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ok Tony I get it.

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How can the media ignore the fact that over 200,000 people came out to hear Obama speak in Germany. And for the first time, in a long time, they were waving American Flags, not burning them. Better yet, why should they ignore it?

Meanwhile McCain is at some German Sausage House with a party of two. What would you cover if you were in the media?

Hey, McCain asked for this himself by always goading Obama to go abroad.

Looks like McCain went "all in" as we say in Texas Hold'em, and lost.

One more point. If I was Obama I wouldn't take the bait of the town hall meeting either. Why should McCain ride in on his coattails for an audience. McCain audiences are dwindling. Obama should stick to the three televised debates. That's the smartest move.

McCain is slipping badly, and I think much more after those 3 debates. BTW, McCain is not just a poor speaker, he gets his facts very confused and that does NOT make for a good president. I'll give you that everyone has gaff's, but McCain's are really increasing and getting out of hand. Again, just my opinion. November will tell all. ;D

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They also came out in similar numbers for Hitler and Mussolini.

How the Europeans feel about America and American politics is interesting, and even more interesting is how some Americans are so concerned about the European viewpoint.

For all of their "culture" the Europeans have depicted regional bias and bigotry more than just about anywhere else on earth, and have darned near brouoght the planet to end more than once in the past century. Even now, there are so many rivalries within the European Community that they still are having problems with getting agreement on their monetary unit, and the alliances among the member states to swing all sorts of issues rivals the pettiness on Big Brother 10.

I wonder when the next time "cowboys" are going to have to come over to save Europeans from each other.......

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You are right SteveZ. Some people are pupets of the TV media, they believe blindfolded whatever the three main channels tell them. Can someone mention just one Osama, I mean Obama, accomplishment? Just ONE.

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...and many follow the gospel of Rush and Sean without thinking for themselves. It works both ways.

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This is too much! I can't believe how nasty politics can get, even at TV... Yes I can. Let's face it, one of the two remaining candidates is going to become the next president of the US. Is this the kind of rhetoric we want our grand children to see and hear. Any way you look at it, 50% of the country is going to be elated and other half ticked off at the results of the election. I believe the next president of the US will carry out his charge to the best of his ability, as all the past presidents have done. Some of our best past presidents were either democratic or republican. Some of them were great orators, some could hardly put two words together.

Come on people lets not mimic the political engines of the republican or democratic party. We can rise above all that nonsense.

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you're right, Jim 007 - let's try to become educated on the facts and not blindly follow what either the media or the talk radio hosts feed us. We cannot let others do our thinking for us!

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SteveZ, I think that analogy is beneath you. And efrahin, that Osama Obama joke is old, very old.

Re: Interesting Media Reports Re:Obama Mid East Political Junket**CPT Jeffrey
 

I just received this report from a very close friend of Jeff's. I am stunned.

Jeff's witness of Barack visiting the troops on our dime.
I don't know each of your personal political convictions, and apologize
if anyone finds this offensive. I thought it was important enough to share.

This is Jeff's first hand view of Senator Obama.Hello everyone,

As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along >that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to "The War Zone". I wanted to share with you what
happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram.

As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and
didn't say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the
General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service.

So really he was just here to make a showing for the American's back
home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.

I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don't understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.

If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.

In service,
CPT Jeffrey S. Porter
Battle Captain
TF Wasatch
American Soldier

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How can we seriously talk about this. Is McCain going to defend the Iraq/Canada border...LOL...come one people, lighten up...we have two votes, one person knows it is 2008 and the other thinks that ZION is coming to assist us....LOL is it really that hard....

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For someone who "claims" they're independant, you've really shown your true colors.

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From a guy who says how can we seriously talk about this. I agree we cant. Like I said, liberals resort to name calling if any one questions their views. From someone so fair and balanced in two short posts you say McCain has dementia, republicans want only career politicians (Pelosi or Reed anyone),Republicans put wall street investors ahead of american workers(you mean the ones working for those big company's) Republicans think american workers are a terrorist interest group, The republicans should rename themselves the USSR, The republicans want to send american workers to China to work for $2.00 an hour, Republicans are NEO Cons, McCain wants to defend the border between Canada and Irac, McCain doesn't know it's 2008 and McCain thinks ZION is coming to assist us. This is what passes as one of the enlightened open minded liberals. I hope people see why we can't seem to have a serious discussion with people like this.

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Funny, I thought it was an accurate comparison to how politically staged events work, especially in Europe. It was no different when Pres. Kennedy pandered to the world press with the “Ich bin ein Berliner” remark. All it proved is that people will attend a free event on their way to the gasthaus.

Let’s see – we have one Senator who agreed with the DNC that Florida and Michigan should be punished for not recognizing the DNC as the controller of all elections and not genuflecting before the Altar of Howard Dean; and we have another Senator who is being ridiculed for having lived as long as he has.

Personally, the arrogance of the DNC and the obvious acceptance of its candidate-to-be of the Florida/Michigan snub shows me that Sen. Obama will not be a person of conscience should he be elected, but instead be the puppet of the DNC – doing what the committee tells him, appointing who it tell hims and acting according to the committee’s instructions.

Whatever anyone may claim about Sen. McCain, he has shown the RNC many times that the RNC does not own him in any fashion and that he is his own man. That may be old-fashioned to some, but is in high fashion to me.

As an Independent (yep, sure am!) I’m concerned whether the candidate is truly who and what s/he claims to be, or is a walking-talking Ken or Barbie. There have been the complaints that Pres. Bush is in the pocket of Wall Street and the Houston Oil Network – and that seems to indicate the complaintants want a President who will operate independent of special interests, and that includes the most obvious of special interest groups housed at 430 S. Capitol St. SE and 310 First Street, Washington, D. C. 20003.

So, when these well-choreographed media events are staged, all trying to depict the candidate as the Second Coming in wing-tips, just take a look at who is doing the staging, writing the script, applying the make-up and pulling the strings.

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benj,


Come on now, how can you call me a liberal. I have not said a single thing about Obama other than he knows what year it is. If you must know, I am a Ron Paul supporter. It is like the republicans to label everyone who points out how flat out crazy the republican candidate is, as a liberal. Before that, I voted for Harry Brown. Though I do not believe that we should be the police of the world (Bush 2000), I am not advocating for another candidate here. I simply want to live in a county where a president can make a complete sentence and knows the difference between Canada and Iraq. At this point, I think we are backed in a conner. As much as I blame the democrats for the neo-liberal stances that lead to NAFTA, their Iraqi terrorism that lead to 3,000 children dieing in Iraq every month Clinton was in office, as much as I blame them for creating the DLC (Democratic Leadership Committee) that ousted all non-republican leaning democrats from the party, and promoting a policy that ousted me from my Detroit automaker roots, I can not vote for a man who after 25 years of service can not keep the bordering countries of Iraq straight after being at war with them since Gulf War I (in the 1990s). Come on now, anyone can see the dangers in this....

And yes, I have a problem with republicans (because they were going to stop democratic politics and instead made it their policy). I am dieing with gas prices, food prices, and watching a 2 trillion dollar tax cut and a 1 trillion dollar war. Unlike you, I like this thing called personally wealth and I wish they would quit stealing it from my paycheck in the form of taxes (in which I have to cover the rich mans expenses with).

BTW...I am an independent that tends to lean more toward the anarcho-syndicist than anything in the Republican-Democrat spectrum. But, with that said, I will NOT vote for a man who is mentally ill!!! a former McCain supporter...he has really lost his mind...he is not suitable for this position...

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I rest my case . The last two posts by libs jeckyl and junglejim make my point. Jim says the republicans are mentally incompetent clowns, and jeckyl says McCain is flat out crazy, cant make a complete sentence, McCain is mentally ill, and has lost his mind. And trust me you arn't covering any rich mans expenses. Benj