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No matter what anyone thinks of the economy, the troubles we have are almost directly linked to the Government. Government intervention to the point that men and women who couldn't normally get a loan for snack crackers were getting loans for houses.Fannie and freddie execs getting huge bonuses, donating to the politicians who looked the other way on the schemes and customers fudging their applications with lies of income and net worth. But it was mostly the government in a business they had no business of being in that has got us to where we are at. The fact that the Democrats wanted a nonpartisn agreement to cover their rears should say all we need to know about their intentions and if anyone thinks Obama and his cohorts had nothing to do with this is badly mistaken.

And for a Governent that can't handle social security, medicare, education without wrecking it why would anyone want to elect anyone who wants the Governemt to have a yet bigger role in running their lives?

Most American companies, the workers that make them grow and prosper are honest and good citizens. The business basics are sound and better than anyone place on earth, except for corporate taxes. If Obama wins it will be because his campaign has made the majority cowar with fear for their future and fear, sadly, over rules rational thinking.

Last thing I am expecting is Bin Laden releasing a statement asking American not to vote for McCain. Next thing we would see is mass voting for McCain, making Laden happy that we remain in the same mess another four years!!

Is it fair? I suppose it's fair for McCain to reference the Ayers "relationship," but it's not fair to misrepresent it as something more intimate or recent than it was. Is it far for Obama to call attention to McCain's (publicly stated) shift to personal attacks? I say yes. The propensity of old-style politicians to spin the truth as it suits their whim is an important issue in this election. I'm tired of it. McCain is falling back on the old smear tactics that voters have vociferously decried. Why doesn't McCain talk about his own platform? Why doesn't Palin even understand their platform? Look, if for no other reason, we simply can't elect McCain because despite our differences on so many others issues, 90% of us simply can't fathom Sarah Palin that close to the Oval Office, regardless of our party affiliation. I'm gonna go put on my Ojamas, and make some phone calls for the Obama/Biden campaign.

And what exactly was the substance of Obama's speech? Did he explain how he will fund his plans? How he will get us thru this financial crisis started by Bill Clinton??
No he never explains - he just makes empty promises while his real plans are to implement the radical left agenda.

Keating 5 is a relevant scandal that goes directly to John McCains judgement. Why is no one talking about any of the other republicans that served on the same board as Ayers. Give me a break. Ayers is McCains hail mary and all the while the American people are hurting, the economy is near collapse and McCain and his sidekick are doing everything to change the subject from their lack of knowledge of economics.

They are a pair of bumbling idiots!

Seven houses!
Eleven cars!
Hundred millions valued family business!
No wonder is time for McCain to turn the page on the economic crisis!
Sleazy McCain you done it again!

jeremy,

Lot of love and respect for your comment.

I guess that makes all the students Professor Willaim Ayers have taught since he started his career as an Educator, guilty of guilt by Association.

McCain is despirate, he has a drowning Campaign and he wouldn't mind pulling everyone within his grasp with him to the Ocean floor.

But I am happy that the new generation Americans are Wiser.
Though McCain and his Campaign still treat Americans as if the are Morons.

i dont understand this Ayers issue, If Obama is guilty by associating with him, an educator what about the thousands of students he has so far and is still teaching.... why is he even teaching in the first place if he is such a bad dude now?

Bill Ayers has been a recurring decimal since the commencement of political Campaign over a year ago.

We got a ear-full of that name during the primaries.

Smear Campaign is as old as elections in the United States of America and it is usually employed by the losing and despirate party to scare and hoodwink Voters to vote for an undeserving Candidate.

George Bush used it against John McCain in the GOP Primaries of 2000 and it worked. George Bush also used it with John Kerry in 2004 and it worked too. But See what it got us.

And guess who the architect of the smear Campaigns were?

Karl Rove and his alter ego, Schmidts.

Schmidts is presently a senoir Advisor in McCain Campaign and swift-boating and smears are back.

But this is not 2000 and we are no longer in 2004. Americans have grown Wiser since then.

Whether McCain and his cohorts resort to the Smear Campaign they are known for or not will make no difference.

It shows who puts Country first over self.

A hurting economy, a hurting People and yet, McCain prefers to embark on a hurtful Campaign.

It is his prerogative to run his Campign as he wishes and it is our prerogative to either allow ourselves to be taken for a ride once again or tell THESE POLITICIANS THAT BELIEF THAT WE DON'T HAVE A HEAD TO THINK, THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Seven houses!
Eleven cars!
Hundred millions valued family business!
No wonders are time for McCain to turn the page on the economic crisis!

To the commenters who say Obama isn't specific, that is complete bunk.

I attended the Asheville rally and he spent a long part of his speech identifying specific elements of his health plan and how his administration will work with employers, insurance providers and states to ensure that Americans are covered and businesses get the best possible deals from health insurers.

Ignorance is worse than stupidity because it's a choice. Choose to be informed and everyone's life will be better for it.

A lot of Obamabots are not very nice people.

There is no Keating Five scandal for McCain. The Senate Judiciary Chief Counsel said McCain was innocent of all allegations, and should never have been charged, and is now supporting McCain.
As for dredging up the Keating 5 business (an S & L failure), Bob Bennett, who was the lawyer hired by the Senate's investigative Committee in that mess, and who is a lifelong Democrat who represented Bill Clinton.

Has Barry been Vetted?

Barrys speeches are largely ambiguous, and lacks content regarding actual policies

Barry is the only major candidate who has been able to ride out his campaign as the guy who came from almost nowhere, thus unencumbered by the need to defend any old policies or past decisions.

The Obama campaign says that Sen. Obama has no state senate records to release?

Obama has not released his Rezko law records

The University of Illinois refuses to make public some papers that describe Barack Obama's work with Bill Ayers. Why would they do this?

Occidental College records -- Not released

Columbia College records -- Not released

Columbia Thesis paper -- 'not available'

Harvard College records -- Not released

Selective Service Registration -- Not released

Medical records -- Not released

Illinois State Senate schedule -- 'not available'

Law practice client list -- Not released

Certified Copy of original Birth certificate - - Not released

Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth -- Not released

Harvard Law Review articles published -- None

University of Chicago scholarly articles -- None

Barrys Record of baptism-- Not released or 'not available'

Since early on in his campaign he has said that he would meet with the President of Iran - but we are left in the dark as to what agenda he would pursue

Barry has largely avoided highlighting what specific demands he would make of Ahmadinijad and any timetables he would establish for the Iranians to dismantle their nuclear program

The threat of Islamic terrorism and the expanding scourge of fanaticism are also concepts which have been addressed by Barry in only the most ambiguous of terms.

Barry has yet to suggest specific measures he would enact regarding the Jewish State's Qualitative Military Edge that allows Israel to defend itself against current and future enemies

The four years ahead are far too critical for global security to place the presidency of the United States in the hands of a leader whose campaign is leaving us with more questions than answers.

Who really is this man, and what policies will he impose?

Palin talks about Obama - does she even realize she might be the only VP candidate to ever be indicted? Based on what I have seen - she doesn't have a clue....

The Keating five says what McCain is all about. Carefull on your attacks John. This will derail you. McCain cannot afford the American people to look back at this part of his Senate life. He is lucky not to be in jail with Keating.

To Mr. Steve Bailey and anyone else who would like to imply that the millions of Obama supporters are all idiots: please review the above link. We can then put to rest the tired issue of whether or not Obama supporters are ignorant, and begin instead to address the dire need in this country and this world for a leader with the vision, the courage, the humility and the intelligence to pull off the rescue we so desperately need.

Paln's husband is a card carrying member of the Alaska seperatist movement who's founder said that there would be glaciers in hell before he is buried on U.S soil. Palin's husband is the real seperatist. Ayers did someting when Obama was 8 years old. Get real, so they live in the same neighborhood and served on a charity board. The Keating 5 did more damage than an 8 year old Obama could ever do. McCain is a joke. He has nothing left in the tired old tank. He has his republican viagra in Ms. Congeniality Palin Mc.Cain is out of gas and his campain is on vapors. Obama has the vision.

Why dont we just go back to the real John McCain and the Keating 5. It just does not get any better for McCain. 9 trips to Keating's estate in the Bahamas. His wife's $359 thousand investment in a shopping mall with KEATING. What about all those retiries losing their life's savings. And it cost tax payers 3.4 billion. How dare you Mcfake. All those meetings with Keating and 4 other Senators. It is appauling that McCain has the gall to challenge Barack's charater. Check it out- The Keating 5 say's it all.

All I have to say is that McCain's involvement in the Savings and Loan Collapse and the Keating 5 says it all. Watch it Palin- this will derail you.

I love you Barack Obama!!!! Just keep on talking to the American people. We need a president that's going to look out for us!!! I'm tired of the rich getting richer and the poor becoming poorer! John Mccain let's not turn the page on the economy that's why we're in this mess today because no one was paying attention.

It's a good line of defense, preempting the attacks from McCain's camp and also attacking McCain for his lack of understanding on the economy. (Where's Mitt Romney when you need him.)
Best defense is a good offense.

The fact that some people don't recognize that the associations Obama has made define his is saddening.
Ayers is not only an American terrorist, like the OKC bombers, but a known racist, against whites.

Neither of these economic policies have or will work.Same old stuff for seventy years.Return the power to the states and to the people of the republic to really fix the problem, Our problems are a symptom of big, bloated, intrusive government. Flat tax is across the board fair, the more you buy or make the more you pay.

Well, I had the pleasure of seeing Barack Obama today in Asheville, and I'm glad I had the opportunity. He speaks about what matters to most Americans, whether they support him or not, he cares more about the working and middle class and I'm looking forward to see what he will accomplish when he becomes our next President of the United States!

Like always Obama talking the isssues we American's want to hear him talk about. McCain and Palin? negative stuff, lies, talk about judgement, McCain lacks it.

How could anyone ever trust John McLie and Sarah Six-Pack after this last character assault? Almost everytime they open their mouths, a lie pops out. I'm voting straight Democrat. The more of the GOP that we can weed out of the system, the better off we will be.

I appreciate the many insightful comments on this blog, such as to look at 401K statements to see how well the Republican administration has been taking care of the middle/lower-income classes for the last eight years, with their hidden taxes through enormous budget deficits, etc.
About some of bloggers' wild comments... If you, or a candidate, start pointing fingers and making vicious attacks, remember that those who point fingers at others often are pointing four other fingers back at themselves and their character. Which candidates are demonstrating the most integrity? Don't just listen to words, decide who you can trust the most through their ACTIONS. I plan to vote for Barack Obama here in NC. I'm looking for constructive changes to help our hurting nation (and the rest of the world).

Keep talking about the issues, Senator Obama, and you'll keep the movement going your way. Undecideds are not going to be swayed by another round of distort, distract, divide and lie.

You've gotta love seeing the McCain Points competitors try to join Clinton and Palin together as victims of "sexism." Clinton and Palin have about as much in common as Meryl Streep and Paris Hilton do.

I watch this campaign from Portugal with great interest and think Obama has a lot to give to the american people and to the world. As for McCain/Palin, have you noticed that we can only give what we have? lies, smeers, gutter campaign is all they give/are!

so Mc CAIN plans to fight the economic crisis by...turning the page???? and smear Obama during 30 days??????????
Euh may i understand why smear Obama instead of making his own case???I mean is there something that i don't understand???

"What do you think? Fair hit or not?"

Absolutely, especially given Palin's remarks over the weekend, trying to paint Obama as un-American.

I, for one, don't want to turn the page on the economy. Both my husband and I fear we will lose our jobs.

And John McCain is not telling me how he will turn the economy around. Getting rid of earmarks and reforming Washington won't do it. More tax cuts for the rich? We've already tried that.

We are in the past? Isn't that what Palin said? We are not in the past-in 2 weeks we have went into economic crisis from the last 8 years. Dems will need to clean up all the $$ crisis that Bush/McCain and republicans-

Why in Gods name would you vote for the Republicans-
McCain has voted against any middle class improvement. Look them up on the web site.

It is like a jaywalker crossing and getting hit by a car again. Insanity is doing it over and over and expecting a different result.

Definitely a fair hit. And it's fair to call the references we've seen so far to Obama's association with William Ayers a "Swiftboat-style attack" - there's nothing substantial in them at all. It's basically 'Obama knows college professor with radical past' - well, so what? Has his interaction with Ayers been in respect to Ayer's radical past, or has it been with Ayer's job as a college professor? It's the latter - and 'Obama knows college professor' isn't much of a story.

The McCain campaign needs something much, much, more substantial if they're going to make something out of it. It's one thing to try and make a mountain out of a molehill, but what they have is a very small piece of dirt.

Anyone wishing harm to America would love to have another bumbling inept memory challeged person as president. To continue the insane non working policies that Bush has set in stone. Think about it terrorist attck us and Bush uses that attack to upend the constitution, our civil rights, invade Iraq a unrelated country and bankrupt America. What more could a terrorist want than to have the president harm Americans for them? Are you and the country better off today than you were before 911?

Has osama bin laden been caught? Have we tried to capture him in an intelligent and effective way? Answer that and remember McCain thinks and works just like Bush. Anybody voting for Mccain has to be insane.

In 2004 videotape, Bin Laden explained his strategy against U.S. — ‘bleed until bankruptcy.’

Over on the Wonk Room, Matt Duss recalls this line from Osama bin Laden’s surprise late-October 2004 videotaped address:

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And even more dangerous and bitter for America is that the Mujahedin recently forced Bush to resort to emergency funds to continue the fight in Afghanistan and Iraq which is evidence of the success of the bleed-until-bankruptcy plan with Allah’s permission… And it all shows that the real loser is… you. It’s the American people and their economy.
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The CIA judged that Bin Laden’s videotaped message was an effort by al Qaeda to deliver four more years for President Bush, thus helping them recruit a new generation of terrorists.

At a rally on Saturday in California, Sarah Palin offered up a rather jarring argument for supporting the Republican ticket. "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women," the Alaska Governor said, claiming she was quoting former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The statement came after Palin had recounted a "providential" moment she experienced on Saturday: "I'm reading on my Starbucks mocha cup, okay? The quote of the day... It was Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State [crowd boos] and UN ambassador. ... Now she said it, I didn't. She said, 'There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women.'"

Actually, Albright didn't say that. The accurate quote is, "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't help other women." (Sources made the same point to CBS's Scott Conroy.)

Albright responded to Palin's remarks in a statement to the Huffington Post on Sunday. "Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden."

Dr. Larry Hunter: Lifelong conservative republican economist and former Reagan official supports Senator Obama.

Hillary Clinton lobbed a doozy at McCain while she was filling in for Joe Biden on the campaign trail:
Clinton said Biden called and asked her to fill in for him because of the family emergency. Rather than sharing her thoughts, she said, "I want to share with you the eloquent remarks that Joe had prepared."

Clinton sought to tie McCain to Bush, saying the Arizona senator offered voters "more of the same."

"He's not a maverick. He's a mimic," she said.

wow. all the hate from the McCain/Palin camp... is this what desperation smells like?

it's awful.

I'm glad Obama is responding quickly to these attacks unlike Kerry who let them go on and on until people actually started believing them. I'm proud of the democratic candidate this time, he is smart and will not let anyone tear him down!

Barrack Obama has the habit of linking every phenomenon as a sign of his anointment. The Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs are in the playoffs. If ever these two teams are in the World Series, he would have announced this as another sign of his anointment. Well the Cubs were swept, and the White Sox are on the verge of being swept.

On November 4, Barack Obama will be surprised that he's been swept too - to oblivion.

IT IS A FACT THAT WHEN YOU ARE DOWN, YOU WANT TO DRAG PEOPLE WITH YOU, AMERICA AND AMERICAN ARE TOO INTELLIGENT TO BUY TO THIS NONSENSE MCCAIN IS DOING, PEOPLE HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS ALREADY, HE DOESNT GET IT, HE PISSED ME OFF WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL SUSPEND CAMPAIGN BECAUSE OF WALL STREET, WHAT NONSENSE, PRESIDENT MULTI TASK, HE HAS LOST IDEAS AND WANTS TO CARRY US BACK AGAIN, THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN NOW LACKS IDEAS, I AM HURTING AND I WANT SOMEONE TO PROMISE ME THAT THINGS WILL BE ALRIGHT AFTER CLUELESS BUSH LEAVES OFFICE.

HEY IF PALIN IS NOW "SMART AND CONFIDENT" THEN WHY ISN'T SHE APPEARING ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS TODAY??

Gee I don't think Sarah Palin is on ANY of the Sunday News shows today. Also since the debate I haven't seen a press conference either...

I think I know why, because she is the same DOLT we saw on Katie Couric last week, that's why!!

TINA FEY NAILED HER DEBATE PERFORMANCE ON SNL LAST NIGHT!!

Is already close to a MILLION VIEWS!

McCain / Palin: running Bush's first campaign to win Bush's third term

Get ready for your 401k/pension statement, it ain't gonna be pretty
John Aravosis (DC)

George Will made an excellent point this morning on ABC's THIS WEEK. Americans are about to get a mailing that is going to do wonders for Obama's campaign. They're going to be getting their quarterly statements from their 401ks and their pension plans. And it ain't going to be pretty. John McCain wants to change the subject away from the economy. He wants to pull the plug on the number one discussion, the number one issue of importance to every American, because he doesn't know much about economics. And Sarah Palin? Yeah. Imagine Sarah Palin being in charge of your 401k.

Clintonites for McCain
" Take away the media fawning, take away the media hype, and all you have is just another leftist practicing Rovian tactics. PUMA."

Are you having to many sixpacks. McCain is playing a sleezy, despicable campaign with his Karl Rove gang and you accuse Obama of Rovian tactics...
It's like turning the world upside-down...

So is Steve Schmidt working on censoring the comment board today--everything i've posted that's positive for Obama is taken off?

Cato’s David Boaz alleges that “it must be a great disappointment to Goldwater Republicans to discover this story that got almost no notice this week.” The story in question turns out to be about the burgeoning national debt in the Bush years:

But as the chart makes perfectly clear, it seems unlikely to me that Goldwaterites are genuinely disappointed with this turn of events. The major causes of growing debt-to-GDP ratio are World War II and the election of post-Goldwater conservative Republicans. That’s not necessarily the worst thing in the world — arguably some Democrats are too debt averse — but the record is pretty clear. Conservatives in power leads to skyrocketing debt.

Close Your Left Eye, and view the world, with one View.

Well there you go again John, lookin to the past instaed of lookin to the future with Joe Six Pack!

Posted by: Thinking | Oct 5, 2008 3:09:27 PM

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AH a wonderful thing to see you really thinking AND QUOTING GOVERNOR PALIN!!!

Let's see, our corporations and small businesses are going bankrupt, 4,000 Americans die and we spend a trillion dollars in Iraq because of Cheney and McCain's lies, 9/11 happened because Bush went on vacation instead of reading the intelligence report.

And you guys want to see McCain finish the job of destroying America just because Obama has a neighbor who is a professor who did some vandalism in the 60s? YOU DUMB RACISTS AMERICA IS GOING DOWN THE DRAINS WITH THE REPUBLICANS.

I SEE THE REPUBLICAN TROLL SMEAR MACHINE IS AT FULL SPEED TODAY!!!

According to Republicans, John McCain and Sarah Palin, everyone that supports Obama or wants to hear about issues is either a COMMUNIST or a TERRORIST!!

Wow, you scumbags have really hit a new low...

Well go ahead, forget about the economy, the issues, the endless war in Iraq and energy... Let's talk about how Obama is black, he's scary and a terrorist and we are all communists, ya that ought to work...

CAN YOU SAY LOSER McCAIN? CAN YOU SAY DESPERATE PALIN? The American people see right through this nonsense you know!

Especially when your campaign is stupid enough to tell everybody what your new game plan is for the next 29 days!!

Get smart people: Obama/Biden '08!!!!!

I do pity the people who get dragged down by this garbage. OBUMA AND GANGS nonsense strikes again. I'm just happy to hear McCain isn't getting distracted and is still talking about the issues. I know it's hard to stay focused when they're coming at you below the knees, and you just want to level back at 'em in the groin. But he's never done that. And never will. It's all part of what makes him such an extraordinary candidate. By refusing to discuss these claims it just lowers their credibility, and doesn't make them a central issue. Again, hard, but an intelligent move at this point. I am so happy that John and Sarah are the best America will gain it all this BS!!
The will rise above all the attacks and GOD will wash away the vicious bile spewed by OBUMA AND THE EVIL ONES!!

Well there you go again John, lookin to the past instaed of lookin to the future with Joe Six Pack!

Here is list of the top corporate bankruptcies, with date of filing and assets at time of filing. All under republican administrations. Two under Reagan, one under Bush's daddy and twelve under Geedubya.

1. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. 9/15/2008 $639 Billion

2. Worldcom Inc. &/21/2008 103.91 Billion

3. Enron Corp. 12/2/2001 63.39 Billion

4. Conseco Inc. 12/18/2002 61.39

5. Texaco Inc. 4/12/1987 35.89 Billion
Financial Corp of Amaerica 9/9/1988 33.69 Billion

6. Refco Inc. 10/17/2005 33.33 Billion

7. Global Crossing Ltd. 1/28/2002 30.19 Billion

8. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. 4/6/ 2001 29.77 Billion

9. UAL Corp 12/9/2002 25.2 Billion

10. Delta Air Lines Inc. 9/14/2005 21.8 Billion

11. Adelphia Communications. 6/25/2002
21.5 Billion

12. MCorp 3/31/1989 20.23 Billion

14. Mirant 7/14/2003 19.42 Billion

15. Delphi Corp 10/8/2005
16.59 Billion

Barack only need remind average voters that all republicans do is loot the treasury after election. BTW the Iraq war and these bailouts are republican taxes on americans whether you realize it or not genius.

Reading these comments has been enlightening. It's clear how people keep voting over and over for their own demise because doing so validates their hatreds. How one campaigns is a sign of how one will govern. With McCain, we can look forward to more of the divisive character assassination that helped lead our country to its current sorry state.

McCain Campaign says that Obam kids and Ayers kids attend school together. Never mind that the Ayre's kids are adults now.

The MCain Campaign is going nuts! Did I mention the whole of the GOP?

OBUMA and the DEMOCRATS have screwed over too many people in all levels of life for your tired divisive tactics from the DEMOCRATIC playbook(FRAUD AND TERRIOST TIES) to work this time. You might as well get use to responsible adults McCain/PALIN handling America's affairs.

Only the same fools that never voted for anyone many times would work to bring us a THE POVERTY PIMP! We need an intelligent and thoughtful president. We do not need an erratic and trigger happy person. SLICK RICK is a scary man and not at all stable enough to run the country.

NObama NEVER OBUMA!

I know exactly what Barack Obama is going to do tomorrow. Tomorrow, Barack Obama is going to get on the stump, and he's going to say (in mock Barack Obama tone) "Yesterday, John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis said, and I'm not making this stuff up," and then proceed to taking a snippet of what someone said, rearrange some words, ommit some words, and get to "we... want... to... turn... the... page... on... this... financial... crisis." And it's going to be funny, it will be comedic, but in all seriousness, it won't be becoming of a candidate seeking the highest office in the land. Take away the media fawning, take away the media hype, and all you have is just another leftist practicing Rovian tactics. PUMA.

When the 2000 census revealed dramatic growth in Chicago’s Hispanic and Asian populations alongside a decline in the number of African Americans, the Illinois black caucus was alarmed at the prospect that the number of blacks in the Illinois General Assembly might decline. At that point, Obama stepped to the forefront of the effort to preserve as many black seats as possible. The Defender quotes Obama as saying that, “while everyone agrees that the Hispanic population has grown, they cannot expand by taking African-American seats.” As in the casino dispute, Obama stressed black unity, pushing a plan that would modestly increase the white, Hispanic, and Asian population in what would continue to be the same number of safe black districts. As Obama put it: “An incumbent African-American legislator with a 90 percent district may feel good about his reelection chances, but we as a community would probably be better off if we had two African-American legislators with 60 percent each.”

Posted by: HP Boston | Oct 5, 2008 2:43:01 PM

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Bush and the republicans have screwed over too many people in all levels of life for your tired divisive tactics from the republican playbook to work this time. You mnight as well get use to responsible adults (Obama/Biden)handling America's affairs.

Obama and Ahmadiejad are having lunch at Ayers' house this week.

Posted by: Wong of Thunder | Oct 5, 2008 2:49:47 PM

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They are having the Biden weekly PITY PARTY........HE LOST THE DEBATE!!!

McCain-Palin are looking to the future.

Obama is stuck in the past.

Obama never met a downturn in the economy that he didn't like.

Obama wants to rewrite the pages of his past and turn them into something they are not.

Obama- no record of leadership
Obama- love of known terrorists
Obama- in bed with Rezko, a convicted felon that will be sentenced one week before the election.
Obama- no plan for the future
Obama- just words-no action-no clue what to do

Expose Obama and hit him stright in the mouth with the facts.

BARRY OBAMA just ran out of steam. No idea, no substance.

I'm an on again, off again DEMOCRATIC voter who just can't imagine voting for BARRY OBUMA. He's at sea on every issue. Tired, angry, lost.

Obama and Ahmadiejad are having lunch at Ayers' house this week.

Watch CNN and MSNBC for Truth and Justice, for Middle Americans.

Posted by: remember the Honey Bee | Oct 5, 2008 2:29:18 PM

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Ya right the American Taliban MSM!

I do pity the people who get dragged down by this garbage. Republican nonsense strikes again. I'm just happy to hear Obama isn't getting distracted and is still talking about the issues. I know it's hard to stay focused when they're coming at you below the knees, and you just want to level back at 'em in the groin. But he's never done that. And never will. It's all part of what makes him such an extraordinary candidate. By refusing to discuss these claims it just lowers their credibility, and doesn't make them a central issue. Again, hard, but an intelligent move at this point.

Just in in, effort to regain m omentum the McCain Campaign anounced today that Palin will be at the top of the ticket and McCain will run as VP!

When the 2000 census revealed dramatic growth in Chicago’s Hispanic and Asian populations alongside a decline in the number of African Americans, the Illinois black caucus was alarmed at the prospect that the number of blacks in the Illinois General Assembly might decline. At that point, Obama stepped to the forefront of the effort to preserve as many black seats as possible. The Defender quotes Obama as saying that, “while everyone agrees that the Hispanic population has grown, they cannot expand by taking African-American seats.” As in the casino dispute, Obama stressed black unity, pushing a plan that would modestly increase the white, Hispanic, and Asian population in what would continue to be the same number of safe black districts. As Obama put it: “An incumbent African-American legislator with a 90 percent district may feel good about his reelection chances, but we as a community would probably be better off if we had two African-American legislators with 60 percent each.”

Why should republicans get rewarded for screwing up America from Iraq to this financial mess? Isn't that like rewarding CEOs with huge bonuses even when they screw up the company. Sure let's reward the people that screwed things up. Who's stupid enought to do that? A fool, idiot, moron, masochist, lobbyist?

Not only is McCain out of touch but....anybody here that advocates voting for McCain who is a member of the republican party the same party that has screwed up and ruined our great nation is either a paid blogger, delusional or stupid. I could add more but you get the picture. Republicans must be punished for ruining our great nation.

Veterans will vote Country First!

McCain-Palin '08
Hillary '12

No way in hell will Obama win Virginia or North Carolina! I hope his camapign handlers keep thinking Obama can win VA and NC. Keep burning those campaign dollars in VA and NC, Barry, the more you spend in states you will not win, the better!!

McCain Used an Economic Terrorist, to shut down Morgage Companies. Rick Davis contuinued to Feed McCain Inside Information, and Middle Class Money, into Fear Tactics, used by Capitol Terrorism.
This disturbs me more than a 'Far Away Past', as Palin describes, yet she needs to look closer, at De-Regulations for Free Marketing horrors.
McCain has led his Gambling Tactics against Middle America, for over 12 years. Following in the footsteps, of Nixons 'I am not a Crook' advisors. The TV Star Maverick, played better cards than McCain. At least the tv star gambled for Middle America.
Most of what Palin repeats on stage is the same Bush Campaign, from 8 years ago.
And don't forget McCain telling Republicans, to hold out for the PORK, added to this Bill. It was funny,to hear the Republicans arguing amongest each other, on the topic, 'if there was a money crises or not'. This shows on National TV, just how out of touch, McCain and Radical Republicans are. If McCain carred, so much for Middle America, he should have reached across the table to Middle Americans, and told us, 'Yes We will Help'. But instead, sat in his office, and played PORK COOKER. McCain's vauge remarks, that Capitol Socialism is GOOD for America. Wrong. Vote Independent, and hope McCain takes the next bus Home.

Watch CNN and MSNBC for Truth and Justice, for Middle Americans.

Lee wrote:

"...the happy-go-lucky attitude of the Obama campaign..."

This is such an obvious attempt at painting this election in racist terms.

In this election, that term could be more aptly applied to McCain, with his "fundamentally sound economy" remark while the economy is crashing down all around us, and to Palin, with her "gee whiz, you betcha" persona.

The McCain campaign is obviously in desperation mode. I can't think of a bigger non-issue than Ayers. The entire time Barack Obama has known him, Jim Ayers has been a well-respected professor of education at the University of Illinois, and a world renown expert on school reform. His "weatherman wife" is a law professor at Northwestern University. Obama and Ayers are not close, but served on two charity boards together--boards full of business and civic leaders, democrats and republicans alike. Barack hasn't even seen the guy in 3 years. Yeah, Ayers did some bad stuff a long time ago...when Barack was 8! Get the "heck" outta here with that Ayres nonsense. How desperate and sad, what's left of John McCain.