Posted on 10/19/2009 9:24:33 AM PDT by cycle of discernment
AMERICANS DECIDE TODAY. GO OBAMA!
AP - newtimesonline.com Tue, 04 Nov 2008 | Print | E-Mail | PDF | Graphics Version Americas
After almost two years of campaigning, Democrat candidate Barrack Obama, Republican, John McCain yesterday brought their train to a halt in their respective home states to await the verdict of Americans.
So far, the odds favour the once underdog in American politics, Obama, the African-American Senator from Illinois State .
A Congressional Quarterly (CQ) politics monitored on BBC put the Kenyan born American ahead of his rival, Senator McCain.
Even though Senator Obama leads in all polls, unlike in other countries, aside of winning the popular votes, a presidential candidate would have to win a minimum of 270 out of the 538 Electoral College votes to ascend to the throne.
Each state has a certain number of electors who elect the president depending on the size of the state.
And so far, Barrack Obama has a lead of 146 as against 101 for McCain in the Electoral College.
These were the figures from the strongholds of the Democrats and Republican respectively.
Additionally, over 220 other Electoral College voters are leaning towards the Democrats while a little over 50 show a penchant towards the Republicans.
Apart from the CQ polls, four other polls put the dmocratic senator ahead of his republican rival. And in all the polls, his rival trails him.
The most favourable poll to the Republican was the one done by the New York Times, in which he had 163 college votes.
In spite of the polls that clearly put his rival ahead him, the Republican candidate still believes that he can pull a surprise in today's election.
At the wrap up campaigns across the country before ending up at the State of Arizona , Senator John McCain is hopeful to pull a surprise.
Americans will vote in what amounts to 51 separate elections in each state and the District of Columbia . Each state is allocated electoral votes based on the size of its representation in Congress. Whoever gets 270 electoral votes wins the White House.
While Obama has many combinations of states that he can use to get to 270, McCain's path is narrow. He has been mostly racing around states Bush won in 2004 trying to defend them while hoping to nab traditionally Democratic Pennsylvania.
In Congressional elections on Tuesday, Democrats appeared poised to make gains in their majorities in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. All 435 House seats are at stake and 35 of the Senate's 100 seats are up for election.
What is this supposed to indicate. Reminds me of the Richardson quote in its meaninglessness. As if they are privy to something we’re not.
What is the Richardson quote?
I find it hard to believe that the AP published an article describing Obama as Kenyan born in a context it knows would render him ineligible.
Looks like a hoax to me.
Don’t think so. There appears to be multiples of news orgs (African especially) carrying the same from 2004-2008.
“What is the Richardson quote?”
he referred to Obama as an immigrant. People seemed to think he had been read into the Obama conspiracy (back when he was going to be part of the administration) and slipped up in public, or something.
If Obama is an immigrant, you can be sure Richardson was just guessing, and doesn’t know anything more about it than us.
Interesting. That’s like the third name Obama has used. I wonder which is the correct one.
Interesting. That’s like the third name Obama has used. I wonder which is the correct one.
You're kidding, right? It's a hilarious misspelling by an idiot newsie!
And all these "Kenya-born" articles from the African Press only serve to prove that the level of fact-checking is abysmally poor in the African Press.
Has Editor Korir come up with that whitey tape yet?
These articles don’t appear to have any “there there.” We already knew about the cluelessness of media in general, American or African. It’s not hard to imagine how a proud African reporter could sincerely believe Obama was really born there, and be sincerely wrong. Add to that the fact that they also didn’t know that it would make a difference concerning eligibility. Then add no fact checking, deadline pressure, etc., and you get these howlers.
Be ready to repost that again once it’s scrubbed. Good work.
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Notice the first article was from Sunday, June 27, “2004”
Historical News Articles and FactCheck Agree: Obama is “Kenyan-born”
Posted on October 18th, 2009 by David-Crockett
Sunday, June 27, “2004”
Kenya Sunday Standard headline-”Kenyan-born” Obama all set for US Senate
http://www.theobamafile.com/_exhibits/Born04.htm
The Nigerian Observer-Americans will today go to the polls to elect their next President with Democratic Party candidate, Senator Barack Obama largely favoured to win. The “Kenyan-born” Senator will…”
http://www.theobamafile.com/_exhibits/Born01.htm
USAfrica — “Kenyan-born” OBAMA makes history…wins presidential nomination of U. S. Democratic party; eyes on White House…
http://www.theobamafile.com/_images/Born09.gif
AllAfrica.com — ” Little wonder then why “Kenyan-born” Barack Obama, America’s first Black President…”
http://www.theobamafile.com/_exhibits/Born02.htm
GraphicGhana.com — “For Ghana, Obama’s visit will be a celebration of another milestone in African history as it hosts the first-ever “African-American President” on this presidential visit to the “continent of his birth”. The same article, with the same quote, appeared in ModernGhana.com.
http://www.theobamafile.com/.../...5-ContinentOfBirth.htm
The Ghana Times — “So far, the odds favour the once underdog in American politics, Obama, the “African-American Senator” from Illinois state. A Congressional Quarterly (CQ) politics monitored on BBC put the “Kenyan born” American ahead of his rivel, John McCain.”
http://www.theobamafile.com/_images/Born07.bmp
26 posted on February 23, 2011 1:26:34 PM EST by ebysan (ebysan)
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AP in this context probably doesn’t stand for Associated Press, but more probably African Press or some variation thereof. In any event, a press release in Ghana hardly has any substantive significance in the US.
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