(2008-10-29) — John McCain today withdrew his demand that the Los Angeles Times release video footage taken in 2003 of then-state Sen. Barack Obama praising controversial Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi, and he instead thanked the paper for its courage.
“I changed my mind, and I want to thank you,” said Sen. McCain in a letter to editors at the Times. “You folks go ahead, stick with your bold decision to keep that video secret. After all, what’s a free press for, if not to withhold news that people don’t really need, or that might cause discomfort just a few days before an election?”
“My friends, if you journalists want to keep folks guessing about what you’re hiding and why,” he wrote, “that’s your right. If you want people to wonder if your decision is driven by your commitment to protect your anonymous source (whoever that may be) or by your recent endorsement of Sen. Obama for president, you have that freedom.”
During a political rally today, the Republican presidential candidate encouraged undecided voters, “not to make too much of this top-secret video, in which Sen. Obama allegedly toasts his ‘friend and frequent dinner companion’ Rashid Khalidi, the former director of the Palestinian press agency during the Yassir Arafat era.’”
“After all,” Sen. McCain added, “it’s been 30 years since the Coastal Road massacre when Palestinian soldiers hijacked a bus, slaughtering 37 Israeli civilians and wounding 71. Rashid Khalidi was merely director of the Palestinian press agency at that time, kind of like a journalist. He didn’t actually fire any of those weapons that day.”
Sen. McCain also came to the defense of his opponent, noting that Sen. Obama was only 17 years old when the massacre took place, and that Rashid Khalidi is “just a guy in Sen. Obama’s neighborhood, like Bill Ayers, who is now a respected scholar.”
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1 gafisher // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:01 am
“We have nothing to hide and, no, you can’t see it.”
The real question is, why are all these incriminating bits of evidence coming to light (or, in the case of the LAT video, scurrying for darkness) so late in the campaign? Have some in the media suddenly realized how badly they’ve undermined their industry over Obama, have the “news” organizations laid off some of their vault security staff, or is it just that Hillary’s lockbox lease happened to run out?
2 Darthmeister // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:03 am
Of course everyone knows the LA Times is a reich-wing news organization. That’s why they have to look like they really don’t want to release the film and then “grudgingly” release it at the last minute - preferably before next Wednesday. Neo-cons are so clever.
You’re right Scott, a free press is free to withhold whatever news is harmful to their own agenda, right? Freedom of the press belongs only to those who own a press.
The Orwellian Obama
3 Hawkeye // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:13 am
Nothing to see here… Move along! Move along!
4 Fred Sinclair // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:17 am
Just a guys in B.O.’s “Hood” (neighborhood); I doubt that these fellows Rashid Khalidi and Bill Ayers, as ‘respected’ as they are, by some, are all three living in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Wherever their ‘Hood’ may be located, does that make them hoodies?
Oh, I forgot that’s the nickname for a garment, often favored by bank robbers to enhance concealment - thwarting security cameras. On the other hand, if the three dudes from the hood had been wearing hoodies at the party then the L.A. Times wouldn’t have to keep the tape secret.
Perhaps the L.A. Times has to keep the tape secret, lest it’s release might open them up to charges of “yellow journalism” and that, in turn might result in a downturn in their circulation figures, causing major cutbacks in advertising revenues. The ramifications of this action could be serious, resulting in possible layoffs.
So for the good name of the paper and the welfare of their employees, it’s easy to see why keeping the tape secret was a necessary decision (for the overall good).
Pardon me while I attempt to clean up my keyboard.
5 Fred Sinclair // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:36 am
I just got this in from JWR, and since it’s “on topic” I thought it worth posting.
Jewish World Review Oct. 29, 2008 / 30 Tishrei 5769
GET US THE TAPE THE L.A. TIMES REFUSES TO RELEASE, AND WE’LL GIVE YOU CASH!
By Binyamin L. Jolkovsky
JewishWorldReview.com | For the last week, this site has been receiving mail — lots of mail — asking that we somehow shame the Los Angeles Times into releasing a videotape they admit to having that shows then Illinois state Sen. Barak Obama praising Rashid Khalidi, the one-time PLO spokesman/adviser during a 2003 farewell party in Chicago. Shortly thereafter, he became the head of the Middle East Studies Department at Columbia University.
At what turned out to be a “Jew-bash”, Obama, who the polls say will likely be the next leader of the Free World, chose to remain silent. Even after the presentations, the politician who now says he’s in favor of a secure Israel refused to denounce what he had just heard. Including, according to the Times:
A ” young Palestinian American recit[ing] a poem accusing the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticizing U.S. support of Israel. If Palestinians cannot secure their own land, she said, “then you will never see a day of peace.”
And another speaker likened “Zionist settlers on the West Bank” to Osama bin Laden, saying both had been “blinded by ideology.”
The anti-Israel Arab American Action Network sponsored the gala. Obama reportedly helped funnel tens of thousands of dollars to them.
Obama did say, according to the LA Times, that his conversations with Khalidi over the years had influenced his thinking about the Israeli-Arab crisis. The discussions became, he recalled, “consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases.”
There’s likely a lot more information on that tape that the electorate needs to be informed of.
I’m willing to personally get $5,000 to anybody who can get me a verified digital copy of the events of that evening. If readers want to add money, we’ll raise the “bounty”.
Once we get the video, which we’ll need by Friday, we will post it online for anybody to link to. We will return it back to the “public domain” where it belongs.
If you have the tape, know somebody who does or wish to “chip in”, please click here.
WV - training Michele - yeah, right!
6 flacracker // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:50 am
How is it that the LA times has all the people that can “keep secrets” but our governement is full of people that use the computer systems with all our secret information and use it publically and willingly (aka Joe the Plumber?)
Maybe its the LA times that has the ROSWELL aliens hidden…
7 flacracker // Oct 29, 2008 at 9:03 am
I wonder if someone will “have some SNL type fun” and create a video of Osama talking and then cut to Obama listening.. and CLAIM it was this video..
That would be nearly as funny as Tina Fey!
You know.. just as a joke.. much like all the TV jokesters make fun of GOP candidates..
Hey.. just JUST a JOKE… Lighten up!
8 pauls // Oct 29, 2008 at 10:13 am
With all the covering up the media had to do for Clinton during his time, if Obama wins how many of their ulcers might finally just explode?
9 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 29, 2008 at 10:32 am
I found THIS encouraging, maybe you will, too.
10 J. Cougar Melancholy // Oct 29, 2008 at 10:35 am
So Obama’s views may be slightly socialist, but as far as Marx goes, I’d rather have Karl leading the country than Groucho.
11 Fred Sinclair // Oct 29, 2008 at 11:22 am
Isaiah 40:
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off
the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the
measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance, And the hills in a pair
of scales?
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has
informed Him?
14 With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who
taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge, And informed
Him of the way of understanding?
Romans 11:
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
34 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR
God and only God is in charge I will leave the miracles up to Him. Jesus is the one who specializes in miracles. The Old Gray Lady has B.O. leading by 13 points, but…….
IBD/TIPP poll, considered to have been the most accurate in the 2004 presidential race, has Obama with a mere 1.1 percentage point lead, 44.8 percent to 43.7 percent with 11.6 percent undecided. Thus, the race for president is far closer than the media masses have led you to believe. And how delicious it would be if the media’s ‘election’ of Barack Obama suppresses his numbers and leads to an Electoral College landslide for John McCain. Talk about being hoisted by your own petard.†—Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
12 NeaL // Oct 29, 2008 at 11:37 am
I got this in an e-mail:
Father/Daughter Talk
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college.
Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch
Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to
higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father.
He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a
4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.
Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey doing?”
She replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She’s always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s too hung over.”
Her wise father asked his daughter, “Why don’t you go to the Dean’s office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0? That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.”
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily fired back, “That’s a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I’ve worked really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!”
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently,
“Welcome to the Republican party.”
13 Fred Sinclair // Oct 29, 2008 at 11:54 am
I’m optimistic and I like the trending in the polls. Let’s all pray for horrible weather in the Ohio River Valley extending to Pennsylvania all day on Tuesday.
Perhaps the Libbers will sit inside nice and cozy rather than chance getting their tushies soaked in a downpour.
14 Fred Sinclair // Oct 29, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I just got this in an email - twice.
Notice to All Employees
As of November 5, 2008, when President Obama is officially elected into office, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness:
1. All salespeople will be pooling their sales and bonuses into a common pool that will be divided equally between all of you. This will serve to give those of you who are underachieving a “fair shake.”
2. All low level workers will be pooling their wages, including overtime, into a common pool, dividing it equally amongst yourselves.
This will help those who are “too busy for overtime” to reap the rewards from those who have more spare time and can work extra hours.
3. All top management will now be referred to as “the government.”
We will not participate in this “pooling” experience because the law doesn’t apply to us.
4. The “government” will give eloquent speeches to all employees every week, encouraging it’s workers to continue to work hard “for the good of all.”
5. The employees will be thrilled with these new policies because it’s “good to spread the wealth.” Those of you who have underachieved will finally get an opportunity; those of you who have worked hard and had success will feel more “patriotic.”
6. The last few people who were hired should clean out their desks.
Don’t feel bad, though, because President Obama will give you free healthcare, free handouts, free oil for heating your home, free foodstamps, and he’ll let you stay in your home for as long as you want even if you can’t pay your mortgage. If you appeal directly to our democratic congress, you might even get a free flatscreen TV and a coupon for free haircuts (shouldn’t all Americans be entitled to nice looking hair?) !!!
If for any reason you are not happy with the new policies, you may want to rethink your vote on November 4th.
15 MajorDomo // Oct 29, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Liberals’ quote of the day, only with a different twist: “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”. The gap is closing.
16 MajorDomo // Oct 29, 2008 at 12:44 pm
“slightly socialist” — Yeah, like being slightly pregnant! Get a life, willya?
17 mindknumbed kid // Oct 29, 2008 at 1:27 pm
But I reckon it would be wrong for me to question the patriotism of the folks at the LALA LOL Times. Free elections in conjunction with a free press should mean that if there is something out there for the voters to know, it should be available.
What is the difference in the way the left works to win an election and the way a dictator works to win an election? A dictator has complete power to make certain the outcome, but give the hard left a little more time and they might be capable of matching the results.
Bottom line is they only want people to vote when they vote the way they want them to vote. Their consciences are seared and they are free to do whatever it takes.
18 McCain should thank the LA Times | Jason Hayes - Musing // Oct 29, 2008 at 2:51 pm
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19 mig // Oct 29, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Video for a laugh.
20 BlackLion31U // Oct 29, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Hey y’all,
Probably been wondering were I’ve been. Well, just came back from an Obama rally. Talked about sharing his toys in kindergarten will probably make him subject to attacks by the McSame campaign for being a communist. Really quite funny. It was cold early this morning and the line wrapped around three city blocks. I was lucky enough to actually get within about 20 yards of “the one”. The venue continued to fill behind me. We were told that there was an estimated 60,000 people in attendance.
I’ve never been to a rally like this, such kindness and generosity.
It was totally different than the reports we get about the McCain/Palin campaigns. Not one person hoped for McCain’s death or Palin’s demise. No anger toward the opponent at all. No negative comments about the opponent at all.
The McCain campaign is on the wrong path and has been for some time.
21 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 29, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Truth: BO is and has been on the wrong “path” for all of his adult life.
22 BlackLion31U // Oct 29, 2008 at 4:37 pm
JL3,
If you want to eat the slop you’ve been fed, that’s up to you.
23 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 29, 2008 at 4:44 pm
The slop people like you represent is inedible to people like me.
People like me prefer Truth, Justice and the AMERICAN WAY.
24 Rocky Mtn. Lioness // Oct 29, 2008 at 5:30 pm
re: alleged “kill him” threats @ McCain~Palin rally:
SAY WHAT?
“The agent in charge of the Secret Service office in Scranton, Pennsylvania, says allegations are unfounded that someone yelled “kill him” when Barack Obama’s name came up at a rally for Sarah Palin Tuesday.
The Times Leader newspaper reports Bill Slavoski was in the audience along with a number of other Secret Service agents and law enforcement officials. Not a single one heard the comment.
Reporter David Singleton at The Scranton-Times Tribune first reported hearing the remark. His account was picked up by media across the country.
But Agent Slavoski says he was baffled when he read the report. He says more than 20 civilians were also interviewed and “we have yet to find someone to back up the story.”
++++And NOW…Let the RACISM begin….+++:
Even if it did not really happen, the incident has prompted much criticism from the left. Catholic priest, liberal commentator and novelist Andrew Greeley writes in the Chicago Sun-Times that Palin is a “racist with her eye on the White House. She can stir up crowds to shout ‘kill him’ … how can she ever justify silence when she heard a cry for lynching?”
Greeley went on to say that John McCain is also guilty of racism: “McCain increasingly acts like an angry, befuddled cancer survivor and treats his rival like a field n-word who is just barely human.”
========
Looks like, though disputed, still too difficult a temptation for the always “angry left” to resist to not whine, race bait, call for a “whaaaambulance”.
Oh, but wait. IT was from FOX news so, surely it can’t be trusted. After all they’re engaged in a mean spirited poopyheaded campaign to actually DARE to call out the Obaminations of “the perfect one”. NOOOOO!
If he’s sent back to his little worn senate seat, Nov 4th, will he take his post-election response cues from his buddy Odinga. BO should get something *back* from him for campaigning for him & the $1 mil he helped raise for his campaign.
25 Fred Sinclair // Oct 29, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Really great email just in from a friend in NYC.
Come into God’s Presence with Worship. Thank God for his great mercy and many blessings. Ask God to extend his mercy to us and to our nation. and then pray for:
1. Those running for office nationally: Instead of praying for specific candidates or political parties, pray that the person of righteousness, the person of God’s choosing, would be selected in every congressional district, every senate race and for the office of President. Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people. Proverbs 14:34
2. Those running for office at the state and local level: Pray that the person of righteousness, the person of God’s choosing, would be selected in every elected office at the state and local levels. When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan. Proverbs 29:2
3. Those voting: Pray that each person voting will be convicted to vote for the person of righteousness, the person of God’s choosing, in each elected office and in each ballot initiative. Pray for God’s Presence to overshadow each person as they make their decision. The Spirit of the Lord will be upon him the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; Isaiah 11:2-3
4. Those involved in the election process: Pray that every official involved in the election process would serve with honesty and integrity of heart. The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight. Proverbs 11:1
5. Those praying: Pray that God would empower intercessors and people across the nation and around the world to call out to Him day and night in extraordinary prayer during this season. And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a Spirit of grace and supplication. Zechariah 12:10
6. The Church: Pray that the Church would be fully awakened, engaged and empowered during this critical season. Pray that we would understand the urgency and importance of this election and the implications for the advancement of God’s purposes in our nation and around the world. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. Isaiah 9:7
7. Our nation: Pray that God’s plans and purposes for our nation would be established during this election season. Pray that we would be a nation who follows God and is a blessing to the nations of the earth. Your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
26 Fred Sinclair // Oct 29, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Perhaps God will use the weather to decide the election.
From Accuweather just now.
Blustery winds and snow showers will persist today across the Northeast.
Similar snow amounts are possible in the snow belt areas downwind of the lower Great Lakes. Blinding lake-effect squalls in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania could create hazardous driving conditions.
The heaviest snow on Tuesday spread from the Pocono Mountains into the Adirondacks.Slide Mountain in New York’s Catskill Mountains topped the snowfall totals list with 20 inches.
Sixteen inches of snow and gusty winds battered Tobyhanna, Pa., resulting in widespread power outages in the northeastern Pennsylvania town. Other snow totals in the Northeast on Tuesday included:Motorists in the Northeast were not prepared for the sudden winter driving conditions. Associated Press reports police closed a section of Interstate 84 near Port Jervis, N.Y., early on Tuesday after the snow led to numerous accidents. Powerful winds battered southern New England on Tuesday, toppling trees and power lines. Peak wind gusts measured across the Northeast on Tuesday included..
27 BlackLion31U // Oct 29, 2008 at 7:40 pm
No one has answered my question from a few threads ago; Does George W. Bush represent the policies of the Republican party or would you consider him a “faux” republican?
See, word is, that the republican party has strayed from their platform. Now many of you have been defending “W” against my criticism for at least the last four years. Either you are true republicans and must concede to me about “W”, or your not true republicans. Which is it?
28 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 29, 2008 at 7:58 pm
“Word is.”
LOL
Good source.
29 Grogg // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:15 pm
BlackLion31U // Oct 29, 2008 at 7:40 pm post 27
I hope not! President Bush has all the qualities of the great Republican leaders of history.
He supports large corporations allowing them to make record profits so that the corporate (and personal weath) can trickel down to the masses.
It is because he ignored the common advice and took the less traveled path that we are where we are now.
Without his determination and courage we would be in a much worse place than we are now.
Just imagine if Obama had been President during the last 8 years. He would have given tax break to everyone earning up to $250k.
That money would have been spent repaying their debt and NOT spending it and boosting the economy. and the present crash would have been so much worse.
No faiux Republican here.
President Bush is one of a kind - I just hope that future President McCain can step into those shoes.
Peace Grogg
30 obama video | Sports-and-recreation // Oct 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm
[...] The story first appeared in April. …Anderson Cooper 360 - http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/|||McCain Thanks LA Times for Hiding Obama Video(2008-10-29) 鈥?John McCain today withdrew his demand that the Los Angeles Times release video [...]
31 MajorDomo // Oct 29, 2008 at 10:24 pm
#27
Only sensible questions are answered here. We leave the BS to swelter in its own stink.
32 everthink // Oct 29, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Say, where are all you knuckle dragging Repugs anyway?
Is my calendar showing the wrong Wednesday? You still have another
week5 days to bake up another big batch of sticky wedges, you know? Problem is, you just have to be more selective in what you try to feed the electorate.I know it won’t make much difference now, but still it’s sad to see you folks so quiet.
Everthink, maybe if Dumbyah were to go on the television and talk it up some for McCain that would help, whatayouthink? I know I would enjoy that, maybe even everyday.
Yer pal with the other campaign,
ET
33 Darthmeister // Oct 29, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Grogg, impressed with your own false boilerplate, eh? Now go play with your crayons and then take your nice blue pill and continue that peaceful dream state with pretty flowers and rainbows and an Obama smiley face just above the setting sun … halo optional.
Obama’s Aunt found in rundown estate in Boston
Now ObaMao is a smart man and a filthy rich millionaire to boot, he has to know one of his close blood relatives lives in virtual poverty in Boston. And he has the gall to tell people who are worth a hundred times less than him about having to “spread the wealth around”? What hubris!
ObaMao has also visited and therefore knows of his half-brother in Kenya who lives in a hut on $200 a year. No help from a filthy rich American there either. I guess ObaMao is going to wait until he becomes President and then issue an executive order forcing himself to spread his wealth around to his blood relatives.
That’s how liberals understand “compassion”, empower government to force you and me to hand over more of our hard-earned money inorder to perpetuate the liberal’s failed welfare plantation. It would be nice to see liberals making over $100,000/year leading the way across America and start supporting families - a poor neighbor or friend for example - with their own wealth without waiting for government to extract the money from them in order perform the same act of charity. Until then I’m skeptical of liberals’ claims of being so godawful compassionate and generous. Besides, government shouldn’t be in the business of charity whether to corporations or individual citizens. It corrodes the very foundations of a free society and it corrupts the political party which panders to those looking to sell their vote for a government handout.
34 Darthmeister // Oct 29, 2008 at 11:48 pm
neverthink, have you laid in a good supply of those blue pills to get you through the Obama years? You’re going to need them, pal.
Bet you cleared your schedule so you could watch your messiah spin his yarns? I bet it went something like this:
Quality education for all children … and I’ll tax you for that and still send it down the black hole of an educational system controlled by liberals and socialists like my good friend Bill Ayers.
Opportunity for every American … I guarantee there will be more opportunity for every American, even if its an opportunity to fail even after everything has been given to you by my government. This would entail an entire overhaul of the IRS to ensure that every American ends up paying their fair share to the government to make this dream possible.
Everybody gets a quality job with a living wage … and you’re going to love my new Quality Jobs For Everyone Bureau. Oh, and I’ll tax you for that privilege, too.
We will be united in love and understanding with unicorns prancing like sugar plums while we sleep peacefully in our beds … once we get rid of all the Repuglicans and conservatives that America’s founding fathers roundly condemned over 200 years ago. Oh, and that means we have to establish re-educaton camps and law enforcement … which will also cost more tax dollars.
I’ll officially change the name “America” to “Amerika” to more accurately reflect our values … This will also create new, highly-skilled jobs for people who will be entrusted with this task of changing our country’s name on every sign, domain name, money, business and business forms. “Made in the U.S.A.” will be changed to “Made in Amerika.”
Europeans will love us again under my administration … I will establish a new Love Bureau tasked with the responsibility that Amerika never offends our friends abroad again. A special tax will be collected forwith from every Amerikan making over
$250,000 $150,000 $100,000$50,000 which will go to all nations abroad to prove our desire for mutual friendship and respect.Create a special minority endowment, the first recepient being my good friend and mentor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright … this will only increase your taxes by .25 percent.
In order to instill a national unity and to bless the commerce by which we prosper ourselves, the slogan on all monies will be changed from “In God We Trust” to “In Obama We Trust.” … Remember, we’re all in this together and we each must do our part in making this a successful enterprise as we skip our way over the bridge to the future.
Last, to make it more personal for every Amerikan, I shall be referred to as either “Your Highness”, “The One”, or “Messiah”. The term “President” is far too impersonal and turns our minds back to white hegemonous European males who wrote a restrictive, negative rights Constitution we need to change.
May
AllahGod bless Amerika. Remember, vote early for me and vote often!35 onlineanalyst // Oct 30, 2008 at 5:43 am
For your edification: “Obama and the Politics of Crowds”
The morning after November 4 is going to be brutal with either outcome for the Obamabots. Take it to the bank.
36 onlineanalyst // Oct 30, 2008 at 5:54 am
Check out the video embedded in this link. It says all that you need to know about the ego and lack of accountability of Obama.
37 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 30, 2008 at 6:22 am
This short quote from the above article speaks volumes:
38 onlineanalyst // Oct 30, 2008 at 6:37 am
Would any business, for profit or nonprofit, designate Obama as its CEO or CFO?
Would any sane investor put money into a business/corporation in which Obama is its CEO or CFO?
I rest my case.
Obama’s self-indulgenet infommercial appealed only to those who cannot get enough of “Dancing with the Stars”. He was preaching to his own personal Amen corner, and this group knows its cues for genuflection.
Speaking for myself, I avoid television at all costs. It is the opiate of the masses…and Obama is its star.
39 onlineanalyst // Oct 30, 2008 at 6:38 am
Er, self-indulgent
40 mig // Oct 30, 2008 at 6:47 am
Most people aren’t even aware that the Democrats ruled Washington for over 40 years. It wasn’t until 1994 when the so-called Gingrich Revolution changed that for a short period of time.
41 Fred Sinclair // Oct 30, 2008 at 7:49 am
A little excerpt from Family Security Mayyers I found amusing
So, contrary to Parker’s goofy idea that Sarah Palin swept John McCain off his feet, gave him a haircut, and took over his mind, astute politician that he is, he saw that Sarah Palin was prettier than Mitt Romney, more personally charming than Ron Paul, and younger, more assertive and livelier than Joe Lieberman. Perhaps more than journalists, politicians understand the effect of beauty and charm on the electorate. He knew what he needed on his ticket to win, and he was right.
One last point. Parker seems to feel that Sarah Palin’s qualifications are not up to standard. According to the Constitution there are no qualifications for President and Vice President except to be a naturally-born American and to be at least 35 years old, suggesting that what meant something to the founding Fathers was maturity and a sense of allegiance.
Why did they not write in an obvious list of job pre-requisites – solid knowledge of world history, major in micro and macro economics, five years in diplomacy and foreign policy, etc? Because it’s not really necessary. Experts are a dime a dozen. What our Founding Fathers knew was needed was good judgment, a love of country, and uncommon sense.
And as for Palin, I’m sure she’ll be able to spell potato better than Dan Quayle and count the number of letters in j-o-b-s more accurately than Joe Biden.
42 Commentary » Blog Archive » Flotsam and Jetsam // Oct 30, 2008 at 8:03 am
[...] Rashid Khalidi only a guy in the neighborhood and a respected scholar? “After all, what’s a free press for, if not to withhold news that people don’t really need, or that might cause discomfort just a few days before an election?” It’s hard to keep reality and parody straight. [...]
43 Hawkeye // Oct 30, 2008 at 8:35 am
Obama used a 30-minute infomercial to provide less than 1 minute of specifics, and he did not explain how he will pay for his $1 trillion in proposed new spending, except to say he would end the Iraq war. The numbers just don’t add up. The other 29 minutes were spent on talking about people he met on the road. He’s long on empathy, but short on details. Which reminds me of a joke…
Why is Barack Obama like Michael Jackson? He’s half-white and half-black, and he lives in a fantasyland.
44 Hawkeye // Oct 30, 2008 at 8:52 am
Darth #33,
Thanks for the link. Picked up this from Page 1…
Funny, eh? What is Obama hiding?
-His aunt can’t talk ’til after the election.
-We can’t see the Rashidi video.
-He won’t release his vault-copy birth certificate.
-He won’t release his college records.
-He won’t release his medical records.
-He won’t release his doctoral thesis.
-He won’t release his Illinois Senate records.
This guy has got more secrets than the CIA!
45 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 9:28 am
Francis Fukuyama, the prominent academic and an early intellectual defender of neoconservatism, endorses Barack Obama in the pages of the American Conservative magazine:
I’m voting for Barack Obama this November for a very simple reason. It is hard to imagine a more disastrous presidency than that of George W. Bush. It was bad enough that he launched an unnecessary war and undermined the standing of the United States throughout the world in his first term. But in the waning days of his administration, he is presiding over a collapse of the American financial system and broader economy that will have consequences for years to come. As a general rule, democracies don’t work well if voters do not hold political parties accountable for failure. While John McCain is trying desperately to pretend that he never had anything to do with the Republican Party, I think it would a travesty to reward the Republicans for failure on such a grand scale.
Well now there ya go.
46 Hawkeye // Oct 30, 2008 at 9:45 am
BL31U,
Francis Fukuyama has not been a neoconservative since 2006. From Wikipedia…
Not exactly a conservative icon. Interestingly enough, he was born in Hyde Park, Chicago… Fancy that!
47 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 9:49 am
Hey JL3,
Is that a good enough source for you, or are you going to tell me that he too is a “faux” republican or that the “American Conservative Magazine” is really a liberal propoganda rag?
48 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 9:50 am
Wow, did I call that one!
49 NeaL // Oct 30, 2008 at 9:51 am
Artist Admits Propaganda in Obama Portrait:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/browse_thread/thread/38fc341ff518aab8
50 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 10:00 am
Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee parted ways with his party’s presidential nominee Wednesday by endorsing Democrat Barack Obama’s approach to diplomacy.
51 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 30, 2008 at 10:11 am
BL~~
Is that a “Republican” magazine? No.
Personally, I find his blame of the Republican party for what Jimmy Carter initiated (and which was subsequently propagated for decades by the Democrat party) disingenuous at best.
To suggest that FF is a conservative or Republican because his vacuous opinion was printed in a conservative magazine is to proclaim YOURSELF to be a God-fearing Patriot by virtue of your comments here.
Realize this: I do not worship humans and I pity those, like you, who do.
52 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 10:53 am
JL3,
C’mon, you know you worship the “W”. Your propobly one of those people that still has the Bush/Cheney 04 bumper sticker on your car right?
#23 “People like me prefer Truth, Justice and the AMERICAN WAY”.
Really? LOL that’s funny. “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!”
53 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 11:16 am
JL3,
C’mon, you know you worship the “Wâ€. Your propobly one of those people that still has the Bush/Cheney 04 bumper sticker on your car right?
#23 “People like me prefer Truth, Justice and the AMERICAN WAYâ€.
Really? LOL that’s funny. “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!â€
54 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 11:18 am
my apologies, disappearing post
55 Drider // Oct 30, 2008 at 11:19 am
Wow, Looks like we have a future officer of the Civilian Defense Force posting here.
He didn’t see hostile comments at the Obama rally because he simply doesn’t view them as hostile, more than likely has a Palin effigy hanging outside his house too.
No doubt he has dreams of running rape rooms and the like in the name of change because change is good.
Now be a good little soldier and wait to see if your comrade wins before applying for a re-education camp director position.
56 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 11:29 am
Drider,
You haven’t heard? Obama is all about early registration, early voting, early participation. I’m already enrolled.
No, I don’t have a Palin effigy outside my house, nor one of McCain. I don’t hate either one of them. Truthfully, I have two yard signs in my front yard, one for Obama and one for McCain Palin. Unlike some people here, I think I can distinguish the difference between anger and affection, love and hate.
And I can see clearly that George W. Bush was a failure in many many ways to this country and his party. Many people apparently still can’t see that or are afraid to admit it.
57 NeaL // Oct 30, 2008 at 11:37 am
re: BL31U #51
Funny U should mention that. I just saw a John Kerry ‘o4 bumper sticker on a car, yesterday.
As for me, my McCain/Palin stickers are coming off first chance I get after I vote, next week.
It’s heart-wrenching for me, thinking back to the Civil Rights movement of the ’60s and all those who worked, fought, marched, and struggled.
Those who are still alive probably never expected to see this moment in their lifetime. If McCain wins, what are the chances in another 4 years or more? How many from the Civil Rights days will never live long enough see this, again?
I’m reminded of this time in my college days when a roommate and I walked into the showroom of a dealership. They had this Mustang on display which had ground effects, spoilers, hood scoops, pinstriping… everything about this car looked like a performer. My roommate got behind the wheel for a few moments of fantasy. I asked him to pop open the hood. I looked underneath and found a wimpy little 4 cylinder engine. This car was packaged to sell, but wasn’t going anywhere fast.
Three times this morning, I’ve watched and listened to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s complete “I Have a Dream” speech. I always feel such a charge, such energy, when I hear those words. The part which resonates with me most, to paraphrase, is where he talks about being judged not by the color of your skin but by the content of your character.
I’ve tried as best as I can to see what others see, to feel what they feel, about Barack Obama. Yet still, he reminds me of that car I saw back in college. The packaging looks great, but the performance just isn’t there. What’s under the hood is insufficient. His character is lacking. Maybe someday he’ll make a good president, but Obama just isn’t ready.
The stickers will be coming off my truck after my vote because I see no point in rubbing it in if McCain wins, nor expressing bitterness at the accomplishment of others if McCain should lose.
58 everthink // Oct 30, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Well Henry,
I see you’re still drooling on your keyboard. Blue pills? Anybody not taking blue pills during the past eight years, must be having ECS treatments and using a whole rainbow of other gobstoppers.
But Henry, my old friend, help is at last on the way!
You, even more than the others here are in need of healing. You seen confused about this messiah issue; Obama is not the messiah, but, as the true Messiah warned, the world hates His followers as they hated Him.
Take your burdens to the Giver of Light and leave them there! Truly, He has heard the cries of His people, and sent America a new leader, marked by His Own Grace. Now, may the only wise and true God, deliver, bless and keep you.
Reverend ET,
Yours for Spiritual Guidance, Marriage Counseling, and Light Hauling.
59 BlackLion31U // Oct 30, 2008 at 12:19 pm
NeaL #56,
Your post was truly an enjoyable read. Thank you. I respect your opinion, your position and your selection.
God Bless America and our Service Members
60 everthink // Oct 30, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Neal,
Re: 56
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
If you get a chance go to an Obama Rally.
Thank God Almighty, this is that day!
He is ready like no other.
ET
61 NeaL // Oct 30, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Re Everthink #60
Of all of the job requirements which come with the Oval Office, the most important one is Commander-In-Chief.
The economy, taxes, jobs, health care… all these other issues rise and fall in a cyclical manner and are just as much prone to the whims of Congress.
There’s a big difference between having the ambition for a job and being well-suited for it. Dr. King was a great man but, with all due respect, he would have made a terrible President. I’ve observed McCain since he ran against Bush Jr. in the Republican primary for the 2000 election. I’ve developed a great respect for him as well as many others who know when the party line needs to be crossed.
What I’ve observed about Obama and his approach to foreign policy and our military tells me that between him and McCain, he is ill-suited for the Big Chair. McCain knows the horrors of war, as well as the necessity for it.
Yes, I said necessity. I grew up in the South and was preached to about the belief that the Confederacy fought the Civil War not to keep slavery, but for “states’ rights.”
States’ rights to keep slaves, more like. So tell me, what grand sweeping change was coming over the horizon to end that despicable “peculiar institution” other than all-out war?
Yeah, that’s what I thought. Our independence from England almost never happened because our Founding Fathers were divided on the issue of slavery. It took almost 100 years before that issue was resolved not by peace, but by bloodshed.
You can’t pay the taxes on the price John McCain has paid for our country. And his choice of Vice-President not only has the respect of the commander of the Alaska National Guard, but she has one of her own children over there in Iraq. So does Joe Biden, but neither Biden nor Obama have any experience with an Executive office.
The fact that global opinion favors Obama should be all the evidence we need that we can’t afford to have him as our president. It may give us warm and fuzzy feelings of international brotherhood to have our leader liked by people all around the world, but the fact remains that we are in a deadly global game of “King of the Hill.” Even some of our allies would like to see us fall, for a change. McCain has been more than tested and has a far better understanding of that.
McCain has been re-elected to an office. Obama has never stayed put long enough to be re-elected to anything. He has just been using each position to springboard himself to higher offices. If Obama really wants to best serve our country, he’ll stay in Congress and get schooled for a while.
62 Fred Sinclair // Oct 30, 2008 at 2:00 pm
From the funny papers today (updated)
“What day am I supposed to vote?”
“To vote for President, it’s November 4.”
“I’m voting for Obama”
“Then it’s the 5th”
63 Rocky Mtn. Lioness // Oct 30, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Barry O is all about fostering“BRUTHUH’ HOOD” on Senate time and dime! A veritable international diplomat of Bruthuh’Hood, he! And-speaking of dimes— CHANGE ! Yes my bruthuhs and sistah’s CHANGE You’ve Been Deceived In! Pass the cigars.
Gotta go! Those voter fraud registrant recipients of Barack Hu$$ein$ $880K gift don’t own ACORNer on the voter registration marxet..err…market!
Personally, I’m just NUTS about registering voters to petition Crestâ„¢ and Colgateâ„¢— to suggest they CHANGE their toothpaste. Battery acid or kitty litter added would be a CHANGE, right? You Betcha!
64 IndyJohn // Oct 30, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I beseech my fellow conservatives not to waste their time engaging in on-line conversations with Obama supporters on Scrappleface, or any other conservative-leaning website. The vast majority of these posters are mercenaries, working with the Obama campaign to infect websites where conservative opinions are expressed. It is all part of their Saul Alinsky- inspired plan to distract and demoralize Obama’s opponents. Their object is to poison the waters with false claims that conservatives feel that they must refute. Their object is not to participate in genuine, reasoned debate. They are nothing but provocateurs who are trying to frustrate you, make you angry, and tie up good websites with drivel. These frauds will disappear once the election is over, and they will go back to their regular jobs at ACORN. Do not give them time and respect that they do not deserve. Ignoring them will drive them nuts.
65 Grogg // Oct 30, 2008 at 9:35 pm
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33 Darthmeister // Oct 29, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Interesting reversal - I assure you I shall NOT be voting for Obama - I think you owe me an appology
Peace
Grogg
66 everthink // Oct 30, 2008 at 10:51 pm
NeaL
I doubt anybody can measure up to Dumbyah in your eyes, but come this time next Tuesday, Barack Obama will be the president-elect of the United States.
ET
67 NeaL // Oct 31, 2008 at 8:26 am
Re: IndyJohn #64
everthink illustrates your point quite well in #66. He had me up to the word, “to.”
Straight from the Liberal Playbook, “When all else fails, resort to name-calling and insults.”
If we shouldn’t engage them directly, can we at least refer to them in the 3rd person? They are, afterall, still human.
68 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 31, 2008 at 4:09 pm
It’s called projection, as I have pointed out before:
You grovel before the greatest Obsequious Narcissist of All Time; you cannot fathom those who do not. Your deviant behavior will not allow you to see and causes God-fearing Patriots to be a mystery; you instinctively attribute your moral bankruptcy to all mankind.
Unlike you, I’m not voting for a person. I’m voting for Truth, Justice and The American Way.
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