Agreed ...the POTUS job is "above Obama's pay grade" for sure.

Now that is a good answer.

WELL ITS FUNNY how the Democrats TRY and USE the ABORTION arguement to SCARE people in to supporting that empty suit Obama! WHEN even Obama back tracks and does not take a firm approach on abortion! ABORTION IS A MORAL ISSUE, not an election issue and matters to less than 3% of voters, so WHY do the LIBERALS keep using it? Its a moot argument! AND I know that abortion will remain law, and not be outlawed. BUT late term abortions needed to be limited for just elective procedures...

Obama you and the DNC are out of gas...

"The better answer...is to figure out, how do we make sure the young mothers, or women who have a pregnancy that’s unexpected or difficult, have the kind of support they need to make a whole range of choices, including adoption and keeping the child," he said

What a reasonable answer rather than saying I am against abortion in all cases, even in the case of rape.

Perhaps if Governor Palin didn't oppose the use of birth control in all cases her daughter wouldn't be pregnant.

Mark,

I think people like you have too much gas!
Senator Obama's response was the most measured he could have given. I'm sure people like you would have loved him to stoop to debating morality, as if it has to do with policy but thankfully he gave a response keeping him from that. Could he have answered the question with more tact, certainly but I equate a question like that in terms of relevance to whether or not he believes in virgin birth or the Easter Bunny for that matter. They are personal beliefs that do not belong in the spectrum of national policy. It is obvious what your belief and mine are but they currently do not reflect other opinions which fall far left and far right of millions of Americans besides us and as such, should NEVER affect national policy. You are right about one thing-the point is mute. Americans, particlary the 50-plus % of those female are sick of having their individual reproductive rights discussed and reduced to the likes of owning a car!

The bulk of this country disapproves of abortion, but thinks it should be legal. I think Obama holds that view also.

McCain wants it outlawed. Palin wants it outlawed even in the case of rape and incest. This just shows that these people are WAY outside the mainstream. Palin in particular -- who also has stated that creationism should be taught in schools, that global warming is not real, and that god wanted us to build an oil pipeline. I can't believe there is anyone out there but a mere few on the fringe who thinks it is a good idea to have someone with these views in power.

I also think that this form of religious litmus test, as happened in Saddleback is dangerous because the event was framed as a discussion of qualifications to be president. I find this frightening to say the least. Why are we STILL so complacent about these obviously facist overtones, after 8 years of this I wonder?

SARAH PALIN’S SECURITY CLEARANCE

Before you dismiss the fact that Sarah Palin is Commander of the Alaska National Guard consider this.

Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from
ballistic missile attacks. It¢s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.

As governor of Alaska , Palin is briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counter terrorism. Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden’s and certainly by far exceeds Obama’s.

She’s also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counter terrorism plans.

Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country’s defense. Given Alaska ’s proximity to Russia , she may have security clearances we don’t even know about. According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets. She can be entrusted with our national security, because she already is.

Drop the abortion threat boys!
Women will always be able to find a legal abortion. Many European countries and from Canada to Mexico, have legalized abortion.
Get ya a new talking point in your script this one is a loser!

Actually, Bush took away control of state national guard units recently so that he has control over commanding the national guard, not Palin. She has never made any decision regarding the national guard -- like when to deploy and why. These decisions are made in washington.

Posted by: mainstream | Sep 7, 2008 10:52:41 AM

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WRONG!

Yeah, sure. Women who can afford to travel to canada will be able to get abortions.

Here's a whopper of a problem.

We've got tons of illegals in this country, mainly from mexico, who come here to do things like pick apples. Everyone agrees it is a bad situation. These are exactly the ones that cannot travel to other countries for abortions, they can't afford it and they are afraid that they won't be able to get back in -- so these are the ones that have more and more children. And the children, born in the USA are citizens. So in a few years, all your right wing policies will end up making us part of the united states of mexico. Hope you like them apples.

Uh, actually not wrong boston... find me one decision palin has made about the guard...

SORRY OBAMA TOO LATE. YOU ARE LAME!

Smell you later, BO!

Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country’s defense. Given Alaska ’s proximity to Russia , she may have security clearances we don’t even know about. According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets. She can be entrusted with our national security, because she already is....

Nobody found out?? Obviously McCain didn't find out anything about Palin now did he? She wasn't vetted and is now a ticking time bomb. Amazing, this woman would be a heartbeat (and a weak heartbeat at that) away from the Presidency and we now find out that she went to five colleges in six years to get her degree.

This was McCain's first decision as a Presidential candidate and he bombed terribly. Not a good sign for our future if he actually does become President.

Obama ducks the abortion issue? What about the rest of the issues? ECONOMY -can Obama really explain with any depth, how increasing the size of the fed by 20-30 percent (As he intends to do), will help the economy? It might sound to some people, but actually would be an economic disaster - AND WE ALL WILL GET STUCK WITH THE BILL!! ENERGY? OBAMA DOES NOT HAVE A VIABLE ENERGY PLAN - MARGINAL DRILLING, WHICH PROBABLY MEANS NO DRILLING (ESPECIALLY WITH PELOSI AND ASSOCIATES), DEFENSE - WORDS JUST FAIL ME HERE!!

The more he try to SPIN it, the more his polls numbers are falling ...

Even before the full effect of RNC Convention Bounce is kicking in, the average of all polls (CNN, CBS, Gallup, Ramussen, Hotline) is showing Obama leading by a wafer thin margin of 1.8%. McCain is now 44.6% snapping away at Obama 46.4%

I know a lot of Obama supporters are going to say they do not believe in polls....they are afterall .... JUST POLLS !!!

"above my pay grade." -- But in an exclusive "This Week" interview airing this morning, Obama told Stephanopoulos "what I intended to say is that, --------------THE BIG QUESTION IS IF HE INTENDED TO SAY WHAT HE NOW SAYS IN DETAIL, WHY DIDN'T HE SAY IT DURING THE FORUM? Could it be because he needed some coaching from his campaign on what to say? He has a lot to say now but nothing during the forum?

He just keeps doing this and then says something else...is this what he is going to do with foreign countries??

Obama is always afraid of telling truth, because he is worried about losing votes.

Votes is the #1 thing he cares.

He is selfish, not straight, not put country first, not a leader.

He is a calculator.

As to abortion.... I could never have one, but I understand that other women have no other options. I don't think anyone treats it casually. But it's NOT against the law in the great country of USA, so stop using it to make people look 'bad' by supporting the LAW. On the other hand, it's sinking to a low level to pick on Palin's daughter. It's a very tough situation, and them getting married probably won't be easy on anyone, including the child. But to attack Palin because of it is using Republican tactics, and you should refrain from judging her, or even bringing it up. All that being said, God help us if we end up with McSame/Palin.

I think that George Stephanopoulos, who served President Clinton ably and well, has bought the corporate media Republican line. Every question he asked Senator Obama took the Republican line as a premise, or a given. Example 1: he focused on how many times Obama had bucked his party. The Democratic Party position, in recent years, has been correct for the country -- opposing the depredations of the Republican White House and the Republican Congress. How many times Obama bucked his party is irrelevant to whether Obama's proposed policies make sense for the nation, or show a change from the present governance.

Example 2: the "above my pay grade" remark to the preacher about abortion. Obama simply meant, and said on the show, that he doesn't presume to have the correct, God-given answer to the matter. This is a good deal more honest, and better for a country which has a separation of church and state in its Bill of Rights, than an answer which porports to represent God's will.

Stephanopoulos gets paid richly to be on television every week as a TV interviewer and pundit. He should think about the effect on his country if he ditches his logic in favor of the party line, and the dishonesty, tightly associated with the Republicans for these last 8 or more years. Or is the money too good for him to ask honest questions that are not out of the Republican attack manual?

Women, Obama is against abortion. That's the same as Palin.

The difference is that, Palin set it straight, never hide, never lied on this; but Obama hide, lied until pushed to tell the truth.

Keith.

You're making statements based upon assumptions... and you KNOW what they say about assumptions. You are correct about Palin not being good for future - THE DEM FUTURE!! A ticking time bomb? You want to explain that to the good citizens of Alaska and the millions Palin has impressed in the last week??

What is all this 'Country First' crap? Since when to Republicans OWN the love of country? My Dad lied about his age (16) to fight for America after Pearl Harbor, and his entire life he was a dyed in the wool patriot. He watched the political arena carefully his whole life and said to me "The Republicans like soldiers till they come home from the war." I have always found this to be true - visit any Veterans Home. Talk to Iraq veterans who are trying to get their disability pay. I think the printers for the GOP convention made a huge typo. It should have said "ME First".

McCain/Palin 2008, go get educated (a little more than a journalism degree) and come back to talk issues.

We need intelligent leadership, not pitbull uneducated hockeymoms with lipstick. Proof that McCain is not an intelligent leader.
The world is starting to mock our country.

Obama took a dive.

He was not asked when life begins. He was asked when a baby gets human rights. He avoids the tough issues, just as he always has done.

He voted "present" 129 times in IL and now once more.

If you can't take the tough questions, you're not fit for POTUS.

"The world is starting to mock our country."

Obama is a favorite among those who hate the US around the world.

Perfect.

The UNvetted Bo has no record of anything so can say Palin is the stronger candiade for PRESIDENT! Not only a heartbeat but more ready ON DAY ONE THAN OBUMA!
http://www.lynettelong.com/caucusfraud
http://wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/video/index.htm

Lack of Experience
• 143 days in the United States Senate
• 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 the State Senate 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 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.
• 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.

Broken campaign promise
• Fisa (fourth amendment rights)

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 money laundering and other crimes. Helped Obama find his Chicago Mansion and bought a piece of the property through his wife, whom subsequently sold a piece back to Obama.

Palin's debut was filled with nothing BUT lies. For those that have no plan and offer no leadership, they lie.
Lying is the republican way.

A superpower? The world is mocking and laughing at the stupidity of the U.S.

HP Boston your very first line is nothing but a lie! lol Obama not vetted? You people must be high on meth. Senator Obama has been raked over the coals for the last 18 months. His family has been belittled. The republicans have distorted and lied about everything he has said.

Oh yeah, they now call Alaska the meth capital of the US. That's something to be proud of, yes?!
Maybe Miss Alaska can hire another administrator to help her as Vice President.

If he was a Christian as he contends, then he would know when life begins, and as a Christian should not be ashamed to say it. I pray God he does not get elected.

Many political types agree that the democratic candidate needs to come out of the convention with at least a fifteen point lead to counteract the traditional Fall REP surge. I think in 04, John Kerry was somewhat close, but obviously, with Obama, this has not happened.

If he was a Christian as he contends, then he would know when life begins, and as a Christian should not be ashamed to say it. I pray God he does not get elected.

Posted by: Janice | Sep 7, 2008 11:38:04 AM

Do more than pray.. get out there and tell people the devil is at the door!
www.PUMA.com

Once again, people are repeating the lies and untruths about Palin. She does NOT OPPOSE birth control, and belongs to a group called Feminists for Life, a group that opposes abortion, NOT birth control.

Instead of repeating the talking points of the likes of brain-deprived Bill Maher and the Daily Kos, do some fact finding.

bc46.

I'm sure what HPB means (which has gone over your head)is that even though he has been on stage, front and center, it is really difficult to understand where Obama really stands on issues and personal beliefs in that he has ducked, eluded and seemingly has changed positions on same. IE, few, if any really know Obama and what he believes.

HP Boston your very first line is nothing but a lie! lol Obama not vetted?
NOT VETTED, given a free ride, well not free he has paid millions to get this far. He will pay more, he is desperate, you may make a few bucks to post for him, go for it!!!
I will vote for a real AMERICAN, not a fake like Obuma!

John KNEW he picked a winner and obviously, these anti Palin posts which smack of trash and panic - CONFIRM HIS CHOICE!!!

“You are absolutely right that McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith”

Steph corrects, “Christian faith”

The precious OBUMA has a SLIP OF HIS MUSLIN FATH??????
DID YA SEE HIM THIS AM WITH GEORGE????

The only reason Obama is changing the tune is the same reason he has whenever he changes his tune: political expediency... He sat in Wright's church, never once questioning what was being said, then kicked him to the curb when he realized if he didn't, it might cost him the election...

By: Kenneth R. Timmerman, Newsmax ,Wed Sept 3, 2008 5:58 PM
New evidence has emerged that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was closely associated as early as age 25 to a key adviser to a
Saudi billionaire, Khalid al Mansour who had mentored the founding members of the Black Panthers. - snip-
Sutton gives no clues as to why al-Mansour would be raising money to help Obama go to law school. Obama has said during his campaign that
he paid his way through Harvard with student loans. -snip=
For Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of the Los Angeles-based Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND), these latest revelations about
Obama’s ties to Saudi financiers were an important wake-up call.
“To me, this opened up more questions about Barack Obama and his relationship to the Muslim world,” Peterson told Newsmax.

I do not like words like liar and fake, but after thought, the term "FAKE" unfortunately, probably fits Obama as far as this election is concerned. Sad. I have nothing against him personally - he seems like a great guy, but he has allowed himself to have been used, set-up and manipulated. He is NOT the one to lead this great nation.

Please, all of you need to take a deep breath and do some real research using all potential sources left, middle, and right. Talk to people with opposing views and really listen to what they say. Get past personalities, appearances and the lies that are being spread (most of the fodder mentioned here). Forget about your personal past and present party affiliations. A true democracy requires an informed electorate that works for justice for all of it's citizens, nationally and globally. Let's all just grow up and realize that for the sake of humanity we must come together not apart. This has become so ugly and hateful I too am embarrassed to be an American sometimes. Yet, I love my country.

Get past personalities, appearances and the lies that are being spread (most of the fodder mentioned here).
This has become so ugly and hateful I too am embarrassed to be an American sometimes. Yet, I love my country.

Posted by: Andrea | Sep 7, 2008 12:14:39 PM

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My how sweet Andrea.......new talking point?
Kill em with sweet love of country schmaltz!
So many of believe that Obuma loves only himself, never America and has a vast camp of money people who are the same.
I will vote for the real American John McCain.
This democratic will not be hoodwinked!

Isn't it all about love of country and concern for our fellow Americans? Doesn't it all boil down to respect, dignity and compassion for each other regardless? We demand and expect respect and ethics in government, why not of each other? You have no idea what I believe or who I support Boston. You seem to be a bit shy of true factual information and relying primarily on unfounded personal attacks. You really think you can speak for, "so many"?

How could Obama register for the draft before selective service was reinstated?

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-i-registered-for-draft-before.html

Oops.

Andrea | Sep 7, 2008 12:46:12 PM
YUP!

HPB.

You are on to something big here. I heard about the Obama/Harvard/Saudi/Panther connection yesterday, but I could not find the connection on Newsmax. A few minutes ago I googled, the author's name, Ken Timmerman, and found the info and connecting video interview with Percy Sutton. WOW!! "I was introduced to Obama by a friend (Dr.Khalid al-Mansour) who was raising money for him (Obama)." Apparently, Al-Mansour, besides having ties to Saudi royal family, was also very active in supporting the Black Panthers and maintain a "Hate America" mantra in the same mold as Rev. Wright. This IS VERY HEAVY STUFF!!!! If Obama claims only student loans for Harvard and denies this connection, he may be toast.

I always think it is crazy when people try to define pro-choice people as baby killers.

musicsourhigh.

Actually, the term "Pro-choice" is just another name for ..... MURDER!! I am not really into this argument, but inductive reasoning is NOT on your side.

Sen. Obama has a disturbing history of making flip comments to serious questions. It shows disdain and a lack of consideration. Everything from "You're likable enough, Hillary" to "above my pay grade" show an incredible elitism and dismissiveness for anything outside his comfort zone. I've never liked his arrogance and I don't think it bodes well for someone running for the presidency. The last time I remember such arrogance on public display was Richard Nixon.

Go ahead. If you want, you can vote for McCain. But you will get four more years of the same disasters. I'm well enough off that I can survive the next enormous recession -- I'm too old to be drafted -- and I don't live in a big town that is the target of a terrorist attack. So probably I'll just go on living my life as i always have. But if you people want to make your own life SUCK MORE and you want to turn America into a third world country, you can go ahead and vote for McCain. See how well Bush did with the country the last eight years. Yee-Ha! Really turned this country of prosperity into an economic disaster didn't he. The most respected nation into the world into the most hated. And McCain is "proud" that he has supported Bush "More than any other senator". Go ahead, vote for four more years.. You'll get just what you deserve.

Oh come on! Smear smear smear. Is that all the republicans know how to do. All that crap about swift-boat ended up winning the election.. but it was total bunk and now we all know it. So yeah, the republicans are digging under every rock to find more nonsense smears to throw.

Why don't you talk about issues and policies... oh yeah, because the republican policies of the last eight years have been a total disaster --- and John McCain is proud to have supported them.

I guess the only hope for a republican win is Gays,God,Guns... and Smears.

nomoresmears.

OK, can you explain to an ignorant REP how expanding the Fed by 20 - 30 percent, as Obama wants to do, will be a boom for our economy? My feeling is that it will be a major BOOMERANG - as most other economists do, also.

Obama asserted in a Colorado Springs speech that the U.S. needs a “civilian national security force” that would be as powerful, strong and well-funded as the half-trillion dollar Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force. In the July 2 speech in Colorado Springs, Obama insisted the U.S. “cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set.”He continued, “We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”"Big Brother had nothing on the Obamas,” said IBD. “They plan to herd American youth into government-funded re-education camps where they’ll be brainwashed into thinking America is a racist, oppressive place in need of ’social change.’

I believe life begins at conception. But there is another angle to the abortion issue. There is a short story circulating called the "Paradise Alternative"

Think you have heard it all, find this story.

Go ahead. If you want, you can vote for Obama. But you will get four years of disaster. I'm well enough off that I can survive the next enormous recession -- I already served -- and I don't live in a big town that is the target of a terrorist attack. So probably I'll just go on living my life as I always have. But if you people want to make your own life SUCK MORE and you want to turn America into a third world muslim country, you can go ahead and vote for Obama.

Yes that was a reasonable response. Now all he needs to do is to make sure he gets the debate moderators to provide him the questions 1 month in advance so he can go off and poll research what his answer should be. I am sure NBC will be all for doing that, but the others might have some issues there.

NBC stands for Nutbag Broadcasting Company I wish those idiots would fire Liberal loser Keith Olbermann because he is a total dips**t.

CBS stands for Communist Broadcasting Service.

ABC stands for Arrogant Broacasting Network.

CNN-Clinton(now Obama)News Network.

The best place to get the news is at FOX and they have the best looking women there too.

Julie Banderas is smoking hot and the best anchor they have!!!

McCain/Palin 2008

You Liberals need to stop listening to that nitwit Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi who has had one facelift too many and Dirtbag Reid who is a loser.

Vote GOP...End the Anti War BS... Send the protestors away MAD!!!!

I was not sure about how I would vote in this election. I was a Hillary supporter but after hearing the Pit Bull, I know that it can only be Obama for me.

palin is the best thing to happen to the conservatives in a long time praise be to god..

Ok George…
You messed up and you need to step up before this gets way out of hand.
It was your negligence as an interviewer – who as usual – just can’t let their guests speak without interrupting.
Barack was correct when he was saying “John McCain hasn’t talked about my Muslim Faith”. If you were LISTENING instead of DEFENDING McCain you would have followed the conversation… but instead YOU MISSPOKE not HIM.
This is the “byte” that’s going around:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=169363
And this is what REALLY HAPPENED:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74635
YOU have a Journalistic responsibility here to rectify this IMMEDIATELY.
You need to take RESPONSIBILITY and explain it to the people that are now being sent this interview in “sound-byte” format. See because of YOU… now this NON-issue is now going to be another FALSE issue that will need addressing because there are people out there who don’t do their homework – or just take “sound-bytes” as they are and they REFUSE to FIND and listen to the entire clip on their own and then it spreads… spreads like wild fire.
So… again… do the right thing – like you were doing for McCain during this whole Muslim conversation… and DEFEND Barack. What’s fair is fair.
And if you do not think you and your network is biased… just the mere fact that McCain is allowing Sarah to do an interview with your network should SCREAM favoritism!
You all do what you all do best… just like Fox (I’m really surprised they didn’t get the interview), but I guess it’s because the “journalists” on your network have established ‘celebrity status’ and the fact that they are NEVER willing to press hard when a commentator, strategist, analyst or pundit double-talks, evades the answer to the question or simply just spews an answer that does not relate to the question – that’s just what they need… THAT’S WHY THE McCain camp chose your network.
Not only do you not press for an answer… when a FALSE one is given and you KNOW it’s false… you NEVER CALL THEM OUT.
This is not real news or journalism… it’s as bad as Fox… entertainment. Only problem is America gets enough entertainment and this campaign is not a joke. The United States is at stake here!
Say you’re sorry George!
Sincerely,
A Very Concerned American

and "NBC"... not for nothing but why is it that when ANYONE questions a rightist or their peeps... why do most of the rights respond with "you're a leftist" or "you're biased"? Is it really your opinion that FOX is fair and balanced? And if it is... it's really sad that you are not mature enough to actually LISTEN to opposing arguements or to at least research on your own and formulate your own opinions instead of just agreeing because THEY say it's so.
It's like a child losing a board game and instead of playing to the end - they flip the board and exclaim... "I'm not playing anymore".
In my opinion... they could've picked Flipper for the VP pick and the talking points "adjective" memo would've went out and Flipper would've been the 'perfect' candidate - a reformer - an executive... this is so sad.

Obama is a disgrace. He’s embarrassing.

What is wrong with the media.
What are they afraid of? Race comments?
Examine and report on Obama. The media should be all over this presidential candidate.

Obama’s HOPE message is that he can "Hope' to pull this off
He keeps changing his mind……..that’s his CHANGE message.

Rezko the criminal.
Ayers the domestic terrorist.
Reverend Wright the racist.

Obama is a Chicago con and practices Black Liberation Theology. He is dishonest and represents the dark side of Americans.

He’s no American hero.
He’s risky, scary, radical and has no business representing our country

The reason many Clinton supporters will not vote for Obama is because they are embarrassed of him, his life, his unfair tactics and his beliefs. And they still don't know all about him.

1. They don't want a candidate that has been in a twenty year relationship with Reverend Wright and the Trinity United Church of Christ.

2. They don’t’ want a candidate that has a twenty year relationship with Father Pflaeger and refers to him as his compass in life

3. They don’t want a candidate that went to a church that supports Louis Farrakhan, an anti Semitic racist, that has led a rally of 20,000 Nation of Islam members to support Obama in Chicago

4. They don't want to defend Black Liberation theology.

5. They don’t want a candidate that lies about his relationship with Tony Rezko, the Syrian Criminal that sold his property to Obama and supported his campaign.

6. They don't want a candidate that could work with a domestic terrorist, William Ayers.

7. They don’t want a candidate that Hamas supports.

8. They don’t want a candidate that Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam support

9. They don’t want a candidate that has a wife that has just now realized she was proud of our country.

10. They don’t want a candidate that denies Florida and Michigan their voices

11. They don’t want a candidate that mentions 57 states in his speeches. 50 states in the USA and 57 states in the Nation of Islam (IOC website)

12. They don’t want a candidate that fights unfair and hyjacks Michigan delegate votes from his opponent.

13. They don't want a candidate that is inexperienced, especially dealing with military issues.

14. They don’t want a candidate that considers it a loss to not to be able to attend his anti American, racist Church.

15. They don’t want a candidate that has a “non practicing” Muslim father, but avoids the entire discussion of his father.

16. They don’t’ want a candidate that won’t debate

17. They don’t’ want a candidate that misleads the youth with an ‘Obama girl and her behind in their face”

18. They don’t want a candidate that says he’s an African American and missed the MLK Remembrance Day and the Louisiana Black Caucus meeting

19. They don’t want a candidate that enjoys laughing at sexism.

20. They don't want a candidate that switches his position on gun control, FISA, the war in Iraq and abortion issues.

21. They don't want a candidate that showcases his daughters on TV shows.

22. They don’t’ want a candidate that has poor judgment..

23. They don’t' want a candidate named; Barack Hussein Obama

24. He is embarrassing.

25. He scares them to death.

Obama is losing credibility fast -- with hubby and I anyway. He was indeed, too good to be true. Why has he NOT taken on the known criminals in the Chicago political hegemony? Is he their "made man?"

McCain-Palin is looking much more attractive as of today.

Of course he struggled with the answer. There is no pleasant way for Obama or anyone else to say "I'm in favor of killing babies."

I wish that people would get the issue straight !

Islam has some fundamental differences from Christianity. This is one of them.

In the Christian community, the fact that your father and/or mother happen(s) to be Christian(s) does not mean that you are automatically a Christian when you are born. You are baptized; the Catholics have something called Confirmation when you get a bit older; etc etc.

Christianity is fundamentally a religion of choice (even though in some Christian “groups” children are baptized shortly after birth by their parents… But if you don’t like it, you can always leave when you grow up and wish to choose otherwise).

On the other hand, for Muslims, Islam is a religion that is passed on de facto from father to child (just like Judaism is passed on from mother to child) and only via the father (the religion of the mother is irrelevant, just like the religion of the father is irrelevant for the Jewish community).

In other words, for the Umma (i.e. the Muslim community across the world), Mr. Obama would in principle be considered to be a Muslim (just as a person whose mother is Jewish would be considered to be Jewish by the Jewish community), because Mr. Obama's now-deceased father happened to be a Muslim (himself presumably via his own father, but I do not know this for certain).

In fact, in principle for Muslims, it’s “once a Muslim always a Muslim”, i.e. you cannot renounce being a Muslim no matter how you acquired it (witness the recent fate of the Christian convert Abdul Rahman who had to flee Afghanistan from an apostasy trial (and certain execution)).

On the other hand, what are Mr. Obama’s personal true beliefs as he walks through his daily life?

That is something that I do not know. I am not in his head.

PS For your information, I am an “undecided independent” who has typically voted Democrat in the past but who also happens to choose to like the facts… I’m now waiting for the debates.

In Regard to the Saddleback interview----Senator Obama is suppose to be a different kind of Politician ---What is Middle Class--McCain--"I am going to get into so much trouble for this---5 million dollars. I don't want to tax anybody. Our problem is not we don't have enough tax dollars--the problem is we spend too much."---Obama--"John McCain thinks 5 million dollars is middle class"--------real different. Or do you think he failed to grasp the true content?

Life begins when you want it to.. I just wish my miscarriage could have been used to do stem sell research maybe if this was done back in the sixties there would be help for spinal cord injuries and Parkinsons and alzheimers and other sickness involving the brain

Such an irrelavent issue. Its the fraking right of Americans to choose. Its protected by federal law for God's sake. Why does this stupid, stupid issue of abortion always come up?

Move on, what about gas and energy costs what about social programs and budgets.

Rick from PA, your list of junk from foxnews is just a bunch of garbage.

No one cared that the first Republican President of the USA had a "oooh so scary", Muslim Name.

But its simple, redneck cowards like you that want the world to go backwards.

Since one of the above commenters said that life begins when we want it to...I'd like to say that my 15 year old is bugging the crap out of me...and since he's not an adult yet I don't think he has a life...so I'm gonna kill him. Also, Rose pointed out that my right to do so is protected by Federal law...and because they know best and all law is just I'm well within the legal guidelines of what our great government says I can do.

The little bastard had it coming anyway.

Why didn't John McCain pick Condoleezza Rice as his running mate?