Obama retains big ad edge in battlegrounds

Oh, yes!!!! Its finally over, no more ads for four, no three years.
How about this idea, no ads or politicking 48 hours before Election Day.
Give the voters some time to sort all the info out before voting.

So does this mean it's all about who has the most money wins? Isn't the press supposed to get the word/platforms etc out to the public?

If the message is the wrong one for the times, it doesn't make much different how often you air it.

Obama wins how sweet it is to an American today.Peace and love for all Mankind.Finally we are all equal I'm realy equal.Obama will stop all the Genocides in Ogaden,Darfur god willing.He will stop supporting all those Dictators who are killing their own people in all over the World.

a friend of mine was in a small PA town of 800 people speaking to some obama supporters. many said, 'i probably won't vote since he is so far ahead in the polls here.'
the polls reported by the media may have done mccain a service.

bye bye to public financing. no one will ever do that again. too bad b/c McCain would have swept this guy under the carpet quick. Oh well, Americans are just a TV culture anyways. The rest of the world is right.

Obama Sucks... America sucks but at least we have the right to vote.

Now we'll Palin 2012 ads starting. The NASCAR rednecks will vote for her. That's about it.

all that money wasted on campaigns when our voting system/technology is still worthless... just like at the Ohio incident - 200,000+ votes had mismatching social security #s because of a security breach...

Actually in my country, Argentina, candidates can not campaign the last 3 days before election. "Giving the voters some time to sort all the info out before voting", like Davivd Dee said.

Too bad politicians here are ALL corrupt and useless, so it's pointless.
:)

America is about open a large can of whoop-ass on the republican party; They will be reduced to an afterthought on Wednesday and will have carried only the dumbest states: ARkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas where the pople are always the fattest and least educated and where no right thinking person wants to live (in a mobile home)

Dear undecided Voter,

Please vote.

In the final analysis this election has been fought on following emotional presumptions by the both campaigns.

1. Presidential Temperament.
2. Sound presidential Judgment.
3. Meaningful plans, policies, and positions'
4. Understanding and knowledge of workings in & around Washington.
5. Vigor, wisdom and vision" for the future of our beloved Great-grand Nation.
6. American Values, Virtues, Vastness, and Strong soul.
7. Fear & hope & future & past.
9. Culture unite and Culture Divide.
10.Tactics of tearing people down & showing past scars and Inspiring people up and fearing people away.
11. Restoring Global standing and threatening global dominance.
12. Building nation up all around and Scaring people away from the tickets.

As a Independent registered voter I have decided to vote for the Obama-Biden ticket. I am sure they will protect our national security, strengths, stamina and soul as well as rebuild our nation from the bottom up in all areas of need. The OBAMA-BIDEN ticket will restore our global standing with the use of maximum, firm international diplomacy and minimal force if and when necessary.

Yours sincerely,

COL. A.M. Khajawall [Ret] MD., Forensic psychiatrist, Colonel, US-AR
/ MC Combat Stress Control[Ret], Disabled American Veteran and Iraq
Freedom team.

No, the press doesn't necessarily have the job of getting out the platforms. Candidates do. But the press sure tries. You might note how Palin refused for the most part to speak to the press. And when she did, she was tightly controlled.

TV Culture: you're confused. If the rest of the world is right, then Obama doesn't suck.

I think obama is great for the country

thats funny i though all u republicans were sooo patriotic! i guess thats only if your winning though huh. its ok though if you hate ameirca so much you should move. godd luck though on finding any country that stiil likes us thanks for 8 years of your republican deplomacy.

david from PA you are so full of shee-ite !! LOL!!
"aint" nobody stopping people from voting this year, everyone wants to be involved !!

Democracy has lost in this election. With the funds reaching in excess of $150million, the chance for the formation of a third party is gradually dying, and hence so is true democracy. True capitalism is after all, one man controlling the world.

vote mccain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Obama Go!!! Its time for CHANGE!!

I just Hope Obama wins this election. We need a new change. I believe Obama represents the change this country needs. Enough of 8 years of bad politics.

I just Hope Obama wins this election. We need a new change. I believe Obama represents the change this country needs. Enough of 8 years of bad politics.

The proof of Mr. Obama's character as president will be found in the way he dismantles the fbi/cia killing and torture machines , fires the assassins in those two evil agencies, and brings criminal actions against the fbi/cia agents/operatives whom I have described. If he fails to address the corruption in this nation's intel services (for the primary purposes of protecting fundamental constitutional and human rights), then he fails the people of the world. If he addresses the issues mentioned above, then he could be the savior of our nation.
Any Questions!
geral sosbee 9956)371-5210

NO, NO, NO PA. VOTERS ....GET OUT THERE AND VOTE, DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED, DIDN'T YOU ALL HEAR WHAT OBAMA SAID ABOUT THAT.

DON'T BE COMPLACENT PA, YOU ARE CRITICAL, CRUCIAL TO AN OBAMA VICTORY!!!!! YOU MUST VOTE AND MAKE THIS CHANGE HAPPEN FOR ALL OF US....WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU.

Interesting. It has always been the Republicans who have had the money, and that was okay. Now that the Democrats have the money, people are crying "Foul!"

#8: "The rest of the world is right."

Indeed, the rest of the world supports Obama by a landslide, and indeed the rest of the world IS right to do so.

For 30 years the Republican party has out spent the Democrats, the Dems finally have the financial advantage and all you R's are whining?

I guess, no I know that Obama had something to convince the "American" people and the only way was through his money and his lies on TV. After all this time, we still do not know who he is. How can he be for the issues he preaches about and be a Christian?? And if he for sharing everyone's wealth around---let us start with his !!!! Who but the rich (the Obama's) could afford nearly a $500.00 snack of lobster this and lobster that? That would have fed a family of 4 for a month on food stamps. Go figure. My husband and I both live on disability and became that way in our late 40's. I do not want the wealthy people money. But I am American !!!

McCain Will Do Anything to Steal the Election:

With ten days to go until the election, its possible theft via the White House invading Syria just in time to jigger voter focus towards the national security issue that favors McCain should not be taken lightly. For the conservatives’ success with this October surprise or other skullduggery to steal the election would leave Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from having her finger on the button that launches our nuclear missiles. This is to put the media on notice that not repudiating the likes of this smiling hatemonger will not be tolerated, even if I have to send this message out to every last person in America myself. She has been just what her boss, John McCain, needed, her practiced-in-the-mirror smile the perfect accessory for this inanely dumb broad who would distract us from all the important issues of the election and from the conservatives' efforts to steal the election by race baiting and any other means they feel necessary. They will stop at nothing.

Palin is a Caribou Barbie robo-doll with the brain function removed. The thought of her with her finger on the button about to launch a nuclear attack to satisfy the divine will of God should be disturbing enough to make us work that much more furiously to get out the vote for Obama on Election Day and to protect against every form of deceptive ballot disqualification the conservatives will employ. A stolen election for McCain-Palin is not that farfetched. Nor is the prospect of McCain dying, given that melanoma is such a powerfully recurring and deadly cancer. Nor is nuclear Armageddon at the hands of an evangelical Palin to whom God whispers direction and commands.

We can nip this not so farfetched scenario in the bud by making sure that the Republican power coming ultimately from Crawford, Texas, does not turn our nation into Kenya and Zimbabwe on Election Day. If we fail to prevent a Republican election theft, we may not have to wait for a President Palin to press the button, for John McCain is no less fruity in the head when it comes to making war, as is made clear by his gleeful support of the unnecessary Iraq War despite its murdering and crippling of 30,000 American kids and a million Iraqis, many of them women and children. McCain would have little to lose at his age by pressing the button, especially when compared to his desire for revenge on the Russians who sponsored the Vietnam War that he was a prisoner of war in. Let's get out the vote for Obama and do everything needed to protect the ballots on Election Day.

Mrs. Ruth Calabria

More to read about how they will try to steal the election on www.matrix-evolutions.com.

All ads and campaigning should be suspended 1 week or in the worst case 48 hrs before the election day so that people can think over what they heard over in 2 years and then decide.

Mid-term elections are coming in 2 years. Be ready for the campaigning to start in February 2009/

Time for the evangelical nihilists to stop running our country.
Obama!
First time in my 28 year life that I am proud of this terroristic country we call the United States. God bless the US!

I voted for Obama today in Arizona. I never liked McCain much but have voted for him for Senator 3 times. This time I know he has a competitor in a race that can do a better job. The funny thing is, if I had ever realized that Sen McCain was against bringing Federal money to our state, I don't think I would have liked him much. That idea of his to eliminate all earmarks (not just dumb ones) developed only a couple years ago.

joe palmer: if you're so smart, maybe you should actually read over your post to make sure it doesn't have any errors in it. i've seen plenty of stupid and fat people in other states, as well, and not all of them are republicans anyway.

It's really unbelievable how biased the media is to obama...completely unfair and contradictory to what democrats are all about.

Why do we not have a national holiday to go VOTE!!!???? We have national holidays for everything else, and here we are... the most in-your-face-democratic style government in the world and we act like it is a huge inconvenience to vote. Go on your lunch hour, before or after work. Hellllloooooo! We get 2 days off for turkeys and a week for the birth of the christian god.

I voted for McCain.....however the people have spoken. What a great country.
Be grateful your voice has been heard...remain to be proud of the USA

Vote no on Califonia's Prop 8!!!! Go Obama

If obama does win this election America will have some serious issue not only internaly but also externaly.

To Liza's question if this means its all about money. It is true that money matters but "corporate" money supported McCain. This time normal people voted with their pocket books. I see this is a victory over the special interests - win or lose.

All I'm seeing on my TV in Colorado are McCain ads. Plus there's a group up here from Texas going door-to-door for McCain. Reminds me of the GOP organized effort in Texas for Republicans to cross over and vote for Hillary in the Democratic Primary, in an effort to stop Obama. Sterling Greenwood/Aspen Free Press

What is wrong with all of you Americans mouthing McCain and Obama and Palin. My gosh, give these people credit for wanting to serve America and having sleepless nights campaigning here and there. Whether we are Republicans or Democrats we should all be representing our country with dignity and class to both parties because once this election is over we are all in this together. We all have to be supportive and proud to be an American and work together. Hats off to both parties for working their butts off to win office. I know Election time gets crazy, but lets be mature about it. These are both good men running....give them a break! I would not want their job.

It seems as if Obama is going to win but what does this do to/ for our country 1) there will no longer be a balance of power the democrats already control the senate and the house so they will be able to do what ever they want to it may be a bad thing and redistribution of wealth come on if you work hard for your money unlike some how could you want part of it taken away. That’s like watching a single waitress waiting on all of the tables in a restaurant and then not giving her the tip but a bum that is sitting outside the door. She has worked hard for it, but redistribution got the best of her. Sounds a lot different when you’re not talking about big money but it’s the same.

I'm scared that there are so many rednecks in this country, that this is even a close election! I mean I thought it was crazy when Bush won the first election, and I hit the floor that we made the mistake twice. If we do it a 3rd time, I'm seriously considering taking a long vacation to Europe for at least 4 years till things cool off

I didn't vote for Bush, but I continued to perform my responsibility as a citizen: I paid my taxes, which financed a war I opposed. In contrast, McCain's Joe the Plumber said he supports the war, but he didn't pay his taxes. That's air support. Those who consider themselves to be patriots, prove yourselves to be so by performing your responsiblities as citizens in a democracy: be informed, think critically, pay taxes, regardless of who wins today.

Stop complaining about the money. Obama planted more seeds and he cultivated those seeds better than McCain. Therefore he is going to get what he deserves which is the Harvest of his crop. Wake Up America and Educate your Minds and stop expecting the Government to bail you out. Go Obama!

Country First! McPalin Last!!

I'm not fat. I'm not stupid (they don't give PhDs away). I'm white. I live in Mississippi. And I voted for Barack Obama. McCain iced his cake with me when he picked that bimbo from Alaska to be his running mate. It proved that he wasn't as serious about government as he was cynical about women voters.

To all those support McCain, if you know why he was called "Songbird" by his North Vietnamese captors, you would not have supported him. The Demoncrats were decent for not digging up his ugly past. Jessica Lynch was a very honorable for revealing the truth of her capture, and McCain did not.

Media Bias reported by Bias Media?
hmmm .... Fox News is fair and balanced?
Bias media reports that Bias Media is withholding "said" news story - discuss
hmmmm .... public has ADT can only listen to 17 sec news bite
hmmmm .... only a fool argues with a fool.

If you worried about TV ads before the election, you could consider not watching TV.
Just a thought.

GAHHHHH so tired of bothering to argue with the Obama HYPE! It's all this talk about change and issues but not one person can back up Obama's supposed plans with any evidence. All of his plans have been given failure reviews by experts. All of his plans push the economy and the citizens further into debt. And he is NOT who you think he is. America is going to collapse under his reign, of which he will be winning by a few WRONG reasons: black people are voting so they can cheer that the president is their race. Others are voting because of the media hype and the false belief that he really will bring change (yeah, negative change), and still others are voting because they can't stand Bush, when they haven't done the research to know that in truth, BUSH is not to blame for the state of the US right now. So I'm so sick of arguing with people who are swayed by a bunch of ill-gotten money and a few sweet talking media moments. Go home and go to bed, you need to do the research before you sit around talking about GO OBAMA. Yeah, GO HOME Obama, before you kill what is left of our great nation.

Obama 08

Talk about BUYING THE ELECTION. Such a shame it always comes down to money. Well you Obama idiots... you'll only have yourself to blame. You'll see, he's just another politican and just like the rest of them, he'll disappoint you while ruining what is left of our economy. What a mess.

"many said, 'i probably won't vote since he is so far ahead in the polls here.'"

I'm sure there are just as many who said I probably won't vote because mccain is so far behind in the polls. Plus if a town of 800 is ripe with Obama supporters that means he's doing incredibly well because you expect Obama supporters to be in more urban areas

To LogicStick (#34)

This has actually been discussed by political analysts and they said the reason that the media is biased towards Obama is because what they say is true in terms of campaigning. Even though republicans don't want to hear it, Obama's campaign is going slightly better than McCain's.

I am proud to say that I voted against Obami the Commie

Hey, Paul, 4:07 pm: Don't let the door hit you in the butt on your way out!

I voted for McCain but, I know Obama will be elected. It is time to see if he can translate all that beautiful talk into action. Sitting and talking with Iran, supporting Israel, clean energy, reduced taxes for people making under 250, 200, 140, or was it 120K.

If Obama Wins

If Obama wins
America loses.
The presidents will be
Who the media chooses.

He may have the looks
And he's a good speaker
But compared to McCain
He's quite a bit weaker.

He'll withdraw from a war
That we're almost done winning,
He'll raise all our taxes.
That's just the beginning.

Gone will be
Our 401K's.
And marriage will be
Defined by the gays.

Guns will be banned
And taken from us.
We'll move to the city
And all ride the bus.

Babies in wombs
Just won't have a voice.
All in the name of
Freedom of choice.

If Obama wins
It'll be a sad day.
'Cause the Democrats voted
Our freedoms away.

By,

Tom Harvey

Two things stand out about this election. One, how low the "democratic" has fallen in morality, two, how the press shamelessly parrots the democrats' lines.
Case in point - One of America's core beliefs is the right to the secret ballot. The democrats totally support the unionists recent and current attempts to ELIMINATE the secret ballot, which would give them "Big Brother" power over their members, allowing intimidation, harassment, and recriminations. Have you heard ANY democrat or "news" reporter speak out against this blatant attempt to curtail freedom in America (or "Rev." Wright, Ayers, Rezko, "Redistributing the Wealth", etc.?) No, and you WON'T! The unions and the democrats are in bed together, along with their press groupies! They HATE freedom, they LOVE only the power to CONTROL. If you vote for Obama, you're voting AGAINST the secret ballot, AGAINST one more of our traditional American freedoms! One step closer to one-party Socialism!

* You cannot help the poor, by destroying the rich.

* You cannot strengthen the weak, by weakening the strong.

* You cannot bring about prosperity, by discouraging thrift.

* You cannot lift the wage earner up, by pulling the wage payer down.

* You cannot further the brotherhood of man, by inciting class hatred.

* You cannot build character and courage, by taking away men's initiative and independence.

* You cannot help men permanently, by doing for them what they could and should, do for themselves.

@SarahPalin

i am just telling what a good friend (who is a hopeful voter like me) told me the people he talked to said.
yeah, based on the responses to every blog many are up in arms, and yes, there is record voter turnout, but it just goes to show, not everyone be as smart as us!
it is a sad tale of complacency that even in an election as historic as this one can still be in the 'out there'.
whoever you vote for, i hope it counts

Obama is just a man..... not some sort of god here to save the world. Wake up people..

I guess either one should win! I don't really know who to choose...

Hey PA!

All of us "Bitter Americans, clinging to our guns and religion. All of us racist, rednecks- GET OUT TO VOTE !!!

Earlier in the day I watched as presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle (with children in tow) voted in Chicago.

It took them 15 minutes to vote and Obama later said that "Itook Michelle so long to vote that he checked to see who she was voting for."

A little later, I watched as Vice Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin cast her ballot in her tiny Alaska hometown of Wasilla Alaska.

It's amazing world we are living in- and watching history being made.

A little while later, the press showed a smiling Bill Ayres and nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan go to the same voting place that Obama had been in several hours earlier. Wonder who they voted for?

Then- I was appalled by the fact that THE PENTAGON- the very place that unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayres bombed--- had mailed out the ballots to our troops overseas TOO LATE.

So our wonderful, brave heroes, who are risking their lives to keep this country SAFE from terrorists do not get to cast THEIR votes- but Bill Ayres- who, after being acquitted in his trial due to a technicality said "Guilty as sin. Free as a bird. Is this a great country or what?" IS ABLE TO VOTE.

Ayres also said on September 11th 2001- (9/11) said that he and the Weather Underground- hadn't done enough bombing.

He dedicated his book, Prairie Fire" to Bobby Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan-Sirhan.

And here we have an our ballot for the President of the United States, some guy in HIS neighborhood, Barack Obama.

Is this a great country or what?

Vote McCain-Palin 2008 And DON'T let long lines discourage you !

and pray for our great Nation !

No Socialism, No Marxism, no Black Liberation Theology (see Marxism), No Voter Fraud, No "Spreading The Wealth Around, No higher taxes, No bankrupting coal companies, no skyrocketing utilities, No Freedom of Speech, No Fairness Doctrine

Many of us outside of the US believe most US citizens are simply stupid! A belief supported by:
1) only 10% of US citizens hold passports (they're not very worldly);
2) they love guns more than children (they shoot more kids in school than any other nation);
3) they killed nearly as many British (arguably their closet a friends) soldiers in Iraq as our enemies;
4) atonishingly they voted G W Bush in as their president, not once, but TWICE!
Such stupidity demands more speak 'n' spell ads every day! Hopefully the therapy will have worked this time!

Is this not capitalism at its finest? I find it very ironic that the same Republicans that are calling Obama a socialist are now saying Obama’s financial advantage is not fair. Now who is the Marxists?! Ha!

In 2004, after the Bush victory, the The London Daily Mirror headline on the U.S. election was a question which asked: “How can 59 million Americans be so stupid?”

After nearly 8 years of being the laughing stock of the world it's time for the U.S. voter to prove we can learn from our mistakes. I voted absentee weeksd ago.

Do you Americans not see that even though the election is for your president your decision effects and influences the whole world!!!! You elected Bush (twice!) and he messed up a lot of things! I wish to encourage you all to voting for yourselves but also think of others outside of America who your vote effects but who dont get a say.

One country should not have so much power over the rest of the world, I believe everyone should have some sort of voice. And before you ague with me just imagine that China has the power that America has today (which it probabaly will in 20 years), and imagine that their descisions and what they decide affected you and the way you could live your life,

You go #47! So far yours is the only comment that has made any sense at all. I agree. McCain was an idiot when he picked that imbecile for a running mate. Thinking, I suppose, that we women are so incredibly stupid and ill informed that we would vote for a women simply because she is a woman and not because of the values that she represents politically. Any woman who would vote for Palin is stupid, ill informed, mindless idiot.

Post number 51 it wouldn't matter if someone came on here and backed up Obama's plans with evidence because you have already made up your mind. I am certain you do your research but I'm also certain you only really look at information that proves what you already think. Anything that goes against what you believe to be true you simply gloss over or write off as hype. You are so certain of your own beliefs that you believe that anyone that disagrees with you must be an idiot no matter what evidence they may have. I'm sorry but it is close minded people like you that are killing what is left of our great nation not Obama.

There is nothing for me to say here, you cannot logically battle rhetoric, raw emotions, peer pressure, & fantasy expectations. Obama hands down will take this election & rightfully so, the supporting factors are too strong. The Mainstream media has carried him & been in the bag for him since the getgo, true journalism is dead... It is scary really how the media's love affair with Obama has been protective of him without any serious scrutiny, we expect news & receive opinion instead?. The entertainment industry is in the bag, Hollywood celebrities & assorted other tingly-legged apostles.. In addition the schools & colleges which are a hotbed of liberalism, produce scions of the same make, text-brained LULZ youth, aimless & brainless both, shlurps up this socialist candy with wide eyes... It IS truly all in the bag for Obama, he has the money, power, backing, media, youth, hype, internet boilerrooming, etc, etc.. Dinosaurs like McCain need to be placed in a box that reads "break glass only in case of war" i suppose?.. There is a radical shift in this nation that is about to occur, change is a comin' folks.. There are changes in every Empire, some strengthen, some weaken, & some hasten the downfall... It is my truest belief that this is the dawning of the American Downfall, not just because of the one man, but the collective sheepishness which this country now breeds... The rest of us are faded stonefaced edifices that shed the tears of our forefathers.. Our enemies will relish our weakened position of supreme naivity greatly, the bitter prozac starved "Bush-haters" will all finally fall silent with their chants of deranged lunacy, enough IS enough. It is a time for America to sink in the world & fall from it's epitome that it once held, it is a time for other industialized & technologically advanced nations to take the reigns of power from us.. This i welcome with open arms, i am a spectator, powerless in the flood of irration overtaking what we once held in our hearts. Quantity has indeed outbred Quality, from there is the twilight of this once proud beacon of liberty... I await powerless amongst this flood of inequities to watch our star spangled banner hit the ground and trod by the mudden hoves of our conquerors, a sight i both dread & long for.
For it is not us alone that shall suffer, but our fellow malignant countrymen, slaves to the standard, willing to play any card to alter the game.. You want change? be careful what you wish for thy cloven hoved herd, you may just get it!. OBAMA 2008

I'm so happy that History is going to be made with both parties!!!!! I voted for Obama and very proud of it. I must say I do like McCain's wit.

If Obama wins, which I hope he does; There is still far too much damage already done by the Republicans to this economy. All the Kings horses and all the Kings men ain't putting Humpty Dumpty back together too soon. That 750 Billion Bailout didn't show the interest that will come along with it. Try 2.1 Trillion after the interest we have to pay back after we borrow it. I assume you knew that the money wasn't just lying in a bank vault somewhere ready to be pulled out.
We will sell bonds or certificates or something else to the Chinese or Arabs in order to get the cash, Then your taxes will pay them back. That's how it works.
If you have been closely following the economic news; We've seen only the Tip of the Ice berg. The deregulation policy of the Republicans has wrought havoc throughout the whole economy. The War alone will be over 2 Trillion.
Good Luck to us all. Get out and Vote

You want change?
How's this for the next presidental election?
No ads can be broadcast until they've been cleared by Fact Check. This would give the voters an accurate view of the candidates and their platforms.

Dear Joel Palmer -
The problem in the Southern states you listed as redneck, fat and stupid is that these people are mostly none of the above. The problem lies in these states that the bible belt (evangelical) churches don't seem to have a problem preaching Republican politics in their sermons. Which they clearly do not understand the concept why seperation between church and state was included in the Constitution.

It disgusts me when religious "preachers" and Sunday School Teachers spout ignorant political rantings (like a TV pundit) to influence their own personal agenda. Many of the people that attend these churches are mindless sheeple that refuse to do the research themselves just like they depend on their preacher/teachers to interpret the Word of God for them every Sunday.

The benal acceptance of ADD mentality and laziness towards reading comprehension in this country is a disaster. If you want to understand why "ignorant" people think the way they do it is because of this, and NOT because they are stupid or fat or redneck.

When you start binding religious beliefs to political views you end up with an ignorant population controlled by emotion and not logic. The worst part is that people then believe you are attacking their "faith" when you disagree with their political opinion.

This is Karl Rove's masterplan - find a group of people who are already controlled by fear and then align your political party's talking points with their "beliefs". WOW! Instant party base...amazing! He doesn't care about the tenents of Christianity and neither do most of the politicians in that party. They love the incredible amount of money, power and the control that comes with getting elected. Hence what you have seen over the past eight years.

Several decades ago (prior to Kennedy), a lot of the South voted Democrat - the change in the South began with Nixon and solidified with Reagan. The tipping point was first Bush (43) election. The both Bushes rode on Reagan's coattails.

I live in Alabama and voted for Obama -

Rev Wright does not get excluded from the negative tone of my rant either. But my final decision came from how disorganzied McCain's campaign was, the campaign suspension stunt and his pick of Palin - that was just a stupid move...and if that was any pretense of how he was going to run the country then I didn't want any part of that mess.

There is nothing for me to say here, you cannot logically battle rhetoric, raw emotions, peer pressure, & fantasy expectations. Obama hands down will take this election & rightfully so, the supporting factors are too strong. The Mainstream media has carried him & been in the bag for him since the getgo, true journalism is dead... It is scary really how the media's love affair with Obama has been protective of him without any serious scrutiny, we expect news & receive opinion instead?. The entertainment industry is in the bag, Hollywood celebrities & assorted other tingly-legged apostles.. In addition the schools & colleges which are a hotbed of liberalism, produce scions of the same make, text-brained LULZ youth, aimless & brainless both, shlurps up this socialist candy with wide eyes... It IS truly all in the bag for Obama, he has the money, power, backing, media, youth, hype, internet boilerrooming, etc, etc.. Dinosaurs like McCain need to be placed in a box that reads "break glass only in case of war" i suppose?.. There is a radical shift in this nation that is about to occur, change is a comin' folks.. There are changes in every Empire, some strengthen, some weaken, & some hasten the downfall... It is my truest belief that this is the dawning of the American Downfall, not just because of the one man, but the collective sheepishness which this country now breeds... The rest of us are faded stonefaced edifices that shed the tears of our forefathers.. Our enemies will relish our weakened position of supreme naivity greatly, the bitter prozac starved "Bush-haters" will all finally fall silent with their chants of deranged lunacy, enough IS enough. It is a time for America to sink in the world & fall from it's epitome that it once held, it is a time for other industialized & technologically advanced nations to take the reigns of power from us.. This i welcome with open arms, i am a spectator, powerless in the flood of irration overtaking what we once held in our hearts. Quantity has indeed outbred Quality, from there is the twilight of this once proud beacon of liberty... I await powerless amongst this flood of inequities to watch our star spangled banner hit the ground and trod by the mudden hoves of our conquerors, a sight i both dread & long for.
For it is not us alone that shall suffer, but our fellow malignant countrymen, slaves to the standard, willing to play any card to alter the game.. You want change? be careful what you wish for thy cloven hoved herd, you may just get it!. OBAMA 2008

#41 (Wally)... thank you for your sentiments with which I heartily concur. It’s time we see the world all as one – it’s a small enough place today. If we don’t all learn to work together, to allow for differences, and to learn from each other, then this is going to continue to be a pretty miserable place. It’s time to work together – either we all swim or we all sink. Let’s stop the hate. We can start at home... here in the USA.

We spent $1.6 billion on this election, and produced two lousy candidates. If Obama is elected, we get the least qualified President ever. Obviously the money did not improve the quality of the candidates nor the effectiveness of the election. It was simply wasted on ads, which served only to fatten the pockets of the media and marketing people. Campaign reform should allow only public money be used on election. No more donations, especially those conducted on the Internet. Fraud is rampant on the Internet. Everybody knows that. We should also limit the channels by which candidates can reach out to the electorate, and make these offical channels. More thought has to be put into ensuring effective, efficient, fair and clean elections. This election sucks!