2008 Presidential Election

[Bandit]

The challenges for McCain:

Age: At 72, he would be the oldest man ever to become President (Ronald Reagan was 68 when he took office). McCain is in robust health, though apparently at risk of melanoma skin cancer. But his age is a concern. Obama aides have already implied he has "lost his bearings" on certain key issues.

McCain does not know what is going on. not because of his age but because something is missing upstairs. I dont see how he can even be out there in Az. period as a politician. He has never had his bearings on key issues & they just tossed him out there, anything & anyone to cover up Bushes lies & screwed up, selfish policies.

[Bandit]

Interesting articles. Not much we did not already know but definately throwing in some evidence for a rocky road ahead.

[BankruptPinoy]

WWW.Opensecrets.org

[WhatMoney]

Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim [updated]
By Israel Insider staff

This headline should read: Israel Joins the Republican Dirty Tricks Team To Influence The 2008 United States Presidential Election

Malik Obama first met his half brother in 1985 when Barack was 23. How would he have any idea what religion his half-brother was? Barack was born in Hawaii, moved to Indonesia at age 6, attended first a Catholic school for 2 years and then a public multidenominational school in Dakarta until age 10, when his mother sent him back to Hawaii where he completed high school and was raised by his white grandparents. In high school he was called Barry.

This article making the blog rounds is just a regurgitation of the same BS story that Hillary tried in January, with a new twist. The picture actually comes from a 2004 story on Malik Obama, recycled yet again: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politic...ifestyle_x.htm

In 2004 Malik didn't claim Barack was a muslim. How much did the Zionist Israeli's pay him to suddenly make this false claim?

Facts behind story - zero. Credibility - zero.

Snopes debunked this whole muslim crap in January. Here's the report:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp

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[Bandit]

This headline should read: Israel Joins the Republican Dirty Tricks Team To Influence The 2008 United States Presidential Election

Malik Obama first met his half brother in 1985 when Barack was 23. How would he have any idea what religion his half-brother was? Barack was born in Hawaii, moved to Indonesia at age 6, attended first a Catholic and then a public multidenominational school until age 10, when his mother sent him to Kansas, where he was raised by his white maternal grandmother. Yup, a white grandmother in Kansas - a hotbed of muslim extremist training for sure.

This article making the blog rounds is just a regurgitation of the same BS story that Hillary tried in January, with a new twist. The picture actually comes from a 2004 story on Malik Obama, recycled yet again: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politic...ifestyle_x.htm

In 2004 Malik didn't claim Barack was a muslim. How much did the Zionist Israeli's pay him to suddenly make this false claim?

Facts behind story - zero. Credibility - zero.

Snopes debunked this whole muslim crap in January. Here's the report:



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he did not have to claim it in 2004 but he is now.

LOL! even if that is true,

then if you are so sure, what religion was he before?
oba claims he only met his savior jesus 17 years ago through his radical christian preacher when he walked down the isle with his lovely wife.

so is he just playing dress up doll in that picture with his half brother?

I realize he has you charmed, but this stuff keeps resurfacing with more credibility than you care to admit, up to the point where he has to trash the people he was such good friends with, including relatives.

& who cares if he was a muslim? that is not the point. the point is, he/someone is not telling the whole truth & we will find out.

[Bandit]

Obama And McCain: Two Sides Of The Same Coin

this is pretty much the way I see it. they just give a new word to the same coin. Progressive? No. Change? No. It is the same coin with the same hogwash dirty water that it is always was.

Is the coin a penny? no that is not a penny, it is one cent.
Is it one cent?
No, it is one percent of a dollar.

[Bandit]

one other thing i just learned about obama that i lost all respect for. he never even served in the US military yet he is going to be in charge of it?

since when is he too good to serve his country in battle but he wants to be in charge of the battle? That is not a leader. That is a politiican who does not have a clue.

that is like someone to running an ice cream parlor but you have no idea what it means to dip & serve ice cream because you would not want to break a nail.


he does not even know what platoon means or what a platoon is.

[Bandit]

I am doing my homework now on Bob Barr (since the other 2 clowns are out) & he is a very clever man, well liked in history as well. Done way more than obama has ever done & has it together upstairs, or so it seems thus far.

my main question with this post is, I am looking for his active military duty facts. I know he served but am getting crossed signals & if anyone has that info it would be much appreciated.

[WhatMoney]

Ah it's another day, and another discussion with Bandit, my doubting friend. Hey I'm retired and have the time, what's your excuse?

then if you are so sure, what religion was he before?
oba claims he only met his savior jesus 17 years ago through his radical christian preacher when he walked down the isle with his lovely wife.

How would I know? My guess is that until 1985 he was either agnostic or atheist. His mother was an atheist, and his step-father, who only had a 4 year influence on him up to age 10 was described as a "weak muslim", like the christians that only attend church twice a year on easter and christmas. There is not much information on his maternal grandmother, who actually raised him in his most teenage formative years. Once he started college he was like many college kids who start thinking for themselves. And he probably thought religion was for the weak, stupid and childish. Same as Einstein has written. He joined that Trinity United Church of Christ in 1985 because it was the Chicago ghetto church where he was working as community organizer. If your clients are religious, you'd better claim to be also, if you want to have them trust you.

Now I'd love it if he'd just run as an atheist today, but given the religious fanatacism that is America, he'd be lucky to get 2% of the vote. All politicians must claim a deep faith in God (christ, even Hillary, ha ha), and whoever else will bring them the votes to win. Just practical reality.

so is he just playing dress up doll in that picture with his half brother?

Those are traditional native African dress clothes, they have nothing to do with muslims. He visited his Kenyan relatives at least 4 times since 1988, and the picture is from one of those visits. If I visit Hawaii I might get drunk, put on a Hulu skirt and get my picture taken with the natives. Does that prove I am a polynesian Buddhist?

I realize he has you charmed, but this stuff keeps resurfacing with more credibility than you care to admit, up to the point where he has to trash the people he was such good friends with, including relatives.

No credibility in this latest rehash story. Only the jewish papers and right wing blogs are picking it up. Main stream media won't touch it because they know it's all a pile of crap.

& who cares if he was a muslim? that is not the point. the point is, he/someone is not telling the whole truth & we will find out.

Well for sure someone isn't telling the truth. You want the truth in a political campaign when the right wing Republicans are involved? They wouldn't know the truth if it bit them in the ass.

[WhatMoney]

More evidence on Obama's early religious background - from his own book.

Barack Hussein Obama (Senator Obama's father) was born on the shores of Lake Victoria in Alego, Kenya. He met and married an American woman, Ann Dunham of Wichita, Kansas, while they were both attending the University of Hawaii. Their son, also named Barack Hussein Obama was born on 4 August 1961 at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Although the elder Obama was raised as a Muslim, no evidence supports the claim that he was ever a "radical Muslim," and Senator Obama's family histories note that his father was an atheist or agnostic (i.e., no longer a practicing Muslim) by the time he married the younger Obama's mother. Of his mother's religious views, Senator Obama wrote:

For my mother, organized religion too often dressed up closed-mindedness in the garb of piety, cruelty and oppression in the cloak of righteousness.

This isn't to say that she provided me with no religious instruction. In her mind, a working knowledge of the world's great religions was a necessary part of any well-rounded education. In our household the Bible, the Koran, and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology. On Easter or Christmas Day my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites. But I was made to understand that such religious samplings required no sustained commitment on my part. Religion was an expression of human culture, she would explain, not its wellspring, just one of the many ways — and not necessarily the best way — that man attempted to control the unknowable and understand the deeper truths about our lives.

In sum, my mother viewed religion through the eyes of the anthropologist she would become; it was a phenomenon to be treated with a suitable respect, but with a suitable detachment as well.

Now that's an enlightened view of religion. Not one the Bible thumpers would like however.

[Bandit]

No credibility in this latest rehash story. Only the jewish papers and right wing blogs are picking it up. Main stream media won't touch it because they know it's all a pile of crap.



Well for sure someone isn't telling the truth. You want the truth in a political campaign when the right wing Republicans are involved? They wouldn't know the truth if it bit them in the ass.

no. mainstream has touched it & oba dances around it as if it does not exist. he is good at that by saying stupid stuff like, "americans dont care"

both parties are exactly the same & you keep falling for them being something different. I dont know how long it will take you to realize they are the same & that trying to pass it off & blame one party you are in effect blaming your own.
& watch if oba loses how quickly he restores his wishwash to the reps. & if mcc loses he will do the same & bow to the dems.

the only time you actually see it is when these elections happen, but for whatever reason you dont see it at all.

you cannot exactly go by what someone is wearing but you can go by what several people in the same pic are wearing depending on location they do not all wear the same dress but does put them in the same place & same dress. & you might want to recheck the muslim religion because according them if your father is a muslim, then you are a muslim & once a muslim you never go back. & when they interviewed the muslims, 8 out of nine of them were voting for obama.

Ah it's another day, and another discussion with Bandit, my doubting friend. Hey I'm retired and have the time, what's your excuse?

My excuse? I just had another surgery in the hosptial & two more are scheduled within the next two weeks. Is that good enough for you?
I dont mind talking about this stuff but dont start with personal attacks of any kind. Thank You.

[WhatMoney]

both parties are exactly the same & you keep falling for them being something different. I dont know how long it will take you to realize they are the same & that trying to pass it off & blame one party you are in effect blaming your own.

I am a registered Independent in my state. I had no primary candidate to vote for this year, since independents cannot vote in Rep or Dem primaries.

I am not disputing the similiarities of the two major parties - although this year there are striking differences if you'd just study the issues. I liked the article by Tim Gatto - since he points out how the AIPAC controls both parties in this country. That is sad, but it will not change - the power and money is in the Media, the Banks, and the Washington lobbyists. No one in Washington can win an election in this country without their approval and support. Just the way it is - for now. Your choice is to not participate - and be completely neutered, or try to pick the best candidate that is allowed to run by AIPAC. McCain is still their choice, but Obama is coming around, or so they think.

if your father is a muslim, then you are a muslim & once a muslim you never go back.

More Urban Legend:

Was Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a "radical Muslim who migrated from Kenya to Jakarta, Indonesia?"

No. Though Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was raised a Muslim, he had lost his faith and become a "confirmed atheist" by the time he attended college, and married his wife (Obama's mother). Obama's parents separated when Barack was two, his father moving not to Jakarta, but to the United States, where he attended Harvard. Eventually he returned to Kenya.

So when a "confirmed atheist" marries an "anthropological athiest", the offspring is a Muslim for life? Such reasoning you have! Is the muslim religion really based on the parent's DNA? Wow...

Funny, I didn't know that much about Obama until this became an attack Obama forum. So I checked the real facts and realize you haters are spreading rumors and lies. Also found out a lot more about his history than I planned on. He's written two books - have you read them yet?

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[Bandit]

It is not my fault that oba has no republican supporters, never has & never will- but you keep resorting to that as if that is why oba does what he does & as if I am supposed to care. or like I am getting all these facts from republican conspirators. ROFL!!

Obama is the one who did it, not his enemies.

More Urban Legend:

So when a "confirmed atheist" marries an "anthropological athiest", the offspring is a Muslim for life? Such reasoning you have! Is the muslim religion really based on the parent's DNA? Wow....

That is what THEY believe. (Not my reasoning). I really doubt Oba believes that but the ones voting for him do.

Funny, I didn't know that much about Obama until this became an attack Obama forum. So I checked the real facts and realize you haters are spreading rumors and lies. Also found out a lot more about his history than I planned on. He's written two books - have you read them yet?

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I did not know that much about it either, until I looked twice & realized this was an obama support forum. NOT. there is nothing about the man you support that turns me on that much to go read his books.

I dont hate the man, I do hate the fact that he continues to lie & get away with it because certain people keep falling for the double talk.
I think it is great that you love him & find him the greatest gift since apple pie & you are convinced Obama is a wonder who could never tell any lies-

dont expect everyone else to be duped that easy.
but I feel the same way with McCain & Clinton...so I am not the one here trying to support only one or not support only one. YOU ARE. yes?

I am a registered Independent in my state. I had no primary candidate to vote for this year, since independents cannot vote in Rep or Dem primaries.

but, respectfully, what is your point?

I dont know who I am voting for yet, but I do know who I am not voting for.

I liked the article by Tim Gatto - since he points out how the AIPAC controls both parties in this country.

this seems to be the only thing we actually agree on because you are voting within a system, a corrupt system that has people fooled into thinking they have some wonderful choice when they keep getting the same quarter back (heads or tails) every time.

[WhatMoney]

Well at least we agree that AIPAC is a menace that should be registered as a hostile foreign agent in this country. They are the root of much of the downfall of this country, in so many ways. And you can start with the economy if you need a hint.

In your mind Obama is a liar because he says he is not a muslim and you don't believe him - so he must be a liar. Nice logic there - I guess anyone you don't believe must be a liar. Facts are irrelevant to you if they don't agree with your opinion, even when your opinion is based on falsehoods manufactured by political hate groups.

I don't support anyone right now - but I do know who I will not vote for. Hey didn't you say that too - so we agree on two things. I'll defend anyone who is getting trashed by rumors and lies. Sorry that bothers you.

I'm only giving Obama a 50-50 chance of making it to the election anyway. So maybe his replacement will be someone you can vote for; I hear Al Gore is always available in an emergency.

[Bandit]

at least we have two things in common, that is a start.

but i did not say or mean to imply that it is only about his darkness in religion wether muslim or not, that is just one that keeps popping up & that he never clears up...which tells me there is more not being told.

I lost interest when I heard his wife speak many times (she gives me the creeps like no other I have heard & the arrogance that they have together- then his church on racism & hate speech & he lied through his teeth.it is all on video.

that is when I took a closer look but those are not the only reasons. they keep piling up but you seem to think he could never lie.

&if presented you would say they are not lies because Obama could never lie to you. nice logic.
then again there are folks who believe GWB has never told a lie.
at least he has an honorable wife as a first lady IMO which I cannot say for the obamas.


al Gore aint coming back you nut...though we all know he won the election & would have done way better than Jebs brother who should never have had a key to the white house.

have a good night, WhatMoney, I am off to hit the hay early. Thanks for the conversation.