Obama Releases Tax Returns

Candidate's 2007 Income $4.2 Million; Earnings Came Largely From Books

(AP)  Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, made $4.2 million last year as widespread interest in the presidential candidate pushed the sales of his two books.

In tax returns the campaign released Wednesday, the Obamas reported a significant jump in their income from the previous year as profits from the books "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope" accounted for some $4 million. The Obamas paid federal taxes of $1.4 million and donated $240,370 to charity.

Their salaried income was $260,735, which included his $157,102 salary as a U.S. senator and hers of $103,633 as vice president of community and external affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

For part of 2007, Michelle Obama collected a salary for serving on the board of Westchester, Ill.-based TreeHouse Foods Inc., which produces pickles, nondairy powdered creamer and other products. She resigned in May after two years on the board.

The position had generated some complaints because TreeHouse is a supplier to Wal-Mart, and Barack Obama has criticized some of Wal-Mart's policies and treatment of employees.

The Obamas reported $29,443 from Treehouse Foods.

In 2006, Obama and his wife reported income of $991,296. The sum included Obama's Senate salary of $157,082 and his wife's earnings of $273,618 from her position as an administrator at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Michelle Obama also earned $51,200 in director's fees from TreeHouse Inc., a food distributor.

They paid $277,431 in federal taxes — an overpayment of $40,856, which they designated for estimated tax payments this year.

Among the charitable donations in 2007 was $26,270 to Trinity United Church of Christ, where the incendiary sermons of Obama's former pastor have created problems for the candidate. The Obamas' largest charitable donation was $50,000 to the United Negro College Fund. They also gave $35,000 to CARE.

The campaign released the returns just hours before a candidate debate with rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

By comparison, Clinton and her husband, the former president, reported $20.4 million in income for 2007. Almost half the former first couple's money came from Bill Clinton's speeches. The Clintons made nearly $109 million since leaving the White House in 2001, capitalizing on lucrative business ventures and his speaking engagements.

Likely Republican nominee Sen. John McCain has not released his tax returns for 2007. McCain is routinely ranked among the richest senators, but a prenuptial agreement has kept most assets in his wife's name. As heiress to her father's stake in Phoenix-based Hensley & Co., a beer distributor, Cindy McCain is an executive whose worth may exceed $100 million.

The release of the returns comes as Obama has fought criticism that his comments about bitter voters in small towns smack of elitism. Campaigning in Indiana on Wednesday, Michelle Obama rejected that characterization, pointing out that the couple were fortunate enough to pay off their academic loans because of her husband's two books.

Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University, Michelle Obama from Princeton. Both attended Harvard Law School.

"I am a product of a working-class background, I am one of those folks who grew up in that struggle. That is the lens through which I see the world," Michelle Obama said, referring to her family that lived on the South side of Chicago on her father's city salary.

You can see the Obamas' 2007 returns here.

[obamasgranny]

26k to Pastor Wrong? 50K to the United Negro college fund? No donation to the "United caucasion college fund?" oh yeah,..that would be racist!!

NOBAMA 08

[truth-hurts]

It''s about time Obama. Did it take you that long to hide all your assets?

[Syndicate]

Does the united negro college fund give scolorships to white kids? I guess that would make it a racist organization then. Just some advice for white kids: tell them you are black. They can''t question you on it. Even if you have blond hair and blue eyes tell them your black. You will get money that you would have not gotten because of your white skin.

[rowdytexan2]

Poor Obama''s, just $4 million? Awwwww geez, sign them up for Aide to Dependent Families!

[obamasgranny]

Nice jump in earnings for Michelle after Obama got that pork pushed through for her employer!!
Maybe Obama can get all of our spouse''s employers some shady money so we can all get 200k per year raises!! Economic woes be gone!!

NOBAMA 08,...or ever!!

[rowdytexan2]

What''s really funny is Obama dissing WalMart when he and Michelle both made money of them! ROFL!

They had to drop that little money pot fast, didn''t they? ROFL!

Just a little extra pocket change there!

[obamasgranny]

They had to drop that little money pot fast, didn''''t they? ROFL!
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It was like the next day after he made those comments in the debate,..she resigned!! Go to www.stop-obama.org or www.obama-truth.org and hear the whole story!! Disgraceful!!

[pepperp1]

Come on where are the rest when he was a State Senator fork them over Mr Hope...whats he hiding now

[paris1969]

The NObama''s gave no money to any organization that would benefit "typical white people" ... kind of says it all.

[olebd]

I hope this seals his fate.

[haoli25]

Looks like Obama Hussein is "Movin'' On Up". lol

[glock4me]

Welcome to the Republican party, son!!

[element51]

After reading the few posts here I must say that it is exactly what I expected when this story broke. I knew that the anti-Obama forces would be out in force. The truth of it is that your eyes this guy couldn''t do anything to satisfy you short of throwing himself of a 40 story building. Even then you would find something to criticize him about. I keep saying that no matter who is elected we had better hope that whoever it is gets a few things right. We are ALL on the same boat. If it goes down we all go down together. Will there come a time when a republican is asking a democrat to share the life preserver??

[dnsallday]

Wow, I wish I had the talent to write a couple of bestsellers, that money is really rolling in. I guess the books are really hot now that he will be our next President. Awesome.

[pepperwood2]

Bill & Hillary''s 110,000,000 million dollar year. Not too shabby and Hillary gave the People some relief by not writing another loser "It takes a village".

260,000 dollar earnings for Mr. & Mrs. Obama. Its no wonder that Hillary thinks Obama and the People are so inferior to her. The Clintons have lost touch with Reality.

35 years the Clintons have been living the AMERICAN SCHEME while the rest of us have been busy working for the AMERICAN DREAM and paying their way. SO SAD!

[randynason]

One can defintely say that he is not poor, white trailer trash. It''s too bad the same cannot be said for the many who complain about Barack''s sincerity. Compared to Clinton''s ten million, Obama''s income is moderate and not excessive.

[kansas1946]

Sounds like an American success story to me. He did have to pay an awfully lot in taxes though. We need to cut taxes and spending, so when someone makes four million dollars, they get to keep most of it. Obama is a great candidate for the Democrats. I don''t know if they deserve him, but they got him, so I hope they support him. Hillary fought a good fight, but it is getting pretty near time to wrap it up and let him focus on McCain.

[sean5002]

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Seems about right with book earnings,I Cant and still waiting for the Clintons 2007 tax returns, They only show us dating back. It will make Obama earnings look like tips.. and then have the nerve to call him a ELITIST. still cant get over that; its truly funny.

[element51]

pepperwood2....This isn''t an attack! Just thought you might want to know that the 110 million was 10 years of income. I don''t know what your politics are but if you are going up against a McCain supporter you want to have your facts absolutely correct or they will tear you a new one. It''s hard to make a point if you don''t have everything exact.

[rowdytexan2]

Actually Obama didn''t even release his real tax records, just the amended ones...seems strange not to have any business expenses listed when you have a book writing business.

It sure left a lot of it out.

[element51]

kansas1946....You are right. But if this was about a republican they would be screaming about how the poor guy had been robbed. Of course, if it was a republican candidate 4 million would be chump change. Just so you know, I ALWAYS read your posts because you are me. We think so much alike. It gives me great comfort to know I am not alone out here. By the way, if you live in Kansas I am your neighbor to the east. We live just 55 miles from the Kansas-Missouri line. Thanks for being there. Oh, one more thing. If in your screen name the 46 means the year you were born we are about the same age. I''ll bet this is a lot more information than you needed.

[element51]

RowdyTexan2.....Rowdy, you know that you and I are buds. I''ve been reading you since way back when. And you know what''s odd? We don''t agree on Obama. My sister is on your side and gives me constant H_ell about it. Even though we don''t agree on this one thing I still think you are a terriffic person and even though we don''t drink a beer together I think of you as my friend. Keep posting and Obama or Clinton let''s take back our country in November.

[element51]

ccsfdca.....I agree. These folks who hate Obama will grasp at anything to discredit him. Anyone who reaches the office of President is going to make a ton of money for the exact reasons you cite. Personally, I don''t much care who goes to the White House as long as it''s not McCain. I think either one of the democratic candidates can handle it. It''s just a question of who can do the BEST job. My dog Candy would be a better choice than bush was.

[element51]

I like the look on Obama''s face in the picture above. If John Kerry had put on a face like that we may have been spared the last four years of agony. It''s about time we democrats stopped being Mr. Nice Guy and started fighting back. It''s time to start kicking cheeks instead of turning them. I hope if he gets the nomination he shows a little fire. If he does, with the kind of temper McCain has, he will make McCain look like a total arse. And if Hillary gets the nod I know she will drive McCain mad. It''s time to "get er done".

[element51]

ccfsdca...Again I agree. I like Hillary and have a lot of respect for her. She would be a great leader. But, as you said, she kind of let it slip. If Obama gets elected I think if he goes about it in the right way and surrounds himself with smart well informed people he could do a lot to help restore the lost image of America around the world. His election alone would show the rest of the world that we in this country are not the idiots that they perceive us to be now. Like you, I''m along for the ride. I just hope the end of the ride isn''t a concarete wall.

[apprxam]

17.4 more books and he''ll catch up to dem Clintons.

[apprxam]

Yeah, that Treehouse thing is kinda sticky, Obama.

[whitepicks2]

Looks like nobody can muster up any hate speech, or feint indignation, or just work up a fine rant on this one.....Ya musta just plain tuckered out.

I''ll take it his tax return is all square then.

[jack3213]

SAME OLD -SAME OLD- ARGUMENTS -BUT MORE ''BITTER'' & ANGRY- WHERE''S THE SURPRISE. THEY ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY ARE DENSE, THEY ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO UNITE THEIR OWN PARTY SO THEY ARE SPEWING HATRED FOR THINGS THAT WILL DRAW THEM APART. THE WAR WILL NOT END IN THE EVENT A DEMOCRAT COMES INTO OFFICE, NOR WILL GAS PRICES AUTOMATICALLY DECLINE. THE NAIVE AND AND YET HOPEFUL PEOPLE THINK CHANGE IS AUTOMATIC WITH A PRESIDENT OF A DIFFERANT PARTY AFFILIATION- GROW UP- THAT IS''T THE CASE- NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE- WOULD YOU RATHER FINISH SOMETHING SUCCESSFULLY THAN RUN AWAY LIKE A COWARD BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID? TYPICAL AMERICANS OR SHALL I SAY-TYPICAL ''LIBERAL'' THE NEVER SATISIFED PEOPLE. CHANGE COMES AT A PRICE- AND THE PRICE YOU WILL PAY FOR A DEMOCRAT IS NOT A GOOD CHANGE- IT IS A VERY BAD ONE.

[dante805]

If Obama isn''t an Elitist he sure is "Rich" I guess that priviliged Harvard education paid off. Why does *** Cheney give a greater percentage of his money to cahrity than Barrack and Michelle? I thought Obama was in touch with the American People. He probably is too bitter. And...why does he only wear White Shirts???

[crater7]

THE OBAMA''S AND THEIR SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN BASHING CLINTON FOR WORKING FOR WAL-MART IN HER EARLY YEARS AS AN ATTORNEY. HOW EVIL SHE IS FOR WORKING FOR THIS CORPORATE GIANT.

BUT, MICHELLE OBAMA WAS PAID FOR SERVING ON THE BOARD OF WESCHESTER, IL. BASED "TREEHOUSE FOODS INC." WHO IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER TO WAL-MART." IMAGINE THAT.

OBAMA SAY''S HIS CAMPAIGN DOES NOT ACCEPT PACT MONEY, AND CLAIMS HE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT ISN''T TAKING A DIME FROM WASHINGTON LOBBYIST, "YET HIS FUNDRASING TEAM INCLUDES 38 MEMBERS OF LAW FIRMS THAT WERE PAID 138 MILLION LAST YEAR TO LOBBY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THESE LAWYERS, INCLUDES 10 FORMER FEDERAL LOBBYIST HAVE PLEDGED TO RAISE AT LEAST 3.5 MILLION FOR THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL BID. EMPLOYEES OF THEIR FIRMS HAVE GIVEN OBAMA''S CAMPAIGN 2.26 MILLION.

OBAMA''S CAMPAIGN HAS BASHED THE CLINTON''S FOR MAKING MILLIONS ON BOOK SALES. YET, THE OBAMA''S MADE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR "REPORTED" INCOME ON BOOK SALES. IMAGINE THAT.

GOTTA LOVE IT. AND THEY SAY THAT CLINTON CAN''T BE TRUSTED.

GOD "BLESS" AMERICA. NOT "G D" AMERICA.

[blackspirit3]

SMART AMERICANS HAVE TOUGH MINDS AND DO NOT ALLOW TELL-LIE-VISION TO TEACH THEM WHAT TO THINK OR HOW TO THINK.

AMERICA IS NOT THE TELL-LIE-VISION SHOWS "FRIENDS, EVERYONE HATES RAYMOND OR SIENFIELD." IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS YOU SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
THE MEDIA ALWAYS SPIN FALSE TAILS AND LIKE SOFT MINDED FOOLS MANY AMERICANS FALL ALL OVER IT AS THE TRUTH.

THAT SAME HATE THE MEDIA SPINS IS THE SAME HATE THAT SOUTHERN WHITE MEN USED WHEN RUMORS WAS SPREAD THAT EMMIT TELL LOOKED AT A WHITE GIRL AND/OR SPOKE TO HER. THE "STORY/RUMOR" WENT FROM "HE SPOKE TO HER TO HE TOUCHED HER TO HE RAPED HER.

THE SPIN CAUSED WHITE MEN TO HANG AND BURN EMMIT TILL.

WHAT IS THIS MEDIA SPIN TRYING TO GET AMERICANS WORKED UP TO DO TO OBAMA? %u2013 KILL HIM? LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS MADE TO BE UNAMERICA - AND THEN KILLED, LIKE BOBBY KENNEDY OR LIKE JOHN F KENNEDY WHO WANTED TO END THE WAR?

THESE MEN CAME BEFORE THE AMERICAN COUNTRY WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS, AND OPINIONS, AND YET AMERICANS MURDERED THEM, NOT RUSSIANS, NOT ARABS, NOT TERRORIST, OUR OWN CITIZENS KILLED THESE MEN.

STOP ALOWING THE MEDIA TO WORK YOU UP OVER LIES AND CONFUSION.
1. EVERYONE MISPEAK AT TIMES. MOTHER POPED YOU IN THE MOUTH ON MANY OCCASSIONS FOR MISPEAKING.
2. ASSOCIATING YOU WITH ALL THE WORDS AND DEEDS OF FREINDS, BOARDMEMBERS, LODGE MEMBERS, CHURCHES, OR CO WORKERS IS GARBAGE SO WHY GET ALL WORKED UP OVER THIS FALSE MEDIA HYPE? I SAY TURN THE MEDIA OFF, AND TURN YOUR MIND ON.

[crater7]

BLACKPRESIDENT3; TURN THE MEDIA OFF;

GOOD POST. BUT, YOU SHOULD INCLUDE CLINTON IN THIS STATEMENT. ONLY THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS ARE CALLING FOR CLINTON TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE, 54% OF DEMOCRATES SAY SHE SHOULD STAY IN THE RACE TO THE END.OBAMA SUPPORTERS ARE BASHING EVERY "MIS-SPEAK" THAT SHE SAY''S.

I REMEMBER VIVIDLY THE SCENE IN THE L A RIOTS WHERE THOSE WORKED UP BLACKS DRAGGED THAT WHITE TRUCK DRIVER OUT OF HIS TRUCK, (WHO WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING FOR HIS FAMILY) AND NEARLY BEAT HIM TO DEATH. I GUESS THATS OK, BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST "BITTER".

RACISM IS A TWO SIDED SWORD. OBAMA SAY''S LET''S DISCUSS IT. WHEN WHITES BRING THE SUBJECT UP, THEY ARE RACIST, AND "BITTER."

GOD "BLESS" AMERICA. NOT "G D" AMERICA.

[robrob791]

WONDER JUST HOW MUCH MONEY MRS OBAMA HAD TO MAKE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT AMERICA? THEY MUST HAVE SOME BAD HABITS IF THEY COULDN''T PAY THEIR STUDENT LOANS WITH ALL THE MONEY THEY WERE MAKING.

[taddles-2009]

"THEY MUST HAVE SOME BAD HABITS IF THEY COULDN''''T PAY THEIR STUDENT LOANS WITH ALL THE MONEY THEY WERE MAKING.

Posted by robrob791 at 09:54 AM : Apr 17, 2008"


The caps lock doesn''t make your post any LOUDER, it just makes it look like you really don''t have a point so you are trying to IMPRESS everyone with your ability to post in caps.

If you had bothered to read the article you might have noted that they used the book money to pay off their student loans. Most people who go to college rack up enormous debt that takes years to pay off, you''d know that if you had a student loan but then you''d have to have gone to college to have one of those.

[taddles-2009]

"If Obama isn''''t an Elitist he sure is "Rich" I guess that priviliged Harvard education paid off.

Posted by dante805 at 07:55 AM : Apr 17, 2008"


If he had wanted to make money off his Havard education he certainly took the hard route to do it. As the President of the Harvard Law Review, Obama could have taken any job at any law firm in the country and written his own check. If he really was only interested in getting rich he could have done so very easily. Instead, he took a job working for a small law firm doing community work, not a very lucrative career choice.

[thinkharder-]

NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE- WOULD YOU RATHER FINISH SOMETHING SUCCESSFULLY THAN RUN AWAY LIKE A COWARD BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID?
Posted by jack3213 at 07:20 AM

Cool it with the caps-lock. We''re not blind. Secondly, in order to finish this thing in Iraq succesfully, we have to make a more measured attempt to get the H ell out of there! The problem with those of you who support the current admin. is that you assume that the majority of this country is stuck on stupid! You don''t think we see how in Iraq, the goal post keeps moving farther and farther away. First let''s go get Saddam! Got ''em. WMD''s are there...let''s get ''em! Oops...there''s nothing there. Help form an Iraqi govnmt! Done. yet after all of this you still have the audacity to expect more sacrifice from our bravest, and for what? What''s the goal now? A self sustaining Iraq? What the H ell does that mean? What good could possibly come from us policing their civil war? Tone down your imappsioned pleas to avoid surrender, and get with reality. We have a moral obligation to help rebuild, but not settle their religous disputes. Tell me...what is victory? And how many more of our bravest are worth trying to accomplish it? We have probably lost more soldiers to this debacle tahn we would have lost had we been attacked again. It''s just basic cost analysis, as heartless and cruel as that may be, yet it may be the only way to get the message across to the likes of you.

[besscannon-2009]

Hey, blackspirit3....if you turned it all off, how would you know if you were voting for the right person to run this country and effect our lives for the next few years? OR...are you just going to vote for Obama BECAUSE he is a black man? He is a ''white man'' when he wants to be. Remember, he isn''t ALL black or ALL white. Can''t claim his policies are ALL black or ALL white either. So, where is your intelligence? Are you sitting on it?

[jack3213]

There was a great example of the differences between liberals and conservatives that happened today: Today George Bush hugs the Pope and Jimmy Carter hugs the leaders of Hamas. That tells you everything you need to know.

[phillysage]

Do you really believe he filled out everything accurately in his tax returns. You don''t think he omitted anything, do you---
for example, his real estate dealings with Rezko
or other buddies of his, such as Jeremiah Wright or the Weathermen, or maybe Nation of Islam President Louis Farrakhan.

[omaar-101]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/13/bill-clinton-flashback-al_n_96433.html

Bill Clinton,in 1991 was a Bitter, Self Hating, White Racist & White Elitist, when he was running for the Oval Office..Huh

Bill and Hillary are Filthy Rich Elitist with all that Arab Money, they have Now..Huh

As the rumination continues over Barack Obama''s comments about economically-depressed small town voters, statements made by Bill Clinton on the same topic -- uttered while he was running for president in 1991 -- have now surfaced.

Bill Clinton: "The reason (George H. W. Bush''s)Tactic works so well now is that you have (All these Economically Insecure White People) who are Scared To Death," Clinton was quoted saying by the Los Angeles Times in September 1991.

A couple months later, Joe Klein, writing for the Sunday Times, reported that Clinton made the following remarks:



Bill Clinton: 1991 "You know, he [Bush Sr.] wants to Divide US Over RACE. I''m from the South. I understand this.

When their economic policies fail, when the country''s coming apart rather than coming together, what do they do? They find the (Most Economically Insecure White Men) and Scare the Living Daylights out of them !!

[omaar-101]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/13
/bill-clinton-flashback-al_n_96433.htmln

You Rural Gun Toting, Clinging to your Faith People must Go out and Vote for Hillary Clinton...Please

You Low Lifes are the Biggest Social Joke on the Planet !!

Just Scared as He!! of a Afro American Male whose Winning...Scared To Death !!


Bill Clinton,in 1991 was a Bitter, Self Hating, White Racist & White Elitist, when he was running for the Oval Office..Huh

Bill and Hillary are Filthy Rich Elitist with all that Arab Money, they have Now..Huh

As the rumination continues over Barack Obama''''s comments about economically-depressed small town voters, statements made by Bill Clinton on the same topic -- uttered while he was running for president in 1991 -- have now surfaced.

Bill Clinton: "The reason (George H. W. Bush''''s)Tactic works so well now is that you have (All these Economically Insecure White People) who are Scared To Death," Clinton was quoted saying by the Los Angeles Times in September 1991.

A couple months later, Joe Klein, writing for the Sunday Times, reported that Clinton made the following remarks:



Bill Clinton: 1991 "You know, he [Bush Sr.] wants to Divide US Over RACE. I''''m from the South. I understand this.

When their economic policies fail, when the country''''s coming apart rather than coming together, what do they do? They find the (Most Economically Insecure White Men) and Scare the Living Daylights out of them !!

[phillysage]

TAX EVASION!!!
He forgot to include the millions of dollars in sales of Kool-Aid

[kstar42]

Among the charitable donations in 2007 was $26,270 to Trinity United Church of Christ, where the incendiary sermons of Obama''s former pastor have created problems for the candidate. (WOW WHAT COLOR ARE THEY?) The Obamas'' largest charitable donation was $50,000 to the United Negro College Fund. (AGAIN WHAT COLOR ARE THEY?) HE SPENT 1/3 ON AFRICAN AMERICANS...GUESS WE KNOW WHAT HE''LL DO WHEN HE BECOMES PRESIDENT!!!!

[eroosevelt08]

Didn''t Senator Obama say in the debate April 16, 2008 that he would raise taxes on people who make over $97,000.00 and up to $200,000.00 by raising the amount of their income that is subject to the FICA tax? That is a big tax increase for many middle class people.


Now that the debate is over, two-faced Senator Obama is whining. If things don''''t go his way he whines about it. We need a grown up as President. Vote for Senator Clinton!

[glock4me]

That''s a lot of money for a black man in the US-of-KKK-A!!!

[robrob791]

omaar101 Guess what? Obama is not an african-american. he is a breed from the USA and nothing else.

[blackspirit3]

GUILT BY ASSOCIATION
1 ATTEND A CHURCH AND A COUPLE GAY PEOPLE ATTEND THE CHURCH,SO THEREFORE I SUPPORT GAYISM?
I ATTEND A COUNTRY CLUB AND THEIR ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE STOLEN MONIES FROM INVESTORS, SINCE I ATTEND THE SAME COUNTRY CLUB - I TOO MUST BE A THIEF?
I WORK FOR A COMPANY WHO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST HIRING PEOPLE OF COLOR, BECAUSE I WORK FOR THAT COMPANY, I DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEM AS WELL?
I SIT ON A BOARD OF 30 PEOPLE AND ONE OF THEM SAY "AMERICA CAN GO TO HELL" IF I STAY ON THAT BOARD, I SUPPORT THAT INDIVIDUALS IDEA''S ABOUTM AMERICA?
SOMEONE HELP ME DEFINE WHAT THE HELL IS GUILT BY ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE ALL AMERICANS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IDIOTS.

[bsrbennett]

Blackspirit -- maybe you should associate with people who don''t abuse the capslock key.

[abbe91]

"There was a great example of the differences between liberals and conservatives that happened today: Today George Bush hugs the Pope and Jimmy Carter hugs the leaders of Hamas. That tells you everything you need to know.
Posted by JACK3213 at 01:16 PM : Apr 17, 2008"

The pope is too old to protect himself from Bush hugs. We knew Bush is a coward.