McCain is working for our votes - Obama Isn’t
By Owl06 on June 15, 2008 at 1:40 PM in Barack Obama, DNC, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Obama's Thugs
It has come to my attention that John McCain is actively meeting (in private one-on-one meetings and conference calls) with Clinton supporters, including women’s and GBLT groups. Senator Obama isn’t lifting a finger, and his high-level campaign folks are simply assuming that everyone is going to fall in line.
Democrats are not necessarily going to vote for McCain, but in a close election every vote counts. The fact is that many people are pissed off at the DNC and do not feel that Obama can win in November nor that he is qualified or trustworthy enough to be President. McCain can exploit that.
On a recent conference call that John McCain moderated himself, explicitly stated that he is a “fan of” Sandra Day O’Connor while not going so far as to say that he will nominate judges that will respect stari decisis and honor Roe v Wade. The danger is that he could meet the “good enough” threshold. He is also earning people’s respect.
Compound that with the brown shirt tactics that are being used to suppress anyone that expresses anything other than 100% orthodoxy and a shit storm is brewing.
In fact, it reminds me of when the neocons took over the republican party and silenced moderates.
This is troubling to me; arrogance does not win people over. Hell, Obama was out golfing during Hillary’s concession speech. Bullying does not win people over either. I’m not won over, but I will not vote for the old man because he backs awful policies.
I sincerely hope that the Obama campaign stops resting in its laurels and pays more than lip service to uniting the party. Wake up Senator Obama - we need to win back the White House, and that takes hard work.
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SusanUnPC’s note: Owl06 originally published this story at Alegre’s Corner blog || Many of our longtime readers have read and enjoyed Alegre’s many posts here as well as Owl06’s posts here.
“Hell, Obama was out golfing during Hillary’s concession speech. ”
Does that even mean anything?
It does to her supporters. It showed a lack of interest/respect. I guess you have to understand the concept to grasp it?
“Present”
beebop - I am voting for McCain based on his lifetime of service to this country as opposed to the Rap King with the finger problem. With everyday that goes by I find him less like a President and more like the radical his mentors taught him to be.
LOL - you speak for me S Hall.
“Wake up Senator Obama - we need to win back the White House, and that takes hard work.”
Since when are we running pro obama articles on the server?
yeah, what up with this?
I voted for George W. Bush, but I actually thought that Hillary would have made a pretty good President. The woman is smart. (smarter than Obama or McCain in my opinion.) You Hillary supporters, consider this. McCain is old, he won’t be serving more than one term, if he even makes it through one term. Hillary can run in 4 years again, she’ll only be 64. Hillary is one tough woman, I am in my 40’s and really admire her gutsy campaigning and how she refused to give up. I actually could see her as McCain’s running mate, but I know the Republicans wouldn’t go for that, or would they? As far as the health plan Hillary proposed, I am having second thoughts about Univ. health care. Maybe it’s not such a bad idea, why should people lose their life savings in middle age if they become seriously ill? (women like Elizabeth Edwards who get breast cancer, they can lose their jobs or have to work while they are sick.) What about a plan where Middle Aged Americans were offered a way to buy into Medicare before age 65? We pay for our car insurance, why not pay into medicare if we don’t have insurance through our job. It could be an option. Also, McCain wants to give a tax credit of $2,500 per person or something to offset paying for health insurance. (What is medicare worth in dollars per month I wonder?)That would lower the cost to the gov’t because there would be younger, healthier people in the gov’t pool. It could work the way that the Fed. Flood Ins. Program works, but you would have to buy into it. This might even help out the gov’t Medicare plan which is stressed by the baby boomers becoming eligible for Medicare starting this year. Also, we need to do more drilling for oil in this country off our coasts. I wish John McCain would push for this. This is a very important issue for middle class voters, the cost of gasoline. Canada is drilling for oil and they are now mining their shale oil (American Union Carpenters are going to Canada to do this work). We get much of our oil from Canada. We need to become more independent of OPEC and oil from countries in the Middle East. As far as windfall profits on oil companies are concerned, it is doubtful this would work (economists have said so already, it was tried by Jimmy Carter, did not work). The oil companies would drill less if they had to pay a windfall profit. People (and companies) become less productive if they are punished for being sucessful. We need to start drilling to kill the speculators from bidding up the price of oil so much. Demand has gone down due to people driving less, also we are starting a recession.
I think if he had been giving a speech or something then, he would have been accused of trying to step on her story. It was best that he gave her the entire day to herself. I think that was very respectful of Senator Clinton, her supporters, and the public.
Respectful?? How is it respectful that you’re out golfing when your DEM rival is trying to get her supporters to vote for you?
See here’s what he and the DNC thinks, everyone is going to fall inline and vote for him. But I’m banking a lot of people are just going to stay home that day.
Don’t bother calling us.. everyone’s out “sick”.
You see, Reader, one of barack Obama’s biggest problems is, frankly, assholes like you.
No, actually, one of Obama’s biggest problems is disrespectful people like you who don’t know that first letters of proper names are capitalized.
Sorry…I was replying to the wrong person, UW. Got confused for a minute. Too much reading about the “Anointed One” has given me a brain cramp. Big oops.
It means that a public “Thank you” that day or within the last week for his endorsement by Hillary Clinton would have been nice. Saying the obvious, that she was a formidable candidate, is not a thank you as he has offered numerous other backers.
It is not Hillary’s job to sell us on Obama. It is his job. He had ample power, to get a public statement thanking Hillary on the MSM. He did not make or take the time to do this, which was really bad strategy. He gave McCain space and time to seek Hillary’s supporters support.
Sorry, no sale. My vote is not for sale, Barack. I want you out of public life. You are a lying manipulator who has control over the media and who has taken over one of two major political parties in this country — before the party’s nominating convention.
I should have said behind that: I didn’t buy OB the first time and I surely won’t buy him now.
Soros is behind all of this. He ultimately wants to be king of the world. The only thing to stop him is the mobilizing of the blue collar and Hillary base. That’s why she got the boot.
yeah i will never buy ob either. he is an empty useless brand that you see on late night with phone numbers and that can do everything including producing miracles and buying it in several installments of 9.99 that will break down in one month tops…
Uh, how did you feel when you saw Bush playing guitar, while Katrina was baring down on New Orleans?
I was in New Orleans so I really wasn’t paying much attention to Bush, frankly. But I do know who has visited us and helped us since then and it’s not Obama. The only thing he’s done down here is given two speeches at private universities.
Hey Kat!
Naturally one of the speeches he gave was at Tulane, my alma mater. Figures…
R U back in NOLA? Have the Creole tomatoes come in yet? Gawd I’d give I-don’t-know-what for one of those good Creole ‘maters!!
So who has been down in NOLA — of the big politicians? Is anyone actually down there doing some recovery work? I know John Edwards opened his campaign there … has he been down there working for NOLA’s recovery?
strawberry — I felt the same way about Bush as I feel about Obama now. They are both careless — they creat chitstorms and then walk away smiling. How dare he say (referring to McCain)–if he bring a knife I will bring a gun. Then he said cause winning is the most important thing.Sounds like he is telling young people as long as you win anything you do is ok. He needs to grow up and stop listening to all his father/mentors who have conditioned him to be a radical.
Bush and Obama both “stay the course” amidst controversy and controversial associates - until their focus groups and polling indicate the people are PO’d.
iow - neither have the vision or insight to see potential problems - until they’re FORCED to see them.
Oops!
S.Hall, this is a life lesson for both of us, I really believed if one claimed to be a liberal, one would not give in to hate and violence, and the might makes right tactics. I truly thought we were the better party because we didn’t do things like that…Damn. I was wrong. These whack jobs have destroyed my party. But I must admit, many democrats didn’t just fall in line like the republicans did for Bush. That gives me a little hope.
I had the same reaction. Seeing people who questioned everything suddenly fall in step was an eye opener. What Bush did in 2000, and 2004, Obama is doing now. And many people don’t even realize that it is the same tactic. They bought the story, hook, line and sinker.
That, and their willingness to work with Republicans to eliminate Hillary. Either they forgot how the Republicans treated Bill in the late 90’s or they didn’t know or didn’t care as long as they got what they wanted.
i think ob was trying to win the nra vote with that comment…. hehe
Are Hillary’s supporters really voting for McCain in large numbers in the Fall? Do her supporters really hate Obama that much? McCain isn’t really a typical Republican, he is actually pushing for this Global Warming carbon credit, cap & trade which I am against. I feel it will hurt U.S. industry, and more jobs would be lost. Haven’t we lost enough jobs to China & India already? Why does McCain want cap & trade? The cost of cap & trade will be passed on to us, the consumer. Also, the windfall tax on oil companies will discourage oil companies from producing enough oil and there could be shortages (it has already been tried, I remember the 1970’s lines for gas). You don’t punish businesses for being successful in my opinion. It just doesn’t work. On the other hand, McCain wants to lower the corporate tax rate, which is good for business. We have the second highest corporate tax rate after Japan. Ireland lowered their corporate tax rate which attracted alot of businesses to Ireland. We are competing globally now. These corporations can move out of the country to more tax friendlier countries. McCain needs to realize this and capitalize on it. We need to encourage drilling off our coasts. China is drilling 50-60 miles off the Florida coast in cooperation with Cuba. If China is drilling 60 miles off FL we should be drilling 60 miles off FL. We are now in a recession, we should not be raising taxes on people, McCain needs to appeal to Hillary’s voters more and also appeal to the Republican base, which is tricky. Hard core conservatives are not happy with McCain but they are terrified of an Obama Presidency. They don’t want their successes to be punished. When Obama says things like: “We can’t drive our suv’s as much as we want, or eat as much as we want or keep our thermostats at 72 degrees because other countries won’t like it.” this strikes fear in the hearts of conservatives who don’t like the thought of collectivism. Hell, even Bill Clinton was more friendlier to businessmen than this Obama (he seems like a Marxist to me). Also, when he says things like, “we need to raise the capital gains rate to 28% because that’s “fair” it strikes fear in the hearts of conservatives because we know that if we owned a 2nd home or some stock that may have done well, we know when we sell it and we make our lousy $50,000 or $100,000 profit after years of sacrifice, we’re going to get whacked by Obama’s 28% capital gains tax. That was the money we were going to use to retire on and he’s going to whack us. In other words, we took the risk, and now the gov’t reaps the benefits of the risks we took. How is that “fair”? Also, a high capital gains tax is going to discourage people from investing in things like a second house to rent. (Which would hurt poor people who rent that houses.) We’ll put our money in municipal bonds instead. Or ask our accountant to put our money in another tax shelter device. Now, I am not a so-called rich person, I have a net worth under $500,000. It used to be higher, but the equity in my houses went down. I need money to retire on. Why does Obama want to discourage people like me from investing? Also, I am a person that put down 20% on my first home and 70% on my second home after I sold the first house. Why do people who put no money down on a house and took a subprime mortgage expect a bailout? Also, the banks that made these subprime loans should not have been bailed out, they should have to pay that money they were given back. I am tired of bailing out businesses for their lousy business decisions. The gov’t should be encouraging people to buy these foreclosures (people like me who actually sacrificed to have a nest egg in the bank). We could then fix them up and rent them out to people who don’t know how to manage their money and kept taking out equity loans when they had no equity. But no bank should be giving loans to people who put $0 down. Also, interest only loans are a bad idea. Didn’t these people read a book on how to buy a home? Didn’t their lawyer who did the closing tell them it wasn’t a good idea? Also, who didn’t know we were in a housing bubble? We all knew the housing bubble was going to burst. Anyone with half a brain knew it was coming for the last 3 - 4 years.
Please everyone, check out this website: http://www.dontvoteobama.net this guy has consolidated all of the information on Obama on one website in a very entertaining way. He was a Hillary supporter who is now supporting McCain. The site is only a few months old but worth checking out.
One act of disrespect doesn’t justify another.
Put down the puppy and get yourself a dog. Obama plays hardball style Chicago politics.
When he and his ollowers show disrespect it is always purposeful; it must not be ignored.
How did you feel when you realized that Fitzgerald is bearing down directly on Obama?
After Rove got away…eh, whatever…I’ll believe it when I see it. I refuse to get my hopes up that the truly evil and corrupt will ever be held to the same standard as you or me.
There’s an insufferable faux feminist infesting another site who claimed that Obama’s going golfing was HUMBLE as he was trying to “stay out of the spotlight.”
Someone has been huffing the HOPIUM, ya think?
I wouldn’t say it was humble, but I do think it was respectful to have Senator Clinton have the time and attention she so richly deserved and worked for.
You mean like when Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and John Edwards endorsed Obama and Obama actually stood there to show how he welcomed the support? You need to pay closer attention to the reality of the situation.
Obama may have said he was out golfing but he was glued to the TV CHAIN SMOKING, I am sure
Still does not heed the Surgeon General warning on the pack?!?!?
Obama better not contact me if he wants my vote. They stopped sending me emails. I will not vote for him if he were the last man on earth. He isn’t qualified to be president can’t he and his cronies get it? You don’t go from managing a household of four people or an office with maybe 3 people to managing 350 million people. It just isn’t possible.
From what I’ve observed so far, Senator Obama doesn’t seem to be a fan of hard work.
If Senator Clinton’s ‘unity’ speech could not hand him over all her supporters, I suspect there was not a backup plan…certainly not one that involved Senator Obama actually getting out there and working for the votes.
yes i suspect he is a lazy slacker, and probably more than gw…. but also he expects everyone else to do all the hard work for him and when it doesn’t work out he has an excuse ready to go and maybe even a fall guy or gal or two… he is so not ever accountable for his own actions ever. gag me…
COMPLACENCY has its price.
Susan, if Senator Obama’s actions and past associations are any indication of future performance, I for one will be VERY surprised to see any real effort to uplift the party.
I really don’t think the obama camp knows the meaning of the word.
I think the Obamacrats sincerely believe that they do not need the castoffs of the Democratic Party (I mean Hillary’s supporters). They did go after the fundraisers and apparently the large fundraisers jumped over to him because that’s what they do. They’d jump to the devil if that would get them in the power loop. I think the Obamacrats like to think of us “on the outside looking in” and want us to beg to be taken back into the fold. Imagine. Now that’s what I call “silly season.” Nobama. Gonna make my vote count in November to make sure Barack and Michelle never set foot inside the Executive Branch.
Not all fundraiser….the big Jewish fundraisers went to McCain.
Soros began buying up the first generation of 527s, including outfits like MoveOn, ACT (America Coming Together), and Media Matters. Soros also played a pivotal role in the 2004 candidacy of Howard Dean, who bombed as a Presidential candidate, but was rewarded for his access to Soros loot with the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, after John Kerry’s loss to George Bush in November 2004.
From that perch, Howard Dean waged a ruthless campaign against candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 primary elections–in tandem with Soros’s Democracy Alliance, a secretive billionaires club, that pooled its money to take over and run a “vast left-wing conspiracy” of 527s, PACs, and think tanks, that has replaced any Democratic Party constituency organization.
yeah, if this whole paragraph did not mention a party name i would have thought this was about the repubs for years now, but no, it is about our own beloved party. what the hell happened to our party that was supposed to be for the people. makes me sick, it is a complete hijacking if you ask me and we are the passengers who are taking our lorazepam or lieing to ourselves that they aren’t going to actually try to crash the plane. i will never get on this plane, i would rather lose my $500 airfare than catch a plane that is doomed… i road on the first leg of the trip and it was smooth sailing, but there are signs that the second leg is going to be a nightmare… so i won’t get on…no way no how.
Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim
By Israel Insider staff June 13, 2008
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12918.htm
“Apparently the Obamas of Kenya have been reading those scurrilous emails to which Barack likes to refer, because they have no doubt — contrary to the claims of the Obama campaign, that the presidential candidate was raised a Moslem. They take that as a given…”
Who is Israeli Insider and why do they have any credibility? Have they a record of having broken stories confirmed by others or do they generally publish rumors that aren’t confirmed?
Click the link.
Did they fabricate the picture of Obama?
Well, do you distrust The Jerusalem Post as well??
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659716936&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Malik Obama did, in fact, give an interview to Army Radio saying “that if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background.”.
Smear is just another word for uh, er, distraction (oh, yeah, Rev. Wrong/Wright — just a distraction).
It doesn’t matter what Obama does, I will never vote
for a fraud and a liar. i would rather have an”old”
man that has an obvious love for his country than
one who does not even allow questions to be raised
about him. Hitler comes to mind. I don’t know how
anyone could seriously consider Obama unless they
just simply don’t know about all his associates
Rezko, Ayers, Wright etc.etc.As far as the supreme
court goes, any nomination would have to get past
a democratic congress. i wouldn’t worry too much
about that one.
Same here, I do not care what he says or does, I will never vote for Obama, the racist, hate mongering, crook. That is another reason I do not understand these posts, here and elsewhere, that propose, that if Obama kisses enough ass, we will fall over ourselves to vote for his corrupt organization. I will never vote for Obama. No means No! Ayers, Dohrn, Wright, Pfleger, Rezko, etc………..No, never, will not, can not, shall not, vote for an unqualified, unfit, corrupt politician even if he is a “Democrat”.
bigtime — nor will I — The media can continue to feed me horsechit and call it steak but I will not bite. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER
I’m not sure what you mean by not allowing people to raise questions about him. I follow the news quite a lot and have seen a good deal of questions and commentary. There sure was when the Wright tapes came out!
You make a good point about McCain’s supreme court nominees. A Democrat controlled Congress will not allow McCain to nominate a Supreme Court Justice who is pro-life. Even though I voted for Bush, I don’t want Roe-v-Wade overturned. I am a woman who is pro-choice. No one has the right to interfere with women’s choices regarding pregnancy in my opinion. Even though I am not thrilled with partial birth abortion, it really isn’t my business. Also, McCain isn’t an Evangelical, so I doubt he is that much of a pro-lifer. He also doesn’t seem to be that religious, he doesn’t even go to church and he doesn’t talk about his church at all really. The Obama people think that women who voted for Hillary will vote for Obama on that issue (they don’t want Roe overturned.)
John McCain doesn’t have to work to get my vote, he got it the day the DNC stole my vote here in Florida and cost Hillary the nomination.
They want me to vote Obama baby…But I say no, no, no
Remember, Obama doesn’t need people, just our checks. Sorry I already gave to Hillary.
http://www.dontvoteobama.net this site will bring a smile to your face.
well i got that you wont vote for the ‘old man’…
I WILL…
‘ABO’…
(anyone but obama!)
I work twice as hard to defeat Barack Obama because of his followers. Imagine what arrogant pieces of nasty crap they would be if he won? Imagine how they would see it as a license to treat women like crap, maybe make them bleed a bit? The hell with this guy.
Can anybody imagine what this country would be if Obama got into office?
Think of the signing statements of Bush and what he has done to the constitution.
Anyone who questions or disents would be in a prison camp.
The DNC does not give a damn about America or we would not be in this danger.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS.
Heck, he even sat in a “church” that puts country (Africa) before God!
I’m not sure why you say that. After all, Obama did best in very progressive and feminist states like Oregon and Wisconsin. He also won women under 50 in nearly every state. And he is currently leading among women voters and has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood and NARAL. He also had more women Senators endorsing him than any other candidate.
Good for him. He’ll only lose a portion of us. The latest estimates seem a bit high….as much as 38% of traditional Dems.
But those aren’t all women, for sure.
It also includes the bitter, and those clinging to guns and religion.
Bitter Okay.
Guns Okay.
Religion Okay.
Those who trample on/triviaize that, NOT okay.
NARAL’s endorsement, timed at a critical point in the campaign for no reason other than to give Obama’s candidacy a boost and Clinton’s a kick in the pants—that is, for no reason germane to its own mission—has apparently cost it a significant exodus in membership. In response to my own e-mail of resignation, I received a disingenuous and carefully crafted letter from NARAL’s president. Surely I’d not have warranted all that effort had my resignation been the only one. I’m volunteering time with the local but will never give NARAL a penny more: collateral damage, I’m afraid, of Obamist manipulation.
I spend hours on youtube everyday, commenting on videos of Obama. A lot of people go on youtube, it’s the #3 most visited site, his videos get hundreds of views. There are hundreds of videos of Obama’s comments posted on youtube. I also spread the word of websites such as dontvoteobama.net which has links to other websites that are against Obama. The guy who runs dontvoteobama.net was also a Hillary supporter, now he supporting McCain. You should visit that site, it is really funny and creative. He also has a blog on that site that you can vent on. Spread the word. I could never vote for Obama, the man is the biggest opportunist I have ever seen.
I am working hard to spread the word about Obama too, I think he is evil. Check out this website:
http://www.dontvoteobama.net it is a really good site done by a Hillary supporter. It has great pictures and links, also a blog.
The DNC has taken women for granted for decades. They feel that all they have to do is be marginally better for women than the Republicans and we’ll just do all their phonebanking, precinct work, and voting on that basis alone.
They hang Roe V. Wade over women like Dubya hung 9-11 over us. Be FRIGHTENED! BE VERY AFRAID!!
Women’s votes aren’t the only ones Obambi feels entitled to: Latin Americans, Jewish Americans, Work Class Americans … the list goes on and on. HIs advisors read like a whose who of the Financial crisis and he thinks folks will vote for him because he wears the DNC label. Well, even the Unions are worried with his bringing on of Walmart loving Jason Furman to the Economics team.
This is a presidential candidate who says one thing, advisors do another thing, says another thing, DNC says don’t pay attention to the man behind the curtain..
They must think we ALL fell off the proverbial turnip truck yesterday!
The DNC sure have taken women for granted - you couldn’t have said this better. And Donna Brazile said it herself… they don’t need us to win. So quess what? I will gladly accommodate them.
McCain ‘08!!!
I really do believe that snObama believes that people will vote for him — that we will forgive and forget what he has done, what he has said and who his friends are.
No — never forget and never forgive — he is an arrogant, self centered bozo.
If he wants respect — he should have conducted his campaign in a respectful manner and tried to win legitimately.
Fact is — Obama lost.
And yes the take over of the democrat party is exactly like the neocon/religious wingnut take over of the Republican party.
Obama will be in jail eventually.
Any predictions for the DATE that Rezko starts talking??
Exactly. They must’ve missed the entire morning-after pill…in fact, the future of secret abortions may already be here. Just take high doses of regular birth control pills. I’m sure the info is out there.
It’s not that women “won’t allow” them to overturn Roe V Wade…it’s that MEN are sure as hell not gonna want the Pill to be outlawed and there’s your private abortion right there.
No one’s talking about it, but we don’t even need our Dem reps to do their job.
The entire Roe scare tactic is laughable.
They told us they they want to do away with the current Democrat Party. I take them on their word this time. I do believe this.
My husband is in a Union, Carpenters Union in NYC and I am voting for McCain. I don’t think McCain is anti-union. McCain needs to allow drilling though, off our coasts. Would that not create many more Union jobs for Americans?? I don’t understand this country’s environmental policies that are so restrictive. Also, what are these “green jobs” that Hillary was talking about? Do Democrats think that everyone is going to want to put solar panels on their homes? If so, we need a tax credit to put them on our homes, they cost over $20,000 to install. Also, how long does it take to re-coup the costs of these solar panels? Do any of you Hillary supporters have a problem with drilling off our coasts? If you do, why? We need to become more energy independant as Brazil is doing. Also, China is drilling off of FL. We cannot control China and Cuba drilling 60 miles off of FL. We should be going after that oil. Also, I live in a blue state, NJ, there is no chance that McCain is going to win NJ I fear. We have the highest tax rates in the country, as a result people are moving out of NJ. Consider that, if you live in a Democrat controlled state, you are going to be hit doubly hard by Obama’s tax & spend policies. I am now paying over $8,000 a year property tax on a 1900 sq. ft. house and Corzine will be raising that soon. We also have a 10% tax rate on our earnings. He raised the rate on non food purchases from 6% to 7%. He is raising taxes on everything to fund the pensions of all the gov’t jobs in NJ. We are a state of mostly gov’t jobs. Also, we have NYC close by, so we benefit from that relationship, but Mayor Bloomberg wanted to charge people $8 to drive into Manhattan. That on top of paying $8 to go through the Lincoln & Holland Tunnel. So, I feel that I pay enough in taxes, also, I live in a blue state, surrounded by blue states of NY, Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc. So I feel that needs to be offset by someone like McCain. Hopefully NJ will wake up to that fact. Their union jobs are not threatened we have Democratic governors and legislatures. We need to keep jobs in this country. More jobs will leave if the tax rates on corporations are raised, you can count on it. The company my husband works for is pro union, but they won’t want to build condos anymore if they are hit with more taxes. We need to be pro business, we should not be punishing businesses for success. The main thing about Bush was that he was pro-business as was Bill Clinton. We are competing with the world. Corporations can move to other countries, they are global.
You could see at the end of the primaries speeches. McCain started out by praising Hillary and Obama started out by praising himself.
Obama cribbed “sore” metaphor from his Palestinian buddy Rashid Khalidi
By Israel Insider staff May 20, 2008
When he termed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a “constant sore” last week, Sen. Barack Obama appeared to be echoing the comments days before of his friend Rashid Khalidi, a Palestinian professor who actively advocates the elimination of Israel. In an interview with the Atlantic published earlier this month, Obama was asked whether he thinks Israel is a “drag on America’s reputation overseas.” Obama replied: “No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy.”
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12858.htm
Yes, Colin, Obama, like Carter, does seem to sympathize with extreme Arab views; the Jewish people need to wake up and take notice.
Ever the plagiarist.
Besides “follow the money” with Obama you need to “follow the phrase.”
Follow “audacity” and see where Obama picked that one up…and from which Wright rant he claimed to have missed.
Roe v Wade is a non-issue and always was. It’s used as a wedge, nothing more. If Bushnut could have changed that he would have. He can’t and nobody can. If not the Federal, then the States, pure and simple. It never was a federal issue to begin with. BUt since it has been made one, how come the coward Nancy Pelosi doesn’t carve it in stone from her legislative branch? How come Nancy hasn’t done a lot of things?
It’s a non-issue. Period.
They pretend, but then they count up the votes.
This shouldn’t be a surprise. Just another defining characteristic of BO: playing the RACE card while preaching UNITY, playing no-lobbyist card while amassing money through the backdoor, …. here playing on FEAR politics while preaching HOPE. Classic con artist.
he’s sneakier than that … he has his proxies play the race card for about 2 days, then he preaches unity
he has his proxies do the lobbyist thing and money, then he preaches no big money …
Listen everyone. I lived before Roe vs. Wade. Women still had abortions. They’ve had them since the beginning of time. Yes, when they are illegal, they are more expensive and harder to get and more dangerous. But with the morning after pill, the need for them should be less. Women would certainly be more careful, as they were before Roe.
Besides which, I agree that McCain is not going to go after Roe. What would he gain from doing that? If he’s already President, he most likely will go back to his natural self (instead of the awkward and embarrassing act he’s been putting on the last four years in his fake lovefest with GWB) which is a person who compromises with Democrats.
In fact, I would imagine he would be easier for the Dems to work with than Obama. Who the hell knows what kind of President Obama would make? He came out of nowhere and he tells everyone what they want to hear (he’s against Nafta unless he’s talking to the Canadians, he’s for one-payer universal health care when he’s running for the Senate and against it when he’s running for President, he’s damned mad about those energy companies and their obscene profits unless he’s voting for the 2005 and 2006 Energy bills which gives the energy companies everything they want. As far as Roe is concerned, why did he think it was a fine idea to vote for SC justice Roberts until his political advisors told him that maybe it wouldn’t be if he wanted to run for President as a Democrat?
The man has no soul, no beliefs, no class. He is a go along to get along crooked Chicago politician who doesn’t care all that much where his money is coming from and who gets hurt (like his constituents in his district who were living without heat and water because of his support for Rezko, their slumlord?)
This man is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Don’t vote for him. McCain, with all his faults and his crazy ideas (believe me, I have a hard time with this myself) is the only thing standing between us and an Obama Presidency. I will vote for McCain and I’ve been voting Democratic and working for Democrats since I could first vote in 1964.
Obama is really bad news. Don’t let the corporate thugs and the mob and international crooks in Iraq like Nadhmi Auchi take over the Democratic Party the way they have taken over the Republican one.
Please.
Well, guess the women for Nobama will have to take up that mantel, they sure don’t seem to appreciate any of us older women who already fought that battle. They should’ve voted for Hillary if they were so concerned about Roe v Wade.
No offense.
The main issue for the supreme court now is not RvW…it’s the 2nd amendment. Gun laws. and we all know how Obomba feels about the 2nd amendment.
He is against it.