By Larry Johnson
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Name: Larry Johnson
Email: larry_johnson@earthlink.net
Site: http://NoQuarterUSA.net
About: Larry C. Johnson is a former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, who moved subsequently in 1989 to the U.S. Department of State, where he served four years as the deputy director for transportation security, antiterrorism assistance training, and special operations in the State Department's Office of Counterterrorism. He left government service in October 1993 and set up a consulting business. He currently is the co-owner and CEO of BERG Associates, LLC (Business Exposure Reduction Group) and is an expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, and crisis and risk management, and money laundering investigations. Johnson is the founder and main author of No Quarter, a weblog that addresses issues of terrorism and intelligence and politics. NoQuarterUSA was nominated as Best Political Blog of 2008.[1] He has worked as a private consultant on issues of international terrorism and security for the U.S. Government and private companies. Johnson has appeared as a consultant and commentator in many major newspapers and news programs.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Views
2.1 1996
2.2 1998
2.3 1999
2.4 2000
2.5 2001
2.6 2003
2.6.1 Plame affair
2.7 2008
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links
[edit]Background
Larry Johnson moved to Washington, D.C. in 1979 to begin work on a Ph.D. at the American University. Although he completed successfully all coursework and comprehensive exams, he did not write a dissertation. In 1978 and in 1983-85 he worked in Latin America on community development projects as a community organizer. Returning to the United States in 1985 he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, thanks in part to a letter of recommendation from Republican Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that helped to "open doors" for him at the Agency.[3] Johnson entered on duty at the CIA in September 1985 and was a classmate of Valerie Plame. Every member of that class was undercover. After a year in the Career Trainee program, which included a stint with the Afghan Task Force, Johnson was assigned as an analyst in the Middle America Caribbean Division in the Latin American Affairs Office of the Directorate of Intelligence. He received two Exceptional Performance awards and was promoted ultimately to Senior Regional Analyst for Central America.
Johnson remained undercover in the CIA until October 1989, when he resigned from the CIA and started a new job in the Office of Counter Terrorism at the Department of State. Johnson played an instrumental role in launching the Terrorism Rewards program international advertising campaign (working with Diplomatic Security officers Brad Smith and Michael Parks). [4] Johnson also was involved in a variety of crisis management response operations, including the release of hostages from Lebanon and liaison with the Pan Am 103 families. He left government service in October 1993 and started his own business as a consultant.
After leaving government service, Johnson became a frequent guest on many major television news shows when a question of terrorism came up. He was first interviewed by CNN following the capture of Carlos the Jackal. Johnson subsequently appeared on CNN, ABC's Nightline, CBS, the BBC, MSNBC, the Jim Lehrer News Hour, NBC, and NPR. In December of 1999, for example, Johnson was hired by NBC to serve as its terrorist expert for the Y2000 and was in Time Square with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric ("a lot of fun and the best way to see in the New Year"). Johnson also was hired in January 2002 as a Fox News Analyst and remained under contract until February 2003.
Since 1994 a significant focus of Johnson's consulting work has been with the U.S. military special operations forces in scripting and conducting military counter terrorism exercises. He traveled under orders from the U.S. military to Iraq in May 2006 to work on a short term project.
A registered Republican who supported President Bush in 2000, Johnson became a strong critic of the Bush administration in May 2003 for its conduct of the war in Iraq and, a few months later, for its role in the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame.[5] He was also featured in the 2004 political documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. Since Robert Novak's controversial disclosure of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative in July 2003, Johnson has contributed to public discourse on intelligence matters, often sparking further controversy. He has been interviewed by both the mass media and the alternative media and published commentaries on a variety of issues, including the Plame affair, the controversy concerning Mary McCarthy, and the resignation of Porter Goss as Director of Central Intelligence.
[edit]Views
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[edit]1996
In 1996, Johnson noted that terrorism worldwide was on the decline. "Terrorist incidents [both internationally and in the US] have fallen to levels not seen since the 1970s. Whether measured by the number of incidents, the number of fatalities, or the number of groups, raw statistics demonstrate that the level of terrorist violence has declined since the mid-1980s. In fact, the evidence suggests terrorism was more widespread and deadly 10 years ago."[6]
He also wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times suggesting that the newer and more deadly terrorist threat to the U.S. was embodied by "networks of terrorists, mostly foreign, working within its borders." Exemplifying this threat was Ramzi Yousef, one of the masterminds behind the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. In the article, Johnson suggests that enhanced cooperation between intelligence agencies, particularly the FBI and CIA, is mandatory to meet the growing threat of terror networks.[7]
[edit]1998
In 1998, Johnson argued that while overall terrorism was declining, the threat from bin Laden and al-Qaeda should be the focus of American counterterrorism policy:
The nature of the threat posed by Bin Ladin is highlighted by my final chart, number 7. Osama Bin Ladin and individuals associated with him have killed and wounded more Americans than any other group. This chart also illustrates that groups such as Hamas and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) prior to 1998 have killed more foreigners in the anti-US terrorist attacks. If we take into account the bombings of the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Osama's status as the most lethal terrorist is certain.[8]
In addition, he told USA Today that bin Laden had participated in "virtually every major attack of terrorism against the United States" in the 1990s. Johnson underlined the threat posed by bin Laden, saying that he was possessed by "hatred and craziness." If left unanswered, "he would continue to terrorize Americans around the world. He has no compunction about killing women and children. He's a complete egalitarian in his murderous attitude."[9]
[edit]1999
In an interview with PBS's Frontline for its 1999 program, Hunting bin Laden, Johnson discussed Osama bin Laden.[10] According to Johnson, Americans had "tended to make Osama bin Laden sort of a superman in Muslim garb." "Actually," he continues, "Osama bin Laden, in my view, represents more of a symptom of a problem, and the problem is this: the Saudi Arabian government, not just Osama bin Laden but many people in Saudi Arabia, have been sending money to radical Islamic groups for years." Johnson continued:
When you look at who's killed Americans in the last 10 years, the individuals he's supported and backed--I'm basing that upon the initial information that's been released in the indictments and conversations with others in the intelligence communities--Osama bin Laden has been the one killing Americans. No other terrorist group in the world has been out killing Americans except for Osama bin Laden.... Osama bin Laden remains out there as the one really targeting us. So, we recognize that he's the threat. He's serious about wanting to kill Americans, but as long as he's in Afghanistan, as long as he doesn't have access to a cell phone, as long as he can't just hop on a plane and travel wherever he wants without fear of being arrested, his ability to plan and conduct terrorist operations is extremely limited. We have to recognize [that] he would like to do a lot of damage. He would like to kill Americans, but wanting to is different from being able to, having the full capabilities in place.[11]
In the interview, Johnson doubted the ability of members of bin Laden's organization to plan and put their lives on the line:
There's not another Ali or Mustafa out there at this point and Osama bin Laden in my view has not been a very effective organizer or leader. He talks a great game and puts out terrific threats as far as stirring the passions in the United States and maybe firing up the imaginations of some young Muslims throughout the world. But when push comes to shove, can he get a group of people who are together who will say: we are going to plan an operation, we're going to put our lives on the line, we're going to go out and try and kill people and we don't care what the consequence is? It hasn't happened.[12]
Frontline asked:
[Is it] ... fair to say what you're saying is that the president of the United States, his national security advisor, his deputy national security advisor for counter-terrorism, are basically blowing smoke [about the danger posed by bin Laden] and his followers]?
Johnson responded:
They're grossly exaggerating the problem. They are hyping it. They shouldn't be talking about rising terrorism. Instead of saying "terrorism's rising," it's not. "Terrorism is spreading," it's not. "More people are dying from terrorism," not the case. But what they should be saying is, "There's one individual out there that really doesn't like us, and he's made it his mission in life to kill Americans, and we've gotta deal with him." But we need to have a voice of reason in that process instead of putting ourselves out crying wolf, because this is essentially what's taking place right now. They call it the administration that cries wolf.[12]
[edit]2000
Johnson co-authored an article in 2000 with Milt Bearden which focused on the threat posed by al-Qaeda specifically, rather than terrorism trends in general. Beardon and Johnson note that new information emerging about the bombings at Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 points to the threat posed by Imad Mugniyah and Osama Bin Laden will require "a coordinated policy that will employ a full range of covert, clandestine, diplomatic, and military operations," concluding:
The Clinton Administration has shot its bolt on the terrorist problem with small effect, and no last minute show of force will change the record. A new administration can start afresh with a more sharply defined set of terrorism goals – Mughniyeh and bin Laden and their protectors for starters – and bring the full, coordinated force of American diplomatic, military, and intelligence capabilities to bear on the problem.[13]
[edit]2001
After Johnson's testimony to the special forum at the U.S. Senate, Gary J. Schmitt, executive director and CEO of the Project for the New American Century, refers in the Daily Standard (blog) to an op-ed piece Johnson wrote two months prior to the 9/11 attacks, claiming that Johnson argued that the US had little to fear from terrorism.[14]
In an editorial entitled "The Declining Terrorist Threat," published in the New York Times on 10 July 2001, Johnson says:
Judging from news reports and the portrayal of villains in our popular entertainment, Americans are bedeviled by fantasies about terrorism. They seem to believe that terrorism is the greatest threat to the United States and that it is becoming more widespread and lethal. They are likely to think that the United States is the most popular target of terrorists. And they almost certainly have the impression that extremist Islamic groups cause most terrorism.... None of these beliefs are based in fact.... While terrorism is not vanquished, in a world where thousands of nuclear warheads are still aimed across the continents, terrorism is not the biggest security challenge confronting the United States, and it should not be portrayed that way.[15]
Ten days after the 9/11 attacks, after quoting the above passage, Timothy Noah concludes a post in his "Chatterbox" feature at Slate: "Johnson's analysis, we now see, was bold, persuasive, and 100 percent wrong."[16] Johnson defended himself against such attacks:
The rightwing is resurrecting an op-ed I wrote in July 2001. I stand by the full article. It is still relevant today. I am accused, incorrectly, of ignoring the threat of terrorism. In fact, I correctly noted that the real threat emanated from Bin Laden and Islamic extremism. President Bush, for his part, ignored the CIA warning in August 2001 that Al Qaeda was posed to strike inside the United States.[17]
After September 11, Johnson appeared several times on FOX News to address the question of military action against terrorism. On 14 November, he defended the FBI's proposal to interview 5,000 students in the U.S. suspected of having information relevant to the September 11 investigations:
I think they should talk to everyone that they feel they have a need to talk to. I mean, look, this is war. This is not a legal proceeding. This isn't the O.J. Simpson trial. The folks that attacked us -- they murdered Americans. And we've got to recognize that in wartime, we should do things differently.[18]
[edit]2003
In January 2003, Johnson wrote an analysis of the relationship between the upcoming U.S. invasion of Iraq and the threat of transnational terrorism. According to Johnson, Bremer's response was to tell him that "it didn't matter what Saddam did or didn't do, we were going to war."[19] The paper warned that an invasion would "do little to destroy the infrastructure of radical Islamic terrorism responsible for the 9-11 attacks." Noting that Saddam Hussein's regime has been a longtime supporter of regional terrorist organizations such as the PLO, Johnson examines contacts between Saddam Hussein and transnational terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda:
There is no doubt that Iraq is a state sponsor of terrorism—i.e., a country that provides financial support, safe haven, training, or weapons and explosives to groups or individuals that carry out terrorist attacks. . . . According to Central Intelligence Agency data, there is no credible evidence implicating Iraq in any mass casualty terrorist attacks since 1991. . . .
Johnson notes that the period immediately leading up to 2003 saw a rise of activity surrounding terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, suggesting that "Iraq is willing to help a movement that it would otherwise oppose on ideological grounds. Nonetheless," Johnson concludes, "it is important to understand that Iraqi entreaties to Al Qaeda, are most likely intended as a tactic to bolster Iraq’s ability to fight off a U.S. invasion rather than a deep-seated theological and ideological commitment to the terrorist agenda of Bin Laden.[20]
In that analysis Johnson also warns that the U.S.-led invasion was likely to backfire:
In fact there is a serious risk that a U.S. led war against Iraq may crystallize the diffused anger in the Arab and Muslim world — a heretofore unattained goal of bin Laden and his followers — and persuade more Muslim youths to take up the terrorist banner against America and her citizens.... If we decide to invade Iraq we must be prepared for the contingency that our attack will inspire young Muslims to pursue jihad against the West in general and the United States in particular. Just as the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan rallied many Muslims, especially young adults to the cause of jihad, a U.S. attack may enable Islamic extremists to attract new followers.[20]
Johnson also gave interviews on the topic of what to do with captured al-Qaeda leaders; while he did not condone torture, he suggested that a "sleep deprivation and reward system" might be useful for getting information from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed:
I don't see a constitutional right to have eight hours of sleep. You shouldn't subject someone to freezing but they don't get to wear mink coats, either.[21]
In May 2003, Johnson joined members of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) in condemning the manipulation of intelligence for political purposes:
It is a misuse and abuse of intelligence. The president was being misled. He was ill served by the folks who are supposed to protect him on this. Whether this was witting or unwitting, I don't know, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.[22]
[edit]Plame affair
After Robert Novak wrote a column identifying the wife of former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson as a CIA officer, the media invited Johnson to comment on the ensuing scandal because he had been a member of the same Career Trainee class with Valerie Plame Wilson. For example, in October 2003, he appeared on Democracy Now to discuss the Plame affair. He told interviewer Amy Goodman that Valerie Wilson's cover should have been respected whether she was an "analyst" or a "cleaning lady": "if she's undercover she's undercover, period. If the media allows themselves to get distracted with those kinds of curve balls, they ignore the issue."[23]
He told a Senate Democratic Policy Committee in October 2003, "My classmates and I have been betrayed. Together, we have kept the secrets of each other's identities a secret for 18 years. Each and every one of us have kept that secret, whether we were in the CIA, in other government service or in the private sector. But this issue is not just about a blown cover. It is about the destruction of the very essence, the core of human intelligence collection activities: plausible deniability, apparently, for partisan domestic political reasons."[24]
Johnson testified at a special joint hearing of Congressional and Senate Democrats on 22 July 2005 about the consequences arising from the Plame affair.[25]
[edit]2008
In 2008, Johnson emerged as a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton and a strong critic of Barack Obama. Larry Johnson's blog, NoQuarterUSA, became a rally point for Clinton supporters wary of Barack Obama's qualifications to be president. Supporters of Barack Obama insist that a story that first appeared on Johnson's blog--a report that Republican operatives have a tape of Michelle Obama making racially insenstive comments about caucasians--has been "refuted" Barack Obama's Fight the Smears website.[26]. However, Johnson never claimed to have the tape and reported that the Republican operatives controlling it intended to release the tape sometime after the Democratic Convention in August 2008. On October 21, however, he asserted that the operative in possession of the tape had been instructed by the McCain campaign not to release it.[27]
[edit]Notes
^ http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-political-coverage/
^ Larry C. Johnson, "About Me," No Quarter (personal blog).
^ "Former CIA Official Larry Johnson Delivers Democratic Radio Address," transcript posted on official Democratic National Committee's website for The Democratic Party, July 23, 2005], accessed November 21, 2006.
^ Interview with Larry Johnson, confirmed by his supervisor
^ "Ex-CIA official Blasts Bush on Leak of Operative's Name: Democrats' Radio Address Focuses on White House Aides' Role," CNN July 23, 2005, accessed November 21, 2006.
^ Gail Russell Chaddock, "Why Terrorists Pick On the French," Christian Science Monitor (5 December 1996) p. 1.
^ Larry Johnson, "Terrorists Among Us," New York Times (20 August 1996) p. A19.
^ Terrorism Today
^ Lee Michael Katz, "The Hunt for Bin Laden," USA Today (21 August 1998) p. 1A.
^ See Transcript of original interview with Larry C. Johnson, as broadcast on Frontline in 1999. Cf. "Interview: Larry C. Johnson," for Hunting bin Laden, transcript of interview broadcast on Frontline subsequently on 13 April 2001. See also dedicated PBS webpages for media links: Iraq and the War on Terror, Frontline PBS, online featured programs, accessed 19 November 2006.
^ frontline: hunting bin laden: interviews: larry c. johnson | PBS
^ a b [1].
^ As posted in [2].
^ Gary Schmitt, [ 07/25/2005 "Meet Larry Johnson: The CIA official Turned Democratic Spokesman Has a Pre-9/11 Mindset," Daily Standard (blog), July 25, 2005, accessed November 20, 2006.
^ *Larry C. Johnson, "The Declining Terrorist Threat," The New York Times 10 July 2001: A19.
^ Timothy Noah, "(Not Exactly a) Whopper of the Week: Larry C. Johnson," Chatterbox: Gossip, speculation, and scuttlebutt about politics (blog), hosted by Slate September 21, 2001, accessed November 20, 2006. Note the full context of this quotation:
It is, to be sure, a little bit cheap (and slightly at odds with the usual parameters of this feature) to criticize someone for making an erroneous prediction, particularly after a tragedy. Chatterbox is especially reluctant to tag Johnson because Johnson's op-ed was argued forcefully, backed up meticulously with factual data, and bravely at odds with conventional wisdom at the time of its publication. Add in that Johnson now makes his living as a consultant to corporations about terrorism, and therefore had everything to gain by exaggerating the dangers terrorism poses, and the guy practically looks like a hero. Chatterbox, who two decades ago was an editor for the New York Times op-ed page, would have published Johnson's piece had he still been an editor there this past July. In his capacity at Slate, Chatterbox might well have written up Johnson's prediction, and perhaps even endorsed it.
But boy, is he glad he didn't! Johnson's analysis, we now see, was bold, persuasive, and 100 percent wrong. Sadly, a mistake this embarrassing cannot be ignored. As a fellow skeptic, Chatterbox in all sincerity wishes Johnson better luck next time.
^ Larry C. Johnson, "Johnson vs. President Bush," re-posted and updated by SusanHu at DailyKos (blog) July 25, 2005.
^ FOX News Interview with John Garrett (14 November 2001) Transcript #111405cb.260.
^ [3].
^ a b Larry C. Johnson, "Setting the Record Straight on Iraqi Terrorism," posted in Booman Tribune: A Progressive Community (personal blog) 27 January 2003. accessed 19 November 2006.
^ Qtd. in Toby Harnden, "CIA 'pressure' on al-Qa'eda chief," The London Telegraph 5 March 2003: 16.
^ Qtd. in Nicolas D. Kristof, "Save Our Spooks," The New York Times 30 May 2003:A6.
^ Democracy Now (3 October 2003)[4]
^ U.S. Senate, Democratic Policy Committee Meeting on the CIA Operative Leak, (24 October 2003).
^ Letter to the Senate.[Needs full source citation; see "References" section.]
^ Tumulty, Karen (2008-06-12). "Will Obama's Anti-Rumor Plan Work?", Time Magazine. Retrieved on 20 June 2008.:"a story that apparently first made a big splash on the Internet in late May in a post by pro-Hillary Clinton blogger Larry Johnson"
^ Whitey Tape, API, Phil Berg, and Andy MartinSee Authors Posts (1090) on September 2, 2008 at 1:38 PM in Current Affairs
You think Sarah Palin “lacks the experience” to be President? Great! Let’s play that game, establish the rules, and apply those rules to all of the candidates on the slate for President or Vice President. But let’s be consistent.
First question–Have you ever been elected or appointed as a chief executive in charge of anything?
Barack Obama–Yes. He was named Chairman of the Board for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge and oversaw more than $100 million in grants. But he never mentions this part of his resume and members of the press, by and large, have declined to investigate this. Why? Well, he got the job thanks to the help of unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and, when you look at the grants, they usually went to folks who had little to do with educating children. He’s been a state legislator and established a record of missing votes or voting present rather than take a tough stand on issues. As a U.S. Senator he achieved a similar record of mediocrity and failed to hold a single hearing. The only thing he says he has managed is a campaign staff.
John McCain–Yes. He was a commanding officer of a Naval training squadron. He served in Congress and has been a Senator for more than 21 years. During his first years in the Senate he got his hands dirty with the Keating five financial scandal. He took money and accepted favors from Charles Keating. He was cleared of an ethics charge violation but was reprimanded from showing poor judgment. Since then he has re-invented himself as a maverick and reformer. He subsequently carved out a pretty distinguished record and has his name attached to a landmark campaign finance reform bill. He has chaired numerous Senate hearings. He has managed campaign staff.
Joe Biden–No. Joe has spent his life as a politician. One stint with the City Council and the rest as Senator. He’s done excellent work as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee but received less sterling marks for his tenure as Chair of the Judiciary Committee. He has only managed campaign staffs. However, he did become wealthy as a U.S. Senator. He’s never held a real job outside of Government.
Sarah Palin–Yes. She was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Small town job, not a lot of money at stake. But as Governor of Alaska, Palin operates a $9 billion budget, and manages $13 billion in revenue. Furthermore, she runs a government that employs 25,000 people. She is the Commander of the Alaska National Guard. Although she has been on the job for only two years, she has more executive level management experience than all three of the other candidates.
I hope the McCain/Palin camp take on the experience question head on. I think the conventional wisdom that Palin’s selection prevents McCain from making the argument about Obama’s limited experience is wrong. Palin may not have much foreign policy experience but, on balance, she has had more experience than Barack and she is only in the second position.
Second question–Have you ever directly challenged or attacked your party’s entrenched powers?
Barack Obama–Nope. NEVAH!! In fact, when it came to backing efforts to reform the dirty politics of the Chicago Democrats Barack was missing in action. As David Freddoso meticulously documents, Barack Obama repeatedly and knowingly enabled Chicago politicians who were engaged in illegal patronage hiring and other corrupt practices (see pp. 8-16 for full details in The Case Against Barack Obama).
Joe Biden–Nope. Joe is a likable, smart Senator. But he has never put his life or career on the line over any public issue. If you know of one please weigh in. It is one thing to say “I have courage” but it is another thing to actually show it.
John McCain–One phrase–McCain Feingold. Like him or not, John McCain has gone after the pork spending habits of fellow Republicans.
Sarah Palin–Took on and beat the Republican party establishment for violating ethics and passing inside information to lobbyists. She was a Republican whistleblower and, against tough odds, beat the likes of Ted Stephens, Randy Reudrich (who chaired the Republican Party), and the former Republican attorney general. Not bad for a beauty queen mom.
Once the conventions are over and the ads start rolling out the door, it looks to me like the Republicans at least have a compelling story to tell about cleaning up Washington. A normal Republican would be toast against any Democrat, because Republicans controlled the House and Senate for much of the last eight years. Who better to challenge that record than two folks with records of swimming upstream against the Washington establishment? And the Democrats might want to pause before drinking the giddy juice. They’ve been in charge of the House and Senate for two years and have nothing to show. It is tough (not impossible) to blame Republicans for what the Democrats failed to do in 2007 and 2008.
I will wager you this–if the Republicans are able to frame the election in terms of experience and character, they are likely to win the White House. If Obama and Biden take this bait they will only have themselves to blame when they lose. Going to be a fascinating two months.
(small, medium and large sizes; for both dogs and cats)
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Obama’s bounce just keeps getting bigger and the Straight Talk Express has a blowout.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html
Is he playing basketball or stealing chicken wings?? His bounces don’t matter because he will always be part of this:
Obama’s Democratic Party: Home of Sexism, Misogyny, Racism and the Glass Ceiling for Women
Add to that voter fraud, itimidation, and bribing of superdelegates.
Obama’s bounce smaller than most and it appears to be shrinking.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13068.html
according to Larry Sinclair, the guy he used cocaine with while having homosexual sex, his bounce isn’t the only thing that’s smaller than most.
Nope, nothing at all racist about this site…
That’s right, one hand clapping - Lets remind people who the real racists are and quote Obam and his racist preacher for you. “Hillary ain’t never been called a N—-R”!!! [EDITED BY ADMINISTRATOR]
Who’s the racist now?! Obama is of course. you idiot.
Hear hear.
bigger the bounce
harder the fall
and it’s gonna hurt….
you soetorobots are going against another woman, in which you guys will make a big deal out of more than the McCain Camp…but unlike the Hillary Camp— the McCain/RNC Camp is going to punch you back…..
soetoro reminds me of a “mouth BULLY”…can talk ( telepromter provided ) but can’t walk the talk….uhuhuhuhuh… “she a woman, a woman can’t beat me…uh look what I did to Hillary and Alice Palmer….don’t these uh uh women learn…” Only a wimp like soetoro will encourage his supporters to beat up on a woman…and cry racism when the punches come back…it’s sick and that freaky soetoro with all his scary/crazy radical associations are going to come back in the fall, they are not going to know what happen….
Guess which fighter I think is Barry?
http://www.maniacworld.com/dont-show-off-before-a-fight.html
It is soooooo funny…
hoooooooooooo waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
Had to bookmark that one!!
They allready showed tht video but it was for McCain. Man, don’t you guys have anything that someone has done already,
oh please …. the resemblence is toooo good! hahahahahahahha
That cute video is truly analogous to this campaign race. WHAT A HOOT!!!!!!!!!!
Whoa…..the physically hyperbolic one is Mr. Barry Egocentric of Campaign “08.
dude- That is the best laugh I have had in months. Thanks for bringing some sanity to the madness.
It seems like the bounce is 6 pts. like it was after the Clintons spoke and all through the weekend. The announcement of McCain’s VP seemed to have stalled it. No one has been paying attention to him but following the sordid rumors his campaign put out.
that is exactly why they started the rumors, to make it look like Obama got a bigger bounce than he did.
When the nation gets to know Sarah Palin, the McCain-Palin ticket will leave Barky in the dust.
Here is a sample of what you will soon learn about you — in all the counter “vetting” of her by the oppostion, why no mention of this sterling interview with her in March 2008. Why is her husband’s 30 year old DUI more important than what she is doing in March 2008?
What mischief was Obama up to with drugs and alcohol 30 years ago? Oh, can you say Double Standard:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/156288?from=rss?nav=slate
Is this what the democratic party is about now?
Leader of Muslim Brotherhood-linked organization gets standing ovation at Democratic Convention
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/leader-of-musli.html
Remember the Muslim Brotherhood vowed to take over America from the inside….
The very fact that the hard left is so eager to discredit her, and is stooping to such depths to do so, is the best possible evidence that they are worried … very worried … about her ability to cause a significant percentage of disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters to vote for McCain in November.
But their tactics may very well backfire. The more they try and pile on now, the worse they’re going to look when Palin gives here speech tomorrow night.
And as Mr. Johnson has very eloquently pointed out, if they want to play the “experience” game, the GOP would love to have that debate all day long.
Duras, I agree with you completely. Isn’t it ironic that now they’re making a big deal about the fact that the town where she presided as mayor is really small. Andrea Mitchell said that Palin’s (mayoral) responsibilities must have been “negligible.” These are the same people who derided Hillary when she said she had won most of the big states. What goes around comes around.
A list of Obama’s accomplishments is quite short. He did, in fact, accomplish something that no other politician in the history of our country has ever accomplished, but I’ll get to that later.
What you will not find on his list of accomplishments is his ability to remember facts about his own life. He claimed that a 1965 civil rights march led to his mother and father getting together, getting married and then eventually bearing him as their son. Of course, this doesn’t explain how it is that his birth certificate reads that he was born in 1961. There are a host of such lapses in his memory or misrememberings that are too numerous to mention here. (This is not my blog, you know.)
Nor will you find on Obama’s list of accomplishments military experience and judgment like that of John McCain, who can, amongst many things, chock up the fact that he (not Obama) advised Bush to increase the number of troops in Iraq…thus leading to our being on the verge of victory today. Even Obama recently admitted that John McCain’s strategy for a troop surge worked…thereby making Obama, Reid and Pelosi wrong when they told the country about a year ago or more that the war in Iraq was lost.
You will not find anywhere in Obama’s list of accomplishments where he has ever actually fought in combat to preserve liberty and freedom. (John McCain has accomplished that.) You will not find anywhere in Obama’s list of accomplishments any testimony to his having suffered for the sake of defending our nation. (John McCain suffered greatly for our nation and still bears the scars of torture and privation during his stay at the infamous ‘Hanoi Hilton’.
But there is one accomplishment that Obama has on his resumee that no one else has ever claimed. He visited 57 states in the Union.
The liberal press during the 2000 election said that George W. Bush was unfit to be president because Bush could not remember the name of a specific foriegn head of state. Now they tell us that Obama can lead our nation…in spite of the fact that he doesn’t even know or misremembers how many states there are in the Union.
Is there anything noteworthy about Obama’s past? Anything REAL that is?
Ronald P. Reitz
Pay-lin smoked marijuna so she is so conservative. Conservatives accept their children sleeping around with boys how many other boys can say they had sex with her. Educate not only abstinate.
Any statistics professor will tell you that anyone can lie with statistics. (Lies, damn lies, and statistics, and all that.) TCP is an AVERAGE of all the polls. Therefore, pretty meaningless. But keep living in your delusional universe. You give me a chuckle. Your day will come.
Also, a lot of these polls over sample democrats. something for Obama to worry about if you consider that.
Polls are an indicator not a hard and fast record of votes counted.
Hillary got more total primary votes than Obama.
I don’t see her at the top of the ticket.
They’ve finally dropped Hillary from the polls. But when she was included, even after she suspended her campaign, still beat MCain by a larger margin than Obama.
Funny how that works.
I guess you missed the article on Poltico saying the bounce was the smallest out of all the past conventions…and also, it’s on the slide. I would post the link but every time I do it, I don’t see my comment. Is Politico links a no no here?
funny how one day, polls don’t matter and the next day, they are the end-all, be-all, end of argument proof of something isn’t it?
Larry , great post. I really do like Palin. Unlike obambi, Palin is a real, genuine, authentic, principled human being with loads of character and integrity–a very good match for John McCain. They’re both maverick reformers. They can help bring about the real change we all want to see in Washington. They both actually have a track record of bringing about positive changes in government. If you can make it in Wasilla, Alaska, you can make it any where. Sarah will, once in DC, have no problem leading the Senate in the charge of taking on the little squirrels inside the beltway with much greater ease and effort than she exerted in taking down some moose-sized corruption in Alaska. Finally, Please provide me, with my “lower IQ”, a list of B. Hussein Obama’s vast executive experience. (I bet you don’t answer, no offense, but nobody has been able to answer yet).
Obama’s bounce is about as big as the mole on his face!
Besides that…polls are meaningless.
Ever hear of the “Bradley Effect”???
We will witness the BIGGEST example EVER, and the first ever NATIONALLY of the Bradley Effect come Nov. 4th.
For those of you not familiar with it…it was named for the former mayor of LA, Tom Bradley, and it happened right here in California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_effect
Oh…and it happened to Obama already before in the primaries too!..right here in California.
“In California’s primary last Tuesday, Obama lost by a landslide 10 percentage points after a late survey showed him ahead by 13 points and other polls gave him a smaller lead.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/the_bradley_effect.html
Wow! Only a 9 point lead in CA. He’s taken a serious nose dive here. Thanks for letting me know I have to work harder here in CA. It’s been brought down from double digets in about a month, let’s see if we can bring it down more. Can we do it? Yes we can!
How is Pelosi doing? It would be nice if we could get rid of her, too.
this has got to be historic:
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/02/obama-i-have-more-executive-experience-than-palin/
when has a presidential candidate ever had to compete against an oppsosing VP candidate?
this is proof positive that Obama himself knows that he has no credibility and that the office is way above his pay grade…
seriously, this is fecked up…
Obama turns his campaign into a joke when he makes statements like this…
wow…
i love Mccain’s response:
John McCain’s spokesman called the suggestion “laughable.”
“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and its laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama’s inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin’s executive experience managing a budget of over $10 billion and more than 24,000 employees,” said spokesman Tucker Bounds.
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
LMAO when I heard this on Fox News earlier. Obama’s army of advisors need to let him know he’s running against McCain, not Palin!
Of what has Obama ever been CEO? ACORN?
When it is all out, and it will all come out, Obama will not get 100 electoral votes. I said that in June and it remains true today.
Well Larry,
Why does anyone not mention a prior job in their resume or talking points? What is a non-sexy non-political reason Obama does not want to mention it?
Does “Unfit for Command” ring familiar?
To be clearer,
Maybe Obama was fired. Or forced out. or let go gradually. All sorts of ways to be booted.
Why? Maybe he was incompetent. Or over his head. Or somewhat but not enough adequate. Or left on bad terms because he argued with so and so.
Lots of reasons why he might not wish to bring up his stint at Annenberg.
Here it is: They spent lots and lots of money and ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING …. how’s that?
Could be that too
That would be the correct answer!
when it’s all out, obama won’t get 100 electoral votes, he will no longer be in the election. He’ll be disqualified under Article II and the 14th Ammendment.
The DNC didn’t vet their POTUS candidate at ALL and they are claiming McCain’s VP wasn’t vetted ENOUGH???
i bet mccains camp vetted barry lmao
And Hillary Clinton was far above all.
Spainful to think about it.
But Larry…she has OVARIES!!!!!And BOOBIES! And she has…CHILDREN…Ehew. Yuck. Offspring.
Dems accepted roles for women are the following:
1. At home raising babies with NO CAREER until they are grown (unless it’s Pelosi or Michelle Obama, they are allowed to do that without criticism).
2. If pregnant they can either abort their children or have their babies but,,,see #1. They must then stay home and take care of their family.
3. Or, they can become hookers and work for Elliott Spitzer for $4,000 a night, become Hollywood starlets or have a talk show (but NOT while they have small children at home). That about wraps up the Democratic Party’s Plan for Women in 2008.
4. Become John Edwards’ hoochie mama
5. Be Rachel Maddow (yuck)
Here’s how the McCain/Palin VP selection went.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QevraCQUc
Forsake Obama and the pain will stop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu4IFSGIUFU
Or this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
You know lately I have been noticing that Keith Ubermann of the famed MSNBC tool chest, has been getting a little, how shall we say, broad across the beam.
If he were to be in the woods with those bid ears of his, methinks he might be mistaken for a MOOSE.
Maybe that’s why he is so afraid of Pistol Packing Palin…he might end up sugar cured in her father’s basement.
tic toc, tic toc, tic toc
Here’s a new Palin website:
http://impalin.com/
Like we care.
I wonder where Obama is off crying today?
Right here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7nqwGt4-I
one of my fave videos ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjJFq5azXM
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
You have to admit, Palin’s nomination opens up an entire line of jokes re…Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Rocky and Bullwinkle are good. But I would prefer to see Northern Exposure reruns.
Let open another gate and call it Iran Gate or Mid Eastern Exposure if you prefer.
Excepts below, full article at the link
Biden’s Ties to Pro-Iran Groups Questioned
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:14 PM
By: Kenneth R. Timmerman
Sen. Barack Obama and his newly-picked running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, may have sparred during the primaries. But on one issue they are firmly united: the need to forge closer ties to the government of Iran.
Kaveh Mohseni, a spokesman for the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran, calls Biden “a great friend of the mullahs.”
He notes that Biden’s election campaigns “have been financed by Islamic charities of the Iranian regime based in California and by the Silicon Iran network,” a loosely-knit group of wealthy Iranian-American businessmen and women seeking to end the U.S. trade embargo on Iran.
“In exchange, the senator does his best to aid the mullahs,” Mohseni argues.
Biden’s ties to pro-Tehran lobbying groups are no secret. But so far, the elite media has avoided even mentioning the subject.
Just recently, Biden was one of 16 U.S. senators who voted against a bill that would add Iran’s Revolutionary Guards corps to the State Department’s list of international terrorist organizations, because of its involvement in murdering U.S. troops in Iraq.
Rather than sanction those in power in Tehran, Biden and Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel have argued that the United States should offer Tehran a greater role in Iraq’s domestic affairs.
Biden hasn’t shied from asking wealthy Iranian-Americans with known sympathies for the Tehran regime for campaign cash.
When Iranian-American pro-democracy activists learned that Biden planned to attend a fundraiser organized on his behalf by an Iranian Muslim charity in California, they phoned his U.S. Senate office to warn him about the group’s pro-Tehran sympathies.
But the Delaware Democrat swept aside their concerns and attended the Feb. 19, 2002, event at the California home of Dr. Sadegh Namazi-Khah, which brought in an estimated $30,000 for his U.S. Senate re-election campaign.
Obama’s choice of Joe Biden as his running mate “highlights the need to really investigate the web of Iranian influence in the United States,” Iranian-American political analyst Hassan Daioleslam told Newsmax.
“What you have here is a group of people who have been working together through different groups and organizations for the past ten years” to promote the interests of the Iranian regime.
“It’s deeply troubling to have a vice-presidential candidate raise funds from people whose ties to the Iranian regime raise such serious questions,” Daioleslam said.
http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/bdein_ties_to_tehran/2008/08/26/125165.html
Missed posting this
At that same meeting, top Bush administration official Zalmay Khalilzad – today, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations –poured cold water on Biden’s hopes.
“We had hoped that after the 11 September attacks, the Iranian regime would end its support for terrorists”, Khaliazad said. “But Iran did not stop its support for terror. Indeed, the hard-line elements of the Iranian regime facilitated the movement of Al-Qa’eda terrorists escaping from Afghanistan” and sheltered them in Iran.
Newsmax is ultra conservative. Some info is correct, others slanted right… These are crazy times though…
At any rate, this article displays a major weakness of Obama and Biden on foreign policy.
Iran would love to control Iraq and it’s vast oil reserves… it is considered to be the largest in the world by many. There is also historical and ethnic resentments that go back decades if not centuries.
Old Persia is the seat of civilization. Many scholars believe that the Garden of Eden is in Iraq. The first written language and history came from Persia. It was the first great Empire in the world. Many people do not know this. The history and long held tribal resentments run deep in the Middle East. Our leaders do not respect the history or amazing cultural gifts that come from that area.
This history needs to be realized and respected if we are going to find a solution here. Do not pander to Iraq though, they think they are the only ones in the Middle East the deserve to be called Persians. Many want their Empire back. That elitist thinking is dangerous, IMHO.
PUMA PA style!!!!!
Radio Host Jumps Parties after Hillary Debacle
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 1:34 PM
By: Dave Eberhart Article Font Size
Steve Corbett, a rabid Hillary Clinton stalwart who packs clout as the biggest talk-show host in northeastern Pennsylvania, has abandoned the Democratic Party to shout across the airwaves: “Nobama! Nobiden! Nobull!”
That would be Greta’s husband, Hill’s brother, this radio host and possibly Geraldine Ferraro. Now something tells me they all know something that we don’t “know”.
Never heard of him and I’m listening now. Wow! He’s enthusiastic. Thanks for letting me know.
The best line came from Republican David Frum: Sarah palin’s lack of experience makes Obama look like John Adams!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjJFq5azXM
i don’t think anyone knows what exactly are Obama’s experience/accomplishments….
frightning that even his own supporters can’t name one…
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
The look on Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ face in that video was priceless. She is so missed.
i know! she is like, WTF??? is this for real???
oh dear…
there is another clip where she talks… i’ll dig it up…
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
That was Tweeties last good day of journalistic integrity.
Take a look and get back to me before you strike your comments for lack of materiality:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/156288?from=rss?nav=slate
Don’t forget Palin goes after dirty politicians, even in her own party. There will be people from both parties opposing her. I say good for you Governor good for you.
That’s when you know you have someone you can potentially vote for. If both extremes are hysterical and frothing at the mouth about a nominee, he/she has to be a moderate.
Do you have a link to that? I would like to read it. I’ve went through several of his articles and I can’t find it anywhere. All of them on Palin and it doesn’t exist. Not to say he doesn’t have some nasty things about her. Although judging by his writing, and the things he’s said, I don’t think any woman would have been good enough for him.
Does Joe Want To Be POTUS and Make Obama His VP?
On Saturday morning Barack Obama and his newly-minted running mate Joe Biden stopped at a diner outside of Youngstown, Ohio for some breakfast. Obama made a few brief comments to the press about Hurricane Gustav’s imminent threat before turning to greet diners. Five minutes later, it was Biden’s turn to be asked about the gathering storm. His answer was three times as long as Obama’s, and included details of his daughter’s time at Tulane University in New Orleans. As he kept talking, Obama, about 10 feet away, kept glancing over at Biden. For an awkward 20 seconds or so
http://countusout.wordpress.com/
Biden has a long-term love affair with the sound of his own voice.
Couple that with the fact that he was vaccinated with a phonograph needle, and you can see that it will be a looooong campaign for His Most Emminently De Luxe Hope-a-Dope.
It was revealed yesterday that there will be other high profile democrats who once supported Hillary coming out in support of this campaign.
All this focus on Palin is going to push all of Obama’s dirty deeds to the front page where they should have been all along. His followers are opening the door, they are playing right into McCain’s carefully crafted plans.
Where are you getting this information? I hope it pans out. If it does I have plenty of popcorn and butter for my good friends here at NQ!
Yesterday I read here Greta’s husband bailed out on Ohitler and now supports McCain.
McCain/Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
McPUMA member # 11 of 12
Alleged right wing troll and faux Democrat
for each high profile Dem jumping ship, you can believe they will bring plenty of others with them. Shame on you Obama for this fiasco….if it was one of your daughters that was being held up to public ridicule you would be begging people to stop. Why don’t you act like a man and publicly denounce YOUR bloggers?
Nah, we would hear such creative words like “political malpractice” or Obama’s campaign will threaten to sue anyone that points out he’s not really the “change we’ve been waiting for”.
BO’s experience is akin to that of a used car salesman just starting out…He has only learned to bullcrap the customer…Sarah Palin is the experienced car salesman, she EARNED the customers trust..
BO, “This car was owned by a little ole lady from Pasedena, and only driven on Sundays”…
Sarah Palin, “This car is a lemon, let me show you something that will do your family right”…
Obama’s experience is the equivalent of a motivational speaker who failed at just about everything else he tried.
Momma-san wanted a newer sled, and we wound up getting one from a used car dealer on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.
The Hustle on clean used cars in Pasadena is now: “Was last owned by a gay banker (or art dealer).”
Nice to know they’re keeping up with the times…
FYI: Obama is now referencing Palin’s tenure as mayor when asked about her executive experience - he never refers to her as governor. The arrogance and contempt is hard to swallow. Perhaps Palin should start calling him “Community Organizer Obama” and ditch the Senator honorific. See RealClearPolitics>NRO>Byron York note.
I like part time senator and junior senator myself.
I prefer Barky O’bullsh&t.
sounds like he is scared of her…
ah hah ahah ahahhahahahahahah
what a coward…
the first time a presidential candidate is pawned just by the existence of a superior opposing VP…
ah ahah ahahahha
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
We had 8 years of neo-conservatives.
Now the question is do we want 4 years of neo-Liberals?
I can’t believe the DNC is so stupid as to step in this bear trap and let the far left neo-liberals take over this party.
Now the surly left is making a case that Obama has more experience than the GOP’s VP pick. This is exactly what Rove wanted. Pull Obama down to VP status.
They have Donna Brazile on CNN declaring open season on a 17 year old girl and giving the a-okay for a public stoning. This in addition to Donna inviting HRC supporters to stay home on election day.
This only proves the FAR LEFT is just as insane as the FAR RIGHT.
And now the KOS story that Palin’s daughter gave birth to the Down Syndrome baby is being blasted all over the net and the lefties are demanding to see a birth certificate. Which only reminds us of the other birth certificate story.
Rove must be laughing his butt off at Howard Dean.
If Hillary were the nominee the DNC would have a sure win.
If Hillary had been chosen as VP the DNC would have a sure win.
And tonight Libermann will stand up for MCain at the GOP convention. Which will get a lot of those centrist independent voters to move from undecided to decided for McCain.
The independents LOVE Libermann.
The DNC stepped into every trap imaginable. Or more like, drunk on koolaid, they went skipping into the bear traps and have yet to notice they’re screwed.
This is comical and tragic at the same time.
I know Larry doesn’t want to vote for McCain, but the more I think about it the more sense it makes to let the GOP clean up the aftermath of 8 years of neo-conservatives.
I think 4 years of neo-Liberals like Obama and his carzy crew will be just as bad.
And I think McCain is just as much a maverick as he was 8 years ago. His choice of Palin proves it.
And if you think McCain has forgotten how Bush treated him in 2000 or that Hillary will forget how Obama’s dems treated her..you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
McCain/Palin PUMAS!!
Just read on Drudge that blacks are threatening 4 years of race war if McCain is elected. Thugging the nation is as good as thugging the DNC. Nice start, Obama - the politics of race and fear.
The Republicans will consider this a call to arms and fight even harder. They won’t wimp out from a bunch of idiotic paper tigers making hollow threats.
McCain/Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
McPUMA member # 11 of 12
Alleged right wing troll and faux Democrat
If this is true they will have destroyed any chance for an AA Prez for another 40 years.
I guess it didn’t occur to them the US can always build more prisons. Rioting and race wars are no way to honor the memory of Dr. King, that’s for sure.
Gee. WHo could have POSSIBLY seen THAT coming?
Lock and Load.
I lived on the Lower East Side in the early 90’s and Bushwick for the past five years. I served in the military, too. Minorities don’t scare me.
Fatimah Ali: We need Obama, not 4 more years of George Bush
If McCain wins, look for a full-fledged race and class war, fueled by a deflated and depressed country, soaring crime, homelessness - and hopelessness!
Some of the 13 comments 12 calling her out and one non specific. Here are some replies.
Posted by RaisingMcCain 09:48 AM, 09/02/2008
The “hate America” articles are getting tiresome. Fatimah Ali - another liberal wacko that is blinded to how great America is. Since you hate America so much - move.
Posted by juliuseezar 07:29 AM, 09/02/2008
that would be great, maybe nancy pelosi’s husbands government contract of 250 million dollars a year (Iraq war contract) and Jack murpha’s brothers contract: 22 milion dollars ayear will be canceled when Obamam’s elected………NOT!
Posted by fbpdplt 08:12 AM, 09/02/2008
This idiot is threatening us with race wars…if her poster child loses…Doesn’t that sound typical!..Geez..she couldn’t be a product of inner city violence could she…Heres a real American…vote my way or we’ll kill you. Her patriotism is so touching..full of compassion
Posted by Nicher 09:24 AM, 09/02/2008
Sorry I’m late to the discussion. I just got out of the soup line, and man…it was around the block. See if you can spot all of the Democratic talking points in this story…Whoo boy!! I think she hit them all: The Republicans have “brutalized the economy” (which actually grew by 3.3% last quarter, still no sign of the long-promised recession)If the Republicans win, the race struggles will continue, but Obama can unite us all. This lady has seen (and bought into) too many movies. Remember when Clinton was in the White House, and a 5.5% unemployment rate was seen as good news? How amazing is it that 8 years later that same unemployment rate is the indicator of how far this country has fallen. Hypocrisy, thy name is Fatimah Ali.
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080902_Fatimah_Ali__We_need_Obama__not_4_more_years_of_George_Bush.html
I’ve been pointing this out for awhile now. You can see it coming. If Obamacus loses there will be calls that America is guilty of a hate crime for not electing him.
When I hear the right say liberals and the left hate America I used to write it off rhetorical florish, but I’m really starting to wonder if that is really the case.
Let’s watch and see if 0bama responds.
I don’t think he will. This has been his whole strategy based on the late AA mayor, Harold Washington’s race-based politics in order to win elections.
The Republicans should pick up on this and play it up, asking is this democracy in action? Is this change. AAs are threatening violence? Well what about Republicans who are loyal to their Party and were going to vote for their nominee no matter what Democrat they were facing? Are they supposed to kowtow to the threat of a race war?
This is one of the main reasons 0bama will never get my vote. A real African American who had grown up in the AA community would never have incited this kind violent rhetoric. Only outsider who is cavalier about the history racism and what it means to be black in America. 0bama doesn’t have this as his life experience. He was raised by his mother’s white family on the island paradise of Hawaii’s native culture, insulated from the black experience.
AAs are looking at 0bama’s skin color and nothing else. They are projecting on to this outsider all of their desperate hopes and dreams. And 0bama is exploiting this as only an outsider who has never witnessed rioting, the ensuing violence and destruction of the black community, the police force which result in arrests, death and other tragedies.
But I hold any AA accountable for such irresponsible and ignorant threats. This is not what being a citizen participating in democracy is about. The idea of threatening violence over a candidate who has promised you NOTHING and whom you have virtually no idea what kind of president he would be doesn’t speak well of the thinking processes in some within the black community.
I also hold the Democratic Party responsible. It would serve them right if whites left the Party in droves over this. There are no wise Party leaders in the Democratic Party. They have become a Party of corrupt thinking and ideology.
Do they really think they can coerce the entire country over Barack 0bama?
sorry not all Indies love Lieberdouche
THIS Indie can’t stand him
No even as of yesterday no one could name any of Obama’s accomplishments prior to running for president.
Obamanuts can concoct a list a mile long of Sarah Palin’s sins but would be at a loss to make a list of what Obama has acheived on his own merit.
I especially love the fact that they make an issue of her husband’s 22 year old DUI but say nothing about Obama’s admitted *cough* youthful *cough* cocaine use.
Good point — while Palin’s hubby was drinking, Obama was downtown snorting coke.
Yeah, he said he’d use cocaine whenever he could afford it…he can afford it now…I want a piss test for Barky. If the military has to pass a piss test (they probably had one this morning, long weekend and all) then I think the American People deserve a president that passes a piss test too.
Maybe that’s why no medical records…cocaine can mess up the nose and obviously the brain.
Obama has done the decent thing - Palin’s daughter’s pregancy is off-limits. However, I am certain that Roe vs. Wade is not off-limits for Palin.
Wow, the DEMS have really hit you hard with that fearful abortion rights club, haven’ t they? You do realize that Roe V Wade has withstood more CONSERVATIE administrations and SCOTUS appointments than Liberal administrations and apppointments, don’t you? You do realize that club doesn’t work to keep women in the corner anymore, as evidenced by the new desperate tactics on display called “SHAME THE WOMEN.” That’s the new DNC angle. You like it?
You can’t prove for one second that GOVERNOR Palin ordered any restriction on sex-ed in her state EVER. She can state her personal preferences all day long, but her policies are what you should be looking at. You are totally fixated on the abortion issue. You give nothing else in your “discussion.” If women were treated better while they were pregnant, maybe abortion would look so great. Of course we cannot count on the dems to take care of teh women, can we? Just ask Hillary. Heck, ask Geraldine Ferraro who is now considering voting for McCain/Palin.
Obama’s new Roe v Wade program is make DADS accountable..We’ll see how well that works.
McCain/Palin PUMAS!
Yes, the Dems are hitting hard with the fear mongering over Roe V Wade. They just began running a radio ad here in Ohio trying to scare women that ‘choice’ will be taken away if McCain is elected. It is a lot longer than average 30 second radio ad. I think it is about a minute. Obama speaks the first half and then they have a nurse speaking the other half. But it is al FEAR< FEAR< FEAR.
That tactic will no longer work on this woman. I have voted for every sorry assed weak Democrat the DNC put up based on that issue alone. And as others have pointed out here, Roe v Wade has yet to be over turned. And I seriously doubt it will be.
The Dems had a chance to nominate an exceptional candidate in every way with a very strong woman’s rights record. But they chose the weaker candidate.
THEREFORE, I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED NOR SCARED INTO SUBMISSION THIS ELECTION ONLY TO REALLY BE DENIGRATED AND IGNORED THE REST OF THE TIME. The Democratic party has no respect for me or for women in general and only use us every four years to try and get power. Well, the party is over. I have learned my lesson.
If the DNC wants me back they will have to do it the old fashioned way – they will have to earn my support.
A pro-life, pro-creationist, pro-God, pro-gun Evangelical extremist has made it as a Vice President candidate. I don’t care - whatever works for Her and Her family is o.k. with me. Would you please reassure me that our ‘freedom of choice’ is not under attack and that, if she is elected, we will not be faced with same obstacles that you listed. From what I understand, she does not believe that humans have contributed to global warming and, I gather, we not responsible for solutions. Well, why on Earth does her running mate even bother with a energy policy?
Provide a link with for such a quote. As I recall, she said she wasn’t sure how much of global warming is human induced and what we can do about it. I’m not sure climatologists have an exact figure, either (and I am a scientist who thinks the evidence settles the GW issue with respect to its reality but not its contributor percentages). If what I recall of her statement is correct, she is being accurate.
Put up Her statement. On Saturday, I posited the recent study that the 250 million year old Permian extinction event was due to lava flow and rising CO2 to a level of 1000-1500 ppm. We are at 350 ppm and rising at a rate of 2-3 ppm. You can find the study on your own and verify the results. You will also find that a team of 28 scientists has been assembled to test the hypothesis. Has She made a statement that cites Her interpretation of this work?
I believe she was expressing her opinion based upon whatever she knows on the subject, which is within her rights, and not as an expert on the subject.
I already have the most current information but was only interested where you got yours.
I am fully cognizant of the reality that there are charlatans on both sides of the debate as it has become an issue of public concern and because of that is being used for political gain.
The real losers in this are the scientists, the scientific method, the facts that might potentially be gleaned from the study, and the people who might be affected.
No, if She is going to be the next Vice President, then She cannot always cite God whenever She is not in touch with or understands the science.
If you read the Drudge Report the decrease in sun spot activity is linked to Global Cooling. There were no sunspots for a 30 day period recently.
http://www.dailytech.com/Sun+Makes+History+First+Spotless+Month+in+a+Century/article12823.htm
Your ignorance is showing, and not everyone is a Stepford person like Al Gore.
Well, not everyone wins the Nobel Prize either
The evidence I saw there is mostly temporally connected, which cannot be conclusive but it is a start. I’m sure they’ll study it further. If it is true, we may not be in bad shape due to potential offsets.
We know Sarah Palin has a career as a moderate, not a rightwinger. She has only been in office two years, but the first bill she signed into law was in support of gay rights.
However, McCain has to die and justices have to retire before we can worry about who she would appt to SCOTUS. So, let’s look at McCain’s record.
He has said he will appt strict constructionist judges, but that was the correct answer for his party. Reagan appointed Sandra Day O’Connor who was pro-life but a woman and never tried to overturn Roe. Likewise, McCain has said he will appoint women and Hispanic justices.
McCain’s choices will be constrained should the Democrats expand their 51-49 Senate majority. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report forecasts a Democratic gain of four to seven Senate seats.
“If a Republican president is making a selection with a Democratic Senate, confirmation will be a big issue,” Brand said.
That dynamic might push McCain toward a compromise, such as Maureen Mahoney, 53, a Washington appellate lawyer at Latham & Watkins. Her appointment would make some conservatives uneasy, because she lacks a track record as a judge and argued in favor of racial preferences in college admissions in a 2003 Supreme Court case.
At the same time, Mahoney has Republican credentials. She serves on McCain’s legal advisory committee and defended the high court ruling that sealed Bush’s election in 2000.
Other women likely to appear on McCain’s short list include federal appeals court judges Diane Sykes, 50, Consuelo Maria Callahan, 58, and Reena Raggi, 57. Callahan is Hispanic.
McCain, a 71-year-old Arizona Republican, might also consider a sitting senator, possibly 56-year-old John Cornyn of Texas, or Judge Michael McConnell, 53, whose nomination by Bush to the Denver-based 10th Circuit received some Democratic support.
Still, O’Connor herself has said the court needs another woman. Calls for another female justice have grown even louder than those for the court’s first Hispanic, Brand said.
Should McCain be elected, “there will be a huge amount of pressure for him to nominate another woman,” Brand said.
Only your recently registered MySpace voters are buying into this.
Every time one of you Obama paid bloggers bring this up you insult the intelligence of women who know more about thehistory of Roe V Wade tahn you ever will.
8 years of Reagan - Roe v Wade left untouched.
4 years of Bush senior - Roe v Wade left untouched.
8 years of Bush Junior - Roe v Wade left untouched.
That’s 20 years of republicans and no overturning of Roe v Wade.
Even conservatives KNOW they will never overturn Roe v Wade. It has been law for 40 years! They haven’t even been able to get a case to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade.
The GOP knows that 65% of Americans are pro-choice.
The best the conservatives can do is remove federal funding for abortion and lower the time window for legal abortions while tightening up the definition of late term abortions. .
Since Roe v Wade has been in effect the number of abortions has DECREASED every year!
No one’s falling ofr this — don;t assume that EVERYONE who questions Obama is a low information voter.
Do so at your own peril.
And we the voters
Roe v Wade is the Golden Goose of party funding for both sides.
Neither is likely to molest that goose.
Very astute comment.
Your 100% right. The Republicans use it to get the Christian Right and the Dems use it to keep the Woman’s vote. No More. 35 years is long enough.
What of the suggestion that Obama made that alludes to doing more to prevent unwanted pregnancies? What is being done to prevent unwanted pregnancies? Again, there may be no such thing as an unwanted pregnancy in Sarah Palin’s home and I am o.k. with that. It is not of my business. Well, it is none Her business on the choices that ours or any other family makes. As for Obama, I told you what I heard him say - do you or do you agree with Obama that Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy is off-limits and do you or do you not agree with Obama that we need to do more re: unwanted pregnacies?
They need a birth control pill for men. Why hasn’t one been offered to the public? They just make pills to make their dicks bigger. Go figure…
The Dutch did come up with a birth control shot for men a few years ago, but it made men “chubby” (really - look it up) and there was no market for it.
Obama only made this statement after he unleashed the dogs of war on this issue and found they were back-firing.
Give your boy some credit for being manipultive and cynical, and then “distancing” himself from the mess he unleashed. This is one shrewd politician you have in Obambi.
Keep hammering away, goob, on a wedge issue which is established law anyway. The “demise” of Roe v Wade is another obamabot diversion to take the electorate’s eyes off the real issues.
Try to come up with something real, drip, or go away. We don’t have time for nonsense.
Scary SCOTUS! Booga booga!
*yawn* We wimmins are tired of that scare tactic. Find something else.
there’s a much better way to not have a baby than abortion-use birth control. I agree, Repub’s have been in power much more than Dem’s and it’s very doubtful abortion would become illegal. But perhaps stupidity should be because all of you goose stepping Obamabots are psycho and need to be put away.
The need to return to their hive, lair, belfry, or whatever they call it there in obamabotland.
OBOMBA supports a BOMBER, Bill Ayers….
Where where Bill and his terrorists strike next? Maybe OBOMBA knows…Oh I forgot, Ayers was just a guy in the neighborhood, who OBOMBA went to his house, and OBOMBA wouldnt know such info…LOL
Sarah Palin on Iraq:
“Also, pray for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God. That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan.”
A task “from God”?
And you Hillary supporters are voting for her? Really?
Everyone knows a real Christian would ask God to DAMN THE US OF KKK AMERICA. Our soldiers are fighting over there AND HATCHING MORE CHICKENS TO COME HOME TO ROOST.
Yup, I am voting for her. Any other questions?
Me too.. so what’s your point again??
McCain/Palin PUMAS!
Hmmmm, she doesn’t sound too sure that the war was a good idea from the beginning…and that Bush didn’t have a clue about what to do when he got there. Smart lady.
Yep! I am voting for McCain/Pallin.
This is very clever (win,win) - any deviation from God’s Plan will be rationalized as God’s Judgement. Osama bin Laden uses the same tactic except it Allah’s Plan and Allah’s Judgement.
Why don’t you go back to panhandling? I understand from your fellow obamabots that you’re excel at it. And you’d make more than the $0.05 per post you’re getting now.
Now that’s a win-win situation. You go away and make more money and we don’t have to suffer your inane drivel.
You, not you’re. Pardon.
Ask Larry Johnson about all the money I make on the Internet.
No thanks, Chester.
I do not make any money off the Internet - all my communications e.g. email and blog posts are free and with the permission of those that I send to.
Sure am.
Yes, Obama’s out of control zealots helped me “seal the deal” - I am voting for McCain/Palin!
And you support Obama’s stance on the war? Are you even sure of what that is? i mean it changes from day to day. Unlike most Republican Politicians she actually as kid in Iraq, and so while i may not agree with her. She at least puts her money were her mouth is, and it doesn’t change from day to day based on her what she thinks people want to hear. In fact out of all the candidates she the only one that doesn’t. If you wanted me to vote democratic you should not have let them rail road hillary. oh just so you know, Obama supporters are threatening riots in major cities if he does win. LOL Oh hell yea i’m definitely voting mccain. so you can see just how much racial healing mr obama has bought about.
God this is such an historic elections. today i would like take the time out, and congratulate my african american brothers and sisters. You have achieved something I never thought I would see in my life time. (tears streaming from my eyes) and we have worked so hard to make it come true, for the first time in my life adult life I am proud of my ethnic group. On this historic day in history, you can effectively call us racist. Woooo HOoooo. Because we have effectively developed the ability to systematically grab the white man by the gonads and squeeze. to make him fear our stupid and mighty wrath and vote for an inexperienced black man. People we have arrived.
Pelosi calls Obama a gift from God — are you in agreement wioth that?
Obama is a gift from God … for the Republicans.
you and the rest of the Obamabots haven’t a clue about God or what the plan is. But you’re going to find out very soon. Obama’s sins will be out for all to see. Threats of race wars and riots won’t stop it. God will not be mocked.
This is where we agree!
The first NANO second I heard a so called “REVEREND” scream in ANGER those words “no,no,no,no, not ……”
Immediate RECOIL and the words blurted out of my own mouth, “RUT ROH!! You are NOT supposed to EVER EVER say those words ESPECIALLY if you call yourself a REV.”
I swear I was looking for lightning and am still waiting for it! LOL
but I know that is just a 20 yr old memory of a Church I used to attend. I can only IMAGINE how those that still attend regularly must feel!!! Oh MAN! It’s not PRETTY!!
(YES LOTS OF BUTTER PLEASE)
pop corn time
(the lunatic fringes are gonna converge somewhere, I just hope it’s not in these here mountains)
yep, and so are my two sisters, my two brothers, and my two nieces. next.
Yep, Thanks for giving us the chance to show our support.
McCain/Palin
She was asking people to pray that the leaders that were getting involved in a war were in fact doing the right thing. In our church when a decision is questioned or is serious enough to affect the lives of many, we pray that those making that decision be truly guided by God, otherwise such a decision can turn into a trajedy.
When you cannot change something the only thing left is to pray that it is truly the right decision as guided from above.
Call to Action!!!…Larry Sinclair is across the street from the Excel Convention Center in St. Paul…He is positioned outside of the DEM command post with megaphone in hand and is telling (the truth) his story…Send emails to Greta Van Sustren and Sean Hannity asking them to please get a camera crew over to Larry…Visit their blogs also and post comments asking for the same…Alan Colmes has no problem with spewing the vile rumors about Sarah Palin…It would only be fair play for Fox News to put Mr. Sinclair on the air…I gaurantee we would not hear another slanderous word about Govenor Palin from the MSM if Sinclair’s story hit the airwaves…So please send them as many messages as you can requesting the coverage….I have!!
Go Larry!!
If rumors about a 17 year old young woman are fair game, then Larry Sinclair’s allegations should be fair game.
Obama has nothing to hide, right????
you got it Johnny, here I go!
Is Obama running against Sarah Palin or aganist John McCain? Is this the new politics where the head of the ticket runs against the lady who is the second on the ticket of the other party? Wow…..!
Why do Obama Dems hate Women??????
American culture hates women and this is finally all coming out in this race - thank goodness.
American culture has drugged and castrated women who were raised to hate themselves so much they went along with treatment and attitudes about themselves that exist no where else on this planet.
What other country on this planet still castrates 30% of its women, which is an improvement from the days when the US medical community castrated 60-80% of its women — willingly on both sides.
If theories prove out to be facts, it will become clear. Muslims are trying to take down the United States. They wish to dominate ALL, especially women. Barry Soetoro, who goes by the name Barack Obama has too many ties to them. After 9/11 can we put our trust in someone like this? The Muslim Brotherhood vowed to destroy America from the inside. Seems like the DNC giving that one member of the Muslim Brotherhood a standing ovation tells us this. Obama who said after 9/11 “he would stand with the Muslims” has already taken that stand.
Will his friend Bill Ayers who said after 9/11, that his Weathermen “had not done enough” be any where close to the “red button” or will it be handed off to Osama Ben Laden?
I will vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin. There is no doubt in my mind that they would stand side by side with American’s and defeat any enemy be it foreign or domestic.
McCain/Palin 2008
Good question.
Because their mothers deserted them.
Watch video (I can’t seem to post the link here) on what stupid Obama had to say on CNN AC360 last night about his experience vs Palin… what a stupid and wrong comparison. He’s an idiot if he goes down that road… he pronounces willsia as willsilly.
sorry I meant to say he pronounces wasilla as wasilly
He’s a punk making fun of a town’s name. Isn’t that what punk’s do? Nothing but a punk. We don’t want a punk for a president. We want an adult.
Obama needs to watch this interview with Gov Palin and then get back to all of us:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/156288?from=rss?nav=slate
I know… really, he’s got NOTHING over her.
He also mispronounced “Lima” in Ohio –he pronounced it as in Lima, Peru– which is incorrect!!
This guy not only has no clue: he doesn’t care to learn !!
God help us all if he had to pronounce Russia or Houston in Ohio.
See my comment below; I quote Obama’s silly comments on CNN/Cooper360
The new gig from the o campaign is to push the idea that being a candidate and running the campaign is executive experience; so says O himself, I believe over the weekend bragging about how his budget for his campaign is larger than the state of Alaska.
So this is the o learning curve?
-going on a trip, paid for by supporters to other countries counts as foreign relations experience?
-having a campaign counts as an executive experience?
Never mind the entourage hired, the protection provided, the gratis from the adoring… pssst…..
still getting paid Senatorial salary 167,000
This is what makes a mockery out of the office of the President
If running a campaign counts as executive experience then David Axelrod should be at the top of the ticket.
There are several legal brothel operators in the northern counties of Nevada with MUCH more executive experience than Obama.
Your own imagination is encouraged RE: campaign slogans.
“Bubba Sloan - a Pimp You Can Believe In!”
Oh, this is SO much fun!
“There’s NO Business like HO Business…!”
And hell, raising money from donors in GAZA is certainly foreign relations, no?
Obama’s running against McCain not Palin. Unless Obama is secretly the VP candidate why are they comparing the two?
Obama seeks to be the POTUS and CiC, not Sarah Palin.
Why would she need to have more experience than Obama? Of course she does, but that’s not the point. It’s Obama that needs to show he has more experience than McCain.
I think they’re trying to flip the argument because Obama can’t match McCain when it comes to experience.
well Joe Biden did slip yesterday and said he’s running for president. What a treat, we get two bozo-the-clown in this DNC circus.
HEY MISTER! There is no need to insult Bozo the Clown.
Sampling of voters in Gallop is of concern here. Roughly 33% of Clinton supporters are going to support McCain-Palin ticket. Obama is shaking in his boots.
Also, isn’t this what Kerry got before the swiftboat and he lost? He was white too.
PUMA 2008
Larry: you are missing the latest !!
From CNN:
To which:
Abe Greenwald at Commentary wrote:
LOL, love it.
And of course ever the classy guy, and the response to making fun of the town Gov Paylin was Mayor of…Doesn’t sound very Presidential to me.
From the Obama Campaign blog, sept 1, 2008
By ♦ Gigi 28 minutes ago (Updated 28 minutes ago)
Barack on CNN
As usual, our next President was… presidential. Concise, articulate, sincere answering Anderson’s questions about what is happening in the Gulf right now.
To Anderson’s question about “some people are saying” that what makes Barack think he could respond to a situation like this more effectively than Governor Palin since she has the executive experience…. BO says that he’s aware that the Governor was Mayor of Wasilly…
By Not-a-Sheep : ENOUGH is ENOUGH! 10 minutes ago (Updated 10 minutes ago)
I thought I was the only one who heard BO refer to Wasilla as “Wasilly!”
Oblahblah has been on CNN so many times, they may as well just put his unqualified backside on the payroll.
-=chuckle=-
very funny… i am partial to this one though:
John McCain’s spokesman called the suggestion “laughable.”
“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and its laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama’s inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin’s executive experience managing a budget of over $10 billion and more than 24,000 employees,” said spokesman Tucker Bounds.
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the other thing that cracks me up is this line:
Obama: Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We’ve got 2,500 in this campaign.
ok, watch carefully, he says GOVERNOR Palin’s town of Wasilla has 50 employess…
one more time,
GOVERNOR — Town
now, exactly how many employees does THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FUCKING ALASKA HAVE YOU MORON?????
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Any real CEO who has spent as much money as Obama with so little to show for it would be fired by any real board of directors.
Not if he’s black. see:
“Putney Swope.”
DING DING DING wrong. Swope made TONS of money.
Obamamama is showing the effects of long time cocaine and hard drug use.
His brain is shriveled and this is the effect and symptoms that are becoming apparent.
Only when the spontaneous question(s) are presented does the damaged circuitry in his brain show up…but Obamamama is not aware of it as it all appears to Obamamama that what he says makes sense.
The delusion continues in the DNC…
Ah no, Senator Obama the budget is several billion dollars a year. She’s the Governor of the state not her home town. Something else he doesn’t know about one of the 57 states. Notice Cooper didn’t call him on it.
of course not, Cooper was probably distracted by the tingly of up his leg. And they call themselves journalists.
Probably wasn’t paying attention.
Larry, great article. I will never vote for Obama or any on the democratic ticket. They lost my vote forever. Their fraudulent convention is the laughing stock in the rest of the world. Senator Clinton will, unlike the rest of the dems, always get my vote.
I have to question Obama’s and his DNC pushers intelligence. To come out and say that Obama has more experience than Palin is stupid. One could rightfully expect a person running for the Presidency would have more experience than a VP candidate. However, in his case, NOT! Talk about collective stupidity.
Just talked to my brother in California and he said he will never vote for Barry because the DNC bogus roll call disregard his vote in the primary. He said he would do a write-in for Hillary but after I told him all about Barry and the stakes of this election, he will now vote for McCain. Spread the word everyone, there are people that need to hear what we know about Barry.
We’re trying. Now that you’ve converted your brother, he can help. One voice at a time… Maybe the truth will get out.
Is Obama running against Sarah Palin or aganist John McCain? Is this the new politics where the head of the ticket runs against the lady who is the second on the ticket of the other party? Wow…..!
I guess Obama thinks if he can defeat another woman that was more qualified then him [Hillary] by attacking anyone that has more experience then him, he’s just a big a fool as his groupies believe him to be.
Sarah Palin, has more experience then him in everything.
Let’s talk about the 100mil Obama and the Annenberg Committee spent.
Let’s talk about Ayers.
Wright has new comments out..
Think about it…Michelle the first legal black woman at the White House.
Obama’s chicken’s… coming home to roost!
This is great for my budding McPopcorn business here!
McCain/Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
McPUMA member # 11 of 12
Alleged right wing troll and faux Democrat
I love the name!! I would have some McPopcorn, but gotta run, classes call.
I don’t like Popcorn. Do you sell anything else? Chocolate? Ice cream? Chocolate?
Oh! Your pricing is based on regular math and not Obama math, right? I need to know this upfront before purchase.
Thanks:-)
Done.
McCain/Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
McPUMA member # 11 of 12
Alleged right wing troll and faux Democrat
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-camp-obama-experience-argument-laughable-2008-09-02.html
Let the games begin! Anyone care for a bucket of fresh McPopcorn?
McCain/Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
McPUMA member # 11 of 12
Alleged right wing troll and faux Democrat
Found this excellently written comment over at gretawire. Thought it was worth passing around.
“Comment by Last thread
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Comment by »♥♫Ðõ† Ќ ™♫♥«
September 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
✰✰✰In the words of Sir Winston Churchill: ‘The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal distribution of blessings, the inherent vice of Socialism is the equal distribution of misery.’
✰✰✰Obama is a socialist.
✰✰✰Beware Charismatic Men Who Preach ‘Change’
Each year I get to celebrate Independence Day twice. On June 30 I celebrate my independence day and on July 4 I celebrate America’s. This year is special, because it marks the 40th anniversary of my independence.
On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba and a few months later I was in the United States to stay. That I happened to arrive in Richmond on Thanksgiving Day is just part of the story, but I digress. I’ve thought a lot about the anniversary this year. The election-year rhetoric has made me think a lot about Cuba and what transpired there. In the late 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and they were right. So when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at least receptive.
When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and denounced the old system, the press fell in love with him. They never questioned who his friends were or what he really believed in. When he said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said “Praise the Lord.” And when the young leader said, “I will be for change and I’ll bring you change,” everyone yelled, “Viva Fidel!”
But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the executioner’s guns went silent the people’s guns had been taken away. By the time everyone was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By the time everyone received their free education it was worth nothing. By the time the press noticed, it was too late, because they were now working for him. By the time the change was finally implemented Cuba had been knocked down a couple of notches to Third-World status. By the time the change was over more than a million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner tubes. You can call those who made it ashore anywhere else in the world the most fortunate Cubans. And now I’m back to the beginning of my story.
Luckily, we would never fall for a young leader in America, who promised change without our asking, what change? How will you carry it out? What will it cost America?
Would we?”
Shocking letter, but so true.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
Ronald Reagan
✰✰✰ stars ✰✰✰
very interesting!! and cool!
I like the music too ♫
People can deny all they want but when there is a record of what was written by whom, and a screen shot just like a video; when someone denies this, you know beyond a doubt there was never a desire on that person’s part to tell the truth. Also, it’s time to call people, the msm, politicians on the softer terms that have become common place when we are actually talking about lies. It is rampant and has been more pronounced in the last 8 years, as it appears to be accepted as the norm, to make excuses that one “misspoke” or lying by omission. A lie is a lie, no amount of denial covers it. Consider the lie, is there any reason for it to be created? When a person states something never happened and it is there factually, yet this lie is not questioned, or challenged a huge disservice to everyone is the only outcome. You hear the scream of McCain and Palin not revealing Bristol’s pregnancy soon enough, good lord it was barely 48 hours, and by the way, this isn’t information anyone is entitled to; they do not have to give this. Contrary to popular gossip, that isn’t vetting. One final word, speculating, is formulating and smearing as well. It isn’t an innocent question to ask when and how someone delivered a child, and again this is not part of the vetting process, giving birth. If that were the case, then we would be privy to every candidates intimate details of when they were involved in the conception of their children as well, and how it took place. No thank you! Not my business, not anyone’s and neither is giving birth, by any family member of a candidate. That was a courtesy, not some entitled answer to a bunch of thrill seeking politically immature, faux democrats !
Check out this video about dkos blog with Joe Scarborough
http://alegrescorner.soapblox.net/showDiary.do;jsessionid=162E6606796AA25D7FDD9F4C8F15B73B?diaryId=891
I watched both videos at the site. I am no O’Reilly fan but he’s right. Attacking an infant with Downs Syndrome is crossing a serious line.
The daughter’s pregnancy? I agree that should have been told up front to prevent this type of attack.
Palin and McCain had to know some reporter would ferret it out before the election. Stupid move on their part.
Hillary, McCain, no one questioned the parentage of Obama’s daughters. In fact, most of us were upset that he would parade those little girls out for an interview.
I hope we can move on to the issues now. But I think Obama has created a monster he can’t control. He let the attacks on Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea go by so why wouldn’t his supporters think Sarah Palin and her children are fair game?
Obama helped to create this atmosphere. It’s up to him to stop this. If he can’t stop this how can he be POTUS and CiC?
Just an FYI-The above comment I wrote I re-posted from another thread here on NQ; no one is spoofing me
If they keep hounding about her vetting process on the news as they have been doing today….OBarky is definately opening a BIG can of worms on himself that Mac/Cuda are gonna jump on…. Me thinks, maybe thats what they are hoping to do so the can OUT him on Ayres, Rezko, and the rest…LOLOL
And McCain calls in his sexism
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/mccain-its-sexist-me-finally/
Most excellent, so glad to see no one is pretending there isn’t a turd on the floor. Fiorina called it for what it is!
i’m so proud of our next president…
-=wipes tear from eye=-
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
so, uh…
exactly when is Obama going to fire Donna Brazil Nut for her smears against a teenage girl?
oh… dear…
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Ridiculous how the filthy media likes to make a big deal about Palin’s “troopergate”, a non-story. But God forbid if you mention Bill Ayers or Barack’s corrupt dealings with Rezko in Chicago.
Fuckin’ hypocrites.
um.. Palin oversees a budget of over $5 billion (with a B) not million (with an M) Barry…
Also, Obama is not managing his campaign–budget, personell, etc..
What a fraud!
I like Obama as Bullwinkle, and Biden as Rocky….
It’s time for your close up Mr.Rove.
Governor Palin will soon be eating mooseburgers, hot off the grill.
The PUMAs will love it….
And Howard Dean as Snidely Whiplash.
How about Dean as Boris and Pelosi as Natasha?
I agree with the posts above, it is too quiet @ Rove Headquarters….
“step into my office said the spider to the fly..”
Oh Bullwinkle, you’re in trouble now.
The idea that Barry is more experienced than Palin draws a striking parallel to the methods of George Bush and Co. - these are all people who work to create their own version of reality - damn the facts! They know their supporters are gullible enough to fall for it, and so they persist in the BIG lie. Wake up Obama supporters - your master’s actions are so often the OPPOSITE of his words — you are being bamboozled and hoodwinked by a charlatan!
If Obama is smart he will keep his mouth shut about his so called experience. The more he babbles, the more it reminds us that he has NO experience. As for the astronomical sums he brags about handling in his campaign, it would be interesting to learn just how much of this money came from foreigners. For example, the two [palistinian brothers and Hamas].
If McCain’s campaign gets really fed up with all this garbage about Palin and really lets loose on Obama, even his friends in the MSM won’t be able to cover it up.
Didn’t one of the reporters on Morning Joe slip and admit that they had been ordered to not get into the rumors surrounding Obama? Barnicle, I think it was.
Talk about unfair - cover up for Obama, an order from on high, but smear any woman who might pose a threat to “The One”.
I can’t believe that smarmy bastard belittled Palin’s experience as a mayor and governor. This delusional fuck actually thinks running a campaign is comparable to having a job in the real world. Hussein Obama’s arrogance and contempt for traditional American values are on full display here.
I watched Campbell Brown totally belittle Governor Palin experience as Commander of the Alaska National Guard. Campbell clearly had NO FRIGGIN’ clue what she was talking about, had no understanding how the National Guard system works. Completely ignorant. Did that stop her? Hell no… So not only do I have to witness women unfairly ATTACKING other women as incompetent, I have to witness a woman make a total jackass out of herself coming across as an stupid idiot on National TV. All for Obambi. Is electing Obambi so important certain women will sacrifice all the gains women have made in the last 50 years?
The
analystsObama cheerleaders at CNN and MSNBC will do ANYTHING to try and get Obama elected with their BIASED “news” coverage. It is so obvious and so pathetic!And what it really shows is that they are running scared. Their actions are unconscionable. Immediately, the Obama campaign and their cheerleaders in the media have done everything they can to try and discredit Governor Palin’s accomplishments, “she’s good looking” - “she’s an up and comer” - “she was only Mayor fo a small town” - “she’s been Governor of ALASKA”
The Obama hoodwink campaign has now come full circle and they are going to be exposed for what they are: sexist, power hungry a–holes that are only interested in furthering their own careeers and what is in it for them.
Barack Obama is running for himself.
John McCain and Sarah Palin are running to help America.
It is time for America, (women AND men) to stand up with one loud voice and say enough is enough! No more!
No Way! No How! NOBAMA!
Go Sarah Go!
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THOUGHT AND STILL THINKING THEY CAN CONTINUOUSLY LYE TO WE THE PEOPLE FOREVER;BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM,WE HAVE DISCOVERED THE TRUTH ABOUT THEM,THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR WAY OF DOING,AND NOW,WE DECLARED THE DIVORCE UNTILL THINGS COME BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A TRUE PURGE INSIDE THE PARTY.WE THE PEOPLE DECIDE AND DON’T WANT ANYBODY TO DO IT ON OUR BEHALF.WE SAID WE DON’T WANT OBAMA,DON’T FORCE HIM TO US.AFTER ALL,WE DECIDE.
VOX POPULEI,VOX DEI
Comment by Kelvin Hearts PUMAs | 2008-09-02 13:49:31
Here’s a new Palin website:
http://impalin.com/
Hey Kelvin,
Why don’t you tell us why the folks with the goofy website you posted have done their best to try and hide the fact that they originate from Germany, too funny. If I was a total prick I would point out the actual person but I’m sure they might get fired. Moron!
http://www.futura-fundamente.de/img/kopfgrafik12.jpg
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dude, you’re good.
Looks like gramps and his campaign is going into meltdown mode. It’s hilarious to see you “democrats” scrambling to defend her!
BTW, where’s the tape Larry???
Barack Obama claims to have more executive experience? HAHAHAHAHA!! You can’t make stuff like this up! Obama is a big mouth pig and out of touch with reality.
Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for the past 18 months.
Speaking on a cable news channel Monday night, the Democratic presidential nominee said he is better prepared to handle a disaster like Hurricane Gustav because of his pursuit of the White House.
“Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We’ve got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the last couple of years,” Obama said.
John McCain’s spokesman called the suggestion “laughable.”
“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and its laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama’s inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin’s executive experience managing a budget of over $10 billion and more than 24,000 employees,” said spokesman Tucker Bounds.
Republican National Committee Victory 2008 Chairwoman Carly Fiorina also blasted the Democratic campaign.
“I am appalled by the Obama campaign’s attempts to belittle Governor Sarah Palin’s experience. The facts are that Sarah Palin has made more executive decisions as a mayor and governor than Barack Obama has made in his life,” Fiorina said, adding that the Obama camp’s attacks raise the question of sexism.
“Because of Hillary Clinton’s historic run for the presidency and the treatment she received, American women are more highly tuned than ever to recognize and decry sexism in all its forms. They will not tolerate sexist treatment of Governor Palin,” she said.
Suck it Obamabots! You and your sexist candidate are going down!
John and Sarah ‘08
Hillary ‘12
Larry,
I’m not sure I follow you.
My links are verified via the http://impalin.com website. I’m sick of people slamming her and that includes websites that originate from Germany and hosted in the USA. Unless I’m mistaken I have seen previous posts by “Kelvin Hearts Puma” that have both slammed Hillary and Palin. Did I go over the line for using the word “moron”, I would that pales in comparison to the way Hillary and Palin have been mocked. I don’t get it, maybe lack of sleep, but what was wrong with my post, I’m truly confused??
Comment by Dave_Not_For_Racist_Obambi | 2008-09-02 15:41:30
Comment by Kelvin Hearts PUMAs | 2008-09-02 13:49:31
Here’s a new Palin website:
http://impalin.com/
Hey Kelvin,
Why don’t you tell us why the folks with the goofy website you posted have done their best to try and hide the fact that they originate from Germany, too funny. If I was a total prick I would point out the actual person but I’m sure they might get fired. Moron!
http://www.futura-fundamente.de/img/kopfgrafik12.jpg
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I heard Barbara Walters, who used to be one of my sheros, say on The View today with a straight face, that 0bama’s 18 months of experience running a campaign trumps Gov Palin’s 2 year experience as Alaska’s governor. Can you imagine a woman, who was a trailblazer for televisionfemale journalists make such a statement? Not only is it anti-woman, it just defies a clear sense of reality.
First of all, 0bama has people in place who are running his campaign for him. Second, does his campaign employ 25,000 people? Is he making policy decisions that affect the lives of citizens? Is he balancing a state budget which must take into consideration, salaries, benefits, health insurance, taxes, state services and infrastructure? Is his campaign in charge of the National Guard? Overseeing border regulations, involved with National Security issues since Alaska is so close to Russia? Is he dealing with public education, the criminal justice system, state legislature?
Of course not. Not even a presidential campaign has those responsibilities. Now I agree, that he has been on the public stage for 18 months and Palin hasn’t. But frankly, listening to his sound bites begs the question, why does he seem to fumble/falter so without a teleprompter and a script.
I lost every ounce of respect I had for Barbara Walters. Maybe she’s senile now. It’s clear that her recent revelation of an affair with former Massachussets Senator Brooke has her waxing a bit nostalgic for her youth in her seemingly unabashed adoration of big-ears.
It’s amazing that Democrats, and 0bama supporters refuse to acknowledge that the world of Hillary’s supporters has been turned upside down because of the way the Democratic Party ’selected’ 0bama with the help of the msm and the sexist war they waged.
Two years ago, when Rosie 0′Donnell had her public falling out with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, I stopped watching because frankly, Elisabeth got on my last nerves. Today I tuned in for the first time in over a year just to hear Elisabeth defend John McCain and Sara Palin. Talk about worlds being turned inside out.
But this is how angry I am with the Democratic Party and their force feeding Barack 0bama to loyal democrats and telling us to stay home they don’t need our vote. Really? Is that why you’re waging a war against the 17 year old daughter of the other Party’s VP choice?
So let them hide their heads in the sand. I no longer care about them nor do I want to hear them whining about the issues. If they were so concerned with the issues, then Hillary should be the nominee.
I will keep saying it from now till doomsday, just like I’ll keep saying that Al Gore won in 2000.
You’d think by now these Democrats would buy a clue.
I’m not finished….
Furthermore, the governor of any state is responsible for the well-being of tens of thousands of American citizens as they go about their daily lives. The economic and social and physical health of each state is no small task no matter the size of said state. And governors are responsible for organizing their administration, their team and overseeing it.
Managing a campaign… one that perpetuated Caucus fraud?
Color me unimpressed!
Obama, at all his jobs from the beginning as a community organizer, has never distinguished himself or made a name for himself. He has no respectable friends. Don’t most candidates parade their friends out and they tell stories of their experiences together. McCain has all his POW buddies and all his buddies in the Congress, both Dems and Reps. Where are the people who can vouch for Obama. Other than Michelle and Rev. Wright (and P.Diddy, of course)there is no one. Why hasn’t this man made a name for himself in the last 20 years. No awards, no accolades from anyone. What is his true story?
http://carpetride.wordpress.com/
New tape cites Black Liberation Theory supporter BO:
He thinks he is our Savior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuaDC8SGxAM
Also Breaking:
http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/sep/02/breaking-democrats-release-sarah-palins-soc/
He has ten years experience in public office, more than the two other leading Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton (six-plus years as Senator from New York) and John Edwards (six years as Senator from North Carolina). Barack’s first eight years spent in the Illinois senate before his two years (and counting) of service in the U.S. Senate, should not be forgotten. Far away from the Washington spotlight, he introduced, voted on and passed bills, debated with his colleagues—something that was missing in Washington, where everything is settled in the backroom—and arduously worked to satisfy his constituents. Most important of all, he learned that how to work across the aisle, and get stuff done.
“When you come in, especially as a freshman, and work on something like ethics reform, it’s not necessarily a way to endear yourself to some of the veteran members of the Illinois General Assembly,” said state Sen. Kirk W. Dillard, a Republican who became a friend. “And working on issues like racial profiling was contentious, but Barack had a way both intellectually and in demeanor that defused skeptics.” Washington Post
Illinois State Senate
“In the Illinois State Senate, this meant working with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. He also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.” Link
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United States Senate
He has continued this inclusive and productive style of work in the U.S. Senate: “In the U.S. Senate, he has focused on tackling the challenges of a globalized, 21st century world with fresh thinking and a politics that no longer settles for the lowest common denominator. His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars are spent. He has also been the lead voice in championing ethics reform that would root out Jack Abramoff-style corruption in Congress.
Foreign Policy
Obama’s foreign policy experience includes graduating from Columbia University with a degree in political science with an emphasis on international relations. In the U.S. Senate Obama is unique among Senators in that he serves on three of the four Senate Committees dealing with foreign policy issues including the Foreign Relations; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Veterans’ Affairs committees and is the Chair of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Relations which is responsible fore U.S. relations with European countries, the European Union, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (i.e., NATO). When comparing Obama’s foreign policy experience with other candidates for President you have Democrat Joseph Biden who is Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Democrat Hillary Clinton who is a member of the Armed Services Committee and John McCain who is the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee yet there is no Senator except for Barack Obama who serves on three of the four committees that deal with foreign policy.
Foreign Relations Committee
Obama service on the Foreign Relations committee has placed him in an unique position in that he is the Chair of the Subcommittee on European Relations and serves on the Subcommittees on African Affairs; East Asia and Pacific Affairs; and International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection. This cross-section of subcommittees places Obama in a unique position of having knowledge about Asian, African and European issues. The only other member of the Foreign Relations committee who is running for President is Democrat Joseph Biden who is Chairman of the full Foreign Relations Committee yet unlike Obama he does not serve on any of the other foreign policy committees and his experience is limited to foreign policy issues covered by the Foreign Relations Committee.
Obama has also traveled extensively in his capacity as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and has visited Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in Asia; Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, and the Palestinian Territories in the Middle East; and Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa in Africa. Obama has also co-sponsored the “Lugar-Obama Act” with Republican Senator Richard Lugar who was Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations at the time. This act was a bi-partisan effort to increase U.S. security in terms of the elimination of conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction. This legislation came out of Obama’s trip with Senator Richard Lugar to Russia, the Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
Obama has also sponsored legislation such as the “Democratic Republic of Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act” which was signed into law by President Bush on December 22, 2006. Obama has co-sponsored immigration related bills related to his service on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee including the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act. His extensive foreign policy experience exceeds that of every other Presidential candidate including his trips abroad in the performance of his official duties as a member of committees dealing with foreign relation issues.
While some have criticized Obama’s foreign travel claiming that he is the most traveled freshman Senator in doing so they often fail to mention that as a result of his extensive trips abroad is legislation such as the Lugar-Obama Act instead preferring to make the political connection between his travels abroad to his run for President yet others will recognize the experience he has gained as a result of his foreign trips and recognize that as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he is expected to travel extensively and that his travels often were with the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
Among the three top freshman who have received attention along with Obama in terms of foreign travel you have Barack Obama who serves on three committees dealing with foreign policy, Republican Richard Burr who serves on the Select Committee on Intelligence and Republican Tom Coburn who serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and it must be noted that such travel was part of an official delegation and was approved and paid for by the Senate.
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
As a member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan. Recognizing the terrorist threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, he traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world. And knowing the threat we face to our economy and our security from America’s addiction to oil, he’s working to bring auto companies, unions, farmers, businesses and politicians of both parties together to promote the greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards in our cars.”Link
Ethics
“Obama has made ethics reform a central part of his political career. Two years into his first term in the U.S. Senate, he has had limited opportunities to leave a mark at the federal level, especially as a member of the minority party. But he has worked with Republicans on new good-government laws. He co-sponsored one, signed in September, that will create a federal spending database so Web users can track all grants, loans and awards greater than $25,000. He also pushed to limit the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s authority to award open-ended, no-bid contracts in the wake of major disasters — a reaction to post-Katrina abuses. More to the point, last year Senate Democrats tapped Obama as the chief negotiator for their caucus in talks over post-Abramoff ethics reforms, though those negotiations faltered. Ethics reform was one of Obama’s signature issues in Springfield, as well. Beyond the Gift Ban Act, he helped push Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s 2003 ethics reforms. The gift ban law, the first broad ethics reform in Illinois since the Watergate era, prohibited politicians from using campaign funds for personal use, barred fundraising on state property, established ethics commissions, curtailed fundraisers in Springfield during legislative sessions and mandated online reporting of campaign finances. The 2003 ethics package created independent inspectors general with subpoena powers to look into abuses by legislators, statewide officeholders and their employees. It further clamped down on the types of gifts lawmakers can receive and prohibited lobbyists and their spouses from sitting on state boards and commissions. Obama also touted publicly financed judicial campaigns, an idea that was approved by the Illinois Senate but languished in the House.”Link
Read more about Obama’s work in the U.S. Senate on Obsidian Wings
Life Experience
This experience in public office is just a taste of what makes Obama ready for the presidency. He has had a goulash of a life. He was born to white a woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya in Hawaii, then moved to Indonesia for five years with his step-father from ages six to ten.
After returning to Hawaii for middle and high school, he went Occidental College, a liberal arts school in L.A. After a couple years at Occidental, he transferred to Columbia University, where he majored in political science with a specialization in International Relations.
After graduating, he went to work as a community organizer in Chicago. Following three years of helping some of Chicago’s poorest residents recover from a steel mill closing through job training programs, he went to Harvard Law. There, he became the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review. Instead of seeking a high paying job upon graduating from Harvard, he returned to Chicago and went back to the neighborhood communities by organizing and helping to register 150,000 voters. He then began working at a civil rights firm and went on to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He did all of this before his career in politics began.
His ability to understand and earn respect from political opponents while being a genuine progressive; his success in the classroom and on the street; and his unparalleled background have helped him become the intelligent, fair, and courageous leader he is today.
Before the war in Iraq in 2002, he exclaimed: “Now let me be clear: I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power…. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors…and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda. I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars. So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president.” Link
For a short overview of his years in the Illinois State Legislature check out his wikipedia page or our building collection of transcripts from the Illinois State Senate.