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---Posted by hype bites "This man is either a pathological liar, who believes his own manipulation of reality, or he is really, really mental ill"---

SO true my friend! I TOTALLY agree - his dysfunction starts becoming apparent when people don't follow the pied piper the way he wants us all too and instead calls him out on his mind-games - according to him he's not presumptuous, it's us who are the problem because we don't listen, we're getting 'duped' by some grand GOP force of persuasion, we're cynical, we're not good with nuance, etc, etc . . .

I mean like, it's not good enough for him that we say we're voting for him, we've all got to accept that he's the second coming?!? Creepy!

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McCain DID put Obama face on a US bill
The jedreport dot com has the info and so does the huffingtonpost.
I would provide a link but URLs seem not to be permitted. Or this fact is not permitted? So what Obama said about McCain suggesting that you should be afraid because "I don't look like those guys on the dollar bill"s was what McCain LITERALLY DID in HIS AD! God Bless and Please Make an informed decision when you vote!

forget race all we need to do is look atthe facts. the fact is Obama has less experience,his record shows he follows the left wing on every issue his voting record is there to prove this . McCain has proven over the years that he is his own man ,check the voting record,he will stand up against his party when he thinks its wrong he always puts his nation first. He is a man of great courage no one can say he isn't. As far as his age , looks like he got aleast another 20 years of good judgement and focus ,just look at his mom. Obama is a nice young man he just needs to grow more and learn .he is not ready for the Job ,especially at this time in history

"I don’t come out of central casting, when it comes to presidential races." Right, and McCain does?!? Because a 71 year old cancer survivor who can't raise his hands above his shoulders is obviously right out of central casting. Try again, Barry. You got away with making Clinton's fairy tale comment about race when it wasn't. Not this time.

Look we can argue all day about race. Sorry, it is a factor. Obama has used it to his advantage. But now I hope that all those people who voted for him in the primaries actually take the time to find out who they are voted for. Sure he's charismatic and people seem to follow him. But I can get that at church. I need to know that the person running this country is feared and not LOVED by others across the ocean. I could care less about what others think. I need somebody that is clear and precise in his policies. I need a candidate that can make a decision and stick to it. I don't need someone who is so liberal in his views that he will raise taxes and be a total detriment to the economy. If you actually READ anything other than the BLOGS about the issues then you will know what the economists are saying and it's not good. But sadly enough this is more of a popularity contest than it is a Presidential election. The media made that abundantly clear since the beginning. Grill the heck out of Hillary on the issues but hey did you see Obama play basketball - look how he is with the younger generation. Sure I would love to see history in the making too but just not at my own expense. People wake up - he didn't get this far just being a normal person. He is financially backed and supported by a family that wants the Presidency back. Quit being so wrapped up in change. Change is going to happen whoever wins. So if Obama should win and when the economy is in more of a rut than it is now then I can at least keep my head up and say I voted for McCain while I am living under the bridge.

"We're glad the Obama campaign retracted Barack Obama’s accusation because it was absolutely false, and we’re moving on," said Tucker Bounds,

What is the point of publishing the above quote? You are pushing the Republican line through violent presumtion.

Are you doing this consciously, or were you pwnd by Rove?

He wishes he will be on the $ bill,right?

McCain's short list . . .

CNN reports, "He's jewish, he's white" Mitt Romney, "He's white, he looks presidential."

Humm . . . is race not on the menu?

bho has gotten his celebrity from speaking to hope, and change and a new way of politics. i have yet to figure out how that translates...
hope is a feeling, not an action.
i have no idea what his change is suppose to be...through out the primary he has said he and hillary were the same on policies(until he flipped on all of them once she suspended her campaign)so that is not new...
newpolitics? seems like the same game.

the words sound great, but there is nothing there...think it is called lip service.

Question: Would it be considered racist if 90% of European Americans (Whites) voted for McCain?
Question: Would it be considered racist if 90% of African Americans (Blacks) voted for Obama?
Question: Do you think Obama, representing portions of Chicago where most violent crime occurs, should have done more to abate the rate of homicides in Chicago, during his years in Springfield as an Illinois State Senator, from 1997 to 2004? The number of homicides in Chicago, 1997 - 2004, were: 1997 (759), 1998 (704), 1999 (641), 2000 (628), 2001 (666), 2002 (647) 2003 (598), 2004 (448): Total (5,091 murders, the vast majority, Blacks killing other Blacks).

Question: Do you believe it is proper to disparage those who supported you, helped you, spoke for you, and frequently gave to your cause? Did not the Clinton do all of these things for Barack Obama? Yet,Sen Obama, his campaign and his followers attached the sinister label, "Racist," to President Clinton. A label that stains and wrenches. Cavalierly was the racist label attached; then supported, then broadcasted to the world, even cheered. And, for what reason, to win? And those who stained and who cheered and who spread the ugly mischaracterization, well they must be happy; after all, they won. And, the man who was stained with the "Racist" label; well, he and his daughter are in Africa doing all they can to save African children, African mothers, African fathers, and African grandparents from the big disease with the little name. Yet, while facing sick African babies, having been up and about for nearly twenty straight hours, he had responded to a question regarding whether or not he is a racist.

Question: What is your opinion of Dr. Faust? And, for what will you sell your soul?

Obama "The biggest enemy I think we have in this whole process ... it's not just terrorists, it's not just Hezbollah, it's not just Hamas -- it's also cynicism".
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OMG!!!!!!!!!! Right....cynicism ranks right up there with terrorist. How can he be the Democratic nominee????? HOW!

Cynical? Obama calls McCain cynical? That is rich.

Sylvia Johnsen,

I agree with you on the eh's and uh's in Obama's speeches, but McCain uses cue cards in every speech even when he has a teleprompter.

He's sooo far behind Obama in his speech giving abilities it's scary.

Jealousy will get Republicans nowhere. Obama is a better speaker, he can motivate and he can lead. McCain can make attack ads and he's so smart that he attacks one of his richest fans/voters (the Hiltons).

Oh and I found out why McCain is mad at Obama's "celebrity-hood." McCain wasted years of his life catering to them, but could never achieve the coveted status. Jealousy is a short man's disease. LOL

The sad part is that Obama gets more applause when he walks into a room than McCain gets when he talks about the issues.

McCain's strongest applause usually comes after he mentions Obama! It's a terrible day in Republican-land when your leader has to talk about Obama to get his party motivated. How pathetic!!! HA HA HA ROTFLMAO!

The great part for Obama is he's getting free advertisement at Republican Rallies. Keep talking about Obama...remember when it comes to politicians bad news is bad news, but when it come to celebrities even bad news is good news.

Keep up the good work!

Did Obama forget he has a lot of former Clinton and Carter people on his campaign.

He is a politician, who thinks he is the NEW candidate. He is the same as the rest...

More proof that the media is not doing its job. MSM has a shield around McCain!

February 26, 2008 - In the GOP stronghold of Cincinnati, right-wing radio host Bill Cunningham whipped up a crowd of more than 300 supporters by using Barack Obama's middle name often, ripping Hillary Clinton as a first lady and referring to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as an "ugly, old woman.

April 8, 2008 - McCain supporter David Bellavia: "You can have your Tiger Woods, we've got John McCain." McCain, who was on stage when Bellavia made the comment, hugged the candidate before taking the podium.

debraraes, by cynical he means that McCain is promoting the view that real change isn't possible and there is no point participating in the political process.
In other words, making fun of the fact that people have hope for the future. Based on what I've seen of the campaign,I have to agree with Obama here.

It seems that McCain feels that the only way he can win is by convincing people that political participation is pointless.

OBAMA says McCain not racist but cynical? WHo is he to call anyone cynical, when he claims he is all things to all people? WHat is he angry that McCain is finally talking about the issues?

McSame knows he cannot win on the issues, so he's resorting to character assassination of his opponent. He baited Obama with ads designed to imply a racial dimension to the campaign that was not there before. When Obama called him on it, McSame cried 'race card'. King George used similar slimy tactics in '04 since it was the only way he could win with the sheeple who voted for him. "Keep the people in fear of change so you can maintain the status quo". The republican political mantra for far too many years. And look where we are now.....

I want McCane to explain to me why he is so serious and urgent about this drilling, and why it can't be done any other time except now before Bush leave office?

It is a derelict of duty by Media and Obama surrogates that they are not telling the Whole Story -- that McCain initiated this story by posting a web video on his campaign site with Barack's face on a $100.00 bill, then Obama responds to this insult and McCain cries that Obama is calling him a racist. This is uttler nonsence and a set-up by Media and McCain Camp!Barack had every right to respond. But, the this story is not being told in its entirety. We need to keep MSM honest and call them on this one-sided story!

I think McCain is simply envious of the attention Obama gets. McCain has gone against his own words of running a respectable campaign. I think it's sad when a politician can't use his ideas to beat an opponent but celebrity nonsense and making fun of the other candidate. The only empty headed one in this campaign is McCain.

1) Miliary Experience/leadership: Obama NONE. McCain was a fighter pilot shot down over 40 years ago, prisoner of war for 5 years; military leadership NONE.Bush "served" in Texas Air Nat'l Guard & dodged Viet Nam. Military Experience mnimal; military leadership: NONE; Cheney - No military experience or leadership.
2)Policies, Platform Planks: McCain -- same old, same old -- no new thoughts
at all, just support the status quo. Obama -- policies: change, fix the faults in the present American experience, but look to the future as well. Hillary -- toward the end of her primary campaign she began to move away from traditional Democratic Platform Planks. She whould probably have made a good president, but she had one big unsurmountable problem: what would she have done with her husband, ex-president Bill Clinton? This same huge problem ejects her from consideration as Obama's VP. Can you imagine the havoc he'd create running wild in the White House? And I'm not talking about the seduction of White House interns. From the standpoint of government administration, Bill did a good job -- he not only balanced the budget, eliminated the national debt and left us with a surplus (quickly squandered by the present administration) BUT, he's not a personality to take a back seat to his wife -- no Mr. First Gentleman for him.

I keep watching how everyone keeps bringing up the race card, but I really think the media is the reason why. What I would like to know is why almost everytime Obama or his wife are being interviewed, it is mostly done by a black reporter. What really bothers me the most is, for example, while watching shows like This Week, the round table is composed of one black and one white for Obama, but the other two who speak for McCain are white. I know there are blacks out there who are for McCain.It's is the press that plays the race card. Just by watching all these morning and weekend news shows, I have actually turned away from voting for Obama. I have noticed that they do coddle Obama.

As the polls on Obama continue to slip the DNC has to wonder if they have the right candidate. He still has yet to connect with the other 55% of Democratic and Independent voters.

Expect the debates to start moving the polls in Sept, which way is anybody's guess. One thing is for sure, this election will AGAIN be about which candidate will do less harm than the other. ANOTHER lousy choice for us the voters.

I am an -ex-marine and more patriotic than MccAIN in that I have fought more wars than MCain. I have served more years in the military than McCAIN. But it sounds ridiculous to hear McCAIN TAlKING about how he knows how to win wars but failed to mention one that he had ever won! I am a republican but I will never sell out my country to McCAIN. McCain is too risky to lead a country. Besides, I am flabbergasted to see the amount of MCcAIN PAID SUPPORTERS IN every web news who keeps arguing among themselves, changing their names and logging on and off with different unaccountable names fighting to dominate the sites with misrepresented information, news; attacking Obama in evry corner and even attacking themselves. mCCain Supporters who are on weekly wages are unpatriotic and doll-eyed fools who for money can do anything just as their lord and master who ditched his first wife for a woman with money! With all his negative ads, MCcain has still not tell the public: (1) what qualifies him to be elected as President; (2) What wars he has ever won that he claimed to be a better commander-in-chief; (3) how many wars has he ever fought? (4) what does he have to say about trust, if he dared to ditch his faithful wife, will he ever be faithful to our nation? People, read the facts and do not be deceived by negative ads that conceal the true nature of its inventors. More than 2500 ex-marines and about 3000 marines are for Obama and we shall vote him - election day will be a shocking moment that may send many of MccAin's supporters to eternity.! I, now cast a doubt on MccAIN'S faith! He is absolutely not a christian, if he is, he will never taunt and discredit the Christian faith that upholds our constitution from time immemorial. Though republican and white, my vote will go for OBAMA.

Can't somebody begin to point out how stupid this whole discussion of race is. Barack Obama's mother was a White Lady, he was raised by her and her White parents. Yes he got Physical traits from his African father but , this is meaningless unless you are a racist neanderthal stuck in the horrible prejudices of the past.

This race issue needs to be exposed as rediculous given Obamas background. He is the perfect candidate for this honest discussion to begin around.

Race does not matter only to racists.

alusi,
bho for president?
he has used old campaign politics...
he had no policies, so he took hillary's, and once she suspended her campaign, he flipped them all on the people that voted for him...
he keeps resorting back to racism, when nothing else works...
he has no new ides but "change" but cannot describe what cahnge is.
his only vision is "hope" and hope is a feeling not policy or action.

Paris and Britney ad nailed it! McCharacter got a potshot hit and Obama played the race-card, got called on it and shrug's of and excuse with McCain is being cynical.

As Obama licks wounds, we get a rehash of the Golden Oldies of the Obama campaign:
1) We collected record sums of money on this negativity.
2) Obama will change the electoral map.
Fairytales designed to calm worried Dems and prevent those superdelegates from thinking "what were we thinking".

McCain for President.
Old Politics
Old Policies
Old Ideas
Old Rhethorics
Old Plan
Old Vision...(bad eyesight)
and did I mention....
Old "AGE"
McCain, way too "OLD FOR ANYTHING"

Since the primaries when superdelegates through democracy out the window and strong armed Hillary Clinton into participate in this shameful political theater I have disliked Obama. As a democrate there's nothing I would like better than to forgive the guy for running the most sneaky and negative campaign I've seen for years. Even though everything bad said about Obama is true.

Great oral speaker my a??... He has so many eeeh and ahh, you don't have to be a scienctist to understand why he wants to cut debates to a minimum.

Obama had a tough week, so now we get the new rounds of those Obama Golden Oldies:
1) Look I raised lots of money on McCain going negative, and
2) Obama will change the electoral map.

Fairytales to calm worried Dems. Designed to prevent those 352 superdelegates from thinking "what were we thinking".

Obama accuses McCain quite frequently of not sticking to the issues and of distracting voters with unimportant things, so how does Barack defend the fact that he repeated this divisive statement at three different events in one day?
I've seen all three vidoes of the same statement and the first thing that came to mind is how rehearsed it all seemed, all even had the same timing and inflections.
Will we all have to endure racist statements throughout an Obama Administration or is this just for his same old nasty politics campaign that is quickly becoming a trademark for him?

BHO is at it again, portraying opposition comments as racist. It's a toss-up whether the chip on his shoulder or his ego are bigger. He has some serious issues with both. We can't afford to jeopardize our future with his inexperience and his method of handling controversy and opposition. What could we expect from him when he loses - do even his supporters think he could be a gracious loser? I think this needs to be an issue that the DNC considers before they nominate him.

I'm glad somebody finally stood up to Obama for playing the race card. He got away with it against Hillary. I hope John McCain continues to call him out on the lies and make him prove the accusations.

I would love to see some Town Hall debates that Obama says he would welcome. So far he has shied away from them. He is scared 'cause he doesn't perform well without a script.

obama is an Arrogant, Radical FRAUD!
He is not qualified to lead our country and that is the reason why he will never be elected. This has nothing to do with Race. OBama is the great divider. The DNC picked the wrong guy - I will not vote for him - and Millions of Americans feel the same way.

Quite frankly, I'm glad Obama's "slip" happened. It validates my support for Hillary.

Some people value experience over inspirational leadership and judgement...indeed the likes of Richard Nixon, Johnson, Rumsfeld, Richard Bruce Cheney,George W.....all men of experience. We certainly need more like them......

Just - I'll respect your point of view provided you accept that I don't see the items you raised to be that of a substantial political concern or potential roadblock to enacting policies. In fact, some of them, I don't even see as factual. Fair enough? I was thinking more in the line of campaign financing. When you are voluntarily financed by the people's money I think there is a greater chance that someone will do what needs to be done as opposed to do what they are paid to do.

guess a question i have never gotten is..."what change" and "yes we can what?". bho said his policies were all the same as clintons, so what is the change? The system cannot change without constitutional amendments. the judicial, legislative and executive branches will not change. so if the only change is bho, and his celeb, what change is that?

I personally prefer someone who isn't afraid to say what they mean. Political talk is so careful these days that it's useless. That's why they have to have these shows with an entire panel to decipher what these candidates mean. Just say it. Biden can't hurt. Hilary is in a pickle if you ask me. She wants to be President. She could run in 2012, if McCain wins. She could run in 2012, provided she was not the VP of a failed Democratic 2008 administration. If it is successful, how could she run against her boss? Or - she can wait until 2016. In the latter case, she will have the same age critics as McCain.

:-)

I just saw the ad with Obama on the $100.00 bill!

It's perfect!

And Obama was the one who set it up by first importing his picture and design into his "clever" re-make of the Presidential Seal!

This new ad... just took Obama's
initial presumptuous act..... and put it into spin, spinspin.

Very clever of Mccain!

If the obamaniacs don't like it, they can blame the parody on their fearless leader.

Someone mentioned Biden, I do love him from what I know at a distance. Downside is, he has a big mouth and a canny way of saying things I agree with, sound bad. So NO on Obama/Biden please...no. Obama/Clinton or skip it and let the chips fall where they may.

Oops, thats FDR.

People count the years and just throw that in the experience column. The bigger question for me is - what has that experienced accomplished? I work with people that have been around for a long time. Are they experienced? I guess so, but at the same time they are roadblocks to progress. They are too chummy with elements within the organization that are long past due for removal. They owe to many favors and have received equally as many. Sometimes to accomplish goals a determined person must start anew, toss aside dead weight and just get the job done.

...and one last thing. No matter what people say or write online, nobody knows who will win. I am hoping on Obama and the Democrats getting as many seats as possible, but no human being knows what's gonna happen, so have fun hating on Obama, while I crap on McCain's campaign. It seems like a fun thing to do while waiting for the day we know who will be the next President of the United States of America.
Good nite everyone and remember, McCain sucks !!!

>>>>MM:

"The fact of the matter is Obama is the smartest man running. He has actually earn every he has got. "

Yes, he's smart.... but you wouldn't want to look to closely on how he "earned" everything he's got!

Interesting that you would call experience, in regards to Hillary which of course means REAL IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUES AS WELL A RECORD OF WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE IN VARIOUS ISSUES, old and stale. I would definitely prefer the experience over "new ideas" which are eeerily similar to long time Democratic principals and issues we all fought for long before Obama.

"Let's see, McCain is playing with fire here. If the attention turn to him he is toast because he has nothing to offer. I think its a good thing that they are tie in national polls, it defeats the claim that Obama is a celebrity"

Obama is a world celebrity in substance and in style as Spears and Hilton. Just ask the Germans, who claim the " He is cool, wish our politicians were like him"....
As for the close polls, people are realizing that the old-patriotic grumpy grandpa, from the dead Republican Party, is a much better alternative than Obambi. Who would have figure that with all the attention Obambi was given, he has yet to pull away decisively from McCain.

hey kravitZ:

"McCain used Obama on a $100 bill in a web ad. How low will McCain go?"

Wow! A hundred dollar bill!
Very classy.

I'd love to see it.!

Thanks,

GEEBLANE< Easy, John McCain. If my daughter brought home the person to be President, I would be jubilent over BILL CLINTON. Now, if my son brought Hillary, that would definitely make all worthwhile, because my son is obviously a genius.

Obama said that McCain's campaign is cynical, not racist, yet you see comments saying "cynical and racist" like if the two words mean the same thing. I think McCain will have a big advantage on getting support from stupid people who can't even understand the meaning of cynicism, and confuse it with racism.

Irma, McCain is the new Hillary then, the "strong" and "experienced" (that's what they call old and stale nowadays) candidate making a campaign strategy all about the new guy (the new guy offering new ideas, that is). McCain will have to face the issues of Universal Health Care, Education Reform, A Sober Foreign Policy, Alternative Energy, among other issues, and we will be faced by two options, the so called "safe" same old, no changes, or the so called "risky" with fresh ideas for progress.
Obama/Biden 2008 and 2012

McCain used Obama on a $100 bill in a web ad. How low will McCain go? Let's see, Karl Rove is an advisor and Charles Gibson is a friend. He's got quite a ways to fall.

Isn't talking about Hilary a distraction? I think I am open minded so I am wiling to listen. What did Obama do to Hilary that was sexist? Here's a test of character. If your daughter brought home Obama, Bill Clinton or John McCain which would cause you the greatest heartache?

Obama has come this far by making everything else an issue over what he has done to prove that he will in fact defend Democratic principles. Self promotion doesn't qualify as a reason for being Prez. Saying others are racist, cynical, etc. doesn't exactly pinpoint experience in pushing for issues that concern voters. Talk about distractions.

Let's see, McCain is playing with fire here. If the attention turn to him he is toast because he has nothing to offer. I think its a good thing that they are tie in national polls, it defeats the claim that Obama is a celebrity and it puts more attention on the McNothingToOffer campaign. If it comes down to issues Obama will win.

Yes, slander sells, as the Obama camp has proven when they slandered Democratic working class and women based on who they support.

mmb, remember when BO asked for Clinton's tax records, income records, savings etc. Funny that he is once again a victim of his own game huh?

The "extra ordinary man" focussed on and attacked voters who supported Hillary Clinton. Racism, sexism, ageism, class all were encouraged by his camp and top DEMS. Hillary was attacked as a woman and female bashing became accepted as usual. No sorry, there are issues that concern ALL people and this is one of them, along with the unjust method of making him the nominee against the will (popular vote) of the people. The delegates were bought and we know that. The fact is, Obama alienated half of the DEMOCRATS with his tactics, NOT HIS RACE. You BO supporters need to FACE THAT.

di.

OIL COMPANY PROFITS.

1975....... seven percent

2007....... seven percent

Chattyways
So you've never made a mistake. Considering Obama all the other votes he cast and McCain's being the most absent from Congress of any of the other candidates running. Obama called the Iraq War right, He called the economy right, he actually listen to people before decided how he was going to run. He didn't say I am going to only target Democratic constituency he went after conservatives, religious protestants, young people and got them to vote in a Primary. Young people don't even vote in general elections. So just calling obama and idiot is not even close a complete argument. Yes he has change positions but McCain is not even the same 2000 candidate.

oklahomahills
The fact of the matter is Obama is the smartest man running. He has actually earn every he has got. He is not riding on the back of his daddy,or etc. Remember the Chicago debate, the June debate, where 4 other candidates gang on Obama for saying he would go after Al Qaeda between the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan, witch the Pentagon latter confirm would be the necessary strategy. The October debate can be argue where Hillary played the gender card, but really she got caught on a gaffte on Immigration.

MM We've had a C president. Lets have the professor lead the country.
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Now, you want a D President? Have you looked at BHO's transcript?

Obama is TOAST because you can’t TRUST him:

"I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you”
Friedrich Nietzsche

“Trust is like a vase.. once it’s broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again.”

What do Obama and Osama Bin Laden have in common? They both have a friend that bombed the Pentagon.

I wrote Edwards and Obama off my list forever, after the October debate. A room full of people led by them ganged up on one person. That's not fair play, that's not good people. That is what is wrong with the world and what has always been the world's problem.
NO change here!

NObama
NObird shooting (That goes for the Professor, THE ONE, especially)

NOvember

PUMA

I'm sorry, but Obama is an idiot----he actually claims that the voting record should be changed because he was to "boneheaded" to figure out how to press the Yeah and nay button correctly. The guy is beyond stupid and all his surrogates trying to spin it isn't going to work. Anytime, he goes off the teleprompter, Obama stupidity comes shining brightly thru.

The NEWS hasn't covered news since the march to Iraq war.

You really need to see the video of Barack Obama's discussion covering the points mentioned in this article. (Can I say that it is on the MSNBC Decision 2008 web page?) Obama is an incredibly intelligent man, who speaks in paragraphs and who explores issues in a surprising level of depth. It would be nice if the American people would accept that the best person for President may be quite out of the ordinary and may be someone with whom many of us may not be able to immediately identify. It would be nice if people would take time to get to know this extraordinary man. Otherwise, we will have multiple terms of George W Bush. Abraham Lincoln, were he alive today, with all his emotional and intellectual complexities, would never be elected President.

The reason why these surface disagreements in the news make such an impact is not because they are news per se, but because they strike and underlying emotional nerve in voters. Politicians know this and they exploit it. It's the responsibility of voters to recognize when they are being "played" and why it works. I think too few voters are driven by the facts of real issues and the rest are driven by personal prejudices. We all have them. No matter who ends up in the White House, the fact is that unless we talk about what really drives us to vote for a candidate, then we only have to blame ourselves for more stalemates.

chattyway

Obama graduated Harvard law, 1st Black president of Harvard Review, and Senior lecturer at University of Chicago, (the 5th best university in the U.S.). Most people don't do that in there entire life time and Obama does it and is still relatively young. We've had a C president. Lets have the professor lead the country.

Jumper

Obama didn't throw the race card. In fact the supposed comments have been said for almost a year now and is standard in stump speeches.

I must have entered the Twilight Zone. Where exactly is the discussion about B. Hussein Obama admitting that he threw out the racial card?

Irma

That is an easy question. The European wing of the trip was more for political purposes. Obama didn't want to politicize the troops -- hence the no win situation. If he went McCain would rightfully accuse Obama of politicizing the troops. But Obama decided not too, and McCain instead politicize them anyway.
-- Remember McCain was against the GI bill becuase he was afraid troops would actually used it, get college educated,use the health benefits, and not go back to the military. Political code: "It affects retention."

Most young blacks would agree that Affirmative Action should not depend on race but economic classes. You have to spend money to make money, but poorer Americans rarely have money and education opportunities suffer because of that.

If Obama never visits troops with the media, why did he shy away from the chance he had? The media was not going to be there....

Truman

Actually Obama never visits troops with the media. He visited troops in U.S., Kuwait, Afghanistan, and the media found out after the fact. In fact the picture of Obama playing basketball was Obama with the troops. McCain used the troops has a political tools to make you afraid of Obama. Open your eyes. It is insulting that Americans fall for the Bull McCain is peddling.

Geeblane, yes, another example of unfair circumstance. Although, it is more likely that being the child of a Harvard grad, that you would be likely to be one based on educational experience such as educated parents who are more likely to be wealthy and thus one would have higher quality education at school as well as at home. Affirmative Action should be used for students who have made it inspite of their unfortunate circumstance of not having highly educated parents that are only able to contribute their moral support toward your achievement. Programs should be placed in Public Eduction, community colleges and Universities that provide the necessary support for unfortunate circumstance students to achieve, regardless of race.

Obama is always two steps out of touch. He's completely abandoned his original stance of just about everything. Besides his incessant changes, he walks right by service men waiting in line for a photo-op and ignores the wounded in Germany.

This is not a nice person!