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Pundits Begin to Worry About Obama

Former cheerleaders express concern over who the "man behind the curtain" really is.

August 6, 2008 - by Jennifer Rubin

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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.

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Jennifer Rubin is PJM's Washington, DC, editor. She also blogs at Commentary’s Contentions.

239 Comments

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. ~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 9. 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 10. 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 11. 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.
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!

Aug 6, 2008 - 6:44 am 12. Sarah Rolph:

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 13. 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 14. 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.
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.

Aug 6, 2008 - 7:31 am 15. jerry:

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 16. 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 17. 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 18. 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 19. Commentary » Blog Archive » Where Is He on Drilling Today?:

[...] isn’t running away with the race? Clarence Page joins a list of other liberal pundits in searching for the reason why that the Obama juggernaut doesn’t look so great. Is it that tricky Karl [...]

Aug 6, 2008 - 8:15 am 20. 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 21. 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 22. 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 23. E:

Obama is a demogoge(sp?)pure and simple.
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…

Aug 6, 2008 - 8:54 am 24. Bob Thompson:

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 25. ~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 26. 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 27. Barry Can’t Win « The Reluctant Optimist:

[...] reading that made me make this prediction but frankly I was too lazy to do it. However, here is a belated link that sums-up what I have been reading very nicely I think. It even links to some of the stuff I was [...]

Aug 6, 2008 - 9:35 am 28. 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 29. Mwalimu Daudi:

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 30. 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 31. bio mom:

The presidency is NOT an Affirmative Action position. Vote McCaon!!

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:10 am 32. 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 33. 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 34. ZEITGEIST:

[...] RIGHT ON SCHEDULE: Pundits Begin to Worry About Obama. [...]

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:16 am 35. Major:

… and the walls came tumbling down.

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:16 am 36. 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 37. More Birds Leave the Wire « Buttle’s World:

[...] — buttle @ 9:20 Jennifer Rubin writes about the former cheerleaders for The One who now wonder if there’s anything in his suit. The bottom line: liberal pundits — following months of analysis by their conservative [...]

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:20 am 38. 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 39. 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 40. 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 41. dualdiagnosis:

~CyaNeos

Don’t worry, something tells me John Edwards has prior plans.

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:26 am 42. 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 43. 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 44. 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 45. 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 46. 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 47. dan:

And Yawn wins the thread!

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:44 am 48. WPZ:

While it pains me to say so, I’d suggest that counting out Hillary Clinton is premature.
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.

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:46 am 49. M. Simon:

Jon Stewart makes fun of Obama’s race card.

Aug 6, 2008 - 10:47 am 50. 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 51. 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 52. Greg:

I say it’s just a “mild bout of remorse for its own excesses”.

Aug 6, 2008 - 11:21 am 53. Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Buyer’s Remorse:

[...] Remorse By Doug The fortress built by pundits on the left are starting to crack … from the inside. In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s overseas trip, the liberal [...]

Aug 6, 2008 - 11:24 am 54. 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 55. 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 56. Neo:

And something sorta new .. Overexposure ..

By a margin of 76% to 11% respondents in Pew’s weekly News Interest Index survey named Obama over McCain as the candidate they have heard the most about in recent days. But the same poll also shows that the Democratic candidate’s media dominance may not be working in his favor. Close to half (48%) of Pew’s interviewees went on to say that they have been hearing too much about Obama lately.

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 57. ~Paules:

Allow me to clarify: The comment wuz writ entirely sarkastik, dude.

Aug 6, 2008 - 11:33 am 58. 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 59. 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 60. 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 61. 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 62. bc:

It’s hard to build a reputation on what you plan to do.

Aug 6, 2008 - 12:03 pm 63. 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.
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.

Aug 6, 2008 - 12:32 pm 64. midwest mama:

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 65. ~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 66. 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 67. 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 68. midwest mama:

MarkJ–I like your answer better than mine.

Aug 6, 2008 - 1:05 pm 69. Pat:

Another correction for the PJM editors: it’s Dana Milbank, not Millbank. There’s only one L.

Aug 6, 2008 - 1:06 pm 70. 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 71. ddc:

Award: Best article written on PJM ever.

Aug 6, 2008 - 1:53 pm 72. 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 73. 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 74. 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 75. TomJW:

Lisa:
Aug 6, 2008 - 6:10 am

The Dems did the rebate check.

Aug 6, 2008 - 2:37 pm 76. 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 77. 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 78. 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 79. 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 80. wpb:

I think BC summed it up best - reminds me of that book: Hope is not a strategy.

Aug 6, 2008 - 4:57 pm 81. 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 82. 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 83. Mark Robinson:

When it comes to Obama, the age old question “where’s the beef?” keeps popping up…

Aug 6, 2008 - 5:07 pm 84. 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 85. 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 86. 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 87. 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 88. 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 89. 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 90. dmitry:

Teflon coating…. which is usually black…
You are racist!

Aug 7, 2008 - 12:03 am 91. strcpy:

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 92. 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 93. 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 94. 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 95. 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 96. PJBlows:

Sheila its called racism.

Aug 7, 2008 - 10:10 am 97. 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 98. 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.
As dessert, we may also relish the dying throes of the Moron Media!

Aug 7, 2008 - 11:54 am 99. Justin:

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 100. 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 101. Commentary » Blog Archive » Nervous Liberals:

[...] fretting on the Left continues about the drifting Barack Obama campaign. From Walter Shapiro today: “In the next [...]

Aug 7, 2008 - 2:01 pm 102. 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 103. 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 104. Blue Collar Republican » Blog Archive » Even Liberals Think Obama Is A Schmuck:

[...] http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/pundits-begin-to-worry-about-obama/ [...]

Aug 7, 2008 - 5:05 pm 105. 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 106. 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 107. 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 108. 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 109. 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 110. 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 111. 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 112. 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 113. Anonymous:

CyaNeos:
Obviously you’re not even close to being intouch with reality

Aug 7, 2008 - 6:37 pm 114. Mycroft:

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 115. 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 116. 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 117. Harry:

CyaNeos:
You’re not even close to being in reality. You must be smoking something

Aug 7, 2008 - 6:44 pm 118. Dave:

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 119. 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 120. MAK:

Country was ready to elect a seasoned woman, not a rookie whooda!

Aug 7, 2008 - 7:07 pm 121. 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 122. gloria:

Finally! At last the political pundits are opening their eyes to the real Obama.

Aug 7, 2008 - 7:17 pm 123. 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 124. John:

Racist Poll Turtle.
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

Aug 7, 2008 - 7:24 pm 125. VIC JOHNSON:

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 126. 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 127. 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 128. 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 129. 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 130. 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 131. 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 132. 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 133. 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 134. 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 135. BDemson:

Wendell:

Barack O’Bama is a study in maximum credit given for minimal achievement. It is like America
—————–
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.

Aug 7, 2008 - 8:23 pm 136. Suzy:

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 137. 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 138. BDemson:

Coinache
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.”

Aug 7, 2008 - 8:29 pm 139. BDemson:

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 140. 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 141. s magee:

This might be a case where perception is NOT reality.

Aug 7, 2008 - 8:32 pm 142. 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 143. 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 144. BDemson:

Dennis I.2:57PMAug 5th 2008
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?

Aug 7, 2008 - 8:39 pm 145. Sheila:

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 146. 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 147. BDemson:

dearest9:19AMAug 4th 2008
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?

Aug 7, 2008 - 8:46 pm 148. BBKCookie:

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 149. 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 150. BDemson:

G. Middlebrooks8:44AMAug 4th 2008
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!

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:01 pm 151. BDemson:

Nomoreneocons13
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!

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:02 pm 152. BDemson:

McBush even flip flops on his wife.

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:04 pm 153. BDemson:

Should the next president know something about economics? Yes!
Should the next president be computer literate? Again the answer is Yes! So, why would anyone consider voting for McBush?

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:09 pm 154. BDemson:

simonsez
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.

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:10 pm 155. BDemson:

ind0616 hours, 46 minutes ago
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.

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:13 pm 156. BDemson:

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 157. BDemson:

Tromccarty
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.

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:17 pm 158. BDemson:

WILMD
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.

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:19 pm 159. BDemson:

LordsfP
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…….

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:20 pm 160. BDemson:

Kksfeather
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

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:21 pm 161. Russ:

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 162. 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 163. 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 164. 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 165. 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!
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!

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:44 pm 166. Anonymous:

ArmyTimeSSG 01:07:46 PM Aug 01 2008
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……

Aug 7, 2008 - 9:45 pm 167. Anonymous:

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 168. 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 169. 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 170. 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 171. 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 172. 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 173. 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 174. 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 175. 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?
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.

Aug 7, 2008 - 10:50 pm 176. Mightyjm:

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 177. 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 178. 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 179. 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 180. Dottie654:

“his predilection to lie”

Please provide me some examples of Obama’s ‘lies’.

Thank you.

Aug 7, 2008 - 11:53 pm 181. 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 182. 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 against Obama, they were ‘racist’, even though their life work was to help the poor and the minorities in this country.

Obama’s supporters in the black community and media played the race card against hillary all the time. And they were the ones calling Bill the “first black president”!!

Bill Clinton had a plan when he ran, he could speak, so can Hillary. But the party demonized them. Now they want the Clintons to bail out Obama.

Aug 8, 2008 - 1:02 am 183. H. A. Dixon:

I can’t believe how many of you are letting doubt seep in when it comes to Senator Obama! So many people keep saying the same old “mantra”; “I don’t know anything about him!” Or: “He’s a good speaker, but what has he done?” And this: “He ’scares’ me, we can’t be sure what he’ll do if he is elected!” And on & on …

Well, I say this; I have read his books, and some written by others, I have literally ’studied’ his Web site, I’ve listened to every speech that is listed on YouTube.com and I have come to the conclusion that we should consider ourselves very lucky to have ended up with this brilliant, Harvard educated, charming former lawyer and state legislator, that went on to become a U.S. Senator. He has been a professor, a talented organizer, and is an articulate speaker that can “think and talk” at the same time! My, what a refreshing phenomenon that would be (after nearly 8 years of the infamously inept G.W. Bu$h) hmm?! Obama is known for being a quick learner, and will “grow into the job” of presidency, just like another ‘relatively unknown’ tall, lanky, multi-talented, presumptuous lawyer from Illinois, that had set his sights on the White House many years ago! Whom, against many odds — from all sides, went on to realize his (what some had called, in his day) ‘ego-driven ambitions’ to become the United States’ 16th president ~ and ultimately the “GREATEST PRESIDENT” we have had!

Obama will take up the torch, just as Abraham Lincoln had in 1860, and will willingly grow into the burdens of the job, just the same as Lincoln did. He has that same keenness and determination, and “grace under pressure” that Lincoln had and I predict that we will all be amazed at how well he does as our Commandeer In Chief!

In the coming debates, Obama will *shine* and his detractors now, will find themselves impressed and completely won over by the end of the debates. Just watch him, folks, and you will see! I truly believe Obama will bring about the worthy changes he speaks of, and will make a huge differences in our troubled country, and then will go on to make important changes to the good in the rest of the world!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 1:27 am 184. Kay:

AOL is beginning to be a mirror of Fox News…..With columns like this coming in, your writing, criticizing and hypothesizing will hand McCain the election on a silver platter of your cynicism and likely racism in disguise. If he is good enough for Caroline Kennedy, he is good enough for this old white democrat. How dare you idiots. If we have the nightmare of McCain in office as we face WWIII, it is only irresponsible journalism like this that I shall look toward. Please, THINK. You’re self-proclaimed expertise is critically dangerous and so far off the mark,you may as well say, vote McCain. This kind of yellow journalism makes my blood boil!

Aug 8, 2008 - 1:37 am 185. SouthJerseyPUMA:

~Paules:

@CyaNeos,

LMAO!!! I had the same exact thought!!! Gee, NObama, why are you running for President? ummmm… aaaaaa… daaaaaa…. ummmm…. ya dumb F#@k! saying you love America never even entered your mind!! All you did was point out once again all the “bad” [in your eyes maybe, not mine or many other americans!]points of our GREAT NATION!!! If you dont like it here then haul @$$ back to Kenya and campaign for your cousin whats his name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EMPTY SUIT! LOST WITHOUT A TELEPROMPTER!!!!!!!!!! Cant wait for the DEBATES!! can you say aaaaaaaa…. ummmmmmm…. aaaaaaaaa…. and it must have killed you to say the Pledge and place your hand over your heart!! WHY DID YOU LOOK DOWN WHEN YOU MENTIONED GOD??? hhhmmmmmmmmmm……………. I wonder!!!!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 2:22 am 186. SouthJerseyPUMA:

ohhh KAY~ STOP THE RACE CARD PLAYING!!! There is NOTHING racist about this article~ get off that dead horse!! or jackass i should say!

as McCain said~ there is no room in this election for such crapola!!! reaching pretty low there KAY!!!! Let the truth be known! Read obama nation~ and then come comment!! you old fool!!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 2:28 am 187. SouthJerseyPUMA:

and KAY~ I dont give a rats @$$ if you are purple!! BOZO is NFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD!!!!!!!!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 2:31 am 188. SouthJerseyPUMA:

H.A Dixon = delusional~

Aug 8, 2008 - 2:36 am 189. Capt. Ahab:

This is how bad it is - Obama uses the word “colaboration” and the mere use of the word condems him more in right wing nut jobs small minds- there is nothing this BLACK man can do that the right wing garbage such as the writer of this article - rush dimbulb and hannity wont twist against him. We have heard every sort of charge against him - leftist - commie - muslim - terrorist - dumb - racist - etc. etc. - alll right wing karl rove garbage tossed out to win another one for there big oil big buisness. They did it to Kerry they even did it to McCain when running against bush - all while enrich haliburton - ralph reed (see Enron) - getting us into a unnessesary war - outing our own loyal people ( see valerie plame) Obama can never be as arrogant as Bush Cheny - my god you conservative fools how dumb are you - you let Rove get away with this again - you are bigoted and foolish and you are being played as suckers by the right.

Aug 8, 2008 - 2:57 am 190. conniejf:

Obama is doing fine. The Big Bucks from foreign fundraisers just keep rolling in. Why, just last week there were two fundraisers in the Gaza Strip. Since when do our Presidential candidates solicit foreign funds? Why are foreign interests influencing our domestic politics? Any ideas, anyone?

Aug 8, 2008 - 2:59 am 191. conniejf:

Where did anyone get the idea that Republicans are in control of Congress? Do they live under a rock? The Dems took over two years ago on the promise of a balanced budget and lower gas prices. We now have out-of control spending, through-the-roof gas prices, and Nancy Pelosi’s absolute refusal to allow a vote on drilling to help make this country more self-sufficient. Blame President Bush for everything? Sure, he has made mistakes. Just remember — the President spends NO MONEY! Every dollar goes through Congress for approval. And The Democrats are in FULL CONTROL of Congress.

Aug 8, 2008 - 3:09 am 192. SouthJerseyPUMA:

Capt. Ahab:

and you sir are being played a sucker from the extreme radical far left~ and your BLACK man started the racial slurs! because he knew he would divide this nation all the more by doing it and use it to his advantage! BUT! it has back fired on him and WILL continue to do so~ you have a lot of nerve to point fingers at anyone when O and his DNC cronies have bamboozled the whole Democratic Party! YOU don’t know squat because you are the exact thing you have accused others of being!! along with being narrowed minded with BLINDERS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 3:48 am 193. Kitty Sinned:

I have stated since day one the Obama is a towering bastion of tissue. His rise to power in Chicago is as questionable as Clinton’s. His political cronies there were the epitome of the complicit politician in that area. We through out the electable candidate (Clinton) for this Dark Knight is shiny, shiny oh so shiny armor.

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:09 am 194. CARYN:

Obama had a lot of voters fooled…..for a while.
NOW we can see underneath the slick veneer
of rhetoric lies….just another empty suit!

His refusal to debate McCain at Town Hall meetings….that ’said a lot.’

His refusal to visit our wounded soldiers…because the media could not go in with him….that ’said’ even more.

The guy’s a phony-egotistical hypocrite.

No Way Obama

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:29 am 195. hoosiermike:

It’s about time more people are starting to realize what a fluke BO and his camp are. The media idiots that worshipped him are forever going to try to live down those embarassing comments they made ‘praising him’ for making their legs quiver yada yada yada….makes me nauseous….and I’ll say: “Don’t blame me–I voted for Hillary!”

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:31 am 196. steve o:

This article is just another hit job on Obama. If anyone has been paying attention to the campaign they would know that McCain has been flip flopping like a fish in a boat. Also McCain looks & sounds like Grampa Simpson more often than not when in front of crowd, i.e. his trip to South Dakota. The economy is bad, they have been in charge, when this is the case more often than not Republicans get waxed.

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:38 am 197. Neal S:

What are the issues with Obama?

No experience? Well, the CEO of a failing company has plenty of experience at failing.

Flip Flopping? Okay, so you would rather have a stubborn close minded person in charge? Since when is taking information as it comes and making an informed decision a bad thing?

Negotiating with foreign leaders? Thats sounds terrible right? Better to have someone who “knows it all” and has no reason to listen to EU authorities. How is the dollar doing by the way?

If you want the same old white man politics, McCain is your man. I am embarrassed at how foolish 48% of this country is.

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:45 am 198. Lisa Thompson:

There are a few folks here who have trouble reading - the article clearly states “U.S. soldiers in Germany”… NOT “German soldiers”.
Yeesh.

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:50 am 199. Pundits Begin to Worry About Obama « Count Us Out:

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Aug 8, 2008 - 4:52 am 200. Cowboy:

As a life long democrat all I can say is I am deeply dissapointed in my own party. I fell into the same bandwagon as most democrats the past few years blaming all the country’s woes on the “evil” republicans. The fact of the matter is that the democrats are just as responsible because the allowed everything to happen. The democrats have not been able to field a good candidate in some time, and we still can’t.

At this very moment we have a candidate that has virtually no experience, has a very shady past, and has not been held accountable for any of his short-comings. Anytime someone tries to hold him accountable he plays the “race card”. Anytime he is backed into a corner he responds with “your just saying that because I don’t look like all the other presidents” and then claims to not be playing the race issue. The sad part is that strategy totally worked against Hillary Clinton (when I voted for Hillary Clinton in the primaries I had long time African American friends at work call me a racist because I didn’t vote for Obama- that is what is really messed up with this election: if you don’t like Obama- if you point out Obama’s lack of experience- if you point out how Obama flip flops on EVERYTHING- if you point out how much Obama loves to leave the big decisions to others by constantly voting “present” on big issues- if you vote against Obama — if you do any of these things well the only reason for it is you must be a racist– that is such CRAP!!)

The simple fact is that Obama has not had to worry about actually saying anything, doing anything, or defending himself because at every step he has had the media doing all of those things for him. The democrats and the media were so afraid that Hillary would become the first female president that they elevated a man with no experience and no backbone to be some kind of hyped icon. Thats right I said no backbone- Obama has pledged one thing and did the other this entire election and almost every “stance” he took in the primaries has been reversed now. If you asked Obama’s own staff what his stance on the issues facing the nation were they couldn’t tell you unless they had met with Obama that morning and even then he may have changed his mind. I think it will be interesting to see if Obama can stand on his own feet now that the media is getting tired of covering for him and his own party is having second thoughts. McCain really doesn’t even have to attack Obama- just sit back, give him enough rope and his ego and lack of experience will hang himself.

I have been a democrat my entire adult life, and for the first time I am going to vote republican. McCain wouldn’t be my first choice, but he’s better than Obama- and NO I’m NOT a racist for saying so!!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:54 am 201. Lynn:

The Obamabots don’t want a Convention, they want an innauguration. Obama ascends the mile-high Mount, delivers his Sermon, and everyone chants “yes we can”. Next Obama will bless the loaves and fishes to distribute to the crowd.
There aill be photo-ops and sound bites galore. Why let a little thing like “Democracy” interfere with a perfectly staged event.

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:56 am 202. kat in your hat PUMA:

Very good article, and I agree with all of it. It truly is incredible how much Obama has been allowed to get away with–shocking actually. It is such a shame that the DNC / dem party big tops, and the media decided to push the least experienced candidate, one who not only has a thin resume, but a highly troublesome background. It is deeply disturbing to witness Obama’s pathological lying, and his overweening ego…more and more he is seen as nothing more than megalomaniac liar…the most worrisome combination. I think he is dangerous for our country and the world.

Media pundits ought to wake up and start getting serious about journalism, and they better take a serious look at Obama, because the public isn’t falling for his games anymore, and we are getting pretty darn sick of him.

Obama is the wrong choice for the dem party, and he is the wrong choice for America. Our country better snap out of it and protect our nation from certain Obama downfall.

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:56 am 203. Johne37179:

We now see the real Obama campaign foundation — The Audacity of Audacity.

Aug 8, 2008 - 5:09 am 204. Perry Logan:

It’s really very simple. The Obama people destroyed the Democratic Party when they started calling their fellow Democrats racists.

To say nothing of the misogyny.

Aug 8, 2008 - 5:17 am 205. lola:

Lets see folks What do we know about Obama?

We know he is friends with the likes of Rezko, Farrakan & Wright.
We know he has no experience.
We know that he attended Wrights church for 20 years.
We know he doesn’t know how to correctly do the pledge of allegience.
We know that he has his own logo which he prefers to use over that of our nations flag.
I know that Im going HILLARY or MCCAIN.

Aug 8, 2008 - 5:44 am 206. tlatexaspuma:

Under Senator Obama’s guidance the party of inclusion suddenly has become the party of restricting. Senator Obama and Democratic party officials do not want Senator Clinton’s voters or her super delegates
voices heard. Oh well, this is not the first voice to be silenced at the Denver convention. They are not
wanting LGBT super delegate voices to be heard either as evidenced by a lawsuit against the DNC,
brought by Donald Hitchcock. He was even fired as the party’s gay and lesbian outreach director.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sharedblogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/08/05/lawsuit_exposes.html

Aug 8, 2008 - 6:04 am 207. tlatexaspuma:

Under Obama’s guidance the party of inclusion suddenly has become the party of restricting. Senator Obama and Democratic party officials do not want Senator Clinton’s voters or her super delegates
voices heard. Oh well, this is not the first voice to be silenced at the Denver convention. They are not
wanting LGBT super delegate voices to be heard either as evidenced by a lawsuit against the DNC,
brought by Donald Hitchcock. He was even fired as the party’s gay and lesbian outreach director.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sharedblogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/08/05/lawsuit_exposes.html

Aug 8, 2008 - 6:05 am 208. AniEm:

Concern about “the man behind the curtain”? It is obvious at this point that there is no “man” there, just a lot of drapery.

Aug 8, 2008 - 6:07 am 209. jane-pa puma:

excuse me?? same old white man politics?? Well this typical white woman tells you it isn’t his skin and I resent the armor of it you try to use. He is not pres. material. He said his judgement with Rezko(and he didnt tell all) was poor judgement. When ask in 03 if he would jump for pres. he said he didnt have enough experience. One time truth was there. He lies always and blams others. He pays people to spew vile hatred and personal bashing so he can say look at me how clean and above it all sweetie. Yet he himself in his overblown arrogant way just day or two ago says oh we dont talk to (those people) Hillary supporters. His buddy Brazile says he doesnt need us the blacks will bring him through and youth that just believe and drink the kool aid.His tub has a hole in it. He didnt think about our youth haveing there own minds and finally see him for what he is . Not a new politician as they see the old chicago politics play out.flip flops like FISA when he promised he wouldnt. Gun control bothers those small town Americans that cling to them. He says he will have transparency yet holds his reporters at bay, has closed meetings.He is a third bush. Useing bush’s religous agenda after haveing to fire 2( Wright and Phleggar) of his highest advisors and outreach partners. This is what evangels are looking for ?? God D** America. Thats the America he feels he has to apologize for evan to a child???painted over flags on plane?says he is a global citazin thats better than American?No I will never vote for Obama .He can have his people call me what ever they want it shows an empty suit and suitcase. Has nothing to do with color except he has put this country back decades. Civil rights we worked at togeather while he was in a private school.and a muslim school. he threw all that work under the bus.Like Black state of union . Oh no to busy campaigning I dont need you anymore. But Hillary went and she was painted racist. This is no vote BO for me ever. He for his own arrogant ego hurt the party and country. We will come togeather after he is gone.We can fix this after he is gone But It is not racist it is owning our own vote.

Aug 8, 2008 - 6:22 am 210. One Puma:

Who is this Man???

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:01 am 211. Wizard:

Who cares what the pundits think - its about time the Democratic voters wake up and see themselves all BO’s flip flops, his actions speak volumes as he has NO WORDS of his own.

The only way that the Democratic party will win this year if Hillary R. Clinton is the nominee at the convention - otherwise its 4 more years of the Republican party again - Wake up Democrats - smell the roses - go to pumapac.org and read everything you can about him and what is going on behind the scenes.

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:06 am 212. donnas:

the way i see it, all the pharmaceutical companies that create drugs for nausea, dizzyness, depression, angst, and hopelessness are behind this whole election cycle… look, we’ve all had to deal with the Emperor (Bush) having no clothes for how long??? and how long has it taken a lot of people to finally wake up and say -jeez - this guys has wrecked our country - ??? i don’t know if my spirit can take all of this anymore… when you feel as if the majority of folks around you do not see what you see you are considered insane… or you feel that way! at least this time around i am not the only one talking about how i cannot vote for any candidate for POTUS this time ( unless the heavens open up and the choir starts singing angelic and Hillary is somehow nominated at convention). the scariest thing for me now is how even with all of this evidence of dis-enfranchisement, the Obama campaign can’t even reach out to it’s own unhappy democrats now , when presumably, he really needs than on board. how am i to get behind another candidate not wearing any clothes, not admitting to it, etc??!!??

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:06 am 213. NewOrleansPuma:

There are no “pundits” anymore;there are only self-annointed, superficial, Machiavellian, paid of the moment “snake” oil barkers.
Mobamba’s changing position, his campaign tactics of surrogates in the form of bloggers, TV people, field bullying, reveal the template of Saul Alinsky boundryless actions and words to get what one wants.
Alinsky advocated that,depending on one’s end, i.e. one’s immediate and
long range interests, use of any means to achieve the end is acceptable.
This is Mobamba’s persona: I will do whatever needs to be done to achieve the immediate and long range interest of self. Barack Obama is the most dangerous phenomenon to hit this country since Joe McCarthy.
He is boundryless, empty souled, radical, using, as his stated practical mentor, suggested whatever means to achieve his end. He must be soundly defeated in the fall. And he will be!

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:18 am 214. Harry Hagan:

This is a pleasant but masturbatory blog. I think there is some pre-buyers’ remorse, but not enough, alas, to derail the Al (Obama)Express.
The MSM aren’t going to switch sides, no matter how distasteful BHO is, or becomes; Vis a vis McCain?
On the other hand, this whole affair might be a charade, and the media and the neocons set the whole thing up with the outcome certain: McCain wins, neo’s retain power, we go forthwith into Iran, gas goes to $10/gal, America falls apart and civil war reigns, while China …..

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:27 am 215. Flowerchild2:

Authors Quote:

The most poignant statement of the article.
The media may have missed it, willingly, openly, ignorantly, and hatefully; but 18,000,000 voters did not!!

Florida Resident & PUMA Democrat

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:37 am 216. Brandon:

Neal S wrote:

What are the issues with Obama?

If you want the same old white man politics, McCain is your man. I am embarrassed at how foolish 48% of this country is.
_______________
I’m embarrassed to live in the same country as a racist like you. Tell me what McCain being white has to do with politics? No, let me tell you, nothing! Clearly, from what you wrote, you are supporting Obama because he’s black. You and a whole lot of other shallow, racist people in this country.

It does not matter to you that the majority of his inner circle is comprised of racists, anti-Semites, unrepentant domestic terrorists, misogynists, and corrupt political fixers. It doesn’t matter to you that his cumulative legislative experience amounts to just less than two years, most of it at state level if you count the fact the the Illinois legislature meets for only 55 days a year and he spent only 143 days in the US Senate before running for president. It doesn’t matter to you that he’s never held a meaningful full-time job. It doesn’t matter to you that he is a pathological liar who has repeatedly been caught and blamed others each time. It doesn’t matter to you that he cannot form a coherent sentence without the use of a teleprompter or that he should be this year’s winner of the George W. Bush Gaffe Award.
It doesn’t matter to you that he and his wife have repeatedly said and done things that bring into question their patriotism and love of this country. No, all that matters to you is that he’s black. Like I said, I’m embarrassed to live in the same country as you and any other Obama supporters.

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:48 am 217. DenverPuma:

things will change for this race after the Dem convention. They are waiting to bring out the big guns until the weaker candidate (Obama)is officially nominated and the GOP will easily tear him apart. If Hillary becomes the nominee they wouldn’t be able to touch her, they already spent their ammo on Bill.

Do yourself a favor and look into Obama’s record yourself if you can find it, demand the MSM report on it before it’s too late to win back the party and the white house.

Dem voters should do the smart thing and publicly express their desire to see Hillary nominated.

Aug 8, 2008 - 7:56 am 218. ipotter:

The youth were blinded by the neon halo his handlers bolted to his head. They rallied behind him to form an Army of naive idealists. The politicians were mesmerized by thoughts of thousands and thousands funneled into their campaign accounts and joined in. Big oil and industry were gleeful that they would continue to enjoy prosperity beyond their wildest dreams and funded the movement (along with illegal funds from abroad… and several small donations from his army to make everything look legitimate). Economic disaster looms for the masses. The media, on a kool-aid high, swept his criminal activities under the rug and treated him like a god… a god who can’t even produce a legal birth document. Some think that’s because he is their savior. But many are opening their eyes to see him for who he is… a very sly politician who has made a career out of running for office and is unqualified for the job of President of the United States of America. He cannot win by legitimate means, and we will not let him run another illegal election. We are on to him and what he has promised… we do not want economic ruin… we do not want a Civilian Security Force… we do not want to do away with our consititutional right to elect our representatives… we do not want to lose our rights through FISA or any other unconstitutional legislation… we do not want a DNC controlled by Obama… we do not want a false god… WE DO NOT WANT OBAMA.

I am a life-long democrat who says we must preserve what freedom remains and fight for that which has been lost, as it must be regained.

NOBAMA IN NOVEMBER…PUMA ROARS

Aug 8, 2008 - 8:01 am 219. Susan B.:

Obama would have been a train wreck waiting to happen had it not been for the poor (non-existent) journalism which was supposed to “vet” him and tell the American people the truth about the Democratic candidate. That was never done and they pumped him up to rock-star status. So the problems Obama should have faced with Tony Rezko, radical palestinian ties, early mentoring under Saul Alinsky (Communist community organizer in Chicago), friendship with Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger, Louis Farakahhan, if these situations had come to the knowledge of voters prior to the primaries, Obama would not now be the nominee. I have ceased watching CNN (except Lou Dobbs) and MSNBC (except Morning Joe) - the rest of the shows with their biased coverage of Obama have contributed to his candidacy and the fact that Democrats now have the worst candidate, not the best (Hillary Clinton). America is the loser.

Aug 8, 2008 - 8:12 am 220. Hail Mary Hillary:

I am voting for McCain. He may make some honest mistakes but he is at least honest. As far as “old line feminists” being for Hillary, they are not, they are right up front kissing BOs bum. I had stopped watching most TV but now I don’t even watch news. After the Olympics I am having the cable disconnected. I now get my news and entertainment on line. This will be a huge wipe out but after McCains win the Democrat party should purge a bunch of power grubing sexist old men who have been in the way for far too long. If they don’t the PUMA dems stand ready to go ahead with a new party for The People.

Aug 8, 2008 - 9:01 am 221. BarbNOBO:

In life I have learned to look beyond the facade. I have to say I was impressed with BO the first time I heard him speak…but soon after I realized that he was nothing but a good speech…I think it has taken many others longer to see the empty suit because I think people want to believe in what BO says about change. Many get lost in the fantasy of it all. Like when you meet that special someone and later find out that he/she was not what you fantasized him/her to be…It is time for reality now folks…things are not what they seem on the surface…look deeper!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 9:29 am 222. redraz9:

The media and a corrupt democratic leadership have put us in this mess.
It’s time for the media to get us out of it. Your bias and unwillingness to tell the truth about a Presidential candidate is a new low for the media.
Why don’t you do your job and investigate Barrack Obama and instead of sitting on the evidence…….put it out for the world to see. Your job is not to control a Presidential Election and one day, everyone who participated in this charade will be headline news because someone will write one of your favorite “tell all books”. I can’t wait for that day to come.

Aug 8, 2008 - 10:37 am 223. Oscar P:

great article. Fortunately, as many people may think, the dust after the new clebrity with the new promises will fade away, and the reality will show up with great pain for those who trusted someone who has used speeches to promote something he never intended to do. This place under the trends category, unless some of them, this is fading pretty quick, perhaps because it is not honest. The division created within the Democratic party is so evident that even those at the high positions within the party must be asking themselves what they have done wrong to deserve such bad luck in a year when a democratic candidate - Hillary Clinton - looked and still looks like the best option to get us out of this republican chaos. I still trust these people at the DNC, or perhaps I don’t trust them but believe they will follow their guts and accept perhaps that the candidate they selected never existed. Hillary is still the best option, and at the convention superdelegates migh have a change to repair the damage they have done to the party. The people will be eternally grateful to them after they put Hillary in the roll call, and superdelegates, one by one, pledge their support to Hillary as they should have done before. After all, we have primaries, not the fraudulent caucuses that gave Obama so many delegates. PUMA exists to give this country the option to rectify one deadly political mistake, I hope superdelegates leave their pride in their houses and go to the convention with the heads and the hearts thinking about the wellbeing of this great country of ours.

Aug 8, 2008 - 10:37 am 224. ReCon USMC:

Stuffed shirt know it all ..really know nothing elite rooky arrogrance . 90 % anti American CLOSE FRIENDS , Racial Socialist ,black welfare minded first and last ..a ”MEMBER ‘in a hate filled Church for 20 years elects no one for president in this country no matter how hard Liberals and the media wages this war on typical white Americans .
HIS CHANGE IS A FALSE HOOD FOR A BETTER AMERICA .

Aug 8, 2008 - 1:41 pm 225. ReCon USMC:

It finally appears Oboma’s hide and seek game we played as kids has caught him with his own words and 30 years of associates , Church , teachers , mentors and close friends .But most of all his out front blockers the media .
All possessing a certain kind of racial Socialist thoughts and distain for this country. Most of us love with all our hearts knowing it is not perfect . But less perfect is Oboma himself and his Church , Teachers “Friends and an racial Marxist and Socialist Mentors .
This is a very good insight into a very shallow Oboma when you really look at what and who he indeed is .
One need not wonder if he was Young , White , Conservative and as inexperienced would he be running for President from our side and the media almost Worshiping his very shallow precedence and greatest ? Of course not !!!!!!

Aug 8, 2008 - 2:05 pm 226. DaddysDarlin:

Thank God, the MSM are starting to notice what the Clinton supporters have known all along, that Obama is a dangerous man, a racist, a man of very questionable character, and a man who is in no way experienced enough to run our country.
Where were you when Hillary was winning state after big state during the primaries? Where were you when Obamas camp were registering pets and dead people? Where were you when the Obama camp were disrespecting a former First Lady? I will tell you where, you were supporting Obama, you were doing exactly what his supporters were doing. You were not remaining neutral during the campaigns. It was a travesty. Where were you when Obamas camp were giving homeless people debit cards to donate to the Obama campaign? Where the heck were you?
I for one am glad to have you back, MSM needs to report the news, good and bad about our candidates, all candidates, and let the American people be the judge.
Neither the MSM or the DNC has the right to tell the American people whom we should vote for.
Now if you could only ask Obama the hard questions: where is his original birth certificate? Where was he born? Why does the DNC have to ask Obamas permission to put Hillary’s name in nomination? Why the heck do the American people, the 18 million voters who support Hillary, have to ask Obama if her name can be in nomination, that is just plain idiotic.
Obama is not king of the world, as much as he would like to be, there are certain guidelines already put in place regarding the nomination, we don’t want Obama changing the rules once again to suit himself. Remember Florida and Michigan?
Now he wants to bring them back with full voting privileges, remember how hard he fought to exclude them? Hillary was the one fighting for them not Obama, how soon you forget.

Aug 8, 2008 - 3:24 pm 227. Believer:

I think SouthJerseyPUMA at 2:22AM is referring to Obama’s unfortunate answer at a townhall to this simple question of a 7yr. old girl:

“What made you start running for president?”

An obvious question that anyone could have knocked out of the ballpark. But Obama turned it into a cringe-worthy Miss America moment. Pausing, then stuttering, he finally came up with this: “America…is…uh…no longer…uh…what it…could be. Uh…what it…once was.”

Now, he’s been taking an awful lot of heat from conservatives for this remark. But I think we should cut him some slack. After all, I think he’s learned some things over the past year or so. He held back on bashing America.

You see, he could have handled her as he did his own young daughters who are equally young and impressionable. He could have answered her with this:

“Let me take you to church. There’s a reverend you’ve gotta hear.”

No, his comments were tame. It could have been far worse.

Aug 8, 2008 - 4:04 pm 228. ReCon USMC:

DaddysDarlin:
Are you a far left Hillary supporter ? One is left wondering ?
In the end game Hillary and OBOMA are both racial Socialist . + or - 1 % MINUS .0009 % OF 1 % .Racial Socialism is …… well racial Socialism .
You indeed make the case Oboma is a sack of S..T .duh !
But we know the Clinton’s cup run-ith over with DO DO !
One suspects you want 3 in the new black house maybe and 2012 you own the ”’WHITE HOUSE”" AGAIN ?

Aug 8, 2008 - 5:31 pm 229. tanarg:

You know what’s really scary? That *any*body could’ve fallen for Obama for even a New York minute. I guess it’s age. I’m old. I’ve seen it all.

Aug 9, 2008 - 12:42 am 230. Sheila:

RonCon USMC. I hope you are not a part of the Marine Corp? If so, you don’t articulate yourself in the manner befitting a service man. You convey your opinions in a ignorant fashion, and your vocabulary is full of fowl words. Why have you renamed the White House, Black House? You also convey rascism. You are pathetic!

Aug 9, 2008 - 1:18 am 231. Sheila:

Tanarg: We didn’t fall for Obama, we heard Obama speak and provide a sound plan for Americans to come from under the Bush fog. You hit the nail on the head when you pointed out your own weakness; yes you are old, but you haven’t seen it all–you haven’t seen anything like you are going to after Obama becomes president of the great USA. I hope your old body and mind survive to see the coming of a new and greater USA under Obama’s leadership.

Aug 9, 2008 - 1:24 am 232. Burning Bush:

People still don’t understand.

I voted for Obama in the primaries because I didn’t want Bill Clitoon back in the White House.
Many Democrats took this as a sign that Obama was un-stoppable. Now the reality is settling in on them as they begin to see that millions of us did the same thing.
Now I will vote for McCain in November. Not because I worship the bastid, but because he was my only logical choice.
Thanks again Mr. Obama for keeping HillRockabilly from a White House bid.
/political strategy’s are so easy to figure out, I should be one.

Aug 9, 2008 - 5:06 am 233. Believer:

It appears the Obamas are getting beaten up by 7year olds.

It wasn’t enough that Barry was asked that troubling question about why he was running for president.

Now it turns out HIS belle, Michelle, was hit upside the head with the good sense of a another 7year old. While visiting a classroom to score points as a softer, more nurturing type of woman, somehow something she said elicited this response from the bright young man:

“You have to finish what you start in Iraq.”

I think these two are happy now to be here in Hawaii for a little R&R. Though, looking out the window, the skies are a bit dark. And we’ve been having such lovely weather lately. Surely it’ll clear up soon.

Aug 9, 2008 - 11:17 am 234. Believer:

We’re all watching, I suppose, to see how much the John Edwards’ news affects Barry and the Dems.

I will simply note that we all should take great care — let this be yet another warning (we’ve had more than a few now) — that narcissists are not the most reliable people. And, oh my, the tangled web…

They tend to do what’s in their own best interests - or what satisfies their own momentary need (not to mention that ever-present, overpowering ego gratification) - and forget entirely about how it might affect others.

I think it best we enjoy whatever charming chatter these types afford us, but leave it at that. Nothing more substantive. It’ll turn out best for us all in the end if we do.

We have established Barry is a narcissist also? Yes, I thought so.

Aug 9, 2008 - 12:13 pm 235. Kerri:

JOIN A PUMA GROUP TODAY! I do not normally “shout” on blogs, it’s rude. However, time is running OUT! OBAMA WILL LOSE in November, OF COURSE, because Americans DO NOT trust this man! We can’t stand Mccain, but hell, we know we can survive another 4 years…somehow.
How disatstrous. The fact IS that America needs a MOM to help us heal from the past eight years of disaster. That’s why Senator Clinton won more votes than ANY candidate in the history of American primaries. (yes, that includes Obama, as well. Too bad Donna Brazille and Dean denied Fl and Mich the permission they granted to the other 3 states to vote early, thereby being able to impune their voters and delegates.) Lo and behold, though, of COURSE, now that they are finally starting to realize that we are not shutting up and falling in line, as they have literally ORDERED us to do (saying things like, well hope you enjoy a facist regime, because that’s what you’ll get and deserve for voting Mccain…as well as, stop writing me, I’m not interested in your whining) These, folks, are responses we have recieved from ELECTED officials who are charged with representing the will of the voters.
Hillary IS our only hope! Join us, in sending out 50,000 letters to SD’s a day! ADD your voice to the mandate! WE WANT Senator Clinton and we will NEVER vote for Obama. Plain and simple. It does not MATTER what Mccain or Obama say. The subjugation of the democratic process will not be allowed. That’s our promise.
Please, help us rectify this travesty. Let us not continue wasting our time and embarrassing our country with this demagogue, let us not further the GOP agenda and allow them to sit in an unearned presidency, yet again! Let us, 18 million, and perhaps, some former-Obama supporters who are mature enough to invest some of that supposedly just-awakened passion, into the superior candidate now that the scales have fallen from their eyes! Let us unite, from every party and none, out of the spirit of recovery, REAL recovery, behind the candidate who’s record is PROVEN for 35 YEARS! JOIN PUMA, get the contact information to your delegates and super-delegates and let them hear your voice! WE WANT HILLARY!

Aug 10, 2008 - 1:14 am 236. Mandy:

Dottie 654, I have been compiling a lists of Obama’s lies since the primaries. At first I had only a few. Then I was up to 20. Then 30. Then 50. I am now up to 85 and still have more to add as soon as I’ve finished verifying the information. The problem is that Obama tells so many lies it’s hard to keep up with him. The other day he made a statement on off shore oil drilling where he stated he was for it and against it in the same sentence. Egads!, my head was spinning with that one. Anyway, you asked for it so here it is:
OBAMA’S LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES. (85 & Counting)

1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.

2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.

3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.

4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades.

5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.

6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and ‘Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means ‘blessed’ in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office. Besides, you have to be baptized in order to be a Christian.

8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).

9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.

10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.

11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies. (Update - You’ve now made an ass of yourself in Europe. After spending a few days there you’re now suddenly an expert on foreign affairs.)

12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.

13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.

14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t, and never did, exist.

15.) I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.

16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.

18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn’t write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.

21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.

22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.

25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part and even the Chicago Tribune called you spineless.

27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Candian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.

29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.

30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.

31.) I Didn’t Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.

32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn’t.

33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.

34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.

35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.

36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.

37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.

38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

39.) I Don’t Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.

40.) I don’t Have Lobbysists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.

41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.

43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people’s words.

44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa, which shows YOUR priorities.

45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.

46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 (which includes illegals) who don’t have to buy it.

47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - LIAR, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent.

48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - LIAR, you won’t wear a flag pin and you don’t put your hand over your heart during the Anthem. And you had the American Flag removed from your plane to appease the rabid anti-American Europeans and Middle Easterners.

49.) My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - LIAR, your wife’s words follow lock-step in the vain of Wright and Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.

50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn’t Support - LIAR, your wife has received nearly a quater of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to Wal-Mart.

51.) Treehouse Is A Small Company - LIAR, the CEO of Treehouse last year, made more than the CEO of Wal-Mart, according to public records.

52.) University Of Chicago Hospital Pay Is Fair - LIAR, your wife’s pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated rate and the hospital is a Non-Profit Hospital, which made $100,000,000 (that’s 100 million) in the last 3 years. They overcharge blacks VS whites for services, and overcharge everyone in general by 538%!

53.)I Barely Know Rezko - Only 5 Billed Hours - LIAR, you have known him for 17 years, and decided to do a real estate deal with him during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite this, you divided your property and had them take off $300K before the mortgage problems started. Then Rezko’s wife buys the lot beside it that you can’t afford, saving you $625,000. This is the same form of “honest graft” and preferential treatment that sent former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner to jail over 30 years ago, see United States v. Isaacs, 493 F.2d 1124 (7th Cir. 1974).

54.) My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly - LIAR, you only gave back Hsu ($72K) and Rezko ($150K) their money when publically called on their involvement in your campaigns.

55.) My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church - LIAR, your church is so extreme, the pastor who married you, Rev. Wright, just got done blaming the US for 9/11 and named Louis Farrahkan their person of the year.

56.) I Disagree With My Church All The Time - LIAR, you still have yet to repudiate Wright, who married you and your wife, and you still donate large sums of money to assist the church in furthering its message - hatred and revenge. You donated in 2006 alone, $22,500 to the church that you so terribly disagree with. That is nearly $500 PER WEEK - that sure is disagreement, Senator Obama.

57.) I Have Clean Connections Despite Rezko - LIAR, you are not only connected to Exelon and Rezko, you are also connected to Hillary PAC supporter Mr. Hsu, AND an Iraqi Billionaire of ill repute, Nadhmi Auchi, who ripped off people in the Food For Oil, Iraqi deal. Seems Mr. Auchi may have helped Obama buy his million dollar property long before Obama had millions of dollars. Wonder what favors Mr. Auchi expects, when Obama leaves Iraq free to be taken over by special interests such as him.

58.) I Never Heard Sermons like Rev. Wright’s, that have been in videos all day, You Tube – LIAR, 3 days later during your Mea Culpa BS speech you said “Did I hear controversial statements while I sat in that church? Yes I did.”

59.) My Father had the opportunity to come to this country to go to college thanks to the Kennedys – LIAR, the program that you speak of was implimented years after your father’s arrival.

60) I went to Chicago after Harvard to work as an activist to help the poor – LIAR, you went to Chicago because you knew the majority of the residents were ignorant welfare poor you could easily exploit in your climb to power and fortune.

61.) I never filled out that survey, an Aide did – LIAR, the survey that had your handwriting all over it showed you taking very extreme liberal positions on everything from gun control to abortion.

62.) I never helped campaign donors receive grants or state and federal funding – LIAR, you helped a donor receive state and federal grants for his Ping Pong company.

63.) I think FISA is Necessary – LIAR, You Were Against FISA and even Threatened to filibuster against it.

64.) I Think the Supreme Court Made a Mistake in Not Allowing the Death Penalty for Child Rapists – LIAR, You were against the death penalty in all cases, no matter how heinous the crime.

65.) NAFTA should be eliminated or renegotiated – LIAR, after the primaries you now don’t think it such a bad thing, and during the primaries you sent a member of your staff to meet with Canadian authorities to tell them not to worry, you didn’t mean what you said.

66.) The Supreme Courts decision on the Second Amendment protects law abiding citizens – LIAR, you previously said you agreed with the D.C Gun Ban, which was in violation of the Second Ammendment

67.) In February You said “I’m in Favor of D.C School Vouchers” – LIAR, By June, after the teacher’s lobby convinced you to oppose it you told ABC News: “We don’t have enough slots for every child to go into a parochial school or a private school. And what you would see is a huge drain of resources out of the public schools.” Funny, you don’t see the hypocrisy of sending your own daughters to private schools or see it as a drain of resources for public schools.

68.) I Am For Decriminalizing Marijuana – LIAR, during the debates you raised your hand to agree with your fellow running mates that you opposed decriminalizing Marijuana.

69.) I Think That When Meeting with Our Enemies, such as Iran and North Korea, there should be conditions placed upon that meeting - LIAR, during the primaries you said you would unconditionally meet with all enemies of the US.

70.) In Your Book, ‘Audacity of Hype’, You Said, “One of my favorite tasks of being a senator is hosting town hall meetings. I held thirty-nine of them my first year in the Senate, all across Illinois, in tiny rural towns like Anna and prosperous suburbs like Naperville, in back churches in the South Side and a college in Rock Island… For the next hour or so, I answer to the people who sent me to Washington… My time with them is like a dip in a cool stream. I feel cleansed afterward, glad for the work I have chosen.” LIAR, guess you now like to feel dirty since you turned down John McCain’s invitation to travel across the country doing town hall meetings.

71.) I Agree with Welfare Reform – LIAR, When President Clinton was preparing to sign welfare reform into law you said it was ‘disturbing’

72.) Obama flip-flops on same sex marriage. Was for it before he was against it.

73.) Public Financing – You Reneged on Your Agreement with John McCain over Public Financing Saying “The System of Public Finance is Broken.” LIAR, In 2007 you challenged the Republican Presidential Candidates to accept public financing for the general election to end what you said were unfair campaign practices. But since you’re now outraising McCain 3-1 you no longer care if it’s unfair, as long as it’s unfair for your opponent and not yourself.

74.) Special Interest – Referring to John Edwards during the primaries You said: “John said yesterday he didn’t believe in these 527s.” Then you added, “You can’t say yesterday you don’t believe in it, and today three quarters of a million dollars is being spent for you.” – LIAR, Apparently You believe in what you chastised John Edwards for using otherwise you wouldn’t be doing business with numerous 527s, including Vote Hope, Powerpac.org., and Moveon.org.

75.) Cuba Embargo - “I Will Maintain the embargo,” You said to cheers from CANF members. – LIAR, During Your 2004 Senate campaign You declared that it was “time for us to end the embargo with Cuba…. It’s time for us to acknowledge that that particular policy has failed.”

76.) “Pulling Out of Iraq Will Depend on the Situation on the Ground.” – LIAR, During the primary you said ‘I opposed this war in 2002 and will end this war in 2009”.

77.) “What Senator McCain Went Through During His Years as a POW was Torment.” - LIAR, what Senator John McCain went through was torture and he has the physical disabilities to prove it.

78.)I’m Against the Mexican/American Border Fence. – LIAR, If you were so against it why did you vote for it?

79.) “I Support Israeli Control of Jerusalem.” – LIAR, A day after saying that you told an Arab audience that negotiations should work out the Jerusalem issue.
80.) It Was Wrong for Hilary Clinton to Vote to List Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a Terrorist Organization. – LIAR, You now support the definition.
81.) I’m Against Nuclear Power. – LIAR, you told Democratic governors You are open to expanding it.
82.) “My Grandfather Signed Up for the War the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton’s Army. He saw the dead and dying across the fields of Europe; he heard the stories of fellow troops who first entered Auschwitz and Treblinka…” – LIAR, Your grandfather couldn’t have liberated Auschwitz since it was the Soviets who liberated that camp, unless of course, he was a member of the Soviet army; and no allied troops ever liberated Treblinka since it was closed and destroyed by the Germans in 1943.

83.) I’m Against the Big Oil Monopoly. –LIAR, You accepted four hundred thousand in campaign contributions from big oil and sign a bill for tax breaks for big oil even though McCain wouldn’t.

84.) The Strategic Oil Reserve Should Only Be Used for a Genuine Emergency. –LIAR, You now think we should use the strategic oil reserve even as oil prices decline.

85.) John McCain is using the Race Card in this Election. –LIAR, You’ve been using the race card since the primaries to deflect from having to answer real questions about real issues. Your first victims were the Clintons.

Aug 10, 2008 - 2:56 am 237. Judy, NYC:

The strange candidacy of Barry Obama is quite the head scratcher. I can understand why pundits try to position him. If you can remember when obama was liberal (it was about the same time he was sitting on Ted Kennedy’s knee), you can also remember when it was said he moved to the center. I suppose this is a good place to be when you are a nowhere man, so you can bounce far right, without it being so noticeable that you’ve exited far left. Genuine conservatives even regard this blank slate of being a marxist. Obama has no political beliefs. If he believes in anything, it is that he should be president, and for no particular reason. He was just one of Daley’s pols, and Chicagoans commenting in the Chicago Tribune, run a hundred to one in wondering why he is not in jail. Obama, in his brief stint as Illinois senator, did absolutely nothing for blacks (or whites), and in fact, managed with the help of his pal the world-class slumlord Rezko, to keep them mired in their usual conditions. An asbestos initiative never was completed, instead everyone just ran away with the money. And, his few paltry votes went to Big Business against the best interest of his constituents. Then, suddenly he got a lot of money from somewhere, and moved into a mansion. While out running he slipped down a rabbit hole into the arms of Howard Dean and the (formerly) money starved Democratic party. Emerging five seconds later, as their famously liberal marxist f-left f-right moderate conservative centerist whitey denouncing injustice reminding Jesus intoning unifying polarizing racist black white candidate.

Aug 10, 2008 - 4:52 pm 238. Dan Kauffman:

@Mandy quite comprehensive but you left out

Grove Parc Plaza

Grim proving ground for Obama’s housing policy
The candidate endorsed subsidies for private entrepreneurs to build low-income units. But, while he garnered support from developers, many projects in his former district have fallen into disrepair

CHICAGO - The squat brick buildings of Grove Parc Plaza, in a dense neighborhood that Barack Obama represented for eight years as a state senator, hold 504 apartments subsidized by the federal government for people who can’t afford to live anywhere else.

But it’s not safe to live here.

About 99 of the units are vacant, many rendered uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage. Mice scamper through the halls. Battered mailboxes hang open. Sewage backs up into kitchen sinks. In 2006, federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex an 11 on a 100-point scale - a score so bad the buildings now face demolition.

Grove Parc has become a symbol for some in Chicago of the broader failures of giving public subsidies to private companies to build and manage affordable housing - an approach strongly backed by Obama as the best replacement for public housing.

Aug 11, 2008 - 1:53 am 239. Rachel Peepers:

Along with Jennifer Rubin, and including a slew of self anointed pundits like myself. I’m coming to a harsh, albeit, difficult realization about a brown eyed handsome man who many believe is destined to lead us to the promised land. And quench our thirst for electoral victory.

An admittedly ardent, outspoken Obama supporter, I’m starting to feel some doubt creep into my strong, sometimes bellicose desire to see the good Senator elected President.

It’s not even the fact, as my father says, he’ll send capital gains taxes, even taxes on private home sales through the roof. Or that he’s pledged to decimate the armed forces and surrender in Iraq as the way to refill the national Bush-drained coffers. Not to mention scrap the nuclear defense shield just when it’s becoming operational.

I’m not going south on Barack because of the fact that his religious adviser and mentor, the Reverend Wright, Sunday after Sunday, berated the United States, while spewing anti-white, anti-female, anti-Hillary rhetoric like a venomous machine gun mowing down the enemy.

And it doesn’t really bug me that he’s stonewalling the investigation into his admittedly Islamic religious upbringing. Or that, as the article by the gifted and talented Jennifer Rubin so eloquently states, Barack is treating gay marriage and the abortion issue like they’re the new third rails of politics.

Or that his campaign is reported to be in the initial stages of enacting into law a comprehensive program to give “sizable” reparations to direct descendants ( or those willing to sign an affidavit that they’re of African descent)of slaves.

No, none of these issues are the lynch pin that holds my loyalty to Barack and the beautiful Michelle.

The truth be known, I have a problem with his VP pick. Frankly, I wanted him to pick Hillary for VP. Hillary, who’s intelligent, experienced and knowledgeable beyond belief. Hillary who received more popular votes than Barack, and has pledged her support for middle America blue collar values, a strong economy, and especially, women’s rights.

Instead, Barack is picking John Kerry who is documented to have lied when running for President like a drunker sailor. Who never spent (”seared into me like a branding iron”) Christmas in Cambodia, never threw his medals over onto the White House lawn as he publicly stated, never was sorry for causing POW’s to be beaten as a result of his claims before congress that the U.S. military was “cutting off heads, butchering children, raping the Vietnamese countryside and torturing innocent civilians.”

John Kerry’s VP selection is why my support for the, Democratic-primary-voter-anointed Barack Obama and beautiful first lady, Michelle, is ever so slowly starting to waver; like a stale cookie, beginning to crumble, like a –oh forget the metaphors, Barack is starting to make me feel queasy. I mean, I can no longer say with 99% certainty that Barack’s candidacy passes the smell test.

Let’s face it, you and I both know his conversion to Christianity was a Chicago political charade. The guy disavowed his Indonesian Muslim upbringing, called the woman who raised him a “typical” white woman, said he could no more disavow his relationship with Reverend Wright than he could disavow his cultural and religious upbringing; the both of which he later did.

I’m rambling now, I know, but look, he sat in church at Trinity for twenty years listening to Wright’s hate-America-First speech. Then said he didn’t remember hearing it, then said he did. Then said Reverend Wright “wasn’t the man I knew.”

Well, I’m thinking Barack Obama isn’t the man that we, rabid Obama supporters, thought all summer was the one right for the biggest job in the world.

I’m starting to think the only kind of change Barack can be counted on to deliver on is the one involving his mind.

I’m starting to believe that the man we fawned and fainted over during breathtaking speeches was in the final result a product of smoke and mirrors.

If you ask me, Barack Obama is on a collision course with a veritable freight train whose cars are filled with duty, honor and country.

John McCain.

A true American hero. And when they collide in November, I’m afraid Barack’s election hopes are going to be knocked silly. Americans everywhere are going to rise up and wise up. And realize for darn sure that Barack Obama is, was and always will be, as they say in the fight game in Chitown, just another wannabe; simply a little man with big designs who folks finally saw for what he is.

Just another bum from the neighborhood.

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