Comments on: Obama Tours Afghan War Zone

After Visiting Troops In Kuwait, Democrat Talks To Commanders During High-Stakes Visit To Afghan Front

[trbundro1277]

Obama is STILL just a junior senator from Illinois!!! Throwing hot air rhetoric out there when he doesn''''t even have a freaking clue what he''''s talking about...and having a photo op session in the Middle East, fer pete''''s sakes!
Posted by RowdyWicca at 12:05 PM : Jul 20, 2008
*** I''d rather a candidate throw hot air around, rather than Amnesty mccains threats of a hundred more years of war! I don''t care if Obama has a clue in the middel east or not! I like that Obama has a clue about the borders and anti amnesty! Mccain has no clue on the southern border or about amnesty for illegals! Atleast Obama in on the right side of the immigration issue! I don''t care what happens in the middle east. I care more about mexicans taking my job here at home!

[jon2012-2009]

you Americans are so stupid, you let your bigotry and hatred for one man blind your judgment in making one of the most important decision in this decade. the republicans fooled you morons 4 years ago and now they are doing the same thing.
Posted by ukgod at 01:10 PM : Jul 20, 2008

I don''t think the world has any idea that large swaths of the U.S. live in third-world ignorance and superstition. Not poor like those peoples in the third-world. These Americans are the so-called Christians. They are the only significant segment of the U.S. population who don''t vote their self-interests but what they think their religion and their god want them to do.

We''re still arguing about gay marriage and abortion and separation of church and state. That in the midst of selecting our next president. They are very susceptible to being manipulated, not just by the televangelists. So their votes are up in the air, but going to the side who can better play with smoke and mirrors, who can speak to their hearts.

I don''t hold it against the economic elite if they vote Republican because that''s where they think their immediate economic fate ties in with. And, anyway, the economic elite does not have the votes. But the Christians, they are the weak link, I guess.

[actornaught]

so the change candidate is talking about ''''withdrawing'''' troops from iraq and ''''bringing them home'''' to afghanistan. big f-ing deal. day by day, the whole reason for this liberal''''s candidacy...
Posted by ccfsdca at 12:33 PM : Jul 20, 2008

And you are a raging liar.

[ukgod]

you Americans are so stupid, you let your bigotry and hatred for one man blind your judgment in making one of the most important decision in this decade. the republicans fooled you morons 4 years ago and now they are doing the same thing. you think you would be smart enough not to fall for the same trick twice right? wrong obama is your only hope in preserving whatever dignity you have left around the world, but you would rather see your country destroyed that to vote for a black man that has a funny name. yeah thats a very informed and intellectual way of doing things. bush single handedly destroyed your real estate market send your troops to die in a war that had no objective and now people are making life decisions at a gas pump. by the way did i mention he is on the board of directors (Arbusto Oil) now you are going to continue on the same path with maccain, pretty soon china will be the next super power and the whole world will watch u fall like the roman empire

[actornaught]

Extensive government experience is STILL a ''con red herring that flies in the face of the facts. An examination of such experience before becoming president shows that it means little, and is more frequently detrimental.

Our most experienced presidents were both Johnsons, Buchanan, and Ford (and Reagan...). Some of our least experienced includes both Roosevelts, Lincoln, Wilson and Eisenhower.

In spite of the jerking knee fools and their yipping point slogans, experience doesn''t mean squat.

[jon2012-2009]

Countless millions of Americans vote Republican because they believe they''''ll pay less taxes and that they''''ll have their money spent more responsibly. As you can see, those beliefs are directly contradicted by the facts.
Posted by taotxzen at 09:43 AM : Jul 20, 2008

I had made up mind about this election before even the start of the primaries. I figured there was enough data there to arrive at a decision. Much of what would happen later until the actual election would be more like posturing on the part of the candidates and lying and distortion of the truth from the Republicans mostly.

It''s the same script I have seen before. And it''s still amazing many Americans continue to struggle to make up their minds, seemingly jostled this way and that by every breaking political news.

[rowdywicca]

Obama is STILL just a junior senator from Illinois!!! Throwing hot air rhetoric out there when he doesn''t even have a freaking clue what he''s talking about...and having a photo op session in the Middle East, fer pete''s sakes!

[rowdywicca]

It is just HILARIOUS that the Obama honking media is trying to give Obama credit for Bush''s negotiations with Malaki....Obama HASN''T EVEN SPOKEN TO MALAKI YET!!!! What a bunch of krap lies!!!

The Bush administratio has known for MONTHS the UN mandate would end at the end of the year and been negotiating with Malaki...and making plans!

And for this STUPID ASSSSSSSSS to try to take credit for those negotiations is just the DAMNEDEST THING I''VE EVER SEEN!

[bookout2]

Good. Maby he''ll get assassinated. That way we
can keep dumping money into the war and make
Bush a very happy idiot..uh "man".

[rowdywicca]

Posted by taotxzen at 09:57 AM : Jul 20, 2008

Posting all this garabage is kind of useless. We all have done our own research and formed our own opinions already...

And the ones of us who have done thorough research know EXACTLY what Barak Hussein Obama is....and is NOT!!!

[mcvet]

You will not get the humiliating American defeat that you so desperately need for your personal war against Bush and the Liberation from the Tyranny you have created in your minds. Get some help while there is still time before you cross the line between fantasy and reality like Algore Tim McVey.


Posted by hillaryin012 at 09:44 AM : Jul 20, 2008

You know YOU should check into an institution BEFORE the election... you will surely do yourself HARM afterward. Sieg Heil Bush ROFLMAO

[taotxzen]

More of the Same:

Anatomy of a Right Wing Smear: Obama is the most liberal Democratic Senator

By: Howie Klein @ 9:00 AM - PDT

Lately John and I have been gnashing our collective teeth every time we see one of the Republican shills on TV repeating, mantra-like, the #1 GOP Big Lie of the campaign: %u201CBarack Obama is the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate.%u201D

If only! Actually there are 39 Democrats with more liberal voting records, although Obama does at least beat perennial Bush rubber stamps Holy Joe Lieberman (CT), Ben Nelson (NE) and Mary Landrieu (LA). His voting record%u2013 however you slice it, however you dice it%u2013 points to a solidly mainstream centrist%u2013 and, to be honest, considerably less liberal than Hillary.

(cont)

[taotxzen]

(cont)

So how do CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC all allow the paid GOP shills to get away with their Big Lie? Good question. There%u2019s one cooked up National Journal %u201Cstudy%u201D that these clowns keep referring to%u2013 yes the same cloddish National Journal that criticized its own ranking of John Kerry as %u201Cthe most liberal senator%u201D in 2004.

This year, their utterly meaningless ranking system, ready-made for Republican smear attacks, defined %u201Cliberal%u201D as members who voted, on January 18, to establish a Senate Office of Public Integrity to handle ethics complaints against senators. Given the Republican Culture of Corruption that still rules the Beltway, that may be anti-Republican, but what makes it %u201Cliberal?%u201D Similarly anyone who agreed in mid-March to the final passage of a bill implementing the 9/11 Commission%u2019s Homeland Security recommendations, is suddenly %u201Cliberal?%u201D And on May 9, Obama joined many other senators in voting to block individuals from serving on Food and Drug Administration drug advisory panels if they have conflicts of interest.

Let%u2019s hope more Americans start defining liberal this way. Because to me this all sounds very mainstream, even if John %u201CW%u201D McCain was on the wrong side of each vote.

[taotxzen]

The thing that people need to realize is who will actually decide this election: the candidates, the corporate media or the voters? Just consider this, who will get the most time on the cooperate media; the actual candidates or the %u201Cspin doctors%u201D from each party that engage in %u201Cfact-free accusations%u201D and the %u201Che said, she said%u201D crossfire debates?

Who is going to fact check any of these statements that these paid pundits make, the cooperate media? Pundits will dominate the election coverage spewing any statement, however inaccurate and never be called on it.

Here%u2019s an example of fact versus %u201Cspin fiction%u201D:

John McCain, who has voted with President Bush 95% of the time in 2007 and 100% of the time in 2008 is being spun as a %u2018bipartisan%u2019 who reaches across the aisle and Barack Obama is being cast as %u2018the Most Liberal Member of the Senate%u2019 who has only the 40th most liberal voting record.

Who will tell the people?

[taotxzen]

What you are experiencing right now with the economy is what is called an ''ah ha'' moment when you suddenly see clearly what is actually happening. Remember back during Katrina when you could see on TV all the people wading through that film coated water and stranded on rooftops while the Bush Gang was simultaneously telling you everything is ok, we have it under control? Guess what, if they can lie to you about Katrina and the economy ''still being strong'' in spite of everything you see around you going to ***, they can d@mn sure lie to you about Iraq. They prefer to call it spin.

And who is the major co-conspirator? Just turn on the corporate media: CNN, MSNBC, Fox, take your pick and see how much spin you get versus actual journalism - truth.

It is time to start connecting the dots folks.

[zerato-2009]

And John McCain is campaigning very hard. Every day I pick up the newspaper, he''s someplace else. He''s got a new strategy. Well John McCain just announced he wants to do a series of town hall meetings where he''ll meet with the public. Yeah, it''s all part of McCain''s ''Speak Up, I Can''t Hear You'' tour.

[taotxzen]

Three Facts That Could Change This Election
(Except formthe radical far right dead-enders like Barocalto - see 20% gah-gah club)

by ihavenobias

Here are 3 Stunning facts that could not only change the outcome of this election, but with regard to the first two points, they could change the results of every election for years to come *if* we make enough people aware of them.

1) Over 70% of our National Debt was created by just 3 Republican presidents.

2) Real middle class wage growth is double when a Democrat is president compared to when a Republican is president.

3) 90% of Americans would pay less taxes under Obama''s proposed tax plan compared to McCain''s.

Source: Larry M. Bartels professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University, one of the country''s leading political scientists.

Countless millions of Americans vote Republican because they believe they''ll pay less taxes and that they''ll have their money spent more responsibly. As you can see, those beliefs are directly contradicted by the facts. Of course we can choose to ignore the facts and instead focus on which candidate is wearing a flag pin (you ever notice that McCain doesn''t wear one?

[taotxzen]

Obama is a Muslim
Obama is a racist
Obama is a hate monger

The intent of all these false accusations is to raise doubt about the candidate. See the Karl Rove playbook - when you have no record to run on start making baseless accusations of your opponent - see also character assassination. If you have doubts about someone you are more likely to support the familiar, "more of the same" candidate.

Just keep in mind, if you want to keep getting what you are getting (the economy, Iraq, gas prices) keep doing what you are doing.

[taotxzen]

Barocalto is a Kool-Aid Drunk
Barocalto is a racist
Barocalto is a hate monger

Posted by taotxzen

[patriot12436]

Thinkharder
I never questioned your loyalty or patriotism. I only doubted your choice for election. McVet is a dyed in the wool follower and will not admt defeat for obama until someoe else is sworn in. I never doubted his loyalty to this country either. I still want to see America work as one great nation. We have a lot to correct now thanks to bush and his regime.