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by greeneyes222 June 20, 2008 4:33 PM EDT
Obama says a lot. The problem is knowing which thing he says is his real opinion.

He attacks NAFTA, then tells the Canadians he didn''t mean it exactly. He''s got questionable friends, then dumps them the minute they''re inconvenient.

At this point I have absolutely no clue what he believes in, or if he even believes in anything.
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by mudrose-2009 June 20, 2008 4:30 PM EDT
"I really don''''''''t know anything about economics".

John McCain
Running for US President
Posted by SHURCH4TRUTH

Actually that''s not what McCain said at all.

McCain told the Wall Street Journal:

I''m going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.

It''s a comparison and contrast thing. I know less about this and more about that thing. In other words economics is not his strong suit.

I''d venture to say however, that Obama knows nothing about either.
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by rowdywicca June 20, 2008 4:27 PM EDT
apolloknowsa,,, Actually Obama will only have government regulate businesses that refuse to regulate themselves.

McCain insists on not only maintaining status quo, he gives corporations more control over our country & government


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Posted by j-whitman at 01:02 PM : Jun 20, 2008

Oh pffffft, Obama intends to push his Marxist beliefs and he''ll be hauling your butt off to whatever job he decides you can have! And decide how much you get paid for it!
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by hoseobama June 20, 2008 4:27 PM EDT
SHURCH4TRUTH - you are mistaken. Not all Republicans are they way it would appear you believe.

Not a half an hour before your statment above I was wanting to know what the truth is about the Muslim question. See

http://tinyurl.com/4odg9a

my post at 12:48

I WANT to know the truth. The problem is, there is so much "he said, she said" on this site, it is not as easy as just asking for the truth. Some folks wouldn''t tell you the truth no matter what. For example - I have caught j-whitman in so many lies that there is nothing he can say to me that would ever make me believe he was telling the truth on something like this.

So, the trick here, is to find someone that is willing to conceed points when they see facts. They still may not always tell the truth, and they may not always conceed fwhen they see unbias sources, but the chances are they are more truthful.
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by terrorislami June 20, 2008 4:20 PM EDT
HUSSEIN IS A LIAR,,,

Obama''s Brother Confirms Barack grew up a Muslim

In a remarkable denial issued last November that still stands on the official campaign website, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs issued a statement explaining that "Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised as a Muslim, and is a committed Christian."
http://www.anobamanation.net/2008/06/obamas-brother-confirms-barack-grew-up.html
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by lorinkundert June 20, 2008 4:17 PM EDT
A President could be an economic genius, but it wouldn''t change anything, Congress writes the laws that everyone follows, hence problems with the Government originate in Congress. For economics, talk to the private banking cartel referred to as the Federal Reserve.
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by hoseobama June 20, 2008 4:13 PM EDT
"I really don''t know anything about economics".

John McCain
Running for US President - Posted by SHURCH4TRUTH



I prefer my Presidents to be honest.

Either Obama is lying to the workers of Ohio in telling them he will renegotiate NAFTA so they get their jobs back, or he''s arrogant enough to no listen to his own Economics advisors and those of a VERY Liberal news paper, the Washington Post, when they tell him to not go there because it would be so dangerous and would not provide the jobs anyway.


Take you pick, both are worse than admitting you need to rely on your Economic advisors.

And this Obama of yours is "Change" ?


WHERE''s the BEEF!!!??!!!
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by lorinkundert June 20, 2008 4:12 PM EDT
This question doesn''t require a balancing act, just a simple yes or no. Don''t vote for any candidate who hasn''t answered any question you have directly.
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by terrorislami June 20, 2008 4:02 PM EDT
hmmmmmm what does ham-asss, lez-balless(hezbollah), nation of terrorislam and ism(international solidarity movement) know that you do not know???

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hezbollah endorse obama
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=International Solidarity Movement obama &btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=obama islamic marxist group ISM &btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=obama Audacity of Hope I will stand with the Muslims&btnG=Search

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by j-whitman June 20, 2008 4:02 PM EDT
apolloknowsa,,, Actually Obama will only have government regulate businesses that refuse to regulate themselves.

McCain insists on not only maintaining status quo, he gives corporations more control over our country & government
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