Obama On the Road: Looking for Two Terms
Barack Obama kicked off a three day bus tour through Indiana with a stop at the small Sunrise Café in South Bend — and shared an “electric” moment with one of the staff.
Obama joined 15 people having breakfast at the small, typically Midwest diner, rolling in with ex-congressman Tim Roemer and the Mayor of South Bend around 10am and remarking that there were more press at the diner than patrons. He made the rounds alone, shaking hands at individual booths.
The senator then sat down with Marv Klein, 61, a steelworker whose plant was shut down; Judy Manderfeld, 60, an electrician who worked at a Bayer plant in nearby Elkhart that was moved to Mexico; and Lisa Fletcher, a young waitress in Tippacanoe whose home had been foreclosed on. The table had already eaten. Obama ordered an orange juice.
He spent much of the next 15 minutes talking about jobs with Marv and Judy, asking for details about their particular situations and looking attentive as they answered. He never actually talked to Lisa about her home, only getting around to her at the end to ask if she’d seen the effects of the economic downturn at the restaurant (she said yes).
Obama talked about job retraining and rewarding companies for keeping jobs in America, though in the changing economy, he said, “not all those manufacturing jobs are coming back.” He also threw a few of his standard campaign trail jabs at lobbyists and the culture in Washington.
“We’re going to keep on looking at this,” he said. “One of the things I always say, as president, I’m not guaranteeing that we can turn this around overnight. It’s going to take awhile.”
Judy agreed. “I hope people realize that because of the damage that has been done, it’s going to take more than one term to even start to turn it around” — to which Obama replied, “Well, I’m looking for two. But I’m going to start on that first one.”
Posing for pictures with the staff, Obama jumped a bit when he felt his phone start to vibrate in the pants pocket on his right thigh – against which one waitress was closely pressed. “Now that’s my phone buzzing there,” he said, drawing a laugh. “I don’t want you to think I’m getting fresh or anything.”
Obama wanted to pay the tab for people’s breakfasts, but most (including bodyman Reggie Love) had already paid. He finally found someone’s check he could cover, pulled out a money clip and dropped $35 in cash on the counter.
On his way out, a hairdresser who’d spoken with him about the housing crisis called Obama over for a picture with her son. “You’re tall. You’re going to be a great athlete,” he told the kid. His mother sent her son to her car for a business card to give the Senator, saying she wanted to have Obama in for a fresh fade on his next trip to Indiana. Obama couldn’t wait around for the kid to return, however, and as he left the restaurant, she yelled after him “Can I come to the White House to give you a fresh fade?”
Substance Abuse
A widely forwarded e-mail claims that Obama’s bills are more substantive and numerous than Clinton’s. Don’t believe it.
Obama’s Oil Spill
Obama says he doesn’t take money from oil companies. We say that’s a little too slick.
Barack Hussien Obama
Wright
Rezko
Farrakhan
William Ayers
Black Phanther
Malcolm X
They are the same kind or type of people.
It is up to you now to decide what is best for our country.
He is so stuck on himself. Saying that to a women. YUCK He is not presidential material.
Asking women if he kisses them if they would vote for him. I keep telling people he should
be on a reality show.
Below is a site I copied. Read what type of music he chooses for his campaign??????
I COPIED THIS WHOLE POST!!! - First time I posted like this - I hope it works. I thought people should read this.
Read one of the many articles written about Obama’s song choice here: http://www.nypost.com/seven/01142008/gossip/pagesix/hillary__barack_rap__rock_142152.htm
This is not the CHANGE I stand for. In it, Jay-Z refers to women as h*oes and b*i*t*c*h*e*s, refers to their p**u***ssy in a derogatory way, uses a variety of swears and so on and so on. Why would a future president do this? There were women and children in that audience and yet, this song seemed appropriate, just because he wanted to stick it to Hillary Clinton? He also refused to apologize for this use of derogatory language and song. What kind of change is that?
OBAMA EVENT COORDINATOR - GET ME MORE WHITE PEOPLE
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The Carnegie Mellon University student newspaper The Tartan reports on preparations for a Michelle Obama appearance at the school:
While the crowd was indeed diverse, some students at the event questioned the practices of Mrs. Obama’s event coordinators, who handpicked the crowd sitting behind Mrs. Obama. The Tartan’s correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, “Get me more white people, we need more white people.” To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “We’re moving you, sorry. It’s going to look so pretty, though.”
Read whole article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/08/obama-event-coordinator-g_n_95749.html
It is apparent that Obama is so stuck on himself that he thinks everyone is in love with him. In all my years in the public, I’ve seen many men like him and believe me, they have no morals. If someone were to follow him CLOSELY around the campaign trail, you’d find out he’s more of a womanizer than Bill Clinton ever was. That kind always plays around because they think they are God’s gift to women. He fits the mold perfectly. What trash he is. He’s finally showing his true colors (and I am NOT being racist) because he thinks he’s already got the nomination. At first, he was so pure and not he’s coming out and showing his real personality, which is revolting. I wonder why the press never covers things like this on him. Of course we know why Chris Matthews (MSNBC) doesn’t, he’s the same way, look at the way he copped a feel on the Ellen show. Disgusting.
Barack Hussien Obama is a snake…
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_oil_spill.html
Read OBAMA LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES (Updated to reflect new dishonesties)
http://www.audacityofHypocrisy.com
OBAMA LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES (no less than 66 lies as of March 31 2008)
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.
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.
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, even your own supporters
claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.
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 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.
49.) My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - LIAR, your
wife’s words follow lock-step in the vein 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 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.
54.) My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly - LIAR, you only gave back Hsu
($72K) and Rezko (first $66K, then when caught lying $86K, then when caught
lying again $150K and now caught lying YET AGAIN OBAMA, it’s $250k) 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.) The Passport Invasion is a conspiracy to find dirt on me! - LIAR. Your
own Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor is the CEO of the company that looked
into your records. PS - You had them look into yours to hide the fact you
looked into Clinton’s and McCain’s more than a year before!
60.) Rev. Meeks has nothing to do with my campaigning - LIAR. Rev. Meeks
appeared in ads for your Senate Campaign, donated to you, and helped raise
money, then AND NOW. PS - He also seems to despise America.
61.) My wife didn’t mean America is ignorant, she was just using a phrase -
LIAR. Again, MicHELLe’s comments perfectly sync with Wright’s, Meeks’, and
Farrakhans, both in language, anger, and direction.
62.) I am very Anti-Terror - LIAR. [03/30/2008] One of your good pals is long
time radical and terrorist William Ayers, with whom you have been seen in the
last 12 months and who has helped the now jailed khalidi, Professor at
Columbia who invited Ahmadinejad to the University, to raise money for
Palestinian terrorism attacks against Israel. PS - Your church published a
pro Hamas Manifesto - guess you weren’t there on THAT Sunday either? How
lucky for you.
63.) I have the best plan to cure the Mortgage Crisis - LIAR. [03/30/2008]
You and your campaign buddy Penny SubPrime Bank Collapse Prizker have had
your little fingers full of subprime cash - Obama has taken $1,180,103 from
the top issuers of subprime loans: Obama received $266,907 from Lehman, $5395
from GMAC, $150,850 from Credit Suisse First Boston, $11,250 from
Countrywide, $9052 from Washington Mutual, $161,850 from Citigroup, $4600
from CBASS, $170,050 from Morgan Stanley, $1150 from Centex, and last but
certainly NOT LEAST - Obama received $351,900 from Goldman Sachs. I am sure
that cash all came from folks who knew the subprime loan they had was a
dream, eh?
64) I played greater role in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the
death penalty and abortion - LIAR - [03/31/2008] It was found that Obama —
the day after sitting for the interview — filed an amended version of the
questionnaire, which appears to contain Obama’s own handwritten notes added
to one answer. Read Obama had greater role on liberal survey
65) I did NOT play the race card: - LIAR - [03/31/2008] Obama was the first
to play the race card. According to Phialdelphia Inquirer, Quietly, the storm
over the hateful views expressed by Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor, the Rev.
Jeremiah Wright, has blown away the most insidious myth of the Democratic
primary campaign. Obama and his surrogates have charged that Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton has deliberately and cleverly played the race card in order to
label Obama the “black” candidate. Read more here
66) I did not take money from oil companies: - LIAR - [03/31/2008]
THE FACTS: True enough, Obama does not take money from oil companies. No
candidate does. It is illegal for corporations to give money to politicians.
Corporations, however, do have political action committees that collect
voluntary donations from employees and then donate them to candidates. Obama
doesn’t take money from PACs. He also doesn’t take money from lobbyists.
But he does accept money from executives and other employees of oil companies
and two of his fundraisers are oil company executives. As of Feb. 29, Obama’s
presidential campaign had received nearly $214,000 from oil and gas industry
employees and their families, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan
Center for Responsive Politics. Clinton had received nearly $307,000 from
industry workers and their families and Republican Sen. John McCain, the
likely GOP presidential nominee, received nearly $394,000, according to the
center’s totals.
Two of Obama’s fundraisers are Robert Cavnar, the chairman and chief
executive of Houston-based Mission Resources Corp., and George Kaiser, the
president and CEO of Tulsa-based Kaiser-Francis Oil Co.
Substance Abuse
A widely forwarded e-mail claims that Obama’s bills are more substantive and numerous than Clinton’s. Don’t believe
it.
Obama’s Oil Spill
Obama says he doesn’t take money from oil companies. We say that’s a little too slick.
Barack Hussien Obama
Wright
Rezko
Farrakhan
William Ayers
Black Phanther
Malcolm X
They are the same kind or type of people.
It is up to you now to decide what is best for our country.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_oil_spill.html
Obama is one arrogant P.O.S.
If he is the best we can get then this country is in deep S— I don’t want to see him for one round as president ,TWO?? H— NO!
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=24332
Barack Obama is a white Bill Clinton, they both think women want them.
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11894
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3284825.ece
OBAMA, YOU ARE SO UNEASY ON A ONE TO ONE, YOU SHOULD STICK WITH YOUR STAGED
GATHERINGS AND YOUR PREPARED SCRIPTS… YOU ARE AN EMPTY SUIT, WITHOUT REAL
SUBSTANCE AND WITHOUT INTEGRITY, YOU AND YOUR MENTOR REV. WRIGHT
Well I hear that Barack H. Obama and his wife Michelle love to dance to Jay Z rendition of
99 Problems… The song reminds Obama of the aptitudes of Michelle and what a great gal she is.
And now that she is finally proud of Americans, we think she is a great gal also!
Also, I hear that the American Postal Workers Union’s president William Burrus has supported
Barack H. Obama,
WOW WHAT A SURPRISE William Burmus AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUPPORTING OBAMA
Obama has a slogan “If Your Black, You Better Be For Barack” not original but easy to sing and
dance to!
http://rezkowatch.blogspot.com/2008/02/follow-money-auchis-money-rezkos-lot.html
He might be a good president of his congregation, not much more though.
McCain will win in a landslide, if Obama is the democrat nominee.
Obama Fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKe1gUgX5do&feature=related
Economies are cyclic - a basic fact of life. Get over it.
As for the gentleman’s plant shutting down, and the Bayer plant moving to Mexico - that’s the result of oppresive taxation by liberals in congress. Businesses, like individuals, strive to avoid oppresive taxation.
As for the woman whose house was foreclosed on - that’s the result of not paying one’s mortgage.
Obama is doing what he does best - pandering for political gain.
BTW, Clinton is a political mirror image of Obama.
Wtach this video and it talks about William Ayers and Obama!
Obama has some bad friends people.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JishkSYhx34
what happened when MR.CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE THERE WERE JOBS WERE GOOD PEOPLE HAD MONEY SO WHAT HE GOT SOME IN THE OVAL OFFICE SO DID ABOUT 80%OF THE OTHER PRESIDENTS BUT YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT HE WAS A GOOD PRES.SO WILL HILLARY DO YOU WANT SOME ONE IN THEIR THAT DOES NOT NO THE ECONOMEY OR LIES AND USES HIS RACE CARD OR DO YOU WANT SOMEONE IN THERE THAT CAN RUN THIS COUNTRY THEY ARE ALL EVIL YOU JUST HAVE TO PICK THE LESS OF 3 EVILS
There is a lot talk on this blog about Obama’s associations.
Well McCain is rarely seen without Joe Lieberman.
McCain has close ties to John Kerry and Ted Kennedy.
What does that tell ou about McCain?
Founder Guy what if you had a good job bought a house paid on it for years then your good job shuts down and the area is full of low payiny jobs and you cant pay your bills or house payment is that alright ?But the goverment helps bears and stearn with tax payers money is that fair im just asking?
Kikz,,,,, good job,,, keep posting it everywhere,,, oh yeah, dont forget larry sinclair
Dan that is scary!Makes you wonder what the people are thinking when they vote for MR.Obama and his followers.HE has a lot of bad people as friends.Hillary might have some bad things in her closet but he has a full house full.IT JUST MAKES YOU WONDER!
Pretty arrogant of Obama to be thinking of 2012 already. I for one will NEVER vote for him!
on fox LAST NIGHT IT WAS GOOD THAT THEY STARTED ON HIS WIFE WHY DONT CNN DO THAT ALL I FORGOT THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH OBAMA HE DOES NO WRONG
angry white person -
What do you suppose people did when buggy whips, carriages, and blacksmiths were rendered obsolete by the automobile?
What do you suppose people did when typewriters and mimeographs were rendered obsolete by the personal computer?
As for your second question, the federal government has far exceeded its constitutional authority, but as long as people continue to vote for liberals/socialists, you should expect more bailouts at taxpayer expense.
PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO THE DNC WEB SITE AND ASK FOR OBAMA TO STEP BEFORE HE TEARS THIS COUTRY TOTALLY APART
Comment by Michael in Atlanta
April 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm There is a lot talk on this blog about Obama’s associations.
Well McCain is rarely seen without Joe Lieberman.
McCain has close ties to John Kerry and Ted Kennedy.
What does that tell ou about McCain?
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It tells me he can be bipartisan. It tells me he associates with his peers.
Gosh Michael…your uncanny deductive reasoning has uncovered a McCain conspiracy.
WHAT??? LOOKING FOR TWO YEAR TERM AS PRESIDENT??? WOW!!!
CAN HE BE ELECTED FOR ONE TERM? I DOUBT IT!!!
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE REASON WHY HE CAN’T BE READY EVEN FOR ONE TERM ONLY…
-This is a classic example of OBAMA’s “YES WE CAN XEROX”… No initiatives!!! No readiness and ability in initiating action… CAN THIS BE A GOOD SIGN OF LEADERSHIP???
-Obama who is pretending to be ready AND HAS GOOD JUDGEMENT ON DAY ONE as a commander in chief - has no control at all to his surrogates, who are without discipline…
-”Just yesterday morning, the Obama campaign was privately criticizing Clinton for identifying the Opening Ceremonies as a point of leverage publicly, telling Major Garrett that it removed the ability of the president to use the of a boycott to extract concessions on human rights….”
-And to appear that he too has to say something about the subject… said..
“If the Chinese do not take steps to help stop the genocide in Darfur and to respect the dignity, security, and human rights of the Tibetan people, then the President should boycott the opening ceremonies,” he said. “As I have communicated in public and to the President, it is past time for China to respect the human rights of the Tibetan people, to allow foreign journalists and diplomats access to the region, and to engage the Dalai Lama in meaningful talks about the future of Tibet. I am also deeply concerned about China’s failure to support efforts to halt the genocide in Darfur.”
“Regarding the Beijing Olympics this summer, a boycott of the opening ceremonies should be firmly on the table, but this decision should be made closer to the Games,” he said.
BOOO-HOOO!!! SHAME ON YOU BARRACK!!! YOU COPYCAT!!!
IF YOU ARE NOT SHOWING GOOD LEADERSHIP TO YOUR SURROGATES? HOW CAN YOU SHOW GOOD LEADERSHIP TO THIS HUGE COUNTRY???
VOTE HILLARY CLINTON AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!
Obama-Rezko-Auchi Scandal
Exposed in CQ
Feb. 28, 2008 (EIRNS)—The noted Republican Party strategist and author Richard Whalen, who now writes a regular column for Congressional Quarterly’s online political newsletter, penned a devastating exposé of the Barak Obama-Rezko-Auchi scandal today. The CQ story, titled “Obama and the Billionaire” revealed, “A new headache for Senator Obama has surfaced that could have devastating impact on his presidential campaign. According to The Times of London a British-Iraqi billionaire lent millions of dollars to Obama’s fundraising effort only weeks before an imprudent land deal.”
After quoting extensively from the Feb. 26, 2008 Times of London story, and noting the pro-Obama bias of the U.S. media coverage of Obama’s duel with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, Whalen concluded, “We know less about Barak Obama and his political connections than we have known about any other candidate for the presidency in the past half century…. Obama’s media honeymoon may be over. A veteran journalist who covers Obama regularly provided this snapshot: ‘He’s not at all as he appears on television. he’s cold, distant and tightly wound. But when the red light goes on the TV cameras, he’s all charm and self-discipline in his choice of words. This story,” he ended, “is not going away. The Rezko-Auchi connection is sure to trigger overdue press scrutiny when Rezko’s trial begins on March 3.
Comment by Michael in Atlanta
April 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
There is a lot talk on this blog about Obama’s associations.
Well McCain is rarely seen without Joe Lieberman.
McCain has close ties to John Kerry and Ted Kennedy.
What does that tell ou about McCain?
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Well Michael, at least Lieberman, Kerry and Kennedy haven’t been spewing hate of our country or it’s people. And, I’m sure they’d all agree that it’s NOT ok to bomb the USA!
It’s a good thing that the Earth is round…….most of you people who sent comments are so far to the right that you would fall off the edge if it weren’t! But that figures! You must all be big fans of Mr. Hannity, who is the world’s most arrogant BIGOT (he hates everyone!!!)
Comment by angry white person
April 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO THE DNC WEB SITE AND ASK FOR OBAMA TO STEP BEFORE HE TEARS THIS COUTRY
Is it because he is a Black man?
FOUNDER GUY I NO WHAT YOU MEAN BUT THE IS IT FAIR THEY LOOSE THERE HOUSE IN 6 MONTHS AFTER PAYING FOR YEARS THEY DONT HAVE TO HAVE THERE RATE SO HIGH THEY CANT PAY MAYBE THE BANKS SHOULD SHOW SUPPORT INSTEAD OF BEING SO GREEDY !IM NOT SAYING DONT PAY YOUR HOUSE PAYMENT BUT THE BANK SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM TO HELP THE WORKING PERSON NOT TO RAPE THEM BY NOTING HELPING THEM WHEN TIMES ARE ROUGH PLUS THE GOVERMENT SHOULD STOP THE FACTORIES GOING OVERSEAS I LIVE IN A TOWN WHERE IT TOUGH FOR JOBS WHERE 800 HUNDRED PEOPLE LOST THERE JOBS TO CHINA AND MOST WERE IN THERE 50s THEY WERE TO OLD TO GET NEW JOBS AND START OVER AT THE BOTTOM MOST WOULD NOT EVEN ABLE TO GET INTERVEIWS BECUASE MOST DID NOT HAVE DEGREES OR THEY DID NOT MEET THE JOB SPECTS
No Mary B, I think you need to look at the posts again, MOST are from DEMOCRATS! You know, THE LEFT!
Mary B -
Do you have a point to make?
RECALL OBAMA http://www.committeeforlegislativeaction.org/
Comment by Viv
April 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
McCain will win in a landslide, if Obama is the democrat nominee.
You do realize that it could work the same way if Clinton is the democrat nominee.
TO ALL DEMOCRATS READ THESE FACTS ABOUT GOP PLAN TO DESTROY HILLARY CLINTON>>>
Have you ever wonder ????? READ THESE FACTS>>>
WHY GOP surrogates such as FOX news, and other conservative Media personalities are doing all they can to destroy SENATOR CLINTON CAMP???
- RUSH LIMBAUGH - THE AUTHOR OF “OPERATION CHAOS” -”WHICH VERY PURPOSE IS to make an impression reverse to what was intended” - to trick and produce a perception upon the minds of Democrats supporters that SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON is only winning because of this operation, but in reality is trying to help BARRACK OBAMA to clinch the nomination.
TO ALL DEMOCRATS PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING FACTS>>>
Why the GOP Loves Obama
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:27 PM
By: Christopher Ruddy Article Font Size
Republicans this week are breathing a deep sigh of relief.
What was seen as a washout for them this coming November — with big losses expected in the House and Senate and a catastrophic loss of the White House — is now shaping up to be less ominous.
With the Democrats moving to pick Sen. Barack Obama as their nominee, the Republicans see a real opportunity to keep the Oval Office in GOP hands.
There is no question that the Republicans had viewed Hillary Clinton as the most formidable of the Democratic candidates.
During one of the primary debates, Obama suggested that the Republicans were “comfortable” attacking Hillary, suggesting they actually wanted her to be the nominee. Au contraire.
Republicans were attacking Mrs. Clinton because they believed she would be the nominee. They could hardly foresee Obama’s rise.
Indeed, she was the Democratic front-runner and hence the focus of their attacks. Now, Obama is discovering that he’s the focus of Republican scrutiny, with John McCain highlighting Obama’s accommodationist views with tyrants.
The glee seen in GOP eyes this week can be chalked up to the clearly visible fault lines shaping up for the November election, a seismic battle between McCain and Obama.
There are many reasons the GOP would rather face Obama. Here are some of the best reasons:
Obama is the risky liberal. Every time the Democrats run a liberal like Obama, who the National Journal reports has a 100 percent liberal voting record, they lose.
Remember President McGovern, President Dukakis, President Kerry? Mrs. Clinton, however, has been quite clever in her record and rhetoric to come across as more moderate. In New York state she consistently won hardcore Republican districts in her two Senate races.
A McCain insider told me this week that Obama’s support — for example, for driver’s licenses for illegals — is worth at least “five percentage points in the election.” Mrs. Clinton was smart enough to back away from that hot-button issue.
Obama energizes Democratic voters. It’s been talked about quite a bit that Obama is a charismatic man who energizes young voters. But young voters notoriously don’t vote.
Remember all the hoopla in the last election with MTV and its “Vote or Die” campaign to bring out antiwar young voters for President Kerry?
Indeed, Obama, as the first African-American candidate of a major party, will energize black voters. But don’t the Democrats know that black voters vote as a bloc for them already?
What does Obama actually bring to the table for Democrats? It’s not clear. Mrs. Clinton, as her longtime critic Dick Morris likes to point out, would have most assuredly energized women voters, especially millions of single moms that have never voted before.
Obama’s Latino problem. Clearly Latino or Hispanic voters are shaping up to be the key swing vote in this election, as they have been in recent elections. Some political pundits say George Bush’s come-from-behind win in 2004 was due to the solid 40 percent of Hispanics who voted for him, tipping the election in his favor.
This year was shaping up to be a terrible year for the GOP vis-à-vis Hispanic voters. But in primary after primary, Obama has had great difficulty winning over Latino voters.
Even in Illinois, where he beat Hillary to 2 to 1 in the primary, he only captured 52 percent of his home state’s Hispanic vote.
There are a variety of explanations for Obama’s Latino problem, including the belief there is an ethnic rivalry between Hispanics and blacks. Hispanics would like to see a Latino president in the White House, so the theory goes.
Mrs. Clinton, on the other hand, has done extremely well among Latino voters, perhaps owing to her husband’s likeability among these voters.
The recent primaries show Obama improving with Hispanic voters. Republicans, however, believe the problem with this key group will persist.
And then there is John McCain, who is the one Republican who is very well liked by Latino voters. He’s also a strong leader, which Hispanics respect. He’s pro-immigrant. As we all know, McCain joined Ted Kennedy in backing the recent immigration bill.
There’s little doubt Hillary could keep the Democratic stranglehold on Latino voters. Obama won’t.
Obama’s naiveté. Don’t forget, America is still in a war on terror. It is doubtful America will be tempted to go for an untested leader, no matter how charismatic he may be.
Some have drawn the comparison between Obama and JFK’s election win in 1960 during the height of the Cold War. But the Kennedy-Obama comparison is a weak one. For starters, John Kennedy was a war hero when he was elected president. Obama can make no such claim. Kennedy also had far more Washington experience in Congress and the Senate than Obama.
JFK also had his well-known father Joe at his side. And Democrats like to forget this, but Kennedy outflanked Nixon on defense issues, arguing that Nixon was too soft on communism. Obama’s dovish complaints about the Bush administration being too hawkish on terror won’t resonate with middle-of-the-road voters.
With good reason, the GOP is feeling better, finding its second wind as it coalesces around John McCain.
Despite some differences with the maverick senator, the Republican base will turn out for him. His $12 million fundraising haul for January is just one sign of that.
But there are many other reasons the GOP is more comfortable with Hillary out of the picture and Obama as the nominee.
First, Obama will not be able to lay claim to the good economic times of the 1990s that Bill Clinton presided over, as Hillary can. And Obama will be a nightmare for Democrats with swing voters in key states. Take for example the highly influential Cuban-American vote that Bill Clinton won in 1992 and 1996 — and was the key reason George Bush beat Al Gore.
The Cuban vote has been moving into the Democratic column but they will not go for Obama because he has clearly stated he will open up relations with Castro.
Sen. Clinton’s announced Cuba policies take a hard line, which resonates with these voters. And then there are the key Jewish communities in swing states like Florida and Ohio that are already deeply worried about electing Obama to the presidency.
Obama has talked openly about sitting down — without any preconditions — with Iran’s diabolical leader Ahmadinejad, who just this week referred to Israel as “bacteria” and has said in the past that the Jewish state is a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the map.”
With the McCain campaign blanketing key markets with TV ads featuring “independent Democrat” Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Obama will be in deep trouble.
The Democrats haven’t completely abandoned Hillary. But it sure looks that way.
There’s an oft-quoted saying that the Democrats “fall in love and Republicans fall in line.”
After this November, we may have to change that to “Democrats often like to run off the side of a cliff and the Republicans love to watch them.”
OUR APPEAL TO DNC LEADERSHIP AND ALL SUPERDELEGATES IS TO SUPPORT….
- SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON IF YOU WANT TO WIN BACK THE WHITE HOUSE.
- SUPERDELEGATE SHOULD VOTE BASE ON THE VERY PURPOSE WHY WE CREATED YOU…
- WHICH IS TO ELECT THE MOST ELECTABLE CANDIDATE WHO CAN BEAT GOP CANDIDATE…
- YOUR LOYALTY SHOULD BE FOR THE “PARTY AS A WHOLE” AND NOT FOR ONE PERSON…
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Comment by Red&White&Blue
April 10th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Comment by angry white person
April 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO THE DNC WEB SITE AND ASK FOR OBAMA TO STEP BEFORE HE TEARS THIS COUTRY
Is it because he is a Black man?
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You, Red&White&Blue must be an Obama supporter. I have not seen anyone on these blogs bring race into the discussion unless…………. it’s an Obama supporter.
Most people here feel Obama is not electable because of what he does or doesn not stand for, not the color of his skin. Get a grip!
RED WHITE AND BLUE IT NOT HIS SKIN COLOR IT IS HIS TIES WITH VERY BAD PEOPLE AND THE LIES HE HAS GIVEN IT IS NOT HIS SKIN IT IS HIS WAY OF THINKING AND THE FRIENDS HE KEEPS THAT IS SCARY RACE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
Red&White&Blue -
Oh absolutely! If Clinton is the democrat nominee, the demographic tendencies would make the general election somewhat closer, but McCain would still win.
My earlier comment was focused on OBama, as he was the subject of this article.
Michael in Atlanta, John Kerry, and Ted Kennedy endorsed Obama. What do they have to do with McCain?
THANK YOU VICKI ITS NOT RACE IT IS THE WAY HE THINKS AND THE PEOPLE HE IS CLOSE TO NOT HIS RACE!
angry white person -
There are two plausible reasons for supporting Obama:
1 - An individual affirms socialism over a democratic republic form of government.
2 - The color of his skin.
RJ DO YOU THINK HE WOULD USE HIS RACE CARD?
angry white person -
There are two plausible reasons for supporting Clinton:
1 - An individual affirms socialism over a democratic republic form of government.
2 - Her sex.
I JUST DONT LIKE SOMEONE THAT SAYS GD AMERICA YOU CAN MORE OR LESS SAY HE SAID IT WHY DID HE NOT LEAVE THE CHURCH?FRIENDS WITHKNOWN TERRORIST!OR IT COULD GO ON AND ON THE RACE CARD HAS NOTHING TO WITH IT FROM ME BUT HE DOES SO DOES HIS DRONES!
HIS ON WIFE WILL LOSE HIM THE TICKET!SHE HATES WHITE PEOPLE!WHEN SHE IS IN PUBLIC THERE ARE NO WHITE PEOPLE AROUND HER I WONDER WHY
Angry white person
All Obama surrogates (Al Sharpton, Jackson, et’al.) have planned to use Race Card starting Day one of their campaign because this is their only way to trap democratic electorate…
This is only their best chance to get symphaty!!!
RJ -
Communists were loyal to their party in Soviet Russia, too.
Friendly reminder: if your loyalty lies with a party, rather than your country, your loyalty is blind. That, my friend, is fascism.
EYE ZAC NOT FOR SHE IS A WOMAN SHE HAS THE RIGHT IDEAS AND BILL WILL HELP HER IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE ECONOMEY I NO SHE LIED SHE AINT PERFECT BUT OBAMA LIES ALL THE TIME HE IS A FOLLOWER NOT A LEADER I PICK THE BEST FOR THE JOB TO BAD SHE COULDNT HAVE MCCAIN AS VICE PRESIDENT
FOUNDER GUY BUT RJ SAID THE TRUTH HILLARY HAD TO WATCH HER STEP WITH HIM THAT IS WHY SHE IS LOSING BUT PA WILL SHOW HIM THAT HE WILL BE SLIDING DOWN WHILE SHE WINS THE POLLS SHOW IT DIFFERENT JUST WAIT TILL THE VOTE IN PA HAPPENS REMEMBER IT AINT A CAUCUSS WHERE THE WORKING PEOPLE CANT VOTE SHE WILL HAVE A VERY BIG VICTORY
The most plausible reason for electing Obama is because he is the only candidate that cares about our troops.
Our military is the best at what is does… Our military was never designed for nation building or policing a Civil war. As we should have learned in Vietnam, our military personel are professionals and are the best in the world at defeating any organized threat. Our military is not designed to go after an enemy where there is a significant risk of colateral damage. Whereas our enemy in Vietnam and now Iraq do not care about colateral damage.
The bottom line is our military should have never been put in a situation without clear “military” objectives.
angry white person -
Two points:
1) Would you describe what you mean by “she has the right ideas”.
2) Your acceptance of a chronic liar as presidential material is troubling to me, as an American.
Get em Obama. You are so very presidential.
Founder Guy
You may be right. That’s why i will vote for McCain if Obama win the DNC Nomination…
But The Clintons are proven LOYAL to our Country>>> That’s why we want HER to represent the Democratic Party as the nominee…
angry white person -
Your fundamental inability to understand delegate mathematics is astounding.
This man has got to be out of his mind to really even think he is going to win one term of 4 years.
McCain will be the back bone of Americas Politics.
As Clinton goes so does Santi Flush.
Rj -
Your concept of loyatly disheartens me.
The Clintons’ only loyatly is to money and power. They’re using you, and you don’t recognize it.
OBAMA DOESN’T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY. All he does is copy everything
Hillary says. Our son is in Iraq for the third term. Officer in the Marines. He says,
“NO OBAMA!!!” The nations overseas thinks he is a joke!!!!
SHOWS OBAMA PRAISING THE REV
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4sLjnXxAses
RJ
Clinton and Obama have the same political ideologies - they are both socialists, which is inherently anti-American. It is irrational that you would favor McCain over Obama, but would favor Clinton over McCain.
McCain is wrong about the War and will not get elected for that reason alone.
The only reason he supports the war is because his party erroneously got us in this war and he is attempting to save face.
Two thirds of the country including most republicans are against this war.
Two terms of more tax, more spend and more Washington?…I don’t think so.
OBAMA IS THINKING OF 2012 BECAUSE HE IS SURE HE WILL NOT WIN THE NOMINATION.
HILLARY R. CLINTON WILL BE THE PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS 2009-2012
BUT OBAMA WILL NOT MAKE IT IN 2012 EITHER, HE IS CONTAMINATED AND HAS BEEN
COMPROMISED BY WE ALL KNOW WHOM.
WE WANT A PRESIDENT THAT LOVES AMERICA AND ASSOCIATES WITH LIKE MINDED
INTELLECTUALS AND PATRIOT WHO WILL DEFEND AMERICA FROM ALL ATTACKS AND THAT IS
NOT OBAMA.
Fouder Guy,
You don’t know me and i can tell you many things about CLINTON LOYALTY with facts but i can’t do it for some reason…
I promised!!! You’ll know me when Senator Hillary Clinton wins!
HILLARY CLINTON ‘08
Comment by Michael in Atlanta
April 10th, 2008 at 1:44 pm McCain is wrong about the War and will not get elected for that reason alone.
The only reason he supports the war is because his party erroneously got us in this war and he is attempting to save face.
Two thirds of the country including most republicans are against this war.
……………………………………………
Show me the figures Michael, demonstrate where most republicans are against winning the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.