Comments on: Dem Strategist Sees Challenges For Obama

Political Players: Doug Schoen Says Illinois Senator Has A Problem With Working Class Voters

[rowdywicca]

The indictment and plea agreement provide a preview for the scheme hatched to conceal Rezko''s assets from creditors through Obama''s secret Land Trust.

When announcing the arrests, Fitzgerald stated: "The new indictment is part of Operation Board Games, an ongoing federal public corruption investigation of insider-dealing, influence-peddling and kickbacks involving private interests and public duties related to various state boards and non-profit organizations."

Co-schemer Abdelhamid Chaib, is the former the director of Rezko Concessions. Blagojevich appointed Chaib''s wife to a position with the Department of Employment Security Review Board.

An exhibit presented to the jury shows Chaib contributed $10,000 to Blagojevich. Records show Obama received $5,000 from Chaib on June 30, 2003, the same day that Ata donated $5,000.

This indictment alleges that Rezko fraudulently caused General Electric Capital Corporation (GE), to extend more than $10 million in loans to finance what Rezko portrayed as sales of two different groups of Papa John%u2019s pizza restaurants in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas.

[fake-id-2009]

galoliagh an baby killer
I am a patriot. I served my country for 20 years. I listen to chicken hawks like you talk against my country and do nothing about it. Tell mne what you have done for your country ?
Posted by patriot12436 at 07:38 AM : May 24, 2008



Really? You REALLY served my country for 20 years? Then, of course, you KNOW that you were DEFENDING my right to be a chicken hawk and also my right to express my own opinion.

And then you ASSUME that I have done nothing for my country. What a pompous ***!!

LOL!!! ONLY 20 years? Well, my DD214s say 28 years: 22 active and 6 reserve.

LOL!!! Your login name belies your TRUE feelings for the meaning of being an American.

[agog2]

If anyone knows about how important it is to keep our troops out of harm way and bring them home to their families Its John McCain. Come on Obama was not even a cub scout. I don%u2019t know if he was a girl scout you would have to ask Larry Sinclair about that. But he was never in any branch of the U.S military. How in the he!! Can anyone ever think he could be commander in chief of our military troops? He!! That would be the same as putting a 10 year old boy on a professional FNL football team as Quarterback. Obama is nothing but a big mouth that has a good team of speech writers working and writing for him. In real life this guy is nothing but a Jerk off. McCain is a true blue American Hero.
HILLARY HILLARY HILLARY YES WE WILL!!!!!

[agog2]

You don%u2019t have to worry Obama is nothing but a nappy haired Dombo eared Mulatto that wouldn%u2019t make a pimple on a true African Americans behind. He will never be elected president. He only received 16 million vote, He!! There are over 200 million votes in the general BYE BYE DUMBO

[dnsallday]

This person purpose is for the sole reason to help push the idea of Hillary onto the ticket. The idea that somebody would be helped by putting someone who is dishonest and untrustworthy on the ticket with them is absurd.
Where is the context in the so called ''white vote'' problem. For crying out loud there are 2 dems in the picture that are sharing the vote. Guess what happens when one gets the nomination and the choice is Republicans for at least another 4 years or the Democratic nominee?
Everybody knows that once a candidate gets the official nomination they get a pretty good sized bump from that alone. Also Barack hasn''t been able to campain against McCain as he would in the general, because Hillary (according to her) has decided to stay in until all potential assassins have had their say.
So where is the context for how it looked for other candidates who went on to win? Weren''t people wondering if Bill Clinton would get enough of the white vote to win?
It is all a moot point anyway, If Republicons are counting the votes. What they did in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 was criminal.
Hopefully the small handful of people who did end up in jail because of election fraud will be a deterrent to the Repulicons this year.

[standlee5]

He''s a hero for the welfare class and the elites who design and support that model.

[robinvzb]

Why aren''t these candidates talking more about education? Except for a few statements of support for programs for four-year-olds, not much has been said about education. As Colin Powell''s report has pointed out, we have enormous problem with high school drop outs. We keep falling further behind other countries. The kids in affluent areas get much better public school educations that the kids in poor areas. Our economy requires educated workers. We can decrease crime and poverty by improving our educational system; we must give the poor other options. A good education is essential to a good quality of life. Well-educated people make better citizens. Everything in our country is linked to our educational system. Why haven''t the candidates come up with a plan to improve our educational system?

[robinvzb]

Neither Obama nor McCain are that great.

Why are we choosing our candidates from the Senate? What has the Senate accomplished during the last few years? The Senate''s approval ratings are low just like the President''s. Neither Obama nor McCain has had the leadership skills needed to make the Senate productive. Neither Obama nor McCain is responsible for the passage of any legislation that has made any real difference to the economy, healthcare, education, global warming, dependence on foreign oil, or anything else of importance. Both candidates are part of the gridlock that is pervasive in Washington D.C.

Obama is too inexperienced. Obama can''t even win over Clinton''s supporters, how can he possibley win over the rest of the population?

McCain''s policies are too close to Bush''s failed policies. McCain did such a poor job choosing his campaign staff, that many have had to resign; how can we expect that as President McCain he would choose better people for his administration?

Neither the Republican Party or the Democratic Party is meeting the needs of the American people. We need a candidate that has a track record of success as a governor/mayor or business leader--somebody who is not part of the current mess in the beltway.

[obama8years]

The question is if we want a man in the White House who will regularly give his ear to the likes of a Reverend Wright, his and Sabeel%u2019s replacement theologies, and pro-terrorist propagandists like Ali Abunimah on a regular basis? In one sense, Obama could be considered the ISM%u2019s Manchurian candidate given his wide connections to ISM activists and campaign movements such as the Wheels of Justice Tour, Joseph Carr a.k.a. Joseph Smith, Hannah Mermelstein, Anna Baltzer and others.

[terrorislami]

voting for hussein is insane hahaha

hussein is on the ropes,,,

will he be successful at a rope a dope???

the magical mystical WIZ,,,

begged hitlery to drop out hahaha

even tried to buy the texas and ohio primaries LOL

hahaha NO-BAMA hahaha

hussein outspent hitlery 3 to 1 in texas and ohio and still NO-BAMA,,, LOL

hussein outspends hitlery 5 to 1 in pennsylvania vote NO-BAMA,,, LOL

hussein gets twice as much positive press as hitlery and still NO-BAMA,,, LOL

has the WIZ been found out??? are the voters seeing him for the lying snake oil saleman he is???

hahaha NO-BAMA hahaha

everything you needed to know about hussein but was afraid to ask
www.obamatruth.org
www.stop-obama.org

[terrorislami]

accomplishments,,, we don%u2019t need no stinking accomplishments

Obama campaign rep STUMPED on legislative accomplishments
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4352639977283438570

Name One Accomplishment: Clinton Quick to Tout MSNBC Obama Backer Slam
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/50454.html

Obama has most donors still wearing diapers.
http://www.drudge.com/archive/99998/obama-donors-diapers

hmmmm even the rolling stone has issues with Hussein

How ''blackness'' has figured in the Obama campaign

A Rolling Stone article linked him to the militant preaching of his pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The article quoted the minister as saying in a sermon, "Racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run."

Axelrod said he talked with Obama about taking Wright off the program for the campaign announcement in January 2007, arguing that his presence might distract from efforts to portray the senator as a candidate capable of unifying the country.

Obama agreed. Hours later, his speech on the steps of the Old Illinois State Capitol was sharply criticized by African-American academics, media celebrities and policy experts.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/11/america/obama.php?page=2

[terrorislami]

hmmmm the hussein mentor and their church,,, will hussein represent all americans or just black african americans as his church calls for him to do???

Obama%u2019s Spiritual Adviser Questioned U.S. Role in Spread of HIV, Sept. 11 Attacks
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/14/obamas-spiritual-adviser-questioned-us-role-in-spread-of-hiv-sept-11-attacks/

Obama and the Minister

In a sermon delivered at Howard University, Barack Obama''s longtime minister, friend and adviser blamed America for starting the AIDS virus, training professional killers, importing drugs and creating a racist society that would never elect a black candidate president.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120545277093135111.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

Obama''s relationship with racists, Islamists ignored
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/campbell/080128

Obama%u2019s mentor and pastor honors Louis Farrakhan
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/15/obamas-mentor-and-pastor-honors-louis-farrakhan/

Kenya, Islam and Obama Hussein
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/01/obama-islam-and.html
http://www.aina.org/news/20080106002912.htm
http://ztruth.typepad.com/ztruth/2008/01/im-barack-obama.html
http://www.newsweek.com/id/97058/page/2
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/raila-pact-with-muslims-made-public/878407526

[terrorislami]

hmmmm the hussein mentor and their church,,, will hussein represent all americans or just black african americans as his church calls for him to do???

http://www.tucc.org/home.htm
original website before they change it hahaha
http://web.archive.org/web/20060411204951/www.tucc.org/about.htm


THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN BIBLICAL STUDIES
http://www.tucc.org/cfabs.htm

THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN BIBLICAL STUDIES

The Center for African Biblical Studies is AFRICAN-CENTERED,,,

seeking to implement and promote Bible Study from an African perspective.
http://www.tucc.org/cfab_mstatement.html

Is Barack Obama%u2019s Church Racist?
http://card.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/is-barack-obamas-church-racist/

HAVE YOU TAKEN THE BLACK VALUE SYSTEM PLEDGE???

HUSSEIN HAS,,,

THE BLACK VALUE SYSTEM
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:FKLy1zww6CEJ:www.tucc.org/scholarship_pdf/black%2520value%2520system.pdf+Black Value System&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

As Obama Talks Religion, Questions Surround His Controversial Pastor

Barack Obama has put his religion back into the headlines, trumpeting the power and salvation of faith and asking a church audience in South Carolina to help him become %u201Can instrument of God%u201D and join him in creating %u201Ca Kingdom right here on Earth."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300135,00.html

[piercetheval]

REPUBLICANS...They want Lincolns...
REPUBLICANS...They want Fords...
REPUBLICANS...Don''t want Pontiacs!

[terrorislami]

Manchurian candidate

hey hip hop hussein!!!

tell your brothers and sisters to stop murdering non-muslims

typical of radical retarded fascist nazi terrorislamic jihadist slavers and murders

barack hussein obama(D-KENYA)

"You are all my brothers and sisters," Mr Obama told crowds of excited residents who craned their necks to catch a glimpse of the senator.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5290844.stm

One of Obama Jr''s great grandfathers (several generations back), "Owiny" was said to be a powerful leader of the Luo tribe, which moved into Kenya some 400 years ago.

Sarah Obama, a devout Muslim, was quoted telling Obama Jr. "What your grandfather respected was strength. Discipline. This is also why he rejected the Christian religion, I think. For a brief time he converted [to Christianity], and even changed his name to Johnson. But he could not understand such ideas as mercy towards your enemies, or that this man Jesus could wash away a man''s sins. To your grandfather, this was a foolish sentiment, something to comfort women. And so he converted to Islam-he thought its practices conformed more closely to his beliefs."
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan08/obama_lou%20tribe.htm

[terrorislami]

Manchurian candidate

WHAT COUNTRY DOES HUSSEIN PLEDGE TO?

Obama Disrespects U.S. Flag!

Obama: No Hand on Heart for National Anthem
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/10/20/obama-no-hand-heart-pledge-either-will-msm-notice
http://bobmccarty.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/forget-lapel-pins-obama-disrespects-us-flag/
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/2/21/silent_gesture_gold_medalist_tommie_smith

TITLE 36 Subtitle I Part A CHAPTER 3 ' 301

' 301. National anthem

(a) Designation.%u2014 The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.

(b) Conduct During Playing.%u2014 During a rendition of the national anthem%u2014

(1) when the flag is displayed%u2014

(A) all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart;

(B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and

(C) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note; and

(2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/36/301.html

[taotxzen]

the defense budget is nearly $100 billion lower today than when the Berlin Wall came down.

WHAT?

$870 billion today, versus a peak of $456.5 billion in 1987

And what created the huge debt under Reagan? he Reagan defense buildup was a hallmark of his presidency, a free-spending crusade that lifted the nation''s military industry out of the doldrums after the Vietnam War. He created a war-machine economy in a time of uneasy peace, with defense spending in amounts not seen since the heights of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts and sustained for longer than either of those wars.

From:

Reagan''s Defense Buildup Bridged Military Eras
Huge Budgets Brought Life Back to Industry

Washington Post, June 09, 2004

[taotxzen]

"Dem Strategist Sees Challenges For Obama"

Challenges for obama:

1. He is ashamed to be part white.
2. His wife hates America (unless her husband
is winning).

Posted by rushlimpdrug

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

and now:

He is ashamed to be part white.
His wife hates America

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]

The Cato Institute:

from: Wikipedia

In the years immediately following the Republican Revolution, the Cato Institute was often seen as a standard-bearer of the U.S. conservative political movement. Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, credited with reshaping and rejuvenating the Republican Party, and key contributors to the late-20th century conservative movement, were heavily influenced by libertarian ideals.

Despite this, the Cato Institute officially resists being labeled as part of the conservative movement because "conservative smacks of an unwillingness to change, of a desire to preserve the status quo".[21] Such tensions have become increasingly evident in recent years, as the Institute has become sharply critical of current Republican leaders.[22] The growing division may be attributable to Republican officeholders'' growing support of policies promoting government intervention in the economy and society, increased budgetary spending, and neoconservative foreign policies.

(cont)

[taotxzen]

(cont)

Cato scholars have also been strongly critical of the expansion of executive power under President George W. Bush[23], and his management of the Iraq War.[24] In 2006 and 2007, Cato published two books critical of the Republican Party''s perceived abandonment of the limited-government ideals that swept them into power in 1994.[25][26] For their part, only a minority of Republican congressmen supported President George W. Bush%u2019s 2005 proposal to partially privatize Social Security, an idea strongly backed by the Institute. And in the 109th Congress, President Bush''s immigration plan%u2014which was based on a proposal by Cato scholar Dan Griswold[27] %u2014 went down to defeat largely due to the eventual opposition of conservative Republican congressmen.[28]
Cato President Ed Crane has particular scorn for neoconservatism. In a 2003 article with Cato chairman William Niskanen, he called neoconservatism a "particular threat to liberty perhaps greater than the ideologically spent ideas of left-liberalism."[29] As far back as 1995, Crane wrote that neoconservatives "have a fundamentally benign view of the state," which Crane considers antithetical to libertarian ideals of individual freedom.[30] Cato''s foreign policy team have frequently criticized neoconservative foreign policy.[31]