Political Punch

I really feel sorry for all you guys that are out of a job...guess what you'll still be out of a job once Obama get's in. Politician didn't get you there. You don't pray for change from a politician. You do it yourself and pray to God. Yep.. the man who is your leader..remember???

Obama has received the endorsement of 55 newspapers across the country; McCain 14.

Two of the papers, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, have never before in their considerable histories endorsed a Democrat for president.

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Birds of a feather. Socialists

Hey everybody, look at our new National Flag!

-- > love it when republicans show their 'honor'

'McCain mob surrounds two Cuban-American Obama supporters in Miami before police intervene to hustle the two away to safety.

"People were screaming 'Terrorist!' 'Communist!' 'Socialist!'", said Raul Sorando, of the two Obama supporters. "I had a guy tell me he was gonna kill me."

Yeah, right, I will make that call to FoxNews and demand they release the tapes as soon as you call the MSM and have them release all the things on Obama, i.e., his birth certificate, passport records and the list goes on. Sure!!!

More disturbing to me than either the Rev. Hagee or the Rev. Parsley, is McCain's friendship with G. Gordon Liddy. This convicted felon whom the Chicago Tribune characterized as an "enemy of democracy," has not only not been repudiated by McCain, but has been embraced by him.

Moderate, the creed notwithstanding, the Rev. Hagee has made some pretty outrageous statements, widely quoted.

To my knowledge there has been no repudiation of Hagee's comments by McCain. Nor of the Rev. Parsley who seems to suggest that we go to war with the Islamic world.

Hmmmm.... Nah!

This adoration of Obama is just getting too far into weirds-ville.

And, personally, I prefer the dogs playing poker, so far as this genre of art is concerned.

"Cheer up, Nertz"-- I was interested in your attempt to discredit "A Veteran" by bringing up Rev. Hagee. You asked "will you do some research and try and find the code or creed that pastor Hagee' church goes by. i would like to compare the two." I have attached below the creed of his church, which is not the racist or hate-filled document you seemed to hope it would be.

But do remember also that bringing Hagee's creed into the discussion is an attempt to deflect criticism by comparing, if not apples and oranges, at least oranges and tangerines. John McCain did not sit in the pews of the Hagee church for 20 years without comment on the content of the sermons, only to later repudiate the hateful statements he swore he never heard nor was aware of; John McCain did not get "faith of my fathers" or the titles of any of his other books from a Hagee sermon; John McCain did not speak of Hagee as his spiritual mentor and the man most responsible for bringing him to Christ; John McCain did not consider Hagee "like a member of my family," someone "I could no more disown than I could my own white grandmother," until it became politically necessary to do just that. There is no comparison between the close relationship Obama once shared with Rev. Wright and the relationship between John McCain and Hagee. But you know that, didn't you?

BTW, on the Hagee Ministries website, I found this statement of beliefs. This creed seems to be the equivalent of the Black Theology creed of Rev. Wright's church that you were seeking. It does not seem to be racist to me, or anything other than standard evangelical Protestant theology.

Obama has received the endorsement of 55 newspapers across the country; McCain 14.

Two of the papers, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, have never before in their considerable histories endorsed a Democrat for president.

The "Obamacan" phenomenon is pretty amazing. Not since the Reagan Democrats have we seen this. This time it is prominent, disaffected Republicans endorsing Obama. Over 40 of them. Among them are:

Gen. Colin Powell
ten flag officers (Gen. Adm) from all branches of the military
Gov. Jim Doyle, WI
Sen. Lincoln Chaffee, RI
Sen. Richard Lugar, IN
Rep. Jim Leach, IA
Gov. Wm. Weld, MA
Gov. Arne Carlson, MN
Rep. Wayne Gilcrest, MD
Rep. Charles Matthias, MD
Conservative writer George Will

"VA for Obama," you write: "Virginians are for lovers and we don't deal w/ all this hate being spread around. We love peace, oceans, mountains, creeks, rivers, prosperity, calmness, and a sense of the American dream." And yet you support Obama? Sorry, the hate does not flow one way. Is it love that motivated people to trash Joe the Plumber? Is it love that motivated people to speculate about whether Sarah Palin was Trig's biological mother or grandmother? Is it love that motivated the Democratic ticket and their surrogates to label McCain "erratic," "out of touch," "senile," and to joke that he needs adult diapers? Democrats demonize McCain by calling him Bush II, the worst insult they can hurl given their Bush Derangement Syndrome. Republicans demonize Obama as a spendthrift big government liberal, a stereotype they abhor.

You love the natural beauty of your state? John McCain is a great conservationist who wants to attack global warming. He is a supporter of nuclear power, a clean, safe alternative energy.

You love peace? Obama wants to make the situation in Pakistan, already bad, even worse, rattling his saber to prove he's commander in chief material. McCain, a true military man who hates war as only someone who has suffered through one and watched friends and comrades die before his eyes can hate it, will have a muscular foreign policy in which war is truly the last resort. Obama is a neophyte who will indeed be tested, as Biden warned, and who may well fell those tests, given his past miscues and bad policy positions.

You love the American dream? McCain will work hard every day to make sure the American dream remains possible for every American. He has empathy for immigrants, which led to his efforts at immigration reform that earned him so much enmity in his own party and which are completely misrepresented by the Obama camp in Spanish-language radio ads. McCain has an economic plan to help hard-working Americans pursuing the AMerican dream. He wants the government to buy and restructure mortgages that are in trouble, so that Americans can remain in their homes and the value of other Americans' homes will be preserved and built up. He pledges not to raise taxes on ANYONE-- rich, poor, middle-class-- and to cut taxes on businesses so they will remain in AMerica rather than seek out more favorable business climates elsewhere. Obama's plan to raise taxes on some ( and that group seems to change over time-- is it the over 250,000 crowd, the 200,000 crowd- as said in the most recent ad, the 150,000 crowd-- as suggested by Joe Biden) in these troubled financial times is potentially crippling to our economy. His plans to increase capital gains taxes, payroll taxes (by eliminating or dramatically raising the cut-off point for SS), etc. are equally inimicable to the small business community, of which I am a member.

I have no doubt that you love your state and your country. I also have no doubt that both would be better served by a vote for John McCain. Do I expect to persuade you? Not really. But I do want to remind you that there are great people on both sides who are equally committed to the values we share and who have different ideas of how best to demonstrate and protect them.

I am Joe College Professor

Hello Everyone!!!

I was at the rally (22,000 people at the rally) that display the Obama blanket!!!!!

The atmosphere was AWESOME and ELECTRIFIYING to see white, african american, latino, asian, young, old, and all economic level coming together at the rally!!!!

What a BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW!!!

I HAD THE PRIVELAGE TO VOTE EARLY!!!!

OBAMA\BIDEN08!!!!!!!!

BLUE IS MY FAVORITE COLOR THAT IS WHY VIRGINIA WILL TURN BLUE!!!!!

VOTE EARLY!!!!!

Interesting. Yesterday, Mr. Tapper publishes a piece on the importance of images for the campaigns and on how published photos of Obama have been generally more flattering than those of McCain. Then today he publishes a simple photo portraying Obama in a positive light. So can we expect a balancing photo from a McCain event that is similarly patriotic, inoffensive, and positive? Are we taking bets on it?

obama-mobiles, obama-tinis,obama hair cuts, obama tattoos, obama t-shirts,obama blankets, fainting women .. .

enough already. its skeevey.

McCain did not cut off ABC after Charlie Gibson looked down his nose at Sarah Palin in that infamous interview, although its impact on the campaign was far greater than the Florida incident. Yes, they complained about bias and editing and such, but they did not try to punish ABC or prevent Charlie Gibson from practicing his craft.

** No McCain holds Sarah's hand through interviews because she can't handle them on her own. Sorry lady-- it's not America's fault she's not Vice Presidential level and the Republican party and it's advisors (who keep themselves a mystery) that keep reminding us she's not ready.. we're all scared McCain will drop dead at any time and then we're stuck with an idiot for President... think on those terms!

Obama will win VA! Norfolk VA, Suffolk, VA Alexandria, VA Lynchburg VA, Petersburg, VA will vote for Obama. Virginians are for lovers and we don't deal w/ all this hate being spread around. We love peace, oceans, mountains, creeks, rivers, prosperity, calmness, and a sense of the American dream. I know my state and it's heart~> exactly the reason why we now have a Democratic Governor and we will help Obama to the White House! The South will turn blue and we will be the gateway to this election!

Obama/ Biden 08

Obama will win VA! Norfolk VA, Suffolk, VA Alexandria, VA Lynchburg VA, Petersburg, VA will vote for Obama. Virginians are for lovers and we don't deal w/ all this hate being spread around. We love peace, oceans, mountains, creeks, rivers, prosperity, calmness, and a sense of the American dream. I know my state and it's heart~> exactly the reason why we now have a Democratic Governor and we will help Obama to the White House! The South will turn blue and we will be the gateway to this election!

Obama/ Biden 08

Oh, "Truth matters," as we say in the south, Bless your heart. I should ignore your post, but I am compelled to respond. You scrawled, "REpublicons are against all College level professors and anybody who disagrees with their views." Now I'm sure there's a reason for your idiosyncratic spelling of Republican, since you use it twice in this email, but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. I must say, as a "college level professor" (as opposed to what other level professor, I wonder?) I AM a Republican and have never felt the party was against me. Now I know that many conservatives (and Republican and conservative are not synonyms) do indeed rant about lefty liberal college professors and their insidious influence, but they have a bit of a point-- the vast majority of my colleagues are far more liberal than the general public and Democrats outnumber Republicans in academic by a huge percentage. It is actually the Democrat professors who are not open to listening to different perspectives, in my experience, and who try to stifle dissent from their world view.

Then you stated, "They only believe in freedom of speech for those that will regurgitate their talking points." And this is different from Democrats how? No, actually, there is a healthy level of debate in Republican circles-- too much so in the closing days of the election cycle, it sometimes seems. And it is not Republicans who have lashed out at, say, journalists who ask tough questions of their candidates. The Obama campaign cut off access for the Florida station whose anchor asked tough questions of Joe Biden. That's simply a fact. McCain did not cut off ABC after Charlie Gibson looked down his nose at Sarah Palin in that infamous interview, although its impact on the campaign was far greater than the Florida incident. Yes, they complained about bias and editing and such, but they did not try to punish ABC or prevent Charlie Gibson from practicing his craft.

You conclude " The REpublicons party are more into the unhinged element of society now, no thinkers wanted." Oh, my. Needless to say, I would disagree vigorously with this assessment. The Republicans are no more "unhinged" than the Obamaniacs you find around. There is a lot of hanging off the edge on both sides, but I have seen more of it from the Democratic side myself. However, I would never attempt to paint all Democrats with as broad a brush as you paint all Republicans. I have no problem with Democrats in general-- although the ideological underpinning of both parties have become blurred in recent years, I would argue, there are differences in philosophy between Democrats and Republicans. These differences are worthy of discussion and reasonable people can disagree. That does not make one side or the other intellectually bankrupt.

Let's treat one another with respect, shall we?

Use Your Brain/Vote McCain

A veteran,

will you do some research and try and find the code or creed that pastor Hagee' church goes by.
i would like to compare the two.
because I heard pastor hagee say they are helping the jew back to israel, only to tell them they have to become christian before they can go to heaven.

did you know that a veteran?