNY and an MBA from George Washington University. In my own old-fashioned way, I’m going to call him an all-American guy.
Now, if Powell were running … how many people would seriously care about his race? For all I know, he’ll be out campaigning for Obama. But not the point.
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:43 pm MarkJ:corey,
YES- BUSH was completely qualified to be CIC bc of his air national guard experience where he barely showed up
so experience= CIC qualifications
thats a leap in thinking you dolts
You’re obviously suffering from a bad case of “cranial rectitis,” because Bush’s ANG service record has been examined twelve ways from Sunday by a veritable army of researchers, but they–and you–have still got nothing. Deep down you know you’ve got nothing, but you still throw it out on the misbegotten notion that if you splatter s*** on a wall long enough, a tiny portion will eventually stick to it.
Wake up, sweet pea, and smell the organic, cooperative-grown coffee: you are sooooooo 2004.
Aug 6, 2008 - 12:58 pm midwest mama:MarkJ–I like your answer better than mine.
Aug 6, 2008 - 1:05 pm Pat:Another correction for the PJM editors: it’s Dana Milbank, not Millbank. There’s only one L.
Aug 6, 2008 - 1:06 pm Sandy Salt:A few questions, where did Obama cut his economic chops? Or foreign policy (other than his whirlwind tour)? Military policy? If the Democrats can show his vast experience in these areas no matter how flimsy the MSM will sing his praises to the heavens and the American public will be enraptured with his all knowing personna.
Aug 6, 2008 - 1:29 pm ddc:Award: Best article written on PJM ever.
Aug 6, 2008 - 1:53 pm tarpon:Does anyone think that the public is sniffing out Obama’s Marxism and it isn’t selling — At least the way the drive by media planned on selling it?
Aug 6, 2008 - 2:00 pm AdrianS:This article highlights what many of us have know about the dark side of Obama.
Obama and Mooo have one thing in common: they’re both Cow words. Obama refuses to go on the Sean Hannity Show because he knows he owns a lousy past.
Obama’s lies, his dirty politics, his obnoxious pro-abortion plank, his fake birth certificate, his communist “mentor”, his Anti-American “mentor”, his flip-flopping … a disgusting character not qualified to be Senate janitor.
http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/nextgenblog/
Aug 6, 2008 - 2:30 pm Snoopy:It should also be pointed out that Dana Milbank’s column on Obama caused a rift between him and Keith Olbermann, on whose show he was frequently featured. Olbermann demanded that Milbank give more context some quote of Obama’s that he used in the piece. Milbank refused. And they have since parted ways — Milbank will no longer be on Olbermann’s show.
Aug 6, 2008 - 2:35 pm TomJW:Lisa:
Aug 6, 2008 - 6:10 am
The Dems did the rebate check.
Aug 6, 2008 - 2:37 pm Frieda:On top of all that he has become “snippy Obama”..
check it out here: http://www.obamasgaffes.blogspot.com
He is not being snippy with the same the media who made him “the One”
Aug 6, 2008 - 3:15 pm Roderick Reilly:The single most worrisome thing about Obama — to me — is that he is in such a big hurry to become President despite his relative inexperience compared to other modern Presidential candidates from major parties. For that matter, Obama’s entire adult life has been about being in a big hurry to leave whatever position he found himself in so as to move on to the next level. He stays nowhere and finishes nothing. Yet he wants to be President of the single most powerful country in the world to preside over the biggest government we’ve ever had. If that isn’t blind, over-weening, naked ambition and the height of chutzpa and conceit, than I don’t know what is. It means he’s a man of very poor character who’s hugely-inflated sense of self-regard and importance does not bode well for this country if he wins.
Aug 6, 2008 - 3:22 pm Jerry Magnan:Didn’t Sarkozy look like the long shot, and whoa and behold, he won? Is the same dynamic at work here?
I remember sitting with my friends in 1972 when my candidate, McGovern, lost 49 states. We all turned to each other and the theme was “nobody I know voted for Nixon!” Okay, I was living in Boston at the time! We thought we were mainstream. Really!!
Fast forward, 1980, same locale. I’m a hard core conservative by then (Afghanistan, Pershings, SS-16’s, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Khmer Rouge holocaust, fall of ‘Nam, Angola, Mozambique, 14% unemployment/inflation/interest rates, ‘Nam re-education camps, Iran embassy hostage crisis - events can kinda have an influence on you, ya know?).
Well, now I’ve got microwave popcorn ready for this election. I know perceived wisdom not only can turn on a dime, but it can be wrong most of the time. But I honestly believe that the republic will survive this epoch. And visit hell and brimstone on the Dems in the long term.
Obama - victory laps before the election are not only a touch premature and tacky, but could crush you and the Dems long term if you win.
Aug 6, 2008 - 3:27 pm jesus warrior:America, opening her eyes to see that a dressed up pimp with a Harvard education is still a pimp. Obama can not force people to understand what his is tallking about when he will not first clear things he brought to the forfront. His activities with drugs, DNA tests, he is done it is in the past. Calling the voters of America ignorant is appauling, most of Obama voters are looking for someone different, not just a spend on government programs liberal. There is not enough differences between the two canidates to take a chance on Obama because he is of mixed race and look black.
Aug 6, 2008 - 4:41 pm wpb:I think BC summed it up best - reminds me of that book: Hope is not a strategy.
Aug 6, 2008 - 4:57 pm Justin::jesus warrior
You sound like a left wing stereotype for conservatives. I am not one of the Obama-disciples, however I think you are clearly in need of help. What do you mean “There is not enough differences between the two canidates to take a chance on Obama because he is of mixed race and look black.”
Personally I smell troll. In the likely event that you are, your candidate is still going to lose. I don’t care how much you hate it, it is simply the truth.
Aug 6, 2008 - 5:02 pm Justin:Next time, when you have a long list of left winged candidates to choose from, elect a candidate who has something more to offer than a couple of empty catch phrases and a winning smile. The left elected the only an empty suit because he appealed to their emotions.
Aug 6, 2008 - 5:06 pm Mark Robinson:When it comes to Obama, the age old question “where’s the beef?” keeps popping up…
Aug 6, 2008 - 5:07 pm Eric:Obama’s weakness ought to be pretty evident in the fact that the weakest, most incoherent, Left of center, GOP candidate ever fielded is neck and neck with him. Reagan would be crushing him.
Aug 6, 2008 - 5:25 pm ProgMeister:Sandra wrote:
I just got Jerome Corsi’s book THE OBAMA NATION, a meticulously researched book which strips the veil from Obama’s past and shady connections including the scariest story of all. Obama campaigned for his cousin Raila Odinga in Kenya 2 years ago
Sandra, please, do your freaking homework … this is complete bullshit; Jerome Corsi is certifiably psychotic; if you’re going to vote for McCain you at least owe yourself a good reason for doing so … if you can find one
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:00 pm Jim C.:“Some might conclude that they were so blinded by their bias against Hillary Clinton and eagerness to shove the Clintons off the national stage that they ignored any signs that The Chosen One was deeply flawed.”
There’s also the undeniable fact that Obama has considerable JFK-esque charisma. That’s not enough for me, though. There’s no way I’ll vote for him; I’m going with McCain. But I still strongly feel his personal magnetism.
He’s an excellent orator. And he’s well-educated. Plus, he’s black.
I’m not in the habit of using the following adjectives, but shrill and annoying is how Hillary came across. If she had had a real campaign under her belt before this instead of the NY gimmes, those rough edges would have been smoothed down. Indeed, by the time Obama had the nomination secured, she had noticeably improved.
Aug 6, 2008 - 8:28 pm Red Blooded American:The comments here are notable in that most of them seem to be shouted, but are almost all of the opinion that Obama is a hollow shell, an evil demagogue, a nonentity. I think McCain is a pretty decent guy. But Obama strikes most people as also being a pretty decent guy. And a lot of people like him. McCain is awkward, nervous and has all sorts of weird tics and twitches. He gives off the impression that he may have a screw loss. The most conservative of you out there know exactly what I mean. These are the sort of things people actually vote on. Obama puts most people at ease. McCain doesn’t. Advantage Obama.
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:18 pm Nodog:ProgMeister-
Typical Obamatron response…shoot the messenger~!
Do you DENY that Obama campaigned for his cousin Raila Odinga in Kenya 2 years ago??????????
Do you DENY the atrocities that Odinga and his thugs have commited against Christians in Kenya????????
Oh, I know…but the two aren’t connected! Riiiight!
Aug 6, 2008 - 9:59 pm James:I don’t think the MSM’s desire to push Hillary off the national scene was anything more than a calculated business decision. The MSM indeed pushed the “it’s a new exciting, not-like-before, presidential primary” in their adverts during the Dem’s primary.
I would even say that the Karl Roves of the MSM elite probably didn’t think Hillary would loose in the long run…they just wanted to keep ‘er close to the finish line. In any case, they wanted to increase ratings and the bottom line.
They may have had a point. Can you imagine a Hillary/McCain election summer at this point? BORING WITH A CAPITAL B.
Aug 6, 2008 - 11:55 pm dmitry:Teflon coating…. which is usually black…
Aug 7, 2008 - 12:03 am strcpy:You are racist!
I have said for quite some time that Obama can not win, McCain has to loose for him to be President.
Obama seemed to get this in the primaries - same thing there. When he keeps his mouth shut and stands back people paint whatever they want on him. When he tries to win he is, well, horrid. Hillary ran a terrible campaign (however I don’t see how she could have really done better - the attacks McCain can do and get away with she could not as the people he looses were never going to vote for him anyway) and lost - Obama didn’t win. Heck, even if the Dems had a sane electoral system she would have won by a landslide, had they mirrored the national system it would have been an even larger margin.
Obama is trying to win and he can not - he has bought into the hype about himself. The more he tries to do so the worse he is going to do. I still do not discount the idea that McCain will not do something(s) that make him loose it - I have all confidence that he is able to do so. However I don’t think Obama now has it in him to let McCain do so and that will be our saving graze (and given what I think about McCain, that’s not much grace anyway).
Another way I have heard it put is that Obama is wreck waiting to happen - the question is does it happen before or after the elections (or a few months back before the primaries are over)? A few pundits are beginning to realize this - they aren’t stupid. There comes a point where there is no amount of rationalization that can occur that the inevitable death is going to be avoided - the more honest the person is with their own thoughts the earlier they see it. It’s too late for any of the truly honest people, it now just a matter of when they realize the inevitable (and then work to make McCain loose - some have seen it but aren’t admitting it too).
Aug 7, 2008 - 12:54 am ak:“Obama puts most people at ease. McCain doesn’t.”
Obama doesn’t put me at ease. Every time I see or hear about him, I think of someone with zero experience, with no political principles that match my own, and friends like Wright, Ayers, and Dohrn. I’m not going to invite BO over for dinner or going on a road trip with him. I’m voting for the POTUS.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:35 am Sheila:Obama certainly doesn’t put me at ease. In fact it takes unbelievable strength of character for me to not change the channel when he comes on. Frankly the man gives me the creeps.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:53 am carson:great for pointing out the obvious-we will see this theme repeated through and past the conventions- obama will have had his 15 minutes plus of fame and then the fall from his king chair
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:59 am Jarhead:If the Berlin speech was the tipping point, the debates will be the coup de gras. Every time Obama looks away from the teleprompter, he puts his foot in his mouth.
McCain may be old, but he is going to tear him apart when they get on the same stage.
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:56 am PJBlows:Sheila its called racism.
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:10 am Edward A.:We may fail to realize, what makes Obama seem so unbeatable is McCain. Even supporters acknowledge McCain’s back-tracking, flip-flopping and on-going verbal gaffs necessitates his on-going attack on Obama. McCain is one of the weakest GOP candidates ever. His backing of 95% of Bush’s policies adds to his eventual defeat. The Republican Party is in need of major change.
Aug 7, 2008 - 11:03 am Moultrie:The fun is just beginning, BHO will become even more deluded by his own PR, he will continue to turn more and more voters against him, the snide, arrogant poseur will only show what he actually is, a weak, cowardly lightweight Chicago Pol. Even Mccain looks great great in contrast to what BHO represents.
Aug 7, 2008 - 11:54 am Justin:As dessert, we may also relish the dying throes of the Moron Media!
Edward A.:
Agreed. It seems that both political parties have run out of steam and they both need to be disposed of somehow. How did it come to pass that our country has degenerated to these two as the leading candidates. We voted for Reagen. Where is Reagen 2.0?
Aug 7, 2008 - 12:14 pm Jarhead:Edward A. - You may not like them, but those Bush policies won the last two elections - 1994 pretty convincingly.
Aug 7, 2008 - 12:36 pm Loki:Corey: “YES- BUSH was completely qualified to be CIC bc of his air national guard experience where he barely showed up ”
This story, floated by CBS, had no basis in reality. The “documents” alleging it were demonstrated patently fraudulent by a blogger who looked at them carefully and pointed out the impossibility of their being what they claimed. For example, they sported a typeface that was not available on the typewriter from which they were alleged to originate–or any other typewriter of the time, for that matter.
Another little problem: Those machines could not have produced such artifacts as the superscripts, not to mention the kerning, that were present in the documents.
Confronted with this and other findings, Dan Rather, who lent his luster to the falsehoods, could say only, Well, if I knew then what I know now, I’d have done things differently.
He thereupon resigned.
President Bush, who, it seemed to me, had a prima facie case for bringing a slander charge, simply shrugged it off, and continued doing the job for which U.S. voters twice elected him.
Oh, and it’s the “Texas Air National Guard”. Capitalized, please.
Aug 7, 2008 - 2:20 pm warren:The damned punditry are prostitutes. Millbank is the leading whore. These people are responsible for Ombama standing. The whoe damn bunch are despictable. They are very dangerous to the future of this Republic.
Aug 7, 2008 - 5:03 pm Cheryl Zampano:It’s hard to believe that it took this long for democrats to realize that Obama is a cardboard cutout with no resume and no plans. We Hilary supporters knew this all along. If the press and the Democratic party had not turned this into a sex based campaign, these issues would have been brought to the fore long ago. Is it too late? Can courageous convention delegates cast their vote for Hilary? If not, its four more years of Republicans. On the up side, Hilary can then have another shot and perhaps the rest of the party will get it this time.
Aug 7, 2008 - 5:09 pm Wendell:Barack O’Bama is a study in maximum credit given for minimal achievement. It is like America is not really a great nation, but rather a very large diverse High School, with a black basketball star making a challenge for student body president. Obama isn’t really an issues politician, he is a movement politician. As such, he is the equivalent of a Socialist Trojan Horse filled to the brim inside with power anxious Marxists and hard left law makers drooling over the prospect of runaway pillage of wealth and redistribution of power. Obama has strong marxist and even terrorist ties both inside this country and in Africa. No wonder his first major legislative effort will commit this nation to transfer a trillion dollars to Africa in the next decade. In his own words, he is not only a citizen of America, but also of the world. Perhaps, first and foremost of the world.
Aug 7, 2008 - 5:30 pm Kevin Kelly:I question Mr. Obama’s experience as a “world leader”. I have never seen in my 30 years as a person another human being that has a desire to control and attain power on the world’s stage. I am from Chicago and lived here my entire life. He came here with the purpose to put himself behind arguably the African-American capital of the nation outside of Harlem. I question his sincerity as a man carrying a positive message of hope. He is an amazing speaker and has captivated the entire world with his gift of oratory. I met him in person back in 2004 when he was beginning to rise in US politics. It was the most bizarre experience I have ever had by the look in this man’s eyes I will never forget. His willingness to provoke war with Pakistan, desire to withdraw troops from Iraq, and his idea to sit down with leaders that are bent on pure destruction are questionable as well. I hope I am wrong and that he is a man of peace and hope. The next thing he will be selling to the world is that we all need to install microchips in our hands to protect ourselves.
Aug 7, 2008 - 5:48 pm Chris:Jennifer Ruben is a Rush Limbaugh wanna be. She thinks she can influence the outcome of the election. I guess she wants 100 years of bodybags but I know the American people do not.
Aug 7, 2008 - 5:59 pm Jesus Warrior:Obama would not be a canidate if Clinton would have inhaled and Bush 43 would have gave the country details of his youthful drug usage. McCain is a surein if the traditional vaters only vote. Obama base can not be measured because they traditionally do not vote. Young people forget they have to vote again, McCain will carry independent voters who want change from Bush 43 welfare and the tax cuts permanently. Obama only hope is the uninformed voter that only want change and the feeling good about electing an interracial American.
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:02 pm Louis:I feel for the libs, They never get it, they always want to go away from what the people really want,
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:15 pm Louis:I need gas for my car, a job to feed my family, expendable income to vacation, I can’t give anymore than I have… But they want MORE, MORE,MORE! I say no more, let me accually keep some of what I make to pass on to my family and enjoy a peaceful, loving enjoyable existance without the fear of new tragedy always lurking on the horrizon…
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:20 pm notherROUND:I had absolutely no use for KERRY. I was absolutely astounded that the Democrats nominated him. I thought They could not have possibly selected a worse candidate.
I was WRONG!!!! The Democratic party actually found someone WORSE than Kerry. OBAMA is the worst person we could ever have for a president. His whole background wreaks of ANTI AMERICAN SENTIMENT. His political back ground is sparse, vague, racist, and strongly laced with SOCIALIST COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY. He is a Pied Piper, a magician working his smoke and mirror schemes. He has no substance. He flip-flops at the whim of the political winds, committing to nothing, and always vague. He has demonstrated time and time again that he does not respect this, the greatest nation in the world. He wants “TO CHANGE IT”. In an effort to try and enhance his image he stages a party (free food and drinks) in Germany for the purposes of a PHOTO OP, to try and sell the American public his image as a candidate the foreign countries like. The Muslim countries endorse him. Yet, HE REFUSED TO VISIT OUR WOUNDED SERVICEMEN IN THE HOSPITAL. That in itself shows him to have NO RESPECT for those who lay down their lives for this country. His campaign committee has concocted all kinds of stories to justify his actions. When it’s all said and done, he did not go because he was only allowed a LIMITED MEDIA ENTOURAGE. That would not of served HIS purposes.
The Bush administration HAS DEFFINATLY destroyed the Republican party, and what it might of stood for. I will not even argue that. The Republican party will need to rebuild itself before they can expect to regain their full follower respect. First they must purge the party of all the dishonorable people that are presently in high positions. In other words, clean house.
We must select a new president. Frankly, neither party represents my views, or has my trust. But we MUST SELECT OUR POISON. I don’t want to drink poison, but either cup is full of it. If I must drink poison, I’ll do it from McCain’s cup. I think the nation will survive McCain’s poison. OBAMAS CUP IS FULL OF IRREVERSIBLE NATIONAL DEATH.
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:30 pm Anonymous:CyaNeos:
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:37 pm Mycroft:Obviously you’re not even close to being intouch with reality
The interesting thing here…is that it MAY be that the media is finally starting to see Obama as a few of us ” Old School ” Democrrats have always seen him…a lot of flash…but no substance.
He has been …GIVEN…the Democratic nomination…and sadly will be the candidate to represent …” Us “…Personally…I’m voting for McCain…I rather ” The Devil I Know…” than this self promoting media darling…who has shown himself to be a racist and a liar…I can’t support him. And never will…
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:39 pm sane:When 200,000 Germans fall in love with a charismatic orator who tells them that everything they don’t like can be blamed on someone else, this is not news. It’s recycled history.
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:41 pm Karen:An Independent in NC, I voted for Hillary in the primary,,,but I feel as if the media is cramming Obama down my throat, and I am leaning toward voting McCain in the general election just to try to prove that the media really doesn’t run this country!
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:41 pm Harry:CyaNeos:
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:44 pm Dave:You’re not even close to being in reality. You must be smoking something
Anyone posting/speaking/talking who voted for Bush in 2000/2004, please refrain from having opinions on anything related to politics. You have already shown yourselves to be horrible judges of character, and our nation is paying for it. From here on out, America will thank you to please direct your attention to something less damaging, like celebrity gossip, or tupperware shopping. Or go play with your guns. By all means, play with your guns.
Aug 7, 2008 - 6:45 pm Lori:I’m from the State of Illinois. Mr Obama has been our Senator for all of 2 years, and spend the past year campaigning. That is the extent of his experience! Our state is in the WORST condition in years. The murder rate in the City of Chicago is way up. The unemployment lines are long. Companies who have been in business for decades are closing their doors. If he can’t do anything to help one state in this union, how can he possibly handle being the President of the United States…? I hope people will do their research and think for themselves before casting a vote for this man.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:00 pm MAK:Country was ready to elect a seasoned woman, not a rookie whooda!
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:07 pm VIC JOHNSON:THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT AS DUMB AS THEY APPEAR TO BE. OBAMA HAS BEEN SET UP AS THE DECOY SO THE REPUBS WILL SPEND ALL OF THEIR AMMUNITION ON HIM. THEY KNOW OBAMA COULD NEVER MAKE IT IN NOVEMBER, DO THE PLAN IS TO DUMP HIM IN THE CONVENTION AND PULL HILLARY BACK IN FOR THE NOMINATION. WITH HER MILLIONS OF BACKERS, AND LITTLE TIME FOR REPUBLICAN ATTACKS, SHE WILL BE A SHOE IN IN A LANDSLIDE. THE DNC WILL HAVE REALLY PULLED ONE OFF ON THE UNSPECTING REPUBLICANS.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:16 pm gloria:Finally! At last the political pundits are opening their eyes to the real Obama.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:17 pm BK:I have yet to hear an Obama speach that clearly outlines any sort of plan or course of action for whatever the topic may be. His answers are always, “I have a plan” or “I will collaborate”. He NEVER divulges these plans or explains how his collaborations will achieve results. He is nothing more than a cheerleader, sent out to pump up the fans by telling them whatever they want to hear. And he’s going to be the strategic military leader of the world? That’s almost too scary to contemplate. At least McCain has the guts to pick a position and stay with it, however unpopular it may be.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:24 pm John:Racist Poll Turtle.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:24 pm VIC JOHNSON:Paris has a better energy plan.
An empty suit, who talks a lot with little substance.
Claims activism, but what has he done for his constituants?
KNOW OBAMA - NO OBAMA
OBAMA APPEARS TO BE FINISHED. EVEN THE MEDIA, WHO HAS PROTECTED HIM THRU THE PRIMARY, IS NOW WRITING ABOUT “BUYERS REMORSE” WITH HIM. WITHOUT HIS TELEPROMPTER HIS SPEAKING ABILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO AN ELEMENTARY STATUS, AND THE “CHANGE” SLOGAN THAT HE HAS BASED HIS CAMPAIGN ON HAS TURNED OUT TO BE HIS FLIP FLOPS ON ALL OF HIS STATED POLICIES. IT APPEARS LIKE HE HAS ADOPTED MOST OF HILLARYS POSITIONS.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:37 pm Charles:IF DEMOCRATS NEVER WAKE UP AND QUIT LETTING LIBERALS PICK THEIR CANDIDATES, THEY WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ELECTION THE LIBERALS HAVE SABOTAGED DEMOCRATS.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:37 pm Charles:IF SOMEONE WERE ABLE TO GET COLEN POWELL AS PRESIDENT WITH CONDOLEZZA RICE AS VICE PRESIDENT ON NOVEMBER’S BALLOT, THEY WOULD WIN WITH NO CAMPAIGN.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:41 pm dominick:Obama is a brilliant man and has a natural gift for leadership. John McCain has a limited intellect, but a very dramatic war story which gives him a public image as a patriot. Obama is a young man with superior qualifications for the job as president. John McCain is 74 and may not be able to function with the stregnth necessary as president. Georg W. got the presidency and has proven the most unqualified in US history. Lets not repeat our mistake.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:42 pm Charles:TEACH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE A LESSON. WRITE IN COLEN POWELL AS PRESIDENT WITH CONDOLEZZA RICE AS VICE PRESIDENT ON NOVEMBER’S BALLOT, THEY COULD WIN WITH NO CAMPAIGN.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:46 pm cliff:The man doesn’t believe he needs Hillary Clinton and can win with only part of her SEVENTEEN MILLION voters. He believes he can win with a no name Vice president. He believes he can win with having no record what so ever. He believes he can win while essentially flat out lying about public financing.
I’m a hard core democrat and embarrassed as hell that this man is our front runner. I’d take Hillary any day. At least she was real. Had been in the Senate 8 years. She’d been a Pres’s wife for 8. this woman knows how Washington works and how to manipulate to get what she wants done. So in Nov when Barak gets smoked and we get Bush clone number 2 only with an itchy trigger finger to Nuke Iran, just remember good ol Barak and his incredibly arrogant campaign wannabee staffers and all of you who voted for a man based on pretty words and nothing to back it up. Nice job, all of you.
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:49 pm sandra:Yes Obama is arrogant - so is Bush - and I despise them both. No, I’m not an Obama fan and am pleased to tell his fundraising arm that every time they call…but they don’t seem to get the message. It was obvious from the beginning of the primary season that the media and the DNC were setting the stage for an Obama Candidacy. Remember all the headlines were “Obama/Clinton”. When Clinton won a state the headlines were - “Clinton edges past Obama” When Obama won (yet another caucus) the headlines were “Obama Wins”. All headlines were skewed…then the DNC started calling WAY to early for Clinton to withdraw and hand Obama the candidacy. All the DNC has accomplished is to disenfranchise a LARGE percentage of their base. I am now registered independent and will be voting McCain 08!!!
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:51 pm sandra:Hey Loki,
Yes the Letter was false…but the actual report of his service was real. I served 10 years in the Air National Guard and can tell you Bushie DID NOT FULFILL his required duty. Puhleeze, everyone in the Guard knows that!
Aug 7, 2008 - 7:57 pm Bill:I hope Hillary challanges Obama at the Convention. She would have taken the delegate count early if everything about Obama had been out earlier. Blame the PC media for that; no vetting. He’s just lucky to be where he is. I voted for Hillary and will now vote for McCain unless the democratic delegates get off the Obama bandwagon and take a real look at the situation.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:01 pm Sheila:American voters, pundits and nay-sayers:
No one can predict the outcome of this election–this is the most unique presidential election by far. How can we use past elections to predict an outcome which is like nothing ever witnessed by Americans.
Don’t forget the we owe a lot of money and have a all time high negative deficit we have incurred since Bush took office. Americans are loosing their homes; we entered a war without sound reasoning, we have health care and immigration issues, and lets not forget the price of gas. I believe that no one can predict who will win this presidential race, but I do believe the majority of Americans are more concerned with the issues and will vote for the person who conveys the best solutions to the problems and war created by the Bush administration. I can only hope that voters come to their senses and do not elect the wrinkly, balding, white haired guy, whose platform is based on his service in a war 40 years ago. McCain served in the Viet Nam war. That makes him a Vet, not an authority on the current war, come on the man served almost 50 years ago. He is also senile and too old to be sharp enough to lead America.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:05 pm BDemson:Wendell:
Barack O’Bama is a study in maximum credit given for minimal achievement. It is like America
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:23 pm Suzy:—————–
You are just a huge racist. And you are no smarter or more intelligent or more able to lead than any black basket ball star; and neither is your know- nothing McBush who has already admitted that he doesn’t know anything about economics, and he doesn’t know why he opposed contraceptives being required for health insurance, he doesn’t know anything about computers, and the only reason you can stand to look at him is because he is a white old man with funny tics, an adulterer and a liar.
What a bitter crowd here! What’s with this Obama is “arrogant” or “presumptuous” crap? In fact, polls say a nearly equal number believe the same of McCain. I honestly don’t see how McCain has more experience that matters. He’s a corrupt old politician who wears $500 shoes, calls his wife filthy names and hires only lobbyists and Rove disciples. Do you all want to end up with another World War??? Well that’s McCain claims he’s really good at and that’s where will end up if he’s elected — bomb bomb bombing Iran!!!! I’ll take inspiration any day, Thank you Very much.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:27 pm BDemson:The cons cultist groups are the most deranged people in America: They want us to fight for freedom in Iraq, while they take away our own freedom in America; they want corporate welfare and a few bloated idle rich on tax breaks, while the middle class is made to pay more taxes and denied all government benefits; and they want offshore drilling to pollute the waters and environment and create associated sicknesses, yet they are against universal health care plans for Americans.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:28 pm BDemson:Coinache
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:29 pm BDemson:08:53 PMAug 07 2008
Just for fun and to remind all those Neo-Con “Tories” out there just what this country was founded upon and the legacy which is hers, please read the following quote by someone named George Washington…”As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.”
ena5:30PMAug 6th 2008
Everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along this story that was emailed to me by a friend of Senator John McCain’s first wife, Carol.
I was really shocked, because probably like most of you, I was under the impression that John McCain had met current wife, Cindy, AFTER his amicable divorce from his first wife. Boy, have we been had! The truth is that Carol was in a terrible car accident, and almost died. She had to have five spinal surgeries, which left her five inches shorter. Prior to the car accident, she had been a model.
The Senator began running around on his now disable wife, Carol. And he continued to run around on her, humiliating her with serial affairs, until he met his current wife Cindy. John McCain and Cindy McCain began their relationship via an adulterous affair! John left his disabled wife Carole, alone and crushed, for Cindy McCain, who was 20 years younger, and far richer than his wife! He married Cindy less than one month after his divorce from poor Carol was final - and even filed for a marriage license for him and Cindy, BEFORE his divorce was final. In fact, both Reagans, Nancy and President Reagan, refused to speak to John McCain for years after he did this to Carol! Nancy and Carol were close friends, and Mrs. Reagan could not believe what he had done to that poor woman, even after all she had suffered. She thought it was despicable, and I cannot help but agree!
And of course, as we women know, once a cheat, always a cheat. Run-around John is at it again. The real story of the 2000 primary, when President Bush beat him, is that John was cheating on Cindy with a blonde lobbyist who was 20 years younger than Cindy now! Well, I guess that is poetic justice for Cindy McCain, and I for one have as much sympathy for her, as she apparently had for poor, disabled, Carol McCain.
I for one, cannot vote for Senator McCain for President knowing all of this. What kind of hypocrite would I be? What would I tell my children, after having told them what a low-caliber man Bill Clinton was for his actions?
If this seems blunt, I apologize. But I wanted you to all know what caliber person John McCain is. What we see in the news is all fake.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:31 pm Jane Goco:I am ashamed of the bigotry, racial prejudice of my fellow Americans who are seeking any opportunity to put Sen. Obama down. You cannot accept an African-American & that’s why you say he has ego. Actually it’s John McCain who says “I know how to win a war,” even this unprovoked & unnecessary one. He claims he has all the answers & just because he is of a military family & a former prisoner of war with a hot Stepford rich wife you are fooled. You with a similar mindset have the big egos. Do you really want 4 more years of the Bush type Republican agenda? If you vote for McCain that’s what you have & I don’t want to hear any moaning if you get what you wish for! We will be mired in Irag at $10 billion a month & only the rich & corporatioins with tax breaks. It’s probably too late to say to many of your that you may get what you wish for in McCain. Jane Collins Goco born in the USA of German/Irish heritage.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:31 pm s magee:This might be a case where perception is NOT reality.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:32 pm BDemson:William E3:45PMAug 6th 2008
Mr. Obama will be our next president, and it’ll be a good thing. I just hope he doesn’t pollute beautiful eastern coastline to get there.
Secondly, why do people believe that drilling in Alaska will supply us with huge amounts of crude? The benefits of drilling would not be seen for a decade, and the effects would be relatively minimal.
Thirdly, I don’t have any disrespect for Mr. McCain, but his campaign tactics have been feeble and purile. I expect better from him. I mean, tire gauges? Paris Hilton? The grand old party can do better than this.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:37 pm BDemson:William J,
here’s a direct answer: McCain didn’t challenge Obama to a series of debates, he challenged him to a series of unmoderated town hall meetings. Their value as issues forums would have been minimal, but it would have been a great way for McCain to get free TV time and try to steer things far away from the issues. It would have been a strategic blunder for Obama to agree to that.
Obama is going to destroy McCain in the debates, embarassingly so. If you can, check out “This Week” from last Sunday. Conservative analyst David Gergen hit the nail on the head when he said that if this campaign is about issues, McCain loses. The sad fact is, McCain and the GOP are way out of step with regular Americans on important issues, and they will pay for it
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:38 pm BDemson:Dennis I.2:57PMAug 5th 2008
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:39 pm Sheila:Why won’t John McCain wear an AMERICAN flag lapel pin?
Why won’t he say the Pledge of Allegiance?
Is he too good to do those patriotic actions?
Charles:
“TEACH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE A LESSON. WRITE IN COLEN POWELL AS PRESIDENT WITH CONDOLEZZA RICE AS VICE PRESIDENT ON NOVEMBER’S BALLOT, THEY COULD WIN WITH NO CAMPAIGN”
That is the most ignorant statement I have ever heard. In case you haven’t heard, CHARLES, Ms. Rice and Mr. Powell have no desire to clean up the Bush term in office. Mr. Powell saw the light and got out of that crazy administration, and Ms. Rice did her part for feminist cause and fullfilled her obligation to complete her term. Neither however wish to attempt to clean up Bush’s shame and disgrace.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:39 pm DJinNJ:Clinton was the next president, for all practical purposes. The DNC “ordained” Obama and gave the presidency to McCain. Do you really want to remain a Democrat? I have changed my affiliation to Independent.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:41 pm BDemson:dearest9:19AMAug 4th 2008
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:46 pm BBKCookie:It is so sad that after 8 years of the worst administration in American history we’re still taking talking point from Rove’s people and paying any attention to the republican smear machine. Don’t we have proof enough that smearing is the only thing they are effective at? Isn’t it time to focus on other issues, such as the economy, the end of endless wars, and actually intelligent national security?
I feel like the prophet “Jeremiah”. We (USA) are doomed. We don’t see that it is a mandate at this time to let the democratic party have a chance at the helm and at least try to straighten out what the republicans under the Bush administration have messed up. Most Americans (I mean my generation and older ) are so hateful towards blacks that you would rather see a close to senile white man in office than to see an energetic and willing to work black man step up to the challenge. I have taught both white and black children in the public schools, and the ones that require the most attention are the white children and the other minorities just patiently wait. This is your problem, you feel that if a black person is elected as president, you are going to loose your position at the throne. Unlike our fellow white leaders who only cater to those who have something to offer in return, this young man is very personable and can relate to anyone. He is a self-made (with the help of God) millionaire, not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, so he understands all the people. If he appears pompous, it is only because I know that my parents taught me to hold your head up high even when things got bad, not resort to “suicide” or “depression” as most of my nonminority neighbors do when times get hard. Stop calling him stuck-up. He is not. It it that kind of confidence that has gotten him through parents deserting him, formal education, and employment. He is a good example setter for our whole nation. The rest of the world sure enough recognizes that. I wonder why the good ole USA does not.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:47 pm ikonoklast44:Gee, did you see who writes for Jennifers Rubin’s website? This is all crap to scare people. Thats the only way Republicans can get elected.
Aug 7, 2008 - 8:50 pm BDemson:G. Middlebrooks8:44AMAug 4th 2008
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:01 pm BDemson:I would like to mention too, that the UCMJ specifically states, “If a soldier becomes a prisoner of war (POW) the only information to be divulged is name, rank and serial number”. This information is drilled into the minds of recruits during basic training and is a court martial/firing squad offense during the time of war if other information regarding troop strength, family members, location and type equipment comrades have and other pertinent information that could be used by the ehemy. Apparently John McCain did not get this training before he was captured. “Hero”, I am not sure about that one…I certainly am not alluding to anything, but when such information other than specificied by the UCMJ is divulged, one needs only to draw his own conclusion! Enough said!
Nomoreneocons13
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:02 pm BDemson:09:37 AMAug 04 2008
HURRAY FRO MCSAME! WITH SHOES THAT COST $520 AND A BILLIONAIRE TROPHY WIFE, HE’S OBVIOUSLY FOR THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASS! A VOTE FOR MCSAME IS A VOTE FOR BIG OIL!
McBush even flip flops on his wife.
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:04 pm BDemson:Should the next president know something about economics? Yes!
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:09 pm BDemson:Should the next president be computer literate? Again the answer is Yes! So, why would anyone consider voting for McBush?
simonsez
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:10 pm BDemson:Obama has done the same thing that McCain has done. He’s served in congress and voted on bill. One thing he has not done is hug Bush and endorse Bush’s failed administration as McCain has.That alone is enough to vote for Obama.
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Aug 7, 2008 - 9:13 pm BDemson:If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s paid political hacks telling me what I’m tired of hearing. The only thing I’m tired of hearing is the never ending stream of lies and garbage directed from the right against the left.
Do these people really think it’s an accident that after a decade of blaming the left for everything from high gas prices to an abundance of flies at the Sunday picnic their less stable members are busting into CHURCHES and shooting the worshipers? Enough already.
antoniusone12:25PMAug 3rd 2008
That’s great! First McCain wants to send “surge” troops into crime areas of cities, and now he’s trying to stifle Freedom of the Press. You thought the Bush administration was bad? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Can you say “We’re losing our Constitutional Rights, boys and girls”?
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:15 pm BDemson:Tromccarty
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:17 pm BDemson:01:55 PMAug 02 2008
I grew up in an all white community,and still live there.I was tought not to like or trust a person of color.Well its 2008 , time for a change.I will vote for Obama ,lets give the power back to the people and not big oil and global killer corporations.Please register and vote to change the world.
WILMD
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:19 pm BDemson:01:33 PMAug 02 2008
think McFossil will distance himself for the partisanship, cronyism and incompetence of the most inept administration the nation has ever suffered? Think again, he still want to insist that invading a nation that posed no threat was a great idea.
LordsfP
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:20 pm BDemson:01:34 PMAug 02 2008
YAWN whenever I hear a McCain speech … YAwn…. whenever I hear a Mccain supporter…. same ol B.S. OBAMA THIS OBAMA THAT …. hahahah so much time spent trying to bash Obama WHAT THE HECK IS McCAIN ABOUT ? I have no clue…….
Kksfeather
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:21 pm Russ:05:25 PMAug 01 2008
Obama is pulling a powerful message with the change. Everyone is tired of war, lies, low paychecks, high taxes and decreasing freedom. I think McCain needs to promote his age as a positive indicator of gained wisdom and experience. Ads should concentrate on why McCain is the best leader to bring the country out of the mess it is in. Otherwise, Obama with his youth, exuberance and message of hope and change will win. I do not know who to vote for. The one that can do the job…..if it actually could ever be done
The “dissing of the military personnel” was false and proven false. Obama’s biggest problem is that his supporters continue to play victim to Hillary…even though he won. This is pushing the Hillary supporters away. He’s going to need to reign in his campaign and have this stopped. They are going to need the Hillary votes to win.
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:27 pm Anuno:its amazing how dense liberal thinking really is. Obama, Hillary, they both stand for many of the same things, though Obama does seem to have a far more liberal record than does Mrs. Clinton. I am a twenty year old collge junior with two extremly liberal parents and cannot fothom just how they manage to wake up each day and believe in these candidates who’s moral and political beliefs fall more in line with Karl Marx, Josepah Stalin or Adolph Hitler than the men who founded our country. As far as I am concerned liberalism, communism , national socialism are all the same thing wrapped in different packages.
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:33 pm Doctor O:I searched Barak Obama’s brother, Malik. I got a picture of him in his african dress and he said that Obama was born a Muslim, because his father was a Muslim, and went to Muslim schools and IS A MUSLIM. He is a “convert” for political reasons.
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:39 pm Scott:Well, as has been the case for so long now, and with horrific consequeces for the thousands of now deceased American service members, how could anyone in good conscious vote for another person who has little to NO real experience? We have had eight years of this type of governing, can we really stand anymore? God help those men and women who have volunteered to protect us. At least Senator McCain UNDERSTANDS the terrible burden and sacrifice that may be asked of you if indeed you volunteer to serve. Neither GEORGE BUSH, nor BARACK OBAMA can fully appreciate it. I have never voted for a Republican for President, YET this year I will. I have to live with myself, and will not be guilty of giving power to another novice.
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:40 pm CATS:This is Just like this country, the media and government turned a Blind eye for years to those getting half million and more mortgages with LESS than 100,000 a year salary- now the credit crisis and responsible taxpayers are Paying for it!
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:44 pm Anonymous:If O.HUSSEIN gets elected (OUCH) this country is in deep %^&$^^&….All Flash and NO SUBSTANCE. And I often wonder if this isnt one of those long term plans for the Fall of the USA. The USA will become the United States of Arabia or Mexico or Africa or ??
Also how can anyone vote for a candidate who Openly scorns our Flag and Anthemn??? (His excuse: They upset “some people”…..go figure),,Has his campaign plane RePainted to get rid of OUR FLAG and replaces it with a symbol that is more Muslim than AMERICAN… I find him 2 faced and UNAmerican with his spouse right along for the ride….I have NO RESPECT for Either!
ArmyTimeSSG 01:07:46 PM Aug 01 2008
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:45 pm Anonymous:Report This!
YOU KNOW MCCAIN DOESN’T SHOP AT WALMART WITH $500 A PAIR OF ITALIAN SHOES……. BUT THEN AGAIN MOST MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS WON’T HAVE SHOES AFTER MCCAIN BLEEDS US WITH A HIGHER FICA TAX……
Obama has more experience than George W. If we figure in time served in state offices he has more experience than Reagan , Clinton, and the current Bush.
Aug 7, 2008 - 9:50 pm MatM:The most recent great president we had was President Ronald Reagan. He was from what college? Perhaps, we should stop voting for Harvard graduates and vote somebody from another small college - like the US Naval Academy.
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:01 pm terry:Without Hillary…he will not be President. I am a Democrat and realize the King has no clothes!
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:13 pm maximumbob:re dominick i beleive mc cain is 71 not 74. if you keep aging him at this pace he will be 98 come the november election. as for the tic,s that you refer to they are the result of 5 years of torture as a prisoner of war for 5 years. i think that would change anyone. REAL CHANGE not the EMPTY SUIT kind.
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:14 pm Believer:Sorry, dominick, it could easily be argued that the “worst president” moniker goes to Jimmy Carter. That’s the one we don’t want to repeat.
Your BO would give us his Second Term. And that would be a best-case scenario. I’ll bet, before long, even you would be hoping his indecision and flipflopping would carry over into whatever nightmare term he might serve. That nothing - rather than something emanating from his totally wrong instincts - would get done.
There’s only one issue on which BO’s been unwavering: Infanticide.
As state senator, he might have passed on some 130 votes. He might have said, “Oh, sorry, let me change that; I pushed the wrong button” — when a vote became politically unpopular. But he stood up and spoke out to make sure there was no misunderstanding this time - actually several times. He didn’t mind being alone on this one.
He was sure of this. And wanted us to know it. He would not allow any child that had the nerve to survive an abortion to live: Put that thing in a back room to die like the others, please.
That’s your BO, dominick.
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:24 pm suckahlemon:yadda yadda yadda….obama will be president of these here ununited snakes(UNITE OR DIE?)..a lot of folk fear the day..for those that do,…LEAVE!!like that coke head mental midget bushboy said,” you’re either with us or against us”..
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:25 pm Mary:Does anyone realize or know that Hitler was originally from a liberal party before he organized the Natzi party? Hitler, too claimed change. McCain rocks there’s no question about it. Obama didn’t win the mandate in his state to be senator. As a matter of fact, the guy who was to be the next senator got caught in a sex scandal, so he had to step down. Obama was only the runner-up that got him the senator’s position.
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:49 pm PAUL:I Can’t believe the Democrats are doing it again. Blowing another presidential election. They could have done better, possibly nominating Jay Rockefeller, Evan Byah, or John Edwards. When will they finally learn to be more organized and think with their brains instead of their emotions ?
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:50 pm RBit:Time served at any level of government is not inherently an indicator of experience or qualification. I would really like to see the media do some reporting on the currently stated views of the candidates and what they have done in the past to attempt to achieve goals that support those views. Having been elected to public office or hired for a respected position indicates not achievement, but the opportunity to achieve. When presented with these opportunities to improve the positions of their employers or the condition of the people they were elected to represent, what efforts did the candidates take to make things happen?
Aug 7, 2008 - 10:50 pm Mightyjm:It’s about time we start holding our elected officials responsible for the promises they make when they campaign, only to put those promises away until they have to pull them out for the next round of elections.
I’m tired of hearing Republicans run on platforms of lower taxes and then do nothing to make that happen. Many speak of values and integrity only to be caught doing things that would make porn stars and mobsters blush.
I’m tired of hearing Democrats pander to minorities and then do nothing to ensure that they have equal opportunities (no, affirmative action is not a solution, it’s a crutch.) When Democrats rail against Republicans for being in bed with big business, the effect is lost when they push pork laden projects and take part in the corruption that results.
Every time a candidate with prior public service “experience” states a position, the media should be looking up his past votes and actions to see if the stated views square with the facts.
Now that Bill Clinton has a speaking place during the Democratic convention, I wouldn’t put it past the backroom dems to have Buba himself announce that Hillary will be the VP on the ticket. It’s so sad to see so many journalists with blinders on with regards to Obamas lack of experience. How about a 60 minutes report on Tony Rezco and Obamas links to him and other political hand washing. Truth be told, What does America really know about Omaba? I’ll be holding my nose this election when I vote and it will be for John McCain.
Aug 7, 2008 - 11:13 pm AN AMERICAN:First - NEVER compare Barack Obama to JFK. In today’s world, what JFK believed in would have made him a Republican. Second - The Simple Truth, no politics involved - Barack Obama is NOT ready to be President. EVERY decent American should have been disgusted by his display in Germany and his snubbing of our soldiers. The man is an Empty Suit talking to off a teleprompter - and now the media knows it. If Obama really is Presidential material - why does he refuse to debate John McCain in a town hall setting? Third - When I was young, I was a Democrat. As we mature we begin to understand the world we live in, and it is a frightening place. I don’t want my President kissing the asses of our enemies. I want our enemies to fear us - not laugh at us behind our backs. Fourth - on Sept. 11, 2001, not one American would have believed that 7 years later not one terrorist attack would have happened again on American soil. It hasn’t because our enemies fear us. So for all those out there saying President Bush is an ‘idiot’ - shame on you. He has kept the lunatics where they belong, far away from us. Fifth - for those out there saying John McCain is a ‘grumpy old man’, I say GOOD. I’d rather have another President Reagan than another President Carter. Sixth - Just think about these names - McGovern, Dukakis, Carter, Gore, Ted Kennedy, Edwards, The Clintons, Kerry. Until the Democrats begin running their party again and take it out of the hands of the Left, they will never win back the trust The American People. Martin Sheen maybe. Michael Moore for sure, but not THE BACKBONE of this country - WE THE PEOPLE. And Finally - Shame on the Media. Barack Obama is the candidate THEY picked and all you who blindly voted for him while not knowing what he really stood for now have to live with this inexperienced, arrogant, naive, UNAMERICAN knucklehead, who shakes the hands of our enemies but not our wounded soldiers. Thank God for John McCain. You can add his future one or two terms as President as more years the terrorists will stay where they belong, far away from us. I wish this country would stop all this hatred between the two parties and look at the real world. A President McCain is a far better choice than a President Obama. PS - Two years ago, Nancy Pelosi said now that the democrats were running Congress - lowering the price of gasoline was their number one priority for the American People. At that time gasoline was around $2.75 a gallon. Now it is around $4.25 a gallon. Now she says the price of gasoline is a crisis, that it is hurting all American Families - and then she closes Congress down for a 5 week vacation having done nothing. Again, politics aside, The American People need to remember what the Democratic Congress has down for us when we vote this November. Its not about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about who is ready to be Our CIC, who will make our enemies fear us, it’s about drilling oil in the Gulf instead of letting China take it all, its about drilling oil in the frozen tundra of Alaska where it is lifeless for hundreds of miles, yet congress says ‘no’. It’s about keeping America strong. It’s about believing in what America stands for, and not just pretending to. It’s about letting hard-working Americans keep much of the money they earn rather than have a government decide how much of it we get to keep. Right now, the Average American gets to keep about 33 cents of of every dollar we earn (after income taxes, state taxes, taxes on gasoline, automobiles, food, etc).. but Barack Obama and the Democrats want to take more - Republicans want to take less. And trust me, none of this is political. If the Republicans were doing all this, I would be criticizing them and praising the Democrats. It’s not about THE PARTIES - it’s about THE PEOPLE. Remember this. Yesterday the Post Office claimed it lost 15 billion dollars last year. Are you sure these are the people you want running our health care?
Aug 7, 2008 - 11:32 pm Caroline A. Hawkins:I told all of you every since Hillary entered the race that she was the one and that Obama was so much HOT AIR!!!!!!!!!!!No one believed me at all. So now I think it is time for You to write HILLARY IN. She is the true one to save America. I told all of you about BUSH also, but what did you do voted him in twice. Sick, sick Americans. We need someone that know the ins and outs in the WHITEHOUSE(HILLARY.
Aug 7, 2008 - 11:34 pm Lyn:Sorry donkeys, but Obama won’t win. And Hillary wouldn’t have won either. Both candidates were too selfish and camera hungry to know when to graciously back out(remember… for the good of the party/country). No, both kept tearing each other apart and dividing the party. Remember the polls when Hillary and Obama were still competing for the nomination? Several polls showed that Hillary supporters would not back Obama if he was nominated and that Obama supporters would not vote for Hillary if she were the nominee. The Democratic party imploded… it’s that simple. Yes, we have all heard about how low Bush’s 30% approval rating is, but the democratic congress under crazy Pelosi has a 17% approval rating. Congress’ shameful performance plus Hillary and Obama fighting to the bitter end is what did the donkeys in. Dumbasses. This was one election I was worried about for the Republicans. An unpopular though necessary war, economy skirting recession, a low incumbent approval rating, etc…need I continue? The past eight years have not been easy, which would make this a perfect time for ” The Chosen One” to swoop stupid Americans off their feet. Yet, we Americans are not as stupid as we may seem… most of us anyway. This election is not as much about the past eight years as people would like it to be. If you want to debate the past, go right ahead and waste your time. This election is about where we are NOW and where we want to be in the future. The Republican party was smart in nominating McCain. Although it doesn’t necessarily please the hard core republicans because he is not a true hard core Republican, we will get past that and still come out and support him as if he were. McCain is a good man who has served his country well. He is respectable, stable, wise, and he understands better than many Americans what it means to serve this country. Can you say that about your candidate? No, you cannot. Obama has such a shady past. A stable leader for this country? Not so much… Half his party is still for Hillary. Wise? Not if he agrees to meet with terrorist heads of state before he is even elected. Wisdom comes with experience which Obama is seriously lacking. And service? What service? Obama is the junior senator from Illinois not to mention he has never been a member of the military. I vote based on defense. Sports; Defense wins championships. Defense is most important. If we do not defend this country properly, we may have nothing left to defend. Who will be concerned about gas prices if al-Qaida drops nukes on NYC, Chicago and LA? Wouldn’t you rather fight terrorism on foreign soil? Let’s not elect someone who has no foreign relations or military experience. Remember 9/11? That day nothing else mattered except defense. Energy, health care and the economy are important issues, however they mean nothing if we cant defend ourselves and wind up a hollow, bombed or burnt nuclear mess. Most Americans understand this and above all the democratic infighting, that is why McCain will win.
Aug 7, 2008 - 11:35 pm Dottie654:“his predilection to lie”
Please provide me some examples of Obama’s ‘lies’.
Thank you.
Aug 7, 2008 - 11:53 pm l:As a registered Republican, let me just say the following: I have become so outraged by our president’s actions that I will actually cross party lines and vote Democrat this November, especially since I could see McCain being an even far worse president than Bush. Furthermore, Hilary is just ruining the Democrats chance to take back the white house by continually disrupting Obama’s campaign; she is going to get this country stuck with at least 4 years of crud under McCain if she doesn’t back off. Clinton is taking down the whole party and needs to figure out that it is time to stop for the greater good of the party.
Aug 8, 2008 - 12:40 am jamo:The democratic party turned their backs on the Clintons, even though Hillary was beating Obama in every important primary in the end.
The superdelegates are who voted Obama in in the end. They were supposed to pick the most electible candidate, but instead picked Obama.
Hillary had the votes they need -the swing voters.
In a time when the country has so many problems, Obama can not say anything specific he can do. Hillary would have polluted McCain in a debate. Obama only did not get mutilated by Hillary in debates, because the press was kissing his butt and beating on Hillary.
And when the Clintons dared to even really run