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by katzooks May 4, 2008 1:11 PM EDT
This political campaign shows, with each passing day, that this race is really a battle of good vs. evil. Aided and abetted by the media, there are many in this country who see integrity as a sign of weakness. These same people share a perverse respect for gutter politics, seeing strength in dirty smear tactics and believing this to be the sure way to win against McCain. But make no mistake, the Republicans would not run so clean a campaign as Obama. The skeletons in the Clintons'' closet would emerge with a deafening rattle.

For instance.... There are two reasons why the ongoing fraud court case against the Clintons (Paul vs. Clinton) is unknown to most Americans. One is because the media has chosen, for whatever reasons, to not report this bombshell. Two is because Obama has stood by his promise to run a clean campaign and has not indulged in the sort of gutter politics enjoyed by the Clinton campaign. Don''t think for one minute that the Republicans would take the high road here.

The mentality that sees strength in petty, unscrupulous bullying is the same mentality that elected Bush-Cheney to a second term. Yes, there are many in this country who see integrity as weakness, and who see strength in ruthless, greedy powermongering. But I believe that there are far more who crave the integrity of character necessary to going against the status quo and, for the first time in decades, doing the right thing.

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by rowdytexan2 May 4, 2008 12:33 PM EDT
Hillary will solve all of our economic problems by bribing us $25!

Voters in IN and NC who believe Hillary: I have a bridge in Manhattan I would like to sell - for a low low price.


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Posted by aj4321 at 01:01 AM : May 04, 2008

Obama is trying to push through a bill right now that gives $845 more billion to foreign aid efforts!

Now does that sound fiscally responsible?

We have millions in the US who can''t afford health care, millions without job needing assistance, millions losing their homes and we just bailed out with billions of dollars to prop up financial guru''s.

Our infrastructure is failing, and the Obama IDIOT wants to deny independent trucking families a few weeks of relief from gas tax. Yet he wants to send billions in foreign aid and weapons to other countries!

Why don''t we take that $845 billion and replace the money that would give our families some relief!

THE MAN IS AN IDIOT!
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by vmcneal2 May 4, 2008 12:24 PM EDT
When lived in DC backin the early 80s Marion Barry(the crack head) was running for re-election against some great people. Right before the election Barry gave every home owner in DC these fantastic heavy duty Rubermaid outdoor trash cans. Guess who won the election? Right, the crack head.

This Gas tax thing is BS. Hillary and McCain are using a page right out of Marion Barry''s play book. It''s just a gimmick don''t fall for it.
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by vmcneal2 May 4, 2008 12:10 PM EDT
Is Obama really going to give Africa , The Global Poverty Act" 845 billion dollars in 6 years? Thats going to cost us more than the war in Iraq. We will be starving all around if this bill is signed by the next President. What should we do to stop this use of our money? Do we feed a terrorist child today so tomorrow he can love us to death?
If Obama does this who will take care of the homeless right here in America? Who will help us with the medical bills? Who will help the economy? With all this money going to go to Africa, 845 billion dollars who will help you and I?To support this Global Poverty Act our disability payments must be cut back? I make $900 a month. It is planned to cut it back to $775 dollars!
What should we do?


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Posted by ColoredNegro at 05:56 PM : May 03, 2008

The first thing you should do is change your user name to LameWhiteBoy. After that go back to school and get your G.E.D.


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by miami32002 May 4, 2008 6:30 AM EDT
please take a moment to watch Bill Moyer''s follow-up commentary on Rev Wright interview.

Email this link to everyone you know.

thanks

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05022008/watch.html
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by taddles-2009 May 4, 2008 5:35 AM EDT
"not sure if that is correct, does anyone know for sure?

Posted by philly1550 at 08:32 PM : May 03, 2008"


Wow, really stretching here aren''t we. Everybody knows for sure, that''s cr4p. You even know for sure, but you posted this $hit anyway just to get a rise out of people. That''s the kind of thing a 12 year old would do.

Say, I heard that philly1550''s mother does beast pron, does anybody know if this is true?
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by taddles-2009 May 4, 2008 5:32 AM EDT
"It must be nice for Senator Obama to live in such a way that a savings on gas of $25 or $30 in a season is nothing to him.

Posted by ERoosevelt08 at 11:43 PM : May 03, 2008"


It''s silly because it''s less money than you lose in change in the couch each day and in sending you your $30 check, you will end up paying twice that much...not very fiscally sound.
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by lordmi May 4, 2008 5:17 AM EDT
to philly1550 - maybe You eve have been on this plane, Cretin???
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by lordmi May 4, 2008 5:16 AM EDT
to ERoosevelt08 ; Stupid, this market! They will take of tax 0.18 next day, maximum 3 - companies will increase prices on that 0.18(or more) , as You already confirmed BEFORE, that You will pay it (with tax). So...It is the BEST and no likely to get even 25. Then it would be worse + loses in road building.

Think, please, it does not hurt - to think
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by crtoo May 4, 2008 4:11 AM EDT
If you want all the millions and millions to stay here in the USA and not go to AFRICA - contact your senators Starting with Obama and let them know that NO WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO CONTACT the other Senators who signed this act Mr. HAGEL, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. DODD, Mr. FEINGOLD, Ms. SNOWE, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. SMITH, and Mr. KERRY


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