Different rules for Obama.

Torturing the English language, one word at a time.

they missed a hundred and fifty uh's and um's

“I don’t think it’s accurate to say that my comments have nothing to do with race,”

So- he's admitting that he's the one playing the race card?

“Here’s what I was saying and I think this should be undisputed"

Incredible hubris.

Was he for it, against it, for it before he was against it, or against it before he was for it?

"I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

That is pretty true. Most Presidential candidates weren't blatantly Marxist. Most were also raised in the US or on US bases most of their life and didn't spend large portions being raised in an Islamic nation.

Who voted for Justices Alito and Roberts and who voted against them?

/it's just that simple

"’Im young, I’m new to the national scene"

Exactly why you can't be POTUS.

I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.

Those are weasel words too. He specifically referred to how he looks, not his biography.

It's racism to claim Barry is using race!

Obama says

I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

Resume is more important than lineage. On resume he scores a zero. "I'm new" isn't a qualification.

re: #9 ted

"’Im young, I’m new to the national scene"

Exactly why you can't be POTUS.

Yeah, Kennedy was young, but he wasn't new to the national scene, and he had experience in leadership and being under fire in WW2. Yet he nearly got us into WW3.

I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.
WTH.

go on home then!

Obama is now addressing the Urban League.
So far he is getting a better reception than McCain. I am shocked.
He actually said that as a Community oranaizer he was a foot soldier in the movement.
He is now doing the we are all victims thing.

re: #14 Tigger2005

Yeah, Kennedy was young, but he wasn't new to the national scene, and he had experience in leadership and being under fire in WW2. Yet he nearly got us into WW3.

A War hero too.

I don't look like those TWP who've been president before me.

I don't have experience.
I don't like Liberty.
I don't like America.

By jove I think he's right!

/

I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

True enough. Most Presidential candidates have accomplished something substantial in their lives prior to having the hubris to seek the office.

That I don’t come out of central casting, when it comes to presidential races. For a whole range of reasons. I’m young, I’m new to the national scene, my name is Barack Obama, I am African American, I was born in Hawaii, I spent time in Indonesia. I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

He's a spayshul snowflake!

“I don’t think it’s accurate to say that my comments have nothing to do with race,” Obama said

Wow. Double negative mania!

He could have simply said:

"It's not inaccurate to say that my comments had something to do with race."

So...Harvard teaches you to speak incomprehensible English? Or just garbled double negatives?

Next question: if he speaks like this...who actually wrote those two books for him?

Obama injects race in everything. He is the racist. I am tired of it.

Slightly O.T.
Does anyone know the last Presidential Candidate whose father was NOT a U.S. citizen? Just another way Barack is different.

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com...] axelrod admits he was infering race

Slick Willie was so much smoother than this amateur.

re: #15 ibmkeyboard

I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.
WTH.

go on home then!

You don't understand, he doesn't NEED anything but his sheer magnetism, personality, and charisma!

And he's on a mission from Allah, er, God.

re: #22 snowcrash

Obama injects race in everything. He is the racist. I am tired of it.

Yes he is a racist. His Pastor is a racist. His wife is a super racist.
He hangs with racists, just like a racist.

still denying he is whatever he wants to be is difficult, but adding things like "they are gonna scare ya because o btway i'm black ,is pathetic

re: #26 Tigger2005

You don't understand, he doesn't NEED anything but his sheer magnetism, personality, and charisma!

And he's on a mission from Allah, er, God.

And he's on a mission from Allah, er, God. himself!

re: #22 snowcrash

Obama injects race in everything. He is the racist. I am tired of it.

agreed!

and if we want to hear this Shiite for 4 more years.

vote democrat.

Dear Barry,
You don't have the love of country that a typical presidential candidate has either.

Daledog

re: #18 jcm

I don't look like those TWP who've been president before me.

I don't have experience.
I don't like Liberty.
I don't like America.

By jove I think he's right!

/

Isn't a great leader; a man of intellectual depth; Who gambled everything in support of freedom and democracy. He doesn't look like any of them.

"That I don’t come out of central casting, when it comes to presidential races. For a whole range of reasons. I’m young, I’m new to the national scene, my name is Barack Obama, I am African American, I was born in Hawaii, I spent time in Indonesia. I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

And don't forget your miserable Commie wife.

This is America. Biographically challenged jive turkeys should not be running for president.

I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate. What that means is that I’m sort of unfamiliar and people are still trying to get a fix on who I am, where I come from, what my values are and so forth in a way that might not be true if I seemed more familiar."

Senator- you are the one in control of your campaign. If the America people aren't "getting you", perhaps you should re-think your strategy, but don't you dare blame us for the crappy job you've done presenting yourself.

A few weeks ago I thought that the odds were really against McCain.
Not now. How did Hillary lose to this twit?
He and his Chicago Machine hack, David Axlerod can not handle a campaign that fights back.
This is still a referendum on Barry & he is slipping badly.

re: #31 daledog

Dear Barry,
You don't have the love of country that a typical presidential candidate has either.

he sputtered about needing to help wounded vets.

I thought he would be all over/ take time to see those wounded vets in Germany etc.

Hell,
I have shook more of their hands/or laid my hand on their shoulders at the VA than he ever will.

Well, look. He's black. He's trying to raise the issue, air it out, wear it out, so it's not a negative. If it can be made a positive, all the better. I presume this is the reasoning behind his mentions, it's only campaign 101 stuff.

When his campaign then denies it, because they deny anything and everything the Republicans say, that's the reflex, well, whatever. That's just the modern democratic party, where incivility is job #1.

Is he playing the race card on himself? Sure. It keeps the Democratic base excited. Should McCain point it out? Sure, because it's politics, not that there's really anything wrong with it.

So their's a conspiracy to keep black people off the face of US currency?

re: #35 Sharmuta

If the American people don't truly "get" Obama yet, his campaign probably considers it a feature and not a bug.

Rules against using double negatives must not apply to The One.

re: #37 ibmkeyboard

American soldiers, vets, the Western Wall - nothing but props for the Obama campaign.

re: #37 ibmkeyboard

he sputtered about needing to help wounded vets.

I thought he would be all over/ take time to see those wounded vets in Germany etc.

Hell,
I have shook more of their hands/or laid my hand on their shoulders at the VA than he ever will.

When he was unable to use the wounded troops as campaign props in Germany, he had no interest.
You know that Barry thinks that his Iv.y League educatrion makes these guys his inferiors

It's one thing and one thing only.

Obama's entire past, has one thread running through it.
That the thread that binds all Gramsician Whores together.

Nothing more, nothing less. He is ideological unfit to hold any office in a Representative Republic.

re: #40 jaunte

im pretty sure not getting Obama's campaign is racism

...or the allegation that somehow I wouldn’t go visit the troops unless I had reporters with me, which every reporter who was on the trip knows is absolutely not true.

Then why didn't you visit the troops, Senator?

Obama:

if you can't dazzle them with brilliance
Baffle them with bullshit

I can't keep up with this asshat anymore

It's not accurate to assume he didn't infer that his comments weren't meant to be taken inaccurately. See? Anyone can do it!

Obama agrees to 3 debates with McCain

Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed further away from rival John McCain's challenge for a series of Lincoln-Douglas debates, agreeing only to the standard three face-offs in the fall proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

In a letter to the commission, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said the short period between the last political convention and the first proposed debate made it likely that the commission-sponsored debates would be the only ones in the fall.

"We've committed to the three debates on the table," campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in an interview. "It's likely they will be the three appearances by the candidates this fall."

Asked by The Associated Press if that meant Obama would not agree to any other debates, Psaki said, "We're not saying that."

+

/McCain challenged his Lordship to ten debates well over a month ago, can you say trying to run out the clock?

re: #46 Sharmuta

What the Obama says is the word of the Lord, thou shalt not asketh any further questions.

Obama shouldn't be so worried about what Republicans say about him.

After all, Democrat Joe Biden will come to his defense assuring everyone that he "is articulate and bright and clean".

Nothing says Double Negative like Barack Obama

"I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

Or barely any biography at all.

re: #46 Sharmuta

Note the choice of witnesses to back him up "..or the allegation that somehow I wouldn’t go visit the troops unless I had reporters with me, which every reporter who was on the trip knows is absolutely not true.
Every reporter who was on the trip was approved by his campaign.

Let me make this perfectly clear, I have always said and will always say that Obama is merely following the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive attack.
He is attacking McCain for race baiting before McCain has a chance to attack him on race, thus disarming him.
Honestly, it's so simple. Quit clinging to your bitterness and logic, folks...

things that are obvious to anyone with more than two brain cells.

most of his supporters fail to meet that standard

"We're glad the Obama campaign retracted Barack Obama’s accusation because it was absolutely false, and we’re moving on," said Tucker Bounds, spokesman for John McCain 2008, in a statement. "The only 'cynical' candidate in this election is Barack Obama, who has opposed every element of John McCain's comprehensive energy plan that includes additional oil drilling, affordable nuclear energy and gas tax relief for hardworking families."

Dear Senator McCain & Staff-

PLEASE DRIVE THIS POINT HOME!

Sincerely,
Sharmuta

re: #47 skree

Obama:

if you can't dazzle them with brilliance
Baffle them with bullshit

I can't keep up with this asshat anymore

Top secret video of BHO campaign operation.

“Here’s what I was saying and I think this should be undisputed:

Barry,, thats the problem in a NUTSHELL. You believe what you say should be UNDISPUTED.

re: #54 jaunte

Note the choice of witnesses to back him up "..or the allegation that somehow I wouldn’t go visit the troops unless I had reporters with me, which every reporter who was on the trip knows is absolutely not true.
Every reporter who was on the trip was approved by his campaign.

Yup, they turned down Chris Wallace's request to go along.
See, Barry will dazzle & outnegotiate all of those foreign dictators, but he is afraid of Chris Wallace & Brit Huime. I'm conrfused.

Dear Mr. Obama,

The scary thing is not how you look, or where you're from, it's where you want to go, and what you want to do.

"Will you defend the united States against its enemies?"

"It shouldn't be inferred that I would not defend this country, even though statements to the contrary could so be objectively construed."

Hey, it IS easy.

re: #50 pegcity

What the Obama says is the word of the Lord, thou shalt not asketh any further questions.

ha.

let it be written!

“I don’t think it’s accurate to say that my comments have nothing to do with race,” Obama said. “Here’s what I was saying and I think this should be undisputed: That I don’t come out of central casting, when it comes to presidential races. For a whole range of reasons. I’m young, I’m new to the national scene, my name is Barack Obama, I am African American, I was born in Hawaii, I spent time in Indonesia. I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

Did I mention I'm a Marxist?

I'd vote for any well qualified minority candidate for any office.

Sorry, Barry.

Obama just finished his Urban league speech. There was whoopin & hollering among this "non-partisan" group.
They then segued into "Yes we can"
I was waiting for the pom pom squad.

re: #58 jcm

Top secret video of BHO campaign operation.

That was rather relaxing, in a strange way ...

re: #66 opnion

Yes we can What exactly, yes we can destroy American? Yes we can charge people with mind crimes? Yes we can give our soverignty to the united nations?

What exactly can you do Obamatons.

Obama: McCain Would Serve As "Loyal Opposition" In Obama Administration

Barack Obama looked ahead to a potential Obama administration and suggested John McCain would serve as the "loyal opposition, in the minority."

"It is important to have a strong opposition," he added, "keeping you on your toes" and "calling you out."

At the start of his answer Obama joked the questioner was "setting [him] up to get in trouble" possibly alluding to recent criticism from the McCain campaign that he is presumptuous.

"You know I don't know that there's that perception," Obama said earlier this morning. "It's not really clear exactly what it's based on. If I was presumptuous or taking this for granted, I wouldn't be working this hard this week. I'm beat."

Obama Cannot Keep Running On Narcissism

By GEORGE F. WILL

/YES HE CAN, just ask him!

The Phrase YES WE CAN is so often uttered by people who want the Government to do something for them.

re: #66 opnion

Obama just finished his Urban league speech. There was whoopin & hollering among this "non-partisan" group.
They then segued into "Yes we can"
I was waiting for the pom pom squad.

Why ask for donations?

they could sell tickets.

/but he is fading fast-
McCain 44%
Barry 44%

the concert will soon be sold out.

re: #69 Killian Bundy

"It is important to have a strong opposition," he added, "keeping you on your toes" and "calling you out, as long as they don't disagree with me."
Fixed that for ya, Barry

re: #70 Shug

they should chant no we can't, because Obama supporters are obviously incapable of doing anything for themselves and want everything done for them.

Oh now I get it. What Obama said has nothing to do with race,but when Trent Lott speaks it is blatant racism The lower Barry gets in the polls, the more he will bring race into his campaign.

re: #73 pegcity

Or No we won't since many of them are able bodied bums

re: #68 pegcity

Yes we can What exactly, yes we can destroy American? Yes we can charge people with mind crimes? Yes we can give our soverignty to the united nations?

What exactly can you do Obamatons.

It doesn't seem to matter that Obama speaks in empty platitudes.
The true believers are mesmerized.
For others though the novelty is wearing off & he is beginning to look like the insipid, empty suit that he is.
The wheels on the bus are starting to get loose.

re: #76 opnion

It doesn't seem to matter that Obama speaks in empty platitudes.
The true believers are mesmerized.
For others though the novelty is wearing off & he is beginning to look like the insipid, empty suit that he is.
The wheels on the bus are starting to get loose.

He will then throw the bus under the bus, causing all of reality to implode.

re: #70 Shug

The Phrase YES WE CAN is so often uttered by people who want the Government to do something for them.

Obama shout "Yes We Can', I think we already are Why doesn't he?

re: #73 pegcity

they should chant no we can't, because Obama supporters are obviously incapable of doing anything for themselves and want everything done for them.

Exactly!
Has always been the position of the LLL.

re: #70 Shug

The Phrase YES WE CAN is so often uttered by people who want the Government to do something for them.

Not to mention Bob the Builder said it first.

/don't you just love a Presidential candidate that has to stoop to plagiarizing a cartoon character for his campaign slogan

The Wizard of Uhs

“Here’s what I was saying and I think this should be undisputed: That I don’t come out of central casting, when it comes to presidential races. For a whole range of reasons. I’m young, I’m new to the national scene, my name is Barack Obama, I am African American, I was born in Hawaii, I spent time in Indonesia. I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

What...? No, sir: your wife is "African-American". Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is African-American. Malcom Little(X) was African American. Halle Berry is African-American. You, sir, are Kenyan-American.

Not that it matters. The reason I'm not voting for you is because you're not qualified for the job. Your "race" is irrelevant.

I'd say he was precisely out of central casting except my example of a black, Democrat President was committed to fighting terrorists -- at least in the minds of the "24" writers -- and he had a selfish, manipulative, anti-American wife.

re: #74 n in wi

Oh now I get it. What Obama said has nothing to do with race,but when Trent Lott speaks it is blatant racism The lower Barry gets in the polls, the more he will bring race into his campaign.

That is why Obama used race. He was dropping in the polls.
The race thing just made it worse. His campaign & he are overrated.

re: #77 Mars Needs Neocons

He will then throw the bus under the bus, causing all of reality to implode.

Nancy will get him an all electric bus

re: #76 opnion

It doesn't seem to matter that Obama speaks in empty platitudes.
The true believers are mesmerized.
For others though the novelty is wearing off & he is beginning to look like the insipid, empty suit that he is.
The wheels on the bus are starting to get loose.

The wheels on the bus aren't touching the ground,to many people under it.

As you no doubt know, one of the prime problems for race relations in America has been the vast gulf between white/black HS graduation rates in this country. Never mind the reason. The fact is enough.

One city has done yeoman's work to close this gap, even reverse it.

Black males in Detroit graduate at higher rate than white males.

20 vs 17

re: #83 salmon dave

I'd say he was precisely out of central casting except my example of a black, Democrat President was committed to fighting terrorists -- at least in the minds of the "24" writers -- and he had a selfish, manipulative, anti-American wife.

Also- Palmer had integrity.

re: #64 Quintus_Arius

I’m young, I’m new to the national scene, my name is Barack Obama, I am African American, I was born in Hawaii, I spent time in Indonesia. I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

All of that qualifies you for absolutely nothing.

And your name is Barack Hussein Obama. And John McCain spent time in Viet Nam which trumps your measely ass schoolboy experiences by a long shot.

re: #85 ibmkeyboard

The wheels on the bus go round and round (but really slowly) and it has to be charged 48 hours after every three hours of use.

I listened to him this morning. i heard him speak but did he say anything?

re: #83 salmon dave

I'd say he was precisely out of central casting except my example of a black, Democrat President was committed to fighting terrorists -- at least in the minds of the "24" writers -- and he had a selfish, manipulative, anti-American wife.

He looked a lot better than BO though ... I'm thinking ears here!

re: #21 shibumi

So...Harvard teaches you to speak incomprehensible English? Or just garbled double negatives?

Next question: if he speaks like this...who actually wrote those two books for him?

How about this one...
"If I was presumptuous or taking this for granted, I wouldn't be working this hard this week."

Shouldn't it be "If I were ... "

?

re: #80 Killian Bundy

LOL!

I can totally see that video playing on the big screen, speakers blaring, during the Dem convention.

re: #83 salmon dave

I'd say he was precisely out of central casting except my example of a black, Democrat President was committed to fighting terrorists -- at least in the minds of the "24" writers -- and he had a selfish, manipulative, anti-American wife.

I'd vote for him.

/Blair Underwood? or Forest Whittaker?

I also noticed that CNN had the 2 American flags perfectly framed behind him and Fox had the flags just on the left side the sound from CNN was way better the Fox for some reason. anyone have an idea why?

re: #91 BBev

I listened to him this morning. i heard him speak but did he say anything?

Did he say anything like " I am the one that I have waited for?",
or "wherever you go, thats where you are?" Or how about "the future is like now, it just happens later"
Everything that he says has a profound hidden meaning.
See it's not Rocket Surgery!

re: #93 lori lane

How about this one...
"If I was presumptuous or taking this for granted, I wouldn't be working this hard this week."

Shouldn't it be "If I were ... "

?

Aww - he's trying to be folksy here ..., speaking like all those non-Harvardians out there. Its called 'the common touch'.

re: #68 pegcity

Yes we can What exactly, yes we can destroy American? Yes we can charge people with mind crimes? Yes we can give our soverignty to the united nations?

What exactly can you do Obamatons.

Maybe it's not so sinister. Maybe it's more like "Yes we CAN plant community gardens!"

It's probably nothing so crass as "Yes we CAN excel in school!" or "Yes we CAN make it without government handouts!"

That would require personal effort, and anyway, just making a living is not as exciting as saving the world by mouthing platitudes and slogans,

First debate where Lord Obama spouts his "windfall profits" plan or one of his myriad other wealth distribution schemes, McCain, in front of a national TV audience, should just cut to the chase and flat out call him what he is to his face, a socialist.

/big bonus points if he were to use the adjective hardcore

Barry's resume.

Community Organizer: No records or major accomplishments.
Attorney: No records available. Major accomplishment representing a Chicago slumlord.
Illinois Legislator: No records available. Major accomplishment, getting grant money to a Chicago slumlord.
US Senator: Served 143 days before running for US President. Major accomplishment, sponsor of the Global Poverty task.

'nuff said.

re: #82 anubis_soundwave

Halle Berry is African-American.

Halle Berry is half white. Will she be called a racist for choosing to highlight the black half?

re: #93 lori lane

I've noticed that everytime he speaks off the cuff his true intellect in on display for everyone to see.

Hes an idiot, he can't string two words together without umm'ng and uhhh'ng.
'

I'm pleased to see LGFers take on BHO. He's running as a Democrat, but he's no Democrat. FDR was a Democrat, and Truman, JFK, LBJ, WJC and even Carter and Hillary.. But BHO has hijacked the Democratic Party. DINO if you will. McCain is much closer to those nostalgic Democrats than Barry, if they only knew.

I believe this would be an effective message to those Democrats who only look a the (D). Should they wise up, BHO would not come close.

re: #101 jcm

Barry's resume.

Community Organizer: No records or major accomplishments.
Attorney: No records available. Major accomplishment representing a Chicago slumlord.
Illinois Legislator: No records available. Major accomplishment, getting grant money to a Chicago slumlord.
US Senator: Served 143 days before running for US President. Major accomplishment, sponsor of the Global Poverty task.

'nuff said.

PIMF task = tax

re: #95 anubis_soundwave

I'd vote for him.

/Blair Underwood? or Forest Whittaker?

Dennis Haysbert -- my kind of President, regardless of race.

re: #69 Killian Bundy

From your IBD link:
"Swift and sweeping changes are almost always calamitous consequences of calamities — often of wars, sometimes of people determined to "remake the world." Wise voters — polls might be telling us that there are more of them than Obama imagines — hanker for candidates whose principal promise is that they will do their best to muddle through without breaking too much crockery."
--George F. Will

re: #97 opnion

Did he say anything like " I am the one that I have waited for?",
or "wherever you go, thats where you are?" Or how about "the future is like now, it just happens later"
Everything that he says has a profound hidden meaning.
See it's not Rocket Surgery!

You sound just like him are you sure you are not him who speaks in twisted tongue?

Hey, listen, it's his ears. The Dumbo look just doesn't go well on a dollar bill. People have problems with it.

Fools! Don't you know of the 11th Commandment....Thou shall not question the Big O. For he has spoken and that is all you need to know. No matter the unwashed doesn't understand what is being said, don't question.

re: #100 Killian Bundy

but in a polite manner, like Senator Obama im not sure if you were aware of it but what you're advocating to the country is termed socialism.

re: #84 opnion
From Rev Wright to now,when he gets in a bind,he pulls out the race card.
Imagine if he where pres.
"Ah, Mr. Putin, you spys are ah, reporting on much more black activity than on white,aaah, activity."
"Umm, the president of Iran is threatening inner city youth with ,ummm, his refusal to stop nuclear development."

re: #96 BBev

I also noticed that CNN had the 2 American flags perfectly framed behind him and Fox had the flags just on the left side the sound from CNN was way better the Fox for some reason. anyone have an idea why?

camera and microphone positioning. Before someone gets up to a podium to speak, sound engineers from each network have to "mic check" there equipment. It's totally on a 1st come 1st serve basis (1st one to the venue gets choice positioning) In the case of CNN and or FOX, they have local affiliates in every major city that do their camera and sound for them

re: #102 ciaospirit

She has the right to choose whatever parent she wants to insult at her will.

My point would be that anyone whos self-identity is race based, is racist. That's just like the hyphenated american epidemic spreading throughout this country. If it wasn't about racism then it would be American-African, American-Chinese, etc.

The fact that it begins with the race shows where the people stand who follow this crap.

re: #97 opnion

I would add "Good business is where you find it." to that list!

re: #46 Sharmuta

which every reporter who was on the trip knows is absolutely not true.

May we ask every reporter if this is not true? I hate when he does that. Arggh.

Man. Denials of denials of confirmation of denied confirmations of denials. Or something like that. My head is swimming with all the twisting and dodging.

This guy's a s*ftc*ck who makes chickensh!t accusations then runs away with his tail between his legs when he gets called on them.

Not only is he not ready to be President of the United States of America, I don't even think I'd want him as president of the local soccer league.

The only Person making this about race is Barack and his followers. I don't care about his race. I care about their policies and expirence, of which BHO has none.

re: #116 lori lane

May we ask every reporter if this is not true? I hate when he does that. Arggh.

9 out of 10 doctors recommend Colgate

re: #100 Killian Bundy

big bonus points if he were to use the adjective hardcore

TRIPLE bonus points if he uses "FUCKIN hardcore socialist"

re: #96 BBev

I also noticed that CNN had the 2 American flags perfectly framed behind him and Fox had the flags just on the left side the sound from CNN was way better the Fox for some reason. anyone have an idea why?

Fox has a bullshit filter,CNN turns theirs off when dems. speak.

Obama agrees to 3 debates with McCain

Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from rival John McCain's challenge for a series of joint appearances before the political conventions, agreeing only to the standard three debates in the fall.

In May, when a McCain adviser proposed a series of pre-convention appearances at town hall meetings, Obama said, "I think that's a great idea." In summer stumping on the campaign trail, McCain has often noted that Obama had not followed through and joined him in any events.
....
"We've committed to the three debates on the table," campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Saturday in an interview. "It's likely they will be the three appearances by the candidates this fall."

Asked by The Associated Press if that meant Obama would not agree to any other debates, Psaki said, "We're not saying that." She said the McCain campaign had rejected Obama's proposal for two joint town hall meetings.

It will be interesting to see how these debates go. Obama doesn't seem very confident in his ability to debate so maybe that's a good sign.

re: #109 Archimedes

The Dumbo look just doesn't go well on a dollar bill.

re: #109 Archimedes

Hey, listen, it's his ears. The Dumbo look just doesn't go well on a dollar bill. People have problems with it.

maybe the dumbo ears can be hidden as a watermark.

and his likeness will replace Washington, who you know, had bad teeth like McCain.

and of course, Obama will go on the dollar before he's dead. He will demand that

re: #93 lori lane

How about this one...
"If I was presumptuous or taking this for granted, I wouldn't be working this hard this week."

Shouldn't it be "If I were ... "

?

Absolutely! He does not speak standard English well.

re: #113 sattv4u2

camera and microphone positioning. Before someone gets up to a podium to speak, sound engineers from each network have to "mic check" there equipment. It's totally on a 1st come 1st serve basis (1st one to the venue gets choice positioning) In the case of CNN and or FOX, they have local affiliates in every major city that do their camera and sound for them

I understand that but did you notice the difference it was very noticeable.

re: #102 ciaospirit

Halle Berry is half white. Will she be called a racist for choosing to highlight the black half?

I know; that's why I put her on the list: like the Senator, Halle's biracial. Unlike said Obama, she won't throw the white half of her family under the bus. (she accepted her Oscar w/her mom onstage.)

I think ol' Detroit Red was biracial, too.

My point is that the "Afrimericans" I listed are or were native Americans whose West African ancestors were forcibly shuttled across the Middle Passage, clapped in irons in Barbados, sold to Plantation Owner A in Charleston, SC and forced to till the cotton fields in Walterboro, SC.

Barack's dad...was a diplomat from Kenya.

Mentally Ill Obama, Pelosi, Democrats Playing With Oil, America's Future

Long video (9:47) but worth a look. Fox news hammers democrats, Pelosi, and Obama. I watched the Krauthammer portion yesterday live.

Watch it.

re: #117 CofactorMatrix

Man. Denials of denials of confirmation of denied confirmations of denials. Or something like that. My head is swimming with all the twisting and dodging.

This guy's a s*ftc*ck who makes chickensh!t accusations then runs away with his tail between his legs when he gets called on them.

Not only is he not ready to be President of the United States of America, I don't even think I'd want him as president of the local soccer league.

Maybe one of those everybody plays, no score kept leagues.

re: #129 jcm

When reached for comment, Bill Clinton stated "I only play in leagues where I can score"

re: #126 BBev

I understand that but did you notice the difference it was very noticeable.

I wasn't watching. I watched 2 minutes of an Obama speach yesterday, so I've had my bullshit fill for the month of August already

re: #106 salmon dave

Dennis Haysbert -- my kind of President, regardless of race.

The guy from the Allstate commercials! I was wondering why he looked so familiar.

/never got into 24

re: #132 anubis_soundwave

The guy from the Allstate commercials! I was wondering why he looked so familiar.

/never got into 24

Now he looks and sounds presidential. Someone like him could get the nomination without letting anyone know what he believes.

re: #128 Racer X

The O'reilly factor is so much better when Bill takes the night off and Laura Ingraham does the show.

re: #130 Mars Needs Neocons

When reached for comment, Bill Clinton stated "I only play in leagues where I can score"

I have the league for him.....
*NSFW*

I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.

Well, duh. The others didn't hate America, weren't Marxists and brought something to the table in the line of qualifications.

OT Watching Disney's Tarzan. Episode has Teddy Roosevelt, they really pegged the character so far.

Vote Obama!

/an examination of human history clearly shows that, time and time again, socialism has never ever worked, but hey, there's always a first time!

“I don’t look like those other presidents”

Sure, but you LOVE their images stamped on nice greenbacks, especially when they're donated to your campaign in the millions of bucketfuls...

If only Hillary would come back.

We best stop comparing the black 24 president to Obama. The 24 president was assassinated, and we don't want any lurking moonbat to start making accusations.

re: #53 Pope Insouciance IV

"I do not have the typical biography of a presidential candidate.”

Or barely any biography at all.

You'd think someone with so unknown would want as many debates as possible.

Oh yeah, I forgot that all those people on our currency had great personal integrity, too.

Nope, he doesn't look like them at all.

--We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.

--Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.

--Oh, look, you know, when I was a kid, I inhaled. Frequently. That was the point. You know, it’s, it’s not something I make light of. It’s something that I wrote actually about in my first book, and it was reflective of the struggles and confusion of a teen-age boy. And in that sense, I think, the vast majority of Americans understand that teenage boys are frequently confused.

--If our friendship depends on things like space and time, then when we finally overcome space and time, we've destroyed our own brotherhood! But overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. And in the middle of Here and Now, don't you think that we might see each other once or twice?

Barack Hussein Obama, or Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

OT
Here's my photo report on the No War On Iran rally in Times Square today.

Lots of patriots came out in the rain to stand for our flag. Thanks to everyone who was there.

re: #141 n in wi

Dennis Haysbert rules.

re: #141 n in wi

We best stop comparing the black 24 president to Obama. The 24 president was assassinated, and we don't want any lurking moonbat to start making accusations.

Oh- here I thought they'd be offended by Palmer having integrity while obama doesn't.

(Palmer wasn't assassinated until he was the ex-President)

re: #131 sattv4u2

I wasn't watching. I watched 2 minutes of an Obama speach yesterday, so I've had my bullshit fill for the month of August already

I hear ya.

re: #136 Stringart

Well, duh. The others didn't hate America, weren't Marxists and brought something to the table in the line of qualifications.

you obviously slept thru the Carter years !

re: #123 Kreuzueber Halbmond

That's racist, because you depict a black man wearing a white wig, which is the same as Al Jolson singing in blackface. You racist!

re: #59 sattv4u2

“Here’s what I was saying and I think this should be undisputed:

Barry,, thats the problem in a NUTSHELL. You believe what you say should be UNDISPUTED.

Hang on, JMV will show up to explain it all to us.

[Link: picklestime.com...]

Nothing to see here people just move along....lmfao

re: #151 debutaunt

Hang on, JMV will show up to explain it all to us.

Already did, downthread.

re: #82 anubis_soundwave

What...? No, sir: your wife is "African-American". Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is African-American. Malcom Little(X) was African American. Halle Berry is African-American. You, sir, are Kenyan-American.

But Kenya is in Africa, so I think that makes him African American. However, to be more exact, he is also white, so he is European-African-American. We live in a hyphenated world!

Not that it matters. The reason I'm not voting for you is because you're not qualified for the job. Your "race" is irrelevant.

Quite true. Seems like these days the obvious has to be stated. This is about ideas, not about race. For me it’s about individual rights and capitalism.

“I don’t look like those other presidents”

Other

Presidents?

Did they already have the election and I just missed it?

re: #151 debutaunt

Hang on, JMV will show up to explain it all to us.

great, but before that, i'll need to get some knitting needles. Poking them in my eyes is less painful than reading JMV's thoughts

re: #145 NoSubmission

Iran needs nukes!
/heh

Nice work.

re: #155 Archimedes

As Dennis Miller said,

"I'm not concerned with the color of his skin, I worry about the lack of thickness"

re: #147 Sharmuta

O.K. Your right,I just started watching that year.
P.S. Jack Bauer in 08

re: #4 Sharmuta

So- he's admitting that he's the one playing the race card?

Pretty much in a foot in mouth sort of way...

re: #158 Killgore Trout

Iran needs nukes!
/heh
Nice work.

Thanks. I need to tweak it a bit. The over all feeling was they are pissed at Obama for moving to the right center on the war against terror.

re: #145 NoSubmission

Thanks. Great pics.

re: #103 pegcity

I've noticed that everytime he speaks off the cuff his true intellect in on display for everyone to see.

Hes an idiot, he can't string two words together without umm'ng and uhhh'ng.
'

Yes! The so called eloquence doesn't exist.

Reminds me of the time I happened to catch a few minutes of The View, and Whoopi was whooping on Tiger Woods for "getting less black every time he talks about himself," or some such guff. He's not allowed to speak of his mixed-heritage, in her world. Black is black!

Again, who's the racist here? Not the beautiful, beleaguered Elizabeth Hasselbeck, who should receive a Medal Of Honor for her courage in the face of overwhelming numbers (and gross poundage) of moonbats.

re: #163 Pvt Bin Jammin

Thanks. Great pics.

Thanks. I love the Say NO to Wahhabism sign combined with the Saudi flag. Pure genius!

Speaking of hyphenated America
I am Scotch-Irish-American.
Would that justify my heavy drinking when I golf?

re: #108 BBev

You sound just like him are you sure you are not him who speaks in twisted tongue?

Maybe, but I must tell you that you & your cohorts embarass Michelle & me (coud be another Michelle) when you go abroad.
You just do not speak their language. Ok repeat after me "si se puede"

re: #151 debutaunt

Hang on, JMV will show up to explain it all to us.

We're racist!

An Obama spokesman denied that the line about “dollar bills” was related to the Democrat’s race...

I'm actually willing to give them this one... all the folks we've put on currency were well prepared for what they did long before they took on the challenges history had for them... whereas Obamassiah is just an empty shirt in comparison to any of them, including when lined up against McCain or even Shrillary or even Sacajawea for that matter (who was probably better prepared than McCain or Shrillary for anything as well)...

re: #150 garycooper

I'm not racist, I just like funny hair.

OT Why has the ornithopter never caught on? Too much energy expenditure?

No I don't know where that idea came from.

re: #145 NoSubmission

McKinney for Obamassieh's VP pick!

re: #172 Mars Needs Neocons

OT Why has the ornithopter never caught on? Too much energy expenditure?

That and complexity of flapping wings.

re: #145 NoSubmission

OT
Here's my photo report on the No War On Iran rally in Times Square today.

Lots of patriots came out in the rain to stand for our flag. Thanks to everyone who was there.

That was quick NoSub...glad you made it back OK and thanks for the pics. I really loved the Sean Bell and the Cynthia McKinney posters. Who would have thought that Sean Bell died because of the war.

re: #165 garycooper

Reminds me of the time I happened to catch a few minutes of The View, and Whoopi was whooping on Tiger Woods for "getting less black every time he talks about himself," or some such guff. He's not allowed to speak of his mixed-heritage, in her world. Black is black!

Again, who's the racist here? Not the beautiful, beleaguered Elizabeth Hasselbeck, who should receive a Medal Of Honor for her courage in the face of overwhelming numbers (and gross poundage) of moonbats.

Probably Whoopi Goldberg. I was just trying to speak in Obama-ese, I guess. Being technical, getting the "ethnic" facts about him straight.

I hate hyphens.

/shame. her stint as Guinan on Star Trek rocked.

re: #171 Kreuzueber Halbmond

LMAO. Perfect! Now I can go and watch the Angels beat up on the Yankees.

Lizards, a wonderful thing is happening. People are seeing Barry for what he is, an inexperienced, narsassit, not ready to be a Senator much less Commander in Chief.
There also seems to be an uderlying distrust of his loyalty.
In my mind his loalty is not to our country.

re: #172 Mars Needs Neocons

Technology hasn't caught up to it yet. There are some small scale models that can do something similar to the job but nothing large scale that I'm aware of.

re: #172 Mars Needs Neocons

re: #175 jcm

That and complexity of flapping wings.

that ,, and downtown parking problems

re: #176 jorlineIt took me longer to edit and upload my pictures and make a blog post than it did to capture the whole thing on film.

It poured rain most of the time. Same old tired moonbat slogans... Nice to see all the freedom loving Americans and foreign tourists giving us the thumbs up!

re: #172 Mars Needs Neocons

OT Why has the ornithopter never caught on? Too much energy expenditure?

The sandworms keep eating them.

re: #180 anotherindyfilmguy

Technology hasn't caught up to it yet. There are some small scale models that can do something similar to the job but nothing large scale that I'm aware of.

This is pretty large scale.

re: #145 NoSubmission
Nice photo report. It's always interesting to see what other fringe groups show up at protests. Love the NYT reporters sign...will lie for food. LOL

re: #174 anotherindyfilmguy

McKinney for Obamassieh's VP pick!

Fist bumps all around!

re: #159 sattv4u2

I remember that Dennis Miller quote. Very clever.

I Googled it and you're close:

“I don’t even notice the color of his skin. I do notice the thinness of it, though."

"Gallup Daily: McCain, Obama Remain Tied"

The results, based on a three-day rolling average of interviews conducted July 30-Aug. 1, show Obama and McCain each receiving 44% of the vote among registered voters.

[Link: www.gallup.com...]

"this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal ..."

Someone check the ocean level.

OT:

Part Two of Zombie's Up Your Alley Pics are now up

Gotta go. Have an Obama free day!

re: #181 sattv4u2

re: #175 jcm

that ,, and downtown parking problems

I don't have a problem finding a space....
Do need to keep a broom handy.

re: #183 redshirt

The sandworms keep eating them.

Aah yes. Almost forgot about those ornithopters.

I should have known that the question would get some great answers. Anyway I think I have to leave for a few hours now. See all later.

re: #140 American Jewess In Jerusalem

If only Hillary would come back.

She hasn't gone anywhere....... yet.

re: #187 Archimedes

thanks,,, i'll try to remember it in it's correct form, which is much more powerful than my attempt

I don’t come out of central casting

I couldn't disagree more. He's pretending to be a person with the qualifications to be a world leader - sounds directly out of central casting to me.

Ugliness from Pamela....
The Pictures That Fooled The World - Yugoslavia Death Camp Hoax

Genocide denial from a Jew. Disgusting and repulsive. She also rails against Micheal Totten for discussing moderate Muslims. She's nut.

re: #182 NoSubmission

It took me longer to edit and upload my pictures and make a blog post than it did to capture the whole thing on film.

It poured rain most of the time. Same old tired moonbat slogans... Nice to see all the freedom loving Americans and foreign tourists giving us the thumbs up!

Thank you for capturing the moment.

"They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?"

Don't worry, sweetie.^FN1 We never believed your spokesliar, David Axelrod.
__________
^FN1 "That's a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect ...."

Funny but George Washington had wooden teeth, hardly 'central casting material'. (Interesting the Obamanation used a CELEBRITY TERM, 'central casting', referring to show biz casting departments for ACTORS and ACTRESSES, to perform ROLES in MAKE BELIEVE productions). Abe Lincoln was from Central Casting-tall, lanky, and somewhat morose? Thomas Jefferson, red hair, very shy in public speaking, not exactly central casting. Andrew Jackson his head was as big as Jean Fraude Ketchup's, nuff said about central casting putting him in office. Pres. Ulysses S. Grant, long beard, hiiiigh forehead, receding hairline, 'beer gut'-paunch, short legs, not exactly central casting. Pres. William McKinley, looked like Mr. Potter from movie Its a Wonderful Life, but certainly is not the kind of central casting that the Obamanation was talking about. Plus central casting would hardly pick a President who didn't stay in office for at least one complete term, let alone one complete year. President Grover Cleveland, had a moustache like John Bolton's (and you know how much libbies love Bolton, plus he was humongous, probably the fattest President next to Taft. Not central casting in the slightest. President ll: James Madison,also large amount of balding, hair shoulder length and wore an ascot and faaabuulous clothes not exacting out of central casting. Last, but not least, President Woodrow Wilson, had a stone face that could frighten small children especially when he smiled.
Again, no central casting made this choice for President.
Indeed there is but one huge area where the Obamanation differs from these dollar Presidents, and that is that the overwheliming majority of them had REAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, whereas the OBAMANATION has NONE. The Obamanation has a talent for reading a teleprompter, but by that standard any TV host is as qualified (or more qualified) than the OBAMANTION. The Presidency is not a entry level position for affirmative action narcissistic applicants such as the Obamanation.
Or to put it another way, Never has one presumptive nominee for President had such a LARGE perecption of himself based upon so LITTLE.

re: #191 jcm

I don't have a problem finding a space....
Do need to keep a broom handy.

Better Call MAACO

If Barry didnt keep bringing up his race, he would have nothing to talk about.

re: #201 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

If Barry didnt keep bringing up his race, he would have nothing to talk about.

Let's talk about his TWP half shall we?
Is that half bitter and clingy?

re: #145 NoSubmission

OT
Here's my photo report on the No War On Iran rally in Times Square today.

Lots of patriots came out in the rain to stand for our flag. Thanks to everyone who was there.

"And rain hurts magic markers."

LOL!

re: #184 Mars Needs Neocons

This is pretty large scale.

Makes a nice lawn dart at the end of the video... mebbe that has something to do with it... Also the website attached doesn't say how much energy went into it versus, for instance, a regular piper cub or something else. Give it time, the biggest boost will be if someone can get it working without crashing and make it cheaper to fly than current aircraft.

re: #194 sattv4u2

Thanks for reminding me of it. He really did hit the target.

re: #196 Killgore Trout

She seems to be suffering from Noam Chomsky syndrome.

The Obamanation is African American just like Tereza Heinz Ketchup is an African American.

re: #168 opnion

Maybe, but I must tell you that you & your cohorts embarass Michelle & me (coud be another Michelle) when you go abroad.
You just do not speak their language. Ok repeat after me "si se puede"

fuck tutte le persone ricche

re: #206 pegcity

Of course GoV supports genocide too;

Karadzic vs. the MSM

There is a section of the anti-Jihad movement that has completely gone around the bend.

re: #207 eaglewingz08

The Obamanation is African American just like Tereza Heinz Ketchup is an African American.

Tereza has a better claim......

re: #196 Killgore Trout

Ugliness from Pamela....
The Pictures That Fooled The World - Yugoslavia Death Camp Hoax

Genocide denial from a Jew. Disgusting and repulsive. She also rails against Micheal Totten for discussing moderate Muslims. She's nut.

I beautiful face can hide an angry mind.

re: #49 Killian Bundy

Obama agrees to 3 debates with McCain

+

/McCain challenged his Lordship to ten debates well over a month ago, can you say trying to run out the clock?

After the first few debates those undecideds would desert the Obama camp faster than Los Angeles Dodger fans in the fifth inning of a 12-0 blowout.

You only deny things this impulsively when you have or think you have something to hide.

I thought the purpose of representatives was to "represent" the person they work for. So why do they all show their man as a repulsively egotistical fake liar?

re: #203 MandyManners

"And rain hurts magic markers."
LOL!

I'm glad you approve! For folks who carry funny signs, they have zero sense of humor.

re: #171 Kreuzueber Halbmond

I'm not racist, I just like funny hair.

RACIST!

re: #211 Mars Needs Neocons

Brussels Journal: The Plight of the Bosnian Serbs

All the usual suspects.

re: #216 Killgore Trout

Brussels Journal: The Plight of the Bosnian Serbs

All the usual suspects.

It's just amazing. They were able to keep it together a long time here, but after the collapse, they just kept getting worse and worse. There has to be a limit to how much evil you can excuse in the name of the greater "good".

re: #203 MandyManners

"And rain hurts magic markers."

LOL!

No war for Magic Markers!

re: #128 Racer X

Mentally Ill Obama, Pelosi, Democrats Playing With Oil, America's Future

Long video (9:47) but worth a look. Fox news hammers democrats, Pelosi, and Obama. I watched the Krauthammer portion yesterday live.

Watch it.

WOW! Now THAT is Fox News being what Fox News is supposed to be! Much more of this (especially Krauthammer, and let's have some Victor Davis Hanson too) and much, MUCH less of Nazi Pat and Huck the Village Idiot!

re: #219 Tigger2005

WOW! Now THAT is Fox News being what Fox News is supposed to be! Much more of this (especially Krauthammer, and let's have some Victor Davis Hanson too) and much, MUCH less of Nazi Pat and Huck the Village Idiot!

Hanson and Krauthammer are terrific!

Maybe we should elect Obama for a 5-day stint? and then we can collectively say "Yes - America has been cleansed of her sins. See! we elected a black man (approved by hollywood and the media)"

then after 5 days - the adult steps in.

re: #23 LouisianaLightning

Slightly O.T.
Does anyone know the last Presidential Candidate whose father was NOT a U.S. citizen? Just another way Barack is different.

Andrew Jackson comes to mind.... there've been some scurrilous rumors that he was born on the ship on the way to South Carolina, making him ineligible for the presidency.

It was a little harder to fact-check people in the 18th century....

While I normally would not encourage McCain to exploit his family in his campaign, a simple poster with the entire McCain family including his adopted daughter who is 5 shades blacker than BO with a simple slogan of "McCain, I stand for the values of the family.", would let the air out of some of this race baiting by BO and expose him for the empty suit he is. McCain did not adopt this daughter from Bangladesh for political reasons. He adopted her to give her a chance in her life away from grinding poverty and oppression. He should not make a big deal of her, but exposing the folks to the fact that he is hardly a racist will not hurt.

re: #196 Killgore Trout

Now that is sick.
Next they'll be trying to prove that Srebrenica didn't really happen...

re: #223 Shr_Nfr

While I normally would not encourage McCain to exploit his family in his campaign, a simple poster with the entire McCain family including his adopted daughter who is 5 shades blacker than BO with a simple slogan of "McCain, I stand for the values of the family.", would let the air out of some of this race baiting by BO and expose him for the empty suit he is. McCain did not adopt this daughter from Bangladesh for political reasons. He adopted her to give her a chance in her life away from grinding poverty and oppression. He should not make a big deal of her, but exposing the folks to the fact that he is hardly a racist will not hurt.

Another one with McCain's grandfather in uniform, McCain's father in uniform,
McCain in Uniform, his son in uniform in Iraq and the other one at the Academy.

Titled simply

SERVICE

re: #20 MandyManners

He's a spayshul snowflake!

He is quite special, actually. Every time I bring up a constructive criticism of Barak or relate something about yet another gaff, my comments are brushed under the rug and ignored. To many here in teh Bay Area, Obama can do no wrong.

Hmmm...

Lebanese political factions approve arming Hezbullah

So, any attacks from the north are countenanced by the entire government. OK, good luck with that, Lebanon.

The Dems are going to be trying to manufacture a "macaque moment" for the McCain campaign from now until November. If they can't make a real one, they'll make one up. Then deny it. Then do it again, then deny it again.

Which reminds me that Lizards and bloggers need to be watching for the O operatives attending McCain campaign rallies. We need to figure out who they are, what their crazy angle is, and we need to expose them where we can find 'em. You know that they are out there.

re: #225 jcm

Another one with McCain's grandfather in uniform, McCain's father in uniform,
McCain in Uniform, his son in uniform in Iraq and the other one at the Academy.

Titled simply

SERVICE

OR ,, to REALLY torque off the left (like they need reasons) Title it

AMERICAN ,, NO QUESTION

Powerline has a video clip of Axelrod using almost the exact same line as Obama later did here.

Axelrod:
"W]hat it means, what he was saying - and he does this in a self mocking way - look, I know I'm not from central casting when it comes to presidents of the United States. I'm new, I'm relatively young, I haven't spent my life in Washington. And yes, I'm African-American - and that's going to be some fodder."

[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]

I wonder if Obama read it off a sheet or teleprompter to get it just right.

What a farce this is. Obama is an empty suit and communist mole being directed every step of the way by David Axelrod who specializes in creating cult of personality figures.

re: #19 Opinionated

I agree, although to be fair to obama, I have to remember that perhaps our greatest President, Abraham Lincoln, had a thinner resume when he was elected to the White House (one term in Congress).

Obama's going to have to do this to his bus pretty soon

OT:
I dunno if anyone has posted about this yet; but the Hamas/Fatah fighting in Gaza is escalating more and more.

So much so, that 150 Fatah gunmen have fled Gaza, and Israel has ALLOWED them to pass, giving their wounded treatment and moving the rest to the West Bank.

Why are the Israeli's so nice? These men will probably end up killing Israelis in the end.

(Although, I'd like to be optimistic and hope that this act of compassion by Israeli's in the face of Hamas will get them to focus more on solving their own internal problems then on killing innocent Israeli's)

"The Obama" is not going to tolerate any opposition to his ideas or plans ever. He also seems very afraid to go up against McCain in a Town Hall type of debate because he simply can not answer questions by himself.

OT: AP is gloating gloating over "Big Oil" record profits again. The funny thing is when compared to many other industries such as Pharmaceuticals and Microsoft they pail in comparison.

But the main reason AP and the rest of the MSM want to focus on US Oil profits is mainly because the US has one of the few "for profit" industries in the world. Most of the other oil producers are Nationalized and we won't be seeing their profit sheets anytime soon.

re: #234 Miss Molly

"The Obama" is not going to tolerate any opposition to his ideas or plans ever. He also seems very afraid to go up against McCain in a Town Hall type of debate because he simply can not answer questions by himself.

you mean "ummm,,,, errrr ,,, ahhh ,, welll,,, ummm,,, HOPE ,,, ummm,,, errrr ,,, ah well ,,,, umm,, CHANGE ,,, ummmm," isn't an answwer?

re: #196 Killgore Trout

Ugliness from Pamela....
The Pictures That Fooled The World - Yugoslavia Death Camp Hoax

Genocide denial from a Jew. Disgusting and repulsive. She also rails against Micheal Totten for discussing moderate Muslims. She's nut.

From fiery to fucked up. Shame really.

re: #225 jcm

Progressives see the word SERVICE and think escort service

re: #222 Steffan
Andrew Jackson was born in 1767. The constitution makes a specific exception on the natural born American clause for all those who were born prior to 1789. Specifically:

Clause 5: Qualifications for office

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

By the time of their inauguration, the President and Vice President must be:

* natural born citizens (or citizens at the time of the Constitution's adoption)
* at least thirty-five years old
* inhabitants for at least fourteen years of the United States.

--------

If you were a citizen of the US in 1789 you could become president. Later on, as foreign born people who were citizens in 1789 died out, it was only possible to be a president if you were a natural born citizen. I keep wondering if Hillary has the naturalized at birth vs natural born citizen up her sleeve to use at the convention. Hamilton who was born in the West Indies could have become president. He was a citizen in 1789. Thomas Paine probably would have qualified too, despite being born in England. Lafayette, if he had become a citizen prior to 1789 would also have been eligible.

However, it is not clear to me that under the constitution, BO is eligible despite being born in the US of a US mother. due to the immigration laws in effect at the time of his birth.

re: #238 Shug

Progressives see the word SERVICE and think escort service

Or an interns service.....

re: #231 extrabob

However, he was a practicing lawyer and not just a "community activist" and academic.

re: #225 jcm

Not a bad idea either. Add "We believe in freedom" and I think its a bit more powerful, but with just Service its strong and simple.

The press is still screwing this story up. Just heard on ABC radio news that Obama referred to himself as not looking like the other presidents. Obviously, the story is that he accused McCain of doing it. This is the third time I've heard the story described this way. GAAAAAAAA.

Obama should have a word with his staff, then, so they don’t continue to reflexively deny things that are obvious to anyone with more than two brain cells.

The emptiness of the entire Obama campaign should be obvious to anyone with more than two brain cells, but too many people have been brainwashed by school and the MSM.
He has little more content than "Vote for me or you're a racist!"

re: #231 extrabob

I agree, although to be fair to obama, I have to remember that perhaps our greatest President, Abraham Lincoln, had a thinner resume when he was elected to the White House (one term in Congress).

Lincoln took it on the chin for many years, politically, before he truly succeeded. He exemplified perseverance, if nothing else.

re: #39 pegcity

So their's a conspiracy to keep black people off the face of US currency?

If Obama gets in will there be a movement to put "Fiddy Cent" on the half dollar?

re: #231 extrabob

re: #245 Cognito

Lincoln took it on the chin for many years, politically, before he truly succeeded. He exemplified perseverance, if nothing else.

Lincolns political career started when he was in his early 20's running for (but losing) a seat in Illinois assembly as a Whig. He won a seat 2 years later. From then on, he was always involved in politics, even as a lawyer

Naval Aviator vs. Leftist Agitator.

Choose wisely, grasshopper.

/channeling Master Po

This just in...Obama denies denying denied denial. My head hurts.

“I don’t think it’s accurate to say that my comments have nothing anything to do with race reality,” Obama said.

Fixed it.

re: #248 Colonel Panik

Naval Aviator vs. Leftist Agitator.

Choose wisely, grasshopper.

/channeling Master Po

Hero vs Zero

#245 Cognito 8/02/08 1:43:23 pm reply quote 0

re: #231 extrabob

I agree, although to be fair to obama, I have to remember that perhaps our greatest President, Abraham Lincoln, had a thinner resume when he was elected to the White House (one term in Congress).

Lincoln took it on the chin for many years, politically, before he truly succeeded. He exemplified perseverance, if nothing else.

I would think he wrote his own speeches and was very quick at ad libbing.
At one campaign speech a heckler said:
"Tell everyone all you know, Abe, it won't take very long."
Lincoln's response:
"I'll tell you what. I'll tell everyone everything we both know and it won't take any longer."

re: #247 sattv4u2

re: #245 Cognito

Lincolns political career started when he was in his early 20's running for (but losing) a seat in Illinois assembly as a Whig. He won a seat 2 years later. From then on, he was always involved in politics, even as a lawyer

Actually Lincoln lost many times. In 1832, '48, '55, '59... and suffered numerous business failures along the way.

re: #252 solomonpanting

that's priceless

re: #253 Cognito

Actually Lincoln lost many times. In 1832, '48, '55, '59... and suffered numerous business failures along the way.

that was my point. Someone upthread tried to compare Obama's inexperience in politics with Lincolns. Lincoln was involved from his early 20's till his death, some 33 years total

re: #255 sattv4u2

Ah, gotcha. Yes, he was a veteran before he ever neared the Presidency.

What we can believe in??

Bob "0-8" Shrum should feel good because this is the biggest cluster-f*** of a campaign that he hasn't been involved in.

re: #113 sattv4u2

Speaking of Rev Wright, did anyone realize he was a former Muslim? First I heard of it was last night on Hannity's America when he interviewed the author of "Obama Nation"

Why hasn't this little gem been on the news?

re: #259 satan sidekick

Speaking of Rev Wright, did anyone realize he was a former Muslim? First I heard of it was last night on Hannity's America when he interviewed the author of "Obama Nation"

Why hasn't this little gem been on the news?

You didn't know that?

re: #256 Cognito

Ah, gotcha. Yes, he was a veteran before he ever neared the Presidency.

And Lincoln, having served in the Blackfoot War, was a veteran in war as well as in public affairs. Once again, like McCain and not like BO.

re: #259 satan sidekick

Speaking of Rev Wright, did anyone realize he was a former Muslim? First I heard of it was last night on Hannity's America when he interviewed the author of "Obama Nation"

Why hasn't this little gem been on the news?

I've read several places he was one of Calypso Louie Farrakhan's followers.

I wonder if he is a "Taqqiya Christian".

re: #257 songbird

What we can believe in??

Good afternoon songbird...did you get any rain from Dolly?