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Candidate Obama, Part 1

September 21, 2008 8:57 PM

In separate interviews, the two parties' presidential nominees are questioned on the big issues, including the U.S. economy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, energy policy and health care. Steve Kroft interviews Sen. Barack Obama.

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by midwestmom5 September 23, 2008 5:03 PM EDT
Why would McCain pick a running mate that differs from him on so many topics? Oh, that''s right, he needs to pander to the conservative base. How else would he win the election? He''s no longer the "maverick" I voted for in 2000.

To learn about Palin''s record on the environment, (which is worse than Bush''s) go to: www.defendersactionfund.org/newsroom/Sarah_Palin.html#ESA and
www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm
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by ladden-2009 September 23, 2008 2:37 PM EDT
Sam Donaldson on Sunday finally questioned if McCain is competent enough to be President. After this last week it is very apparent He is not competent at all. He is the last person who should ever be President.
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by Kantare18 September 23, 2008 3:18 AM EDT
@moosepoint please.... like the USA isn''t already partially socialist as it is now with all these bailouts of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and other banks. If anything is scary it is already the administration in Office, and McCain would attribute 4 more years of the same ***. USA has been hardly 100% capitalism for sometime now. Obama is the best choice of the two, and he will lead us into the right direction.
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by Kantare18 September 23, 2008 3:16 AM EDT
@moosepoint please.... like the USA isn''t already partially socialist as it is now with all these bailouts of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and other banks. If anything is scary it is already the administration in Office, and McCain would attribute 4 more years of the same ***. Don''t give me that socialistic BS. USA has been hardly 100% capitalism for sometime now. Obama is the best choice of the two, and he will lead us into the right direction.
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by Kantare18 September 23, 2008 3:15 AM EDT
@moosepoint please.... like the USA isn''t already partially socialist as it is now with all these bailouts of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and other banks. If anything is scary it is already the administration in Office, and McCain would attribute 4 more years of the same ***. Don''t give me that socialistic BS. USA has been hardly 100% capitalism for sometime now. Obama is the best choice of the two, and he will lead us into the right direction.
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by Kantare18 September 23, 2008 3:14 AM EDT
@moosepoint please.... like the USA isn''t already partially socialist as it is now with all these bailouts of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and other banks. If anything is scary it is already the administration in Office, and McCain would attribute 4 more years of the same ***. Don''t give me that socialistic BS. USA has been hardly 100% capitalism for sometime now. Obama is the best choice of the two, and he will lead us into the right direction.
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by moosepoint September 23, 2008 1:25 AM EDT
Libs please use the brains. Obama wants usa a socialist he wants every goverment ran and he is one scary man and so his runing mate. All you libs you all want the goverment to tell you when and how to do things. The people who wants obama please go live a socialist county and get a taste of before voting for this evil bad man. McCain is such a more trusting man and see what you get. About the 60 mintes Mr Obama it sure sound like to me and many others i taked to you said every question to quickly Did you cheat?????? god bless america
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by techhere September 22, 2008 9:57 PM EDT
Now, I know we have many many better VP candidates than Palin.

"There is NO COMPARISON in voting this election" as "wakeup60" wrote.

I still can''t find any reason to refuse Obama, and I still can''t find any reason to vote for either McCain or Palin, or even GW Bush.

I didn''t know much about Politics, and I don''t believe in any Politician, but Obama really looks, speaks and acts like a respectful professor. I didn''t want to believe him, but I failed and I''m glad I failed.

Thank you! my respectful friends, you are our hope for this election:

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Thank you!
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by mek0123 September 22, 2008 8:16 PM EDT
If you liked the past 7.75 years, you''ll love McCain and Palin.......or as she says, Palin and McCain! We currently have a federal gov''t that is in much worse shape than the state of Texas was when G W left as their governor, as he left them in debt (after having a balanced budget when he and Karl Rove grabbed the power in the State of Texas). It never ceases to amaze me that righty''s will resort to lying when the truth is right there. If you question anything about Sen Obama, go first to his website for the facts. If you''re not happy with that, then go to www.snopes.com as they as fact checkers and can find nothing legitimate about his being a muslim, but oh yeah, that was used first in a Republican smear campaign, then they tried to align him with Pastor Wright, because we can always control what a grown man says?! If you want the truth, I''ve learned that www.wegoted.com as in Ed Schultz is consistent and sometimes lamblasts Obama, McCain and whoever he feels may be just plain wrong. If you want untruths, continue to listen to the Limbaugh''s, Hannity''s and Fox News and they''ll roll you into H-E-double hockey sticks.
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by wakeup60 September 22, 2008 5:42 PM EDT
Obama/Biden ... All the way...!!!There is NO COMPARISON in voting this election...there is none...this time of our country....We are all Desperately in need of Intelligence and desire to bring the United States back up on her feet again...their feelings and capibilities....are genuine and real...all of their answers about any issue is all I need to have clarity with my vote...He will be a "Great" President...and Biden will be great as well...being Vice President...watch and see! Obama ''08!!! Remember Martin Luther King''s words...There will come a time where men will not be judged by the color of their skin...but for the content of their character...there is no color showing here...other than RED, WHITE and BLUE...there is not "any" color issue...we are all in the same pot...the people/the citizens of the USA/a melting pot of blended colors,races and origins. That''s America! Just listen with your heart. Obama ''08
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by carmen188 September 22, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
I continue to be impressed by Senator Obama. He is one of the most intelligent men to seek the presidency in recent history. Our country is need of a leader who understands the complexity of issues facing America at home and abroad and who will work hard for all Americans. I can only pray that voters come November will say enough to the cronyism and old boy politics and give Obama an opportunity to put this country back on the right path.
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by carmen188 September 22, 2008 3:00 PM EDT
I continue to be impressed by Senator Obama. He is one of the most intelligent men to seek the presidency in recent history. Our country is need of a leader who understands the complexity of issues facing America at home and abroad and who will work hard for all Americans. I can only pray that voters come November will say enough to the cronyism and old boy politics and give Obama an opportunity to put this country back on the right path.
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by sparksincntrl September 22, 2008 12:36 PM EDT
pow with PTSD; McCain for president is frightening!!!

Honorable Disable Veteran for Obama
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by storeyy September 22, 2008 6:39 AM EDT
Bills / Amendments Passed
Barack Obama has introduced nearly 300 bills during his time in the U.S. Senate, and cosponsored close to 1,000 others. To see his legislative efforts, search the 109th Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109query.html and 110th Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110query.html
S.AMDT.1041 to S.1082 To improve the safety and efficacy of genetic tests.
S.AMDT.3073 to H.R.1585 To provide for transparency and accountability in military and security contracting.
S.AMDT.3078 to H.R.1585 Relating to administrative separations of members of the Armed Forces for personality disorder.
S.AMDT.41 to S.1 To require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACs, or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions, and the aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged.
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by storeyy September 22, 2008 6:35 AM EDT
United States Senate 2004-present
Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs
Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Member, Senate Committee on Veterans'' Affairs
Shares responsibility for the bipartisan Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, requiring full online disclosure of all entities receiving federal funds, and the bipartisan Lugar-Obama Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006, deepening non-proliferation work with WMD and including surface-to-air missiles, land mines, and other weapons that may be used by terrorists. Also worked with Coburn to end the abuse of no-bid contracts in the wake of disasters.
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Number of sponsored bills: 70
Number of sponsored bills passed: 0
Number of co-sponsored bills: 404
Number of co-sponsored bills passed: 8

www.opencongress.org (9/3/2008%u2014-dankster keeps taking this out for some reason) (because it makes no sense at all. If you go to the NYT link or the http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109query.html and http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110query.html searches, you''ll find that he''s sponsored and cosponsored many times more bills than those stats list.
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by storeyy September 22, 2008 6:32 AM EDT
1993-2002 Worked as an associate attorney with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Represented non-profits and private individuals in urban development projects, voting rights cases, and wrongful firings. Filed major suit that forced the state of Illinois to enforce the Motor Voter Law and successfully argued a wrongful firing case before the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Illinois Senate 1996-2004
Chairman, Health and Human Services Committee

Spearheaded a successful bipartisan effort in Illinois to pass the broadest ethics-reform legislation in 25 years, and gained bipartisan support for his successful bills reforming death penalty interrogations and ending racial profiling by police. Worked with the Republican-led effort to reform welfare.

Also sponsored successful bills expanding tax credits and child-care subsidies for low-income working families, protecting overtime pay for workers, expanding health care for children, and providing job skills training for juveniles.
New York Times chart on Obama''s legislative record in the Illinois Senate:

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html

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by storeyy September 22, 2008 6:31 AM EDT
Organizing and other work experience
1983-1984 Writer/Researcher for Business International Corporation. Helped companies understand overseas markets in the %u201CFinancing Foreign Operations%u201D service and wrote for the %u201CBusiness International Money Report%u201D

1984-1985 Community Organizer for New York Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), promoting personal, community, and government reform at City College in Harlem.

1985-1988 Director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland on Chicago''s South Side. While director grew the DCP staff from 1 to 13 and their budget from $70,000 to $400,000.

1992 Led Chicago''s Project Vote! push. This effort resulted in a record number of voter registrations, over 600,000 in Chicago. 1)
Teaching

1993-2004 Visiting Law and Government Fellow, then Senior Lecturer, in Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Taught courses on the due process and equal protection areas of constitutional law, on voting rights, and on racism and law. Helped develop a casebook on voting rights.
Law Practice

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by storeyy September 22, 2008 6:29 AM EDT
Education
Undergraduate
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate, 1981-1983
Columbia University
B.A. Political Science with specialization in international relations
Thesis topic: Soviet nuclear disarmament
Graduate
Harvard Law School
J.D. magna *** laude 1988-1991
President, Harvard Law Review
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by leviathant77 September 22, 2008 6:11 AM EDT
Sorry for the misspelling. I''ll take an honorable veteran of the senate rather than a man who''s career has been to vote to the far left and not vote when given the opportunity to make change. He has a strong track record of making no change. He is good at making speeches. That is not a resume for change.
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by leviathant77 September 22, 2008 6:08 AM EDT
Articulate and intelligent are not the sole criteria for a president. Many dissidents and villians are articulate and intelligent. Obama has proven himself to be a enemy of the democratic process. Hillary Clinton should have been the nominee. His is a community organizer with a superego. Not fit to lead.
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