In a poll of a quarter of a million students who are too young to vote, Democratic nominee Barack Obama sailed to victory with 57 percent of the vote while Republican nominee John McCain received 39 percent.
Based on the Polls, the infatuated media, the kid's vote ( wrong twice in history) and the current state of the Nation, I think Barack Obama will be the next President. I will not be one of those voting for him, but I will call him Mr. President out of Respect for the Office. I will not be like the Bush and McCain Bashers and dis-respect the Office of President. I will work to make sure that the time Barack Obama is in office is wasted. I will contact my representatives and make sure they understand how I feel on the various bills. I will not allow Barack Obama to turn America into a welfare state or a socialist republic.
Benramz...I agree and I feel EXACTLY as you do....I won't vote for him either, but I will respect him because of the office that he holds. (Unlike the Demdocrats have done with George W. Bush)
How in the world did we get the hee haw channel on Newsvine???????????
What's wrong with hee haw?
It was way beyong my intellect. Real subtle and sublime.
You actually listened to what they said? I only watched to see Daisy Mae in the short shorts and polka dotted shirts tied in a knot on the side!
Daisy mae showed up after buck and jed so I turned it off after blood was coming out of my ears.
So, you don't know what grandpa was fixin for supper either, huh? Did you get to see the pickin and grinnin part with Buck Owens and Roy Clark?
I quess the youth that voted did not read Barack Hussein Obama's books..or they could not understand it but here are som scarry exerpts that shows who this man is and what he believes in...from his own pen to your eyes UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!
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>> From Dreams of My Father:'I ceased to
>> advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to
>> suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'
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>> From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a
>> solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my
>> mother's race.'
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>> From Dreams of My Father:'There was
>> something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself,
>> maybe. And white.'
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>> From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained
>> necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the
>> black masses, to strike out and name names.'
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>> From Dreams of My Father:'I never
>> emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It
>> was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd
>> packed all the attributes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin
>> and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
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>> And FINALLY the Most Damning one of ALL
>> of them!!!
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>> From Audacity of Hope:'I will stand with
>> the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
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>> * We CANNOT have someone with this type of
>> mentality running our GREAT nation!! I don't care whether you are
>> Democrat or a Conservative. We CANNOT turn ourselves over to this type of
>> character in a President. PLEASE help spread the word...Barack Hussein Obama'''the NO HOPE canidate
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>>mouth to your ears
Beanne...GREAT POST!
Yeah.. the post would have been great.. had it been true. Beanne also didnt read the book. This is from one of those many forwarded emails. lol I don't know why people feel the need to post someone else's drivel.. espcially drivel that isnt true. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ownwords.asp
How about if you just use your OWN words.
I find it funny that everytime someone mentions anything about Obama, the Democrats all cry "Don't bring RACE into the election!" The funny thing is: OBAMA is the only one who ever brought RACE into the election! His baloney about "I don't look like all the other Presidents on the dollar bill" made him fair game for anything!
Wrong. It does not make him fair game for anything. "ANYTHING" What falls under that heading? "Kill him"? "off with his head"????
The mob inches closer to throwing the rope over the tree.
Whaaaahhhhh...now we're going to whine a little bit and try to make everyone look like a part of a LYNCH MOB...? give me a break libbies...YOUR MAN claimed that he didn't look like all the rest of the Presidents on the dollar bills, he claimed that "now, they're going to try and scare you and tell you that I'm black!" Isn't that bringing RACE into the issue?
As far as I'm concerned, that took him from being a CANDIDATE and turned him into a COON!
Oh boy here we go. I have not read the book, but I'll bet my last dollar that those quotes need to be read in the context of the book itself. At the age of 12 or 13, every young man and woman is looking for a sense of identity. He was 12. Not 42, 12. The last quote may simply infer that if there was a general outlash against the amaerican muslim community, that he would defend them against racial attack. As would I and hopefully the majority of Americans. Again, I have not read the book, and if people place the qoutes of the book on this site without reading it, then they are to blame for being mis-informed and spreading lies.
Even children know Obama will be a better President than McCain:~) McCain can call himself a Maverick all he wants but he is still a Republican. A real Maverick would be Independent Party.
Gotta run folks. I'll be back. Work calls. Who woulda thought?
Hey, you are old enough to buy me that beer after McCain wins, right?
Sure thing johnny reb. Hope you can hang in there with me. And remember, no bib overalls when we go out. Promise?
Duuuuude! What the hell am I gonna wear now? I still got my tuxedo shirt...will that work?
Seen My Cousin Vinny?
It's been a while since I seen it.
Yesterday I attended a Mccain/Palin rally and there were a few noisy stupid protesters there..everyone of the Mccain supporters were very respectful and just ignored their rantings..........luckily my son who is an Infantryman and carries the saw and who is on his 18 day R&R from Iraq decided not to come with me cause he would of picked those people up and thrown them... my son wieghts 230# and is a body builder....He really does not care about politics or who wins this election...but he would of been really ticked off at some of the things those ignorant folks were yelling..lies about soldiers...about his comrades about him....I had a hard time myself not lashing back at them...so this is the way the Dems act this is the type of people that are voting for Barack Hussein Obama...they thrash the very people that are protecting them and would elect a person who from his own words dispises the white race and clings to Islam...read his book it's all there....
I have read his book and there is nothing even remotely close to that there.
I do hope you teach your son not to judge an entire base of supporters based off of the actions of a few. I, for one, defended the republican base in spite of those few that were screaming death threats about Obama. I would hope that I am not alone at so rational a thought.
I am no more like those angry protestors than you are like that intellectually challenged woman who was convinced that Obama was an Arab.
In reality, the kids have never been wrong. Dewey probably should've won. And Nixon did win over Kennedy until an mysterious influx of votes in Illinois (helped out by the Chicago mob) put Kennedy over the top.
I don't see the story...guess there isn't one?
this article is wrong, I remember in 1992, it picked Bush over clinton - so it has been wrong more than 2 times.
The following is and e-mail that I recieved and I could not think of a way to put it any better. If the children would of ask themselves these question they would of vote just the oppsite way. These are the type of questions that the main steam news media should of been asking along time ago.
"Fw: Required Reading?
This is my Mom's letter. I found it very profound and thought provoking. Honestly my Mom and I rarely see eye to eye on Politics, different generations, ideals... But my mind and heart are in much turmoil over this election and our futures and the futures of our children. I thought all of you may find this interesting. Pass it on, delete it... put please read it.
Thanks,
Dawn
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 11:39 AM
To All My Friends, this is long, but very important, please take the time to read it.
This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. About a year ago I would have voted for Obama. I have changed my mind three times since than. I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with.
About six months ago, I started thinking "where did the money come from for Obama". I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans. I started looking into Obama's life.
Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California . He is very open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies. "Barry" (that was the name he used all his life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan .
During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a "round the world" trip. Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia , next Hyderabad Indiaq, three weeks in Karachi , Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate's family, then off to Africa to visit his father's family.
My question - Where did he get the money for this trip? Nether I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they where in college. When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York . It is at this time he wants everyone to call him Barack - not Barry.
Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia ? It's not cheap! to say the least. Where did he get money for tuition? Student Loans? Maybe.
After Columbia , he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000. a year. Why Chicago ? Why not New York ? He was already living in New York .
By "chance" he met Antoin "Tony" Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria , and a real estate developer in Chicago . Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this year. Rezko, was named "Entrepreneur of the Decade" by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association".
About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School . Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School? Where did he get the money for Law School ? More student loans?
After law school, he went back to Chicago . Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down. But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what? They represented "Rezar" which Rezko's firm. Rezko was one of Obama's first major financial contributors when he ran for office in Chicago . In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing Obama with "seed money" for his U.S. Senate race.
In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking price). With ALL those Student Loans - Where did he get the money for the property? On the same day Rezko's wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price.
The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama's new home was purchased. Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko.
Now, we have Obama running for President. Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama's boss. She is now Obama's chief advisor and he does not make any major decisions without talking to her first.
Where was Jarrett born? Ready for this? Shiraz , Iran ! Do we see a pattern here? Or am I going crazy?
On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor to Obama was "sacked" after the press found out he was having regular contacts with "Hamas", which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran . This past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama's visit to Iraq , he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is elected, and he will "Take care of things".
Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that where born in Pakistan ? They are in charge of all those "small" Internet campaign contribution for Obama. Where is that money coming from? The poor and middle class in this country? Or could it be from the Middle East ?
And the final bit of news. On September 7, 2008, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on "This Week" with George Stephanapoulos. Obama on talking about his religion said, "My Muslim faith". When questioned, "he made a mistake". Some mistake!
All of the above information I got on line. If you would like to check it:
- Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett: Daily Times
- Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times - September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.
Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information on my own, Why haven't all of our "intelligent" members of the press been reporting this?
A phrase that keeps ringing in my ear - "Beware of the enemy from within"!!!
Marlene"
Marlene,
Please allow me to point out the website snopes.com.. This is an excellent site for researching the hundreds of fwds bearing false information about either major candidate.
I have taking the liberty to researching some of the claims you make here... here are the results:
About the money: False http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/money.asp
Please let your mother know about snopes as well.
I'm always curious to know what people mean they say "we don't really know Obama." Is that some kind of code? I think we know him as well as we know any other politician. I don't hear anyone saying "we don't really know Palin, or McCain or Biden." I'll bet most people never heard of Palin before McCain declared her fit to be VP, but they're more willing to take her a face value than Obama. What's that about, people? Obama has been very open about who he is, what he stands for and what he'll do as POTUS. So, what are you confused about? I have my opinions, but I would love to hear yours.
Unbelievable! The namecalling and personal attacks have got to stop.. on both sides!
We all have our country's best interest at heart.. we just have different visions about what that "best" is.. The fact that anyone, be they liberal, conservative or anything else, cares enough about this country to actually take the time to vote speaks volumes about that person.
Regardless of our politics, we are on the same team here. We all want to be safe, prosperous and healthy. We want the best for our children... as well as our neighbor's children.
So, while I may not agree with the McCain/Palin philosophies, I refuse to call any of my countrymen "stupid" if they do. It sets a bad example for the children featured in this article who, one day soon, will be a part of this beautiful democratic process.
Those who have decided on McCain will vote McCain.. and I doubt calling them ignorant will bring them around to your way of thinking. Those who have decided on Obama will vote Obama.. and calling them socialists will not sway them to vote republican. Those who vote for one of the other 13 candidates have also made their choices based on their own ideas.
We should all feel free to point out errors reported from "the other side" but you can certainly do that without calling someone's intelligence into question.
Paul, Very interesting. MSM is soooo in the tank for BHO. If you look at Drudge, there are at least 3 articles about fraudulant voter registration and ACORN but not one at msnbc.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27100918/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27126211/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27091418/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27075582/
There are about 10 more.. but you get the idea...
MSNBC has discussed the issue, but couldn't find anything easily online. I watched Fox News (in the tank for McCain,) and they also discussed the issue. It means that you cannot get your campaign information solely from the media, and more specifically from one source. I hope that this election is decided by voters that have education themselves by doing more that simply watching Bill O'Reilly of Fox News or Keith Olbermann of MSNBC. Although, if you want some entertainment, go ahead and watch.
CNN and BBC seem to be pretty unbiased sources.. Not to mention most local news affiliates. My advice is read everything out there and believe half of it. lol
Humor with a message.
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old rancher
whose hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor
struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic
got around to Obama and his presidential bid.
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Obama is a 'Post
Turtle.'" Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him
what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, "When you're
driving down a country road you come across a fence post with a
turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle."
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so
he continued to explain. "You know he didn't get up there by
himself, he doesn't belong up there, and he doesn't know what to
do while he’s up there. And you just wonder what kind of dummy
put him up there to begin with."
Great Post, Charlie...it's too bad that most of these people won't get it though!
How can we not since Charlie has such a limited argument he uses this story on EVERY article he comments on?
I have to agree with jacki. People who say "we don't really know Obama." just want to hear something else besides what they already know which is he is a good canidate just like Mccain said. Fear tactic plain and simple and it is desperate. Mccain will buy bad mortgages from the bank at full price making banks and welfare receipients happy. Because if you can not afford to pay your mortgage why would you pay uncle sam? Mccain said he knows we will lose money on this but will proceed because he needs to welfare Democratic vote.
He assumes we won't see through this. Just as he assumed that we women would vote for anyone with breasts. lol
Is anyone paying attention? Here is one news story that's worth listening to.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/10/14/glenn.beck.politics.cnn
and you're telling me that Obama didn't vote the same as McCain for this bailout...? Boy, you libs only see it through tainted eyes, don't you...?
Ramzfan-367467 The sad thing is Obama should be for the bailout the Repubs, if they stuck by their little government values, should not have. Flip flop party! Mccain wants to do with the bailout what they should not and that is by bad loans from the bank but it will help people on welfare stay in their house. This is what conservative never wanted but now you seem to embrace it..
This is not correct, The kids also got it wrong in 1992, when they picked Bush over Clinton
You have said that twice now. There is no way to prove or disprove this. DO you have a point?
Does anyone need some more ACORN news:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/10/14/glenn.beck.politics.cnn
Paul MN
very intersting stuff...see Hollywood and the Lefty media does not want to bring the truth out about Obama their Messiah, that is why they do not question any of this...that is why we are going to end up with a Dem congress and a Dem president...If any of you do not remember the Carter years then maybe you better ask a few people who lived through them.......It was not pretty...you can not instill more taxes on on the country during a time of recession that is just foolish........but go ahead and elect Obama at least when the Country takes a nose dive you can't blame the Repeublican's.....well silly me of course you will cause thats what Dems do is look to the past.....but you never look at the blunders of the dems....after all it was Clinton who wanted Nafta...It was Clinton who deregulated the banks...It was Clinton who had Osama Bin Laden in his sights 2 times and he let him slip through his fingers ( he however was holding on tight to Monica)and it was Clinton who put his tali between his legs and high tailed it out of Somolia which ended up inspiring the attacks of 9/11...well I could go on and on but you get the drift so if you want to look back and place blame...better clean your own house first.....
Hey, this article is GREAT...! If we could just find a way to be able to get these kids to vote...!
Hmmmm....maybe if we call ACORN...?
my thoughts,
my son is 21 he is in the Infantry...volunteered to serve his country.. my other son is in the USMC going to college to be an officer...they both were raised to believe that to serve others is a privledge and to serve this Country is an honor. I believe I did a decent job raising them..while I see so many kids out on the streets doing drugs, robbing banks and stores and just hanging around being a drudge on society..these are still the people that my sons and others like them are defending with their very lives..these ar the very people that Obama wants to give hand outs to...while I am all for helping the poor and those that want to go to school..etc but I am opposed to giving hand outs to tjose who do nothing to better themselves or their community.........
I am sure you are quite proud of your children... as well you should be. However, I have no idea what you mean by giving "handouts" to people doing drugs and robbing banks. Since both of these activities are criminal in nature, the only "hand out" they recieve is free room and board at prison.
You have allowed yourself to be brainwashed into believing that just because a candidate is Democrat, that automatically means he will be expanding social programs to those who don't deserve it... Please cite your proof that this is the case with Obama.
It would behoove us all to find out exactly what each candidate has said rather than just assume your know what he thinks based on familiar party rhetoric. You do know, don't you, that in spite of being a republican, John McCain was also at one time pro-choice? (Although he seems to be backing away from this with his current VP pick.)
I also did a decent job rasing my children. They were all raised to believe that helping those less fortunate is a moral responsibility. And the undertaking of such leads to the betterment of society as a whole.
Trivia:
Does any one know what the sensesless violent death rate in Illinois (Obama's) state is compared to the freedom fighter deaths in Iraq?
If you don't know, perhaps you will be surprised.
Okay times up!
Here's one report;
Oct 3, 2008 1:13 pm US/Central
CHICAGO (AP) ― Violent crime in Chicago continues unabated this year, with the latest unofficial statistics showing that there were 316 more shootings in the city through August.
Through the end of September, there were 392 murders, 50 more than the same time last year.
Deputy Superintendent of Patrol Beatrice Cuello attributed the increased violence to street gang activity. She noted the arrests of high-ranking gang members has left a vacuum in which young gang members try to fill.
Crime had dropped consistently since about 2003, with murders dipping below 500 in 2004, the lowest since the 1960s. As recently as seven years ago, the murder tally was closer to 700.
David Olson of the Criminal Justice Department at Loyola University said there are likely several causes for the increase, including changes in police staffing and changes in the drug markets that drive shootings.
(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
U.S. Military Deaths By Year/Month
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
2008
40
29
39
52
19
29
13
23
25
7
0
0
276
While I don't see your point, your figures are incorrect (according to icausualties.org which tracks this numbers) and I find it quite interesting that you chose to count two months that haven't even occurred yet. lol
In any event, if you do have a point to make, just spit it out.
I think McCain does not want to be so negative towards Obama's character anymore because old John had no idea that such hateful idiots would publicly show their ignorant hatred like those, in all their stupidity, who would yell 'Off with his head'. Off with THEIR heads. We don't need ignorant hateful people in this Peace-Loving Nation. Even the children of those hateful idiots are turning away from their parents' ignorant hateful views. It is unfortunate that parents and pastors/ministers actually teach their children to be such fanatical hateful beings. Right-wing hateful fanatics should not be allowed to breed. The young people show better manners at rallies than the old hateful fanatics.
Kind of embarrassing that it takes innocent open-minded young people to see the truth and good while the elders are confused. It doesn't take a genius to see the mess this country has been in for the last 8 years, not to mention the lies and corruption, and that we HAVE to go in the other direction. I believe both parties have some good to them. I do not believe that one party is all good while the other party is all bad - I think that is stupid and naive. I believe to get the best of both worlds you have to take turns, Republicans can't be in The White House all the time and neither can the Democrats.
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