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JACK WA
6:54PM Jun 5th 2008
HILLARY WAS BURNED !
VOTE McCAIN !
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RON PAUL
6:55PM Jun 5th 2008
WAS THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB !
WRITE IN RON PAUL !
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hd
6:58PM Jun 5th 2008
ANOTHER DEMOCRAT VOTING FOR MCCAIN. I HATE BUSH BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DO DO LIKE THE POST WW1 GERMANS AND VOTE FOR HITLER HUSSEIN OBAMA.
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WILL VOTE GOP NOW
7:01PM Jun 5th 2008
WITH OUT HILLARY AND NO RON PAUL !
I WILL VOTE McCAIN !
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NO LONGER OBAMA SUPPORTER
7:48PM Jun 5th 2008
ATTENTION ALL HILLARY SUPPORTERS!!!!!!!!!!
RE-REGISTER NOW AS “INDEPENDENT” TO PROTEST THE DNC’S DESPICABLE ACTIONS!!!!
WE ALL KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING THIS ELECTION FROM HILLARY!!!!!
IT’S TIME FOR ALL OF US TO UNITE AND PROTEST BY RE-REGISTERING AS “INDEPENDENT” NOW!!!!!
IN THIS WAY, WE WILL GET OUR STRONG MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE DNC THAT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH WHAT THEY DID TO HILLARY AND TO US, THE “AMERICAN” PEOPLE, BY TOTALLY IGNORING OUR WILL IN OUR DEMOCRACY!!!
SHOW THE DNC THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER PUSH US AROUND AND IGNORE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!!!!! (AS AN “INDEPENDENT,” YOU CAN STILL VOTE FOR WHOMEVER YOU WANT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.)
WHEN THE DNC ACTUALLY SEES THE MASS EXODUS OF DEMOCRATS FROM THE PARTY, THEY MUST RECONSIDER AND REALIZE THE PARTY’S NONEXISTENT CHANCE OF WINNING THE GENERAL ELECTION WITHOUT HILLARY SUPPORTERS!!!!!!
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS OFFICE AND RE-REGISTER AS AN “INDEPENDENT” NOW!!!!!! SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ACROSS AMERICA!!!!!!
NO OBAMA – NEVER, NEVER IN THESE UNITED STATES OF “AMERICA”!!!!!!
IF THE DNC DOES NOT WAKE UP BY THE TIME OF THE CONVENTION, MCCAIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY WIN IN A LANDSLIDE IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU HILLARY!!!!! WE WANT YOU BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO SAVE OUR “AMERICA,” LAND THAT WE LOVE!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU, HILLARY!!!!!
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DEMS LIE
7:48PM Jun 5th 2008
McCAIN IS NOT 3rd TERM BUSH !
VOTE JOHN McCAIN SAVE THE USA !
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NO LONGER OBAMA SUPPORTER
7:49PM Jun 5th 2008
ATTENTION ALL HILLARY SUPPORTERS!!!!!!!!!!
RE-REGISTER NOW AS “INDEPENDENT” TO PROTEST THE DNC’S DESPICABLE ACTIONS!!!!
WE ALL KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING THIS ELECTION FROM HILLARY!!!!!
IT’S TIME FOR ALL OF US TO UNITE AND PROTEST BY RE-REGISTERING AS “INDEPENDENT” NOW!!!!!
IN THIS WAY, WE WILL GET OUR STRONG MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE DNC THAT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH WHAT THEY DID TO HILLARY AND TO US, THE “AMERICAN” PEOPLE, BY TOTALLY IGNORING OUR WILL IN OUR DEMOCRACY!!!
SHOW THE DNC THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER PUSH US AROUND AND IGNORE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!!!!! (AS AN “INDEPENDENT,” YOU CAN STILL VOTE FOR WHOMEVER YOU WANT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.)
WHEN THE DNC ACTUALLY SEES THE MASS EXODUS OF DEMOCRATS FROM THE PARTY, THEY MUST RECONSIDER AND REALIZE THE PARTY’S NONEXISTENT CHANCE OF WINNING THE GENERAL ELECTION WITHOUT HILLARY SUPPORTERS!!!!!!
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS OFFICE AND RE-REGISTER AS AN “INDEPENDENT” NOW!!!!!! SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ACROSS AMERICA!!!!!!
NO OBAMA – NEVER, NEVER IN THESE UNITED STATES OF “AMERICA”!!!!!!
IF THE DNC DOES NOT WAKE UP BY THE TIME OF THE CONVENTION, MCCAIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY WIN IN A LANDSLIDE IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU HILLARY!!!!! WE WANT YOU BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO SAVE OUR “AMERICA,” LAND THAT WE LOVE!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU, HILLARY!!!!!
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NO LONGER OBAMA SUPPORTER
7:50PM Jun 5th 2008
ATTENTION ALL HILLARY SUPPORTERS!!!!!!!!!!
RE-REGISTER NOW AS “INDEPENDENT” TO PROTEST THE DNC’S DESPICABLE ACTIONS!!!!
WE ALL KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING THIS ELECTION FROM HILLARY!!!!!
IT’S TIME FOR ALL OF US TO UNITE AND PROTEST BY RE-REGISTERING AS “INDEPENDENT” NOW!!!!!
IN THIS WAY, WE WILL GET OUR STRONG MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE DNC THAT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH WHAT THEY DID TO HILLARY AND TO US, THE “AMERICAN” PEOPLE, BY TOTALLY IGNORING OUR WILL IN OUR DEMOCRACY!!!
SHOW THE DNC THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER PUSH US AROUND AND IGNORE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!!!!! (AS AN “INDEPENDENT,” YOU CAN STILL VOTE FOR WHOMEVER YOU WANT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.)
WHEN THE DNC ACTUALLY SEES THE MASS EXODUS OF DEMOCRATS FROM THE PARTY, THEY MUST RECONSIDER AND REALIZE THE PARTY’S NONEXISTENT CHANCE OF WINNING THE GENERAL ELECTION WITHOUT HILLARY SUPPORTERS!!!!!!
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS OFFICE AND RE-REGISTER AS AN “INDEPENDENT” NOW!!!!!! SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ACROSS AMERICA!!!!!!
NO OBAMA – NEVER, NEVER IN THESE UNITED STATES OF “AMERICA”!!!!!!
IF THE DNC DOES NOT WAKE UP BY THE TIME OF THE CONVENTION, MCCAIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY WIN IN A LANDSLIDE IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU HILLARY!!!!! WE WANT YOU BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO SAVE OUR “AMERICA,” LAND THAT WE LOVE!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU, HILLARY!!!!!
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FREEDOM
8:29PM Jun 5th 2008
RON PAUL WAS THE ONLY MAN TO BRING THR USA BACK TO GREATNESS !
WRITE IN RON PAUL !
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TO BAD
8:43PM Jun 5th 2008
IF WE CAN'T HAVE RON PAUL !
I WANT McCAIN!
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MAKE THE CALL
1:35AM Jun 6th 2008
Our trusted federal representatives say they must cut Social Security benefits, advance the eligibility age and increase deductions in order to save it for the future. They do not tell us that to date they have taken $2.183 trillion from our Social Security savings and will take another $186 billion this year. Rep. Ron Paul has introduced the Social Security Preservation Act, which would prevent Congress from taking any money from the trust fund. This bill would provide enough surplus to pay benefits for years to come. If you support this bill, write to your representatives and let them know.
RON PAUL !
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JODY
10:10AM Jun 6th 2008
Ron Paul is the best republican icon there is. The only one who can invoke REAL CHANGE. The only one that has integrity and morals. The only one that can lead us down the right path to FREEDOM. VOTE and WRITE IN RON PAUL !
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swamp
10:16AM Jun 6th 2008
Marty3:36PMJun 2nd 2008
A reading from the Obama Scriptures for June 6, 2008.
From the Book of St. Marx
Chapter 6 Verse 66
In the beginning there was video tape. and the Tape captured the Word. and the Word was HATE. and the Word sprung from the mouth of a Man. and the Man was Wright.
And try as they might to keep the Tape from the people they could not. After the lands of many caucuses had voted the Tape was seen.
And the Lord Obama appeared distraught because the people cried out Why Lord? Why did you keep this man of hate in your midst?
And the Lord appeared to them and spoke: This man is not a man of hate. You do not understand what goes on in his pulpit. Hate is Love Mocking is Forgivenes Insults are Ecstasy Everything you believe about reality is wrong. I am the Light and the Way.
Afterward the Olbermann tribe was first to sing out: YES! YES LORD! Lies are truth! Hate is Love! Division is Unity!
Soon the CNN Tribe, and the Huffington Tribe sang out in praise of the Lord.
And those who knew in their American guts something was still wrong tried to speak but they were called racists and scoundrels and lepers.
And so the Arugulas worshipped their Lord in the public square and worshiped St. Marx in secret.
And it came to pass that the Word of Hate was made normal. And the march of the Lord went on as before. The people pulled the wool back over their eyes. And all was well.
And the Lord took a break to sneak a smoketh.
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swamp
10:19AM Jun 6th 2008
Let the campaign begin
Rev Wright Tony Rezko Michelle Obama Louis Farrakhan William Ayres Bernadine Dorhn Rev Wright Ahmad Yousuf (Hamas) Frank Marshall Davis Michelle Obama Father Pfleger Rev Wright George Soros Raila Odingo Abongo Obama Black Panthers Fidel Castro Rev Wright
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swamp
10:20AM Jun 6th 2008
Let the campaign begin
Rev Wright Tony Rezko Michelle Obama Louis Farrakhan William Ayres Bernadine Dorhn Rev Wright Ahmad Yousuf (Hamas) Frank Marshall Davis Michelle Obama Father Pfleger Rev Wright George Soros Raila Odingo Abongo Obama Black Panthers Fidel Castro Rev Wright Rashid Khalidi Nadhmi Auchi Rev Meeks Michelle Obama Rev Wright
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Josh
10:21AM Jun 6th 2008
AOL please put a (other) option up! I can't stand to vote for either of the candidates and there will be many many many people in this election voting third party or write in.
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Josh
10:22AM Jun 6th 2008
AOL please add a (other) party voting choice for write ins and libertarians!
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Fayth
10:24AM Jun 6th 2008
congratulations to Obama and his supporters,
it was a hard fought campaign,And it is history, may the healing begin... but i will not vote for him until he proves all the rumors are fake. i can not in good conscience vote for him so now im an independent and my vote will go to Mccain... Hillary needs to dump the DEMs and go independent... we have time...if not, im ok with McCain is i so far to the middle and a puppet thats why the republicans dont like him...and theres nothing about McCain i havent heard before its not my first election... i dont have a short memory either... BUSH gave him hell and people still have respect for him and so do i... Obama needs to set the record straight or it McCain for me...
it doesnt matter what mccain's policy is with the house and senate we can control; him...and we will have both, dont let the obama's people scare you about mccain, he wont get anything passed with out the house and senate ... no veto power, something Bush takes advantage of.. congress will stop the war and stop the bush tax cuts..and we will have a universal health care too...
my yard sign now says Hillary supporter going to Mccain and proud of it....
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swamp
10:27AM Jun 6th 2008
On the stump, Barack Obama usually concludes his comments on Iraq by saying, "and it hasn't made us any safer." It is an article of faith on the left that nothing the current administration has done has enhanced our security, and, on the contrary, its various alleged blunders have only contributed to the number of jihadists who want to attack us.
However, it seems beyond dispute that something has made us safer since 2001. Over the course of the current administration, successful attacks on the United States and its interests overseas have dwindled to virtually nothing.
Some perspective here is required. While most Americans may not have been paying attention, a considerable number of terrorist attacks on America and American interests abroad were launched from the 1980s forward, too many of which were successful.
1988 February: Marine Corps Lt. Colonel Higgens, Chief of the U.N. Truce Force, was kidnapped and murdered by Hezbollah.
December: Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York was blown up over Scotland, killing 270 people, including 35 from Syracuse University and a number of American military personnel.
1991 November: American University in Beirut bombed.
1993 January: A Pakistani terrorist opened fire outside CIA headquarters, killing two agents and wounding three.
February: World Trade Center bombed, killing six and injuring more than 1,000.
1995 January: Operation Bojinka, Osama bin Laden's plan to blow up 12 airliners over the Pacific Ocean, discovered.
November: Five Americans killed in attack on a U.S. Army office in Saudi Arabia.
1996 June: Truck bomb at Khobar Towers kills 19 American servicemen and injures 240.
June: Terrorist opens fire at top of Empire State Building, killing one.
1997 February: Palestinian opens fire at top of Empire State Building, killing one and wounding more than a dozen.
November: Terrorists murder four American oil company employees in Pakistan.
1998 January: U.S. Embassy in Peru bombed.
August: Simultaneous bomb attacks on U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed more than 300 people and injured over 5,000.
1999 October: Egypt Air flight 990 crashed off the coast of Massachusetts, killing 100 Americans among the more than 200 on board; the pilot yelled "Allahu Akbar!" as he steered the airplane into the ocean.
2000 October: A suicide boat exploded next to the U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 American sailors and injuring 39.
2001 September: Terrorists with four hijacked airplanes kill around 3,000 Americans in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
December: Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber," tries to blow up a transatlantic flight, but is stopped by passengers.
The September 11 attack was a propaganda triumph for al Qaeda, celebrated by a dismaying number of Muslims around the world. Everyone expected that it would draw more Muslims to bin Laden's cause and that more such attacks would follow. In fact, though, what happened was quite different: the pace of successful jihadist attacks against the United States slowed, decelerated further after the onset of the Iraq war, and has now dwindled to essentially zero. Here is the record:
2002 October: Diplomat Laurence Foley murdered in Jordan, in an operation planned, directed and financed by Zarqawi in Iraq, perhaps with the complicity of Saddam's government.
2003 May: Suicide bombers killed 10 Americans, and killed and wounded many others, at housing compounds for westerners in Saudi Arabia.
October: More bombings of United States housing compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killed 26 and injured 160.
2004 There were no successful attacks inside the United States or against American interests abroad.
2005 There were no successful attacks inside the United States or against American interests abroad.
2006 There were no successful attacks inside the United States or against American interests abroad.
2007 There were no successful attacks inside the United States or against American interests abroad.
2008 So far, there have been no successful attacks inside the United States or against American interests abroad.