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We can't afford Jimmy Carter II. Obama's inexperience and adherence to ultraliberal theology will hurt our economy and foreign policy. Want gas lines at the pump and a more aggressive Iran, vote for Barack Hussein Obama.
-MichaelJCohen.com
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Michael Cohen
6:20PM Jul 7th 2008
We can't afford Jimmy Carter II. Obama's inexperience and adherence to ultraliberal theology will hurt our economy and foreign policy. Want gas lines at the pump and a more aggressive Iran, vote for Barack Hussein Obama.
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, Raul Castro Hugo Chavez Kim Jong Il Rev Wright Rashid Khalidi Nadhmi Auchi Rev Meeks Michelle Obama Rev Wright
Change we can 'bereave' in
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swamp
6:21PM Jul 7th 2008
Dr James Cone's Description of BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY, from his book "BLACK POWER AND BLACK THEOLOGY", used as the basis for the vision statement of Obama's Church, Trinity United:
"Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community. . . . Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love."
Among the Obamas' charitable donations in 2007 was $26,270 to Trinity United Church of Christ.
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Susan
6:21PM Jul 7th 2008
Latest polls out show only 54% of Democrats are voting for Obama.
By November I bet it won't be anywhere near that many.
Obama is a loser.
PUMA voters for McCain.
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swamp
6:22PM Jul 7th 2008
Barack Obama is the most dangerous threat to our liberties, because he would use the power of the presidency to enact theory over policy. He would appoint activist judges to the courts and will nullify the second amendment, enforce the fairness doctrine, silencing REAL dissent. Have you ever heard him mention individual liberty? That idea is antithetical to his agenda and would not see a resurgence under his presidency.
Wake up people, even if you hate Bush, you should realize that a Communist friendly administration would be a disaster for America.
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SHY ISN'T THERE AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT WHERE THOSE OVERSEAS DONATIONS TO OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN CAME FROM????\\\\\\\\
6:25PM Jul 7th 2008
OBAMA'S TROUBLING INTERNET FUND RAISING
Certainly the most interesting and potentially devastating phone call I have received during this election cycle came this week from one of the Obama's campaign internet geeks. These are the staffers who devised Obama's internet fund raising campaign which raised in the neighborhood of $200 million so far. That is more then twice the total funds raised by any candidate in history - and this was all from the internet campaign. What I learned from this insider was shocking but I guess we shouldn't be surprised that when it comes to fund raising there simply are no rules that can't be broken and no ethics that prevail. Obama's internet campaign started out innocently enough with basic e-mail networking , lists saved from previous party campaigns and from supporters who visited any of the Obama campaign web sites. Small contributions came in from these sources and the internet campaign staff were more than pleased by the results. Then, about two months into the campaign the daily contribution intake multiplied. Where was it coming from? One of the web site security monitors began to notice the bulk of the contributions were clearly coming in from overseas internet service providers and at the rate and frequency of transmission it was clear these donations were "programmed" by a very sophisticated user. While the security people were not able to track most of the sources due to firewalls and other blocking devices put on these contributions they were able to collate the number of contributions that were coming in seemingly from individuals but the funds were from only a few credit card accounts and bank electronic funds transfers. The internet service providers (ISP) they were able to trace were from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other Middle Eastern countries. One of the banks used for fund transfers was also located in Saudi Arabia. Another concentrated group of donations was traced to a Chinese ISP with a similar pattern of limited credit card charges. It became clear that these donations were very likely coming from sources other than American voters. This was discussed at length within the campaign and the decision was made that none of these donations violated campaign financing laws. It was also decided that it was not the responsibility of the campaign to audit these millions of contributions as to the actual source (specific credit card number or bank transfer account numbers) to insure that none of these internet contributors exceeded the legal maximum donation on a cumulative basis of many small donations. They also found the record keeping was not complete enough to do it anyway. This is a shocking revelation. We have been concerned about the legality of "bundling" contributions after the recent exposure of illegal bundlers but now it appears we may have an even greater problem. I guess we should have been somewhat suspicious when the numbers started to come out. We were told (no proof offered) that the Obama internet contributions were from $10.00 to $25.00 or so. If the $200,000,000 is right, and the average contribution was $15.00, that would mean over 13 million individuals made contributions? That would also be 13 million contributions would need to be processed. How did all that happen? I believe the Obama campaign's internet fund raising needs a serious, in depth investigation and audit. It also appears the whole question of internet fund raising needs investigation by the legislature and perhaps new laws to insure it complies not only with the letter of these laws but the spirit as well.
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swamp
6:24PM Jul 7th 2008
A reading from the Obama Scriptures for July 7, 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 Forgiveness 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.
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J
9:37AM Jul 10th 2008
Are you talking about the AOL straw poll which shows McCain winning by 63%, and where he also capture two states, California and NY(traditional Dem states) by an overwhelming margin? Aren't you a funny girl.
And I guess you should know all about losers if you're supporting McCain.If Obama loses, it will be cash, filthy lies and cheating that does it; in other words, classic GOP strategy.
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Pacific NW Mark
6:36PM Jul 7th 2008
Interesting straw poll. There will be a hard frost in hell the day McCain beats Obama in California.
After the spectacular failure of GOP ideology over the last eight years (and check any metric you want - national security, two wars, skyrocketing energy costs, crumbling housing market, failing infrastructure, etc) the only thing the right-wing can come at Obama with are the thinly-veiled racist smears: Wright (mentioned 5 times by 'swamp'), Farrakhan and the like. Truly pathetic.
Your hateful, racist paradigmm is about to be swept away. Enjoy it while you can, because come January we'll swear in the nation's 44th President: Barack Hussein Obama.
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J
8:07AM Jul 24th 2008
You McCain supporters are desperate, and you are scared to death of Obama. The collborator does not have a chance.His campaign is already in trouble.Get used to hearing :"President Obama."
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paul williams
6:49PM Jul 7th 2008
As a medium-sized business owner, I shudder when I think of Barack Hussein Yomamma-Obama as President. My company is overtaxed now, and from what I understand re his fiscal policies, I may as well call it quits and close my doors. I'm tired of paying for welfare mothers and other liberal handouts with my tax dollars while I bust my hump working sixty hours a week. It's just not fair. McCain in '08.
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GET A GRIP
3:31PM Jul 10th 2008
swamp6:21PMJul 7th 2008 Dr James Cone's Description of BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY, from his book "BLACK POWER AND BLACK THEOLOGY", used as the basis for the vision statement of Obama's Church, Trinity United:
"Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community. . . . Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love."
Among the Obamas' charitable donations in 2007 was $26,270 to Trinity United Church of Christ.
MOVE TO ONE OF THOSE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN NATIONS!
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charlene
7:11PM Jul 7th 2008
I fear for the financial well being of our country if Obama is elected. Higher taxes mean less jobs. More social security paid by employers means more lay offs or at the very least no raises. He's flip=flopped but imagine if he pulled out of Iraq before it was stable. Do we want another Viet Nam where there was the killing fields after we left. We were also on the verge of winning there but liberal politics won the day. Also, no drilling. what does he want us to do. Alternatives are years away from being economically feasible. Corn ethenol is a joke and has helped raise our food prices to the highest in 17 years. And it goes on and on.
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zac
8:02PM Jul 7th 2008
WWW.NOHUSSEIN.ORG (IN THE WHITE HOUSE EVER! !)
WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE THIER ISNT ONE ! !
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Mary
6:55PM Jul 7th 2008
These polls mean nothing since it easy to cheat on them. Which candidates supporters have been cheating?
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Susan
6:47PM Jul 7th 2008
Pacific NW Mark6:36PMJul 7th 2008
Interesting straw poll. There will be a hard frost in hell the day McCain beats Obama in California.
After the spectacular failure of GOP ideology over the last eight years (and check any metric you want - national security, two wars, skyrocketing energy costs, crumbling housing market, failing infrastructure, etc) the only thing the right-wing can come at Obama with are the thinly-veiled racist smears: Wright (mentioned 5 times by 'swamp'), Farrakhan and the like. Truly pathetic.
Your hateful, racist paradigmm is about to be swept away. Enjoy it while you can, because come January we'll swear in the nation's 44th President: Barack Hussein Obama. ===================================================
I have lots of relatives in California. None are voting for Obama.
None of their friends are voting for Obama either.
You might not want to set your heart on something that is really NOT likely to happen.
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Julian
6:48PM Jul 7th 2008
Current Military $965 billion: • Military Personnel $129 billion • Operation & Maint. $241 billion • Procurement $143 billion • Research & Dev. $79 billion • Construction $15 billion • Family Housing $3 billion • DoD misc. $4 billion • Retired Pay $70 billion • DoE nuclear weapons $17 billion • NASA (50%) $9 billion • International Security $9 billion • Homeland Secur. (military) $35 billion • State Dept. (partial) $6 billion • other military (non-DoD) $5 billion • “Global War on Terror” $200 billion [We added $162 billion to the last item to supplement the Budget’s grossly underestimated $38 billion in “allowances” to be spent in 2009 for the “War on Terror,” which includes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan]
Past Military, $484 billion: • Veterans’ Benefits $94 billion • Interest on national debt (80%) created by military spending, $390 billion
Human Resources $789 billion: • Health/Human Services • Soc. Sec. Administration • Education Dept. • Food/Nutrition programs • Housing & Urban Dev. • Labor Dept. • other human resources.
General Government $304 billion: • Interest on debt (20%) • Treasury • Government personnel • Justice Dept. • State Dept. • Homeland Security (15%) • International Affairs • NASA (50%) • Judicial • Legislative • other general govt.
Physical Resources $117 billion: • Agriculture • Interior • Transportation • Homeland Security (15%) • HUD • Commerce • Energy (non-military) • Environmental Protection • Nat. Science Fdtn. • Army Corps Engineers • Fed. Comm. Commission • other physical resources
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STEVIEP
6:52PM Jul 7th 2008
i thought AOL said a few weeks ago they were going to add others to the election such as independents and other 3rd/ parties HMMM