http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/elections/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:55:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051139/posts Radical optimism is America’s contribution to the world. The early settlers thought America’s founding would bring God’s kingdom to earth. John Adams thought America would emancipate “the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.” Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush preached their own gospels of world democracy. The great illusion of the 1990s was that we were entering an era of global convergence in which politics and power didn’t matter. What Obama offered in Berlin flowed right out of this mind-set. This was the end of history on acid. Since then, autocracies have arisen, the competition for resources has... wash post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051139/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:55:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051134/posts Barack Obama's Magical Media Tour hit its high point Thursday night as the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts all led with Obama's speech in Berlin, with NBC's Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell the most giddy, though ABC featured a German man who hailed Obama as “my new messiah.” Talking with Andrea Mitchell, an impressed Williams marveled over how “I heard one American reporter tonight say it's hard to come up with a list of others who could draw such a crowd, but then again it's hard to know what we witnessed here today.” An equally awed Mitchell gushed: “It's... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051134/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:46:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051038/posts The U.S. Senate soon could be debating whether you, your spouse and each of your children – as well as your in-laws, parents, grandparents, neighbors and everyone else in America – each will be spending $2,500 or more to reduce poverty around the world. The plan sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the office of president, is estimated to cost the United States some $845 billion over the coming few years in an effort to raise the standard of living around the globe. S.2433 already has been approved in one form by the U.S. House of... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051038/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051137/posts The U.S. Senate soon could be debating whether you, your spouse and each of your children – as well as your in-laws, parents, grandparents, neighbors and everyone else in America – each will be spending $2,500 or more to reduce poverty around the world. The plan sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the office of president, is estimated to cost the United States some $845 billion over the coming few years in an effort to raise the standard of living around the globe. Barack Obama S.2433 already has been approved in one form by the U.S.... Worldnetdaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051137/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:49:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051147/posts In this incredible piece of video, Obama complains that FOX / FNC is on TVs at all military bases he visits. When told that FNC is available, as well as CNN, MSNBC, CW and others on Armed Forces TV so troops can chose what to watch, Obama then asks with a smirk "Well, isn't that the Commander In Chief's choice?" clearly implying that if he is elected president, FNC will be off Armed Forces TV and troops will not be able to watch it! Of course the message to the reporters was, "You had better be good, too." He already... FNC/RedLasso http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051147/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:07:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051140/posts And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow. Time Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051140/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051124/posts Obama's speech today in Berlin, hailed as a "major" address, has at least one major, glaring error that shows that nether Obama nor his handlers and speech writers were thoroughly familiar with the facts. Obama's main theme was about the "walls" that separate all of us one from another. He claims that many of these "walls" have been taken down and hails that as progress. But in at least one instance he is wrong. In fact more walls have been built where Obama claimed they were taken down. First the relevant section of Obama's misconception (my bold for emphasis): The... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051124/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:27:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051054/posts Right-wing provocateur and well-known Clinton antagonist David Bossie says he will premiere a documentary critical of presidential candidate Barack Obama in Denver on the Sunday before the Democratic National Convention. Expected to recycle the "greatest hits" of cable TV clips that damaged Obama's candidacy, from the wailing of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to Michelle Obama's "proud of my country" gaffe, the project from Bossie's group Citizens United released an online trailer over the weekend and is being advertised on Fox News this week. It will be released on DVD nationwide Sept. 1. The film will offer new sound bites of... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051054/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051039/posts Fresh polls show that he has been unable to convert weeks of extensive media coverage into a widened lead. And some prominent Democrats whose support could boost his campaign are still not enthusiastic about his candidacy. Several new surveys show that Obama is in a tight race or even losing ground to Republican John McCain, both nationally and in two important swing states, Colorado and Minnesota. One new poll offered a possible explanation for his troubles: A minority of voters see Obama as a familiar figure with whom they can identify. Many voters still seem to be puzzling over who... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051039/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051010/posts The professional odds-makers favor Barack Obama two-to-one to win the election. It's no wonder. Americans overwhelmingly believe the country is on the wrong track. They can't stand the current Republican occupant of the White House. The economy is weak and shows little sign of getting significantly stronger before the election. The country is fighting an unpopular war. And Obama, as he reminds us every time he opens his mouth, is all about "change." So why hasn't Obama closed the deal? Most national polls show Obama ahead -- but by margins so thin it can hardly give comfort to the putative... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051010/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:57:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051006/posts Barack Obama concedes that America's troops have contributed to improvements on the ground in Iraq, but he still stands by his vote against the surge. Why not just admit that he was wrong? Come on, senator, this is a lot easier than changing churches. Say: "As a proud American, I'm delighted that the surge has worked so we can move forward with my timetable for withdrawal. Look, if I'd known how successful it was going to be, I would have voted for it. At the time it didn't seem like a good bet, but prognosticators go broke in wartime." See,... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051006/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050997/posts The original draft of John McCain’s speech at the Livestrong Summit Thursday evening made no mention of his own struggle with cancer. The text made a jab at Barack Obama, emphasized the need for improved health care and vowed to take on the tobacco industry — but excluded all references to the Arizona senator’s bout with melanoma. The Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050997/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:05:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050995/posts Sen. John McCain will have his own international summit -- of a sort -- tomorrow when he meets with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is the keynote speaker at a three-day seminar at the Aspen Institute in Colorado that will bring together scholars, teachers and others to explore Tibet's history and culture. McCain already had a speech scheduled in Denver, and will then fly to Aspen for a private meeting with the leader. The Washington Post - The Trail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050995/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:55:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050994/posts CONCORD – A federal judge dismissed Thursday a Nashua man's legal challenge that Republican presidential nominee-to-be Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was ineligible because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone. The Nashua Telegraph, Nashua, NH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050994/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:51:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050989/posts Protestors Blame War For Pain At The Pump Citizen Action of New York chanted "No more war" Thursday afternoon in front of an Exxon station in Binghamton. The group believes the war in Iraq is the reason for high gas prices. But would an abrupt end to the war cause a quick drop in prices at the pump? That's what the protestors believe. "They're dependent on the Middle East but at the same time if they stop having wars with the Middle East then we won't have to pay so much," said a concerned Binghamton resident. Members of Citizen Action... WICZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050989/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:41:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050988/posts I'm optimistic that in this election we are choosing between two good and uniquely qualified individuals seeking the job with a least a more inherent civility, let alone grasp of history, than we've experienced in the last eight years. This can only be a good thing. I like John McCain. I wouldn't walk across the street to shake George Bush's hand, but I'd walk a country mile, barefoot, to shake McCain's. The Kennebec Journal, Kennebec, ME http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050988/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:35:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050984/posts The McCain campaign is slamming Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., over a decision to cancel a visit with U.S. troops in Germany. The German magazine Der Spiegel is reporting online that Obama has “cancelled a planned short visit to the Rammstein and Landstuhl U.S. military bases in the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The visits were planned for Friday.” “Barack Obama will not be coming to us,” a spokesperson for the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl told Der Spiegel. “I don't know why.” Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs told ABC News in a statement, “During his trip as part of the... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050984/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:12:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050845/posts Obama spends $5 mln to run ads during television coverage WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has spent 5 million US dollars to run advertisements during U.S. television live coverage of the Beijing Olympic games, according to a news report on Thursday. The AdAge magazine report said that Obama's campaign ads would appear on the NBC network and its affiliated stations that are to broadcast the Olympic Games starting Aug. 8 in Beijing. It is the first significant network TV buy of any presidential candidate in at least 16 years, said the report. However, the Illinois... Xinhua http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050845/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:19:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050727/posts While Democrat Barack Obama continues to lead Republican rival John McCain in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, the survey also reveals that voters have some serious misgivings about an Obama presidency. In the poll, 47 percent of respondents said they prefer Obama to win, compared to 41 percent for McCain. That’s the same lead Obama enjoyed a month ago. But when asked which candidate would be better when it comes to being knowledgeable and experienced, 53 percent said McCain and only 19 percent chose Obama. Asked who would be the better commander in chief, again 53 percent said McCain,... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050727/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:52:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050728/posts Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome. I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen -- a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world. I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken... Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050728/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050742/posts I was listening to Rush Limbaugh at lunch today, and he mentioned that Ms. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA) was castigating the President for failing to release any of the "700 million barrels" of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (our emergency supply). Guess what? Nancy has been preventing the production of a lot more than 700 million barrels of our oil, and she has been doing it for years. Take a look here: http://www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/offshore/oil-gaspdfs/2000-063.pdf"Unproved reserves are estimated to be 1,316 million barrels of oil and 922 billion cubic feet of gas, in 25 fields."That's ONE BILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050742/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:17:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050775/posts Not every reporter covering Barack Obama's world tour is entranced by the words and imagery of the Democratic candidate. On Thursday's "Good Morning America," political correspondent Jake Tapper jabbed at Obama's overconfidence, describing the senator's July 24 speech in Berlin as "one the Obama campaign is billing at almost presidential. Even though he is not the president." Regarding the Obama plane, the ABC journalist also pointed out: "The American flag on the tail wing has been replaced by an enormous Obama O." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050775/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050731/posts Sirius Satellite Radio host Howard Stern supports the merger of his network with XM Satelitte Radio and is fuming at Democratic opposition on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) panel. After FCC commissioners announced they have reached a deal to approve the merger of Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI) and XM (NASDAQ:XMSR), Stern ranted about Democrats’ ‘gangsterism’ and ‘communism’ and the obstacles to the merger. Business & Media Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050731/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:00:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050341/posts http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/07/from-gi-in-afgh.html "FROM G.I. IN AFGHANISTAN - "WE GOT MORE THANKS FROM THE DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS" THAN FROM SENATOR OBAMA" This is from a USAF friend in Afghanistan: Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to ' The War Zone ' . I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050341/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:21:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050720/posts Barack Obama, calling himself a "Citizen of the World," committed himself to reducing America's Nuclear Defenses in a speech delivered in Berlin, Germany, today -- a city ironically united because Ronald Reagan built up America's Nuclear Arsenal. This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. The two superpowers that faced each other across the wall of this city came too close too often to destroying all we have built and all that we love. With that wall gone, we need not stand idly by and watch the further spread of the deadly... Blogs for John McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050720/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:39:01 GMT