Globe, L.A. Times say Obama can unite country

"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors," Barack Obama told a crowd in Elko, Nev. "I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face." Actually, Obama supporters are doing a lot more than getting into people's faces. They seem determined to shut people up.

That's what Obama supporters, alerted by campaign emails, did when conservative Stanley Kurtz appeared on Milt Rosenberg's WGN radio program in Chicago. Kurtz had been researching Obama's relationship with unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers in Chicago Annenberg Challenge papers in the Richard J. Daley Library in Chicago -- papers that were closed off to him for some days, apparently at the behest of Obama supporters. Obama fans jammed WGN's phone lines and sent in hundreds of protest emails. The message was clear to anyone who would follow Rosenberg's example. We will make trouble for you if you let anyone make the case against The One.

Other Obama supporters have threatened critics with criminal prosecution. In September, St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch and St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce warned citizens that they would bring criminal libel prosecutions against anyone who made statements against Obama that were "false." I had been under the impression that the Alien and Sedition Acts had gone out of existence in 1801-02. Not so, apparently, in metropolitan St. Louis. Similarly, the Obama campaign called for a criminal investigation of the American Issues Project when it ran ads highlighting Obama's ties to Ayers.
These attempts to shut down political speech have become routine for liberals. Congressional Democrats sought to reimpose the "fairness doctrine" on broadcasters, which until it was repealed in the 1980s required equal time for different points of view. The motive was plain: to shut down the one conservative-leaning communications medium, talk radio. Liberal talk-show hosts have mostly failed to draw audiences, and many liberals can't abide having citizens hear contrary views.

To their credit, some liberal old-timers -- like House Appropriations Chairman David Obey -- voted against the "fairness doctrine," in line with their longstanding support of free speech. But you can expect the "fairness doctrine" to get another vote if Barack Obama wins and Democrats increase their congressional majorities.

Corporate liberals have done their share in shutting down anti-liberal speech, too. "Saturday Night Live" ran a spoof of the financial crisis that skewered Democrats like House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank and liberal contributors Herbert and Marion Sandler, who sold toxic-waste-filled Golden West to Wachovia Bank for $24 billion. Kind of surprising, but not for long. The tape of the broadcast disappeared from NBC's Website and was replaced with another that omitted the references to Frank and the Sandlers. Evidently NBC and its parent, General Electric, don't want people to hear speech that attacks liberals.
Then there's the Democrats' "card check" legislation, which would abolish secret ballot elections in determining whether employees are represented by unions. The unions' strategy is obvious: Send a few thugs over to employees' homes -- we know where you live -- and get them to sign cards that will trigger a union victory without giving employers a chance to be heard.

Once upon a time, liberals prided themselves, with considerable reason, as the staunchest defenders of free speech. Union organizers in the 1930s and 1940s made the case that they should have access to employees to speak freely to them, and union leaders like George Meany and Walter Reuther were ardent defenders of the First Amendment.

Today's liberals seem to be taking their marching orders from other quarters. Specifically, from the college and university campuses where administrators, armed with speech codes, have for years been disciplining and subjecting to sensitivity training any students who dare to utter thoughts that liberals find offensive. The campuses that used to pride themselves as zones of free expression are now the least free part of our society.

Obama supporters who found the campuses congenial and Obama himself, who has chosen to live all his adult life in university communities, seem to find it entirely natural to suppress speech that they don't like and seem utterly oblivious to claims that this violates the letter and spirit of the First Amendment. In this campaign, we have seen the coming of the Obama thugocracy, suppressing free speech, and we may see its flourishing in the four or eight years ahead.

Are you channelling George Orwell? The disrespect the Obama campaign has shown for the electoral process with the efforts of ACORN and others has polarized America more than any other campaign in memory. If you think that a centrist America is suddenly going to rally behind Pelosi, Reid and Obama you are insane. At least Pelosi and Reid have a record that can be examined. Cynically using racism to battle racism has had the expected result. Do you expect a mass outbreak of amnesia on November 5?

Barack Obama is a unifyer ? It is said that one is known by the company one keeps.
Barack Obama sat in a church for 500 services by a racist named Rev. Jeremiah Wright. And tells us he never knew the Rev. had this hate for White people. Sure.

Obama did business with an associate that was a slum lord rip off billionaire who is going to jail this month for a long time ( Tony Rezko ) Rezko and Obama were close friends. And Bill Ayers was not " just a guy in the neighborhood I knew "

Hey Michael - I don't hear any 'suppressing free speech' when people are yelling 'kill him!!' 'terrorist!' and 'traitor!' at McCain's rallies. Amazing how oppression is only there when you conservatives choose to see it, huh?

I do not understand why we would choose to ignore the twelve hundred pound elephant in the room, which is:RACE. It appears to me that most Americans, will vote a racist agenda, than to vote for what is best for the country. Ronald Regan said: "I will get government out of your way". With a Republican Congress, he did just that, all of the regulators were either fired or their jobs were elimated, to put us where we are today. It appears to me that most of the voters are primed to elect a presidendent today, not because he has serious ideas of how to get us out of this mess that we are in, but because of his race. How stupid can that be? tom

I am shocked -- shocked! -- that liberals could stoop so low as to make calls to a call-in radio show. Who would have thought they would use such dirty tactics? Everyone knows that when you listen to a call-in show you only call in to say "major dittos" or "Sean, you're a great American."

And then, to think that some people would threaten to prosecute violations of the law! What won't these wing nuts do in their thirst for power?!

The Obama-GE-SNL connection has been ignored for too long. Obama's shadow control of political skits and NBC's web content is one of the biggest coverups since Watergate, at least. Damn that mainstream media!

And at least now we can see that conservatives truly have the best interest of unions at heart.

So Obama wants to cut taxes for everyone making less than $250,000 and at the same time making a pledge to save some failing systems that will cost taxpayers in the trillions? Most of the ones that will benefit are the people in the lowest class.

A national health care for everyone will cost up to 1 trillion/year

Social security will have a 1.6 Trillion dollar deficit starting in 7 years

His plans on making college affordable for everyone will be 500 billion plus.

Newspaper endorsements really don't mean too much as evidenced by this little fact from the last election:

"So far, the Obama-Biden ticket leads with 28 editorial endorsements, with the McCain-Palin lagging far behind with 11. It's too early to project, but in 2004, John Kerry barely edged George W. Bush in endorsements, by about 220 to 205."
(editorandpublisher.com)

I am not sure why Americans are mezmerized by this guy? His policies are an illusion and will cause our country to stay in a recession longer than need be.

You all need to ask yourself why he stayed at a church for so long that preached
hatred for America and white people.

Wake up America you are being put in a trance by the great articulator of all times.

We need someone who has a different APPROACH to our issues abroad. McCain is more of the same, and holds grudges.

I though McCain inadvertantly made another case for Obama when he indicated we need a steady hand at the tiller. He's the one who heterodyned wildly between the status of the economy, or whether he was going to participate in the debate or not.

And, when I look at the Supreme Court, we cannot have another rightwinger there.

In response to shallow pocket: I think most americans will gladly pay another 6%
in federal tax to fix Social Security, nation health care system and more college assistance programs.

Bring it on

Obama is just another created hollywood figure. I do think he is praised for his ability to speak and not his ability to run the country. The financial mess will be behind us all within 6-8 months and will need a leader that will protect the very fabric of this country and keep America strong.

I do hope Americans look forward past this financial crisis and see what this country needs for the future of our nation.

Interesting mix:

Obama’s endorsers and supporters range from admitted terrorist William Ayers and Weatherman Underground leader Bernardine Dohrn to Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, the New Black Panthers, the New SDS, and a host of other radical organizations and individuals.

Among other things, the New Black Panthers favors releasing all blacks from jails throughout the world and giving blacks reparations for slavery. The group asserts that until that happens, blacks should be exempt from all taxes.

The media blackout on Obama’s associations goes back to last January, when Newsmax began running stories on his minister’s sermons and the fact that his church gave an award for lifetime achievement to Farrakhan. When the media finally began picking up the stories in mid-March, the primaries began favoring Hillary Clinton instead of Obama.

Farrakhan has called whites “blue-eyed devils” and the Antichrist. He has described Jews as “bloodsuckers” who control the government, the media, and some black organizations.

“Do you know some of these satanic Jews have taken over BET [the Black Entertainment Network]?” Farrakhan said in a speech on Nov. 11, 2007. “Everything that we built, they have. The mind of Satan now is running the record industry, movie industry, and television. And they make us look like we’re the murderers; we look like we’re the gangsters, but we’re punk stuff.”

The month after that speech, Obama’s minister and friend, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and his Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, honored Farrakhan at a gala, bestowing on him its Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Lifetime Achievement Trumpeteer award.

Obama has said he found religion through Wright in the 1980s and consulted him before deciding to run for president. He prayed privately with Wright before announcing his candidacy last year.

Lets ask Obama how he plans and fund social security and a nation heathcare?
A 2.5 trillion dollar increase per year and he is cutting taxes?

More politician lies being spewed out every day.

The times are too serious for us to be having these arguments based on baseless associations (Ayers, Wright) and political games. At home, we've got a heightening economic crisis, increasing joblessness threatening to undermine the livelihoods of entire towns, people's retirement savings decimated, folks getting thrown out of their homes, and a regulatory framework guided by ideology rather than pragmatism. Overseas, we're fighting two wars, an increasingly belligerent Iran, a resurgent Russia eager to reassert it's influence on the former soviet bloc (and now Venezuela), Ukraine destabilized, China rising, and North Korea unresolved, our alliances strained due to our unilateralism..the global tectonic plates are shifting...and here we have John McCain playing these dirty totally irrelevant political games, blatantly repeating lies, making baseless associations, inciting hate in the electorate, destabilizing the markets with his political maneuvers, appointing a recently PROVEN corrupt running mate who knows NOTHING about the economy and the world a 72-year old heartbeat away from presidency, and dividing the country along choices (guns, race, abortion, religion, left-right) that are totally irrelevant to this new and very threatening environment, and having absolutely no solid plans to get us out of it. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I cannot believe that John McCain is STILL NOT interested in challenging Obama's plans, and presenting to the American public why his plans are PRACTICALLY SUPERIOR or relevant to the current environment, or how they are actually DOABLE. He has not explained how his approach is a significantly different approach to the failures of the last 8 years. His healthcare plan is a farce, taxing my health benefits to give me a $5000 healthcare tax credit which will not buy me even a bare bones healthcare plan, his tax plan is unsustainable and rewards those who don't need it, he has absolutely no solid ideas for our recovery, he has offered no answers on how he is going to pay for the buyout of these bad loans, is spending freeze of $18 billion will not even come close to paying for his tax cuts AND his $300 billion idea to pay for his home owner bailout 'plan' - populist talk, but bad math, and absolutely no transition plan for when he assumes power so he can get to work on day one (he felt winning the election was more important than planning ahead), and shows the underlying influence of special interests in his policy making and his past judgement, and his foreign policy positions have been PROVEN wrong consistently, with his war mongering rhetoric getting increasingly aggressive...Look, YOU CAN HIRE EXPERIENCE, AND YOU CAN BUY KNOWLEDGE, BUT IF YOUR MORAL COMPASS IS MISALIGNED YOUR EXPERIENCE IS OF NO USE TO US. It infuriates me the absurdity that this once great man has stooped to. Is he THIS out of touch with reality? We need a serious president, with a steady and even temperament, who is willing to listen to EVERYONE and come up with solutions that work for ALL OF US. We need a president who has the intellect, and the moral compass pointing true north to our interests, who helps the nation focus on what we have in common, not why we are different...we need a president who understands that issues should lie at the foundation of political attacks, not baseless associations focused on dominating the next news cycle. We need a president who understands that the foundation of our economy is jobs, and who focuses our workforce in industries that will ensure our leadership in alternative energy globally through pragmatic investment. We need someone whose inner circle of influence is not tainted by special interests and lobbists, who has the highest probability of reforming Washington. We need someone who understands the new world order, and who understands that war is but ONE tactic, along with intelligence, diplomatic and economic leverage in our overall strategy to counter our foreign policy challenges today. We need a president who is a calming voice in this cacophony of chaos, who calls out to the best within all of us to lead us out of this hole we've dug ourselves into, not divide us and calls on our hate. We need a President who is a pragmatist, who has been consistent, with judgment that is guided by good nature and insights rather than a thirst for power and populist ideologies. We need someone with new ideas, and a new approach to change our course in history. ENOUGH WITH THIS PETTY HATE MONGERING, THE TIMES ARE TOO SERIOUS FOR THIS KIND OF NONSENSE. I DON'T CARE IF HE IS BLACK, WHITE, BLUE OR PURPLE, AND I DONT CARE IF HE IS PRO OR ANTI ABORTION, OR LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE...I JUST CARE THAT HE IS RIGHT FOR THE CHALLENGES WE NOW FACE. Some of you appear to think that we support Obama because of the glitz and glamour...but you see..we have evaluated the policies of both candidates, not their ideologies. We have evaluated their plans not their color or religion, not who they've run across in their lives. We have seen and felt Obama's call for unity, and we are feeling hope in his message, instead of dwelling in the darkness of our prejudice. We have evaluated the team Obama has put together, and understand his rationale for getting these individuals together. We want Barack Obama as president because he is our single last hope for a pragmatic government focused on practical solutions to solve our problems, not someone throw proposals out there that sound great, but have no broad strategic thread that ties everything together.

I think the church issue with Wright was to throw us all off
“Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion.”

If Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion then you may see an impeachment within a few short months. I think someone needs to ask him again
in front the media before the election. He has already told the media 5 months ago that "I am not muslim"

They may ask him at the NH event

Hey Michael - I don't hear any 'suppressing free speech' when people are yelling 'kill him!!' 'terrorist!' and 'traitor!' at McCain's rallies. Amazing how oppression is only there when you conservatives choose to see it, huh?
Posted by Lisa October 14, 08 11:16 AM

Lisa - Look at your fellow Democrats before trashing the Republicans. I guess you're ok with Obama supporters carrying signs that read "Palin is a C*NT !" or yelling that vulgar word out whenever Obama mentions her name.

Do you have a daughter? Are you going to be ok with her being called that?
Are you ok with someone calling your mom that name?

You must be ok with it because apparently that word does not offend you. Or it must be ok if Democrats use it.

Obama has not said one single word to discourage those signs or the use of that word during his rallies. Obama either thinks that's ok or thinks it's funny. I think Obama is trash.

Wake up Lisa.

The Globe like media is obsessed with Obama obviously. The Globe threw its support behind Obama in the Primaries did it not? I believe they also rejected Mitt Romney, the local man, and endorsed John McCain who had the leadership skills necessary to lead this country (at the time). Roarks of Ohio commented that "we have evaluated the team Obama has put together, and understand his rationale for getting these indivuduals together. I would give the credit to David---the same guy who organized Deval Patrick's campaign the credit for doing that. Note that many of Obama's team were part of Bill Clinton's Administration. So what's new?

Hey Michael Barone and no bama, when it comes to actiing like thugs, Sarah Palin and her incendiary remarks take the prize. It is at the Republican rallies where people are seen and heard frothing at the mouth and shouting "terrorist" and "kill him" -- and other such racist and hate-mongering behavior. If she acted like an intelligent politician, or even acted like a lady instead of vicious pit bull, she would know that her irresponsible and ignorant remarks are inciting people to act and speak violently. She deserves whatever label is thrown at her at this point.

“Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion.”

If that were the case, imagine the unforgiveable tresspass of forgetting to pray five times a day, huh? Surely Obama has been within eyeshot of his surrogates and advisers for longer than a 24-hour period to catch even a quietly reassuring "Allah u ackbar" to himself.

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Hey Obama

can you spell ACORN

So all you conservatives want to have the ignorant bigot Palin and the old man run our country to the ground? I'm a woman and would gladly have supported a woman as VP but Palin scares the living hell out of me! Whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Black, White, Christian, Muslim, Woman or Man, if you have half a brain you would be ashamed to be supporting these Republican candidates not only because of their idiotic choice of VP and their hateful tactics but because of what their party has done to this country in the last 8 years.

Obama is the only one who makes any sense in this campaign. You’d have to be blind not to see it.

First off, for those of you who say "Obama is a Muslim" like it's the worst thing on earth - get real idiots - not all Muslims are fundamentalist terrorists. It's an idiotic argument- it wouldn't matter to me at all if Obama was a Muslim - but he is not.

Second for the right wingers who keep spewing about associations. Who cares! I"m a white middle class female - I don't care at all what Obama's former pastor said in one sermon ... from what I understand this church has done a lot of good in Chicago ... I'm not going to condemn them for statements about America's policy ... we are a free country - that means we have the right to critique our government, not just go along with imperialistic policies such as the Iraq war. By critizuing our country we participate and make it better. Being mindless "patriotic" drones was not what our forefathers intended with the Declaration of Independence.

Finally on the "spending issue" - Obama's plan is to bring us BACK to the tax levels seen under the Regan administration. This will allow us to actually have funds to implement programs that are necessary for the common good. You idiots just mindfully saying he wants to spend too much should actually try to fact check - ALL of Obama's proposed programs are well thought out and funded through rolling back the Bush tax cuts for the super weathly. He actually thinks things through vs McCain who throws out buying up mortgages in the same sentence he says that he's going to have an across the board spending freeze.

Think for once, learn, read - rather than just listening to the hate spew of Rush Limbaugh and the like. Your candidates (McCain & Palin) have no clothes and it's a pretty scarey site! Plus Palin is a dunce who couldn't even understand the findings of her troopergate investigative report. If you want your "reality" spoon fed to you by neocons who are going to rob you and the government (Halliburton) blind - feel free to vote for these evil twins - but you will surely then get what you deserve. What am I saying - most folks are not that dumb and it is surely going to be an Obama landslide!!!! ha ha!!!

There is too much fear, hate and lies being laid on thick and coming from all sources. It almost makes me not want to vote, but I will. At least then I know this will all be over and we can get back to trying to do some good in this country.
All this fighting makes me sick.
That's all you commenters are doing, making undecided voters dislike BOTH candidates.
Shame on you.
There was a time when the average person kept their vote to themselves and it was considered impolite to talk about politics during dinner. I shudder to think of the storm that will come in four years wen the next presidential election comes to pass.
WHere's the love?

There is no one more nasty and hateful than a liberal when talking about a conservative. Using terms such as "the ignorant bigot Palin and the old man" (#23 Sophie from this comment section), and the use of the "C" word on T-shirts and at Obama rallies seems to be acceptable when talking about a conservative. The "C" word. Are you kidding me?? Scroll back, one responder (#20, oaklynne) referred to Palin as a "vicious pit bull". A frequent caller to a Boston afternoon talk show has repeated referred to Palin as “the Alaskan scrub woman”.
This from the Left who wants everyone to welcome diversity, but not diversity of thought. The venom from those who ask 'why can't we all get along?', shows that they really can't all get along.

There is no one more nasty and hateful than a liberal when talking about a conservative. Using terms such as "the ignorant bigot Palin and the old man" (#23 Sophie from this comment section), and the use of the "C" word on T-shirts and at Obama rallies seems to be acceptable when talking about a conservative. The "C" word. Are you kidding me?? Scroll back, one responder (#20, oaklynne) referred to Palin as a "vicious pit bull". A frequent caller to a Boston afternoon talk show has repeated referred to Palin as “the Alaskan scrub woman”.
This from the Left who wants everyone to welcome diversity, but not diversity of thought. The venom from those who ask 'why can't we all get along?', shows that they really can't all get along.

Of all the ranting on both sides that has occured, and I do honestly believe manyt Americans are shutting their eyes to the obvious radical ties Obama has which realy cannot be denied unless you are on heavy drugs.

Nonetheless I won't vote for Obama for one reason that has never hit the airways, the hate spewing, racist environment that both Mr. and Mrs. Obama felt was appropriate for their two lovely girls. That says volumes about their hatered for this country and the people who are not of color. Plain and simple. If Obama cannot be judged for his actions as a political figure, then let him be judged as the horrible example of a parent that he is. I wonder how the girls feel about America, but they oh oh I forget, they go to private school and can be taught whatever that school's agenda is. Nope, what a hippocrite he has proven to be time and time again. Most of his real buddies and grandmother are under the bus but he can't deny that a racist radical married him and his now wife, babtized his two children and provided a pathway to racial and country hatered to two children who at least in America, deserved more from their religious mentor. Just a horrible example of being parents. I hope he doesn't lead my country down a path that punishes people for success and rewards those who have no interest in being a productive part of society, but hey, that seems to be what a good majority of the people claim to want, but oh yeah, only if he is black. God forbid a white or yellow person be even suggesting the policies he is spewing. They wouldn't have a chance. Anyway, back to his parenting, that is the real Obama, the people he would subject his children to and I for one think that says it all.

There is no one more nasty and hateful than a liberal when talking about a conservative. Using terms such as "the ignorant bigot Palin and the old man" (#23 Sophie from this comment section), and the use of the "C" word on T-shirts and at Obama rallies seems to be acceptable when talking about a conservative. The "C" word. Are you kidding me?? Scroll back, one responder (#20, oaklynne) referred to Palin as a "vicious pit bull". A frequent caller to a Boston afternoon talk show has repeated referred to Palin as “the Alaskan scrub woman”.
This from the Left who wants everyone to welcome diversity, but not diversity of thought. The venom from those who ask 'why can't we all get along?', shows that they really can't all get along.

I read your comments and think.... so much hatred.... let's stick with facts.... real facts....here's the thing...This debate won”t make a difference for me. McCain/Palin incite fear tactics and lies… and some who have not educated themselves actually buy in… McCain’’s biggest mistake outside his own questionable backgroud (iran-contra, keating five to name a few) was Palin. I use to respect McCain….. but he made a reckless maverick move when he chose Palin. She is not qualified. Do you think she can get away with political jibberish when sitting at a negotiation table…… do you think a wink and a doggoneit are going to get the job done…do you think when the front page of every newspaper in the land quotes findings of her ethics violation….her denial of such invokes trust? McCain had a chance until he picked her. I was one of those undecided…. now…. after the smear campaign, the ugly rallies in which the candidates did not hold people accountable until after the media pointed it out….the lies…. I am definitely voting for Obama! So this debate will come second to sea to shinning sea watching the Phillies and the Dodgers!! Go Phillies!

I read so much hatred for liberals in these comments.... yet throughout history it has been the liberal way of thinking that brought a new and promising form of government over 200 years ago - the United States of America. It secured freedom and opportunity for millions, most of whom were immigrants and former slaves. It brought about new technologies that revolutionized agriculture, communication, transportation, and medicine. It gave us a second chance when the Industrial Revolution ran out of steam and capitalism alone wasn’t working for most Americans. It promoted “progressive” reforms that gave women the right to vote, made discrimination in schools and the workplace illegal, and committed society to providing for citizens who are unable, whether because of disability or age, to provide for themselves. It was liberal thinking that challenged our physical and
mental limitations and put men on the moon. Proud to be Liberal... Proud to vote Obama

Nonsense.

Obama is far too extreme a Leftist to unite the country, and anyone who suggests otherwise is kidding himself. Nor will his penchant for defining mere disagreement with Obama as "divisive" help very much.

BTW, after the "Bush was AWOL' lie, the "Florida was stolen' lie, the 'Ohio was stolen' lie, the "Bush knew Saddam didn't have WMD'lie, and all the others, the sudden Leftist discovery of the reprehensible character of smears is quite amusing.

Stanley Kurtz is the pitbull without lipstick that won't let this issue go. Maybe Obama campaign supporters are sick of people like him, Andy Martin, etc and Rush and Hannity spouting outrageous smear attempts by twisting facts and pick and choosing what quotes and votes make their case. These people are OBSESSED with Obama potentially winning the presidency. You think there's an agenda by the MSM protecting him? If so, it's more than matched by the far Right to make sure he isn't elected. With their propaganda about "he's a Muslim!" And we all know that "muslim" is code word for "black". Like it or not, believe it or not, it's obvious because these people can't stand the thought of a black man being in the white house, because their arguments against are getting more and more ridiculous.

Wearing a shit that calls someone a "c*nt" while offensive, it is an expletive and is also opinion. Kurtz wasn't on a radio show saying "I hate Obama, he's a liar, blah blah. He wasn't holding a sign that said "Obama is a "____". (Fill in the blank) He was again trying to get a platform to try to make his absurd notion that Obama was personally funding his own little "terrorist child army". And Obama supporters are tired of the army of hate and their attempts to manipulate the ignorant voter.

I don't have time to look up and post the numbers and facts again here, but for God's sake dozens of major organizations gave money to Annenberg. Dozens of people The money was used to improve schools. I'll go and read Kurtz's article for myself, but I am going to have a hard time understanding the nuance behind why it's so wrong for a black man, and his wife, wanting to fund "Afro-centric" programs. Because God forbid we let them "get their uppity African on."

Racism. It's the new McCarthyism.

I find it humorous that race is even being brought up, exposing the racism by African Americans towards other races. It seems that most of the polls in the media have been one sided, and 'voters' haven't been screened as far as eligibility, etc. In a poll conducted by the military times, McCain leads Obama 3-1 with 68% of active or retired servicemen choosing McCain over Obama at 23%. Men were overwhelming in their support of McCain 70% to 30% with 53% of women choosing McCain and 36% choosing Obama.
The racial factor, however is stunning. 8 out of 10 African Americans cited that they would be voting for Obama. If that isn't racisim, I don't know what is.
It is pathetic that people can’t make up their own minds, they just blindly vote for a shell. As an independent voter, I have done a lot of research, and have asked my friends to give me reasons why they feel so strongly for whatever candidate they are voting for. I have not heard a single valid reason from any Obama supporter other than “He gives me hope I can become president” or “it’s about time we have a black president” or “we can’t have any more Bush”. People need to grow a brain and research what the candidates actually stand for an how that is ultimately going to affect them before they feel the need to try to force their opinions on other people.
Finally, the Joe Biden speech from this weekend should serve as a wakeup call to the American people. As some may recall, he predicted a tragedy like 9/11 was bound to happen on 9/10/01. The mere fact that he expresses his belief that an international crisis is imminent within the first six months of an Barack Obama presidency is chilling . Why has none of this been in the media?