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Howard Stern Conducts an Experiment with Some, Um, “Low-Information” Obama Voters

Well, to be perfectly frank, I have no idea how to title this post. I’m dumbfounded. First, to get this out of the way, I never thought I’d post a video featuring Howard Stern because of, as the reader who sent this video to me noted, he is so sexist in how he treats women. But, this video needs to be seen. Share it with your friends.

I’m 150% for voter enfranchisement. But, to state the obvious, it is incumbent on voters to make an effort to learn something about the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and policies.

These people were not tricked by clever questioning. The interviewer made an effort to be straightforward in how he posed the questions. So the Obama camp cannot complain about these interviews.

Here is the direct link to this video. It comes from Rootsarama’s YouTube channel. I haven’t had a chance to view more of his videos, but they seem worth a look. If any of you do check them out, please report what you found.

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Comment by Galt, Master Thrall of Planet Triskelion | 2008-10-13 14:58:10

Comment by PhxNickD | 2008-10-13 15:07:14

This is more scary then funny.

Comment by MSM Drone | 2008-10-13 15:17:06

Honestly this is just people not trusting their own information. They know they support Obama, Howard Stern is just bullying them into saying silly things. Which is not to say that voting for Obama is a smart decision (obviously)

Comment by barry bums a ciggie | 2008-10-13 15:28:46

Howard Stern is just bullying them into saying silly things

Where was the bullying?

Comment by ugo | 2008-10-13 15:47:12

Why don’t see things for what there are?

Comment by snosandy | 2008-10-13 16:38:45

OT Phil Berg on WILK Right NOW:

http://wilknetwork.com/

 
 

Comment by beebop | 2008-10-13 15:50:04

Duh …. It wasn’t even Howard interviewing them. Don’t you just love that WORMS now apply to everyone having anything to do with 0bama? GET OUT OF HERE TROLLS!!!!! You are the low information supporters!!!!!

 
 

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 15:33:02

They wouldn’t know their own ass if it was shown to them in 3-D and are easily manipulated, especially by someone with “star” power like Oblockhead. These are the sorts who would merrily trip down the lane destined for their own destruction if the One told them to so do. These people shouldn’t be allowed to vote as they are No-Information voters.

 

Comment by fif | 2008-10-13 15:53:19

Your name is very fitting, MSM Drone. That’s obviously where you get your talking points. People “trusting their own information?” What information would that be–a complete lack of understanding of the issues? Ridiculous.

 

Comment by C.S. | 2008-10-13 16:36:25

Howard Stern just reported this. The last paragraph links you to a site that will give you more information. But these people didn’t sound tricked, they sounded hoodwinked

 

Comment by Kato | 2008-10-13 17:59:23

For God’s sake. They don’t even know who Obama’s VP candidate is? Not trusting their own information? What exactly is their “own information” that they don’t trust?

It takes more effort to have a driver’s license than it does to vote, at least in most people’s worlds.

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 18:04:15

oh come on……this is comedy.

These people aren’t voters.

They think Palin is Obama’s running mate? LOL*

These are not people who are REMOTELY interested in voting, and you know it.

It was a comedy bit.

Good one……but a bit.

Comment by Kato | 2008-10-13 19:01:51

AnninCA,

I usually appreciate your posts, well thought out, and to the point. But you are wrong here. This isn’t comedy, it’s tragedy. Stern wasn’t trying to be funny, it just followed suit.

They are interested in voting and they will. Count on it.

This is pure Jon Stewart material, speak the truth and people laugh at it as you have. It’s so incredible…but it’s the truth.

I live and work with the folks that are saying these things and it’s real. Don’t raise your expectations of people while expecting the best.

 
 
 

Comment by Tellurian | 2008-10-13 19:38:12

I didn’t hear any bulling… They were being honest. The are voting skin color!

 

Comment by Obamassiah | 2008-10-13 21:36:04

You call it bullying. I call it voting for your race. Who are we kidding. Those 3 people haven’t a clue as to what is going on or why they are voting, except for Obama’s color.

 

Comment by INDYFORMC | 2008-10-15 17:10:42

Stern was not even on site for the questions. it was joe random asking the questions. this is just OBLAHBLAHS FINEST

 

Comment by Marie | 2008-10-15 18:10:03

It just shows that people aren’t paying attention to what is really going on and which candidate wants what. I think that all of these people need to vote for the right person for the views and plans on what they are going to do not because they are black. It’s not McCain that has made this a race war, it is Obama. It really shows how uneducated Obama and his supporters are.

Comment by tori | 2008-10-15 18:31:51

This is not a one sided problem. The American public is uninformed about many things ie. 1/3 of Americans could not find American on a map.
The vast majority of Obama supporters support his views and policy. If McCain’s campaign and political strategy was so great, the few who are voting just to vote would not matter.
This example surely took several people interviewed to find the misinformed. All to similar to the likes Jay-Walking or any other comic bit about American stupidity. This is not a voting crisis, it’s an educational crisis.

 
 

Comment by Lizzie Struthers | 2008-10-19 00:20:52

Then you have a lot more explaining to do. Start here.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

 

Comment by Whitney | 2009-03-26 23:36:48

Bullying them into saying silly things? I know if someone asked me if I support Obama and then asked me if I would be happy about Palin being vice I would pick it up right away. People need to pay attention to detail. Politics may not be the most interesting form of news but people are lazy and don’t care and gravitate toward the “easy” choice. If John Mccain looked a little less like Bush and a lot more like Kennedy don’t you think it would have been a closer race? People chose Obama because 1. he’s black (you argue that all day but it’s the truth) 2. he’s young and 3. He uses big words to “wow” the public (it worked btw the American community got sucked into his words). All I am saying is don’t base your opinion on appearance and words alone. I voted Republican. I didn’t vote specifically for a candidate and I didn’t think Mccain or Obama were qualified candidates but since we did fight for that right to vote I voted republican. Not for the person, for the party.

 
 

Comment by tek | 2008-10-13 16:20:22

Agreed. My husband and I have been saying since Dubya ran, maybe there should be tests to qualify for voting–people should know basic facts about crucial issues.

Comment by Lizzie Struthers | 2008-10-19 00:25:29

When nations have the theoretical capability to destroy the entire planet - absolutely. What is more crucial: testing drivers that may cause or be involved in road accidents costing dozens of lives? Or voters putting a maniac on the nuclear trigger that may cost billions of lives? This is a no-brainer. Naturalised citizens in the US have to pass a basic proficiency test what I’ve heard. Those already born there don’t seem to have to know anything.

Then you have the responsibility of the MSM. Finally you have the overall mindset which is methodically inculcated by the powers that be. Shocking truth: they like things this way!

 

Comment by Whitney | 2009-03-26 23:38:11

that’s already happened and it’s against the law.

 
 
 

Comment by Tyrione | 2008-10-13 15:21:47

What’s ironic is that Howard probably has a larger Female audience than Male audience. The myth that he is a mysoginistic pig has been his calling card to create his own reputation and audience, resulting through this reverse-psychology a $500 Million contract on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.

Comment by kat in your hat | 2008-10-13 16:00:20

Did anyone see the recent 20/20? John Stossel says maybe people should NOT vote if they are uninformed.

They interviewed people (Obot types at a concert) and these young people didn’t know who the VP was or how many senators there were. They never heard of Roe v. Wade.

I am not kidding. A young woman was like, “Roe v WANE? What’s that? Did that have to do with black people going to white schools?”

It was terrible.

Comment by tek | 2008-10-13 16:21:44

Didnt know how many senators there are? Hmm, just like Obama doesn’t know how many states are in the U. S. Yup, it’ll be a great administration if he gets in.

Comment by Lizzie Struthers | 2008-10-19 00:27:45

Huh? There are 114 senators. Everybody knows that! Two for each state.

 
 
 
 

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 16:50:59

Yeah, as a feminist I go back and forth on Howaed Stern. But I like funny, and Howard is brilliantly funny.

Comment by csuzeq | 2008-10-13 17:24:57

Stern supported Hillary in the primaries and is mad at the dems. I think Stern is a PUMA!

 
 

Comment by msindy | 2008-10-13 17:28:45

Ironic? Why’d you make that up about his audience? And Stern has a rep for being sexist because he is. Facts are your friends.

 
 

Comment by tillthen | 2008-10-13 23:01:16

Frankly, I didn’t find this funny at all, but rather encouraging. It’s about time Sarah Palin got a fair shake from Obama voters.

 
 

Comment by Boxer Mum 06 | 2008-10-13 14:58:28

Un f-ing believable! I would be laughing if it weren’t so pathetically sad. They don’t even know who his running mate is - all these anti-Palin folks… this is just very sad.

 

Comment by Above My Pay Grade | 2008-10-13 14:59:01

Really amazing! I could sort of understand 0bama supporters not knowing he was not pro-life and in favor of keeping the troop in Iraq until we win the war. Out of touch and blindly voting based upon race, sure. But hey, not everybody keeps up on the candidate positions.

But, saying they think Sarah Palin would do a good job as 0bama’s VP??? Wow!

 

Comment by rachel | 2008-10-13 15:01:00

proof that the kool-aid is working

Comment by PhxNickD | 2008-10-13 15:10:00

more proof that the kool-aid has arsenic in it

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 15:34:47

and a jigger of formaldehyde.

 
 
 

Comment by educatedwhitewoman | 2008-10-13 15:01:58

Off topic, but his is concerning: Corsi is now ill.

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=77868

Comment by educatedwhitewoman | 2008-10-13 15:04:00

“this” is concerning - he’s “very sick” and under the are of a physician.

Comment by educatedwhitewoman | 2008-10-13 15:04:52

“care” - I’m sick myself!

Comment by bethtopaz | 2008-10-13 16:27:02

educatedwhitewoman,

I think a lot of people are feeling scared, uncertain and sick.

The thought of someone like BO being POTUS and thinking he might do it by voter fraud is appalling.

I called the Napa (CA) Republican headquarters this morning to find out if there was a meet-up close by to watch the Wed. night debates and she told me they were really busy.

They had Dems and Inds from Sonoma Cty. (Wine Country - usually very liberal), Vallejo (near S.F. Bay Are), and other nearby towns and counties calling and coming in — changing their registration, donating money, asking to help on Election Day.

She said she feels very positive about McCain/Palin’s chances and that there’s a huge silent majority out there that will NOT vote for Obama.

Comment by John House | 2008-10-13 19:25:26

Oh, good, that’s good to know (I’m in Oakland). I’m pretty positive all the AAs in Oakland are gonna go for Obama, but the one that I know who isn’t isn’t voting at all. >___>

 
 
 
 

Comment by samb | 2008-10-13 15:20:57

I HEARD HIS RADIO INTERVIEW WITH HANNITY, HE SAID HE HAD E-MAILS FROM ODINGA TO OBAMA AND OBAMA TO ODINGA HOPE HE GET THE INFO OUT THERE SOME HOW, GOOD LUCK. I WILL TRY TO FIND LINK.

Comment by samb | 2008-10-13 15:23:49

 

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 16:55:51

I hope this wasn’t just a gimmick to sell his book. I’d hate to think he scammed Hannity.
Oh Dear God! I can’t believe I just wrote that! A year ago the DNC was good and Hannity was bad. What a year it’s been.

Comment by cruz | 2008-10-13 17:27:54

i bought his book and i believe with the historic nature of this election, it might be worth something to my grandkids someday. the day America stood up and said NO, WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS GRANTED TO US IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE WILL PEVAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
 

Comment by Lizzie Struthers | 2008-10-19 00:31:23

They poisoned him?

 
 

Comment by Shiloh | 2008-10-13 15:02:54

DOW closes up 963. Major alligator tears at team Obama!

Comment by typewriterstreaming | 2008-10-13 15:31:44

Nancy Pelosi working over time to turn dow uptick downwards. Panicked, the Speaker was seen running through the House corridors with toilet paper stuck to one shoe, screaming, “Not yet, Not Yet… I didn’t say now!!”

Comment by Andrew | 2008-10-13 15:37:14

Pelotox is getting some more plastic surgery to calm her nerves right now. The botox needles can’t get into her face fast enough. Harry Reid is hiding in his box.

 
 

Comment by Docelder | 2008-10-13 15:38:39

Can’t you see it now… the disarray at “Camp Obama”… Obama on the phone to somebody across the Atlantic… “what happened to my depression”?

 
 

Comment by Rah-Rah | 2008-10-13 15:03:26

what a sad f-ing commentary on this election. if the relevance weren’t so utterly breathtaking in importance, i could almost laugh at their *jaywalking* stupidity.

Comment by tek | 2008-10-13 16:24:23

Dem mantra: the most crucial election you’ll ever vote in! (No need to get informed though).

 
 

Comment by Likable Enough | 2008-10-13 15:03:50

What were all the polls saying about Obama garnering the supporter of those with “higher educations”?? lmfao

 

Comment by samb | 2008-10-13 15:05:17

Identity politics, NO SURPRISE HERE, I wish people could look beyond this.

Comment by bemused | 2008-10-13 16:19:12

Now that would make good ads, where the “identity” is these stupid bots “identified” with Obama. Make O supporters look like someone you’d never want to identify with.

Guilt by association works, but cuts both ways. First when the Zero was really cool, people wanted to associate for the coolness, then they heard (based on a limited experience actually) that more educated voters were voting for O, so they wanted to look more educated too, the feeling of identification intensifies. But, when the real-life associates turn out to be crooks of many types, there’s a backfire for some supporters.

That’s why the Zeroes have been trying to pooh-pooh guilt by association; but it’s more inoculation, this time against an attack tactic. However, now when people seem to be paying some attention, it is time to turn loose relentlessly with every bad guy, swat the trolls, repost the evidence, etc.

 
 

Comment by liz | 2008-10-13 15:08:17

Ubelievable!

OT: Someone just called into a radio talk show and said that he was at the Mayo clinic last week (Wed.) and said he talked with a newspaper person from Milwauke that was also there. The newspaper person said the scuttlebut at the moment around the newsroom was that the Obama camp was in negotiations with McCain to get him to tone down the Ayers, et al rhetoric and refocus the the tone of his campaign. If he did this, they were negotiationg that MaCain may be named head of Homeland Security in an Obama administration (or another cabinet position).
The guy said he was shocked when on Friday on TV he started seeing McCain do a turn-around. He was a McCain supporter and wasn’t happy if that was the case. He said he wouldn’t have believed it totally, but after seeing McCain/Palin do a 180 on Ayers, who knows.

The station is WLS in Chicago.

Comment by Pennsylvania goes RED! | 2008-10-13 15:09:35

 

Comment by educatedwhitewoman | 2008-10-13 15:10:35

Chicago - the home of the disinformation campaign and “pay to play” politicians.

 

Comment by Andrew | 2008-10-13 15:10:51

I don’t believe this at all. ZERO PERCENT.

Comment by educatedwhitewoman | 2008-10-13 15:14:09

Why not? We saw those folks from Ohio today who claim that they had no clue it was illegal to register to vote over and over again. I haven’t seen one young Obama supporter who could articulate why they supported him - not one!

Comment by Andrew | 2008-10-13 15:21:44

No. I believe that they said it, I don’t believe it is true. I don’t think McCain would sell out his country for a Cabinet position.

Comment by Pennsylvania goes RED! | 2008-10-13 15:27:53

Really.

Director of Homeland Security…LOL

Tom Ridge already had that gig, he told McCain it’s not all that…

That’s what I heard from someone at the local Starbucks.

 

Comment by beebop | 2008-10-13 16:17:54

This is just more b fucking s from Soretoes. No credibility … so and so talking to so and so … PLEASE. A guy who didn’t take the early out from a POW camp is not kowtowing to a Chicagoland THUG!

 
 

Comment by Rah-Rah | 2008-10-13 15:24:44

Add to that grown adults whom I have asked face-to-face to name *just one thing* of major accomplishment or experience that Obama can be proud of (major, not community organizing). Nothing. They can’t. Although he had enormous opportunity being head of the Afghanistan Committee in the Senate.

Politically, Obama is a waste of space. With all this country has gone through under two terms of Junior, a 4-point lead at this stage of the game is pathetic; we should be ahead in polls by double-digits at this stage.

 

Comment by Docelder | 2008-10-13 15:44:55

Some of them said he was “the man”. Of course Oprah… she said he is “the one”. ;)

Comment by beebop | 2008-10-13 16:18:59

She didn’t want to upset her boyfriend. So he couldn’t be “the man.”

 
 
 
 

Comment by Ani | 2008-10-13 15:24:17

Please don’t buy into this nonsense — they tried this disinformation campaign on Hillary, too. That was also b.s.

 

Comment by barry bums a ciggie | 2008-10-13 15:43:02

I don’t believe this either. The very thought of McCain negotiating with a thug like O-barfo over a Homeland Security position is just plain stupid. McCain if after the top spot. No one runs to be a presidential nominee just to jockey for a cabinet position. McCain ain’t no Judas Richardson, he would never sell himself out like that. If the Hanoi Hilton didn’t rattle him, a punk like O-Soetoro could never get even close.

Comment by d2d | 2008-10-13 16:06:16

Silly rumor. Two guys who don’t know each other meet at the Mayo Clinic and whoolah the one says John is kowtowing to the “one” so John is going to throw the election? Get a grip. What are you smoking?

 
 

Comment by bemused | 2008-10-13 16:21:26

Maybe in an alternate universe McCain would back down from this fight.

 

Comment by westex | 2008-10-13 16:31:40

nice try bot!! not buying that swamp for a minute

does not pass smell test

 

Comment by PleaseNoObama | 2008-10-13 18:28:49

With all due respect, that seems extremely implausible. McCain can’t STAND Obama. Why in the world would he want to work closer with him?

 
 

Comment by ame | 2008-10-13 15:08:34

It’s funny but pathetic.

A college kid did the same thing with the issue of woman’s suffrage. Many woman were interviewed and said that they don’t agree with it. The video was posted on youtube; how embarassing.

Comment by WildChild | 2008-10-13 15:12:49

They probably thought suffering was involved.

Comment by beebop | 2008-10-13 16:20:16

LOL, thank you for the momentary break for humor … sick tho it may be!

 

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 17:09:21

Yeah but that is not knowing what “suffrage” means, which is understandable. We call it “the vote”.

Not knowing who Barack Obama is running with is a much deeper layer of ignorance.

 
 

Comment by bethtopaz | 2008-10-13 16:47:40

My son did a high school project back in 2003 where he and his friend went into Davis, CA and asked people on the street if the government should end women’s sufferage.

Many folks said “Oh, yes, it should be stopped.”

A few started to say that and then stopped and said,”Wait a minute … suffrage. I don’t think so.”

It’s amazing how ignorant so many in our country are.

But there are still lots of informed and intelligent people.

We need to appeal to them - unless they are already in the koolaid coma.

Comment by speedstan | 2008-10-13 22:54:04

Actually, the worst ones are the ones who THINK they know everything, but don’t. There are plenty of left-of-center types who think that regurgitating talking points abosrbed while sipping latte or buying their organic veggies constitutes a broad depth of knowledge on the issues. IMHO we need to incorporate some type of “pop quiz” (in English only) at the ballot box with basic questions regarding our type of government and the Constitution. 20 questions, 50% or better and you’re allowed to vote. It wouldn’t be a perfect system, but it would weed out the type of dimwits who were interviewed by Stern’s proteges, as well as most of Cynthia McKinney’s constituents…

 
 
 

Comment by doe | 2008-10-13 15:11:26

I think I’m going to be sick! And to deny that the US education system isn’t dumbing down students is just head-in-the-sand! God help us.

 

Comment by d2d | 2008-10-13 15:15:34

C’mon, give me a break. And AAs have the nerve to hurl the “R” word at anyone non black.

The most destructive part about this whole “racism” narrative that Axelrod has conjured up is the fact a majority of “us” caucasions and other nationality’s were raised to believe in the words of MLK and other black leaders that “people not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”.

Damn, what happened to reaching for that dream? Have we been being “bamboozled” and “hoodwinked” all these years?

If anything is happening to my psyche this election cycle it is that “I am becoming a racist”.

And to think that the three adults interviewed didn’t even know that Palin WASN’T his VP mate. That is astonishing!

Comment by tek | 2008-10-13 16:26:54

If Obama gets elected white will see racism like you wouldn’t believe. Black racism toward whites.

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 16:30:46

Rap in every elevator?

Comment by d2d | 2008-10-13 16:49:50

having to listen to rap all day long would be the death of me! geesh, and they call that music.

and i’ve always experienced black on white racism. all barry’s campaign is doing is showing how damned prevalent it has always been.

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 17:12:19

Guys, this is a slippery slope.
Black people are not the bad guys here. Axelrod is white as Hitler, and Barney Frank and Harry Reid and Howard Dean are white too.

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 17:13:56

REALLY white, I might add.

 

Comment by latina | 2008-10-13 18:30:42

Yes and they are taking advantage of the white and black ignorant people with a chameleon for a leader that owns all the colors within.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Comment by Ann Arbor for Palin | 2008-10-13 15:17:13

Does our democracy have a future?

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 15:26:51

Not if these sorts of dolts are running the country. They are clueless little snips.

 
 

Comment by NewHampster | 2008-10-13 15:19:09

gotta love those bamadroids. like all the college kids who went to his events because he always had the best rock bands openning.

Comment by Benjamin | 2008-10-13 15:24:16

Obama’s gonna legalize marijuana too, dontcha know?

Comment by NewHampster | 2008-10-13 15:30:14

now that I may agree with

Comment by Benjamin | 2008-10-13 15:43:57

But alas, he would probably legalize his “blow” first.

 
 
 
 

Comment by tarma | 2008-10-13 15:19:18

Those interviews demonstrate the powerful impact of Obama’s appropriation and manipulation of racial politics. From early on, he adopted W’s strategy of “if you’re not with us, you’re against us” (i.e., a terrorist) with only slight modification: “if you’re not with me, you’re a racist”. It’s no surprise that his positions are completely irrelevant- and a mystery- to many of his “supporters”. Like Bush, the great unifier, Obama the great uniter, has employed stereotyping and generalizations about race, class, gender, religion, etc., as tactics to compartmentalize, divide and, ultimately, conquer.

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 18:36:05

OH PLEASE…..LIGHTEN UP!

Anyone who thinks Palin is his VP is clearly not a voter.

This is a comedy routine, folks.

Not a political statement.

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 18:38:56

Not so fast, Ann. I’ve met people who have more intelligence than the average coal bucket make the same sorts of statements, from both the right and the left. These people are out there and they are dangerous. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

 
 
 

Comment by Dark Knight | 2008-10-13 15:19:39

SUSANUNPC YOU NEED TO CREATE A POST WITH THE PICTURE HERE:

http://townhall.com/blog/g/70bfdf8b-285b-4a03-9fd5-626b9472de00

WOW UNBELIEVABLE

Comment by LookingForwardTo2012 | 2008-10-13 15:21:55

What is he touching????

 

Comment by Docelder | 2008-10-13 15:26:28

Mechelle is going to whip his a** before McCain can get the chance. ;)

Comment by Pennsylvania goes RED! | 2008-10-13 15:34:14

OMG I see a Leaning Tower of Pisa in the background, and the Washington Monument also!

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 16:21:23

Shade Bob Herbert’s eyes. DON”T LET HIM SEE THAT PICTURE.

 
 
 

Comment by Andrew | 2008-10-13 15:30:41

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

Nobama is creepy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Comment by cruz | 2008-10-13 16:15:46

he looks like OJ sizing up another blond lol

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 17:20:14

No he doesn’t…Obama and OJ are nothing alike. And women shouldn’t be referred to by their hair color.

Let’s not get all twisted about Barky kissing a white woman.

If that was Bill Clinton kissing me, I’d be the one with my hand in an awkward place. Admit it, ladies, I know I’m not alone here. ;)

 
 

Comment by lisa in va | 2008-10-13 16:49:37

He looks sort of awkard kissing a girl….like he hasn’t done it very often-lol

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 17:20:59

That’s his “Urkel” persona.

 

Comment by Bigtime | 2008-10-13 19:52:16

LOL

Nobama!!

 
 
 

Comment by LookingForwardTo2012 | 2008-10-13 15:20:11

OMG, ignorance is truly frightening. The inmates are trying to take over the asylum!!

However, Howard Stern was wrong about the stem cell research part…even it it was a spoof and flipped candidates positions. This is from John McCain’s website:

As president, John McCain will strongly support funding for promising research programs, including amniotic fluid and adult stem cell research and other types of scientific study that do not involve the use of human embryos.

Comment by msindy | 2008-10-13 18:27:39

No, they’d rather just throw the embryos away. If he is anti-stem cell research he needs to be anti-fertility treatments, too - or else he’s a hypocrite. But no politician would say he’s against fertility treatments because he’d lose the kids and SUV and McMansion soccer mom and dad vote.

Hypocrisy.

And I’m 100% against Obama, but the Republicans are as messed up as the Dems. They KNOW most of the country, including much of their own party, is pro-embryonic stem cell research (Nancy Reagan, anyone?) and pro-choice (Barabara Bush, anyone?)

It’s all about pandering to the looney 5% at both extremes.

Comment by msindy | 2008-10-13 18:37:34

Saying one is for stem cell research but not embryonic stem cell research is bogus, as McCain knows. But it’s all about spin. And throwing away embryos rather than using them to save lives is an outrage. McCain is no maverick.

And Palin is misrepresenting Roe v. Wade at rallies recently, firing up the extreme religious fundamentalists, who would have women in burkhas if they could. As Barry Goldwater said: “”I believe a woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right… There is no place in this country for practicing religion in politics.”

There’s no such thing as conservatives anymore, nor liberals, as far as a party to represent them goes

And Obama is not only a disingenuous misogynistic creep, he’s a frighteningly inexperienced creep. He’s not a liberal.

Obama is nothing at all, he’s one thing one day and another thing the next, whatever is good for his career at any given moment.

What a joke this all is. Most Americans feel a certain way but nobody represents them. Instead there is this big game going on. We are schmucks to align ourselves with one party or another, since neither represents us.

Comment by andySF | 2008-10-13 21:29:06

In this case, at least McCain represent a little of both side. Obama will just represent himself.

With the Clintons forced out, They left me only one choice, McCain.

 

Comment by politicalunderstudy | 2008-10-13 21:54:47

Our founding fathers thought differently…
“It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible”… George Washington
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”… John Adams
“The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.” …. Andrew Jackson
“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.”…. Thomas Jefferson
Our laws are all based on morality.. our founding fathers used Christian principles to format the laws of the land. You must admit that all laws are based on someone’s moral/or religious standards.

 

Comment by speedstan | 2008-10-13 22:56:40

“Palin is misrepresenting Roe v. Wade at rallies recently, firing up the extreme religious fundamentalists, who would have women in burkhas if they could.” - And you have verifiable proof of this, of course? Didn’t think so…

 
 
 
 

Comment by Ani | 2008-10-13 15:22:36

This is so sad I don’t have the words. It’s a good thing there were no birds flying around when we listened to this radio piece — they would have had an opportunity to fly into our gaping mouths.

How can people not even know how his running mate is — or what polices each candidate stands for?

I see. But Hillary is the one who had the low-information voters.

 

Comment by Andrew | 2008-10-13 15:25:57

Brains were dissolved by Koolaid. It will become an epidemic.

Comment by Firefly | 2008-10-13 15:48:08

Hopefully they’ll all be too stoned to get to the polling place on November 4 - they sound like they’re on drugs 24/7 anyway.

Comment by bethtopaz | 2008-10-13 16:51:06

Look at it this way, if they don’t know who BO’s VP is, they probably won’t know what day Election Day is — that is unless BO’s campaign texts them to tell them to go and vote.

 
 
 

Comment by Shiloh | 2008-10-13 15:28:01

This reminds me of the question “What do you think of UFOs?” and the answer: “I’m against them.”

Some other questions that would have been good:

Do you think Obama would do well to make Bill Ayers Secretary of Homeland Security?

Is Obama right to take advice from Hugo Chavez?

If Obama picked Tony Rezco to fix the financial problems, could he do it?

Should Obama have Joseph Biden investigated for his criminal activity?

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 17:22:14

I love you, Shiloh! Those are awesome questions. Fax them to Howard Stern.

 
 

Comment by typewriterstreaming | 2008-10-13 15:28:37

That just pisses me off. I have doubts they will find the voting booth.

 

Comment by Sarracuda In So Cal | 2008-10-13 15:28:56

OMG I am laughing my ass off, this is SO sad, people should be given an IQ test before they vote. But you know what, since some of these morons think that Sarah Palin is Obama’s VP, they might vote for her and give us their votes LOL too funny, I have not personally met one intelligent Obama supporter

 

Comment by Docelder | 2008-10-13 15:29:51

Moveon just told them how to vote… not why… because the why part doesn’t matter so much. That is why even the 7 year olds in Ohio vote consistently for Obama. I think they might have a chicken at the fair who is registered to vote for Obama. ;)

 

Comment by mj | 2008-10-13 15:33:12

Comment by typewriterstreaming | 2008-10-13 15:43:15

Obama’s anti war yet he is already planning on forcing women to register. I smell an Obama razamataze in the works.

 
 

Comment by tillthen | 2008-10-13 15:33:13

The video will not play here or at Youtube site. Have the ‘bots hacked it?

Comment by Shiloh | 2008-10-13 15:49:30

plays for me

 
 

Comment by typewriterstreaming | 2008-10-13 15:33:53

By the way McCain does support stem cell research. He’s been talking about that with Sarah on the campaign trail - specifically as relates to children with Autism and finding a cure.

Comment by Shiloh | 2008-10-13 15:48:05

McCain does not support the use of embryonic stem cells and it was Stern’s mistake not to have differentiated. Not that it would have mattered to those he was interviewing!

 

Comment by msindy | 2008-10-13 18:50:51

Good luck with that, without using embryonic stem cell research. Religious fundies would rather destroy the embryos in fertility centers than use them for curing disease.

Adult stem cells kill.

They’re mass murderers, in fact. In only five years between 2000 and 2004, adult stem cells used in some 25,000 bone marrow transplant treatments have been complicit in at least 3,629 American deaths, 624 of which involved children under the age of 18, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. If the trend continues, adult stem cells will claim their 5,000th victim since 2000 this year…

Stem cells of both varieties show enormous promise for seemingly miraculous medical treatments, from reversing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease to repairing a damaged spinal cord. But, eager to keep embryonic stem cells out of the labs, some conservatives insist adult stem cells are so promising that embryonic stem cells need not be considered at all…

Maybe ignoring the risks of adult stem cells is an honest mistake by adult stem cell boosters. A less charitable explanation is that they knowingly mislead the public about the safety of adult stem cells, glossing over GVHD deaths in their desire to discredit embryonic stem cell research.

Granted, the risk of GVHD is one a leukemia patient is usually willing to take. Similarly, people like me who are waiting for cures might be willing to take certain risks associated with embryonic stem cell therapies…

http://www.wired.com/medtech/stemcells/commentary/spinalcolumn/2007/04/spinalcolumn_0411

Comment by politicalunderstudy | 2008-10-13 22:02:04

There have been no “breakthroughs” using embryonic stem cells, yet they are having some success with cord cells. That is where they should focus, since it is panning out.
One problem is that is quite expensive to bank your baby’s cord blood.

 
 
 

Comment by wodiej | 2008-10-13 15:34:18

OMG….I would have never believed this if I hadn’t heard it with my own ears. You’ve got to be kidding me?? So if they are agreeing w the policies of McCain and think Obama picked Sarah Palin as his VP, they obviously are voting for Obama becuase he is BLACK. Cripes, how much plainer can it be?? When 95% of the black voters are supporting him and do not even know what his fucking policies are or who his VP is, there is no other reasonable explanation. And that my friends is what I call RACISM.

 

Comment by Zee | 2008-10-13 15:37:59

omg, thank you susanunpc for this post.

I did the very same thing in Boston with the “creative class.”

I read a political poem pretending that Hillary was holding all the awful stances Obama is. I had the crowd hooting. Then I went one further than Howard Stern.

I asked, and what if this were Obama’s stand? And set them straight. Dead silence.

I worried that I was gonna be slaughtered but people came up afterwards and thanked me. And were depressed that this wasn’t common knowledge during the primary.

When dealing with Hopium tokin’ cult members, this is the ONLY tactic that works. No one will hear you otherwise.

We need to REALLY DO THIS. Someone, please, start a “I want to punch Michelle Obama in the face” group on facebook so these fools can learn what violent sexism is.

 

Comment by Hank | 2008-10-13 15:42:40

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

Comment by Shiloh | 2008-10-13 15:46:04

now that’s just crazy talk :)

 

Comment by Hank | 2008-10-13 15:53:22

BO is a shady character, and these people don’t even know him. They are judging him by the color of his skin.

 
 

Comment by Seattle Moss | 2008-10-13 15:43:52

Since these sheeple have no problem supporting whatever Obama does..Should be very easy to bring back the draft
These people need to understand what sacrifice really means.
Maybe with Obama’s tax increases they can enjoy the soup lines of the Great Deflation..

I doubt many of these people will actually vote and it might be good that they think he has already won.
I’m looking forward to the..
Great bitter angry backlash!!

It’s coming!!

 

Comment by ugo | 2008-10-13 15:44:17

That has been going on for a while, most of my African Americans are voting for Obama because he is One of us, that is sad, but that where you come in and give your friends the true story, take your time and explain.

Never forget the power of truth.

Comment by Truthteller | 2008-10-13 15:50:54

African-American graduate students at Ivy League institutions claim it is “their turn” when I ask why they support Obama. I find it all very disappointing and regressive.

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 16:07:35

There’s that pesky sense of entitlement, again. I suppose qualifications and character don’t enter the equation. And these are allegedly educated people.

 

Comment by Docelder | 2008-10-13 16:08:03

Except for the fact that the Clinton’s were the best ally the AA community ever had. Obama is not a friend to the AA community… because he has their vote without having to work for it.

Comment by Steve1 | 2008-10-13 16:12:08

So true…he’s playing them…you know they are aware of it, no honest leaders who will speak out. They are all ascared that they will be jumped by the Soetoro mob and that his thuggs will eat them alive…A few have tried, those who stood with Clinton and MCCain, those who have commented on this blog. Travis Smiley was one of Soetoro’s first vitims, Jesse Jackson Sr. Rev Manning is a shinning example who has spoken the truth regarding the phoney messiah. He does not back down.

 
 
 
 

Comment by Galt, Master Thrall of Planet Triskelion | 2008-10-13 15:47:51

I doubt many of these people will actually vote and it might be good that they think he has already won.

That’s the conundrum for The Precious. He can only win with voter suppression so that’s why we see the inevitability card. But that same card will keep his turnout down. ;) And the GOP, us PUMAs and indy’s for Mac aren’t biting. We’ll vote!

Comment by Ferd Mcberfle | 2008-10-13 16:03:18

Oblockhead certainly painted himself into a corner with that silly idea. He is unfit to even run for office.

 
 

Comment by notrees | 2008-10-13 15:48:20

The Messiah, from immaculate conception to impossibile conception. The Messiah was born in Hawaii and Kenya at the same time. It is now 11:43 PM in Kenya 10/13/008 and 10:46 AM in Hawaii 10/13/008. Miracle of miracles.

 

Comment by carly | 2008-10-13 15:49:35

I saw Howard Stern video on utube, wow, shocking!!

update on Corsi, listening to Hannity radio, no mention of cancelling show as of 445pm et

Free Republic Corsi recovering, see post #44, with media links
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104548/posts

just this out,

How Acorn & Dems Built Mortagage Disaster
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10132008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/spreading_the_virus_133375.htm

 

Comment by BlackmanNot4Obama | 2008-10-13 15:50:28

lmao! I only wish there was the actual video footage but his video is the truth! I was talking to one of my die hard Obama friends the other day and he had no idea about Obama and his infantcide viewpoints and my friend is deeply religious so he is against abortion, much less infantcide. He just got quiet when I educated him. Not like he will be changing his opinion however.

 

Comment by barry bums a ciggie | 2008-10-13 15:55:25

Sorry, OT:

A Barack Obama supporter in Ohio with deep roots in Democratic politics — and a 2001 sex-related felony conviction to his name — is behind two new confrontational videos that bait ignorant people into calling Barack Obama a terrorist.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/k-daniel-glover/2008/10/13/man-behind-mccain-palin-mob

The media would like to portray McCain supporters are mob-like but fact of the matter is, Barry Soetoro’s supporters are a bunch of thugs who get their kicks in antagonizing people and calling them racists. Progressive has a new different meaning for the Democratic party these days.

 

Comment by Firefly | 2008-10-13 15:59:49

By The Fault has a piece up titled, “Congratulations to President 0bama!” It basically says that barky won the presidency today in his speech.

Didn’t read much of it because it made me too nauseous. I do know that it said something about “The cult of Clinton” will say that 0bama stole the plan from Hillary - “but so what?”

I’m not giving up, but I am throwing up now…

Comment by fif | 2008-10-13 16:03:54

“He stole the plan from Hillary?” Another preemptive attack to hide the obvious? Let’s see, so far he’s stolen her plans for:

the economy
alternative energies (”Will create 5 million new jobs” He doesn’t even bother to change her words)
health care
infrastructure
fighting for the working class

Yea, he’s a real innovative guy. The rest of the speech was written by his 300+ advisors. He’s just a Teleprompter Preacher.

 

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 16:17:13

barky won the presidency today in his speech.

I listened (shudder) to parts of it. He sounded like der Fuhrer. And the promises he made will bankrupt what taxpayers are left. It is just unimaginable.

 
 

Comment by cruz | 2008-10-13 16:04:08

man, just got home from work and get on hhere to see to see so many koolaid drinkers than i have in months. John Q , YOUR MOM SAYS TO GET OFF THE COMPUTER AND TAKE YOUR MEDS.

 

Comment by tillthen | 2008-10-13 16:05:24

There’s a great cartoon over at Flopping Aces depicting Obama’s cabinet.
http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/10/13/the-new-obama-cabinet-reader-post/

 

Comment by bayareavoter | 2008-10-13 16:06:52

I won’t defend these people but I am sure there are thousands of Dems and Rs who vote their party and know nothing about the issues.

I have a good friend who bragged about phone banking for Bambi. Educated, professional, college grad, has her own business….I asked her to give me ONE reason to vote for BO or ONE reason he was qualified to be President.

Couldn’t do it. Tried to drag out old arguments why she didn’t like Hillary. Since Hillary is no longer running I asked her again to give me a reason–she told me he would bring CHANGE.

Pathetic.

Comment by csuzeq | 2008-10-13 17:43:31

I get that all the time, too, “It’s time for a change.” I just tell them, ok then, I’m voting for McCain!

 

Comment by POdVet | 2008-10-13 17:52:22

“there are thousands of Dems and Rs who vote their party and know nothing about the issues.”

You are correct, and that’s just counting our elected officials! You’d need to add several zeros to the end to count the public as there are millions who have no clue what they are doing when they enter the voting booth.How many can honestly say the bother to read about the issue in it’s full text before deciding how they should vote. Very very few, at best even the majority of “enlightened voters” read the synopsis given about the issues in their local newspaper. That would be fine and dandy, except what happens when as now, the media has decided to place their candidate about what is right. The MSM doesn’t give a damn about America or the average citizen this election cycle!

What we really need is to have civics class re-introduced into the public school system. Make it a mandatory course that schools can not drop to save the funding for football or basketball. Maybe just maybe if it was taught in a way to show the kids how important it is to actually read the propositions and positions at stake. Give them the necessary tools to find out the real deal. Then we could begin raising children who won’t feature prominently on Jay Leno’s Jaywalk All Stars! And just imagine, in a few years we may even start having adults who would not have to say…”I am NOT smarter than a fifth grader.”

 
 

Comment by Steve1 | 2008-10-13 16:07:54

Typical Soetoro-Obama thug supporters…Well it shows that the AAs are not racist…….this is too scary-not even funny!

 

Comment by lind | 2008-10-13 16:11:03

It’s ok to be proud but not at any cost. Ignorance is no exuse to vote for someone. I like president Clinton said have been waiting all our lives to see an AA president but not at any cost. Any candidate that uses misogyny to win no matter who they are don’t deserve to be elected president or has been in fraudulent circles(Rezko) or have been hanging with guys that have said kill your parents(Ayers) or has hatred for America(Wright) has no business being president. Do you want change because you hate your country? or do you want to reform it to make it better? Think. Hate of country and revenge=change or Love of country for improvement=reform. simple enough.

 

Comment by DeniseVB | 2008-10-13 16:12:00

Those kids are definitely brainwashed … not even knowing who Sarah is concerns me more than the issue flip.

 

Comment by PGraber | 2008-10-13 16:12:14

I know this would never happen, but after watching the fiasco this year with the illegal voter registrations, I wish they would make the rule that the only way you can register to vote is to go to your county election office and register there. If people had to make the commitment to register that way, surely they would be sincere about the process and would understand and know what they are doing.

I realize I’m living in a dream world, but I think that’s the way it should be.

Comment by wodiej | 2008-10-13 16:19:36

I agree. They should throw out every single Acorn registration RIGHT NOW. Announce anyone who used them to go to the county election board. If they want to vote that bad they’ll get their punk ass down there. That would solve the problem right there and this nonsense would stop immediately. But they won’t because it might disenfranchise two people out of 50,000.

 

Comment by PKJAYNE | 2008-10-13 16:26:52

I agree with that.

 
 

Comment by WildChild | 2008-10-13 16:13:34

testing… one two three

Comment by WildChild | 2008-10-13 16:15:06

hey! what happened to John Q? We were having fun with the little BOBOweenie

Comment by WildChild | 2008-10-13 16:17:49

disappearing people doesn’t suddenly become right because we do it. It just makes us like the poopers over at huffy.

Comment by Shiloh | 2008-10-13 16:23:14

No, it keeps these comment threads on subject and free from trolls whose only purpose is to disrupt. NQ has always been open to newcomers and opposing points of view, but in the last three weeks a higher fence is called for.

Comment by WildChild | 2008-10-13 16:32:45

damn, now my posts are getting scrubbed

Comment by WildChild | 2008-10-13 16:37:05

you know something. I was under the impression that this was the no quarter website. That we took on all comers and when they trolls left the did so bloodied and battered. That little BOBOweenie was on topic and instead of getting a stand up fight from us he got disappeared by a nameless faceless administrator. There’s no honor in that. Larry should know that.

Comment by wry | 2008-10-13 17:31:31

Wild, I don’t think Susan did that. She always errs on the side of free speech, except she deletes racist garbage.

 
 
 
 
 

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 16:18:20

I think his Mom tanned his little backside.

 
 
 

Comment by samb | 2008-10-13 16:15:17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJFRkTU5ypg

I JUST SEEN THIS ON T.V CAN SOMEOME TELL ME WHATS GOING ON WITH THE FLAG IN BACKGROUND ANYONE HAVE INFO?

Comment by Steven | 2008-10-13 16:42:03

Its the Ohio state flag mate :)

Comment by samb | 2008-10-13 17:27:46

Thanks for the info.

 
 

Comment by C.S. | 2008-10-13 17:44:16

Thank you for posting this. I just did a quick check and couldn’t find any country with a flag like the two on either side of the American flag. The closest was Azerbajan but it has a blue, red and green stripe with a circle.

But I do know that those two flags are not the American flag, not a State flag, and whatever they represent they are the same height as the middle flag which I think is supposed to be the American flag. If so,

When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the right of the flag of the United States (the viewer’s left). When the flag is half-masted, both flags are half-masted, with the US flag at the mid-point and the other flag below.

Whatever flag Soertoro/Obama has behind him isn’t legal. And a presidential candidate should know better!

http://156.33.195.33/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

 
 

Comment by Marie | 2008-10-13 16:18:42

To JohnQ and all the other little Obotties who are watching this blog-

I want you to remember us when your Messiah is marched off in handcuffs sometime in the next few weeks. There’s little doubt that at least one of these court case/investigations will be bringing him down:

- Berg’s lawsuit on his ineligibility (www.obamacrimes.com)

- Patrick Fitzgerald’s investigation into Obama best bud Alexi Giannoulias (the guy that introduced Obama at the convention)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102996/posts

- or the ACORN voter fraud connections

AND if none of those do it…why do you think McCain doesn’t look too worried about now? Surprise!!!! I guess it’s a good thing you didn’t nominate Hillary Clinton because she would have been too smart to let the Republicans pull off yet another October surprise…and it’s not even Oct 15th yet!

Comment by Papoose | 2008-10-13 17:22:57

Plus his U.S. taxpayer’s Senatorial trips to Kenya to campaign for his cousin Odinga, as well..

As a candidate for the Presidency of the USA, it doesn’t seem lawful, to me.

Comment by oppo | 2008-10-13 18:11:07

treason re: Iraq? what happened to that one, and no I don’t mean That One!

 
 
 

Comment by lind | 2008-10-13 16:27:58

Funny how in the primaries Obama always refered to the last 20 years as the same old politics of the pass. Insulting when we know that he’s talking about the Clinton years as well,what a passive agressive person this big ego called Obama is. The most prosperous times for all americans in history was under the Clinton presidency. He actually praised Reagan more than Clinton,what an ugly way to win by trying to belittle one of the best prez. ever. Let us help him break his big humungous ego.Say no to this liar called Obama. McCain/Palin until Hillary’s return.

 

Comment by Bridgette | 2008-10-13 16:30:18

OMG, this is too funny but scary as hell at the same time! Shows the messiah complex…whatever Obama supports, his voters support…whether they really do or not.

 

Comment by blog force one | 2008-10-13 16:34:27

Stern is totally un PC to a fault ! he cannot be hit with the race card! he is immune to it! BTW all “polls” are totally unaccurate as they only have 24 percent “R” voters counted and if the “polls” do not give the desired 8 to 10 pct lead for Obama they “salt” the results with another coupla hundred youth votes 18 to 29 year olds as well as a coupla hundred AA voters to achieve the desired “result” in all likelyhood Mcain is in the lead right now and the pundits are telling us that “Real Clear Politics ” is the truth regarding where The race is at…… Don’t believe the hype! Mcain Palin 2008!

 

Comment by Steve1 | 2008-10-13 16:34:32

The under thirty crowsd is just as foolish…I always ask why are they voting for SOetoro? No response, nada, nothing…just a blank-stupid grin….The college group is worse…Change. OK, what? Change-what type, name an accomplighment? What about FISA, Iraq war???

Comment by Steve1 | 2008-10-13 16:42:41

 
 

Comment by Illinois_gal | 2008-10-13 16:37:04

These frickin people don’t even know who Barky picked for VP!! WTH? If they can’t take the time to atleast learn a little bit about their candidate of choice then they should not be voting.

Comment by csuzeq | 2008-10-13 17:47:09

Didn’t they get the text?

 
 

Comment by motherinKY | 2008-10-13 17:02:45

OMG. These people should not be allowed to vote. They are voting for skin and nothing else. What a joke. And that woman at the end who says McCain is not educated. Maybe she and her neighbors should get educations before they are allowed to vote.

 

Comment by Touchet | 2008-10-13 17:05:13

This is what happens when you raise a generation of children on Ipod, xbox, and tv.

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 17:08:06

That and raising them as “buddies” instead of children. These dolts are going to be so screwed when they grow up, if they ever make it that far.

 

Comment by Andrew | 2008-10-13 17:56:53

Those Chinese are just grinning, measuring the room for their new superpower award. They make the IPOD, XBOX and TV and then watch as they dissolve American brains.

 
 

Comment by jen | 2008-10-13 17:09:39

I don’t know if this site is full of Repubs, or mostly disgusted Dems like me, but the repeated myth that the mortgage meltdown is all Dems fault is just that — a myth.

Anglachel has written about it several times. Scroll through her posts, read and be informed. In one post she references the series at NYTimes called The Reckoning.

The Reckoning
Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy

and this is from McClatchy:
Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis

I strongly suggest everyone quit repeating the Repub manufactured lie that this is all Dems fault.

Comment by beebop | 2008-10-13 17:22:08

You might want to take a look at what Anglachel has said about the people here and at The Confluence. The only person less popular than her and Taylor Marsh is 0bama. The Democrats could have prevented people who could not afford those outragious adjusting mortgages from walking into them … but hey, nothing down, nothing lost, right? PLEASE. No skin in the game? No problem!!!!! Then, when they enact some new Freddie and Fannie legislation, who gets a cut? ACORN!!!!! Go back to Anglchel. We won’t miss you here, I promise!

 
 

Comment by Tattie | 2008-10-13 17:11:51

Start telling the young Obama voters that the election is on November 5th

Comment by Michelle | 2008-10-13 17:41:41

LOL! Scary - but it would probably work.

 
 

Comment by AdrianS | 2008-10-13 17:12:54

There are some people in State insane asylums. Then there are some people who belong there and are wandering around in the public. For this there has always been, from the rational, a stern warning — beware.

 

Comment by aol | 2008-10-13 17:13:37

When you vote based on the race of a candidate you put yourself in this type of position. That is the point Howard was making. There are ignorant people everywhere and if it were ignorance alone you would expect the support to be split 50-50 but 95% of the black population is voting for Obama which can be attributed to nothing other than racism.

 

Comment by Jackarooty | 2008-10-13 17:14:16

Oy vey.
Have any of you ever seen Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking” segment when he goes out on the street and asks people very basic questions and just about no one can answer the questions correctly?

Am I an old fart or is the next generation just getting dumber and dumber?

I know that they stopped teaching spelling and grammar in the public schools. Go take a trip around the blogs and read the comments (rhetorical statement…I know most of you what I am talking about).

I’m actually horrified that those people are voting.

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 17:33:57

Well, I doubt these people are actually voting. They don’t exactly strike me as the “voting” type. :)

 
 

Comment by concerned voter | 2008-10-13 17:19:16

OK guys, he said Harlem, New York. In this case, our Oakland, California probably would have the same finding if servey conducted. Isn’t it sad??

 

Comment by Colorado Mom | 2008-10-13 17:27:00

I wonder how many people he interviewed would have hyperventilated if they had been told that Martin Luther King was a Republican????

It is true. Sadly, most people don’t know that. I am not a Howard Stern but in this case, good for him…

Here are the facts -

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500

 

Comment by Steve-O | 2008-10-13 17:28:38

I feel that people should pass a test before they are allowed to vote. Let them show that they are aware of what they are voting for. Let them name the issues and what the candidates have to say about them.

No, forget that, that would be Jim Crow all over. But it would help.

No, forget what I said before, if ALL Americans have to take the test, it is not Jim Crow at all, because there is no racial issue involved.

 

Comment by oppo | 2008-10-13 17:28:39

wait: are these the people we’re afraid are gonna riot if Fauxbama loses?!@

just tell them them Sarah Palin’s man won!

 

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 17:32:46

This is truly racist, guys. *oy vey*

 

Comment by bse5150 | 2008-10-13 17:33:32

They’re voting for Obama because he’s black, not for the issues - that’s racist!

Comment by S. Markom | 2008-10-13 17:43:51

. . . and Jews are voting for Obama because he’s a Democrat and ALL Democrats are automatically pro-Israel. It doesn’t matter that he was mentored for 20 years by the most anti-Israel pastor in the country or that his foreign policy advisors are all anti-Israel.

What it shows is that Obama could get up and do a speech telling people he is going to take all their money and they wil be living in thatched huts and no one will pay attention or report it.

Comment by Uppity Woman | 2008-10-13 17:45:41

No one single Jew I know is voting for Obama. And I don’t know just a few. They aren’t particularly interested in seeing Israel blown up.

Comment by S. Markom | 2008-10-13 17:48:25

I wish it were true that Jews were not voting for Obama. I have a son going to med school now in Tel Aviv and he told me the other day that Israeli Jews are overwhelmingly against Obama.

 

Comment by csuzeq | 2008-10-13 17:50:32

My boyfriend is a jew and voting Obama. I just don’t understand it. to him it is all about the D.

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 18:09:54

about the D?

I’m older. Speak in words, not text.

:)

Comment by Andrew | 2008-10-13 18:12:22

 
 
 

Comment by NCgirl | 2008-10-13 17:51:35

Several members of my family are of the Jewish faith. They are supporting Obama. I have tried my best to convert them to McCain. They think I’m stupid, because I am a McCain/Palin supporter. They are a lot like the people on Stern’s radio show, totally uninformed about “The One.”

 

Comment by Ferd McBerfle | 2008-10-13 17:53:45

My Mother’s side of the family is Jewish and they can’t stand that flim-flam Oblockhead. They are Democrats voting for McCain.

 

Comment by Chicago | 2008-10-13 19:51:31

Alan Colmes is a Jew and he’s supporting Obama. Sarah Silverman is a Jew and she’s supporting Obama.

There are plenty of Jews that are supporting Obama, I just can’t figure out WTH their doing it.

 
 
 
 

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 17:35:30

These are people from the left-wing trailer court. *haha

 

Comment by NCgirl | 2008-10-13 17:39:45

Howard Stern, like most of us, was, and probably still is, a Hillary Supporter. I have a feeling that he thinks those who support Obama are probably idiots, and was just having a little fun with them. I have never cared for Stern, because of the type of radio show he doe. I do have to give him a shout-out for backing Hillary, though.

Comment by NCgirl | 2008-10-13 17:40:59

Oops, should be “does.”

 

Comment by Docelder | 2008-10-13 17:45:40

For some reason I thought he was a libertarian.

 
 

Comment by Uppity Woman | 2008-10-13 17:42:37

Priceless. Just. Priceless.

 

Comment by Patti | 2008-10-13 17:43:51

I did hear this, my man is a big Stern fan… And I do think Stern was for Hillary..

Comment by S. Markom | 2008-10-13 17:45:53

I know that Stern is a Libertarian and ran as such for Governor of NY. His one issue, which I certainly endorsed, was that all major highway construction be done late at night and not during rush hour.

 
 

Comment by IndieDogg | 2008-10-13 17:50:15

Hey, maybe they know something we don’t.

I heard a guy at Home Depot saying he’d heard a guy down at Clingers’ Guns & Ammo shop talking about the “known fact” that Obama has offered the VP slot to Governor Palin if she’ll promise to stop kicking his butt from East Coast to West and back again.

And, according to Betty at my aunt’s friend’s sister’s beauty salon, high level Palin staffers who requested anonymity on account of they don’t really exist, the Governor is considering Obama’s offer. And, apparently Joe Biden agrees because he read somewhere that somebody else agreed first.

Comment by rachel | 2008-10-13 21:04:33

didn’t you just start another rumor about McCain being offered the same deal in exchange for the Homeland Security position? I’m not buyin’ it.

 
 

Comment by 30yrdem-not any more | 2008-10-13 17:51:06

Really if you will remember back during the campaign, senators and governors could not tell you what Obama had done that qualified him to be president. Obama’s policies change so often who really knows what they are. He is for it - he is against it - he is an on the fence politician that is why he always voted present. Except when it comes to killing babies. He had to get that NARAL approval rating.

These people would believe Obama if he said the sky is green and the grass is blue. They don’t care, they are voting skin color and Obama is doing all he can to get their vote. Funny how he has done nothing for the black community except use it to get into a higher office then they never hear from him again. That is what he is doing now. Why do you think the dems say educate the idiots on one of their sites.

Who is ACORN going after? Low income, low educated voters. Why? Because they don’t care about policies, they don’t understand what policies are. Obama is a socialist who is acting like Robin Hood- Take from the rich and give to the poor. What will it cause? Jobs will go away, inflation will go up, They don’t care, he is black that is all they see.

He is taking advantage of them and they don’t even care. I have seen the videos of the people who have heard all his promises before. Their homes were condemned and Rezko made off with the tax dollars that were to fix them. He (Obama) is a pawn in the socialist party and people don’t care. They will, just give them time. They will see it was all empty words just to get in office, just like he always does.

Comment by Thinker | 2008-10-13 18:09:10

Funny how he has done nothing for the black community except use it to get into a higher office then they never hear from him again. That is what he is doing now.

- Okay?

Those Rezko tenants were poor Black people that had their heat cut off in the middle of Chicago winter, those Rezko tenants were poor Black people that lived in substandard housing, and when they complained to Obama’s office, he said he may or may not have heard their complaints. He ignored their complaints!!

There is NO WAY that John McCain or Hillary Clinton could help their friends get private housing, then turn around and mistreat the poor Blacks living there.

The press would have a field day with that.

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 18:12:38

I think that’s the real story, but it’s not about Obama. It’s about corruption in Washington.

That is why those “earmarks” that John keeps banging on are important.

The most poignant moment for me was when John said, This is corrupting real people who may have been good.

I so agree.

That’s human nature. We MUST address this, or fail.

 

Comment by 30yrdem-not any more | 2008-10-13 18:27:16

McCain needs to do that ad.

 
 
 

Comment by Thinker | 2008-10-13 17:57:44

I’m not shocked.

These are typical Obama supporters. All of the Obama supporters I know are like this.

Low-information, voting based on race, refuse to see any faults in the Dem Party, …and they actually believe that Obama won the primary “fair & square.”

ugh.

I stopped trying to have rational conversations with them a long time ago. They see how McCain has an adopted daughter that is for example, darker than a lot of the women in my family, including myself, but they will still swear up and down that McCain is racist.

Racist men don’t adopt daughters that look like Bridget McCain. When I first saw her, I had to do a double-take because I thought she was Black.

I know a racist when I see one, and John McCain is not a racist.

Comment by barry bums a ciggie | 2008-10-13 18:08:41

As a mom, I can see how protective Cindy McCain is of Bridgette whenever the family show up at a rally. You can’t fake that kind of love for a child. I have traveled around the world and have seen all kinds of people whom I have embraced as friends not because of their skin color but for their character. When I’m called a racist, I’m not angry. I have a clear conscience because I know who I am. I am amused by those that try to project their worse fear in themselves that they are quick to label me as such. They vote for a black man because they don’t want to be perceived as racist and try to guilt others in doing the same. The people who scream racists are probably the same folks that use the n-word in the privacy of their own homes.

 
 

Comment by 30yrdem-not any more | 2008-10-13 18:02:24

If Obama can go after the black vote the way he has in NC, as my daughter tells me, in Georgia as my son tells me and you can read about here.

How Obama quietly targets blacks

I wonder if McCain can run ads that appeal to white people and get away with it????

 

Comment by Xanthippas | 2008-10-13 18:07:50

How Obama quietly targets blacks

You mean by BEING BLACK HIMSELF?

And McCain does appeal to white people…when he runs ads with a scary black guy in them warning us of his connections to terrorists and other sundry America-haters.

Seriously, get a clue.

Comment by motherinKY | 2008-10-13 18:15:07

Whites are not supporting McCain by 90% margins, you stupid Obamabot. Get an education.

 

Comment by 30yrdem-not any more | 2008-10-13 18:18:20

All of Obama’s ads in NC that my daughter has seen are black women and men telling the black people to get out and vote.

 
 

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-10-13 18:08:10

off topic, but did you guys read Bristol’s boyfriend’s remarks?

omigosh……what a small-town cutie this one is.

He just can’t wait to be a daddy, he’s loved her since he was a Freshmen, and he devotedly hopes his future MIL wins because she’ll be a nicer person. *haha

It was a true, “melt-your heart interview,” and nobody in America won’t just love this guy.

 

Comment by TomC | 2008-10-13 18:11:39

I saw the video about how The Teleprompter Jesus stole the primaries from Hillary. How can she still campaign for him. I know the Clintons support has been tepid at best, and Bill has given some praise to McCain/Palin.
I am a conservative planning on voting for Palin(McCain is just there) and respect how PUMA’a are putting country before party, but it seems as the Clintons are putting party first.

Comment by jbjd | 2008-10-13 19:33:35

Just curious… Were you aware about the massive caucus fraud before you saw the videos?

 
 

Comment by IndieDogg | 2008-10-13 18:34:30

McCain is “racist” for showing Obama, a black man, with domestic terrorists?

Now, that one’s got me. I’ve tried to get my head around it but I’m not sure how McCain could avoid this. How would you suggest McCain disguise Obama so that people don’t think he’s black?

Or, do you mean that any ad with anything about Obama in it is, by definition, racist because Obama is black and showing any black person in a negative light, deserved or not, is racist?

Man, this logic is hurting my brain.

Maybe because it’s not logical.

It’s patently absurd.

Turn it around. I don’t want Bill Ayers running this country either and he’s as white as they come. What does domestic terrorism, along with wealth redistribution and basic dishonesty about one’s self and one’s record have to do with race?

There are some honest to goodness nuts flying around out there.

Turn it around again. If Obama was running ads showing McCain with Bill Ayers, even building a bomb in McCain’s basement, would that be racist?

Swap out the faces, Obama for McCain? Now it’s racist, because Obama’s some percentage black?

By that definition, anything said about him, true or not, if critical is, by definition, racist.

Oh, right. That’s what you’ve been saying.

What a dummy I am. I just didn’t get it.

 

Comment by Monet | 2008-10-13 18:55:45

I’m dumbfounded after listening to the clip. I’m speechless too.

 

Comment by mary C. | 2008-10-13 19:49:12

the clip from Howard Stern doesn’t surprise me. I retired from teaching last year and nothing surprises me–and it is destroying our country. Problem is that most students don’t care-they know they will pass anyway. There is so much pressure to pass them on that it is disgraceful (propping up some higher ups resume). Now if you fail a student, it is assumed to be the teacher’s fault. You have to provide an incredible amount of documentation about what you did to remediate the student/ parent, etc..and from what I have heard it is worse at the ‘elite’ schools.

 

Comment by Monet | 2008-10-13 20:36:23

I’ve recovered my speech. I decided these aren’t people we have to worry about voting for Senator Obama.

First, they probably have no idea how to register to vote.

Second, they probably have no idea that the presidential election is in November.

Third, if they are registered or figure out how to register, they probably have no idea where their polling station is.

If they overcome those three obstacles and by some miracle show up at the proper polling station on the right day as a registered voter, there’s a good possibility if using an electronic voting machine, they’ll manage to vote for McCain by mistake. If the polling station has chads, they may screw up pushing the chad all the way through. And if they master the chad, they may remember that Governor Palin is Senator Obama’s running mate and push chads for both Senator Obama and Governor Palin.

My neighbor’s ten year old granddaughter lives with them. Last week she dropped by for hot apple cider and a doughnut. We discussed the election. among other things that ten year olds find interesting. She knows Governor Palin is from Alaska and her husband races snowmobiles. She knows Senator McCain was a prisoner in some war where his arms were broken, tied behind him for hours and that is why he has problems typing. She knows Senator Obama’s father was from Africa, has two little girls and wants to raise taxes. She may be a little confused with all the facts and doesn’t know the issues, but she appears to have more knowledge than some of the adults Stern’s show was finding on the street.

Comment by Linda | 2008-10-13 21:07:01

Wow, can we register her to vote?

…now that’s hope.

 

Comment by bethtopaz | 2008-10-14 02:54:54

I love your comment.

It gave me comfort and made me smile.

 
 

Comment by Linda | 2008-10-13 20:58:27

When I heard this the other day, I almost sh!t.

 

Comment by Barbara | 2008-10-13 21:53:50

I have been a Stern fan for years. Howard may SEEM misogynistic but in truth, he’s anything but. He actually has a lot of respect for women - ALL women but he is TRUTHFUL about how many men view women.

In fact, Stern’s staff helped ME find some domestic violence information for a friend a few years ago and told me to PLEASE CALL BACK if I needed more.

 

Comment by tillthen | 2008-10-13 22:51:41

Yep, folks, those interviewees could determine the future of our country.

It was good news for Sarah Palin. Dontcha think?

 

Comment by michelle | 2008-10-13 23:34:25

May I quote Florida Evans from the TV show “Good Times”: “Damn, damn, damn!” This is the kind of thing makes me embarrassed to be a black person sometimes. It’s sad to say that most black people are only supporting Obama because of his race and a good number of them aren’t smart enough to know even the simplest of facts about him or Biden, let alone McCain or Palin. I’m saying what a lot of you feel you can’t say for fear of sounding racist. On Election Day, every voter should have to answer a simple question chosen at random before entering the polls (e.g., “Who is Barack Obama’s running mate?” or “What state is Sarah Palin from?”). If they don’t know the answer, they won’t be able to vote! I think it’s a brilliant idea that should be made into law.

 

Comment by Rob Diego | 2008-10-14 02:41:29

These people will not vote. The bus doesn’t pass by their voting location.

 

Comment by Marissa | 2008-10-14 09:16:42

I want to believe that’s a joke.

 

Comment by The Capitalist Hippie Complex | 2008-10-14 15:33:27

It’s disappointing that people this uneducated are permitted to vote, but there is zero doubt that a survey of John McCain’s constituents would return results just as ridiculous, if not more. I mean, let’s not forget that a frightening percentage of McCain supporters think Obama is an Arab/Muslim.

Comment by Sara | 2008-10-15 09:33:45

As someone who was born and raised in Middle East I know for fact that if the father is Muslim the children are considered Muslims. In fact, if they convert to another religion they will be punished by law and in many countries they are put to death.
Of course, since BO lives in the USA he can practice any religion, so most people realize that he has been attending a church (that preaches anti US sentiments) for the past twenty years; but it doesn’t change the fact that in the eyes of his paternal family and many Muslims he is a Muslim. Why do you think Ahmadinejad, Gaddafi, Hamas, and many Muslim fundamentalists have endorsed him?

 
 

Comment by Alissa | 2008-10-15 17:54:17

I think that’s too funny and yet…very very scarry. Everyone is being told to go out and vote, and yes you defenetly should, but you should also have a brain and accually look at what these candidates are going to bring to the table and not just at what the media is telling you, and a lot of the media is saying Obama = good change and McCain = Bush again

 

Comment by RKR | 2008-10-15 18:35:58

Stern singled out a group and asked them questions and got dumb answers…but that has nothing to do with their race or polical idealogy. There are dumb, white Republicans, too. So what is the point? There is no IQ test requirement to vote.

 

Comment by Charlie | 2008-10-15 19:00:01

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WHY MOST OF OBAMA’S SUPPORTERS ARE IGNORANT.

 

Comment by Katie | 2008-10-15 19:41:26

Good Lord! Are stupid people not allowed to have opinions anymore? Wake up, people! Stupid people always: vote, pay taxes, drive, fly on planes, go to the grocery store, et cetera.

What I mean is: STUPID PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE!

Don’t worry stupid people are voting for John McCain, too. In fact, each candidate is receiving(because early voting has started in many states)plenty of votes from stupid people right now. Do you want to bring back the poll tax, the literacy test, the black/white fountains?

In a DEMOCRACY (actually, the U.S. is a federal republic) all legally qualified citizens have a right to vote if they meet the age and residency requirements for their particular state.

Do you want to go to a country that many of our Founding Fathers dreamed of: Only the educated, “landowning” white men could vote.”? How many of you out there OWN LAND??

Thankfully, my family owns the “land” and the “mineral rights” to several “thousand” acres in Texas. If we go the way people want to go now, since Obama arrived, back to when it was “harder” to vote and you had to have “privilege” a lot of you “non-landowners” would be excluded.

 

Comment by Bernard M. Russelman | 2008-10-15 20:52:46

These are the typcial constituents of democrats and liberals.

A video is worth a million words…

You are about to lose your country to the magic of “democracy”, where uninformed dolts have an equal vote to cancel out an informed vote.

Good luck, America, you are going to need it.

 

Comment by Peg | 2008-10-15 20:56:45

Seriously i don’t know whats going on here but its hard to believe there are people that stupid, it seems that it was a set up possibly. Although honestly whats the difference between african americans voting for Obama because he is black and racists refusing to vote for Obama because he is black. There are both on both sides.

 

Comment by yeagermtb | 2008-10-15 20:59:34

Are you kidding? The guy is asking questions. Where is the bullying? That’s the problem with Obama supporters. First they have no idea what he’s done up to this point (nothing!) and it’s become more of a racial vote than actual content.

 

Comment by Donald Rudick | 2008-10-16 07:23:18

Its obviously the person rather than the issues that are most important; McCain looks and sounds like an embittered old man…it doesn’t matter what his stance on the issues is. If you just ask the question is it better to be loved than feared, everyone would vote for Obama…

 

Comment by jim fitzgerald | 2008-10-20 15:00:22

for the uninitiated, here is howard sterns modus
operandi for these so-called “surveys” of his on
the street of new york:
1. he has a predetermined result of his “survey”.
namely that these black people on the streets of new york don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.
2. he sends his people sown to interview as many people as it takes to support his predetermined
conclusion. the interviewees who actually knew what
they were talking about you never hear about.

don’t f *u *c *k *i *n *g believe everything you hear

 

Comment by chuck | 2008-10-29 15:49:18

I will believe whatever the f*u*c*k I want especially when its f*u*c*k*i*n*g true. Modus operandi my ass! Who do you think obamas preying on? Acorn comes to mind. The ignorant and uninformed are always a good target for demoncrats. Better to be loved than feared? Only an asshole would be afraid of saving his or her country from socialism and terrorism! Obamas just another dipshit democrat that liberals think will let them go back to sleep. Pelosi,Reid,Obama= axis of evil.

 

Comment by Orrie | 2008-11-04 17:51:50

This just goes to show you how uninformed Obama voters are. These people don’t listen, don’t read and certainly don’t know. How can there be so many dumb people in this world of ours?????

 

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