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September 08, 2008 10:03 AM

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Barack Obama dropped his two daughters off at school Monday  -- in a motorcade complete with a Secret Service detail -- for their first day back to school in Chicago.

The Democratic nominee, dressed in work out clothes and a baseball hat, held the hands of his daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, as they walked, toting backpacks, into the University of Chicago Laboratory School.

The elite charter school costs between $15,000 to $20,000 a year in tuition. Michelle Obama currently sits on the board.

Obama's eldest daughter, Malia, is going into 5th grade, and his youngest is going into the 2nd grade. If Obama wins the White House, his daughters would be the youngest kids in the White House since President Jimmy Carter's daughter, Amy.

After dropping his kids off at school, Obama hit the gym and then flew off to Michigan for a day of campaigning.

"My kids started school today," Obama told the Flint crowd. "Took my 5th grader and my 2nd grader to class. The 5th grader didn't really want me to go up to the classroom but I went. She's still Daddy's girl."

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"Obama will hit the gym"
Does this guy ever do any work?

Posted by: geevill | Sep 8, 2008 10:11:40 AM

Yeah, he crafts a tax plan that is 3X more beneficial to working families than McButt's.

Posted by: Craig | Sep 8, 2008 10:20:37 AM

History teaches us that empires rise but they also fall at some point. A lot of people outside the US really like Obama and believe that he can lead America back to the position it was during the Clinton years of prosperity and global respect.

However, some of us dont want him to win because the world is tired of America's dominance. Hence, John McCain will better serve the purpose of finally putting to rest the American dream...ha! ha! ha!

Please vote for the dullard and unintelligent JOHN McCAIN and SARAH PALIN who believes that the world is just 5,000 years old!

It is only in America that there would even be a contest between Obama and McCain. How on earth did Palin end up becoming a Governor? Someone that believes global warming is not man made? Believes that creationism should be taught in schools in the 21st century? Only in America can such a person contest for the office of the vice presidency

A people deserve the type of leader they get.

Posted by: Manfred | Sep 8, 2008 10:21:48 AM

Let's see all the McCainiacs come out and attack Obama for taking his kids to school.

For geevill...apparently Palin spends quite a bit working out at the gym as well.

Posted by: mary | Sep 8, 2008 10:22:21 AM

I'm glad to see that Obama takes the time to know what goes on in his daughter's lives, unlike someone else we all know lately...

Posted by: Ian | Sep 8, 2008 10:30:30 AM

“Reasons why you should not vote for Obama”

Caucus Fraud committed by Obama supporters (primaries)
• Intimidation
• Voting multiple times
• Busing people into other towns and states to vote
• Votes exceeding the number of registered voters
• Paying for votes
http://www.lynettelong.com/caucusfraud
http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/video/index.htm

Lack of Experience
• 143 days in the United States Senate
• No Foreign policy experience
• No Executive experience (hasn’t run a business, town, or state, nothing, nada)
• Community organizing (going door to door to register voters for ACORN)

Has NEVER stood his ground when it wasn’t politically expedient.
• Obama gave an Anti-war speech to gain the support of the big money people in Chicago

Poor Record
• Voted “present” 129 times in Senate, not taking a stand on controversial issues. (indecisive)
• Worked to remove asbestos with limited success, still remains uncompleted to this day.
• Claims credit for welfare reform in Chicago that helped to put steel workers back to work, but it was a Republican bill that President Bill Clinton signed into law and that Obama voted against!
• Asked for a million dollar earmark for his wife’s employer (she received a $200,000 raise)
• Secured 100’s of millions of dollars in earmarks for private developers like Rezko resulting in failed housing projects that were rat infested, no electricity, sewerage and crime ridden, and uninhabitable forcing the government to take them over. (boston globe grim beginnings link)
• Voted in the state senate for gun control and refused to crack down on gangs. Obama helped create the situations where crime in 2008 escalated to about 30 shootings in a week requiring a special task force to be formed to stem the violence in the streets.
• Chairman of the Foreign Relations subcommittee on European affairs, which he has neglected, not having once held a meeting. Countries like Georgia were his responsibility.
• Most liberal Democratic voting record. Voted 97% of the time with his party.

Broken campaign promises
• Fisa (fourth amendment rights)
• Public campaign financing
• Undivided Jerusalem

Highly questionable religious connections
• Former pastor Rev. Wright “God D*mn America! America caused 9/11 and AIDs.
• Black Liberation Theology (black supremacy)

Connections to corrupt politicians, and Anti-American Organizations
• William Ayers – Terrorist - Bombed NY police station, Pentagon, Capital building in 70,71,72. People died. (He got off on technicality caused by FBI procedural mistake)
• Tony Rezko – Arab developer convicted in Chicago for fraud, money laundering and bribes of government officials. Rezko helped Obama find his Chicago Mansion and bought a piece of the property through his wife, whom subsequently sold a piece back to Obama.

Best selling books about Obama
• “The Obama Nation” by Jerome Corsi (Some minor factual mistakes but theme is credible)
• “The Case Against Obama “ by David Freddoso (Very revealing about Chicago background)

Impending Economic disasters
• Increase in capital gains tax – 28% targets most people’s largest asset, the sale of their house. Retirement plans, and funding for college are hurt when you stand to lose more money than the cost of a college education. His $500 or $1,000 tax credit called a “tax cut for 95% of the people” is a “gimmick” to get your vote so he can fleece you out of your life’s work?
• Doubling foreign aid to other countries. Doubling our commitment to funding the U.N.

Campaign Gaffes
• Said he campaigned in 57 states, thought for a moment, and said he was going on to the 58th state
• Called the Great Lakes, the Great Lake of Oregon??
• Confused Iraq with Iran when talking to General Petreaus.
• Referenced using a “pistol” to go duck hunting.
• Captured in a photo not saluting the flag with his hand over his heart while everyone else was.
• “Israel is a friend of Israel”. “His banking committee” – but he isn’t on the banking committee.
• Obama slips in ABC interview and says “My muslim faith”
http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/oopsies-my-muslim-faith”

Failure to support American “wounded” soldiers in Germany
• On his excellent adventure, European tour, Senator Obama was scheduled to visit our “wounded soldiers” in Germany. After Obama was told that he could not bring cameras or his campaign manager inside with him and he would just be visiting officially as a senator, he decided not to visit our “wounded soldiers”. He went to workout at the Ritz Carlton gym instead. His lame excuses were not supported by the Pentagon.

Accomplishments raise doubts
• Highlights that he worked “across the aisle” on Nuclear Proliferation legislation with Republican Senator Lugar. Senator. However, in an interview, Senator Lugar said the Obama had “overstated his involvement”. He explained that Obama had expressed an interest in joining his committee (which makes him a co-sponsor) shortly before the bill was introduced, and recalled that he had attended one or possibly two meetings. (It looks nice on his resume, but hardly qualifies as “working across the aisle on a controversial issue” when consensus was against the spread of nuclear weapons around the world

Posted by: HP Boston | Sep 8, 2008 10:31:58 AM

HP Boston....you are obviously a McCain staffer...not one of your points is true. All anyone has to do is go to factcheck.org to find out the truth. Good try..you would make Karl Rove proud.

Posted by: mary | Sep 8, 2008 10:37:05 AM

Glad to see him waste more taxpayer money by having the secret service escort him to take his kids to school. Wake up America, this guy is out for nobody but himself.

Posted by: Osama | Sep 8, 2008 10:39:08 AM

Party identification difference down to one point!

According to the internals of the Gallup survey, McCain’s ascension to the leadership of the GOP may have healed the brand. Democrats now lead Republicans in party identification by just a single point.

In the new survey 48% say they’re Democrats or lean to the Democratic Party; 47% say they’re Republicans or lean to the GOP.

What’s more, voters by 48%-45% support the Democratic candidate in their congressional district, the party’s narrowest advantage this year.

Posted by: mary | Sep 8, 2008 10:39:40 AM

I am so excited majority of Americans are going to contribute to its downfall as a global super power by voting for the unintelligent duo of McCain and Palin.

Its about time another country rises to become the next super power. Did I hear someone say Russia or China?

On a serious note, those of you planning to vote for McCain-Palin ticket are only contributing to the downfall of your country.

No objective observer, at least outside America, thinks that McCain will be a better President than Obama.

A lot of we Europeans have finally come to terms that two terms of Bush was not a one off mistake by Americans.

Without been funny, I have to honestly say that majority of your electorate are really really stipud and that of course includes "geevil".

Posted by: Manfred | Sep 8, 2008 10:40:48 AM

lies lies lies...blah blah blah

When your guy has nothing to run on, that's all you can offer.

And geevill, uh, the guy has been campaigning for 19 months straight and I applaud him for staying healthy. McCain takes every single weekend off. Obama doesn't.

Hey repubs... Fannie Mae has been seized. Another wonderful Bush failure. It's an insult that McCain is even competing...

Posted by: HP BOSTON sucks moose burgers | Sep 8, 2008 10:41:41 AM

What more do you expect from a guy that says one thing to your face in Pennsylvania but then mocks how you cling to your guns and religion in San Francisco????

Posted by: kerry | Sep 8, 2008 10:42:03 AM

Why are you talking about where his kids go to school? How many posts have you had on McCain children? Please leave the children out of it. Please leave the tabloid stuff in the tabloids. Talk about tax policy, deregulation, do your job for once.

Posted by: John Harp | Sep 8, 2008 10:42:45 AM

His children go to a school that costs 20k a year??!! Talk about out of touch with the American people!

BTW - McCain supports the existance charter schools more than Obama does!

Posted by: Ann | Sep 8, 2008 10:42:51 AM

Photo op...

Posted by: samhiguchi | Sep 8, 2008 10:43:04 AM

Is this really newsworthy? Millions of people take their kids to school. If this guy farts it hits thie news and frankly I don't give a damn!

Put up some real news, update us on the fake birth certificate; discuss real issues like his total lack of experience at anything but don't make friggin headlines out his friggin kids getting a ride to school on taxpayer money!

Posted by: clm | Sep 8, 2008 10:43:50 AM

Abc News is no longer a credible news source. Obama took his kids to school and the so-called unbiased ABC news finds a way to criticize that.

Posted by: vamon | Sep 8, 2008 10:44:14 AM

Dear HP Boston, have you read the other posts before you set to work on this encyclopedia of innuendo? Really, community organizing is something more than "going door to door to register voters for ACORN" (that 's just plain ridiculous and insulting), community organizing is a tough job with great responsibilies, real, individual responsibilies, instead of those ceremonial positions that mayors and governors hold. And I would much rather have a president who does not care about photo opportunities when saluting a flag, than one who brings strange ideas about creationism and guns to the job.

Posted by: Ivo | Sep 8, 2008 10:46:17 AM

when is Palin going to do town halls and tlak to regular people like McCain, Obama and Biden?

anyone politician or journalism student can read que cards and give a speech

Posted by: just askin | Sep 8, 2008 10:47:02 AM

Americans,

Please hasten your final downfall as a respected global power by voting for McCain in your Nov elections.

Many of us can't wait. We really hopes he wins. Another 4 years of Bushlike policies is exactly what you folks need.

Posted by: Manfred | Sep 8, 2008 10:47:03 AM

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