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Obama's Church Bus Throw, Thread 2

Sat, May 31, 2008 at 6:08:30 pm PST

Well, CNN and MSNBC are downplaying it for all they’re worth, and even Fox News is curiously low-key, but LGF readers seem to have plenty to say about Obama’s departure from Trinity United Church, so here’s another open thread...

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1 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 6:10:03 pm reply quote 3

Change!

2 paint-right  5/31/08 6:10:31 pm reply quote 0

we're on a roll!

3 VegasRick  5/31/08 6:10:37 pm reply quote 2

I hope this changes people's minds about this jerkoff.

4 paint-right  5/31/08 6:11:28 pm reply quote 4

And we smell blood...we smell a rat...something rotten in the state of Illinois...

etc

5 JammieWearingFool  5/31/08 6:11:33 pm reply quote 0

Oddly enough, what's left of CNN's audience is hungry for some news since I'm getting steady traffic from their website.

Did they or MessNBC ever pick up the Wizard of Uhhh's press conference?

Talk about being caught flatfooted. I can see it with MessNBC since the weekends are just taped schlock. But not 30 minutes earlier I saw CNN's talking heads congratulating themselves for being the best political coverage.

6 Charles  5/31/08 6:11:34 pm reply quote 0

If you notice anything strange going on with the new 'Recent Comments' section in the left sidebar, don't panic.

We have a MySQL query that doesn't want to behave itself.

7 ploome hineni  5/31/08 6:12:02 pm reply quote 10

Obama is very scary

8 Who Watches the Watchmen?  5/31/08 6:12:14 pm reply quote 0

Is there a difference between a bus throw and a bus plunge?

9 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 6:12:16 pm reply quote 0

Drudge coverage: AMEN: OBAMA QUITS CHURCH... and SAYS REPORTERS HOUNDED TRINITY SHUT-INS...
He really has a thing for Obama.
/Go figure

10 Dolphin  5/31/08 6:12:30 pm reply quote 0

A habitat for humanity comercial just ran on FOX. Bragging about J.Carter. How appropriate.

11 kynna  5/31/08 6:12:57 pm reply quote 0

So the guy has either admitted to sleeping through church for twenty years or he's just grown a conscience in the last week or so. Lame.

12 Dianna  5/31/08 6:13:06 pm reply quote 3

Nothing is going to change the minds of the hardcore Obama supporters, but if this is openly discussed, it will make the mushy middle recoil.

Obama's trying to have his cake and eat it, too. The moment people start thinking about it, this is going to make people desert him in droves.

A pity about his delegate count.

13 kenprice  5/31/08 6:13:23 pm reply quote 1

Obama will throw anyone and anything he need to "under the bus" if he thinks it will give him any advantage. He's nothing but a Illinois politician, and a corrupt as any. The onlt "change" is the color of his skin.

14 mean Gene  5/31/08 6:13:23 pm reply quote 0

Sean is covering Rashidi and Obama's relationship now on Fox News.

15 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 6:13:41 pm 2
16 JammieWearingFool  5/31/08 6:13:44 pm reply quote 5

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Drudge coverage: AMEN: OBAMA QUITS CHURCH... and SAYS REPORTERS HOUNDED TRINITY SHUT-INS...
He really has a thing for Obama.
/Go figure

I said it on the last thread there's no evidence reporters hounded people.

If anything, reporters failed to do their jobs for over a year ignoring the Wright debacle.

17 experiencedtraveller  5/31/08 6:13:47 pm reply quote 1

McCain 08!

18 Blitherakt  5/31/08 6:13:55 pm reply quote 0

re: #6 Charles

If you notice anything strange going on with the new 'Recent Comments' section in the left sidebar, don't panic.

We have a MySQL query that doesn't want to behave itself.

Hate it when that happens...

19 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:13:59 pm reply quote 4

re: #7 ploome hineni

Obama is very scary

Whats scarier are the number of sheeple that will still vote for him

20 Gozer the Carpathian  5/31/08 6:14:09 pm reply quote 0

Damage control in full swing, and far too late. Change my arse...

21 pingjockey  5/31/08 6:14:10 pm reply quote 0

re: #9 Killgore Trout His fedora is on too tight.

22 Beowulf001  5/31/08 6:14:15 pm reply quote 0

Hes a few year to fricking late..
Sorry Obamma, you screwed the pooch on thisone.

23 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 6:14:25 pm 0
24 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:14:28 pm reply quote 0

re: #10 Dolphin

A habitat for humanity comercial just ran on FOX. Bragging about J.Carter. How appropriate.

WTF? PSA? or just commercial?

25 paint-right  5/31/08 6:14:37 pm reply quote 5

by the way..isn't it illegal or taxworthy to advocate for political candidates form the pulpit?

or did they avoid that by clever calculation?

whatever those preachers did , it had nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity IMHO

and shame on the congregation that delights in mockery and namecalling

and applauds swearing!

26 Dianna  5/31/08 6:14:46 pm reply quote 0

re: #15 song_and_dance_man

Now that is a very pertinent question.

27 Nevergiveup  5/31/08 6:14:57 pm reply quote 0

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Drudge coverage: AMEN: OBAMA QUITS CHURCH... and SAYS REPORTERS HOUNDED TRINITY SHUT-INS...
He really has a thing for Obama.
/Go figure

And what is the significance of the headline starting with "amen"?

28 CIA Reject  5/31/08 6:15:42 pm reply quote 2

The MSM will need to file an environmental impact statement to stuff all of this into the Memory Hole - that thing has got to look like the Fresh Kills landfill by now...

29 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:16:14 pm reply quote 0

re: #27 Nevergiveup

And what is the significance of the headline starting with "amen"?

pure speculation on my part, but DRUDGE often does headlines like that tongue firmly in cheek

30 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:16:28 pm reply quote 0

re: #27 Nevergiveup

And what is the significance of the headline starting with "amen"?

That's a Drudge headline. hmmm?

31 Killgore Trout  5/31/08 6:16:31 pm reply quote 0

re: #16 JammieWearingFool

Good point. I'd like to see that claim verified. It's possible but I haven't seen any evidence.

32 Dianna  5/31/08 6:16:45 pm reply quote 2

re: #25 paint-right

Many black churches do politics from their pulpit; for some reason, they never lose their 501(c)(3) status. From the non-profit world standpoint, it's pretty strange.

33 itellu3times  5/31/08 6:17:18 pm reply quote 0

boy, ya spend a minute reading the most recent hundred comments, and composing a response, and CHANGE! another thread jumps up behind you.

34 AuldTrafford  5/31/08 6:17:18 pm reply quote 0

re: #29 sattv4u2

I agree. Don't think this means much of anything.

35 paint-right  5/31/08 6:17:25 pm reply quote 3

re: #32 Dianna

Many black churches do politics from their pulpit; for some reason, they never lose their 501(c)(3) status. From the non-profit world standpoint, it's pretty strange.

"cain't touch this"

36 MandyManners  5/31/08 6:17:32 pm reply quote 0

Drudge tingles all over for this schmuck.

37 edward cropper  5/31/08 6:17:38 pm reply quote 0

I did a photo-composite yesterday for my blog dealing with this very thing. I placed a bus photo-composite for tomorrow's blog. Pee Wee Obama is a total fraud. This man makes Uriah Heep look like George Washington. I honestly believe he is completely void of basic decency and will say and do anything to advance his self aggrandizement.

38 Dolphin  5/31/08 6:18:01 pm reply quote 0

re: #24 unrealizedviewpoint

www.habitat.org

How it was founded by Carter & Rosalyn(sp?) and how much good it has done. Especially for the Gulf Coast area.

39 JammieWearingFool  5/31/08 6:18:08 pm reply quote 0

BTW, don't anyone assume it's Drudge himself updating his page.

40 The Other Les  5/31/08 6:18:10 pm reply quote 0

Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes!

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

41 jcm  5/31/08 6:18:19 pm reply quote 3

At least Rev. Wright has someplace to hang, now that the church is under the bus with him.

42 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:18:25 pm reply quote 0

Yea, well Drudge also put a pic of Obama above the headline that looks like he's PRAYING! What bias. Its just amazing that he quits his church, says he won't join another until after the election, and then is pictured in prayer.

43 Ma Sands  5/31/08 6:18:51 pm reply quote 0

re: #16 JammieWearingFool

So, him saying reporters called the names of the sick and shut-ins that they culled off the church bulletins, was a lie?

44 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 6:18:53 pm 0
45 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:19:01 pm reply quote 0

I think I'm in love ,,,, go to about 30 seconds in ,.,, WOW ,,, what a lovely ,, ummmm,,,,,, "progressive"

46 paint-right  5/31/08 6:19:15 pm reply quote 1

OT but I haven't posted in a long time until today..did anyone catch Michael Yon's interview with Janet Parshall? Was it discussed here or even mentioned?

So nice to hear his voice and hear his positive words and optimism

47 Far Sparkle  5/31/08 6:19:35 pm reply quote 5

Cut and Run! That is Obama's character. Get out of Iraq. Get out of his church. Maybe he can find a hermit hole to crawl into when the election is over.... Poor baby. The world is too much for him.

48 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:19:39 pm reply quote 0

re: #45 sattv4u2

I think I'm in love ,,,, go to about 30 seconds in ,.,, WOW ,,, what a lovely ,, ummmm,,,,,, "progressive"

oooppsss ,,

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

49 FreeThinkerNYC  5/31/08 6:19:46 pm reply quote 3

Next one under the bus: Bill Ayers. There's nothing like the sound of crushed commie in the morning.

50 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:19:48 pm reply quote 0

re: #39 JammieWearingFool

BTW, don't anyone assume it's Drudge himself updating his page.

Watched an interview some time ago. him, and him alone.

51 bcgirl  5/31/08 6:20:02 pm reply quote 0

somewho are more "equal" than others -
re: #32 Dianna

Many black churches do politics from their pulpit; for some reason, they never lose their 501(c)(3) status. From the non-profit world standpoint, it's pretty strange.

52 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:20:12 pm reply quote 0

re: #36 MandyManners

Drudge tingles all over for this schmuck.

I doubt it.

53 Dianna  5/31/08 6:20:24 pm reply quote 0

re: #35 paint-right

Evidently.

54 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:20:50 pm reply quote 0

re: #50 unrealizedviewpoint

Drudge has several people workiing for him now, I believe. Not that he doesn't exert editorial control, but things may slip past him ...

55 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:21:02 pm reply quote 0

re: #38 Dolphin

www.habitat.org

How it was founded by Carter & Rosalyn(sp?) and how much good it has done. Especially for the Gulf Coast area.

I don't want to think about anything related to Carter.

56 Dolphin  5/31/08 6:21:09 pm reply quote 0

re: #47 Far Sparkle

Cut and Run! That is Obama's character. Get out of Iraq. Get out of his church. Maybe he can find a hermit hole to crawl into when the election is over.... Poor baby. The world is too much for him.

I was thinking the same thing earlier today. This just goes to show his true character. When the going gets tough... wimp out?

57 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:21:29 pm reply quote 0

re: #54 hermeneutics

Drudge has several people workiing for him now, I believe. Not that he doesn't exert editorial control, but things may slip past him ...

Interview was years ago.

58 paint-right  5/31/08 6:21:36 pm reply quote 0

re: #38 Dolphin

www.habitat.org

How it was founded by Carter & Rosalyn(sp?) and how much good it has done. Especially for the Gulf Coast area.

wrong..habitat was not founded by the Carters

59 FrogMarch  5/31/08 6:21:47 pm reply quote 0
60 Nevergiveup  5/31/08 6:22:15 pm reply quote 0

re: #59 FrogMarch

heheeheeeheeee

Think that guy is goosing her?

61 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 6:22:24 pm 0
62 USBeast  5/31/08 6:22:32 pm reply quote 0

Waitress: "What kind of toast would you like? We have white and whole wheat."

USBeast: "You don't have Obama?"

63 MandyManners  5/31/08 6:22:53 pm reply quote 0

re: #39 JammieWearingFool

BTW, don't anyone assume it's Drudge himself updating his page.

Who else would it be?

64 AuldTrafford  5/31/08 6:22:58 pm reply quote 0

re: #42 hermeneutics

Yea, well Drudge also put a pic of Obama above the headline that looks like he's PRAYING! What bias. Its just amazing that he quits his church, says he won't join another until after the election, and then is pictured in prayer.

Could as easily be a bit of a sardonic comment. I have my doubts that Drudge is buying into this idiot.

65 Dolphin  5/31/08 6:23:06 pm reply quote 0

re: #58 paint-right


Really? Then I stand corrected. Who founded it?

66 paint-right  5/31/08 6:23:31 pm reply quote 2

re: #58 paint-right

wrong..habitat was not founded by the Carters

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

67 really grumpy big dog johnson  5/31/08 6:24:13 pm reply quote 0

re: #46 paint-right

OT but I haven't posted in a long time until today..did anyone catch Michael Yon's interview with Janet Parshall? Was it discussed here or even mentioned?

So nice to hear his voice and hear his positive words and optimism

I'll have to check it out. Yon is my favorite blogger from Iraq, ever.

68 FreeThinkerNYC  5/31/08 6:24:24 pm reply quote 0

Drudge has the hots for Bi-bama. Maybe he's hoping he'll get to play Monica to Obama's Slick Willie. He has his Presidential kneepads all shined up and ready to blow.

69 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:24:27 pm reply quote 0

re: #64 AuldTrafford

Could as easily be a bit of a sardonic comment. I have my doubts that Drudge is buying into this idiot.

He could just as easily be bowing his head in shame.

70 Perplexed  5/31/08 6:24:33 pm reply quote 0

Too bad he didn't figure this out twenty years ago. He now has to deal with this, his friends and associates and their associated baggage. How many of us lead lives that would stand up to this kind of scrutiny? This in no way excuses his behavior and that of his 'friends.'

We need true statesmen to run for office and we might get a better government out of the deal.

71 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 6:24:41 pm 0
72 paint-right  5/31/08 6:24:43 pm reply quote 0

re: #65 Dolphin

Really? Then I stand corrected. Who founded it?

common misconception and oft repeated but the wiki link tells the history in brief

73 Nevergiveup  5/31/08 6:25:31 pm reply quote 0

re: #62 USBeast

Waitress: "What kind of toast would you like? We have white and whole wheat."

USBeast: "You don't have Obama?"

No. We do. It just is not burnt to a crisp yet.

74 bcgirl  5/31/08 6:26:23 pm reply quote 0

I missed the "speech" where can I watch the stuttering idiot? This one I would like to see!

75 ploome hineni  5/31/08 6:26:26 pm reply quote 0

re: #37 edward cropper

it is all for the party

76 VegasRick  5/31/08 6:26:29 pm reply quote 1

obambi should rent Ron Paul's blimp.

77 Dolphin  5/31/08 6:26:31 pm reply quote 0

re: #72 paint-right

Scanning now.

78 AuldTrafford  5/31/08 6:26:33 pm reply quote 0

re: #69 unrealizedviewpoint

re: #64 AuldTrafford

Could as easily be a bit of a sardonic comment. I have my doubts that Drudge is buying into this idiot.

He could just as easily be bowing his head in shame.

I just think Drudge (or his editor) could be putting the praying mantis figure in to be sarcastic of the guy's professed piety.

79 JammieWearingFool  5/31/08 6:26:49 pm reply quote 0

re: #43 Ma Sands

So, him saying reporters called the names of the sick and shut-ins that they culled off the church bulletins, was a lie?

He said they were harassing them. Offered no evidence and there was no follow-up.

80 Killian Bundy  5/31/08 6:26:59 pm reply quote 0

re: #40 The Other Les

Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes!

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

/it's the new Fashion

81 ornery elephant  5/31/08 6:27:02 pm reply quote 2

The MSM covered VP Cheney's shotgun blast nicking another hunter for 3 weeks.

The MSM will cover Obama driving a bus over 5,000 people for 48 hours.

82 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:27:03 pm reply quote 1

re: #76 VegasRick

obambi should rent Ron Paul's blimp.

why should he rent Micheal Moore?

83 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:27:20 pm reply quote 0

I wonder if people who are cloistered in universities or colleges will look at this Obama implosion and wonder if they, too, have slipped far away from the American mainstream.

If something good comes out of the failed Obama presidential bid it will be a seed of doubt planted in the soil of hubris.

84 ploome hineni  5/31/08 6:27:39 pm reply quote 2

re: #79 JammieWearingFool

He said they were harassing them. Offered no evidence and there was no follow-up.

I want to see his "uncle's" war records

85 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:27:57 pm reply quote 0

This assumption that Drudge is in the tank for Obama is certainly unfounded poppycock. Having never heard the man speak on the subject, I'd be merely guessing.

86 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  5/31/08 6:27:59 pm 0
87 JammieWearingFool  5/31/08 6:28:12 pm reply quote 0

re: #63 MandyManners

Who else would it be?

A paid employee.

Where do you think Andrew Breitbart got his start?

88 CIA Reject  5/31/08 6:28:13 pm reply quote 1

BO would have been fine if he'd just paid attention to this.

/It's all in the timing...

89 FrogMarch  5/31/08 6:28:14 pm reply quote 0

re: #68 FreeThinkerNYC

Obama love isn't about Obama love - it's all about an intense disgust for the Clintons.

90 rusty_armor  5/31/08 6:28:16 pm reply quote 0

"Throw Obama from a bus, a kiss, a kiss ..."

91 Jeff MacMillan  5/31/08 6:28:23 pm reply quote 0

I'm voting for Barack Obama!

Unfortunately for Barack Obama, My Vote is in the form of "Shorting" his stock in a Futures Trading Market, while going "long" on John McCain.

92 Tigger2005  5/31/08 6:28:24 pm reply quote 0

"That's a big bus."/Winston Zeddmore

93 Nevergiveup  5/31/08 6:28:25 pm reply quote 0

re: #84 ploome hineni

I want to see his "uncle's" war records

I want know if his uncles house even had an attic?

94 mikeinmd  5/31/08 6:28:36 pm reply quote 3

Trinity flaunted their hate. Who were we to tell them SHIT. In yer face, what'cha gonna do about it, this is OUR MAN, BARACK. It's not that they didn't know people were watching when they brought in Pfleger. They didn't care.

I'm glad they were outed, that we had a good look at what Black Liberation Theology is all about. Because it's all bye-bye tomorrow with the MSM.

Barack has put it behind him, so should we.

/ Eff That, I'm tellin' everybody.

95 Macker  5/31/08 6:28:39 pm reply quote 0

re: #23 song_and_dance_man

Brokeback Pastor?

96 Bosch Fawstin  5/31/08 6:28:42 pm reply quote 0

From Mosque to Church and back to Mosque?

97 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:28:49 pm reply quote 0

re: #64 AuldTrafford

Someone on another thread speculated that Drudge hated the Clintons soooo much that he was supporting Obama. Could be true, but like you, I doubt.

Drudge isn't conservative. No link, but I remember seeing an analysis of Drudge Report and it skewed to the left.

98 AuldTrafford  5/31/08 6:28:50 pm reply quote 0

re: #83 hermeneutics

Ain't likely, McGee!

99 Perplexed  5/31/08 6:28:59 pm reply quote 1

re: #32 Dianna

Many black churches do politics from their pulpit; for some reason, they never lose their 501(c)(3) status. From the non-profit world standpoint, it's pretty strange.

Would you like to be the IRS employee who has their name associated with pulling the 501(c) tax exemption for a church like Obama's? You would be vilified as being a racist, get death threats, and have your life and that of your family, torn open by the news vultures.

100 ploome hineni  5/31/08 6:29:21 pm reply quote 0

re: #93 Nevergiveup

I want know if his uncles house even had an attic?

I know, if his lips are moving, he is lying

101 Blitherakt  5/31/08 6:29:24 pm reply quote 0

re: #82 sattv4u2

why should he rent Micheal Moore?

Soda. Spit take. Keyboard.

102 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:29:42 pm reply quote 2

re: #83 hermeneutics

I wonder if people who are cloistered in universities or colleges will look at this Obama implosion and wonder if they, too, have slipped far away from the American mainstream.

If something good comes out of the failed Obama presidential bid it will be a seed of doubt planted in the soil of hubris.

Are you kidding me? In their minds, it won't be because of their or Obama's failings. It will be becuase BIG MONEY / COPORATE AMERICA/ VAST RIGHT WING conspiricy conspired ILLEGALLY aginst him

103 looking closely  5/31/08 6:29:56 pm reply quote 0

20 years of support for this clown, but amazingly, right into the Democratic primary, Obama can't tolerate him anymore.

Way to go. . .

104 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:29:59 pm reply quote 0

re: #91 Jeff MacMillan

Why don't you play the political future market? Takes just a few dollars and is loads of fun.

105 Yankee Division Son  5/31/08 6:29:59 pm reply quote 3

So let me get this straight.. he resigns from the Church, but refuses to denounce it? Claims it's "not worth denouncing" ?!

Are you kidding me ?! Huge mistake. This guy is a gift for McCain, tied up with huge red bow.

Makes me wonder if I'm watching the Democrats throwing themselves "under the bus" (once again) by nominating this guy.

/Whoa... deja vu

106 ContraJihadi  5/31/08 6:30:09 pm reply quote 0

re: #13 kenprice

Obama will throw anyone and anything he need to "under the bus" if he thinks it will give him any advantage. He's nothing but a Illinois politician, and a corrupt as any. The onlt "change" is the color of his skin.

I just had an evil thought. If Obama (Hillary too) were aiming for the top executive position in the that socialistic paradise known as the Soviet Union, "thrown under the bus" wouldn't be so metaphorical.

107 ploome hineni  5/31/08 6:30:09 pm reply quote 0

re: #94 mikeinmd

now you go give one of them a job

108 MandyManners  5/31/08 6:30:15 pm reply quote 0

re: #87 JammieWearingFool

A paid employee.

Where do you think Andrew Breitbart got his start?

I had no idea. Thanks!

109 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:30:52 pm reply quote 0

re: #85 unrealizedviewpoint

This assumption that Drudge is in the tank for Obama is certainly unfounded poppycock. Having never heard the man speak on the subject, I'd be merely guessing.

On his radio show, Drudge often chides Obama as being a lightweight (figurativley AND literally)

110 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:31:11 pm reply quote 0

re: #97 hermeneutics

Someone on another thread speculated that Drudge hated the Clintons soooo much that he was supporting Obama. Could be true, but like you, I doubt.

Drudge isn't conservative. No link, but I remember seeing an analysis of Drudge Report and it skewed to the left.

Considering the majority of the news stories worldwide are skewed to the left, how could it not?

111 Yankee Division Son  5/31/08 6:31:20 pm reply quote 0

Manny Ramirez just hit his 500th

112 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:31:34 pm reply quote 0

re: #98 AuldTrafford

Mc Gee?

113 David Simon  5/31/08 6:31:36 pm reply quote 0

re: #32 Dianna

Many black churches do politics from their pulpit; for some reason, they never lose their 501(c)(3) status. From the non-profit world standpoint, it's pretty strange.

I'll say. From the IRS's own website:

If any of the activities (whether or not substantial) of your organization consist of participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, your organization will not qualify for tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3). Such participation or intervention includes the publishing or distributing of statements.

Whether your organization is participating or intervening, directly or indirectly, in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office depends upon all of the facts and circumstances of each case. Certain voter education activities or public forums conducted in a non-partisan manner may not be prohibited political activity under section 501(c)(3), while other so-called voter education activities may be prohibited.

114 republic  5/31/08 6:31:47 pm reply quote 0

re: #27 Nevergiveup

And what is the significance of the headline starting with "amen"?

Drudge knows that as soon as Obama and the Dem controlled Congress get rolling in 2009, "The Fairness Doctrine" will easily be voted in to law, he's getting one step ahead of everyone else now.

115 ploome hineni  5/31/08 6:32:09 pm reply quote 2

.....................now, if only we can get rid of Bob Beckel

/feh

116 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:32:10 pm reply quote 0

re: #111 Yankee Division Son

CONGRATS MANNY BEING MANNY !

117 AuldTrafford  5/31/08 6:32:15 pm reply quote 0

re: #97 hermeneutics

Someone on another thread speculated that Drudge hated the Clintons soooo much that he was supporting Obama. Could be true, but like you, I doubt.

Drudge isn't conservative. No link, but I remember seeing an analysis of Drudge Report and it skewed to the left.

I listened to a lot of his Sunday night broadcasts, and I think I'm inclined to agree he is not a principled conservative. But he's no socialist either. Can't believe he'd buy into Obama's BS; he knows all about Chicago/Illinois politics.

118 Dianna  5/31/08 6:32:19 pm reply quote 4

re: #99 Perplexed

It's pretty unpleasant to contemplate, but I do wish the IRS would start doing exactly that, even if it takes a committee completely composed of minorities. Most nonprofits have to take incredible pains to avoid even the slightest appearance of advocating for a political candidate. Even "issue" nonprofits can't claim any expenses for advocating their cause as a charitable expense.

That some churches routinely do so, and get away with it, never ceases to amaze and disgust me.

119 ornery elephant  5/31/08 6:32:46 pm reply quote 0

Chicago Tribune Classifieds , Late November 2008:

For sale: Big Bus with the word "Change" painted on both sides. Low miles, engine runs good when pandered. Interior could use some work, but exterior is clean and articulate. $500 or best offer. NOTE: Owner will replace red stained tires.

120 unrealizedviewpoint  5/31/08 6:32:49 pm reply quote 0

re: #109 sattv4u2

On his radio show, Drudge often chides Obama as being a lightweight (figurativley AND literally)

I completely forgot he's got a show. Sunday nights I think.

121 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:33:15 pm reply quote 0

re: #110 unrealizedviewpoint

Considering the majority of the news stories worldwide are skewed to the left, how could it not?

Good point. He USUALLY just aggregates news -- he doesn't create it.

122 republic  5/31/08 6:33:18 pm reply quote 0

re: #42 hermeneutics

Yea, well Drudge also put a pic of Obama above the headline that looks like he's PRAYING! What bias. Its just amazing that he quits his church, says he won't join another until after the election, and then is pictured in prayer.

I'm telling you, Obama will be in a mosque after the election.

123 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:33:26 pm reply quote 0

re: #120 unrealizedviewpoint

I completely forgot he's got a show. Sunday nights I think.

correct

124 Jeff MacMillan  5/31/08 6:33:44 pm reply quote 0

re: #102 sattv4u2

Are you kidding me? In their minds, it won't be because of their or Obama's failings. It will be becuase BIG MONEY / COPORATE AMERICA/ VAST RIGHT WING conspiricy conspired ILLEGALLY aginst him

Hmm... I think we just discovered an Alternative Energy Source. Take all of the believers of a VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY / BIG OIL / BIG MONEY CORPs / etc. and as they jump up and down and exert tons of energy pouting, shouting, moaning, and ranting, that should be enough Adrenaline to power a large city per 1,000 of them.

125 bcgirl  5/31/08 6:33:44 pm reply quote 0

he says what ever he wants and believes that all who hear him will also believe, even if the next sentence is the exact opposit of what he just said! he is starting to remimd me of the left-behind series Nicolae Carpthia, in the book Desecration, when he really starts trippin!


re: #79 JammieWearingFool

He said they were harassing them. Offered no evidence and there was no follow-up.

126 hermeneutics  5/31/08 6:34:06 pm reply quote 0

re: #122 republic

I'm telling you, Obama will be in a mosque after the election.

And our Zombie will be there, tailing him ... getting the pic!

127 AuldTrafford  5/31/08 6:34:14 pm reply quote 0

re: #109 sattv4u2

On his radio show, Drudge often chides Obama as being a lightweight (figurativley AND literally)

Where/when is he on radio. Gave up the Sunday show quite a while ago, I think.

128 sattv4u2  5/31/08 6:34:20 pm reply quote 0

re: #111 Yankee Division Son

Manny Ramirez just hit his 500th

BTW ,,, Griffey Jr hit his 599th today

129 2soonold2latesmart  5/31/08 6:34:21 pm reply quote 0

I wish I knew how to quit you.

/Boo Hoo

130 DesertSage  5/31/08 6:34:53 pm reply quote 2

re: #115 ploome hineni

.....................now, if only we can get rid of Bob Beckel

/feh

Bob Beckel is a real worm.