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Posted on Sep 6, 2008
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On the road again: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks at a rally at Buchanan Park in Lancaster, Pa., on Thursday.

Barack Obama was busy drumming up support—and additional funding—in New Jersey on Friday, readying his response to the McCain campaign’s Palin-palooza at last week’s Republican National Convention and telling supporters he’s ready to scrap it out. When it came to the fundraiser at Jon Bon Jovi’s house, attendees paid the equivalent of a midrange luxury sedan (note: funds to go to the DNC and Obama’s campaign) to hear him say that, so no doubt they’ll be expecting him to make good on his word.


wcbstv.com:

Obama spoke for about eight minutes before greeting guests individually. He vowed to fight Republican attacks on his character and background more fiercely than John Kerry did in his losing campaign four years ago.

“We’re not going to be bullied, we’re not going to be smeared, we’re not going to be lied about,” Obama said. “I don’t believe in coming in second.”

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By Alan, September 8, 2008 at 2:18 pm Link to this comment
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Obama is playing this campaign as if it were a game
or a Harvard debate.  How Ya Gonna Win the Fray When You Always Play “Above the Fray”?  I’m starting to
think he is no more serious as a candidate than
McGoo.  That means that this IS Oceania and that
all the projected faces of the enemies and of the allies are creations of big brother, and all
the candidates are creations of big brother.

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By LORETTA DRISKELL, September 8, 2008 at 9:50 am Link to this comment
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LISTEN UP FOLKS.  WE HAVE GOT TO WORK HARDER, VOLUNTEER MORE, DONATE MORE (IF AT ALL POSSIBLE), FIGHT THESE RIGHT WING NUT CASE LIES & SMEARS EVERY CHANCE WE GET.

REMEMBER, OBAMA SAID THIS ELECTION IS NOT ABOUT “HIM”.  IT IS NOT ABOUT MCCAIN.

IT IS ABOUT “US”

LET’S ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES & GET TO WORK FOR OUR CHILDRENS FUTURE AND OURS!!!

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By Inherit The Wind, September 8, 2008 at 8:40 am Link to this comment

The latest overnight Gallup has McCain leading H-45.

It’s insane just how dumb the American people are. They’ve been clearly screwed over for 8 years, and now are losing their jobs AND their home at a terrifying and STILL they prefer the guys who did it to them?????

Is this some kind of mass Stockholm Syndrome?

Or is that we men are so stupid that we look at Sarah Palin and drool—and vote with the little head instead of the big one?

I am truly stumped on this one. Crazy, fanatical, right-wing radical “Christian” reactionary fascists I understand:  They are nuts and are as stoned as the Jonestown victims who drank poisoned Flavor-Aid (no, it wasn’t actually Kool-Aid).  They’ve already swallowed the poison.

But average working Americans who see their incomes fall, and are facing, or are trying to avoid facing foreclosure?  How could they POSSIBLY prefer the guys who did it and promise to do more of the same????

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By John, September 7, 2008 at 11:16 pm Link to this comment
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If you watched the ‘06 debate for the last Alaska governor’s race, you would know that Sarah Palin is not to be underestimated.  She shut those guys down with a smile as she interrupted again and again.  They hadn’t a clue as how to handle her.

She has actually put herself at the top of the ticket in that she is driving all the energy.

Wake up Axelrod.  Now is when you earn your money or cash in your chips.  New Gallop/USA poll - Obama down 10.  AND for the first time, in another survey, most Americans don’t think he’ll win.

Friends from Alaska say she is vicious and dangerous.

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By fedupinfla, September 7, 2008 at 10:41 pm Link to this comment

Wanna hear the scariest post I’ve read yet on one the farthest conservative right-wing blogs? The guy was saying that Palin had more foreign relations experience than Obama cuz Alaska is next to Russia which means she “stared into Putin’s eyes” on a regular basis…I swear you can’t make this shit up!!!

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By cyrena, September 7, 2008 at 10:33 pm Link to this comment

By kath cantarella, September 6 at 10:58 pm

•  “How can so many people be so blind? It is insanity. Is it US TV that has caused it? What kind of poisonous shit do you guys watch every day?”

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Kath, I wish I knew. Swear to god I do. I’m impressed that you were willing to suffer through some of those conservative blogs. I only tried once or twice before, and that was years ago now. I was totally traumatized by the insanity.

But, that brings me back to my language obsession. I don’t really think of this insanity as that of a ‘conservative’ ideology. The ‘conservative’ tag has become just as much a misnomer as ‘pro-life’. These people aren’t ‘conservative’ anymore than the so-called pro-lifers are…pro-Life is really ‘pro-embryo’ and that’s as far as it goes. As soon as the process is completed to really BE a ‘life’, they don’t give a shit about him or her. They don’t much care what happens after birth.

Same with conservatives. Real conservatives are inclined toward tradition, and gradual change, and so real conservatives have just been having multiple strokes and/or coronary attacks just watching the absolute RADICALS destroy everything. Even people who never ever considered themselves ‘conservative’, are finding that they actually are, as they look on with sheer horror, as the Constitution is cycled through the shredder.

Meantime, I still don’t know what the hell happened to make so many people so insane. I mean, it can’t just be the television, can it? I honestly don’t know. I don’t watch TV much at all. Maybe it is. Whatever is doing it, it’s not even just on those blog sites. There are some right here, on what is billed (at least by its producers and editor) to be a progressive site.

Anyway, I don’t know how the came to be insane, but it just scares the shit out of me.

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By fedupinfla, September 7, 2008 at 9:34 pm Link to this comment

Call me crazy but…Doesnt this feeling of real change finally possible and all this momentum behind Obama seem eerily reminisent of 2 other great Democrats? (whose greatness was tragically extinguised prematurely) Can anyone say JFK & Bobby?? Lets hope the rational thinking people outweigh the shallow thinking ReCONs or we’re doomed to 4 more years of the same hell we’ve been in for the last eight…
No I don’t think Obama is a messiah & (I’m offended when RepCONs call him that)...but I do think he cares a lot more for the REAL everyday people than John (I don’t know how many houses I own) McCain. People who worry about how they’re going to afford getting back & forth to work this week with gas prices so high. Who have to buy generic more than name brands because their grocery bills have doubled in the last 8 years. The kind of people who buy their socks at Wal-mart and can’t REMOTELY imagine spending $300 G’s on an outfit!
Sorry, but I don’t want a reactionary, hot-tempered, war-hardened old man with 1 foot in the grave (who was caught singing “Bomb, bomb, Iran” on youtube) to have his finger on that red button at 3am. He’d probably push it just to go back to sleep! I want a man whose nature it is to intelligently think through a problem and approach it from all angles. Obama has the brains. Lets not forget that this man graduated from Harvard Law having been head of the Law Review. THE most prestigious position there is. AND he was the 1st black man to do it. McCain, by his own admission graduated 5th from the BOTTOM of his class in the Naval Academy. Not a candidate for Mensa to be sure. With all due respect, being a “POW” might have developed his character but it didn’t earn him a degree. And lets not overlook the fact that McCain has the reputation of being nasty when he’s not agreed with. (check out YouTube if you don’t believe me) No wonder Bill O’Reilly worships at his altar…He sees himself in McCain.
I must admit that I’m encouraged when I see blogs like these because it gives me hope that the evil empire will soon be vanquised… That the rebellion has begun…In the words of a wise man…“May the Force be with you, Obama”

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By Cran Berry, September 7, 2008 at 3:17 pm Link to this comment

Obama is done. He is too inexperienced and naive to know how to win an election, much less manage a country. All he offers is nice talk. Republicans know what wins - a pretty face. That’s all it takes. Who cares about ideals and all that claptrap. All you need is a short skirt and pompoms.

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By Daniel, September 7, 2008 at 11:31 am Link to this comment
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It’s funny how Mccain/Palin are cowtoeing to what Obama has been arguing all along - that politics need to be changed in this country! I can’t believe how stupid Mccain/Palin think Americans really are. They might be right on some level, because their demographic will follow them to the end of human civilization, but Obama/Biden are the true agents of change. Do not be fooled this November.
I seriously dislike candidates who try to denounce the previous four/eight years just to try to get a leg up, and this is exactly what Mccain started doing only when he realized that fighting Obama is going to be an uphill battle. Obama has had this stance way back in 2003, when he argued against the war in Iraq. Mccain is following Obama’s lead only because he finds it politically convenient for the times, and is beginning to realize that there is a market of voters out there that want ALL WARS TO STOP!
Americans are NOT like this. And it is NOT PATRIOTIC TO PERPETUATE WARFARE AND HATRED! I hate this mentality, and it trully has to stop. One does NOT HAVE TO HAVE MILITARY EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO LEAD THIS NATION! That is a common misconception. Barack Obama is the leader we need now, and we need him fast. Otherwise, this country is sunk.

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By RightWing, September 7, 2008 at 10:51 am Link to this comment

We just wont tell anybody anything,

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By steve wexler, September 7, 2008 at 8:11 am Link to this comment
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Obama is turning into the biggest wuss in recent times. All he has to do his hammer the Republicans and McCain on their pathological lie machine, their lying us into Iraq, McCain’s sponsoring the Military Commissions Act in 2006 (whoops there goes the Constitution) and ask how do you get people to kiss this pig?—Lipstick

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By Graham, September 7, 2008 at 5:22 am Link to this comment
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I’m confused? Wasn’t McCain running? I mean who’s who!Palin just took over her running mate’s spot!And as far as speech’s ,Michelle’s speech was ten time’s better then McCain,Palin,Cindy,Rudy,and all other’s at the rnc!It made sence,I clearly see what’s going on here.The replublican’s don’t have new idea’s.Thier just a bashing party confuse and don’t have an idea on who’s who.Just remember 84,000 againts 10,000 you do the math! People are not stupid! We see who’s who! OBAMA 08!!!!

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By kath cantarella, September 6, 2008 at 11:58 pm Link to this comment
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Don’t go on the defensive… attack McCain’s character and flaws and mistakes. He has almighty flaws. He is a war-monger. A cold-hearted and unstable person is lurking under McCain’s wise-cracking surface like a landmine. He is so unfit for the office, let the attention focus on his shortcomings. Don’t be tricked into constantly defending yourself, Mr O. That’s a loser’s strategy. You are the only qualified and quality candidate left in this race.

Christ, i have such a bad feeling about this election. I’ve been reading the conversative blogs and they seem to have such an enormous readership, with hundreds of clueless comments posted to each article. How can so many people be so blind? It is insanity. Is it US TV that has caused it? What kind of poisonous shit do you guys watch every day?

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By SYED WARIS SHERE, September 6, 2008 at 4:39 pm Link to this comment
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Joe Trippi, a Democratic Strategist has said, “When the president of the United States is from your own party, to present yourself as a change agent is not the easiest thing to pull off”. According to New York Times, ” After watching two political conclaves the last two weeks, it would be easy to be confused about which was really the gathering of the opposition. As Senator John McCain accepted the Republican nomination for president, he and his supporters sounded the call of insurgents seeking to topple the establishment, even though their party heads the establishment”. We must all remember that it was John McCain, a big supporter of the failed administration of President George Bush on the Iraq war. Democrats are rightly arguing that his election would amount to a third Bush term. “After listening to all the speeches during the Republican Convention, I heard nothing that suggests the Republicans are ready to fix the economy for middle-class families, provide quality affordable health care for all Americans, guarantee equal pay for equal work for women, restore our nation’s leadership in a complex world or tackle the myriad of challenges our country faces,” Clinton said in the statement. Barack Obama in his acceptance speech has forcefully assured the nation by stating, ” I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.  I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts.  But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease.  And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future”. The economy is playing an important role in the U.S. presidential race, largely eclipsing the Iraq war in the minds of millions of voters. On a day when the U.S. government said the jobless rate hit a surprising 6.1 percent in August, Barack Obama said Republicans are woefully out of touch with the plight of America’s working class. “If you watched the Republican National Convention over the last three days, you wouldn’t know that we have the highest unemployment in five years because they didn’t say a thing about what is going on with the middle class,” Obama told workers at a glass factory.

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By cyrena, September 6, 2008 at 4:06 pm Link to this comment

“We’re not going to be bullied, we’re not going to be smeared, we’re not going to be lied about,” Obama said.

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So THERE!!

We hate liars and propagandists.

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