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It remains to be seen if Obama is even inaugurated. After all, he hasn't provided documentary evidence that he meets the constitutional requirements for being president, including being a natural born citizen. Obama has no legal right to be president, or to act as president, even after he's inaugurated, because he has not produced the evidence that he meets the constitutional requirements. Until he does so, he is not legally president. That's the truth.

Massive civil disobedience of a *federal law* in the event Obama is illegitimately inaugurated would help bring this matter to the public's attention.

Barb Davis:
"He seems like the least corrupt politician I've ever seen in my life"

With all due respect apparently you haven't been looking very hard.

Any comments on the 300K land bribe, I mean land deal, Obama worked out with Rezko to get his Hype Park mansion? Were you aware that the Rezko grand jury just requested all the related records for that "deal"? How about Obama special loan for that million dollar home, Barry received with a state senate income?

Any comment on how a destitute "community organizer" in 2000 because a millionaire 4 1/2 years later while serving as a state senator? A book which nobody read? Illinois really lavish all their state senators with instant wealth? Michele getting 200K dollar raises and 50K a year board appointments after Obama funnels earmarks to the proper places have any effect?

Blago shows what has to happen to move in the corrupt Chicago political system, so how did a nothing inexperienced waif like Obama skyrocket up the chain? What favors did he have to trade? YOU SURELY DON'T BELIEVE THAT BLAGO, DALEY AND THE OTHER HARDENED POLITICOS OF ILLINOIS REALLY BELIEVE ALL THAT "HOPE AND CHANGE" NONSENSE?

Boy are you going to be dismayed over the next 4 years of this one-termer. This is only the beginning.

Are you kidding? Why wouldn't one state go to another for HIGHWAY advice, ESPECIALLY to California? Isn't California the most experienced state in the nation regarding traffic control and how to build roads? I appreciate Bill R. trying to bump New Mexico up to a level of transportation sophistication that could equal California's. We have bad roads here, man! Bill Richardson has done a tremendous amount of work to improve our state, and my poor little rural community loves him.
Also, what evidence do other bloggers here have that points to Barack being corrupt? He seems like the least corrupt politician I've ever seen in my life! In the wake of the Bush administration and its Cheney-Rove-Rumsfeld snakes, I'm so mystified when people trash the Pres-elect.
Blogging seems useless and stupid when all one reads is mud-slinging. Who has some insightful, intelligent ideas about what's really going on, rather than bloggers judging and condemning before serious inquiry?? Nobody knows WHAT the heck is going on yet -- have a little faith! Richardson is a gentleman and very wise for backing out because it protects THE PEOPLE, which is what the incoming administration stands for. By the way, the Clintons called Richardson and begged to go see and hang out with HIM. The State of NM chose Barack Obama, and our Gov. reflected that, for which I consider him a good man.

No surprise really, look at Barry's life long inability to pick associates who weren't corrupt, bigots or American-hating nutjobs.

Anybody who expected the "mistake", I mean "messiah" to make quality cabinet choices was really ignorant.

Wait until he begins making those "policy" choices and we will see some real incompetence.

Luckily, we will not radically affected by this one-termer and most of the pain will be felt by those liberals who voted based on color and not on character, principles or experience.

“I would love to know exactly how trickle down job creation does not exist, YET trickle down job loss DOES ?????” Here’s how: decent family wage jobs were outsourced, while 15,000 families in the top 0.01% of the population drew 5.5% of the nation’s total income, an even higher share than during the last Gilded Age.
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center One,

I asked you a question about how these tihngs work in the real world. You run out to a site and grab a couple of cutesy statistics.

Why is it that you liberals can't understand these kinds of real world issues?

The "trickle down" concept is the way things operate in the real world. It works in both directions. And by the way, it is those terrible horrible "rich" people who are the ones creating all those jobs!

As far as all the loss of manufacturing jobs to overseas, let me ask you - do you buy your groceries at the most expensive store in your town ? Why ?

I have posted this many many times on this site, but no once has anyone responded to it.

Have you ever gotten a job from someone who was less well off than you were?

God I hate political virgins.

When you are "hope" ful voters gonna stop the denial and acknowledge Obama is just another hack politician? You all remind me of the Bush apologists.

Jeez. Those who cannot make it in the entertainment business run for office.

Obama just gets more and more spineless and cowardly as the days pass. Will he ever, ever take responsibility for anything? Pass the buck, pass the buck.

"A major victory !! Score !! Score !!
Ann Coulter booted from both NBC and Cable Television for Life!! "

Why is censorship such good news for you? Kind of scary.

Oh, I know why. The Billion Dollar Crystal Pepsi might pull its sponsorship of the news:
""We are just not interested in anyone so highly critical of President-elect Obama, right now," a TODAY insider reveals. "It's such a downer. It's just not the time, and it's not what our audience wants, either." "

Why the surprised reaction? This is the same team that during the run up to the election had numerous members "have to leave the campaign" because of skeleton's in their closets. Thus B.O. has already shown he cannot make quality selections for key campaign positions; so why would you expect quality in his cabinet choices?

Firstly, congratulations to the 1st ever Black President-Elect.

I'm very disappointed in the American Media who continues to report negitative situations on the President-Elect. I realize that you all have a job to do but ever since the President-elect was the peoples' choice the Media has constantly been having a field day reporting all kinds of negative news about Mr. Obama. I say to you Media giants, leave the President-elect, and let him do his job. Some of the information you report about Mr. Obama, are not all accurate.

It is really sad, sad, sad that so many people are venting their bitterness about their candidate not winning the presidential election that they are accusing the incoming president of all manor of crimes and wishing him nothing but ill will.
Talk about being un-American. How can we expect our country to get back to the respect we once had around the world if we keep attacking the president elect who hasn't even been sworn in?

Can't you folks hold off for awhile and give him the opportunity to improve our economy, health care, and foreign relations? Or, will you do what you have done since 2006 and do nothing but obstruct our government?

A major victory !! Score !! Score !!

Ann Coulter booted from both NBC and Cable Television for Life!!

The American people have just grown tired with this selfisd and mean spirited retoric that is constantly coming from the right!

They area already cooking the stew.. but any bet takers out there on how long it will take before the first call for a special prosecutor is made?

Most Presidents area allowed to at least seat their cabinette before the carnage begins.

These guys don't even seem to care that we (the country) really need Obama to get some things done for us.

Surely if Obama controls the executive branch he will stop investigating himself

Bertie that's the first smart comment I have seen al day.

"Over the past 8 years US manufacturers did "expand" by hiring engineers, only more foreign ones, not just Americans."

I really dont see a problem with this. The brain drain guys are just the type we want over here- intelligent and industrious. Those are the type of net positive immigrant we want to encourage.

Off shoring can be problematic in a number of ways. There is a lot in Obama Patriot Companies proposal that is brain dead, but if it could incent American companies to look at the off shoring of higher complexity functions, I think that would be good for the economy in the mid-term. In my experience the Wipros of the world are not going to deliver what a company needs to succeed but short term out tasking cost savings are seducing a lot of organizations.

BertieW says, “Who is employing all of these extra people? The business large and small that are allowed to reinvest and expand because their tax burden has been decreased.” Over the past 8 years US manufacturers did "expand" by hiring engineers, only more foreign ones, not just Americans. US industry did "reinvest" in R&D, but did not hire only Americans to do it. Bush economist Matthew J. Slaughter claims that off-shoring created more American jobs than foreign ones. Not all economists (or people out of work) agree. In our 21st Century global economy, something went sideways when "trickle" can be sent to other countries and the profits can be reinvested anywhere in the world, not back into decent paying US family wage jobs.

"The Obama folks must be listening to the likes of economist Nouriel Roubini who says the US needs radical Keynesian policies"

Apparently not. Sounds more Laffer to me.

Read the WSJ story "Obama Eyes $300 Billion Tax Cut "
Subhead 'Huge Breaks for Firms'.

60% of the earners are paying, net, 0.6% of the federal tax burden. Obviously you cant give them much of a cut since they are already paying nothing.

As New York City is finding out, the wealthy high income earners, in addition to being convenient scapegoats, are huge cash cows. If the rich arent making money then suddenly everyone else has to take up the slack which means new taxes on itunes, tolls and everything else.

Peace Train---yeah the israeli/palestinian problem is all Obama's fault. he went shopping with his daughters. ....meanwhile at Crawford Ranch, the person "responsible", the chief-executive is doing absolutely nothing. give Obama a break. don't be critical until he is sworn in. we have a president right now. that he has abdicated his responsibilities is inexcusible.

"..the Obama Transition Team realized the FBI would not be able to give Richardson a clean political bill of health.." How ironic is this statement. The FBI would not even be able to give the president elect a clean bill of health, but no one seems to care about it. Why is it the president elect's cabinet is getting investigated for their legitimacy, but not the legitimacy of the president himself.

"This is about the begining of a partisian witch hunt that will likely not stop during the duration of the Obama presidency. "

I thought you claimed that this was a separation of powers problem? Surely if Obama controls the executive branch he will stop investigating himself.