By Ethel S.

October 6, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

Sen. Obama makes so many excuses for his questionable associations ,i.e. he did not know Rev. Wright preached all that hatred after sitting in that church for 20 years and his neighbor and board member Bill Ayers still talked about the terrorist not going far enough after 9/11. Sen. McCain was completely investigated over the Keating Five along with Sen. John Glenn and both were completely excused. Still Sen. McCain did apologize to the American people for putting them through that mess. Sen. Obama is too immature to be President during this time we will have to make very tough decisions, cut down spending, and level with the American people about the tough times ahead. Sen. Obama still continues to promise he will deliver his big spending programs. Sen. Obama is a phony.

By MBA

October 6, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

So “Tenured Professor” IS at clown college since she or he forms opinions based on youtube. You should try reading sometime. I recommend newspapers and news magazines. I try to use a variety of sources besides newspapers and Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report, like CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, NPR, PBS, and BBC. No, not the Foxx Republican Network. And “Royal Jester”, McCain is tied to the Keating Five because he is one of the Keating Five. Naturally, McCain Palin are trying to shirt the focus away from the major issue on voters minds because they are losing. So they are resorting to smears. I thought McCain was at least a somewhat honorable person and above personal attacks, but obviously I was wrong. He’d better be careful, because being a POW doesn’t give you a free pass.

By Joe 6Pack

October 6, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

I dont know why i bother with these posts. there are soooo many dumb people in this country that 1. buy into the HATE BUSH = HATE MCCAIN, that they have not sat down and actually looked at the facts on the ground. 2. sooooo many people that think RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GETTING SQUEEZED. which is about the dumbest arguement in the world— the rich are rich because they know how to handle money, the middle class are striving to become rich, and most of the middle class have been or were poor— but the middle class is NOT paying the tax burden per percentage as the RICH already are— and the poor getting poorer, teach them how to become rich and give them the means to do that, and it is not going to come from govt. cheese. 3. sooo many dumb americans just think it is not important to know the ayers,wright,rezko and slew of other connections— TO KNOW WHERE ONE IS GOING IS TO SEE WHERE ONE HAS BEEN- Obama said that, in July while in Israel, yet americans seem to disregard this. 4. soooo many dumb americans actually think that ALL of these economic problems are goverment based— when soooo many dumb americans live beyond their means-HOW is it the goverments fault YOU BOUGHT more house, more car, more credit than you could afford? 4.soooo many dumb americans buy into this one really hard- that we are wasting money and lives in Iraq— HOW MANY DUMB AMERICANS BELIEVED THE CIVIL WAR WAS UNJUST, TOOOOO EXPENSIVE and WASTEFUL OF LIVES. 5. How many colonists thought that the Revolution was tooooooo expensive, tooooo wasteful of lives—- alot in both wars. I am tired of the Iraq war like the rest of you, but I am also smart enough to realise the full ramifications of stable Iraq will benefit my grandchildren far more than a world with Iran in control of Iraq. Ask yourself, freedom at what costs, and I will tell you all costs that have to be met- and I just retired from the military of 22 years. I understand far more than the average american what that cost is, what it was to me and my family. 6. This instant gratification generation is going to learn the very very hard way one valuable lesson— YOU want something YOU have to go get it, waiting on the govt cheese is NOT going to get you there. I agree with Palin, Obama is a real scary person- You give him and the dems all three branches of goverment— you can start saying this phrase- comrade.

By Tenured Professor

October 6, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

MBA: you have a desire to have the MSM stifle the truth about the Chosen 1, no? His radical associations, his brain-washing tactics, his socialist beliefs. The chant, review it. Broken arrow headed for Israel if this man ever is elected. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy09UpI60F8

By MBA

October 6, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

Professor, where do you teach, clown college? Didn’t you see the chanting (or “chanting”, as you would put it) at the GOP convention? Conservatives try to blame the media for everything. You really hate that we have a free press, don’t you?

By Dumb People

October 6, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

People…People….People… Do you think that these politicians are actually going to do any of the things that they promise? If you do, then i have bridge you might like to buy. Whether its Obama or McCain, neither is going to do anything of significance in office. They never do. The President is overrated. ( I wonder if i ran for President on the platform that i would cut taxes and give everyone a $1000 check and throw in a new car, if i would win. Sadly i think i might have a chance.)

By Tenured Professor

October 6, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

Doesn’t it bother anyone in the Media that they are brainwashing young people to ‘chant’ and act like slaves to Obama? I thought we freed the slaves years ago… What is going on with this Obama campaign? Its very frightening to see. Its communist and UNAMERICAN! See youtube- Obama’s youth movement chants to their Prophet.

By Panama

October 6, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

Guess where McCain was born? Not the US, but Panama. McCain people are so pathetic!

By Anghiari

October 6, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

Most of the hyperbole on this forum about Senator Obama is mimicing the desperate effort of Palin and McCain to try to convince the public that their campaign isn’t going in the tank. Palin and McCain are liars on so many levels, but what they do mostly is take the hopes and dreams of their supporters and exploit them for all they are worth. The Republicans depend on their supporters walking lockstep to their financial demise. Never questioning that McCain is going to pay for his health plan by cutting medicare and medicaid? Hitching your star to the party line rather than valuing your country is a poor choice and far too many Americans are making that choice. Palin lives in a $500K house and has a million bucks in the bank and she is a regular American? John McCain’s wife has millions in the bank and seven houses and you believe they represent the regular guy on the street? I have a island I can sell you for $2.95.

By O Preferred Amnesia

October 6, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Forget about : Rezko , Ayer , Rev. Wright’s GOD D*MN AMERICA . Forget about the left wing media being in the tank fot their god Obama . Forget about Obama bad mouthing America all over the world . Forget about Obama being the most liberal member of Congreess . Forget about Obama getting caught with his hand deepest in Fannie Mae’s C O O K I E J A R . HEY FORGET ABOUT IT (or the Chose 1 loses the election!)

By anghiari

October 6, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

Any folks who live in Ohio got parents on Medicare? Are you on Medicare? Read the Wall Street Journal on How McCain plans to pay for his health care plan. OCTOBER 6, 2008 McCain Plans Federal Health Cuts Medicare, Medicaid Spending Would Be Reduced to Offset Proposed Tax Credit By LAURA MECKLER “John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said, in a move that independent analysts estimate could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the government programs. Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speaks at a rally at Victory Landing Park in Newport News, Va. The Republican presidential nominee has said little about the proposed cuts, but they are needed to keep his health-care plan “budget neutral,” as he has promised. The McCain campaign hasn’t given a specific figure for the cuts, but didn’t dispute the analysts’ estimate. In the months since Sen. McCain introduced his health plan, statements made by his campaign have implied that the new tax credits he is proposing to help Americans buy health insurance would be paid for with other tax increases. But Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Sen. McCain’s senior policy adviser, said Sunday that the campaign has always planned to fund the tax credits, in part, with savings from Medicare and Medicaid. Those government health-care programs serve seniors, poor families and the disabled. Medicare spending for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 is estimated at $457.5 billion. Mr. Holtz-Eakin said the Medicare and Medicaid changes would improve the programs and eliminate fraud, but he didn’t detail where the cuts would come from. “It’s about giving them the benefit package that has been promised to them by law at lower cost,” he said. Both Sen. McCain and his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, have recently sought to refocus on health care. The issue once ranked at the top of voters’ domestic concerns, but has in recent months been eclipsed by energy and the economy. Sen. McCain charges that the Obama plan, which would create a government-run marketplace in which people could buy coverage, would lead to government-run health care. Sen. Obama charges that Sen. McCain’s plan would leave many people unable to get insurance. Sen. Obama’s campaign turned up the volume in a major push on health care over the weekend with two days of attacks from the stump, four new television advertisements, a series of health-care events across the country and fliers to voters’ homes in swing states. Sen. Obama is focused on Sen. McCain’s plan to offer a new tax credit of $2,500 per person and $5,000 per family toward insurance premiums. This would allow people to buy health coverage on the open market, where they may have more choices and might look for a better bargain. In exchange, the government would begin taxing the value of health benefits people get through work. If an employer spends $10,000 to buy a worker health insurance, the worker would pay taxes on that money. “It’s a shell game,” Sen. Obama told an outdoor rally of 28,000 people Sunday in Asheville, N.C. “Sen. McCain gives you a tax credit with one hand — but raises your taxes with the other.” Sen. McCain’s plan actually would lower taxes for most people. But that means the plan wouldn’t pay for itself, because it cuts certain taxes more than it raises others. The federal government imposes two taxes on wages, generally: an income tax, which funds the government’s general operations, and the payroll tax, paid for by employers and employees, which funds Social Security and Medicare. If Sen. McCain were to apply both of these to the value of health benefits, he could fully pay for his new tax credits. That is what aides have in the past suggested he would do. In April, when Sen. McCain gave a major speech about his health plan, Mr. Holtz-Eakin, the senior policy adviser, said the tax provisions alone were budget neutral — meaning that health benefits would have to be subject to both income and payroll taxes. Campaign officials have regularly implied since then that the tax plan was a wash. In the vice-presidential debate last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin described Sen. McCain’s proposed tax credits and said: “That’s budget neutral. That doesn’t cost the government anything, as opposed to Barack Obama’s plan to mandate health-care coverage and have this universal, government-run program.” Mr. Holtz-Eakin said the campaign never intended to apply the payroll tax to health benefits. That means that most people would see a net tax cut, contrary to Sen. Obama’s assertions. Only those with very rich benefits packages are likely to see a net increase in taxes. But it also means that Sen. McCain must fill a huge budget hole — which the campaign says will come from cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank, estimates that the McCain plan would cost the government $1.3 trillion over 10 years. The plan would allow as many as five million more people to have insurance, it estimates. Mr. Holtz-Eakin said the plan is accurately described as budget neutral because it assumes enough savings in Medicare and Medicaid spending to make up the difference. He said the savings would come from eliminating Medicare fraud and by reforming payment policies to lower the overall cost of care. He said the new tax credits will help some low-income people avoid joining Medicaid. The campaign also proposes increasing Medicare premiums for wealthier seniors. Sen. Obama also would rely on some Medicare savings to pay for his health-care plan, which would offer subsidies to help consumers pay for premiums. The Tax Policy Center estimates that his plan would cost $1.6 trillion over 10 years and cover 34 million more people.” Write to Laura Meckler at laura.meckler@wsj.com

By The Royal Jester

October 6, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

How amusing you brainwashed Dems think Keating 5 is tied to McCain. The Senator was not only completely exonerated, but was only one Republican in the four Dems. Even the special attorney assigned to investigate, Bennet, who defended Bill Clinton, and a registered Dem, stated the only reason McCain was even part of the hearing was it was POLITICALLY motivated. You clowns are really funny, you’ve fallen for the opening now on complete scrutiny of Senator McCain, war hero, tireless advocate for reform, and Hussein Obama, a terroristic association which includes camapaign contributions from the PLO. And the surface is just beginning to be exposed. The Dems have one strategy this election cycle and that is lie, cheat, smear, and brainwash. Take a look at Obama’s youth movement on youtube if you really want to be frightened.

By Berlin

October 6, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

Barack Obama has produced no evdience he was born in the United States. There is pending a federal court order for him to produce a birth certificate in Pa. There is no record of his academic records. He has similarities to another leader, rather terrifying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTp_atr2G9E

By poster

October 6, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

It took a long time to post my entry, so I posted again, but the information about McCain bears repeating.

By to Philman

October 6, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

McCain is getting desperate because he is losing, so he is trying to smear Obama. Yes, let’s bring up both candidates history, like McCain as one of the Keating Five, a member of the banking bribery scandal. Considering our current financial situation, this is very appropriate for the voters to know. Yes, it could get ugly.

By to Philman

October 6, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

McCain is losing, so he is getting desperate. He is now dropping the pretense of running an honorable, honest campaign and stating the smears. He’s like the pot calling the kettle black! He was one of the Keating Five, part of in a banking scandal involving bribery. I agree, let’s bring it up at the debates. Considering our current banking crisis, it’s highly appropriate that the public know about McCain’s past. Yes, it could get ugly.

By mwm

October 6, 2008 4:49 AM | Link to this

And most certainly, lets bring up McCain and Palin’s associations… Sex, lies and Keating 5.

By marion barry

October 6, 2008 3:20 AM | Link to this

I agree with philman. Bring up all Obama connections with ACCORN and all the thugs he has been associated with. The news mmedia want to hand him the election.

By Philman

October 5, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

Get ready Obama fans since the major media could not bring themselves to REPORT, you know there JOb’s, we will have to run ads and bring it up at the debates, all of the SLEAZY friends and crooks. in Obama’s world, it could get ugly

By Anghiari

October 5, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

For those workers it might good to listen to AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka speak about Senator Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QIGJTHdH50