For The Record: Barack Obama

A Closer Look At The Candidate's Background - From Local Church To State Senate To Capitol Hill

(CBS)  When talking to reporters, Sen. Barack Obama used to have to spell his name.

Now he doesn't have to spell that out anymore - but he does have to spell out his record.

In the CNN debate Jan. 21, he said: "On issue after issue that is important to the American people, I haven't simply followed, I have led."

From votes for abortion rights to lessening penalties for marijuana use to raising doubts about capital punishment, Obama is a traditional liberal, CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports.

"I can't think of a tax increase that he didn't embrace," said state Sen. Bill Brady, R-Ill.

Still, Brady considers Obama a friend who was able to work effectively with both parties in Springfield, pushing social welfare and justice legislation.

"Republican, Independent or Democrat, he was very willing to ask anyone for help on an initiative he may be pursuing," Brady said.

That includes a bill requiring police to videotape interrogations. Obama overcame opposition from the governor, the police and members of both parties to pass the bill.

But there was something else about his time in Springfield.

In more than 4,000 votes, Obama voted "present" - that's the yellow button on the right of a state Senate voting apparatus - some 129 times.

That's a cop-out, say his critics.

"That's not 'yes,' that's not 'no,'" said Sen. Hillary Clinton while debating Obama. "That's 'maybe.'"

Obama even voted "present" on a bill involving sexual abuse that he had sponsored himself - saying he discovered legal questions after its introduction.

And yet voting "present" in Illinois can be used to avoid making a choice.

"It's not that unusual for this to occur," said Chris Mooney, a political scientist at the University of Illinois.

His rise in the current campaign is consistent with what has to be considered a charmed political life.

"The hopes of a skinny kid with a funny name that America had a place for him too," Obama said in his speech at the Democratic Convention in 2004.

That speech brought even Hillary Clinton out of her seat. And his Senate race took off just as his Republican opponent fell apart.

"The Obama phenomenon. A wave that just can't be stopped … it just continues to crest," said David Mendell of the Chicago Tribune and author of the book, "Obama: From Promise to Power."

Once in Washington, Obama fought to cut dependence on foreign oil, provide relief for wounded soldiers and he led a successfull fight to limit the influence of lobbyists.

"A lot of the detail in terms of the disclosure provisions for lobbying really came from Obama," said Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute.

But there are some questions.

In a February debate, he said: "I said very early on I would not take PAC money. I would not take money from federal-registered lobbyists."

Not now - but he did accept at least $1.2 million from special interest political action committees for his U.S. Senate campaign. And that helped elect him.

He takes credit for battling the nuclear industry, but a plan to improve reporting of radiation leaks was watered down - by him - partly due to industry opposition. And it never passed.

Employees and officials of Exelon - one of the companies involved - contributed almost $270,000 to his presidential and Senate campaigns.

Obama is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - and but he's been absent a lot. He has yet to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, for example, or the leaders of Germany, Russia or even Canada, according to his staff.

Because he is so new to the national scene, questions persist about Obama's identity - who he really is; questions that political opponents will be only too happy to answer in the fall.

No flag pin on his lapel? No hand on his heart that once? Opponents call it unpatriotic. Is he a Muslim? The whispering persists no matter how often Obama responds.

"I've been going to the same church for 20 years, praising Jesus," Obama said.

That church is the Trinity United Church of Christ. Self-described as "unashamedly black," with an emphasis on African culture, the church has been targeted by critics who call it separatist, racist and anti-Israel.

Obama has been a member for 20 years.

"I consistently have not only befriended the Jewish community, not only have I been strong on Israel, but, more importantly, I've been willing to speak out even when it is not comfortable," Obama said.

Obama has said the church's former pastor - and his spiritual mentor - Jeremiah Wright, is "like an old uncle who sometimes will say things that I don't agree with."

Among Wright's pronouncements: that "racism is how this country was founded and how this country is still run."

A church-related publication saluted Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan - a well-known anti-Semite, who in turn has praised Obama's candidacy as recently as last Sunday.

It's a gesture Obama rejected Tuesday night, after some prodding.

"There's no formal offer of help from Minister Farrakhan that would involve me rejecting it," he said. "But if the word 'reject' Sen. Clinton feels is stronger than the word 'denounce,' then I'm happy to concede the point, and I would reject and denounce."

Obama's long association with a now-indicted developer named Tony Rezko could also be a liability. An Obama fundraiser from the early '90s, Rezko goes on trial fraud next week. But his unsavory reputation was well known for years.

And it raised eyebrows when Obama and Rezko's wife, Rita, bought property next to each other on Chicago's south side on the very same day in 2005 - even though by then, Tony Rezko was under federal investigation.

No one has charged Obama with wrongdoing, something he has been quick to point out.

"Nobody has indicated that in any way ... was I connected with any of the things that he did," Obama said.

For good measure, Obama has given some $150,000 in Rezko-related campaign contributions to charity. But government watchdogs scratch their heads.

"So, what we're left with is a question of, you know, really, what was he thinking? The warning signs to stay away were very clear," said Cindy Canary of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

And Obama didn't heed them?

"Sen. Obama was very slow to walk away from Tony Rezko," she said.

Could it come back to haunt him?

"If we have problems in this campaign, I suspect it's not going to be because of mistakes I've made in the past. I think it's going to be the mistakes that I make in the future," Obama said on 60 Minutes.

His opponents will be waiting.

[mw1661]

Instead of Obama''s softball interview featured on 60 Minutes earlier this month, this would have been the basis for a much stronger and thought provoking story considering the wealth of primaries to come at that time.

[anhemi]

this was a hack job not a report. i was expecting something substantive about the senator, but basically what you did was try to paint the senator in as bad a light as possible. this is happening all over the media right now to try to slow his momentum. the trouble is, there is nothing really that bad about him, so you resort to inuendo and deftly failing to clarify what you do know.

hilary has unleashed the media upon obama with her whining and complaining and you guys are trying your best to stop him. there was so much more about the senator that i was hoping to hear and there is a lot out there that is positive, but of course, that is not what you want to put out there.
shame on you! CBS with your tactics!

[singingrick]

sincityq


Your middle name is moron. Is that what we should call you?

lol!

[pussbump]

Pussbump is signed on.... lets get this thing rolling

[kate1149]

What a hatchet job on Obama! He didn''t put his hand on his heart that one time - he doesn''t wear a flag pin - is he a Muslim? How many times does he have to say he is a Christian? His paster has said controversal things - so what - and do you agree with everything your paster says? I think I noticed one time when Katie Couric was talking about al-quida that her eyes blinked too many times - maybe that means that she is secretly a Muslim and an al-quida supporter. Makes about as much sense to me.

[ashaman33]

This is a pathetic piece of garbage masquerading as a newsworthy article. You purport to look closely at his background, but what you meant was that you would point out every slanderous piece of dirt that his opponents want circulated about him no matter whether it is true, or how flimsy the evidence. This article truly disgusts me.

[pussbump]

Hussein is a out the side of his mouth talker. Amnesty for 12 million illegals and their extended families. Conservativly (spouse and one child) that brings the count up to 36 million people to get amnesty. Now propose universal health care for all. start off with the 36 million. Now we have aproximatly 300 million in this country and about 60% have health care. So about 120 million don''t added to the 36 million new people equals about 156 million people that can''t afford health care. What is universal health going to consist of? Here is two asprins call me at the next election? Sheeeeesh americal wake up!!!

[jackbrandon4]

America: have we friggin lost our minds? Here we are battling muslim terrorists around the world and we''re going to elect someone who''s dad is a muslim, whose brother is a radical muslim and who has vowed to pull out the troops in Iraq giving the terrorists safe haven to attack the u.s from. We do that and we can expect suicide bombers in our malls, ball parks and generally where large crowds of americans gather. We can take one thing to the bank for sure: muslim terrorists around the world are now praying to Allah for an Obama victory. It''ll be their free pass to destroy the U.S.!!

[briannorwood]

You can call him Barack, you can call him Obama, you can call him Bama, you can call him Rack... but whatever you do, don''''t call him Hussein!

sincityq


Here we go. Another white-trash bigot. I, for one, am getting awefully tired of these undereducated, underemployed trailer-dwellers.

[hypnotoad72]

If the US did not have such a large national debt, then would these tax increases be such a bother?

If the US government spent better over the last 28 years, would these tax increases be such a bother?

Which candidate is most likely to clean up the government while remembering we need a proper defense?

I wholly understand the Republicans'' point of view. But the Republicans who denounce taxes, especially when they had control of all three branches for so long, and the House and Senate between 1994 and 2006... not everything of wasteful spending is the fault of the Dems! But I digress; yes, taxes can be abused by government. But how about solutions to the problems? Who will truly be fiscally responsible?

Sad; for all his failings, and he was a mixed bag of good and bad, the fact President Clinton balanced the budget in the mid-1990s was a d*mn good thing. And during the 1990s, comedians always said Hillary was running the show.

So regardless of who gets the nomination, it''ll be business as usual. At least we''ll have a balanced budget again.

[rowdytexan2]

hilary has unleashed the media upon obama with her whining and complaining and you guys are trying your best to stop him. there was so much more about the senator that i was hoping to hear and there is a lot out there that is positive, but of course, that is not what you want to put out there.
shame on you! CBS with your tactics!


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Posted by anhemi at 07:34 PM : Feb 28, 2008

Good Gawd! Get a grip! Had Hillary unleashed the media it would''ve been done way before now!

I don''t see anything in this article that is untrue. Nor racial. Mr. Obama in fact has attended and supported this church that literally spews racial bias. Until racial issues cease to exist for BOTH sides of the issue, there will never be unity.

Finally someone has come out said some things that needed to be said!

[croft777]

this was a hack job not a report. i was expecting something substantive about the senator, but basically what you did was try to paint the senator in as bad a light as possible. this is happening all over the media right now to try to slow his momentum. the trouble is, there is nothing really that bad about him, so you resort to inuendo and deftly failing to clarify what you do know.

hilary has unleashed the media upon obama with her whining and complaining and you guys are trying your best to stop him. there was so much more about the senator that i was hoping to hear and there is a lot out there that is positive, but of course, that is not what you want to put out there.
shame on you! CBS with your tactics!anhemi

Doesn''t it feel good to have your canidate bashed by the media? Now you know how we Hillary supporters have been feeling for a long time. Nice isn''t it. But hey at least they didn''t lie.

[rowdytexan2]

The media has promoted this man like an American Idol contestant! It''s time to take him out into reality and get a good look at him!

[pussbump]

What do a 9 volt battery and a woman have in common?

[mcvet]

Sen Byrd (D) once started his own KKK chapter!


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Posted by badaxmofo at 07:50 PM : Feb 28, 2008
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Senator Byrd has rejected the Klan and now supports Obama.. how about you? A vote for McCain is a vote for the KLAN.

[croft777]

Here we go. Another white-trash bigot. I, for one, am getting awefully tired of these undereducated, underemployed trailer-dwellers. briannorwood

lol, undereducated, underemployed. You mean uneducated, unemployed. Your calling this person uneducated and unemployed, or is it a reflection of yourself?

[pussbump]

What does a 9 volt battery and a womans a$$ have in common?

[likeitis5050]

Here we go. Another white-trash bigot. I, for one, am getting awefully tired of these undereducated, underemployed trailer-dwellers.

Posted by briannorwood

And who is twisting your arm to stay glued to the computer..making assumptions you can''t possibly prove...either way.

[andor3]

jackbrandon4 says: "... we are going to elect someone whos dad is a muslim, whose brother is a radical muslim and who has vowed to pull out the troops in Iraq giving the terrorists safe haven to attack the u.s from. "

kinda reaching there bunky? The muslim thing is untrue, and in Obamas favor you know--he has seen it and decided to be a christian. Trying to attach Muslim connections to Barack Obama is a lie, plain and simple, long exposed and done.

But Obama understands in a way none of the other candidates can. McCain especially, with his comments the other day, is clueless about Iraq, terrorism, AlQuaeda and how to deal with it all.

Anyone claiming the Muslim falsehood looks pretty desperate--if that is all ya got, just shut up and learn to say "President Obama." Americans are tired of fear mongers who use lies to manipulate.

[pussbump]

Pretty soon your tongue will touch both even though you know it is wrong.

[pussbump]

The word *** is not dead. I heard it used today.

[paris1969]

I would not attend a church that did this:

A church-related publication saluted Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan - a well-known anti-Semite, who in turn has praised Obama''s candidacy as recently as last Sunday.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to belittle Obama?

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to belittle Obama?

[pussbump]

the n word that rymes with bigger is bleeped off the message board. Just tried to use it and it got bleaped off? What happened to freedom of the press??? Isn''t this a news site? I want to write the word ***.

[guysdigdirt]

A vote for McCain is a vote for the KLAN!!
Posted by MCVet

Not your sorry fear mongering hatered. Get over your lies and deciet. Face the truth, you will just hate to see the republicans in the white house again and you will say anything you can think of to stop it. Liar. Fearmonger. Richard Cranium.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to belittle Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[guysdigdirt]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to belittle Obama?
Posted by aliyya786

Good points but Couric is as crooked and deceitful as was Rather and he is only gone since it was proven he was so. Couric is more sly about it.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[aliyya786]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to sabotage Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.

[guysdigdirt]

A vote for McCain is a vote for the KLAN!!
Posted by MCVet

Not your sorry fear mongering hatered. Get over your lies and deciet. Face the truth, you will just hate to see the republicans in the white house again and you will say anything you can think of to stop it. Liar. Fearmonger. Richard Cranium.

[ourplanet]

If you know any Bush supporter you should buy the following book.

King George in his La-La land

[andor3]

I would forgive Obama some negative thing that came out, after all he is human. But so far I have seen nothing worse than he may use tobacco.
And now he is the front runner and has both the Clinton machine, the McCain machine after him, not to mention assorted bigots, nutballs and miscreants taking shots.

But they got nothing, they have gone negative and desperate so early... essentially they are surrendering.

[stezzer]

Come on Hillary, get a grip old girl, and for goodness sake, don''t start all that weeping and wailing again.

This chap Obama can do the talk, but there''s a definite limp to his walk. You should be able to take advantage of the fact that this chaps policies are starting to reek like a rotten kipper.

[guysdigdirt]

bigger wigger tigger ligger pigger zigger migger jigger sigger higger vigger kigger digger..... What''''s up with that? I can talk about whiteees that act black (wigger) but can''''t talk about blacks that act antisocial (***)
Posted by Pussbump

I can understand why they do it, racial epithets against any group not white is a sin.

Very funny post, thank you.

[rowdytexan2]

I think that everyone is really forgetting about all the unethical, scandalous issues and events that Ms. Clinton was involved in. Whitewater, anyone? And why is it that Katie Couric and CBS have conveniently forgotten to remind us that Rezko has been a close friend to the Clintons and haven''''t shown that picture of them together in the White House? Why does the media not bring up these important issues, ones that involve betrayal of national confidence, and instead childishly focus on nonsensical, petty topics that are intended to belittle Obama? I get it that Couric is a Hillary-lover, but come on, if you''''re going to give us the story, give the WHOLE thing, please.


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Posted by aliyya786 at 08:01 PM : Feb 28, 2008

Our country has spent $60 million dollars examining ever aspect of the Clinton''s life, an actual witch hunt! Your blabbing about this krap is nonsense.

So she went to a party where Rezko was and somebody took a picture! Big deal!