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The mood among the US media pack that joined Barack Obama's overseas tour on Monday was grumpy and rebellious. The 40-odd journalists boarding the campaign's Boeing 757, dubbed Obama One, in Jordan had paid thousands of dollars to accompany him but missed the first four days of a trip that took him to Afghanistan and Iraq and information was in short supply. The press corps was appeased when Obama, who prefers to sit on plane journeys with his iPod and a pile of press cuttings or a book, ignoring staff as well as journalists, made a rare trip to the...

What explains all the over-the-top media coverage and adulation for Barack Obama? The presumptuous treatment by the press of Obama as president-elect or a head of state, stems from a belief that an election isn’t necessary, because, in the eyes of many in the mainstream media, as the first African-American candidate for the presidency, Barack Obama is entitled to the office. In a very real sense, Barack Obama is an affirmative-action candidate for the presidency. Should he be defeated by the American voters, it will not be a mere loss due to his numerous shortcomings and foibles, but rather, an...

Glenn Beck and guest Daniel Silva, author of "Moscow Rules," were discussing the unbelievably different coverage of the two campaigns. First, Beck ticked off ten fawning headlines for Obama, then followed with ten negative headlines for McCain, including the obligatory "confused" in one headline. (A "confused McCain" in my book is a heckuva lot more on the ball than an "alert" Obama, but I digress). Next, Silva noted that the image war is being entirely won by Obama. He's in front of massive crowds in Germany, while McCain gets a photo op in front of . . . CHEESE!!!? And...

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - CHOOSING THE NEXT PRESIDENT At this time in America, two men are campaigning for the Presidency of the United States. It is a time of war, a war against Islamic Jiahd, who hate America and want to destroy her. In dealing with this very real and imminent threat, both men had the opportunity earlier in their lives to travel abroad: As a result of that travel and their experiences during it, one heard the call to serve America, the other heard the call to, by his own admission, "change" America. As a result, in the...

The presidential race in Virginia is now dead even, with Barack Obama and John McCain each drawing 44% of the vote, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters in the state. If “leaners” are factored in, McCain leads by a statistically insignificant one percentage point 48% to 47%. Despite the close race, one potentially worrisome fact for the Democratic candidate is that nearly one out of two Virginia voters (47%) now view him unfavorably. That’s up from 44% in May and June. The number who see him in a Very Unfavorable light stands at 31%. McCain’s unfavorables,...

anyone who’s heard Allen West speak live is sure of one thing: Here stands the next Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately, al-Jazeera has realized this as well. Two nights ago the West campaign received an interesting phone call. A national TV network wanted to interview the candidate that very night at 9, with no time to spare. The network? You guessed it, al-Jazeera. When asked the details of the interview, the station coordinator said “well, we need West’s home address and we’ll pick him up and take him to the interview tonight (essentially to an undisclosed location).” At this point West told...

Obama with another gaffe from that West Lafayette, Indiana speech. Via CNN transcripts. "From the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor"

Kerry hadn’t lost the Election of 2004 yet, and he still looked close to victory in August of 2004. He was, however, engaged in an effort to distance himself from the Howard Dean Wing of his party. He had the following to say about his vote to authorize military action in Iraq. “Yes, I would have voted for the authority. I believe it was the right authority for a president to have.” Speaking to reporters at the edge of the Grand Canyon, he added: “[Although] I would have done this very differently from the way President Bush has." –John F....

Observe that the Lutherans cite government as “an important catalyst in God’s work.” In fact, their agenda implies that government is virtually God’s only instrument. The Lutherans want government to abolish poverty, prohibit war, cleanse the environment, engineer egalitarian justice globally, and seemingly usher in The Millennium through additional regulation and taxation. If government can achieve so much, who needs God, much less the church?

Officials of the declining 4.9 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have revealed what God’s priorities are in the U.S. presidential campaign. And remarkably, the divine priorities was very akin to the Democratic Party’s priorities, if not further to the left. Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, with three other ELCA officials generously wrote both presidential candidates a public letter with the divine guidance. Although famed Protestant Reformer Martin Luther championed the Bible as God’s exclusive revelation, modern ELCA activists have located more useful counsel in the secular welfare state and environmental agenda. “The Scriptures are clear about God's concern for...

The New Yorker says it’s satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news. At a press availability Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Senator Obama was asked, according to the diligent Maria Gavrilovic of CBS News: “The upcoming issue of the New Yorker, the July 21st issue, has a picture of you, depicting you and your wife on the cover. Have you seen it? If not, I can show it to you on my computer. It shows your wife Michelle with an Afro and an AK 47 and the two of you doing the fist bump with you in a...

For those voters who think Ralph Nader and Bob Barr are too conventional, the Green Party this weekend named former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, its 2008 presidential nominee. At the Green Party's nominating convention Saturday in at the Chicago Symphony Center, McKinney received 313 out of 532 votes cast in the first round of balloting. "I am asking you to vote your conscience, vote your dreams, vote your future, vote Green," McKinney told the convention's 800 or so attendees. "A vote for the Green Party is a vote for the movement that will turn this country right-side-up again." McKinney, a...

Some budget analysts say the Democrat's proposals for funding tens of billions of dollars in programs may not be enough.

If Ron Paul does not win the nomination in September who will you vote for? Barack Obama Bob Barr Chuck Baldwin John Mccain Ron Paul (WRITE IN) None of the above

PATRIOTISM - A COMPARATIVE PICTORIAL STUDYOF THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN A TIME OF WAR JOHN MCCAIN SERVED AND SUFFERED FOR HIS COUNTRY WHILE BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, WAS SMOKING DOPE MCCAIN CAME HOME & SERVED ABLY FOR DECADES IN THE US HOUSE & SENATE WHILE OBAMA BEFRIENDED DOMESTIC TERRORISTS & HATE FILLED AMERICANS WEATHERMAN BILL AYERS & BLACK MILITANT JEREMIAH WRIGHT MCCAIN HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR DECADES FOR HIS BIPARTISANSHIP IN THE US SENATE OBAMA IS KNOWN IN THE US SENATE AS THE MOST LIBERAL PARTSIAN MEMBER THERE NOW, BOTH WANT TO BE PRESIDENT. WHO...

This thread is for FReepers everywhere to post their anti-Obama bumper stickers, t-shirts, and yard sign pics, and relate their experiences with the same. Try and give a clear picture of the anti-obama sign, t-shirt, or bumper sticker out in the public. Date the sighting, and give the town and state. If you have had any experience with the same, particularly in discussing the election and the truth about Barack Hussein Obama with others, please relate them briefly. Please, no profane immoral, or explicit shots. Just good old fashioned American activism in educating and informing others. I'll start: NOBAMA '08...

John McCain said Thursday he thinks Barack Obama is trustworthy, even though he has spent the last two weeks portraying his Democratic rival as somebody who can’t keep his word. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, in an interview with FOX News, seemed to undercut his own message, which has fluctuated since Obama clinched the nomination June 3. The campaign has hurled several labels at the Illinois senator — but ever since Obama opted out of public financing for the general election, reneging on a previous pledge to take the money, McCain’s campaign has consistently tried to label him as untrustworthy....

<p>"Barack Obama Is Not and Has Never Been a Muslim," followed by: "Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim."</p> <p>I have a few questions for Obama's campaign and anyone inerested in researching Obama's background...which when considering him for the President of the United States, we as voters in this Republic have a de facto responsibility to do when any questions arise.</p>

Election: Going to Canada to show appreciation doesn't seem an obvious way to win a U.S. election. But based on the fury it drew from Democrats, maybe John McCain was on to something.The Republican front-runner made an unusual trip to Ottawa, Canada, on Friday to extol the benefits of free trade with our largest trading partner. It was a gutsy way to get attention — and an obvious way to show statesmanship, given that Canada sold the U.S. $560 billion in goods and services in 2007. Not everyone agrees. Canada in fact has been stunned to find itself at the...

Religion and the Candidates Rachel Paulk, June 20, 2008 Religion remains a point of interest regarding the presidential candidates in the upcoming 2008 election, with significant media attention devoted towards both Senator Barack Obama’s and Senator John McCain’s religious preferences. Both endorse Christianity in some form, yet both stray from widely accepted Christian viewpoints on specific social issues. Between McCain and Obama, Obama has been more vocal about religion, especially given the heightened concentration on his 20-year membership at the Trinity United Church of Christ under the controversial Jeremiah Wright. Obama stated at The Compassion Forum, an event held at...

<p>As reported in the news today by multiple sources, Democrativ presidentail candidate, Barack Hussein Obama, blaims the GOP and the adminstration and its war fighting policies for Osama Bin Laden, the Al Quida leader behind the 911 attacks, still being alinve.</p> <p>Well, Hussein, this really cuts the cake.</p>

Is Barack Obama the Messiah? Lots of people have pondered the possibility that Barack is our Divine Redeemer. Google the question "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?" and you'll get more than 35,000 hits. Enter just the words "Messiah" and "Obama" and you'll get nearly 10 times that. But there's more concrete evidence. Since Obama declared his candidacy, there have been remarkably few biblical plagues. And lions and lambs seem open to bilateral negotiations. Obama's apostles are hard to dismiss. Oprah simply calls him "The One," because "we need politicians who know how to be the truth." (Jesus says in John...

Veterans In Politics Candidate 2008 Endorsement Interview PART 2 Citizens of Southern Nevada we know that when you go to the voting booth to cast your vote for Nevada State Assembly, United States Congressional Representative, Clark County Commissioners, State Board of Education, University State Regent, Clark County School Trustee you are unsure who the candidates are. The Veterans In Politics International is giving you an opportunity to see your candidates in our Candidate 2008 Endorsement Interview PART 2. Candidate Endorsement Interviews will also be aired LIVE on www.AllTalkRadio.net , http://www.helloworld.com/members_myworld.aspx?ID=nevadavip and open to the public to sit and watch the...

McCain needs to learn from the mistakes of another honored war hero who ran for the White House and lost.John McCain has long known what it's like for a teleprompter-challenged Republican senator to go up against a charismatic, made-for-TV Democrat. In 1996, McCain was Bob Dole's right-hand man. He served as one of the Kansas senator's closest traveling companions and top surrogates in the battle to unseat Bill Clinton. It was a race that began as Dole's to lose—Clinton was caught up in the Whitewater scandal. But lose he did. McCain watched as the Democrats successfully transformed the image of...

John McCain said Friday that the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees is “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” The presumptive GOP nominee said the decision, a 5-4 ruling Thursday that determined Guantanamo detainees have the right to seek release in civilian courts, would lead to a wave of frivolous challenges. “We are now going to have the courts flooded with so-called … habeas corpus suits against the government, whether it be about the diet, whether it be about the reading material. And we are going to be bollixed up in a way that...

Watch these two videos, compare them...and then fear for your nation. We are the Ones Obama Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSJsEVf0pU&feature=related Tomorrow Belongs to Me Viseohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdM8PDu6VMg&eurl=http://www.americablog.com/ THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

Presidential politics, like football, chess and other rule-bound competitions, is simple in objective but complex in execution. The objective is 270 electoral votes. This year the execution will turn on numbers such as: 48.3: In 2004, John Kerry won that percentage of the popular vote, the strongest showing ever by someone losing to a re-elected president. The lesson of this is that Democrats start from a position of strength. 251: That was John Kerry's electoral vote total. Barack Obama stands a better chance of holding Kerry's 19 states and the District of Columbia, and finding 19 more votes, than John...

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This column will probably get Barack Obama in trouble, but that’s not my problem. I cannot tell a lie: Many Egyptians and other Arab Muslims really like him and hope that he wins the presidency. I have had a chance to observe several U.S. elections from abroad, but it has been unusually revealing to be in Egypt as Barack Hussein Obama became the Democrats’ nominee for president of the United States. While Obama, who was raised a Christian, is constantly assuring Americans that he is not a Muslim, Egyptians are amazed, excited and agog that America might elect a black...

As talking points go, especially in bringing the base around, you can do a lot worse than this. Think we’ll be hearing more of it going forward? Hmmm.

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Barrack Hussein Obama is constantly having to clarify his positions, his associations, and his own words. He veils and hides who he really is behind platitudes, not very well thought out positions, and a media, rock-star blitz. What follows are a number of yourtube vidoes, many of them in Obama's own words, and those of his close associates for over 20 years, and other supporters, which make clear who Obama is and what he reperesents. Barack Hussein Obama himself indicates in 2004 he will not run for President in 2008 because he lacks experiencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BnLozS-TnM&feature=relatedBarack Hussein Obama's campaign admits he...

Why McCain Would Make a Better President by Aaron Goldstein McCain knows what government can and cannot do. More importantly, he knows what government should and should not do. Should Barack Obama be elected President of the United States this November his chances for a successful term in office are slim to none. As the candidate who extols the virtue of hope and change and whose audience chants in unison, "Yes we can!," Obama has set expectations so high that he is bound to fall short of lofty expectations. After all, Obama has said this election is not so much...

It’s difficult to overstate Barack Obama’s achievement in wresting the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Rodham Clinton—or the magnitude of the gamble he represents for his party. Obama is the first true insurgent to win either major party’s nod since Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976. In the modern primary era, the only other insurgents to capture nominations were Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Democrat George McGovern in 1972. And none of those three defeated a front-runner as formidable as Clinton. Obama’s campaign will likely be remembered as the most successful primary insurgency ever. That itself defines some of the...

And yet, McCain can’t bank on Democratic disarray. Despite polls showing him doing surprisingly well against Obama, historical patterns show he’s in perilous territory. Professor Alan Abramowitz of Emory University has developed an “electoral barometer” based on just three variables for predicting election outcomes, and it suggests that McCain is all but certainly set to lose this year. In an article last week on University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball Web site, Abramowitz declared that “it appears very likely that the Republican party is dealing with the dreaded ‘triple whammy’ in 2008: an unpopular president, a weak economy...

I heard this statement several times about two weeks ago on the local radio station here in the DC area, but not on any news broadcasts or print media. There was one article in the MSM but they had correct the gaff. Anyone know where I locate this, printed or voice.

Tonight's Democratic primary results have finally settled what we've all known for some time now. Barack Obama will be the Democrat nominee who faces John McCain in November, and with this finally settled we can move on to an election which will forever change the political landscape of America. Forget the rhetoric of elections past which told us their results would influence America's future for decades to come, for never before in this country's history has a major candidate for president proposed meeting with certifiably insane terrorists; never before in our nation's history has a major candidate for president built...

WASHINGTON -- The hotel where the 30 Democratic rule makers met Saturday -- to decide whether rules are rules or whether rules are made to be broken -- was within howling distance of the National Zoo. Outside the stately Marriott Wardman Park Hotel were clusters of women with "Hear Me Roar" placards in their fists who came from all over the country -- $4 a gallon be damned -- to make what could be a last stand for their Hillary. Democratic National Committee rules and bylaws committee members, from left, Donna Brazile, Elaine Kamarck and Alice Germond vote on how...

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"This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race. I made clear that I was - and that I thought the urgency to end the 2008 primary process was unprecedented. I pointed out, as I have before, that both my husband's primary campaign, and Sen. Robert Kennedy's, had continued into June. Almost immediately, some took my comments entirely out of context and interpreted them to mean something completely different - and completely unthinkable. I want to set the record straight: I was making the...

anti Military types are hard at work trying to defame and insult our U.S. Armed Forces personel and activities here in Hawaii on the following local newspaper comments threads http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2008/05/09/local/local06.txt http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2008/05/18/local/local06.txt Locally , we are far outnumbered by the vociferous and vile moonbats . I request attention to these threads by any and all that love both Hawaii and our military personel . Registration is required to comment , but it is a very worthy effort . Please assist ! EVERY article that appears in this mainstream Hawaii newspaper is immediately turned into a anti-military rant by the moonbats of...

Barack Obama ... Democratic presidential hopeful    Fleeced Brits help Obama     By JAMES CLENCH Published: Today     AMERICAN Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has had an unlikely campaign contribution – from thieves who fleeced the bank account of a British couple. Shocked Tania Parker discovered the account had been mysteriously emptied after she tried to withdraw money from a cash point. When she called Lloyds TSB stunned Tania was told fraudsters had illegally made two donations totalling £210 to fund Obama's race for the White House. She told The Sun: "It's crazy, I couldn't believe it. I'm...

Allen West is a true military leader. He’s also a dedicated public servant who decided to spend a year teaching high school in the district before announcing his candidacy. Most importantly, he brings vast knowledge and well thought out solutions to key issues, ranging from small business development to healthcare and pragmatic solutions to the mortgage crisis and job creation. The fact that he’s African-American just goes to show that the GOP is the party of people of all races who share in common sense. That the NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) has failed to pay proper attention to this...

The “Distraction” Defense, a central and crucial tenet of the Obama campaign strategy, has been invoked repeatedly over the last few weeks in a transparent attempt to shore-up a candidate who, with each passing day, is increasingly looking to be spectacularly unqualified for the Presidency. The frequency, as well as the vigor, with which the Defense has been raised recently, seem to vary inversely with the number and enormity of the gaffes the former community organizer has been making on the campaign trail lately. He lectures us that the threat a country poses to the United States is directly related...

MAYSVILLE, Ky., May 19 (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton had a warning on Monday for rival Barack Obama, who is on the verge of claiming the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination: Not so fast. "This is nowhere near over," Clinton said at a rally in Maysville, Kentucky, pressing ahead with her long shot bid for the White House even as Obama focuses on November's general election match-up with Republican John McCain. Despite Obama's almost unassailable lead in delegates who will select the nominee at the August Democratic convention, Clinton repeatedly has shrugged off calls to quit the race before the last of...

In a political season that's seen candidates' spouses play unprecedented roles, Sen. Barack Obama called for a new standard Monday that seeks to redraw the battle lines of the general election: Keep the spouses out of it. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says the GOP should "lay off" attacks on his wife but in this closely contested election are political spouses such as Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., fair game? (ABC News Photo Illustration)"If they think that they're going to try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful because that...

With each passing day, it seems a little less likely that the next president of the United States will wear a skirt — or a cheerful, no-nonsense pantsuit. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now in what most agree are the waning days of her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. To use her own phrase, she has been running “to break the highest and hardest glass ceiling” in American life, and now the presidency, or even a nomination that once seemed to be hers to claim, seems out of reach. Along with the usual post-mortems about strategy, message and money,...

While Newt Gingrich is correct in warning that Republicans in Congress face formidable odds in November, his proposed nine-point "action plan" does not measure up as a solution to the crisis. Some of Newt's assumptions are undeniably sound, such as the folly of hitching congressional campaigns to McCain’s non-existent coattails. And it is true that the Republican Party's crisis is the result of "catastrophic collapse of trust in Republicans." What are missing from Newt's plan are policy measures that match his apocalyptic rhetoric. Of Newt's nine proposals, only a few attack major problems. Yes, declaring English our official language would...

John Edwards says he's not interested in becoming vice president...The former presidential candidate told the press his wishes last night in New York City. Edwards was in the city receiving an award from demos, a liberal policy research center. On Wednesday Edwards endorsed democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama. The fresh support helped add to Obama's overall delegate count. (Watch the Video)

Coming up on this Saturday’s MacRanger Show at 12:30pm EST, I will be interviewing LTC (retired) Allen West, who is a candidate for congress in Florida’s 22nd District (Broward County). LTC Allen is a decorated Army veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq as well as a former public school teacher, husband and father. He is running against a heavily funded incumbant, Ron Klein who unseated long time GOP representative Clay Shaw in 2006. LTC West is a true conservative and the kind of man we need in Washington that will help the GOP return to it’s conservative roots. Be sure to...