Residents in Delaware County are reporting receiving robo calls at home that accuse Democrat Barack Obama of "working closely" with "domestic terrorist" Bill Ayers, "whose organization bombed the Capitol, judges homes, and killed Americans." The message goes on to say that Obama's relationship with Ayers, now a professor of education with whom the senator served on a charitable board, proves that Obama does not have the judgment to be president.
The male voice reading the script identifies the call as paid for by the McCain-Palin campaign.
"It was very disturbing," said a Havertown woman who received the call, who did not want to give her name for fear of retaliation. "You listed to it and you get the impression that Obama himself is a terrorist," she said. "It should not be this way." The recipient described herself as a registered independent who supports Obama.
Other media outlets are reporting its a national effort:
"More remarkable than the message (coming after a presidential debate in which John McCain said he didn't care about a "washed up terrorist") is the reach of the campaign itself. The Huffington Post received dozens of emails from voters who had either received the call or gotten a voice mail with a recording. Reports came from Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Indiana, Delaware, Illinois, Georgia and even Canada." That from the Huffington Post, an Obama leaning outlet.
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Yeah, Obama's a terrorist. Please... Sounds like the old Bush-Rove-Chaney mantra: "Whan all else fails, scare people." No point in talking issues when you can convince people there's a terrorist lurking in the linen closet. Budget crisis? Crumbling infrastructure? Losing a war? Just tell people there's a terrorist. Presidential candidate you don't like? He must be a terrorist.
I sincerely hope a mass suicide happens with all the imbeciles who believe this garbage.
fgomarty - If I posted that you are a close-minded person without the capacity for independent thought, would that be a nasty attack or simply stating the obvious?
Barack Obama was 8 years old and living abroad when Ayers committed his crimes. Please don't judge me based upon my acquaintances from 25 years ago. I was into He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
What about McCain's terrorist friend, G. Gordon Liddy? We're supposed to believe that serving a prison term makes it okay for a presidential candidate to associate with him?
Actually, the over/under on suicides will be lefists when they wake up and realize the messiah was just a wet dream they had.
Ayers' office door is decorated with pictures of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Che Guevara and Malcolm X.
to Phrossty: It would be a lie. Again I will say that only liberals regard someone telling the truth about them as a nasty attack.
How Dare they actually tell the Truth! Next they will get a plumber to get Obama to admit he is a Socialist. Oh, they already did.
Obama did not merely "serve on a board" with Bill Ayers as he is prone to lie about.
Ayers held a meet and greet event for OBama in his home! Obama accepted campaign checks from him in the past. That shows poor judgement. Of course that was the old, "I'm right there with you liberal white folks about how evil our federal government was and you had the right to take those actions" Barack Obama when he was running for a State Senate seat and NEEDED the upper middle class ex-hippie white vote in his district to be elected along with the REverend Wright disciples. Now that he does not need both (Illinois is a lock) he minimizes his associations with both through revisionist history and the press who LOVE revisionist history just march right along with their comrade in arms.
Obama wasn't 8 years old when he sat in repeated meetings of a charitable board with Ayers and then worked for the same multimillion dollar grant program. And he wasn't 8 when Ayers and his wife Bernadine Dohrn, who in some ways was even more violent, hosted a campaign function for his state senate run in 1995, in Chicago. He most definitely knew who Ayers was. I grew up in the 60's and the Weather Underground spread a lot of fear; it is pretty disturbing to see a presidential candidate with this history. Ayers called it "an American Red Army". Other quotes from Ayers: "Kill all the rich people...Break up their cars and apartments...Bring the revolution home...Kill your parents." Annenberg was also no angel, by the way, and neither is McCain. To portray Obama as an innocent, virtuous politician is wrong. This just shows that he is really no better than McCain. What's fair is fair. And by the way, we won't judge you based on your acquaintances from 25 years, ago, but we would for 12 years ago. And we appropriately would for both if you were running for president.
Liddy is a creep. But tell us. Did Ayers serve his debt in jail?
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What about McCains "palling around" with Keating?
Ayers didnt do any time because the cops broke the law and violated his rights when they arrested him...thats their fault, not his. But, i imagine you police state, fear/war mongers out there have a problem with protecting basic civil liberties (or what we have left of them).
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Joe the plumber, unlicenced union scab tax evader, or should I say Joe the "Plant".....Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Who’s Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating’s son-in-law and the former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes giving well over $10,000 in the last few years. "McCain's judgement is questionable at best"
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lonewolf John McCain brought him up in the debate as a slam against Obama (bad call as was his choice for VP). then the guy is on TV as the voice of the working man talking against Obama (I'm a working guy and he don't speak for me)
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She was the most popular until she opened her mouth. She should have just stood there and looked good cause that's all she's good at. McCain's choice of picking her for VP will go down in history as one of the worst political blunders ever. If he would have stuck with his centrist stance and picked someone a little more qualified he may even have gotten my vote. Believe it or not at one time I had great respect for him now I see him as Bush th second and this country just cannot weather that storm for 4 more years.
McCain is not only a coward - sending out these ridiculous robo-calls - but he's politically stupid. His attack ads are costing him support, so what does he do? Continue attacking. Brilliant Mr. McCain. It's a nice insight into how you'd govern: despite all the evidence around you, you'd pursue a doomed, and ugly, course. Sound familiar? Meet the new McBush, same as the old McBush.
Whose running for president again- Ayers or Obama? Attack Ayers all you want, nobody's voting for him. MCain isn't Bush and Obama CERTAINLY isn't Ayers. Let's vote and talk about stuff that matters.
BTW- when the best message I can say about MCain's campaign is that he's not Bush- that's a sad indictment of his campaign.
John McCain has no honor left. He condemned robocalls made by the Bush Campaign in 2000 about his "interracial" child and about Cindy McCain's drug addiction, referring to them as "hate calls." But now it's okay as long as he is the one doing it.
Ummm...isn't this guy Ayers now a highly respected University professor, and wasn't he also Chicago's Man of the Year? Pu-leeze. McCain, you're gonna have to try harder than that to scare us. How about the fact that your V.P. is MARRIED to a card-carrying member of the I-hate-America seccessionists? Hmmm????
The Repubs are just about in panic mode - what an amazing desperate way to show how dark and dirty they are. How about talking about some real solutions to our problems? Oh, I forgot - you don't have any....
Scary. I would vote for Obama if he was running on the GOP ticket. I would not vote for McCain if he was the democratic candidate. Sometimes you have to cross your party line to do the right thing. Is it that hot in Ohio that "Joe" the "plumber" is bald, or is he a skinhead ? Any AB or Volksfront tatoos ? Is he embarrassed by his receding hair ? Will he "work" at a minorities home or business ? Just asking, not assuming...bad vibe from that guy.
Bob1 Obama wasn't 8 years old when he was on the board with Ayers - neither were the Republicans who sat there also.
LOOKY LOOKY WHO HAS A TERRORIST PAL.. THIS IS WAITING IN THE WINGS
Palins has close ties to the some pretty interesting people in Wasilla.
Google: Steve Stoll and Palin.
Extreme? Anti-American? You must judge for yourself.
It's interesting just how far democrats have come. In the sixties JFK was America's hero for taking a stand against marxist influence in our hemisphere, now they run a presidential candidate who is very much connected with marxist leaning radicals like Ayers, Saul Alinsky's Acorn organization and former Illinois Senator Palmer - onetime executive board member of the U.S. Peace Council, which the FBI identified as a communist front group. An analysis of Obama's tactics shows he is following almost to the letter the blueprint for socialist revolution drafted by Alinsky the father of "community organizing". The late Alinsky, a trench-warfare socialist who despised American capitalism, advised community organizers like Obama to "laugh at the enemy" to provoke "irrational anger." "Ridicule," he said, "is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage." Obama and his troops do this well and with lightning speed. It didn't take long for the ridicule pump to crank it out for Sarah Palin or Mr. Wurzelbacher, the latest American citizen to receive the ridicule onslaught. But hey, I'll bet Sarah and Sam can produce a legal birth certificate, has Obama yet? Seriously, did the democrats actually "vet" Obama or are they purposely showing how far they've strayed from the party of JFK?
JREESE THAT IS BRILLIANT. For me, it was G.I. Joe because only children think military intervention is the answer...no..wait, G.I. Joe only used it for defense...humm. A cartoon? President Bush? NAAAHHH!
And Bob1 nice try. THE CRIMES were commmited 25 years ago and it was really nice watching McCain attack Obama on national t.v. completely going against everything he said he wouldn't do, not answering questions and instead slandering the smarter Harvard Law Grad., name calling (again, like the children the Republicans are) and straying from the point...not to mention forgetting (?) to answer the question if Sarah "I get booed at Flyers games" Palin would make a good replacement. And on the topic at hand, how scared is your party you have to have a computer cold calling people? COLD CALLING!!!!!!!! Your time has come and gone and it's time you just go away. We want change, we've wanted it for 8 years and we are going to get it and everyone knows it. BUt nice try. Scare tactics are so 2004.
Regarding ACORN:
Sounds suspicious—unless you know that groups like ACORN are required by law to submit them, even if they’re obvious fakes. This is to prevent funny business, such as trashing forms that look like they might be Republican (or Democratic, as the case may be).
Sounds suspicious—unless you know that ACORN normally sorts through forms, flags those that look fishy, and submits the fishy ones in a separate pile for the convenience of election officials.
Sounds suspicious—until you reflect that the motivation of the misbehaving registration workers is almost always to look like they’ve been doing more work than they really have, and that the victim of the “fraud” is actually the organization they’re working for.
Sounds suspicious—unless you know that even if one of these fake forms results in a nonexistent person actually being registered, now under the Help America Vote Act of 2002, “any voter who has not previously voted in a federal election” must provide identification in order to actually cast a ballot. This will make it tough for Mickey Mouse, even if registered, to vote, no matter how big, round, or black his ears. Likewise, members of the Duck family (Donald, Daisy, Huey, Dewey, and Louie) who turn up at the polling place will have a hard time getting into the voting booth. (Uncle Scrooge might be able to bribe his way in, but he’s voting Republican anyway.)
Sounds suspicious—unless you know that despite all the hysteria, from 2002 to 2005, only twenty people in the entire United States of America were found guilty of voting while ineligible and only five of voting more than once. By contrast, consider the lede on this story, published a week ago today:
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times.
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John McCain is going to win on Election Day.
Yes folks, he will win. Here is why:
1. McCain low tax policies are designed to grow the economy.
Obama has no clue how to grow the economy. His goal is to re-distribute
wealth from the hard working movers of this economy, the ones that
keep it going by hiring working folks, to those less productive.
2. McCain will help this country become energy independent
with off-shore drilling, nuclear energy, clean coal and other
feasible alternatives. These will create high-paying, mostly union
jobs and will keep the money in the USA.
Obama? Well forget off-shore drilling. Even if he was honest when
he said he is for it, Pelosi & Co are dead set against it. Nuclear?
The same. Hey, maybe we can all inflate our tires and wear sweaters
aka Jimmy Carter.
3. Federal Spending.
John McCain is one of the only voices in Washington over these last
10 years fighting to control the outrageous growth of federal
spending.
Obama, well again Pelosi & co will roll him, provided he even attempted
to control such spending.
4. For all of Baracks eloquence, there is not much substance.
5. The world is still a dangerous place. Obama remains un-test even
by an inquisitive media. Americas enemies know that and will use it
to test him. Voters know that and will not take the chance.
Let us get something straight about the American terrorist Bill Ayers and the appropriateness of Barack Obama’s long time association with him.
Who in the Philadelphia area would vote for a person running for president, no matter how much you loved about that person, if they had a long-time association with Mumia Abdul Jamal? Not many. Were they not both involved in attacking Americas finest?
What about those who murdered Stephen Liczbinski, or Chuck Cassidy or Patrick McDonald? Would you vote for someone who began their political career in the home of one the murders of these fine people? No, of course not.
And that is why the media does not do any investigative reporting on Ayes. That and they are generally lazy and can only parrot each other.
That is why the Obama campaigns only defense is unfair, biased, hateful attacks.
Well perhaps they can not handle the truth. Perhaps the media should have done a better job. Any dope can be a professor. Look at
Ward Churchill
Why does the media feel the need to dump on Joe the Plumber.
Well, because he caught Obama in an off-teleprompter moment of
candor. And that can not stand.
Obama actually admitted he wants to re-distribute wealth.
Yes folks, re-distribute wealth from the hard-working and productive
to the less productive. Using the tax code to end the welfare
reform of the 1990s. Back to the 70’s folks.
Barack is not just interested in reversing the Bush policies,
he is going to reverse the policies of President Clinton:
Welfare reform (by using the tax code to give tax breaks to people
who don not even pay taxes), against free trade, which has brought
this country many jobs, and budget busting big spending.
Americans are going to be shocked when they don’t get their
middle class tax cut. With Reid and Pelosi at the helm pushing
the ultra-left agenda.
Those who crave "change" have already experienced some of what Obama and his minions have to offer. If you want to know what happened to your 401K and investment portfolio just Google Community Reinvestment Act. It's all related to the housing bubble. Democrats have successfully sold the idea that the current crisis is chiefly the fault of Republican Deregulation… which is absolutely not true. However but many people assume that the democrat mantra is accurate. In fact the problem of the housing bubble and subsequent burst is due to Clinton/Democrat manipulation of the Community Reinvestment Act from Jimmy Carter days. They turned the CRA into a $1.4 trillion monster - coercing banks to deal sub prime mortgages. They then used Fannie and Freddie to traffic worthless loans across the markets, putting the US tax payer on the hook when the bubble burst. All while lining their own pockets with cash. This was basically a "backdoor process" to tax everyone and redistribute wealth.
Is today's Democrat party “actually” the party that looks out for the “little guy”? Are the changes they propose in the best interest of all Americans? Do they really stand for nice talk and positive values? Let's consider the fact that the Democrats have controlled the House for the majority of years since 1954, thereby controlling the major legislative branch of our government 43 of the last 54 years. Yet inner cities still suffer, minorities still struggle, inner city schools are still far behind, inner city crime is rampant and the list goes on and on. Although Roosevelt’s Democrat party helped stabilize a broken nation and get it back on it’s feet again… today’s Democrat party is not that party! They have had lots of time and introduced lots of socialist programs but have not solved the problems. Have you ever wondered why? Perhaps it's because their ideas don't work? They have betrayed the people and failed their best interests by only providing enslaving assistance programs instead of real opportunities while stuffing their own pockets with cash. In recent years one Obama buddy got a $25 million golden parachute, lives in a 6.7 million dollar house and doesn’t have to worry about paying a mortgage or stocking a pantry. He now advises Obama on housing issues. Current Obama financial advisors are former Clinton advisors who helped architect the CRA behemoth that just sunk our markets! Together they introduced a “change” that ruined personal finances, ruined national and global financial markets, fleeced us of our money while making themselves rich. News flash… they are not looking out for the little guy! They don't need to be negative. They can afford to smile.. all the way to the bank!
NObama does associate with known terrorists. Why is saying that a problem? It's the truth.
McCain told the truth about Liddy and said his acts were wrong and didn't Liddy due some time unlike Ayers. Plus Liddy didn't kill cops in SF, bomb the pentagon, capitol bldg and NY police dept. Liberals actually enjoy the fact the he bombed the pentagon!
terrorist? Liddy? he was a thief!! remember watergate? served 5 plus years including 100 days in solitary confinement when Carter thoought he served long enough and released him. Burglary? Bombings? hmmmm?
i love the motto country first for a campaign with a vice presidential nominee is part of a group working for secession from the union. that's right - the alaskan independence party wants the state to leave the united states. i'd consider that a group of domestic terrorists and by the way - the next time mccain wants a plumber to vouch for his pittiful smear machine of a campaign with no ideas he should pick someone who's actually a licensed plumber and actually pays his taxes. it's amazing the lengths people will go to hold on to power after 8 years of bloopers, blunders, and failures. bush let an entire american city drown, lied us into an unneccesary war, stripped away the basic freedoms of the constitution, and sent the economy into the toilet.
Shame to see Republicans turn into the trash they have become. Still holding on to the hope they will stop this nonsense and deal with the problems of this country.
You are all missing the point. In it's continued effort to boost the Obama campaign, play kingmaker Jr. to the NYTimes, Philly.com is highlighting some unauthorizeed nut making anti-Obama. Why? Because the activities of ACORN, heavily involved in voter fraud and the theft of an election, is getting too much attention. Only by finding something that is almost a non-issue, and throwing search lights on it, can the ACORN issues be driven back into the hinterlands.
2008 is the year objective journalism officially died. RIP.
Bob1 you hit the nail on the head. Ayers served his debt in jail just like Liddy but McCain can choose and pick who he feels is rehabilitated when it serves his purpose. What a farce!
Good one... where do the democrats come up with this stuff? Was it the use of the phone or the message that really offends? I'm really surprised that America, so in love with dramatic television (soap ops, cop shows, court shows, reality tv) has absolutely no stomach for heated, passionate, political debate. So it gets heated, so what? It needs to get heated. People need to ask questions. While we're at it we need to know what "changes" the democrats really want to bring? Although they love to bash the last guy in the White House they have a track record of their own over the last 54 years - 43 of those years having majority control of the House. So, what is "that" track record? A close looks shows a steady march towards socialist/marxism (it's historical track record reveals a tradegic failure - Google "Black Book of Communism") with many failures. Let's start with Social Security - a program that Americans paid into and the government borrowed but never paid back. It's a Democrat failure. How about the "War on Poverty"? After spending a lot of money, we still have the poor, we still have crime it's only gotten worse while those who run the programs get rich. Now they want to add health-care to their bag of tricks. Their track record says they'll fail at that too... while getting rich of course. If you get it you'll realize that democrats have adopted socialist/marxist tactics to get control - not help people. They say they want to spread the wealth around but ultimately you already know where it will go. Into the collective pot where they get to control and none of us will have anything. That's the ideology. Study the old Soviet Socialist Republic and you'll see factories that make junk, stores with little food, people living in little flats, houses and churches turned to museums and the rich elite living in opulent luxury in mansions on the Baltic! Obama believes in this ideology. If true, you need to know. Do your research before your vote!
Actually I believe Ayers did not serve time. He got off on a technicality. The point is that we should not blindly back any candidates and blindly demonize others to satisfy our own social agendas.
We just spent 700 billion on wall street and bailed out all the banks. WE ARE ALREADY SOCIALIST. AND BY THE WAY, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM WORKS IN MANY COUNTRIES SUCH AS CANADA AND SWEDEN.
John McCain is too OLD. Hes ERRATIC just look at how he has run his campaign.
And his VP pick Palin? She is skillful in "attacking the 'good ol' boys.' But the good ol' boys that Palin is talking about are those that can't help her politically." Sarah is another corrupt Alaskan politician for oil people. Alaska state Rep. Mike Doogan said on Palin, "even as she bends or breaks the rules herself, she acts as if she invented ethics in Alaska. It's insulting to those of us who have always done the right thing," he said.
LOOK AT OUR ECONOMEY; WE NEED TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ.
We are spending $341.4 million per day on the war in Iraq and we should have never gone there in the first place because the war should have been fought Afghanistan. JOHN MCCAIN has said U.S. troops could spend "MAYBE 100" YEARS IN IRAQ. What kind of message does this send of course Iraq has a surplus of money, they are more than happy to let us spend our money over there.
BOMB BOMB BOMB, BOMB BOMB IRAN....john mccain wants war, less regulations, cut social security and health care, tax cuts to oil companies.... and his VP pick: charged with ABUSE of POWER!
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
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The "Dear Leader" thinks that if he continues to lie enough that the zombies that support him will eventually believe that he's not a scumbag, anti-american, punk!!!
If you like Canada and Sweden they will be happy to accept you as a citize. In the meantime the majority of us here do not want to live their lives. You have no right to demand that we change our way of life to that degree, and you have shown yourself as very intolerant.
I hope as a nation we have outgrown this type of slander. I remember the old McCain who was outraged at that type of behaviour. If as the leader of his party, he is unable to expevt integrity from those that repreent him, what kind of a Commander In Chief would he make??
Jim, I don't know what other Republicans were on the board with Ayers other than Annenberg, who as I said was no angel himself. But I do know that none of them are candidates for President of the U.S., and that's the problem. If view that office with the importance it holds and what it represents, you will understand.
This is exactly what LOSERS do when they run scared...McBush is a LOSER!
Oh, and "Joe the Plumber" isn't really a plumber...he's a fake like McBush...he should be satisifed with Obama's plan because he's never going to own the business. I'm sure he wished he would have kept his mouth closed.
fgomarty - only cons consider personal attacks part of doing business,
Lonewolf and Luther - both educated by Matt Sludge and the AM Talk Kings have had a wonderful time calling anyone who does not agree with them Communists, Socialists, Terrorists, and what ever else all the Limbaugh Bimbaughs are trained to Parrott.
Truth hurts, more than the smears the Cons send.
Wakeup and smell the roses, the only reason the Republicans want McCain in office is because the spineless wonder will cave and pass Social Security Money to the Banks to invest in the failing Stock Market.
Ignorance is bliss and apparently ruling the the Republican party. I'm voting my pocketbook. $3 a gallon for gas...cost of living up 50% in two years...401k down 40% in one year. GW and friend had their chance and screwed it all up. McCain is over the hill and won't last 4 years...Phalin is a total joke...I voted for Reagan twice and Bush I twice. I'm a conservative republican and small business owner...voting Democratic across the board this election.
So all those here who claim that Obama's relationship with Ayers constitutes bad judgment exercise similar reservations about McCain's relationship with a secessionist? Namely, Sara Palin and her relationship with the Alaska Independence Party?
Oh right, frightwingers are only outraged when it's a Democrat. They aren't intelligent enough to understand the concepts of "hypocrisy" and "irony".
can you imagine anyone at this point hearing these calls and believing them after all the press debunking this very lame talking point. Republicans should just stop its just making you all look supremely stupid.
Scoreboard, scoreboard. electoral votes, please...
Obama 364 McCain 171 Ties 3
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
I was drafted into the US Army in 1969. This guy bombs government buildings and gets a dream job as a college professor. CRIME PAYS.....thanks Brian T....
Ayers didn't serve anytime in jail, he was never convicted of a crime. The Annenbergs should be aware that they are supporting terrorists, oh wait, the Annenbergs are republicans. They don't support terrorists. Only democrats. Get a life. Meet our next President, Barack Obama. Thank God no more Bush, Rove, Republicans, et al.
GOOD, call out that creep Obama for what he is!!! He's run the most racist, divisive campaign EVER!!!!
Are these really important issues? You don't see Obama bringing up this stuff. It seams to be a Republican thing. In 2000, Basu asked "Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?" Who cares if he fathered an illegitimate black child? I want to know what he's going to do about the economy. Thes ads characterizing the Walter Annenburg educational initiative a "radical" program is a bold faced lie. Walter Annenburg was a conservative Republican. He must be rolling over in his grave.
So far the name calling and ridicule remarks are as expected. Straight out of Alinsky's training manual. Mr. Community Organizer has trained his minions well. Although entertaining, lets put the "sideshow" aside and ask a real question. "Why would I support someone who obfuscates the facts about who he is and what he really stands for?" Obama record shows he has supported abortion in a radical way, yet in the last debate he obfuscated the facts by saying he voted against the March 2001 Born Alive Infant Protection Act because there already was a law to provide protection in such cases. He stated that knowing full well that he earlier received a letter dated July 17, 2000 in which Illinois Attorney General Ryan reported that the Illinois Department of Public Health found there was 'no basis for legal action' to protect babies that survive abortion. The fact of the matter is Illinois hospitals were withholding care for live babies who survived botched abortion attempts. They stuffed them in dirty laundry closets and left them to die. There clearly were no laws to protect them at that time. On March 30, 2001, Obama spoke from the floor of the Illinois legislature, saying that the Born Alive Infants Protection Act placed an undue burden on doctors to keep a child alive. The fact remains that Obama opposed the bill and was unwilling to prevent infanticide. It's interesting that he is unwilling to protect the lives of "born infants" many of whom come from the very communities he feigns to help. To this I say "Mr. Obama, tell the truth". Don't lie to conceal your radical agenda.
Someone mentioned Swedish Democratic Socialism as something that works... is that true? Do some research and you'll see is a taxed-to-the-eyeballs welfare state where the government grabs more than 52% of the country's GDP—the highest percentage of any industrial country. A Swedish businessman who earns Euro200,000 a year gets to keep just 49% of his paycheck. Of OECD countries, only France comes close to Sweden in taxing its most successful businesspeople. If this sounds familiar that's because this is what Obama wants to take you to. This is his Change! Sweden finally got sick of this approach and got smart. Guess what they're doing there? Because their economy was going down the tubes with slow growth, rising inflation, welfare state spending, soaring high debt and fleeting private-sector jobs, they threw out the Social Democrats and started an IV of conservative government. How about that!
Once again the pathetic nature of Republicans manifests. They can't win on issues that people care about, i.e. economy, foreign policy, environment, energy etc. So they smear people's character in order to distract. The mindless crowd that supported George Bush in two elections can not be trusted.
To the right wing neo-cons on this site: If Obama is a Socialist, then your esteemed President George W Bush showed him how as he nationalizes the banks. Why is it ok when a Republican can be a Socialist and not a Democrat? As to judgment and who has it, McCain has shown he has the poorest of all Presidential candidates. He picked Sarah Palin to be be Vice President, a woman whose incompetence is astounding for the role she has been chosen for. And now we hear that Obama is terrorist. It goes on and on and on. What is clear and true is that Republican conservatives have become a party of bigotry and hate. McCain cannot win over Obama on the issues facing this country, so he and the Republican party resort to their true nature of bigotry and hatred. And their party members follow them in full lockstep, spreading the bigotry. If one listens closely to what the neo-cons say, one can easily conclude they are a people who wish to have our government run by demagogues. If the republicans win the election, we will witness the beginning of the fall of the United States as a country of freedom.
Well hmmm. McCain using Cold-calling. Sounds like he insists on preying on the elderly and unsophisticated. One should only use a land line for DSL or Faxing. Most people use pda's or cellphones, and have no need to pay two bills. But he is desperate...
Lonewolf, do you get chills when a minority moves near you ? Luthur, Is it OK for minorities to fight and die in our armed forces, and be on our favorite sports teams, but not serve in the White House ? Would you stop a race/hate crime if you were witnessing it. Come'on America, the disgusting ways of the 20th century must stop. The Klan will never be a strong political force again. Stop the wars, focus on the priorities and set goals to tackle difficult problems. I will pay more taxes(and I don't make much)for a Greater America. President Obama may surprise you in a positive way.
Wonder what Colin Powell thinks about Obama and Ayers??? Oh that's right, he's voting OBAMA!
All ridicule aside, this is an issue of ideas. Ideas that effect economy and the direction of a country. Ideas that have nothing to do with the color of a person's skin but everything to do with the ideology a person embraces. The words I wage against Mr. Obama are not directed at his person but at his ideas. I have no issue with the fact that he is a man of color. I live, work and worship among people of all colors. My children play with children of all colors. I've worked in the inner city, suburbs and country and have given and received respect from all. Regarding the issue of ideas, despite our problems - a people in crisis, desperate for change must be extremely careful what change to embrace. Many nations in crisis before us faced decisions. Those who did not chose wisely paid a heavy price. An ancient piece of wisdom warns us to be very careful what we embrace, "There is a way that seems right to man, which actually leads to death". Therefore it is vital to examine ideas. They do effect the practical things that everyone cares about. The idea of a path to socialism is not acceptable by this administration or the next. History shows the socialist/marxist experiment is a failure in every respoect, so why elect someone whose ideas follow that path? They are better ways! That Obama has ideas for change is true. Its lamentable that he has the wrong ones.
You're welcome Newway. Unfortunately, there is too much racism not enough real dialog. Again the issue surrounds ideas not skin tone. The question is not whether Obama is a terrorist as he certainly is not. The question is does Obama embrace the ideas that fomented people like Ayers to go off the deep end and commit atrocities. The idea of socialism which teaches class struggle, hatred of capitalism, free market, free speech, right to pursue profit and the fundamental rights of individuals. Ideas that indeed represent an antithesis of that which has made America strong. I stated earlier the idea of a path to socialism is not acceptable by current administration or the next. It is also true that if the democrats responsible for the sub prime mortgage fiasco had not injected a socialized prescription into a free market economy in the first place, we would not be facing the economic crisis we are today. The continuation of socialize RXs will only compound the problems. Mr. Obama who formerly was adversarial to the middle-class, now wants to befriend it to garner support of the taxation of the top end earners, who already shoulder the largest share of burden. Latest IRS data shows that the top 1% of income earners now pay 40% of federal income taxes, while earning 22% of income. The top 5% pay 60% of income taxes while earning 37% of income. The bottom 50% of income earners pay only 3% of federal income taxes. History shows that the socialized RX of placing a bigger burden on the top reduces jobs and GDP which will hurt us all in the long run.
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Thomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.
Nathan Gorenstein has covered politics and government in the city, state and nation for the Inquirer. He's worked in the city hall bureau, had a stint on the business desk, and once covered the suburbs. After serving as assistant regional editor, he was named editor of the "Politics" web site.
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