Who's Really Backing Barack Obama?

CBS Evening News: Obama Says 90 Percent Of His Donations Are Small, But He's The Biggest Fundraiser Ever

(CBS)  If it seems that you're seeing a lot more of Sen. Barack Obama on TV, there's a good reason. He's raised a lot more money than Sen. John McCain - and since clinching the nomination in June, he's outspent McCain better than two-to-one. So, where did Obama get that kind of cash? CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson Follows the Money.

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Early on, both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain promised to limit their fundraising - but Obama reversed that pledge when he won his party's nomination.

Now he ranks as the greatest political fundraiser of all time: More than $603 million, compared to $358 million for McCain.

Obama's broken another record: he's gotten more money than anyone in history from unidentified donors - with names like "Doodad," who lists his employer as "Loving" and has given more than $17,000 dollars - way over federal limits.

Obama has said: "Ninety percent of our contributions are from small donors."

And lots of Obama donors don't have to be disclosed at all under federal law because they gave less than $200.

McCain's posted his small donor list online - an imperfect list that has some cities listed as "anonymous." But Obama hasn't given any details at all about whom his small donors are, drawing extra criticism after he raised a record-shattering $150 million last month alone.

"The fact that the Obama camp has not provided more information about who these small donors are really run counter to his 'transparency' message," said Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics.

And you might be surprised to hear who else besides those unnamed small donors is on the Obama team. Like McCain, Obama's corporate donor list looks like a Who's Who of the Wall Street collapse - except some have given more to Obama. Lots more.

"The Obama campaign has just vacuumed up the money in this cycle, specifically from Goldman Sachs, Obama has received over $740,000, as opposed to McCain's $220,000," Krumholz said.

Not to mention that the former head of Goldman Sachs, Robert Rubin, is Obama's chief economic advisor - and two current executives are bundling for him (David Heller and Bruce Heyman). "Bundlers" are mega-fundraisers who, critics say, get special access.
Another big Obama bundler is Citicorp's Michael Froman. Obama's even tapped him to help put together his new administration.

Obama has tripled McCain's haul from Lehman Brothers interests.

Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase? More, more and lots more to Obama.

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See how the numbers match up and learn more about Obama and McCain's donors at Couric & Co.

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An Obama spokesman told us they've followed all federal rules, and gone above and beyond transparency requirements.

The election is still undecided, but the money race... it's not even close.

[paris1969]

and so we see why Obama never opposed Wall Street!

[melpol1]

Legend tells us that if we change the colors we wear, our fortunes will also change. That is why a gambler who is on a lucky streak will not change his clothes. Changing clothes can also break a bad luck streak. The same is true in the presidential elections when a candidate of a different color is running on the platform of change. Most Americans are going through a period of bad luck in the stock market and in other spheres of life. A vote for Obama is a vote for a change of color and a change of bad luck. But for those that believe color and luck are not connected Obama has many inner talents that will produce the change you so desperately need. His roots are spread out which gives him the experience needed to be a leader of all people regardless of the color of their skin. So any way you look at it a vote for Obama is a change to a luck filled future.

[fbla1805]

Latest McCain Dirty Trick Backfires - Thwarted by Pittsburgh Police Dept: - McCain Campaign Worker Made Up Attack Story - To Be Charged With Making False Report After Claiming "B" Was Carved Into Face By "6 Foot 4 Inch Tall Black Mugger" PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24, 2008
This story reflects desperation, and shows the level this McCain campaign worker, hopefully a rogue, was willing to sink to in the final pre-election push!

On the Obama side, more than 3 million Americans from all walks of life have made campaign contributions to enable Obama/Biden to wage this campaign, and to beat the sleaze machine of McCain/Palin/Rove & Fox News. I am proud to be one of those contributors!

We want, and desperately need integrity back in our politics, and in our economy, we%u2019ve been digging deep into our pockets to help Obama achieve this goal!

In just 8 days we will have the great democratic privilege to put an end to this sickening era. The politics of ploys, stunts, slime, sleazy robocalls, and culture wars is on the ballot! The politics of Bush/Cheney, McCain/Palin, Karl Rove/Steve Schmidt, and Rupert Murdoch%u2019s Fox News, will be defeated!

Remember, citizens! We need a massive turnout of voters, and a landslide victory, because as we can see today, the Republicans are again trying to steal this election at the polling stations.

We will vote Obama/Biden into office in overwhelming numbers, and return honesty, decency, and integrity to American politics.

[robert2237]

melpol1- You know if you could tell me one thing that the obama has done really done himself I might think about voting for him. I don''t take what the news stations have to say any of them they all have their own views and those show in their reporting some like NBC is so in bed with the obama that you they can''t even say they aren''t the others who knows. What I have been able to find on the obama is all bad, never took a stand in the IL. house except to support not giving a child that is born alive medical care with the abortion went bad. Most of the other major issues he voted present. In the US senate I can find nothing. He co''ed a couple of bills but really didn''t do anything on them except put his name on it at the end. He has never been in a leadership role has no experience in this area. And then his ideals about the military and giving money away is not in the American way.

So give me on true thing with data on what he has done. Being a great speaker is not doing anything, he could be a good speach giver but is he ready for president. Then you Biden who has been in Washington what 30 some odd years. I see no change coming from him. And if you look at his record you will find he has been wrong on most things and then he has to walk around with his foot in his mouth all the time. Is this what we want. I see us going in

[ecs1749-2009]

Notice how all of the Obama supporters are keeping quiet to this piece?

"We will vote Obama/Biden into office in overwhelming numbers, and return honesty, decency, and integrity to American politics."

Ye right.

[brundage3]

Before negative reaction to this news story,,, some thought.

It is not a complete story by any mea ns on how money is raised for campaigns. But there is no doubt that Obama''s campaign has set records by huge margins. At a hundred and fifty million in one month, there is going to be a list of mistakes. Just the paper work is mind boggling. So is a long list of mistakes, inaccuracies, and dnnonymous donors proof of anything?

That the law allows fund raising is perhaps an issue to be addressed. To follow the law is the whole idea.

McCain''s campaign has raised less. And they raise money under more complex legal issues perhaps in that,,,, thy are limited to the 84 million dollars of tax payer money they get for the election for President between their convention and November4th.

They can and have raised much more of course. But under the law, that money must be raised for the Republican National party which it in turn can spend on McCains election. However much if not all of THAT money must be spent WITHOUT consulting the McCain campaign as to how and where it is spent.

It is a set of systems which is greatly flawed. All candidate must use portions of those systems.
It is NOT accurate to say that one DOES use "public financing" and one does not. None do. All do.

Finally. - Bad sytem.

[robert2237]

melpol1- No thanks, I am not going to sell my country to a guy just because he is black, white, red, green or any other color. I vote for those who will protect the country and lead in the American way. Giving my money to those that don''t want to work is not leading that is buying votes, and nothing else.

[whosaid1]

I can''t beleive the CBS has posted this!!!!! I''m speechless........!!

[mrsdi]

This story is very misleading. First, just because lots of Lehman Brothers employees donate (or other big companies) doesn''t mean they represent their company. One of the fields you complete is where you work. Second, the bogus names were caught and refunded and are caught and refunded continuously where possible - this is a non-issue. If you really want facts then visit the FEC Web site where the data is published as it becomes available. http://www.fec.gov/disclosure.shtml

[whosaid1]

I can''''t beleive that CBS has posted this!!!!! I''''m speechless........!! No future Obama/Biden interviews for CBS!!

[beader59]

The reason Obama supporters are not flying off the handle is that there is nothing to go off on. This is a ridiculous, slanted story.

[samlynn1120]

Maybe the "messiah" should spread some of his own wealth. He is quite the hypocrite!

[Torilin]

Maybe the "messiah" should spread some of his own wealth. He is quite the hypocrite! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Posted by samlynn1120

In the last debate he said he would be quite happy to pay higher tax so the poor people could get a break...or something to that effect.

[jsutcurious]

Obama''s supporters are generally so "chatty." What happened? No prepared talking points on this one? No worry; By tomorrow your Saviour will have all the answers and you can just repeat the mantra after him. Can you say "Change We Can Believe In?" Oh, he meant "Big Change."

[jsutcurious]

So this is the "change" we can believe in!

[jsutcurious]

Gee guys, this is a great time to start doing your job as reporters in this election! Anybody with a brain has been asking who is supporting Obama for months and not getting any answers. And if they tried to answer the question for themselves, they were accused of being a rascist. Hey folks, next election get your information from an alternative news source.

[vincan-2009]

I just want Senator Obama to win. I just want this smart decent Democrat to take over from the corrupt republicans who have done everything they could to ruin America. I am glad to support Obama and to send in money for the campaign. McCain, Bush minions, and the media have done everything they could to back stab Senator Obama with lies and hate. It is a testament to Obama''s strong support and voter backing that he has prevailed and is in position to win this election.

[jsutcurious]

Amen, Say on brother wntrpls!

[geek143]

And where was this type of reporting when the shoe was on the other foot or should I say the money in the other camp?

[vincan-2009]

McCain is going to lose this election. The right people are going to take back our government from the corrupt republicans who have betrayed America. I don''t care what lies are told at this point. I know that Senator Obama is the person we need to get our country back to a better place. McCain is an old republican who has lost his way. He is 72 years old, and has had 4 bouts of melanoma cancer. His irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as VP has finished off his chances for election. Everyone, including many republicans, are horrified by McCain''s pick. It is so much more important since McCain may not live out the next four years.

[missingamerica]

The thing is, the Republicans SAY Obama is bad with no evidence to support that accusation.

On the other hand, America has but to look around themselves at the closed businesses, the foreclosed homes, the increasing numbers of homeless, the neighbor kid who is on his 4th tour in Iraq, the schools without textbooks, and on and on to KNOW the Republicans are bad news.

And McCain is first and foremost a Republican, primarily interested in protecting the ability of the elite few to accumulate ever more wealth at an ever faster clip.

After all, McCain IS ONE OF those elite few.

Of course, some people think that McCain''s $100 million or so is chump change - but McCain works for them and both he and they know it.

But do you?

[raheem44]

IF you Want a socialist leader vote for OBama!

Posted by wntrpls at 09:24 PM : Oct 27, 2008
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Thanks for the tip. I''ll vote early today so I won''t have to wait in line. And thanks to your tip, I''ll vote for Obama. President Obama sounds good to me.

[taylor412ce]

It''s all corrupt! The two party system was created to divide and conquer the American people. Vote for none of the above! Take our country back under a new/old premise. "A country for the people and by the people!" Not who''s party can raise and outspend the other. When we gave the Federal Government the right to impose income tax in 1913 we made it too powerful of an entity. And as a result... Now all the greed in the world dumps it''s money at our voters doorsteps to sway our votes...lets view in addition to the campaign coffers, the money spent outside of campaigns by politcal pundits in the media. We literally get in to billions of dollars. The selling of advertising surrounding the coverage of debates, discussions etc. The elections themselves are a huge commodity which billions of dollars are made. It is a self serving enterprise which revolves around a political position that has an annual salary of less than a million dollars. So lets stop letting the media and the pundits spin your top. Don''t donate to any of the candidates and vote for none of the above.

[taylor412ce]

Send a message that we as Americans do have an original thought. Change the way politics work. Make them earn your vote. Don''t vote along party lines. Let the politicians know that they can not count on your votes because of the way you registered. Unregister from your party and switch back and forth frequently. Register with a fringe party just for kicks. Make July the "Register as an Independant" month...August, "Resister as a Libritarian" month. Then back and forth again! That''ll screw em all up! Want to see some politicians get real honest real quick? C''mon America. As "The People" "We" control what happens. We just have to get organized and let the status quo know that they aren''t in control anymore.

Keep them guessing who the heck you are. They do it you and then spend your hard earned money on pork, junkets, war, and divide the nation on issues that we as citizens could probably solve ourselves in our communities.

$700 Million...$350 Million for a job that in 4 years barely pays a million dollars in salary over 4 years should be illegal. You should only be able to spend 10% of what the job pays on campaigning. Otherwise you obviously have a conflict of interest. Yep! All of you

[missingamerica]

Don''t donate to any of the candidates and vote for none of the above.

Posted by taylor412ce at 09:40 PM : Oct 27, 2008

You mean, let rich people like Romney be the only ones who can afford to run?

[our_future]

I have heard all the remarks and have checked the facts, what about all those people losing their jobs, pensions, years of working retirements, down the drain, I was going to vote for McCain until i saw he voted with bush ninty percent of the time. I don''t care about the smart remarks about Obama, but we CAN NOT take another 4 years of this economy. My heart goes out to those families struggling because of bush. There will be alot of people becoming homeless under the McCain/Bush administration. He talks about buying up bad mortages, Well got some news for ya, Some of the bad mortgages, have No mortgage thru foreclosure, under the 90 percent votes, McCain voted for under Bush''s plan.

[our_future]

I have heard all the remarks and have checked the facts, what about all those people losing their jobs, pensions, years of working retirements, down the drain, I was going to vote for McCain until i saw he voted with bush ninty percent of the time. I don''t care about the smart remarks about Obama, but we CAN NOT take another 4 years of this economy. My heart goes out to those families struggling because of bush. There will be alot of people becoming homeless under the McCain/Bush administration. He talks about buying up bad mortages, Well got some news for ya, Some of the bad mortgages, have No mortgage thru foreclosure, under the 90 percent votes, McCain voted for under Bush''s plan.

[taylor412ce]

No he couldn''t spend more than 10% of what the salary of president would be in my plan...and if you voted for none of the above it would include that good old boy Mitt Romney too! You just got to take it back! If you give in to the old party rhetoric..."It''s a wasted vote" you''re doomed to the same financial failure you''re experiencing now. BTW $750 Billion= $25,000 for every man woman and child in this nation. Just how much bad money did these banks loans to whom?

[targaray-2009]

A Third Term, WHY???

Instead of directing their anger and hostility towards the disasterous presidency of their HERO, George W. Bush, who has proven to be anything but a Fiscal Conservative; Republican Right WINGNUTS chose to turn a blind eye to the failed polices, abuses of power, brazen arrogance, and total incompotence of the current administration. Instead, they try to use fear, intimidation, aggression, distortion, empty bluster and ought LIES to bully their way back into the seat of power. For what purpose???

[thcarson-2009]

I have heard all the remarks and have checked the facts, what about all those people losing their jobs, pensions, years of working retirements, down the drain, I was going to vote for McCain until i saw he voted with bush ninty percent of the time. I don''''t care about the smart remarks about Obama, but we CAN NOT take another 4 years of this economy. My heart goes out to those families struggling because of bush. There will be alot of people becoming homeless under the McCain/Bush administration. He talks about buying up bad mortages, Well got some news for ya, Some of the bad mortgages, have No mortgage thru foreclosure, under the 90 percent votes, McCain voted for under Bush''''s plan.


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Posted by our_future

Blame the dipshit democrats who said there was no problem with Fannie Mae, namely polesmoker Barney Frank and Chris Dodd who said there is no problem.

[missingamerica]

Blame the dipshit democrats who said there was no problem with Fannie Mae [...] Posted by thcarson

President Bush, speaking on June 18, 2002, 10:30 A.M. EDT:

[bq]
We are here in Washington, D.C. to address problems. So I''ve set this goal for the country. We want 5.5 million more homeowners by 2010 -- million more minority homeowners by 2010. (Applause.)
[...]
And so I''ve asked Congress to fully fund an American Dream down payment fund which will help a low-income family to qualify to buy, to buy. (Applause.)
[...]
It is essential that we make it easier for people to buy a home, not harder.
[...]
Finally, we want to make sure the Section 8 homeownership program is fully implemented. This is a program that provides vouchers for first-time home buyers which they can use for down payments and/or mortgage payments. (Applause.)
[...]
And I''m proud to report that Fannie Mae has heard the call and, as I understand, it''s about $440 billion over a period of time. They''ve used their influence to create that much capital available for the type of home buyer we''re talking about here. It''s in their charter; it now needs to be implemented. Freddie Mac is interested in helping. I appreciate both of those agencies providing the underpinnings of good capital.
[eq]

Quit blaming it on Barney Frank and the Democrats.

This was a Republican scheme lead by Bush to conceal the negative impacts of Republican trade, tax, and economic policies by driving the economy with credit and housing.

[thcarson-2009]

Early on, both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain promised to limit their fundraising - but Obama reversed that pledge when he won his party''s nomination.

Get used to this America, all his promises will prove to be empty.

[missingamerica]

Get used to this America, all his promises will prove to be empty.

Posted by thcarson at 09:59 PM : Oct 27, 2008

So what do you see the stock market doing in that crystal ball of yours?

[missingamerica]

99% of the time, in my experience, the ones who claim that the nation needs to be "protected" from Obama have never served our nation a single day.

Almost as frequently, you find out the only hobby they have besides accumulating wealth is dodging taxes.

[onarollagain]

This is an excellent site to see who supports Obama

www.colony14.net/id56.html

[dburfears]

''Resister as a Libritarian". Posted by taylor412ce

Here''s the nut of the problem. Too many Americans are so uneducated that the Far Right fear tactics actually WORK with them.

It''s LIBERTARIAN. The root is "LIBERTY". If Americans can''t even understand "Liberty", then we are doomed to year and years of the social underclass voting in the NeoCON Republican Party despite the fact that the NeoCON Republican party is all about making the rich and their friends richer while ensuring that the rest of America descends into slave labor for their corporations.

It''s LIBERTY. That''s LIBERTY. You know- the thing that Bush the Republican Party consider to be a nuisance in their pursuit of power. Yes- THAT "Liberty".

[thcarson-2009]

Quit blaming it on Barney Frank and the Democrats.

This was a Republican scheme lead by Bush to conceal the negative impacts of Republican trade, tax, and economic policies by driving the economy with credit and housing.



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Posted by ibsteve2u

Okay then, how about this:
In September 2003, Frank, then the ranking Democrat on the Republican-led Financial Services Committee, opposed Bush administration proposals for increasing oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by creating an independent agency to supervise. The proposal would have moved oversight from Congress and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the new agency. Frank stated in 2003, "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing." Frank stated that the bill would potentially "[weaken] the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing".

[linda_rob]

I cannot believe that people who claim to be intelligent can find no fault with Obama. Of course with the news being as one sided as it has been during this whole election I am not surprised. I don''t know about you but I would love to know which country it is sending Obama their money. How long before the terrorists are allowed to enter this country and they will because of the man you are going to put in the white house. I feel sorry for this country because there are so many ignorant people in this world who are just voting for the party and not for the person. I would rather vote for a man who went to war and fought for my rights and my freedom than a man who has done nothing for this country except to go to flag burning ceremonies, who said he hated the United States, who takes money from other countries, who wants to change our National Anthem, refuses to salute the flag, and wants to change the National Anthem. A man who doesn''t want to be sworn in on the bible but on the book the MUSLEM''S refer to as their bible. This may not mean a lot to you but to me this is what our country was founded on and for most Americans it is still good enough today. I pray that people wake up before next Tuesday and find they have made the biggest mistake that America has ever seen.

[thcarson-2009]

So what do you see the stock market doing in that crystal ball of yours?


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Posted by ibsteve2u

The same thing it always does and has done every decade since 1940.

[onarollagain]

Here''s who supports Obama

http://www.colony14.net/id56.html

[missingamerica]

Here are some things you probably did not know about John and Cindy McCain...


http://www.nolanchart.com/article3072.html

[thcarson-2009]

Frank has been criticized for campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac%u2014$42,350 between 1989 and 2008%u2013which some claim have influenced his support of their lending programs. Frank''s former partner, Herb Moses, was an executive at Fannie from 1991 to 1998, where Moses helped develop many of Fannie%u2019s affordable housing and home improvement lending programs. Frank and Moses'' relationship ended around the same time Moses left the company; Frank''s support of Fannie and Freddie predated and continued past that relationship.

[carlto10]

This economic crisis was caused by the Democrats. Bush tried to pass regulation, McCain tried to pass regulation on Fannie and Freddy and it was block by the Democrats who did not want to cooperate with the Pres and didn''t want to stop putting low income people into houses they couldn''t afford. Don''t mindlessly blame this on Bush. And remember these banks have given a lot lot more money to The One than they have McCain

[gig15]

Republicans are very characteristic of abusive personality and psychotic behaviors in warlike tactics. They love to play the victim like spoiled brats who don''t get their way and throw temper tantrums in the street. Disgust and deliberate. Elect Obama.Biden with Clinton for change 2008.

[dburfears]

99% of the time, in my experience, the ones who claim that the nation needs to be "protected" from Obama have never served our nation a single day.

Posted by ibsteve2u
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Here''s a partial list for ya! the entire list runs over the CBS limit.

REPUBLICAN (NON) MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS

Dlck Cheney: did not serve
Dennis Hastert: did not
Tom Delay: did not serve
Roy Blunt: did not
Bill Frist: did not serve
Mitch McConnell: did not
Rick Santorum: did not serve
Trent Lott: did not
John Ashcroft: did not serve
Jeb Bush: did not
Karl Rove: did not serve
Saxby Chambliss: did not
Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve
Richard Perle: did not serve
Douglas Feith: did not
Eliot Abrams: did not serve
Richard Shelby: did not
Christopher Cox: did not serve
Newt Gingrich: did not

Ronald Reagan: , served in a non- combat role making movies.
Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.
Phil Gramm: did not serve
Dana Rohrabacher: did not
JC Watts: did not
Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem, " although continued in NFL for 8 years as quarterback.
Rudy Giuliani: did not serve
George Pataki: did not
Spencer Abraham: did not

Sean Hannity: did not serve
Rush Limbaugh: did not
Bill O''''Reilly: did not
Michael Savage: did not serve
Bill Bennett: did not serve
Pat Buchanan: did not
Bill Kristol: did not serve
Kenneth Starr: did not
Antonin Scalia: did not serve
Clarence Thomas: did not
Ralph Reed: did not serve
Michael Medved: did not serve

[missingamerica]

President Bush, speaking on June 18, 2002, 10:30 A.M. EDT:

[bq]
We are here in Washington, D.C. to address problems. So I''''ve set this goal for the country. We want 5.5 million more homeowners by 2010 -- million more minority homeowners by 2010. (Applause.)
[...]
And so I''''ve asked Congress to fully fund an American Dream down payment fund which will help a low-income family to qualify to buy, to buy. (Applause.)
[...]
It is essential that we make it easier for people to buy a home, not harder.
[...]
Finally, we want to make sure the Section 8 homeownership program is fully implemented. This is a program that provides vouchers for first-time home buyers which they can use for down payments and/or mortgage payments. (Applause.)
[...]
And I''''m proud to report that Fannie Mae has heard the call and, as I understand, it''''s about $440 billion over a period of time. They''''ve used their influence to create that much capital available for the type of home buyer we''''re talking about here. It''''s in their charter; it now needs to be implemented. Freddie Mac is interested in helping. I appreciate both of those agencies providing the underpinnings of good capital.
[eq]

Quit blaming it on Barney Frank and the Democrats.

This was a Republican scheme lead by Bush to conceal the negative impacts of Republican trade, tax, and economic policies by driving the economy with credit and housing.

[onarollagain]

In response to ibsteve2u and the link on things we didn''t know about McCain...thanks...after reading it shows that he is an all American who has made it on truth, integrity, honesty and perseverance and for whom we know everything there is to know...there are such huge gaps in what Obama has revealed about his life which makes him suspect...why not try being upfront, truthful, honest and show some integrity.

[taylor412ce]

''''Resister as a Libritarian". Posted by taylor412ce

Here''''s the nut of the problem. Too many Americans are so uneducated that the Far Right fear tactics actually WORK with them.

It''''s LIBERTARIAN. The root is "LIBERTY". If Americans can''''t even understand "Liberty", then we are doomed to year and years of the social underclass voting in the NeoCON Republican Party despite the fact that the NeoCON Republican party is all about making the rich and their friends richer while ensuring that the rest of America descends into slave labor for their corporations.

It''''s LIBERTY. That''''s LIBERTY. You know- the thing that Bush the Republican Party consider to be a nuisance in their pursuit of power. Yes- THAT "Liberty".


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Posted by dburfears at 10:05 PM : Oct 27, 2008

Wow! You reprinted and spun that completely out of context! My comment was to switch parties on a frequent basis to prevent pundits, pollsters, and politicians from trying divide and conquer American voters in a two party system. Gee! You are truly blessed!

[missingamerica]

In response to ibsteve2u and the link on things we didn''t know about McCain...thanks...after reading it shows that he is an all American who has made it on truth, integrity, honesty and perseverance and for whom we know everything there is to know...there are such huge gaps in what Obama has revealed about his life which makes him suspect...why not try being upfront, truthful, honest and show some integrity.

Posted by onarollagain at 10:13 PM : Oct 27, 2008

Speaking of being "upfront, truthful, and honest" -

Would you or would you not be more likely to vote for Obama if he had been as deeply involved in the "Keating Five" scandal as McCain?

[dzemog1]

...I would rather vote for a man who went to war and fought for my rights and my freedom than a man who has done nothing for this country except to go to flag burning ceremonies, who said he hated the United States, who takes money from other countries, who wants to change our National Anthem, refuses to salute the flag, and wants to change the National Anthem. A man who doesn''''t want to be sworn in on the bible but on the book the MUSLEM''''S refer to as their bible. This may not mean a lot to you but to me this is what our country was founded on and for most Americans it is still good enough today. I pray that people wake up before next Tuesday and find they have made the biggest mistake that America has ever seen.


Posted by Linda_rob at 10:07 PM : Oct 27, 2008

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Hey!! Are you the crazy lady from the McCain rally??? You must be, or someone just as ignorant, because your post is ignorance personified. It''s people like you who scare me, NOT Barack Obama. You believe whatever you read on right wing smut sites, you believe everything Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Hugh Hewitt tell you, and don''t know your *** from a whole in the wall. Do yourself a favor. Stay home Nov 4th and don''t vote. Your vote won''t help McCain win, and when he loses in a humiliating landslide, you can say you had nothing to do with it and it wasn''t your fault.