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DEL.ICIO.USObama going up on television in Georgia — see the ad here
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Barack Obama campaign just confirmed that the Democratic presidential presumptive will be going up on television Friday in 18 states, including Georgia.
It’s the first general election TV ad by a presidential candidate in Georgia.
The 60-second spot is entitled “Country I Love.” Here’s a first look:
In addition to Georgia, the Obama campaign is airing the ad in Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Virginia.
Those familiar with the purchase say it looks to be aimed at rural areas, but you’ll also notice a heavy blue-collar tone. Many of the images were first used in primary states, but they haven’t been seen here.
The TV ad places in a larger picture that radio ad that Obama has just cut for U.S. Rep. John Barrow. Here’s the audio on it, just released.
In the radio ad, this is the active line from Obama: “We’re going to need John Barrow back in Congress to help change Washington and get our country back on track. He’s already standing up to the lobbyists and the Republicans who go right down the line with George Bush.”
Go to the jump for the entire radio script.
OBAMA: “This is Barack Obama, and I want to ask you to join me in supporting Congressman John Barrow for re-election in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, July 15th.
“We’re going to need John Barrow back in Congress to help change Washington and get our country back on track. He’s already standing up to the lobbyists and the Republicans who go right down the line with George Bush.
“Now we need him in Congress to help reduce gasoline prices, provide access to affordable health care for every American, and create good paying jobs here in Georgia and all across our country.
“Together, we can get that done, because John is not afraid to take a tough stand to do what’s right. Again, I’m Barack Obama and I urge you to vote for John Barrow on Tuesday, July 15th. “
BARROW: “I’m Congressman John Barrow, running for re-election, and I approved this message. Announcer: Paid for by Friends of John Barrow.”
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By baron5
June 19, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
Wow Congrats. I see you finally got a scoop on the Obama appearance.
By Dubya
June 19, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
Congress has the authority to reduce gasoline prices? What an asinine plea for votes.
By The Boss
June 19, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Dubya- you’d be surprise what Congress has the authority/means to do
By Obama08
June 19, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
OMG an actual Dubya supporter comes out of the closet. Didn’t think anyone actually liked that guy since he has the lowest approval rating for any US president ever. And yes Congress can reduce gasoline prices by allowing us to look for oil elsewhere and not be so dependent on foreign oil. Maybe you should read up more on current events Dubya before you open your politically incorrect mouth. OBAMA 08!!
By Scooter
June 19, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
Not making excuses, did he really say that in the ad?
People who need their government to provide them with “hope and change” are likely the biggest investors in excuses.
By weights and standards
June 19, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this
may the power of all the people work for the people who work hard every day . New fuels that will put working people back to work. Dem”s and Gop working for the good of the manny and not the few as of old!
By Grift
June 19, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this
So Dubya, if the idea that congress can influence gas prices is assinine why are the right begging them to open Alaska and offshore areas for drilling? That would make no difference right? It would be “Assinine”.
Most agree that part of the problem is a weak dollar (Crude is dealt worldwide in Dollars) so congress can can do nothing about that either?
Please come in Dub, your time is up!
By Jane
June 19, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
Saying it is not doing it. How long has Barrow been in Congress and what is his record? Is he another that votes present?
By GAH
June 19, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
God help us all if, by some fluke, Obama is elected!!!
By Ga Values.
June 19, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
Under Nixon we had price controls but they were a disaster. Congress could reduce the price of gas today by eliminating the $.51 per gallon duty on imported Ethanol but That will never happen. Our Congress is just for sale if you have the price.
By Reborn Republican
June 19, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
Obama…yada yada yada…hope, change…yada yada yada…values…yada yada yada. What a BUNCH OF BALONEY.
By Dubya
June 19, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
Obama08: If Barack has so many great ideas why didn’t he share them with us before. If he’s elected we have same bs we have now with different players. Newsflash: wars make you unpopular. Grift: Learn how to spell. It will add merit to your opinion. Repeat after me, Business drives the United States, not government.
By Tom Ga Hunter
June 19, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this
When I had ECON 101 we were taught that in the free market price was set by demand & the decision to sell was set by cost. I do not think these rules have changed. At the local gas stations the selling price of gas actually dropped today probably because they could not sell it at $4.059.
By Josh
June 19, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Obama08: do you really mean what you say in your post. if you do you should change your name to McCain08 since Obama is opposed to any new drilling, new refineries, nuclear, oil shale. the only thing he wants to do is raise taxes on oil companies like that will do anything.
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 19, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
Scooter said the following
“Not making excuses, did he really say that in the ad?
People who need their government to provide them with “hope and change” are likely the biggest investors in excuses.”
-Scooter we need a government that won’t drag us into trillion dollar wars(ultimately) that should never have been fought. I bet you don’t care that 23 billion dollars in Iraq has been lost, stolen or otherwise unaccounted for.
-The Republican Party has done severe damage to our country and can ultimately claim responsibilty for our recession, failed foreign policy and the general level of discontent in our country.
-Scooter you probably don’t complain too much about the billions we gave to bail out savings and loans fatcats in the 80’s, or the 27 billion given to the now indictment played Bear and Sterns or the 23 billion dollars that the Republican led goverment has lost, had stolen, or can’t account for in Iraq. It’s only when someone who makes a 250,000 or less benefits from the government that people like you complain.
-Because of the damage the morons that Scooter no doubt voted for we could use some “Hope and Change” from our government.
By Tyson
June 19, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
It’s great to share ideas (debate). However, I think that there is one thing we all can agree on…. “We as a Nation are far worst off today, than we were 8 years ago!” That’s not debatable..that’s reality. A smart person once said: “It’s a poor wind that want change”
By Peggy
June 19, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
Michelle unpatriotic….spoiled American whites crack me up. Is it patriotic to manipulate intelligence & start an unjust war and send thousands of American’s soldiers to die? Is outsourcing AMERICAN jobs to India or Mexico patriotic? When Enron & Worldcom employees woke up broke, busted & disgusted with no 401k, was that patriotic? Was America being patriotic when they were throwing stones & shouting racial slurs to CHILDREN while refusing to intergrate southern schools? Then America has the audicity to think that those children who are now Rev’s Wright age have no side effects from the Jim Crow era. Was Michelle’s 1st roommate at Princeton being patriotic after learning that her roommate was black, she & her entire familly demanded a housing change?
Do you think that a child who grew up on the south side of Chicago is going to see America through the same eyes as a child growing up with Cindy McCain’s wealth? Take race out of it, it’s a poor child vs a rich child. Before you judge the Obama’s, you have to understand their life. Not matter how Fox want to spin it, being black in America is a lot different than white.
By Tyson
June 19, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
I agree Peggy… “Being black in America is a lot different from being White” That’s not debatable. As I said before:”It’s a poor wind that want change”
By Tom Ga Hunter
June 19, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
Peggy .. you ought think about getting some help. Being this bitter is not helping you or Obama..we live in the 21th not 19th century.
By The Boss
June 19, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
Amen! Peggy Amen! its A LOT DIFFERENT
By A concerned voter
June 19, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
Obama 08,
I think you should read up. Bush wants to drill in ANWAR, it’s the democrats who stopped it, not the Republicans
By Dubya
June 19, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS: The democrats have a majority in both the House and Senate, yet everything is the Republican Party’s fault? Absolutely Brilliant!! You would make an excellent politician yourself!!
By James
June 19, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
This comment is for Keith. Thank you for showing us all how ignorant and racist you really are. I’m sure you’re a card carrying member of the KKK. Whether you are for or against Obama, calling him a stupid monkey shows a lack of class and an abundance of stupidity. You are truly an example of how America has not come as far we think we have.
By Hmmmmm
June 19, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this
WHAT A JOKE!
By Copyleft
June 19, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
Well, I don’t normally support many incumbents, but if President Obama likes him, Barrow might qualify for an exception.
Heaven knows we don’t need to send more idea-less Republicans to Congress! We’ve seen where THAT gets us.
By A Concerned Voter
June 19, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
Please be careful about voting for someone based on their skin tone, whether it be black or white. Look what happened in Clayton County, the entire elected county officials elected based on race only. Don’t vote because of what they look like, or whether they are Democrat or Republican, vote based on what they have done already, they can say what they are going to do, but politicians go back on their word all the time. So look back, see what they have done, what they voted for or didn’t vote for and let your intellect make the choice not your eyes.
By george
June 19, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
Someone give me one good reason why you would vote for Barack Obama, other than race or polical party.
By Dubya
June 19, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
Earth to James, Earth to James. Nice try.
By ron
June 19, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
as a black male i’m quite disturbed with senator obama’s father day address crticizing black male as not being responsible for their families financially/emotionally.he accused black males of acting like boys rather than men.i will not support obama due to the fact he does not address the black electorate concerns.he takes it for granted that our votes belongs to him automatically without him having to work for the votes.would obama have addressed concerns such as admonishing white males and hispanic males.i think not.he criticizes black males to draw praise from other groups.we as blacks need to view this man as to what he stands for rather than being so gun ho as to having a man of color occupy the white house.
By Thinking About It
June 19, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
Yeah,I agree that being black in America is a lot different. There was a lot awful things done to people as our great country was growing. But now some of the differences for blacks are glaringly obvious.The average black male thinks the world owes everything to him because he is black.He thinks he is not responsible for any of his actions,such as impregnating as many females ,regardless of age ,that he can.Average blacks make up a higher percentage of our welfare load.The mama’s just sit back,dropping kids and collecting their RIGHTFUL money!!! It’s owed to them because they are black. Your average black child can get away with just about anything in school or anywhere esle,because people (whites) are afraid to stand up to them because THAT’S being racist!!!! How many other race’s just look for any reason to start a riot so they can loot and plunder???
Look at how Freaknic finally got out of control.Not just kids having a spring fling,but thug mentality(some student,some others) wanting to harrass and try and take something from someone else!!
The Buckhead bar district was a cool place to be,hangout ,drink and party for years!It was safe.Until the black population of Party goers move in.Then crime ran rampant.Now the move is to shut Buckhead down,because of the crime rate!!!
Need I say more?? There is a lot more,but nobody wants to hear anything negative about our BLACK run city……
By Time for an Overhaul
June 19, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this
There had better be more than hope for a strategy if Obama or McCain get in office.
The rising cost of fuel is doing more than just strangling the US economy. It might not be a good long term strategy to increase our own domestic capabilities, but raising taxes is NOT a strategy either.
WE need to be drilling domestically and simultaneously increasing alternative and more efficient cars NOW! Both Repubs and Dems have had a big hand in creating this mess!!
I haven’t heard either candidate offer up a solution that will help resolve this problem in the near term…if this isn’t resolved soon we can bend over and kiss our butts & economy good bye!
By DWG
June 19, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
Pretty sad when a candidate for the President of the United States of America has to run an ad pledging his allegiance to our country.
Let’s see, who should I vote for? A war hero OR a guy who won’t wear a flag pin or put his hand over his heart during the pledge; his wife, preacher, donors (some), have openly shown disdain for this country.
God bless America!
By Crystal
June 19, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
The father’s day address by Obama is the only thing I have agreed with him on.
By debbie
June 19, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
Gas was $2.58 a gallon when the Dems took over Congress.
If a white Republican attended a racist church like Obama did for 20 years, the manstream media would be raising hell.
You have some say it is different being black. I guess they think it is ok to be a racist if you are black.
It is now ok to vote for someone because of the color of their skin….My, my how things have changed…
Say this out loud:
Obama 08. It’s an Obama-nation (ADBOMINATION)
By Frederick Douglass
June 19, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
Stop hating on the blogger named Dubya. I’ve personally read in these blogs that fifty years from now, Bush will be viewed as being one of America’s greatest presidents, tee- hee-hee.
By Red Man
June 19, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this
Tyson - I think you mean “won’t” change, not “want.” Peggy - there’s some pretty spoiled blacks out there too! What about those of us who are just neither black nor white, as in the indigeneous, original people of this continent or do we not count?
We are a melting pot of peoples in this country and it’s about time this black and white over the top crap ended…As a red man, I for one am sick of it. Talk to me and my people about injustice, let’s compare notes on history. It’s time to move on and get over it!
By Dawn
June 19, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
I am a card carrying Republican, but back in January of this year I decided that Barack Obama was the candidate for me and I still find that to be true. My choice was based on a study of the man, his beliefs, and found out about the journey that lead him to this point in time and history. To all the readers please don’t base your decision on flag pins and preachers. Become an informed voter - research the two candidates and get a fully understanding of where each candidate stands on a variety of issues and make an informed decision.
By Frederick Douglass
June 19, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
Heres to you “Thinking About It”, think about this: Tim McVeigh, Ted Bundy, Richard Speck, Albert Fish, John Wayne Gacy, Mark Barton, Charles Manson, Adolph Hitler, John Eric Armstrong, Jeff Dahmer, Ed Gein, BTK, The Texas Bell Tower shooter, and the list goes on. What do those people have in common, you guessed it, they’re not black. Clean up your own yard before you complain about how scraggly your neighbor’s is.
By DWG
June 19, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this
Ok Dawn. If you are a Republican, and you can see past the flaws I’ve stated above. Here’s one of many examples why Obama is not fit for President. He recently called for a windfall profit tax on big oil companies. Fact: Oil companies are taxed at %45 compared to %30 of other industries. Penalizing companies for profiting is not the answer. Oil companies need profits to - guess what - drill for more oil. Less profits = less oil = higher prices = more dependence on foriegn oil. John McCain has said he wants to start drilling for more oil. Will it have an immediate impact. NO. We need to do it sooner or later. The problem is I’ve been doing my homework and it scares the hell out of me that people will vote for a candidate because of his race and great speeches about “change”!
By Peggy
June 19, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this
HEY DEBBIE……….If Michelle had been Obama’s mistress from his 1st marriage with a prescription drug dependancy, Fox would have 23hrs a day news coverage of that story. Not to mention the poor jilted 1st wife would be on press tour paid for by the lovely GOP.
By GeezG
June 19, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
DWG - I couldn’t agree more. Frederick, if I felt inclined I could provide you with a rather extensive list as well…we could start with some of the gangsta rappers, but let’s not lower ourselves and play that stupid game.
By Tom Ga Hunter
June 19, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this
Peggy ..You had me going there for a while but the fact you watch FOX makes this a joke. I was really worried about you. Are you 1 of those G.T. Republicans that Saxby has sturing up racial hate?
By Debbie
June 19, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this
Fox does bring up Obama’s associations and they are right, or is that Wright, to do so :)
There is an old saying that if you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas. Obama has a lot of fleas on him…
By Debbie
June 19, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
Obama visited 57 states.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobamavideos/youtube/obama-57-states.htm
By Peggy
June 19, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
Tom……….Damn u went there! I can only stomach about 15mins of Fox per day. Seriously, you have to know what your enemy is thinking. Blacks are only a vote away from having their voting rights restricted. It’s not even a law, it’s a voting rights act that was recently extended. AIN’T THAT SOME B S! If the left didn’t watch the right they would paint Obama as a notorious Muslim here to take over America.
Opps……..that’s right, they’re already doing that. I better start watching 20mins a day.
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 19, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
What I find hilarious is that a lot of people on this blog who most likely voted for “W” in 2000 are calling Obama to inexperienced to be President. When “W” was running in 2000 he was quizzed by a journalist on world leaders and he had no clue who most of them were. “W” didn’t know the difference between Shiites and Sunnis until plans were already being moved forward. If you voted for Bush twice you have no right to criticize Obama for inexperience.
By debbie
June 19, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
http://hcsfjm.com/
Hillary Supporters for McCain
By Thinking About It
June 19, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
Frederick—Those people were all hedious ,murderous,wacked out psychos..Yes they were white.I did not say that the average black was any of those things.Now whether any of your characters were on welfare,dropping unwanted children into the world,trying to get something tangible for nothing,I don’t think so…They were just evil beings.Yes they were white,but you’re trying to compare apples and watermelons here….
By DWG
June 19, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
Debbie, that has got to be the ugliest web site since Al Gore invented the internet!
GW may have been inexperienced as well but at least he was president of a really big state! (joke)
By flip wilson
June 19, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this
Debbie, here is one the Hillary voters will really love: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euu_DMhsXQo]
By Peggy
June 19, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
Debbie……..It’s ashamed that in 16 months all the GOP have to talk about is Rev. Wright and one statement by Michelle. The most segregated hours in America are Sunday mornings. That is a 2 sided situation with both at fault.
NOT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE RACIST, BUT ALL RACIST ARE REPUBLICAN
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 19, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EetobKXQsr8&feature=related
Here’s a great clip of McCain confusing Shiites and Sunni terrorist groups.
-I’m a white male and I find it laughable how yall think blacks are blindly following Obama. As late as January Obama was behind against Hillary among black voters in South Carolina and Georgia. Obviously they weren’t blindly voting for the black guy. He had to work hard to win the support of the black community.
*Rasmussen and most of the pollsters are underindexing Obama’s key groups in Geogia in their polls and the Obama people know it.
-18-29 year olds in Georgia are 60-30 in favor of Obama and this group will provide Obama with a couple hundred thousand vote margin on November 3rd. Democrats carried this group nearly 2 to 1 on February 5th and Georgia had the greatest increase in youth voting of all Feb 5th states.
-In 2004 only 52% of registered African Americans voted and this is expected to rist to 80%+ and yeild and extra quarter million votes out of existing registered voters. This is not counting widescale registration drives that Obama is doing statewide. McCain doesn’t have staff here and he probably won’t answer these ads by Obama. BTW, According to Pew Research Obama has now passed McCain in Florida and is leading beyond the margin of error in Ohio and by 12% in Pennsylvania.
McCain can’t afford to fight in Georgia with numbers like this, so Obama will continue to chip away at him and he may pull off a surprise. Either way it’s going to be too close for yall to be acting so arrogant. Most people in the country would disagree with the rhetoric of the conservatives on this blog and I think Georgia’s coming around to.
By Bosch
June 19, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this
Peggy,
I wonder what Fox News would do if Michelle Obama had been caught stealing drugs.
By DWG
June 19, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this
So Rev. Wright is a republican?
By Step Up
June 19, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this
This message is for Ron: My grandmother always said, “A hit dog will holler.” Obviously that old saying fits you. Obama’s message was for the deadbeat dads. If you are taking care of YOUR kids, then he wasn’t speaking to you. However, the number of black men taking care of their kids to the number of any race taking care of their kids is significantly lower. I speak from experience. I have 3 kids and their father refuses to work a job that doesn’t pay cash so he can support his lavish lifestyle and I can’t get any child support. So my advice to you dear Ron: BITE ME.
By Churchill
June 19, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this
Not true Peggy. Not true. Don’t you remember the racist, sexist Democrat Primary? Bill, the first black President, Clinton playing the race card in SC? Do you remember all those racist Democrat voters in TX, OH, PA, WV, and KY that said, in exit polls, that they were voting based on race? Good try Peg, but our memories are not that short. We already know how the Clinton campaign, in NH, handled the news when they found out that Obama delt drugs in college. Remember BET Founder Jordan? How about Clinton campaign chair, Shaheen in NH.? How does it feel to be completely wrong, Peggy? Peace.
By Tom Ga Hunter
June 19, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this
Peggy Why do you see white people as an enemy? You are 1 of Saxby’s shills, your parents would be so sad to know you are wasting your time at college. Be glad you made into Tech, few graduates of Georgia schools can.
By Peggy
June 19, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
Bosch….OMG, I just can’t imagine the things Fox would say if Michelle was the pill popping, husband & drug stealing potential first lady. It just irk certain type of people to know that this Harvard law grad left a $275k/yr job to support her husband.
By Peggy
June 19, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this
Church…All I will say is reading comprehension.
By Tom Ga Hunter
June 19, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this
Peggy ..Tech is an ok school but not in league as Harvard..
By Churchill .. how was school today?? Glad to see you got home..Who is making drinks for you??
By Step Up
June 19, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this
Attention Churchill:
Even with Clinton’s personal blunders, the economy wasn’t in a recession during his term. It’s time for a CHANGE. We have had 8 years of “Republican Run-Down” right into a recession. Now since this fallen economy doesn’t seem to be affecting your pocket, why don’t you share your wealth the jobless, those facing foreclosure, the hungry, those unable to afford medical care, those who can’t afford the gas prices and the poor kids who are suffering because all of the above.
By Crystal
June 19, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this
That is right Peggy. Michelle Obama simply hates America.
By Sam1234
June 19, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this
Obama is a “sleepr” Muslim.
By Step Up
June 19, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this
Crystal: You can’t be serious with that comment?
Sam1234: You’re an idiot. As a matter of fact, you’re probably a “sleepr” Muslim.
By Churchill
June 19, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this
I donate, genrously, to various charities. I will not lectured by a poor lib on giving. I pay taxes, work hard, give back to the community. Besides complain, bash Republicans, and blindly follow some inexperienced Marxist, what do you do, Step up? Peace.
By Sam1234
June 19, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this
I have seen a tape of Mrs. Obama preaching from Rev. Wright’s church blaming whitey for everything under the sun. The rest of the country will see it soon enough. Both Obama’s are America hating terrorist sympathizers.
By Thinking About It
June 19, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this
Not all welfare receipients are black,but they are Democrats..Got to keep that free stuff coming to to the POOR..As long as the government will take it away from someone else!!
Obama and Hillary both swore they would increase the middle class in America.They would do it by increasing the taxes on the upper class.What they did not want you to know,is the reason the middle class was decreasing in size,was because more middle class citizens had managed to move up a notch or two ,into the upper class.Not the opposite like they would have you believe.But the Democrats are determined to push eveyone back down and keep us dependent on Big Brother!!
Go ahead people.Put Obama in office.That is just what the Islamic terrorists need.One of there own controlling the Country that they hate the most!!
By Frederick Douglass
June 19, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this
Randall Woodfield, Aileen Wuornos, Albert De Salvo, Wayne Adam Ford, Gerald Gallego Jr.,Kristen Gilbert, Harvey Glatman, Jeffrey Gorton, Robert Hansen, Belle Gunness,Keith Hunter Jesperson, Patrick Kearney( not the Falcon), Edmund Kemper, and Randy Kraft. That’s a Dadgum lotta deviants. More to come later.
By Step Up
June 19, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this
Churchill, may God have mercy on your pompous soul.
My Resume -Work 40 hours per week -Volunteer for church community board -Keep 2 infants and 3 toddlers 3 evenings per week so their mothers can attend night school, no charge -Assist with local meals on wheels program on a one week per month rotational basis -Visit the sick and shut in members of my church every Sunday -Inspirational speaker
And that does not include my role as a Wife, Mother and Friend to those in need.
By GeezG
June 19, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this
Frederick - you need to get a life and a job.
By Thinking About It
June 19, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this
Now,now,Sam1234…You know as well as the rest of us that the white folks have done everything in their power and then some to keep the poor pitiful blacks surpressed..Rev Wright had all the evidence..Bush and the whites created the aids virus just to get rid of the black men,since such a large percentage of them enjoy “going down low”,just like Bush and the white wealthy managed to steer Katrina right into New Orleans.Then they blew up the levees..But it was funny to see the number of people pushing their rafts or anything that would float with their looted goodies,flat screen tv’s,cases and cases of liquor and numerous pairs of designer jeans!!!!
Then they trashed the super dome and anywhere else they were sent to live……
By Thinking About It
June 19, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this
OK Frederick,I have to assume that all of those people were serial killers,axe murderers or something of that horrendous nature..And I guess they were white?? What is the moral behind your list?? There is a plethora of deviants in this world,black and white..We have a real good one right here in hometown Atlanta. A guy named Nichols that killed several people in cold blood right in a courthouse where he was on trial for rape!! And it will cost untold millions (for the greedy lawyers and because of the rights whiners) for this bottom feeder to get a trial.And then millions more to keep him in jail.All of that money will come from you and I.
I’m sorry,I digress..
What was your point with the deviant list???
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 19, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this
Thinking About It “Not all welfare receipients are black,but they are Democrats..Got to keep that free stuff coming to to the POOR..As long as the government will take it away from someone else!!”
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t care about the trillion dollars that the unnessasary war in Iraq will ultimately cost this country.
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t know that blacks are porportionately represented in the miltary with black women outnumbering white women porportionately by a large amount.
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t know that the welfare rolls have been significantly reduced since 1996 welfare reform signed by Bill Clinton
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t know that less than 10% of the federal budget goes to social welfare.
-I bet thinking about it b*** that Democrats wanted to give home owners 2.1 billion to help with the mortgage crisis(only for their primary residence), but he doesn’t care that the recently indictment plagued Bear Sterns got 27 billion from the federal government.
-Thinking about is like a lot of bone head conservatives in Georgia. He probably doesn’t care that the Bush Administration has lost 23 billion in Iraq. It’s lost, stolen or unaccounted for, but who cares because thinking about it and his ilk only b*** when poor people take advantage of the system.
-BTW, I’m a white male and I don’t draw a check from the government.
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 19, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this
Thinking About It “Not all welfare receipients are black,but they are Democrats..Got to keep that free stuff coming to to the POOR..As long as the government will take it away from someone else!!”
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t care about the trillion dollars that the unnessasary war in Iraq will ultimately cost this country.
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t know that blacks are porportionately represented in the miltary with black women outnumbering white women porportionately by a large amount.
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t know that the welfare rolls have been significantly reduced since 1996 welfare reform signed by Bill Clinton
-I bet thinking about it doesn’t know that less than 10% of the federal budget goes to social welfare.
-I bet thinking about it b*** that Democrats wanted to give home owners 2.1 billion to help with the mortgage crisis(only for their primary residence), but he doesn’t care that the recently indictment plagued Bear Sterns got 27 billion from the federal government.
-Thinking about is like a lot of bone head conservatives in Georgia. He probably doesn’t care that the Bush Administration has lost 23 billion in Iraq. It’s lost, stolen or unaccounted for, but who cares because thinking about it and his ilk only b*** when poor people take advantage of the system.
-BTW, I’m a white male and I don’t draw a check from the government.
By Sam1234
June 19, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this
Obama is a “sleeper” Muslim. That is why he freaked out when two muslim chicks in head scarves tried to sit behind them. He is scared that the truth gets out.
By D'angelo
June 19, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this
In the still shot of the video, Obama looks like Roger from What’s Happenin’. Don’t ya’ll think.
By Evelyn
June 19, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this
Wow, okay, now there is an ad. Winner!
By Frederick Douglass
June 19, 2008 7:50 PM | Link to this
Gary Hylton, Paul John Knowles, Peter Kudzinowski, Leonard Lake, Henry Lee Lucas, Joseph Paul Franklin, Richard Chase, Arthur Gary Bishop, Paul Bernardo, Caril Fugate, Tommy Lynn Sells, Cary Stayner, Michael Swango, Fred and Rose West, Charlie Starkweather, The Unabomber,Eric Rudolph, Karla Homolka, Kenneth Bianchi, and Angelo Buono. My point, these are domestically grown serial killers.So many people expend an inordinate amount of time being superior to other people that they fail to see who they’re rearing in their own homes. I’ll continue to update my list in real time.
By Thinking About It
June 19, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this
For Yall, I care about the money spent on the war on terrorism,but I don’t want the islamic terrorists over HERE taking away Our rights.
I’m not sure what I’m missing with (I bet thinking about it doesn’t know that blacks are porportionately represented in the miltary with black women outnumbering white women porportionately by a large amount.) Our armed forces are all volunteer,and are some of the finest and most well educated individuals in the country. I am very proud for what they have done..
Despite War Costs, Defense Spending Falls Below Historical Average..
At 4 percent of GDP, defense spending is 1.5 percentage points of GDP below the 45-year historical average and well below Cold War and Vietnam War levels.(Source:The Herritage Foundation)
I am proud that the welfare rolls have been trimmed of some of the deadbeats,crackheads and leeches.Even if the crime rate did rise a little while the leechs had to agjust to not getting a free check every month. I’m proud Slick Willy was able to keep his pants up long enough to address that.I just widh he had done more to protect us against terroris (The bombing at TWC,the attack on the USS COLE, etc)
I believe the percentage is closer to 20% on welfare,but I’d have to reasearch to make sure.I’ll have to believe Yall.
The Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department have orchestrated the rescue of Bear Stearns. The defenders of that maneuver argue that if Bear Stearns had failed it would have created a lot of collateral damage, so much collateral damage, that you and I, normal folk who don’t know anything about high-falutin’ financial instruments like “collateralized debt obligations” would have been engulfed as well. If Bear Stearns had gone bankrupt, Lehman Brothers might have been next.(Source:NPR (National Public Radio)
How far would the ripple effecthave gone??
And the bailout for individual mortgaes. The gov’t pushed lenders into making the subprime loans at th insistence of thr groups wanting homes available to everyone.By pushing this onto the lenders,people with limited funds,no jobs or welfare only incomes,could buy a home at an inflated appraisal with less qualifying. KABOOM a chicken in every pot and mor votes for the donkey people helping out THE POOR!!!
And I do not object to anyone POOR or otherwise getting ahead and making a better life for themselves. I just don’t want it done the same way as it is done in Communist,Socialistic areans. Taking from the more well off and redistributing to the bottom feeders.
And I am male,white,retired after 33 yrs in communications world(hourly,rank and file worker),small business owner(just ME),with no retirement (lost in tech crash and bad decisions) and NO help from the government.So I don’t owe the donkey people my vote for anything…..
I go now……
By Thinking About It
June 19, 2008 8:07 PM | Link to this
ok, Frederick,I think I see the point you’re trying to make..I admit we have had some real slime balls here in our own country.And they all need a quick bullet to take them out of our lives so we can be safer..I still miss the point about the being superior to other people.Quite honestly,I do feel superior to terrorist that kill and maim innocent children!!!!
By TW
June 19, 2008 8:07 PM | Link to this
The true republican sentiment toward Obama should not be measured in the fire from their mouths, but in the money they don’t give to McSame.
Put up or shut up. We already know, after eight years, that the GOP is a loser - let’s not make it a whiny loser.
By Frederick Douglass
June 19, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this
Fortunately my list for awful presidents is very short, (1) George Walker Bush.
By Jesse Benjamin
June 19, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this
Hussein Obama cannot explain his muslime connection, why he used to be known as Barry Sotero, nor his illegitimate birth. In fact, the only question for the hoopball master is if he smokes Kool or Newport.
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 19, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/06/19/mccainobamageorgia.html?cxntlid=homepagetabnewstab
How do yall like this new poll that shows Obama and McCain essentially tied? After this run of ads Obama might be leading the polls in Georgia!
*Jesse are you a troll? If not it’s people like you that are helping to drive independents in Georgia and moderate Republicans into Obama’s camp.
By obamanation
June 19, 2008 10:37 PM | Link to this
Obama will not win in November because all he has to offer are the failed socialist ideas that Europe is now having to run away from.
The Democrats have nominated the least qualified candidate for President in modern history. I have to think that the majority of Americans will come to this conclusion as they begin to pay attention and come to know his extreme radical views.
Should he be successful, however, it will signal the beginning of the end of the greatest country this world has ever known.
By Debbie
June 20, 2008 7:29 AM | Link to this
Polls at this stage mean nothing. four years ago Kerry was ahead, 8 years ago Gore was ahead, in 1992 Ross Perot was ahead, and in 1988 Dukakis was 17 points ahead of Bush.
The ads the 527 groups will run in October will have a massive impact.
Barr has cut into McCain’s lead in Georgia, but that will not hold. I had a man tell me that he has voted Democrat for 40 years but he is voting for McCain this time..
Dick Morris article:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publiccontent/politicalcommentary/commentarybydickmorris/mccainscoreswithoffshoredrillingproposal
By Debbie
June 20, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this
Public Perceptions of Obama and McCain Shifting Rapidly
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publiccontent/politics/election20082/2008presidentialelection/publicperceptionsofobamaandmccainshifting_rapidly
In December, before the Iowa caucuses launched Obama’s successful campaign for the nomination, the Illinois Senator was seen as politically liberal by 47% of voters nationwide. By April, that number had grown to 54%. Today, 67% see him as politically liberal including 36% who say he is Very Liberal.
A similar pattern is seen for John McCain. The presumptive Republican nominee was seen as politically conservative by 31% of all voters in December, by 41% in April, and by 67% today. Just 19% say he is Very Conservative.
These numbers reflect much more movement than was seen by the more established candidates running four years ago. While the number seeing Obama as liberal has already shifted by twenty percentage points, John Kerry’s numbers shifted just eight points in a roughly comparable time frame. Kerry was seen as politically liberal by 37% in January 2004 and by 45% in May 2004. By the end of Election 2004, 53% saw Kerry as politically liberal.
Where do the voters stand in all of this? Thirty-six percent (36%) say they are politically conservative, including 16% who say they are Very Conservative. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say they are politically moderate and 25% claim to be politically liberal. That last figure includes 8% who are Very Liberal.
By Debbie
June 20, 2008 7:37 AM | Link to this
Conflicting reports about Obama’s religion. Read the entire article. I have included only snip its
http://web.israelinsider.com/views/12917.htm
First is his childhood background. Last November, his campaign website carried a statement with the headline:
Barack Obama Is Not and Has Never Been a Muslim
followed by
Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian.
Obama has also said:
I’ve always been a Christian
and
I’ve never practised Islam. But none of this is true. As is explored in detail on Daniel Pipes’s website, Obama was enrolled at his primary schools in Indonesia as a Muslim; he attended the mosque during that period; his friends from that time testify that he was a devout Muslim boy. A former teacher at one of these schools, Tine Hahiyary, remembers a young Obama who was quite religious and actively took part in “mengaji” classes which teach how to read the Koran in Arabic. The blogger from Indonesia who reported this commented:
“Mengagi” is a word and a term that is accorded the highest value and status in the mindset of fundamentalist societies here in Southeast Asia. To put it quite simply, “mengaji classes” are not something that a non practicing or so-called moderate Muslim family would ever send their child to… The fact that Obama had attended mengaji classes is well known in Indonesia and has left many there wondering just when Obama is going to come out of the closet.
His father was a Muslim, as was his stepfather. His grandfather was a Muslim convert. His wider family appear to have been largely devout Muslims. Yes, we only know about Obama?s early years as a Muslim; and yes, twenty years ago he became a Christian. The issue, however, is why he has been less than candid about his early background and his family. Indeed, he appears to have actively deceived the public about it. That is why the blogosphere is so exercised about it.
By Sam1234
June 20, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
Obama is a “sleeper” Muslim. I have no doubt. Look at his background. Look at his reluctance to leave a hate filled, quasi-Christian, Calypso Louie Faraahkan supporting, America loathing, crazy eyed preacher church of his. There is no Christianity being taught in that place, for sure. If he was a Christian it would not have taken 20 years to reject that Islam-lite, hate filled doctrine. Like I said… I have no doubt the man is a Muslim. He wouldn’t know Christianity if it came right up and shook his bony hand.
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 20, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
Whether or not you think Obama is a muslim is a white trash test. If you believe it or even think it might be true you are 100% certified white trash.
Furthermore, it’s in the Constitution of the United States that there is to be no religious test for office. Obviously, voters are free to to do that, but this religious test “voters” are putting on candidates is a relatively new phenomenon, much like the revisionist history of the religious right. It’s people who manipulating Christinaity and mixing it with fringe right politics who are driving this b****** about Obama.
John and John Quincy Adams were Unitarians, Jefferson a deist and Madison and Monroe weren’t far from it, William Howard Taft was also a Unitarian. Our country didn’t seem to have a problem electing people with differing religious views until recent decades.
Obama isn’t a muslim or atheist, but it shouldn’t matter that much if he was. At least that kind of stuff didn’t matter that much from the founding of this country to the rise of the religious right in the 1970’s.
By Shimaa Abdelfadeel
June 20, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
America divest Israel! Annihilate the Jews! Vote for our brother Hussein Obama! The 1st Muslim POTUS! Praise be to Allah! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA! [shoots rifle]
By McCain 08
June 20, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs&feature=related
Here’s a clip that really puts Obama in his place.
By Copyleft
June 20, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
The Oval Office?
By Mary
June 20, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
Do you have to be a Christian as a child to be a Christian now? That’s not how I thought it worked. I was baptised at 27, I thought that made me equal with any other Christian who had been in the flock since the age of three months. According to some of you the fact that Obama became a Christian 20 years ago isn’t good enough. In Africa a Muslim school may have been the only school option. In Boston or Chicago many children attend Catholic schools because they are better than the public schools, they may participate but they don’t have to be Catholic.
By Job
June 20, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this
Y’all are getting nervous, I think I’d like to be your friend!
I can be proud of America and still be embarassed by American arrogance. I can love my country and still hate the foreign policy decisions of this government. I can love the American Dream and still fight against the culture of poverty in this country that kills it. For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country for finally recognizing that the talking heads of the right aren’t helping. The rhetoric is out of control and we need a leader who will lead with compassion and truth and understanding and unite this country. Obama ‘08
By DH
June 20, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this
So the typical atypical politician is courting his white relatives now, all of a sudden the half-white part of Obama is manifesting itself. Oh my, what timing! He drug out all the old snapshots of him with any white people and himself that Kodac captured in his youth. His people asked two Muslim women in a photo shoot in Detroit not to sit directly behind Obama so photographs of him in a picture with two women in headscarfs would not be circulated on the internet. This is inclusive? There is no change to Obama; Obama is the typical politician saying and doing anything to get elected and so many fools are drinking the koolaide. Now they’re busy doing a softening and makeover on his bitter half, making her scoul less meaner looking and trying to make a rattlesnake look cozy, warm and fuzzy. There is no change about Obama, he is as Washington DC insider as they come and his refusal this early in the game to use federal funding shows what a flip flop and liar he is. He is another slick Willie Clinton in the making. The Obama campaign is a carbon copy of the first Clinton campaign but the scary thing is that Obama doesn’t have a tenth of the smarts the Clintons had, all he shares is the ambition without the brains. We’re in for a helluva a ride…….right off the edge of the cliff.
By No such thing
June 20, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
You are either white or black, you are not…and I repeat…are not an African Amercian if you were born in the US, do not own a visa and have never stepped foot in Africa. You can wear a fro thats 36 inches wide, have a bone in your nose, carry a spear and wear rings around your neck and hunt animals in the bush country and you are still a black person that lives in the US so please stop with this African Amercian bullchit. If you have never been off the bus and never left Clayton County, you’re NOT African Amercian. You probably couldn’t name four countries in Africa if your life depended on it. But, yes…you’re all Obama supporters….dumb comes in clusters. Ya’ll join hands!
By YALL ARE GETTING NERVOUS
June 20, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
DH,
The last time I checked Iowa wasn’t that diverse and Obama did pretty well there. Obama is not injecting race into this campaign. It was other people both Democrats and Republicans who tried “Darken” Obama. The fact is he lived with his white grandparents from the time he was 9 until college. He is married to an African American women from the southside of the Chicage. He has had authetic black and white experience in America. DH you’re typical of a lot people on this board. People like you are just like the black activists you claim to hate in that you are consumed by race. America needs to move forward with race relations. Obama’s election will be a big step forward. He’s not exactly been uncritical of the African American community. Obama isn’t running as the black candidate. He is authetically black and white and I think that’s a lot of his appeal. The problem for him is that fringe right lunatics want to paint him as a closest muslim/black nationalist/america hater. That level of argument belongs more in a middle school lunch room, rather than a blog among adults.
By Jarf
June 20, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this
I’m sick of the blame Republicans are trying to put on the Democrats for the high gas prices. The only ones to blame here are oil companies and speculators.
Fact: Morgan Stanley owns the most oil in the world and effectively are artificially raising oil prices by “forecasting” oil futures and bidding prices up.
Fact: U.S. oil companies are already leasing thousands of proven well sites both on-shore and off-shore in the US, and are sitting on it. They like to blame environmentalists on denying permits to increase capacity, but only 1 refinery application has been requested in the last 25 years and it has been granted! They already have plenty of access to oil here but are sitting on it to keep the price from falling. They also have no rigs available to acquire it and no additional tankers to transport it. The idea that Republicans OR Democrats are to blame is silly. When they decide to invest in the assets they already have, then we can discuss offshore drilling, etc.
By Vote Yes For Obama
June 20, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
DH: You’re an idiot. Obama is nothing like the Clintons. He has the ambition and knowledge to help make this country great again.
No Such Thing: You’re an idiot also. A black person can be black or African American, whichever they choose to go by.
By mg
June 20, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this
Of course he attended Islamic school in Indonesia. It’s the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. It’s absurd to extrapolate his religious identity based on attending school as a boy in Indonesia.
Also - do each of you practice the same religion of your parents and grandparents? Do you adhere to the same beliefs of those who came two generations before you? Do you follow the same political affiliations?
Is it that hard to believe that Barack Obama may simply be someone who lived in a Muslim country as a boy but is an American who practices Christianity? I studied in France for years and I most certainly am not a Catholic.
Let’s challenge ourselves to appreciate the nuances in each others lives rather than buying into the propaganda.
By Sam1234
June 20, 2008 7:06 PM | Link to this
Nuance, Schmoouance. Most people agree that Obama is the only Muslim candidate for President. The reason Obama may have a slight lead in polls is because of the current rate of Muslim activism. The muslims love Obama. That worries me.
By Abe
June 20, 2008 10:18 PM | Link to this
Parroting Michelle, Job said “For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country…”. How original.
Remember the next time someone calls you unpatriotic [and worse], you’ve earned every bit of it. Some of us have fathers who were killed or wounded in wars on foreign soil and resent your Hate America First attitude.
You wouldn’t know truth if it hit you upside your nattily attired head.
By Churchill
June 20, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this
Abe,…”nattily” instead of na^^y. Very clever. I get your point, the lady can dress. But you will be misinterpreted. And on purpose, might I add. Well done. Unfortunately most who frequent this blog will not note the distinction. Peace.
By Will Jones
June 21, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
John Barrow must have some redeeming qualities to be so blessed by Barack Obama.
With Dale Cardwell in the Senate and Mabel Thomas from Atlanta in the House, Georgia must now take its proper place - the front rank - in restoring righteousness to America.
By Hairy Rhodes Palmcumsteinski
June 21, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this
Abe@Church,
Michelle’s qoute hits home 4 u 2 puds, ‘cause that’s what your wives said the 1st time they got laid proper by the man u keep down with your oppressive phobic tiny minds
By bruce becker
June 22, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
I am appalled that people complain that Obama actually has new ideas and can speak about them. What is the alternative, a president who needs his vice president and advisors to do his thinking for him! You see what that got Bush into. At least in Bush’s case, it was kind of convenient. He fires Rove and Rumsfeld, it was all their fault we didnt win the war we already declared we won. You dont need experience at repeating the same dumb mistakes we always did. We need someone bright enough to see past the usual ways of doing things. I love Obama’s plan for medical system improvement. You put the whole negotiation on TV, so the interest groups cannot do their nasty thing behind closed doors. That’s what stopped Hillary. I love the right wing ‘take’ on Obama, that he is socialist. The alternative is to leave millions of people with no coverage. Charming for supposedly Christian people. They seem to forget Christianity the minute they walk out the church door. Remember, we can lift up those less fortunate than ourselves. It does mean that persons making over $250K per year will pay more social security tax than persons making $50K. See? And Obama also speaks the news that he will lower taxes on those families that are under the poverty limit set by Bush’s staff. It makes no sense for us to tax the 10 million who live below the poverty level. Yes, that is probably socialist, and if you are actually Christians, not just in name only, this is how you should be: take care of those less fortunate. As things are set up now, the Reagan trickle down tax theory, that Bush I called VOODOO economics, is in full effect. In voodoo economics, Bush II gives a tax CUT to the 1% making the most. Obama will end that tax cut and hand it to the officially poor making less than the federal standard for ‘below poverty’. Thank you Obama, for decency and honesty about thsi issue. Let’s support Obama with registration drives and our votes.
By bruce becker
June 22, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this
I am appalled that people complain that Obama actually has new ideas and can speak about them. What is the alternative, a president who needs his vice president and advisors to do his thinking for him! You see what that got Bush into. At least in Bush’s case, it was kind of convenient. He fires Rove and Rumsfeld, it was all their fault we didnt win the war we already declared we won. You dont need experience at repeating the same dumb mistakes we always did. We need someone bright enough to see past the usual ways of doing things. I love Obama’s plan for medical system improvement. You put the whole negotiation on TV, so the interest groups cannot do their nasty thing behind closed doors. That’s what stopped Hillary. I love the right wing ‘take’ on Obama, that he is socialist. The alternative is to leave millions of people with no coverage. Charming for supposedly Christian people. They seem to forget Christianity the minute they walk out the church door. Remember, we can lift up those less fortunate than ourselves. It does mean that persons making over $250K per year will pay more social security tax than persons making $50K. See? And Obama also speaks the news that he will lower taxes on those families that are under the poverty limit set by Bush’s staff. It makes no sense for us to tax the 10 million who live below the poverty level. Yes, that is probably socialist, and if you are actually Christians, not just in name only, this is how you should be: take care of those less fortunate. As things are set up now, the Reagan trickle down tax theory, that Bush I called VOODOO economics, is in full effect. In voodoo economics, Bush II gives a tax CUT to the 1% making the most. Obama will end that tax cut and hand it to the officially poor making less than the federal standard for ‘below poverty’. Thank you Obama, for decency and honesty about this tax issue. Let’s support Obama with registration drives and our votes.
By bruce becker
June 22, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
I like the one from the guy who said he lost his retirement in the “tech crash”. Another way of saying that is that he lost his personal fortune by gambling, only he didnt get free drinks in Vegas while he lost his shirt. Remember when Bush I wanted to take away social security and make young people invest in the stock market? Now you can see how that would have worked out. We need to support the social security system for everyone.
By bruce becker
June 22, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Above, there’s a post full of lies and innuendo, the mark of the right wing, with no sense of honesty, mere propaganda. Let’s take a look these false claims: “Nuance, Schmoouance. Most people agree that Obama is the only Muslim candidate for President. The reason Obama may have a slight lead in polls is because of the current rate of Muslim activism. The muslims love Obama. That worries me. 1. “Most” people do not agree that Obama is a Muslim. While right wing lies have circulated on this blog for a year only 10% of the public believes that lie. 2. Muslim activism has no bearing on the polls in states where there are no Muslims. Only Michigan has significant number of non-black Muslims.
3. It worries the author that Muslims love Obama. Is that true? Or is the point to make other’s worry? And worry about what, specifically? Anyone notice that in some Muslim countries, there is now a receptivity to the US that Bush was not able to accomplish by war! Would it really worry you if we have to have peace in the middle east? This last one is the typical worst case right wing claim. They are vaguely worried about something with no reason behind it, just to amp up the anxiety in racist, prejudiced people. 4, Finally, the best part, the opening remark, “Nuance, schmooance”. They mean, dont bother my pretty little head with subtle distinctions. They are apparently not capable of discriminating between fine points. Only able to be hit upon the head with a blunt instrument. Ok, try this, you are demonstrating the need for IQ testing to be allowed to register to vote. If you cannot make fine distinctions you will forever damn this country to be led by the nose by demagogues and you and your kind will vote in monsters who do treason in your name, such as Bush II, willing to use lies to the Senate and false insinuation, like your post is, to win a vote. Fie on you. Go back to Russia, where your kind is STILL welcome. This is a democracy and you still have to think.
By Sam1234
June 22, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
Barack Obama is a “sleeper Muslim.” Nuff’ nuamce for you? How do you know that he isn’t a Muslim. Beacuse he said so? He also said that he would participate in public financing. He lied about that. Obama is no different than any other politician. This “change” mess is garbage.
By hmmm
June 23, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
They can also be white and be African American. I have a number of Jewish friends born in South Africa, living in the US and now citizens…