McCain took on The View and came out the winner

Thanks for the report.

I’ve lost ALL respect for Whoop Goldberg… What an ass.

Yes, only in NQ Land would McCain being down 11% among women since going on the View be considered a “win”.

More disrespect of the national anthem.

“The Star-Spangled Banner’ is going on. I don’t celebrate this [expletive]. I’m black,” Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard says.

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=176833

If things are so rosy for Ohitler why waste your superior intellect on us were mortals?

If things are so rosy for Ohitler why waste your superior intellect on us mere mortals?

Whoopi voted for Hillary in the primary. I am a little confused by how she can ask such an assinine and inflammatory question.

She is someone I used to have respect for and I am extremely disappointed she would say that.

McCain has dealt with Vietnamese interogation, cross examination by the ladies on The View is nothing to him. Barbara, Joy, and Whoppie are the ones that looked rude, biased, and intolerant, IMHO.

When soetorobama was there—they were fawning over how “sexy” he was and soetorobama told Barbara how hot she looked…….ughhhh….a barf-fest….

She was extremely disappointing. I expect stupidity from the rest of them but not Whoopi.

I’m guess that’s according to the MSNBC/MoveOn.org poll.

What else can they talk about with Barack? Has has no substance and no experience. I doubt they’d want to ask him about insightful sermons he heard from Wright, Meeks, Pfleger, and Farrakhan.

It doesn’t take a superior intellect to read polls. In the last week, Obama has made huge strides in important swing states, including Indiana, WV and NC, once all considered safe McCain territory.

Last night FOX was showing video of the Obama visit to the view, where the women were fawning all over him, calling him sexy and saying “aren’t you a distant relative of Brad Pitt.” Made me want to puke.

It is time to throw our TVs out the windows and demand a return to journalistic standards!

Can I have a hit off the polls you’ve been smoking?

When Obama was on The View, these women were, for the most part, acting like giggling schoolgirls. I’m surprised they didn’t offer him a mani/pedi while he was sitting there.

This type of enabling doesn’t help their (obvious) choice of candidate — it smacks of enabling.

This is the same dynamic Hillary was unfortunate enough to enjoy — being raked over the coals while Obama gets the pillow-fluffing treatment.

I do not want to elect a candidate that I feel I have to protect. I am not his mother. Obama could never have sat there and handled this type of hostility. Let the whining begin.

The fact that John McCain was able to deflect all of this and answer well speaks to his strength of character, if nothing else.

Too bad they don;t bother to GRILL obama or Meeeshell when they were on. Does anyone else find it astounding the intense hatred and defensive character of these “ladys”…?
Geezzzzz! Talk about prejudgmental attitudes! Such an ignorant bunch of clucking hens! (I can say that because I am a woman!)

Thanks Matthew,
At the risk of offending anyone, I will admit that I have NEVER watched day-time TV, and have no intention of starting.
The evening “pablum” is bad enough, so I give a wide-berth to “soaps” and “jaw-flappers”!
A good book fills the bill for me, and from what I understand, John is an avid reader!
He probably had to appear there, but these catty tarts are not my cup of tea!

I am in FULL AGREEMENT Sassy!!

The McCain/Palin Honeymoon is over:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html
You PUMAs seem to love backing losing candidates. You guys sure are gluttons for punishment.

ha was kicked out the olympic team trials and over the summer was caught in possession of marijuana. also maybe it was an indirect jab at kobe bryant who had that patriotic interview during the olympics.

no GOLD for him

McCain really has guts and he has great warmth. Cindy, too. Well, they’ve both dealt with more serious matters. Whoopie’s body language in the photo is a hoot. Her “slave” remark was stupid and if she felt she had to say those words, then she’s already a slave to an ideology that demands a “no thinking” requirement. Too bad. She had such potential to be “free.” Last night O’Rielly had a segment with Dennis Miller in which he showed alternating clips of “View” visits by Obama and McCain and how differently they were treated. Miller made a remark about Rosie O’Donnell being the best of that bunch, in hindsight. Barbara Walters really needs to shut this sham down. She comes off as the biggest idiot of all because she’s “in charge.”

John Mcain is very sociable and affable obama,.onthe the other hand has a very condescending attitude and has no sense of humor he has personal characteristics not unlike most 3rd world tyrants. no toleration of dissent and this intoleranceextends right down to his netroot supporters who abhor freedom of speech ifit consists of any other viewpoint outside of thier talking points. with an Obama administration you can count on rasmpant government and extra-governmental spying of your personal e-mail and political affilliations not unlike Cuba or Myanmar and North Korea nad Iran . with a musclebound “domestic citizens army” of hard leftists and socialists.Property expropriations from the “wealty’ will follow and our country will in a very short time resemble Venezuela under the iron fist of Hugo Chavez. Class warfare a la Bolivia will follow and we could wind up like Zimbabwe. This is a dire prediction but history has shown us that when intolerant leftist/socialists get power the never relinquish it willingly and Obama is an intolerant Leftist Ssocialist .any doubts about this? look at his associations…. Ayers,klonsky, Dohrn,Alinsky.Frank marshall Davis alleither card carrying members of the Communist Party USA or Maoist domestic terrorist weather underground. ther are too many of his comrades to list here. And on and on… Do the right thing, be an Aamerican Patriot and do everything you can to elect Mmcain/Palin in 2008! do not be silent about your convictions regarding this alll important issue facing our Great Nation you may win over many fence sitters!

I agree!

The View’s attempt to attack the McCains, playing not anything close to a respected talk show host, let alone the obvious journalist, McCain was able to show a nonreactionary response and carefully LISTEN and respond.

Obama has never done that. His narcissism makes him over react, his inexperience and fraud makes him stutter when preassured to give a response, as opposed to a rehearsed set group of general responses.

McCains may have been picked apart and and the hosts showed a very ugly side of themselves, but John and Cindy showed class, control, dignity and leadership.

I came away admiring McCain after that episode.

LOL, if you can face down five hostile women and keep your cool, you can do anything.

But really, what I admired most was his grace under fire and his lack of hubris. He took some pretty offensive attacks and did get offended nor did he lecture them.

Contrasted to Obama’s combination of defensiveness, snide remarks, and never ending lectures, it was quite refreshing.

No it only takes a complete fool to believe in CNN/Time polls when they are in the tank for Obama and have never provided any form of an accurate poll to date. But then again, you are a paid troll, so your intelligence is proven in the fact you cannot find meaningful work and simply have to troll for a low life inexperienced self-serving politician!

I live here in Indiana and polling 800 people doesn’t really qualify anyone to be ahead. Those 800 people are probably up in Gary where they are the lil’ bro to Chicago Politics. Not much respect given.

The View is a joke. So is Oprah. All these shows for women are just bad jokes. And I know. I’m a woman and I used to watch them. I am utterly disappointed in them. What fluff.

dailykos has recently launched its own poll. There is no doubt this is for one reason only … to create the ILLUSION that the race is close, so that when Obama’s people hack the voting machines on 11/4, it will be sufficiently plausible that investigations will not be launched.

BEWARE. THEY *WILL* HACK VOTING MACHINES.

Edit, “he did not get offended”.

and will be indoctrinated courtesy of EXTENDED faith initiatives

An annoying whine that I thought at first was one of my cooling fans going bad, turns out to be Kevin and that mystery blowing person.

ha ha ha perry

It is fine if he is down in the polls. Only idiots like you and the angry left run around like your hair is on fire and think your going to lose becuase of “national” poll.
Not to mention the poll that gives him the big boost is from the Ny times. That say it all.
Polls matter not. Of course it is nice to brag because a poll of 500 poeple says obama is winning. Good for him.
Also, IN, NC those are the only polls out of many that seem promising. One poll showed your boy down by 20.
Instead of whining over polls i volunteer and help. You can bet your sweet ass Kevin PA goes RED.
Also, the only guy backing a losing candidate is you. Dumbocrats(unfortunatly i used to be one, no more) ALWAYS LOSE presidential elections.
It is nice you pick and choose polls but ARG just showed polls and mac is ahead.

I would also tell you to look at the map Kevin because John McCain is ahead, where it counts.
Only a retard would think a poll of less than a 1000 poeple reflects the entire country.

Yeah, this guy can’t respect the symbols of a country that took him out of poverty to a level of wealth most of us will never know. Just like wealthy Jeremiah Wright, G-D KKK America!

Yes, Baa Baa – what kind of tree would you be – is a joke. When BO was on they were disgusting. Practically having the big O while telling him how sexy they thought he was. I thought I was going to gag.

Ah… an other member of the Ministry of Disinformation has arrived to give us the “facts”.

The last I heard Othug is down 15 pts in the white woman demographic, meaning that McCain leads this group by 12 pts. Didn’t Osexist lead in this category formerly?

I don’t watch the show but from this segment I thought that Whoppi was in charge.

Speaking of fluff, poor Lindsay Lohen got tossed under the bus by Obama. She came out and critisized Palin and offered to help Obama’s campaign but he has rejected her.

Silly on the surface, but her father isn’t happy and he makes a good point,

“For Barack Obama to condemn my daughter for past indiscretions when he admitted to the exact same himself is indicative of what kind of president he would be,” Michael Lohan.

“His visions of a positive future for this country should be representative of a positive future for people as well. It is looking beyond the difficult times and letting go of the past,” Michael said. “Obviously, Obama can do this for himself and not others, when in fact a good president should have hope for all.”

Geesh Obama, you could have at least let her stuff envelopes or something. Who the heck are you to sit in judgement of “her background”?

Kelvin, we’ve missed you reminding us of the meaning of “absolute zero,” the brilliant insight of Kelvin the physicist, yet strangely appropriate to the Soetoro campaign and camp-followers.

Below is a letter I sent to The View

September 12, 2008

Elizabeth
ABC The View
77 W66th St.
New York, New York 10023

Dear Whoopi Goldberg,

On Friday, Sept. 12th, The View interviewed McCain. The subject of the constitution came up. I want to let you know that there is nothing in the constitution about slavery. However, there is an amendment to the constitution that says there shall be no slavery.

The view never put Obama through the intense questioning that McCain had to go through. McCain held his own pretty well. Your intense dislike for McCain not only showed on your face when you were interviewing McCain, but also when you talked about Sarah Palin’s interview. Barbara Walter’s could hardly let McCain answer questions. She could not wait to shoot the bullets at McCain and continue the obvious ambush by most all you ladies.

The prevailing manipulative bias majority of The View really showed today. Your show, like that of Oprahs, is going to suffer with a loss of viewers and a reduced respect of your viewing audience as well. Perhaps you don’t care.

I agree…stupid and completely uncalled for. I’m sorry but too few can see past skin color to make a logical and informed decision about who to vote for.

Kevin appears to love wimps (takes one to know one).

In other Hollywood news, Lindsey Lohan’s dad slams Barack Obama:

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/lindsey-lohans-dad-slams-obama-for-rejecting-her-offer-to-campaign/

Intrigue…

Source please?

Thanks in advance,

S

I have more admiration for Cindy McCain for standing up to the women of The View- she’s a classy act!

“In spite of what you see … in the newspapers, and on shows like ‘The View’ — I don’t know if any of you saw ‘The View’ yesterday, they picked our bones clean — in spite of what you see, that’s not what the American people are saying and what they are believing.”

Obama is not a leftist, a socialist or even a garden-variety liberal.

He’s a neocon. His positions are beginning more and more to approximate Bush’s: FISA, trickle-down economics, waffling on women’s reproductive freedom, offshore drilling, scorning campaign finance reform, compliments to Blackwater–and on and on.

There’s much I don’t care for in McCain’s and Palin’s positions, but I’ll support an old-fashioned libertarian conservative over a neocon any day. Those are our choices; there is no liberal on the ballot.

FYI LIVE VIDEO OF McCAIN/PALIN RALLY GOING ON NOW

One day’s polling and you declare it over–nice try. It will go up and down as they change the demographic of the polling to keep us watching and donating money. Do you know enough about statistics to look at the background data and to see that on some these polls the number of Democrats polled has gone up 4% since two days ago?

I really thought he shouldn’t have bothered to go on this show and any other show that have 4 liberals and one conservative. What do you expect to happen? It is like going on the Bill Mier show and coming out in one piece. Sarah Palin is doing the right thing by staying away from the liberal media and showing them that their opinions don’t matter. Mccain does not have the personality of Bill Clinton. He is good in town halls and should remain in these atmospheres until the election is over. Sarah needs to tell the liberal american public to shove it up their rearends and that if they want to talk to her or interview her they need to give her the questions first before she appears on their shows. They are dirty. And, after she goes on their shows if they dare to change the topics- she can become just as aggressive as they are and turn the tables on them. Sean did a great interview last night and she answer the question beautifully. Now—do you see anyone talking about it? No….because she did a great job…………the liberal media was told by the Obama camp…don’t give her credit for nothing——–yes…..folks welcome to SSRUSA…Soviet Sociast Republic of the United States of America—-this is where we are headed with our media. As France said last night…….the usa media is at the lost and found somewhere……..

Barbara Walters acted like a damn fool during that interview interrogation. Sheri Shepard was noticeably quiet during the segments where McCain was solo. Maybe that lump of matter in hear skull was in fact working, at least on that day, and she realized it was too much.

Give me a hit off that poll, Kelvin!

It just shows how much they are in the tank with obama. Even Elisabeth looked like she was told not to show how much she supports McCain.

We don’t know what questions the pollsters asked.

omg, LOL…Indiana?? You’re joking me right?? hahahaha, I live in Indiana sucker, we haven’t went Democrat for President since 1964 and it won’t be this year either. By the way, tell all of your goose stepping cohorts that are working in Indiana that voters need photo ID to vote and they also have to sign a registration book and they match your signature. So don’t try that shady shit here because we’ll be up your ass. And Obama has not made any huge strides in Indiana, he is behind and he’ll stay behind.

cripes…you people are really delusional. You’re a lost cause.

What was interesting is that was the 2nd time John McCain was on the view. The first time, they actually discussed issues. And he hadnt picked his running mate.

My friend and I watched the first one, and she planned on voting McCain. After the 2nd time she was not happy with the “witches”. And she still plans on voting for McCain.

Yes, I saw this interview and was shocked at how rude these women were. Mccain handled the whole thing very well. Barbara wawa was a disgrace and whoopi a joke. Joy was an idiot claiming Mccains commercials were not true when they obviously are true if you do the research on the bill in question.

The question about the houses coming from Barbara wa wa? I would imagine the same thing could be asked of her. You don’t have to agree with Senator Mccain on issues, but to act with such disrespect is unacceptable.

Look at the partisan breakdowns on these polls. They give the Dems a 9% advantage off the top and undersampling indies. Even assuming a 50/50 split among indies that means Obama is losing 5-7% off the top to his own party, and that is considered a “bumb”.

At least Rasmussen updates his partisan breakdown based on reality. Generic polling has seen the GOP close the gap from 15 points down to 5 points down. Padding a poll by oversampling Dems, like it’s pointed out, maintains the illusion that Obama is “surging”.

She could be a PUMA.

You and me both.

That slavery thing was out of left field. But it shows me that people honestly just dislike John McCain not because of the man or his actually record, but because he has a R next to his name.

yep, that’s pretty much it.

I’m disappointed that Whoopi was so flippant. Hopefully, she was chilled to her core by BabaWawa’s inadvertently revealing retort.

On the other hand, if we look back at the fearless Whoopi of, say, twenty-five years ago…

This is the Whoopi Goldberg that I knew.

Gee Kevin, you’re right. Guess it’s time for McCain to start telling the American public who Obama really is.

No, not funny names and pictures on dollar bills. Rather, the important stuff: The Annenberg Foundation, Bill Ayres, Jeremiah Wright, Saul Alinsky, Alice Palmer, Michelle’s views. The McCain campaign and the 527s have enough dry powder to light up the sky for weeks.

Whoopi has always been crazy. She is the one that had Ted Danson dress up in black face when the entertainment industry teased her about interracial dating.

Let them keep it up.

PUMA 2008!

I second that…and I’m a woman too. Mindless yapping is all it is.

The rhymes with witches that infest The Spew should keep it up. Every dis of McCain and lie about Palin causes a fairy to switch their voter registration to the republicans

you can watch Palin and McCain at cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/

Did we all watch the same interview??? I don’t know what he was thinking when he agreed to appear on this show, but I feel they made him look like a blabbering fool. I’ve been screaming for the past week that we need to move beyond the lipstick and kindergarten sex ed into more substantive issues like our current economic crises, but I was consistently flamed (on this and other conservative blogs. I also think Palin was a lousy choice, but again, I seem to be in the minority on this one.

McCain needs to start hitting back hard on the economy and stop saying idiotic things like “the fundamentals of the economy are strong” and then backtracking with even more idiotic excuses.

Funny thing about that whole interview was that I expected Joy to berate and yell at him but in comparison the Barbara and Whoopi she seemed tame this time around.

The other two were just plain hostile.

Don’t forget he mentioned he was an Obama supporter.

skatsi,

I agree with your take on the current Obama. He will forward these types of talking points ….only until he is elected which won’t happen this go around.

I have experienced this first hand as an active member of McGovern’s campaign. The youth of this Nation marched, we protested, some gave their lives at Kent State and we had 24/7 media coverage. The collective thought was there was no way, with the war in Viet Nam still raging that McGovern could possibly lose this election. All indicators including all polls were cross haired on McGovern to become POTUS.

He won two states!!! I still haven’t quite gotten over that but it did wake me up to reality as a result.

Obama maybe in 2012 but not now.

Baba Wawa always wanted to be the hard hitting type, like Olbermann basically. She doesn’t get many opportunities these days and I guess she just couldn’t pass up John McCain. She looked pathetic.

I’ve never ever seen Barbara Walters blow her cover the way she did yesterday – she has until now always been completely diplomatic in any situation and kept her political views to herself.

Lost all respect for her – all of them are an embarassment.

I was disapointed in Walters too. People seem to want to talk about Whoopi, but she’s always over the top and trying to be sarcastic and funny at the same time. Whoopi didn’t really act out of character, Walters did. She’s a journalist, she usually adheres to those standards. Her behavior was the most disapointing, actually.

Everytime I see and listen to John McCain, I feel there is intelligence and thoughtfulness and yes, caring there. When I see Obama I see nothing but Obama and the veil goes down before me, I cannot listen to him because I feel everything he says is lies lies lies. He has yet to convince me he cares about this country or the issues that face all of us. John McCain is very Trumanesque and has a spirit of integrity and grit that comes from having looked death in the eyes and knows he has what it takes to meet it. As a lifelong democrat, I know the world will not come to an end if John McCain is our president, and with Sarah Palin, we will have a breath of fresh air in the White House. McCain certainly held his own on the View and is doing just fine!

Palin is great on the trail. A wonderful speaker, and very fired up

I hear the giggling schoolgirl voice in a lot of on-air reporters, both male and female, when they talk about Obama. Some of them are quite literally in love. Creepy.

This must be how rational Germans felt as Hitler ascended to dictatorship of Germany – and watched their neighbors and countrymen turn into worshipful self-destructive fools.

Does anyone else find it astounding the intense hatred and defensive character of these “ladys”…?

Welcome to the Human Race.

I live in Indiana too….Indiana has been red since 1964 and that won’t be changing this year either.

this rally is GREAT!!

I’m very glad they are staying moderate. I love Sarah’s energy! It has totally transformed this whole thing.

The left is burnt out after 2 yrs of campaigning for NOT the one!.

I watched this show last Friday, and wrote the show and a bunch of their sponsors about this ridiculous display, pinpointing the slavery issue she brought up. Enough is enough of the racial stuff, it was totally uncalled for, and I felt like she had planned in advance to get a chance to ambush him.

I loved it that Cindy said later that they “picked our bones clean” as in vultures..lol. Her swipe back about “how many houses” reminded me of how Nancy Reagan defended her Ronnie.

Thanks for putting this up.

I wonder if the media are taking his comments out of context? Clearly the word “fundamentals” is going to have wildly different meanings and McCain should have unpacked that to make it crystal clear to the simpletons who populate the mainstream media these days.

I have noticed one thing about McCain which is also true of Bill Clinton. They bright, they see and speak the truth, they have the experience and wisdom of age. Hence they do not suffer fools easily.

As a result they sometimes shoot from the hip in a sarcastic way which the media are frankly too stupid to grok. Examples:

* Bill Clinton’s Jesse Jackson comment in SC. He’d been hounded by the media for a couple of weeks about being a closet racist. So they asked the question one more time and I saw him say it, and his expression and tone of voice were shouting “Ok, you want to hear something inappropriate? Ok, try this on, a**holes.”

* McCain’s “5 million dollars defines a rich person” in the Rick Warren conversation. It was a throw-away and the way he said it suggested he didn’t particularlly like the question, and so gave a flip answer.

McCain’s “100 years in Iraq”. Stated exactly the same way. It starts with “I don’t know.” And then offers the answer in question form: “I don’t know, 100 years?” “I dont’ know, 5 million?”

What these guys are saying is that it’s a stupid question and they’re tired of simple minds trying to tie them down to useless details. Obama did it too, with “above my pay grade.”

Straight out of the Idiots Guide to Trolling.

Sarah Palin has that same ability that Bill Clinton and to certain, but lesser, degree, Ronald Reagan had, and that’s the ability to talk directly to and connect with people. Everytime Obamacus has an opportunity to connect with people he bombs.

That’s why they’re trying to go over the top with the Palin attacks because they believe that if they don’t go after her now, they won’t be able to get in front of it as more and more people hear and see the Palins directly.

I’m sorry.

That’s The Complete Idiot’s Guid to Trolling.

This is probably more true than anyone realises.

Good for you, Carol! Very good letter!

In the past, I would tune into the View but after the Star Jones and the Rosie fiascos, I stopped. I have viewed some clips on YouTube and agree that the women looked like complete fools with both the BO and McCain inteviews:

1. BO because of the giggley, fawning and reverse sexist behavior call him “sexy” (yuk, yuk, puke gag he is too skinny and wimpy looking for my taste)

2. McCain because they didn’t even pretend to want to give this guy a chance.

And Whoopie’s question about slavery is as ridiculous as somebody asking Obama if he plans to make white people slaves as pay back.

Good lord. The View is one of many TV shows that make up the Vast Wasteland of video broadcasting these days. I can’t believe people watch this drivel.

McCain/Palin on Obama:

“He likes to point his finger, but never lifted a finger.” Outstanding. Lets go Sarah.

But PUMA knows better than Sarah. We know that Barack Obama lifted one finger. The middle finger to mock Hillary.

Just have a look at Obama’s performance in The View. Leno counted the times that Obama readjusted his clothes… hillarious!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/01/leno-counts-how-many-time_n_94433.html

And they were all friendly to him. McCain displayed a lot of wit an humour and was willing to endure attacks and criticism. Nice performance from the Senator from Arizona.

LOL…I saw that coming.

McCain is going after Obama today

LOL…trust me, NC is RED.

Once more, with feeling…

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Responding to Complete Idiots Whose Credulity is in the Toilet and Hence, Henceforth, and Forevermore are Doomed, Doomed I Say, to Use The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Trolling as a Substance-Abusive Crutch for Their Insubstantial Brains.

I dont know if anyone reported on this before..

There’s video of a townhall for McCain that was held in Michigan.

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=39381@kpix.dayport.com

The 2nd question is asked by a PUMA lady, who gets a loud round of applause in support

Sheri is not a PUMA, she once said she was supporting Hillary, and after BO appeared on the show, she mentioned to him that after listening to him speak, she going to support him.

I agree. Walters acted completely out of her usual element. She was acting like she was at her home on a Saturday evening chatting with a guest about a controversial topic after she’d had a few drinks and forgot proper entertaining decorum!! She certainly was not acting like the polished Barbara Walters we have all grown to know over the decades–giving even the most disagreeable guests her R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

I found it quite funny when Jon Stewart asked Obama if he wants to enslave the white race…

http://www.dailyshownews.com/2008/04/jon-stewart-to.html

How dare she insinuate he would approve of the re-introduction of slavery, she’s got everything she wants. He was a POW for 5 1/2 years! Unbelievable.

LOL I can’t believe people are still thinking of voting for Obama. I guess the media really has poured Kool-Aid down the throats of the less intelligent Americans. The View was a disgrace. All of the media attacking McCain and Palin always backfires and shows what angry, bitter, nasty liars these liberal nuts are. I no longer watch CNN, MSNBC, Oprah, etc. Now I can add The View. I will do everything in my power to boycott these people, and so will my family. Whoopi is a pig. Period. Just an ugly, mean, talentless pig who is a joke in Hollywood anyway. You know, that film career that went MIA. Well, she will pay. Decent people don’t watch scum like that. Slavery? All I can say is wow…just…wow. The media slime can keep up the baseless attacks and lies. McCain is going to win when it was a “gimme” for the liberals. Guess maybe the DNC should have listened to their own party members and picked Hillary. Oh well.

that’s the problem, Kevin and his friends are retarded and they don’t get it.

i signed up this week to help McCain.

I just could not believe what I was watching, I kept asking myself are we not all Americans?

What has this man done, all he is doing is running against Obama yet these women were acting as if he had no right to even think of entering this race as tainted as he was, and to make things worse he went and brought another disgraceful looney bin from Alaska to team up with.

I was very disappointed at what I saw, but there is a lot in this election that I am seeing and wondering what is happening to this country. All respect for country, people, beliefs and whatever seems to have gone down the tube.

People are willing to go to any lengths to get Obama the presidency, just last night there was a Dallas Maverick player damming the anthem and praising Obama, I don’t mean to bring race into this but if this is the new found attitudes by some for having a Black President well am sorry I can do without that, thanks but no thanks.

I know the world will not come to an end if John McCain is our president,

The way Wall Street is headed, the World is coming to an end. It doesn’t much matter who is president.

Bring on the Magic Beans.

I saw the beginning of The View a couple of days after the McCain interview and Joy was insisting that the reason they received so much criticism for their McCain episode is because people don’t take daytime TV seriously when it comes to political commentary. What a crock!

Those “ladies” (used loosely) were a total embarrassment. It felt like a planned ambush but McCain handled himself with aplomb. I often feel that Elizabeth is their token conservative because they continually dismiss anything she has to say and often remark that she is too young to know better. While I often do not agree with her, I often feel sorry for the disrespect that she often suffers.

damn…I’m at work and I can’t access it.

Can you seriously suggest that Obama will ever be acceptable or qualified to be president? What, a few more years with the likes of Wright, Farrakhan, Meeks, Pfleger, Ayers, and Rezko? Maybe a few more celebrity world tours to shore up his international credentials?

Any one saw McCain-Palin campaign event rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa?
Hope someone put it on YouTube

That’s what I was thinking.

The Repubs are only going to use as much ammunition as they need. If the momentum changes.. just bring out the bigger guns.

I am really really hoping that Whitey tapes exists… but even if it doesn’t Tony R is going to bring some light to BO’s credibilty…

They are definitely taking that comment out of context because part of the sentence included how much we are hurting economically. The “fundamental” comment was just meant to convey some bit of optimism in the future. Unfortunately those same words had been used by Bush throughout his presidency. So it was a dumb choice of words taken the fact that context means little in this political season.

I lol’d big time at this. She was offering to have events to raise money. Apparently they just want her to write checks to the campaign and not attach her image to Obama.

Instead it’s backfired and getting probably more press than anything she would have done FOR Obama.

Hilarious!

Democratic Congress May Adjourn, Leave Crisis to Fed, Treasury
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aVPBaUbYV_qQ

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — The Democratic-controlled Congress, acknowledging that it isn’t equipped to lead the way to a solution for the financial crisis and can’t agree on a path to follow, is likely to just get out of the way.

Lawmakers say they are unlikely to take action before, or to delay, their planned adjournments — Sept. 26 for the House of Representatives, a week later for the Senate. While they haven’t ruled out returning after the Nov. 4 elections, they would rather wait until next year unless Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who are leading efforts to contain the crisis, call for help.

One reason, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday, is that “no one knows what to do” at the moment.

“When you rush to judgment, you usually make mistakes,” said Sherwood Boehlert, a former Republican congressman from New York. “This is something you can’t go on forever without addressing, but Congress in a short span of time is best served by going home.”

In 2002, after accounting scandals forced Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc. into bankruptcy, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley law, setting new corporate-governance rules. While the measure passed unanimously in the Senate and overwhelmingly in the House, it has since become a target of criticism from some Republicans, including presidential candidate John McCain, and from many in the business and financial worlds.

“There’s a huge danger that needs to be guarded against — that we’ll have a tremendous overreaction in regulations,” former Treasury Secretary John Snow said in an interview.

Reid’s `Despair’

Still, the Democrats opened themselves up for attack with Reid’s comments. The Republican National Committee pounced on the Nevada lawmaker for his “despair,” and Senator Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, said his remarks are “not a way to inspire confidence or begin to turn the tide.”

read it all kinda telling who wants to find solutions.

“. . .giggling schoolgirl voice. . .”

Thanks for reminding me to email a complaint to CNN about Campbell Brown. AGHHHH

Wait, I *don’t* take daytime TV seriously because of shows like The View.

Is that what Joy was getting at?

okasha,

Thanks for pointing out this all-too-obvious truism. The only political party Obama is associated with is Obama-for-Obama. Disgusting!

-MS

McCain got Obama in my opinion…I hope it goes up.

Phew! Grandpa and Sarah are starting to hit back hard finally!

http://thepage.time.com/

More quotes from Sarah Palin speaking in Cedar Rapids, Iowa just now, speaking about Obama:

“He likes to point the finger of blame, but has he ever lifted a finger to help?”

Crowd yells NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

“When it comes to reform, has he ever once said, “We did, instead of “I will” ?

Crowd yells NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

“John McCain and I are optimistic in solving these problems. We’ve brought about change and reform.”

Crowd is pumped up!!

LOVE IT!!!

McCain on now.

McCain hitting back on Obama in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and exposing Obama:

“His idea of reform is what his party leaders in Washnigton tell him to do.”

“I’ve fought both parties to shak up Washington, and I’m going to do it as President.”

Crowd roars!! Chants of John McCain, John mcCain!

McCain hiting the corruption and manipulation of the home loan system. Speaking on the abuses within the agencies. Speaking about his warnings from two years ago about Fannie and Freddie.

“Senator Obama talks a tough game on the financial markets.but the facts tell a far different story!”

Talked about how Obama ranks # 2 in donations from F mae.

McCain is nailing Obama and exposing his ties to Fannie Mae.

Yes!!

“While the leaders of Fannie and Freddie were lining the pockets of Obama… Oh Snap!! BOOM!

“That’s not change, that’s what’s broken in Washington today, my friends.”

“Senator Obama isn’t change. He’s part of the problem in Washington.”

Go Johnny Go!!

McCain said if he was President, he would fire the head of the SEC!

McCain commenting on Biden’s comment about taxes!!

“Raising taxes in a difficult economy is not Patriotic. It’s not a badge of honor. It’s just plain dumb.”

Crowd roars!

“I’ll lead us through this crisis by fighting for you!”

“You inspire me, my friends.”

A few hecklers are showing up now. They can’t stand that John McCain is nailing Ozero!

“The one thing that Americans want us to do is to stop yelling at each other, don’t they?”

“I have asked Senator Obama to come anywhere, anytime, any place, and we’ll do townhall meetings together. Why is it that Senator Obama won’t come here and stand on a stage with me and share his ideas and face the people. The next time people start yelling, tell them to tell him to come here and stand by me and talk with me and the voters of Iowa and America.”

Crowd in Iowa is pumped up and loving it!

(whew-quick summary there)

Take that, Ozero!!

McCain-Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12

I agree that the polls are hard to read in these cases. During the Primary large crowds for Obama did not necessarily translate into a win but rather indicated a curiosity about him.

For example, large crowds didn’t win him RI, NH, TX, OH, CA etc.

The media is now touting a CBS/NYT poll and of course it shows a big bump for Obama. Cannonfire notes the polling was 31% Democrat and 28% Republican. Now that will give you skewered results that most difinitely would favor Obama. Look up the battleground state polls and you will get a better view as to where this race is going.

Smart bunch on the view…. One thinks the world is flat and another one thinks that women got the vote before blacks.

Yep, lots of intelligence there.

A representation. My friends, the way the hostesses of The View acted towards Obambi and towards McCain is a microcosmic, minimalist, and very accurate representation and symbol of how the MSM has been acting towards these two candidacies. No if’s, and’s or but’s about it.

I wrote them and some of the sponsors of the show telling them why I wasn’t going to buy their products as long as they advertised during that show.

I did it by email…easy to find contacts by google.

They are going to him hard today and tomorrow to shape the weekend network pundits (these people are no longer journalist).

I really expected more from Barbara Walters, because she is actually a journalist. She has been in the business too long to have acted like such a obnoxious bitch to Senator McCain. Even if she doesn’t agree with his policies, she should have the good sense to keep her bias to herself and conduct herself in a civil manner. She wouldn’t even look him in the eye. I emailed ABC and told them it was time to cancel “The View.”

Remember “Candidate X and candidate Y.”

not sure but I think the reason they are using more dems…what they want us to believe any way is….more registered dems than rep.

you got all the highlights!

As an avid ANIMAL RIGHTS person, I STILL cannot get over Whoopi Goldberg saying that MICHAEL VICK’S TORTURING OF PRECIOUS DOGS AS “NO BIG DEAL, IT’S JUST A BLACK CULTURE THING.”

? !!

Now, she’s talking about “being a slave…again?”

Besides the point that she’s NEVER BEEN A SLAVE IN HER LIFE, she’s a race baiter with all her talk.

She also smokes way too much pot. I cannot for the life of me understand why any woman would even watch that show and listen to a group of weak women gossip.

They are pathetic. Truly sad.

These short two days 20 hour polls can say what you want them to say because they cut them off when they get the results they are looking for. Then they tweak the questions a little more and go for it again looking until they find what they want to find.

Kelvin,
No…
The McCain/Palin honeymoon is NOT over.

Here is why…Sen Obama is wrong for our country.
How on earth did he get this far? How on earth did the DNC support this candidate?

1– US Treason Gate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqHFk-3yQM

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09172008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_objects_129453.htm

Sen Obama tried to slow down return home of US troops in Iraq ? McCain camps response

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/15/a-traitor-in-our-midst/#more-4827

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/15/is-obama-illegally-and-improperly-interfering-in-us-foreign-policy/#more-4824

2- Berg Gate
BERG LAWSUIT
Why is This Story Being Buried By The Main Stream Media?
Born in the U.S.A.?
By: KEITH PHUCAS, Times Herald Staff
08/25/2008

http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20089295&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6

Obama Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court (Constitutionally Ineligible for the Presidency)
| 8/21/08 | Jeff Schreiber

Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:00:24 PM by LdSentinal

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065855/posts

A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee. The action seeks an injunction preventing the senator from continuing his candidacy and a court order enjoining the DNC from nominating him next week, all on grounds that Sen. Obama is constitutionally ineligible to run for and hold the office of President of the United States.
Phillip Berg, the filing attorney, is a former gubernatorial and senatorial candidate, former chair of the Democratic Party in Montgomery (PA) County, former member of the Democratic State Committee, and former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. According to Berg, he filed the suit–just days before the DNC is to hold its nominating convention in Denver–for the health of the Democratic Party.

“I filed this action at this time,” Berg stated, “to avoid the obvious problems that will occur when the Republican Party raises these issues after Obama is nominated

3- Rezko Gate?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tony-rezko-sentence-delay-webaug21,0,7342747.story

Rezko’s sentencing date has now been pushed back to at least October 28, 2008, which is less than a week before the November 4, 2008, General Election.
Additionally, “Rezko’s attorneys, led by Joseph Duffy, now have until Sept. 19 to file motions,” Coen wrote.
The power (and memory) of a verdict in early September would have had some time to dissipate by the end of October. A verdict at the end of October will continue to roll and tumble in the media spin cycle right up to the very day when voters step into the voting booth. Add to this the possibility of numerous motions reported by the Chicago press, things look to be getting interesting.
Tony Rezko will not be forgotten quickly enough for Obama.

4- Ayers Gate?
Why Does Sen Obama Continue to LIE about his relationship with Ayers? What is he hiding?

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/10/lies-money-and-barack/#more-4698

5- Sinclair Gate

Has Joe Biden’s son turned Delaware into a police state? Look what they did to Larry Sinclair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1IS_WHBjQA

I didn’t realize Whoopi used to be a slave! The phrasing “Do I have to be worried about becoming a slave again?” seems quite personal.
Or maybe she just meant that she will have to worry again. Even that interpretation would seem to indicate a paranoid, delusional fear that some how she may be enslaved here in America.
That poor woman lives in a scary world.

Hannity says journalism died in 2008.

Btw anyone can find transcript of Straight Talk Express part? of speech

Jessie, and everyone should stop sweating the polls. Of course they are skewed. It is a poll from the NYT’s!
If we want obama to lose we need to work towards it. These polls mean nothing.
After over 2 weeks of a bounce obama inched his way back up to tie it.
Look a bounce is just that. The laws of gravity make sure that what goes up comes down.
However, what is telling is how long the two campaigns bounces lasted.
McCain/Palin rode a wave of enthusiasm for over 2 weeks and took over key demographics. Different folks are polled each time by rasmussen and gallup(the only ones that mean anything to me) McCain/palin lead and built support for 2 weeks.
That is important.
Also, what is important is the state polls. Obama is blowing money in states he will not win. Which is great. Florida for example, McCain has held a steady lead there for months. Same with Ohio, now and then a poll shows obama up which is benificial to us because he will keep pouring money into a losing cause. Same with Virginia and North Carolina. These are states he will not win. Oh and someone put WV above. There is no way in hell he will win there.
We have a much easier path to 270 than they do.
Also, most poeple on election day will think about who they trust. It is not obama.
Polls are just something for the media to talk about and shape perception with.
If polls worry anyone here, GO VOLUNTEER>

LARK – YOU ARE SO RIGHT!

I knew they tweaked the polls but I wasn’t sure how they do it.

El Obama will keep doing this with the polls so when he cheats in the election it won’t be so noticeable.

PROVERBS 11, 12, 13, 14 is all about cheaters never prosper, listen all who pray, pray God holds Obama to it!

AMERICA REBUKE OBAMA!

COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY, MCCAIN-PALIN 2008!

I thought it was a good question concerning the Constitution and role of the three branches of government in protecting it. Granted Ms. Goldberg used an extreme example in her question, but I’m also curious as to what the Senator’s strict adherence to what he thinks the founding fathers intended with the Constitution is. As Ms. Goldberg pointed out, the founding fathers weren’t the most enlightened bunch on certain issues, only land owners could vote, African Americans weren’t equal to European Americans, women had very limited rights, etc… Over the past two hundred plus years, the Constitution has been given new interpretations – fleshing out what the right of privacy includes, granting equality to all people, what is legal search, seizure, arrest, etc. as out society has grown and changed. Our Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches of government have further expanded on the Constitution and over the centuries there have been a few missteps but for the most part the expansions have firmly cemented a foundation for our freedoms. Until the past eight years while we’ve apathetically have watched as our rights granted by the expansions have been taken away.

I want to know how far Senator McCain is willing to regress with his ‘choosing judges who don’t legislate from the bench.’ Over the past twenty-years I’ve read opinion after opinion from conservative judges who were doing as much legislating from the bench as the Warren Court is often accused of doing.

A strict adherence of the Constitution means interpreting it with the definitions of the 18th century. In 1790, the only people protected fully under the Constitution were white males who owned land. Is that Senator McCain’s policy? Or does is his policy tempered by how our society has matured and advanced economically, technicalogically, socially, etc.? In 1800, illegal search and seizure was barging into a person’s house without a warrant. Today the government can barge into a personal email account, they don’t need to physically enter the house.

Ms. Goldberg was asking, is your Constitutional policy going to protect only the rich and powerful (which is still dominated by white men) across the board or is it going to protect the minorities too – non-whites, women, children, polar bears, etc.

Whoopi kept rolling her eyes as if she was disgusted at the sight of Mc Cain and what he was trying to say, her body language was horrible, but I guess she felt she was being cool, poor Elizabeth its time for her to look for some other show, those women on there were horrid and do hope their ratings take a nose dive after this.

Yeah, we don’t need the people, we just need their checks. Where have we heard that before?

Soldier of Christ,

The liberal media may not give her credit for anything but as bloggers and voters…we can spread the word around about her outstanding record in ALaska and contrast it with Sen Obama’s record….

Learn about the real Gov Palin & what she has accomplished in Alaska

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt6VzuseI30

Now,

Learn about the real Sen Obama and what he has accomplished in Chicago

http://vodpod.com/watch/857180-why-chicagoans-are-against-obama

Nearly 125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer (08)

http://cbs4denver.com/national/chicago.summer.shootings.2.810882.html

Sen Obama’s ACTUAL Legislative Accomplishments:

http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/The_Obama_Craze_Count_Me_Out_5413.html

yep, excusing Vick and the animal torture did it for me on Whoopi too. Was never a huge fan anyway but that showed her lack of character and finished her in my book.

Biden’s Gift
Jennifer Rubin – 09.18.2008 – 12:51 PM

Joe Biden, having gone twenty-four hours without a reported gaffe, comes out today declaring it “patriotic” to pay more taxes. First, this is insulting–are people in lower tax brackets less patriotic? (And if patriotism is at issue, shouldn’t everyone, not just the rich, be paying more taxes?) Second, it highlights in neon the greatest problem Barack Obama has–the appearance that his liberal economic bent will cause him to damage a fragile economy further. It took nanoseconds for the McCain camp to respond with this statement:

Higher taxes and bigger government is not patriotic, it’s a prescription for fewer American jobs and greater economic hardship. In case there is any confusion, when Barack Obama’s campaign describes tax increases as ‘patriotic’ they plan to raise taxes and slow job growth

And then Sarah Palin gets into the act — decrying the judgment of the Democrats. And letting her take the swing is smart: it reminds the chattering class that experienced politicians (Biden) can be dumb.

That’s the opening which McCain-Palin were looking for to get back in the fight. The beauty of Biden is that he can never conceal the things Democrats want to keep hidden from view — contempt for small-town America and the the belief that income redistribution is the paramount role of government being two such things. One can hardly imagine what he’ll have to say in a ninety-minute VP debate.

Actually I think she was being ironic when she said that, which is to say she understood the ridiculous extent to which race has been made an issue in this campaign, and was making fun of those who over-emphasize it.

I haven’t watched the clip so I can’t speak to tone of voice, gestures or facial expressions, I’m just taking this from the words spoken and my belief — like you — that Whoopi is a smart and balanced thinker, and while she might be pro-Obama she is not a drunken KoolAid drinker.

sjc-tx — I think Whoopie is delusional. She said on her blog that Sarah Palin wanted Alaska to SUCCEED from the union. Whoopie should stay a comic and let smart people run the country.

joeconservative,
Sen McCain got the chance to explain about his view of separation of church and state-he supports this separation-important for people to know this.

He also got chance to explain about his position on Roe- He is against it because it was decided upon from the bench-it did not come from the people-and he feels that justices who approved it were legislating from the bench (ie reinterpreting what the constitution says instead of finding a constitutional basis for supporting Roe they supported Roe for other reasons). If the justices used the Constitution to support Roe vs Wade decision-McCain would not have any problems with decision.

From my understanding (and I am NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER-I am just a blogger who listens carefully and TRIES to use some common sense when evaluating things)

Its not the decision he is concerned about-he is concerned about the decision process and the lack of constutional-based reasoning/support the Roe vs wade decision had behind it-there was very little-acc to McCain and others. It was approved on shaky ground. Its the ‘ground’ he has a problem with-not the decision. He PERSONALLY has his own private views about abortion-as we all do.He did not bring that into the discussion when dealing with public policy-no need to-it is not part of his public policy decision making process…
Important for people to know this distinction.

Also, he re-stated his respect of and support for Sen Clinton.

I found this interview informative even though some of the questions were incredible-Sen McCain was in control of the discussion. I also got chance to see more of his sense of humor. It came through in the interview. He is witty.

LOL, what the hell was that all about????

I’ll be watching Whoopi now, to see if she repeats the “Palin hunts wolves from airplanes” lie.

i might believe you more if you didn’t start by mentioning aan ongoing downfall. In the past week, Real Clear politics average has swung 6.2% in his favor, I bet the markets would like that type of “downfall” right about now…Of course, now that they don’t fit your narrative, I’m sure they will be disissed as meaningless again;)

Absolutely correct wodiej!
Live in Indiana as well and I can assure you that it won’t go Democrat for President.
MCCain is up and is ahead here and will win.
Dream on BO;this one is not up for grabs !

The Obamas get fist bumps and the McCains get the Iron Fist from The View ladies. I will never watch that program again. There is an old saying — nobody knows you’re stupid until you open your mouth. Remember that Whoopie and Joy. As for you Barbara–Alzheimers can be a bitch.

She’s like a caricature of a candidate…I find her very low on substance, which is obviously why y’all like her, you get distracted by shiny objects;)

SJ — Whoopie looks like they found her sleeping in the street before putting her on TV. It was so obvious that this was a ploy on the part of The View to get women to support Obama. This is just what we ordinary people wanted to see — dumb New York elitists telling the rest of us what to do.

Matthew-I agree

We really do not know who Sen Obama is-really.
Watch this chilling video.

Dear Mr. Obama: Who Are You?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aBNduAyQ4

and

http://www.barackbook.com/

Obama facebook

We dont want ANY of these people getting anywhere near Washington DC, our Constitution, or our Bill of Rights.

These are all close associates of Sen Obama.

Sen Obama owes many people many favors…what are they expecting as repayment?

Paul3triple — keep your eyes on state polls of likely voters. Tracking polls of Registered Voters is meaningless at this point.

When I saw that episode, it was heartbreaking for me. I have watched The View since they came on, I think 11 years ago. I wrote a letter to the producers explaining how disappointed I was and that I would not be watching anymore.

Ever since McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate, I couldn’t believe the “woman hating” I was seeing, especially from Whoopie and Joy. I can fully understand wanting to know more about this person who is new to the national political scene; wanting to know what her qualifications are, etc.

It was very obvious from the get go that there was this anger that was born of the fact that Sarah Palin is pro life. Pro life, intelligent and successful. It scares them. It keeps them from allowing themselves to learn more about her, to see what they might have in common. This anger keeps them from rejoicing in the fact that a WOMAN is on one of the tickets for vice president this year. I mean, think about it. If John McCain had picked Mike Huckabee (a conservative, pro life, republican, former governor), would they be having such fit? No, of course not. It is because the pick is a woman. How ironic!

I think that, alone, is what was behind their rude treatment of John McCain.

Considering doing the same Judy.
Campbel Brown is being disgraceful in her facial expressions and giggle replies when responding to Mccain reporting and defending the BO CNN highly protective standards.
What a shame ! CNN has become a joke,with the exception of Lou Dobbs.

I don’t know about that(supporting Hillary), she sure ran over and got in the Obama video ‘Prayer’…quick enough. Then on the view she is asking about SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE?!? Excuse me…Obama is the answer to the PRAYER but lets rake McCain over the coals…

Whoopi has lost her spot with me…

The view told Obama he was ‘sexy’ and it went all mush from there…

They also were very nice with Michelle too.

I think they were not to nice or fair with the McCain’s.

And you like him only because he has an R next to his name. He looked like a complete fool. There is not one person I talked to who had anything nice to say about McCain’s performance.
Start backing McCain into a corner and you get the typical defensive, angry responses. The man is a liar.

Jackarooty-
Thanks for link. Boy-you are not kidding!

http://thepage.time.com/pool-report-of-schmidt-comments-on-mccain-press-plane/

An excerpt:

We note with interest Senator Obama assigning blame for this, you know, when as a point in fact much of the troubles can be traced to the collapse of Fannie and Freddie – institutions that John McCain warned about years ago. (He) spoke very…directly and candidly that their balance sheets weren’t correct, the regulatory and the oversight was not correct. And Fannie and Freddie executives — Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson and others – play very senior roles in the Obama campaign. You should look forward to hearing more about that today and tomorrow. As Senator McCain makes the case that Obama’s notion of reform on these issues and change is a rhetorical device used to advance his political agenda, but he’s got no record of reform, he’s got no record of leadership really on any issue, and in fact his campaign – very senior people very close to him are part of the people who mismanaged this organization that precipitated much of this crisis. We’ll talk about that very directly, speaking you know to his lack of reform credentials.

Voters need to learn the facts…

http://patriotroom.com/?p=2092

This speech is EXCELLENT. The truth will hurt Sen Obama indeed. This video needs to get out along with links on where people can learn more about what Sen McCain is discussing…They will see that Sen McCain is a straight talker. Sen McCain doesnt need to go down to Sen Obama’s gutter level…Sen McCain just needs to get the truth out there-that’s all.

Obama’s economic adviser and self-proclaimed housing expert Austan Goolsbee last year advised people to make money by buying homes with no down payment loans and then reselling.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/rhetoric-and-po.html

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/17/mccains-attempt-to-fix-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-in-2005/

P.S Thanks to the fellow NQ bloggers who passed on these links (see above)and comments …

I couldn’t get over how sexist they were to women everywhere on that show…it’s unreal how chauvinistic they are

http://thepage.time.com/

McCain’s Prepared Remarks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

I’m happy to be introduced by Governor Palin, but I can’t wait until I introduce her to Washington. Let me offer an advance warning to the big spending, greedy, do nothing, me first, country second crowd in Washington and on Wall Street: change is coming.

We need reform in Washington and on Wall Street. The financial markets are in crisis. Times are tough. Enormous strain is being put on working families and individuals in America. I know that the events unfolding can be difficult to understand for many Americans. The dominos that we have seen fall this week began with the corruption and manipulation of our home loan system. The reason this crisis started was the abuses that took place within our home loan agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and within our home loan system.

Two years ago I warned this Administration and Congress that regulations for our home loan agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, needed to be fixed…

But nothing was done.

Senator Obama talks a tough game on the financial markets but the facts tell a different story. He took more money from Fannie and Freddie than any Senator but the Democratic chairman of the committee that regulates them. He put Fannie Mae’s CEO who helped create this disaster in charge of finding his Vice President. Fannie’s former General Counsel is a senior advisor to his campaign. Whose side do you think he is on? When I pushed legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Senator Obama was silent. He didn’t lift a hand to avert this crisis. While the leaders of Fannie and Freddie were lining the pockets of his campaign, they were sowing the seeds of the financial crisis we see today and enriching themselves with millions of dollars in payments. That’s not change, that’s what’s broken in Washington.

There was no transparency into the books of Wall Street banks. Banks and brokers took on huge amounts of debt and they hid the riskiest investments. Mismanagement and greed became the operating standard while regulators were asleep at the switch.

The primary regulator of Wall Street, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) kept in place trading rules that let speculators and hedge funds turn our markets into a casino. They allowed naked short selling — which simply means that you can sell stock without ever owning it. They eliminated last year the uptick rule that has protected investors for 70 years. Speculators pounded the shares of even good companies into the ground.

The Chairman of the SEC serves at the appointment of the President and has betrayed the public’s trust. If I were President today, I would fire him.

We cannot wait any longer for more failures in our financial system. Structures like the resolution trust corporation that dealt with the failed savings and loan industry were designed to clean up the system and worked. Today we need a plan that doesn’t wait until the system fails. I am calling for the creation of the mortgage and financial institutions trust – the MFI. The priorities of this trust will be to work with the private sector and regulators to identify institutions that are weak and take remedies to strengthen them before they become insolvent. For troubled institutions this will provide an orderly process through which to identify bad loans and eventually sell them.

This will get the treasury and other financial regulatory authorities in a proactive position instead of reacting in a crisis mode to one situation after the other. The MFI will enhance investor and market confidence, benefit sound financial institutions, assist troubled institutions and protect our financial system, while minimizing taxpayer exposure. Tomorrow I will be talking in greater detail about the crisis facing our markets and what I will do as President to fix this crisis and get our economy moving again.

Senator Obama has never made the kind tough reform we need today. His idea of reform is what his party leaders in Congress order him to do. We tried for bipartisan ethics reform and he walked away from it because his bosses didn’t want real change. I know how to make the change that Senator Obama and this Congress is afraid of. I’ve fought both parties to shake up up Washington and I’m going to do it as President.

Those same Congressional leaders who give Senator Obama his marching orders are now saying that this mess isn’t their fault and they aren’t going to take any action on this crisis until after the election. Senator Obama’s own advisers are saying that crisis will benefit him politically. My friends, that is the kind of me-first, country-second politics that are broken in Washington. My opponent sees an economic crisis as a political opportunity instead of a time to lead. Senator Obama isn’t change, he’s part of the problem with Washington.

When AIG was bailed out, I didn’t like it, but I understood it needed to be done to protect hard working Americans with insurance policies and annuities. Senator Obama didn’t take a position. On the biggest issue of the day, he didn’t know what to think. He may not realize it, but you don’t get to vote present as President of the United States.

While Senator Obama and Congressional leaders don’t know what to think about the current crisis, we know what their plans are for the economy. Today Senator Obama’s running mate said that raising taxes is patriotic. Raising taxes in a tough economy isn’t patriotic. It’s not a badge of honor. It’s just dumb policy. The billions in tax increases that Senator Obama is proposing would kill even more jobs during tough economic times. I’m not going to let that happen.

I have seen tough times before. I know how to shake-up Wall Street and Washington. I will get this economy moving. I will lead us through this crisis by fighting for you, and when I am President we will be stronger than ever before.

yeah, it’s weird that you would label her intelligent, that whol 6 year/5 college bachelors, yet Obama is labelled an idiot here with an honors designation from Columbia, then harvard law…It’s like you people are purposefully obtuse>>>

Joe Bob-
You are not referring to Gov Palin are you?

See all the lies they are spreading about Gov Palin and how factcheck.org cant keep up fast enough with researching and refuting them all….

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/09/move-ons-and-others-rumor-mongering/#more-4666

Now… learn about what Gov Palin REALLY did as governor in Alaska.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt6VzuseI30

The show was created by Walters. She’s in charge and hires and fires the ladies who occupy the couch. Whoopie was hired to “lead” the discussion for every show, a “moderator” if you will. Looks like it’s not working that way — how do you moderate a discussion when you’re sititng at the end of the sofa and your body language points to the wings of the stage? — but this is a show that has a large audience. And it’s pretty pathetic. Over the years I’ve tried to watch it but could never stand to listen to it for long. You know, that movie “Idiocracy” is getting more real by the minute. In any sane political environment, McCain vs. Obama would be a landslide win. In this culture, an inexperienced, unqualified “fund-raiser” has made a name for himself by spending hundreds of millions of dollars to put his name before the public, aided by a supportive media. Serious discussions be damned. I guess “the view” really is “THE View” in America these days. Idiocracy.

Yes, she was being ironic. It was in response to McCains ridiculous assertions that he wants judges who interpret the constitution in the strictest sense. Her point was, if that is the case, do we go back to slavery? Do we say woman cannot vote?
Repubs want it both ways. They claim to want strict constructionists, but what they mean is they want judges who agree with the Repub platform.
Her comments had nothing to do with race or lack of. It had to do with the B.S. McCain spouts about litmus tests. Like the repubs are ever going to consider anyone for any bench who is pro choice.

Harp — The job of The View’s women was to get Obama back the women he lost to McCain because of his sexism. All these women showed was their lack of class — and they didn’t win anything for Obama.

Oprah won’t have Sarah Palin on because she hearts Obama. God forbid she could still be fair. Something tells me that we need new programming on the networks. Humility and grace are in short supply.

American Prayer – Dave Stewart (Barack Obama Music Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVi4rUzf-0Q
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Was Barack Obama against the war at the beginning of it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXe-_9cr1kQ
Barack Obama on April 5, 2004
Obama: Don’t Bring The Troops Home
Obama says he was against the war in Iraq from the beginning Yeah Right lol.
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Do they know who they are praying for? Do they know he was asking the Iraqis to delay troop withdrawal? Do they know he voted for FISA?

It fascinates me that even a video with his own words doesn’t cause a pause…truly shocking.

I agree with you. Although polls have been wrong before. The people on this site only believe the polls that show McCain up. Any polls showing Obama up have to be by some people who are “in the tank” for Obama. Polls don’t matter, election day matters.

Facts are stubborn things but certain people on this site try to twist them to suit their dream of 4 more Bush years. “The fundamentals of the economy are strong”? Yes, they have all drunk the McCain koolaid.

Oh and McCain is just so spectacular?
Yuk! The woman on the view made McCain look like an idiot. As for Hasselbarf, her claim to fame if I recall is an american idol contestant? She could not ask an intelligent question if her life depended on it. McCain got asked the tough question of why are you a liar in your ads and he started humming and stuttering. Typical GOP liar.

It made me sick to watch that show. Did you notice how those women could not even look at McCain? That shows me that they have no self respect for themselves and they know deep down they are wrong. I just will never ever watch that show again!! Isn’t it funny I think Rosie was right!!!
Puma for McCain/Palin

Blah, blah, blah. You sound like a broken record.

Ayers, Wright the Whitey tape. It’s going to come out and Obama will be through! You all keep waiting. I have not seen one thing that has brought Obama down in the polls. No one of any consequence belives the lies. They may have if you all had not started hyperventilating about Obama. If you had stuck to the facts you may have gotten some traction but now you just look desperate. I won’t vote for either fraud. You don’t like Obama. Period. Repubs never like dems.

All this and still Obama sits atop some polls. Hmm. Don’t you get it yet? Americans do not care. People have looked into the stories and there is nothing there for whatever reason.
Let’s take a look at McCains “there” shall we? Look no further than the Keating 5. What a crook. McCain is a corporate repub hack. Period.

Will the real black Republicans stand up!

http://media.www.thehilltoponline.com/media/storage/paper590/news/2008/09/04/Metro/Area-Republicans.Speak.About.The.Gop-3414829.shtml
During the 1800s, the Republican Party fought to end slavery and after the Civil War, it was the Republicans who fought to give blacks the right to vote. Abraham Lincoln was a part of the Republican Party and before Lincoln was voted into office, the Republican Party was known as the “anti-slavery party.”
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Someone didn’t send the memo to Whoopi…

I am a Dem but she was way off base with McCain…and an apology is warranted!

Well, Joe Bob, she had to actually “earn” her degree without the benefit of affirmative action.

I agree with you Joe. MCain is really looking like he is out of touch. I don’t support McCain or Obama.

McCains economic comments were stupid. So is the fact that Fiorina, his spokesman, said her own candidate could not run a company. Then she tried to backtrack. Since she was fired from HP (with a huge severance package) for doing such a crappy job running that company, maybe she needs to be fired again? What an idiot.

“Obama’s ongoing downfall?” You’re a couple of days behind the curve, Matthew. Obama is trending upwards in the polls again, as the “Palin bounce” wears off.

Today brings us a new Quinnipiac poll and a Gallup daily tracking poll. Both show Obama up by 4 points.

If the Republicans want this one, they’re gonna have to steal it. Or get even dirtier than they’ve gotten. I’m sure you guys will root for either eventuality.

Me? I’m rooting for the will of the people.

You people suck. Do you obsess over how much you hate Obama or what?
Losers

Talk about sexism. Whoopi is a great comedian, that is her career. You call her ugly? Of course anyone who supports Obama is bad in your book. When people don’t attack Obama they are “going to pay”. Don’t watch the stupid show.

Whoopi is a great woman with a great sense of humour and she had a great point about the constitution but since you are so into your paranoia about Obama, you could not even hear the conversation. Typical GOP.

Maybe you ought to turn on CSPAN and watch the senate with your own eyes instead of getting your talking points from the fixed news crowd?

What Senator Reid said is that the senate will be in proforma session so that senators can hold hearings etc.

Reid is saying what everyone else is saying, including leading economists. There is no easy solution to this crisis that the GOP, under Bush has created with no oversite. It will take some time for a solution that does not make the situation worse. McCain and his deregulation crowd are responsible. Now the dems are at fault for not fixing the mess? Give me a break.

Not only that, but McCain has reached out to the NAACP and spoke to that organization in person, which was really, I thought, a testament to his courage to seek discourse with every voter, to be a President of all the people, not just some of the people. Remember, Barack Obama has TWICE refused to attend the Black State of the Union Conference, this past year it was even in New Orleans, and Sen. Clinton attended.

In Obama’s world, there are only victims and oppressors. If he is elected president, which will you be?”

http://www.zwire.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1672&dept_id=635536&newsid=20126108

areyouserious,

That is all they do. Eat, sleep and talk about Obama. From his teeth to his wife or pigs, whatever they can to justify their dillusions. It is really sad and pathetic. All you will find is blah, blah, blah about pigs, abortion and whatever other stupid crap they think will help their cause. Did you think Repubs would have anything nice to say about a dem?
The repub trolls have taken over this website. There used to be great debate and useful discussions here. Now it has been hijacked by the extreme right wing nutjobs who have drunk the McCain/Palin koolaid.

This from the party who has stolen the last two elections?

Go read your history. The GOP are the ones who are stealing elections, throwing people off of the rolls, putting people in jail. You are delusional. Oh wait, I forgot the GOP always blames the dems for what they do.

“Like the repubs are ever going to consider anyone for any bench who is pro choice.”

Hello. Sandra Day O’Connor voted to uphold Roe in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, even though she is personally opposed to abortion. Her position is the same as liberal Catholic Mario Cuomo.

Hello. Harriet Meiers is personally anti-abortion but respects Roe v. Wade. She made a speech that basically restated the ruling in Roe:

“… Where science determines the facts, the law can effectively govern. However, when science cannot determine the facts and decisions vary based upon religious belief, then government should not act.”

That’s Roe in a nutshell. So the Radical Right went into overdrive and forced Bush to nominate Alito.

Hello. 5 of the 7 judges in the Roe v. Wade majority were Republican appointees. Hello. Earl Warren of the liberal Warren Court was a Republican. Hello. Half of the liberal wing of the current court are Republican appointees (Souter, Stevens).

Joy made the one smart comment. The more support McCain gets support from the center, the less he has to give in to the Radical Right. Give McCain a centrist mandate!

It’s pretty funny that you compare Obama supporters to Hitler followers.

The GOP are the destructive ones who have taken this country into ruins.
I would not compare them to Nazis even though they embrace some of the principles. People like you are the ones tearing this country apart.

What difference does pro-choice make really?

Who really wants to have an abortion when pregnancy is so easily prevented????
Pro Choice is grossly over rated – There should be no abortion on demand whatsoever.
It should never be used as a form of birth control, that is just plain stupid.
Most African Americans who get pregnant as young unmarried girls want those kids so they can get more welfare, that is sad and that is what Whoopi and Obama and other African Americans should address, how to stop that crap, so what is the big deal anyway about abortion??????????

get a life blue intrique…..kentucky and north carolina are those bitter people clinging to their guns and religion, they are not flocking to oliar, you are only fooling yourself

areyouserious,
Yes we do hate and fear Obama and people like Whoopi Goldberg who support him.
African American, most of them, not all support Obama just because of his race – That is certainly racism, now isn’t it.
That is not why I hate him though and I certainly cannot stand him nor his buddies Ludacris and P.Diddy.
Personally I don’t want the White House painted black.

Yeah… without the benefit of affirmative action, but with the benefit of a beauty pageant!

No Brain, No McCain
From the bottom of my heart…
Fuck the bunch of you. You are all stamped from the same shit filled mold and each and every one of you is as pustulant and infected with ignorance as to make you utterly, utterly inconsequential.
Fuck the bunch of you.

You might want to revise and extend your remarks.

Most recent (and highly reliable) Selzer poll for Indiana:

Obama: 47
McCain: 44

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS0502/809180460

As wonderful as it is to see that you still retain a degree of curiosity, if you fail to ask these same questions of Obama… and he has no answers other than BS platitudes, then what you are really doing is masking your bias and pre-judgement (or Prejudice) with false prose.
See if Barry has any answers other than bullshit and then come back with his answers. Otherwise, see my above post.

Your last line is Undercover Bullshit…
So are you

SpotOn…

Whoopie was being disingenuous and insulting of Sen McCain’s and our intelligence. a lot like her guy obama.

Whoopie has done very well for herself and her family here in the USA.

wonder how many houses she has, and how many she bought for her family?

as for slavery….well, when was she ever a slave? what a dim remark. i am very disappointed in Whoopie. i thought she was a lot wiser than she is.

ani…

Whoopie had to vote for Hillary.

she promised to vote for the first person who supported whatever(???), can’t recall the detail, but at first she said it was Obama who was the first and was happy about it…..then she came back the next day to report that she got many many phone calls saying it was Hillary,, not obama who was the first.

that’s when she HAD to say she was going to vote for Hillary.

she never once said she was supporting Hillary. she’s always been for obama. she just couldn’t in all integrity vote for him against her own word.

Your argument is silly and stupid. The constitution has amendments added to bring it up to modern standards of living. I can’t believe anyone would advance this line of “reasoning(?)”

How many times does John McCain have to say inclusion?

To seasiren,

. . . “There is not one person I talked to who had anything nice to say about McCain’s performance.”
You must have talked with your fellow Obamabots. You must be watching a different show. McCain never displayed for a minute what you termed “defensive, angry responses.” If there is anybody who is a liar, it is Obama regarding the nature of his relationship with his associates . . . i.e Rezko . . .(did only a few hours of work), sat in the pew for 20 years listening to Wright, but never heard him spew hate-filled sermons, Ayers, etc. etc.

seasiren….

go home and shut the hell up, would ya?

sheeesh.

come back when you are informed about the truth concerning obama.

regurgitate the kool aid, and get a brain.

thanks

That’s because Obama pays the Bots to say the pledge of allegiance to him, rather than the flag. If any bots disagree they are sent back to the indocrination camps for reprogramming.

When you head back to camp, ask Obama why he won’t agree to any town meetings?

Yeah, he’s BLT all the way. Do we continue to wonder why Obama doesn’t respect the anthem?

These are the same polls that had John Kerry in the lead in 2004.
How’d that work out for ya?

WAKE UP! It was not the Republican PARTY who “stole” the elections it was the NEOCONS. Or ruling elite or Illuminati or whatever you want to call them. These people are BEYOND PARTY. They are backing OBAMA this time because they aren’t stupid enough to back another Republican after Bush’s low approval rating. Unfortunately for them, some of us are awake and see through their BS.

Hillary Clinton did not steal the democratic nomination, Obama did. Just because two candidates are in the same party does not mean they use the same dirty tricks.

God here we go again with the anti-Republican hyperbole. Until you see massive breadlines the country is NOT in ruins.

Ms. Lindsay Lohan,

John McCain and Sarah Palin are spectacular.

I realize that you are bitter and clinging to your coke due to Barry not allowing you to throw him a fundraiser with your inebriated cohorts.

However, Obie has extended an invitation for you to join him on Nov.5th, when you may both drown your sorrows over your mutual (at one time promising) failed careers.

YES Obama is backed by the same money that backed Bush. I have some thoughts on this here:

http://hillaryorbust.com/obama-neocon/

I thought McCain and his wife did a phenomenal job on that interview!! Being a life long Democrat, I’ve been torn between either not voting or voting for McCain. I was really impressed with him during that particular interview under such tough questioning, and I think he’s won me over.

I don’t mind politicians getting tough questions. They SHOULD get tough questions. But what miffs me is that Obama NEVER does!!!!! That’s almost an insult to his intelligence and ability when reporters baby him the way they do.

I thought McCain and his wife showed grace under fired. Now if Whoopi and Barbara would grill Obama just as hard Do you think they will??? NOT!!

I loved Cindy’s answer to Barbara’s house question. Cindy showed a lot of class.

Have you ever visted the 13th district in Illinois that Obama represenated? THAT is in ruins.
That’s a great example of Obama’s lack of accomplishments.
Then again, maybe he does want to turn the rest of the country into a slum like the one he represented.
Change you Need?

Obama is doing just as well in the polls as President Mondale, President Dukakis, President Kerry….LOL…..

I agree with you. Barbara has always been able to keep it together, but she blew her cover, big time on this one. I’ve been watching her all my life, and this time she blew it with me, forever. It was more like she was sitting next to Charles Manson than a war hero and GOOD man.

I have no respect for them. What is wrong with these people? Cater to Precious and attack the war hero? Every time I see this kind of crap it re-enforces my opinion of not only The One but so-called journalistic integrity. There is no way I will ever vote for Barky – not just because he’s the most lame candidate we’ve ever had, but in a small measure, because of the incredibly overt bias of these so-called journalists.

And what mature person gives a crap if someone is “hot” or not? We’re living in virtual American Idol Land. ewwwwwww.

McCain/Palin ’08
Hillary ’12

Joe Biden said Hillary was more qualified to be VP than he was. So his own VP does not belive Obie has the judgement to be prez.

Biden said Obie was not qualified to be president. He was right. Obie’s OWN VP doesn’t think O is qualified!
PRICELESS!!!

Thank for putting this up. He sure is presidential and she sure would be a first class first lady! Bravo! Dem4McCain!

I agree, Michelle Obama is low on substance. However, Obama is known for substance ABUSE. Much like his biggest fan, Lindsay.

No, sesiren, I like McCain despite the fact that he has an “R” after his name. I’ve learned from this election cycle that I was wrong to vote party over country/candidate all of these previous years, and I was also wrong in my knee jerk reaction that all Republicans were inherently evil and wrong, while all Democrats were enlightened and right. I’ve come to realize that politicians will be politicians, but there are many evil politicians with “D”s and with “R”s after their names. These past two election cycles have also taught me that votes in Congress can be very nuanced, and, when fully explained, John Kerry was correct about being for a piece of legislation before he was against it, and Hillary’s vote on the authorization to use military force was a perfectly sensible, and even an acceptable (to me) position to take. The opposition turned these nuanced positions into “flip-flops” and clever sound bites, but I matured as a voter since 2000, and I’ve also determined that world situtions and issues are rarely presented in stark black or white terms, and we can’t predict how a given issue will present itself or the factors that will be at play during a presidential administration. Therefore, rather than a narrow focus on the “issues”, I have advanced the factors of “character” and “judgment” and “trustworthiness” above all other factors to be considered in my voting choices. When those factors are considered, McCain/Palin have earned my vote.

I used to like Whoopi.

This is a completely ignorant ridiculous out of line question.

Just as when Sen Bill Nelson back in February linked Bill Clinton to Plantations.

DISGUSTING shit.

President John Kerry was ahead in the polls too…did you get invited to his inagural ball?…LOL

Can you imagine Michelle at a beauty pageant- she would be disqualified due to her angry jaw?
She’s the original ugly stepsister…hey maybe she can get into the beauty pageant…affirmative action for ugly people…LOL….

“strict constitutionalist”

blablityblahblityblahblah

See Spot?

See Spot run?

See Spot’s tail?

See who is wagging Spot?

When you run out of reasons to support your own candidate you get down to deconstructing the words of his opponent.

Abortion
Civil Rights
SCOTUS Judges
Racism
Elite-ism

Nothing but words that elicit proscribed responses. Yai! from supportersl Hey! from detractors.

blahblityblahblah … nobody believes we are going back to slaves or back alley coat hangers or five movies of year from the star of Yentle (will the real Yenta please stand up! please stand up!).

This “show” gave me second hand embarrassment. These women acted as vapid as one could script.

McCain further wins me over. This is what I say to those who ask why I won’t vote for Obama. Simple. He hasn’t won me over yet. He has had many opportunities.

In the country we call these folks “Cuds.” The stuff you chew and chew but eventually spit out. (AKA the fatty inside of your mouth some people like to “chew.”)

Who better than a strict constructionist to interpret the 14th Amendment mandating for all citizens of the U.S. “equal protection under the law.”

It was strict constructionists that applied this principal to declare unconstitutional any laws segregating the races under the false interpretation of separate but equal, in Brown v. Board of Education, opinion written by Earl Warren, a republican appointee of Eisenhower. Warren also wrote the opinions that said the Constitution requires all criminal defendants the right to be represented by counsel and the famous Miranda opinion that criminal defendants must be advised of their rights.

The Roe v. Wade opinion was written by a Nixon appointee, and and other republican, Sandra Day O’Connor reaffirmed Roe in the subsequent Planned Parenthood v. Casey deciosn.

Reagan appointed Republican supreme court justices wrote the opinions that gays have equal protection under the law in cases that held unconstitutional laws criminalizing gay sexual behavior in private and laws denying gays the right to sue for discrimination. SOunds like strict construction of equal protection to me. The opinion of the California Supreme Court in upholding gay marriage under constitutional equal protection was also authored by the conservative Republican appointee.

Sarah Palin, despite her personal religious beliefs, also strictly construes equal protection under the law by vetoing a bill that would have denied gays and lesbians equality of state benefits.

So what is wrong with a strict construction of equal protection under the law? When it comes to my rights of equality, I prefer it.

Another thing that I recently discovered about the Republican Party. It was two Republicans legislators who first introduced the Equal Rights Amendment back in the 1920s.

That’s why Campbell and Chris Matthews and the others sit behind desks, so that we can’t see how excited and gushing they really are.

No Way:

Maybe if the American public could actually get fair reporting from the mainstream press (where most of the public gets all of their information) on all of the candidates, they would care. Unfortunately, the press is working as hard as they possibly can to cover up any allegations against Obama and to protect him until after the election. If Obama received half of the scrutiny from the press that has been turned on Gov. Palin, Obama would have been out of this race long ago. Even when the press is forced into discussing some of the issues against Obama, they spin the language and the facts to downplay the seriousness of the allegations, try to “balance” the allegations against some allegation againt Obama’s opponent, or simply take their Messiah’s denial at face value, and refuse to follow-up.

I’m surprised that she didn’t ask McCain what kind of tree he would want to be.

Just a small detail, but I think that “Kevin” is one of us. The troll goes by the screen name of “Kelvin”.

I agree with you. Although polls have been wrong before. The people on this site only believe the polls that show McCain up. Any polls showing Obama up have to be by some people who are “in the tank” for Obama. Polls don’t matter, election day matters.

Facts are stubborn things but certain people on this site try to twist them to suit their dream of 4 more Bush years. “The fundamentals of the economy are strong”? Yes, they have all drunk the McCain koolaid.

Aye! McCain koolaid good. Obama Koolaid causes obvious brain damage.

Take it slow, pay attention:

I rather have FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH than 1 day of an Otraitor administration.

So your insults fall way short of it’s mark. As does your comprehension skills.

Whoopie seems to have changed a lot since her days of co-hosting the charity telethon Comic Relief with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal.

It’s hard to believe she could refocus such altruistic idealism to support some community organizer who allowed tenants of his benefactor Rezko to go without heat in Chicago’s winter.

I guess, like Soertoro/Obama, with success comes a certain amount of callousness.

No Way:
You say that you don’t support either McCain nor Obama. What third party (in your opinion) has an iceberg’s chance in hell this November ? Or do you intend to sit back smuggly and heap scorn on whomever wins this election ? I’m voting for the chief executive of the United States of America, not the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. The current pResident was sold to the nation as a businessman with good business sense and broad experience in running various businesses (into the ground). Unfortunately, most of America seemed to miss that “into the ground” part, and the results have not been surprising.

notice how the msm never mentions all the humanitarian work done by cindy mccain..long before her husband became the candidate. what has michelle obama done to help anyone but herself and her husband besides donating a few bucks to her favorite charity..rev. wrights church.

Campbell Brown. I race for my remote so as not watch thin lip smirk her way through any mention of McCain and especially Palin. She seems to reserved her ugliest looks for her.

But then again, I can’t hardly watch CNN anymore.

Can you say CSI reruns?

That was NY State Senator Bill Perkins who said that. It was an ugly and totally unnecessary remark. And I have the pleasure of not voting for him.

And we’ll never know who she actually voted for once inside the privacy of the voting booth.

If I were a sociologist, it would be interesting to look at how people can join a movement and suspend their previously held beliefs – and abandon all skepticism.

Obamaism is like a study in ‘rooting for the team’ behavior. People say and do things which would otherwise be anathema to them.

This is why, to me, heaven forbid, it’s like thinking about how Germans were deluded. Egad, I’ve said it…

Way to keep it elevated, TKSC. The webmasters are proud of what you bring to the table, I bet.

LOL…thanks for posting this.

Wait a minute! Are you seriously engaging in pot/kettle insults? You Botheads are shoved so far up 0bama’s ass you’re damn near brain dead.

Pound for pound McCain is better qualified and prepared to be POTUS. 0bama is a marketing clone, Senator Ditto backed by the dirty disgusting Chicago Combine. His State Senate resume was gift wrapped by Emil Jones, he was in bed with Tony Rezko, a slumlord who let AAs freeze in Chicago winters and 0bama did nothing about the people in his own districts, not to mention they were AA like he pretends to be as he has conned them into supporting him without promising them anything.

We, on this board are trying to defeat 0bama. Unlike you, nobody here worships McCain. But at least we know what we’re getting with John McCain. After 0bama’s flip on FISA and his vote for the Cheney Energy Bill there’s no way to tell whether 0bama has a ‘D‘ or a ‘R‘ behind his name.

Add to that all of his shady friends and the amount of money he took from Fannie Mae and his Laundry List of Lies, I’d say the people here are on the right side of this election.

So beat it!

VetGirl,

You rock!

0bama hasn’t won me over either. And I’m insulted that he and the rest of the AAs, my community btw, think he’s not supposed to.

Fuck that!

I’m a voter. He’s a candidate. It’s his job to be more than a symbol.

After 4 years of Bush/Cheney, I need more.

Six months ago I said he was not ready! Today I say he’s simply not presidential material!

And every day he proves me right.

how many houses does Oprah have?

And yes it’s creepy. I don’t know what these people see in 0BigEars.

Well, if she did use phrasing like “will I have to be worried about becoming a slave again”, that is, I agree, inaccurate and indicative of something I’d find it hard to respect . . . but I read the transcript of the appearance after first hearing of her mention of slavery, and in context, I was surprised to find that I thought she really did have a good point and it was made well, and I believe McCain (from what I remember of the transcript) conceded that she had a point.

I seem to remember Whoopi getting on Whitney Houston’s case when Whitney held a concert in Africa and exclaimed it’s good to be home. Whoopi smacked Whitney saying that Whitney wasn’t born in Africa so it wasn’t her home. Guess Whoopi needs to smack herself as well. I think her dreds are way too tight.

Who cares who she voted for in the Primary? She had always been tacitly supporting BO and now is an outright celeb Obot. She complained that the Dems abandoned her to public criticisms after she made a joke about Bush at one of their fundraisers a few years back. Now she’s back in bed with the same cowardly bunch. She obviously didn’t learn from her past mistake.

Speaking of stealing elections (like HIllary’s), I see that Obama’s old organizing group ACORN has been hit twice now in the last two months with submitting fraudulent voter registration cards – 1100 in Bernalilo County, NM and then last month in Milwaukee, WI. It seems Obama’s roots are showing.

The View ladies showed their bias so much it’s not even funny. Every comment came with a sneer or an eye roll. Elisabeth, whom I disliked previously but have come to appreciate, was the only one who was doing a honest-to-goodness interview. John and Cindy must have felt the hostile vibe. They sounded like they were coached beforehand, but I don’t blame them if they knew they would be cross-examined by the opposition.

It’s sad, really. She must think that will never happen again if Obama is President. She’s drunk the bot juice and apparently forgot that Obama may very well be Muslim. Will she ask him if she has to worry about another Holocaust if he’s elected? After all, Whoopi IS part Jewish. Muslims hates Jews and want them dead. Hey, it’s only FAIR.

But I guess I shouldn’t expect much. She did say growing up during Hitler’s reign wouldn’t feel terrible if it is all one knew. It makes sense she can’t tell Obama is Hitler-lite. I bet she could tell when Bush was Hitler-lite. Really, now.

Are you the same Zeke who is a Black Panther?
The same Zeke who said there would be rioting if Obama lost the nomination? The same Zeke who is from Chicago?

You are filled with the same insane rage that fills Barack and Michelle Obama. Why would we want them in the White House? Why would we want YOU to have access to that same White House? Go to Hell.

You need to take courses in how to win friends and influence people. Your ranting and raving, Michelle’s bitterness and Obama’s ties to groups like the “New” Black Panthers are what CHANGED my vote for Obama. I will do everything to insure his failure.

Your Black Panthers promise to “change America the melting pot” into a ‘molten America’” rings with so much false bravado. Your childish insults we brush off the bottom of our shoe, taking you and Barry with it.

OMG Zeke it is early here and I took that comment wrong. Thought it was directed at non Obama supporters. ouchie. Again I am so sorry.

what a load of crap noquarter has become and to think used to like this site withfellow hillary supporters-now i see you weren’t hillary supporters at all-you were obama haters-i am sorry now i ever joined in-my bad

Hundreds of studentsin our lecture Halls commented on how rude, sarcastic and unprofessional the women were to Senator McCain. They were down right mean and did nothing more than to show their true character, drop their ratings, lost many, many viewers. They made it so truly obvious that they are prejudiced against McCain and favor Obama….If I were their Producer they would be back working in the streets. They should be ashamed of themselves. I must admit and I’ve seen this again, again and again…they are very typical of the type of people who support Obama…prejudiced, arrogant, mean, ill-mannered, rude and the list goes on. Obama these women(and I use the word loosely) did you a great deal of harm and millions of Independents who hadn’t made up their mind…sure did after the show when they saw McCain maintain his cool, Presidential like character, composure etc.

Eh, none of that stereotyping here.

The facts tell us that the 2 highest demographic getting abortions are inner-city black women and Upper-class professional white women.

This is an issue of the gravest personal responsibility it cannot be reduced to stereo typing and bad mouthing women.

Not here, not now.

There is more truth to your comment than I’d like to admit.

Barky has even used selected sections of Hitler’s speeches. Most notably one in 1925 and the Kristalnacht insightment.

Ok for the Record:

The FUNDAMENTALS of the ECONOMY are:

UNEmployment Rate: 6.5%
~5% unemployment is considered “fully employed”)

New Job Creation: there have been more jobs created this year than lost

Median Income: 50,000 (up from last year)

Rate of Inflation: 5.6%

GDP Growth: 3.6%

Prime Rate : 5%

These are at near historic lows.
THis is stable and good.

THe dollar value has increased in the las 2 months over 15% compared to the Euro

Oil is down to 104/ barrel

Guys the FUNDAMENTALS are strong.
That doesn’t mean the economy is great. It means with careful management there is opportunity for growth and gain.

Obama wants us running around with our hair on fire. If we look at the whole situation and take PRUDENT measusres we can weather this storm with little loss.

Her mom is a secretary and dad a teacher–money had to come from somewhere. No bankers or private schools in her background.

She has sone more with her degree then Obama has with his.

eden — Now however, Elizabeth is going to leave the show. Barbara Walters has become so hard edged that she and Elizabeth no longer get along. This was supposed to be an entertaining show for women. Well its not entertaining anymore. I don’t care who they have on — I will never watch it again.

Elizabeth told Hannity that the biggest pain in the neck was Michelle Obama. When she came on the show she was so demanding. She had to have the questions in advance and drove everyone mad. When Cindy McCain made an appearance on The View prior to last Friday she never asked for anything special.

sjc-tx — I lost respect for Whoopie when she said that she is allowed to say the N word and Elizabeth could not. Then she said it over and over and was furious because ABC bleeped it.

blue — Obama moans if he is not winning. He he says stupid things. So the media has to make him look good which is a fulltime job. Take your superior intellect and go bother another blog with it.

Silver Fox — What Whoopie showed us was how stupid she is. She has had a damn good life and to hear her moan about becoming a slave again — is repulsive.

xax — That is total crap. Why did the media hate Hillary so much then? As Hannity says 2008 — the year journalism died. The media always liked McCain — but they are being forced to push Obama now.

heather — you obviously haven’t watched the change in Whoopie. She is drunk on Kool Aid. She is so furious right now that she has lost her humor.

barack community organizer — Whoopie was dressed like a homeless person. Is this the dress code for someone who is balanced? She better hope Obama gets in — if not her career is over.

The View is over. They have no credibility left. They are cheeleaders for Obama and won’t let any criticism be spoken of Obama. Barbara Walters is out for blood with Sarah Palin. Walters is a disgrace.