Right. Because Obama has done such a terrible job as president....(sm)

Oh, wait....no...it can't be....the audacity of this man.  He isn't even president yet, and just look at how he has changed this country.  He has given people hope for a brighter future....the nerve.  Things were much better when we could just torture people at will, invade who we want, pi$$ off the world, and not have to deal with those pesky civil rights.  Oh, those were the days! 

Keep counting.

• Only 1474 days left - Til we have a chance at someone being qualified
  • Correction. 2930 days until the 3rd Tue in 2017. - sm
    • We WILL have an election in 2012 - that is what most go by - Reality check - see message
      • Yessiree. The elite, arrogant, audacious, - sm
  • Obama - eva
    • Just following in lines of being absolutely nauseating - Til we have a chance at someone being qualified
      • If you are as open-minded as you say you are - jj
        • Because its nauseating - Til we have a chance at someone being qualified
          • Oh no, Mr. Bill. Another BC die-hard? - jj
            • Say it ain't so JJ....(sm) - Just the big bad
    • Incoming junior senator from Illinois Burris more qualified/more experience than Obama... - original poster correct.
      • Just how long will it take you folks to get over - sm
        • ...and yet....he's still unqualified...go figure.... - .
          • This is a no brainer. - sm
          • Qualifications for Prez of US states - grams
            • okay, she was wrong....he has no "experience" although qualified. - technically...no experience is well known to all
  • Right. Because Obama has done such a terrible job as president....(sm) - Just the big bad
    • Obama :) - CJ
    • That's not the issue and you know it. - Til we have a chance at someone being qualified
      • I beg to differ. - jc
      • Constitution? (sm) - Just the big bad
        • Wow, JTBB. You are in top form today. - sm
        • Obama, Pelosi, Reid, et al.....are set to truly burn our - very sad at current state of affairs
          • Could you please be a little more specific? - jj
          • Crystal ball malfunction...(sm) - Just the big bad

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Dear Friend, During his recent speech in Berlin, Barack Obama tried to ingratiate himself to the foreign crowd by claiming loudly that he was “a citizen of the world.” The problem is Obama’s self-proclaimed global “citizenship” appears to go well beyond just a rhetorical device to gain favor with a European throng full of pie-in-the-sky utopians. It seems the Democrats’ would-be president of the United States of America really believes that the rest of the world’s problems, and approval, trump the interests of Americans when it comes to how we live our lives and where our money is spent. While stumping for the support of his party’s leftist base, Obama proclaimed, "we can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK." And now he’s putting your money where his mouth is. A bill he has sponsored in the U.S. Senate, the so-called Global Poverty Act (S. 2433), would raise the amount of American tax dollars allocated to United Nations’ redistribution efforts to $845 billion. That’s $2,500 from every American taxpayer, when many in our country already are struggling to make ends meet. And if you think taxes and energy costs are high now, wait until Obama’s global energy and production taxes are made law by the Nancy Pelosi/Harry Reid-run Democrat Congress. Is this what Pelosi meant when she said, “I’m trying to save the planet!  I’m trying to save the planet!”? Senator Obama and the Democrats don’t seem to understand that American prosperity is a result of the hard work of American citizens in a free market economy.  And that the American people already are the most generous in the world when it comes to global aid. Help us show Barack Obama that Americans don’t need foreign approval to lead their lives as they see fit, and that he ought to remember that he is running for president of the United States, not the United Nations. Please make a secure online contribution of $2,000, $1,000, $500, $100, $50 or $25 today to provide Republican candidates with the resources they urgently need to tell voters about the Obama Democrats’ plans for America. The future of an America whose government makes its own citizens its first priority may depend on it. Sincerely, Robert M. "Mike" Duncan Chairman, Republican National Committee P.S. Friend, powerful leftist forces will spend whatever it takes to elect Barack Obama and Democrats up and down the ticket to impose their radical utopian agenda on America.  Help us make sure they don’t succeed by making a secure online campaign contribution of $2,000, $1,000, $500, $100, $50 or $25 to the RNC today.  Thank you. Contributions or gifts to the Republican National Committee are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.  Republican National Committee | 310 First Street, SE | Washington, D.C. 20003 p: 202.863.8500 | f: 202.863.8820 | e: info@gop.com Paid for by the Republican National Committee. 310 First Street, SE - Washington, D.C. 20003 - (202) 863-8500 www.gop.com Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Copyright 2008 Republican National Committee

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Bill Ayers and Barrack Obama: Both Obama and Ayers were members of the board of an anti-poverty group, the Woods Fund of Chicago, between 1999 and 2002. In addition, Ayers contributed $200 to Obama's re-election fund to the Illinois State Senate in April 2001. They lived within a few blocks of each other in the trendy Hyde Park section of Chicago, and moved in the same liberal-progressive circles.

THE AYERS/OBAMA TIMELINE:

1987 William Ayers meets Barack Obama

1988 Ayers solicits Khalid Al-Mansour to raise money for Obama's Harvard law School education

1989 Tom Ayers and William Ayers get Obama a summer job at Sidley & Austin (where he meets Michelle Obama); Ayers' wife Bernadine Dohrn also worked at Sidley at about the same time as Barack and Michelle.

1993 Ayers places Obama on Woods Foundation

1995 Ayers makes Obama Chairman of Annenberg Challenge

1995 Ayers hosts a coffee klatch for Obama's political debut (Obama falsely claims this is when he met Ayers)

Raila Odinga and Barrack Obama: Odinga claims to be Obama's 1st cousin although the Obama campaign denies this. Raila Odinga has, in his own words, a 'close personal friendship' with Barrack Hussein Obama Junior.When Obama went to Kenya in August of 2006, he was hosted by Raila and spoke in praise of him at rallies in Nairobi: Obama's bias for his fellow Luo was so blatant that a Kenya government spokesman denounced Obama during his visit as Raila's ‘stooge.’ When Raila Odinga lost the presidential election to Mwai Kibaki, he claimed the vote was rigged, whereupon his tribal followers went on murderous rampages such as in the town of Eldoret, where on New Years Day dozens of people were burned to death in a church set on fire

Clearly, Obama campaigned for someone who is corrupt, ruthless and has financial ties to terrorists. More importantly, Obama campaigned for a candidate who had the stated objective of dismantling US & Kenyan government efforts to root out AL Queda and other terrorist organizations. Organizations that had already caused the deaths of hundreds of Americans and Africans in embassy bombings. Senator Obama’s actions—intentional or not—were in direct conflict with the efforts and interests of US national security. I think this raises serious questions about the judgment, maturity and readiness of Senator Obama.

Reverend Wright and Barrack Obama: Obama met Wright when he moved to Chicago after college. Here is a quote from Obama, "And that's where I met Rev. Wright and started going to Trinity United Church of Christ and he helped me on another journey and introduced me to someone named Jesus Christ. And I learned that my sins could be redeemed. I learned that those things that I was too weak to accomplish myself, maybe he could accomplish them for me if I placed my trust in him. And I learned that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when they believe in him and they come together and are guided by him." And yet another quote from Obama...."And then I've got to give a special shout out to my Pastor. The guy who puts up with me, counsels me, listens to my wife complain about me. He's a friend and a great leader not just in Chicago but all across the country, so please everybody give an extraordinary welcome to my pastor Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Trinity United Church of Christ." First of all, for all you people screaming about Sarah Palin being a nut job Christian and praying for our country......what do you have to say about Obama and finding Jesus Christ? Talk about a double standard there. Furthermore, this goes to show that Obama was close to Rev. Wright and his claim that he had no idea about Wright's views are just untrue. You cannot attend a church for 20 years and seek counsel from a man and not know what that man stands for.....pure hatred and racism. Barrack Obama also refused to denounce Rev. Wright stating that he could no sooner denounce a family member. However, as Rev. Wright continued to spew out hatred from his mouth.....in Obama's best political interest...he threw his mentor and pastor of 20 years under the bus to try and save his career.

These are just three associations of Barrack Obama. This doesn't include Rezko and the monies given to Obama's campaign and the help he received in buying his house at a substantial lower price. This doesn't include Obama's association with ACORN and the fact that Obama himself trained ACORN members in Chicago.

ARE YOU PEOPLE FRIGGIN BLIND? WAKE UP!

NOBAMA!!!!

But the point is, President Obama made a promise to the American people and he needs to do his best to keep it.  Otherwise he did not mean what he said, was only saying something to get elected.  Our President needs to put the American people first.  He made the promise to help American workers have jobs here in America.  I heard him say it. 

But the point is, President Obama made a promise to the American people and he needs to do his best to keep it, to change all the offshoring.  Otherwise he did not mean what he said, was only saying something to get elected.  Our President needs to put the American people first.  He made the promise to help American workers have jobs here in America.  I heard him say it.  We cannot buy if we have no jobs and no money because of offshoring.

who wants to sit down and civilly discuss things without preconditions.  Now either he is lying about converting to Christianity and that doesn't bode well for Americans if he sides with the Islamic extremists OR they want him dead too for switching his faith in which case there will be no discussing of anything with those people.  So where does that leave us?  If Obama converted after being raised Muslim, he should know better than anyone the rule for converting.

So either Obama will turn on us and side with the Muslims or the extremists will do all in their power to try and kill our president for being an infidel.  Either way.....how is this good for the US.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Congratulations President Obama! "Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another – a journey that will bring a new and better day to America." I am so happy I lived long enough to be a part of history in the making.

-- hit the ground running.  Just got done watching TV to see what his first day was like.  Just for fun, I looked up Bush's first day in 2001.  Here's what I found:

"On his first day in office, Bush moved to block federal aid to foreign groups that offered counseling or any other assistance to women in obtaining abortions.  Days later, he announced his commitment to channeling more federal aid to faith-based service organizations. At the time, critics feared this would dissolve the traditional separation of church and state. Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to assist faith-based service organizations. In a televised address on Aug. 9, 2001, Bush would announce a national policy on stem cell research that authorized funding and research work, with federal restrictions over the use of human embryos." 

Yeah, that whack-job started whacking way at women's control over their own bodies, tried to integrate government and the church (HUGE mistake!), and to outlaw one of the most promising medical breakthroughs.  I'm surprised witch-trials and book-burning didn't come back into fashion again under his "leadership".

 I think where he belongs is in some isolated, authoritarian religious cult out in the middle of nowhere.

President Barrack Obama has made a huge list of promises.  As you can see, some promises he has already broken and we aren't even into his presidency a whole week yet.

Foreign Policy

• Close Guantanamo Bay - June 2007
  
• “Unrestricted rights” regarding travel and money remittances to Cuba - August 2007
  
• Stand firm against CAFTA - August 2007
  
• Remove all troops from Iraq - October 2007 - Broken December 2008 (thanks to Todd P!)
  
• Face-to-face talks with Iran - November 2007
  
• Amend NAFTA - December 2007
  
• No action against Iran without Congressional approval - December 2007
  
• Get our troops out by end of 2009 - January 2008
  
• No permanent bases in Iraq - January 2008
  
• Unshakable support for Israel - May 2008
  
• Giving Israel $30 billion in aid - June 2008
  
• Switching focus to Pakistan - July 2008
  
• Switching focus to Afghanistan - July 2008

Domestic Policy

• Universal health care by end of first term - May 2007
  
• Ethics reform (restrictions on lobbying) - June 2007 - Kept November 2008
  
• Merit pay for teachers - July 2007
  
• Sign Freedom of Choice Act - July 2007
  
• Net neutrality - October 2007
  
• Lobbyists “won’t work in my White House” - December 2007 - Broken January 2009 (thanks to Rusty S!)
  
• Health care benefits for vets - December 2007
  
• Financial aid to homeowners ($10 billion) - January 2008
  
• Credit card bill of rights - January 2008
  
• Will create searchable earmarks website - February 2008
  
• No public financing - February 2008 - Broken October 2008
  
• Small business support - February 2008
  
• Dedication to homosexual activity (don’t read this the wrong way ;-D) - March 2008
  
• Gay employment bill - April 2008
  
• Raise cap on payroll tax for 3% of earners over $102,000 - April 2008
  
• Raise $97K cap on payroll tax exempting earnings under $250K - April 2008
  
• Roll back Bush tax cuts - April 2008 - In jeopardy November 2008 (thanks to Rusty S!)
  
• Regulating oil industry (Enron loop) - June 2008
  
• Helping college student loans (a $4,000 tax credit to help pay tuition and fees in exchange for 100 hours of community service. The campaign said the program would cost $10 billion a year) - June 2008
  
• $10 billion for early childhood education - June 2008
  
• 10% “universal mortgage credit” to homeowners who don’t itemize on their tax return - June 2008
  
• $150 billion a year for ten years to reduce dependency on foreign oil - June 2008
  
• Give American mayors more spending (”National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank” at a cost of $60 billion over 10 years) - June 2008
  
• Windfall profits tax - July 2008 - Broken December 2008 (thanks to Steve!)
  
• No NASA cuts - August 2008
  
• 1 Million Plug-in Hybrids by 2015 - August 2008
  
• Shuttle after 2010 - August 2008
  
• $1000 energy rebates - August 2008
  
• Will go line by line to check for unnecessary spending - September 2008
  
• Tax cuts for 95% of Americans, anyone under $75,000 October 2008
  
• Not a single tax increase for Americans making under $250,000 - October 2008
  
• Raise minimum wage to $9.50 - November 2008
  
• 2.5 million jobs by January 2011 - November 2008
  
• Appoint Republicans to Cabinet - November 2008 - Kept December 2008 (thanks to Stubie!)
  
• No smoking in White House - December 2008
  
• Taxes done in less than five minutes - No date

Until he proves to all the people of the United States that he was born a US citizen, how can anyone support him for president!  Are we all that desperate?

I see again that everyone is talking about President Obama's plan for universal health care and I once again feel the need to distinguish between universal health care and what the plan is that President Obama has campaigned for.  I have copied and pasted part of the web page, but also included the link at the bottom of this for you to see the whole plan. 

President Obama does not ask for universal health care where the government is in charge - he just wants the government to ensure that everyone has access to medical care and health insurance.  Why is it so difficult to understand that this is not socialized medicine, government run healthcare, or universal coverage plans?

Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan

On health care reform, the American people are too often offered two extremes - government-run health care with higher taxes or letting the insurance companies operate without rules. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe both of these extremes are wrong, and that’s why they’ve proposed a plan that strengthens employer coverage, makes insurance companies accountable and ensures patient choice of doctor and care without government interference.

The Obama-Biden plan provides affordable, accessible health care for all Americans, builds on the existing health care system, and uses existing providers, doctors and plans to implement the plan. Under the Obama-Biden plan, patients will be able to make health care decisions with their doctors, instead of being blocked by insurance company bureaucrats.

Under the plan, if you like your current health insurance, nothing changes, except your costs will go down by as much as $2,500 per year.

If you don’t have health insurance, you will have a choice of new, affordable health insurance options.

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

If we just "let it go" then we have said it is okay to torture and to break the law.  We are supposed to be a nation of laws.  Those laws apply to everyone, even the former administration.

You guys constantly try to justify the war in Iraq by saying that Saadam was a tyrant (which he was) and that he was committing inhumane acts on his people.  We also ridiculed the Taliban for its treatment of women.

How much credibility do we really have to judge anyone else if we don't hold ourselves accountable for our OWN laws?

I hope the whole Bush bunch that came up with and ordered torture go to trial and are given the most severe sentence possible.  Maybe that way when other countries look at us they can see that we mean what we say instead of having a double standard for ourselves. 

thus spats out another great repub VP choice, Dan Potatoe Quayle.